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ASK FATHER: “Can a Catholic say or wear clothes that state Biden is not my president?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Since President Trump was elected Some Democrats have never acknowledged him as president. They say he is not my president. Which was very irritating. Now that Biden has appeared to have won can a Catholic say … Read More
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VIDEO: “Come Hell Or High Water”
I received this video today via email and looked it on YouTube. This is from 2018, a city council hearing in Greensboro. It is fully applicable today. This guy is terrific.
Fishwrap’s case of the vapors over a annual, rural gun show hosted in an unused Catholic school
I very much enjoyed reading a piece at the Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) about some local news, here in the Diocese of Madison. A Catholic parish in the small Wisconsin town of Muscoda has for years allowed an annual… … Read More
Confuse a liberal
Just a thought to get your thought juices flowing today. Instant TRIGGER for any liberal… Kek pic.twitter.com/qQgOhnRTyO — Anonymous ? Patriot ?????? (@ttp13526) May 19, 2020
Wherein Fr. Z agrees with Fishwrap’s @MichaelSWinters … but…
The other day retired liberal SCOTUS Justice John Paul Stevens issued an op-ed in Hell’s Bible in which he argued for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment. I’ll get to MSW in a moment. Bear with me. A writer for … Read More
27 Feb – St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows: Patron of seminarians, hand-gunners, marksmen
Today we celebrate a saint whom we might invoke for help in our discussions of school safety in the wake of those mass murders, and prudence in general when it comes to gun ownership according to law and our inalienable … Read More
Church Sign: “Welcome! We are heavily armed!
Since it’s Sunday… a friend forwarded this to me from Right Wing News: Tampa church warns: We are armed & ready to use deadly force if a shooter attacks us The churchgoers at River at Tampa Bay Church are taking their … Read More
ASK FATHER: Firearms at Mass, laity and priests – UPDATED
In the wake of the recent horrible Texas church massacre, I now have several email conversations going on – with laity and clergy – about having a concealed firearm in church. This is an issue which needs sober assessment by … Read More
Feingold (D-WI): Hillary Might Issue Executive Order on Guns
Both the up-ticket and down-ticket races this election are important. For me, an overriding issue is appointments to the SCOTUS and judiciary. Next, and related to it, is to halt the erosion of our civil rights. One of the rights … Read More
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Take firearms training for the sake of your safety and for your loved ones
The AR-15 and its variants are much in the news again these days, as some call for their sales and ownership to be banned and some seek to defend them. Whichever side of the divide you are on, here is … Read More
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Justice Thomas asked a question!
There is a great account in The Atlantic about the moment Justice Clarence Thomas asked his first question in the Court in a full decade and a handful of days. Excerpt: Clarence Thomas Breaks His Silence The Supreme Court justice … Read More
Commercial banned from the Super Bowl?
It seems that the NFL didn’t want this commercial during the Super Bowl.
2nd Amendment wins one in DC!
This is big news. Via WaPo: D.C. police won’t enforce handgun ban; stay of ruling overturning law will be sought D.C. police were told Sunday not to arrest people for carrying handguns on the street in the wake of a … Read More
Burn, Baby, Burn!
Two stories of burning, which meet our approval. First, from BizPac: Former Obama groupie burns her 2008 campaign T-shirt; tells off ‘criminal-in-chief’ Saying she was once among President Obama‘s “most hysterical supporters,” Carey Wedler wants the world to know she … Read More
Church to raffle off an AR-15. Predictable hysteria ensues.
I can’t see what the fuss is all about. Well, actually I do see what the fuss is all about. From FNC: New York pastor’s Sunday service assault rifle giveaway draws controversy An upstate New York Baptist pastor has stirred … Read More
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Wyoming and 18 states defend 2nd Amendment against New Jersey, federal courts
From FNC: 19 states join legal fight against New Jersey’s concealed weapons law CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Wyoming is leading a coalition of 19 states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let them submit a brief supporting a New Jersey man’s … Read More
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Overlord State put us in FEMA camps? Nahhh… it’ll never happen. Well… maybe never…
From ABC: Scalia Says Internment Ruling Could Happen Again U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told law students at the University of Hawaii on Monday that the nation’s highest court was wrong to uphold the internment of Japanese-Americans during World … Read More
Stay frosty, my readers. Things are getting weird out there.
As my eyes scan around and watch the signs of the times, these two items seem to me eerily related. First, from Breitbart: SUPER BOWL 2014: RIOT POLICE RESTORE ORDER IN SEATTLE AFTER SEAHAWKS WIN After the Seattle Seahawks won … Read More
Two birds with one stone
Some Monday morning humor. I did know about Dixon Diaz, but he’s got some game:
