The True Cross

 

Today's the Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross. You may recall that Constantine's Mother, Helena, recovered the True Cross in Jerusalem, where it was rightly venerated until the heathen Persians sacked the Holy City in the early mid-7th century. Emperor Heraclius retook it in 628 AD, only for the savage Moslems to overtake his victory and conquer the holy city in 638 AD.

Heraclius, perhaps the last of the classical Roman Emperors, saved the Cross from Mohammedan fanatics, however, a large fragment remained in Jerusalem and was rescued by the first Crusaders, who venerated the relic and took it into battle with varying degrees of success.

I find the history or legend of the relic fascinating and compelling, that's me, but reflect on the words it points to, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me." 

Again, "Whoever would save his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it." And lest there be any doubt, "What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?" Reflect on that.

Here endeth the lesson,

LSP

Just Cleaning Some Guns

 

Here's the thing, dear readers, guns are great but they're not going to clean themselves, and unless you get more and better servants you have to do the job yourself. Such is life, and whoever said it'd be easy? Rigors of this mortal coil in mind, I took Break Free, cleaning rods, some kind of gun oil and all of that to a CZ 20 Drake and a Ruger American .22.

The CZ's new, and some say a 20's a gauge for LOSERS and GIRLS, as opposed to the mighty 12. I say no, there's nothing wrong with a 20. 1. It's light, quick to presentation 2. Doesn't bust your shoulder up 3. Get's the job done with elegant sufficiency. Or, as a UK punter put it, "If shotguns were invented today they'd be 20s." He has a point. Going after something larger than dove? Load a more powerful round. Hey now, plenty of that around. Thanks, shotgun tech.

In other news, I've been thinking, please don't laugh, and came up with a really good idea. Here it is: Let's INVADE RUSSIA. 

Like it? Pretty clever, right?

Dzerzhinsky,

LSP

Lest We Forget

 

Apparently this:

Is equivalent to this:

In the mind of the Cackling Whore and her 

Thought Patrol Coaches. 

Is anyone fooled? I surely hope not, because if you are you're severely troubled, mentally. Just look at that guy with tattoos and bison horns, like the loathesome Jamiroquai. Yes, there he is, subverting OUR VERY DEMOCRACY, like 9/11 or Pearl Harbor but so, so very much worse.

Have you noticed the how the Left gets ultra shrill, superlative and histrionic about... nothing? Almost as though they need to manufacture crises to keep the fervor going.

Red October,

LSP

Fine Art America

 

What great art, produced in our very own country. Has there been a finer American commander and gentleman? I don't think so, but feel free to disagree.

In other news, 45 didn't seem to do so well against the Cackling Whore last night and seemed tired and off his game. Am I wrong? The Whore, on the other hand, was lively, tip-top and full of whorish sneers. No word salad for this whore, just sharp talking points delivered through earphones masquerading as earrings and a Disney ABC interlocutor who refused to confront her loose woman lies.

Will the nation be fooled? Who knows. Will we produce another Lee or someone like him? Perhaps courage will rise to danger and we will. In the meanwhile, things don't look too bright, pray that changes, perhaps the fate of the world is in the balance.

Cheers,

LSP

DEBATE NIGHT

 

A friend reminded me that the person who comes over as most likable wins the debate. It's not about facts, arguments, reason or anything like that. My, we've most certainly devolved.

OK, this semi-lame post was a welcome excuse to deploy Blondie's awesome Rapture. And what's wrong with that?

Cheers,

LSP

OPERATION TURKEY RUNNER

 

Phase 1. Get Turkey Runners, thanks to new neighbors hating "dirty old rugs." Rip out hideous old industrial 1980's carpet from stairwell. Marvel at overengineered installation. Save underlay, this will come in useful later.

Phase 2. Clean stairwell, remove tacks and staples from previous installation. Sand wood treads with fine grit, maybe you sweat as you do, no one ever said this would be easy. Clean the stairwell again, brush it down, wipe it off, and then stain the treads with MinWax or similar. No "rule."

Phase 3. Cut old underlay to size, it mustn't overlap the runner you're about to lay down, obviously. I used a set of industrial scissors for this task, you might use something else, and that's OK, your call. Underlay sized, staple those pads down. I used an Arrow range stapler and T50 staples, .5" 12mm.

Phase 4. Yes, this is a complex operation, it's now time to roll out Rug #1 down the length of the stairwell. Start at the top, securing the Old Persian with staples. Word to the wise, you don't need to overdo it, three staples per tread should work.

Phase 5. The final, lower staircase. Underlay in place, start at the bottom and work upwards to the landing. Once there, fix your rug to the floor with a handy stapler and behold, a job well done. Now you have anciene regime Persians lining the steps of the Compound's stairwell. How can that be bad?

Well, the photos don't do these old tribals justice, but still, what a nice result. My neighbors scorned them. I find that hard to believe, yet here we are.

Your Pal,

LSP

Corrupt As Hell And Maybe More So

 

Yes, beloved rulers, we're looking at you. Net worth Nancy Pelosi, at least 25 MN$, Dick Cheney, that lovable old grandpa, 150 MN$,  John Brennan, our good old friend of democracy in the CIA, just a pathetic 3 MN$ So much for small fry, what's Hillary worth? A mere 120 MN$ Now we're talkin'! And El Senor 45-47? 

Wow, a catastrophic 7.5 BN$. Yep, you read that right, billion. Dam, and he isn't even a politician, he's just incredibly rich and loves America. The others, Pelosi, Cheney, Clinton, Kamala, Biden et al have lots of money too, though not at the same stratospheric level as El Senor, Musk, Bezos, Gates or Soros. But here's the thing, and I mean this.

El Senor, for all his Pompey Redivivus, loves America, and this is fitting for a President. The others? Not so much if at all, bought off for mere millions. You will note, dear readers, that Trump is not a politician. You will also note that back in the day, MPs weren't paid, and if you didn't own property you couldn't vote.

They weren't complete idiots, back in the day.

Cheers,

LSP

Spies Who Lie

That'd be at least 51 of them, all of whom went on the record saying Hunter Biden's laptop and associated scandal was Russian "disinformation." You know, like a sinister GRU plot to overthrow our free and fair elections. Remember that? 

Fast forward to today and Hunter Biden's pled guilty to tax fraud. Not a good look, and where does prosecutorial evidence come from, admissible in court? Well goodness gracious, from Hunter's laptop no less. What does this mean?

That US INTEL was and has been captured by the Democrats? Shurely not, mine's a triple G&T, bar persyn. That Hunter's indictment and guilty plea are a feature of a bizarre Kremlin Game of Thrones power play? Perhaps. Or maybe we're just being lied to, constantly, semper, ubique, all the time.

As we reflect on these hypotheticals, keen-eyed Biblicist readers may remember that Satan is the Father of Lies.

James Clapper's net worth is estimated at a paltry 5M$ Socialist Buyed-Off-Bucks. Or maybe he wasn't bought off, maybe this evil old man and his pals really believe it. As always, you be the judge.

Your Ruggish Pal,

LSP

Is Putin Apex Troll?

 

You may have missed it, but smiling Russian strongman, Vladimir Putin came down hard on the side of Kamala Harris, America's "joy" presidential candidate. Speaking on Thursday at the Eastern Economic Forum, Putin praised Harris for her "infectious" laugh.

“Our favorite, if you can call it that, was the current president Mr. Biden," said Putin, “He was removed from the race, but he recommended that all his supporters support Ms. Harris. That’s what we’ll do too, She laughs so expressively and infectiously that it means that everything is fine with her." 

The evil, unhinged, psychotic, Hitlerian, corrupt, ignorant, foolish, barely coherent (Ahem, Biden/Harris? Ed.) autocrat went on to say that US governance is "up to the American people."

"Ultimately, the choice is up to the American people, and we will respect that choice," Putin stated. "As for the favorites, it is not up to us to determine that. It is, after all, the choice of the American people."

Well there you have it, is it? I'm in two minds. On the one hand, no matter who wins some kind of vote theater the unelected apparatus of the State and its billionaire backers remain in charge. On the other, if enough people were to vote for a real change maybe there'd be one.

OK, don't hold your breath, but hats off to Vladimirovic for top-level trolling. You'll have noticed the Dems are already rolling out the tired old muh Russia elections wheeze. Will it work round two? Will an incoming Trump 47 be investigated for years as a Kremlin agent, head of CHAOS, SPECTRE and CEO of GRU?

I doubt it, that comedy line's set sail over the horizon. But not to worry, we still have our proxy war in Ukraine, and maybe Blackrock welcomes Sweden's new war campaign:

Like wow, and NATO military, not least our own, worries about a recruiting crisis. Huh. Far out. As one pundit put it, "Surprised that ad hasn't been cancelled for its lack of an identity chevron."

Quite,

LSP

Revival?

 

Keen-eyed observers of the religious scene may have noticed the stirring of what looks very much like the beginnings of a revival in the Catholic sphere. This year's Eucharistic Congress in the US, the first in some EIGHTY years, is a prime case in point. A great outpouring of faith, not least sacramental.

In Europe? Perhaps something similar, see Cologne's Te Deum, numerous pilgrimages and the flourishing of "ancient faith communities," i.e. people who actually believe and attempt to practice, by the grace of God, the Faith handed down by Christ to the Apostles. We call it orthodoxy. Is this some kind of sea change?

Maybe so. For decades, the Church is monumentally slow, we've been stuck in the ersatz groove of the now ancient, ahem, modernist rebellion of "church renewal." 

Get rid of Altars, Liturgy and all of that triumphalist, elitist music; replace the glory by felt applique banners, guitar playing nuns, liturgical dance, trans marriage, rainbow flags, abortion, and wymxn priestesses. All the colors of the rainbow. Then watch the people applaud and fill the pews.

NO

Except that they didn't, they left the Church in droves, and who can blame them. Why join a Church which reflects your disbelief back to yourself? And that's just it; the people who vandalized and continue to vandalize the Body of Christ, the Mystici Corporis, are faithless apostates who've swapped out the truth of the Gospel for some kind of pathetic watered down, pseudo-pious Marxism. Or, to call out the perverse unicorn in the room, for homosexual sex. 

Enough, stand against this iniquity, and tell your priest to put that Altar back against the wall. Maybe concrete it in.

Ad Orientem,

LSP

Rest in Peace

 

My Mother-in-Law died last Saturday after a long and very difficult illness. She did so with the Rites of the Church, and many thanks go out to the faithful priests in Calgary who were there for her and her family. 

She was a most forgiving person but tough for all that, growing up in Corsicana during the War. She once said to me, "When I was that age I thought there wasn't a horse I couldn't ride." Respect.

Her Requiem is set, tentatively, for next week. Please pray for the repose of her soul. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.

Yours,

LSP

No Worse Enemy - Language!

 

Alright there boys? Mind how you go, 

LSP