Our readers will have noticed a hiatus from the News in the last few issues of our beloved periodical. From a reporter’s point of view, a break from the keyboard and from the smoke and fog of war is always a welcome prospect, and quite necessary when the constant barrage and thunder of bombardment fairly rattles one’s very brain and soul. We would have the readership assured that, despite our absence from the printed page, Armageddon has raged on, and we returned to our desk quite inundated with field reports exposing nearly every outrage known to mankind. From these, we have selected a few. And so, we present the news!
On the Road to Enlightenment?
Pakistan’s National Assembly has passed a resolution condemning lynchings in the majority Muslim country, the Arab News has reported. Impetus for the resolution was created in part by the recent lynching of a tourist in the Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and elsewhere. The man, vaguely accused of “desecrating the Holy Qu’ran,” was pulled by a mob from the local police station, tortured and set ablaze.
“The House believes that the right to life is the most cherished right as enshrined in the Constitution of Pakistan.“ A statement from the resolution, which passed unanimously, reads: “Every person is to be dealt with in accordance with the law and not otherwise.” An enlightened point of view, surely.
But before our readers rejoice at this apparent repudiation of barbaric injustice, we do well to remind them that “the law” mentioned in the resolution itself allows for the taking of one’s life for merely insulting Islam or the prophet Mohammed. Only they have a right to live who do not offend Muslim sensibilities. Blasphemy laws still rule in Pakistan.
There is a difference in the minds of the good people of the National Assembly, however, between a person being executed by a mob on the streets or by the mob of the legal system. One mustn’t rob Caesar of his right to pronounce sentence.
Touch Not the Transgender Idol or Else!
When Dr. Eithan Haim saw with his own eyes what was happening at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) last year, he felt he had to do something to expose it. The 34-year-old surgical resident noticed that TCH continued to clandestinely offer gender-affirming care to minors, contrary to Governor Greg Abbott’s order banning such care and the hospital’s own public statements that they were in compliance with the order. So, Dr. Haim accessed medical records and leaked evidence showing the hospital’s violations to journalist Christopher Rufo at City Journal. Rufo published the story, and now the doctor is facing a four-count indictment from the US Department of Justice and a potential sentence of 10 years for violating US medical privacy laws. At least, that is the pretense for the lawsuit.
Rufo maintains that personal information was redacted from the data Dr. Haim leaked to him, but any unauthorized accessing and releasing of a patient’s medical records is a violation of medical privacy laws. A legal defense fund set up for Dr. Haim had reached over $865,000 of its $1 million goal by the time of writing.
In addition to this, FBI agents recently visited, intimidated, and threatened Vanessa Sivadge, a Texas nurse who separately blew the whistle on the harm being done to children in the TCH’s transgender clinic. It appears the Biden administration is moving the muscle of its legal and law enforcement arms to strike down any who would dare touch its sacred idol of transgenderism.
Cheap Lots in Heaven for Sale!
Do you suffer from fear that there is not a home in heaven for you? Does doubt taint your celestial prospects and hopes? Then fear and doubt no longer, because a church in Mexico has a solution. The Iglesia del Final de los Tiempos recently announced the selling of real estate plots in heaven. It’s the perfect way of guaranteeing a spot within the pearly gates!
“Would you like to rest eternally with the prophets of the Old Testament?” the church inquires in a June Facebook post. “How wonderful would it be to greet the Prophets Moses, Samuel, or Saul when you see them from the window of your home! Iglesia del Final de los Tiempos – Sede Apostólica and Prophet Andrés de la Barra can make your eternal dream a reality.”
This program, also known as the “Heavenly Urbanization of the Hebrews” was the result of an apparent conversation that Pastor de la Barra had with God in 2017, or so we have been informed. With prices starting at the low, low, low, very low, hugely discounted price of only $100 per square meter and promises that it will be near the throne of God Himself, we think all readers will agree this is literally quite a steal. When one thinks about it, they are practically giving the heavenly turf (and a few other things) away.
The church conveniently accepts most major credit cards and even Google and Apple Pay.
And thus we return to the stench of rotting carcasses and the foul odors and stink of the wickedness of this world!
