Are Dems dumb enough to bring criminal charges vs President Trump?

RealClearPolitics is an American political news website and polling data aggregator which has been publishing reasonably balanced analyses of the state of the disunion since 2000. In addition to being an editor for its sister publication, RealClearInvestigations, J. Peder Zane, contributes columns to RCP. "Are Democrats Really Going to Cross the Rubicon?", published yesterday,  is a must-read. If you haven't got time right now, the "Reader's Digest version" below answers Walt's headline question.

Little attention [has been] paid to the ineffably consequential decision by Democrats to go all-out in their assault on American democracy. 

Just as Julius Caesar invited civil war by crossing the Rubicon, the partisan House committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol let it be known that it will recommend bringing two sets of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump regarding the 2020 election.

Given how divided our country is, and the wide support Trump still enjoys, his indictment would be an incalculably reckless act. If Democrats had a slam dunk case against Trump, one could argue that they might have some justification for putting the nation at such risk. They do not. 

So far, their argument – which echoes the larger left-wing push to punish and erase all narratives that do not support their preferred version of reality – appears to be that there is a single truth, their truth, and that Trump’s unwillingness to embrace it is a crime. It is impossible to overstate the danger of this mindset, which is a profound assault on free speech and a dramatic escalation of the effort to criminalize political differences.

Politics in free nations is necessarily rough and tumble. It is a contest of ideas that often lack scientific precision. It makes room for debatable claims that may contain falsity as well as kernels of truth. The best evidence shows that Trump did not win as many votes as Biden in 2020, but also that it was a highly unusual contest filled with troubling irregularities. Prohibiting people from making that case is un-American. 

Once a precedent is set, it becomes the norm. Do we really want to go down this road of indicting – rather than just challenging and debunking – those whose only crime is holding problematic opinions? Why would Democrats place our republic in such peril? The answer is that they want this conflict.

As polls show their effort to transform America meeting ever wider resistance, they seem eager for a final battle that will allow them to vanquish the right once and for all. Unable to achieve their ends through democratic channels, they are intent on blowing up the system.

Democrats are convinced that only they possess the truth and that those who disagree with them are beneath contempt. They see their venomous tactics as virtuous. If you have ever confronted hard-core Democrats about these issues, you know there is no talking to them. All they have is their certainty. 

The incendiary path Democrats are heading down is unimaginably destructive, not just to the United States but to the world. As Putin continues his war in Ukraine and China’s saber-rattling regarding Taiwan intensifies, united American leadership is indispensable. Instead of bringing us together, criminal charges against Trump would burn down our house.

Further reading: Walt strongly recommends that you read every word of Mr Zane's column. Then read it again. If you know any Dumbocratic solons, you could write to them and tell them they're making a big mistake. Not that it will do any good. As Mr Zane says, there's no talking to them.

Why Ukraine matters

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has spurred Walt's agents -- Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian alike -- to send in material which the rest of the world should know. From Agent 6 comes a list of statistics showing why Ukraine matters, and deserves to be included in the European Union. 

1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores

2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves

2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves)

2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons)

2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves

3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)

4th in the world by the total value of natural resources

7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)

Ukraine is an agricultural country.

1st in Europe in terms of arable land area

3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume)

1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil

2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports

3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world

4th largest producer of potatoes in the world

5th largest rye producer in the world

5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons)

8th place in the world in wheat exports

9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs

16th place in the world in cheese exports

Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.

Ukraine is an industrialized country.

1st in Europe in ammonia production

2nd place in Europe and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5 bln cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU)

3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants 3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km)

3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment

3rd largest iron exporter in the world

4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world

4th largest manufacturer of rocket launchers in the world

4th place in the world in clay exports

4th place in the world in titanium exports

8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates

9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products

10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons)

No wonder Putin wants to get his blood-stained hands on Ukraine! He must be stopped!!!

Source: Andriy Futey, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Ukrainian World Congress - Свiтовий Конґрес Українців

Ukrainian trannies ordered to stay and fight as men

You can call yourself "transgender" if you want, and dress up like a drag queen if you want, but if you've got a cubic pubic between your legs, you're still a man... as far as the Ukrainian government is concerned. 

In what has become a controversial move by Ukrainian authorities, transgender "women" are being denied from leaving the country because their passport indicates they are not women, but men!

Radio Gold reports that Ukrainian female wannabes say they are "totally stuck" and "scared for their lives" in the country because their passport states that they are "men". 

As they clutched their feather boas, two Ukrainian trans women said they can't join the "women and children first" fleeing the Russian invasion, because all of their ID documents say "male". And... horror of horrors... their papers mention their "old masculine names", and use those pesky old masculine pronounes!

Some "gay rights" groups have started advising trans "women" to lose their ID, in order to get out of Ukraine. LGBTQ2SXYZetc activists estimate this issue is leading to "hundreds" of trans people in Ukraine being left in "serious danger" and feeling "completely alone."

One trans woman said she is "terrified" of being stopped trying to leave Ukraine and having to submit to short arms inspection, which would reveal that xi [Is that the right pronoun? Ed.] which would reveal xer manlihood, after which xi would be forced to join the Ukrainian army.

Another Ukrainian trannie is the only person left in her neighbourhood, xi says through xer tears, because xi's scared to leave her accommodation for fear of transphobic attacks. 

The real gender divide cuts both ways. One trans "man", who transitioned over six years ago and has lived as a man in Ukraine since, only has an ID which labels xim "female". He told VICE World News [That's its name? Seriously? Ed.] about xis fears of leaving his house and trying to make it across Ukraine. During a phone call, screaming and explosions were heard coming from outside xis accommodation, but xe still refused to leave because of his ID issue. 

Walt sez... Ya big girl's blouse! If you had `em cut off, grow a new set, and stand and fight for your country!

Thanks and a tip o' the шапка to Agent 5, a 100% Ukrainian MAN!

Ask God for mercy! Lenten message from Abp Carlo Maria Viganò

What follows is excerpted from the Lenten message of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who served as the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States from October 2011 to April 2016, and is now in the forefront of the movement for the return to Catholic Tradition. 

Come and be converted to me, says the Lord. Come weeping, let us shed tears to God: because we have transgressed, and because of us the earth suffers: we have committed iniquity and because of us its foundations have been shaken. Let us hasten to prevent God’s wrath, weeping and saying: You who take upon Yourself the sins of the world, have mercy on us. 

These words...are simple in their severe clarity, for they show us that God’s wrath because of our sins and betrayals can only be appeased by contrition and penance. In the Roman Rite this concept is made even more clearly in the prayer of the Litany of Saints: Deus, qui culpa offenderis, pænitentia placaris: preces populi tui supplicantis propitius respice; et flagella tuæ iracundiæ, quæ pro peccatis nostris meremur, averte. O God, who is offended by guilt and appeased by penance: look kindly on the prayers of your people who implore You; and turn away from us the scourges of your wrath, which we deserve because of our sins.

Christian civilization was able to treasure this salutary notion, which keeps us away from sin not only for fear of the just punishment that it entails, but also for the offense caused to the Majesty of God, "infinitely good and worthy of being loved above all things," as the Act of Contrition teaches us. 

Down the centuries humanity converted to Christ knew how to recognize in the mournful events of history – in earthquakes, famines, pestilences, and wars – the punishment of God; and always the people struck by these scourges knew how to do penance and implore Divine Mercy. And when the Lord, the Blessed Virgin or the Saints intervened in human affairs with apparitions and revelations, in addition to the call to observe the Law of God they threatened great tribulations if men were not converted.

At Fatima, also, Our Lady asked for the Consecration of Russia to Her Immaculate Heart and the reparative Communion of the First Saturdays as an instrument to appease the anger of God and to be able to enjoy a period of peace. Otherwise, Russia "will spread its errors throughout the world, promoting wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be destroyed."

What should we expect from disregarding Our Lady’s requests and continuing to offend the Lord with more and more horrible sins? "They did not want to fulfill My request! Like the King of France, they will repent and do it, but it will be late. Russia will have already spread its errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the Church."

These wars, which today afflict humanity to enslave it and submit it to the infernal plan of the Great Reset inspired by Chinese Communism, are once again the result of our indocility, of our obstinacy in believing that we can trample on the Law of the Lord and blaspheme His Holy Name without consequences. What wretched presumption! How much Luciferian pride!...

As long as we have time, dear brothers and sisters, let us ask God for mercy; let us implore His pardon and make amends for sins that have been committed. Because a day will arrive when the time of Mercy will be completed, and the day of Justice will begin. Dies illa, dies iræ: calamitatis et miseriæ; dies magna et amara valde. 

That day will be a day of wrath : a day of catastrophe and misery, a great and truly bitter day. On that day the Lord will come to judge the world with fire: judicare sæculum per ignem. 

May it please God that the admonitions of Our Lady and the mystic Saints lead us, in this hour of darkness, to truly convert, to recognize our sins, to see them absolved in the Sacrament of Confession, and to atone for them with fasts and penances. So that the arm of God’s Justice may be stopped by the few, when it ought to fall upon the many. 

And so may it be. 

+ Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop 

Further reading: Click here to read Archbishop Viganò's message in full.

See also "Russia's war against Ukraine explained by Our Lady of Fatima", WWW 3/3/22.

VIDEO: Trending up! "Mad Max" Bernier fact-checks two years of lies

February was a turbulent time in Canadian politics, what with the Freedom Convoy leading the charge against the tyranny of the Trudeau Liberal government. The world's second-coldest capital city was occupied. Border crossings were shut down. And ordinary citizens fighting for freedom were bullied, arrested, and deprived of access to their bank accounts.

Prime Minister Blackie McBlackface claimed that the protesters and their supporters were just a "small fringe minority" of racists, neo-Nazis yada yada yada who held "unacceptable views". In fact there are millions of Canadians who agree with the truckers, and the growing popularity of this "populist fringe" has been duly noted by the elites, who are starting to run scared... scared of the people!

They might well be scared. Nanos Research numbers, reported by CTV in mid-February, show a continuing rise in "accessible voters" for the People's Party of Canada -- a trend that began during the run-up to last year's federal election.

On the latest episode of Trend Line, Nanos Research's Nik Nanos said that the percentage of Canadians polled who would consider voting for the People's Party of Canada (PPC) usually sits at around 10 per cent. But as of Feb. 16, that number has gone up to 16 per cent, which Nanos calls a "material increase."

   

On the ballot question, when it comes to how many Canadians would actually vote for the party as their first-ranked choice, the PPC is polling at seven per cent nationally, ahead of the Green party and on par with the Bloc Québécois. (It should be noted, however, that the BQ only runs candidates in Québec, so its support is only in la Belle Province, whereas the PPC appeals to Canucks from sea to sea.)

Nick Nanos said, "What's clear is that over the last number of weeks, an increasing number of Canadians have put them on the political menu as an option."

Indeed. And it will be part of the PPC strategy to keep its leader, "Mad Max" Bernier, front and centre during the popular uprising against woke authoritarianism and Just In Trudeau's Liberals, as well as the CINOs (Conservatives in Name Only -- sometimes called "Red Tories") who, in this time of crisis, want to keep their asses not on the front lines but on the fence!

In this video, from the PPC channel on Rumble, M Bernier tells the truth about the Covid dempanic and the elites' vaccine mandates, the real purpose of which is total control of the bodies and minds of the people.  

The PPC recently started "Mad Max Live", a video town hall in which M Bernier gives good answers (not just "talking points") to the very good questions Canadians have about what's happening to the Not-so-great Not-so-white North. Episode 2 appeared on YouTube yesterday. Running time 70 minutes. Click here to check it out!

Russia's war against Ukraine explained by Our Lady of Fatima

On Ash Wednesday, the Catholic Bishops of Ukraine begged Jorge Bergoglio, the man who calls himself "Pope Francis", to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, as requested by the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Fatima. 

It has been reported that Vladimir Putin himself once asked for the Consecration of Russia. Perhaps if this had been done long ago, as Our Lady asked, the Cold War of the 20th century and today's HOT war against Ukraine could have been averted. But it was not done. Here's the timeline. 

In 1917, the Blessed Virgin appeared to three peasant children at the village of Fatima, in Portugal, on the 13th of each month, from May through October. She confided to the child seers a Great Secret, in three parts. On the 13th of July, she told them:

[God] is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, hunger, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays. 

If My requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she [Russia] will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated.

Twelve years later, on June 13, 1929, Our Lady kept Her Promise to return to announce Heaven's formal request for the Consecration of Russia, in no uncertain terms:

The moment has come in which God asks the Holy Father to make, in union with all the bishops of the world, the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart, promising to save it by this means.

But this command from Heaven fell on deaf ears, and years went by without any progress toward its fulfillment. In a letter to her confessor in May of 1936, Sister Lucia dos Santos, the last of the three seers, wrote about this delay: 

Intimately I have spoken to Our Lord about the subject, and recently I asked Him why He would not convert Russia without the Holy Father making that Consecration. The Lord answered, "Because I want My whole Church to acknowledge that Consecration as a Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, so that it may extend its cult later on and put the Devotion to this Immaculate Heart alongside the Devotion to My Sacred Heart."

There is no other means at our disposal to stop the world’s descent into apostasy and chaos than that given to us by Our Lady of Fatima. 

In 1942, at the height of World War II, Pope Pius XII was prevailed upon to make a consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This was not done in response to the Fatima request and did not correspond to the stipulations given by Our Lady of Fatima. Ten years later, in an apparition to Sister Lucy in May 1952, Our Lady said: 

Make it known to the Holy Father that I still await the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart. Without that Consecration, Russia cannot be converted, nor can the world have Peace.

Any consecration to Our Lady can bring honor to Her Immaculate Heart and much-needed graces in our lives, but only the Consecration of Russia in the precise manner directed by Our Lady of Fatima can bring the definitive graces needed to prevent the continuance of the just chastisements that loom over us, namely persecutions, martyrdom, and the annihilation of whole nations.

In a revelation to Sister Lucia in August 1931, Our Lord made a frightening reference to the fate of the King of France, whom He had asked, through Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque to consecrate France to His Sacred Heart, promising thereby to deliver France from its enemies. That request was given in 1689. Three successive kings of France chose to ignore Our Lord's request, until 100 years later – to the day! – the French monarchy was definitively subverted and overthrown, and Louis XVI, who was reigning in 1789, suffered greatly at the hands of the revolutionaries – in humiliations, in prison, and finally on the scaffold of a guillotine.

"Make it known to My ministers," Our Lord told Sister Lucia in 1931, "that given they follow the example of the King of France in delaying the execution of My command [for the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary], they will likewise follow him into misfortune."

What we are seeing now, in Russia's barbaric invasion of Ukraine, is the terrible price that must to be paid, by Ukraine today and perhaps the whole world tomorrow, for ignoring Heaven's command for the Consecration of Russia. 

Every one of the post-Vatican II popes have read the Third Secret of Fatima -- Our Lady's warning of what would happen should Her request go unheeded -- but none has seen the absolute necessity of obeying! 

Pope John-Paul II made another consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1984, but for fear of offending the Communists did not do so in union with all the world's bishops, and did not mention Russia by name.

Similarly, when Russia commenced its latest attack on Ukraine, Francis went to see Russia's ambassador (rather than summoning the ambassador to see him!) and has yet to mention Russia by name, let alone consecrate that nation, for fear of offending our Russian Orthodox "separated brethren"... and of course President Putin.

The miraculous graces necessary to bring peace to Ukraine and the world will only be given to us when Our Lady's Fatima request is heeded. Will Pope Bergoglio listen? Will he respond to Heaven's command? If he doesn't... if this war becomes a world war... destruction and death will befall entire nations, including "the bishop in white" referred to in what the Vatican says is the Third Secret of Fatima. As much as Mr Putin, it will be on Francis. 

Further reading: The Secret Still Hidden, by Christopher Ferrara, and other books about Our Lady of Fatima, the Third Secret, and the End Times, will be listed this weekend on our sponsor's online bookstore.

VIDEO: from last night's SOTU address

Walt never doubted President Brandon's grasp of world affairs and the present crisis... until he said this!

   

You won't be surprised, eh, to learn that this video was censored by YouTube the very second it was posted there. Walt appreciates Rumble more and more every day.