For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. --- John F Kennedy, Address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, April 27, 1961.

ALMOST makes you want to be an anarchist.

FOR some reason, they have fewer children. Therefore they will need more public services. Many will never reach old age due to disease, suicide and drugs.

ARRESTS of Orthodox Jews who have been accused of welfare fraud in Lakewood, N.J. continue. So far, 26 people have been charged with unlawfully taking more than $2 million in fraudulent benefits, including Medicaid, food stamps and other benefits.

The haredim have been known for depending heavily on welfare benefits in New Jersey for many years. (more…)

  In 2016 the image of Omran Daqneesh, shell-shocked and covered in ash, was disseminated by a number of Western media outlets as a symbol of Aleppo's civilian suffering, with some news agencies even accusing Moscow of conducting the airstrike that the boy was allegedly injured in. CNN has yet to retract or apologize for its misleading use of images of the boy.

HYLA BROOK ------by Robert Frost BY June our brook’s run out of song and speed. Sought for much after that, it will be found Either to have gone groping underground (And taken with it all the Hyla breed That shouted in the mist a month ago, Like ghost of sleigh-bells in a ghost of snow)— Or flourished and come up in jewel-weed, Weak foliage that is blown upon and bent Even against the way its waters went. Its bed is left a faded paper sheet Of dead leaves stuck together by the heat— A brook to none but who remember long. This as it will be seen is other far Than with brooks taken otherwhere in song. We love the things we love for what they are.

REPORTS of a “gay orgy” at a Vatican apartment circled the globe yesterday.

The use of negative language in connection with homosexual activity is strictly verboten in the media unless it involves alleged homosexual activity by alleged Catholics, in which case the behavior must be strongly condemned and broadcast around the world. Seriously, when was the last time you saw the words “gay orgy” used disapprovingly in a major publication? Meanwhile, all of Western society is an ongoing orgy celebrated by the media.

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JAMES HASSON at The Federalist writes of the Army’s “Tier Three Transgender Training.” Now women in the Army face the possibility of naked men in their restrooms. Also men who do not qualify for enlistment may qualify under the less stringent female standards.

Hasson writes:

For a soldier to officially change gender requires only some paperwork. A military doctor or civilian medical professional must certify that the transgender person has achieved “stability in the preferred gender” and the soldier must change the gender designation on the soldier’s passport or birth certificate. From that point on, the transgender soldier is “expected to adhere to all military standards associated with their gender,” and “use the billeting, bathroom and shower facilities” of their new gender.

For example, “Vignette Four” of the training module presents the following scenario: “following her transition from male to female (which did not include sex reassignment surgery) and gender marker change in DEERS [DEERS is the military’s personnel database], a transgender Soldier begins using female barracks, bathroom and shower facilities. Because she did not undergo a surgical change, the Soldier still has male genitalia.”

How should troops respond? “Soldiers must accept living and working conditions that are often austere, primitive, and characterized by little or no privacy.”

By consenting to transgenderism (anyone who doesn’t consent, at least outwardly, has to go), the lower ranks become the perfect citizens of a psychological totalitarian state. “Transgenderism” attacks truth and reality. The best and the brightest must become willing accomplices to lies. To get ahead and survive in institutions such as the Army, they must deny obvious truths that everyone knows: a man is a man and a woman is a woman.

Why is the Army so heavily accommodating a tiny, troubled minority that otherwise deserves compassion for a tormenting affliction and help overcoming it? Transgender policies are not motivated by the interests of the “transgendered,” who often end up committing suicide or living a life of wrenching regrets, as Alex P. Serritella writes in his book Transgenda: (more…)

  JEWISH-born and -raised Brother Nathanael proposes an 'America First' policy toward Syria.

ST. John Chrysostom (347-407), the Bishop of Constantinople and one of the 32 doctors of the Church, condemned immodesty in dress in strong terms: "You carry your snare everywhere and spread your net in all places.  You allege that you never invited others to sin.  You did not indeed by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment.  And much more effectively than you could by your voice.  When you have made another sin in his heart, how can you be innocent?  Tell me whom does this world condemn?  Whom do the judges in court punish?  Those who drink poison or those who prepare it and administer the fatal potion?  You are more criminal than those who poison the body.  You have given the death-dealing drink.  You murder not the body but the soul, and it is not to enemies do you do this nor are you urged on by any imaginary necessity nor provoked by injury.  But you do it out of foolish vanity and pride." Woe to women who dress immodestly!  Woe to fathers and husbands who do not correct their wives and daughters!  Woe to pastors of souls if they remain silent!  Woe to us, for this is one of the sins which causes most souls to go to hell, sins of the flesh.  "O that they would be wise and would understand and would provide for their latter end." (Deut.32:29)  "There…

ONCE revered as temples of learning, public libraries are indoctrination centers filled with junk. It gets worse and worse all the time. The Boston Public Library just hosted the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” men in drag dressed mockingly as Catholic nuns, yet again.  This time for children’s storytime. Seeking to honor homosexual “Pride Month” in June, the library happily announced a “Drag Queen Storytime.”  The San Francisco-based group enjoys non-profit tax deductible status.  [Source] Pick up materials you find online, but don't hang around. Don't teach your children to have any respect for public libraries. Just because they have some good books doesn't make them good institutions.

  MOST Americans are familiar with Independence Hall, an inspiring Georgian building that is an icon of our "freedom." Very few are familiar with a much larger structure that is less than half a mile away: the Masonic Temple of Philadelphia. Which is the more influential structure? Some would argue that it is the imposing, ornate temple, where powerful Freemasons continue a deeply-held American tradition today.   Henry Makow, a Canadian, writes about the role of Freemasonry in America: Freemasons drafted the Constitution and signed the Declaration of Independence. The "Indians" who dumped the tea in the harbor were Masons. So was Paul Revere and his Minutemen, George Washington and most of his generals. The Marquis de Lafayette was shunned until he joined the Masons. At least 20 of the 42 US Presidents were "Brothers." Freemasonry is the Church of Satan masquerading as a fraternal mystical philanthropic order.

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MICHAEL SNYDER writes: Never before in human history has our world been so saturated with debt. And what all of this debt does is that it funnels wealth to the very top of the global wealth pyramid.  In other words, it makes global wealth inequality far worse because this system is designed to make the rich even richer and the poor even poorer. Every year the gap between the wealthy and the poor grows, and it has gotten to the point that eight men have as much wealth as the poorest 3.6 billion people on this planet combined… Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published by Oxfam today to mark the annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos. This didn’t happen by accident.  Sadly, most people don’t even understand that this is literally what our system was designed to do. Today, more than 99 percent of the population of the planet lives in a country that has a central bank.  And debt-based central banking is designed to get national governments trapped in endless debt spirals from which they can never possibly escape. Read more here.

  JOHN PHILIP SOUSA'S "Manhattan Beach March" -- for this July Fourth weekend

  BEING POOR is not the worst thing that can happen to you. Losing your job is not the worst thing that can happen to you. Imprisonment is not the worst thing that can happen to you. Murder is not the worst thing that can happen to you. Cancer is not the worst thing that can happen to you. There is only one really bad thing that can happen to you -- losing your soul. When man turned against God, he fled from His face. He suffered for centuries in confusion and uncertainty. God could have left it that way, but instead He repaired the rupture between His creatures and Himself. He offered shelter. And it began in the womb of a single woman. For many this mystical event is nothing but fable. If all you see is the world before you, then you are blind to what is not visible.You are as crippled as -- no, more crippled than -- the man who is physically blind. You cannot see an entire dimension of reality. Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing. You reign now in Heaven with Jesus our King. Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! In Heaven the blessed your glory proclaim; On earth we your children invoke your sweet name. Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Your name is our power Your virtues our light Your love is our comfort Your prayers are our might…