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by | May 10, 2025 · 8:47 am

The Politics of an American Pope

The Daily Mail has published a story claiming the new pope is a registered Republican. This is incorrect. Illinoisans do not register by party. They may vote in one party’s primary per election, but can switch at any time.

Pope Leo XIV, who has lived in Peru and Rome for most of his career, has allegedly voted in some GOP primaries and presidential elections. Obviously, there is no record of whom he voted for when he did vote, but since he is staunchly pro-life, it is unlikely he voted for Harris last November. However, that doesn’t mean he’s a MAGA Trumper.

In January, J.D. Vance said, “There is a Christian concept that you love your family and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens, and then after that, prioritize the rest of the world. A lot of the far left has completely inverted that.” The Daily Mail claims that then-Cardinal Prevost responded by writing an article entitled, “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.”

I googled that title and got a hit at National Catholic Reporter; the article was written by Kat Armas. Prevost merely posted the link, without comment, on his X account. In his statement, Vance was referencing a concept in Catholic theology known as “ordo amoris” (Latin for “order of love”) which is based on the words of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. In the words of St. Augustine, we are called to give “special regard” to those persons who, “by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection” with us.

Personally, I think it is odd that Pope Leo XIV appeared to criticize Vance with his tweet, given that he is an Augustinian priest and is certainly acquainted with this concept. I also doubt very much that he has not practiced ordo amoris in his own life. I mean … who hasn’t? Who couldn’t? If we were to reduce our most intimate personal interactions to only those that we grant to the billions of strangers living on the other side of the world, then we would have no personal interactions at all.

Jesus certainly practiced ordo amoris. He spent 30 years in intimate relationship with His mom, followed by less than 3 years in public ministry. But even during His public ministry, He treated His disciples differently than He did the people. Even amongst the disciples, He singled out some for special attention. E.g., only four of the twelve were at the Transfiguration.

The Left seems delighted to have found social media posts by Prevost that appear to be critical of the Trump administration. I noted a few reasons why they’re making way too much of it. One is that he rarely posts. There were no posts at all in 2024 and have only been five this year. Of these, two were about praying for Pope Francis’ health and three were links to published articles about Trump’s immigration policies.

Among other things, the American Magazine article entitled Pope Francis’ letter, JD Vance’s ‘ordo amoris’ and what the Gospel asks of all of us on immigration by Jesuit priest Sam Sawyer says, “Catholic teaching both allows and calls for ‘development of a policy that regulates orderly and legal migration.’ No one, except those who are misrepresenting the church’s advocacy and care for migrants, claims that Catholics are in favor of illegal immigration or open borders.”

It concludes with, “The Gospel does not offer a charter for how to legislate about immigration. It does offer a standard for how far we are to go to love our neighbor, and a refusal to accept the limits we might be comfortable with on who our neighbors are. The question we need to answer is whether we judge our politics according to the Gospel or the other way around.”

The Catholic Standard article, entitled This Ordeal is the Passion by Bishop Evelio Menjivar, is much more biased, calling the early sweep of criminal illegals “shock and awe” campaign of “aggressive threats” and “questionable legality.” One wonders where God’s demand for honesty lies in this diatribe. One could say much the same about the previous administration’s open border and sanctuary welfare benefits. However, even that article comes around to pleading for putting the Gospel first, saying “we cannot let the dark side of anti-immigrant animus take hold.”

Let us hope and pray that the new pope’s focus will be more on the Gospel and less on propping up progressive political causes. And maybe we can also be just a little like these kids, even if our first ever American pope is from Chicago! https://x.com/Monocarp_/status/1920536512782889126 [:43]

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by | April 14, 2025 · 3:20 am

This Holy Week

“This Holy Week, Melania and I join in prayer with Christians celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ — the living Son of God who conquered death, freed us from sin, and unlocked the gates of Heaven for all of humanity.

“Beginning with Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and culminating in the Paschal Triduum, which begins on Holy Thursday with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, followed by Good Friday, and reaching its pinnacle in the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night. This week is a time of reflection for Christians to memorialize Jesus’ crucifixion—and to prepare their hearts, minds, and souls for His miraculous Resurrection from the dead.

“During this sacred week, we acknowledge that the glory of Easter Sunday cannot come without the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on the cross. In His final hours on Earth, Christ willingly endured excruciating pain, torture, and execution on the cross out of a deep and abiding love for all His creation. Through His suffering, we have redemption. Through His death, we are forgiven of our sins. Through His Resurrection, we have hope of eternal life. On Easter morning, the stone is rolled away, the tomb is empty, and light prevails over darkness — signaling that death does not have the final word.

“This Holy Week, my Administration renews its promise to defend the Christian faith in our schools, military, workplaces, hospitals, and halls of government. We will never waver in safeguarding the right to religious liberty, upholding the dignity of life, and protecting God in our public square.

“As we focus on Christ’s redeeming sacrifice, we look to His love, humility, and obedience — even in life’s most difficult and uncertain moments. This week, we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon our beloved Nation. We pray that America will remain a beacon of faith, hope, and freedom for the entire world, and we pray to achieve a future that reflects the truth, beauty, and goodness of Christ’s eternal kingdom in Heaven.”

“May God bless you and your family during this special time of year and may He continue to bless the United States of America.”

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by | March 15, 2025 · 11:13 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask You today to grant us the graces we need to reject hate in all forms. Open our hearts to forgive those who trespass against us lest we in turn lose our own salvation. We pray in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: Guess who opposes a Texas bill that would restrict using SNAP benefits to purchase sugary drinks and processed snacks? Guess who has a history of receiving funding from major food companies like PepsiCo and Coca-Cola?

GREENLAND: Four of the five main parties on the recent ballot favor independence from Denmark. Two of them just won first and second place. Greenland, whose population is approximately 57,000 people, currently operates as a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM: When they show you who they are, believe them. – CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1900913901350309921 [:48] to hear one of the joyful and tolerant members of the hard left express her deepest desire.

CLICK https://x.com/unlimited_ls/status/1900605592408125531 [1:16] to hear a selection the answering machine of Sen. Tom Tillis (R-NC).

CLICK https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/1900226292827451437 [1:07] to hear a man dressed as a women make his case for total domination by the patriarchy as his liberal white followers make like bobble-heads.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=651998580672653 [4:14] to hear a wonderful rant by Rep. Byron Daniels (R-FL-19) on Biden’s open border.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=583027238114052 [4:23] to hear an unidentified member of Congress give his Democrat colleagues a reality check.

CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1900918443651616937 [1:15] to hear an LA resident (actress?) put the blame where it belongs.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n_Yec2AxlZo and say yes to art for fun’s sake.

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by | January 23, 2025 · 12:01 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Today we lift up all of those who brave the elements on our behalf. We ask You to bless them and their loved ones abundantly. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

BEAUTIFUL: Bob shared “A Little Bird” by Sean Dietrich with me. It touched my heart and soul.

BORDER: This week, President Trump ordered 1,500 more U.S. troops to the southern border. Meanwhile, Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove reminded all department employees that the U.S. Constitution requires state and local actors to comply with federal immigration enforcement.

The law carries a prison term of up to five years for each count of resisting, obstructing, or otherwise failing to comply with lawful immigration-related commands from the executive branch. Furthermore, federal law bars individuals from bringing illegal immigrants into the United States, or harboring them in the country. These violators can receive up to 20 years in prison and may even face the death penalty if a violation results in the death of any person. (Who let Laken Riley’s killer in?)

Meanwhile, Mexico is building shelters in anticipation of all the illegals Trump is expected to deport.

CALIFIRES: Just as the blazes are coming under control, a new one has broken out about 45 miles northwest of the city of Los Angeles.

CAN YOU READ CURSIVE? The National Archives is looking for “Citizen Archivists” to help reach and transcribe some of the more than 300 million digitized objects in its catalog. Those records range from Revolutionary War pension records to the field notes of Charles Mason of the Mason-Dixon Line to immigration documents from the 1890s to Japanese evacuation records to the 1950 Census. All that is required is to CLICK https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/get-started-transcribing to sign up.

CATHOLIC: A bill proposed by Montana Democrats would jail Catholic priests for upholding the confessional seal, to which they are bound by –

Canon Law 1386 – “A confessor [priest] who directly violates the sacramental seal incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; he who does so only indirectly is to be punished according to the gravity of the offence.”;

Canon Law 983 – “The sacramental seal is inviolable; therefore it is absolutely forbidden for a confessor to betray in any way a penitent in words or in any manner and for any reason.” and

Canon Law 984 – “A confessor is prohibited completely from using knowledge acquired from confession to the detriment of the penitent even when any danger of revelation is excluded.”

When questioned about the bill, its chief supporter said she used to be Catholic. Oh. The same is true of any priest who violates the sanctity of the Sacrament of Reconciliation; he would become someone who used to be Catholic.

COVID-19: Rand Paul tweeted, “If there was ever any doubt who bears responsibility for the COVID pandemic, Biden’s pardon of Fauci seals the deal. As Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, I will not rest until the entire truth of the coverup is exposed. Fauci’s pardon will only serve as an accelerant to pierce the veil of deception.”

According to the site linked below, “The legal authority for preemptive pardons in the United States is rooted in the Constitution and clarified through key judicial precedents.” Biden’s pardon may keep Fauci out of jail, but it won’t save his reputation.

DEI: President Donald Trump has signed an executive order cutting off federal funding to any learning institution that mandates DEI or that hire contractors that engage in such practices.

He has also signed an executive order suspending all DEI activities immediately. By the close of business yesterday, they must have notified all staff they are on leave, closed every office, taken down any public-facing trace of those offices, withdraw any related guidance or directives they have pending and cancel all DEIA trainings.  

FCC: [20:30] – Sen. Kennedy is always worth listening to. This one is especially important.

LIFE: Insanity suggests a mental illness that makes someone incapable of making moral judgments. This isn’t insane. It’s EVIL.

NATIONAL CATHEDRAL: The “Service of Prayer for the Nation” is held in this Episcopal church. The membership of this denomination now represents a tiny sliver of (mostly old; modal age = 69) Americans. There are actually six times as many Jews in the U.S. than there are Episcopalians. Maybe they should switch the service to the Nation BASILICA, which is Roman Catholic.

SERVICE OF PRAYER FOR THE NATION: The photo shows their faces as the leftist female “bishop” lectured them at a prayer service for “unity.” Afterwards, the new president issued this statement –

“The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart. She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our country and killed people. Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!”

VPOTUS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1321904552323328 to hear Senator J.D. talk about inclusive language. The guy’s answer … “I’d have to give that one some more thought” … is so typical of Woke Lefties. The man had a scheduled appearance before the U.S. Senate. He should have had all his thinking done beforehand. But every time you ask them to justify or even to stand up for their idiotic positions, they dodge and weave. Another common one that Kamala used all the time was, “We need to dialogue about that.”

GRAMMY NOTES: I am doing retroactive prayers today for old hurts caused by rude people. Their nastiness always felt so personal, but none of it was about me.

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by | December 21, 2024 · 9:22 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

CATHOLIC: In AD 325 Emperor Constantine convened the very first ecumenical council, the Council of Nicaea. More than 300 bishops came from all over the Christian world to debate one of the early church’s most intense theological questions.

Arius of Alexandria had been teaching subordinationism, the idea that Jesus, the Son of God, was not equal to God the Father, but rather had been created by God before He created time.

The bishops at Nicaea declared this to be heresy, that Jesus is consubstantial (of the same substance) with the Father. A later council would declare the Holy Spirit to be consubstantial with the Father and the Son, thus formally defining the orthodox doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

Bishop Nicholas of Myra, whose person became the foundation for Saint Nick/Santa Claus, was at the Council of Nicaea, where he is said to have been a staunch opponent of Arianism. There is an old legend that he felt so strongly about the matter that, during the council’s deliberations, he actually slapped Arius. However, this story is from more than 1,000 years after Nicholas died. It makes for some funny Catholic nerd memes, but I find it difficult to believe it ever happened.

CONGRESS: Trump &c successfully blocked a bloated, 1500-page Continuing Resolution and got it replaced with a more streamlined 116-page bill that was passed in the wee hours of this morning, December 21, 2024.

CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1869494238016352651 [2:26] to hear Fox News report on how much Elon Musk had to do with killing the pork.

CLICK https://x.com/stillgray/status/1869934898749825281 [1:40] to hear a loony leftie make an impassioned speech about how turrible it was that their porky bill got flushed.

DEM LIE: Dems are furious at the failure of their attempt to fund woke projects and are casting Republicans’ as the bad guys for, get this, refusing to fund cancer research funding for children.

A stand-alone bill called H.R. 3391 – 118th Congress “Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0” was passed on March 5, 2024, by the Republican-controlled House. This bill was received by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [HELP] on March 8, 2024, where it languished, without action, for nine months. HELP, which is chaired by Bernie Sanders, has 20 other members who are evenly between Democrat and Republican.

Yesterday, this Dem-led, Dem-majority committee finally got their thumbs out to send the bill to fund kids’ cancer research to the Senate, where it passed without amendment by a voice vote on the same day, December 20, 2024 … right after the porky 1500 page CR failed.

Whatcha wanna bet the Dems sat on this bill specifically so they could include it in some porky package like the 1,500-page CR. Then, on the off chance their pork didn’t make it through, they could do what they’re doing, which is whine about how eeeeevil Republicans (wiping tears) don’t care about kids after they’re born!

POLLINATOR NEWS: [1:57] – Five years ago, the northern giant hornet was first spotted in Washington state near the Canadian border. This invasive breed is known for its ability to slaughter a honey bee hive in a matter of hours. These vicious bugs have 6mm long stingers and can spit venom. (Brr.) GOOD NEWS!! On Wednesday, we learned they have been eradicated in the U.S.

“I’ve gotta tell you, as an entomologist — I’ve been doing this for over 25 years now, and it is a rare day when the humans actually get to win one against the insects,” Sven Spichiger, pest program manager of the Washington State Department of Agriculture.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ug8xrWv5dEQ for another R*CKST*R.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DM12uxSc924 for a fabulous Ariel.

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by | December 18, 2024 · 9:55 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Cleanse me from the sin of envy and forgive me for failing to celebrate the successes and blessings of others. Transform my mind and heart that I may rejoice in the achievements of my peers and find joy in my own unique path. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

BORDER: Remember when Dems screamed that we couldn’t afford to spend $5 billion to build a wall on the southern border?

CAROL OF THE BELLS: Wow! This kid is 14. [2:56]

CHRISTIAN HISTORY: The silver scroll in the photo above was found in 2018 in the grave of a man who died between 230 and 270 AD. It was positioned under the man’s chin and experts think he once wore it on a cord around his neck. Because the wafer-thin silver foil is too brittle to unroll, researchers used computer tomography to see what was inscribed on it. The results surprised historians, who were unaware that Christianity had spread so far north at such an early date. Although amulets like this were usually written in Greek or Hebrew, this one was in Latin.

It says: “(In the name?) of Saint Titus. Holy, holy, holy! In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God! The Lord of the world resists with [strengths?] all attacks(?)/setbacks(?). The God(?) grants entry to well-being. May this means of salvation(?) protect the man who surrenders himself to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, since before Jesus Christ every knee bows: those in heaven, those on earth and those under the earth, and every tongue confesses (Jesus Christ).”

DOGE: The Department of Education spent over $1 billion promoting DEI in America’s schools – $489,883,797 for race-based hiring, $343,337,286 for DEI programming, and $169,301,221 for DEI mental health initiatives.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a $850,000 federal grant to “Centerstone’s LGBTQI+ Family Support Program” to provide training for military families to “affirm the gender identity” of their children.

The Federal government spends 80% of its annual $100 billion IT budget on maintaining outdated systems. Not only are older systems more expensive to maintain, but they are also more vulnerable to hackers.

MADISON: In the wake of yet another school shooting, FAUXTUS tweeted a call for more gun control. Comments on his tweet included –

  1. “It is against the law to bring a gun into a school, it’s against the law for a teenager to have a gun and it’s against the law to shoot/kill people. So what magic law would make the difference that all the other laws didn’t?”
  2. “Man who accidentally left 300,000 guns for Taliban gives lecture on gun control”
  3. “Congress should defund Zelensky and fund armed school security.” REPLY: “An armed guard could be assigned to every public school in the USA in exchange for the 85,000 armed IRS agents Biden hired.”
  4. “Gun grabbers were silent after rich kid murdered healthcare CEO.”
  5. “I refuse to enter into a conversation about gun control with people who believe men can give birth.”

If you’re interested in the Madison shooting, CLICK https://notthebee.com/article/heres-all-we-know-about-the-madison-christian-school-shooter. I decided my soul can’t deal with any more after I read a little about her messed up parents and this bit of her manifesto: “Every single male must be wiped out, from babies to the elderly. Only then can women be free to create a new world. ill be a pioneer, ill be the first to take the first step. i dont care if theyr fathers, brothers, husbands, sons, teachers, police, and especially n*ggers or politicians. ive been craving to kill them all. This is my mission. only when their parasitic sludge has been expunged from this earth is when Then the world will be clean and women can start over. It’s the only way. in aproximately 10 mintue si should be dead, its strange but it feels good.”

TRANS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1730435947499567 to hear Chloe Cole liken so-called “gender affirmation health care” to pushing anorexic teens to get liposuction.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pIRXMhHoYQU for a new R*CKST*R.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bpy16GjIV7g for another from Ariel Fitz.

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by | December 6, 2024 · 9:15 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Bless us today with all the graces we need to make room for you in our busy holiday plans. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

ART THERAPY: Four randomized, controlled studies have shown that drawing, including coloring in a coloring book, lowers heart rate and decreases anxiety, making it an active form of meditation. One of my art teachers recommends the following to enhance the effect:

  1. Set the Stage: Create a relaxing environment by listening to music you love, lighting a candle, and keeping your favorite beverage close by. Take a moment to notice the sounds, tastes, smells, and physical sensations you experience as you settle in.
  2. Practice Deep Breathing: Before you begin, take 3-5 deep breaths to center yourself. This simple practice can help clear your mind and prepare you for focused creativity.
  3. Minimize Distractions: Silence your phone, close the door, turn off the TV, and let your family or coworkers know you’ll be unavailable for the next 15 minutes. This dedicated time for mindful art will allow you to fully engage in the creative process and also to give you a reset before you move on to the next part of your day. 

COMMUNITY: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OOI5Ymx3TiE to see a really special person go above and beyond. We are blessed to have someone like this is our area as well. The night before last, I heard a dog barking and squealing behind our house. There’s nothing but a field, trees, a steep downgrade into a swamp behind our house and it was cold. I got really concerned that someone’s dog had run off and gotten trapped or tangled in the dense brush, so I called the SPCA animal welfare officer. He said nobody had reported a missing dog and explained that the noises I described are typical for coyotes. We have coyotes in our area? Yup. I did not know this! Good thing we never let our little 10 pound Daisey out on her own! Anyway, despite the fact that he was about 99% sure it was not a dog, this fine man came out anyway, spent a good bit of time tramping around in the back with a flash light, whistling and calling, before phoning me back and telling me he was confident there was no dog freezing to death. I thanked him profusely for his kindness and commitment to his job and he just said, “Hey, better safe than sorry.”

DEBUNKING: [6:30] – This is the best compilation of “Trump is not a racist” I’ve ever seen.

LIFE: One day, while Dr. Catherine Wheeler was performing an abortion, she says, “God stopped me in the middle of the abortion. At the time, I didn’t understand it. I started the abortion and almost immediately felt this complete presence of evil. It was a darkness—physically dark to me and evil dark. I realized nobody else was aware. I remember sitting there thinking, ‘This has to do with the abortion.’ suddenly had the complete awareness of what I had blocked off—this was a baby. I was about to kill a human being.”

Despite this profound realization, Dr. Wheeler had to finish the procedure to protect the woman’s health. But in her heart, she made a vow. “I didn’t tell anybody about it. I thought, ‘Nobody is going to understand this, but I know it’s evil, and I won’t do it again.’”

This moment became a turning point in Dr. Wheeler’s life and career, marking the start of her journey away from abortion to becoming a mouthpiece for the sanctity of life.

NOTRE DAME: ::sigh:: We have lots of modern churches. Why couldn’t they HONOR the historical reality of this magnificent building by recreating period vestments and furnishings?!

GRAMMY NOTES: Our church participates in the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program. Dearest picks the kids and I do the shopping. It was so fun this year to pick out pink and purple sneakers and art supplies for two little girls. The tag shopping always brings back good memories of the Christmas after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. At the time, Dearest was a young architect who had recently started his own practice. Within two weeks of the invasion, the bottom fell out of the building industry as investors canceled projects, including the one that would have fed and clothed us for at least six months.

We have never forgotten the joy of the Angel tree gifts and food baskets. One of the ladies from our church stood near Santa and wrote down what our 3 elementary aged girls asked for, then bought those things for them! The Kitchen Cupboard helped fill out the food stamps and WIC freebies, plus I could get free bread at the Salvation Army once a week when the delivery guy would drop off all the past date breads he picked up at the grocery stores. I still get weepy thinking about all the blessings we experienced that year. I also learned that food stamps won’t pay for TP, laundry detergent, or feminine hygiene protection. I have made a point of donating that stuff to the Kitchen Cupboard ever since.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8EK7l3pkIYs to see another traffic court heart warmer.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OcBeYWXwG-8 to see a brief interview with Judge Caprio.

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by | October 30, 2024 · 12:24 pm

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CATHOLIC: This polyglot padre can hear confessions in six different languages!

CHICOMS: When my brother lived in Beijing in 1985-1986, he said the government had menstrual monitors who kept track of every women’s cycle. If a woman who had no permit to conceive was late to menstruate, she got sent off for a suction abortion.

The resulting population decline resulted in the dictatorial government changing its one child per couple rule to two children. Now I think they’re at three. But the citizens who are currently in their childbearing years grew up in a world where no one they knew had a sibling or more than one or two aunts, uncles, or cousins.

In short, they’re finding it distasteful to have more than one child. But you can’t keep halving the population every 20-30 years and expect to maintain the level of development your culture has achieved. So the idiot dictator now has people calling women to find out if they are pregnant yet and, if not, when are they going to get a round tuit.

COVID CRIMES: A newly released book called The Pfizer Papers reveals that Pfizer’s own documents prove the Big Pharma company and the FDA knew by November 2020 that the mRNA ‘rona vaccine was neither safe nor effective.

In other medical crime news, six former San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers who were fired for refusing the jab have won a group settlement of $7.8 million. The federal jury determined that BART had failed to prove that it suffered an undue hardship by denying accommodations to the ex-employees in the case.

INDULGENCES: [9:49] – I just downloaded an English translation of Martin Luther’s “95 Theses.” At the time he did this, he was a faithful Catholic priest who was merely looking to get certain individuals to stop the sinful practice of selling indulgences.

Caveat: The Catholic Church does not now nor has it ever approved the sale of indulgences. This is to be distinguished from the undeniable fact that individual Catholics (perhaps the best known of them being the German Dominican Johann Tetzel [1465-1519]) did sell indulgences – but in doing so they acted contrary to explicit Church regulations. This practice is utterly opposed to the Catholic Church’s teaching on indulgences, and it cannot be regarded as a teaching or practice of the Church.

All of Luther’s 95 Theses deal with this one issue. A number of them also show great respect for the papacy, making it clear that Luther was not – at that time – splitting from or spitting on the Catholic Church. That only came later, after certain German princes decided he was a useful idiot (sorry, my words) that they could exploit for political gain.

I want to recommend reading them to you. Some of them sound exactly like the Christians who nowadays rightly condemn so-called Christians who “do not distribute them* freely but only gather them.” [Thesis #57]

*Them: Luther was referring to those who sold indulgences. I think we can easily see in that “them” the type of glitzy televangelists and mega church pastors who regularly call out to Christians to “give to Jesus and you will be blessed” … then spend the money on mansions and private jets, etc.

MINIATURE LIFE: Wonderful artist here! If you’re interested in just the art work, the 2024 calendar is on sale at Amazon for $12. Next year’s is $27. There is also a small desktop one for $7. Go to Amazon and put MINIATURE LIFE CALENDAR in the search box.

PSA: On September 2, Not The Bee reported that some banks’ ATMs have developed a “glitch” whereby you can withdraw funds before the bank has had a chance to verify your check deposit is legit. One guy deposited a fraudulent “check” for $335,000, then withdrew $290,940 before … oops … getting caught. Being allowed to withdraw funds immediately isn’t a glitch. It’s a privilege. The banks in question are filing charges and the criminals are being arrested.

SCOTUS: Woohoo!! The Supremes have ruled 6-3 in favor of allowing the State of Virginia to purge resident illegals from their voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 5 election!! The three liberals (you can guess which ones they are) didn’t bother to explain their legal justification for siding with the Biden/Harris administration’s efforts to allow non-citizens to vote.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/um0CLs7ANk8 to hear Nick Freitas explain the correct way to get C-seeds. LOLOLOL

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by | October 26, 2024 · 7:40 am

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ABORTION: Harris supports passing federal legislation mandating abortion on demand for all states. She also opposes allowing religious exemptions. She says these positions are “non-negotiable.”

Trump supports keeping the right to abortion legislation at the state level where voters have more control over what happens in their communities.

CALIFORNICATION: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FJREM9WTZ5Y to hear how whacked the far left is.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1849600195379564915 to see a new Trump ad. Democrats have been in charge for 12 of the past 16 years. We can’t afford four more years of their irresponsible leadership!

ECONOMY: Harris says she intends to bring down the price of groceries by “dealing with price gouging.” N.b., there is no evidence that anyone in the food chain is price gouging; the issue certainly has nothing to do with the cost of food skyrocketing across the board.

On housing, she says she plans to create incentives for construction companies to build millions of new homes and housing units and to provide first-time homeowners a down payment of $25,000. She does not explain what those incentives would be or how she would pay for even more government giveaways. She also ignores the true drivers of our housing shortage, which are inflation, too many government regulations, and millions of new and illegal residents competing for existing housing.

On wages not keeping up with the cost of living, Harris says she favors a national minimum wage of at least $15 per hour. She does not address the historical fact that increases in minimum wage have always increased the cost of living for all, which severely harms the poorest and the disabled and elderly who live on fixed incomes. She also ignores the fact that where higher minimum wages have been installed, massive numbers of starter jobs have disappeared as businesses with slim profit margins were forced to close. She also does not seem to care that many of the people who need starter jobs are unable to find them because illegals are willing (or forced) to work for less under the table.

WASHINGTON POST: [7:42] – “Kamala, who do you have when you’ve lost the Washington Post?” – Kayleigh McEnany

WHO IS WITH GOD: Last week, at a rally at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse where Kamala Harris was pronouncing her 100% for abortion on demand, two Christian students shouted “Christ is King!” As they were escorted out of the rally, they were heckled, cursed at, and pushed by other attendees. When Harris she added her own mocking, “You’re at the wrong rally!”, her pro-abortion fans laughed and clapped.

On Sunday, at a rally in Wisconsin, an attendee shouted “Christ is King!” J.D. Vance responded, “That’s right. Jesus is King!”

Harris claims she will be a “unifying” president, a president for all Americans. That’s hard to figure, seeing as 70.6% of Americans identify as Christian and 35% believe abortion should be illegal in all or most cases.

WOKE: My art brain can’t stop overthinking this meme! The words appear to have been added by someone other than the artist who did the painting. I can’t help wondering what the artist was actually thinking about. The sun is shining in the bowl; the shadow it casts suggests the water in the bowl is nice and warm, while the water outside is cold and darker. Also, the fish in the bowl is well fed, while the one in the shadow is thin and has stripes; stripes on fish can be a sign of stress. Minus the text, I see a Christian metaphor where the fish who chose Christ is in the bowl and is trying to tell the outside fish that the glass bowl (i.e., God’s law) only appears to be a cage to outsiders. Once you’re on the inside, you learn that, like the stable where Jesus was born, the inside is bigger than the outside.

GRAMMY NOTES: Happy birthday, Bunny!! (Oy, vey, she’s a teenager already!)

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hl9ALvyheVs for a feel good moment.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XMhGh2Yn50w for LOLz.

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