Surprise: The Pope hates democracy! Crowder explains why the Vatican is a communist craphole. Also, Putin is threatening to bring us to nuclear war. And, hate to break the news to some of you libertarians, but your ideology doesn't work anymore.

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WATCH & REACT

• We’ve all been wondering why Russia may be stalled in their war with Ukraine, and this footage may give us some ideas as to why: SOURCE: Reddit
  • Full disclosure, this is probably just a kid cosplaying, and not actually an active duty Russian soldier.
• HOWEVER, Russia has made a step toward full mobilization, AND some lawmakers are pushing to reinstate the draft. SOURCES: NYT, BusinessInsider
  • 300K RESERVISTS CALLED UP
  • And just last night, Vladimir Putin made some very explicit threats discussing nuclear weapons. SOURCE: Twitter

NYQUIL CHICKEN

• People are cooking chicken in cold medicine, and the FDA says it’s a bad idea. SOURCE: NYP
  • The challenge started on 4Chan, but people are stupid.
  • The FDA stepped in and warned, SOURCE: NYP
    • “Boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways.”
    • “Put simply: Someone could take a dangerously high amount of the cough and cold medicine without even realizing it.”
  • Cough syrup overdose can result in: SOURCE: MountSinai
    • Breathing problems.
    • Seizures
    • Coma

EXCESS DEATHS IN EUROPE

• In July, excess deaths in Europe reached +16%. SOURCE: ec.Europa.eu
  • HIGHEST OF THE YEAR
  • AND this summer the UK saw 21,475 excess deaths.
• We’ll get into this story more tomorrow, but we want to do our due diligence…
  • Mostly because of well… SOURCE: Google
    • “YouTube doesn't allow content that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts local health authorities’ or the World Health Organization’s medical information about COVID-19.”

WHY “LIBERTARIANISM” DOESN’T WORK IN TODAY’S WORLD

• Libertarianism cannot work with companies colluding with the government.

QUESTION: First, what exactly is Libertarianism?

• Definition: SOURCE: Wordnik
  • “A political philosophy maintaining that all persons are the absolute owners of their own lives, and should be free to do whatever they wish with their persons or property, provided they allow others the same liberty.”
• Moral psychologist Johnathan Haidt has an interesting hypothesis on how Libertarians think. SOURCE: YouTube
• Libertarians oppose overbearing, authoritarian governments.
  • The issue arises when the opposing side completely disregards the Constitution and the rule of law, teaming up with powerful NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations to crush the individual.

EXAMPLE #1: Facebook now acts as an arm of the left-wing government.

• Facebook doesn’t allow any opinions that contradict the government agencies of the CDC or WHO. SOURCE: Facebook
  • You CANNOT speak out against government on this issue.
• Zuckerberg also emailed Dr. Fauci in March 2020 to collaborate with the NIH to ensure people get “authoritative information” from “reliable sources.” SOURCE: TheFederalist
  • Not to mention Facebook’s decision to ban the 45th President until at least 2023 for “public safety” concerns. SOURCE: ABC
  • And Facebook, Alphabet, Apple, and Amazon all donated millions of dollars to Joe Biden and Democrats in 2020. SOURCE: Observer
• Zuckerberg also censored the Hunter Biden Laptop story at the behest of the FBI. SOURCE: NBC

EXAMPLE #2: Banks are now an arm of the government.

• Big banks and hedge funds manipulate the economy to short stocks.
  • Remember when Robin Hood stopped purchasing Gamestop stock to stop Redditors from boosting it? SOURCE: BusinessInsider
  • The same people donate to Democratic campaigns.
• Hedge fund managers Sussman, Snyder, and Eyechaner donated $70M each to Democrats from 2008 through the 2018 midterms. SOURCE: NYMag
• And in 2020 Wall Street backed Biden to Trump $74M to $18M. SOURCE: CNBC
• Biden has multiple aides with ties to Blackrock, the venture capital firm Revolution, and the consulting firm Precision Strategies. SOURCE: CNBC
• And current Secretary of State Anthony Blinken founded the consulting firm WestExec which formerly employed: SOURCE: NYT
  • Jen Psaki
  • CIA Deputy Director David Cohen
  • Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines.

EXAMPLE #3: Corporations are now an arm of the government.

• Special interest groups within the government dictate policy decisions based on and because of personal investments made by corporations, Senators, Congressmen, etc.
• For example, Planned Parenthood spent $45M to back Democrats in the 2020 election. SOURCE: TheHill
  • Maybe that explains why in 2019 all but 3 Democrats voted against the “Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.” SOURCE: FactCheck
• VISA, MasterCard, and American Express will now track all gun purchases using a new purchase code. SOURCE: Reuters
• Even airlines are beholden to the government after receiving $54B in bailouts. SOURCE: Reuters

THE VATICAN ABANDONS HONG KONG CARDINAL

DISCLAIMER: Now, for this next topic, I want to be clear - I have no problem with CATHOLICS themselves. We have Catholics on our staff! I have a problem with the Church hierarchy. SIMILAR TO loving the Chinese people, but hating the CCP. With that out of the way:

• In Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen is on trial for assisting pro-democracy protesters during 2019 demonstrations. SOURCE: YouTube
  • Accused of setting up an illegal fund to pay the legal cost of those arrested. SOURCE: WSJ
  • Being prosecuted under the same law used to target the Triad.
• THE KICKER is the Pope and the Vatican are nowhere to be found!
  • When Zen was arrested this was all the Vatican noncommittally said: SOURCE: WSJ
    • “The Holy See has learned with concern the news of Cardinal Zen’s arrest and is following the development of the situation with extreme attention”

QUESTION: WHY IS THE VATICAN REMAINING SILENT?

• In 2018, the Vatican signed a shady agreement with Beijing with provisions including: SOURCE: Heritage
  • The Vatican recognized 7 Chinese Bishops appointed without the Vatican’s approval.
  • The Vatican can only pick bishops from a pool selected by the CCP
    • UP FOR RENEWAL IN OCTOBER
• In China and Hong Kong, only a CCP version of the Bible is approved.
  • According to the persecution watchdog Voice of Martyrs: SOURCE: CBN
    • “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced plans to update the Bible to ‘keep pace with the times.’ The revisions will include adding ‘core socialist values’ and removing passages that do not reflect communist beliefs,”
  • China also banned the sale of online bibles and routinely persecutes Christians. SOURCES: NYT, UCANEWS
• No surprise, Cardinal Zen was a critic of the Vatican’s deal with China when it was signed, saying: SOURCE: Guardian
  • “They’re [sending] the flock into the mouths of the wolves. It’s an incredible betrayal.”
  • CHINA HAS INFILTRATED WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION
• BUT the Vatican’s tacit support for China’s Hong Kong takeover fits a PATTERN of neglecting sovereignty & supporting dictatorial regimes.

THEN: In 2019, Pope Francis chastised Trump for wanting to build a wall. SOURCE: CNBC

• “Builders of walls, be they made of razor wire or bricks, will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build.”
• “Migrants should be accepted, protected and integrated and if a country cannot handle the numbers, the migrants should be distributed among other countries.”

NOW: (Always) What EXACTLY does it take to become a citizen of the Vatican?

• Citizenship is granted ONLY to those: SOURCE: Vatican
  • “...who reside in the Vatican because of their work or office.”
  • "Those who wish to move to the Vatican must have their citizenship approved by the Pope, or papal authority.”
  • By the way, THIS is the Vatican. SOURCES: ImagesFineart, live.statflickr, pinimg.com

THEN: During World War II, the Vatican hierarchy maintained a strictly neutral stance toward the Nazis. SOURCE: WashingtonPost

• Pope Pius XII was notoriously SILENT during the Holocaust.
  • According to one Nazi ambassador, over one thousand Jews were rounded up and taken away “under [the pope’s] very windows”.

NOW: More recently, Pope Francis advocated for the disarmament of Americans.

• Right after Uvalde, Pope Francis said, SOURCE: NPR
  • “It is time to say enough to the indiscriminate trafficking of arms.”
  • Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago said, SOURCE: NPR
    • “The Second Amendment did not come down from Sinai.”
    • “The right to bear arms will never be more important than human life.”
• The behavior toward the CCP is par for the course.

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