Another "Ask someone who's lived under 'democratic socialism'"

A big shoutout from Walt [and Ed.! Ed.] to Agent 10, who is a member of the great Cuban diaspora. 

Of course the Castro clan of kleptomaniacs, unlike the latest shower of "leaders" of the American Dimocrats, don't even pretend to be democratic. When you vote in November, dear American friends, don't be fooled! 

Click here to see another meme on this theme, posted on WWW on 24/6/26.

VIDEO: Every Traditional Catholic needs to watch this NOW!

Our regular readers will know that Walt is excited -- "incensed" would be a better word -- by the Vatican's purported "automatic excommunication" of the 6 bishops, >700 priests and 10s of 1000s of lay people who belong to and/or support the Society of St. Pius X. 

The SSPX incurred the wrath of Pope Leo XIV and  his chief minion, Carndinal "Tuccio" Fernandez, by consecrating four new bishops on July 1st, without the approval or consent of the Holy See. According to Canon Law, that's illegal. BUT can you punish those involved -- including the innocent laypeople -- by cutting them off from the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church without a formal declaration or any kind of hearing?

Among those saying "NO!" is Michael Matt, editor of The Remnant newspaper and  host of Remnant Underground. See "Michael Matt reacts to the SSPX consecrations", WWW 1/7/26. In his latest video, dropped earlier today, Mr Matt argues that the real story isn't simply about excommunications or canon law. It's about whether the Vatican is at war with Catholic Tradition itself... and whether faithful Catholics will allow themselves to be divided while it happens. 

Dear Catholic reader, whether you attend an SSPX chapel, an FSSP apostolate, the Institute of Christ the King, a diocesan Latin Mass, or none of the above, this message is for you. Watch now... and share it with every Catholic trying to understand what is really happening before the clans of Tradition are divided once again.

 

Further reading:"Open letter of the Society of St. Pius X to Pope Leo XIV", WWW 4/7/26.

AUDIO: Bob and Ray present Independence Day

As we said in our Independence Eve greeting, this should be a day on which we forget about political divisions and share good thoughts about the country which has risen from being a handful of British colonies to the greatest republic on Earth. 

Here are three sketches on the subject of 4th of July celebrations written and performed by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, the greatest sketch artists in the history of radio. 

Happy Independence Day, everyone!

 

Profundity of the year, heard today during a World Cup match

In case you haven't noticed (and why would you?), the FIFA World Cup is being played for at venues all over North America. National teams from the likes of Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire and Chad are showing off their football (which is what foreigners call soccer) skills, providing spectators (Sid and Doris Bonkers) with exciting moments such as this.

"Oooooh! You've stepped on me toes, you 'ave!"

That's way more exciting than golf isn't it? Some TV networks in the US of A and Canada seem to think so, and are spending big bucks to bring us all the drama of The Beautiful Game live and in living colour.

No telecast would be complete without the incessant prattle of play-by-play announcers and their sidekicks, the colour (and sometimes coloured) commentators. For some reason, North American sports channels bring in boatloads of Englishmen to fill those roles, presumably because we are too stupid to understand the subtleties of the game without informative and insightful comments such as this one, heard on Canada's CTV Sports during the Canada v Maroc match.

You can't win if you don't score.

As Johnny Carson used to say to Ed McMahon, "I did not know that!" Well, only three months until hockey season....

Your Sikhs today: Canada-wide "For Brothers" edition

Here's a story that has been widely reported in the lickspittle meeja in the Greater Toronto and Edmonton areas, who have somehow omitted names and pictures or anything other than names that would identify the accused as Sikhs. What follows is the report as published by the Edmonton Police Service.

[The EPS] has arrested Safaldeep Singh, who has suspected ties to an international criminal network known to target South Asian business owners and community members across Canada. 

On 4 May 2026, EPS Patrol officers conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge Charger following reports of dangerous driving. A search of the vehicle incident to arrest led to the seizure of controlled substances and a loaded firearm.

The three occupants, Safaldeep Singh, 22, Sandeep Singh, 28, and Divianshu Divianshu, 22, were arrested and charged with several drug trafficking and firearms related offences. 

Safaldeep Singh has suspected ties to the "For Brothers" gang, an organized criminal network linked to shootings and extortion which targeted South Asian business owners and community members across the Greater Toronto Area, Canada and the USA.

Two search warrants conducted at Safaldeep Singh's residence on 28 May 28 and 23 June 2026 resulted in the seizure of evidence consistent with vehicle re-vinning operations linked to extortion-related crimes. On 23 June 2026, Singh was apprehended and charged with trafficking in property obtained by crime, possession of stolen property and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

He was also arrested on Canada-wide warrants originating in Ontario for conspiracy to commit murder and extortion. After being processed on the EPS charges in Edmonton, he was transferred to Ontario to face the charges on his Canada-wide warrants.

Mr Singh is expected to have been released on bail by the time you read this. You'll notice that there is no mention of how Mr Singh and his co-religionists got into Canuckistan. Could it be that they are students at the notorious Singh School of Truck Driving? It appears that's something that will have to be  investigated by someone else.

Open letter of the Society of St. Pius X to Pope Leo XIV

As promised (and as necessary given the current crisis in the Roman Catholic Church) the Society of St. Pius X, on June 30th, consecrated four new bishops without the approval of the Holy See. For background, see "Letter from Michael Matt re the Society of St. Pius X's intended consecration of new bishops", 30/6/26, includes video. 

The Vatican responded with a decree signed not by Pope Leo XIV but by Cardinal Víctor Manuel "Tuccio" Fernández, the heretic and pervert who serves [serves whom? Ed.] as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, to excommunicate all the bishops, priests, and religious of the Society of St. Pius X, as well as the faithful who attend SSPX Masses.

Here is the Society's response.

Letter to the Holy Father regarding the Decree of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

The Superior General To His Holiness Pope Leo XIV 

Ecône, 3 July 2026

Among yourselves, if a father is asked by his son for bread, will he give him a stone? Or for a fish, will he give him a snake instead of a fish? Or if he is asked for an egg, will he give him a scorpion? Why then, if you, evil as you are, know well enough how to give your children what is good for them, is not your Father much more ready to give, from heaven, his gracious Spirit to those who ask him? (Lk XI, 11-13)

Most Holy Father, The notification of the decision taken by the Holy See regarding the Society of Saint Pius X, signed by His Eminence Cardinal Fernández, has reached us and is now a matter of public knowledge.

It appears to us that this decision once more brings to light the profoundly tragic context in which the universal Church finds herself. What the Society of Saint Pius X has done, and will continue to do, is nothing other than an extraordinary initiative for the salvation of souls, amidst the doctrinal and moral confusion into which the Church is plunged. We in no way claim to substitute ourselves for the Church, and we have no ambition other than to remain faithful to her.

In conscience, we did not believe we could evade the moral duty we owe to souls, as we have already explained, both privately and publicly, to Your Holiness.

We had asked for bread, that is to say, a measure of understanding for a sincere case of conscience—an act of fatherhood directed not so much toward the Society of Saint Pius X as toward souls, promising You to form them into true sons of the Roman Church; unfortunately, we received a stone.

We had asked for a fish, that is to say, the possibility of temporarily obtaining the necessary means to continue forming good priests, so that they might pursue their mission of making Our Lord known to souls; unfortunately, we received a serpent.

We had asked for an egg, promising to return it as soon as possible. Indeed, the holy Tradition that we preserve within souls belongs to the Church, our Mother—and not to the Society of Saint Pius X—and we are certain that one day a Pope will wish to employ it for the good of the universal Church; unfortunately, we received a scorpion.

We had asked to be instructed and confirmed in the faith of all time; instead, we have been declared schismatic a second time.

Despite the sanctions levelled against us, the Society of Saint Pius X sincerely renews the promise it has already expressed to Your Holiness. Allow me, in this regard, to freely reiterate what I have previously stated:

"The Society promises You…to devote all its energies to preserving Tradition and placing it at the service of the Church. In doing so, the Society of Saint Pius X does not merely maintain ancient customs; it fosters and preserves priestly vocations, religious vocations, and large, deeply Christian families—in a word, everything that manifests the vitality of the Church, of grace, and of the Catholic faith. Our intention is not to offer the Church a museum of antiquities, but rather the entirety of Tradition: fruitful, a source of spiritual life, embodied and lived out within souls.

...I am certain that one day You yourself, or one of Your successors, will be able and willing to utilise this service, the offering of which, within the Church and for the Church, constitutes our sole reason for being." (Personal letter addressed to His Holiness on 21 November 2025)

But above all, the Society of Saint Pius X promises You today that it will not receive these new sanctions—objectively unjust and invalid—with bitterness or revolt.

These recent condemnations, like those of the past, strike at what we hold most dear: our attachment to our Mother, the Roman Church. Yet, even in this trial, all things must work together for the good of souls and of the Church herself. Therefore, these condemnations compel us to love Holy Church even more, and to provide for her needs with all our strength, now more than ever. For this very reason, the Society of Saint Pius X willingly offers up the suffering caused by these new sanctions for the good of the universal Church and of Your Holiness.

We are certain that one day You yourself, or one of Your successors, will wish to adopt the program of Saint Pius X: "To restore all things in Christ", Instaurare omnia in Christo.

On that day, the Holy Father will discover in the Society of Saint Pius X not a nest of serpents and scorpions, but a small army of loyal sons, ready to do anything to sustain Him in the restoration of all things in Our Lord, and to vindicate before all mankind the imprescriptible rights of Christ the King over all souls and over all nations.

On that day, the Holy Father will discover, with great joy and profound consolation, authentically Catholic souls whose bond with the Church was never founded upon the shifting sands of an ambiguous dialogue, but upon the rock of the faith of Peter.

We ask the Most Holy Virgin Mary to hasten the dawning of that day, and we pray, above all, that Your Holiness may experience this joy and consolation as soon as possible.

In the meantime, if You are able, despite Your recent decision, bless us as Your sons. For us, nothing has changed, and nothing ever will change.

Trusting in Divine Providence, from which nothing is hidden and which reads into the depths of every man's heart,

I remain, Most Holy Father, your most devoted son in the Lord.

Don Davide Pagliarani

Further reading: For more information on what the Society of St. Pius X is and does, visit the website of the SSPX District of the USA. The Church, America and the world needs more SSPX!

To our American readers and friends...

Today, July 4th, we enter the second quarter of the American Millennium. What? Too soon? Too aspirational? Too optimistic? Well, how about this...

Today, July 4th, we are roughly a year and a half into the second presidency of Donald J. Trump. Is America Great Again yet? Errr, maybe we'd better not go there. This 250th anniversary of Independence should be a day which everyone, even those suffering from terminal TDS, can celebrate. So...

from Walt, Poor Len [and Ed.! Ed.]