Democrats are always willing to sacrifice justice for the individuals whom they claim to speak for when it's politically expedient

Just ask Mary Jo Kopechne. Oh, that's right. You can't. Ted Kennedy killed her, before embarking on his vaunted role as the "liberal lion" of the U.S. Senate.

"Washington Post Asks the Dumbest Question Ever"

So, here I am again...

 ...a practicing Catholic, yearning for another pope: "Pope Leo Scraps Church Doctrine to Appease Dems".

On the April 12 edition of 60 Minutes, the Cardinals lent their talents to a veritable infomercial for the Democratic Party. The openly leftist Blase Cupich, whom Leo appointed Cardinal, called Trump’s social media posts about the war “sickening” and “dehumanizing.” Cardinal Robert McElroy baldly mischaracterized the administration’s illegal immigrant removal, and Cardinal Joseph Tobin blasted Trump for his "graphic exploitation of sacred imagery,” admittedly an unforced error on Trump’s part.

No one mentioned abortion, which claimed more than a million unborn Americans in 2025 alone. No one mentioned the young lives destroyed by “gender affirming therapy.” No one mentioned the scores of Americans murdered by illegal immigrants. No one even mentioned Sheridan Gorman, the Catholic college student murdered last month by an illegal in Cupich’s backyard.

As someone once wrote, never does the church so closely resemble Jesus as when broken and betrayed from within. 

There are, however, many priests, nuns, bishops and even a few cardinals who object to the path this pope is taking, pointing out that Leo's pronouncements on political matters, even when clothed in the language of scripture, are merely pastoral in nature and are not in the least binding on the faithful. Pray for guidance, Your Holiness; you can't excommunicate all of us, unless you're content to head up a rump Christian sect.

Has Pope Leo met with King Charles?

I'm sure they would get along swimmingly, since they have so much in common. For example, a strange affection for Islam: "In Algeria, Pope Leo Hails the ‘Rich Diversity’ of Christians and Muslims".

I would say, as a rule, that ignoring or sugar-coating reality is not a good foundation for building a genuinely peaceful world. That is this layman's two cents worth.

Working-with-your hands Wednesday

 

Bonus video!  The art of the optical illusion.

Man, Hallmark will go to any length to sell greeting cards

This is World Quantum Day, whatever that is, so, er, have a great one!

General inquiry: does this day involve firecrackers, cakes or barbecues? Any parades I should know about? How about "Miss Quantum Day" contests, any of those going on anywhere?

Capital loss

 

“Sell Eric Swalwell” pic.twitter.com/zIgVP87ccM

— Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) April 11, 2026

Death aboard a Confederate submarine

"When the Navy Recovered This Sunken Submarine, the Crew Was Dead. Why Were They Just Sitting There?".