Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi? Nope

This may come as a shock to a certain blog-happy priest.

In his 1947 Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy, Mediator Dei, Pope Pius XII attempted to set the record straight – and prophetically so, as we shall see – concerning the true relationship between the sacred liturgy and sound doctrine. He described the issue immediately at hand as follows:

…the fallacious reasoning of those who have claimed … that the Church is obliged to declare such a doctrine sound when it is found to have produced fruits of piety and sanctity through the sacred rites of the liturgy, and to reject it otherwise. Hence the epigram, “Lex orandi, lex credendi” – the law for prayer is the law for faith. (Mediator Dei 46)

“But this,” he tells us, “is not what the Church teaches and enjoins.” (ibid., no. 47) Getting to the heart of the matter, the Holy Father writes:

But if one desires to differentiate and describe the relationship between faith and the sacred liturgy in absolute and general terms, it is perfectly correct to say, “Lex credendi legem statuat supplicandi” – let the rule of belief determine the rule of prayer....

 NB: The entire liturgy of the one true Church of Christ – every aspect and portion of it – is comprised of, and gives witness to, the Catholic faith. This means that unsound doctrine has no place whatsoever in the liturgy of the Church; it is not enough that it be primarily, mostly, or even overwhelmingly comprised of the true faith.

Yup.

T.M.I., Steve

 Too much information---about Steve, Steve, Steve.

Well, we've been spared, a little.  Obozo has written ......what?........two or three autobiographies.  So far.

Steve has quite a ways to go.

Carlin Puts the "Criminal" Into "Criminal Lawyer"

One expects this sort of crap from Biden*.

...Carlin has returned to the DOJ and is currently Acting Deputy Attorney General inside Main Justice.  Once again the corrupt DOJ is attempting to secure itself from sunlight upon prior activity, very corrupt activity....

...In September of 2016 Carlin manipulated the FISA court by misleading them on the Section 702 certifications.  Carlin never informed the court of FBI contractors having access to the NSA database and exporting the search results to unknown actors. The FBI was using the database to monitor 2016 political campaigns and political opposition.

Carlin announced his resignation Sept 27, 2016, the day after he filed the Government’s proposed 2016 Section 702 certifications. Carlin departed the NSD October 15, 2016, five days before the Carter Page FISA was approved by the FISC.

It was John Carlin who ultimately facilitated the fraudulent FISA application against Carter Page in order to continue surveillance of the risk represented by Donald Trump....

The kind of guy who makes honest lawyers puke.

Just Take the "C" Out of "CPAC"

Abby Johnson calls a spade a spade. 

Pro-life activist Abby Johnson lit the fuse Saturday with remarks she gave during a panel conversation on Christianity that also featured former Trump legal advisor Jenna Ellis....“They haven’t had one keynote speaker stand up there and talk about the attack on traditional marriage,” Johnson thundered. “And they can’t. Because some of their sponsors are gay conservatives.”...

...“Transgenderism is running rampant through CPAC and we’re not talking about traditional families, we’re not talking about traditional marriage …. because we have compromised to this false sense of diversity.”..

This is not a surprise.  CPAC, over the last several years, has gone more and more Libertarian--which is to say less and less Judaeo-Christian--in its outlook and presentations.  Other well-informed bloggers have mentioned this, too.  You can get some more perspective (and learn a bit about another 'Conservative' bunch) over here at ZMan.

In fact, it is impossible to reconcile "Conservatism" with queer "marriage" or with Tranny-norms, if one understands Conservatism to be truth-centered.

So let's take the "C" for "Conservative" out of "CPAC" and just leave it at "Political Action Conference."  

That's truth.

 

Karen Attack in New Berlin!!!

After a few members of the New Berlin Board of Education made sensible (and sensitive) remarks about race, two Karens popped up to screech their silly song.

Kinda sad, isn't it?

Recession? Not According to Copper

There are some who predict a recession.

Not copper.

Copper is the old-farts' economic barometer, and has been on a tear for a year.

Copper is surging amid a broad rally in metals from iron ore to nickel. The bellwether industrial metal has doubled in price since a nadir in March, also boosted by rapidly tightening physical markets and prospects for rebounding economic growth

However, the prospect of serious inflation rides in the copper-price passenger seat.  The Biden*-Pelosi plan to overspend beyond the imagination of FDR and Obozo (combined) is a real threat, and the recent upswing in 10-year T-yields is a sign.

Hmmmmm.

S***can the Entire FBI. Now.

There is nothing one can say about this.

FBI investigates whether the dognapping of Lady Gaga's bulldogs was politically motivated because she sang at Biden's inauguration

The FBI is reportedly probing whether the dognapping of Lady Gaga's bulldogs was politically motivated

Source claimed it could be politically motivated since she sang at President Joe Biden's inauguration..

.

Ace quoting Daily Mail

 

Fauci: The Vaccines Don't Work

How else do you read this:

“There are things, even if you’re vaccinated, that you’re not going to be able to do in society. For example, indoor dining, theaters, places where people congregate.”

Uh-huh.  Get the vax, do not go near people.

OTOH, if you DON'T get the vax, do not go near people.

Sure, Tony.  Whatever.

Pelosi Invited January 6th Riot

We all knew that Pelosi was responsible for the total lack of adequate security on January 6th.

Many of us think that, in fact, Pelosi WANTED the riot to happen.  It's known that the Democrat Party controls the Riot Crowd of Antifa and BLM; they admitted as much in the Time Magazine article laying out the means and methods of Fraud in the '20.  So Pelosi's refusal to bring in the National Guard along with the video showing CapCops inviting demonstrators into the building AND a back-channel "GO" signal to the Democrat Riot Crowd.......well.....you be the judge.

Now it's beginning to be clear.

...Pelosi’s office had previously impressed upon [House Sergeant at Arms] Irving that the National Guard was to remain off Capitol Grounds, Irving allegedly told House Admin. The discussions, which centered around “optics,” allegedly occurred in the months prior to the Jan. 6 riot, during a time when deployment of federal resources for civil unrest was unpopular with Democrats...

Oh.  Really?  No NG's no matter the 'signs and signals' that FBI had picked up?  Hmmmmm.

But then there's a "truth problem" too.

 ...Irving testified that he first received a formal request from Sund to activate the National Guard after 2 pm on Jan. 6th. Additionally, when Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley asked if he had to run the request “up the chain of command,” Irving replied “no,”...

Umnnnhhhh.....that's a problem.

 ...The New York Times previously reported that the Speaker’s office confirmed that the National Guard was approved around 1:43 pm...

Irving's testimony was sworn.  PERJURY ALERT!!

 

Ron Kind Votes Against ALL Religions, Wants Senate Seat?

Fresh from his vote against all religions in the "Equality" Act, the 'moderate' Ron Kind is thinking about polluting the US Senate.

He "moderately" chose to obliterate that old stuff about "......laws of Nature and Nature's God......" and expects a reward for it.

What a pathetic jackass this guy is.

Gummint Employee Privilege!!

Working for the Federal Gummint is a good deal.  Very nice wage/salary numbers, very good benefits, and usually the job isn't really hard or dangerous.

It will get even better!!

...In Forbes, Adam Andrzejewski writes that a provision in the $1.9 trillion House bill—“the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021”—would allow federal employees to make up to $1,400 a week without working.

Buried on pages 305-306 of the legislation, the provision creates a $570 million fund for disbursements to federal employees who are not working because they are caring for others because of the coronavirus.

“Among those eligible are those who are ‘unable to work’ because they are caring for school-aged children not physically in school full time due to Covid-19 precautions,” writes Andrzejewski...

SUHWEEEET!!

We always knew that Nancy was buying votes from Gummint employees with taxpayer money.  It's soooooooo nice to know she hasn't changed a bit since assuming her throne a few years ago.

Sykes Taking $$$ From Facebook?

Charlie Sykes writes for The Bulwark and gets paid to do so.

Now Facebook is advertising on The Bulwark.

You'll hear Charlie yelling about ".....property rights......private company......."

Just like he railed against Jimmuh Carter's breakup of AT&T, right?

Right?

Or how about "......property rights.........private company..........make your own........." about Amazon?

Ooooops.

But that wasn't Charlie, see!

Biden* Covid Couht

 Updated today!  We could say ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

Shoot Up Mayfair, Get Juvie Court!

Here's a FakeNews quiz for you:  what are the missing words in the red-highlighted sentence?

A judge decided Thursday the 15-year-old Milwaukee boy charged with shooting eight people at Mayfair mall in November should remain in juvenile court.

Circuit Judge Brittany Grayson, appointed to the bench in 2019,...

If found guilty, the 'juvenile' will spend a few months in lockup.  Were he tried as an adult, it would be 15 years or so.

OK.  Time's up!!

What's your answer to the "missing words"? 

If you guessed "TONY EVERS", you are correct.  Tin-Pot appointed this lousy excuse for a judge.

FakeNews:  it's what they DON'T tell you that really counts!

Being Brainwashed? Yes. You Are.

Good old-fashioned brainwashing is what's happening to you and anyone else who watches, hears, or reads the FakeNews media.

The first known instances of brainwashing occurred during the Korean War.  It was done to captured American pilots and soldiers.

...the soldiers were fed and treated well, at least by POW standards, and there were seldom any armed guards deployed to prevent their escape.

But what they were subjected to was repeated indoctrination, lie after lie about America, its foreign policy, history and motives on the world stage.

After a while, many of the soldiers started to believe what they were being told about their own country. This indoctrination took its toll on the cohesion of the prison population and those who believed the false narrative began to turn on those who didn’t, reporting them to the prison authorities for any violations of prison rules....

Sorta like the Karens, ain'a?

...The same techniques are being used today by propaganda artists in the establishment media outlets. They isolate the target [Christian conservatives and constitutionalists] they all run with the same narrative, the same spin on a story, and then they repeat it over and over again. Any media outlet that breaks from the pack and questions the narrative gets branded as providing “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories.”  [We would add "Trump voters" to the target list.]

Examples?  Oh, yeah, we have examples!

We’ve seen that with the COVID crisis, where certain doctors and scientists are presented as all-knowing while others with competing narratives are denigrated and mocked.

We’ve seen it with the global warming narrative, which then morphed into the “climate-change” narrative. The scientific community is split on the validity of man-made climate change but you wouldn’t know it by watching the mainstream media.

We’ve seen it with the issue of election integrity as it relates to the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election. Every single establishment media outlet has used opinionated, loaded words like “baseless” to describe allegations of election fraud, without ever delving into an honest vetting of the merits of the allegations.

We’ve seen it with the coverage of the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, which certainly did include rioting, but was it really an “armed insurrection” as almost every establishment media company has branded it?...\

 There are 12 mind-control tactics outlined in the linked essay.  You won't be surprised to learn that 'moral relativism', 'group consensus,' and 'feelings over facts' are components.

And if you're a committed believer, you will not be surprised to learn that YOU are a target.

Republicans "Not Voting" on Equality Act

Eleven Republicans did not vote on the Equality Act.  Had they voted "Nay," the vote would have been tied and Nancy would have to have forced at least one non-voting Democrat to walk the plank.

The eleven?

Cheney (surprise!), Kinzinger (surprise!), Young (AK), Zeldin (NY), Wittman (VA), Webster (FL), Stewart (UT), Stefanik (NY), Smucker (PA), Palazzo (MS), Nehls (TX), Meuser (PA), Green (TN), Granger (TX), Carter (TX), and Bucshon (IN).

"Vote-by-Proxy" was allowed on this bill, meaning that all of those Pubbies could have voted through the marvel of electronics from anywhere--even the potty.

Disgusting.

"Equality Act" Normalizes & Enforces Mental Illness

While it's all very well and good to describe the grotesque effects of the "Equality Act,"--and there are quite a few--it's better to state the obvious:

The Equality Act normalizes and enforces the results of mental illness.  One who 'thinks' that the sex given them by God is the wrong one is mentally ill and should receive compassionate treatment.  It is a delusion.    

delusion is a belief that, though false, has been surrendered to and accepted by the whole mind as a truth

Specifically,

... As a form of mental derangement, "false impression or belief of a fixed nature"...

All other discussion, such as that provided at the link above, is argument on the wrong premise and even P-sacki can defeat it with snark.

Republicans know this, but are, as usual, peeing their pants and panties over "optics."

There is no "human right" to act on mental illness any more than there is a "human right" to murder.  Thus, there is no "human right" to pretending that boys are girls or vice-versa.  The sooner that fact is recognized, the better.

Lame-Ass Defense of Ashli's CapCop Killer

You might expect a serious attempt at defense of the CapCop who murdered Ashli.

You won't find it from the lawyer for the cop.

...Schamel said his client, who received his training primarily at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers in Glynco, Ga., was acting to protect himself and lawmakers from harm.

"He was acting within his training,” he said. "Lethal force is appropriate if the situation puts you or others in fear of imminent bodily harm.”...

Really?  That's it?  

This twerp expects us to believe that there was "imminent bodily harm" from an UN-ARMED female constrained by a door's configuration, who was 1/3rd of the way through that door when she was assassinated by a cop using LETHAL FORCE, not a Taser, not pepper-spray, not a billy-club, to prevent the woman from merely entering the Tabernacle of Nancy?

Here in Reality Land, we smell your B.S. and we know the rules on lethal force, too.

He's guilty.  2nd-degree murder, pal.

More--including pictures--at GP.

FWIW, it's apparent this guy doesn't know s*** about gun safety.  It's also interesting that there are TWO other men with guns aimed, and a uniformed CapCop visible in the picture.  

We expect that Killer CapCop will not be indicted, nor tried.  He'll get a nice pension, too.

Bad Analysis on "Ranked-Choice" Voting

This had to happen sooner or later.  But it's not a solution.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is seeking to blow up how Wisconsin chooses members of Congress by making primaries nonpartisan and establishing ranked-choice voting for general elections.

Backers say the changes would foster bipartisanship because candidates would be inspired to appeal to the broadest slice of the electorate, not just those in their party....

Uh-huh.

Aside from primaries which could last forever, the idea that appeal to 'the vast muddle' is the winning formula is a serious flaw.  Either there ARE principles which cannot be compromised--think abortion--or there are NOT such principles.  "Ranked Choice" gives the politician exactly what they want:  a "no commitment" option.

..."It's not even that we've got the wrong people representing us in D.C., but that their incentive structure is such that, you know, they benefit from dividing and fighting more than they do from legislating and getting things passed," Ramirez said....

The hidden assumption there is that "ranked-choice" politicians are actually men of virtue.  That's not only an assumption; it's folly in most cases.  Politicians live to get re-elected, not to 'get things passed.'   You may blame the two-party system, but that's not the primary problem.  The primary problem is a deficit of virtue.  (Not that politicians are the ONLY ones lacking virtue....)

We note that Kooyenga and Gallagher--both prominent members of the Muddle in the Middle--are in favor of this idea.  We've mention Kooyenga before and not favorably; it should come as no surprise that he is a NeverTrump creature.  

"Ranked-Choice" is very good for politicians, not so much for citizens.

Dump it.

Dipsy-Doodle Takes Over Papal Marian Academy

 Egads.

 

The same folks to bring you "Abrahamism"—the idea that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are intricately connected—have narrowed their sights on promoting Mary, the mother of Christ, as "a Jewish, Christian and Muslim woman," in the words of Catholic priest Fr. Gian Matteo of the Pontifical International Marian Academy....

But she didn't build IED's to take out Roman chariots?  Apparently not; she's too busy being 'married' to Mohammed these days.  (Read the entire essay at this link.)

When will the Crusade to re-take Rome from the heathens be organized?

Interior Nom: Madness Personified

This woman is out of her mind.

HAALAND: "It's time to stop all new fossil fuel infrastructure in America. No more pipelines!"

This is Biden*-world.  

While you're at it, Ms. HaaaaHaaaaLand, why don't you shut down and rip out all the EXISTING pipelines? 

"More Voters" Is NOT the Holy Grail

Ninnies and Nags continue to bleat the mantra that 'more voters is GOOD.'

Really?

There is no scienzzzzzzzz behind that declaration at all.  On the other hand, it is well-known that there's a great deal of ignorance out there about gummint, and that ignorance has consequences.

...But one good example of the extent of public ignorance is that only about 34% of Americans can even name the three branches of the federal government: executive, legislative, and judicial.  ...

 
...while political ignorance is often rational behavior for individuals, it can lead to terrible collective outcomes. It does not matter much if any one voter is ignorant, but it does matter if we have an entire electorate that is that way. The situation is comparable to air pollution: one gas-guzzling car makes little difference, but thousands or millions of them could potentially cause great harm to the environment. Similarly, widespread voter ignorance is a kind of pollution of the political process....

 ...If voters are poorly informed about government policy, they will often make poor decisions. They often support counterproductive or contradictory policies. For example, as you note, most voters greatly overestimate the percentage of the federal budget spent on foreign aid (actually, about 1%), while massively underestimating the amount devoted to big entitlement programs, such as Medicare and Social Security. As a result, they believe we can solve our fiscal problems without either cutting entitlements or raising taxes on the vast majority of Americans. That delusion makes it very hard to do budget policy in a rational way....

(We recognize that "ignorant" is NOT the same as "stupid.")

Here's the typical silliness of the (D)/League of Women Voters:

 ...“The package of bills circulating today will collectively make registering to vote & voting more difficult, expensive, inconvenient, & time-consuming for every Wisconsinite,” state Sen. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, tweeted today....

The correct response is "SO WHAT, Kelda?  If someone really, really, really want to vote for you, they'll find a way, Kelda."

“They’re admitting that they don’t believe in democracy, just further rigging the game for themselves.”

The correct response is "You're LYING, Kelda.  Anyone who wants to vote can do so, Kelda--and the 2020 election proves that, with a little fraud here and there, Democrats CAN win.  We're just cutting back a little bit on the fraud, Kelda, so you'll have to come up with more ways to cheat, Kelda." 

The Pubbies STILL don't know that they are in a war.  Until they figure that out, they will continue to lose.

Illegal? Sex Offender? Biden* Gives 'Em a Free Pass

We can understand Biden*'s easy approach to sex offenders.  Hair-sniffers are part of that family.  That doesn't mean we like it.

But keeping illegals who are convicted sex offenders in the US?

Biden’s administration recently cancelled Operation Talon, a Trump administration program aimed at removing convicted sex offenders living in the United States illegally. 

Whoever is actually running this Administration needs a good whack across the face with a 2X4.

Fed Law: No One Can Force You to Take the Vax

Since the ChiCom Flu vax is only "emergency approved," Federal Law says that one cannot be required to take it.

...Even though the FDA granted emergency use authorizations for the  Pfizer/BioNTech  and  Moderna vaccines in December 2020, the clinical trials the FDA will rely upon to ultimately decide whether to license these vaccines are still underway and are designed to last for approximately two years to collect adequate data to establish if these vaccines are safe and effective enough for the FDA to license.

The same section of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that authorizes the FDA to grant emergency use authorization also requires the secretary of Health and Human Services to “ensure that individuals to whom the product is administered are informed … of the option to accept or refuse administration of the product.”...

Yup.  Right here in the cite provided:  (highlighted in RED)

 

(e) Conditions of authorization 

(1) Unapproved product 

(A) Required conditions:  With respect to the emergency use of an unapproved product, the Secretary, to the extent practicable given the applicable circumstances described in subsection (b)(1), shall, for a person who carries out any activity for which the authorization is issued, establish such conditions on an authorization under this section as the Secretary finds necessary or appropriate to protect the public health, including the following:

(i) Appropriate conditions designed to ensure that health care professionals administering the product are informed—

 

(I) that the Secretary has authorized the emergency use of the product;

(II) of the significant known and potential benefits and risks of the emergency use of the product, and of the extent to which such benefits and risks are unknown; and

(III) of the alternatives to the product that are available, and of their benefits and risks.

(ii) Appropriate conditions designed to ensure that individuals to whom the product is administered are informed—

 

(I) that the Secretary has authorized the emergency use of the product;

(II) of the significant known and potential benefits and risks of such use, and of the extent to which such benefits and risks are unknown; and

(III) of the option to accept or refuse administration of the product, of the consequences, if any, of refusing administration of the product, and of the alternatives to the product that are available and of their benefits and risks

Note also the requirement that doctors MUST BE INFORMED of ALTERNATIVES to the product.

Musk's Advice to Pubbie Pols

It's not precisely "advice."

It's a Practical Lesson.

The WaPo attempted to interview Musk about his relocation from the failed state of California to Texas.  His response to the "reporter" is displayed below, after the ululation of the "reporter."

Think any Pubbie Pols will learn something here?

"Federalist" Disavows Its Column Decrying Roberts' Perfidy

We all know that Trump's SCOTUS nominees (Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett) were shoved onto his desk by McConnell after the Federalist Society told McConnell what to do.

And we all know that SCOTUS is led by a foul little 'man' who is a political hack-in-black, and he has seduced Kavanaugh and Barrett into believing his line about 'the integrity of the Court.'

STOP LAUGHING.

So today's Federalist website carries a mid-length essay decrying the Roberts Perfidy.

This is at the very bottom, in small type:

The views expressed here are those of Cleveland in her private capacity.

They should have told Cleveland to ram her column where the sun never shines, just like their selections for SCOTUS told American citizens to ram their election concerns.....well......you know.  That would have been consistent, at least.

Screw 'em.

Naomi WOLF???

Apparently Tucker Carlson's jaw dropped and hit his desk when Naomi Wolf (yup, I checked!) uttered the following:

...The state has now crushed businesses, kept us from gathering in free assembly to worship as the First Amendment provides, is invading our bodies ... which is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, restricting movement, fining us in New York state ... the violations go on and on....

...Whether they are on the left or the right, they do these same ten things and now we're at something I never thought I would see in my lifetime ... it is step 10 and that is the suspension of the rule of law and that is when you start to be a police state, and we're here. There is no way around it....--quoted at AOSHQ

That from the mouth of a Certified Left-O-Wack!

What DOES Merrick Garland Know?

Garland is making it clear that he knows nothing.  Nothing about men competing in women's sports.  Nothing about whether illegal means illegal.  Nothing about Killer Cuomo's nursing home problem.  He doesn't know much about the Second Amendment, either.

So this know-nothing should be the country's chief law-enforcement figure?

The only person that knows less than Garland is .......probably......Biden*.   

But Biden* has an excuse.

500K ChiCom Flu Victims? Maybe.

Biden* showed up yesterday to ululate over "Covid" (read:  Chinese Communist bio-weapon) deaths, now said to be 500K in the US.

But neither Biden nor anyone else knows with certainty how many the ChiComs have killed through that weapon.  

You DID notice that Asian Flu A and B "disappeared" this season?

Well, how about this:

July 16, 2020, podcast, “This Week In Virology” [2]: Tony Fauci makes a point of saying the PCR COVID test is useless and misleading when the test is run at “35 cycles or higher.” A positive result, indicating infection, cannot be accepted or believed.    “…If you get [perform the test at] a cycle threshold of 35 or more…the chances of it being replication-competent [aka accurate] are miniscule…you almost never can culture virus [detect a true positive result] from a 37 threshold cycle…even 36…”

Yah, we heard that.

So "Covid deaths" may not be "Covid" deaths.  They could be simple pneumonia, old age, complications of obesity, Flu A or -B, or high blood pressure.

But "COVID KILLS!!! RUN!!! HIDE!!! TAKE EXPERIMENTAL SHOTS!!!! is exactly the backdrop a Totalitarian wants.

So you'll hear more of that Bee Ess.

You Cannot Be a Domestic Terrorist at Night !!!!

Biden*'s very own A.G. nominee has new guidelines.  

Going forward, Trump voters may 'disrupt' stuff at NIGHT.  Then they won't be "domestic terrorists."

He claims that this isn't terrorism because they weren't disrupting these buildings during working hours.--AOSHQ

You will NOT be a domestic terrorist.

By the way--take a look at any of the videos in which Garland speaks.  He's not even smart enough to hide his evasions and lies well.

Sorta like Wisconsin Governor "Tin-Pot" Tony Evers.

 

Whoa! Albuterol for Covid? Yup.

Since it isn't Big Pharma Profit, it's not viable.

Except it IS, just like HCQ and Ivermectin.

Researchers say their clinical trial using a cheap asthma inhaler to prevent COVID-19 patients developing severe symptoms has produced “incredible” results....

 ...“When we first began the trial back in March [2020], we were hoping for 50 per cent reduction [in risk of developing serious symptoms], which itself would have been very high,” he said.

“We got 90 per cent, which even with only a few hundred people is off the charts.

“And it’s not just the overall result - their temperatures are less, they get less fever, and they recover faster.”...

The big hospital systems will not likely allow their doctors to prescribe this, just as they would not allow HCQ/Zpak nor Ivermectin.  Kinda tells you a lot, doesn't it?

HT:  Ticker

"For the Chillllllrrren" Part Two

Earlier, we noted that a certain NFL quarterback would deprive an Iowa school system of $394K/year in revenues to save the polar bears, or some damn fool thing.

Now we have the spectacle of the Dumbest Mayor in American (yes, dumber than Tommy Barrett!!) closing down the only ice-rinks in his city to show Donald Trump 'who's Boss'.

What about the chillllllllllrrrrrrrrren who like to skate?

Screw 'em, says Wilhelm.

Yes, It's War! GOOD!!!

If it's true it's the second artillery barrage.

According to three people familiar with the planning, Trump will soon begin vetting candidates at Mar-a-Lago who are eager to fulfill his promise to exact vengeance upon incumbent Republicans who’ve scorned him, and to ensure every open GOP seat in the 2022 midterms has a MAGA-approved contender vying for it.  --Treehouse quoting Politico

That would be why suddenly, Cong. Gallagher of Appleton is scrambling to "make nice" on MAGA outlets such as McKenna's in Madistan.

Gallagher has never held a Conservative conviction of any sort for more than 30 days or until the weathervane moved.

For the Chillllll'ren? NO!

 See if you can guess who .....

An NFL quarterback who has made over $200 million during his career has petitioned President Biden to shut down Van Buren County’s largest property taxpayer, threatening the Van Buren County School District with a loss of $394,000 in property tax money every year, according to information provided at the February 17 school board meeting....--quoted at PowerLine

Yup.  Mr. Californicate himself.

But maybe he'll send a check for $394K every year.........?

Fuggedabutit.

Less-Crazy Democrats?

Somewhere out there is a non-published poll telling the Democrats that they are in serious trouble.

Schumer is reported to have flipped on Puerto Rico statehood.  Manchin told Biden* to stuff his radical-Left Neera Tanden where the sun never shines.

Now the (D) Sheriff of Los Angeles County wants to be the first signer of a petition to remove a Soros puppet D.A.

Hmmmmmmm......

US Still Funding China Bio-Weapons Lab. Thanks, Fauci!

Fauci's little kingdom sends tax money to ChiCom bio-weapons facility.

Millions die worldwide as a result.

So did NIH cancel US tax money gifts to the weapons lab?

HELL, NO.

Federal records show the U.S. government is partnering with the Wuhan Institute of Virology even though the Trump administration pledged to ban funding for the Chinese laboratory located at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

President Donald Trump promised that he would "end" public funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology during an April 17 press conference. Despite his promise, the National Institutes of Health has left untouched a 2019 neuroscience research grant that disbursed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Chinese laboratory, according to a federal expenditure database....

Trump ordered a halt.  Fauci & Co. flipped him off.

They hate Trump, and they hate you for voting for Trump.

Muppets Now "Adults Only" TV

Yup.

Disney, which has personnel problems (to be kind about it) made The Muppet Show an "adults-only" view.

The madness, it burns.

Walker Was Wrong, Admits It--Sorta

Scott Walker figured out that absentee voting can be a very dangerous thing when (D) slugs abuse the system to produce fraudulent results--like in 2020.

..."Less talk, more action," Walker tweeted Saturday. He called for a series of election measures, including photo identification to vote, signature verification and paper ballots.

"Absentee ballots narrowed to people in nursing home or deployed in military," Walker wrote. "Same day voting for the rest ... Now is the time for election integrity measures."...

Walker is a frequent flyer on the absentee-vote airline and he did NOT admit that Republican-passed legislation was seriously flawed.

That's OK.  He shouldn't apologize.

Maybe Cock Robin will get busy on the matter, eh?

 

Kyle Flips the Script, FakeNews Screeches

This is fun.

Kyle Rittenhouse's courtroom trial on homicide charges from shootings during the protests in Kenosha is likely months away, but the court of public opinion seems to have been in full session every day.

His website and Twitter account have been actively attacking the prosecution, pushing new merchandise and assuring supporters Rittenhouse is getting jacked at the gym and preparing for college, while raising his new dog, Milo....

You mean sorta like the "He a good boy" fuzzy softball crap printed in the J-S after some gang-banger gets taken out by the police?

THAT kind of stuff?

Oh, my.

US Bishops Act Sorta Catholic

 While it is no surprise that Pelosi, Schumer, and Biden*, along with the majority of Democrat members of Congress, want to shove this bill up the nether regions of Americans, it is pleasant to note that the US Bishops have denounced it.

Of course, the Bishops' statement does not go to the heart of the matter, which is the seriously-flawed line of positive law that began with the reversal of Bowers, which was followed by Lawrence and "Justice" Kennedy's raving Libertarian insanity:  

 "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life."  

The Bishops won't quote Cdl. Sarah, but they should.

..."From Him [God] we receive our nature as man and woman," he said.  "This iintolerable to modern minds. Gender ideology is a Luciferian refusal to receive a sexual nature from God. Thus some rebel against God and pointlessly mutilate themselves in order to change their sex. But in reality they do not fundamentally change anything of their structure as man or woman."

Hmmm.  Lucifer, Pelosi, Schumer, Biden*, all dancing in the darkness......hmmmmm.

Anyhow, the Bishops came out with something.

 ...The proposed legislation is not about treating all people “with equal dignity and respect,” they noted, but would “mandate that all health care professionals and providers perform gender transition procedures that go against many such providers’ best medical judgment, not to mention their deeply held moral or religious convictions.”

The legislation would also “undermine civil rights for women and girls by opening restrooms, locker rooms, and shower facilities to biological males who identify as female,” they declared. “Women and girls deserve access to private spaces when they visit their local gym or use the restroom.”...

Is passage of the "Equality Act" certain?  Nope.  

Will the US Bishops ever use the language of Cdl. Sarah in any of their documents?

Nope.

Now Up to THREE Vax Jabs....

Billy-boy Gates of BSOD fame.....

 

“All five of the companies that have U.S. vaccines are looking at making that modification and adding that in so that people who’ve already had two shots might need to get a third shot.  I think it’s reasonably likely that we will have a tuned vaccine just to make absolutely sure that as these variants hit the U.S. that they’re not escaping from vaccine protection.”

But what if we stop eating meat, Billy?  Will that fix the Sino-syphilis?

Biden* ChiCom Flu Victims

Updated Fridan 2/19:

 

"Civil Rights" Lawyer + Channel 6: Wrong Again!

Yesterday we observed that Channel 6 was relying on .....ahhh........questionable sources for its "news."

So they doubled down, this time over nothing at all.

He was never detained. Never handcuffed. Never charged. Still, Wauwatosa police say they "arrested" State Representative David Bowen (D-Milwaukee) last fall. Bowen says that never happened. Now, he and his lawyer are calling on police to apologize....

Bowen was part of a group which was raising Hell in a residential neighborhood after dark.  So the cops identified him and wrote him up.  

The write-up--in the real world--means absolutely nothing.  But the "civil rights" lawyer saw a chance for some TeeeeVeeee time, and Ted Perry's newsroom ........well........you know.........

Here's the Tosa PD's statement in relevant part:

"When Wawautosa Police Department personnel issue a non-traffic citation or refer subjects to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office for a charging review, they are listed in the incident report as 'Arrested.'" 

The email indicates this status is "administrative and procedural," but "is not shared or reported to any other agency or organization which maintain arrest data unless the subject was physically arrested and processed" or "taken into custody."

IOW, Tosa uses 'arrested' to denote that a bad actor (Bowen) was part of an illegal gathering--which WAS announced--and he was referred to the D.A. 

That's all.

"Not shared or reported."

 That says it all--except to reporter-ettes looking for Stupid Stories.

By the way, the "civil rights" lawyer ought to know that citizens have "civil rights" to peace and quiet.

Not that she gives a flying damn.....

Will Pelosi Steal a Seat From Iowa Pubbie?

Hah.  That was a rhetorical question.  OF COURSE she will steal the damn seat.

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives has taken initial steps to make a decision in a contested Iowa election, one involving Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Amy Hart, who lost to Miller-Meeks by six votes....

Nancy needs more than her 6-seat majority to be Supreme Dictator of the USA, so........

 ...“Members unanimously agreed to a resolution that establishes procedures the committee will abide by as it considers recent elections contested under the act,” the report from Politico stated. “The committee has yet to act on a request by Miller-Meeks to dismiss Hart’s contest....

Public Enemy #1, lawyer Marc Elias, will be very involved in this, just as he has been in the Election Frauds of Wisconsin, PA, MI, GA, AZ, and NV.  So the 'rules and procedures' Nancy comes up with will guar-an-damn-tee that the Democrat gets the seat.

 

Has PJ Buchanan Joined the War-War Party?

Perhaps PJB has gone wack-doodle in his old age.

...Consider. If the 2,500 American troops remaining in Afghanistan are pulled out, the entire 10,000-troop NATO contingent departs.

This would write an end to the Western military commitment.

And the likelihood the Kabul government could then survive the constant and increasing attacks from the Taliban, as the latter now control half of the country and many roads leading to the capital, is slim....

Consider.  If the corrupt Afghan assholes who have sucked US money into their bank accounts for the last 20 years were actually Afghan patriots, the war would have ended about 19 years ago.

Also consider:  Russia is doing just fine, thankyouverymuch, having "lost" their war in Afghanistan.  (Granted, the same cannot be said for Alexander the Great, who also lost a war there.  He died.)

... if Biden does not breach the terms of the deal the Taliban and U.S. signed last year and keep our troops there, he would be inviting a repeat of Saigon ’75, with all that would mean for the Afghans who cast their lot with us....

Send more helicopters, PJ.  

By the way, invoking the memory of Viet Nam is not very smart of you; that war was fought in no small part to extend "market share" for Big Corporate such as G.E. and Allis-Chalmers into SE Asia.  Do you SERIOUSLY want to make the case that "American interests" are congruent with "market share"??

Further, Kennedy's assassination of Diem was--arguably--the very best way to encourage Ho Chi Minh to continue the war.

Pat, we spent a lot of time and money on you when you shoved New Hampshire up 'Globaloney' HW Bush's butt.  At the time, you understood American Interests very well.  

Have you forgotten them? 

Did EPA Shut Off TX Power?

Bloomberg reports on another piece of the Power Puzzle in Texas.

When the Texas power grid was on the brink of collapse and its operator plunged thousands into darkness, it didn’t make an exception for the oil and gas field.

Power was, unsurprisingly, diverted to hospitals and nursing homes. Ercot, as the grid manager is known, was staving off utter catastrophe, its chief executive later said.

But leaving shale fields like the Permian Basin dark had an unintended consequence. Producers who depend on electricity to power their operations were left with no way to pump natural gas. And that gas was needed more than ever to generate electricity....

The pumps are driven by electric motors--so they didn't pump.

That is of particular interest here because Waukesha Engine made the large diesel- or natural gas-fired engines which powered those pumps for years.  But a few decades ago those engines were deemed "polluters" by EPA and were no longer allowed to be sold in the US.  (At the time, "clean diesel"/DEF engines did not exist.)

So the engines were sold to Red China which doesn't give a rat's ass about "pollution."  And they were replaced with electric motors in the US because "clean."

Don't expect EPA to grovel and apologize like Ted Cruz.  Fake News won't hound them to the ends of the Earth about that.

But yes, EPA had a hand in it.  

A Bit of Chesterton the Prophet

 Ran across this VERY pertinent quote the other night.

"The point is that the human intellect is free to destroy itself. ....One set of thinkers can prevent further thinking by teaching the next generation that there is no validity in any human thought.  It is idle to talk always about the alternative of reason and faith.  Reason is of itself a matter of faith.  It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all."

GKC foresaw 'radical deconstructionism' AND the fake 'divide' between faith and reason.

We know where those errors got us.  Will we remedy this?

Progress in the WI Senate!

Well, well well.  This will be fun to watch.

The Wisconsin State Senate approved a series of bills to protect individual rights amidst the COVID crisis on Tuesday afternoon.

If the bills become law, government officials won’t be allowed to close churches or force people to get vaccinated. The senate also passed a bill that require Evers to produce a plan on getting state employees back to work, and another bill that would allow dentists to provide vaccinations....

Assuming that Vos pushes them through the Assembly, Tin-Pot Tony Evers will either sign them or not.

NOT signing gives the Pubbies all the election ammo they will ever need.  If they use it, of course.

Truth

 Surber:

 ...At some point we need to stop blaming the grifters who hold public office and start blaming the morons who elect them.

Actual, real-life, productive people rarely run for office.  They don't NEED a job that pays.

Trump--an exception--took 5 years of beatings because he ran and won, interrupting the wine-and-cheese festivals of the Deep State.

His was a very gentle interruption compared to what may well be coming next.

It Will Get COLD

"Climate change"?  You betcha.  

Surber recalls a column he wrote back in the Olden Times of 2014.  

...The column said, "In 1979 -- when the scientific consensus was global cooling -- Dr. Libby forecast a rise in temperatures until the year 2000 when it would get colder again for the next 50 years.

" 'Easily one to two degrees,' she told the Los Angeles Times. 'And maybe even three or four degrees. It takes only 10 degrees to bring on an Ice Age.'

"The first half of her prediction proved true. Temperatures peaked in 1998."

 

Wanna bet on the second half? 

Got firewood?

Covid 19? Nope. Flu

This is NOT a surprise.

I’m a clinical lab scientist. I have a PhD in virology and immunology. I’m a clinical lab scientist and have tested 1500 “supposed” positive Covid 19 samples collected here in S. California. When my lab team and I did the testing through Koch’s postulates and observation under a SEM (scanning electron microscope), we found NO Covid in any of the 1500 samples.

What we found was that all of the 1500 samples were mostly Influenza A and some were influenza B, but not a single case of Covid, and we did not use the B.S. PCR test. We then sent the remainder of the samples to Stanford, Cornell, and a few of the University of California labs and they found the same results as we did, NO COVID. They found influenza A and B. 

All of us then spoke to the CDC and asked for viable samples of COVID, which CDC said they could not provide as they did not have any samples.--Vox quoting Canada News/Plant

CDC does "not have any samples" of Covid-19?

That's more of a problem than the 'zero Covid' results she obtained.

Did Pelosi Orchestrate January 6th?

Earlier we noted one lengthy report on the Capitol Disturbance of January 6th

Along comes more information.

Dinesh D'Souza did a podcast pointing out Nancy Pelosi's peculiar behavior regarding events at the Capitol in the days leading up to January 6.  In the five weeks since then, Pelosi has turned Washington, D.C. into an armed, walled city and is working with the White House to crack down on dissenting views — meaning any views that run counter to the Democrat party narrative. 

This should be very interesting.  We already know that the CapCops were scarce and that Bowser of D.C. refused 10,000 Guardsmen offered by Trump.  Hmmmmm.  Further, the ex-chief of the CapCops asked Nancy's Sergeant-at-Arms for Guardsmen and NANCY'S butt-boy turned him down.

...right after January 6 what does Nancy Pelosi do? She fires the sergeant of arms [sic]. She fires the Capitol Police Chief Steve Sund and she replaces him with another guy and, very interestingly, the police union, the union that actually represents the Capitol Police, took a vote and 92% of them have voted no confidence in this quote "new leadership." In other words, in this guy Yogananda Pittman, Nancy Pelosi's man that she stuck in there. The Capitol Police are basically saying we don't think this guy is any good.  --quoting D'Souza

Are you getting the same message that I got a few days back?

...Democrats are using January 6 to silence any political opposition.  They've been trying to drive Republicans out of Congress.  On Thursday, they announced that they're working with the White House to come up with a plan so that social media will work even harder to silence "disinformation" — which means anything that challenges Democrat facts or conclusions.

In case you're wondering, this is how totalitarian dictatorships operate.  Free speech is out; increasingly brutal suppression is in.

And speaking of increasing brutality, there's the fact that the Democrats have used the events of January 6 to turn Washington, D.C., into a security fortress of the type any tyrant would love....

One could say Pelosi was Machiavellian enough to position matters in advance of January 6 to create a trap for Trump and his supporters. 

Yes, one could.

The G.O.A.T.

Only wish that Cdl O'Connor had been able to drag this guy across the Tiber

.......the guy was a monster influencer of anyone who could hear him.  He personally shaped a watershed in US history--and the Left knows it.  They and their GOPe pals are on the short side of their collective lives due to Rush.

Requiescat in Pace.