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Russia will try to prevent global conflict – Putin

https://www.rt.com/russia/597293-russia-not-allow-global-conflict-putin/

The best way Putin can prevent global conflict is to quickly bring the conflict in Ukraine to a victorious close. The danger of global conflict grows every day the conflict continues.

In Germany it is a crime to tell the truth about crime

German politician convicted over gang rape warning
The AfD’s Marie-Therese Kaiser was fined for pointing out that Afghans are 70 times more likely to commit the offense than Germans

https://www.rt.com/news/597246-afd-afghan-rape-fine-germany/

Sex Charges Only Apply to Trump, Not to Biden

https://www.rt.com/news/597305-tucker-carlson-interviews-biden-accuser-tara-reade/

Biden Issues Meaningless “warning” to Israel while Continuing to supply the bombs, missiles, money, and diplomatic cover for Genocide

https://www.rt.com/news/597256-biden-israel-rafah-weapons/

Because of Biden and the Neoconservatives, all Americans live in shame.

A journey of 10,000 kilometres extolled by Beijing as an opportunity for development (and revenge on Italy's exit from the Belt and Road Initiative). But cotton and tomatoes from Xinjang are at the heart of the 'policy of poverty alleviation through the transfer of labour', which according to numerous reports is a form of forced labour.

Following the Chinese model with the panda, Kuala Lumpur wants to donate a monkey specimen to each country that will buy the controversial production. Indignant reactions and criticism on the net for a proposal described as 'gross stupidity'. This risks destroying the natural ecosystem and endangering other species, including the Sumatran tiger.

The Christian liturgical tradition envisions the Ascension of Our Lord as a climactic event in which the risen Christ, magnificent with His glorified Body, makes a triumphant return to the heavenly kingdom. In the Roman rite, the hymn, antiphons, and responsories of Matins would have ensured that these themes and images were prominent from the earliest hours of the great feast day: “Alleluia. Robert Keimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02834375772428838593noreply@blogger.com0

When people think of anarchy, they picture violence and rioting in the streets. However, real anarchy is simply people voluntarily organizing their time and activities without being coerced by state authorities.

“‘It sends this really strong message to everyone in America that they can come to this program, they can bring their authentic self, they can be who they are and they will be welcome here.”  (Jamie Stengle, “Boy Scouts of America Changing Name to More Inclusive Scouting America After Years of Woe,” Associated Press (May 7, 2024))

“‘Perhaps you’ll tell me then,’ Tommy went on, ‘why you wormed your way into this camp under false pretenses.  You’re not a Boy Scout at all!’”  (G. Harvey Ralphson, Boy Scouts on Old Superior (1913)”

There is no escape from postmodern America, where every single place, person and institution is essentially one and the same.  You may think there is a difference between Boise, Idaho and Boca Raton, Florida, but that would be before you paid pointless visits to these manifestations of Platonic sprawl.  You may think there is a difference between a priest, a scoutmaster, and a professor, but that would be before these spiritual triplets opened their mouths and showed that you are wrong.  You might enter a church in the hope of finding something different than you find in a museum, a university, or  a legislature, , but you would leave that church sadder and wiser because the same spirit moves every institution..

The spirit of Leviathan.

You have seen that the Boy Scouts is now inclusive, being no longer limited to boys, or scouts, or even to persons who are making some effort to be “brave, clean and reverent.”  As the spokesman for soon-to-be  Scouting America explains, everyone in America can come to this program and “bring their authentic self” with them.  Cowards are not only welcome in Scouting America, they are welcome to “be who they are” and remain cowards.  Likewise persons who do not wash or boast what our unenlightened ancestors called a “dirty mind.”  And reverence always was an elastic word that, when you really think about it, dose not exclude mockers whose reserve their reverence for irreverence., who in their own way very piously sneer.

“All are welcome! All are welcome! All are welcome in this place!”

No morning passes these days when a Catholic does not wake up to the unsettling presence of that two-headed beast that roams about our society: secularism. One of its heads is atheism—modern man’s passion to be god, and the other is utopianism—man’s other obsession to turn this world into some kind of heaven. These are twin evils, feeding off one another. Seldom can a culture survive their terrors.

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Since however the younger generations must be trained in the arts and sciences for the advantage and prosperity of civil society, and since the family of itself is unequal to this task, it was necessary to create that social institution, the school. But let it be borne in mind that this institution owes its existence [...]

Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Ascension, although in many U.S. dioceses it will not be celebrated until Sunday. The feast evokes many thoughts and feelings. It tells us we’re near the end of the Easter season. We may wonder where the time went. We might be looking forward to Pentecost and anticipating the newness of the Holy Spirit. Or, we might be remembering ham dinner and…

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The text of the hymns in the post-conciliar breviary is a great deal better than in the 1962 breviary; many texts have been restored to what they were before Urban VIII classicised them in the 1620s. So the new texts are in line with the Sarum and Benedictine usages of the Roman Rite. They are, many of them, in their original forms. But the coetus which redacted them in 1968 did make some Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com3

By Joseph M. Hanneman

Opposition protests continue in Georgia even during the Easter days after the second reading of the law on 'foreign influences' was approved. The law is expected to be reviewed by the parliament's legal committee for final confirmation. A situation that risks suspending the country's status as a candidate country for entry into the European Union.

Today's news: Biden warns Israel, no offensive weapons from US if Rafah offensive begins;From 1 July in China, police will be able to 'search' electronic devices;Japan also opens hunting for larger whales; After Russia also in Kazakhstan hostility against Tajik migrants.

As a European, there are things I begin to notice that did not happen some twenty or even ten years ago. When you visit forums related to daily life (from cars to nutrition) you cannot avoid but noticing the amount of people – overwhelmingly US Americans – who have “mental health issues” or are on […]

Ryan and Tho discuss the media campaign around Joseph Stiglitz's new book, The Road to Freedom.