Bits & Bytes

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, May your kingdom come over the whole world under the staff of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Amen. Alleluia.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 26, 1933, Carol Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas.

CATHOLIC: [6:31] – This is worth your time and prayerful reflection.

EVERYDAY HEROES: In April 2018, a man was threatening to jump from an overpass onto the I-696 freeway in Detroit. Michigan State Police contacted nearby truck drivers via dispatch. Thirteen semi-truck drivers responded, parking their rigs side by side beneath the bridge. The truckers stayed in position for hours while negotiators talked to the man, who eventually allowed himself to be taken to a hospital for help.

• https://www.upworthy.com/13-truckers-parked-side-by-side-in-the-middle-of-the-night-to-save-a-life-ex1/

FBI: On Monday, Cuba deported Eri “Rose” Ethington (42) and his/”her” lover, Carly Ann “Blue” Crosby (32), both of Cache County, Utah. Upon landing in the United States, the FBI transported them to Richmond, Virginia, for arraignment. The remainder of their case will be handled in Salt Lake City. The two have been charged with International Parental Kidnapping for stealing Ethington’s 10-year-old son from his custodial parent and taking him to Havana to have his boy parts removed.

• https://www.justice.gov/usao-ut/pr/utah-10-year-old-reunited-biological-mother-after-transgender-parent-and-partner
• https://notthebee.com/article/fbi-arrests-two-utah-adults-who-allegedly-took-child-to-cuba-for-sex-change-surgery

IRAN: [12:05] – Updates on the Strait of Hormuz and other war news.

LIFE: Nearly four years ago, the Biden FBI sent an armed goon squad to arrst Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck in front of his wife and seven children. He was acquitted and this week won a settlement of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Sadly, We The People will be paying that bill. The people actually responsible will have to wait for eternal judgment to face any consequences.

• https://notthebee.com/article/pro-lifer-mark-houck-who-was-arrested-in-a-swat-raid-under-biden-wins-million-dollar-lawsuit-against-doj

SEAN OF THE SOUTH: Sean Dietrich reminds me of Garrison Keillor and Bailey White. Grok says that most of the short stories he posts at “Sean of the South” are “true or very closely based on true events and real people.” I hope you’ll click on the link below and find out how “Which Color Do You Want?” ends.

• https://seandietrich.com/which-color-do-you-want/

SHEEPLE: CLICK https://x.com/VladTheInflator/status/2047693369032470773 [1:02] to hear Kaitlin Bennett gently explain to a student activist how he is being a hypocrite. I once had a VERY sincere young woman ask for my signature on a climate action petition. I kindly gave her a few facts and suggested she should find out what the other side is saying before promoting a cause. She teared up and speed walked off my property.

SPLC: [16:07] – Federal filings show the Obama Foundation gave the Soros-connected Tides Foundation $1 million in 2022 and 2023 each. According to the NY Post, this money was donated to the Obama Foundation to build the Obama Presidential Center. Instead it was funneled via Tides to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which used some of it to finance white supremacist groups. The SPLC then used the existence of these groups to raise funds to help them in their “fight” against racial hatred and violence.

• https://nypost.com/2025/09/26/us-news/money-donated-to-build-obama-library-sent-on-to-tides-group/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tides_Foundation
• https://conservativebrief.com/millions-obama-95525/
• https://capitalresearch.org/article/unearthing-the-tides-nexus-part-2/
• https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-lose-vital-propaganda-machine-fall-splc
• https://www.maryharrington.co.uk/p/the-splcs-racism-industrial-complex

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/2047836739079929957 [:32] and marvel at another pointlessly mean thing some LWW put out on social media.

@Smatterchuboy commented, “There are so many things JD Vance can be thankful for in his life. You’ve just pointed out another one.”

@StillHere1976 commented, “Yeah, a guy who overcame coming from a very humble background, serves in the U.S. Marine Corps, honorably, went on to get a law degree from Yale, went on to successes in that field, then became a U.S. Senator, now VP of the U.S.? What a nightmare!“

For the record, Usha Vance is a first generation American of Telugu Indian immigrant parents. She was graduated with a B.A. (History) from Yale University and with a J.D. from Yale Law School. Before joining a law firm, she served as a law clerk for several senior federal judges, including Chief Justice John Roberts. Her husband calls her one of the smartest people he has ever known. I think it’s obvious in the photo above how she feels about him.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usha_Vance

VIRGINIA: CLICK https://x.com/NickMinock/status/2047349930478522849/video/1 [1:06] to hear Democratic state Sen. Lamont Bagby say that conservative Virginians shouldn’t worry that Democrats like him can’t understand rural America because, “I grew up watching the Waltons. I grew up with Opie. I even watched the Dukes of Hazzard. I think I know a little bit about rural America.”

• https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/23/virginia-senator-lamont-bagby-dukes-hazzard-rural-america-gerrymandering/
• https://notthebee.com/article/virginia-democrat-defends-gerrymandering-say-understands-the-states-rural-population-because-he-watched-the-dukes-of-hazzard-growing-up

GRAMMY NOTES: Me. Except my bed wasn’t high enough to store stuff under and we didn’t have a rug.