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.

Cockroach Milk Better Than Cow's Milk, Experts Say

 

From The Free Press Journal:

“Cockroach milk has captured the attention of scientists and nutritionists alike. In 2016, researchers studied a milk-like substance produced by female Pacific beetle cockroaches to nourish their young. Their findings, published in the Journal of the International Union of Crystallography, suggested that this fluid could be one of the most nutrient-dense substances on Earth. Unlike traditional dairy milk, cockroach milk is a yellowish liquid that crystallizes inside the stomachs of cockroach offspring. This substance is loaded with protein, amino acids, and healthy sugars, all essential for bodily functions like cell repair and growth. Researchers discovered that cockroach milk contains three times more calories than buffalo milk, which was previously the most calorie-dense mammalian milk known.”

So what? I’m calling “bullshit” on this supposed story. What’s more, I can’t stomach it. And are cockroaches mammals? I didn’t think so. But perhaps they’re transitioning.

The Free Press Journal again: “According to the National Institutes of Health, ‘Studies suggest that cockroach milk has much higher energy content than traditional milk, making it a potential superfood.’”

Don’t care.

The article did note that the biggest hurdle to making cockroach milk a staple of human consumption was the cockroaches’ lack of adequate milk production. No sh*t, Sherlock. The piece also astutely noted that, unlike cows or goats, cockroaches cannot be 'milked' in the traditional sense. (Duh.) Remarkable.

 

Author’s analysis: So-called ‘experts’ now claim that cockroach milk is three times more nutritious than cow’s milk? Great, but how does one ‘milk’ a cockroach? (Please insert your own joke here.) And who would milk them? How many cockroaches would it take to equal the milk from one cow-- or even from one udder? (Please insert your own joke here, as well.) On second thought, I don't want to know. Picturing teeming hordes of cockroaches is a bit creepy. Picturing teeming hordes of ‘scientists’ attempting to extract their ‘milk’ is worse.

This kind of agenda-driven pseudoscience bugs me. So, I guess all I can do is milk the subject for all it's worth.

Guess we’re all queasy now.

The U.S. Needs To Be Domed...Or It Might Be Doomed

 

You may have heard about President Trump's proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense shield. But I have come to realize recently that that is not enough. We need to build a solid dome across the entire United States, perhaps made of thick plexiglass and securely fastened at the coasts and borders. This has become necessary because other countries keep sending us their smoke, volcanic ash, desert dust, invasive species, criminals, and now agroterrorists. It is no longer enough that we close our borders, we must seal ourselves off completely for our own good.

Chinese murder hornets, fire ants, round gobies, zebra mussels, Asian needle ants, purple loosestrife, Asian carp, highly toxic smoke, Saharan dust, volcanic particulates (Etna just erupted again), rapists, anti-Semites… and now Chinese agroterrorists accost us! I, for one, am tired of all of it! Not so long ago the weather reports did not include whether it was safe to go outside or not on any given day based on levels of toxic smoke. In recent years, at least where I live, they have included just that, in lieu of the permeating smoke from the numerous, rampant, and virtually endless Canadian forest fires.

This has had the effect of making me come to the realization that xenophobia may be a good thing. I say, tariff the hell out of everybody else, make everything here, and seal off our borders… land sea and air. MAGA!

Also in recent years, we have been urged not to go outside if it's too cold. Or too hot. And just this week, for the first time, I saw an internet headline stating that residents of 16 southern states were being urged not to go outdoors because of the sun. Apparently, the powers that be don’t want us to step outside unless everything is just right.

The smoke and the ash and the dust are one thing—okay, actually three things—but how come every invasive species easily outcompetes and outbattles our native species? And how come so many come from Asia, specifically China? There are the murder hornets, the Asian needle ants, the Asian carp...the agroterrorists. Etc., etc., etc. The real problem may be that we, ourselves, have morphed into the wimpiest of weak-tit species.

Maybe it's time we man up and properly defend ourselves and…our homeland.

 

 

Honesty: Is It Worth It?

 

Sadly, truly honest people, like the truly brave, are often the loneliest. Telling the truth in an age such as this is an act of moral courage. Doing so is likely to upset liars, scoundrels, and the authorities-- but I repeat myself. You are sure to anger this group or that group and may even alienate family members and others close to you. Nonetheless, truth be told, the truth still must be told, for without truth optimism is rendered impotent, and mankind's future is bleak. In fact, sans truth, hope itself is made a liar. Yet it is a lot easier to go along to get along, just as it is often easier to look the other way when someone commits a sin or crime.

One must tell one’s self the truth first, of course. Part of that truth is acknowledging that doing the right thing, no matter the cost, is an adjunct of telling the truth, and can be similarly difficult and costly. In extreme cases, doing the right thing may even result in losing one’s fortune or life. The founders knew this all too well. Nevertheless, to a person of character, courage, and integrity, it must be done--and brings with it the peerless reward of self-respect, and the knowledge that those who come after you will benefit from your actions.   

Thomas Jefferson said that “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” This would explain the existence of idiots like Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton, the Biden Crime Family, John Brennan, Eric Swalwell, Jasmine Crockett, and, well, you get the idea.

Billy Joel has a song titled “Honesty,” in which is a line reading: “…if you look for truthfulness, you might just as well be blind.” Unfortunately, that is the God’s honest truth. The gospel truth. And God is the truth that we are supposed to seek. The whole truth and nothing but the truth. Too few do.

Many, especially in politics and the media, are doing anything but. Democrats/Marxists/Communists—but again I repeat myself-- dismiss the concept of God because they do not want the competition. The “Planned Parenthoods” of the world are proud of the damage they do. The mainstream media only “speaks truth to power” when Republicans/conservatives are in office. They lie like hell to protect those in power when those in power are Democrats.

Many more of us need to open our eyes and steel our spines if we want the truth to set us—and our descendants—free.

To paraphrase Churchill, if we don’t have the courage to speak the truth and do what’s right—even if it results in us being lonely, poor…or dead…we sentence our societies to another Dark Age, made all the more protracted and sinister by advancing technology.

 

 

 

 

Medical Assistance In Dying Language Attached To Illinois Food Preparation Bill

 

Reports indicate that Illinois legislators are working to (quietly) legalize assisted suicide by attaching pro-assisted-death language to a food preparation sanitation bill as an amendment.

An assisted suicide amendment attached to a food preparation bill?

Lifesitenews.com: “The move comes after a proposed assisted suicide bill appears to have stalled in the House and Senate as the 2025 legislative session comes to a close.”

The Illinois Family Institute reported that Representative Robyn Gabel (D-Chicago) attached an amendment with assisted death language from a stalled bill to SB 1950, a food preparation safety bill.

Yes, it is critical that we not have any potentially dangerous contaminants in prepared food, unless, of course, it's a substance intended to kill somebody through the medical assistance in dying (MAID) program?! What the hell?! That makes perfect nonsense.

Should, say, an amendment from a stalled bill mandating nuclear war with Russia be attached to a bill addressing the pressing need for feminine hygiene products in men’s bathrooms in an attempt to sneak it through Congress? Should an amendment legalizing pedophilia and bestiality be attached to a bill addressing the amount of saturated fats that can be allowed in candy bars?

Medical Assistance In Dying, otherwise known as “murder,” is an abomination before the Lord…and a stain upon society.

I have dealt with pain so bad that I would not have wished to live were it to continue indefinitely. On several occasions. But assisted suicide is the ultimate slippery slope, as can be seen by certain locales like Canada contemplating helping to kill off children with grave illnesses or even acute depression—without even consulting their parents!

 

The Club Of Rome Wants To Tell The Rest Of Us How To Live

 

According to lifesitenews.com, “The Club of Rome and the Hot or Cool Institute” intend to “launch the ‘Materials and Consumption Taskforce’ that will give policy recommendations that if implementwould restrict your ability to decide how you travel, what you eat, and how you live your life – all in the name of sustainability and the global economic system.”

My first thought: what the hell is The Club of Rome?

It is this, according to our friends (ha!) at Wikipedia: “The Club of Rome is a nonprofit, informal organization of intellectuals and business leaders whose goal is a critical discussion of pressing global issues. The Club of Rome was founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy. It consists^{[clarification needed]} of one hundred full members selected from current and former heads of state and government, UN administrators, high-level politicians and government officials, diplomats, scientists, economists, and business leaders from around the globe.^[1]” Sounds like an invitation to tyranny.

The Life Site piece went on to note that the Club was launched on May 23, and that the taskforce will begin producing “guidelines that will serve as a critical resource for policymakers, businesses, and civil society, providing an in-depth analysis of materials and consumption and offering practical solutions for a more resource-secure future.” Also: “The taskforce recognizes that materials and consumption lie at the heart of many interconnected crises. From the escalating demand for critical minerals to the impact of supply chains on climate change and social inequalities, addressing these issues is essential to building a sustainable and resilient future.” Ergo, materials are bad and consumption is bad. Got it? One naturally wonders if The Club of Rome, the Hot or Cool Institute, and the soon-to-be-created ‘Materials and Consumption Taskforce’ will be using any materials or consuming anything. If so, how will they explain it?

The Club of Rome? Who the hell are they to tell the rest of us what to do? What gives them the right? Did I miss the vote? What's next? Is The Hair Club for Men going to tell me what I'm allowed to have for supper? Is Oprah’s Book Club going to start issuing guidelines for allowable building codes?

What is it with unelected entities telling the rest of us, including President Trump, how we have to live, think, and behave?! Every district judge, international organization, and Democrat political hack is trying to block Trump’s actions, block the sun to stave off global warming, or attempting to assassinate him and jail their political opponents.

When in The Club of Rome, I guess you must do as The Club of Romans do.

But don’t try to dictate to the rest of us.

 

Canadian Wildfires Still Raging-- Perhaps Americans' Anger Should Be, Too?

 

Remarkably, some have said, regarding the ongoing and incessant Canadian wildfires, that there's nothing Canada can really do about them. Year after year after year. That is bunk. First of all, some of the fires have been started by arson. One thing Canada could do is lock those sick bastards up for life. Think that's harsh? For burning down large swaths of the beautiful forests of Canada and causing tens of thousands of people to be evacuated, disrupting their life in every way? And who knows how many (painful) deaths of animals have occurred? Doubtless many thousands. And think of the sickness and death caused—not just in Canada but in its neighbor to the south. Think of those with COPD and various other diseases and susceptibilities. Think of the elderly. Burning down half of Canada, trashing its lush boreal forests, slaughtering countless animals, dispossessing tens of thousands of Canadian citizens, adversely affecting the health of (or even killing) countless others across the border in a foreign nation, and making people cancel their vacations and skip going outside entirely? This is not worth life in prison?

Hell, Canada jails people for ‘misgendering’ someone or for praying outside of an abortion clinic or potentially anywhere else in public-- or for criticizing the national government. Some of those unfortunately aggrieved people spend longer in jail than the arsonists! And, by the way, some ‘experts’ claim that one of the reasons for the fires is that we are not following the ancient practices of the indigenous peoples. What the hell is meant by that? I don’t believe they had the technology and tools to clear vast tracts of land of dead trees, underbrush, etc. The only thing I can think of is the proverbial ‘rain dance.’ The rest of us can't do rain dances because that would be cultural appropriation. So every single indigenous person in Canada should be rain dancing right now until those fires are vanquished, if they wish to have any of their precious forests left intact. Get to it! Carney, make it happen, eh?!

And now Canada is begging for help from other countries? Like, I don't know, perhaps its neighbor to the south, the United States of America? Really?! We didn't start the fires, but Canada wants us to come and help put them out? After Canadians in and out of government have mocked, sassed, and trashed us for months, and disrespected our national anthem? Well, if we not only have to protect the Great White North militarily but put out its effing fires, perhaps it should more seriously consider becoming the 51st state. For its sake, not ours.

We’ve all heard the phrase, “Where there's smoke there's fire.” Well, that's not true in this case. Much of the densely populated northcentral and northeastern tier of the United States is smothered in Canadian smoke and being slowly asphyxiated. Yet there are no fires here.

The majority of Americans who have never been on a Canadian fishing trip and who don’t live in the northcentral and northeastern states might not realize two very important things: first, the smoke is, at times, impossible to avoid and dangerously thick and low to the ground, and, second, the only thing more prevalent than forest land in much of Canada is water. It is, gloriously, everywhere. Rivers, flowages, lakes-- massive bodies of water seemingly sprawl everywhere. Might not the latter be used to save the former? Does Canada not have enough firefighting aircraft such as airtankers and water scoopers? If not, why not? Does it want its forests to burn?

Why am I not hearing about the staggering amount of greenhouse gases these fires are releasing into the atmosphere? And yet, ironically, a few more of these gigantic fires and another volcanic eruption or two and the earth might enter a period of cooling due to the vast amount of smoke, soot, ash, and particulates blocking the suns rays.

It would be very neighborly of Canada—one might even say polite—if those in the Canadian government lit a fire…under their own asses and pulled out all the stops to finally extinguish these fires before more people and animals—and Canada’s previously beautiful forests—are destroyed.

Eh?

Here Comes The Smoke From Canadian Wildfires...Again!

 

Why can’t the second largest nation on earth ever get control of its wildfires? Canada should have had enough practice by now. Hundreds of fires raged out of control for months in the summer of 2023. And 2024. For that matter, why can’t the most populous state in the union (California) do the same? Maybe for the same reason. Progressive asshats in both places seem to be unable to do literally anything except aggressively police “Islamophobia,” “homophobia,” and “transphobia.”

From an NPR report: “Thick, billowing clouds of smoke are sweeping south from wildfires ravaging the central Canadian province of Manitoba into parts of the United States, compromising air quality for millions of Americans across several northern states.” Of course, the NPR report was sure to mention climate change, stating: “The U.S. has also battled increasingly devastating wildfires over recent years as climate change has made larger wildfires more likely and more intense.”

Regarding Canadian wildfires, a CNN article from 2023 stated: “Scientists from the World Weather Attribution initiative – which calculates the role of climate change in extreme weather events – found human-caused climate change more than doubled the likelihood of hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the Quebec fires between May and July, and made this fire-prone weather at least 20% more intense.” Made this fire-prone weather at least 20% more intense? How does fire-prone weather get made (at least 20%) more intense? How is this measured…and by whom? For that matter, how much more intense can a raging, out of control fire consuming hundreds of thousands of acres of forest get?

Friederike Otto, co-founder of something called the World Weather Attribution initiative (and senior lecturer at the Grantham Institute in the UK!) issued a statement saying, “Until we stop burning fossil fuels the number of wildfires will continue to increase, burning larger areas for longer periods of time.”

Ah, there it is! Fossil fuels bad.

The CNN piece referenced Kira Hoffman, a fire ecologist at the University of British Columbia and the Bulkley Valley Research Centre, who averred that there are many factors that contribute to extreme wildfire seasons, including logging and abandoning Indigenous fire stewardship techniques. (Guess we have to capitalize the ‘I’ in Indigenous.)

Sorry, Kira, not buying that one. Logging removes trees. Oddly enough, things that aren’t there don’t burn. And what the hell is “Indigenous fire stewardship?” I have respect for Indigenous peoples and a love for trees, but, seriously, come on!

As I wrote in a 2023 blog post, “Many of the fires are at least partially the result of leaving too much deadwood and flammable material on forest floors, usually due to ‘environmentalists’ wishes. Of course, more folks live in more areas, and fire detection and reporting are better than in prior eras, too. And, at least in the case of Canada, one gets the impression that an all-out effort to contain these conflagrations hasn’t been made…possibly to drive home the point that global warming is going to be the death of us all, and sooner rather than later. (It wouldn’t stun me if some of the fires were set by those with an agenda.) A recent study by Danish author and academic Bjorn Lomborg, published in the Wall Street Journal, illustrated a vast disparity between the actual number of wildfires and the attention given them by the mainstream media and politicians. Lomborg asserted: ‘Climate change hasn’t set the world on fire. It turns out the percentage of the globe that burns each year has been declining since 2001.’ Yet, despite that inconvenient truth, the mainstream media-- and many politicians—insist that there are ever more fires as a direct result of ‘climate change.’ In furtherance of their agenda, reporting on ‘climate change’ has increased by 400% between 2010 and 2020.”

We know for a fact that many of the previous Canadian wildfires were deliberately set by arsonists. So, instead of reflexively blaming logging—and oil & gas companies-- for the fires, let’s seek the truth.

I am on vacation in a remote, undisclosed location in northern Minnesota as I write this. The smoke is noticeable, tangible. And I have asthma, so, to use a favorite phrase of progressives, I may be ‘disproportionately affected’ by these wildfires.

I am not a fan of blowing smoke, whether it comes from Canada…or progressive politicians with an agenda.  

 

 

Michelle Obama Says Reproductive System's Least Important Function Is...Reproduction

 

As most of you have probably heard by now, the preternaturally moronic Michelle Obama utilized the latest episode of the barely listened to podcast she co-hosts with her brother, "IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson,” to state something so imbecilic it beggars description. Nonetheless, I had to weigh in on the matter, had to opine-- or I would have been remiss.

The former First Lady (ahem) said, "Women’s reproductive health is about our life. It’s about this whole complicated reproductive system that the least of what it does is produce life.”

No. The reproductive system literally has one and only one intended function: to allow us to-- wait for it-- reproduce. Meaning to produce life. I’m not taking a stab at this one. I’m not guessing, not out in left field, not wandering far off the reservation. Biblically, physiologically, logically, factually, etc., etc., that is specifically what that whole complicated system was designed to do, whether by nature or God. It is the most of what it is designed to do, the only reason we exist, and the only reason you are reading this now. If we can’t even agree on that, we have preposterously acute problems that likely cannot be rectified.

To state that the least important function of a woman’s (or man’s) reproductive system is to produce life is akin to saying the least important feature of a missile defense system is to protect and defend us against missiles, or to saying the least important aspect of a stove is its ability to heat and cook our food. Only far more insane. It is patently absurd, by definition.

Oh well, the least important podcast out there is Michelle Obama’s.

San Francisco Schools To Allow Students To 'Pass' With A Score Of 21% Correct

 

The chief of San Francisco’s public schools announced a “Grading for Equity” plan that will affect more than 10,000 high school students in the City by the Bay. According to reports, the new and depraved grading system will award a grade of ‘C’ for scores as low as 41 on a 100-point test. Even more absurd and incredible, students with a score as low as 21 out of 100 will be allowed to pass exams with a ‘D’ grade, according to the Washington Free Beacon. 21% correct will be a passing grade? 21%! That’s not just ‘woke,’ it’s a joke. And a bad one. Especially for the rest of us who will have to deal with utterly incompetent youth entering the workforce and manning our institutions, political and otherwise.

San Francisco Superintendent of Schools Mary Su recently unveiled the plan, without bothering to seek approval from the San Francisco Board of Education-- or so reported the Voice of San Francisco. The plan is scheduled to go into effect this fall, (adversely) affecting 14 San Francisco area high schools and their students. VSF also noted that the Grading for Equity program will relieve students from the stress of taking weekly tests. Other reports indicate that homework will not be considered in final grading and that plans to train teachers in the new grading system are set to be implemented in August. If there are no weekly tests and homework is non-existent or ungraded, why do teachers have to be trained in the new grading system?

Teachers allegedly will have the choice of whether or not to implement Grading for Equity this fall, but students and parents decidedly will not. I mean, what do students and their parents have to do with education, right?

There are real, profound, and lasting issues with the continuing trend of pandering to the lowest common denominators in classrooms and making it ever easier for students to graduate without learning much of anything of use to themselves or others.

Consider the following potential future scenarios:

Woman on a gurney: “Are you a good surgeon, doc?”

Surgeon: “Well, I’m averaging 23 out of a hundred on my competence exams!”

 

Man at an auto repair shop: “Do you know how to change my serpentine belt?”

Mechanic: “I’m not sure, but I did score 42% on my last certification test!”

 

Airline customer: “Are you qualified to fly this plane?”

Pilot: “Don’t worry, I got 35 out of 100 on my recent skills assessment!”

 

How about we go back to “Grading for Competence?”

Now that is a radical idea.

(Author’s update: San Francisco’s ‘Grading for Equity’ plan has since been dropped due to public outcry. Thank God! But the idea is still trending in many locales and among many ‘educators.)

 

Elites Hate You, Too

 

Tragically, much of the West has been afflicted with Oikophobia. What is Oikophobia, you ask? It is basically fear and loathing turned inward. The disdain and hatred for one’s own culture or homeland. It is therefore, in some respects, the saddest and most destructive of all phobias. And it has been building for many years now. Large swaths of The Left believe in it, marinate in it, worship it, project it…and try by any means to get others to convert to it, as it is their belief, animating principle, and religion.

Winston Churchill once stated, “Our difficulties come from the mood of unwarrantable self-abasement into which we have been cast by a powerful section of our own intellectuals.” Has there ever been a time when that quote was more appropriate and applicable?!

Not sure about that? I present to you the vast majority of American university professors, quite a few scientists, and a whole host of self-proclaimed “experts,” authorities, and Progressive politicians, such as Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, George Soros, Klaus Schwab, Greta Thunberg, et. al. And then there is the so-called “mainstream” media. And the majority of teachers, at least in urban areas. A number of governors and many mayors also fit the bill, The result? The very policies for which they lobby, in an alleged attempt to rectify this nation’s “wrongs,” lead to utter devastation. Homelessness, crime, drug use, and sanctuary cities abound. Large swaths of cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland have been transformed into dangerous and run-down hellholes, needles and poop strewn across sidewalks and other public areas. What were once well-kept areas with little crime and mostly prideful and hardworking people when America’s founding principles were being followed have morphed into dystopian landscapes of hopelessness and depravity after the “blame America” crowd has had its way. Coincidence? No. Correlation and causation.  

Nonetheless, elites like few things more than to deride and berate their own free and open societies, the capitalist system, the Judeo-Christian work ethic, the free market, the desire for excellence, the rule of law, and the concept and belief in natural law, the idea that our rights are inalienable and granted by our Creator, not those in government.

The one thing they do like better than deriding and berating their own societies is trying to get others to do so, as well-- especially younger folks. Hence the existence here in America of The 1619 Project, Critical Race Theory, LGBTQ Studies, and other crackpot vehicles designed to pervert and capture the minds of our young people. They are similarly fond of touting their disdain for Western nations and notions when performing, speaking, or simply interacting with others abroad.

As is usually the case with Progressives, they don’t let history or facts get in the way of their agenda. They dismiss or ignore the fact that the West has done more for the advancement of homo sapiens in the past few centuries than the rest of the world combined, whether lifting people out of poverty or fighting for their liberty. Advancements in medicine, manufacturing, science, communication, energy, etc., have come about because of belief in hard work and discipline, the profit motive, and Judeo-Christian values. Inventions and productivity flourished with opportunity and entrepreneurship, as they must.

And Progressives purport to despise it all.

Why? Several reasons. Truth be told, they don’t care for the rubes in fly-over country because they don’t look, act, or think like they do. Because these liberals can’t produce the food and energy that sustain us, they mock those that do. They deride straight white males and traditional gender roles because they don’t want anyone to deride their sexuality and gender “choices.” They disdain so-called “Christian nationalism” because they despise the concept of sin, don’t recognize any power higher than that of their own, and esteem the LGBTQIIA+ Nation over their native land. They dismiss the idea of “pulling one’s self up by one’s own bootstraps” because they don’t wish to do so themselves. Too much effort.

In short, they denigrate all the things that made America great. Because it secretly makes them feel small. And they cannot countenance that.

It is also why they often get so upset over those who support the desire to Make America Great Again.

 

 

 

Lab-Grown Humans Up Next?

 

According to a recent report on theblaze.com, “transhumanist companies are currently manufacturing human eggs in a lab ‘without any input from a female ovary’ and then fertilizing them with either ‘real sperm or synthetic sperm, which can also be grown.’ In other words, pseudo-human beings are being created by machines in laboratories.”

To quote the old Church Lady from SNL’s days of yore: Well, isn’t that special?

Some, like Nicole Shanahan, say that trying to stop this may be impossible. She says that it is a fact “that the transhumanist cyborg machine human is going to exist,” and is worried that it may steal the human soul.

It’s a natural progression, right? Lab-grown diamonds. Lab-grown meat. Lab-grown eggs. Lab-grown sperm. Lab-grown humans. What’s not to like? Convenient and cost effective! What could be the downside? Surely this is just another advancement like 3-D printed items. And, with breakthroughs such as this and gene-splicing, etc., prospective parents may soon be able to custom order their offspring like they order a car. Just specify your preferred color, size, interior and exterior features, etc., etc. Fire up the assembly line! Let’s go! Defects should be minimized…and “lemons” could simply be returned.

Bonus: we can avoid having to have a loving physical and spiritual bond with another person. We can finally dispense with intercourse, at least with an actual adult human of the complimentary sex. (Relations with a 3-D printed replica or sex-bot would still be considered acceptably “cool.”)

Repercussions? Physical, economic, political, moral, spiritual? Pshaw! Don’t be a Debbie-downer! This is the Era of Trans. Transhumanism is the Next Big Thing. And it’ll be better than the real thing! Society will be better off with artificial intelligence, sex-bots, and lab-grown humans. Sure, we old school humans may lose our souls, but think of the gains in practicality! Really, we’ll be superior to the original versions of ourselves. Promise! And it won’t require any pesky discipline or effort on our part! We will essentially just have to place an order, and presto!

 

Call it Genesis 2.0.

God help us.

Please.

Let this post serve as my confession: The coming Brave New World frightens me.

 

 

Song Sung Blue: Is Cecelia Worth It?

 

There are few things more enjoyable than listening to a great song, especially if stellar lyrics complement an excellent musical score. We all have, however, an affinity for certain songs that are upbeat, buoyant, and disturbingly catchy…but whose lyrics are bad, perhaps comically so.

For me, one such song is Simon and Garfunkel’s “Cecilia.” Inexplicably, whenever I listen to it, my mood is elevated and various parts of my body start moving, often in different directions.

Yet, if we take even a perfunctory peek at the lyrics, we find they are not exactly worthy of Shakespeare, Churchill, Twain, or Al Stewart. In fact, they may not even be worthy of Weird Al Yankovich or Tiny Tim.

Let’s have a look, shall we?

The song opens:

Celia, you're breakin' my heart
You're shakin' my confidence daily
Whoa, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm beggin' you please to come home, ah

He’s begging her to come home. Not very manly.

And then:

Makin' love in the afternoon with Cecilia
Up in my bedroom (makin' love on my bed)
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to bed, someone's taken my place

It seems odd that, after stating that he and Cecilia were making love in the afternoon in his bedroom, the protagonist, as it were, feels the need to add “on my bed.” Redundant? Or did he think the majority of us listening would otherwise think the activity took place under his bed or perhaps on his nightstand or in the closet?

And then the kicker: he got out of bed after a long afternoon of lovemaking with his significant other, briefly went to the bathroom to wash his face (I’m speculating on the need for doing so), and, upon his return, noticed that “someone” else had taken his place. Noting that this is unfortunate is an understatement. Hate that when that happens! Leaving the passionate embrace of the arms of one’s lover only to return in three minutes to find said lover in bed with another would surely be traumatizing. Things that might go through one’s mind: “Was it something I said?” “How could it happen so quickly?” And, of course, “Dammit, that’s the third time this month!”

Our intrepid loser then goes on to chronicle how his heart has again been broken, even as he’s (again) begging her to come home:

Celia, you're breakin' my heart
You're shakin' my confidence daily
Whoa, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm beggin' you please to come home
Ho-ho-home

Given his lover’s actions, it’s entirely possible the “ho-ho” part is most accurate, if you know what I mean.

But, thankfully for all concerned, there is a happy ending:

Jubilation, she loves me again
I fall on the floor and I'm laughin'
Jubilation, she loves me again
I fall on the floor and I'm laughin'

And then, despite the ho-ho-hoing, there is a great deal of woah-oh-ohing to wrap up the tune: 

Woah-oh-oh-oh
Whoah-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Whoah-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Though, as some of you may have noticed, I’m a lyrics guy-- an admirer of the written and spoken word—I still enjoy a few songs like this. No apologies. I’m guessing you have your own closet favorites.

Woah-oh-oh-oh.

Vehicle Start/Stop Feature To Be Retired? Let's Hope So!

 

President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin are strongly considering eliminating the incredibly annoying start/stop technology that forces your car to die every time it comes to  a stop, supposedly helping to save the environment by conserving fuel and fighting climate change. If they follow through with this, they should immediately be placed on a driver’s Mount Rushmore. I will help pay for the project.

Zeldin recently tweeted: "Start/stop technology: where your car dies at every red light so companies get a climate participation trophy. EPA approved it, and everyone hates it, so we're fixing it.”

God bless him. I can’t tell you how many times the guy in back of me has almost rear-ended me as a light turns green, impatient to get going while my car has to start up again and then get rolling. And don’t even get me started on stop-and-go traffic. Once, on a holiday weekend trip up to the cabin on construction constipated roads, I bet my car stopped-and-started well upwards of 100 times in a roughly 35-mile stretch of highway because the system, for some reason, did not let me disable it. (I later found out the problem was temperature related.) I don’t care what the manufacturer or the experts say, that can’t be optimal for the battery or the engine. It’s also a potential hazard whenever you lose the ability to operate the vehicle, however briefly.

I know some lawmakers had been considering forcing automobile manufacturers to fit all new vehicles with software that would render vehicles inoperable if a driver was supposedly intoxicated. And would potentially allow those in power to remotely disable the vehicle for other reasons.

Talk about a slippery slope. Had a couple beers? Disabled. Quite tired? Not going anywhere. Telematics showing you speeding? Braking too harshly? Changing lanes too frequently? Shelter in place. Smell of weed? Chill out. Everyone in the country would be stalled on the road.

Got a Trump sticker on your bumper? You’re going nowhere soon, buddy.

Nobody likes dangerous/distracted drivers, but it is clearly not in government’s purview to disable its citizen’s vehicles, remotely or otherwise.

 

 

Memorial Day 2025: A Tribute To Those Who Serve...And Those Who Have Served

 

More than 218,000 American servicemen are buried overseas in countless cemeteries in numerous countries such as France, Belgium, the Netherlands, England, Italy, Luxembourg and the Philippines, to name a few. Hundreds of thousands more are buried here at home, on this hallowed ground. There have been more than 1.3 million military fatalities over the course of American history.

The rag-tag militia that somehow defeated the greatest military the world had yet known eventually morphed into the strongest military in the history of the world. That fighting force was downsized recently, and is stretched to its limits, though is on the upswing again under President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Through it all, we in the United States have always been blessed with fighting men (and women) of peerless character and resolve.

So, Militia, Minutemen, Army, Navy, Marines, Leathernecks, Devil Dogs, Army Air Force, Air Force, the Big Red One, Coast Guard, Delta Force, Navy Seals, the Green Berets, Rangers, reserves, national guard, etc. Whatever your designation and whatever your branch, wherever and whenever you served and wherever you are now, whether gracing Heaven or Earth: We thank you. Or we should.

Elie Wiesel said: “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.”

Without those who served, there would be no America.

And we should never forget that.

Here’s to you and your families on this Memorial Day.

God Bless.

Semper Fi.