Trudeau And Trump Go India

On the one hand we have this, and on the other we have this. 

Sinister? Let's zoom in.

Quite the Indian, eh? Here's some video.

Oh Canada,

LSP

Ash Wednesday 2020

Memento, homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris — Remember, O Man, that thou art dust and unto dust thou shalt return.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust all brought into stark relief as we kneel to receive an ashen cross on our foreheads. No, fool, you're not a God, you're mortal and destined to return to the earth from which you came. 

Remember, the memento mori is cruciform, in the shape of the same Cross which defeated death by death. Here we find life, our mortality shot through and transformed by eternity.

So Good Friday lives within Ash Wednesday and with it the green pastures and flowing waters of paradise, of the empty tomb and Easter. O death, where is thy sting? Still, before we dare claim the victory we must ally ourselves with it, or rather the Victor himself. And so to Lent.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all those who are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Wishing you all a holy and blessed penitential season,

LSP

Behold The Glory Of The Raj

Richard Wellesley famously said that India needed to be governed from a palace instead of a country house. That happened and the President of India lives there today. 

US President @realDonaldTrump's cavalcade arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan for ceremonial reception@POTUS @PMOIndia @IndianEmbassyUS @USAmbIndia @PressSec@robertcobrien@Scavino45#TrumpIndiaVisit

Watch #TrumpIndiaVisit on DD India LIVE: https://t.co/FIqrREvyOE pic.twitter.com/Uw2tyuOx1Q

— DD India (@DDIndialive) February 25, 2020

President Trump and America's First Lady were welcomed to Rashtrapati Bhavan by a ceremonial guard of honor and a 21 gun salute. The spirit of the Raj loomed large and you have to wonder at the thing; the Mall, Rotten Row, an Edwardian Baroque Blenheim Palace (?) and the Cotswolds all supersized and rolled in with India to fit the dignity of their Imperial Majesties and Viceroy.

So 45 was welcomed by Lancers, yes they still exist, Gurkhas and a formation made up of members from the three services. Stirring, at least for me, at every level. But was anything missing?

US President @realDonaldTrump greeted with 21- GUN in an honourable welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan@POTUS @PMOIndia @IndianEmbassyUS @USAmbIndia @PressSec@robertcobrien@Scavino45

Watch #TrumpIndiaVisit on DD India LIVE: https://t.co/FIqrREvyOE pic.twitter.com/8bztoQ5Bwz

— DD India (@DDIndialive) February 25, 2020

Yes, surely Trump and the First Lady would've looked better in uniform and in a carriage, more in keeping with their cavalry escort than the Beast, awesome as that is. Also, and it's a big also, the Viceroy wasn't there because there isn't one.

Too bad, Great Britain, for not realizing the Commonwealth vision that could have been and might still be. In the meanwhile, well done President Trump and Melania for flying the flag and keeping America great. Well done India too, for such a welcome.

Your Old Friend,

LSP

Melania Mondays! India Special

America's popular and glamorous First Lady turned heads and dazzled in white from the moment she stepped off Airforce One, on the first day of the presidential visit to India.

She beamed as her husband was welcomed by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then went on to receive thunderous applause at the Sardar Patel Stadium. 

"It was utterly epic and the First Lady was radiant," stated one observer, "The only thing missing was the Viceroy and the Indian Army General Staff, standing in the background with stern approval. Sadly those days are gone. For now." 

Rally over, the First Lady visited the Taj Mahal, where she stood with her husband before the monument to love. But Melania's nothing if not practical and took time out to inspect a simple peasant loom.

Melania, honorary Colonel of the Dallas Light Cavalry (Irreg.), continues to tour of India with her husband. Here at the Compound we'd like to thank our First Lady for doing her not inconsiderable best to make and keep America great. 

Nemaste,

LSP

On This Day

Total Respect.

LSP

A Sunday Reflection

"LSP, two wild dogs killed my cat, I saw it! They just marched straight up on my porch, shook Baxter like a rag and ran back off. It was the burnished one that did it. 

"So if you're going to set up on the porch and go to work you better get out and carry a gun, and shoot the hell outta them! And don't you leave that Blue on his own on the porch, they'll be fixing to kill that poor baby like they did my Baxter."

I know the "burnished one" and his scraggly sidekick. They're a pair of Meth Shack strays who roam the sylvan boulevards of this rural haven, making a menace of themselves. I also know that Blue Ferox could take them even though he's blind, and that they run when I tell them to git! I did not say this to Miss R, I did say, "Yes, Ma'am."

Cat killers aside, Mass went well at the Missions today with everyone in high pre-Lenten spirits. We considered the Transfiguration in the Gospel, and here's a short sermon in the form of a Collect:

O God, who before the passion of thy only-begotten Son

didst reveal his glory upon the holy mount: Grant unto us

that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may

be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his

likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ

our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy

Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

God bless,

LSP

Apocalypse China And Everywhere Else

By now we all know the Coronavirus has reached Europe, with some 50,000 people quarantined in Northern Italy. Good luck Lombardy, to say nothing of Iran, Lebanon, South Korea, Japan and everywhere else. This thing obviously isn't contained, but what about here in the US?

Rod Dreher writing at American Conservative quotes, at length, an American doctor whose Chinese wife is keyed into apocalyptic conditions in her homeland, where they're running out of medicine. The doctor slams the "elites" of "both parties" who've "failed and betrayed" us. Read on:

Now: to what is going on in the USA...

And as a physician, the first instances of medication shortages are now happening in earnest. A memo from the hospital’s pharmacy committee arrived yesterday. It specifically named the following drugs – IV antibiotics such as gentamicin, tobramycin and streptomycin – IV drips from the ICU dobutamine, dopamine, and norepinephrine – and the following pill medications – diltiazem, verapamil, amlodipine, losartan, valsartan and irbesartan. Also mentioned were all of the usual narcotic opioids used for pain – morphine, dilaudid, hydrocodone and fentanyl among others. The memo stated that while there was stock in the hospital on all of these at this moment — the intermediate suppliers had sent warnings that supplies were quickly diminishing — and that further supplies from the manufacturer were not going to be reliable into the foreseeable future. Therefore, we were strongly urged to immediately begin making sure that every prescription was appropriate — and to replace it with something else if possible.

Well, some of these things are not replaceable. Some of them are — but with much more dangerous alternatives. And just try doing surgery without morphine — I dare you. All I can say is you have been warned. This is here — this is now and this is real and very likely to get much worse. Shipping all your critical drug manufacturing to another very unreliable country is so dumb that only the elites could have thought of it. And all you snowflakes thinking that we can just magically build factories here immediately — well you are oh so wrong. First of all — manufacturing drugs on a large scale takes immense engineering, and will not be done on a whim. Secondly, when we exported all our manufacturing away, all the jobs went away as well. There is a human know-how that is critical to this kind of enterprise, and that went away when the factories went to China. And it takes years — maybe decades — to get that back. MY FELLOW AMERICANS — YOU HAVE BEEN FAILED AND BETRAYED BY THE ELITES IN BOTH PARTIES – PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND IN THE COMING MONTHS.

YOU HAVE BEEN FAILED AND BETRAYED BY THE ELITES IN BOTH PARTIES – PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND IN THE COMING MONTHS. 

You can and should read the whole thing here. Perhaps our traitorous, transnational, Illuminati, tasseled-loafer, club-chair-sitting, Mammon worshiping asset-strippers need to be brought to account. Did I say "nooses down the Mall"? No, you must've imagined it.

In the meanwhile, you are a fool if you haven't at least begun to lay in a month's worth of food, water, and necessary supplies. Look at it this way, if worst comes to worst and the escaped ChiCom bioweapon hits, say, Dallas in the next month you'll be able to eat. If it doesn't, well and good, you can cook up the food and shoot the ammo at leisure.

Pray this doesn't get any more out of hand, more on prepping for the Eschaton as the spirit moves.

Stay safe,

LSP

*****

Via Zero:

*South Korea reports 123 new cases, 1 new death
*Italy announces 79 cases, declares "national emergency"; Nothern  Italy put on lockdown.
*Japan cases triple in a week to 121
*Japan confirms "seriously ill" patient in Tokyo
*Hubei reports daily numbers
*Chinese scientists find virus in urine
*Experts propose 27 day quarantine, say 14 days likely not long enough
*Cases outside China go exponential
*32 UK and European citizens arrive back in UK on evac flight
*Outbreak reported in South Korean psychiatric ward
*WHO team visits Wuhan; will give Monday press conference
*Iran reports 10 new cases, deaths climb to 6
*San Diego says 200 under 'medical observation'
*Young woman infected five relatives without ever showing symptoms

*South Korea cases surge 8-fold in 4 days to 433; country reports third death

Rural America Salutes Bloomberg

Thanks for the accurate infographic, Egyptian. So God made a farmer.

That is all.

LSP

Behold Bloomberg Genius

Billionaire Mini-Mike Bloomberg isn't just paying for cringey text memes on Instagram, he's taking out ads on billboards. Look, here's one.

Uh Huh, 45's Doomed

Here's another. 

And Now he's totally doomed, thanks to Mini's genius PR

Wow, 45's doomed. As you reflect on the sheer PR genius of Mini's campaign, stop and ask yourself why the Left can't meme.

It's weird, they've all been to art school, they're all super creative, they read the New York Times so they're obviously amazingly smart, and Mammon knows they've got the cash. Oh yes, in plenty. Maybe this helpful infovideo illustrates the blindingly obvious point.

Democrat campaign ad spending (thru Sunday). 💰 pic.twitter.com/LqZAeh0JOS

— SOMETHiNG WiCKËD (@som3thingwicked) February 20, 2020

So much money, Mini's got $60 billion alone, but they fall weirdly, jarringly short. Strange, right, could it be because these people have sold their souls to Satan? 

Zoltar speaks... pic.twitter.com/j4961pgjdY

— SOMETHiNG WiCKËD (@som3thingwicked) February 21, 2020

Before you accuse the editorial staff at the Compound of sensationalist hyperbole, consider this. Every single one of the Democrat candidates for the presidency is in favor of abortion up to the point of birth, possibly beyond.

SW archive (updated Feb 20)

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2⃣ https://t.co/W65raAEQRi
3⃣ https://t.co/85SV8k1qUq
4⃣ https://t.co/HhpmxZmT68
5⃣ https://t.co/MFT9QX8N6q
6⃣ https://t.co/pxgta4Jgg0
7⃣ https://t.co/SPYcKHXQv3
RSG https://t.co/Jg0jH21Ltc
BIDEN https://t.co/jWQmgBjGWF pic.twitter.com/cIGcUzs0tn

— SOMETHiNG WiCKËD (@som3thingwicked) February 6, 2020

Perhaps it's hard to enlist humor in defense of the grinding evil of such a platform. D'ye think? In the meanwhile, congrats to Something Wicked.

#Landslide2020,

LSP

Grab Em By The Pursey

Sometimes images are more powerful than words, and it's a weird fact that the Left, despite their massive advantage in, ahem, "art" school cred can't do it. What's wrong kids, commie caught your tongue?

#Landslide2020

LSP

Mini Mike Wishes He Was Taller

Like Adrienne, the Compound won't comment on last night's clownshow of a debate in which Mini-Mike got himself scalped by Liawatha and all the other commies. But we're delighted to offer this educational infovideo.

As one pundit put it, "Mini didn't get much for the $400 million. We could've done a lot more with that money, developed a world class hunting and fishing camp. Maybe buy a county in Wyoming." Yes, with a small but powerful Army, mounted, obviously.

Check out Tucker on Mini-Mike, if you haven't already. He thinks Mini's a direct threat to democracy. We're not so sure and refer you to the $400 million++ spent by this dwarven buffoon to look like... yes, a gilt-edged billionaire buffoon.

Meanwhile, 45's holding massive rallies.

Landslide 2020,

LSP

FREE ROGER STONE

Three and a half years and a $20k fine for process crimes coming out of the bogus Russian collusion investigation. Outrageous and yet another testament to our two-tier justice system.

Stone has the chance to appeal for a new trial. I hope he gets it and the preposterous case against him brought on by the Mueller gang is thrown out.

Whether corrupt partisan judge Amy Berman leaves the bench for a slot on the View remains to be seen. In the meanwhile...

Free Roger Stone,

LSP

Chrissie Hynde Gets It

She may not be the most beautiful popstar compared to, say, Madonna, Grace Slick or Nikki Minaj, but here at the Compound we applaud Chrissie Hynde. Why?

Because she gets it and then some. Give Ms. Hind a round of applause for going MAGA in the face of millioniare socialist celeb music orthodoxy consensus.

Brass in pocket and rest in peace, Steve Bennett.

Your Pal,

LSP

Craven Mountebanks

The Archbishop of Mountebankery

Some of you may have noticed that the small and getting smaller Church of England had the sheer, brazen, literal temerity to publish a Pastoral Statement reaffirming heterosexual marriage. The numerically declining but Guardian strong prelates of the venerable CofE actually brought themselves to issue this:

It has always been the position of the Church of England that marriage is a creation ordinance, a gift of God in creation and a means of his grace. Marriage, defined as a faithful, committed, permanent and legally sanctioned relationship between a man and a woman making a public commitment to each other, is central to the stability and health of human society. 

OMG. Really, marriage is something that takes place between men and women, like, what? The bishops, emboldened, go on:

In the light of this understanding the Church of England teaches that “sexual intercourse, as an expression of faithful intimacy, properly belongs within marriage exclusively” (Marriage: a teaching document of the House of Bishops, 1999). Sexual relationships outside heterosexual marriage are regarded as falling short of God’s purposes for human beings.

 The Unicorn is a Vicious Beast

Sit down, take a deep breath and reflect on the miracle. Yes, the Church of England's bishops actually restated the Church's teaching on marriage. Then the rainbow revolted in a firestorm of gaily hued rage and everything fell apart. Enter craven mountebanks #1 and #2, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Welby and Sentamu. They apologized like beaten children for offending the genderless hivemind of the New World Order, here they are:

We as archbishops, alongside the bishops of the Church of England, apologise and take responsibility for releasing a statement last week which we acknowledge has jeopardised trust. We are very sorry and recognise the division and hurt this has caused.

Jeopardised trust? Yes you have, in the minds of faithful Christians everywhere as you capsize and cower under the threat of the thudding hooves of the dominant rainbow unicorn. We are very sorry, yes, you should be, for being weak, ineffectual, cowardly, Quisling, false apostles.

At what point, we have to ask, will white lib self-loathing come to an end, to say nothing of bishops gaining the courage to openly profess the Faith.

Craven Mountebank #1 and Craven Mountebank #2

Compound consensus says  things'll get worse before they get better, see the Benedict Option. In the meanwhile, behold the apostate face of Canterbury and York.

Your Old Ally,

LSP

Southern Ground

This one's for gL. Bury  me in southern ground? Yes indeed and maybe you think I'm joking. Error.

Your Pal,

LSP

PS. "Southern" also includes southern England, obviously.

Putin Says No To The Rainbow

Those rascally Russkies are at it again, with former KGB strongman Vladimir Putin refusing to endorse the pansexualist rainbow agenda that's swept through the West like a herd of  gaily rampaging unicorns.

At a discussion on constitutional reform Putin shockingly stated, "We need to clarify some things. A marriage is a union of a man and woman.” The Russian President went on to blast gender neutral parenting:

“As for ‘parent #1’ and ‘parent #2’, I have already publicly said it and I will repeat it once more: as long as I am president, we will not have parents #1 and #2, we will have ‘papa’ and ‘mamma.’”

Putin's strong affirmation of heterosexual gender roles stands in stark contrast to the venerable if shrinking Church of England's Archbishops, who recently apologized to the world for issuing a statement endorsing the Church's universal teaching on human sexuality and marriage.

Here at the Compound we have to ask, is Vladimir Putin the New Constantine?

In Hoc Signo,

LSP

The Grand Marshal

They came at him with the polls, only a fool would think he'd be president. They came at him with Mueller, Brennan, McCabe, Comey and all the apparatus of the deep state swamp and its puppet media. They came at him again with impeachment, and guess what. They lost, he won, and took a well deserved victory lap at the Daytona 500.

It started off with an Air Force One flyby for the benefit of all those flyover country people, who thunderously cheered, and go figure. 45 has their back, he's working without pay to bring jobs, business, prosperity and pride back to a country that's been gutted by transnational elite asset-strippers, and their bought and paid for bi-coastal, millionaire socialist elite shills.

Our Grand Marshal summed up the effort as he started the race, Gentlemen, start your engines. Then he climbed into the Beast with America's popular and glamorous First Lady for a few laps around the track. 

Yes, a triumph. For 45, for Nascar, for ordinary Americans everywhere who love their country and stubbornly cling to their God, guns and freedom. Well done, Mr. President, we salute you.

Then there's Mini-Mike, he wants to be president too, here's a promo video:

Mike Bloomberg as Mary Poppins pic.twitter.com/BeYshVZk4X

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 17, 2020

But maybe Little Mermaid's better?

Mike Bloomberg as the Little Mermaid pic.twitter.com/zyvtGQ4QLn

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 17, 2020

Like, what? Mini-Mike, what's wrong with you. Punters, I'm not a betting man but I'll wager the fighting monkey on Landslide 2020.

Your Friend,

LSP

The Village Idiots

Just a helpful infographic to get the day rolling.

Your Pal,

LSP

This Is Radio Freedom

Kick out the JAMS, time is eternal.

LSP

A Sunday Meditation

Mass at Mission #1 was over insofar as the Mass is ever over, which it isn't, and we fell back to the church hall for coffee. 

Time, eternity and the Sacrifice aside, conversation was mostly about getting milk from your cows, these being Polled Herefords, chickens getting picked off by Buzzards, an issue, and the usual stories about coyotes and bobcats. Then things took a turn for the spiritual.

"Padre, can you say a prayer."

"I'd be glad to, what for?"

"Well, I bought tickets for the Rolling Stones as a Valentines Day gift for T."

"Yes?"

"Thing is, need you to pray they'll still be alive in time for the concert!"

Some argue Keef and Mick have no business remaining on this mortal coil, others say "let him that is without sin jail the first stone." And not before time, either.

Here endeth the Lesson,

LSP

Feel The Bern

Presented without comment except to say listen to the end and... feel the Bern.

Rock on,

LSP

Africa

Guess what, there's over a million Chinamen in Africa. Good thing the weaponized, Wuhan escaped coronavirus isn't ferociously infectious.

Hazmat suits forever.

Your Old Pal,

LSP

The Horror

Yes, the sheer horror of the moment as you contemplate the dark, Devil-inspired plan to turn this small Texan country town into a shamtique mawl. Well it didn't work, thank God, and perhaps the above infographic explains why. The horror.

Speaking of which, note this Wuhan to world flight chart showing air travel out of the coronavirus hotzone before racism took over and restrictions were put in place. Scary? 

I'd say so and so does the World Health Organization, which predicts the deadly weaponized virus will become a "community affair" this year or next. Maybe they're wrong. Whatever, smart people are stockpiling food, ammo and hazmat suits.

In other terrifying news, the traitorous liberal media outlet Drudge Report tells us that Mini Mike - "put him on a box" - Bloomberg's thinking of campaigning with Hillary as Vice President. What can we say, Mini Mike's an incredibly brave little man. 

Could this be the Old Crone's route to the absolute, ultimate, no-holds-barred power she craves and deserves? Watch out, Mini, it's her turn.

Such frightening news, and we haven't even got to the venerable Church of England's apology tour. Therein, readers, hangs another tale. In the meanwhile, here's an uplifting infographic to raise the spirits.

Justice for Juicy!

LSP

Basta

Have you heard the news? Quondam presidential hopeful Michael Avenatti, popularly known as Creepy Porn Lawyer (CPL), has been found guilty on all counts of attempting to extort money from Nike. He awaits sentencing.

Race Cars! No coke obvs

Avenatti, signature sign-off Basta, who obviously isn't a coke addict, represented famous prostitute Stormy Daniels in a case against Trump, which ended badly with Stormy being ordered to pay 45's legal costs. But the once and not so future president started to sink under the sheer weight of hubris and totally fictional cocaine bills.

Prostitute. Clearly no coke

Before you could say "8 Ball," CPL was hauled before the court for fraud, extortion, skulduggery and malfeasance. Nike, it seems, didn't take kindly to the wannabe race car driver's cokehead's attempt at blackmail, and his former wife's not too keen either. 

No Coke Involved Whatsoever

But look, here at the Compound we don't sit and gloat. No, we hope that a coke free CPL has learned his lesson and will rise from the ashes to use his skills to help us all in the not inconsiderable task of making America great again.

A Man in Full without any coke whatsoever

I know, you're saying, "Is this a chapter in a Tom Wolfe novel,  like Bonfire of the Vanities or A Man in Full?!?" What can we say? Cinéma vérité.

Basta,

LSP