garden hermit

Ornamental Men

It turns out that garden gnomes have a stranger and more disturbing origin than you might have thought. Before the days of the ceramic lawn gnome, a human being often played the role of the dour, robe-wearing guardian of flora and fauna — and that person was preferably a grizzled…
April 18, 202216 Comments
ChristCrucifixion

He Was Wounded for Our Transgressions

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. -Isaiah 53: 5 As you fast and pray today, call to mind the manifold outrageous insults hurled at Our Lord Jesus Christ…
April 15, 20224 Comments
Elon Thumbs

Musk: This Is (Not) a Threat

In a stunning, but not surprising, follow up to the prior episode in Elon Musk's Twitter arc, the Tesla Billionaire's refusal of a seat on the social network's board has paved the way for his latest bold move. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk offered to take Twitter Inc. private in a…
April 14, 202214 Comments
Elon Musk

Elon Update

If you thought Elon Musk's Twitter arc was already dramatic, strap in. Because the richest man in the world's fling with the censorious social media site has taken yet another surprise turn. Elon Musk has reversed his decision to join Twitter’s board of directors after disclosing he owns more than…
April 12, 202210 Comments
4thAngel

The Fourth Angel

In this hellish age, it's easy to believe those who say the End Times are close at hand. But it's important to remember that history was the first casualty of Clown World. We've been down this far - maybe even farther - before. And some, including prominent Catholic hagiographers with…
April 11, 202211 Comments
90sGroundZero

Spiritual Ground Zero

Hat tip to author JD Cowan for bringing my attention to the following chart: According to those numbers, religiosity - read: Christianity - among Americans aged 18-35 plummeted from near 90 percent in 1991 to 75 percent in 1998. My, what could have happened in between? The mean age of…
April 6, 202217 Comments
Elon-Parag Ratio

Welcome Elon

Elon Musk's purchase of a plurality share in Twitter continues to get more and more interesting ... Elon Musk will join Twitter’s board of directors just a day after it was learned that he bought a 9% stake in the company — becoming the social media platform’s largest shareholder. “I’m…
April 5, 202217 Comments
ElonFreezePeach

Elon Flips the Bird

If the rest of the billionaire class are jocks and cheerleaders basking in popularity at the cool kids' table, Elon musk is the leather jacket-clad misfit cutting class to shoot pool. Now imagine that misfit became a crypto millionaire and decided to buy his high school. Elon Musk took a…
April 4, 20225 Comments
SoyMouse

Soypriests of the Pedomouse

In a predictable follow up to a story this blog reported earlier, the soypriests of the pedomouse are doubling down on their child grooming agenda. Walt Disney corporate employees were reportedly caught on camera discussing efforts to include more LGBT content in the company’s programming during company meetings discussing a…
March 31, 202211 Comments
kraken

The Kraken

Kairos is proud to present the debut sci fi-horror story by friend of the blog Martel. Investigator’s Note: Every electronic device in Mr. Gennaro’s apartment was thoroughly smashed with a hammer prior to his death. The Department remained unaware of his final writings until a viral tweet containing only a…
March 29, 202210 Comments