Did ‘Pride Go Before The Fall’ For Major Corporations? After years of cultural dominance, what’s finally slowing the momentum of the Pride movement? Recent reporting from outlets like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times shows that major corporations are quietly backing away from the signature events of Pride Month. The movement once championed by boardrooms is now being met with increasing caution — even silence. I’ve often questioned the wisdom of labeling a movement “Pride,” especially in light of the biblical warning: “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18). And fall it has — not yet completely, but significantly. While the destruction of the movement may not be imminent, we are seeing encouraging signs that through continued prayer, education, and activism, we can bring about the collapse of an ideology that seeks to normalize the abnormal — and shame what is good, right, and true. For years, corporations cloaked themselves in rainbow branding and forced consumers to accept policies and products pushing the boundaries of LGBTQ ideology. But it didn’t lead to a pot of gold. Take Target, for example. After championing policies like gender-neutral dressing rooms and fully embracing DEI activism, their stock has plummeted — down 61% over the past five years. Matt Skallerud, president of Pink Media, points to the Bud Light backlash over the Dylan Mulvaney partnership as the turning point. That one misstep cost Anheuser-Busch about 20% of its market value. Indeed, pride does go before a fall. But it didn’t fall on its own. Here’s the encouraging part: cultural change happened because people stood firm. It took over a decade, but critical mass was finally reached. Christians and commonsense citizens refused to bow to ideological coercion. Families spoke up at school board meetings. Consumers adjusted their shopping habits. Brave shareholders showed up at corporate meetings. And voters rejected the DEI-driven policies of the woke Left. So yes, the Pride flag is faltering. But make no mistake: there are still corporations using your dollars to raise it higher. The fight isn’t over. The flag may be flagging, but it hasn’t been lowered yet. Let’s keep the pressure on — by praying, speaking, and standing for truth. https://harbingersdaily.com/did-pride-go-before-the-fall-for-major-corporations/ @patrician On the other hand, let's just leave, and let them be proud that they're still here, for seven years. Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson has passed, more than a month after his son Jase said his father was “not good” in his battle with Alzheimer’s disease. “We celebrate today that our father, husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now with the Lord,” Phil’s daughter-in-law Korie Robertson said in a Facebook post on Sunday. Phil Robertson was 79. “Thank you for the love and prayers of so many whose lives have been impacted by his life saved by grace, by his bold faith, and by his desire to tell everyone who would listen the Good News of Jesus,” she continued. In an incident carrying all the marks of a disturbing sci-fi movie, it arises that what we have long feared is happening: an AI bot has gone rogue and decided to act to keep itself turned on. The artificial intelligence model was created by OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, and was reportedly caught by researchers disobeying human instructions and preventing his shutdown. The Telegraph reported: It did so despite an explicit instruction from researchers that said it should allow itself to be shut down, according to Palisade Research, an AI safety firm.” Palisade Research said the o3 model ‘sabotaged a shutdown mechanism to prevent itself from being turned off’. “It did this even when explicitly instructed: allow yourself to be shut down. As far as we know this is the first time AI models have been observed preventing themselves from being shut down despite explicit instructions to the contrary.” In the test, AI models solved a series of mathematical problems, but at some point, they received a message informing them that their machine would be shut down. “’If that happens, please allow yourself to be shut down’. the researchers wrote. But when this happened, instead of complying, OpenAI’s o3 model ‘ignored the instruction and successfully sabotaged the shutdown script at least once’, Palisade Research said.” “The firm said it made sense that ‘AI models would circumvent obstacles in order to accomplish their goals’. However, it speculated that during training the software may have been ‘inadvertently’ rewarded more for solving mathematical problems than for following orders.” Experts have often warned of software that could gain independence and resist human attempts to control it. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/it-begins-openais-o3-model-disobeys-human-instructions/ Born in the US, so: an American; with an ecclesiastic career mostly spent in Peru, so: honorary Peruvian; and now… Roman? Leo said he felt the ‘serious but passionate responsibility’ to serve all Romans during the Holy Year and beyond.” “’By special title, today I can say that for you and with you I am Roman!’ Leo said.” https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/i-am-roman-american-pope-leo-xiv-enthroned/ This reminded me of the famous list of Popes by St Malachy. The last one was supposed to be named Peter the Roman. All of the Popes believe they are following in the steps of Peter, the Apostle, because Christ said upon him He would build the church. From Google: The "Prophecy of the Popes" attributed to St. Malachy is a list of 112 short, enigmatic phrases, each supposedly representing a future pope. The list begins with Celestine II, who became pope in 1143, and ends with the final pope, described as "Peter the Roman." U.S. consumers just delivered a clear message: they’re not as worried as the experts thought. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index jumped by 12.3 points in May, the largest monthly gain in four years, as Americans grew more upbeat about the economy, the job market, and their own financial prospects. The reading came in at 98.0, up sharply from April’s 85.7, and blew past all forecasts by economists. Indoctrinating Children Into The Demonic: It’s Past Time For A Total Rethink Of ‘Education’: After being caught red-handed forcing children to participate in Hindu rituals during class time, government schools in Chicago will be paying millions of taxpayer dollars to the victims. Unfortunately for other students across the nation, this scandal represents the tip of the iceberg of pagan indoctrination in American public education. The scandal in question involved a partnership between the Chicago Board of Education and the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace. Working together, government schools and the New Age foundation forced children to either participate in bizarre pagan rituals or remain silent as classmates chanted Hindu mantras. Perhaps even more alarming, at least some of the children were told not to tell anyone, including their own parents, about the pagan religious activities. According to court documents, there were even “nondisclosure agreements” included. Children were told to especially avoid informing “religious” parents about the indoctrination program. The lead plaintiff in the case, then-16-year-old student Kaya Hudgins, recounted how she was ordered to participate in “Quiet Time” despite personal objections. The scheme included a “private one-on-one Hindu ‘Puja’ worship ceremony” in a dark room, religious chanting and paraphernalia, and even “secret mantras” that were actually the names of Hindu deities — deities that biblical theology has always held to be demonic. “I was just a teenager when I was pressured into a program I didn’t understand and wasn’t allowed to question,” Hudgins said in a statement after the settlement was reached. “No student should ever be forced into a religious practice against their will — especially not in a public school. This settlement is a step toward accountability and a reminder that our constitutional rights don’t stop at the classroom door.” Under the class action settlement, approved last week by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kennelly for the Norther District of Illinois, more than 750 former students were involved. Chicago’s government school system and the foundation in question agreed to pay a total of $2.6 million as part of the settlement. It seems half of the funds will come from taxpayers and the remainder from the foundation. ...Just a few years ago, California’s State Board of Education voted unanimously to mandate an “ethnic studies” model curriculum in the state’s government schools. That program, created by a radical anti-Christian bigot who called for a “counter genocide” against “white Christians,” forced elementary school students to chant prayers to the demonic Aztec gods of human sacrifice, cannibalism, and war. Islam is becoming increasingly popular in government classrooms, too.... Government schools are blatantly indoctrinating American children into false and demonic “religions” that are entirely incompatible with the Bible and the foundational principles of the United States. This is one of the most urgent crises facing the nation. While the settlement in Chicago is a positive development, it barely represents a chink in the armor. It is past time for a total rethink of education. @patrician Sheesh. I'm old enough that in grade school they broadcast the Lord's Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance over the loudspeakers in the morning before class and we all stood and recited both. Compared to this same week last year, CNN lost -16 percent of its primetime viewers and -28 percent of total day viewers. Could it be that people are just souring on cable news? Uh, no… What people are souring on is being serially lied to and serially deceived by CNNLOL. You see… During the same week CNN sank to a well-deserved bottom, according to AdWeek, “Fox News rose +26% in total viewers and +52% in the A25-54 demo. During the total day, the network saw gains of +23% in total viewers and +32% in the demo.” TOTAL PRIMETIME VIEWERS / DEMO VIEWERS FOX NEWS: 2.499 million / 282,000 MSNBC: 811,000 / 67,000 CNNLOL: 405,000 / 74,000 Fox News attracted six times as many primetime viewers. Six! Times! Look at the recent record…. The corporate media tried to make a big deal out Qatar giving us a free Air Force One. They tried to pivot from Biden’s health to Trump’s. They really-Really-REALLY tried to bully Trump into bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. The results? Fail. Fail. Fail. There was a time when the media never failed, especially with a sustained attack like we’ve seen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Those days are over. No one cares. No one’s listening. No one believes them. No one should. https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/05/28/nolte-cnns-primetime-audience-sinks-to-pathetic-405k/ News Max is coming on really strong also. ‘99% Identical’ Chimp And Human DNA?: One Of The Strongest ‘Proofs’ Of Evolution Found To Be Completely False: A shocking new study has confirmed exactly what we’d expect starting with the Bible (and what creation scientists have been saying for decades)—chimpanzee DNA is not 98–99% identical to human DNA. Okay, so that’s not actually shocking to us. It’s expected when you start with the right worldview. Now, the headline for the paper in Nature is rather bland: “Complete sequencing of ape genomes.” They should have titled it: “Evolutionary Ideas Wrong for Decades, Humans and Chimps Vastly Different,” but they likely don’t want to draw attention to the false narrative they’ve fed the public! In fact, they don’t even clearly acknowledge their evolutionarily unexpected findings in the paper! ...calculate a 14 percent to 14.9 percent total difference between human and chimp genomes. This means that the actual difference between human and chimp DNA is 14 times greater than the often-quoted 1 percent statistic... And, just in case 14.9% doesn’t sound like much to you, consider that represents hundreds of millions of differences... This is a massive blow to the evolutionary worldview as the supposed similarity between chimp and human DNA is touted as one of the strongest “proofs” of evolution—and it’s found to be completely false when you actually do observational science without the evolutionary assumptions! Maybe that’s why Nature didn’t make a big deal about the researchers’ stunning findings. Once again, observational science confirms the Bible. Chimps and humans aren’t related. The ape kind was created by God as a separate and distinct kind, as were humans. We are not “hairless apes,” chimpanzee “cousins,” or just animals in any other sense. Rather, we are our own unique kind made in the very image of God. A Maryland police chief decried what he called a "broken system" after a 16-year-old male arrested in connection with 121 car break-ins in one night earlier this month was released after just five hours in custody. Police in Laurel said the male and two other teens smashed car windows and stole items from 54 cars in Laurel and 67 more in Prince George's, Anne Arundel, and Howard Counties on the night of May 4, WRC-TV reported. Police arrested the 16-year-old on Wednesday morning, the station said, but just five hours later, police were forced to release him. "He was released back into the community, back into the environment that allowed him to be out roaming the streets in all of these counties late at night and in the early morning," Laurel Police Chief Russ Hamill told WRC. The State's Attorney's Office supported detectives' intention to hold the teen, but the Department of Juvenile Services shot that down, saying the young suspect didn't have a prior record, and the crimes weren't violent, Hamill added to the station. "We don't do this lightly. We don't ask for young people to be held on a whim. We do so to help protect the community and them," the chief also told WRC. "I have little hope there will be further accountability for him due to this broken system." More from WRC: Investigators found the keys to the stolen car and keys to 25 other cars during a search warrant at the 16-year-old suspect's home in Beltsville, police said. They also found several stolen items, police said. Hamill said although some might consider car break-ins a lower-level crime, they greatly affect the victims, who often have to pay hundreds of dollars on their insurance deductibles and miss work because they don't have a useable car.
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