Jan242023

Episode 664 – What About the Goats?!

Mars Corporation makes some big news today.

An FBI agent who was investigating ties between Donald Trump and Russia apparently had ties with Russia.

And a Detroit suburb has passed a law that is making a lot of goats nervous.

 

News

Here is some news:

  • The Southern District of New York unsealed the five-count indictment against Charles McGonigal, former Special Agent In Charge Of The New York FBI Counterintelligence Division, and Sergey Shestakov on Monday.
    • The two men were charged with allegedly violating and conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) and with conspiring to commit money laundering and money laundering. Shestakov was also charged for allegedly lying to the FBI.
    • The Washington Free Beacon reported that McGonigal was involved with the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s links to Russia.
    • McGonigal was involved in the FBI’s investigation of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, the report added.
  • The medical examiner’s office in King County, Washington state, which is home to Seattle, is struggling with where to store dead bodies as the number of people overdosing on fentanyl continues to increase, the local public health director revealed.
    • Fentanyl overdoses have skyrocketed in the county since 2020, data shows.
      • There were 173 fentanyl overdoses in 2020, which increased by 122%.
      • In 2021 when 385 people overdosed.
      • Last year, the number increased to 685 fentanyl-related overdoses.
    • So far this year, at least 35 people have died from a fentanyl overdose in the county.
    • This is what you get when you legalize drugs, which Seattle has done.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-fbi-agent-involved-in-trump-russia-probe-arrested-for-allegedly-conspiring-with-russian-oligarch
https://www.foxnews.com/us/seattle-area-medical-examiners-office-running-out-space-dead-bodies-top-health-official-reveals

 

Go Woke, Go Broke!

Remember last week, we talked about M&Ms going woke with a feminism campaign. Yeah, well, this has become a joke in Conservative media. Here’s Tucker Carlson, the leading Conservative voice in all of media, making a joke of the M&M virtue signal:

If you watch the Tucker Carlson Show, you know that he makes fun of crap like this. It is not a serious news story. What’s funny is that the Left actually takes stories like this serious. Media Matter probably fact checked this. But this is a joke. He’s making fun of the virtue signal.

Mars Corporation actually responded to this by suspending their woke campaign. They released a tweet yesterday:

If people think Tucker got these people to change their minds, they’re idiots. This virtue signal was just stupid and Conservatives think it is all just funny. The reason Mars Corporation stopped this stupid campaign is because they were losing money. That’s it. If this campaign was stirring controversy and they were making money, they would double down on it.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/23/business/m-and-ms-controversy/index.html

 

Is This Even That Odd?

This is an interesting story. I think you are going to be a little surprised by what I think about this.

According to Fox News:

A Detroit-area city on Tuesday voted to approve allowing residents to sacrifice animals at home for religious purposes. 

The Hamtramck City Council, whose members are all Muslims, approved the practice, 3-2, Tuesday. 

The matter was put up for a vote in December, but city council members kept a ban in place. The issue was revisited this month after legal advice and objections from resident Muslims, the Detroit Free Press reported.

“If somebody wants to do it, they have a right to do their practice,” Council Member Mohammed Hassan said.

Muslims often slaughter animals, especially goats or sheep, during the holiday of Eid al-Adha or pay someone to do it for them. Meat is shared with family, friends and the poor.

Here’s the thing with this, I’m not sure there’s anything wrong with it. I know that most religions have stopped animal sacrifices, mostly for health concerns. But this has been a staple for Jews, Christians and Muslims so I don’t really see a problem with this if it is done according to health regulations. There’s an entire book in the Bible that talks about animal sacrifice and how it’s required.

Here’s the problem I have with this. There is a slippery slope. If we legalize this, what else could be legalized? What about honor killings? Sometimes making something legal that has been outlawed for religion may not be the best idea. We are our own country and have the right to define what is acceptable behavior, even when it comes to religion.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigans-muslim-majority-city-council-approves-animal-sacrifice-for-religious-purposes

 

The Right Direction

Speaking of religion, there are some religions that are more important than others. The big example is, of course, Christianity.

According to the Daily Wire:

A man at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, was recently ordered to remove a “Jesus Saves” t-shirt after security guards reportedly told him that shoppers were offended.

Video of the incident shows the back of the shirt included the Coexist symbol crossed out with “Jesus is the only way” printed below.

“Jesus is associated with religion and it’s offending people,” one of the guards in the footage told the man.

Here is the video:

Mind you, this guy was not preaching. He wasn’t standing in the middle of the mall, yelling all fire and brimstone from a worn out Bible. He was wearing a shirt. I wonder, if a Muslim man was walking around the mall wearing a “Mohammad saves” t-shirt, would he get the same crap from security? Probably not.

That bring us to the next point, who is insulted? We do know that Minnesota has a high number of Muslim people in the state.

I have to be fair here. This guy was thrown out before for preaching in the mall. So there could have a=been a little thought policing going on here. Also, the Mall of America did not chase this guy out. He was allowed to stay.

Here’s the thing, this is the type of protest that needs to continue with the church. We as Christians, Jews and, to a smaller extent, Muslims need to stand up for their religions. We need to know what it is about and defend it. Abortion is murder. Gay sex is a sin. Mutilating children is evil. We need to stand up to these principles even though a lot of the Christian faith, including Catholicism, seem to be backing down.

The is a great book be Matt Walsh called The Church of Cowards that discusses this in great lengths. Christians have lost their way. The values that have been doctrine for 2000 years are being bled away in order to “turn the other cheek” and be inclusive. Here’s the thing, we don’t need to “turn the other cheek” and the concept of inclusion is way overrated.

But there’s one Catholic church that is taking a stand. A stand that even Pope Francis may not be too thrilled about.

According to the Daily Wire:

One Catholic diocese is leading the charge against wokeism, insisting that students and worshippers use bathrooms and lockers consistent with their biological sex and banning the use of preferred pronouns in schools and parishes.

Woke activists have reacted with anger that the Diocese of Des Moines in Iowa, which started implementing its anti-woke policies on Monday, is openly fighting back against the woke agenda while supporters have gratefully acknowledged the efforts of the diocese.

“Any parochial, organizational, or institutional documentation which requires the designation of a person’s sex is to reflect that person’s biological sex,” the diocese writes. “No person may designate a ‘preferred pronoun’ in speech or in writing when related to ministry activities of any kind, nor are parishes, organizations, or institutions to permit such a designation. To permit the designation of a preferred pronoun, while intended as an act of charity, instead promotes the dissociation of biological sex and ‘gender’ and thereby confuses or denies personal integrity.”

“All persons must use the bathroom or locker room that matches their biological sex,” the diocese continues. “Diocesan parishes, organizations, and institutions are permitted to have individual-use bathrooms that are available for all members of the respective community.”

“Finally, a church that is acting like a church,” one supporter declared, according to The Daily Mail.

Yes, that churchgoer is right. This diocese is acting like a Catholic diocese. They are following doctrine that is 2000 years old. They’re not doing anything weird. They’re not sacrificing albino tigers or scalping small children. They are saying men should use the men’s room and women should use the women’s room. They use the proper pronouns for the individuals being referenced.

This is what all Christian churches, especially Catholic churches, should be doing because that is what our faith requires no matter how pissed off the trans person gets.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-offending-people-man-ordered-to-remove-jesus-saves-t-shirt-at-mall-of-america
https://www.dailywire.com/news/finally-a-church-that-is-acting-like-a-church-iowa-diocese-bans-preferred-pronouns-insists-on-traditional-bathrooms-locker-rooms