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Russia guaranteed to win Ukraine conflict – John Mearsheimer

No amount of Western weapons can overcome Moscow’s “massive advantage in air power,” the international relations expert has said Russia is guaranteed to win the Ukraine conflict, and no amount of Western weaponry – including Patriot air defense systems sought by Kiev – can change that, international relations scholar John Mearsheimer has said. Ukraine is “highly vulnerable” to Russian strikes that can cripple its economy and leave it a “dysfunctional” state, the University of Chicago professor told the Daniel Davis Deep Dive podcast on Thursday. Kiev has relied heavily on Western military aid throughout the conflict, now in its fifth year. Vladimir Zelensky has repeatedly pressed allies for more weapons, particularly Patriot systems, while blaming delays in deliveries for Ukraine’s battlefield setbacks. According to Mearsheimer, the belief that more Patriots or other Western arms can reverse the course of the conflict is an illusion. “The Russians are pretty much free to attack any …

Ukrainian naval drone Magura will be officially produced in the USA

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Ukrainian naval drone Magura will be officially produced in the USA

Ukrainian company UForce and American ReconCraft have agreed to produce Magura naval drones in the United States. The corresponding agreement was signed at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, reports Defense Express, writes UNN. Details According to the publication, production is planned to be deployed at facilities in Oregon and South Carolina. ReconCraft states its intention to initially produce hundreds, and later thousands, of Magura naval drones annually. As Defense Express notes, UForce has joined the American Drone Dominance program together with ReconCraft. The company plans to provide the United States with access to its naval, aerial, and ground unmanned systems, autonomous control software, and control means. Ukrainian naval drones become a new factor in deterring China in the Indo-Pacific region – Bloomberg25.06.26, 05:57 • 21866 views According to UFORCE USA head Sean Plankey, this is the first time the Ukrainian government has officially approved the production of Magura …

The Battle Between “Good” and “Evil”

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1308. The Battle Between “Good” and “Evil” – World Scam

07/24/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. When I chose freedom over 40 years ago and stayed in the West, I wondered how strong the democratic institutions were and whether anyone could succeed in seizing power here and establishing a dictatorship. I was assured that something like that could never happen. Several decades later, no one offers such guarantees anymore. I, too, saw the world in black and white back then: the good U.S. and the evil USSR. Yet it would have been enough to take a closer look at the Vietnam War and the circumstances that led to it… But I didn’t do that until much later. I take comfort in the fact that, to this day, many people still don’t concern themselves with such trifles as the lie about the alleged attack in the Gulf of Tonkin, or the enormous destruction caused by Presidents Johnson and Nixon’s warmongering, as well as the thousands of civilian casualties in Nicaragua—casualties that were only possible thanks to the criminal support the United States …

Diocese of Crookston Ends Sunday Mass in 11% of Parishes

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Diocese of Crookston Ends Sunday Mass in 11% of Parishes

The Diocese of Crookston in Minnesota announced that seven parishes will cease celebrating Sunday Mass in the coming months due to factors including a shortage of priests, lack of young people in religious formation, and trouble finding parish volunteers. “The decision to stop having Sunday Mass at a church is amongst the most difficult decisions that have to be made,” said Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston in a video announcement. “The parish church, as we know, is the center of life — the center of our faith life for so many people, often for generations,” he said. “Itʼs the place where we most frequently live our relationship with God. Itʼs the place where the Mass is celebrated, especially on Sundays.” Four parishes in the Northeast Deanery of the diocese, including St. Francis Xavier in Oklee, St. Ann in Goodridge, St. Philip in Falun, and St. Mary in Badger, will celebrate their final Sunday Masses in August and September. Continue reading at National Catholic Register Post …

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Shielding Against EMP - The Complete Guide to Protecting Your Electronics - Ask a Prepper

An EMP does not care how prepared you think you are. It does not knock politely, it does not give warning, and it does not discriminate between a hundred-dollar radio and a ten-thousand-dollar solar setup. If your gear is not shielded when it hits, you are running on whatever survives, and that number could be close to zero. This guide breaks down every real shielding method that works, from a metal trash can in your garage to a whole-house protection device wired into your panel. No filler, no theory for theory’s sake. The Congressional EMP Commission has spent years documenting how exposed the grid and civilian electronics really are, and the short version is simple: shielding is not optional if you want anything electronic to work after the event. What an EMP Actually Does to Your Gear A nuclear-generated EMP produces three distinct pulses, and each one attacks differently. E1 is the fast component, a sharp spike that hits in nanoseconds and fries unprotected circuit boards, chips,…

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How to Build a Faraday Cage in a Mobile Home

Taken from livestream of Christ the King-St. Stephen Parish in diocese of Oakland, California, on July 22, 2026

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

The real estate platform streamlines investing in US farmland. Now farms are fast becoming a portfolio staple for investors worldwide. The real estate platform streamlines investing in US farmland. Now farms are fast becoming a portfolio staple for investors worldwide. September 18, 2024 Some of the most pristine farmland in California can be yours, at least by proxy, in just a matter of minutes. That’s the promise that AcreTrader, a company with the mission of simplifying investing in valuable U.S. farmland, makes to prospective financiers. Its current offerings include 83 acres of almond trees in the San Joaquin Valley, advertised as “an opportunity to invest in a water-secure almond orchard in the world’s most productive almond-producing region.” This property also boasts of senior water rights on the Kings River, suggesting that the land will continue to turn a profit long into the future—a dream of farmers and investors alike. AcreTrader is just one of many companies launched in …

JULY 24, 2026: 78% OF U.S. BISHOPS DON'T WANT TO ORDAIN GAY PRIESTS? REALLY?

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satan’s Attack On Sister Lucia – A Story Few Catholics Know | The Fatima Center

How was the Third Secret of Fatima actually written? Why did Sister Lucia struggle for months to put it on paper? And why do historical documents indicate that the Third Secret was written as two distinct texts, not one? In this episode, David Rodríguez examines unpublished research based on Fr. Nicholas Gruner’s notes, the writings of Sister Lucia, and the testimony of those closest to the events. Discover the extraordinary spiritual battle surrounding the writing of the Third Secret, the intervention of Our Lady, and the evidence pointing to two separately written and sealed documents. If you want to better understand the historical record surrounding the Third Secret of Fatima, this presentation provides a detailed look at the events of January 1944 and their lasting significance. Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction & Opening Prayer 00:59 – Fr. Gruner’s unpublished manuscript and historical background 01:24 – Why Bishop da Silva ordered Sister Lucia to write the Third Secret 02:09 – …

Blessed Charbel Makhlouf and Catholic Lebanon’s Medieval Charm

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Saint of the Day, Monday, January 31, 1972
Saint Charbel Makhlouf (1828-1898) was beatified 5 December 1965 and canonized 9 October 1977.
I noticed that Blessed Charbel Makhlouf’s biography is relatively poor because — I seem to glimpse — his story is one of the fully normal developments. Imagine someone writing the history of a country that developed perfectly in all its stages and reached its fullness normally, without any hindrance or trouble. However brilliant and magnificent, that story would fit into a little space.
We can see that Blessed Charbel Makhlouf never faltered nor had any problem. As his countenance indicates, his sanctification was exceptional, powerful, and continual. If you can use this expression, he was a bulldozer of holiness. As his face shows, he faced the cross head on and corresponded until he dropped dead. I want to project his picture, so you understand that well.
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Larry does a take on various things going on with the US

Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson examines the growing crisis inside the U.S. arsenal and explores what this military-industrial weakness means for a future confrontation with Moscow or Beijing.
U.S. is running out of missiles, Russia and China are watching — Ex-CIA Analyst Larry Johnson
Some of the talk below included in the video.
Time for Russia to reconsider it's relationship with the US. And in fact that the US is not a potential friend. It's an enemy!
And with that carries with it important implications.
We need to consider that the US is a country in crises. Economically, politically, militarily.
Larry explains about the weapons the US has and doesn't have. What we have used already. How long it takes to make more. And how we can't make them without the rare earths from China.
The PAC-3 missiles attached to the Patriot air defense system. It turned out to be a complete dud for Ukraine. And an expensive dud at that. Costing up to $6 million per missile fired.
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Why God Sometimes Allows Spiritual Darkness
During times of spiritual difficulty and purification, it may feel like God has abandoned us, but this is not the case. God allows us to experience these feelings to purify us of selfishness and strengthen our virtues. Like Mother Teresa, we should focus on loving and serving others, even when we don’t feel God’s presence, because He is always with us, guiding us towards sainthood.
The journey to holiness involves four stages: the active and passive nights of the senses, and the active and passive nights of the spirit. While we can actively pursue virtues like humility, true perfection requires God’s transformative work through trials and darkness. These experiences, though painful, are ultimately rewards that purify us and deepen our charity, the foundation of all virtues.
Fr. Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul: Home | Holy Trinity Parish
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Long before the allegations against him became public, Marko Rupnik had become the Catholic Church’s most recognisable living sacred artist, raising questions about taste, patronage and institutional culture.

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How did Marko Rupnik become the Church’s house artist?

You may never have heard of Marko Rupnik until the allegations against him became public, but you have almost certainly seen his work. The same enormous eyes, crooked mouths and flattened faces appear at Lourdes, Fatima, Padre Pio’s shrine, Ta’ Pinu in Gozo and churches across the world. They appear inside the Vatican itself, most prominently in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Apostolic Palace. By the beginning of this century, Rupnik’s pseudo-iconography had become something close to the official visual language of institutional Catholicism. His mosaics can reportedly be found in around 200 churches and sacred spaces. The question is not merely how a man now accused by numerous women of grave abuse received so many prestigious commissions: his canonical trial is ongoing, and its outcome should not be prejudged. The prior question is simpler: how did an artist whose work is, at the very best, mediocre become so omnipresent throughout the Church?

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UK Meat Supply 'Poisoned' By African Bushmeat Including Monkey, Alligator and Lizard — Authorities Tell Citizens It's 'Racist' to Complain

An explosive new investigation has uncovered a thriving underground trade in illegal bushmeat across London, with vendors importing exotic animals from Africa—including monkey, alligator, porcupine, and lizard—and selling them to unsuspecting customers as everyday beef, chicken, and lamb. Authorities warn the meat poses a “serious health risk,” with potential contamination from deadly diseases including Ebola, anthrax, and TB. Yet officials are turning a blind eye, telling citizen it’s “racist” to complain about the illegal bushmeat, and ordering social media to remove posts featuring investigations into the criminal gangs operating with impunity. BYPASS THE CENSORS Sign up to get unfiltered news delivered straight to your inbox. You can unsubscribe any time. By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use In a series of coordinated raids over the past year, the Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) and the Metropolitan Police have seized staggering quantities of illegal …

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Liturgy of Sunday, July 26 - XVII of Ordinary Time
Dear brothers and sisters, the fear that hovers in the cultural, social, and political atmosphere of this confused and turbulent beginning of the third millennium could push many of our brothers and sisters to live superficially and disengagedly; it could push them to carve out their own small, protected space in which to take refuge and survive... In the passage from the Gospel of Matthew that we’re going to listen to on Sunday, July 26, Jesus reveals to us that there is a precious treasure hidden in the "field" of the world. That's why it is worth “getting out" of our “confort zone" to find it, for it is capable of making the hearts of those who possess it explode with joy for the new, surprising opportunities it offers and for the undisappointing hope it shows on the horizon.
In fact, since God became incarnate in His Word made Man, the world no longer instills fear in us because it hides the treasure of His …More

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New Jersey church under 'Cardinal' Tobin celebrates ‘Pride Mass’ for eighth straight year

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New Jersey church under Cardinal Tobin celebrates ‘Pride Mass’ for eighth straight year - LifeSite

Mon Jun 8, 2026 - 11:32 am EDTMon Jun 8, 2026 - 4:43 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic parish in New Jersey will once again hold a blasphemous “Pride Mass” for the eighth year in a row. Our Lady of Grace Church in Hoboken, New Jersey, has announced that it will hold a sacrilegious, pro-LGBT “Pride Mass” on Sunday, June 14, 2026. This is the eighth year that the parish, under the jurisdiction of Cardinal Joseph Tobin, has hosted the blasphemous event. In other years, the “Pride Mass” included rainbow flags hung in the church, women sitting in the sanctuary wearing pro-LGBT “love is love” shirts, and a gender-confused woman sharing her reflections from the pulpit. The American TFP (Tradition, Family, Property) organization has started a petition asking the parish priest, Fr. Alexander Santora, to call off the sacrilegious event. By the time of the writing of this article, almost 17,000 people had signed it already. While Our Lady of Grace parish boasts that is it one of the “most deeply …

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So eine Messe gibt es gar nicht, dafür gibt es kein Messformular.

The author also attacks Fernández's concept of "infinite dignity," claiming it creates philosophical and theological contradictions by attributing an "infinite" dignity to every human person, which he argues undermines Christ's unique role as Redeemer. He concludes that Fernández's methodology makes him unsuited to lead the Vatican's doctrinal office and predicts similar flaws in future documents.

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Cardinal Fernández’s Opera Omnia (dissertationibus haud repertis): An Initial Report

A guest article by Fr. Romano Tommasi. Cardinal Fernández has been pierced from time to time by my stylus on One Peter Five, as he will be again in a forthcoming study on the history and sources for infinite dignity. To be fair, Fernández was tasked with officially defending what I have considered the theologically and philosophically indefensible “infinite dignity,” whether viewed from loci theologici, or higher principles of any perennial school of philosophy within the Church of the first millennium, just as the Scholastic period of the second. I underline now that Fernández is not my target. He is a bureaucrat sanitizing his magister, Papa Francesco.[1] My opposition to their work is based upon its feeble, if non-existent, architecture (Fernández represents no school, nor genealogy of approved theology, but a pastoral approach to theology). There is absolutely merit and sanctity in practicing pastoral theology to the exclusion of any higher science, of which the canonization of …

Bishop Derio Olivero at the "Mass in the Valley" on July 19, 2026

La tradizionale "Messa in Valle" si è svolta il 19 luglio 2026 alla diga del Chisonetto (Sestriere), riunendo circa 300 fedeli. La Messa è stata celebrata dal vescovo di Pinerolo, Derio Olivero. VitaDiocesanaPinerolese.it

Did you know that there were Catholic Samurais?
Meet Justo Ukon Takayama. He was a feudal lord and samurai in 16th-century Japan. When the Shogun banned Christianity, Takayama refused to renounce his faith.
He abandoned his status, wealth, and samurai position, choosing exile and poverty over apostasy.
He is now a Blessed in the Catholic Church, on the path to being declared a saint.

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Catholicism enhances cultures. Perfects them. This is the only reason our Lord would allow "colonization". And as our Lady of Guadalupe reminds us, she keeps colonization on the right track.