A leftist has a lightbulb moment about abortion

The really beautiful moment, though, came when Pool challenged Lance on his mindless statement that only the woman’s body and rights are at stake with an abortion. The video clip below shuts off when Lance suddenly has an epiphany about the errors in this thinking, so be sure to watch it to the end:

Watch the very moment that this pro-abortion activist realizes just how WRONG he is… pic.twitter.com/CB6BaBNtBg

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 5, 2023
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/a_leftist_has_a_lightbulb_moment_about_abortion.html
From the comments:

I love when their logic doesn’t hold up. Btw, I would’ve said that she doesn’t have a right to do anything to the child’s body because that’s where it’s no longer her body. That distinction should be made. Different DNA, different body.

Very good point.

OK No 1 Question answered (and yes turned to wife & said this is a Catholic Mass Ceremony – Wife “Just changed Pope for King Henry VIII”)

The Woman Carrying The Sword Stole The Entire Coronation

But who is Penny Mordaunt? – by marie claire

The talking point of the Coronation wasn’t the new king, nor was it Prince Harry’s return: it was Penny Mordant, who carried the bejewelled Sword of Offering in Westminster Abbey and stole the whole show.

Mordant, a Conservative MP, became the first woman in history to carry and present the sword, which she presented to King Charles after it was blessed by the Archbishop.

Another person put it quite succinctly with: “A moment, if you will, for Penny Mordaunt wielding a big ass sword.”

No wood for Victoria.

What were the black uniforms of the two kiddies on the right when the royals were on the porch waving? (significant other question)

Bravo Zulu GreyRanga!

Hopefully we fix this world before they have to deal with it.

Tucker Carlson: Inside BlackRock’s $1.5 BILLION Stake in Fox News
Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov

In fashion news.

Princess Anne and Kate looked very cool.

Julie Bishop not so much.

The end.

The Red Army didn’t reinvade in ’44, they removed the occupying Germans.

Wow. “oi, you Germans, clear out”.
I’m thinking there was a bit of opposition to Russian invasion.

News from the frontlines of the war.

Latin Mass Churchgoers Witnessed Suspicious Activity After FBI’s ‘Radical-Traditional Catholic’ Memo (6 May)

Two parishioners at a Latin Mass Catholic church in rural Northern Virginia say they witnessed suspicious activity from what looked like FBI vehicles in February, a month after the FBI’s Richmond office published a now-rescinded internal memo focused on “radical-traditional Catholics.”

The two witnesses told The Daily Signal that they saw two cars approach the church, drive through the parking lot as if they were writing down license plate numbers, and then leave, on two separate instances outside Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel in Linden, Virginia, some 63 miles west of Washington, D.C., between Feb. 12 and Feb. 26. (The memo had been published on Jan. 23 and rescinded on Feb. 9.)

Health and Human Services Folds Like a Cheap Suit Over Threat to Deny Catholic Hospital Accreditation (6 May)

The Department of Health and Humans Services has folded on its demand that Catholic hospitals in Tulsa-based St. Francis Healthcare System extinguish the Eternal Flame candle burning it is chapel. Confronted with a lawsuit that it was doomed to lose over an indefensible position contrary to law, HHS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services agreed to grant a waiver to the bizarre inspection finding that concluded that a single beeswax candle on a wall sconce enclosed in glass constituted a fire hazard to patients.

The Left is at war with Christianity. From the dates reported in the first story it looks like the surveillance didn’t stop after the FBI was sprung for monitoring Catholic churches, they just hid that they were doing it.

Coro thoughts:

Channel-flipped around a bit but I saw most of it.
The music and singing was sublime (in an era when that word is routinely cheapened).
Sublime.

The stars – besides the King and Queen:

– Justin Welby is an impressively spoken and unflappable man.

– The boobage of sword lady. A woman has no business fulfilling that role or being in a sanctuary. Ditto for the priestesses. In fact, one couldn’t help but notice all the women dressed as, and pretending to be, men.

– I digress. The Princess Wales didn’t want to wear a precious tiara (it not being her day) so she had those floral thingos made for herself and Charlotte. Everything she does is classy.

– Albo must have been in a folding chair on the porch. Didn’t see him.

– Gold plate in the sanctuary of the Abbey is over the top and somewhat crass.

– Service demonstrated the aesthetic and theological superiority of worship ad orientem.

– With no tabernacle or Real Presence, the Abbey was, in a sense, empty.

– The sacred Golden Spurs?

– A masterclass in ritual, the uplifting power of high culture (which belongs to all of us) and another black eye for populist dumbers-down who who want to Kwiki-mart the world to hurt the people they hate; which, being misanthropes, is everyone.

Further on “the woman carrying there sword“.

Didn’t watch the coronation, but delighted that there was no participation by Allen’s Snackbar devotees, or similar.

I see the resident hater here has been busy doling out Zeros

It’s not one hater.

It’s a group of haters working in unison, but using one name and working from a below-ground office underneath a bus exchange in Adelaide. Been doing it for 20 years or more.

Their goal, naturally, is to destroy this blog. Blogwreckers!

Also, a very good morning to those in Lurkerland.

The Woman Carrying The Sword Stole The Entire Coronation

That sword was heavy.

Penny Mordaunt’s gruelling fitness regime for hour-long stint holding ‘heaviest sword’ (6 May)

Ms Mordaunt, who is also the Leader of the House of Commons, said she had been doing press-ups in preparation and practising in rehearsals with weighted replicas.

The Portsmouth North MP, who took part in the ITV diving show Splash! in 2014, also said her experience as a Royal Navy Reservist helped prepare her for standing for long periods of time without fainting.

Well done lady!

‘Julie Bishop’s stylist is as effective as Morrison’s empathy coach’ someone else chimed in while another said the outfit looked like a ‘hazmat suit’

Demonstrating that stupidity has no hard deck, one of the mainstream rags actually referred to that collection of excess human skin as ‘J-Bish’.

Arkysays:
May 6, 2023 at 11:48 pm
Note to Chuck:
You can’t be woke and progressive AND the King. Pick one and commit to it.
Ask Louis 14.

Wiki:
Louis XVI (Louis Auguste; French: [lwi s??z]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793), sometimes known as The Last, was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765. On his grandfather’s death on 10 May 1774, he became King of France and Navarre, reigning until 4 September 1791, when he received the title of King of the French, reigning as king until the monarchy was abolished on 21 September 1792.

The first part of Louis XVI’s reign was marked by attempts to reform the French government in accordance with Enlightenment ideas. These included efforts to abolish serfdom, remove the taille (land tax) and the corvée (labour tax),[2] and increase tolerance toward non-Catholics as well as abolish the death penalty for deserters.[3][4] The French nobility reacted to the proposed reforms with hostility, and successfully opposed their implementation. Louis implemented deregulation of the grain market, advocated by his economic liberal minister Turgot, but it resulted in an increase in bread prices. In periods of bad harvests, it led to food scarcity which, during a particularly bad harvest in 1775, prompted the masses to revolt. From 1776, Louis XVI actively supported the North American colonists, who were seeking their independence from Great Britain, which was realised in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. The ensuing debt and financial crisis contributed to the unpopularity of the Ancien Régime. This led to the convening of the Estates-General of 1789. Discontent among the members of France’s middle and lower classes resulted in strengthened opposition to the French aristocracy and to the absolute monarchy, of which Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette were viewed as representatives. Increasing tensions and violence were marked by events such as the storming of the Bastille, during which riots in Paris forced Louis to definitively recognize the legislative authority of the National Assembly.

Louis’s indecisiveness and conservatism led some elements of the people of France to view him as a symbol of the perceived tyranny of the Ancien Régime, and his popularity deteriorated progressively.

Demonstrating that stupidity has no hard deck, one of the mainstream rags actually referred to that collection of excess human skin as ‘J-Bish’.

Demonstrating that said human biltong has a scribbler from the publication on retainer, more likely IMHO. The breakup revenge articles that ran recently gave the game away on that one. She is a shameless media whore.

Toxic metals and essential elements contents in commercially available fruit juices and other non-alcoholic beverages from the United States

Abstract
Elevated levels of toxic metals and essential elements in commonly consumed soft beverages are of public and regulatory agencies’ concern, and thus frequent monitoring of these elements is critically important. The study determined 25 elements in 60 soft beverages: single fruit juice, mixed fruit juice, plant-based milk, artificial/soda, and tea purchased in New Orleans, Louisiana, and commercially availabe in the United States. Elemental concentrations were determined using ICP-MS. The 95th percentile concentration ranges of the elements were: 0.06–5 µg/kg (Tl, Sb, Th, Pb, Cd, Co); 5–15 µg/kg (As, U, Se); 20–40 µg/kg (Mo, Li, Cr); 200–450 µg/kg (Ni, Ba, Cu); 1500–2000 µg/kg (Al, B); 4000–6000 µg/kg (Fe, Sr, Zn, Mn); and 125–2000 mg/kg (Mg, Na, Ca, K). Seven of the 25 elements—Ni, Mn, B, Cd, Sr, As, and Se—exceeded the drinking water standards in 38.3%, 36.7%, 16.7%, 5%, 5%, 3.3%, and 1.6% of the beverage samples, respectively. Aluminum and Zn exceeded the secondary non-enforceable drinking water standards in 40% and 6.7% of the samples, respectively. Mixed fruit juices and plant-based milk frequently contained elevated concentrations of most of the elements. While toxicity is unlikely unless individuals consume a large volume, moderating consumption of these beverages is required, especially to protect infants and young children. Regular monitoring of these chemicals in beverages is required for food safety and to provide sound nutritional advice.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0889157523001047

hzhousewife

Yep Vic Labor is doing all it can to kill the timber industry in Vic, I have friends who had the last sawmill in Daylesford, I think there used to be a dozen or more in that area, slowly the gov bought out their allocations. My friends didn’t want to close down, it had been a family business for over 100 years but like the Corryong operation they had little choice.

Up our way the local mill that had around 50 local jobs closed down around 20 years ago, although this area had been selectively logged for a hundred years the gov made it almost impossible for them to continue. My local firewood bloke can’t get wood locally, over summer he gets around 40+ B Double loads in from all around the state and NSW, wherever he can source, all his suppliers tell him that they don’t know how much longer they can supply him as allocations are getting smaller and fewer.

The greens are simply evil.

Said bloke eventually turned up alive, but I was a bit miffed at my good intentions being snorted at by the local ‘protectors ‘

Flip side is that the dock owners know the deal. They get paid once in a while but they know who is there. If anything untoward had happened they would be the first to call.

One picture says it all

Check out Daily Mail picture of Harry under Dan Wooton article.

I blame Jar Jar for the SMS bastardisation of language & subsequent illiteracy, but the rot goes back to those Ewoks on Endor: cannibals whose tech was pointy sticks, but they intimidated the (admittedly inept) rebel sabotage patrol into submission, and then became joint heroes?

That was the beginning of diversity, implosion & effeminacy right there.

Knuckle Dragger says:
May 7, 2023 at 10:21 am

It’s not one hater.
It’s a group of haters working in unison, but using one name and working from a below-ground office underneath a bus exchange in Adelaide. Been doing it for 20 years or more.
Their goal, naturally, is to destroy this blog. Blogwreckers!

Quite inept, then, I say.
After 20 years, the blog is still here.

Can China checkmate the west in Ukraine?

BY AKRAINER

Originally published on Alex Krainer’s Substack

Last week’s telephone call between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and China’s President Xi Jinping was certainly one of the most significant events since the beginning of Russian military intervention in Ukraine. The call, as we now know, was initiated by President Zelensky himself, without consulting his handlers in the Biden administration or NATO. President Xi accepted the call but made the subtle point of conducting it through a Russian and not Ukrainian language interpreter. According to Chinese government readout of the conversation, Xi warned Zelensky not to support US policy on Taiwan, and offered to send a peace delegation to Kiev in order to help broker an end of hostilities in Ukraine.

No cards left to play

The significance of this call could be hard to overestimate, including the fact that Zelensky took the initiative without consulting his western sponsors. If he risked their wrath by calling on the Chinese president, it was because, as Scott Ritter put it, Ukraine has no cards left to play. Their much talked about spring counter offensive appears dead on arrival and there are increasing signs of mutiny in Ukraine’s military ranks. Apparently, numerous officials are privately voicing opinions that they must find an off-ramp and seek a negotiated peace solution to avert the nation’s total collapse.

Even Poland’s Chief of the General Staff, General Rajmund Andrzejczak who was one of the western alliance’s most eager pro-Ukraine voices has lost taste for the adventure. Amid extreme casualties sustained by Ukraine in the recent artillery and missile attacks, he warned that the war does not look good for Ukraine. According to Colonel Douglas MacGregor, Andrzejczak now thinks Ukraine would need two million troops to have any hope of success with their counter offensive.

Regime officials now blame the West

It’s not about the environment – it’s about forcing people to be dependent on government for the necessities of life.

And in so doing, forcing citizens to fund the renewable debacle our Govt’s are hell bent on delivering. While the well connected few line their pockets at our expense.

Pepe Escobar: US outmatched by Russia, China

Sputnik – Sat, 06 May 2023

How Brzezinski’s Nightmare Turned Into Reality

Under the Biden administration Washington’s relations with Moscow and Beijing hit a new low. Having snubbed Russia’s security draft proposals concerning NATO enlargement and Ukraine’s neutrality, the US ramped up military aid to the Kiev regime after the beginning of Moscow’s special military operation (SMO) to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine. The Biden administration not only slapped Russia with sanctions and derailed the March 2022 Istanbul preliminary peace accords between Moscow and Kiev but openly called for bleeding Russia white and imposing strategic defeat on the nation.

Commenting on the development, Chinese observers told Sputnik that Russia and China “have entered a new stage of comprehensive cooperation and strategic partnership.” That is how Team Biden has turned Brzezinski’s nightmare scenario of a “grand coalition” between Moscow and Beijing into reality.

What is Behind Russia’s Resilience?

Escobar’s skepticism about the effectiveness of Western sanctions was confirmed when the veteran journalist arrived to Moscow in February 2023. He told Sputnik that he was stunned by how normal life was in the Russian capital despite unprecedented outside pressure.

“Compared to New York, compared to Paris, compared to London. People are very well dressed, wonderful restaurants, the supermarkets were stocked with everything. The department stores like GUM or TSUM have everything that you can find in any big capital of the world. People were relaxed and they didn’t feel that they were at war. So, my first impression was striking,” he continued.

The End of Western Technological Dominance

The Biden administration has repeatedly insisted the United States and its European allies will remain the centers of global technological innovation for the indefinite future. Escobar, who has spent extensive time in both the Middle East and Asia, dismisses these claims as delusional bluster.

There has been a technical expertise in Russia since Soviet times. The basis of the hypersonic missile system was laid out already during the Brezhnev era,” Escobar said.

Dover Beach:

The Red Army didn’t reinvade in ’44, they removed the occupying Germans.

When Operation Barbarossa started 22/6/41 the German Army removed the occupying Red Army from Poland. Was that an invasion? Of course it was. The Red Army reinvaded in ’44.
Did the Red Army retreat back to its borders in ’45? No. It occupied Poland for the next 50 years.
To the Polish People, your argument is just semantics.

But set all that aside, it’s a burial site. Knocking this down on camera had 2020 woke vibes and is infantile and disgraceful.

Most of the German Military Cemeteries in the Baltic States, Poland, Belorussia, and the Ukraine were destroyed after the war. They were burial sites too. Where is your outrage there?
As for “infantile and disgraceful” I think you’re getting confused with ‘vengeance’. None of these Mittel Europa nations have any love for either the Wehrmacht or the Red Army.
Personally, I’d dig up all the foreign graves and repatriate the remains back to their native countries – as well as returning all our soldiers back from Europe etc. Put them in a National Cemetery around Canberra to make the politicians think about what their wars cost the nation.
/End rant

A Guide to the Christian — and Catholic — Symbolism in King Charles III’s Coronation
NCR – May 5, 2023

GPT-4 hits the ceiling (Theory of Mind, Mensa, Asimov)
Dr Alan D. Thompson

Ok 1200 Yard Arm – Off to F1

Last month Venus was racist, this month she is a 30 year old influencer.

Botticelli’s Venus is an ‘influencer’ and Italy is not happy (6 May)

Fine tale of woe! Advertisers aren’t having a good trot lately. Maybe if she held a can of Bud Light it would work out better.

Now that’s what I call de-escalation.

Cop #1 – I’ve got him covered. Use the long gun Bobby Ray.

I blame Jar Jar for the SMS bastardisation of language & subsequent illiteracy, but the rot goes back to those Ewoks on Endor: cannibals whose tech was pointy sticks, but they intimidated the (admittedly inept) rebel sabotage patrol into submission, and then became joint heroes?

That was the beginning of diversity, implosion & effeminacy right there.

This.
Imagine if you will, instead of Endor and those stupid made for toy shops ewoks, the third movie had taken place on the Wookie Planet.

Chris Joye has been pretty accurate with his predictions the last 18 months or so.

This is a 48m interview (before recent rate hikes) which includes his outlook for both Oz and the US financial sectors, equities, CRE and RRE etc. May be of interest to some.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax_LQRHB5bM&ab_channel=CommSecTV

On “correcting” the situation with spare upticks, I thought I’d leave it be to prove my point and also to let Lizzie know she’s not the only one being targeted.

If it’s such a HUUUUUUGE issue for you, what’s stopping you from giving Lizzie a few upticks?
You wouldn’t have something to prove, by any chance?

It’s a group of haters working in unison, but using one name and working from a below-ground office underneath a bus exchange in Adelaide. Been doing it for 20 years or more.

LOL! I knew it!

I bet they have hyphenated names too.

Interestingly Starkey claims that the UK is already a republic, that just happens to have a King.

If that’s true, it’s a pretty weak excuse for a Republic, since a real Republic isn’t MultiRacial and every male is required to be in a Militia and be Armed.

You’re the one having a big cry.

Didn’t we used to have these Panics regularly when Grigory M was a commenter?
And weren’t you one of the leaders?

Who is “we” of which you speak Ed? You weren’t around back then.