February 26, 2026

The recent Supreme Court Tariff Case involved only one of the major tariff laws.

Yes, at times, the ocean waves bring tariff income with them.

Does he ever tell the truth?   Does any politician?

To start, this post is in response to the blatant falsehood told by the Admitted Dyslexic Governor of California who is outrageously arrogant, pushy, rude, and quite low in the ability to explain any law.

Of course, that person is the Gavin Newsom whose legacy thus far includes things such as California tent neighborhoods, despite the $24 billion of taxpayer dollars spent on the homeless crisis ... allocated between 2018 and 2022 ... resulting in an increase in homelessness.   And remember, Gavin's tenure began in 2019.

Moreover, this is the same Gavin Newsom whose California hosts the highest cost of living in the Continental United States and which includes high taxes, as well as the highest per-gallon price of gasoline.  

Concerning this, California has the highest cent-per-kwh electric cost, at 33.75 cents.    Plus, it has the third highest natural gas prices in the Continental United States.  

And of course, the highest gasoline-per-gallon price in the entire United States was $4.62 as of Feb 22, 2026.  That's even higher than Hawaii's per-gallon gas price.

Moreover, as of January 29, 2026,  California had the HIGHEST price for a loaf of wheat bread in the entire Continental USA.  The irony here is that the LOWEST price for a loaf of wheat bread was next door, in the State of Nevada.  

However, Nevada has the third highest per-gallon gas price in the same Continental USA, and 4th highest in the entire USA.

Inviting in the Vampires 

In addition, Gavin Newsom promoted the Biden's Open Door Policy, as well as having had California trapped in Water Rationing, despite the ample water supplies surrounding & traveling through California.  Concerning this, Mr. Roger's ghost called and said, "Can you say Desalination?  If not, then call Saudi Arabia and ask all about it."

In fact, this is the same Gavin Newsom who is governing the stalled teachers' union negotiations of eighteen Calif school districts simultaneously, as of 2026.  

Accommodating Campaign Donors

It's also the same Gavin Newsom who gave orders that ever-so-coincidentally benefitted an occasional donor.  One example is the Panera Bread Minimum Wage "loophole" which amounted to a waiver.  

There's more to cite, but this is not a post about Gavin Newsom.  It's a "Clarification Post" that seeks to undo yet another falsehood being spread by the mainstream media and Democrat Party operatives.  

Don't shoot.  I'm only a registered Independent piano player

{Oh, by the way, I'm a registered INDEPENDENT who doesn't own a MAGA hat of any kind.  I simply realized how pathetic are the present Democrat Party Influencers who happen to be super successful Wall Street Investors, as in ... i-n-s-i-d-e-r you-know-what.}

{Double by the way, the above paraphrased quote came from a Groucho Marx party, where Elton John was a guest.  The original phrase became the title of Elton's sixth album, and it sold 18 million copies.}

The Lie of the Day Club ... well, at least the Lie of the Week

Newsom recently stated in public that "all of the tariffs" were declared illegal, concerning the Trump-implemented tariffs.  False.  Newsom continues to be a LIAR.

Now, I can proverbially go to town on explaining tariff law as it applies to the US Code.  But of course, a reader unfamiliar with me will simply say, "Oh, how do I know you're telling the truth and are not a political operative outlaying B.S. for the general public?"  

So, instead of me explaining things, I present to you the following.  It helps to make things appear a little bit more objective, for the typical novice of Blue Marble Album posts.

Okay class. May I have your attention? Or do you have no class?

For starters, in Gorsuch's Supreme Court opinion of recent, it was stated that Trump "checked the wrong box," when it came to Trump citing his authorization for implementing certain tariffs.  Trump simply needed to proverbially check a different box, and then he would have been "good to go."  Those boxes go as follows:


       And concerning the customary presidential vocabulary:

February 25, 2026

100% Coherent & Thoroughly Articulate, from 9:19 to 11:04 pm, in Washington DC.

Above:  John Fetterman Country.
Quick Note for the petty-minded:  Yes, the official address ended at 10:48 pm.  But, cameras remained running in the House of Reps chamber until shortly after 11 pm.  Those cameras showed that Trump isn't suffering from dementia, as Joe Biden blatantly was.


Let the 2026 State of the Union Address be a blatant piece of evidence to you.  Donald Trump PROVED beyond any shadow of any doubt that he is NEITHER succumbing to Alzheimer's Disease NOR Dementia NOR any other neurocognitive disorder.  Democrat Party politicians and their political operatives have been lying to you, all along.

Neither was Trump hyped-up as Joe Biden was during his last State of the Union Address, in 2024, while the Democrat Party delegation turned the State of the Union Address into a campaign rally, shouting "Four more years."

Of course, Biden's emotional hype is assumed to have been ALLEGEDLY due to some type of neurotropic drug.  Furthermore, Biden was not able to function for even four more days, let alone four more years.  Enter the auto-pen.  Biden's Presidency was the Auto-pen presidency.

The Democrats had to find a new condemnation of Trump.  Well, they inserted an age-old one, instead.  The Same Old Same Ole.

Being that the Dems could not cite Trump as demented as was Joe Biden, one congressional member from New England publicly called Trump a pathological liar.  

And of course, this politician was acting like Mr Tough-Guy-Chuck-Norris-2point0, when he was the stereotypical nerdy dork dweeb, deficient in testosterone.  None the less, any reasonable citizen is more than willing to believe the non-manly congressional member, IF the congressional member can produce the evidence in line-item form.

It's simple.  Mr Nerdo Dork Guy says that Trump is a pathological liar.  Okay.  Fine.  So, prove it with actual stats, Congressman Dorkenheimer ... Congressman Dweebmeister.  Then we'll believe it.

We working-Americans are busy, and we don't have the time to waste waiting on you, Congressman Nerd Extraordinaire.  We have to pick up the scattered pieces you caused by two congressional acts which guaranteed historic "demand-pull inflation," as well as Americans having to endure the criminals you let walk into ... and even fly into ... the USA, to the peril of any American Passer-by.  So, simply show us the evidence that Trump is a pathological liar, and we will take it from there.

Democrat Party Asininity 

The great asininity of the present democrat party is that it's career politicians & media operatives continue to obsess themselves with demonizing Donald Trump, doing everything they can to cause the nation to be terrified of the idea of him holding office.  

The Dems have been doing everything they could to incite more assassination attempts, more rioting and/or a true insurrection which lasts a lot longer than four wintertime hours, during a month that is 744 hours long.

For those dumbed-down by the American Public School System, Jan 6th, 2021 was a four-hour long riot.  Insurrections require artillery, tanks, bombers, infantry regiments, generals, field marshals, encampments, a headquarters, etc.  

The use of baseball bats, fire extinguishers, and bear spray constitutes assault-and-battery ... and even perhaps attempted murder ... NOT an insurrection.  Not even the Watts Riots nor the Rodney King Riots nor the Ferguson Riots, as violent as they were, were considered insurrections.  

In fact, the Rodney King Riots were 5 days long.  The Jan 6 Riot was 1/6 of a day long ... four hours vs Rodney King's 120 elapsed hours.

Meanwhile, the "Ferguson Unrest" started on August 10, 2014, and it didn't subside until August 25th.  That is an elapsed time of approximately 15 days ... or 360 hours vs the four January 6th hours.

Concerning the Watt's Riots of 1965, they lasted for an elapsed time of approximately 5 days.  Thus, it was 120 hours of rioting vs the Jan 6th four hours of rioting.  And then there was the George Floyd Rioting which was the re-opening of Pandora's Box.  Well, it was actually "Pandora's Jar" in the mythical tale.

They are targeting the wrong guy

It's not Trump whom the democrats have to fear.  It's who will come after Trump whom they have to fear.  In fact, when that time arrives, the very democrats and mainstream media personnel who endlessly demonized Trump will suddenly become nostalgic, saying "He wasn't all that bad of a guy.  What were we thinking?"  They will then affix themselves in the cringe posture, bracing themselves for what will come next.

None the less, the democrat politicians are perceived as endlessly crying, "wolf!"  They are perceived as endlessly shouting that the Sky is Falling.  And the American worker is tired of it, especially in light of the reality that all of the price hikes occurred under the democrat party's watch ... under Demented Joe Biden and Airheaded Harris.

Political Riggers seeking to throw away all Disciplined Rigor.

Democrat politicians simply want to rig elections and stay in power.  This is why they vehemently oppose the presentation of any ID, in order for an American citizen to become a registered voter.  The Dems want to be able to sneak into the voting booths the illegal aliens whom they let enter this nation, by the million, during the Biden Auto-pen presidency.  

The great hypocrisy of the present Democrat Party occurred in NYC, during the record-breaking snowfall of 2026.  For anyone to get hired as a snow-shoveler there, that person had to present TWO FORMS of ID.  Yet, when it comes time to vote for the holder of the United States' Nuclear Football, the Dems want no ID to be presented at all, at registration time.

And of course, the only reason why the Democrat politicians obsess themselves with keeping illegal aliens in the USA is to rig a way to get those illegals to magically become registered voters, so that these illegals will vote for democrat candidates.

The dems used illegal alien entries as the way to rig elections.  Then, when Trump started deporting them, a democrat party political operative claimed that Trump was rigging the next election.  No, liar.  Trump is unrigging the next election that the Democrats are trying hard to rig.

In as much, the only goal of any career politician is to get re-elected.  That's it.  Seventy-seven MILLION registered voters recognized this, in 2024.  So, they voted for a businessman, instead of a career politician.

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BTW, this was written by the bearer of a very Latin last name who is a REGISTERED INDEPENDENT voter in John Fetterman's State of Pennsylvania.  This was written by a native of the present Bridge Capital of the World & former Steel Capital of the World who was raised to be a JFK & FDR Democrat.  However, he officially withdrew from the Democrat Party on July 1st, 2024, twelve days before the nearly successful assassination attempt upon Donald Trump which transpired in none other than ... Western Pennsylvania.

February 24, 2026

Part 1: Muslim Aggression toward Catholics, since 634 CE

This is Part 1 of a five part series:  Part 2 is found, by clicking on the link below:


It's 1683 and it's exactly one-thousand, forty-nine years after the Muslim Religion first sent troops to attack and decimate all that is Christian and all who refused to pay the extortion tax called the Jizya. 

In fact, 131 years prior, 2,000 Hungarian Catholics had to defend themselves against a Muslim invasion force of 35,000 to 40,000 armed men, ever so ready to take female slaves after the killing of ample Catholic males.  Yet, the Hungarians defeated the Ottoman Turks, at a price of 400 to 600 Hungarians making the ultimate sacrifice in the victory.

The Intrusive Islamic Jihad against Christendom has been an Ongoing Enterprise of the Muslim, dating as far back as 634 CE

Perhaps you remember.  Barack Obama made it sound as if the Muslims were in Jerusalem, polishing their holy holy halos, when all of a sudden, these evil evil white guys in armor came riding into town ... as if no Christian had ever been in Jerusalem before.   

Uhmmmm, Christianity, as was lead by Saints Peter, Andrew, John, and James, along with the rest of the dedicated witnesses of Jesus the Nazarene, began in Jerusalem on Pentecost Sunday.  

Many who were there, at the Jerusalem Pentecost,  ended up dying for their faith unarmed ... ~while NOT performing a suicide bombing on a Tel Aviv bus, ... ~and while NOT flying a hijacked jetliner into a New York City skyscraper filled with unarmed office workers.

Only AFTER 461 years of relentless & obsessive Muslim Military Aggression upon Christian lands did the first Crusade even begin

Those centuries of Muslim Aggression were the one continuous reason for finally embarking on the Crusades, in the first place.  And of course, Barack Obama did NOT tell you this. 

Note:  The list above left out the Invasion of Gaul, in 719.
The list below does not.  By the way, Gaul is present-day France.

The Year 2025 minus the Year 634 = 1,391 years of Muslim Aggression, committed by those sometimes named, the Ishmaelites, "the Believers," "the Saracens," "the Fatimids," and/or the "Mohammedans."

Then there was the matter of Muslims invading Zoroastrian lands with full military attacks.  That began in 633 AD.  By 651, the Muslims had destroyed the Sasanian Empire of the ancient Iranians.

In 638, Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab decreed that Christians would be given protection from violence when in Jerusalem.  Such a thing is allowed IF the non-Muslims pay the Jizya.  Such a thing is a steady income.  Jews were allowed to return there, too.  These civil rights were signed in the "Assurance of Umar."

As time proceeded, the Jews ended up having amicable relations with the Muslim Moors, in Granada Spain.  Again, Muslims were making money off of non-Muslims.  This relationship caused the Spanish Crown to conclude that the Jews were accomplices in the Muslims' control of Spain for 700+ years.  This is why Isabella ordered all non-convert Jews to leave Spain, as soon as Spain finally became liberated in full.  

Isabella was afraid that Jews would conspire with the Moors and retake Spain.   And of course, Spain was liberated in 1492.  This is why Columbus embarked on his expedition on the Atlantic Ocean in that same year.  

At the time, everyone acknowledged that Planet Earth was as round as is the Sun and the full moon.  It's just that Columbus thought that Planet Earth was a lot smaller than it was and that India was closer to Spain than it actually was.  Spain was having race for India, against Portugal.  In 1498, Vasco da Gama & Portugal won the race. 

The Year 1085

Now, in 1085, Catholic forces under Alfonso VI, recaptured Toledo, being that Toledo was part of a small Muslim kingdom within the larger Moorish kingdom.  Such a mini-kingdom is a "Taifa."  Thus, 1085 can be regarded as the prelude to the Crusades which officially started in 1095.  

The first crusade was a success for the Catholics who needed to stop the westward march of Muslim Aggression which was headed toward toward Greece yet again.  The first Crusade achieved the goal of enabling Christians the ability to travel-to their prime place of pilgrimage, without being harassed and even abducted.  

Of course, their prime place of pilgrimage was the land where Jesus the Nazarene performed his miracles, and where Elijah and Elias performed their miracles.

 
Then came the events of the Year 1095

In mathematical review, the Middle Eastern Crusades began in 1095 (CE).  Muslim aggression upon Christian lands began in 634 (CE).  In as much ... 1095 minus 634 = 461.  

All in all, 461 years of Muslim Military Aggression occurred before the first Crusade even began.  Below is a list of 11th Century Muslim attacks upon Christian lands which gave reason for the specific Crusade which began at the end of the 11th Century.


Connect the Dots ... Geographic regions attacked by the Muslims BEFORE ANY POPE EVEN ADVERTISED FOR A CRUSADE. 
Above:  'tis posted pursuant to 17 USC 107.   The red dots are places where the Muslims invaded and then engaged in warfare ... from 633 to the Year 1080.  Take note that the European Crusades did not begin until the Year 1095.
Now, if you capture a staging area, you prevent a major invasion.  So, the ultimate motive for the Crusades was to safeguard Greece.  Thus, territories in the Middle East needed to be taken away from the Muslims.  This included Jerusalem, a place which also had sentimental value for any Christian.  After all, at one time, in centuries prior, Jerusalem was a part of the Catholic Byzantine Empire.

Concurrence

Below is the video of Iranian-born Goldie Ghamari.  She was a member of the Ontario Canada provincial parliament until January 2025.  Her video explains the Crusades in general ... in brevity.  

She is the one who said that the Crusades were a response to the Islamic Jihad.  She also said that, if it were not for the Crusades, every person of European ancestry would be speaking Arabic, and every European woman would be wearing a burka as a requirement.
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And yes, approximately 50,000 of the 75,000 Iranian mosques have been closed, due to lack of interest amongst the Iranians.  Thus, the Liberation of Persia/Iran isn't an impossibility.

Once again, the link to Part 2 of this five part series is directly below:

February 23, 2026

Part 2: Muslim Aggression toward Catholics and others, since the 7th Century

This is actually Part 2 of a five part series.  Part 1 is found through the link below:


Now, you know whom & what the Muslims have targeted for destruction,
ever since the 600s CE.  Well, we're tired of it, squared & cubed.
In this series, Ishmaelites, Saracens, Fatimids, Muhammadans, and Muslims are defined as one in the same, in terms of religious beliefs & practice.

The major difference in the Islamic world is the Shiite Muslim vs the Sunna Muslim.  Now, both sects believe that a man named Mohammad existed and was chosen by God to be the last and decisive prophet.  

In as much, the Shiites believe that only descendants of the first Muslim can be the leaders of the Muslim Religion.  The Sunnis believe that Muslims are to vote for their leader.  And of course, their religion is Islam, and it means "Submission."

In fact, the word, Muslim, means, "one who submits."  Thus, a Muslim is one who seeks to get everyone to submit to his doctrine and beliefs, in the name of his definition of the Supreme Being whom the Muslim calls, Allah.  More specifically, Allah is Al-ilāh.  The "ilāh" part of  Al-ilāh means, "the Deity."

The War Within the Muslim Religion ... going back to the start

The conclusion is that, even within the Muslim religion there was no unity, due to the decisive debate between the Shiites and the Sunnis.  In fact, the Sunni Ottomans of Türkiye and the Shiites of Persia fought 11 wars between each other, from 1505 to 1823.  Both sides won 5 wars, lost 5 wars, and tied the same one war.

Then comes the Sufi Muslims who are said to be the sect magnetized toward peacefulness.  There is also the Ibadi Muslim sect which believes that any man who achieves holiness can be made a ruling caliph, despite his ancestry and despite the votes of the people.  Even though Ibadi Muslims are seen as extremists, they also have a degree or two of democratic tendencies.  

The Sunnis are the vast majority of Muslims, at approximately 85%.  The Shiites are second in population.  The Sufis & Ibadis are extreme minorities. 

All in all, the Muslim religion has a track record of invasion, violence, looting, and enslaving others.  Violence & Slavery is the Muslim Religion in practice.  This includes something known as "honor killings."  

The irony is that one of the Five Pillars of Islam is charity to those in need.  However, as soon as the politically reformed Muammar Gaddafi was tortured to death in 2011 ... with President Obama, VP Biden, and Sec of State Hillary looking the other way ... the slave trade had a resurgence in Muslim Libya.  Such a thing is the opposite of charity to those in need.

Nuch alowed in the Muslim religion is the opposite of charity to the needy/  This includes "killing the infidel who refuses to pay the Jizya which is equivalent to paying Mafia henchmen a "protection fee."  Even in 2025, Christians were heavily persecuted by Muslims.  This persecution is not a matter of dusty history books.  It's a matter of Current Events.  


Barack Obama called 2011 "the Arab Spring."  No.  It was a continuation of the 1,400 year old Muslim trend which began as follows and which also included centuries of slave-trading & owning:

          Firstly, there was the invasion of Persia, in 633.   Then: 

In addition, it was in 846 AD (or CE) when Muslims attacked the outskirts of ROME.  Then, in 902 CE, the Muslims successfully captured parts of Southern Italy and Sicily.  

In summary, the events of the 7th to 11th Century, alone, show that the Muslims were never nice people who believed in the motto, "Live and let live."  Their message was, "Submit or die!"  

So, after a plea was made by the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I to the Vatican, at the latter half of the 11th Century, it was surmised that some counter-measure against a constant military aggressor had to be done east of Rome.  It was a necessity, lest Greece be fully conquered, with Venice or Malta being next on the Muslim invasion list ... and with the Vatican being attacked after that.


This Muslim Aggressor included the 1456 Ottoman Siege of Belgrade which the Roman Catholic "Black Army" eventually won.  This also included the Muslims' 1529 failed Siege of Vienna which would be followed by the second failed Siege of Vienna, in 1683.

Incidentally, Vienna was very influential in the Holy Roman Empire.  Therefore, an attack on Vienna was an all-out attack on Roman Catholicism itself.

This trend of Muslim Aggression furthermore included the most emotionally dramatic historic event one can find, namely the 1565 Siege of Malta which included 40,000 Muslim attackers, 6,500 of whom were the elite Janissary Troops.  Those troops were all carried on 200 Muslims ships.  Barack Obama never told you this, either.

Of course, Malta was the second ultimate prize for the Muslims, with the Vatican being Muslim Prize Number One.  Prize #3 was Vienna.  

Christians were repeatedly the victims of the Muslims throughout the centuries.  They had to fight back, being that, time after time, Muslims invaded their countries ... as well as having pirated their ships ... even into the 1400s, the 1500s, and the 1600s.   After all, what would you do, if some gang constantly broke into your house, trying to rape your wife, steal your valuables, and sell your children into slavery, while keeping your house for themselves?

Coincidence or not?

As a point of curiosity, the Algerian naval commander, Turgut Reis, died on September 11th, marking the end of the Siege of Malta.  He is also known as Admiral Dragut. 

Furthermore, the SECOND SIEGE of Vienna was started by the Muslim forces on September 11, 1683.  Plus plus plus, the Battle of Zenta occurred on September 11, 1697.  That was when a Roman Catholic prince intercepted & defeated a Muslim army that was intent on recapturing Roman Catholic Hungary, for the Ottoman Empire.  In as much, did you ever wonder why the NYC Trade Tower Terrorists chose September 11th as their Target Day for Destruction?  

Six Years after the failed siege of Malta, the Muslims 
attacked Christendom with 67,000 military men, by sea

Shortly after the Malta Siege came the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, where the Roman Catholic Holy League decimated the advancing Ottoman fleet, in the Gulf of Patras.  This specific invasion of European Christendom included 278 ships, 222 of which were Muslim Galleys, and 56 of which were Muslim Galliots.  Needless to say, Barack Obama NEVER told you this aspect of Muslim history, either. 

The link to Part 3 is directly below:

February 22, 2026

Part 3: The Massive Muslim Slave Trade of the Barbary Corsairs, Ottomans, etc.

This is Part 3 of a five part series.  Part 2 is found here:

https://www.bluemarblealbum.com/2025/12/muslims-attacked-first-part2.html

Barack Obama neglected to mention the Trans-Sahara & Maghreb Slave Trading Enterprises, in Northern Africa



In the Catholic World,  Slavery was banned in FOUR SPECIFIC RULINGS AND/OR DECREES.

Three individual popes issued documents condemning slavery, attaching to the transgressors loss of all privileges in and from Europe, as well as in and from the Catholic Church.  Then, in 1542, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, banned slavery in the New World, to the point of declaring all indigenous People of the Americas FREE PERSONS.  

Then came Pope Gregory XIV.  He issued a Papal Bull ... which is to be understood as a Papal Bulletin and which had the effect of an encyclical and a decree.  In 1591, by the force of law invested in Gregory XIV, the slaves of the Philippines were declared free in every legal level.

Previously, in 1526 Clement VII condemned the slavery in the Cape Verdi Islands, off the coast of Northwestern Africa.  Then, in 1541, Pope Paul III also condemned the enslavement of the indigenous people of the Americas.  

Next came Emperor Charles V, mandating the abolition of slavery in the Americas, with the power invested in him as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire & King of Spain. 


Sixtus V, in 1588, also condemned the enslavement of indigenous people in the Americas.  This was followed by Gregory XIV freeing on paper ... and in canonical law ... the indigenous people of the Philippines.  

Of course, there were no Swiss Guard Troops in the Philippines and in the Americas to enforce papal bulletins and decrees.  Yet, there was the matter of depriving the transgressors of all Catholic, all Spanish, and all Holy Roman Imperial privileges.

As a note for 2025/2026, the nation with the largest population of Roman Catholics in the world is the Philippines.

Just like the future NUREMBERG DEFENDANTS in the '40s

As a review, there were actually 13 distinct Nuremberg Trials.  As one of many results, a major Nazi propagandist was one of the defendants who ended up being put to death for his newspaper which did little more than incite murder and massive theft.  

In as much, people in the present-day mainstream media need to study that specific part of the trials, as well as studying the Tokyo Rose Trial.  You Race Warmongers and defamers of heads of state out there are NOT immune to your mouths and your typewritten articles.  This includes you editors, campaign managers, and CEO's of network TV.   Most important is the long-term observation that HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.  

Part 4 is found here:

February 21, 2026

Part 4: A Catholic religious order dedicated to paying hostage ransom to Muslim Captors

This is Part 4 of a five part series.  The link to Part 3 is located directly below:


Now remember, the FIRST & SECOND COUNTS of the introductory NUREMBERG TRIALS was CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WAR OF AGGRESSION, as well as committing WAR OF AGGRESSION.  This was otherwise known as Crimes Against the Peace 

Well, Muslims have been committing such crimes of aggression since its very beginning.  Zoroastrian Persians were attacked.  Indian Hindus were attacked, too.  And of course,  Catholics were attacked, attacked again, and attacked some more, century after century after century.  

All in all, from its beginning, Islam has been a brutal menace to mankind.  As far back as 711 AD (or CE), the Muslims attacked Catholic Spain.  Then, for 700+ years they controlled the provinces of ~Almería, ~Cádiz, ~Córdoba, ~Granada, ~Huelva, ~Jaén, ~Málaga, and ~Seville.  Spain was not fully liberated until 1492.  That's 781 years of Occupation & Oppression ... done by Muslims upon the victimized Roman Catholics in Spain.
 
All in all, Christianity had to either counterattack the Muslim Aggressors or completely die.  On occasion, they were given the opportunity to be those second class citizens, called Dhimmi, who had to pay a submission tax, called the Jizya.   This option was basically the SLOW DEATH.

This Jizya was basically protection money and/or extortion.  Sometimes, it was regarded as a tribute.  It was forced upon Christians and other non-Muslims, under penalty of attack and death.  

As another example of early Muslim Aggression, the Muslims were violently trying to bring France into submission as far back as the 700s, during the days when the western part of the land was called Aquitaine.

Odo the Great ... Duke of Aquitaine ... and Charles Martel ... the powerful Mayor of Paris ... saved Catholicism in Western Europe from Muslim Military Expansionism.  Yet, Spain remained a captive of the very Muslim Moors who were a part of the Umayyad Caliphate. 

See:  The 721 Battle of Toulouse and the 732 Battle of Tours, when you have the time and the curiosity to do so. 

Step by step, Spain regained its independence.  None the less, even into & including the Year 2024, Muslim nations outright persecuted Christians.  This included the Catholics and Protestants in Nigeria today.  Meanwhile, western nations welcomed their Muslim persecutors into their high-tech nations which had been based on Christianity throughout the centuries.  

In addition, the Muslims did fail to occupy Constantinople in 717 AD, but they finally conquered it in 1534 AD.  As a result, Russians decided to build a new city, far away from the Muslims.  The Russians called that city, the New Rome.  That city is MOSCOW ... "Москва."   It was named after the Moskva River.

Now, in the Year 1066, the Muslims invaded and conquered Toledo, SPAIN.  Then came the Battle of Manzikert, in 1071, when the Muslims once again attacked a Christian land and occupied it.  This was in Southeastern Türkiye.  

This triggered the need for some type of Crusade which was said to have begun in 1095 CE.  The reality is that the successful Crusades began in 1085, when Catholic forces liberated Toledo SPAIN from Muslim rule.  This is something that Barack Obama never told you, when he was perniciously damning Catholics.  The Muslims invaded & attacked the Catholic lands first ... for hundreds of years.


In the late 11th Century, the long history of Muslim Expansion was thought to be taking its course back toward Greece.  After all, the Muslims already successfully attacked Byzantine territories in Anatolia, in 634.  They also conquered Cypress in 649.  

Then, in 717, the Muslims placed Constantinople under siege.  Yet, they failed.  So, Greece ... aka Byzantium ... was still a target for the Muslims.  In as much, there was a correct reason for Byzantine Emperor Alexios I to ask Pope Urban II for help, even though the Greek bishops split from Rome in 1054.  That split is called the Great Schism.  Schism means "the scissoring."

The Vicious Irony today

The irony is in a Jewish mayor welcoming Somali Muslims who are taught that Allah commands Muslims to rise-up and kill all Jews everywhere ... including the Useful Idiot Mayor of Minneapolis.  

In fact, it was Somali gunmen who shot an Italian nun/nurse to death six days after Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg Lecture, where he quoted a Byzantine emperor who mentioned that forcing religion upon a people at the point of a sword, as did the Muslims since 633 CE, was evil.   This murder occurred in the Year 2006, outside of a children's hospital.

That martyred nun, Sister Leonella Sgorbati, was beatified at the Vatican in 2018.  Her bodyguard was also killed in Mogadishu by Somali gunmen, in the same incident.  Sr. Leonella's Memorial Day ... aka Feast Day ... is September 17th.

Below:  Other instances of Deadly Muslim Aggression upon unarmed Catholics 
who were forced to betray their faith in Christ, under penalty of death.  

Those people chose death over betraying the Miraculous Nazarene who happened to have been born in Bethlehem.  By the way, Bethlehem means, "House of Bread" in Hebrew.

The Roman Catholic religious order that paid ransom to Muslims, for the release of Christian Captives, as far back as the 13th Century.

The Muslims took a lot of captives as a part of their looting.  Then came 1218, when a Roman Catholic religious order was founded in Barcelona Spain, solely to rescue Catholic captives.  It was known centuries later as the Order of Our Lady of Ransom, being that paying ransom, in order to liberate captive Catholics, was the principle technique of the religious order.  

At the time of its founding, that particular religious order was officially named the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy.  It's members were-and-are the Mercedarians.
In Catholic religious orders, the members live by three vows, namely the vows of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience.  Well, the Mercedarians took a fourth vow ... that of offering one's self as a replacement hostage/captive, in order to obtain the freedom of an already existing hostage.  It was known as the "blood vow," because it included giving up your life, to free a hostage, if necessary.

Today, in 2025, that religious order still exists in 17 different nations, specifically in the Philippines, the United States, Spain, Italy, and in certain Latin American nations.  

The Fourth Vow

Now, the Mercedarian Fourth Vow has been revised.  In my personal interpretation of the modernized Fourth Vow, it's to basically speak out against social injustice, becoming subject to a number of types of RETALIATION which includes being killed for standing-up for what is right.  

The revised vow furthermore emphasizes coming to the assistance of those close to losing the Faith ... because of threats, harassment, discrimination, lying propaganda, social rejection, persecution, etc.  The revised vow is something similar to this, thereby making that religious order worth existing. 

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