A Quick Guide to Israel’s PR Methodology

1. We haven’t heard reports of deaths but we will check into it.

2. People were killed, but it was by a faulty Palestinian rocket/bomb.

3. OK, we killed them, but they were terrorists.

4. OK, they were civilians, but they were being used as human shields.

5. OK, there were no fighters in the area. But we kill civilians only by accident. They do it on purpose!

6. OK, we kill far more children than others do but we're the only democracy in the Middle East!

7. Why are you still talking about Israel? You must be an anti-Semite!

https://www.stopwar.org.uk/article/at-last-israel-tells-the-truth-about-why-there-s-so-much-bloodshed-in-gaza/

The Pope Drops a Bomb

Pope Francis tells bishops to bar homosexuals from their seminaries: “There’s already too much faggotry…."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13465131/Pope-Francis-shocks-bishops-gay-men-church-seminaries.html

This comes like lightining out of a clear blue sky. In the Catholic world it's big news.

And then there's this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkNNNWsdH1c

Still, We shouldn't get our hopes up too much about Frank. I guarantee he'll be blowing heretical smoke again before long. Nevertheless, we Catholics should continue to pray for the guy.

Lastly, the public's support for Harrison Butker, the Kansas City Chief's star kicker has become so obvious that the MSM has been forced to back off some on their criticism of him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za3xdihakbk

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-stars-express-support-for-harrison-butker-amid-speech-drama/ar-BB1mzWFX

The following article pleads ignorance as to why Travis Kelce was loudly booed at a Dallas Mavericks' game. His teammate, Chief's QB Patrick Mahomes on the other hand was cheered. So why was Kelce booed?
https://talksport.com/sport/1896906/chiefs-travis-kelce-booed-nba-patrick-mahomes-dallas-mavericks/

Friends, I can help here - because I have a gift for seeing the perfectly obvious. It wasn't because Kelce wasn't at the game with his fake girlfriend, Taylor Swift. It was because of his snarky criticism of his Chief's teammate, kicker Harrison Butker - who gave an anti-trans, anti-feminist, anti-abortion, anti-Biden, pro-motherhood, conservative Christian commencement address at a Catholic College:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JS7RIKSaCc

In a ploy surely familiar to all of us here, the lying MSM quickly whipped up a meringue of (faux) outrage about Butker's "rant". But the public largely liked what Butker said. So the MSM liars have been forced to retreat a few steps in their manufactured outrage ruse; even publishing some stories favorable towards Butker. But only because they've been forced to.

Still... the Pope coming out of the closet against faggotry?

Tempora mutantur

Fitz

The Left Defined... in Five Headlines

                                       Cruuucifyyy Himmm...!

Notice the common theme?

"Outrage erupts as leader of Columbia University's anti-Israel protest identified as son of millionaire ad executives"

OK.... Well, being a millionaire doesn't carry the cachet it once did. In fact, in Biden's America it's pretty much like saying the kid is "middle class".

"Roseanne Barr sparks outrage with allegations against Joe Biden"

Barr has been sparking the outrage of... umm... "a certain demographic"... for her random speculations, such as: "Nobody died in the Holocaust. That’s the truth. Yeah, it should happen. Six million Jews should die right now because they cause all the problems in the world. But it never happened."

I don't think she was kidding there.

"New Zealand Man Sparks Outrage After Leaping From Boat Onto Killer Whale"

Wokies may lack a working sense of humor but they've no lack of vehement outrage. Their outrage switch is always on. Of course the MSM is ever helpful too - magically transforming a few dozen basement dwelling libs into an army of tens of thousands. But libs are definitely hypervigilant about all things cetacean. Dissing a cetacean... that'll get their adrenaline up! The thought of some 200 lb dummy offering himself up as brunch to an 8,000 lb apex predator is guaranteed to send them into spasms of Woke orthodoxy.

"Outrage as Kyle Rittenhouse tells indigenous Americans to 'leave' over Mount Rushmore protest"

Wherever he goes, whatever he does, Rittenhouse is stalked by outraged Wokies. By now, The Kenosha Kid probably wishes he'd just let that BLM mob murder him.

"Chiefs Kicker Sparks Outrage After Controversial Speech"

Harrison Butker, a Catholic, gave a Catholic themed commencement address to a bunch of Catholics at a Catholic college... following which he received a standing ovation. The left, of course, was outraged and the Woke mob descended. How dare he, a Catholic, speak on Catholic things at a Catholic college! How dare he not spew all the usual, tedious, PC crap to his captive audience?

Oh, and even though he never mentioned them even once in the commencement address, Butker is being denounced as... gasp!... an antisemite!: "Chiefs Kicker Spreads Antisemitic Lies in Benedictine College Graduation Speech"

Hmm... the guilty confess when no one accuses.

Fitz

The Bing of Death

Not that long ago the internet used to be a galaxy of diverse ideas, dreams and perspectives. Now? Not so much. There are exceptions of course, but it's definitely not the gold rush it once was. You get the impression that our internet searches are now being monitored, weighed, collated, filtered, and stored in the NSA's new Quantum Super Computer. Same with the stories we're being fed - there's a sameness to them.

Some of you may remember Nicky Hayden. He was a MotoGP world champion in the mid-2000's but he died in a tragic bicycle! accident in Italy in 2017. He played a part in the good old days of the internet. His nervy riding style was impressive to behold. One hundred mile an hour wheelies and all.

But Bing doesn't seem to understand there was more to Nicky Hayden's life than his death: https://www.bing.com/search?q=nicky+hayden+&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&lq=0&pq=nicky+hayden+ &sc=1113&sk=&cvid=EDC2985C739E4CC2A1B03A6611DDA8A3&ghsh =0&ghacc=0&ghpl=

And were all those drearily repetitious articles listed in Bing's "Nicky Hayden" page cut and pasted from the same article?

"What about Michael Schumacher?" you might ask."Michael Schumacher was more famous than Nicky Hayden, wasn't he?" Yes he was. And as Bing's page about him obsessively reminds us, he liked collecting watches: https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=michael+ schumacher&qs=n&form=QBNT&sp=-1&ghc=1&lq=0&pq= michael+schumacher&sc=10-18&sk=&cvid=F8C56785F9D54B2CBF434071AFA85C46 &ghsh=0&ghacc=0&ghpl=

And how about that latter day reincarnation of the Der Sturmer - "The Daily Stormer"?: https://www.bing.com/search?q=the+daily+ stormer&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&lq=0&pq=the+daily+stormer&sc=11-17&sk=&cvid=167E9C671CBE4A839B64985D71A2C4A0&ghsh =0&ghacc=0&ghpl=

Be it Nicky Hayden's death, Michael Schumacher's watches or Andrew Anglin's "Far right, antisemitic, homophobic, neo-Nazi, misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-puppy hate mongering - and pretty much everything else at Bing - the reader is going to be barraged from one direction: the left front. With only a few, approved and "safe" articles available on the initial search pages. And, increasingly, ALL the pages.

I could go on a long while here, but time is valuable and I'm not getting a cent for any of this. I'm confident you guys are smart enough to look into it yourselves and see the picture without me going into greater detail: Bing is an obsessive-compulsive propaganda machine. It's usually, if not always, a left-leaning barf-fest.

Well, in truth all the MSM media outlets are leftist barf-fests anymore. Even Fox News... which only adds further punishments to their damnation because they're doubly phony.

However, for unexplained reasons, the past year has seen Bing begin to include some pro-Second Amendment (and other conservative values) articles in their news pages. Some kind of psy-op I suspect.

Google is somewhat better than Bing. Somewhat... in that this blog hasn't been completely memory-holed by them. Still not nearly as good as they used to be. As far as censorship goes, Yandex is better, but Yandex still relies on Google for much of it's news and assorted articles. Something of an echo-chamber there at Yandex.

Back in the mid-2000's Yahoo was big, and ran lively comments sections to their news articles. I had a good time there. But TPTB soon realized that lefties were taking a drubbing and decided to implement a purge of the conservative commenters. I was banned numerous times. But back then you could come back five minutes later with a new ID and continue to throw shade at dummies.

Sadly... eventually... inevitably... Yahoo implemented a program that recognized IP addresses - which effectively ended my reign of terror.

But, in what may have been an act of divine judgement: in 2012 Yahoo appointed a female CEO. In just five years she managed to successfully drive it into irrelevancy. Yes Robespierre, there is a God.

Fitz

Confession Hogs

I finally did it. After being stuck in the confession ("reconciliation" for those of you in California) line one time too many, behind some confession hog, I said something to the hog as they were exiting the confessional: "Excuse me. Did you not see the line behind you? You were in there for fifteen minutes."

The confession hog, a woman this time (they usually are women... by a factor of about two to one) gaped at me with an incredulous look on her face, then hurried off. No doubt the first time anyone's ever called her on it.

But I had my say and I have to say I'm glad I said it.

The confessional time was limited to an hour. And with ten or eleven people in the queue, she took up one quarter of it for herself. There are far too many Catholics like that. Hogging valuable confessional time - and burdening the poor priest with the sins of everyone but themselves... women being women after all.

At most Catholic churches confession times are usually an hour, once or twice a week. But this can change depending on the parish and the pastor. The church I frequent has quite generous confession times. Even given this, unless you get there early and are at or near the front of the line, it's almost a given that at least one confession hog will be ahead of you - and perhaps your confession won't get heard because of them.

Maybe you've experienced it too?

I'm old now, but happily my capital sins have largely deserted me in favor of more profitable markets. And I no longer have any mortal sins on my conscience. I can be in and out of the confessional in a minute - or two - depending on how chatty the priest is. The way I see it two minutes, four at most, is plenty of time to get whatever you need to off your chest.

The woman today was no anomaly. In fact there've been instances where I couldn't get shriven because confession hogs had gobbled up most of the hour.

Here's a useful admonition regarding confession: "Be brief. Be blunt. Begone."

How long it's been since your last confession... what kind of sins you have committed... and how many. That's it. No need to carry on for half an hour about every mean thing ever said or done to you throughout your entire life.

There is a difference between the sacrament of confession and spiritual direction. If you can't get in and out of the confessional within four minutes then what you're needing is spiritual direction. Make an appointment with the priest for that.

And, as always, thank you for your cooperation in this grave matter.

Fitz

According to Exorcists, Some Things Demons Especially Love and Hate

                                        Know your enemy

People who've died and gone to Hell, then come back to life, say demons are not cookie cutter cut-outs. They're very different from one another. Still, many of them do look like this.

Hatreds:

Us - They hate us, people, with an incredible level of malice. Every one of us. They blame us for their fall from grace. And God shows us the mercy he refuses them.

Humility - Because the humble stand as an infuriating contradiction to their unGodly pride.

Purity and chastity - Because they hate all that is good and Godly.

Christianity - Christianity causes them problems. Other religions... not so much.

The One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church - Because it was founded by Christ and still remains a huge obstacle to their infernal plans.

Holy Confession - Confession makes it difficult for them to lasso and corral us.

The Holy Eucharist - Holy things cause them pain. Especially the Holy Eucharist.

Devotion to the Virgin Mary - They're terrified of the BVM. Saint Joseph too.

Praying the Rosary - The Rosary connects us to the BVM in a personal and powerful way.

Marian Apparitions - Her apparitions thwart their evil plans.

Obedience to the Pope - Catholic unity poses a threat to the Demonic Kingdom.

Contemplative prayer - It brings us closer to God.

Catholic exorcism - Once cast out the demons are humiliated - and ferociously ridiculed by the other demons.

Catholic exorcists (in general) - Because they have authority over them.

Christian chants: The demons have put a lot of stock into corrupting music; and because they hate beauty they also hate beautiful music.

Speaking out against evil - Like roaches, demons cannot stand the light.

Loves:

Hatred - They draw power from hatred. And from all evils. They're like nourishment to them.

Pride - If they can get someone wrapped up in themselves the rest is easy.

Profanation of consecrated hosts - The demons rejoice and draw much power from this sacrilege.

Killing of children e.g., abortion - They draw power from the profanation of life and innocence.

Sexually abusing children - They revel in malice and draw great power from this perversion.

Holy objects/water - Holy things serve as unwelcome reminders of their own filthy sinfulness.

Divorce - It disrupts the family, and therefore a good and healthy social order.

Indecent women - Because they drag many others to Hell with them.

Witchcraft - The witch/psychic is giving homage to the demons, which they crave.

Television - Television enables them to broadcast their diabolical messages easily.

Yoga - It often serves as an entry point for the demonic.

Priests and bishops who are Freemasons - Because they're subverting the Church from within.

Priests wearing secular clothes - In this they're denying the Lord.

https://citizenfitz09.blogspot.com/2022/07/satan-hates-you.html

Fitz