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Russia Derangement Syndrome: Syria Edition by David Archibald 6 August 2018 The road to hell is paved with good intentions. So it has been with US involvement in Syria. To provide a context to that involvement, let’s start part way through the story with the self-immolation of a Tunisian vegetable vendor on December 17, 2011, driven to despair by harassment from petty officials. That spark set off the Arab Spring. A number of Arab regimes changed; some remained resilient. That wasn’t good enough for David Cameron and Nicholas Sarkozy, the then leaders of the UK and France respectively. Their armed...

At Mosque, Brazil Celebrates First Place in Religious Freedom Brazil ahead of the United States in religious freedom, according to Pew Research Center By Julio Severo Brazil lost the world soccer cup last year, but at least it is being celebrated for achieving the first place in religious freedom in late April, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, in a report by the Religious News Service. On April 29, Latin America’s largest and oldest mosque, Mesquita Brasil, brought some 700 leaders together for its Celebration of Religious Freedom where Muslims, Afro-Brazilian (similar to voodoo) adherents, Mormons, Sikhs,...

Putin and the Neoconservatives By William Pfaff Comment by Julio Severo: This article was kindly sent and recommended to me by a Pentecostal minister in the U.S. Its author, William Pfaff, said, “The resemblance of President Putin’s ambitions for his Russia to those of the neoconservatives in the contemporary United States bear a striking formal resemblance in the wish of both to recall a romanticized past.” For pro-family Christians, the important point is whether a president supports a pro-family agenda or anti-family agenda. We supported George W. Bush because of his generally pro-life stances, even though his neocon decision...

Liberation Theology, a KGB Invention? That Is Way Too Simple... Luiz Sérgio Solimeo Preface by Julio Severo: Recently, a former communist from Romania said that Liberation Theology, which is predominant in Latin America, was exclusively created by the KGB. I do not doubt the KGB’s malevolence, but other voices, especially from Latin America, can shed a better light on this issue. Luiz Sérgio Solimeo is a conservative Catholic Brazilian who has written an insightful article in Portuguese about Liberation Theology, and I have asked him to translate it into English. To further help our understanding, I mention an interesting...

American Left Hates Julio Severo! The Right Wing Watch, a major American socialist group, just said today: “Finally, BarbWire continues to serve as the leading outlet for virulently anti-gay columnists like Julio Severo: ‘If Sodom gave the world an untrained and unsophisticated homosexual militancy, America can be proud that she has surpassed Sodom, by giving the world an aggressive, trained and sophisticated homosexual militancy.’” (https://archive.today/Rga0c) Wow! To talk about how America has surpassed Sodom is now to be “virulently anti-gay”! Today in America, if you are not “virulently pro-gay,” you are labeled the contrary. By the way, BarbWire is...

Christian minister accused of “Crime against Humanity” Scott Lively targeted by an international homosexualist plot By Julio Severo Two years ago, Scott Lively, author of “The Pink Swastika”, addressed members of the Ugandan Parliament, which was considering a bill criminalizing homosexuality. Lively urged an emphasis on therapy rather than punishment, and, after the bill was released he opposed the death penalty provision. Scott Lively: accused of “Crime against Humanity” Now, on March 14th a lawsuit was filed in an American court alleging that Lively committed the “Crime Against Humanity,” by speaking against homosexuality in Uganda. The plaintiffs say that his...

PayPal implicated in criminal activity By Julio Severo WND, which I consider the best conservative newssite in the world, ran an explosive headline yesterday: PayPal implicated in bank fraud. Who could imagine: PayPal, which moved to exterminate my account, has now become the focus of a money-laundering scandal. Don Hank, the owner of Laigle’s Forum, had this to say about the WND headline: “Now link this story with the way PayPal heavy-handedly refused service to Julio Severo because his web site opposes gay marriage, and you can see how radical social agendas and their implementation are actually a symptom of a...

<p>According to Reuters, the US government begun, in June 2010, to monitor websites, blogs and including Facebook and Twitter.</p> <p>This disturbing news only became headline now, but in the end of July, 2010, just one month after the US surveillance on blogs, WND, the most important conservative website, denounced that my blog was being monitored by the US government.</p>

Gay hackers attack pro-family petition in defense of Julio Severo and other Christians By Julio Severo A pro-family petition website to support me and other Christians has been hacked today. Attack by hackers on Sunday, September 25 The petition was created by LifeSiteNews in response to a massive campaign by homo-fascist group AllOut, which boasts more than 500,000 adherents. The campaign of AllOut pressured PayPal to block services to me and pro-family groups. PayPal readily yielded, firstly blocking my account, effectively hindering me from receiving voluntary donations from friends. Now, to make sure that a positive pro-family campaign may pressure...

PayPal blacklists Christian writer Online activist told friends must find another way to support his ministry By Bob Unruh © 2011 WND “Relax,” says a PayPal website. “Pay friends & family in seconds with PayPal.” After all, it’s the “easy way to send money in seconds.” No checks, no ATMs, no envelopes and stamps, just click the button on your computer. That is, of course, unless you and your friends teach the biblical perspective that homosexuality is not acceptable for Christians and is a sin. Then you get a note from the money-transfer giant that you are being investigated. Another note follows...

Homosexual activists are pressuring PayPal to cut off the accounts of pro-family Christian organizations that oppose the homosexual political agenda and uphold sexual morality, and PayPal is showing signs that it may capitulate to their demands. The homosexual organization behind the effort, All Out, claims that such organizations as Tradition, Family, and Property, and Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), as well as pro-family Christian activist Julio Severo, promote “hate, violence, and intolerance” and are “extremist.” The two organizations are mainstream pro-family, Christian groups that reject hatred of homosexuals but uphold traditional sexual morality and oppose legal privileges for homosexuals....

Department of Homeland Security: newest Last Days Watchman visitor By Julio Severo The US Department of Homeland Security, created by the US government in response to the September 11 Islamic attacks, was caught visiting Last Days Watchman (LDW), my English blog. US Department of Homeland Security visiting the English blog of Julio Severo Obviously, LDW has no terrorist or Islamic connection. It is conservative Christian — which is a reason enough to be labeled “terrorist” by leftist and anti-Christian activists. And such is the Obama administration. What does the US Department of Homeland Security want? To protect America from LDW?...

The technique of reverse labeling by Olavo de Carvalho Miguel Nicolelis is a neuroscience teacher at Duke University (USA), founder of the Edmond & Lilly Safra Neuroscientific Institute (Macaíba, RN) and member of the Brazilian and French Academies of Sciences. Added to that notable curriculum was his recent appointment by Pope Benedict XVI to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The Viomundo website, directed by journalist Luiz Carlos Azenha, now introduces him in a still more attractive light, claiming the scientist is a defenseless victim of a vast hate and fear mongering campaign waged by the eternally abominable “extreme right.”...

Julio Severo away from Brazil Open letter to the friends of Blog Julio Severo Dear FriendsI have arrived at a new place, being now away from Brazil and away from friends. It was not an easy decision. In fact, it was the only alternative. Because of a 2006 complaint from the Associação da Parada do Orgulho Gay de São Paulo (Gay Pride Parade Association of São Paulo), federal prosecutors have been looking for my location. The complaint is “homophobia”.Actually, there is no anti-“homophobia” law in Brazil. Even so, federal prosecutors have recently summoned one of my friends to reveal my...

A president Hell asked for By Julio SeveroIt is not hard to know what a devil wishes. When in his Nazi obsession Hitler began to persecute Jews, the signs were clear. When Hitler began to meddle in the freedom of faithful Christians and persecute them, the signs were clear.Similarly, when in his communist obsession Stalin began to slaughter Ukrainians, who perished by millions, the signs were clear. When Stalin began to destroy the freedom of Christians, the signs were clear.It would be a horrendous crime not to condemn Hitler and Nazi or Stalin and communism. It would also, in any...

According to a report in the O Globo newspaper of February 7, 2009, “Only 1% Brazilians above the age of16 years do not discriminate against homosexuals”. What does this “study” mean? That only 1% Brazilians do not kill homosexuals? That only 1% Brazilians do not assault homosexuals? Since the term “discrimination” is often interpreted to mean words and views against homosexuality, what are the implications of that “study”? The “study” was led by the Brazilian socialist foundations Perseu Abramo and Rosa Luxemburgo, which polled how many Brazilians do not accept homosexuality. Perseu Abramo Foundation has connections to the Workers’ Party,...

LifeSiteNews.com Interviews Brazil's Pro-Life Evangelist Julio Severo - Part II Pro-abort and homosexual movement tactics, the disaster of Luiz Lula, homosexual activism in Brazil, persecution of Severo, a prayer book By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman See Part I at http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/aug/07082810.html SAO PAULO, August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) LifeSiteNews.com: What are the tactics used by the pro-abortion and homosexual movements in Brazil? Julio Severo: They are undermining rights linked to family and sexuality. There are pervasive propaganda efforts showing that women are vulnerable and need state protection. Then they are trained for empowerment, to understand that the ideal life is to enter the...

Interview with, Brazil's "most discriminated against and persecuted" Pro-Life Activist Julio Severo reveals details of lengthy struggle against attempts of UN and US organizations to corrupt Brazil society By Steve Jalsevac and Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SAO PAULO, August 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- LifeSiteNews.com's Matthew Cullinan Hoffman recently had the opportunity to extensively interview Julio Severo, to ask him about the situation in Brazil, and the challenges he faces as a pro-life and pro-family activist increasingly under fire by anti-life forces in his country. Severo was recently described by the Brazilian philosopher and political commentator Olavo de Carvalho as "the most...

Julio Severo Interview - Part 1 Severo tells how he became involved in pro-life and how Brazil has been changed since the late 1980s By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman See introductory story at http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/aug/07082811.html SAO PAULO, August 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com)LifeSiteNews.com: How long have you been involved in pro-life and pro-family work?  How did you get started? Julio Severo: My first contact with the pro-life message was through publications from Last Days Ministries, in 1986. Through them I learned about Americans Against Abortion (a branch of Last Days Ministries). Before, I supported abortion in cases of rape and risk of life. Later,...