Will Disney Corporation be the next Meta, dropping zillions on a product in which there is little interest? It seems to Bickerstaff the course the company is on is unsustainable. Even though it is directing its marketing at the enormous number of Gen Z-ers in this country, which makes certain sense, are there enough of them with children (a vastly smaller number) willing to let them be exposed to woke, new age nonsense? Even if there are, how many of those children will prefer this god-awful twaddle over Mickey, Donald and Goofy?
The mistake Disney makes is marketing to parents, not children. Gen Z parents may go along with the ruse, pretending to enjoy this wretched stuff, but their children, not well versed in adult make believe, will likely express, loudly, their dislike of Mr Neptune and that sort of thing.
55 years! My, how they flew by, but hey, that’s what happens when one’s engaged in fruitful dialog, not hateful division over such unessentials like actual presence.
Here then are some of the ecumenical triumphs resulting from those 55 years.
There’s this:
And this:
Let’s not leave out this:
And who could forget this?
And of course this–almost forgot–the greatest triumph of the 55 years.
Shall we break out the DP?
Thanks to GWR.
CORRECTION.
Oops, teetotalers, champaign is out. Better make it this (and remember, only Catholics must compromise).
Or maybe, since we’re all being so ecumenicallyish, this.
Still, whether or not formally, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden are excommunicated latae sententiae, automatic excommunication, for their loud and enthusiastic support for abortions.
From the Catechism:
Any Catholic who obstinately denies that abortion is always gravely immoral, commits the sin of heresy and incurs an automatic sentence of excommunication.
That couldn’t be clearer and Pelosi’s own Bishop, Cordileone, who has something rare among prelates, vestigial remains, at least, of a spine, has directed her not to receive because of her support of abortion. She ignores him. The President, whose support of abortion is equal to Pelosi’s, of course hasn’t heard a peep from higher ups in the Church, thus those two’s sins are compounded every time they receive.
And that is the the problem with latae sententiae: sinful politicians incur it all by themselves, obviating the need for squishy liberal prelates to do something icky about it, which is giving them the heave-ho. They thus skirt unpleasant editorials about them in the New York Times and the like.
Though likely apocryphal, Andrew Jackson, upon hearing of the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia, which established the sovereign rights of the Cherokee Nation and other tribes, supposedly said: “Justice Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.” Marshall couldn’t of course, though he, unlike most modern prelates, was no wimp.
Today’s wimpy prelates wouldn’t dream of confronting well known politicos on their support of abortion, contenting themselves with their excommunication latae sententiae and letting it go at that. They don’t dare or care, even though it’s their job, informing them forcefully of their sins, and if necessary, excommunicating them ferenda sententia, formally forbidding them from receiving, which would get a lot more attention.
He’s just as horrid as Biden, but doesn’t get lost in a coat closet.
From The Hill:
. . . Biden could ask Harris to resign and replace her with Newsom, who then becomes the heir apparent for 2024. Or Biden could replace Harris with Newsom and then resign himself, making Newsom the president before 2024 and arming him with the full force of the Oval Office.
Republicans can write off Newsom all they want as the politician who “ruined” California. The fact is, he is a proven vote-getter and has a formidable Democratic machine behind him. More than that, he has demonstrated that he is no political wallflower and seemingly has no intention of “waiting his turn.”
Might the Democrats leapfrog him into the Oval Office before 2024? It would be political malpractice for them not to consider the option.
A week ago, Bickerstaff would have laughed himself silly at such a suggestion. Now, who knows? Not only does it seem eminently possible, the conspiracist lurking inside, heretofore wan and enervated, was substantially nourished by events last week, that continue to this day; if not exactly robust, the inner demon is now far more capable of believing “six impossible things before breakfast” than before.
Chloe Cole, who was prescribed puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and then had her breasts removed when she was 15, says she will sue the medical group and hospital that facilitated the gender transition as a minor she now deeply regrets.
‘The adults who were supposed to take care of and guide me as a child failed to do so and they will take responsibility for it, Cole told The Epoch Times on Nov. 11.
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‘The medical system shouldn’t dictate the future of young children’s lives. Through this legal action, the ‘professionals’ involved will be held accountable for their despicable plot to mutilate children and financially benefit from it,’ said Harmeet Dhillon, CEO of the Center for American Liberty. ‘We will break the cycle of them breaking our children before it’s too late.’
Plaintiffs winning even a few actions like these, with presumably crushing damages awarded, should eventually cause the turning off the financial faucets of institutions paying for the Mengele wannabes engaging in this woke butchery.
Tuesday was Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day.
Not only was the powerful New York Democrat dealt an Election Day defeat by GOP challenger Mike Lawler, he also lost two “freshly restored vintage cars” in a massive fire.
No accusations yet blaming Republicans or anti-LGBTQ hate groups, but give it some time.
“At publishing time, Trump had released 4 new statements and 11 Truth Social posts trying out new DeSantis nicknames, including “Ronald Mc-Needs-Donald,” “Ron DeSucker,” and “Raunchy Ron,” having his son Barron monitor the Re-Truths to see which nickname he should use in continuing his ongoing campaign to be selected as DeSantis’s Vice Presidential running mate for the 2024 Presidential campaign.”
The red wave has begun on this Election Day, and it has capsized Guam’s Democratic Party.
The U.S. territory sends one nonvoting delegate to Congress, and that delegate had always been a Democrat going back to 1993. That is no longer true after Republican James Moylan defeated his Democratic opponent and became the first GOP pick-up in Congress and just the second Republican ever sent to Congress by the island.
We won’t go so so far as to say this is a harbinger of things to come, but it does bode well in a tiny sort of way.
THE TAOS TATLER. 