by | July 27, 2023 · 11:39 am

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2A: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaGro8IiDIA to hear a passionate speech from a member of the majority. Hear, hear!

BORDER: FAUXTUS’ Health and Human Services (HHS) has lost track of an estimated 85,000 kids who entered the country illegally as unaccompanied minors. Many of the kids who have been found so far have been working, off the books and underpaid, instead of attending school.

HUNTER BIDEN: Yesterday, a Delaware district judge rejected First Son’s sweetheart plea deal, allowing the investigation into his shenanigans to continue and exposing him to the full force of legal consequences for his actions. Currently, Hunter Biden faces the penalty of two years in prison for tax fraud, a $25,000 fine for each tax violation count, and up to 10 years in prison for illegally owning a gun. 

MITCH McCONNELL: CLICK https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1684268327240097794 [:46] to see him zone out and require help to leave. He came back later, said he was fine, and finished the Q&A. McConnell turned 81 in February. I’m thinking we need an upper age limit on legislators the same as the Catholic Church has for priests (70 to 75 depending on the diocese) and bishops (75).

POLITICAL THEATER: Progressive Democrat Greg Casar held a press conference where he finally broke his thirst strike after refusing to eat or drink anything for 8 hours to protest for workers’ rights. Eight. Whole. Hours. ::yawn:: Between dawn and dusk of every single day of the entire month of Ramadan, Muslims refrain from all food and drink. This joker skipped lunch and called a press conference. Yeesh.

PSA: CUPKIN double-walled stainless steel children’s cups are being recalled for excessive lead. Learn more about this recall online at: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Soojimus-Recalls-CUPKIN-Stainless-Steel-Childrens-Cups-Due-to-Violation-of-Federal-Lead-Content-Ban-Recall-Alert

ROFL: Mr Retrops at Not The Bee said, “Tell me that switching the subtitles wouldn’t improve both of these movies significantly. Or even better a dark-humor fan fiction where the characters interact with each other.”

Barbie: My product was first launched in Japan. Oppenheimer: [no comment]

GRAMMY NOTES: Unless you are one of the rare people who has never been treated poorly by any professional, please CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH3iSKanN7s [13:49] to hear a physician validate your crappy experiences and get some excellent advice for how to prevent it from happening again. I’ve BTDT many, many times … mostly with physicians and priests, because they’re the ones I’ve gone to most often for help with my numerous weird problems. This guy really gets it and his advice is excellent.

I have been with my current primary since 2016. My husband always goes with me and I (almost) always bring my journal and any questions I’ve written down. One time, I forgot to bring my papers and my doctor seemed disappointed that I was unprepared to get the most from our encounter. Another time, I had so many questions that it took us 45 minutes to get through them. He not only gave me the time, but also was really energetic and engaged the whole time. I think the fact that he so strongly supports me being active and pro-active are signs that he is a really good doctor. And yeah, he always sits at my level when we’re talking and never wears a lab coat or ask me to disrobe unless/until it’s necessary.

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by | July 26, 2023 · 10:21 am

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BARBIE: Elon Musk said, “It you take a shot every time Barbie says the word “patriarchy”, you will pass out before the movie ends.” And “At its heart, wokeness is divisive, exclusionary, and hateful.”

CASTING OUT FEAR: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA48MnepYoI [3:48] to pray with Msgr. Rossetti. A study showed that the key to deep breathing is to exhale FULLY, squishing all the air out with the tummy muscles. It tells the body “The danger is over; you can relax now.” It makes sense to me, because when we’re afraid, we breathe shallowly and just in the chest, not deeply with the diaphragm.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Thanks to Biden’s open door border policy, drug cartels have been making big bucks smuggling people into the country. Let me guess what they’re doing with all that extra cash.

McCARTHY: CLICK https://rumble.com/v329gg6-mccarthy-finally-floating-biden-impeachment-inquiry-after-explosive-revelat.html [2:49] to hear the Speaker of the House explain why the Biden inquiry “is rising to the level of impeachment inquiry. … We have to get the answers to these questions.”

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSwMEtuL-GQ [3:03] – Volume 1: Florida dumps used tires into the ocean. The government spends billions subsidizing ethanol fuel. The government mandates universal health care coverage. N.b., This was the first of a series that got a lot better. I’ll be posting them as I go along for your wry amusement.

VAXXX: A new study shows that one in 35 (2.8%) health care workers at a Swiss hospital had signs of heart injury associated with the Moderna jab. Previous estimates placed such damage at 0.0035%. Oh well … they were only off by about one, two, three decimal points, so no biggie. Right?

VFAUXTUS: Please CLICK https://rumble.com/v32a442-vp-harris-insane-lies-get-torn-apart.html [1:44] to hear the author of Florida’s slavery curriculum shred Kamala’s repeated condemnation of it as “revisionist … propaganda.”

VISIO DIVINA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlFUzQS2q7A [5:54] to learn about this ancient prayer form. I did the first one yesterday and received an amazing blessing.

WISCONSIN: On the last day of the school year, elementary, middle, and high school students in the Eau Claire Area School District were read a statement explaining that the orchestra teacher would be undergoing a gender transition from male to female. Parents were not notified ahead of time. One parent who was unable to obtain a copy of the statement has sued the district, which also hides student transitions from parents.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LUI0NIijU98 and grab a tissue.

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by | July 25, 2023 · 10:44 am

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AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY: The ACS is sent to about 3.5 million homes every year. It contains 28 pages filled with questions about personal matters the government has no business asking about. Yet the potential fines for the federal offenses of refusing to participate can be as high as $100 for every question not answered and $500 per intentionally false response.

In short, noncompliance could result in total fines ranging from $10,000 and $50,000. Anyone who gets a survey and does not return it in a timely way will get hounded by Census Bureau employees, first with phone calls, then with home visits.

The ACS is unconstitutional, as are many of the questions included on the Constitution requires only that citizens be counted every ten years. The Census Bureau boasts a 97% success rate with the ACS, yet has never pursued fines against the 3%, probably because they know the stupid thing is unconstitutional.

If they pursued a court case, they’d lose and the whole program would be canceled which, among other things, would mean a lot of them would lose their jobs. The catch is … if you happen to be the one person they choose to prosecute, you’ll be in court fighting them for years.

BORDER: FAUXTUS’ DOJ is actually suing Gov. Greg Abbot for trying to do the job the Constitution delegates to the federal government. That is, protect our borders. Texas put a floating barrier in the Rio Grande to discourage illegal immigrants from attempting to cross into the United States.

The lawsuit demands it be removed, because the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 bars the “creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States.” Un-freaking-believable.

Gov. Abbot responded, “Texas will see you in court, Mr. President.”

CANADA: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=660986535924231 [6:11] to hear an elementary school teacher berate students whose parents kept them home for LGBT Pride Day for their “disgusting” show of “hatred.”

PROTESTING: These are both short – CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZBBjSUNazGQ to hear Michael Knowles call out the fools at his talk wearing tape over their mouths. Also, CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/64Sc9SL4imM to hear him reveal his secret for avoiding fascist protesters at his talks.

SATIRE: CLICK https://genesiustimes.com/ben-jerrys-to-close-permanently-after-realizing-entire-united-states-was-once-indigenous-land/ to read about how Ben & Jerry’s has decided to shut down after realizing their entire business is on stolen land.

CLICK https://babylonbee.com/news/hollywood-strike-approaches-third-month-of-proving-world-doesnt-need-hollywood to read about how the actors’ and writers’ strike is proving to the world that we don’t need Hollywood. (Why exactly is this one in satire?)

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sglMO4-paHE [1:35] to hear about Mattel’s new “Pregnant Ken” doll.

CLICK https://genesiustimes.com/mattel-releases-booster-shot-barbie-complete-with-guillain-barre-paralysis/ to read about Mattel’s new “Booster Shot Barbie” that comes complete with Guillain-Barre paralysis and a wheelchair.

MAN FLU vs. MOM FLU: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta2DC-CxuMw [2:16] to hear a recently recovered victim of Man Flu bravely describe his trials from the safety of his Man Cave where he may or may not have spent the night after filming this. LOL

SAN FRAN: CNN visited a Walgreen’s to do a segment on shoplifting. During the 30 minutes they were there, they saw three shoplifters walk in, take stuff, and walk out unmolested. In a constitutional republic, voters get the government they deserve, which should tell us all we need to know about Nancy Pelosi’s district.

TRANS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5W0bFLEgH4Q to hear Charlie Kirk make some arguments I haven’t heard before. Very interesting. Also short.

VAXXX: Three independent reviewers with cardiac pathology experience and expertise found 28 deaths that had been caused by the COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis.

In other news, Bronny James, son of Lebron James suffered a cardiac arrest during a basketball workout. He is 18 years old and otherwise in excellent health.

GRAMMY NOTES: During my stress test, they elevated the treadmill to the top and I puffed, “This is the angle of our street where I walk the dog, but we never move this fast, because she has to stop at every mailbox and check her p-mail.” The cardiologist laughed and said, “We call it ‘Butt and Facebook.’“

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UO8eosBeOdU to enjoy some more R*CKST*R.

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by | July 24, 2023 · 1:35 pm

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COVID-19: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1273237280230935 and watch to the end. It’s short.

EXORCIST: Msgr. Rossetti’s latest diary entry is all about how boring demons are. “Demons are narcissistic and nasty. Their words are full of hatred and arrogance. And that is all they do. Malignant narcissism, in hell or on this earth, is profoundly boring.

“There is no creativity. It is one long angry diatribe against all that is good. In short, it is incredibly boring. Demons do not know how to create or inspire. They can only destroy.”

Kinda sounds a lot like Wrongs. And he has good advice. “What is the best thing to do? Ignore them. As one saint said upon seeing a demon at the foot of the bed: “Oh, it’s only you.” Such deflates a narcissist.”

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1672189575391850502 [1:00] to hear a recording from 2020 when then-candidate Joe Biden angrily snarled at Peter Doocey for even asking him about his involvement with Hunter Biden’s business dealings: “I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.”

Not like we believed him for a moment. I mean, the year before, Hunter had told the New Yorker that he had discussed Burisma with his father in December of 2015. At the time of the conversation, VP Joe was preparing for a trip to the Ukraine as the Obama administration’s special envoy and Hunter was getting paid big bucks to do nothing much on Burisma’s board of directors.

Then, last summer, a voicemail recording from Hunter’s Laptop from Hell demonstrated that he had also discussed Hunter’s dealings with the Chinese oil giant CEFC in December 2018. In the voicemail, Joe says, “I thought the article released online, it’s going to be printed tomorrow in the Times, was good. I think you’re clear.”

More recently, we heard about the extortion texts Hunter sent to Chinese businessman Henry Zhao in which Hunter demands Zhao cough up the bucks or else. It is clear that his father was sitting right there, waiting with Hunter for Zhao to phone them about the matter.

And now we have Democrat Representative Dan Goldman admitting on record that Hunter discussed his business dealings with his dad. CLICK https://rumble.com/v316mmc-democrat-accidentally-proves-joe-biden-did-business-with-hunter.html [7:18]. At 4 minutes, he reiterates even more strongly that he “never discussed” and goes on to claim there was an “absolute wall” and “strict, strict rules” to keep his family’s business and his politics separate.

The WH is responding as per usual – i.e., acting like the print and media evidence of Joe’s denials never happened. Note the switch from “never discussed period” to “not in business with.”

“As we have said many times before, the President was not in business with his son. As we have also said many times before, the Justice Department makes decisions in its criminal investigations independently, & in this case, the White House has not been involved.“

They’ll probably stick with this, since “not in business with” can be interpreted to mean that Joe does not appear on any public records, say as a partner or member of the board of directors, of any of Hunter’s businesses.

FBI: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows U.S. intelligence to obtain the online communications without a warrant only of foreign nationals living abroad. In June 2022, the FBI used it to snoop into the online business of a U.S. senator and a state senator. In October, they did it to a state judge. Section 702 is set to expire at the end of the year, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have said they will refuse to back its reauthorization without significant reforms.

J6: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kmJS_VUg_jQ to hear Jacob Chansley share how God spoke to him in his jail cell. It’s short.

JUST STOP OIL: I’ve reported before on the antics of this ridiculous eco-terror group … throwing paint on masterpieces (which thankfully have glass protecting them); super-gluing their hands to walls, floors, and streets; blocking traffic; and, most recently, refusing to clear a way for a woman trying to get her sick newborn to the hospital. So, while I normally would not condone this kind of thing, in their case I’m just laughing and laughing cuz they totes deserved it.

CLICK https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1683442212867014661 [1:09] to see how some righteous dudes disrupted their “Beyond F***ed Banquet” (their name) with rape alarms suspended from helium balloons. CLICK

MEDIA: The New York Slime published an angry article entitled, “The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis’s Vaccine Turnabout” in which the authors recount how the evil Ron went his own way during the pandemic, even ::gasp:: opposing the jab (drawing horns and tail on).

Then, in paragraph fourteen, they admit, “Overall, the state’s death rate during the pandemic, adjusted for age, ended up better than the national average.” Even further down, they admit, “The total excess mortality of Florida is strikingly similar to that of the entire United States, despite older than average population of the Sunshine State.”

IOW … the only “steep cost” is that voters are well aware that Gov. DeSantis’ pandemic management was far superior to President Biden’s.

TRANS: Prisha (Abigail) Mosley (24) is suing the therapists, doctors, and medical facilities who claimed that taking testosterone and cutting off her breasts would resolve all her traumas and identity issues. Mosley’s teen years were traumatic to say the least. Her story is tragic and infuriating.

TWITTER: Elon Musk has announced he plans to get rid of the birds, starting with changing the name of his platform to his favorite letter, X. In fact, he’s so enthused by his new logo that he had it projected onto the side of Twitter HQ building.

Inquiring minds are asking … if we get rid of all the birds, what will we be doing instead of “tweeting”? I mean … “xing” is kinda weird, but I suppose we’d all get used to it just like we got used to “LOL” and all the rest.

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by | July 23, 2023 · 1:53 pm

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BARBIE: Ezra Dulis at Breitbart says the trailers promise a “light fun adventure” about a Barbie doll going on a “quest into the Real World,” but delivers “a series of moralizing monologues.” Lauren Chen agrees, noting that “the lengths the studio went to hide how INSUFFERABLY WOKE this movie is are astounding.” And Christian Toto says the only thing missing from its man-hating script are a few Handmaid’s Tale robes. And, while the movie appears to be marketed for young girls and their moms, it includes dialogue about things like “sexualized capitalism, “patriarchy anxiety”, “Proustian flashback,” and “irrepressible thoughts of death.” It will be interesting to see how the first and second week-end box office takes compare.

CALIFORNICATION: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=613758694223505 [3:11] to hear a passionate black man denounce every aspect of the “soft bigotry” of white liberals, particularly Gavin Newsom.

In other Wrong news, California’s per-pupil spending is among the highest for all states (more than $20,000 per K-12 student). On national math SAT scores, California ranked 30th in the nation. In fact, two out of three California students fail to meet basic math standards. So, in yet another move that proves the Wrongs are out to destroy America, the California Board of Education voted to address this catastrophic failure by adopting a new math education framework that focuses on equity and social justice.

GOP state Sen. Scott Wilk, of Santa Clarita, who serves on the California Senate Education Committee, criticized the move. “If California wants to be a STEM leader it needs to keep high standards, and prove to minority students and students in underserved communities that they have the power within them to master those standards.” But sir … that’s the whole point. They do not want STEM leaders. They want dumb, dependent, angry sheep who vote Democrat and who will roll over for the one world dictator and take the Mark of the Beast.

LAPTOP from HELL: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M28tXX0cvvI [5:37] to hear the House Weaponization Committee testimony by Emma-Jo Morris, editor at Breitbart and former editor at the New York Post.

SCAM WEBSITES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_QX12szXTM [8:25] to learn how to protect yourself from deceptive online websites. The Noxahe.com “Ravensburger” ad above appeared in my FB timeline today six times!

“Noxahe.com is a deceptive website that should be avoided due to its fraudulent nature. Despite promising attractive deals on various items, this online store operates with malicious intentions. … To protect oneself from such scams, it is essential to be cautious when encountering websites that offer unusually low prices or appear suspicious. Conducting thorough research on the website, reading customer reviews, and verifying its authenticity before making any purchases are crucial steps to avoid falling victim to fraudulent online stores like Noxahe.com.”

S&G: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzoPZwa4dWo [3:18] to hear a black mother passionately debunk gender theory and the promotion of it in schools.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zi8KmoWqu_g for a little wow.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iBoq1pZc6nk for some zoo humor.

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by | July 22, 2023 · 4:42 pm

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BARBIE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynU-wVdesr0 [42:44] if you want to listen to Ben Shapiro rant about how awful the new Barbie movie is. I listened to less than five minutes, which was plenty.

D.C.: According to the Metro Police, the number of holdups has exploded this year by nearly 60% as thieves assault citizens in broad daylight in so-called good neighborhoods. Some of them turn into fatal shootings. For many, many years, this Democrat-run city has had some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, meaning criminals have almost nothing to fear from the law-abiding sheep they fleece.

FEROCIOUS: Please take a minute to CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VeYEUrY0Tec and listen to Father Mike. I need a tissue.

MANDATES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeNz8S5MHvg [4:28] to hear a brief interview with Gabe Rench, a deacon at Christ Church, who was arrested with two other people for not wearing masks at an outdoor prayer service in the summer of 2020. On June 2, 2023, he won a $300,000 settlement from the city for violating their constitutional rights. Rench estimates the city wasted another $200,000 fighting this losing battle.

NEW YUCK CITY: Democrats are so eager to virtue signal … right up until it’s costing them something.

PEOPLE HATERS: CLICK https://twitter.com/CensoredMen/status/1682384113871847430 [1:05] to see some “Just Stop Oil” whackos REFUSE to let a woman pass their protest line to get her sick newborn to the hospital. Best comment on the video: “Every time I see one of these videos, I get into my Hummer and driver around in circles for an hour.”

PYREX: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVbkDAw4aJs [17:42] to see Ann Reardon update her report on borosilicate glass vs. soda lime glass. If you use glassware for cooking, this is important information. ”

TOXICITY: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/41JtfgBwFRw cuz yeah.

GRAMMY NOTES: Fr. Ripperger’s talk* about the Sin of Adam (avoid responsibility) and the Sin of Eve (control men) really opened my eyes to a lot of stuff. In particular, how so much of our current mess dates back to the 60s when both of those sins got ramped up on cultural approval steroids. E.g., the Pill, legal abortion, welfare rewarding single mothers, feminists demonizing SAHMs. It’s interesting how all that coincided with them yanking prayer out of schools.

*The talk is @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erw3qPgV4zs [24:29].

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by | July 21, 2023 · 11:25 am

Today’s Climate Lesson

Every leftie move to grab more power and money begins with a cooked up “emergency.”

Matt Walsh remarked on Ilhan Omar’s idiotic tweet, “If you believe that we have precise daily temperature records dating back 120 thousand years, then this claim may seem credible. But if you are approximately smarter than a sea sponge then you know that this is hysterical bullshit.”

I would agree, except I think it would be an insult to the Squarepants family. Below, I have put together a brief history lesson on this topic. In 1593, Galileo Galilei invented a rudimentary water thermoscope, which for the first time allowed temperature variations to be measured. It did not measure temperatures.

In 1612, the Santorio Santorio put a numerical scale on his water thermoscope. While it measured temperature, it was not very accurate. The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand II, used alcohol instead of water, but it still wasn’t very accurate. It was not until 1714, that Daniel Fahrenheit invented the first accurate mercury thermometer and, in 1724, introduced the standard temperature scale that bears his name. But it wasn’t until 1880, that anyone began systematically recording global surface temperatures.

We need to keep in mind that, when the leftie news says, “The hottest day in recorded history,” they are not talking about the past 6,000 years, but rather the past 143 years. In addition, we need to be aware that in 1880 the globe was coming out of what is known as the Little Ice Age. IOW, the warming we’ve been experiencing is part of a normal global trend. It only looks alarming, because they start the graph during an unusually cold period.

While it is true that we don’t have accurate surface temperature records from long ago, it is also true that various physical (e.g., tree rings) and historical records (e.g., agricultural, trade and population data) allow us to roughly estimate climate conditions. And these sources show that the Earth was both markedly warmer and markedly colder than it is now:

  • The Roman Warm Period (ca. 250 BC to 400 AD)
  • The Medieval Warm Period (ca. 1000 AD to 1200 AD)
  • The Little Ice Age (ca. 1300 AD to 1800 AD)

During all of those periods, humanity thrived. The very idea that fossil fuels are driving climate change or that a relatively small change in global temperature averages will wipe us out and kill the planet are beyond ludicrous.

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by | July 21, 2023 · 10:50 am

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BARBIE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJLSIP9TD3k [10:20] to hear a scathing review by Dr. Ted Baehr. “The movie is worse than you could possibly expect. It’s hardcore propaganda … attack on men and women alike.” From what else I’ve read, it sounds like it glorifies the Sin of Eve – i.e., the desire to control men.

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY: FBI documents released yesterday by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) provide more evidence of the pay-to-play skulduggery of Joe and his clan. In them, an FBI confidential human source (CHS) reported what Burisma’s co-founder and CEO Mykola Zlochevsky told him about a meeting he had in in August 2016 when Joe Biden was Obama’s VP and point man on all things Ukraine.

According to the CHS report, the Bidens coerced Zlochevsky into paying the Bidens $10 million in exchange for using the weight of the United States government on his behalf. Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin was investigating Burisma; Zlochevsky wanted him gone. So money changed hands, Shokin got the ax, and the investigation into Burisma dirty dealings disappeared. Zlochevsky later told the CHS that he had seventeen recordings to back up his claim, two with Joe Biden and 15 with Hunter Biden.

DESTROYING AMERICA: Open borders, inflation, crippling debt, political division, social unrest, moral corruption, rampant violence, and the destruction of our once vast military capacity … let me think. What else has he done to get us ready to be conquered by the forces of Anti-Christ? Oh yes. Deplete our oil reserve. Stephen Green at PJ Media explains,

“The SPR was created under President Gerald Ford in 1975 following the 1973–1974 Arab oil embargo, which turned out to be just the first of that decade’s two major oil shocks. Set in massive salt caverns in Louisiana and Texas, the SPR was supposed to hold enough crude oil—714 million barrels— to help us weather any future embargo. It took until about 2010—35 years!—to fill those reservoirs all the way up. It took Dementia Joe just two years to cut our reserves in half, down to levels not seen since 1983.”

Edward Luwak at Unherd explains at the link below why he believes China is preparing for war.

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1682184063480733696 [:07] to hear our Commander-in-Chief say, “How many times you read in infla – that a recession’s comin’? They’ven in Wall Street today said no they don’t see a resheck comin’ now.”

PRACTICING THE PRESENCE OF GOD: In his book, Brother Lawrence shows us how to practice the presence of God, which he calls “the holiest, most common, most necessary practice in the spiritual life.” The practice of the presence of God is to take delight in his divine company and to talk lovingly with him at all times, especially in times of temptation, suffering, spiritual aridity, disgust, and even of unfaithfulness and sin. “By this continual mindfulness of God we shall crush the head of the devil and cause his weapons to fall from his hand.”

N.b., continual mindfulness of God is not the same as the self-centered mindfulness promoted by New Agers.

UK: Nigel Farage is a British broadcaster and former politician who heavily supported Brexit. His bank closed his accounts because his political beliefs did not align with their own. IOW, he isn’t bending the knee at the Wrongs’ altar.

This kind of thing will only become more common as we speed toward the end of time. We need to be fully prayed up at all times so that, when the caca hits the propeller, we will not cave to pressure or fear, but be bold in the Lord and confident in our salvation.

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by | July 20, 2023 · 11:14 am

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BIDENOMICS: On July 11, the White House sent out a tweet claiming that real (i.e., inflation-adjusted average) wages had gone up by 3.5% on  Biden’s watch.

Five days later, FAUXTUS tweeted, “Right now, real wages for the average American worker is higher than it was before the pandemic, with lower wage workers seeing the largest gains. That’s Bidenomics.”

The next day, a reporter told KJP that these alleged facts were in fact incorrect. KJP said the White House disagrees with the data. “Everything that you are seeing with our economy being stronger, wages going up … is because of Bidenomics.“

Oh, and by the way, “we’re looking at the data from February of 2021.” However, if you compare real wages now with what the Trump economy produced – i.e., before the pandemic began – then, they are down 3.3%. And prices are up 16.6%.

BONGINO: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by2UpFmcyzA [7:46] to hear this former Secret Service agent talk with Newsmax’s Eric Bolling about the cocaine they found in the White House.

IRS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UzZmx-l7v8 [26:35] to hear IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and John Ziegler testify about how the Hunter Biden tax investigation was slow walked for political reasons.

MILITARY: In addition to free psychological counseling, trannies in Biden’s Woke Military enjoy waivers from deployment, as well as from grooming, uniform, and physical fitness standards. In addition, they have access to the following taxpayer funded benefits:

  • cross-sex hormones ($1,500 per year)
  • breast augmentation surgery ($5K to $10K)
  • feminizing rhinoplasty ($5K to $6K)
  • full feminizing facial surgery including hairline lowering, forehead contouring, cheek implants, chin augmentation, and lip lift ($20K to $50K)
  • genital mutilation surgery ($10K and $30K)
  • partial to full mastectomy ($1,273 – $14K)
  • laser hair removal ($2400 and up, depending on how many sessions are needed)
  • voice feminization surgery ($5,500 to $9K)
  • paid time off to recover from surgeries (weeks to months)

So far as I know, there is nothing preventing someone from enlisting for the sole purpose of getting these benefits without having to … you know … actually serve or … I dunno … go some place where they could get shot at like my kids have done eleven times.

NOT THE BEE: CLICK https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1682027684178821121 [3:53] to hear House Democrats vote to censor RFK Jr during a hearing on censorship at which he was invited to speak, because as Debbie W-S claimed, he had supposedly “spread vile and dangerous antisemitic and anti-Asian conspiracy theories that tarnish his credibility as a witness.”

Thankfully, the vote failed. CLICK https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1682044760016683010 [4:35] to hear RFK Jr respond.

TIKTOK DOC: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZz2BxisT6U [2:02] to hear how “Dr. Roxy” was permanently stripped of her license to practice medicine. Multiple physicians in the comments pointed out that plastic surgery is the #1 most competitive specialty, meaning that the people who get chosen graduated in the top 5% of their medical school classes and then put in 7-8 years of additional training. How anybody that smart could do something this dumb is a puzzlement.

GRAMMY NOTES: When my eldest was born, I thought, “Oh good, a girl. I won’t ever have to send her to war.” Then, I had two more girls … who grew up, enlisted, and went to war.

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CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHQOsqWN23c [7:49] to hear the story of Josefina Vileseca Alsina. In 1952, this pious daughter of Spanish farmers was stabbed to death while resisting a rape attempt. On her death bed, she forgave her attacker. She was 12 years old. During a recent exhumation, her body was reportedly found in a state of remarkable preservation.

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://twitter.com/WarMachineRR/status/1679896415126925322 [ :14] to see the clip. What bothered me the most was that the baby clearly did NOT want his attention, yet he persisted, while the parents chuckled, patted FAUXTUS on the shoulder, and took selfies.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8muJ8U8AYK0 to hear a powerful story about Jimmy Stewart as told by Jim Caviezel.

LIFE: CLICK https://twitter.com/TRussHunter/status/1680218269041537024 [1:04] to hear T. Russell Hunter simply repeat what a pro-abortion dude told him.

I’m thinking gnarly old dudes who have one foot in the nursing home should rethink their position on the sanctity of human life. Cuz my mom was 100% right. “After abortion, they’ll legalize euthanasia.” Yup. And just like with abortion, the first arguments would be appeals to pity for the hard cases, but after folks get used to it, they open the floodgates, because the point never was and never is to relieve suffering, but to kill.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QM2NXVPuFz0 to see a string of abolitionists giving Hunter encouragement in his ministry.

LOUISIANA: The state legislature has successful overturned Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of a bill to ban cross-sex medical treatments for minors. Louisiana Rep. Laurie Schlegel pointed out the distorted logic that is involved in the movement to prescribe permanent bodily changes to young people.

“As a counselor, I know of no other mental health disorder where we affirm distorted thinking. We don’t affirm the distorted thinking of anorexic children who suffer body dysmorphia, do we? And since studies have shown that gender dysphoria does not persist in most children past puberty, why would any so-called treatment include irreversible medical procedures? The suggestion that the only hope for children experiencing gender dysphoria is cross-sex hormone therapy, puberty blockers, or life-changing sex operations is ludicrous. These children need intensive mental health counseling.”

TRANS: CLICK https://twitter.com/Theo_TJ_Jordan/status/1681364951506485252 [2:24] to hear Helen Joyce explain why parents who have transed their own kids will be the most rabid defender of what they did. The full interview is @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG9_lcln7FU [1:10:31].

TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY [3:09] – Country Music Television has pulled Jason Aldean’s new video which leftie critics claim promotes lynching. “There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it – and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage – and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music – this one goes too far.”

Matt Walsh says, “Nearly every rap song for the past 30 years has directly and enthusiastically glorified murder, drug dealing, robbery, and every other violent crime, and these people say nothing. One of the top rap videos on YouTube is called Robberies by King Von and it’s all about him robbing and killing people. The rapper was recently killed in a gang shooting. Before his death, he was implicated in multiple murders and other crimes. But Jason Aldean is the problem.”

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfwMkO9h1o [8:49] to see a 2022 interview with Tom and Dick. I watched and loved this show when it first aired. One of my favorite songs was, “I fell into a vat of chocolate.” I’m glad they do an homage to it in the video.

VAXXX: The Biden administration has halted the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s access to federal funding after the lab failed to provide documents about safety and security measures. IOW, until five minutes ago, we have continued to fund the research that created and leaked the COVID-19 virus.

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