IN THE entry on the Virginia shooting, Wheeler writes: For any readers who own a handgun and want to try an experiment, take an old rug or carpet and roll it up. Dress it with a shirt or blouse similar to the one Ms. [Alison] Parker was wearing. Stand at the same approximate distance that the shooter stood from the reporter and squeeze off a few rounds (with your cellphone camera running, of course). Then tell me you didn't see at least some disturbance of the fabric. Truly, if people of average intelligence can watch videos like the one of the TV shooting and not see that there are problems with the official narrative, there's little that can be said to convince them otherwise. If people of average intelligence can read/listen to that official narrative and not have certain questions arise in their minds, well, God bless them. Sometimes, the desire to avoid being called a "conspiracy nut" (or a racist, or a sexist, or a trannyphobe, in other circumstances) can drown out the discordant signals that someone who lacks such fear can pick up quite clearly.

ANTI-GLOBALIST EXPATRIATE writes:

The BBC reports on another alleged case of Asian plagiarism:

The logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games has been scrapped after allegations that it was plagiarised.

The Games organising committee said there were too many doubts over the emblem for it to be used. A Belgian artist had complained that his design was stolen. (more…)

MANY Americans are of the opinion that Orthodox Judaism, the official belief system of the state of Israel, is the religion of the Old Testament, the faith of the patriarchs and prophets. We often hear it said that both Christians and believers in Judaism are "People of the Book," the book being the Bible. Certainly the patriarchs and the prophets are the sacred originators of the religion of the ancient Israelites but it is the rabbinic discourses known as the Talmud, not the Bible, that have been, since the close of the fifth century, the foundational texts of Orthodox Judaism, which has its offshoots in Reform and Conservative Judaism. The Talmud, as one rabbi put it, is the "starting point and the ending point, the alpha and omega of truth."* The Talmud teaches Orthodox Judaics how to think about Torah, or the Mosaic law -- and many believe the Talmudic spirit pervades even atheist Jewish culture. The Talmud, meaning "instruction" or "learning" in Hebrew, consists of more than 6,000 pages of  rabbinic commentaries on the Torah. These commentaries were written after the crucifixion of Christ and the destruction of the Temple and constitute a religious, political and social code regulating the life of the Orthodox Judaic. Oral, not revealed, traditions called Mischna, Gemara, Halaka and Hagada make up these discourses. The first and lesser part of these commentaries originated in Palestine and the second part, much more important and influential,…

LIFESITE NEWS reports: Multiple professors at one college are using their positions of authority to regulate their students’ speech, threatening to flunk or even expel young people from class if they use certain offending phrases in class – like “referring to women/men as females or males.” Gender and homosexuality politics are among the areas the professors are looking to influence the young people in their classes, along with race and immigration ideology. The affronting terms that could land students in hot water in a number of Washington State University classes include “illegal alien” and “illegals,” CampusReform.org reports, but also considered oppressive and hateful by one teacher are the very definitions of gender, “male” and “female.”

"CHAOS FRANK" once again allows confusion to reign, this time with regard to a subtle, indirect endorsement from a Vatican official of a children's book by a lesbian author.

  I AM not familiar with the other work of this Youtube journalist, but here is his latest video. Reporting from his studio in his laundry room, he has a number of questions about the Virginia shooting. (Warning: Some mildly foul language.) Though he says he is convinced it was a hoax, he by no means presents an irrefutable case. He does, however, raise some troubling points.

WHY is this a white hand pointing at Alison Parker, the TV reporter allegedly murdered in Virginia last week, when the man we are told who killed her, Vester Lee Flanagan, was black? It is extremely strange that in this very long Daily Mail article about the case as a “race revenge murder,” there is not a single acknowledgement of this glaring contradiction even though the picture clearly shows a white hand. Flanagan does appear somewhat light-skinned in some of the photos released, but this photo of him as a child is clearly of someone dark-skinned. Also, he himself claimed he was black and many others have referred to him as black. This is not a black hand.

In a previous entry, a reader commented that the interview with the father of Parker seemed staged. I didn’t think so upon initially viewing it, but then when one hears of these horrible shootings, one’s initial reaction is entirely one of sympathy. Looking at the father’s acting history now, I am beginning to wonder if the reader was on to something. Was this another false flag operation intended to terrorize the American public and incite racial division? [And, more importantly, promote “gun control?”]  Is it possible that we are being toyed with this much?

We are left with these disturbing questions. (more…)

IN THIS six-part series from 2005, Donald P. Goodman III reviews the Catholic tradition of feminine head coverings. (See links at the bottom of the page.) In his conclusion, Goodman writes that this beautiful tradition, which has so often ennobled and dignified women, is a standing rebuke to the lies of feminism and the ugliness of egalitarianism. (more…)

A READER sent this e-mail. I cannot vouch for the figures, but it is consistent with what I know of Obamacare:

I am a consulting engineer and make between $60,000 and $125,000 per year, depending on how hard I work and whether or not there are work projects out there for me. My girlfriend is 61 and makes about $18,000 per year, working as a part-time mail clerk. For me, making $60,000 a year, under ObamaCare, the cheapest, lowest grade policy I can buy, which also happens to impose a $5,000 deductible, costs $482 per month. For my girlfriend, the same exact policy, same deductible, costs  $1 per month. That’s right, $1 per month. I’m not making this up. (more…)

AT Crisis Magazine, Stephen Baskerville writes:

The churches’ irrelevance is especially conspicuous in one of the militants’ most dishonest campaigns. If the feminists are to be believed, we are experiencing an epidemic of sexual violence, including rape, sexual assault, child molestation, paternal abandonment, and more. And yet the churches—the supposed guardians of sexual morality—have nothing to say about this. They undertake no campaigns to eradicate this alleged scourge of male perversion. The reason, we all know, is that the feminists’ hysteria is a hoax and their charges are fabrications, because no such epidemic exists. But neither will the churches point this out or take a stand, because they know the accusations will be turned on them as “apologists” for rape. (more…)

FRANK REGA writes:

Here is a Rush Limbaugh article that is worth taking the time to read. Actually it is a transcript of a radio show. Below is an excerpt:

“Vester Flanagan was hired repeatedly to meet these EEO and affirmative action goals, and he was fired repeatedly. Most likely his incompetence got him fired. But it was also attitude related. When he was fired so many times for these reasons, he couldn’t deal with it, and he went postal. No, let’s not say that. He lost it. He went mental health on everybody while deep in this stigmatized victimhood. (more…)

DANIEL writes:

I took these two photos in front of an old Dutch church in Kingston, New York, which has been there since the 17th century. The cemetery is filled with Revolutionary war veterans. You can’t tell, but there is now a “Gay Pride” rainbow flag hanging beneath the American flag (a recent addition) and you can also see the PC sign as well. The minister is also a female. This all is no coincidence.

Only a few short years ago this section of Kingston (and the city at large) was an economic ghost town. Every other shop on the Main Street was closed. (more…)

MIKE writes:

I’m not sure I buy the thesis that the quality of modern goods is generally lower than it was historically.  (more…)

SUSAN HAWK, the Dallas County District Attorney, went on leave from her job this week, saying she was suffering from “serious depression.”  Hawk has not just been depressed. She has reportedly exhibited serious paranoia and has been in drug rehab as well. Oddly enough (or perhaps this is a form of affirmative action), she is being praised for her courage in facing mental illness.

Jim Schutze of the Dallas Observer writes:

Wednesday she posted a statement on her Facebook page saying the truth was that she had departed from her duties because she was depressed. This is the same person who went AWOL while running for election in 2013, said it was something about back surgery and then later (after she got elected) admitted she had left the campaign trail to be treated for addiction to multiple prescription drugs.  (more…)

A READER writes:

I just learned of the St Paul’s rape case through The Thinking Housewife’s entry, and decided to investigate a bit more.

Laura Wood summarizes, “This case reeks with so much hypocrisy, it’s sickening.”  She’s fundamentally right, of course–but I’m tempted to say she’s also ultimately wrong, due only to her gross understatement. (more…)

WHEELER writes:

I’m sure by now you’ve seen the reports of the black man who allegedly shot two former coworkers on live TV.

Have you seen the Fox News interview with Alison Parker’s boyfriend and father? It’s very eerie, and very similar to some of the Sandy Hook stuff. I keep trying to imagine if my daughter were murdered by some rage-filled maladroit with whom she used to work….would my demeanor and bearing be like this man’s? If my girlfriend, with whom I shared a portion of my life, were cut down while doing her job….would my demeanor and bearing be like this young man’s? (more…)

“The pope has transcended religion in some sense, transcended Catholicism, just like Donald Trump has transcended politics,” said Jonah Berger, associate professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. That has only broadened the market for pope gear: “There’s some savvy marketers in South Philly saying, ‘Hey, if I put the pope on top of a Philly building, somebody will buy that.’ ” -- The Wall Street Journal

FRANK REGA writes:

Thanks for posting about Woolverton Mountain. I had a lot of fun listening to it again and enjoyed the article. The story would not be complete without this interview, where song writer Merle Kilgore talks about writing it as a present for his Uncle Clifton Clowers, and he also sings it. (more…)