The Same as it Ever Was

An interesting story here about “Reverend” Gershom Seixas: https://aish.com/the-first-american-born-jewish-religious-leader/"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershom_Mendes_Seixas"

Here's an even more interesting story: "Reverend" Seixas came from a family of Portuguese crypto-Jews, aka "marranos". Jews who'd converted to Catholicism but continued to practice Talmudism (the actual religion of the Jews) in secret. Naturally this was looked at negatively by the Catholic governments of Spain and Portugal. The backsliding "marranos" are a separate class from the "conversos" - who were Jews who'd converted to Catholicism, but hadn't (yet) backslid. Marrano means “pig” or "dirty person".

When you read popular histories about the conversos and marranos it is always painted as them being “forced to convert”. Usually at the point of a sword.

But that was not the case. No doubt some were were forced to convert, but most of them did so freely. Some no doubt sincerely. Others out of opportunity. The Spanish Jews in 1492 knew The Edict of Expulsion was coming. They were given ample time to make the decision: convert or leave. That's how it was put to them. Somewhere between 67 and 83 percent were baptized - and stayed.

However, some of these Jews began having second thoughts and reverted… secretly. They maintained a Catholic facade but secretly practiced their old rites. And THAT was the problem. This was a time when Catholics were still Catholics, not demi-protestants like today. It was considered as something akin to blasphemy for a Catholic to renege on the Faith. Any Catholic, not just Jews. The Inquisition began searching them out.

Irrespective of whatever Wikipedia might say, the Inquisition had no authority over "Jews" per se... only baptised Catholics. The Jews who ran afoul of it were the crypto-Jews. Their Jewish abettors and Jews who disparaged Christ or Catholicism risked arrest by civil authorities, not the Inquisition. However, conversos started getting looked at suspiciously because many of them were surreptitiously reverting.

The rabbis had even set up a directorate for that purpose: re-converting the conversos!

So, the backsliding marranos, the Jews enabling them, and assorted Jewish troublemakers were the ones who found themselves in trouble. Not the Jews who stayed in their lanes.

It appears Seixas was continuing the old, deceptive marrano tradition. Calling himself "reverend” rather than "rabbi". And even gussying himself up to look the part of a proper protestant pastor. The better to fool the goyim.

Fitz

While My Sitar Gently Weeps

                           Le diable a le sens de l'humour!

A Muslim gentleman residing in Germany evidently decided to do Allah's work and drove his car into a so-called Pride Parade in Berlin, killing at least one person and injuring many others: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevmdxz4872o"

The suspect, 21-year-old immigrant Abdul Ballout, was later shot and killed during a police stand-off when he charged officers with a knife. German police have known of Ballout's radical Islamist tendencies for years and he'd even spent time in prison for them. Yet the government let him remain in Germany.

It should go without saying that the people Ballout drove his vehicle into are some of the same people violently agitating for Muslim immigration into Germany and against deporting even one of the many criminal adherents of the sect.

And in an interesting twist to the story, the supposed "far right" AfD Party quickly released a statement: "We will not allow religious extremists to divide our country with violence and intolerance."

"Religious extremists... divide our country... intolerance"??? Goodness! My friends, where have we heard that crap before? Who is it that's always crying about "religious extremists" and "intolerance"? Yep... LEFTISTS! Except that when they're saying it they always mean Christians. Always.

What we actually see in this story is proof of Satan's sardonic sense of humor: A gaggle of leftist queers gets run over by a Muslim... a group leftist queers ardently advocate for - while at the same time the supposed "far right" opposition party comes out spewing leftist mantras about "extremism" and "intolerance". You can't make this stuff up!

I've been saying it for years: so called "opposition parties" are in truth controlled opposition parties. Every one of them. And the AfD just told the whole world who's really pulling their strings.

All that remains is for the media to spin this attack as being "the result of right wing hatred towards gays and immigrants". That's how they'll play it.

And don't ruin your eyes weeping about how Muslims are taking over Germany. The Germans are getting what they asked for. With more to come.

Fitz

Random Meme Wednesday

The Martyrs of Compiegne - 1794

On this day, July 17, but 232 years ago, sixteen harmless women were guillotined in France. Their “crime” was their commitment to God and the religious life - which French authorities at the time considered counter-revolutionary. They were 11 Discalced (shoeless) Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs. They left this world at a place called "Place de la Nation" in Paris.

In one of history's more challenging ironies, the charge levelled at them by the Revolutionary Tribunal was that of being "fanatics".

While they were being transported by cart to the guillotine, they prayed and sang hymns. The Parisians for their part rewarded their service and courage by cursing, berating, insulting and throwing things at them. Same as it ever was.

They were:
Mother Thérèse of Saint Augustine: prioress.
Sister Euphrasia of the Immaculate Conception.
Sister San Luigi: sub-prior.
Sister Annamaria of Jesus Crucified.
Sister Carlotta of the Resurrection.
Sister Enrichetta of Jesus.
Sister Teresa of the Heart of Mary.
Sister Teresa of S. Ignatius.
Sister Giulia Luisa of Jesus.
Sister Maria Enrichetta of Providence.
Sister Costanza: novice.
Sister Mary of the Holy Spirit.
Sister Santa Marta.
Sister Elisabetta Giulia of San Francesco Saverio.
Sister Caterina Soiron: tertiary.

The execution of these innocent women might seem at first just another bleak but forgettable tableau in a world of bleak tableaus. But there is something more to the story. Very soon, in ten days actually, Robespierre and the fanatics surrounding him were themselves overthrown in what became known as the "Thermidorean Reaction" - and a great many of them suddenly found themselves minus a head.

Oui, Robespierre, le diable a le sens de l'humour.

God moves at His own pace, but He does move.

Fitz

So Long, Lindsey!

                                 "I'm a good little goy!"

Graham was at least an honest sociopath. He didn't pull his punches. He was all about killing anyone who stood in the way of Eretz Israel. Hamas soldiers, civilians, children, unlucky tourists, medical workers, photographers, journalists, cats, dogs, cockatiels, Charlie Kirk....

That's what mattered the most to Lindsey. Killing Israel's adversaries. All of them! From the safety of his well protected and air conditioned Zionist occupied enclave, of course.

Was Graham a true believer; or was he a paid believer? I don't know. But I don't think he did either.

What I do know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is that whoever's chosen to replace him will be a chip off the old block. That will be the only point of sadness to be found in his sudden passing.

It IS kinda' suspicious how he died though. Allegedly only a few hours after returning to DC after visiting Ukraine... where two buildings in which he'd been cheerleading for the death of more Russians were obliterated, immediately, by Russian missile strikes... "after he'd left". OK... maybe. But maybe, just maybe, he hadn't left. Maybe the story about him returning safely home to DC is as phony as a US Senator's smile? Maybe Russia scored a W there?

The karma of it is certainly curious and deserves a deeper dive.

What do you think? Was Graham an evil, war-mongering homosexual? Or a damnable, ass-kissing Zionist?

You be the judge:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11R9RVUgOUk
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pgKhjvXGMa8
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pW67Sm7GfoA
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VGqT8SKTx1Y
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F1TYImyhavk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJcwbOk58WE

Fitz

Who's Next?

America's future. Yep, earthquakes are coming! Within our lifetimes?

Venezuela is a nominally Catholic country. But Christians or not, Venezuelans have largely turned their backs on God. A process that commenced immediately upon their founding. Eventually, socialists showed up with bouquets of falsehoods, which the Venezuelans accepted. As per usual, the socialists finally took off the masks and revealed themselves to be communists. One would think that by now people would have learned to recognize the game.

Fitz

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1992 - Venezuela is the 3rd richest country in the Western Hemisphere, powered by oil and a growing middle class.
1997 - Venezuelans become the 2nd largest buyers of Ford F-150s—a sign of widespread prosperity.
1998 - Hugo Chávez is elected, promising to “redistribute wealth..." and "fix inequality."
2001 - The country votes again for socialism, framed as compassion and fairness.
2003 - The government imposes price controls and currency controls. Black markets appear. Shortages begin.
2004 - Private healthcare is fully socialized.
2006 - Inflation rises sharply as massive welfare programs expand without real economic backing.
2007 - All higher education becomes “free.”
2008 - Key industries—oil services, steel, cement, telecom—are nationalized. Production drops almost immediately.
2009 - Private gun ownership is banned.
2010 - The currency is devalued by 50%, crushing savings and accelerating inflation.
2011 - Oil production begins a steady decline due to mismanagement and lack of investment.
2012 - American politicians, e.g. Bernie Sanders, publicly praise Venezuela’s model.
2013 - Chávez dies. Nicolás Maduro takes power and tightens state control.
2014 - Opposition leaders are arrested or silenced.
2015 - GDP collapses. Hyperinflation begins.
2016 - Severe food and medical shortages spread nationwide.
2017 - The constitution is suspended. Elections become meaningless.
2018 - Inflation exceeds 1,000,000%. Maduro wins the "election".
2019 - Unarmed civilians are killed by their government.
2020 - More than 8 million people flee the country to escape the hunger and repression.
2023 - Minor economic improvements fail to relieve mass poverty.
2024 - "Elections" trigger protests and global isolation.
2026 - Venezuela is devastated by two great earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5.
(A special shout out to Dennis Stifler)

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Death toll: As of 7-7-26, at least 3,535 people.
Injured: Over 16,740.

Missing: Tens of thousands.

Displaced: Nearly 18,000 people are homeless, with about 12,800 of these staying in 80 shelters in Caracas and La Guaira.

Buildings destroyed: Satellite analysis suggests about 58,870 buildings were damaged or destroyed.

Humanitarian Situation: Survivors are struggling with overcrowded shelters, unsafe water, poor sanitation, and limited medical supplies. Health experts warn of rising risks for epidemics.

So, will Venezuelans learn their lesson from this and return to Christ? Of course not. Things may be bad, but they're going to have to get worse than bad for that to happen. People... same as it ever was.

Fitz

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