by | October 12, 2023 · 3:54 pm

War in Israel

October 7, 2023: Israel has declared a state of war.

ISRAEL DECLARES WAR: On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, in an unprecedented, unprovoked surprise attack. They also crossed into Israel to attack homes and civilians. The attack has resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands wounded 2,500 wounded. At least 150 hostages — mostly Israelis but also including foreign and dual nationals — being held in Gaza by Hamas.

HAMAS: CLICK https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1711414297966907440 to see footage of the assault released by Hamas.

ISRAEL: Israel has responded with massed forces, tanks and other heavy armor against Hamas, leveling over 1,000 buildings and cutting off water, food and energy supplies for 2.3 million people.

More than 260,000 Gaza residents have been forced from their homes. The European Union has called for a “humanitarian corridor” to allow civilians to flee. Israel has also struck targets in southern Lebanon, an area controlled by Hezbollah, an ally of Israel’s arch enemy Iran.

FAUXTUS: US President Joe Biden has diverted an aircraft carrier battle group to the eastern Mediterranean and pledged to send more munitions and military hardware to support Israel. To Israel’s enemies, he said, “To any country, any organization, anyone thinking of taking advantage of this situation, I have one word: don’t.” I bet that’s got them shaking in their keffiyehs. Meanwhile, reports have emerged that U.S. weapons the weakling POTUS ordered our military to leave behind when they rushed out of Afghanistan have ended up in the hands of Palestinian groups operating in the Gaza Strip.

TRUMP: Former President Donald Trump warned that the shocking and brutal attack by Hamas terrorists on Israeli civilians over the weekend has the makings of World War III. He also drew ties between the Biden administration’s flooding of young male, military-aged unvetted immigrants into the country and the Pearl Harbor style-attack by Hamas.

BRUTALITY: CLICK https://twitter.com/HenMazzig/status/1711732906412884432 [3:09] to hear a CNN correspondent report on the carnage Hamas militants left behind at the Kibbutz Kfar Aza in Israel. Some are saying it’s propaganda, but Israeli Major General Itai Veruv said on air, “What I saw, hundreds of terrorists in full armor, full gear, with all the equipment and all the ability make a massacre. Go from apartment to apartment, from room to room and kill babies, mothers, fathers in their bedrooms… They locked themselves in the protection rooms of their houses and people were out with their children and they killed them. They killed babies in front of their parents, and then killed the parents. They killed parents and we found babies between the dogs and the family killed before him. They cut heads of the people. … It’s not a war, it’s not a battlefield. It’s a massacre, it’s a terror activity.”

IRAN: Days before the attack, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the eradication of the ‘Zionist regime’ which he described as a ‘cancer.’ On Oct 10, he said the Israeli “regime cannot conceal its monstrous and devious face in the attack on Gaza and the massacre of Gazans through the act of lying or by playing the victim. By speaking nonsense, it cannot attribute the bravery of the Palestinian youth and their intelligent plans to non-Palestinians.”

HEZBOLLAH: This morning, a Lebanese imam affiliated with Hezbollah told MSNBC’s Matt Bradley that there were hundreds, even thousands of martyrs prepared to sacrifice themselves against Israel. MSNBC’s Matt Bradley said, “If Hezbollah does decide to enter the war, it would be a game changer. Hezbollah is so much more powerful than Hamas [and] enjoys much more support from Iran and other actors in the Middle East. … They have real weapons, real training … that really more resembles an army.”

RASHIDA TLAIB: The first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan legislature and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) made headlines for herself when she added a loud “F**k Trump!” to her oath of office. She has a Palestinian flag outside her office on Capitol Hill. Earlier this week, she had no comment to these questions from a reporter:

“Congresswoman, Hamas terrorists have cut off baby’s heads and burned children alive. Do you support Israel’s rights to defend themselves against this brutality?” No comment. “You can’t comment about Hamas terrorists chopping off baby’s heads? Congresswoman, why do you have the Palestinian flag outside your office, if you do not condone what Hamas terrorists have done to Israel? Do Israeli lives not matter to you?” No comment.

BLM: On Oct. 10, Black Lives Matter Grassroots, which represents 26 local BLM chapters across the country, issued a lengthy statement “in solidarity with the Palestinian people.” The gist of it was that the Palestinians must not be condemned since they “have been subject to decades of apartheid and unimaginable violence.” Also, “let us understand the resistance in Palestine as an attempt to tear down the gates of the world’s biggest open air prison.”

FOREIGN NATIONALS: Dozens of foreigners in Israel, many of them tourists or students, have been reported or missing, while thousands have asked to be evacuated.

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by | October 12, 2023 · 3:15 pm

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BABYLON BEE: Warning … this is not for children and it’s not even remotely funny. It is, however, accurate and well done. So your choice or not to CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNj7FYV7nmM [3:46] to see the Bee’s Mulan parody of “I’ll Make a Man Out of You.”

BORDER: The Archdiocese of Mexico has warned that the huge increase in migrants has overwhelmed the shelters run by the Roman Catholic Church, creating “a true humanitarian crisis.”

CANNABIS: Currently, 23 states, three U.S. territories, and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana use, with another eight decriminalizing it. Recent studies are showing disturbing side effects from recreational use of THC. One survey of more than 2,500 teens and found that 70% of THC users experience anxiety symptoms compared to 40% of non-users. Another study found that teens using cannabis recreationally are two to four times as likely to develop psychiatric disorders, including depression and suicidality, compared to teens who don’t use cannabis.

CATHOLIC: A new survey of 1,000 Catholics found that 95% of those who attend Mass at least once a week believe in the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Among self-identified Catholics who only attend Mass a few times a year, that number drops to 51%. Only 3% of the respondents said they attend daily Mass at least some of the time; this is too small of a sample to be statistically significant, but I’m betting if you surveyed 1,000 of those (us), the number who believe that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist would approach 100%.

DISINFORMATION: Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, NBC News, Associated Press, and others marked today with tributes to Matthew Shepard, who was pistol whipped, tied to a fence in freezing conditions, then set on fire in 1998 by two men who allegedly were gay-hating rednecks.

But according to The Book of Matt, the motivation behind these heinous acts was not homophobia, but drugs. The book’s author, investigative journalist Stephen Jimenez, spent 13 years interviewing more than 100 people with a connection to the case. His conclusion is that, far from being a gay martyr, Matthew Shepard was actually an intelligent and once promising young man who ruined his life with drugs and promiscuity.

At the time of his death, he was an HIV-positive, meth-addicted, homosexual prostitute who suffered from bouts of depression. He also bought and sold crystal meth. The two men who tortured and killed him didn’t care that he was gay; they wanted to steal his meth stash, which was valued at $10K. In fact, one of Shepard’s killers was his pimp, with whom he’d had occasional sexual encounters.

IMO, the worst thing to come out of the Shepard homophobia myth was hate crime legislation, which set the deeply dangerous precedent of criminalizing thoughts. Crime is supposed to be about what a person has done, not about why they did it. Motive may be important in helping a jury discern guilt and it should certainly factor into sentencing, but it should never be labeled as a crime in and of itself.

E-BIKES: CLICK https://twitter.com/FRNSW/status/1709421543749824646 [:26] to see scary footage of two young men barely escaping the explosion of a lithium battery in their hotel room.

EDUCATION: Critics of school choice often say it leads to higher tuition at private schools, but a new study shows the opposite is true. Over the past 10 years, states that adopted school choice policies had lower rates of tuition increases than states that never had school choice policies. States without school choice had an average 27.6% increase in tuition, while states with school choice saw a 15.4% increase.

FENTANYL: Between 2019 and 2021, fentanyl-related adolescent overdose deaths nearly tripled. A quarter of those deaths involved counterfeit drugs — pills purporting to be Valium, Xanax, or Percocet that the teens got from friends or bought online. Mama Buzz was just telling me about a talk she heard about the rise in dangerous counterfeit drugs that may contain no active ingredients or may contain enough fentanyl in a single pill to kill you. Point being … you should only use drugs that your doctor has prescribed and that you have filled at a reputable pharmacy. If the bottle does not have your name and the doctor’s name on it, don’t trust what’s inside. Drug counterfeiters gotten very good at making their pills look like the real things.

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE: A new study entitled “Efficacy and safety of in-hospital treatment of Covid-19 infection with low-dose hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in hospitalized patients: A retrospective controlled cohort study” has been published in the October 2023 edition of New Microbes and New Infections. It found that COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin were more likely to survive than those treated with the standard protocol.

INSANITY: Click the link below to read about Dylan Mulvaney being named Woman of the Year by the British gay magazine, Attitude. Or don’t, because really, why would you want to after I did it for you?

NORTH CAROLINA: Earlier this year, North Carolina’s legislature overrode their governor’s veto to ban abortions after 12 weeks. Since then, the overall abortion rate in the state has gone down 31% from this time last year. That adds up to about 15,000 lives saved over a year!

Twelve weeks is the end of the first trimester. At this point, the fetus is about the size of a lime. Most of its bodily structures have formed and are beginning to operate, including the heart, digestive system, pituitary gland, and bone marrow.

RFK Jr: The lifelong Democrat and presidential hopeful has announced he’s decided to run as an Independent. CLICK https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1712147082037842416 [:30] to see his first tv advert.

GRAMMY NOTES: I have a crystal clear memory of my parents showing me an article in the paper and pointing to the photo and saying, “This man says if you don’t stop sucking your thumb, your adult teeth will grow in crooked.” Appalled, I went cold turkey; I was decades old before I realized, I couldn’t read at the time, so that article could have been about anything! LOL

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HnBS9dTh_fg to see a fabulous football play.

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by | October 9, 2023 · 5:21 pm

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BILES: On Sunday, Simone Biles won her record eighth U.S. Championship. At 26, she is the oldest woman to win a USA Gymnastics title. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VbiioI8PIZ8 to see the highest rated stunts this newlywed phenom has mastered.

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K98-fjc4qcE [37:05] to hear Archbishop Viganò present his argument that Pope Francis is a heretic and could become the False Prophet prophesied in the Book of Revelation (13:11-17, NABRE).

EXORCIST: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j68puf4zrcg [4:06] to pray with Msgr. Rossetti for freedom and healing from demonic spirits.

FBI: On October 4, Newsweek reported that the fibbies have “quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump’s army of MAGA followers.” Biden has said, “Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are a threat to the very soul of this country.”

In June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security told Congress that “threats from…DVEs [domestic violent extremists] have increased in the last two years.” The threats they listed were all associated with America’s right and in particular with Trump’s MAGA supporters.

PSA: KVK-Tech is recalling a lot of 10-milligram Betaxolol tablets, because someone found an Oxycodone pill in the batch. If you take this drug and see an odd looking pill, do not swallow it.

ROMEIKE UPDATE: ICE has recommended to Congress that this family be granted a one year stay on its deportation order. It’s just a band-aid. We can help by clicking https://www.votervoice.net/HSLDA/1/campaigns/107920/respond and asking our representatives to vote YES on H.R. 5423 which would make the family eligible for an immigrant visa or permanent resident status. 

X: I had my doubts about Linda Yaccarino, the woman Elon Musk chose to be the new CEO of the former Twitter. And it looks like they were justified. During the October 4th edition of his show, Tucker Carlson revealed how surgeons make money off of gender surgeries and companies like Pfizer make money off of puberty blockers, testosterone and estrogen. X CEO Yaccarino called the video “lawful but awful” and demonetized it. Meanwhile, Elon Musk shared the video, encouraging his followers to “Follow the money.” X  demonetized that as well. CLICK https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1709689853661913465 to see Tucker’s “lawful but awful” show.

GRAMMY NOTES: The painting is “Le Martyre de Saint Érasme” (The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus) by Nicholas Poussin, ca. 1628. St. Erasmus was the Bishop of Formia, Italy, in the late 3rd c. He was persecuted by the Emperor Diocletian. Because it is believed he died while being disemboweled, he is venerated as the patron saint of those suffering from any kind of abdominal pain.

Please forgive me for not reporting yet on the elephant in the living room – i.e., the war in Israel. I’ve been feeling poorly. I’ve been praying for the intercession of St. Erasmus and have an appointment with a gastroenterologist on Tuesday at 8 am. Your prayers would be appreciated.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aBtBx0p3sOg to see a smart kid.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fYq5F_jMfxc to see why train wheels are genius.

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by | October 7, 2023 · 2:59 pm

Mask Update

As of May 11, 2023, the CDC was still recommending masking for anyone over 2 years of age. Their claims include:

  • Masking is a critical public health tool for preventing spread of COVID-19, and it is important to remember that any mask is better than no mask.
  • To protect yourself and others from COVID-19, CDC continues to recommend that you wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently.
  • Masks and respirators are effective at reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, when worn consistently and correctly.

On September 28, 2023, a paper entitled “An analysis of studies pertaining to masks in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Characteristics and quality of studies from 1978 to 2023” was published in The American Journal of Medicine. In it, researchers examined all the mask research that has been published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

The CDC touts the MMWR as its “primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations.” It is one of the most influential federal health journals, one which the researchers note “has substantial influence on United States health policy.”

Of all the studies they looked at, 77 met their inclusion criteria; all were published after 2019. Fifty-eight stated that masks were effective, yet only 11 had statistically significant evidence. All of them were retrospective, cross-sectional, or observational in design; zero were randomized. More than half claimed causal rather than correlative or associative results, which retrospective, cross-sectional, observational, and non-randomized studies cannot validly assert.

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by | October 6, 2023 · 3:48 pm

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BORDER: From Babylon Bee – The notoriously frugal Donaldson family cleverly posed as illegal immigrants, scoring a free week at a luxury hotel in downtown New York City.

In real news, the Biden administration is restarting direct deportations of Venezuelan migrants who have recently been arriving by the tens of thousands.

BOSTON: The 2023 Army-Navy football game is scheduled to take place on Dec. 9 at Gillette Stadium where the Patriots play. What should have provided a much-needed boost to the economy is turning a lot of military members sour as their confirmed hotel reservations are being canceled to make room for illegals.

BUILD THE WALL: Remember when the brand new FAUXTUS canceled all of Trump’s PAID FOR border wall construction, left the materials to rot, then sold them for pennies on the dollar? If not, CLICK https://www.ganjingworld.com/video/1g45km0ihvcQUDILOQSD2sbbX15j1c [11:54] to hear a news report. The New York Post article he cites was published on August 19th.

On October 5, the FAUXTUS administration announced such an “acute and immediate need” to build a border wall in south Texas where illegal migration has surged and the only people who matter (Democrat voters) are pissed.

In fact, the need is so acute and immediate that they are waiving26 federal laws, including the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and Endangered Species Act to build … I mean, pacify Democrat voters. When asked by a reporter if he believes a border wall works, Biden said “no.”

CALIFORNICATION: On Wednesday, Gov. Newsom signed into law an act that outlaws counting ballots by hand. At least one county has already indicated they will not be complying.

FAUXTUS: Commander has followed Major into exile and for the same reason. Biting White House staffers and Secret Service agents. In other news, Dementia Joe assured us, “I think that the American people are smart as hell and know what their interests are. I think they know they’re better off financially than they were before.”

IOWA: The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a preliminary injunction against an Iowa school district policy that threatens suspension and expulsion for anyone who intentionally and/or persistently refused to call a boy a girl or a girl a boy. The case has drawn friend-of-the-court briefs from dozens of conservative and religious groups.

MEDIA BIAS: A New York CBS station hid the identity of Brian Dowling (18), the black man who knifed Antifa activist, Ryan Carson. The same New York CBS station did not hide the identity of the Marine who stepped in to protect NYC subway riders, properly executed a chokehold, ensured the man was on his side in the recovery position and breathing, contacted police, then was arrested and painted as a vile racist when the violent man later died.

MIC DROP: CLICK https://rumble.com/v3n2h5k-candace-owens-drops-mic-on-pathetic-lib-activist-lifes-tough-get-a-helmet-m.html [:23] to hear Candace Owens’ wonderful reply to a whiny libtard’s question.

MISSOURI: Vandals defaced a pro-life display at St. Paul Catholic Church in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton. The display of white crosses was covered with blood-red paint and the “Pray to End Abortion” sign defaced.

PARASITES DOCUMENTARY: DO NOT MISS THIS!! CLICK https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/1709917870618992961 [2:00]. It is hilarious. And 100% true. N.b., Not the Bee says the David Attenborough voice is AI generated.

PENNSYLVANIA: On September 11, the Perkiomen Valley School Board voted 5-4 to allow boys to use the girls’ bathrooms. The following week, approximately 400 students staged a walk-out in protest. John Ott, who organized the protest, said he did it to protect the girls. “They were upset. They didn’t want men in their bathroom.” On October 2, the same measure failed 5-4 margin, because one member changed his vote as a result of the walkout and weeks of protest from parents and teachers. 

PRAISE GOD: Last year, celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D (Katherine von Drachenberg) raised eyebrows when she publicly ditched all of her occult items, including things like witchcraft books and tarot cards she had made herself, declaring that there was a spiritual battle happening. This week, she was baptized in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen! And Amen!!

SHRILLARY: The woman who had the White House stolen from her, first by her party and then by cultish Trump voters, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that “at some point maybe there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members.”

Matt Palumbo opined, “Meanwhile, no Republicans have called for Hillary Clinton’s former base to be reeducated, as that would’ve required them to be educated in the first place.”

SYNOD ON SYNODALITY: In a September 21 letter to bishops slated to participate in the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Joseph Zen warned that organizers plan to “manipulate” the gathering into endorsing sexual immorality. Hmm … I’ve read the Bible from cover to cover. I don’t recall God ever worrying himself about listening to or pandering to sinners. Did I miss something?

VAXXX: A paper entitled “Duration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine persistence and factors associated with cardiac involvement in recently vaccinated patients” was published last month in NPJ Vaccines. In it, U.S. researchers report finding mRNA in heart and bilateral axillary lymph node tissues of 20 people who died within one month of getting the Pfizer jab. None of them had myocarditis, but all had detectable heart injuries. They told us the vaccine wouldn’t leave the arm muscle, wouldn’t persist in the body, and was safe.

A paper entitled “Unexpected vaginal bleeding and COVID-19 vaccination in nonmenstruating women” was published last month in Science Advances. In it, Norwegian researchers report studying 22,000 vaxxxed women across all stages of reproductive aging. They found 13.1% of premenopausal girls, 14.1% of perimenopausal women, and 3.3% of postmenopausal women experienced at least one unexpected vaginal bleed after receiving the shot.

VIRGINIA: Dennita Miskimen excelled as a public-school teacher for 23 years. But when she saw drag queens walking the hallways where she taught, she decided enough was enough. In 2022, she founded The Little Red Schoolhouse, which stands on a plot of land outside Petersburg, Virginia. Her curriculum includes reading, writing, arithmetic, the Bible, patriotism, and real American history. They say the Pledge of Allegiance and are never exposed to LGBTQ ideology, CRT, or Pride Month.

WISCONSIN: A Waukesha County Circuit Court has ruled in favor of the parents, stating that the case law is clear. “A school district cannot supplant a parent’s right to control the healthcare and medical decisions for their children.” The parents’ legal teams hailed the news as a “groundbreaking legal victory” for parental rights.

WOMEN in SPORTS: After World Aquatics, the governing body for international water sports, ruled that trans women were prohibited from women’s competitions if they had not changed genders before the age of 12, they created an “Open Category” to accommodate trans athletes. This category was just canceled for the Swimming World Cup in Germany, because zero athletes signed up for it. Color me unsurprised.

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by | October 5, 2023 · 2:16 pm

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CLIMATE: Sorry to say this, but when it comes to science, this pontiff is a close-minded shill for the Anti-Christ’s global elites. His latest move was to issue an Apostolic Exhortation in which he called for aggressive, globally enforced climate legislation. “It is no longer possible to doubt the human – ‘anthropic’ – origin of climate change. I feel obliged to make these clarifications, which may appear obvious, because of certain dismissive and scarcely reasonable opinions that I encounter, even within the Catholic Church.”

CONGRESS: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has been removed as House speaker by a vote of 216 to 210 and says he will not try to get the job back. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) led the charge, but only rallied seven Republicans to join him. The rest of the votes were Democrat. Irony reigned, sinc e one of Mr. Gaetz’s principal complaints against the speaker was that he had passed legislation with Democratic votes that a majority of Republicans opposed. The first two House Republicans to throw their hat in the ring to replace McCarthy are Reps. Jordan and Scalise.

FACEBOOK: On Tuesday, the Effing Bee (Facebook) pulled down something I put up three years ago. I protested, saying I had been objecting to the sexual abuse of minors, not promoting it. They said the photo was objectionable, so even though I meant well, they were not restoring it because the photo showed a little kid in sexy undies. Okay, fine. But, apparently because I objected and they can’t be bothered to just say, “We know you meant well, just don’t do it again,” they restricted my account for a month. At first, I didn’t care, because the restrictions weren’t services I use anyway. But apparently somebody has decided to up the ante, because supposedly I also posted something offensive in a chat. No idea what. They didn’t bother to tell me. I can still see my feed and comment on things my friends post, but for two days, I can’t post my usual cross-link to my blogs here or use IM. And every time I post a comment, I get to see their annoying “You suck” message again. I am await their finding more offenses.

NEUROGRAPHICA CIRCLES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TcnTewob5pk for a quick tutorial on how to do this super simple watercolor project.

SCOTUS: Remember when undercover videos revealed Planned Parenthood selling aborted baby body parts for big bucks? Yeah, me too. Sadly, the Supreme Court has decided not to entertain the appeal by the group that captured those damning video. Thus, the previous court ruling that the Center for Medical Progress pay Planned Parenthood more than $2 million in damages, plus $13 million in attorneys’ fees, still stands. I sure hope those folks incorporated and protected their personal assets before doing this.

SYNOD ON SYNODALITY: Pope Francis’ big synod opened yesterday. Participants were ordered to observe complete secrecy now and forever about everything they and others say during all the parts of the synod that are not shown on the Vatican’s YouTube channel. This is supposed to “guarantee the freedom of expression & serenity of common discernment.”

WOMEN in SPORTS: The Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive, the international sport fishing confederation, has ruled that trannies will no longer be able to compete in some women’s events. “We have finally concluded that this eventuality is absolutely discriminatory, especially in those disciplines where the physical strength can make a difference.” Disciplines impacted by the confederation’s new rule include long casting of sea weights, shore angling, carp fishing, and fly fishing.

GRAMMY NOTES: I just love getting photos of home schooling!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3NW2OHyXBKs for some kid fun.

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by | October 5, 2023 · 12:10 pm

Catholic Stuff

Recently, Pope Francis has made a series of moves that strongly suggest he is in a heretical, homosexual bed with the Anti-Christ’s global elites. Since someone is sure to wonder about that whole papal infallibility thing, let me clarify that right away.

PAPAL INFALLIBILITY: Vatican I explained that the pontiff is only speaking with supreme apostolic authority when he defines a doctrine concerning faith or morals to be held by the universal Church.

He must “directly and conclusively pronounce … in such a way that each one of the faithful … knows for certain that such and such a doctrine is held to be heretical, proximate to heresy, certain or erroneous.”

If the faithful cannot know from what the pope says that a particular proposition is to be regarded in a particular way, then the pope has not defined the matter for the universal Church and thus has not spoken infallibly.

CLIMATE: This week, he issued an Apostolic Exhortation in which he called for aggressive, globally enforced climate legislation. “It is no longer possible to doubt the human – ‘anthropic’ – origin of climate change. I feel obliged to make these clarifications, which may appear obvious, because of certain dismissive and scarcely reasonable opinions that I encounter, even within the Catholic Church.”

The pontiff can say whatever he likes, but he can only pronounce on doctrine with regard to faith or morals. Whether or not human activity is causing catastrophic climate change is a matter for scientists, not theologians or popes. As for the so-called green agenda he says we must aggressively support, I am on board with Dr. Patrick Moore who says our use of fossil fuels has saved the planet from carbon starvation, that climate activists are deeply anti-human, and that environmental decisions need to be made carefully with respect to all competing concerns.

DUBIA: Pope Francis has responded to the questions of five cardinals in ways that contradict the traditional teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Specifically, he said priests can decide for themselves whether or not to bless same sex unions and that Catholics who have divorced and remarried without obtaining an annulment can decide for themselves if they are eligible to receive Holy Eucharist. He also overturned previous papal pronouncements concerning the finality of the RCC’s position on women’s ordination; he thinks we should talk about it again.

BLESS THEM: “Let us love our shepherds, pray for the conversion of Pope Francis and the German bishops, and resist the temptation to hate them for their errors, so that we may one day, by God’s grace, all worship our Lord together in the beatific vision.” – Andreas Wailzer

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by | October 4, 2023 · 12:30 pm

COVID-19 Update

The Global Elites have long had a plan in place to get rid of unproductive members of society. In 2009, Ezekiel Emmanuel co-authored a paper entitled “Principles for allocation of scarce medical intervention.” It was printed in the prestigious medical journal Lancet. At the time, Emmanuel was Obama’s senior White House health policy adviser; since Biden took office, he has been advising him about COVID-19.

The thrust of “Principles for allocation of scarce medical intervention” was to ration, restrict or deny medical care to those who are younger than 15 or older than 40. This protocol was designated the “Complete Lives System” by Emanuel, because it prioritized younger people who have “not yet lived a complete life” over the elderly who, in his opinion, have lived “too long.”

The “Complete Lives System” was encoded into federal law via the 2009 “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (aka, Obamacare). It was more aggressively forced down our throats in March of 2020 when the feds passed The CARES Act which, among other things, suspended the patients’ rights for anyone infected with COVID-19.

In addition, The CARES Act offered substantial financial incentives to hospitals to test everybody who came in the door for COVID-19; to diagnose anyone who tested positive as being a COVID-19 patient (even if they only had an asymptomatic or mild case and were in the hospital for a totally unrelated reason); to admit COVID-19 patients, rather than treat and release them to home care; to insist on using Remdesivir and ventilators, even when the patients specifically refused them; to refuse to use ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine, even when the patients specifically requested them; and to report as COVID-19 deaths anybody who died with COVID-19, even if they’d been hit by a bus.

With our tax dollars, We The People paid the entire hospital bill for anyone who was admitted and given Remdesivir, plus a 20% bonus, something on the order of $500,000 per patient. By comparison, if a hospital agreed to your request to go home with ivermectin and supplemental oxygen, the federal government paid the hospital $3,200. 

Remdesivir is known to be highly toxic to the kidneys and liver, Anthony Fauci decided it would be the only COVID-19 treatment hospitals would use. Studies show that 71% to 75% of the patients given the drug suffered an adverse effect; it often had to be stopped as a result. This should have come as a surprise to no one, since Remdesivir trials during the 2018 West African Ebola outbreak had to be discontinued because death rate exceeded 50%.

Patients put on ventilators also have a shockingly high mortality rate. In January of 2021, it was reported in “Case Fatality Rates for Patients with COVID-19 Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation. A Meta-analysis” that 69 studies involving more than 57,000 patients concluded that 45% of ventilated COVID-19 patients died; in older patients, it was 84%.

COVID-19 patients were also denied adequate fluids and nutrition, as well as vitamins, inhaled and intravenous corticosteroids, antibiotics, antivirals, and adequate doses of anticoagulants. Autopsies have confirmed many patients died because of inadequate doses of standard anti-coagulation, even after family members went to court to demand therapeutic doses to help save lives.

CLICK https://rumble.com/vobqe1-stop-the-shot-caught-on-tape.html [1:34:24] to hear shocking recordings of Mayo Clinic-Scottsdale and Banner Health System hospital executives coordinating their efforts to restrict fluids and nutrition for hospitalized COVID patients and to suppress all visitations for COVID patients.

COVID-19 patients were forced to endure isolation with use of chemical and physical restraints, in violation of existing guidelines for patient protection. They were denied access to family, friends, patient advocates and religious support. Patients and their loved ones were denied information on benefits of early treatments and denied access to such treatment.

Hospitals even used law enforcement to deny family and advocates access to patients and refused to follow court orders to change patients’ treatments.

Sources

Principles for allocation of scarce medical intervention @ https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673609601379.pdf

The Affordable Care Act @ https://www.conservapedia.com/ObamaCare

Complete Lives System @ https://www.conservapedia.com/Complete_Lives_System

The Complete Lives System: Socialism in Medicine @ https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+complete+lives+system%3A+socialism+in+medicine.-a0345073122

Ezekiel Emmanuel @ https://www.conservapedia.com/Ezekiel_Emanuel

Complete Lives in the Balance @ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20379920/

The CARES Act @ https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ136/PLAW-116publ136.pdf

Lethal Connections: Complete Lives Morphs into COVID Protocol in America’s Hospitals @ https://aapsonline.org/lethal-connections-complete-lives-morphs-into-covid-protocol-in-americas-hospitals/

Biden’s Bounty on Your Life: Hospitals Incentive Payments for COVID-19 @ https://aapsonline.org/bidens-bounty-on-your-life-hospitals-incentive-payments-for-covid-19

Hospital Admission Has Become Like Reporting to Prison @ https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/medical-doctor-hospital-admission-has-become-like-reporting-to-prison/

Exposed: Inhumane Lethal COVID Protocol in Hospitals @ https://www.wnd.com/2021/10/exposed-inhumane-lethal-covid-protocol-hospitals/

The Death of Informed Consent @ https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/09/the_death_of_informed_consent.html

The journey of remdesivir: from Ebola to COVID-19 @ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250494/

Ivermectin: a multifaceted drug of Nobel prize-honoured distinction with indicated efficacy against a new global scourge, COVID-19 @ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297521000883

Risk of Malnutrition in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Nutrients, December 10, 2022@ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780808/

Scott Quiner Update: Criminal Investigation Into Doctors, How They’re KILLING, Payoffs for MURDER! By Legal Advisory Council of Truth for Health Foundation, Jan 2022 @ https://www.truthforhealth.org/2022/01/scott-quiner-update-criminal-investigation-into-doctors-how-theyre-killing-payoffs-for-murder/

Caught on Tape: Hospital CEOs collude to deny medical care @ https://rumble.com/vobqe1-stop-the-shot-caught-on-tape.html [1:34:24] – This explosive press conference presents shocking recordings of hospital executives discussing coordinated plans to restrict fluids and nutrition for hospitalized COVID patients, suppression of all visits for COVID patients while in hospital, denial of vital medicines, and more.

“Case Fatality Rates for Patients with COVID-19 Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation. A Meta-analysis”, January 1, 2021, American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Journal @ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781141

New York State Supreme Court judge orders Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital to administer Ivermectin @ https://lymediseaseassociation.org/covid-19-and-lyme/ny-supreme-court-judge-orders-hospital-to-give-patient-ivermectin-for-covid-19/

‘Desperately ill’ man’s life saved after court orders hospital give Ivermectin, family says @ https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/02/desperately-ill-mans-life-saved-after-court-orders-hospital-give-ivermectin-family-says-1170770/

Sue was given 40% chance; court orders ivermectin, she recovers and goes home @ https://rightsfreedoms.wordpress.com/2021/04/23/one-dose-of-ivermectin-was-all-it-took-to-get-81-year-old-john-swanson-off-the-ventilator/

In mid-October 2021, St. Peter’s Health in Helena, MT, refused to administer the ivermectin her physician had prescribed. They told told her to check out if she wanted it that badly. The patient complained that the hospital was also refusing to allow her to communicate with relatives, did not deliver legal documents to her, and even cut off text messaging. The hospital denied these claims. The state’s attorney general ordered the Montana Highway Patrol to send in a trooper, something the state AG said he had no authority to do so.

Truth for Health Foundation @ https://www.truthforhealth.org/

The COVID-19 Humanity Betrayal Memory Project @ https://chbmp.org

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Catholic Stuff

Blasphemy in Louisiana: The seasonal display in the photo above is on a house near Metairie, Louisiana. On the house is a blood-stained Satan holding the severed head of Jesus above a crucifix where the rest of His bloodied body hangs. Below is a sign saying, “He deserved it.” Above Satan is a Satanic symbol. Beside Jesus are bloodied and crucified bodies of a priest and a nun. In the yard are pews of bloody skeletal worshipers, ghouls, and tombstones. The stone on the right says, “Hillary’s Emails.”

On September 24, 2023, about 20 Catholics gathered outside the house to pray, protest, and make public reparation for the blasphemy. They encountered a variety of responses from neighbors and passers-by, some positive, some negative. The one that struck me as the most absurd was a Muslim man angrily approached the rally and said, “You praying out loud offends me.” Wow, seriously? This from a guy whose religious leaders BLARE their prayers out of loudspeakers on top of tall towers five times every single day? ::smh::

Cardinals ask Pope Francis important questions: Five prominent cardinals have published a new dubia to express grave concerns to Pope Francis about the Synod on Synodality and possible attacks on Catholic doctrines, including the possibility of homosexual blessings, the weight of teaching afforded to the synod, female ordination, and the necessity of repentance in sacramental Confession. The wording of the five questions (dubia) is available at the LifeSiteNews link below.

The signers are Cardinals Walter Brandmüller, former prefect of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences; Raymond Leo Burke, former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura; Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, former Archbishop of Guadalajara; Robert Sarah, the former prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; and Joseph Zen, the former bishop of Hong Kong.

Cardinal Gerhard Müller has endorsed the dubia, calling the cardinals who wrote it “courageous” for reminding the pope “of his God-given responsibility for the preservation of the Church.” Müller is a German cardinal who served as the Cardinal-Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 until 2017.

Catholic school board gags speech: On September 26, nearly a hundred concerned parents appeared at a meeting to urge their Ontario Catholic school board to uphold freedom of speech. Many of them spoke passionately about the value of discussion and debate and the dangers of censorship.

These parents were expressing the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, which recognizes that everyone should be given the chance to express their opinion, within the confines of the truth and the limits of morality. See Gaudium et Spes linked below.

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB) didn’t care what parents wanted or what the Catholic Church teaches on this matter. They voted in favor of adopting a rule allowing them to gag and remove anybody who tries to present a view at a school board meeting that the Chair deems discriminates against “protected” individuals or groups.

“They’re just puppets of the gay mafia, which seems to control their every thought and action. I haven’t seen such brainwashed and cowardly sheeple like this in a while. How dare they call themselves ‘Catholic.’ How dare they show up in a Catholic Church after what they’ve done, unless it’s for the sacrament of confession, to beg God for forgiveness.” – Jack Fonseca of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC)

No requiem for thee: An annual Requiem Mass that has been held at Westminster Cathedral in London, England, for more than 50 years has been canceled due to restrictions Pope Francis has imposed on celebration of Latin Masses. I really wouldn’t want to be him at Judgment.

Not-so-Catholic Bishop: Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp, Belgium has said he thinks there are certain circumstances in which euthanasia is morally acceptable, thus contradicting the perennial and infallible teaching of the Catholic Church. He has also voiced strong support for same-sex “blessings.” Millstones come to mind.

Synod on Synodality: Prominent LGBT advocate and Dominican priest, Father Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., is leading a retreat for participants of the Synod on Synodality. During his addresses, he has directly contradicted the words of Scripture and advocated against Scriptural morals. In addition to the quote in the graphic above, he also said, “The Lord leads his sheep out of the small enclosure of the sheepfold into the wide-open pastures of our faith. At Easter, he will lead them out of the small locked room into the unbounded vastness of God, ‘God’s plenty’.”

But Jesus said, “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.” – Matthew 7:13-14 NABRE

Perhaps more to the point, Jesus said immediately afterwards, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. So by their fruits you will know them.” – Matthew 7:15-19 NABRE

Traditional Catholics Rock: CLICK the link and read what happened to a Catholic soldier in Korea who faithfully prayed to St. Michael every day. [Hat tip to Mindful Webworker for sharing this wonderful story with me.]

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Bits & Bytes

AUSSIE RETIREMENT: Marty and Jess Ansen took off on their first cruise on June 16, 2022, after a long two years of strict COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia. They have yet to stop, booking a total of 51 trips, more than 450 days so far, on board Princess Cruises’ 2,000-passenger Coral Princess. They say it is cheaper than a retirement home.

Not the Bee did some homework. A retirement home entry fee in Australia can cost up to $500,000 (not including monthly fees after that); a 14-day cruise varies, but $2,000-$3,000 for a couple is in the ballpark. Add those all up to make a year, and you’ve got, say, $50-65,000 per year to stay on the ship — meals, drinks, cleanup included.

DIMOCRAT of the MONTH: According to the Babylon Bee, millions of Americans are now headed for D.C. to help continuously pull the Capitol fire alarm in hopes of stopping Congress from ever doing anything ever again. [Hat tip to Bob who found me this awesome toon.]

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8uukADyczM [9:42] to see a recent report by Sky News of Biden’s deterioration. I can’t agree that people are really worried; anybody who has been paying attention knows that he has never been the true POTUS. The leader of the people who cheated him into office has been running the show all along.

MOZAMBIQUE: On Friday, September 15, Islamic State terrorists assembled everyone living in a village in the province of Cabo Delgado, separated out the Muslims, then murdered the eleven who admitted to be Christians. Islamist fundamentalists have been conducting brutal attacks on Christians in the region since 2017, resulting already in nearly 5,000 dead and one million displaced refugees.

TRUMP: On Monday morning, The Donald showed up in court for opening arguments in the civil fraud case against him in New York Sucks. He also made a statement to the press. “This is an attempt to hurt me in [the] election. This has never happened before, that a president of the United States leaves office and gets indicted. This case could have been brought years ago but they waited until I was campaigning. They’re all corrupt people. Frankly the country is corrupt. That’s why I’m running, we’re going to straighten it out.”

TURNER: Usually, if three sisters share the same birthday, it’s because they are triplets. Not this amazing trio! You might think the births were scheduled, but nope. No C-sections, just natural labors that happened to end on the same calendar day three times in a row! The dad says, “I’m the only guy in this home. I live with a bunch of girls now, but I love it.” When some fool asked Dearest how he felt about being the only guy in our home, he said, “Like I’m all the man they need.” Gotta love him! So yeah, I really do. 🙂

VAXXX: Since the roll-out of COVID-19 mass vaccination, rates of cancer have skyrocketed in surveillance systems across the globe. Many are asking, “Do the vaccines truly cause cancer?” The answer is likely, “Yes.”

According to the research papers linked below, a piece of the ‘rona virus called the “S2 subunit protein” interacts with tumor suppressing proteins p53 and BRCA-1/2 and not in a good way. This S2 subunit is not present in the body post-infection, but is readily produced in large quantities after the jab.

GRAMMY NOTES: Mama and the Mascots are studying our nation’s founding, so I lent them my Bicentennial $2 bill. On July 4, 1976, the USPS stayed open to hand cancel souvenirs. I got a $2 bill and bought a stamp to stick on it. Also in the photo, see Buzz sign the Declaration of Independence. 🙂

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qPIySS_9DQI for an awesome response to a scam caller.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wC9ySO9n4Jo and grab a tissue.

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