Thursday, November 5, 2026

ISIDORE OF SEVILLE: "To commit a crime is to kill the soul, but to despair is to fall into hell."

"Despair Is a Sin for a Reason: The Only Way Out Is Through, and You Gotta Build Through It," The American Tribue, March 10. 2026. 

Despair is a sin for a reason: it is an outgrowth of faithlessness. Further, it is a political sin, for a man who believes nothing can be saved generally stops trying to save anything. Aquinas held it was not the gravest sin but the most dangerous, because of what follows. "When hope is given up," he wrote, "men rush headlong into sin, and are drawn away from good works." Isidore of Seville put it harder: "To commit a crime is to kill the soul, but to despair is to fall into hell."

Much is said about realism. Realism can be good. Realism that gives way to despair is not. 

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

DIVERSITY RISING LIKE A HYDRA

AMJAD TAHA: When the mullahs in Iran took over, socialists helped them, and later, the Islamists killed them all. This is the most dangerous moment for Western civilization.

JOHN GUANDOLO: [Michele Bachmann] cited evidence . . . the largest terrorism financing case ever successfully prosecuted in American history. The response was swift. John McCain, John Boehner, @LindseyGrahamSC , Scott Brown, and @marcorubio all publicly condemned Congresswoman Bachmann.

Note how the communists at any of the Leftist rags, in this instance it is Salon, treat those who question motives of communists, Muslims, and their alliance. They try to make Bachmann out to be a crazy witch. What else would a Muslim-funded rag do?


Americans need to be grateful for this woman's courage and her resolve.  She is sorely missed in Minnesota politics.

In 2012, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, 2007-2015, sent letters to 5 Inspector Generals inside the U.S. federal government calling on them to investigate the counterintelligence penetration of government agencies by Muslim Brotherhood operatives. She cited evidence used in the largest terrorism financing case ever successfully prosecuted in American history [US v Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), Northern District of Texas, 2008]. The response was swift. John McCain, John Boehner, , Scott Brown, and all publicly condemned Congresswoman Bachmann. Worldwide media attacked her. On the floor of the Senate, John McCain condemned Bachmann and defended Huma Abedin, the right hand for who was named in the letter because of her family's direct ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. [In fact, Huma Abedin's mother Saleha works for 2 organizations which are part of the Union for Good, a designated #TERRORIST organization led at the time by the leading Muslim Brotherhood legal jurist on the planet - Yusuf al Qaradawi]. I find this personally interesting since I briefed John McCain with 2 colleagues in a meeting set up and attended by a former National Security Advisor to the President. So John McCain can't say he didn't know. Neither can Marco Rubio.

from John Guandolo,

When Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) spoke truth about Islam, the US Muslim Brotherhood, and their communist partners who attacked him? REPUBLICANS When Congressman Allen West (R-FL) spoke truth about Islam, the US Muslim Brotherhood, and their communist partners who attacked him? REPUBLICANS When Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) spoke truth about Islam, the US Muslim Brotherhood, and their communist partners who attacked him? REPUBLICANS When Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) spoke truth about Islam, the US Muslim Brotherhood, and their communist partners who attacked her? REPUBLICANS