Chicago Teachers' Union President Says "All Children Belong To" The Union

 

Chicago Teachers' Union (CTU) president Stacy Davis Gates recently said that “all children belong to” the union. Seriously. For real.

According to the Daily Caller, Gates trashed President Trump for diminishing the power of teachers’ unions during a recent City Club Chicago event, going so far as to characterize Trump’s education agenda as a “re-litigation” of the Civil War. All while complaining about the failing state of Chicago schools.

Gates told the crowd, “The children are always ours. Every single one of them, all over the globe.” Gates then mocked parents who might disagree by saying “CTU thinks your children are its children.” She added, “Yes, we do. We do.”

No, they aren’t. They aren’t, Gates. That view is the opposite of reality. Parents are in charge of their kids. And they pay you clowns to teach them well and respect them. Nothing less. You no more own other peoples’ kids than you own other peoples’ homes, cars, or spouses. And what the hell is “re-litigating the Civil War” supposed to mean? Might I remind Gates that the Republican Party was founded in large part to oppose slavery, and northern states (the Union) fought to banish it. By contrast, Democrats of the 1800s thought they owned their slaves, just like Gates and her ilk think they own your kids today.  

The failing state of Chicago schools is not hard to fathom. “Liberal” policies virtually guaranty that outcome. (See also: Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Minneapolis, etc.) Too many of today’s teachers just want to have sex with kids. And/or indoctrinate them. Too many other teachers want to shield students…from the truth. Far too few want to shield them from aberrant sexual practices.

As it turns out, we need a second Emancipation Proclamation. This one to free our children.

Democrats despised the original Emancipation Proclamation. They would hate this one, too.

Sologamy?

 

By now, I assume most of you have heard about “sologamy,” the practice of marrying one’s self. Kind of the opposite of “polygamy,” but not really any more traditional or inspiring.

This, from womensbusinessdaily.com:

“In a 2019 Vogue interview, Emma Watson described herself as ‘self-partnered.’ She used the term to describe how she wasn’t pursuing a partnership but was instead focusing on ‘dating’ herself. The term ‘sologamy’ really isn’t much different. As opposed to monogamy, or even polyamory, someone prescribing to sologamy is first and foremost dedicated to loving themselves. This idea isn’t meant to promote selfishness and narcissism. Instead, it promotes self-love, focusing on improving and adoring yourself.” Alrighty then. Perhaps it is a tad narcissistic, but whatever, right?

And more from womensbusinessdaily.com:

“Kshama Bindu married herself in India’s first sologamous wedding. She performed many traditional Hindu wedding rituals but only invited 10 close friends and family members. She isn’t the first person to have a sologamous wedding. In 1993, a dental hygienist named Linda Baker in LA declared she was tired of ‘waiting for the chain of events that lead up to feasting on [a] wedding cake.’ So she invited seventy-five friends to watch her marry herself, becoming ‘her own lovely wedded person.’”

Sologamy, you say? I have one question: what if you asked yourself to marry yourself and you turned yourself down? That would be heartbreaking! Would you have recourse against yourself?

Would it be possible to leave yourself at the altar? That would be a bummer.

But why not marry yourself? I mean, everyone else is flawed, right?

These Brave New Times are so liberating and intoxicating for open-minded progressives like us!

I can’t wait until I can renew my vows with myself! So meaningful and special!

Kids? Don’t harsh my mellow, dude! The last thing this world needs is more kids—even if they should somehow happen to turn out as great as me.

 

Should The U.S. Give The American Southwest Back To Mexico?

 

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             Some lefties would like the U.S. to give the southwest back to Mexico-- and maybe the vast midsection of the country to France. Oh, and the eastern seaboard to England... as long as the English agree to quickly pull up and head back east across the ocean to their little Isle. Is there anything else we can give back?

Well, while we're at it, perhaps we could expunge some of the ideas and concepts that we have conceived and/or perfected here. Little things, such as natural rights, the rule of law, a jury of one’s peers-- and limited government of, by, and for the people. U.S. out. Bye!

But is even this really enough?

If we do this, perhaps the rest of the world should give back their land too... to the people they stole it from. Who can then return it to the people they stole it from, ad infinitum. Until, perhaps, humanity has retreated back to the Cradle of Civilization…never to venture forth again.

Perfect, no?

 

A "Disproportionately Affected" And "Marginalized" Taxpayer Pleads For Sanity

 

I am “disproportionately affected” since I am a taxpayer. I pay more than the majority of the country does in taxes to the U.S. federal government, since about half of its citizens pay nothing in federal income taxes. Why have I been singled out? What's more, I have been “marginalized.” And worse, if there can be such a thing… Just because of who and what I am, immutable characteristics which I cannot change. You see, I am a straight, white, Christian male, and so I am often branded as a member of the patriarchy, a toxically masculine male. I have been labeled a MAGA member, a fascist, a Hitler lover—and bigoted, racist, homophobic, transphobic, etc., etc., etc.

Fair? Definitely not.

What I actually am is a patriotic American who believes in limited government…of, by, and for the people…the rule of law, the free-market capitalist system-- and in not judging anyone solely by the color of their skin or any other immutable characteristic. As Martin Luther King, Jr. noted, any judging should be based on the content of one’s character.

It is perfectly acceptable today to mock Christianity in any way, shape, or form. Hollywood does it routinely. So does The Left. Christian churches are vandalized and burned across Western Europe and Canada. In some areas, mosques are replacing churches with great rapidity. (And Jews are, once again, fair game, as well.) Males are the butt of many jokes and the receivers of endless vitriol. And not a few “progressives” believe white people are inherently bad, and are—get this— necessarily racist because of their whiteness. Members of the so-called lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender “community” have an entire month dedicated solely to their “pride” and importance. Not so heterosexuals.

How did we get here? Misplaced guilt and hyper-tolerance…particularly of the Christian variety.

Be careful what you wish for radical secularists, feminists, LGBTQers, progressives, and Marxists. A world without straights, whites, Christians, and successful taxpaying males might not be the utopia the most extreme amongst you believe it would be. Think about it.

 

Most In Government Have No Idea How the Economy Works-- And Don't care

 

Unlike President Trump, the vast majority of those in the US federal government have no effing idea how the economy-- or the world-- works. None. Nor do they care. They don't give a rat's ass about anything, least of all you, unless it brings them money or power (which are essentially the same thing)…even as they berate everyone else for being greedy. Don't wish to cough up even more of your money to taxes? You're a heartless, MAGA-loving, country club Republican! Of course, truth be told, there is no such thing. The Trumpian Revolution was the revolution of the common man and the unseen against those in power, particularly the unelected leviathan of the Deep State. And it was a rejection of old-fashioned country club Republicans—and, by extension, today’s RINOs.

 As has recently been illustrated by the findings of DOGE, and other events -- and as I have stated for years on this very site-- the vast majority of those in our vast government (Uniparty) care only--and only-- about enhancing their own power and feathering their own nests, whether via lobbying groups, Big Pharma, insider stock trading, or any other possible avenue to assure that they have more of whatever it is they want than you do, even as they blather on about ‘equity.’ More power. More money. More prestige. More invitations to ritzy soirees. And more power over you, me, and everyone else that isn't in their camp and doesn't drink of their mind-altering Kool-Aid.

Not cottoning to their agenda? You are dead to them. And the only reason they might not want you actually dead is because you would no longer generate the taxes they extract from you. Today’s so-called ‘liberals’ and ‘progressives’ often speak of the evils of ‘extraction industries,’ which is ironic and hypocritical because the biggest extraction industry in the world-- and it's not close-- is ‘liberal’ and ‘progressive’ controlled big government extracting money from the citizens who have earned it. And no government is as good at doing this as that of the United States when controlled by Democrats and RINOs.

You see, those in the Uniparty don’t have to know how the economy works. As long as you and I keep working…and they can keep taking our money.

 

 

CNN Host Says "Death To America" Chants Were Mostly Friendly

 

CNN host Erin Burnett recently said that there is a “friendliness” to Iranians who vehemently chant “Death to America.” This will cause the sanest among you to vehemently exclaim, “Say what?!!”

‘Tis true. While reporting from Iran for “Inside Politics,” the alleged journalist remarked that Iranians chanting “Death to America” were often “happy” to talk to her and other Americans.

Burnett: “I remember, Dana [Bash], at one point being in Tehran years ago and they’re chanting ‘Death to America’ all around me even as I say ‘oh, I’m an American reporting for CNN’ and they were happy to speak to me,” Burnett said. “So, those two are sort of jarring realities of the chant and the friendliness have existed together.”

Yes. Much like the “mostly peaceful” riots CNN described back in 2020, with Minneapolis burning in the background, CNN would have you believe that there was a latent “friendliness” to those shouting “Death to America!”

Did the redoubtable CNN duo perceive a certain je ne sais quoi in the “Death to America” chants that was appealing to them? Maybe they even sensed an underlying amity, benevolence, and fellowship in the otherwise apparently fanatically violent slogan. The Germans called such great good feeling “gemütlicheit,” but failed to exhibit much of that in the 1930s and 1940s. Maybe Bash and Burnett would have characterized Hitler’s rantings and the subsequent extermination of the Jews as “good-natured” or “cordial.”

Call me hypersensitive, but even the friendliest and gayest “Death to (your country here)” seems to me, at minimum, a bit judgmental… if not borderline rude.

I hereby characterize Burnett’s remarks as “cogent.”

Not.

An End To Illegal Immigration-- And The Debate Surrounding It

 

Can we end this stupid illegal immigration “debate” once and for all? The U.S. economy is not dependent on illegal aliens. And it is incredibly demeaning them to say things like, “Who will clean our pools, tend our gardens, cook our food…and wipe our arses. Wages go up with s lesser supply of labor, and Americans will do those jobs. But the main thing is the main thing, as they say, and 8 billion people won’t fit in this country. Neither will 4 billion—or two. We’ve seen the rapid and catastrophic degradation of many large American cities—and virtually all sanctuary cities-- over the course of the Autopen years. This has been due in no small part to the 10-15 million illegals that crossed over the border during this time. Imagine the ecological destruction, pollution-- and the strain on infrastructure, hospitals, police forces, etc., etc., if we continue on with unfettered immigration. It is simply untenable and unsustainable. We know the enlightened residents of Martha’s Vineyard don’t want thousands of undocumented migrants hanging around. How many of us really want to see our communities, roads, byways, and lakes, for example, get ever more crowded?

And what if it went the other way? What if the tables were turned? If, as Ilhan Omar says, the U.S. is becoming “one of the worst countries in the world,” what if 12 or 15 million of us decided to leave it and walk into El Salvador, Ecuador, or Costa Rica? Should those countries be obligated, morally or otherwise, to accept us all? If we migrated to France or Fiji? What if we opened up our jails and prisons and told the erstwhile inmates to head to Mexico or parts south? Or to Canada? And what if, upon arriving in those nations, we protested against them, burning and looting and harassing their law-enforcement personnel as we went…while carrying American flags?! Think they’d be pleased?

No, this is not about opportunity, “fairness,” humanitarianism, or even jobs. It is much the opposite. This is about sewing chaos and destroying social fabric and cohesion. It is ultimately about “fundamentally transforming” (destroying) the United States. Period.

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but no one is entitled to “their own truth.” Because there is no such thing. Just because a man wants to believe he is a woman, or a woman wants to believe two plus two equals seven doesn’t make it so. Diversity is not always inherently good. Reason, sanity, and objective truth* are. And are becoming ever scarcer politically, economically, and culturally. Certain policies, for example, have been historically proven to work. Others have been continually been proven to be abject failures.

And, because nearly all of the policies Democrats promote have been historically proven to be abject failures, Democrats and their mainstream media mouthpieces must obstruct and cover-up these truths. Hence, misinformation, “fake news,” and deliberate deception. And, other than Democrats, who is “the great deceiver?” The devil himself. Satan.

 

*Objective truth refers to that which exists and remains valid regardless of personal feelings, cultural differences, or subjective perspectives. It stands above opinion and preference, indicating that some truths are universally applicable and not influenced by individual beliefs. In essence, objective truth is the idea that certain things will always be true, and others will always be false, independent of human perception.

 

 

 

My Updated Predictions For The Latter Half Of 2025

 

Back in mid-January I issued “My Predictions For The Rest Of 2025.” We are half a year in, and I thought I should issue an update. Ergo, I hereby present to you “My Updated Predictions For The Last Half Of 2025:”

*June 25—A lone federal district court judge rules that President Trump must re-rename the large body of water between Florida and Mexico “The Gulf of Mexico.”

*June 26—A lone federal district court judge, installed by Barack Obama in 2015, rules that all African-Americans must be given $2 million each in reparations—and a $1,000 IHOP gift card.

*June 27—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) takes to the Congressional podium to vehemently declare that illegal aliens’ right to vote must be immediately codified and enshrined in law, while white people “and other infidels” should not be allowed to vote, in order to “save our democracy.”

*June 28—Yes, the Chicago White Sox are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.

*July 7—Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney jointly issue a stunning announcement: Minnesota will become Canada’s 11^th province as of August 1st.

*July 24—A lone federal district court judge rules that President Trump must “immediately restore the White House to exactly as it looked at the very moment when President Biden left office on January 20^th, 2025.”

*August 12—With the Canadian wildfires raging as strong as ever, four months in, President Trump, citing national security and health concerns, decides to annex Canada and put out the fires. This also reunites Minnesota with the United States. Sort of. Trump says, “I must protect the rights of American citizens to go outdoors, play golf, and breathe without being forced to inhale toxic smoke that could eventually kill them.”

*August 30—A lone federal district court judge rules that Trump must un-annex Canada and restart the Canadian wildfires.

*September 10—Elon Musk, continuing to try to patch things up with President Trump, says that he misspoke when his tweet implied that Trump visited Epstein Island. Musk says what he meant to tweet was that Trump had once visited Gilligan’s Island. “My bad,” says Musk.

*September 23—A lone federal district court judge rules that, contrary to recent Trump administration directives, the United States military must be at least 50% comprised of members of the LGBTQ Community by Jan. 1, 2027.

*September 30-- Extensive new studies find that COVID-19 vaccines injured or killed far more people than originally thought…prompting the mainstream media to immediately launch a series of programs revisiting the “January 6 Insurrection.”

*October 12—Kamala Harris is found passed out on a San Francisco street, empty wine box to her side.

*October 29—Nancy Pelosi is found passed out on a San Francisco street, empty Hagen Daz containers and vodka bottles to her side.

*November 18—It is revealed that CNN became the first cable news network ever to have a negative ratings share for any week. Lifesitenews brands the network’s Nov. 9- Nov. 15 performance “a miracle.”

*November 20—Congressional Democrats propose a bill that would require the payment of reparations to Blacks and mandate that the U.S. return the southwestern states to Mexico, the middle of the country to France, and the Eastern seaboard to England. An amendment to the bill calls for all English-speaking folks to subsequently return to England, effectively returning the erstwhile United States to the Indigenous Peoples.

*December 10—A lone federal district court judge’s ruling declares that President Trump must only wear boxers, never briefs.

*December 31—Yes, CNN’s Anderson Cooper does accidentally vomit on air after guzzling a glass filled with a mix of Wild Turkey and Clorox Bleach-- and taking several prolonged bong hits to celebrate the New Year.

A sneak peek at 2026:

*January 9—Al Gore says that, unless all human activity on planet Earth immediately ceases, the planet will spontaneously combust by the end of the year.

*January 27—The U.S. observes the 10-year anniversary of Al Gore stating that, unless the Earth took “drastic measures,” it would reach the “point of no return” in 10 years.

*January 29—A lone federal district court judge invalidates the 2024 presidential election, finding that “the American people are incapable of voting in a way that furthers and supports our precious democracy.” He rules that Kamala Harris be immediately installed as president and Tim Walz as vice-president. He adds, “There are no kings in this country. I have spoken!”

 

Progressive Nirvana: A Ban On All Things American

 

Progressives believe the way to stop violence, foster equity, and increase happiness is to ban everything. Ban ‘misgendering’ and ‘dead-naming.’ Ban mean or ‘offensive’ tweets or posts. Ban guns. Ban ammunition. Ban knives. Ban air conditioning. Ban gas stoves and appliances. Ban shirts with the names of firearm manufacturers on them from our school grounds. Bannish parents from school board meetings. Ban gasoline operated vehicles. Ban fracking. Ban oil exploration. Ban nuclear power plants. Ban hate-speech (except their own). Ban the Ten Commandments from appearing in public. Ban pastors from reciting certain Bible passages. Ban designated-sex bathrooms. Ban the sale of soft drinks in containers over, say, 16 or 24 ounces. Ban trans-fats (but not trans-kids!).

         At this point, a particularly astute observer may detect a pattern.

         Some particularly radical leftists even want to ban ICE/border enforcement, police, the free-market system, Capitalism, the pursuit of profit (except their own), the opposing political party…and opposing political thought.

         Preposterously, many progressives claim that all of this is for ‘our own good,’ or even to ‘save our democracy.’ But banning everything is not progressive, not good, and not the answer. Attempting to ban your political opponents is the opposite of attempting to ‘save our democracy.’ So called ‘progressives’ would have us be as a train racing blindly down the wrong track…towards a deep, dark abyss.

         Inanimate objects aren’t the problem. The search for affordable energy is not a problem. The desire to force others to think like you, act like you, and worship you, however, is a problem. And that desire and problem, that intolerance disguised as tolerance, is evil.

         We can’t ban evil. But we can recognize its existence. And we can fight it and defeat it.

         That is precisely what must happen, if we are to prevent the extinction of freedom and morality. And, possibly, humanity itself.

 

 

United Nations Population Fund Report Says Fertility Decline Best Addressed With Better Access To Contraceptives And Abortion

 

According to the Catholic News Agency (CNA), the United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA (where did the ‘A’ come from?), “issued a report that surveyed reproductive-age adults and recommended ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a solution to global fertility rate decline, a solution that received pushback from pro-family experts.” The report, “The Real Fertility Crisis: The Pursuit of Reproductive Agency in a Changing World,” surveyed over 14,000 adults in 14 countries including the United States. “Reproductive agency?”

Rather than simply suggesting that people be incentivized to have more children, a net good, the report noted “There are real risks to treating fertility rates as a faucet to be turned on or off.” In fact, it reportedly actually criticized campaigns that encourage people to start families and claimed that tax credits for parents can “stigmatize people who get the benefits and that incentives for larger or smaller families can ‘lead to constraints on reproductive choice by increasing men’s and women’s vulnerability to coercion from partners, families, or in-laws.’”

So, what is the solution to the growing global fertility crisis? Well, the CNA says the UNFPA report endorsed “more sex education in schools, stronger access to contraceptives and abortion, adoptions by homosexual couples, access to assisted reproductive technology, and the dismantling of traditional gender norms.”

Nailed it! If we need more kids, we should either prevent ourselves from conceiving them…or kill them if we have already done so. Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that?! I mean, I just want to help!

This is like saying that the solution to endless wars is more death. Which, I suppose, could be the case if carried to an extreme…as it is difficult to conduct wars-- or abortions-- when there are no humans left on earth. So perhaps it’s more like stating that the solution to gonorrhea is more sexual intercourse.

Or like stating the solution to hunger is to make it much more difficult and less profitable for farmers to grow us food. Oh, wait, we’re doing that, too.

Asshattery.

Maybe that’s where the ‘A’ came from.

Michael Moore Slams ICE

 

Michael Moore is not particularly bright.

There, I’ve said it. Can we all agree on that? Okay, we all can’t even agree on what a woman is, but can most of us agree with that statement? I hope so. The infamous activist recently posted a lengthy blog post in which he asked, "Who's really being removed by ICE tonight?" He continued, "The child who would've discovered the cure for cancer in 2046? The 9th grade nerd who would’ve stopped that asteroid (sic) that’s gonna hit us in 2032? Do we care?"

Moore added: "For every time I have heard a negative word or blatant hatred spewed toward those who came from afar, I have felt that I should pause, get down on one knee, and thank all of those who gave up their lives elsewhere to come here and be with us."

I’m keen to address his verbal assault on reason and reality.

As for his virtue-signaling lament that ICE may be removing kids who could someday benefit society…I would simply note that Moore is adamantly pro-abortion. You see, parents have the inalienable right to kill the utterly innocent kids that they created with their own actions, but the United States does not have the right to deport those folks who enter the country illegally. And this could make sense how? Apparently, Moore purports to believe that the hundreds of thousands aborted yearly in America could never have amounted to anything. And that those who came here illegally could never have amounted to anything in their home countries…but could very well cure cancer and stop asteroids if only they could stay here. And that the U.S. is a hateful, bigoted place where the marginalized have no chance. “Amazing” doesn’t begin to describe irrationality on this level. Mental illness comes closer.

Moreover, Moore claims he wants to “get down on one knee and thank all of those who gave up their lives elsewhere to come here and be with us." I don’t know how often Moore prays, or even if he can get down on one knee, but wanting to “thank all of those who gave up their lives elsewhere to come here and be with us” is a bit much. Does he think most of those who walked thousands of miles to enter the country during the Autopen Administration were sacrificing the gilded lives they led in their homelands? To “come here and be with us?” And help to stop asteroids? Incredible.

Moore has regularly trashed native-born Americans-- and our culture—in the past, even flatly saying, “We are not good people.” Like most Democrats, he prefers “undocumented immigrants” to American citizens.

In truth, those whom ICE has been removing could also have trashed the hotel rooms they were put up in or looted stores and assaulted police officers. They could have been involved in drug and sex-trafficking. Or murdered Laken Riley.

Actually, some of them did do all of those things-- and more.

And who knows what those killed by illegals would have been able to accomplish?

Certainly not Michael Moore.

Pride! It's In Your Face!

 

From The Daily Wire:

“An LGBT ‘Rooted in Pride’ art exhibit surrounding a children’s playground in Brooklyn, New York, features nude images and what appears to be a man dressed in drag, and promotes gender confusion and anti-Trump messages. The LGBT content surrounds the JJ Byrne Playground, where families and children as young as toddlers play, according to images provided to The Daily Wire, and other images accessible via Google Maps. The art pieces will be displayed all summer long, until August 1.”

From LifesiteNews:

“St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Manhattan plans to celebrate its annual ‘United In Love Pre-Pride Festive Mass’ at the end of the month to coincide with the city’s LGBT events commemorating ‘WorldPride’ weekend.”  

The church will celebrate ‘Pride Mass’ to commemorate the start of ‘Pride weekend,’ and do so “with a joyful liturgy affirming God’s love for all,” according to the parish’s events calendar.

I want to know if St. Francis of Assisi will have its own exhibit adjoining the JJ Byrne Playground. Perhaps a priest will be on site in drag. Maybe with an in-character name of “Divine,” “Jezebel,” “Adam Eve,” or “The Scarlett Preacher.”

What the hell happened to us? I don’t care what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own abodes, rather it’s the over-the-top in-your-face Pride! that irks me. Biblically speaking, pride itself is considered a sin. Being preposterously proud of one’s own PRIDE! at being a member of the (PROUD!) Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Community can’t be any less of one.

In days of yore, cohabitation and fornication outside of marriage were considered to be sins. Hell, you weren’t allowed to chew gum in school. Today? Put on some women’s lingerie, grab your crotch and your “It Can’t Lick Itself” sign and head to the nearest playground.

Tolerance. Pass it on.

 

 

 

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.