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- Lurker 59 on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Phil_NL2 Permit me to be a brief interloper. In protestantism, there is a conflict between the regulative principle of worship…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I noticed quite a few new faces at our 8 am Diocesan Latin Mass Parish. Fr talked about Increase in…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I am one who has been blessed to have a Diocesan Traditional Community with normal Mass times for the past…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “The Gospel passage as Jesus enters Jerusalem in triumph comes to mind, Luke 19:40, “…He said: ‘I say to you,…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 6th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 14th Ordinary) 2026: “NO Mass. Father’s homily focused on yesterday’s 250th anniversary of Independence Day. He said that gaining freedom from the king…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Phil_NL2 Thanks for the response. I think I understand your nuance, but I don’t really thing it amounts to much…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I wonder how this will turn out because as I was listening to a sermon from SSPX Asia this morning,…”
- on IMPORTANT expert canonical exam of the DDF SSPX Decree: It does NOT excommunicate SSPX priests or faithful who attend Masses, or change the practical canonical position of faithful seeking SSPX sacraments.: “To echo other commenters, yes, the ugly part is that the perception of the judgment’s effect will overwhelm any of…”
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Category Archives: You must be joking!
California passes non-physician abortion legislation
Abortion is a sacrament of the liberal religion. It is so important to liberals that steps are now being taken to eliminate the need to have doctors perform them. From Townhall: California to Legalize Non-Physician Abortions Want an abortion in … Read More
Pres. Obama has made Putin Leader of the Free World
Sometimes it seems that I am living in a Salvador Dali landscape: clocks melting of tables and all that. Even as I hear about unions turning on the First Gay President over Obamacare, I find an op-ed in today’s Hell’s … Read More
Bill Clinton blatant prevarication about voting and ID laws
At the Lincoln Memorial today, with Pres. Obama – The First Gay President – sitting nearby, former President – The First Black President – Bill Clinton: “A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Throwing a Nutty, You must be joking!
Tagged assault weapons, Bill Clinton, criminal background check
33 Comments
33 Comments
“I have a dream…” is possible only when you are allowed to be BORN
I saw this on CNS (video link HERE): Martin Luther King’s Daughter: ‘Life Begins In a Woman’s Womb’ August 26, 2013 By Penny Starr (CNSNews.com) – Bernice King, the daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said on Thursday … Read More
I am not making this up: There’s a fun new campaign for women’s ordination!
I promise that I am not making this up. I couldn’t if I tried. This is a perfect example of self-parody, direct from the pages of the National Schismatic Reporter (aka The Fishwrap). This is from one of the darlings … Read More
Posted in Crackit Gaberlunzie, Liberals, Lighter fare, You must be joking!
Tagged Fishwrap, Jamie Manson, women's ordination
56 Comments
56 Comments
NYC mayoral candidate would give morning-after pill to 11-yr-olds without parental involvement
From Life Site: NYC mayor candidate: Middle schools should give 11-year-olds morning after pill BY BEN JOHNSON NEW YORK CITY, August 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christine Quinn, a Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, [I’m looking at that … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Pò sì jiù, The Drill, You must be joking!
Tagged artificial contraception, NYC, schools
28 Comments
28 Comments
GERMANY: Creepy weird twisted “gender bender” news
Remember the “biological” male or female thing? Some twisted people are trying to eliminate the distinction of sex, not just of “gender”. (E.g., HERE and HERE.) This is advancing fairly rapidly now that we have hit critical mass of people … Read More
Posted in Blatteroons, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The Drill, You must be joking!
Tagged gender, Germany, sex
65 Comments
65 Comments
ObamaMath: “Common Core” curriculum to infect Catholic Schools?
ObamaMath is coming! Remember in the 1960’s when the pointy-headed nitwits tried “New Math” on kids? I sure do. It was a total failure so… hey! Let’s try it again! Get this. Obama math: under new Common Core, 3 x … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Pò sì jiù, You must be joking!
Tagged Common Core, New Math, ObamaMath, Tom Lehrer
112 Comments
112 Comments
Pres. Obama’s dog flown to vacation in a MV-22 Osprey
From The Telegraph: First dog Bo is airlifted to Obama holiday home Rooms have to be found for dozens of Secret Service agents, someone has to carry a selection of presidential basketballs, and of course the family dog needs his … Read More
HuffPo: You can’t be a Republican (who hate and mock the poor) and a Christian
At HuffPo there is a stunningly dopey headline over a stunningly dopier opinion piece by someone named Larry Atkins, whom I don’t recall ever having heard of before. Headline: Why Would a Christian Want to Be a Republican, in Light … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Linking Back, The Drill, The future and our choices, You must be joking!
Tagged "the poor", Pope Francis
36 Comments
36 Comments
Lurker 59 on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Phil_NL2 Permit me to be a brief interloper. In protestantism, there is a conflict between the regulative principle of worship…”
