Hot Air provided a handy (partial) list of incivilities of the Left. We'll also talk about the genesis of all this stuff.
...On the Left, James Hodgkinson,
a far left, pro-Bernie Sanders activist, grabbed a rifle and opened
fire on congressional Republicans practicing for the annual baseball
game in 2017. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was shot and could have died. It
was a mass assassination attempt. In 2018, Minnesota GOP candidates
have been assaulted. The spokesperson for the Minnesota Democratic Party said that Republicans should go to the guillotine. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have been harassed by mob-like behavior. Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Democrats should kick Republicans. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has egged on her supporters to harass Trump officials. Oh,and let's not forget the ricin letters sent to Secretary of Defense James Mattis or the death threats hurled at Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)....
And he DID forget the very damaging attack on Sen. Rand Paul by a crazed Lefty neighbor.
How did this crap start?
Trump was elected partly because he was not Hillary, and partly because of his remarkable empathy with the 'forgotten man (and woman)' in flyover country. That "forgotten man" was sick and tired of watching talking heads yammer about 'prosperity' while the country's manufacturing base decamped to Red China. He was sick and tired of smarmy wierdos wearing black robes telling him that perverts could go potty with his daughter, and of snot-nosed brainless toads telling him what "virtue" really is, from their TeeVee studio perches. (HotAir has an excellent example in the post!!)
And the forgotten man (and woman) knew that Mordor on the Potomac, and all its pomps, and all its works, were fetid. So the Judges, the Snot-Nosed, and the faceless drones of D.C.'s managerial class all needed a good smack across the head.
He started with the Trump 2X4, right on the nose. The jackass is kicking back, as one might expect; but the fun has not yet begun in earnest. "Earnest" is not something the Smarmies, the Snot-Noses, and the Drones are prepared for, by the way. Let's hope they just STFU soon, eh?
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Now It's "Obstruction", Eh, Rosenschtein??
Zman reports that Rosenschtein, the rat-faced dweeb in D.C., has changed his story.
The first reason Rosenschtein gave for redacting the FISA-warrant material was that they 'would endanger national security.'
But the rat-faced dweeb changed his story.
Now, release of the unredacted docs will 'interfere with Mueller's investigation.'
Or--as we all know--it will reveal how many layers of DoJ and FBI are corrupt to the bone. One example will be Rosenschtein, of course.
The first reason Rosenschtein gave for redacting the FISA-warrant material was that they 'would endanger national security.'
But the rat-faced dweeb changed his story.
Now, release of the unredacted docs will 'interfere with Mueller's investigation.'
Or--as we all know--it will reveal how many layers of DoJ and FBI are corrupt to the bone. One example will be Rosenschtein, of course.
Tariffs Are The End of the World: Ramirez and Isbister
Pretty much it's time to just pack up the plant and go home. Sell the place for pennies on the dollar, hope you can pay off the banks, retire to a small shack in West Texas, work as a dishwasher.
Or so you'd think, reading the context-less facts typed out in thePropaganda Biz Times essay here.
...“We’re just setting ourselves up for constrained economic growth,” said Mary Isbister, president of Mequon-based GenMet Corp.
Isbister joined Husco International president and chief executive officer Austin Ramirez...
(Bill Isbister's daughter (in-law?) and Gus Ramirez's son.) OK, then.
...According to data released by Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, Wisconsin companies paid roughly $3.8 million in tariffs on $408.5 million in goods imported from June to August of 2017. ....with the new tariffs imposed this year Wisconsin companies paid more than $58 million in tariffs.
Oh. Yah....well........how about the REST of the facts??
...The U.S. has imposed tariffs on just under $300 billion of imports. Forty-seven billion, or around 15 percent, of those tariffs are on the steel and aluminum tariffs, which Trump mentioned. The bulk of the rest is aimed at just one country, China. The remainder are on individual products, such as solar panels and washing machines. A bit here and there for specific violations of U.S. anti-dumping laws. For almost all other imports and all other trading partners, Trump has not increased tariffs at all.
The total dollar value of goods the Trump administration has imposed tariffs on is small when compared to the $2.9 trillion of imported goods and service the U.S. took in last year. The new tariffs range from 10 percent to 25 percent on around 10 percent of all of our imports. Call it a 1 percent to 2.5 percent import tariff, at least in the short term. That’s not exactly disruptive. It’s certainly not a screeching halt to global trade....
(US Steel announced that it would be awarding pay-increases of 3.5%/year for the next four years in a row at its Gary, IN., plant--that announcement came about 10 days ago or so. )
When you make the decision to source raw materials from a Communist/Mercantilist state, and your choice means that US workers will be un-employed or lose the race to the cost of living, we are not particularly sympathetic.
As to "day-to-day" pricing? Neither of these "Chief Executives" is old enough to remember it, but it's happened before. Get out your history books and check under "Inflation, US." Then learn how to manage a supply chain which benefits US workers.
Or so you'd think, reading the context-less facts typed out in the
...“We’re just setting ourselves up for constrained economic growth,” said Mary Isbister, president of Mequon-based GenMet Corp.
Isbister joined Husco International president and chief executive officer Austin Ramirez...
(Bill Isbister's daughter (in-law?) and Gus Ramirez's son.) OK, then.
...According to data released by Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, Wisconsin companies paid roughly $3.8 million in tariffs on $408.5 million in goods imported from June to August of 2017. ....with the new tariffs imposed this year Wisconsin companies paid more than $58 million in tariffs.
Oh. Yah....well........how about the REST of the facts??
...The U.S. has imposed tariffs on just under $300 billion of imports. Forty-seven billion, or around 15 percent, of those tariffs are on the steel and aluminum tariffs, which Trump mentioned. The bulk of the rest is aimed at just one country, China. The remainder are on individual products, such as solar panels and washing machines. A bit here and there for specific violations of U.S. anti-dumping laws. For almost all other imports and all other trading partners, Trump has not increased tariffs at all.
The total dollar value of goods the Trump administration has imposed tariffs on is small when compared to the $2.9 trillion of imported goods and service the U.S. took in last year. The new tariffs range from 10 percent to 25 percent on around 10 percent of all of our imports. Call it a 1 percent to 2.5 percent import tariff, at least in the short term. That’s not exactly disruptive. It’s certainly not a screeching halt to global trade....
(US Steel announced that it would be awarding pay-increases of 3.5%/year for the next four years in a row at its Gary, IN., plant--that announcement came about 10 days ago or so. )
When you make the decision to source raw materials from a Communist/Mercantilist state, and your choice means that US workers will be un-employed or lose the race to the cost of living, we are not particularly sympathetic.
As to "day-to-day" pricing? Neither of these "Chief Executives" is old enough to remember it, but it's happened before. Get out your history books and check under "Inflation, US." Then learn how to manage a supply chain which benefits US workers.
Dan Schutte Convention in Milwaukee
Oh, sorry.....
It's the "My Little Pony" convention, featuring music which Dan Schutte used later as part of a "mass" he composed for use in the Catholic Church.
Confused? You should be, if you're actually a Catholic.
It's the "My Little Pony" convention, featuring music which Dan Schutte used later as part of a "mass" he composed for use in the Catholic Church.
Confused? You should be, if you're actually a Catholic.
"N"ot "B"eing "C"andid?
Yah, so: was NBC News ever totally honest? We know that Huntley-Brinkley were shady some of the time. But now we know that it could have been ALL of the time.
CNN sucks.
NBC? Sunk, just like "A"lways "B"eing "C"linton and See-Bee-Ess.
CNN sucks.
NBC? Sunk, just like "A"lways "B"eing "C"linton and See-Bee-Ess.
Brazil: The MSM's Trump Template Rides Again
And away they go!!
Brazil now gets the Trump Template Treatment from the usual Left-O-Wack press suspects!!
It's all there: families splitting over politics, homosexuals being "hated"--prospectively, of course--and the "divisive!!" "embittered!!" "rancorous!!!!!!!!" adjectives flow again.
Wait, wait!! There's more!!
"Distrust," "paranoia," and "party hooligans" are back in the word processors, too!!!
Yes, I read this stuff. I do it so you don't have to. You'll thank me later, right??
Brazil now gets the Trump Template Treatment from the usual Left-O-Wack press suspects!!
It's all there: families splitting over politics, homosexuals being "hated"--prospectively, of course--and the "divisive!!" "embittered!!" "rancorous!!!!!!!!" adjectives flow again.
Wait, wait!! There's more!!
"Distrust," "paranoia," and "party hooligans" are back in the word processors, too!!!
Yes, I read this stuff. I do it so you don't have to. You'll thank me later, right??
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Daily Caller's "Average Americans": Wut??
The Daily Caller is a fresh face news outlet which has impressive investigative credits (e.g., the Wasserman Schultz/Paki national security breach.)
But when Daily Caller interviews denizens of D.C.--and then calls them 'average Americans'--it is to make one laugh out loud.
Mordor on the Potomac does not have 'average Americans' available for interviews, as the results of the Caller's 'survey' make painfully clear.
Try again.
But when Daily Caller interviews denizens of D.C.--and then calls them 'average Americans'--it is to make one laugh out loud.
Mordor on the Potomac does not have 'average Americans' available for interviews, as the results of the Caller's 'survey' make painfully clear.
Try again.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
This IS the Democrat Party!
I wanted to honestly represent the Democrat Party, and was led to this advertisement for them by Raconteur. He says the ad "Crushes it!!" and he's absolutely correct.
See it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=111&v=gjzeNBSZFUo
Maybe in 10 years I'll learn how to embed video. Maybe I'll actually care. Or not.
See it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=111&v=gjzeNBSZFUo
Maybe in 10 years I'll learn how to embed video. Maybe I'll actually care. Or not.
You're Right. They Don't Get It.
If you're a conservative, you've been in oral or written/pixellated discussions with Lefty types and you've come away wondering if they're on another planet.
Actually, they are.
So yah. You ARE the reasonable one in the room. Sadly, it's likely that it will remain that way forever; Leftism appears to be incurable.
Actually, they are.
In his remarkable book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, Haidt recalls a telling experiment. He and his colleagues Brian Nosek and Jesse Graham sought to discover how well conservative and what Haidt terms ‘liberal’ (ie: progressive) students understood one another by having them answer moral questions as they thought their political opponents would answer them. “The results were clear and consistent,” remarks Haidt. “In all analyses, conservatives were more accurate than liberals.” Asked to think the way a liberal thinks, conservatives answered moral questions just as the liberal would answer them, but liberal students were unable to do the reverse. Rather, they seemed to put moral ideas into the mouths of conservatives that they don’t hold. To put it bluntly, Haidt and his colleagues found that progressives don’t understand conservatives the way conservatives understand progressives. This he calls the ‘conservative advantage,’ and it goes a long way in explaining the different ways each side deals with opinions unlike their own. People get angry at what they don’t understand, and an all-progressive education ensures that they don’t understand.
Haidt’s research echoes arguments made by Thomas Sowell in A Conflict of Visions and Steven Pinker in The Blank Slate. Both Sowell and Pinker contend that conservatives see an unfortunate world of moral trade-offs in which every moral judgment comes with costs that must be properly balanced. Progressives, on the other hand, seem to be blind to, or in denial about, these trade-offs, whether economic and social; theirs is a utopian or unconstrained vision, in which every moral grievance must be immediately extinguished until we have perfected society. This is why conservatives don’t tend to express the same emotional hostility as the Left; a deeper grasp of the world’s complexity has the effect of encouraging intellectual humility. The conservative hears the progressive’s latest demands and says, “I can see how you might come to that conclusion, but I think you’ve overlooked the following…” In contrast, the progressive hears the conservative and thinks, “I have no idea why you would believe that. You’re probably a racist.”--quoting Matthew Blackwell at Dreher's column
So yah. You ARE the reasonable one in the room. Sadly, it's likely that it will remain that way forever; Leftism appears to be incurable.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Obozo, Yesterday's News
He drew about 1500 people in Las Vegas
One thousand five hundred. He didn't fill the girls' BB gym, for crying out loud. That's a tell about this "blue wave" thing if there ever was one.
But then, other than NPC types and their mirror-images in the press, who could stand listening to this lumphead speak?
One thousand five hundred. He didn't fill the girls' BB gym, for crying out loud. That's a tell about this "blue wave" thing if there ever was one.
But then, other than NPC types and their mirror-images in the press, who could stand listening to this lumphead speak?
Gee! A Crooked Lawyer/Politician/Democrat!!!
This guy hits the trifecta. Lawyer, Democrat, politician--and a crook, too.
...On May 17, VA officials arrived for a surprise inspection, VA Deputy Assistant Secretary James Hutton told The Daily Caller News Foundation. The purpose was to find out if Smith was running a middleman company used to win lucrative federal contracts earmarked for disabled veterans, then passing all the work off to non-veteran companies in exchange for a cut for himself. Such so-called rent-a-vet scams are forbidden.Not to worry. He's keeping busy running for Governor of South Carolina.
Smith’s company declined to cooperate with the VA and failed to provide evidence that the business was legitimate, Hutton said. On May 31, the VA’s Center for Verification and Evaluation issued a “Notice of Proposed Cancellation,” which would lead to the Congaree Group being stripped of its preferred, disabled-veteran contractor status if not resolved, according to Hutton. The Congaree Group still “did not provide the requested documents” explaining itself, he said.
On July 11, one month after Smith won the primary election, the VA banned the company from its preferential status, according to Hutton. The Congaree Group no longer appears on the VA’s list of approved veteran-owned businesses....
Planet HollyWierd
Owen noticed this, too--this Planet HollyWierd thing.
If you concede that Shakespeare was The Playwright of Western society, a passing familiarity with his plays will give you a very broad look at the human condition. Intrigue, humor, love, hate, life, and death, with a bit of sex tossed in here and there, (but only by inference.)
Things have changed, eh? Now HollyWierd scripts concentrate on the perversions, the death-wish-with-sex fantasies, the ".....my Daddy was a rapist...." (when he really wasn't the Daddy at all) story lines....or the "reality" shows which have no connection to any "reality" we're aware of.
These are the personal and psychotic problems of the writers and producers. They are not on the same Planet (see what I did there??) as the audiences they purport to entertain; in fact, what they produce is another form of pornography.
And when it's not that, it's Feminist and Homosex Whining, or even worse, Morality Lectures On The EEEEEEEvil of TRUMP. See, e.g. recent Law & Order or NCIS crapola. (By the way, the "long stare" from Olivia is becoming oppressive. She ain't what she used to be, folks. Ice-T does a better stare and he's better-preserved, too.)
Pretty much makes the cooking channels and the game shows the few remaining actual reality shows.
With ONE exception: Last Man Standing.
If you concede that Shakespeare was The Playwright of Western society, a passing familiarity with his plays will give you a very broad look at the human condition. Intrigue, humor, love, hate, life, and death, with a bit of sex tossed in here and there, (but only by inference.)
Things have changed, eh? Now HollyWierd scripts concentrate on the perversions, the death-wish-with-sex fantasies, the ".....my Daddy was a rapist...." (when he really wasn't the Daddy at all) story lines....or the "reality" shows which have no connection to any "reality" we're aware of.
These are the personal and psychotic problems of the writers and producers. They are not on the same Planet (see what I did there??) as the audiences they purport to entertain; in fact, what they produce is another form of pornography.
And when it's not that, it's Feminist and Homosex Whining, or even worse, Morality Lectures On The EEEEEEEvil of TRUMP. See, e.g. recent Law & Order or NCIS crapola. (By the way, the "long stare" from Olivia is becoming oppressive. She ain't what she used to be, folks. Ice-T does a better stare and he's better-preserved, too.)
Pretty much makes the cooking channels and the game shows the few remaining actual reality shows.
With ONE exception: Last Man Standing.
How Government Liars Measure
It's not news that politicians lie. It's not news that crooks lie, or that the press lies (BIRM).
It's also not news that the Fed Gov lies, especially when creating its "poverty" report. And I DO mean "creating."
That's a lot of excludin' goin' on out there, ain'a?
HT: Peter
It's also not news that the Fed Gov lies, especially when creating its "poverty" report. And I DO mean "creating."
The measured poverty rate has remained virtually unchanged only because the Census Bureau doesn’t count most of the transfer payments created since the declaration of the War on Poverty. The bureau measures poverty using what it calls “money income,” which includes earned income and some transfer payments such as Social Security and unemployment insurance. But it excludes food stamps, Medicaid, the portion of Medicare going to low-income families, Children’s Health Insurance, the refundable portion of the earned-income tax credit, at least 87 other means-tested federal payments to individuals, and most means-tested state payments. If government counted these missing $1.5 trillion in annual transfer payments, the poverty rate would be less than 3%.
That's a lot of excludin' goin' on out there, ain'a?
HT: Peter
"Marching" Invaders? Nope. Bus, Train, Truck-riders....
There are pictures which, somehow, CNN fails to show.
This bunch of "marchers" aren't "marching," except for teevee reporters. They ride. One of the truck-transports sports the Star of David (WTF??), too. Money is coming from US Catholics through the usual USCC source.
Maybe it's time to tighten the screws on the local parish. Send a message, ya'know.
This bunch of "marchers" aren't "marching," except for teevee reporters. They ride. One of the truck-transports sports the Star of David (WTF??), too. Money is coming from US Catholics through the usual USCC source.
Maybe it's time to tighten the screws on the local parish. Send a message, ya'know.
More Whine From MMAC? Just Shut Up, Please.
We note that the MMAC has been whining a lot over the last few years. They prefer to use cheap (illegal) labor, or cheap (legal) labor, and now are whining that they need more Big Road Projects in the City of Milwaukee.
For some reason, MMAC thinks that Milwaukee is really an important piece of Wisconsin.
Pro-Tip: not since you lost A O Smith, Allis-Chalmers, Briggs & Stratton, Grede Foundries, and a few others, boyzzzz. Now you're important (maybe) for a few restaurants, hotels, and sports teams, plus a very large insurance company--which has major facilities OUTSIDE of the city of Milwaukee. Your "sports leaders" had the foresight to shove the Green Bay Packers out of Milwaukee, too. Genius!!
Oh--yes--you're also important for drug-crimes, murder statistics, and carjackings.
Since anyone commuting through the Milwaukee area in the past 10 years has put up with hundreds of hours of delays and hundreds of miles of detours to get into or around your rapidly-declining metropolis, you can put your $Billion-dollar request where the sun never shines.
And stop your whining.
For some reason, MMAC thinks that Milwaukee is really an important piece of Wisconsin.
Pro-Tip: not since you lost A O Smith, Allis-Chalmers, Briggs & Stratton, Grede Foundries, and a few others, boyzzzz. Now you're important (maybe) for a few restaurants, hotels, and sports teams, plus a very large insurance company--which has major facilities OUTSIDE of the city of Milwaukee. Your "sports leaders" had the foresight to shove the Green Bay Packers out of Milwaukee, too. Genius!!
Oh--yes--you're also important for drug-crimes, murder statistics, and carjackings.
Since anyone commuting through the Milwaukee area in the past 10 years has put up with hundreds of hours of delays and hundreds of miles of detours to get into or around your rapidly-declining metropolis, you can put your $Billion-dollar request where the sun never shines.
And stop your whining.
Not Smart: Lasry
Apparently this fellow Lasry is a couple beers short of a six pack. He left his keys IN THE CAR--in an unsecured location--while watching a basketball game.
So it got stolen.
But wait! The dumbasses who stole the car don't know that those cars are famous for spontaneous combustion. Fortunate for them that they did not become bar-b-que.
So it got stolen.
But wait! The dumbasses who stole the car don't know that those cars are famous for spontaneous combustion. Fortunate for them that they did not become bar-b-que.
Monday, October 22, 2018
Mueller Up for False Imprisonment Rap?
The spots on this creature don't change easily. Here is a case out of TN which looks very bad for Mueller, at least as reported here.
But we know that this is his MO, so the reporting in the instant case fits with Mueller's pattern of practice.
More and more difficult to have "confidence" in the Feebs, ain'a?
But we know that this is his MO, so the reporting in the instant case fits with Mueller's pattern of practice.
More and more difficult to have "confidence" in the Feebs, ain'a?
Yes. Seal the Border!
One would think that catching sight of the First MEF and the First Armored would change the minds of the invasion forces now in Mexico.
Maybe then we can add this Lefty Fantasy to the other "Vision Moments" they've tried recently, like that dead spy/Muzzie in Turkey, or the psycho psychologist fantasy-weaver in California.
Schlichter is right. Frankly my dear, we don't give a damn.
Maybe then we can add this Lefty Fantasy to the other "Vision Moments" they've tried recently, like that dead spy/Muzzie in Turkey, or the psycho psychologist fantasy-weaver in California.
Schlichter is right. Frankly my dear, we don't give a damn.
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Wackdoodles Infesting Marquette U
We were alerted to the (continuing) presence of infections such as this wackdoodle at Marquette U., which charges about $50Large/year and bills itself as a 'Catholic' University in the Jesuit Tradition.
That is now a dichotomy un-bridgeable: "Jesuit Tradition" and "Catholic."
Just sayin'.
That is now a dichotomy un-bridgeable: "Jesuit Tradition" and "Catholic."
Just sayin'.
Where ARE All the FBI "Good Guys"?
Treehouse asks a very good question:
Ahhhh.....hmmmm........
...By now we understand many of the big picture details behind DOJ and FBI efforts to weaponize the institutions of government to target their political opposition, namely Donald Trump.Yes, well, umnnnhhhh......
With the removal of so many officials within the institutions, the question becomes less rhetorical. If the corruption is removed, where are the ‘rank and file’ whistle-blowers surfacing from underneath the now replaced leadership? Why haven’t we seen anyone from within the system come forth to tell their story?
Where are the voices of the officials within the FBI data forensic units who were given restrictive analytical instructions on Clinton laptops and hard-drives? Where are the voices of the investigative field agents charged with finding leakers? Where are the voices of the non-corrupt employees inside the DOJ-NSD or FBI who watched for two years as the small group within upper level offices controlled/scripted the activity? etc. etc.
The larger question is not asked to state emphatically no such honorable “rank and file” exist; but rather to highlight: if they do exist, then why are they invisible?...
Ahhhh.....hmmmm........
Russkis Wasting Money
I have no idea why the Russians waste time and money 'turning people against' Baldwin.
Most child-murder promoters--such as Baldwin--are repulsive without Russian help.
Most child-murder promoters--such as Baldwin--are repulsive without Russian help.
Sure, Obama Had Spies in the Trump Campaign!
Of course Obama (and Lynch, and Hillary) worked together to spy on Trump's campaign. And they had the perfect fools in place to do it: Brennan, Comey, McCabe, and the kissy-faces (and more!!)
Don't you wish you were an oily, fat, British "professor" so you could knock down $400K to spy on US candidates? Or an Australian "high commissioner" who pimps out his "assistants" in honeytrap ops?
And with ALL of THAT, they still couldn't push the old bag over the finish line.
Don't you wish you were an oily, fat, British "professor" so you could knock down $400K to spy on US candidates? Or an Australian "high commissioner" who pimps out his "assistants" in honeytrap ops?
And with ALL of THAT, they still couldn't push the old bag over the finish line.
Hillary Clinton will never be President!!
Tucker Gets It re Khashoggi: Not Our Business
As we remarked earlier, when you're a spy and have nasty friends, it's possible that you'll die young. This guy also had nasty enemies: the Saudis.
...Of course, they did it. We knew they did it. Their only concern was getting caught. Now they have been caught, and they probably regret the whole thing. All of that makes sense. None of it is surprising.
What is confusing is the wave of false posturing on display from our own mindless ruling class.
Khashoggi’s death, they’re telling us, is now somehow the most important story in the world, far more important than the many political murders China commits each year far more than Saudi Arabia, or the countless children the Saudis have bombed and starved to death in Yemen.
More than that, they’re telling us it’s a moral litmus test, the latest in a long series of moral litmus tests that are delivered to us by Fiat (ph) on cable news. Support this, don’t support that. Otherwise, you’re a bad person. That’s the message of almost every show. Share my beliefs or you are damned.
Now, in this case, it’s a little confusing because keep in mind these are the same people, the ones commanding you to hate the Saudis, who just months ago were uncritically repeating Saudi talking points right from the embassy.Why in Hell anyone thought seriously about this for 10 seconds escapes me--which proves that the MSM is non-serious; they are really the blow-dried airheads that they've become over the last 50 years.
Remember when we bombed Syria last spring and bombed it before, the year before, well the Saudis pushed that. Everyone knew that. It might have been nice to hear that on television. We could have used some media skepticism at the time, but no.
Only this show pretty much brought that up. The rest of the press loved it....
Saturday, October 20, 2018
The Man From Guinea
Cdl. Robert Sarah.
We need to be inclusive and welcoming to all that is human, but what comes from the Enemy cannot and must not be assimilated. You can not join Christ and Belial! What Nazi-Fascism and Communism were in the 20th century, Western homosexual and abortion Ideologies and Islamic Fanaticism are today.I'll take him, Cd. Burke, Cd. Mueller, and Abp. Chaput, and with them form a company of REAL men of the Church.
Tammy's Plans for "Equality"
There are so many things wrong with Baldwin that it's near-impossible to list them all. But there's a big-assed red flag flying--Obozo, the Community Activist/Presidential Failure will be showing up.
Did I say "red" flag? Well, there's the Fr. James Martin SJ rainbow, too!!
And as a bonus, men pretending to be women will share bathrooms with your wives and daughters!!
That's Tammy-land. Don't be part of it.
Did I say "red" flag? Well, there's the Fr. James Martin SJ rainbow, too!!
President Obama says he backs "The Equality Act," which would add gender identity and sexual orientation to the 1964 Civil Rights Act....The bill was introduced in July in the Senate by Democratic Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Cory Booker of New Jersey...
...Among its measures, the bill strips away religious liberty rights clarified by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, stating that the 1993 law "shall not provide a claim concerning, or a defense to a claim under, a covered title, or provide a basis for challenging the application or enforcement of a covered title.”...
...Reilly said the act "redefines what a public accommodation is," and "would essentially bring religious schools under that definition, and there would be absolutely no protections for religious schools."
"Not only does it not include protection [for religious entities], but it actually, expressly, prevents any sort of RFRA claims against any of the provisions" of the act, he said....
And as a bonus, men pretending to be women will share bathrooms with your wives and daughters!!
That's Tammy-land. Don't be part of it.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Evers, the Bozo
Kinda sad that Tony Evers is THIS lazy.
State schools Superintendent Tony Evers submitted a budget request as his bid for governor heated up in September that included sections plagiarized from Wikipedia, a blog by an intern at a think tank and two other sources....
Really? Four years ago, the Democrat (Burke) lifted material from a bunch of other Democrats, too.
What's the matter with these people?
State schools Superintendent Tony Evers submitted a budget request as his bid for governor heated up in September that included sections plagiarized from Wikipedia, a blog by an intern at a think tank and two other sources....
Really? Four years ago, the Democrat (Burke) lifted material from a bunch of other Democrats, too.
What's the matter with these people?
"Masculinity" in Church a Problem?
We are amused by this one.
The church needs to further integrate women into ecclesial life to confront the problems of clericalism and an exaggerated sense of masculinity, a Vatican official told the Synod of Bishops.
In his address to the synod members Oct. 18, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, said he agreed with the working document's assertion that there sometimes is "an ecclesial inability to recognize, welcome and foster the creativity of the 'feminine genius.'"...
Umnnhhhhh........when half the priests are homosexuals, you don't have a "masculinity" problem, Eminence.
Just sayin'....
The church needs to further integrate women into ecclesial life to confront the problems of clericalism and an exaggerated sense of masculinity, a Vatican official told the Synod of Bishops.
In his address to the synod members Oct. 18, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, said he agreed with the working document's assertion that there sometimes is "an ecclesial inability to recognize, welcome and foster the creativity of the 'feminine genius.'"...
Umnnhhhhh........when half the priests are homosexuals, you don't have a "masculinity" problem, Eminence.
Just sayin'....
Ford Dealer: "EEEEEK!! Yukky!! Guns!!!"
It's kinda sad when you think about it.
Despite their own concerns and those voiced by a neighbor, Baraboo planners granted preliminary approval Tuesday for construction of a gun store, manufacturing operation and indoor shooting range off South Boulevard....
Sounds like a destination to me!!!
...Commissioners expressed frustration over a change to state law that limits municipalities’ authority to deny land use requests. Without an ordinance on the books outlawing weapons manufacturing and sales along one of its key arteries, the city couldn’t deny DEZ Tactical’s request without proving the business would threaten public safety....
By the way, Baraboo was the location of the Badger Ordnance Works, which manufactured BOMBS and ARTILLERY SHELLS during WWII. "Public safety," eh??
...Rebecca Hoppe told the commission a gun shop doesn’t belong next to her family’s business, Glacier Valley Ford, or along a street city leaders have extolled as a gateway to Baraboo.
“We want this to all be a beautiful corridor,” Hoppe said....
Because a Ford dealership is "beautiful," Rebecca?
Here's a thought: how many people will drive 150 miles or so to buy a Ford from YOU, Rebecca? A lot of people will drive that far to purchase from DEZ. Just sayin', Rebecca.
Despite their own concerns and those voiced by a neighbor, Baraboo planners granted preliminary approval Tuesday for construction of a gun store, manufacturing operation and indoor shooting range off South Boulevard....
Sounds like a destination to me!!!
...Commissioners expressed frustration over a change to state law that limits municipalities’ authority to deny land use requests. Without an ordinance on the books outlawing weapons manufacturing and sales along one of its key arteries, the city couldn’t deny DEZ Tactical’s request without proving the business would threaten public safety....
By the way, Baraboo was the location of the Badger Ordnance Works, which manufactured BOMBS and ARTILLERY SHELLS during WWII. "Public safety," eh??
...Rebecca Hoppe told the commission a gun shop doesn’t belong next to her family’s business, Glacier Valley Ford, or along a street city leaders have extolled as a gateway to Baraboo.
“We want this to all be a beautiful corridor,” Hoppe said....
Because a Ford dealership is "beautiful," Rebecca?
Here's a thought: how many people will drive 150 miles or so to buy a Ford from YOU, Rebecca? A lot of people will drive that far to purchase from DEZ. Just sayin', Rebecca.
Walker's Worst Fail: Hiring
On occasion, a few conservative bloggers meet and chat. We've all agreed that Scott Walker has the worst-ever record of high-level hires we've ever seen.
Jadin--a loser who nearly demolished WDEC with his incompetence--joins Ed Wall, who oversaw horrific prisoner-abuse as Sec/Corrections, in writing letters decrying Walker.
One theme: that Walker did or did not do some things because of 'political advantage.' That's their "shiny object" game, of course. The question voters should consider is this: was the action or inaction to the advantage of the State of Wisconsin's residents and taxpayers?
Jadin, the Green Bay loser, and Wall, the supervisor of torture, don't want THAT question in front of the voters and taxpayers.
Let's hope that Walker gets better advice on "how to hire" in his next term.
Jadin--a loser who nearly demolished WDEC with his incompetence--joins Ed Wall, who oversaw horrific prisoner-abuse as Sec/Corrections, in writing letters decrying Walker.
One theme: that Walker did or did not do some things because of 'political advantage.' That's their "shiny object" game, of course. The question voters should consider is this: was the action or inaction to the advantage of the State of Wisconsin's residents and taxpayers?
Jadin, the Green Bay loser, and Wall, the supervisor of torture, don't want THAT question in front of the voters and taxpayers.
Let's hope that Walker gets better advice on "how to hire" in his next term.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Honduras Sends a Pre-Election "Human Rights" Circus
It's not a co-incidence that this bunch of "refugees" will show up at the border about a week or so before the mid-term elections.
Not only is this circus being arranged by the Democrats; it's a PAID protest (see the link.)
Not only is this circus being arranged by the Democrats; it's a PAID protest (see the link.)
The Pakistani Spy Coverup
You, the taxpayer, spent about $1.5 million/month to hire Mueller to chase ghosts. There's nothing there, of course--except the crimes of Hillary, Obama, Rice, Comey, the lovebird Feebs, (et. al.)
Meantime, you, the taxpayer, have been screwed blue by the Department of Justice and the Pakistani spies who lived on YOUR tit while, frankly, stealing every document they could find from Wasserman Schultz and you, the taxpayer. ONE and only ONE of the spies copped a plea and left the country. No prison, no fines.
Clearly, some Congress-slime with a lot of muscle wanted this thing buried.
Think YOU could have gotten away with that?
Well, now.
Glenn Grothman, who supports Planned Parenthood, sits on the House Oversight Committee. If he gets re-elected, maybe he could actually do some good, not just follow Paul Ryan's orders and fetch his pizza. Since Ryan won't return, Grothman won't have to worry about that pizza any more.
Meantime, you, the taxpayer, have been screwed blue by the Department of Justice and the Pakistani spies who lived on YOUR tit while, frankly, stealing every document they could find from Wasserman Schultz and you, the taxpayer. ONE and only ONE of the spies copped a plea and left the country. No prison, no fines.
Clearly, some Congress-slime with a lot of muscle wanted this thing buried.
Think YOU could have gotten away with that?
Well, now.
Glenn Grothman, who supports Planned Parenthood, sits on the House Oversight Committee. If he gets re-elected, maybe he could actually do some good, not just follow Paul Ryan's orders and fetch his pizza. Since Ryan won't return, Grothman won't have to worry about that pizza any more.
*Shock!!* Democrats Resort to Slime. Again.
It seems that the Henszey campaign for a state senate seat needs a boost.
So the Democrats went straight back to the Slime-Box. They are very familiar with that, just like they are familiar with vote fraud, and Hot-Chick-Lingerie parties for Lt. Governor candidates.
Not to mention being falling-down drunk while running for President.
You'd think they might come up with a platform--but that might require actual work and intelligence.
So the Democrats went straight back to the Slime-Box. They are very familiar with that, just like they are familiar with vote fraud, and Hot-Chick-Lingerie parties for Lt. Governor candidates.
Not to mention being falling-down drunk while running for President.
You'd think they might come up with a platform--but that might require actual work and intelligence.
Dipwit County Clerk Quits. Finally!
Here's the good news.
County Clerk Kathleen Novack has announced her upcoming resignation.
Novack will resign shortly after the Nov. 6 general election this year, according to a news release....
That's the woman who decided--contrary to Wisconsin statutes--to authorize a queer "marriage." Apparently she was some sort of Fed bureaucrat for 30 years, which explains a lot.
But it doesn't excuse anything. She was wrong, and remains so.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Khashoggi's Shady Friends
Your Mom always told you to keep the right sort of company. She was right, ya'know.
Gee. It's reported that the Saudis disposed of this problem.
S**t happens if you're a spy--particularly if you're a known pal of OBL and active in the Muzzie Brotherhood, which (I'm sure you know) is an un-indicted co-conspirator in terrorist activity in the USA. So basically, screw him.
By the way, Turkey is not a "firm friend" of the USA and hasn't been for the last few years--since it went Muslim-State. Who is the NYTimes trying to kid?
Hijacked from Grim, who knows a thing or two about the Middle East.
Germany's leading right-of-center daily Die Welt this morning reveals that Jamal Khashoggi was not a journalist, but a high-level operative for the Saudi intelligence service, an intimate of Osama bin Laden, and the nephew of the shadiest of all Arab arms dealers, the infamous Adnan Khashoggi. John Bradley reported last week in the Spectator that Khashoggi, who allegedly met a grisly end in a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist organization that among other things wants to replace the Saudi monarchy with a modern Islamist totalitarian state.
Gee. It's reported that the Saudis disposed of this problem.
S**t happens if you're a spy--particularly if you're a known pal of OBL and active in the Muzzie Brotherhood, which (I'm sure you know) is an un-indicted co-conspirator in terrorist activity in the USA. So basically, screw him.
By the way, Turkey is not a "firm friend" of the USA and hasn't been for the last few years--since it went Muslim-State. Who is the NYTimes trying to kid?
Hijacked from Grim, who knows a thing or two about the Middle East.
Heap Big Fake, Ms. Warren
Hiring the world's most expert expert doesn't matter if you have this problem:
Oh.
Maybe Indian Princess should just shut up and make some coffee.
...“To make up for the dearth of Native American DNA, Bustamante used samples from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia to stand in for Native American.” So all the test proved is that Warren might be 1/64 to 1/1024 Mexican, Peruvian, or Colombian...
Oh.
Maybe Indian Princess should just shut up and make some coffee.
Monday, October 15, 2018
Jesuits: the Order of (Grave) Disorder
The book review at this link is about a book followup to Malachi Martin's The Jesuits, in which Martin described the beginning of the end of the Society of Jesus. The line of demarcation was 1965, at the 31st General Convention.
The book, Passionate Uncertainty, picks up during the last years of the reign of St John Paul II. Some snips from the review...
That particular phrasing fits hand-in-glove with what we've heard from Pp. Francis, who happens to be a Jesuit. In the late 19th century, 'scholars' differentiated between the 'historical Jesus' and the 'Jesus of the Gospels.' That difference has migrated to the above separation of the 'person of Jesus' from 'Almighty God.' The implications of statements from Pp. Francis are along the same lines. He would separate the 'God of mercy' from 'Almighty God', too. (We'll see what Almighty God thinks about that in the near future when we meet Him face-to-face.)
You will not be surprised to know that half of today's US Jesuits are queers; and the other half is not totally "rigorous" about celibacy. You should keep your wives, daughters, and sons at a safe distance.
The review is worth reading--there's plenty more information there. You don't really have to read the book; all you need to know is made manifest by James Martin, SJ, if you can stomach him.
The book, Passionate Uncertainty, picks up during the last years of the reign of St John Paul II. Some snips from the review...
...One early reviewer of Passionate Uncertainty (himself a member of the Jesuit nomenklatura) glanced briefly at the indicators of decline given by McDonough and Bianchi—but concluded cheerfully, “The overall portrait is one of men content in their vocations, who have drawn closer to the person of Jesus while leaving an earlier Almighty God figure behind.”...
That particular phrasing fits hand-in-glove with what we've heard from Pp. Francis, who happens to be a Jesuit. In the late 19th century, 'scholars' differentiated between the 'historical Jesus' and the 'Jesus of the Gospels.' That difference has migrated to the above separation of the 'person of Jesus' from 'Almighty God.' The implications of statements from Pp. Francis are along the same lines. He would separate the 'God of mercy' from 'Almighty God', too. (We'll see what Almighty God thinks about that in the near future when we meet Him face-to-face.)
You will not be surprised to know that half of today's US Jesuits are queers; and the other half is not totally "rigorous" about celibacy. You should keep your wives, daughters, and sons at a safe distance.
...The recently published Passionate Uncertainty: Inside the American Jesuits is a quirky yet convincing depiction of the collapse of the renegade Society of Jesus: papists who hate the pope, evangelists who have lost the faith. Deprived of their reason for existence as Jesuits, they respond either by putting an end to their existence as Jesuits (deserters outnumber active members in the United States) or by indulging a willed imbecility in which the explosively divisive questions are never permitted to surface....
The review is worth reading--there's plenty more information there. You don't really have to read the book; all you need to know is made manifest by James Martin, SJ, if you can stomach him.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Why Ratzinger Resigned (?)
When Benedict XVI resigned the papacy, it was quite a shock to almost every Catholic. This "resignation" thing had only happened five times in Church history. Some argue that it was nine times, but that's 9 times in 2,000 years. Not often.
Ratzinger/Benedict claimed that his health was not sufficient for the struggle he faced to 'clean up' the Church. He took the decision after receiving a 300-page report laying out the situation--and naming names. Which names? Well.....we don't know.....yet.
Fast forward.
Church Militant reports here that the appointment of McCarrick to a Cardinalature in D.C. was probably engineered by JPII's closest personal assistant: Mgr. (now Cardinal) Stan Dziwicz, and that Dziwicz was extremely appreciative of monetary gifts, so much so that it was known that if you wanted to visit with the Pope, the price was $3 Large, payable to Dziwicz. Dziwicz said that the money was going to a hospital he was building in Poland.
Remember that JPII was in noticeably declining health due to Parkinson's. As a result, Dziwicz played Eleanor to JPII's Franklin. Also understand that McCarrick was well-known in Rome for dispensing large amounts of cash to various Vatican figures, going back as far as 1991. Dziwicz was the one who called the Nuncio to the US and instructed him to appoint McCarrick the Archbishop of D.C. Hmmmm. (There's more, but you have to watch the You Tube linked above).
At the same time, the ultra-powerful Secretary of State, Cdl. Sodano, apparently did not mention to the US Nuncio whether any disciplines were levied on McCarrick. Also noteworthy: both Sodano and Dziwicz were very active in protecting Maciel of the Legionnaires.
Further, Church Militant reports that the Vatican's "special report" on the McCarrick promotions will place all the blame on St. John Paul II, who (it's certain) will not deny nor refute the story.
Now, then. B-16 was an academic, a theologian, and a mystic. He advised JPII on matters of doctrine and liturgy and--eventually--on the bombs going off in the US having to do with homosexual predator-priests. That's when B-16 began to see, up close, the rot and filth in the Church.
When he was elected Pope, he thought he could get a handle on it, working with trusted associates--and then he got that 300-page report.
I suspect that he learned only then that he was trusting the wrong guys--and that the network had control of lots of the Church--and that he had been betrayed and hornswoggled by many, many, men, as had JPII.
That's when he resigned--and I suspect that's WHY he resigned, too. He resigned due to a broken heart and that's what will kill him.
Ratzinger/Benedict claimed that his health was not sufficient for the struggle he faced to 'clean up' the Church. He took the decision after receiving a 300-page report laying out the situation--and naming names. Which names? Well.....we don't know.....yet.
Fast forward.
Church Militant reports here that the appointment of McCarrick to a Cardinalature in D.C. was probably engineered by JPII's closest personal assistant: Mgr. (now Cardinal) Stan Dziwicz, and that Dziwicz was extremely appreciative of monetary gifts, so much so that it was known that if you wanted to visit with the Pope, the price was $3 Large, payable to Dziwicz. Dziwicz said that the money was going to a hospital he was building in Poland.
Remember that JPII was in noticeably declining health due to Parkinson's. As a result, Dziwicz played Eleanor to JPII's Franklin. Also understand that McCarrick was well-known in Rome for dispensing large amounts of cash to various Vatican figures, going back as far as 1991. Dziwicz was the one who called the Nuncio to the US and instructed him to appoint McCarrick the Archbishop of D.C. Hmmmm. (There's more, but you have to watch the You Tube linked above).
At the same time, the ultra-powerful Secretary of State, Cdl. Sodano, apparently did not mention to the US Nuncio whether any disciplines were levied on McCarrick. Also noteworthy: both Sodano and Dziwicz were very active in protecting Maciel of the Legionnaires.
Further, Church Militant reports that the Vatican's "special report" on the McCarrick promotions will place all the blame on St. John Paul II, who (it's certain) will not deny nor refute the story.
Now, then. B-16 was an academic, a theologian, and a mystic. He advised JPII on matters of doctrine and liturgy and--eventually--on the bombs going off in the US having to do with homosexual predator-priests. That's when B-16 began to see, up close, the rot and filth in the Church.
When he was elected Pope, he thought he could get a handle on it, working with trusted associates--and then he got that 300-page report.
I suspect that he learned only then that he was trusting the wrong guys--and that the network had control of lots of the Church--and that he had been betrayed and hornswoggled by many, many, men, as had JPII.
That's when he resigned--and I suspect that's WHY he resigned, too. He resigned due to a broken heart and that's what will kill him.
This Woman Gets to Vote, Too!
Below we notef that Leah Vukmir favors writing "carefully worded" laws voiding 2A rights for (allegedly) mentally-disturbed individuals.
She didn't mention writing "carefully worded" laws removing the right to vote from wack jobs like this one.
She didn't mention writing "carefully worded" laws removing the right to vote from wack jobs like this one.
Playing fetch on all fours might seem like an unusual activity for an adult, but one man who identifies as a dog says it has brought him closer to his husband.Tony McGinn, known as 'Tony Bark' to his friends, says he has been into animal role-play his entire life, and refers to himself as a 'human pup'.The 30-year-old, who was born female and is transgender, is supported by his husband and 'handler' Andrew who accompanies him to regular play dates with other role-players in their hometown of Los Angeles....
When this nutbag votes, she won't cancel Tammy Baldwin's vote. Think about that.
Vukmir Negotiation WIth Herself on Gun Laws
In last night's debate, Leah Vukmir began negotiating with herself over gun laws. She stated that she's in favor of outlawing "bump stocks" (which are very rarely installed) and in favor of "carefully written" mental-health related gun confiscation.
Why does she do that?
Baldwin--the opponent--doesn't care about either of those matters; Baldwin is in favor of wholesale gun confiscation, no matter what she drools from her badly-memorized talking points.
Leah, don't bother being "reasonable" with Baldwin. You will never win that battle and you ought to know better. You're negotiating with yourself when you do that.
Don't negotiate the Second Amendment with Baldwin or anyone else. Thanks!!
Why does she do that?
Baldwin--the opponent--doesn't care about either of those matters; Baldwin is in favor of wholesale gun confiscation, no matter what she drools from her badly-memorized talking points.
Leah, don't bother being "reasonable" with Baldwin. You will never win that battle and you ought to know better. You're negotiating with yourself when you do that.
Don't negotiate the Second Amendment with Baldwin or anyone else. Thanks!!
Influencing US Elections: the Chinese Commies
Why yes, they are!!
And how are they doing this?
Well, pilgrim, they finance "news" outlets like Vox.
Hmmmmm. So here's the question:
Does the funding explain some of its recent posts all bashing Trump’s trade policies with China:
Global markets just tanked — and Trump may be partially to blame
Trump’s trade war is hurting the global economyChina’s record trade surplus with the US shows Trump’s strategy is “failing”Trump’s China strategy is the most radical in decades — and it’s failing
The ChiComs' experience with Bill and Hillary convinced them that the Government here is for sale--which it was, until Trump showed up.
So here's another question: where in Hell is RoJo??
And how are they doing this?
Well, pilgrim, they finance "news" outlets like Vox.
When it first opened for business in 2014, the website Vox was hailed as the first website that would “explain” the news in an unbiased manner. Now it has been discovered that the site is heavily funded by the communist Chinese government.
The site was started by former Washington Post writer Ezra Klein....
Hmmmmm. So here's the question:
Does the funding explain some of its recent posts all bashing Trump’s trade policies with China:
Global markets just tanked — and Trump may be partially to blame
Trump’s trade war is hurting the global economyChina’s record trade surplus with the US shows Trump’s strategy is “failing”Trump’s China strategy is the most radical in decades — and it’s failing
The ChiComs' experience with Bill and Hillary convinced them that the Government here is for sale--which it was, until Trump showed up.
So here's another question: where in Hell is RoJo??
Kaul Will Suck the Blood Out of Suffering Citizens
Gotta love those Democrats. Not only are the happy to fund the mass murder of unborn babies; they're also very happy to take money from people who are in pain.
At least, that's what AG candidate Kaul (Lautenschager) told the teevee audience.
The Democrat way.
At least, that's what AG candidate Kaul (Lautenschager) told the teevee audience.
...Kaul said he supports legalizing medical marijuana to help people deal with pain and provide the state with new revenue....How very kind of him!! For just a little vig, Kaul will let you have pain relievers!
The Democrat way.
Lefty School Principal FIRED!
Some Lefty high-school principal-ette forced a student to remove his patriotic tee-shirt during a football game, claiming that it was "disruptive."
She got fired for being a jackwad.
This is the proper way to deal with twits who run schools. Shorewood's school board should take notice.
She got fired for being a jackwad.
This is the proper way to deal with twits who run schools. Shorewood's school board should take notice.
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Talk Radio's New Message: STFU!
Back in the day when Mark Belling was trying to build an audience, he would write letters to anyone whose name appeared in the newspaper's "Letters" pages.
He would also solicit lots of phone calls from his listeners.
R.I.P. that stuff. From here on in, you're going to get Belling's opinion, and almost no one else's, on his re-formatted show.
Well, yah. His is the only opinion that matters, ya'know. Just ask him.
He would also solicit lots of phone calls from his listeners.
R.I.P. that stuff. From here on in, you're going to get Belling's opinion, and almost no one else's, on his re-formatted show.
Well, yah. His is the only opinion that matters, ya'know. Just ask him.
"Gave Up" the Clearance. Yup.
Last Refuge has the wrap-up paragraphs on Hillary's 'voluntary surrender' of her clearance.
Bottoms up, Bitchezzzz!
There have been daily revelations showing a considerable collaboration between the White House, Hillary Clinton, the DNC, Fusion-GPS founder Glenn Simpson; his wife Mary Jacoby, DOJ Deputy Bruce Ohr and his wife Fusion GPS employee Nellie Ohr, Russian Dossier author Christopher Steele, FBI agent Peter Strzok and his mistress, FBI lawyer Lisa Page; and the highest levels of officials within the FBI, including Chief Legal Counsel James Baker and FBI Asst. Director Andrew McCabe.After the election--when the (R)'s retain the House and gain seats in the Senate--Trump will move to prosecute a number of the above sh*tballs. When they are sentenced, he should press for incarceration at SuperMax, not Sandstone or Portage--so that these cretins can get the full-spectrum experience of prison life.
All of the evidence points in one transparently obvious direction; toward a 2015 and 2016 collaborative effort structured to use a counterintelligence operation to conduct wiretaps and surveillance on the presidential campaign of candidate Donald Trump.
Bottoms up, Bitchezzzz!
Hillary, "at Her Own Request", Pays Taxes
What? You don't believe my headline?
Well, then. You're just another racist homophobe white hetero privileged who deserves to be mobbed.
Well, then. You're just another racist homophobe white hetero privileged who deserves to be mobbed.
Black Men May NOT Support Kavanaugh, per Jemele Hill
Huh.
I didn't know that black men took orders from some random sports-announcer about Constitutional rights and 'innocent until proven' and stuff like that.
I didn't know that black men took orders from some random sports-announcer about Constitutional rights and 'innocent until proven' and stuff like that.
Friday, October 12, 2018
Is Cdl. Dolan a Has-Been Already?
Ann Barnhardt is ....ahhh.........opinionated in the strongest degree. And she has an opinion about the Wuerl-a-Swirl which just occurred in Rome, which opinion includes an obituary for the career of Cdl. Dolan.
Read the rest. It compares to the Trump v. Establishment skullduggery, but with fewer visible players so far.
And you can bet that the game has hardly begun.
Guys, we’ve REALLY gotta wise up here. Donald Wuerl wasn’t just defeated, with his “resignation” being “accepted” by Antipope Bergoglio. Donna Guerl was just given a huge promotion, and is now one of the top five, maybe now as high as top three most powerful chutney ferrets in the Antichurch, and Wuerl is now 100% in control of the Antichurch in the U.S., and his challenger, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is now totally out and shot down.....
Read the rest. It compares to the Trump v. Establishment skullduggery, but with fewer visible players so far.
And you can bet that the game has hardly begun.
Sounds We Love: Lefty Lawyer Wailing
You can expect little lefty lawyers to cry to Mommy when they're caught being bad boys. This little lefty lawyer didn't like the results of a case, so he may have breached the "confidential" wall.
(We have noticed that when little lefties don't like things (like, for example, election results) they decide they'll do whatever they damn well please. It's what they do. See, e.g., John Doe probes, or Kavanaugh hearings.)
In other words, he was still "on the clock," whether he showed his face or not. But Little Lefty Lawyer thinks that ethics investigations are "retaliation." Interesting choice of words, no? "Retaliation"? For what? An ethics breach? Using too much toilet paper? Being a jerkwad? For what, little man??
Well, we have a "for what" in official H.R. records!!!
(We have noticed that when little lefties don't like things (like, for example, election results) they decide they'll do whatever they damn well please. It's what they do. See, e.g., John Doe probes, or Kavanaugh hearings.)
...Schimel's office said it was looking into whether the retiree — Thomas Dawson, long the state's top environmental lawyer — provided confidential information to the press.Officials said they still considered Dawson a state worker because his unused vacation time was being paid out to him....
In other words, he was still "on the clock," whether he showed his face or not. But Little Lefty Lawyer thinks that ethics investigations are "retaliation." Interesting choice of words, no? "Retaliation"? For what? An ethics breach? Using too much toilet paper? Being a jerkwad? For what, little man??
Well, we have a "for what" in official H.R. records!!!
"Resignation during an investigation into allegations that he provided information that was confidential and protected by the attorney-client priviledge (sic) and the work-product doctrine, to a member of the public media."Attorney-client privilege is a BIG DEAL--to any attorney with ethics. But as we know, attorneys on the payroll of the State of Wisconsin are often ethics-challenged.
Mental Health Counselor Needs Mental Health
TeeVee Nooz is--apparently--another advertising vehicle for lawyers.
There is a risk, however. It's possible that TeeVee Nooz viewers will notice that the client has flown over the cuckoo's nest.
So he dressed and acted real funny. Weird. Strange. Loopy-loop.
He was in the right place: a mental health facility. He was just on the wrong side of the desk.
There is a risk, however. It's possible that TeeVee Nooz viewers will notice that the client has flown over the cuckoo's nest.
A mental health counselor filed a lawsuit after he was fired from his former employer, Pathways to a Better Life, LLC....Lammers identifies as genderqueer or gender non-binary, meaning he does not identify with one gender. ...
So he dressed and acted real funny. Weird. Strange. Loopy-loop.
He was in the right place: a mental health facility. He was just on the wrong side of the desk.
Kanye West?
It's all very nice that Kanye West likes Trump.
But "Kanye West" and "coherent sentences" are not congruent. In fact, they are not even distantly related. (That guy's in SuperMax for a bunch of really good reasons, Kanye. If the Koch Brothers want him out, fine--so long as he's confined to one of THEIR homes.)
But that's show biz and that's what got him invited to the party.
But "Kanye West" and "coherent sentences" are not congruent. In fact, they are not even distantly related. (That guy's in SuperMax for a bunch of really good reasons, Kanye. If the Koch Brothers want him out, fine--so long as he's confined to one of THEIR homes.)
But that's show biz and that's what got him invited to the party.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
+Cupich, the Moral Cipher
The Cardinal of Chicago, +Blaise Cupich, continues to embarrass the Church and calls to mind the words of Screwtape.
(Think back to the ejection of Fr. Frank Phillips from his very successful parish in Chicago in light of the above. Hmmmmmm???)
The Cardinal flashes his FrancisConfusion card:
Ahhh!! The old "Ideals cannot be reached" theory. Screwtape, a Diabolic Master, had something to say about that:
That maniacal laughter you hear? It's coming from under the Chancery in Chicago.
Cardinal Blase Cupich, who was appointed by Pope Francis (in 2014) to oversee the Archdiocese of Chicago, said that it was not his policy to deny Holy Communion or Catholic funerals to people in same-sex marriages....
(Think back to the ejection of Fr. Frank Phillips from his very successful parish in Chicago in light of the above. Hmmmmmm???)
The Cardinal flashes his FrancisConfusion card:
...On the issue of same-sex "marriage," Cardinal Cupich told the Chicago Tribune in April 2016, "It's a lot easier to tell people what they are doing in black and white. The important thing in all of this as we move forward is to recognize that people's lives are very complicated. There are mitigating circumstances, psychological, their own personal history, maybe even biological. It's not a matter of detracting from what the ideal is." ...
Ahhh!! The old "Ideals cannot be reached" theory. Screwtape, a Diabolic Master, had something to say about that:
“A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.”
That maniacal laughter you hear? It's coming from under the Chancery in Chicago.
Tuesday, October 09, 2018
What You Expect From Ivereigh: Codswallop
Milwaukee has been afflicted with lots of horrible clerics in the recent past, and this weekend will not be an exception to the afflictions. We had Cdl. Rabbit-Hole here the other night, followed by Austin Ivereigh. Yes I know that Ivereigh's not a cleric, but the conjunction was interesting, no?
Anyhow.
Ivereigh's task is to spray enough perfumed whitewash into the air so that what is foul smells sweet and what is black is white. Yes, that's what Nietzsche talked about: the transvaluation of all values.
Here he describes FrancisGoodness, or something.
One suspects that Ivereigh wants us to recall the 'mote and beam' story of the Gospel.
Fine. I'm a sinner.
Now that that's over with, let's get around to exactly how the 'way of mercy' will keep predatory priests and prelates from satiating their lust with teenaged boys or other homosexuals. (Remember, please, that these crimes and gross sins are very often 'habitual,' as opposed to 'one-off.') While you're at it, Austin, please demonstrate exactly how the 'way of mercy' will remedy the abuse of power utilized to promote Light-Loafered Fellows to influential positions--positions so influential that money just seems to be available for multiple houses, servants, "cooks," and better-than-ordinary quarters in Rome.
We're waiting, Austin.
Hmmmm????
Later in his furious paint-and-perfume spraying, we read this:
It's been more than two YEARS of silence from Pp. Francis regarding the serious questions raised about Amoris Laetitia. In Germany and Sicily, the 'involved spirits' now allow sacramental communion for adulterous Catholics. Somehow, I don't think that's "God's method of change," but then, your mileage may vary, eh wot??
Ivereigh is also good with establishing the False Dichotomy. Surprised??
This raises the question: to which church does Ivereigh belong?
There's plenty more at the link, folks. All easy pickin's. Have at it!!
Anyhow.
Ivereigh's task is to spray enough perfumed whitewash into the air so that what is foul smells sweet and what is black is white. Yes, that's what Nietzsche talked about: the transvaluation of all values.
Here he describes FrancisGoodness, or something.
As Francis put it just last week to some French priests in Rome: we are in “a context in which the barque of the Church faces violent headwinds as result of the serious failings of some of its members”. But he went on to urge the priests to be pastors in the way of Jesus: wounded, killed and risen, “called to witness to the strength of the Resurrection in the wounds of this world.” Do not fear, he told them, to look on the wounds of our Church, not in order to lament them but to be led to where Christ is.Well, then. Apparently, we are to be 'converted' by blaming ourselves (and suffering, too!!) especially if we are wealthy and powerful, so that the "cleansing" will take place without any primitive purgation-stuff. (The non-wealthy and non-powerful can sit out this round, I guess.)
This is not easy to accept, because it involves a renunciation of our own power in favor of the power of God’s mercy, precisely at the moment when the fear of turmoil leads us to demand actions -- crusades and investigation – as an outlet for our indignation and shame. Allowing conversion to happen means being willing to suffer as a body, as Pope Francis urged in his remarkable letter to the People of God the week before the Dublin visit. This has been a difficult message to hear, especially for people of wealth and power who are calling for a “cleansing” led by self-proclaimed “faithful Catholics” who speak as if the pope’s path of reform either didn’t exist, or needs replacing with punitive, purgative methods. Theirs is the way of accusation of others.
Francis’s way, based on ancient spiritual wisdom, is the way of self-accusation. The first blames and divides, and by undermining unity of purpose, slows reform; the second creates the unity of purpose and humility required for authentic reform.
One suspects that Ivereigh wants us to recall the 'mote and beam' story of the Gospel.
Fine. I'm a sinner.
Now that that's over with, let's get around to exactly how the 'way of mercy' will keep predatory priests and prelates from satiating their lust with teenaged boys or other homosexuals. (Remember, please, that these crimes and gross sins are very often 'habitual,' as opposed to 'one-off.') While you're at it, Austin, please demonstrate exactly how the 'way of mercy' will remedy the abuse of power utilized to promote Light-Loafered Fellows to influential positions--positions so influential that money just seems to be available for multiple houses, servants, "cooks," and better-than-ordinary quarters in Rome.
We're waiting, Austin.
Hmmmm????
Later in his furious paint-and-perfume spraying, we read this:
...But [Francis] is also willing to fall silent, to allow the truth to emerge, and in the course of it, to expose the spirits involved. This is not passivity, or evasion, but the wisdom of one who has faith in God’s methods of change, not ours. ...
It's been more than two YEARS of silence from Pp. Francis regarding the serious questions raised about Amoris Laetitia. In Germany and Sicily, the 'involved spirits' now allow sacramental communion for adulterous Catholics. Somehow, I don't think that's "God's method of change," but then, your mileage may vary, eh wot??
Ivereigh is also good with establishing the False Dichotomy. Surprised??
...how is the Holy Spirit asking us to change that we might evangelize in this new context? Instead of seeing the spiritual forces at work in our time, we have blamed secularization for our failure to evangelize. Rather than offer the person of Jesus Christ, we have focussed on ethics and ideas, and so end up offering truth at the expense of charity, or charity at the expense of truth. Rather than a body of joyful believers offering the transforming experience of Jesus’s relationship with the Father of Love and Mercy, we become defensive dogmatists, or peddlers of banalities. Rather than God’s holy faithful people, we become an arrogant, often abusive, institution, or one that looks like a benevolent charity rather than the source of truth. ...Back in Philosophy 101 we learned that 'charity' and 'truth' are identical; there is never a division between them; thus, being truthful (that is, relaying dogma) is precisely being charitable.
This raises the question: to which church does Ivereigh belong?
There's plenty more at the link, folks. All easy pickin's. Have at it!!
Wacko McBride for Ass'y 13?
Some obnoxious deep-state (D) named McBride is running for Assembly 13, a district roughly bounded by 84th Street (east), Goerke's Corners (west), Center St. (north), and Greenfield Ave. (south).
A little bird told me that McBride showed up at the door and engaged in a loud argument on the topic of abortion. McBride (loudly) supports the Democrat line: death to babies!! No surprise there. But it's not very smart politicking to get into an argument with a prospective voter, is it?
Dennis likes parks in Wauwatosa, which is nice. Sad that in his vision, there will be no children to play in them.
A little bird told me that McBride showed up at the door and engaged in a loud argument on the topic of abortion. McBride (loudly) supports the Democrat line: death to babies!! No surprise there. But it's not very smart politicking to get into an argument with a prospective voter, is it?
Dennis likes parks in Wauwatosa, which is nice. Sad that in his vision, there will be no children to play in them.
Vacation in Hawaii? Why???
Watching this display of jackassery elected by Hawaiians, one understands that a boycott might be in order.
There are plenty of excellent vacation spots both in CONUS and Western Europe which would love to have you around--and you don't have to go armed to protect yourselves and your loved ones.
There are plenty of excellent vacation spots both in CONUS and Western Europe which would love to have you around--and you don't have to go armed to protect yourselves and your loved ones.
Clint and Rachmaninoff
Clint Eastwood directs a new movie, "The Mule" for release late this year.
And he uses Rachmaninoff for the theme music--the Paganini Rhapsody. If you know that piece, you know that Rachmaninoff used the opening motif of the Requiem Mass' Gregorian Chant Dies Irae as one of the themes in that Rhapsody.
Knowing Eastwood, that's not co-incidence.
And he uses Rachmaninoff for the theme music--the Paganini Rhapsody. If you know that piece, you know that Rachmaninoff used the opening motif of the Requiem Mass' Gregorian Chant Dies Irae as one of the themes in that Rhapsody.
Knowing Eastwood, that's not co-incidence.
Would You Buy an "Open Spiritual Dynamism" From Pp. Francis?
In a devastating critique of the "Instrumentum Laboris" (working paper) for the Youth Synod, we find this:
The IL follows the now-familiar pattern of FrancisDocuments: vague, obtuse, and easily read as contradicting prior Church documents, teachings, or doctrine.
It's fair to say that Francis' M.O. is like that of a squid: fill the area with opaque liquid and let the faithful figure out what's up (or not). 'Shepherd' he is not, folks.
...In a word, the problem with the IL, as with AL, is epistemological and metaphysical. The document conveys the false view that we cannot attain to truth—and even less, to absolute truth—merely by hearing and intellectually assimilating the Word of God; rather, we discover truth once we experience it from God, whom alone we can trust (IL, 55). Sure, we can refer to the Bible to help us interpret our experience. But in the Church there “coexist different ways of interpreting many aspects of doctrine and Christian life”; hence, we must “acquire an open spiritual dynamism” (IL, 3)....
The IL follows the now-familiar pattern of FrancisDocuments: vague, obtuse, and easily read as contradicting prior Church documents, teachings, or doctrine.
It's fair to say that Francis' M.O. is like that of a squid: fill the area with opaque liquid and let the faithful figure out what's up (or not). 'Shepherd' he is not, folks.
Monday, October 08, 2018
Thanks, Paul Ryan and Glenn Grothman!!
Ryan and Grothman voted to continue taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
Now Grothman is begging for money because a PRO-ABORTION DEMOCRAT is out-spending him.
Smooth move, Glenn!! Smooth move, Paul!!
“Planned Parenthood contributions to pro-abortion Democrats:
2014 – $1,959,513
2016 – $4,085,106
2018 – $30,000,000
Now Grothman is begging for money because a PRO-ABORTION DEMOCRAT is out-spending him.
Smooth move, Glenn!! Smooth move, Paul!!
Sunday, October 07, 2018
Can This Be Serious?
Politico thread:
After failing to stop Kavanaugh's confirmation, Democrats wonder if it's time to be more ruthless
Uhhnnnmmmm....
That would be foolish. They tried that here; having failed on their Act 10 hissyfit, they went to Lawfare, perverting a John Doe into a Gulag/Kafka experiment.
That failed, too.
Conservatives watched carefully and purchased a shit-ton of ammunition, which remains ready for use to this day. Kinda what The Raconteur is chatting about here.
After failing to stop Kavanaugh's confirmation, Democrats wonder if it's time to be more ruthless
Uhhnnnmmmm....
That would be foolish. They tried that here; having failed on their Act 10 hissyfit, they went to Lawfare, perverting a John Doe into a Gulag/Kafka experiment.
That failed, too.
Conservatives watched carefully and purchased a shit-ton of ammunition, which remains ready for use to this day. Kinda what The Raconteur is chatting about here.
Why Does Crosby Miss FG's??
The answer: because the Packers did NOT score touchdowns.
So it's either 21 points less or 9 points less.
Hmmmmm.
So it's either 21 points less or 9 points less.
Hmmmmm.
Dear Leah Vukmir
Dear Leah,
Here's the commercial I'd love to see.
(30-something husband and wife, in living room, baby playpen in sight, newborn resting on Mom's lap, dad looking at the pile of doctor/hospital bills.)
Dad: "....you remember, they told us that we could keep our healthcare plan, right?
Mom: "Yes, that's what I remember. But didn't we have to get a different one?"
Dad: "Yes. They lied."
(Dad shuffles the papers a bit more, looks at checkbook.)
Dad: "And you remember that they told us we could keep our doctor, too. Right?
Mom: "Yes, that's what I remember. But I had to find a new one with the new plan. What a mess."
Dad: "Yes. They lied."
(Dad begins writing a check.)
Dad: "And they told us that premiums would go down by $2,000.00 per year, right?"
Mom, (picking up the yummering baby): "Yes, that's what Tammy's party said."
Dad: "They didn't go down. They went UP. That's another lie."
(Dad gets up to assist Mom with the baby, carrying the checkbook.)
Announcer: "Tammy told us that her staff fouled up on the Tomah VA. She lied about that, too. This year, Tammy tells us that 'Medicare for all' is the solution to all our healthcare needs. Oh? With her Party's track record on health care, you may believe that. "
(Mom and Dad, clearly disbelieving, look into camera. Baby continues to fuss.)
Announcer: "Or not."
Two fists, Leah. Two fists.
Here's the commercial I'd love to see.
(30-something husband and wife, in living room, baby playpen in sight, newborn resting on Mom's lap, dad looking at the pile of doctor/hospital bills.)
Dad: "....you remember, they told us that we could keep our healthcare plan, right?
Mom: "Yes, that's what I remember. But didn't we have to get a different one?"
Dad: "Yes. They lied."
(Dad shuffles the papers a bit more, looks at checkbook.)
Dad: "And you remember that they told us we could keep our doctor, too. Right?
Mom: "Yes, that's what I remember. But I had to find a new one with the new plan. What a mess."
Dad: "Yes. They lied."
(Dad begins writing a check.)
Dad: "And they told us that premiums would go down by $2,000.00 per year, right?"
Mom, (picking up the yummering baby): "Yes, that's what Tammy's party said."
Dad: "They didn't go down. They went UP. That's another lie."
(Dad gets up to assist Mom with the baby, carrying the checkbook.)
Announcer: "Tammy told us that her staff fouled up on the Tomah VA. She lied about that, too. This year, Tammy tells us that 'Medicare for all' is the solution to all our healthcare needs. Oh? With her Party's track record on health care, you may believe that. "
(Mom and Dad, clearly disbelieving, look into camera. Baby continues to fuss.)
Announcer: "Or not."
Two fists, Leah. Two fists.
What the Left Thinks
The Left is not happy about Kavanaugh. Today's Bloomberg opinion page has headlines such as "Kavanaugh's Victory Is a Loss for America", "Collins's Speech and the Post-Truth Republican Party", and "Confirmation Shows the Right's Brutal Politics."
They're clearly looking to stoking up the faithful for November. So get your ass to the polls!
They're clearly looking to stoking up the faithful for November. So get your ass to the polls!
Saturday, October 06, 2018
"Have an Assault Weapon!!"
Here's a nice young thing offering you a gift!! Miss America 1962 and the AR.
Which is prettier???
HT: AOSHQ, of course.
Which is prettier???
HT: AOSHQ, of course.
Friday, October 05, 2018
The Coverup: Raymond Arroyo of EWTN
You'll note that Raymond Arroyo contends that '.......no children or minors are harmed.....' (by homosexual predators) 'these days....' or words to that effect (go to 40:00 ffd.)
Maybe he mis-spoke. Or maybe he has no clue. Or maybe he's just saying what he's TOLD to say, and all those boys under the age of 18 (but older than 15) are imaginary.
Uh-huh.
Maybe he mis-spoke. Or maybe he has no clue. Or maybe he's just saying what he's TOLD to say, and all those boys under the age of 18 (but older than 15) are imaginary.
Uh-huh.
UW Law Grad Katz Up for Ethics Charges
The UW Law grad Katz, whose face disgraces a lot of 'net news sites, will be up for ethics violations before the DC Bar Association.
Katz, more a professional SJW pain in the ass than lawyer (by far), "forgot" to tell her client that the Judiciary Committee would be happy to interview her (Blazing Fraud) at home in California. Because she is afraid to fly, ya'know.
Instead, Katz forced her to fly to DC and undergo several hours' worth of coaching and memorizing lies, evasions, and half-truths.
Plenty more at the link, by the way.....
Katz, more a professional SJW pain in the ass than lawyer (by far), "forgot" to tell her client that the Judiciary Committee would be happy to interview her (Blazing Fraud) at home in California. Because she is afraid to fly, ya'know.
Instead, Katz forced her to fly to DC and undergo several hours' worth of coaching and memorizing lies, evasions, and half-truths.
Plenty more at the link, by the way.....
Blazing-Fraud Was NOT "Random", nor "Victim"
As usual, The Last Refuge connects the dots.
Christine Blazing-Fraud was chosen for her role quite a while back; her story was created for the occasion, and the hands of the Deep State FBI and DOJ was all over it.
This is why Grassley is now demanding the shrink-notes; it appears that Ms. Katz (a UW-Law grad) and the co-counsel were co-conspirators in a plot to defraud the Senate (and the public) in this tightly scripted drama, joining Blazing-Fraud and McLean.
Hit that link. It's important to know about the reasons there will be referrals and indictments coming soon.
Christine Blazing-Fraud was chosen for her role quite a while back; her story was created for the occasion, and the hands of the Deep State FBI and DOJ was all over it.
This is why Grassley is now demanding the shrink-notes; it appears that Ms. Katz (a UW-Law grad) and the co-counsel were co-conspirators in a plot to defraud the Senate (and the public) in this tightly scripted drama, joining Blazing-Fraud and McLean.
Hit that link. It's important to know about the reasons there will be referrals and indictments coming soon.
'Ridiculous' Christine Blazing-Fraud
Not the first time that Tapper gets it dead wrong.
...“Just days after President Trump said he found Christine Blasey Ford to be a quote, ‘credible witness with,’ quote, ‘compelling testimony’ that Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her back in the 80’s,’ the president at a campaign rally mocked that very same testimony, turning Professor Christine Blasey Ford into an object of ridicule.”...
Sorry, Jakester. Blazing-Fraud became an object of ridicule the minute she opened her cake-hole at the Senate hearing.
We're waiting for the perjury indictment!
...“Just days after President Trump said he found Christine Blasey Ford to be a quote, ‘credible witness with,’ quote, ‘compelling testimony’ that Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her back in the 80’s,’ the president at a campaign rally mocked that very same testimony, turning Professor Christine Blasey Ford into an object of ridicule.”...
Sorry, Jakester. Blazing-Fraud became an object of ridicule the minute she opened her cake-hole at the Senate hearing.
We're waiting for the perjury indictment!
Thursday, October 04, 2018
Pp. Francis, Pharisee??
You can find the pictures of Pp. Francis carrying a divining-rod (?) in several places, so we'll skip that and get around to the meat of the matter.
The Holy Francis has told priests that they may no longer witness the marriages of women who are pregnant.
You read that right.
Let us accompany each other on a walk about in pastoral practice.
It goes without saying that the couple has some moral laxity when she shows up preggers. Now the question is "Will this marriage succeed, given its inauspicious start?" Recognize this: under Francis' novus praxis, the child will be born illegitimate. And it's possible (nay, likely) that the couple will be cohabiting at great risk of sin, sometime near or just after the birth. Hmmmm.
This presents a question which the priest should make all efforts to answer, (albeit at the risk of error), and since the Church's position is that marriage is forever, this is important. The priest must attempt to ascertain the "good faith" level of the couple. That probably means that the priest will make discreet but thorough inquiries of the couple's families and perhaps friends, in addition to spending a fair amount of time face-to-face with the couple.
It's possible that after due diligence, the priest will NOT witness a marriage. It's also possible that he WILL witness a marriage. But this is not a decision which can be made a priori in Rome by some Pharisaical cleric removed by several layers from the smelly sheep.
The Holy Francis has told priests that they may no longer witness the marriages of women who are pregnant.
You read that right.
The priest has the obligation to block [the celebration of this kind of marriage]. ... In my diocese ... I forbade the celebration of rushed marriages. Continue with the engagement, let the baby come, let time pass. I did it as well with people in my family."Rushed" marriage is the Francine equivalent of "shotgun" marriages here in the US. So has Francis gone to a moral rigorism--a Pharisaical manualist haughtiness--regarding this sacrament?
Let us accompany each other on a walk about in pastoral practice.
It goes without saying that the couple has some moral laxity when she shows up preggers. Now the question is "Will this marriage succeed, given its inauspicious start?" Recognize this: under Francis' novus praxis, the child will be born illegitimate. And it's possible (nay, likely) that the couple will be cohabiting at great risk of sin, sometime near or just after the birth. Hmmmm.
This presents a question which the priest should make all efforts to answer, (albeit at the risk of error), and since the Church's position is that marriage is forever, this is important. The priest must attempt to ascertain the "good faith" level of the couple. That probably means that the priest will make discreet but thorough inquiries of the couple's families and perhaps friends, in addition to spending a fair amount of time face-to-face with the couple.
It's possible that after due diligence, the priest will NOT witness a marriage. It's also possible that he WILL witness a marriage. But this is not a decision which can be made a priori in Rome by some Pharisaical cleric removed by several layers from the smelly sheep.
This Guy Chris Plante---He's Pretty Good
One of the boons granted by the InterTubes is "ListenLive" which allows the Wired Ones to hear almost any radio station almost anywhere in the US.
So between 9A and 11A weekdays, fleeing the locals, I discovered Chris Plante on WLS/Chicago.
He's really very good. (Forgive him for being a F.I.B.) He has a razor-sharp wit and applies it to the Usual Suspects liberally. For those of you who are concerned with a little more than just politics, he pays attention to pro-life matters and tells us that he's a product of Catholic parochial education.
Try him. You may well get hooked.
So between 9A and 11A weekdays, fleeing the locals, I discovered Chris Plante on WLS/Chicago.
He's really very good. (Forgive him for being a F.I.B.) He has a razor-sharp wit and applies it to the Usual Suspects liberally. For those of you who are concerned with a little more than just politics, he pays attention to pro-life matters and tells us that he's a product of Catholic parochial education.
Try him. You may well get hooked.
Fr Martin's Attack on Nature
The Jesuit Fr. James Martin is as good or better than any patent-medicine hawker, although it can't be said that he was first, or alone in his chosen profession. He's very good at selling "identity"--as in 'gay' or 'straight' or 'trans'--which sets up the Current Crisis in Western society (and in the Church.)
In the US, the now-(thankfully)-retired Justice Kennedy laid it out in his infamous Lawrence v Texas blather; going forward, the Official Narrative would be that which was first mouthed by Simone de Beauvoir: “one is not born a woman, one becomes so”
Later on, the Jesuits would adopt the position that "individual experience" is the defining guide to reality (GC 31, 1965), which is de Beauvoir's maxim writ large, and thus Kennedy, and all that follows, including gay "marriage" and "transvestite" rights.
Buried in the rubble of the avalanche triggered by de Beauvoir, Kennedy, and Martin is reality.
...The mere idea of heterosexual “orientation,” as one of two species of the genus sexuality, is already “gay,” since both “species” presuppose that sexual desire and identity are only arbitrarily related to a meaningless biological substrate. This same dualistic understanding is the premise of the revolution in assisted reproductive technologies and the normalization of surrogacy. Transgenderism follows quite logically from this premise, just as surely as the push for transgender rights followed the Obergefell decision in time. Yet if “gender,” like “orientation,” is merely a function of a self-appropriated identity distinct from one’s sexually differentiated body (now relegated to the realm of “mere biology”), then in fact there is no longer any such thing as man or woman as heretofore understood. We are all transgender now, even if gender and sexual identity accidentally coincide in the great majority of instances....
(This is why the term "gender" has replaced "sex." Language governs thought process; obscuring 'what IS' by pasting it over with 'what might, or could, or wanna be' facilitates the lie.)
Somehow, this twisted-think rose to higher levels in the Church and now appears to have fully engulfed Rome. That's surprising, given that both John Paul II and Benedict XVI saw it for what it was and wrote extensively against it. Here's Benedict on the matter:
Far more, and much better voiced, is available at First Things. Read it. Pp. Francis won't.
In the US, the now-(thankfully)-retired Justice Kennedy laid it out in his infamous Lawrence v Texas blather; going forward, the Official Narrative would be that which was first mouthed by Simone de Beauvoir: “one is not born a woman, one becomes so”
Later on, the Jesuits would adopt the position that "individual experience" is the defining guide to reality (GC 31, 1965), which is de Beauvoir's maxim writ large, and thus Kennedy, and all that follows, including gay "marriage" and "transvestite" rights.
Buried in the rubble of the avalanche triggered by de Beauvoir, Kennedy, and Martin is reality.
...The mere idea of heterosexual “orientation,” as one of two species of the genus sexuality, is already “gay,” since both “species” presuppose that sexual desire and identity are only arbitrarily related to a meaningless biological substrate. This same dualistic understanding is the premise of the revolution in assisted reproductive technologies and the normalization of surrogacy. Transgenderism follows quite logically from this premise, just as surely as the push for transgender rights followed the Obergefell decision in time. Yet if “gender,” like “orientation,” is merely a function of a self-appropriated identity distinct from one’s sexually differentiated body (now relegated to the realm of “mere biology”), then in fact there is no longer any such thing as man or woman as heretofore understood. We are all transgender now, even if gender and sexual identity accidentally coincide in the great majority of instances....
(This is why the term "gender" has replaced "sex." Language governs thought process; obscuring 'what IS' by pasting it over with 'what might, or could, or wanna be' facilitates the lie.)
Somehow, this twisted-think rose to higher levels in the Church and now appears to have fully engulfed Rome. That's surprising, given that both John Paul II and Benedict XVI saw it for what it was and wrote extensively against it. Here's Benedict on the matter:
The Chief Rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, has shown in a very detailed and profoundly moving study that the attack we are currently experiencing on the true structure of the family, made up of father, mother, and child, goes much deeper. While up to now we regarded a false understanding of the nature of human freedom as one cause of the crisis of the family, it is now becoming clear that the very notion of being—of what being human really means—is being called into question. He quotes the famous saying of Simone de Beauvoir: “one is not born a woman, one becomes so” (on ne naît pas femme, on le devient). These words lay the foundation for what is put forward today under the term “gender” as a new philosophy of sexuality. According to this philosophy, sex is no longer a given element of nature, that man has to accept and personally make sense of; it is a social role that we choose for ourselves, while in the past it was chosen for us by society. The profound falsehood of this theory and of the anthropological revolution contained within it is obvious. People dispute the idea that they have a nature, given by their bodily identity, that serves as a defining element of the human being. They deny their nature and decide that it is not something previously given to them, but that they make it for themselves. According to the biblical creation account, being created by God as male and female pertains to the essence of the human creature. This duality is an essential aspect of what being human is all about, as ordained by God. This very duality as something previously given is what is now disputed....So the 'new Church', guided by Pp. Francis' coterie, has bought the lie of de Beauvoir and issues orders to "accompany" people afflicted with perversion (for that IS the correct term) rather than to voice, persuasively, the Old and Unchanged Truth: ".......male and female He created them." It's not fashionable.
Far more, and much better voiced, is available at First Things. Read it. Pp. Francis won't.
Wednesday, October 03, 2018
Chris Plante and Nietzsche
Plante today observed--accurately--that the objective of the Left is twofold: to make all that is normal un-normal, and to make all that is un-normal normal.
Nietzsche said it a bit differently, calling for the transvaluation of all values.
It's possible that Plante reads Nietzsche. More likely that he simply observes very well.
Nietzsche said it a bit differently, calling for the transvaluation of all values.
It's possible that Plante reads Nietzsche. More likely that he simply observes very well.
Tomorrow's Headline
Fred Reed prophesies about tomorrow's headline.
Kavanaugh Gang-Rapes Collie in Satanic Ritual
College Boys in KKK Robes Chant “Hitler! Hitler! Hitler!”
A MickeyD Whopper!
The Usual Suspects are getting a few licks in before winter, protesting a MickeyD before noon today. There were some arrests, no violence.
The newspaper interviewed somebody.
The newspaper interviewed somebody.
..."We need more pay to be able to live, afford the things we need,” Jennifer Berry, who was among those arrested, said earlier.
Berry,
34, said she has worked at a Milwaukee-area McDonald's for nearly a
year and a half. Now a crew trainer, she said she started at $9 an hour
and now makes $9.65."
Berry said she has bachelor's
and master's degrees in business administration from American
InterContinental University, a for-profit online school, and has stayed
at McDonald's in hopes of entering management.
“I’m
just praying and hoping for a change to come so the minimum wage can go
up so I can be able to afford the things I need, then live out the
dream of being a manager,” Berry said....
A Bachelor's and an MBA, eh? 18 months at MickeyD's. Hmmm.
You gotta wonder if this budding Jack Welch ever thought of writing and circulating a resume. Or if they thought that anyone reading this story would--for ONE second--believe that horsecrap.
Douglas MacArthur's Perennial Wisdom
Many officers in the US Armed Forces are bright and very good tacticians.
Some are bright tacticians and very good with strategy.
A few are strategic geniuses. Douglas MacArthur was one of those. For that reason, John F. Kennedy sought and received advice from him.
Most famous was MacArthur's aphorism that one should 'never fight a land war in Asia.' He saw the problem first-hand in Korea and indirectly in China, during WWII. But LBJ--who thought that HE was the smartest guy in the room--ignored MacArthur's advice and lost a land war in Vietnam.
MacArthur also though that the "domino theory" pressed by the usual suspects in the Chamber of Commerce was idiotic. He was right, of course; ballistic missiles are sufficient deterrents to "dominos."
But MacArthur saw something else that he impressed upon Kennedy.
...At the heart of the August 16 discussion is MacArthur’s view that America’s greatest asset is its economy. America’s adversaries, on the other hand, had always struggled (and failed) to match its economic output, and particularly its agricultural output. “The Achilles heel of the Russians and Chinese,” he said, “is food.” In this sense, MacArthur is a stand-in for nearly every senior officer of his generation who looked on America’s industrial and agricultural assets as its strength. Nothing else mattered. Put another way, while Russia’s “strategic depth” is its geography and China’s strategic depth is its mass of people, America’s strategic depth is its economy. To destroy America, you must destroy its economy. No one ever had....
Don't ever forget that.
It's not likely that Obama ever read anything about that meeting. It's also unlikely that Obama ever read anything at all by or about MacArthur other than the usual high-school and college babble. But his puppetmasters probably did--thus, Obama's determination to kill the US economy.
He didn't succeed, but they will try again.
Some are bright tacticians and very good with strategy.
A few are strategic geniuses. Douglas MacArthur was one of those. For that reason, John F. Kennedy sought and received advice from him.
Most famous was MacArthur's aphorism that one should 'never fight a land war in Asia.' He saw the problem first-hand in Korea and indirectly in China, during WWII. But LBJ--who thought that HE was the smartest guy in the room--ignored MacArthur's advice and lost a land war in Vietnam.
MacArthur also though that the "domino theory" pressed by the usual suspects in the Chamber of Commerce was idiotic. He was right, of course; ballistic missiles are sufficient deterrents to "dominos."
But MacArthur saw something else that he impressed upon Kennedy.
...At the heart of the August 16 discussion is MacArthur’s view that America’s greatest asset is its economy. America’s adversaries, on the other hand, had always struggled (and failed) to match its economic output, and particularly its agricultural output. “The Achilles heel of the Russians and Chinese,” he said, “is food.” In this sense, MacArthur is a stand-in for nearly every senior officer of his generation who looked on America’s industrial and agricultural assets as its strength. Nothing else mattered. Put another way, while Russia’s “strategic depth” is its geography and China’s strategic depth is its mass of people, America’s strategic depth is its economy. To destroy America, you must destroy its economy. No one ever had....
Don't ever forget that.
It's not likely that Obama ever read anything about that meeting. It's also unlikely that Obama ever read anything at all by or about MacArthur other than the usual high-school and college babble. But his puppetmasters probably did--thus, Obama's determination to kill the US economy.
He didn't succeed, but they will try again.
Perjury for Ms. Ford? Looks Bad.....
Apparently Ms. Ford has a rather useful friend who is ex-FBI (24 years).
And that rather useful friend has a particular set of skills--and other friends who ALSO have certain useful skills.
Except the skill of preventing perjury.
The "two-entry-door" perjury as to date of installation and its cash-flow utility; the lie-detector perjury (the one she'll go to prison for) and the perjury of ID'ng Kavanaugh at some party at some time at some place--none of which was memorable.
OK, right.
And that rather useful friend has a particular set of skills--and other friends who ALSO have certain useful skills.
Except the skill of preventing perjury.
The "two-entry-door" perjury as to date of installation and its cash-flow utility; the lie-detector perjury (the one she'll go to prison for) and the perjury of ID'ng Kavanaugh at some party at some time at some place--none of which was memorable.
OK, right.
Here's a "Foreign Influence" on Votes, RoJo
Ron Johnson (R-WI) is very concerned over Russian 'vote manipulation' or something.
Well, here's "vote manipulation" funded by a foreigner--and that foreigner has a long and dirty history of manipulating US voters and US policy.
...Archila is not just an ordinary concerned citizen. She is a professional activist. She serves as co-executive director at the Soros-funded Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) and maintains the same position as the group’s activist arm, the Center for Popular Democracy Action....
So go investigate this guy, eh?
Well, here's "vote manipulation" funded by a foreigner--and that foreigner has a long and dirty history of manipulating US voters and US policy.
...Archila is not just an ordinary concerned citizen. She is a professional activist. She serves as co-executive director at the Soros-funded Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) and maintains the same position as the group’s activist arm, the Center for Popular Democracy Action....
So go investigate this guy, eh?
Tuesday, October 02, 2018
The Persuader
HT: Raconteur Report
At last report, the money-laundering through GoFundMe approaches $1 million. Sure would be interesting to see a list of the "donors."
At last report, the money-laundering through GoFundMe approaches $1 million. Sure would be interesting to see a list of the "donors."
Monday, October 01, 2018
The Betrayal of Milwaukee Catholics
Despite a large number of cards, letters, emails, and phone calls, Bryan Massingale (notorious heretic homosexualist) will be leading a retreat for LBGTXZYLK clergy in Racine, WI beginning this Tuesday (10/2/18). The Archbishop wrinkles his nose and disapproves, but that's about all. He will not order Massingale NOT to speak.
So Massingale is doing his little victory dance in (yup, you guessed it!) the National [Not] Catholic Reporter.
...Insisting that the retreat is no different from any other retreat, Massingale said it never would have occurred to him to ask for permission to hold the pro-homosexual event....New Ways Ministry (NWM), a dissident pro-LGBT organization which is sponsoring the retreat as it has in years past, continues to try to present itself as Catholic, yet it has been formally condemned by both the Vatican and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for opposing Church teaching.
NWM has also been repeatedly banned from speaking in Catholic dioceses.
But not this year, not in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee....
'Just like any other retreat' except it's sponsored and organized by a notorious dissident outfit. Sure. That's the ticket!!!
But Massingale has a history of dissent, and he's been successful with it.
Massingale rubs it right in the face of +Listecki (and +Dolan.)
"Over 30".....who had been ordained by +Rembert Weakland or his predecessors +Wm Cousins and +Albert Meyer.
Let's take a closer look at the recent past. Fr. Vincent Silvestri was a faculty member of DeSales Preparatory Seminary from 1967-1981 AND the formation director at St Francis Major Seminary from 1973-1981. Silvestri was suspended from all priestly activities following credible accusations of abusing minor boys. As to his track record as "formation" director? You can draw your own conclusions from the list of predators provided here. A few names? Bandle, Beck, Benham, Burns, Collova, Doyle, Knighton, Jerome Wagner (Priest Placement Board member!!), Widera.
There are some homosexual priests in this Archdiocese who have been very good priests, indeed. That's not the point. The point is that the Church has said, repeatedly, that homosexuals should NOT be ordained. The database linked above justifies the Church's position.
There are lots of Church documents and teachings that her members 'do not accept.' At that point, the members become "Dissidents." People have the right to dissent from Church teachings. But they do not have the right to spread their dissent around.
That's the reason that the Church gives Bishops the right (and duty) to silence dissenters.
If only those Bishops would use it, eh?
So Massingale is doing his little victory dance in (yup, you guessed it!) the National [Not] Catholic Reporter.
...Insisting that the retreat is no different from any other retreat, Massingale said it never would have occurred to him to ask for permission to hold the pro-homosexual event....New Ways Ministry (NWM), a dissident pro-LGBT organization which is sponsoring the retreat as it has in years past, continues to try to present itself as Catholic, yet it has been formally condemned by both the Vatican and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for opposing Church teaching.
NWM has also been repeatedly banned from speaking in Catholic dioceses.
But not this year, not in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee....
'Just like any other retreat' except it's sponsored and organized by a notorious dissident outfit. Sure. That's the ticket!!!
But Massingale has a history of dissent, and he's been successful with it.
Massingale rubs it right in the face of +Listecki (and +Dolan.)
...When the 2005 document came out from the Vatican, about the inadmissibility of gay men to the seminary and to, um, the priesthood, there was a group of us in Milwaukee who said we cannot remain, unless we are known for who we are. ....over 30 of us made appointments with the archbishop [Dolan] and basically came out. Because we could not stay with integrity if we did not register that our profound, you know, disagreement, non-acceptance of this document... Fr B Massingale
"Over 30".....who had been ordained by +Rembert Weakland or his predecessors +Wm Cousins and +Albert Meyer.
Let's take a closer look at the recent past. Fr. Vincent Silvestri was a faculty member of DeSales Preparatory Seminary from 1967-1981 AND the formation director at St Francis Major Seminary from 1973-1981. Silvestri was suspended from all priestly activities following credible accusations of abusing minor boys. As to his track record as "formation" director? You can draw your own conclusions from the list of predators provided here. A few names? Bandle, Beck, Benham, Burns, Collova, Doyle, Knighton, Jerome Wagner (Priest Placement Board member!!), Widera.
There are some homosexual priests in this Archdiocese who have been very good priests, indeed. That's not the point. The point is that the Church has said, repeatedly, that homosexuals should NOT be ordained. The database linked above justifies the Church's position.
There are lots of Church documents and teachings that her members 'do not accept.' At that point, the members become "Dissidents." People have the right to dissent from Church teachings. But they do not have the right to spread their dissent around.
That's the reason that the Church gives Bishops the right (and duty) to silence dissenters.
If only those Bishops would use it, eh?
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