Weird News? Not Anymore!

 

The Murray, Kentucky, Police Department recently noted it received a complaint about a man intentionally releasing a raccoon inside a business on the evening of June 6. The animal subsequently bit a patron. The man, 40-year-old Jonathan Mason, was arrested just 6 months earlier for being drunk and disorderly—and trying to leave a bar…on a mule. (One jackass atop another.)

I’ve always been a fan of weird news. In fact, I used to read the newspaper column “News of the Weird” religiously. Today, however, almost all the news is weird. So much is preposterous, bizarre, and dumb—and so little is garden-variety, unbiased, unvarnished news, that old-fashioned weird news doesn’t stand out anymore. When you routinely have men dressed as (slutty) women reading “stories” to 4-year-olds in church basements and libraries, when a significant percentage of the population declares that they can’t tell men from women or define what a woman is, when radical progressives declare war on the man who built the world’s largest electric vehicle company, and when many college-age youth protest carrying signs reading “Queers for Palestine,” a guy with a gerbil inserted in his backside just doesn’t carry the same shock value as it used to in days of yore.

How I long for those halcyon days.

We have throngs of “undocumented immigrants” protesting around the country, holding flags of the nations they fled and cannot countenance going back to, while they desecrate the flag of the nation to which they chose to migrate. That makes perfect nonsense. As does so very much today. It is enough to make a rational and sane person fervently ask, “why?!”

Men demand to be on women’s sports teams-- and in their lockers and bathrooms-- and many women passively say “okay.” Democrats openly side with criminals over law-enforcement and the law-abiding. They side with illegal aliens over their own citizens…in their own districts. Some despise Russia, somewhat understandably, but see China as a veritable role model…and “moral authority.” Don’t tell that to the Uyghurs.

In recent years we have been told we shouldn’t go outside because of toxic smoke from Canadian wildfires-- or because it is too hot, cold, sunny, stormy, windy, rainy, snowy…or because of a “pandemic.” We used to just call these things “weather” or “the flu.”

In such a time as this, in an era of topsy-turvydom, the bizarre has become the pedestrian. To the extent that, to some, sanity and reason are the oddballs, the mark of the legitimately marginalized and dangerous.

And that, if not quickly corrected, is the death knell of any society.

 

 

Canada To Issue "Places Of Pride" Stamps Touting Historic 2SLGBTQIA+ Locales

 

The Canada Post, the nation’s government-run postal organization, recently announced it will be issuing “Places of Pride” stamps to mark “pivotal moments” in LGBT history. Sorry, make that “2SLGBTQIA+” history. The organization issued a press release stating, “Canada Post announces Places of Pride, recognizing four vital places for 2SLGBTQIA+ in Canada.” (Not exactly Shakespearian wording, or worthy of Robert W. Service for that matter, but neither of those two were gay. They’re not getting a stamp.)

The release continued: “From early meeting spots to safe spaces for community organizing, these spaces were often the backdrop to pivotal demonstrations and hosted events that shaped 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across the country – and Canadian society.”

One of the stamps, all of which were designed by LGBTQ artist Tim Singleton, features a depiction of Club Carousel, Calgary’s first gay bar. Another shows Hanlan’s Point Beach, in commemoration of the 1971 “Gay Day Picnic,” during which LGBTQ activists composed the “We Demand” letter, which was written in an attempt to push the Canadian government into codifying LGBTQ rights into law. A third stamp highlights the 1977 Montreal Truxx bar raid protests, which led to Quebec’s ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation. The fourth stamp celebrates the third North American Native Gay & Lesbian Gathering of 1990, at which activists coined the term “Two-Spirit” to refer to gender non-conforming and homosexual Indigenous people.

 For perspective, Mr. Singleton’s Instagram page includes posts claiming that “everyone has an HIV status” and “there’s no place like homo.” (The remains of L. Frank Baum may be rolling over in his grave.)

From the Canada Post:

OTTAWA - Today Canada Post announces Places of Pride, recognizing four vital places for 2SLGBTQIA+ in Canada. From early meeting spots to safe spaces for community organizing, these spaces were often the backdrop to pivotal demonstrations and hosted events that shaped 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across the country – and Canadian society.

Whether it is Canada, the U.S.-- or other Western nations-- the urge to promote and celebrate “vital” and “historic” sites of and for the LGBTQ Community appears to be preposterously strong.

“Places of Pride?” How about Juno Beach, Canada?

America? Maybe tout Lexington and Concord, Yorktown, Gettysburg, and Omaha Beach as “Places of Pride.” Don’t want to celebrate war? Okay, then how about Menlo Park where Thomas Edison worked, or Independence Hall, where the Constitution was ratified-- and freedom, self-governance, and the worth of the individual was, too.

Places of Pride, indeed.

 

 

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Opens New Theme Park

 

Apparently so. According to reports, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has opened a new theme park, “Heaven Time,” which is-- bizarrely and ironically-- designed to give visitors an up-close and personal experience of the torments of hell. The oddly named Heaven Time theme park is located at the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps base in the northern Iranian city of Fouman. Iran International, a Persian-language satellite television channel, recently reported that the exhibit is meant to “offer a visceral experience of the afterlife—particularly the torments of hell.” Doesn’t that sound fun, kids?! I wonder how many rials it costs to get in?

Upon further reflection, the theme park seems redundant. I mean, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the IRGC have made certain Iranians are already living in hell. They don’t need to go to a theme park to see what it looks like.

Speaking of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini himself famously railed against fun, saying: “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.” 

“There is no humor in Islam.” Really?  Next, he’ll be telling me there is no beer or wine, either. What’s that you say?! Holy crap, I’m out!!

Christians worship life, radical Islam worships death. We are fond of humor, too often Islam is fond of violence. “Great good humor” is a very good thing, indeed. The ability to laugh, especially at oneself, is a sign of emotional strength and maturity. Humor is one of God’s greatest gifts. Laughter is not biologically necessary, yet is often “the best medicine.” It can be a catharsis, a reliever of pain. And a revealer of truth. Each laugh inherently contains a glimmer of hope. Surely, the Holy Spirit recognizes humor as essential to a well-rounded life. Faith, hope, and love are divine. To those, however, I would add humor. Faith, hope, humor, and love, these four we should adore. We can see the hunger for (good) humor—and its connection to the divine-- by the extraordinary success of the Babylon Bee, a Christian site.

So go ahead and laugh—with me or at me, I don’t care. Because, in the final analysis, the joke is on the humorless.

 

 

 

Democrats And Their Media Friends Are Covering Up Their Cover-Ups

 

Everything is a cover-up. Nothing you hear is true. At least if it comes out of the mouths of Democrats and their mainstream media sycophants…or flows from their pens or keyboards.

Turns out the Biden administration and the CDC knew the COVID-19 vaccines were dangerous but covered-up that knowledge rather than properly informing the public. Big shock? Not to most of us. Turns out the Biden administration knew cancer-causing chemicals were released into the local environment after the train derailment in East Palatine, Ohio. Also turns out, they covered that little bit of info up and instead proclaimed everything was A-OK, nothing to worry about, ‘nothing to see here.’ They lied. Knock me over with a feather. The media lied about the Russia-gate scam and then tried to cover that up. The media also lied about not having any idea that Biden wasn't in anything but tip top shape. They have since been covering that up and subsequently flat-out lying about their lack of knowledge and malfeasance.

 Shall I go on?

Democrats and their trusted toadies in the lamestream media covered up many pertinent facts about the January 6th “insurrection,” including the facts surrounding the murder of Ashley Babbitt and the number and reason for other deaths that occurred on that day and shortly thereafter. It now appears that we may soon learn that they have also covered up the identity of the would-be pipe bombers on that date. Imagine that.

(And, while the Trump administration is unquestionably the most refreshingly transparent in recent memory, it seems likely that even it may be hiding something pertaining to-- and stonewalling the release of-- the Epstein Files.)

And I could go on. And on, And on.

One of the lessons this all should teach us is this: Government is not the answer, at least not to the vast majority of questions.

The following quote, once attributed to George Washington but never confirmed, seems applicable here. If George did not say it, which now seems likely, he should have, as it is indisputably true: "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master." 

And those in the legacy media that is supposed to be unbiased and hold the feet of the powerful to the fire? They have long-since chosen sides. They routinely lie and cover for Democrats while sabotaging Republicans at every turn. They are as a crazed conflagration bent on burning down the White House when a Republican inhabits it-- and yet timidly douse themselves when a Democrat resides there. 

Try as they might, Democrats and mainstream media types can’t cover up who they really are. And, in one sense, that’s a shame. Because the view isn’t pretty.

 

Christian Churches Under Siege From Inside And Out

               Christian churches have been under attack in recent years. Many have burned or been vandalized. Many more, particularly in Europe, have closed due to lack of attendance, which is itself due to secularization on the one hand and demographic change on the other. Some have been converted into mosques.

And some Christian churches appear to have been taken over by those who disdain Christianity. Germany’s Paderborn Cathedral of Westphalia may be one of those, if a recent ‘performance’ it hosted is any guide. The cathedral, long one of Germany’s most prominent and sacred, hosted a show during which three shirtless male dancers swung, threw, and ‘walked’ raw, headless chicken carcasses stuffed in diapers around the chancel as if they were little children. That is bizarre and disturbing enough in and of itself, but they did this while singing “Meat is Meat” (a play on the Austrian pop song “Live is Life”).

The ’show’ was part of a commemoration of the 1,250^th anniversary of the Westphalia region, and was attended by Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, other German officials, and Archbishop Udo Markus Bentz.

Many folks consider the ‘performance’ to be a mockery of the Eucharist, the Body of Christ—and a “desecration” of the sacred cathedral. One such person is Maria Wirth, a Hindu herself, who subsequently stated that Christianity is “under attack, and maybe undermined from the top.” Wirth took to ‘X’ to write, “It was not a ‘misjudgment’ as claimed. It was in all likelihood deliberate desecration. The debasement of humanity is in full swing. Who is behind it? What is the purpose? Can it be stopped and turned around?”

The jury is out on that question, Maria.

What is not in doubt is that this ‘performance’ was an attempt at utterly desecrating the sanctity of life, of Christianity, and of God Himself.

“Live Is life” morphed to “meat is meat?” I can't imagine anything more disgusting. Dead, decapitated chickens, bloody steaks, newborn infants in diapers or swaddling clothes…they’re all the same, right? Just meat?

The only further comment necessary is this one: God help us. Please.

 

Undocumented Immigrant Stolen Land Acknowledgement

 

Undocumented Immigrant Stolen Land Acknowledgement (UISLA):

        In light of current mores-- and in the interest of fairness and equity-- I recommend that I.C.E. mandate that the following statement be read by every illegal alien prior to being deported:

“We undocumented (illegal) migrants hereby acknowledge that we are standing on the unceded land of American citizens. We totally acknowledge these indigenous peoples, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations. We further acknowledge that these communities have worked their asses off to build an amazing, successful, and wealthy society upon this sacred land. We, the illegal aliens from various nations around the world, hereby admit that we have inappropriately attempted to appropriate and colonize said lands, peoples, and communities out of sheer privilege and arrogance, taking undue advantage of these indigenous citizens’ spellbinding tolerance and inclusivity. This active acknowledgement demonstrates our commitment to working to dismantle the scourge of lawlessness, appropriation, and entitlement inherent in illegal immigration.”

        This should be the expectation for all who try to enter Western nations illegally.

 

Canadian Prime Minister Says All Canadians Must Unite Around Muslim Values

 

Mark Carney, the newly installed Prime Minister of Canada, recently gave a speech at an Eid al-Adha celebration in Ottawa, the nation’s capital. The event was hosted by the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC). Carney, in his speech, told his fellow Canadians that “all of us must come together – around the values of Eid.” He added, “The values of community, of generosity, and yes, of sacrifice. These are Muslim values, these are Canadian values.”

Oddly enough, Carney neglected to mention other Muslim values, such as those of converting, enslaving, or smiting infidels.

Coincidentally, at around the same time Carney was delivering these remarks, many of the same jihadist thugs who have assaulted Jewish students and community members on and around the UCLA campus pivoted to attack ICE on the streets of L.A. Though some of these protesters were waving Mexican flags, others were clad in Hamas and People for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) gear. The proliferation of graffiti surrounding the riots included attacks on ICE and “Zionists.” As the writer Daniel Greenfield astutely noted, “The issue is never the issue, the issue is the revolution.” (Emphasis mine.) The real issue is hatred for the United States, capitalism…and, of course, Trump and his supporters. In a bizarre—and necessarily temporary—marriage of convenience, the hyper-secular have joined with radical Islamists to have a go at taking down the United States.

Remarkably, and also at about the same time, Sa’ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, the freshly anointed leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), released a 34-minute video that was filled with explicit threats-- and calls for bloodshed-- inside the United States, according to The New York Post.

Atef al-Awlaki: “There are 4.5 million Muslims in America alone. I am saying to all of them: Revenge! Revenge! Do not consult anyone about killing infidel Americans. You should have a lot of determination, and the list of your targets should be effective. Go after the scum of the Earth and its greatest criminals. This is Trump and his VP. This is Elon Musk and his advisors, or any supporter in terms of finance, administration, and technology. These include his Secretary of State and his Secretary of Defense. Go after their families and all those who have any ties to, or are close to, the politicians of the White House.”

Assaulting Jews, killing infidel Americans, and assassinating members of the Trump administration. One assumes Carney didn’t mean to celebrate those Muslim values. Although, based on what’s happening in cities like Toronto, maybe he isn’t terribly opposed to assaulting and harassing Jews. Come to think of it, based on some of his-- and other Canadian politician’s-- remarks regarding Trump and those who support him, maybe he isn’t that concerned about the latter two issues, either.

 

 

California Schemin'

 

Mass looting. Rampant vandalism. Cars on fire. Policemen assaulted and injured. Bricks and rocks thrown from overpasses. Molotov cocktails hurled at will.

Once again, Democrats don’t just fiddle as “Rome” burns, they cheer on the destruction. America, this is what they want for the country as a whole. Indeed, their various subgroups are threatening to bring the chaos and violence national this summer. Coming soon, to a town near you?

An amalgam—a perfect storm—of illegal aliens, supporters of Palestine, garden variety criminals and thugs, Antifa members, and even radical Muslims have threatened to visit violence across the land. For example, the so-called “No Kings” protests are being orchestrated by extremist groups like the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), the 50501 Movement, and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Pro-Hamas brigades are calling for an “intifada.” Many are calling for cops to be killed. Much of this is being funded by a myriad of shadowy leftist groups. It is likely that some of this “dark money” originally came from the pockets of American taxpayers. A communist party printed signs for the protesters, according to Data Republican on X.

And the newly anointed leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) recently called for American Muslims to wage Jihad-- and also assassinate American officials, including President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, among others.

Will local authorities stand down in “progressive” fashion? Will the entire nation effectively surrender?

If Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, has her way the answer to those questions would be a resounding yes. Pringle vehemently defended illegal immigrants and the violent riots in Los Angeles. In fact, she told the rioters, “And I need you to make a commitment that when we send out the call, whoever it’s for…that you will answer that call like you did today." When the head of the nation’s largest education association goes out of her way to make destruction sound virtuous, you know these are troubling times, indeed.

And, of course, the usual suspects in the “mainstream” media tell us that there’s nothing to see here… but “joyful and sustainable opposition” to the Orange Ogre, President Trump. I don’t know about you, but when I’m particularly joyful and happy I like to burn cars and throw rocks at police! When I’m truly ecstatic I burn and loot stores! Who doesn’t? Human nature, right?

I know I will be accused of hyperbole, but, my friends, this is not just a pivot point, not just a tipping point. This is potentially a point of no return. Where once the vast majority of Americans were skeptical and fearful of government, today far too many, possibly a majority, willingly trade some or most of their freedoms for the largess of free money. Only that money isn't free. It comes at a cost to others as well as to the recipients... and, ultimately, at great and grievous cost to the society as a whole. We are seeing that writ large in Los Angeles right now.

In rapid succession, we came through the George Floyd riots, The Plandemic, and the four years of the Autopen administration. Today, the forces of chaos, the forces of evil, the scourge of Marxism/Communism-- and the inherent violence of radical Islam-- are all on the brink of converging to potentially destroy America, or, at minimum, render her virtually unrecognizable to those who believe in her founding principles and promise. China, Iran, and world bodies such as the WEF and the WHO will aid and abet the destruction. There are a great many entities aligned against us.

The solution? Sometimes the roughest men are the best ones, if we judge by results. This is not a time for sunshine patriots or craven RINOs. Those of us who know American history and wish to make her great again must channel our inner Andrew Jacksons and Teddy Roosevelts-- not as regards policy, but in terms of their willingness to fight for their country. For it is up to us, along with the Trump administration, to prevent the ever-burgeoning forces of destruction from potentially turning the summer of 2025-- and beyond-- into a hellscape from which the United States may never recover.

 

L.A. Madness-- Again

 

“Motel, money, murder, madness…

Let’s change the mood from glad to sadness”—The Doors

 

A line of burning Waymos littered the streets. As did rocks, bricks, and various other projectiles that the anti-capitalist, anti-American—but “mostly peaceful”-- thugs threw at policemen and women. Windows of the LAPD headquarters were smashed in. But, according to reporters in the mainstream media, these weren't rioters, and certainly not insurrectionists. No, sirree. Some were principled protesters, while others were “just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn.” I mean, how wholesome is that? Many were probably clutching Bibles!

California, once The Golden State-- The Land of Milk and Honey-- is looking ever more like a “sh*thole country.” Despite its size, position, and staggering natural resources. And only Leftists could pull that off. And pull it off they have. In spades. Despite (because of) “progressive” policies, there is a greater discrepancy between rich and poor here than in any other state. And more poor and homeless people. Oh yeah, and also more illegal aliens as it is a “sanctuary state.” Except for its regular citizens. But who cares about them? Illegal aliens, assorted other criminals, drug addicts, the homeless, pedophiles, cartel types, and the ultra-rich…they have a giant sanctuary in which to thrive.

And Democrats have carefully crafted their policies to guarantee this result. They have funneled excess water into the sea, refused to do controlled burns to prevent forest fires, coddled criminals violent and otherwise, given free healthcare—and virtually everything else—to “undocumented immigrants” while making the state impossibly expensive for most everyone else to live well, and generally done their best to summarily destroy a state that was not so long ago the envy of much of the rest of the world. Mission accomplished.

And now they are cheering on the rioters, thugs, and looters. Encouraging them. Stupefying. They are yet again clearly showing their preference for illegal aliens over American citizens, criminals over law enforcement officers, other countries over America, Marxism over Capitalism, and chaos over stability. If they wished to alienate their citizens and destroy their state utterly, would they do anything different? And yet they keep getting elected.

Mayor Bass was AWOL during the L.A. wildfires. Her deputy was under house arrest. Gov. Newsome was…well, whatever. The fires raged and they fiddled. Perhaps Newsome was back at The French laundry. And yet they and the rest of the California political contingent blamed Trump, Republicans, and climate change. Now L.A. is on fire again, or at least many of its vehicles are. And instead of trying to put out the fire, they are once again fanning its flames.

California’s law enforcement personnel have been ordered by Newsome’s administration not to cooperate with I.C.E. officers and other federal law enforcement agencies. They have been instructed to rebel. In that sense, the state is guilty of insurrection and sedition. It is, really, a form of secession. Sound familiar? Democrats have done this before……circa 1861. The war they triggered lasted about four years,

a presidential term. They were sore losers then, too. In fact, they famously assassinated a Republican president in Ford’s Theater.

It is high time these asshats were dealt with once and for all. Not with violence, but with unwavering principle and unyielding determination to Make America Great Again, not let it slide into potentially permanent chaos and decay.

Deport the illegals, charge the criminals…and hold Democrats responsible for their insanity and inflammatory rhetoric.  

Michael Moore's Brave New Pledge Of Allegiance

 

Repulsive “Progressive” filmmaker and activist Michael Moore recently took it upon himself to rewrite the words of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States and asked his readers to unite against President Donald Trump and "MAGA-heads" throughout the nation.

The Fahrenheit 9/11 director said he wrote the new pledge "for the people” and to help “create a true Democracy for which it [the country] stands." He posted the abomination on his Substack account. I apologize for doing this, but I believe it is important for you all to read it. I will explain why shortly. Here it is:

"I pledge allegiance to the people of the United States of America. And to the democracy for which we all stand: One person, one vote, one nation, part of one world, everyone! A seat at the table! Everyone! A slice of the pie! With liberty and justice, equality, and kindness and the pursuit of happiness for all."

Contrast this with the real Pledge:

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands, one Nation under God
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Note the differences? Moore replaces “Flag” with “people,” though the Flag expressly represents our people and the values that we hold dear—or used to. Tellingly, he replaces “Republic” with “democracy,” the pure form of which the Founders knew was anathema to a just and long-lived society. Even more despicably, Moore replaced “one Nation under God” with “part of one world.” Yup, we all gotta submit to the U.N. and the W.E.F.!

And then there is the comical. He touts “a seat at the table.” Not surprising. Less surprising still, he lauds “A slice of the pie!” (Or perhaps two or three slices!)

Moore adds “equality” to “liberty and justice,” despite the fact that mandating equality necessarily means that liberty and justice must step aside at times. Especially in regards to those MAGA fascists and other straight, white, Christian males.

Moore’s pledge won’t amount to anything, sharing that trait with Moore himself. Which may be the reason for his animus to all things traditionally American.

I Pledge allegiance to the Republic—and to the principles upon which it was founded.

I further pledge to keep mocking morons like Michael Moore.