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In this episode we plumb the depths of the darkness of the human soul, from soliciting sin in the confessional to shooting defenseless children to refusing to rush to the defense of those children when it’s your solemnly sworn job to do so. Ultimately, if we do not subject ourselves to the natural and Divine positive law we will be subjected by force under the boot of a diabolically inspired human tyrant. We cannot let our light shine forth to others until we kindle and feed the fire of Divine charity in our own souls first.

Links, reading, and YouTube:

• Ann’s video presentation on the Vendee: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4
• “We are the gold”
• Fr. Z: Welcome to Hell, here’s your ice cream
• Fr. Z: Hell and the Enemy exist. Priests and bishops who don’t teach about them will probably wind up there.
• The Florida Shooter: all of the signs were there
• Florida School Shooting: Broward County Deputies stood around doing nothing
• Florida Shooter: the FBI had been warned

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In this episode we discuss Lenten fasting and Catholic Legalisms, what to expect (and ask) when you’re considering going Byzantine, as well as the proper protocol for a valid confession — because, eternity. Some more resources and recommendations for Lenten reading and listening were discussed and SuperNerd eats some humble pie regarding citing scripture and says something about an IBO which will be a topic for the podcast in eight weeks or so.

Lenten Links (new this week):

• Imitation of Christ
  • Paperback (via Angelus Press)
  • Free eBook/Online Versions
  • Free audiobook (via LibriVox)
• Story of a Soul
  • Free Online Version(s)
  • Paperback via Amazon
  • Audiobook via Audible
• Lenten Mission: Climbing the Mountain of God
• “Father Z’s” LentCazt

Lenten Links (from Episode 45):

• eBook: Meditations from the School of Jesus Crucified
• Divine Intimacy
• The Spiritual Combat (by Dom Lorenzo Scupoli)
• Daily Meditations and Readings from St. Alphonsus
• Audiobook: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (by Anne Catherine Emmerich)
• Paperback: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (by Anne Catherine Emmerich)
• Lenten Mission sermon series on the Four Last Things

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In this episode we discuss the ongoing sellout of Chinese Catholics by those in power in Rome, the case of Bishop Juan Barros’ promotion by Bergoglio when both Chilean and CDF (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) authorities had significant evidence of Barros’s crimes against nature, and why it’s good to pray for those didn’t die a holy death (because prayers are never wasted in the Divine Economy).

General Links:

• NYT: Worries Rise as Pope and China Edge Closer to Deal
• Pietro Parolin: Bergoglio’s Bulldog
• Dare We Join The Dots (on the Barros Affair)?
• BBC: The Bp. Juan Barros Case
• The Biathlon: Skiing and long-guns

Lenten Reading Links (this list will be expanded):

• eBook: Meditations from the School of Jesus Crucified
• Divine Intimacy
• The Spiritual Combat (by Dom Lorenzo Scupoli)
• Daily Meditations and Readings from St. Alphonsus
• Audiobook: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (by Anne Catherine Emmerich)
• Paperback: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (by Anne Catherine Emmerich)
• Lenten Mission sermon series on the Four Last Things

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In this episode we discuss the antics and power politics in play between Rome and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA)**, especially the significance of the current Roman Bishop in White ordering a duly-appointed Bishop in China to step down in favor of an excommunicated, schismatic member of the CPCA. As long as a given tactic of Satan works he will continue to use it, and the “divide and conquer” tactic is one that has worked all too well throughout human history. We also discuss how “Divide et Impera” has played out in the Church Militant from Apostolic times through the current day, with an emphasis on the formation and early history of the Society of Saint Pius X and what is currently known as Traditional Catholicism.

**Yes, SuperNerd got the name of the ersatz Catholic Church in China wrong twice… and he’s chagrined and embarrassed about that.

Links and reading:

• Vatican Kneecaps real bishop, replaces with excommunicate
• The Ottaviani Intervention (Letter on the Novus Ordo Missae)
• SuperNerd’s pseudonymous blog reply to Ann about the SSPX from July 2012
• The 1974 Declaration of Archbishop Lefebvre

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In this episode we discuss the recent revelations that Twitter actively engages in shadow-banning of conservative and “redneck” content, both through machine learning and manual intervention, as well as Twitter employees reading the “private” messages and content of users of the service. Additionally we question whether these social media platforms are even needed for conservative writers or if they are counter-productive sources of interruptions where the trolls and “pig wrestlers” love nothing more than to mix it up and get people annoyed. We also talked about social media as a vector for precipitating a Black Swan event — hacking the right twitter account and posting fake news could cause more real-world effect than an accidental ballistic missile warning!

Links, reading, and YouTube:

• Project Veritas Exposes Twitter (Language Alert!)
• Steve Rambam: Privacy, Anonymity, and Individuality (2016)
• Steve Rambam: Privacy is Dead, Get Over It (2010)
• (Better than Facebook — Reading) Spiritual Reading for Wednesday of the 1st week of Epiphany
• (Better than Facebook — Audio) Mental Prayer: from zero to intermediate
• Sermon: Facebook, Twitter, and Backbiting
• Recipies from American’s Test Kitchen

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In this episode we discuss fasting — though we do abstain from bringing it up for almost half an hour while we cover some news concerning cyptocurrency, “latrine-crater” countries, the legally expedient reason why Hillary Clinton’s concubine is staying legally married to Anthony Wiener (and why he needs to fear for his life). And then we covered fasting and how it is MASSIVELY beneficial to both the body and the soul, as well as how fasting can apply to all appetites, not just food. And at some point SuperNerd gets loose with his Biblical proof about lightsabers too.

Links and reading:

• South Korea threatens to ban cryptocurrency (you won’t believe what happens next!)
• President George W. Bush: Just send yer cash (instead of actual help to Haiti)
• Autophagy
• Ketogenic Diet
• Tertullian on fasting and the soul

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In this first episode of the new year we whittled down the original list of eleven topics and ended up with: Dow 25,000 and other Wall Street fictions; Steve Bannon doesn’t like Trump, his kids, or anyone else apparently; North Korea could set off a continental war with their rocketry hobby (with a generous side-bar on the Persian empire past and future); and if you’re reading this your computer has vulnerable hardware. Oh — and narcissists, narcissists everywhere!

Links, reading, and listening:

• Tell your friends: www.16hourMBA.com
• Ben Shapiro covers Trump vs. Bannon in detail
• Billions of computers and devices vulnerable to attack

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In this episode we discuss lies and the lying liars who lie them… err, tell them. Whether it’s DDoS attackers lying to internet service providers that their traffic is legitimate, parents who tell their kids that Santa Claus is a benevolent breaking-and-entering artist, or NBC news in general or Matt Lauer in particular, liars are going to lie and when you tell enough lies then Faith suffers or dies. And don’t neglect the Sacrament of Confession where Truth and our hope in joining the Church Triumphant is restored!

Links and reading:

• Santa Claus: Five myths in one fictional character
• Book: The Dictator Pope
• Matt Lauer: The Roast

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