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"...you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men."

Thoughts on the death of Pope Francis by Constantine Von Hoffmeister

"...He smiled at the men who wore lipstick and lace, welcomed them not as sinners seeking redemption but as misunderstood prophets of a new “inclusivity.” Pope Francis — who once asked, “Who am I to judge?” — became the confessor of the degenerate modern world — instead of hearing sins, deleting them.

Under his reign, civil unions of same-sex couples were praised, not just tolerated, and the sacred institution of marriage blurred into bureaucratic recognition of emotional convenience. He met with transgender activists, blessed their journeys, and with each gesture, chipped away at the old stone altar. The catechism still spoke of disorder, yet his tone drowned it out, soft and merciful, the tone of a shepherd who led his sheep straight into the fog of decadence and decline.

Online, his defenders multiplied like mold in a cathedral crypt. Memes hailed papal kindness, papal humility, papal tweets. He became a brand, a “progressive” pontiff fluent in slogans. He honored Greta Thunberg like a saint. Mystery gave way to spectacle. The digital liturgy replaced the ancient one. Hashtags drifted where incense once rose. He trended for bending the creed. The algorithm sanctified him. Cameras loved him. Atheists received his interviews with delight. He questioned dogma and never ideology. When he spoke of the Devil, he named racism, sexism, capitalism — never the rot that crept under the robes of the Church.

When a pope embraces the world, the Church becomes its puppet. This was his legacy. He proclaimed inclusion while discarding the gospel. His papacy unfolded as surrender. Armor gone. Sword rusted. Fire extinguished. He offered apologies and compromises. While he wept for the wind, the cathedral crumbled. Now that he is gone, smoke rises still — uncertain, heavy. The throne remains occupied yet desecrated. The Church must awaken from delirium. She must recall that love detached from truth is betrayal. And those who still believe must lift the standard again — facing the world not as it demands to be seen but as it hungers to be saved."

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Yes, A.I. Is Powerful. Doomsday Powerful

Somebody typed a prompt, and a virus came out.

Sixteen of them. Genomes written by artificial intelligence, ordered as synthetic DNA, assembled on a bench, and grown into stocks that replicated and threw off offspring. Thirteen carried mutations that match no known natural sequence. The scientific paper ran in the publication Science, and its senior author disclosed funding from the Gates Foundation.

Six years ago, on April 6, 2020, Bill Gates sat with Trevor Noah and said a vaccine was the only thing that would let us return to normal — and announced that his foundation would start building the factories before anyone had seen efficacy data. Scale during testing, he said, rather than waiting for results. A great many people heard optimism. Some of us heard a schedule.

-- Dr. Peter McCullough

The Trajectory of National Evil

"There are times when a people tolerate an evil for so long that they cease to recognize its enormity. The evil acquires procedures, professional language, political constituencies, legal protections and respectable explanations. Eventually bloodshed receives a clinical name, partiality becomes public policy, and injustice—once sufficiently regulated—begins to look almost ordinary."

-- Bill Evans

Taking Orders From the EU

The @EU_Commission met today with Meta & TikTok on the situation in Ceuta.

"Platforms must act decisively in keeping the integrity of the digital space, in particular during crisis situations. Monitoring must increase, cooperation with fact-checkers to be strengthened."

What has social media been commanded to do? Cover up the fact that 72,000 military aged males invaded Spain over a two day period? Spin the story? Hire fact checkers who say, "Don't believe the misinformation. It was only 72 migrants." What were the orders given to social media regarding the Hungarian election of 2026? What orders are being given to the new puppet government of Hungary by the EU?

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