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As Predicted, Donald Trump Convicted in Show Trial

Longtime readers are aware that I’ve been saying for years that the regime would railroad Donald Trump on upjumped charges. Now, as predicted, a New York judge has convicted Donald Trump in a highly publicized show trial. Related: The Tragedy of Trump Speculation rages on the question of whether the judge will imprison Trump at the July 11 sentencing, or if his incarceration will be…

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Star Trek Is Zombie Horror

Recent interactions on X revived the evergreen debate over which genre Star Trek belongs in. Writer Isaac Young sparked the discussion with this incisive thread. But it was user Brainwright who introduced a related topic that bears on today’s meditation: Related: Star Trek—The Motion Picture Miles of page inches have been spent pondering why zombie horror rose to dominate pop culture…

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Cassidy Guilty of Being Christian

Christian hero Michael Cassidy, who took Christ’s universal kingship seriously enough to purge the Iowa state capitol of a demonic idol, has been sentenced by that state’s temporal rulers. Related: Cassidy Cleanses the Capitol So in short, they found Cassidy guilty of being Christian. That story has two main errors: Related: Cassidy Faces Felony for Hating Evil Note: The above…

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Pope Francis Bans Gay Priests in No Uncertain Terms

Since early in his reign, Pope Francis has faced sharp criticism from Conservatives and traditionalists for alleged Modernist beliefs. Some of his more vocal critics accuse Francis of differing with unchangeable Church teaching on the sin of sodomy. These allegations stem from misrepresented statements he made in 2013 and, more recently, his signing of a DDF document allowing blessings for…

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Millennial Saint of Gamers

In the latest sign of spiritual renewal in the Catholic Church, the announcement came down yesterday that Blessed Carlo Acutis will be canonized. The fifteen-year-old Italian web designer gained acclaim for his cataloging of eucharistic miracles. Now, Pope Francis has officially recognized a second miracle attributed to Acutis’ intercession, clearing his way to sainthood. Related: A…

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Defining and Defending Gen Y

Every time we pull Generation Y out of the memory hole, Gen Y deniers come out of the woodwork to parrot Madison Avenue’s gaslighting against it. Not that it mattes. Because the establishment sources they cite just end up defining and defending Gen Y. Frequent readers may remember the AdAge article that blew the lid off the marketing industry’s deliberate decision to bury the Gen Y category.

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How AAA Studios Killed 2D

A recent thread on X by author JD Cowan kicked off a trip down gaming memory lane. In particular, he addressed how AAA studios killed 2D games for a generation. Related: FF7: The 1st Unfinished AAA Game? JD is right. The fifth home video game console generation was when game devs swithced focus from making games that players wanted to play to making games that developers wanted to make.

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The Curse of the Vietnam Doll

No stranger to high strangeness himself, Catholic Answers head apologist Jimmy Akin shares a spooky occurrence that his college friends experienced. From the archives of Jimmy Akin’s Mystgerious World, please enjoy “The Curse of the Vietnam Doll”. A battered doll head staring back at its abusers from an oven with an ember glowing in its eye is the kind of subtle spook you don’t…

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Watching the 90s Watch the 90s

Opining about the 1990s is all the rage in the internet salons these days. If you haven’t been following the debate, it may come as some surprise that nostalgia for the final decade of he twentieth century is now a subject of controversy. The disagreement arises between those who want to use political means to wind the cultural clock back to the 90s. Behind these types’ avowed Conservatism lies…

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Burned Book Prologue

Every once in a while, I like to unlock the occasional piece of insider material to give readers who aren’t yet Neopatrons a taste of what they’re missing. Without further ado, please enjoy your delcassified preview of the prologue to my upcoming dark fantasy epic The Burned Book. The ice slide that came surging through the frozen gully swept away most of the other conscripts before Hirei…

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