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The activists can’t just leave decent things alone

Pope Leo XIV blesses riders at the beginning of the Giro d’Italia, June 1, 2025. Screen capture by D R Pico.

The Giro d’Italia cycling race included the Vatican for the first time, in the neutralized start of the grand tour race for the first time in history, in the 21st and final stage. Pope Leo XIV blessed the riders at the start of the race.

Pope Leo blesses cyclists as Giro d’Italia hits Vatican Gardens

by Associated Press | Sunday, June 1, 2025

Pope Leo XIV offered his blessing to the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, as the final stage of the iconic three-week race began with a historic ride through the serene Vatican Gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica.

Upon entering Vatican grounds, overall leader Simon Yates and the classification frontrunners dismounted to personally greet the pontiff, who was presented with a symbolic pink jersey – the emblem of the race leader.

“You are role models for young people across the globe,” Pope Leo told the peloton. “May God bless you all on this final leg of the Giro d’Italia. Congratulations, and know that you are always welcome here in the Vatican, embraced by the church, which reflects God’s love for all people.”

There’s more at the original, and it’s wholly apolitical.

Our family watch European bike races. Our younger daughter is an absolute fanatic, and knows everything there is to know about the competitors, while I am more interested in the scenery. And the scenery was completely messed up in this year’s Giro by the awful and ubiquitous ‘Palestinian’ flags and stupid ‘Free Gaza’ bovine feces painted on the roads throughout by stupid activists.

The ‘Palestinian’ supporters ruin everything.

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The Trump effect is doing some good things

We do not allow those under 18 to vote. We do not allow those under 18 to drink alcohol. We do not allow those under 18 to enlist in the military. In most states, those under 18 cannot legally consent to sexual intercourse. But, to our friends on the left, those under 18 ought to be able to consent to physical castration, plastic surgery, and life altering, physically irreversible surgical procedures. President Trump is trying to put a stop to that.

Penn ceases gender-affirming surgery for patients under age 19

The move comes after an executive order from President Donald Trump that directed agencies to cease grants and other funding that could be used for gender-affirming care.

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Killadelphia: While you can try to educate the ignorant, you just can’t fix stupid.

By the numbers, homicides are significantly down in the City of Brotherly Love, but as much as the total number of crimes reported are down, we have to remember: the only acceptable amount of crime is zero.

With reports like this, it’s hard to believe the number of homicides is down:

Ballistics tests show five guns were fired in Lemon Hill shooting that struck 11 people, police say

Philly police now believe five guns were fired in the shooting in Fairmount Park on Memorial Day.

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Do you need the government to manage you? Apparently Wrongthink™ is a serious problem, and conservatives need to be watched

We reported, last Friday, on Catherine Herridge’s report of the Biden Administration’s efforts to label those who disagreed with COVID-19 vaccine mandates as “Domestic Violent Extremists”:

The Biden Administration labeled Americans who opposed the COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates as “Domestic Violent Extremists,” or DVEs, according to newly declassified intelligence records obtained by Public @shellenberger @galexybrane and Catherine Herridge Reports. The designation created an “articulable purpose” for FBI or other government agents to open an “assessment” of individuals, which is often the first step toward a formal investigation, said a former FBI agent. Continue reading →

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World War III Watch: It could still happen if people get stupid

It was only a couple of days ago that the democratic West was buoyed by Ukraine’s deep strikes into Russia. From The Washington Post:

Ukraine’s drones disrupt Russia with airport closures, internet blackouts

As Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, they are disrupting day-to-day life and reminding Russians that the war is not confined to the trenches.

by Mary Ilyushina | Memorial Day, May 26, 2025

Large-scale Ukrainian drone attacks have rattled multiple Russian regions for the third consecutive day, grounding flights, disrupting internet access and stretching the country’s air defense systems thin. Continue reading →

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This is why Hillary Clinton got to remain a private citizen

There were many characterizations of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign, but my favorite one was that she reminded every man of the first wife he divorced. She’s just a humorless, nasty scold, the Karen of the HOA, and the Gladys Kravitz of every neighborhood.

As the son of two United States Army veterans, and the father of two more, I understand the meaning of Memorial Day, a holiday to honor not every veteran, but those who fell in combat to defend our country, and defend the world from tyranny. This holiday weekend, the traditional — if not actual — beginning of summer for Americans, is one for family gatherings, and while most us have not lost a loved one or family member in war — my family have not — it should also be a day of unity for Americans.

Some of those who made the ultimate sacrifice were Democrats, and some were Republicans, some were Catholics and some were Protestants, some were Jewish and some were Muslim, and even some were atheists, though in writing that I am reminded of the old saw, “There are no atheists in foxholes.”

But the woman who thankfully failed to become our 45th President wants to make your Memorial Day cookout about politics, about division.

We see the same bovine feces every year around Thanksgiving, usually from the left, telling people how to survive a family dinner with their rabid, MAGA-supporting uncle. Conservatives mostly just smile and not start fights over dinner like that.

Mrs Clinton wants you to start a fight.

Half of the voters in this country chose to vote for President Trump, and Mrs Clinton wants you to pick a fight with them. On a day when we hope the sun will be shining and it will be pleasantly warm, Mrs Clinton wants those who listen to her to be a cold wind and a dark rain cloud.

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Apparently I am a “Domestic Violent Extremist”, or so Joe Biden and his minions would have classified me

Did you know that I’m a “Domestic Violent Extremist”? I didn’t know I was, but that’s apparently how the Biden Administration would have classified me, if they knew who a small fry like me was. Continue reading →

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You in not that big a heap o’ trouble, boy!

Stephen Jones, photo via Facebook, under Section 27A of the Copyright Act.

Normally my crime articles go under the heading “You in a heap o’ trouble, boy,” or sometimes “girl,” in homage to that iconic southern expression, but, alas!, Mr Stephen Jones, formerly Democratic Leader of Philadelphia’s 59th Ward, is in far less of a heap o’ trouble than he should be for his offense.

I guess that he has friends in high places!

Philly ward leader convicted of sexually assaulting his granddaughter is sentenced to about a month in jail

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So many who want to “Free Palestine” are willing to shoot unarmed Jews

I have said it before: if we had social media back in 1944, the Usual Suspects wopuld have been decrying the violence and whining that Germany was defeated, that there was no need to continue the march into Germany proper, and think of all of the poor, innocent civilians who would be killed! Had such people been around then, they wouldn’t have cared that their calls for a “Ceasefire Now!” would have left der Führer and his henchmen alive and in power, and a couple of the concentration camps in place, but still . . . .

This morning’s story is what piqued The Philadelphia Inquirer’s far-left columnist’s ire: Continue reading →