Assorted retorts from yahoo boards and elsewhere

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Third Bullet Killed Her, It Seems

1:47 The third bullet though entered through 1:50 her left temple and exited on the right 1:53 side of her head. ... So, this proves beyond a shadow of 2:02 a doubt Ross executed her even though 2:06 when he fired those last two shots, he 2:09 was in absolutely no danger.

He was in no danger. He could pretend others were, but that could have been averted by firing on the tires.

Has Trump / ICE ~ Venezuela ... Contributed to Apostasy?

Catholicism is collapsing in Latin America, and young people are leading the charge
Friendly Atheist | 28 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDHHQe9VWls

11:47 US American Catholics have a tendency to compromise religion in the political sphere.

I think the party closest to Catholicism right now (assuming Nick Fuentes has no actual party) is Solidarity Party. They have three elected officials in the US, none of these being states or federal legislatures or governors, just local politicians.

Peter Sonski attained 47,070 votes for president of the United States, comprising 0.03% of the total votes cast. Sonski did best in states where he was on the ballot, with Ohio being his best state.

They had ballot access in seven states, and could be written in in most others.

Here is how he started the campaign:

In January 2024 Catholic News Agency interviewed Sonski in which he said that he wants to "provide a means for Catholics to vote in accord with the conscience, rather than just for the 'lesser of two evils.'"[13] Crisis Magazine also published an interview, conducted by Fr. Dwight Longenecker, which describes how Sonski "was born into a blue-collar Catholic family and went on to work in agriculture, insurance, journalism, and public relations."[14]

I only heard of him after Trump had won. On my blogs, I promoted Trump on pro-life issues, while (once in a blue moon) cautioning against his immigration policy, which I thought could not be effected properly and was likely to spark unrest.

Now given the interview, the words cited on wiki indicate, American or rather Usonian Catholics have a history of voting for the lesser of two evils. It was often Democrats given Republicans weren't actually pro-life, that changed with Trump, first election, I'm still happy about Dobbs.

The American Solidarity Party has been characterized as socially conservative and economically progressive.[12] The ASP encourages social development along the lines of subsidiarity and sphere sovereignty, with a stated emphasis on "the importance of strong families, local communities, and voluntary associations".[13] The party adheres to a consistent life ethic, opposing abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment, euthanasia, IVF, surrogacy, and unjust war. They support universal healthcare, immigration, and welfare.[14] It favors fiscally progressive policies,[10][15][16] as well as a social market economy with a distributist character,[17][18] which seeks "widespread economic participation and ownership",[18] and providing a social safety net program.

12:43 We are not on the same line here.

I consider The Great Apostasy is usshering in the rule of the Antichrist.

15:01 I think Atheism is in Sweden rolling back a bit in favour of "spiritual but not religious" ...

I cited, with or without quotation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sonski_2024_presidential_campaign

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Solidarity_Party

Something Tells Me, Peter Sonski would NOT Have Promised Mass Deportations
Monday, November 11, 2024 | Posted by Hans Georg Lundahl at 10:43 AM
https://assortedretorts.blogspot.com/2024/11/something-tells-me-peter-sonski-would.html

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Two Sides Are Escalating

New blog on the kid: Renee Nicole Good · Assorted retorts from yahoo boards and elsewhere: Both Videos (Except the Guy's Own) · A Veteran Analysing · "Clearly Hit" · Metatron weighed in · Two Sides Are Escalating · Third Bullet Killed Her, It Seems

Trying to unbalance the other party is a kind of escalation.

ICE against certain states?

Why are ICE agents targeting Minneapolis?
The Economist | 26 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_DWKIugWvY

To be fair, in Minnesota, there was also the question of Somalian fraud. However, not sure why ICE would be even as Federal Agents the best, wouldn't FBI be more on the target?

Protesters against ICE?

New Alex Pretti Details Confirm Coordinated Attack
Robert Gouveia Esq. | 27 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDx9cAIfBEY

So far, the killings are on the ICE side.

And, as some remind us, ICE was very much active under Obama:

ICE's Optics Are Bad. But THIS Is Worse
Vanessa Mares | 22 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND3yfeBB84c

This video was posted before Pretti died.

After receiving more than 220,000 applications to join ICE from patriotic Americans, ICE blew past its original hiring target of 10,000 new officers and agents within a year. In fact, we have more than doubled our officers and agents from 10,000 to 22,000. With these new patriots on the team, we will be able to accomplish what many say was impossible and fulfill President Trump’s promise to make America safe again.

ICE Announces Historic 120% Manpower Increase, Thanks to Recruitment Campaign that Brought in 12,000 Officers and Agents
Release Date: January 3, 2026
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/03/ice-announces-historic-120-manpower-increase-thanks-recruitment-campaign-brought

10 000 out of 22 000, and Jonathan Ross is among the original 10 000, have been working for Biden and perhaps even Obama. I'd not endorse Democrats. Have you heard of Third Party?

Senior FBI QUITS Rather Than Give ICE Immunity!
Combat Veteran News | 27 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBimkrZ8uSY

Fr. Gregory Pine OP is pretty much agreeing with my assessment in the title:

Godsplaining Reacts: The Minnesota Protests & Shootings | Fr. Gregory Pine
Godsplaining | Catholic Podcast | 27 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPLCtkxvMw

Appearance: Evil Dictator Pulling Strings | Reality: Emergent Behavior of System
The New Enlightenment with Ashley | 24 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m3by-mgFWI

@alimariehere
The Dehumanizing Epidemic in America
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HfzZ1U7i-YM

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Sharing on Duckweed / Phum

Twice The Protein Of Eggs. Grows In 7 Days. Why Every Government Wants It Gone.
Lost Plant Remedies | 22 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UqTUHE7NFA

Metatron weighed in

"Minnesota does not ban lawful carry at protests"

Possibly the agent was from a state where this was not the case.

I'm reminded of a black man being arrested for carrying a gun in one of the South States. It turns out, he had a licence, and he was from Missouri, a former French colony, with less of a racist heritage than some English ones, where a black man having a licence is perfectly normal. That was a few years ago.

Perhaps if DHS was going to monitor the protest, they should have been told and be telling every agent, "lawful carry, even at a protest, is not a threat" ...

E Dennis
@edennis8578: He actually wasn't lawfully carrying. It's illegal to carry at a protest without also bringing your permit and ID; he had neither.
Hans-Georg Lundahl
@hglundahl: @edennis8578 It is quite possible he had, and they subtilised those items to cover up for the killing.

It is also quite possible that you are misrepresenting the law of Minnesota.

20:11 How many shots were heard?

If only one shot was heard, it was the one that killed him. But if more than one, it's still possible that already the first one was deliberately aimed at him.

It could be mentioned that if Alex Pretti's own gun incidentally went off, that would be probably testable.

Hence the subpoena for federals not to tamper with evidence.

lasko24
@lasko24: From what I could tell in the video the agents had him down trying to cuff him another agent appears to take something and started walking away. Then as he was a few steps away other agents started running so that was where the first shot happened right after that is when the agent pulled his gun and shot Pretti. Both deaths are on the far left liberals they are the ones posting videos threatening to kill ICE and border control agents or telling others to do it. Then you have people physically attacking ICE and border control. Then you get situations like these and people act surprised.
Hans-Georg Lundahl: @lasko24 Thank you for your observations on the video.

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If we want to look at the broader picture, I don't support ICE.

And while you have a point on how some gestures look to the law enforcement, there is also how the law enforcement looks to the public.

I supported Trump (from my blogs in France) in the election. Sometimes had 700 views per day from the US. When I heard about "mass expulsion" of illegals, I was despondent.

Dollfuss and Schuschnigg certainly deported Czechs back to then Czechoslovakia, probably over Gmünd or sth, but they were batches of industrial workers, men, no families, it was kind of a game on both sides.

Austrian industries could survive without Communist agitators. In this case, many of the technically illegal residents are part of the backbone of agriculture in certain states. A former Mormon who's gone slightly left stated that border crossings increased under Biden only or mainly because Biden increased deportations. For a certain point, a few months back, the deportations by ICE since Trump took over are just 2 times and some of what they were under Biden. Trying to deport people who are part of communities will lead to civil war, unless someone, and I don't mean Waltz, he's not likely to, takes a step back.

In Minnesota, there are arguably fewer people from Latin America. ICE shouldn't have dealt with the Somalians, much as there is a reason to suppose some kind of fraud.

As to immigration from Latin America, the best way to have a safe border is, if that's ever possible, unite the US and Mexico, and the South border of those 81 states would be a shorter stretch in partly rougher terrain, so, easier to patrol. If that happens, every Mexican would automatically be legal, btw.

When it comes to the shooting of Renee, this traumatised ICE agent shouldn't have been back in service. But mainly, the proper way for safe borders is turning suspicious people and transports around at the border not letting police roam the streets "sicut leo rugiens quaerens quem devoret" ...

Alex Pretti Shooting: Federal Agents Fired After He Was Disarmed?
Christopher Winchell | 26 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnrIaX84uPI

Whether this Republican applies this correctly to the Pretti killing or not, this is useful information:

7:04 If you want to carry, you must avoid 7:06 confrontation. If you want to film, you 7:08 must avoid interference with lawful 7:11 operations. If you want to protest, you 7:14 must avoid impedment. 7:17 Those aren't my political opinions. 7:19 Those are the laws of our land.

The Pretti Case Exposes a Dangerous Lie
Walter Hudson's 'Closing Argument' | 28 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QePoawDA_48

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Ktzi'ot in the States?

The end of the video is about an ICE facility.

More than one if those that strike a Ktzi'ot like note.

The unexpected faces on the frontlines of ICE raids
The News Movement | 2 Dec. 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ

Woman who was arrested, shackled and detained at ICE center shares her experience
ABC News | 19 Jan. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OBCT8WoP84

Friday, January 23, 2026

Did St. Luke make a mistake in Chapter 2 of his Gospel? Answered in the Negative

Did St. Luke make a mistake in Chapter 2 of his Gospel?
Decrevi Determined to be Catholic @thecatholicman | 21 janv. 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLIxGXYxgk

The ensuing dialogue starts with my first comment to the title, ignoring all the rest.

No, he didn't. Quirinius was not THE governor, and Luke doesn't say he was, he was in the business of governing (along with Saturninus) Syria, and St. Luke says he was.

Again, there were many Roman censuses over Roman provinces, the one that Josephus remembered from 6 AD was in Judaea, and it's recalled because it caused a revolt.

The one Luke mentions was in Galilee, already a province, while Judaea was just a protectorate. There was no Roman census official in Bethlehem, the census Joseph most chaste Spouse took was for the Temple tax. Shekels were still the common currency in Bethlehem and in Jerusalem, or at least a common one.

Joe Bloggs
@joebloggs1356: Bethlehem is stones throw from Jerusalem. If they didnt use some sort of common money I'd be very suprised. As for the debate about the status of Judea and Samaria in the time of Jesus, history is very very clear. Pompey the Great put the Edomite Herodians into power, creating a Patron/Client relationship between Rome and Judea-Samaria, this alone gave the Romans a very big interest in knowing the wealth status of this entity which has effectively lost independence long before and legates or governors officially sat in power.
Hans-Georg Lundahl
@hglundahl: @joebloggs1356 Nevertheless, Judaea was a vassal kingdom, not a province, making it a thing outside normal Roman taxation (at that point only of provincials) and so, presumably, of censuses.
Joe Bloggs: @hglundahl no, in the time of Jesus Judea was a part of Syria for administration reasons. Romans, you cant beat em😂

This is what chatgpt said, but its very solid history It happened in AD 6.
When Herod Archelaus (ethnarch of Judaea, Samaria, and Idumaea) was deposed by Augustus in AD 6, his territory was converted into a Roman province (often called Judaea/Iudaea) and placed under the oversight of the legate (governor) of Roman Syria. That’s the moment Josephus describes as Judaea being “added/annexed” to Syria for administrative purposes, and it’s when Quirinius came to conduct the property assessment that sparked opposition.
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So as you can see that Judea/Edom/Samaria wasnt as independent as you think.
Hans-Georg Lundahl: @joebloggs1356 Exactly.

AD 6, the independence of Judaea was over.

And that's too late for Luke 2, so it's not the census Luke is talking about.
Joe Bloggs: @hglundahl the census luke mentions isnt the taxation type, its a 'census of the world', and Joseph goes to register, with Mary. Because he is of the House of David. Quirinius is made governor in Syria of which Judea is part in ad 6. Im not sure what people are missing.
Hans-Georg Lundahl: @joebloggs1356 "a 'census of the world',"

Was there actually such a thing?

As mentioned, AD 6 is too late, since Herod the Great had already died by then.
Joe Bloggs: @hglundahl it's hard to make people understand that yes, the Roman's thought the Mediterranean civilisation and near attached lands were the "world" even if they were only slightly aware of anything bigger, it didn't matter to them

@hglundahl I see the point about Herod being dead. I'm also not going to say that 'muh bible is wrong' just because I'm too stupid to explain what's happening. The Bible is the inspired Word of God and if theres a mystery there then by faith I believe it's there for a reason, and not some 2000 year old error, because even the ancients were aware of it.
Hans-Georg Lundahl: @joebloggs1356 Quirinius was in the title position of Governor in 6 AD, but he was doing the job of one under Saturninus "in the title" back when Jesus was born.

As to "the whole world" I think the actual words of Augustus would have been "in all of the provinces of the Roman Empire" and then a certain tax or census officer in Galilee somewhat overreported this to the Holy Family. Or even, it was the actual wording of Octavian, but involved an overreach which has so far not been quite filled with actuality.

Noting that the census edict is available for registered users (I'm so far not one) on the Valtorta app.

So, I can't check if I agree or disagree with her.

[Wait, did Robert Nugent say sth about Saturninus? The thing is Saturninus, as I recall, was actually "in office" as to the title, but it was Quirinius who was doing the job.]