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Mother Cabrini and Deaconesses

Mar, 26/03/2024 - 05:01

I could not help thinking about the current state of the Church in America while watching the emotionally powerful movie Cabrini, just released by Angel Studios. The archbishop she dealt with in New York seemed to me to be a caricature of the prelates who are lions within the flock and lambs outside of it. I am sure the lions appreciate the variation of style. You can browbeat the more conservative sections of the Church ad intra but can be meek and mild ad extra to the powers that be.

It is a consolation to me to think that while Catholics in America at least recognize the name of Mother Cabrini, not very many would be able to come up with the name of the bishop with whom she dueled. While I presume that there was some artistic license in the presentation of the drama of the first part of St. Francesca Cabrini’s ministry in America, an elision of dates and figures, I would like to see the reaction of many of our prelates as they saw the film.

The screenplay has a symbolic gesture that reveals many layers of meaning. The corrupt mayor of New York berates a timid archbishop and then offers him a drink. His Grace is slow to drink it, and His Honor doubles down the insult and says, “You’re an Irishman, bottoms up,” or something to that effect. At that point another man might have been tempted to throw the drink at the mayor or just walk out; but the cowed archbishop meekly drinks up and then, with a frustrated, weak-man’s bravado, slams the glass down on the mayor’s desk.

When Mother Cabrini goes to the mayor after some ruffians attempt to burn down her hospital in the midst of its remodeling, His Honor is unable to make her afraid. He then offers her a drink, which she accepts and takes up without need of bullying. She had won the mayor’s respect, and the audience’s, of course, by the confrontation. Her lack of reluctance quaffing the whiskey was a symbolic difference between how she operated and how her ordinary did.

Undeniably, Mother Cabrini was a forceful personality and was not inclined to docile acceptance of the course of least resistance. There is a clerical legend around Cleveland that our Archbishop Hoban (honorary archbishop), who knew the great woman from Chicago, had said that saints are supposed to be in Heaven because they are hell to live with on earth, or something to that effect. The lady had a way with clerics.

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The Why Behind XX-XY Athletics

Mar, 26/03/2024 - 05:01

I moved away from home when I was fourteen to train at one of the most demanding gymnastics clubs in the country. In 1986 I became the U.S. National Champion.

But this title came with a heavy price. I trained forty hours a week and subsisted on a forced starvation diet. I was publicly berated by my coaches for gaining a quarter pound. I practiced on a broken ankle for two years. But I kept going.

Finally, beaten down to the point of suicidal ideation, I moved on from the sport and built a life outside of the gym. I started working at Levi’s in 1999 as an entry level marketing assistant and by 2008 I became a vice president. Despite my achievements, the coaching abuse continued to haunt me.

In my attempt to make sense of what I’d endured as a child, I wrote a memoir called Chalked Up (2008). At the time, it was the only first-person account of the abusive training environment in gymnastics. And it included the first public accusation of sexual assault by the 1980’s Team USA coach, Don Peters.

Former teammates and USA Gymnastics leaders dismissed my story as that of a bitter ex-gymnast just trying to cash in. I was harassed by the CEO of USA Gymnastics (USAG) with bullying voicemails.

The gymnastics community was trying to sweep the misconduct and crimes under the rug to maintain their lucrative corporate sponsors. Their attacks only strengthened my resolve.

In November 2016, Larry Nassar, the doctor for Team USA Gymnastics, was arrested on federal charges of possessing child pornography. He was also charged with 22 counts of sexual conduct with a minor. These explosive charges revealed the toxic culture for all to see. After eight years of harassment, I was redeemed.

I was the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Levi’s by this time. I was astonished that companies like AT&T and P&G were maintaining their support of USAG despite the arrest of Nassar and growing evidence that USAG had covered up Nassar’s sexual abuse of athletes for decades.

I wrote to marketing leaders at these companies to suggest that they apply pressure by ending their sponsorship of USAG. No word back.

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Voiding the 2020 Election – Russia, China, & Illusions

Mar, 26/03/2024 - 05:01

Just for funzies, what would be the legal ramifications if it was determined that Biden in fact did NOT validly win the 2020 election?   There is no precedent.  Would the entire 2020 elections be voided, including state, and local?  Would every Congressional member who was up for 2020 re-election be ejected?   Every law and EO rescinded.  Every Bill signed – automatically dead?  Every fine collected by the government returned?   Every lawsuit VOID.   Would federal salaries and pensions have to be returned?  Rewind everything?   What about the Stock Market?

How Can You Possibly Unravel 4 Years?

As more and more testimony reveals fraud was rampant – how do you recount when states tossed their ballots?  You can’t.   Therefore, it would mean that for the sake of legality – it would all be automatically repealed.   Everything.  A surreal outcome.   One that would put the US into chaos.

The Liberal left were quick to accuse Russia of election fraud after Putin’s recent win.   Yet will vehemently deny that election fraud can occur or ever has occurred in the US – because such people making these statements are delusional…  It is much easier to accept when the candidate of your choice is the elected winner.

When looking at newly elected leaders throughout the world, it is worthwhile to see which candidate the Corrupted US Establishment is rooting for.   That candidate would likely be the preferred coup given they have been bought, groomed and subjected to an Oprah makeover. The election will be a ‘landslide’!  The anointed politician will show up for all duties – but their voice will be a script, their pen devoid of ink, and their wage will be subject to a Rothschild tithe of 10%.   Control of their country will be handed to the Cartel.   The only means of getting it back?  A military uprising.   As we watch – Africa.

But in the US, the military has already been couped.   The vast majority are minions.   When a Tweeter declares their hatred of Trump because he didn’t serve – which President’s did serve?   The easier answer is – 14 did NOT serve including Clinton, Obama, Trump and Biden.  Between 1909 and 1945, all six Presidents did NOT serve in the military.  Most enlisted for their compulsory service 2-4 years in the Reserves.

The purpose of the Secretary of the Department of Defense, Lloyd Austin, is for him to act as the defacto military head and make the decisions before reporting and recommending those decisions to the President.   Wherein, The President has The Last Word.  When disgraceful Generals make  scandalous comments about Trump – they don’t disparage Trump – instead they reveal they are NOT Military at all – at least not the military of CODE – their eethics and values are twalette water.

In the business world, a leader surrounds himself with men who have unique perspectives to consider – to balance the scales.   A Leader’s downfall can typically be attributed to who surrounded him.   For Example:   Russia’s President Putin has Lavrov – someone he can trust and entrust with his very life and never doubt that loyalty.   That doesn’t mean they have the same opinions – it means they value and respect each other and draw from each other’s viewpoints.   Sounds simplistically easy…

But that’s not how it is working in DC.

Loyalty is bought.   Respect is cynically laughable.   Trust is a foreign entity living inside a Mars crater.   When Putin speaks – everyone listens.   When Congress/Biden speaks – everyone starts doing the merenque on the dance floor we call the Capitol Gay Bedroom.   And yet, despite this vast chasm of reality, the liberal half of the population thinks Congress are mini me gods.  And how dare anyone speak opinion.  Because opinion is now Hate Speech curable by re-education camps, a hefty fine and 8-10 years in jail.

The Masked Marauders.  Are – Unmasked and making perverse mistakes.

They surrounded themselves with fools and jesters.  Druggies and the dementia riddled.   The Marauders have alienated the thinkers and instead aligned themselves with plastic robots melting in the sun.  Their brains already pledged.   As such – one country, Russia, has been able to hold at bay and out maneuver;   Ukraine, America, Canada, Japan, Australia, and the entirety of Europe sans Belarus and Hungary.   Pitting the strategy and critical analysis of hundreds of Marauders & their drug induced minions against Two – Putin & Lavrov.   And they lost.   Behind closed doors, the ego fallout must be heady!

The $1.598 question isn’t how Putin will react to the terrorist attack, the question is ‘when’ will The Marauders pull the plug out of desperate self preservation… as losses mount and debt colludes.  Putin and Lavrov are guided and governed by logic.  The Marauders are male emotional hysterics.   Putin knows how to extract the impacted tooth while The Marauders only know how to infect ALL the teeth.

Bunkers:   Media News – Zuckerberg is building a bunker on Kauai.  REALITY:  Zuckerberg started the project a decade ago – and the bunker is likely already fully functionable.  It appeared Oprah was building a bunker inside a mountain on her Maui property.   BlackRock reportedly has upwards of eight bunkers located at crucial points across the US, although New Zealand and Australia are subject to multiple bunker rumors as well.

Banks:   Follow the CEO exodus.   JP Morgan ‘reshuffling’.   New York Community Banks shares fall 21% in one day.   Swiss Bank CEO resigns effective immediately.  Ally Financial CEO stepped down.  TD Group new CEO exits.   Morgan Stanley CEO stepping down. UK Bank CEO quits.  Discover CEO resigns abruptly.   1500 CEO’s quit last year.

Maersk Shipping said it will no longer lay waste to the Red Sea and is suspending that service in favor of the much more expensive longer route necessary to deliver commodities to EUROPE.   Shortages.   Pricing.

The BIG PICTURE:

China remains an anomaly even though America backstabbed them – there remains a psychological desire to be a part of the Football Clique.   They wanted to wear the Letter Jackets and have all the girls.   They wanted to be a super-power.   As such, the American apparatus destroyed their economy and reputation.  Still, that Letter Jacket looks awfully cool – even Putin wanted one.  Once upon a time.

BOEING:   And then there is Boeing.  Boeing is one of the world’s largest defense and space contractors.  For the military, Boeing provides:   missiles, fighters, bombers, transports, munition, spacecraft, etc…   Their planes are literally falling apart in the sky.   Their CEO resigned in humiliation.   How reliable are their jets?  Their missiles?   Are they having the same fallout?

November 2023, Boeing Osprey crashes in Japan Sea.

February 2024, two Boeing Apache helicopters crash

January 2024, Navy helicopter crashes in Coronado California

June 20222, and August 2023, Super Hornet made by Boeing crashed near Trona.

Short Answer:  YES.   The FBI is now warning that criminals are sabotaging passenger flights.  Presumably, employees of – Boeing.  Or maybe Boeing accidentally gave the vax to the wrong employees and have a severe shortage of mechanics and engineers?   Who the Fark knows in the Truth or Disinformation Pundit Board Game.

Will we overturn the 2020 Election.   Not likely.   Not because the proof isn’t available, but because our politicians take each step marked by fear, money, blackmail, and self preservation.  Trump can not “Save America” – however, no one could.   what he can do is slash and gash eliminations that become legally solidified prohibiting government expansion and ANY NGO infiltration financially, economically, politically or ethically.   READ THE BILLS MORONS!

– A Big Thank You To Sarah For Plugging Me on Substack!!! Appreciate it!

Reprinted with permission from Helena-The Nationalist Voice.

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U.S. History of Using ISIS

Mar, 26/03/2024 - 05:01

Back in 2015, the Guardian published a fascinating report titled Now the truth emerges: how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq, which detailed how U.S. and British intelligence were supporting Islamic jihadist rebel groups in Syria with the objective of overthrowing the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The report included a link to a leaked 2012 Department of Defense document about U.S. support for these rebel groups in Syria, including ISIS. This report stuck with me, and I was a reminded of it a couple of years later when Assad was accused in April 2017 of using chemical weapons against Syrian civilians.

Notably, this chemical weapons attack just happened to occur the day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson publicly announced that regime change in Syria was no longer official U.S. policy. In other words—we were told—the day after the U.S. announced it was getting off Assad’s case, he committed an atrocity (of zero military value) that would guarantee that the U.S. recommit itself to getting rid of him.

Though most of the legacy press endorsed the assertion that Assad’s forces were behind the attack, a few discerning reporters noted that it could have easily been carried about by one of the Islamic jihadist groups operating in the region to make the Trump administration rethink its abandonment of its regime change objective. Sure enough, a couple of days after the chemical attack, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that he was reconsidering his announcement the week before.

Now comes the news of a major terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow that has left hundreds dead and injured. The U.S. government claims the attack was carried out by ISIS-K, which has reportedly taken responsibility for it. However, Kremlin officials have alleged that some of the gunmen were trying to escape into Ukraine, utilizing a ‘window’ of support from across the border.

The U.S. government just issued a statement condemning the terrorist attack in Moscow, but this reminds me of U.S. government doublespeak about ISIS back in the 2012-2017 period—that is, publicly condemning ISIS while secretly supporting it in Syria.

My concern now is that the attack on the Moscow theater was—like the Re’im music festival massacre in Israel last October—designed to provoke the absolute maximum violent response.

A hypothetical scenario is the CIA and DoD have continued to support ISIS and that the gunmen were indeed attempting to escape through Ukraine.

If this is indeed the case, it suggests that the gambit is for Russian intelligence to discover the plot and conduct a major reprisal in Ukraine. The Biden Administration will insist that the U.S. does NOT support ISIS, and that the Russian reprisal is further evidence that Putin is a maniac.

This originally appeared on Courageous Discourse.

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