Schrodinger's Ayatollah morphed into Schrodinger's Strait; fake meat collapses in infamy; leading Democrat candidate for CA governor collapses in disgrace; Pharma buying spree; bad Trump post; more.
I could almost dance with joy with the destruction of the fake food industry🎉🎉. And I have to agree 100% with Jeff. I don’t need to see Trump‘s post. I hope he deletes it. There is only one savior and that is Jesus Christ the son of God. And I hope Eric gets kicked out of Congress.🙏🏻 keep praying for our nation and our leaders for they are fickle humans just like us.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I agree 100%. My only knock on Trump is that he is so thin skinned when it comes to people who ridicule him. He doesn't understand that those are the people who don't matter to him anyway. Lions do not concern themselves with the opinions of sheep.
I’ve thought of that movie many times when I shop for groceries especially now that I’ve seen the words “contains bioengineered ingredients” on the back of packages!
I’ve read that a lot of companies use that jargon to hide the secret ingredient of cricket powder.
If that is true, and I suspect it is at least to some degree, we need MAHA to make it illegal for food companies to use weasel language like that, which is only there to hide what they don’t want you to see.
I suspect MAHA is on the case in that regard. The "natural flavor" scam is already being mortally undermined by the auditing of the GRAS (ingredients "generally regarded as safe") scam wherein MAHA is soon to require PROOF of safety of ALL ingredients.
I read all packaging because the hubby cannot do seed oils or msg(natural flavors)without ending up in the hospital. Maybe I'm just already looking at cleaner stuff?
Also, if you see a "Smart Label" on packaging, it basically means there are bio-engineered ingredients (GMO's) that they want you to have to go to a web site and track down because they know most people won't bother and just buy it anyway.
Clem, are you asking about “contains bioengineered ingredients “ or about “natural flavor”? I’ve seen both on many many products. Start reading the back of labels on the foods you purchase and you will see them too.
Natural flavor is not necessarily bad depending on the rest of the ingredient list. But it's of course best to just avoid it. I have written to companies who have basically said that it's a way to not give away their secret seasonings that make their product unique. Of course, I'm sure it's not true for all of them by any means, and it is certainly used by many companies to cover up chemical replacements for actual natural flavorings (the FDA considers this acceptable since the flavorings are chemically identical to their natural counterparts).
The cochineal insects ( parasites) used to create red food dye is officially classified as "natural". Shows up on the label as Carmine, cochineal extract, Natural Red 4, or E120. "You vill eat de bugs, und be happy!"
Nancy S: that bug dye makes my eyes swell shut. It does not happen quickly but the swelling lasts about 24 hours with antihistamine med. 😖 It is in most foods that are not naturally red: smoky link sausages, pepperoni, etc.
If you have not seen it, do yourself a favor and watch Drop Dead Gorgeous, an excellent mockumentary from the 90’s back when comedies were funny. Great, really great, cast—including Amy Adams’ first screen role. One of the beauty pageant contestants’ talent was a Soylent Green monologue.
That movie affected a lot of us. It still is super disturbing today, because there are insane elites who actually think like the bad guys in Soylent Green. When I read how some states are jumping on the bandwagon of using the dearly departed as fertilizer, I have to wonder how short a jump it could be to turning them into something they want on our dinner plates.
How about the dearly departed being melted down and washed down the drain which then goes to the water treatment facility which then goes back into the water supply? Yikes!!
Not exactly a new thought. One of the reasons that the Aztecs were defeated is that the Spanish found ready allies among their neighbors. It seems that the Aztecs were taking captives, sacrificing them to their sun god and then eating the bodies. It was their solution to a protein problem that occurred because they over-hunted their immediate ecosystem.
Have you heard about liquid cremation? They dissolve your body into a liquid, sterile they say, and it can be disposed of in your municipal waste treatment to go into the water supply. Not joking, ugh!!!! Here is a link. They currently allow this in my county in Washington state. https://www.cremationassociation.org/alkalinehydrolysis.html
Me too! And the Kellogs powdered corn husks coated with enough sugar to spike diabetes.... Yep - looks like Mom and Dad were so right all those decades ago when they would by-pass the sugar coated cereal boxes with all little "free" prizes meant to entice the kiddos and go instead to the isle with the boring box of oatmeal, then to buy a carton of eggs and a side of bacon....
Moral of the story?
Listen to your parents!
You may discover they were right ... in abt 50 years or so! 😁
I haven't eaten cereal in many years, but yesterday I walked thru the cereal aisle and was astounded and how many products there now are. When I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s, I remember just a few cereals: Shredded Wheat, Grape Nuts, Rice Krispies, Cheerios, Corn Flakes (and also Frosted Flakes), Raisin Bran, maybe a couple of others. I know none of them are good for you, but at least the choices were limited and they were not so packed with weird ingredients back then.
My brother and I were just talking about the cereals we ate as kids and not one of them were sweetened! Neither he nor I still don’t like any sweetened cereals as adults.
Our mom would not let us get the pre-sweetened ones because they cost more. But then we put so much sugar on the non-sweetened brands that there was always a pile of sugar sludge at the bottom of the bowl that we would then slurp up. Good times.
We had several cereals to choose from: Puffed Rice, Puffed Wheat, Cheerios and Corn Flakes. I tried Captain Crunch once at a friend’s house, and it absolutely shredded my upper palate. It was sugared into hard, sharp squares that tore up my whole mouth. But I still thought it was a treat compared to Puffed Wheat.
I don't think so. My parents grew up in Battle Creek Michigan which was where Post and Kellogg's both had their factories, and they had family that worked for both. They used actual corn. Whether or not there was some corn husk mixed in is anyone's guess, but probably. Corn Flakes have basically no fiber (1 gram, and 4 grams of sugar)) so I don't think they used corn husks. Maybe they do now, I don't know as I don't eat Corn Flakes.
Thanks, Jeff mentioned corn husks huge amounts of sugar related to early Kellogg's cereal. I think his history may be off. Corn Flakes was the original cereal, which came out around 1907, while a quick search shows Corn Flakes' sugary brother Frosted Flakes didn't come out until 1951. I'm guessing he's wrong about the corn husk content as well.
Unlikely. Torah specifically declares grasshoppers, locusts, and similar as Kosher, so there's no reason to think that the original audience shared Modern American food aversions. After all, chocolate-covered ants are readily available as a European delicacy, and there are markets in Hispanic neighborhoods that sell grasshoppers and other critters that Americans don't usually eat.
Eating dog in China is a rite of passage for many ExPats, though Chinese themselves don't eat it very often as they prefer pork.
Locust Trees grow all over Israel. They aren’t imaginary. And they would speak of them as locusts.
Locusts area considered Kosher, yes. But alternatively he could have simply been eating the fruit of the Locust Tree.
It is often referred to as the locust tree or Saint John’s bread, linking it to historical and biblical references, including the diet of John the Baptist.
Great line, even though I've never tasted one, thankfully. I knew from the moment they came on the market they were toxic GMO ultra processed crap. No chance I was ever going to try them.
Yeah, there are some good plant burgers out there, including the two you mention. If I want something that tastes like hamburger, I will just have a hamburger (from local farms that are all around where I live and just let their cattle graze).
All that fake soy c**p…soy upsets my stomach, so I always am on the lookout for it in packaging. There is no soy anything that will replace a good ol’ steak.
04/13/26: I'm glad you took the trouble to type the above. I exploded with laughter when I read it, and being somewhat of a comedy writer myself, I know that we writers --- I'll assume that J.C. counts himself to be somewhat in this circle --- like to hear positive feedback about the punchlines that work. You saved me the trouble and I thank you.
Bonus Quiz: There's something extra-special about 05/02/19, the day that Almost Digestible But Isn't went public (stock market). What is it? Sorry, no clues, and no answer unless someone hits the nail on the head.
Todays C&C had little humor or use of high stakes vocabulary.
It most definitely rained biological and nutritional illiteracy culminating with
inaccurate assessments.
Not necessary to provide a tuturial on the prebiotic, or gut flora benefits of fiber
in plant based nutrition. Dis-ease avoidance, ethical considerations, environmental
concerns etc. That course was dated 35 years ago.
The "fake meat" burgers are garbage but not for the reasons mentioned.
Glyphosate (Jeff thought it a pesticide not long ago) is in any and all non organic
grains. It causes malignancy but also chronic degenerative dis-ease.
The grains are mostly animal fodder for those that choose "real" meat,
an euphemism for dead animal eating.
Suggesting the AI image is blasphemy is also, an inaccurate assessment.
The Pape is the head of the largest phoney Christian church.
(was raised in that darkness) He also runs a child trafficing racket from his fortified fortress, wears red slippers to mock, while fools engage in meaningless rituals. Drink the blood, eat the body, "con" fession etc etc.
Notre Dame university filled with homosexual "Seminarians" etc etc
However (I do not digress) conflating the image as Jeff has done is sophomoric.
The AI image is designed to suggest the gravity of the current geo political scenario.
DJT is making the best possible decisions, as most readers have been witnessing.
Jesus suggested that "You can do greater things than I". He was not joking.
Someone has to make the toughest decisions. That in no way competes with Jesus.
Last I checked the misunderstood sacrifice happened over 2000 years ago. Nor is it an attempt.
Just a stupid AI image. Get used to them, because otherwise intelligent people
Now we just need to land on what, exactly, is a generation?
Since Israel became a nation in May of 1948, I say we are def in the generation of the fig tree. Not the “untimely figs”, but the real fig tree.
I tend to see prophecy in scripture as largely Jerusalem-centric (for several reasons I won’t go into) so my thought is— see what makes a generation in Israel. According to Alexa (whom I detest, but it’s a little fight my hubs won, so, there she sits) people in Jerusalem live to be about 82.9 years old. So, 1948 + 82.9 =2,030.9
That puts us in September of 2030, although Israel’s calendar is a bit different from our Gregorian calendar. Either way, it seems pretty imminent.
I say, BRING IT!
Sidebar: The bible mentions Israel as being the ONLY country that “was, then was not, then was again”. It was a country, then was no longer a country, then returned in 1948, to once again be a country, thus checking another box ✔️ of prophetic requirements.
Genesis 6:3 (NKJV) 3 And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
Israel. Israel. Israel. Israel lost their covenant with God. The one and only covenant now is between Christians and God. The New Testament=the New Covenant. WE are now the New Israel. WE are now Israel. Now the problem is how to unite Christians who fight among themselves.
God keeps His covenants even when people (including Israel) don't. If He didn't keep His promises to Israel, we Christians have nothing to stand on. God has NOT turned His back on Israel and the Church has not replaced Israel. Jesus lay down His life to fulfill God's plan. No one took his life from Him.
Yes, we did. Do the Jews love Christ? No. Does Ben Shapiro, the most famous Jew on the planet today, love Christ? No. Their fall is not irreparable, so as never to rise again: but by their offending, salvation (through the liberal mercy of God) is come to the Gentiles, that they, the Jews, may be emulous of the Gentiles, and of their happiness, and so may be converted.
So you have to love Christ in order to avoid being cut off from his covenant? What about "While we were yet sinners"? They did not stop being his covenant people because he opened it up to the Gentiles. Of course they have to come through Christ to be saved like everyone else, but he will display his story through the Jews' story until the end of time.
I cannot understand why people can’t understand Romans 9-11. Or Isaiah 66:8. If God goes back on His promise to Abraham, and to Moses, then why should He uphold His promises to me? God does not go back on His promises to the Jews. Everything is unfolding exactly according to the prophesies laid out in the Bible, and Israel is right at the center of them. Jesus is going to return on the Mount of Olives and will reign in Jerusalem. If Israel is wiped out, to satisfy all the Jew-haters, then Jesus can’t fulfill that prophesy. Re-think your theology.
God longs for Israel to believe in Jesus but he hasn’t chucked them off to the side. Israel is still Israel. The replacement junk is just that— junk.
His heart is with Jerusalem and all of Israel is his beloved. WE TOO are “Israel”— but that doesn’t mean Israel isn’t Israel.
King Zedikiah went to battle (without consulting God?) and Israel was touted. All of them died— the men, BUT his daughters lived, one of whom was named Scota, and sailed with their uncle Joseph the tinman, went over the Caucasus Mtns., hence the label— caucasians, over to form Scotland. There, they still have stories and even hymns abt Joseph the Tin Man, and Scota. Those people are rooted in Israel— as are we, if we are Caucasian. Ethiopians are as well as others.
I follow the skeptic but haven’t read a post of his (hers?) for a bit. I’ll look them up.
I mostly study the bible chapter by chapter, verse by verse, with an OLD guy on TV. I’ve studied with him since our firstborn arrived, 34 years ago. He was on one night in the wee hours when I was up with her, and I was too tired to get up and change the channel. He has been a life changer for me, chapter by chapter.
When He makes all things new, that includes Christ followers. We will see differently. And since there will be no sadness, we will not yearn for what used to be. I imagine it to be a complete fulfillment of what could have been had sin not entered our world.
Although I used to get National Geographic, it is my computer that has really brought home the beauty of Earth to me.
Every time I turn it on they show me some magnificent waterfall, lake, jungle, or other gorgeous place on our planet. Or they show me wildlife, equally majestic.
Yeah, I'm truly impressed with the loveliness of Earth also.
Me too. I have seen creations beauty and spoke with my kids and others of God’s Hand. So I remind myself that this isn’t my home so much lately. Especially hearing planes at 4 am, with 7 minute intervals; of “cloud seeding” Our sky’s not what my youth remembers. Heaven will not disappoint, I’m sure. But I was born on the West Coast. Pacific Ocean by day, Sierra Nevada’s by night. (When you could still see the stars). I’m praying with you.
Romans 11:25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Oy Vey, he is not Baal. Perhaps you should be more worried about infants being used for SRA or does that not bother you in the least as you post your scriptures? Next.
Zechariah 12:3 On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it
The Old Testament covenant belonged to Israel, however since they killed Christ they lost the covenant which God now has with Christianity, hence the New Testament or New Covenant. God still loves the Jews but wills that they convert to His Son and Christianity.
He said that He would give ISRAEL a New Covenant. That HE would write it in THEIR heart.
The early church was made up of JEWS. He has not forsaken them.
He shared the New Covenant with the Gentiles (He would graft a WILD olive branch into the Olive tree (Israel) . And when you brag against Israel, HE also said that he would cut off those branches bragging that that they had replaced Israel and He would graft them (Jews)back in.
When an unfruitful olive branch is cut off an olive tree, it can lay for years beside the tree. Then a tree surgeon can come along, cut a slit in the Olive tree, pick up a dead branch and place it in the slit in its side, wraps it in linen, and 3 says!! later, the branch will once again be a part of that olive tree.
I always thought the slit in Yeshua’s side was just yet another injustice that put it over the top.
But it wasn’t.
It was to graft us into the Tree.
3 days….resurrection
Wrapped in linen.
Wild olive branch…..you and me
And then, suddenly, the original branch is grafted back in.
When you boast AGAINST the original branches, He takes offense. Please read what the Word says about it in Romans
Replacement theology has taken over the grafted in truth and now is approving of anti semitism which is fulfilling the prophecies of Revelation that some believe have already been fulfilled and we have entered the 1000 peaceful reign of Christ on Earth. 🤔🤷🏼♀️ 😵💫
Jews still say that Jesus is boiling in Hell in feces (Ben Shapiro) so you tell me how God has made them all bright and shiny and new again. The NEW ISRAEL is made up of those who receive Christ as King and Lord of all.
Oh please. 🙄 I can't even answer this anymore. Losing the plot over Israel is costing the right our legitimacy. We are bleeding brain cells through this "America only, Israel bad" stupidity.
They were the blunt instrument. Caiaphas and the snakes of the Sanhedrin actually did the deed. P. Pilot acquiesced to the Jewish leads and the rest is history.
All part of the plan and had to go down for ALL of us.
It was not the Romans who cried, "CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM!". It was the Jews. The Jews demanded that Pilate send Our Lord to die by crucifixion. The Roman soldiers obeyed Pilate's orders. Pilate gave in to the demand of the Jews.
Actually, he didn’t. He mentioned that there was someone who was creating a following through speeches he was giving, but that was about all. It was a passing reference, and nothing about any kind special attributes, etc.
Jesus tells us in John 10:17-18….”For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, & authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”
I should probably refrain from replying, but Israel, in that verse and all of the Old Testament, refers to all the descendants of Jacob, whose name was also called Israel, whose Grandfather Abraham made the covenant with Yahweh.
In other words, not just the Jews from the Tribe of Judah, but all the other hundreds of millions of Israelites alive today who are not Jews physically speaking. The nation state in the middle east by that name is somewhat misleading, and should be called Judea.
I’d like to add to that Dave. After Solomon died, the nation of Israel was split. The northern kingdom of 10 tribes was called Israel because it retained the tribes of Ephraim and Manassah who were Josephs kids whom he blessed. 1 Chronicles 5:2 tells us the birthright remained with Joseph so anyone calling themselves Israel needed to be incorporated with the head tribe who retained the birthright name. This northern nation even had their own capital city of Samaria and their own lines of kings. The southern kingdom was the tribes of Judah and Benjamin with capital city of Jerusalem and its own line of kings. The 2 kingdoms fought with each other at times through the books of 1&2 Kings and Chronicles. The Scepter was given to Judah so the Judah line had to give birth to the Messiah. The prophets all have different prophesies for Israel and for Judah so they are separate. God divorced the kingdom of Israel (ref Hosea) and sent them off the land to Assyria in 745BC and they were considered lost (lost their national identity) and blinded. They were settled near the Black and Caspian seas near the Caucasus mountains eventually migrating into Europe when Babylon conquered Assyria. Judah on the other hand was not divorced from God but was temporarily deported to Babylon around 604BC for 70 years. Jeremiah speaks about the good and bad figs of Judah. They came back to the land and rebuilt the temple (see Ezra) and eventually had to birth the Messiah in Bethlehem. According to Josephus, Edom was absorbed into modern Jewry by John Hercanus around 125BC. This is not disputed. Edom was the descendants of Esau, Jacobs brother. So the modern “Judeans”, “Judahites”, or “Jews” for short have elements of Jeremiah’s bad figs and Edomites. These are not allowed to call themselves “Israel” as they are not united with the birthright tribe of Joseph (Ephraim and Manassah). Jacob stole the birthright from Esau in an unlawful manner by deceiving Isaac in Genesis and acting like he was Esau. Hence, God saw fit to return the birthright to Esau for a season to prove he was unworthy. Since God blinded Israel, God allowed Esau to take the birthright back for a season under the name Israel similar to how Jacob stole the birthright while Isaac was blind.
To add to that, the true Jews (good figs of Judah) are the ones of heart circumcision as Paul says, not geneology. True Jews submit to the King of Judah (Jesus Christ). Same with true Israel. Christ will repair the breach between Israel and Judah. Bloodthirstyness comes from the spirit of Esau/Edom. Edom means red.
Having spent 9 years obtaining a Doctorate in Ruminant Nutrition I find it ironic that Beyond Meat was trying to make one of the main species that can actually digest fiber and turn it into nutrients extinct. Long live cows and other ruminants.
They are also so important for regenerative farming, which would provide healthier food and soil, while the soil acts as a carbon sink- which should make the Climate crazy people happy!
Well, if you believe in the depopulation / Gates theory, then it makes perfect sense. I feel it more ironic that the CEO actually believes the crap he is spewing OR that he thinks at least half + of us haven't caught onto the game yet.... and that we would believe such a ridiculous premise. Obv if he gave himself a raise from 5M to 30M, he knew the jig was up and being a cretin himself, doesn't actually care about the health of the planet or humans, but alas.... just self enrichment, like every other swamp creature.
"pseudoscientific jargon" and government dietary guidelines... oh please.....
I didn’t see the meme the way Jeff did. I saw it as Trump doing God’s work, because God uses man to do His will. So it was a slam to the one man who should be doing God’s work but isn’t, The Pope.
The Pope remained silent about the slaughter of 40,000+ Iranians by their own government. Not even a mild chastisement was given.
The Pope remains silent about the genocide of Christians in Nigeria.
Any condemnation about a righteous war against a terrorist regime is disgusting in my book in light of the Pope’s silence on the other things.
The Pope is clearly anti-Trump and that can only be due to “political interests” feeding him TDS.
Nothing in Trump’s post about the Pope was a lie. But even in Jesus’ day, when Jesus spoke the truth to religious leaders, they crucified him. (No I’m not making Trump equal to Jesus, I’m pointing out that religious leaders and their followers have ALWAYS hated hearing the truth when it exposes their hypocrisy.)
I agree with Juju. If Trump had said he was playing Jesus in that meme, that would have been over the top but I see him dressed as the pope and suggesting that he is doing a better job in carrying out Christ's will than an elected "Spiritual leader" as the Roman Catholic religion considers the papacy.
If ,like 98% of the world, you knew nothing of the verbal duel between the Pope and President Trump, and saw his meme what would be the first thing you would think. I agree with Jeff and believe you would think he was elevating himself to a god like position. Jesus is my Savior and Trump is my President but this was wrong and I am glad he retracted it. In my view, his explanation of his reasoning was very thin. IMHO.
Juju…”Nothing in Trump’s post about the Pope was a lie.” Right on! But then we know that according to those with TDS their only mantra is that he lies. Though when questioned, as I have done many times, they are hard pressed to come up with anything concrete…just blithering CNN nonsense.
My stomach has been churning over this. Thank you for your perspective.
I thought the pope was too critical of Trump over immigration and Iran, but also thought- that’s what he should do. Always remind of us of the primacy to care for our neighbor and the atrocities of any war, so therefore should be avoided.
Trump went over the line. Most practicing Catholics are also unhappy about Trumps support of the abortion pill and IVF. This has sent many over the cliff, I’m hanging by my fingernails.
Of course with the Democratic Party heading where it is, there’s still little choice.
Indeed, not sure that Pope Leo has been an equal opportunity chastiser of world evils.
Trump isn’t pro-abortion. He got that sent back to the states, where it belonged. There are states in which there are demonic strongholds. Let the states decide how demonic they want to be, let them “sow the wind and reap the whirlwind”.
Let them be judged for their wickedness. And let the states that voted AGAINST murdering babies NOT have to be judged for that.
He has done better than any president for the pro- life movement, and moving the decision to individual states is probably the best option in the long run. We need to change hearts and minds.
However he has been promoting IVF, which entails killing embryos, and the abortion pill is harming women in huge numbers- they do not have to adhere to any safety standards (or reporting of harm) or prerequisites or qualifications to dispense by mail to anyone in any state. He does not want to touch that one. Interstate dispensing needs to be addressed federally.
I do give him credit where credit is due. Trump has turned around many egregious trajectories in government/culture.
The line between good & evil runs down the human heart and moves one way or the other with every word (tweet!) and deed we do. Glad Jesus is the Judge and not me!
Meg D my viewpoint is that the Pope is a man. A sinner just like the rest of us. He has opinions and I think he needs to be aware that whatever he says that is political will be controversial. I trust in Jesus and that's all that matters. In my opinion I think God has His hand on President Trump. How else can such a flawed man be so reviled, persecuted over so many years yet be successful doing things that are not normal. God's Will be done.
My local Catholic Church is full of ‘practicing Leftists’ who are fully in support of ‘women’s rights, LGBTQ rights…’, etc., etc. But they would never vote for Trump; who is not pro abortion, by the way. He has been widely praised by the Pro-Life movement as being more helpful than any past president.
I agree with much of your comment, Meg D. Problem is that unless the Pope is making lots of comments about other countries and their leaders that we don’t hear about, which is possible and I’d like to read them, he seems to be laser focused on calling out the US leadership, specifically our President, and Israel in this case. I think it’s gotten out of hand from both sides. Trump takes the bait quite often, not one of his great qualities in my opinion. Sometimes it’s important to turn the other cheek, to use a Biblical reference, and/or make very specific tactfully placed comments. Trump seems to be good at strategy and then fails to act strategically in situations like this. In doing so, I think he does damage to himself and his legacy which some say he cares a lot about. The Pope needs to stick to general broad messaging and stop it with these seemingly pointed attacks. They both seem to be degenerating in their little tiff, and it’s very unbecoming.
I'm wondering if the Catholic hieracrchy elected their first American pope just to be a bigger thorn in President Trump's side rather than their usual foreigner that is easier to dismiss when he is critical of the US in some way.
Trump got Roe overturned with his SCOTUS picks. He's most definitely not pro abortion.
This Pope and his immediate predecessor are essentially communists.
I am Catholic, but do not respect him for his selective outrage. Rampant pedophilia unchecked by decades of Popes, ignoring the plight of Christians in Africa and parts of Asia, and dismissing the Persian people of Iran's plight deserve no respect. I wish he'd sit down and shut up.
Excellent question, Lisa. That was very suspicious and not in a good way. I too would be interested in information on it but not sure how Jeff would find out, as it seems to be hush hush as many papal meetings are.
Voting Libertarian instead of Republican is the same as a vote for the Dems.
Libertarians have never accomplished anything politically in this country. They're almost entirely un-electable, and if Rand Paul is the archetype, are unrealistically "pure".
Thank you Juju! You nailed it! His silence on Nigeria and Iran murdering its own is deafening. His vocal diarrhea of the mouth concerning Trumps handling of Iran is screeching in my ears. He would do well to stop talking and just help the poor. If he has such a problem with our immigration laws then he would do well to open the WALLS of the Vatican and bring in all the homeless over there. 🤔 Never in a million years would they actually put up or shut up. The Pope brought this on himself. I thought Trump showed some restraint with his words in comparison to some others. I didn’t even see the picture nor do I care to.
He might also open the coffers of the Church, sell the huge cache of incredibly valuable items in the Vatican, and help the poor and needy instead of hoarding all that wealth.
Wow! Thanks for the other perspective!! I haven’t looked at what Trump posted yet but now I plan to do so.
I always pray for Trump to come to a better understanding of his need for and his position in Christ because he has definitely been used by God to accomplish many things that are a restoration to the principles this country was founded on….biblical christian principles. I also pray that many of us can take a different look at it because I do fear it will hurt President Trump. I don’t want that to happen. You have offered me some talking points if I encounter those who took it the other way….as I did at first after hearing about it. That’s why I didn’t rush to look.
12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
These works will be to the glory of God the Father 🙏🇨🇦
A very interesting take, and with a lot of merit. I suspect more of us would "get it" that way if the image wasn't so stereotypically Jesus-like. I tend to only look for humor in memes since i don't read the comics section any more. I gotta admit that this one struck me as "off" , smacked of John Lennon's comment.
Your point about the silence of so many "important" people about the real, daily atrocities while obsessing over minor but politically convenient ones (the war dept bombed a school full of kids!!!) Is also right on!
Did you hear the pope had a long meeting with David Axelrod last week. You know Obama is behind this! Why is the pope meeting with Axelrod, the most pro abortion advisor in the history of advisors. Why isn’t the pope talking about the tens of thousands of Iranian protestors the mullahs gunned down. Wouldn’t it be nice to hear a homily on how evil it is that there are 63 million babies killed by abortion each year, no? Your right Skenny the pope should get back in his lane!
However he is in a 4 br apartment paying full rent because he can’t find a single roommate, even though he is a 15 min drive from multiple colleges and right off a primary expressway. He’s been trying to find roommates since last September. He has no social connections to help either, as that has always been a challenge for him.
So basically almost his entire after tax salary that could have been used to quickly pay down student loan and save up for emergency funds, retirement funds, future home down payment, and buying a car has been eaten up by rent 4x what he expected to pay. So that has placed a distraught damper on things. He will probably have to move again this summer, which will be the third time since last summer. ☹️ And he really loves his apartment. I’m shocked he can’t find roommates give how huge and brand new it is, and how cheap the rent would be with four of them.
But … he did find a church that he likes and started to attend, and that made me happy.
I just feel bad for him that he can’t benefit from the salary he was given and is living paycheck to paycheck with a salary that you shouldn’t have to, as it’s going right back into the pockets of private equity firms instead of towards his future.
Pope Leo should read his bible. Surely he has one. Psalms 144:1, “Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to WAR, and my fingers to fight.”
Does he not teach that David fought Goliath? And David, a man after God’s own heart, fought plenty of other battles? And hundreds of battles were fought, which the kings sought the Lord’s direction over, and God said, YES, go for it, and God even fought FOR them? He sent hailstones, whirlwinds, and did all kinds of crazy things to win wars for them? In Joshua, God sent so many huge hailstones, God himself killed more of the enemy than Joshua and his soldiers killed.
And is the pope not glad that we (the USA) fought certain wars? Or would he rather we have heeded his call for peace and sat out the Revolutionary War? The CIVIL WAR? Would he proclaim peace and leave the country mired in slavery? And would he proclaim peace and have left the Jews at the hands of the Nazis?
I can’t stand what Trump posted in answer to the pope. I too, long for him to delete it. I wish with all my might that Trump would use Jeff or someone equally wise as a sounding board before saying/posting certain things. I also long for the pope to rethink his position. It’s easy to sit around in your silly costume and say, “Peace, peace…” but honestly, read your bible pope, and then consider where we would be if all popes sat around saying what you’re saying, and if we actually listened and sat wars out like the Amish.
Don’t get me wrong. I truly appreciate the Amish and love
many of their ways. I particularly respect the fact that they do not vaccinate.
I do not respect the fact that they don’t participate in English affairs such as war.
I respect the fact that they know their bible, but they don’t act on the verses like Psalms 144:1, Blessed are you, oh Hod, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight.
I don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, there are just a couple of things ai don’t respect abt them. Bye and large, they’re fabulous humans, and I find far more to
Nope. Pope tart is a very, very, very flawed and arrogant entity who indeed, sees himself as a ‘god’. He is now aligned himself with Muslims. He doesn’t even bother to hide it.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
We were at the Flashpoint Live conference in San Marcos this last weekend. There were two pastors who are originally from Egypt but escaped to Australia because of persecution. Of course, now Australia has become so woke that they're preaching to America, earning us about Islam. But they jokingly call "Bob" the "gay pope". They also called out "gay" pastors, really meaning that they're not standing up for what is true and right according to scripture. Too concerned with what their congregants will think and losing giving units if they stand up and speak up.
You got that wrong, fool. The Pope is Christ's Vicar on Earth. He's got title to the entire world. And his lane is, as I wrote, the entire Universe. Deal with it.
🎯🎯🎯 America was strictly organized to be a non-theocratic form of governance that draws on the good of religious belief without choosing a single state religion. Trump said “God is Good” and biblically that insinuates that All Good Comes From God. People should read their Bibles more often.
In the discussions of unity the estranged sister churches of the RC and Eastern Orthodox have been having for years now that title has not come up because it wasn't there before the split of 1054. The see of Peter in Rome was there in the first Universal Church of Christ. However, FOR or 1000 years, the seat of Peter was considered to be FIRST among equals (equals being the other Bishop seats).
That His Holiness speaks for the Western Church, yes, this is a fact, but even the RC church seems to have adapted a more synodal model than in the past.
ha ha, So a bunch of old geezers sit in a room and say this guy here put in his time so we'll make him the boss now. Cue the smoke from the window. So he claims to speak for God, like none of us can get the the big guy without the grand poobah intervening and "interpreting" what the big guy is saying to us. All a creation of an organization that wanted control of the masses and wealth.
Jesus taught that anyone could do what he did. God was accessible to everyone. No intermediary necessary. Some state that Jesus was implying that Simon was getting that "message". An understanding that he grasped the teaching. Of course a group that wants control of the masses would need to establish that this was Jesus saying build an organization upon his teachings, which, knowing how Jesus felt about the pharisees, I doubt that was the implication. The wonders of common religions are that they go so far back in time that no one can see the origins and anyone can make claims as to what ancient texts (re-translated endless times) really mean. That is the problem more modern religions have. If you can see how they actually started, you can see it's usually a bogus origin story. I'm no biblical scholar but I see how cults get started and the history of the catholic church is not always a pretty one. They ran most of Europe like any gov't and used some brutal practices to maintain power and accumulate wealth. The modern catholic church is still run like a large corporation and holds vast wealth in real estate, treasure, investments.....all tax free.
I just think they should read their bibles AND think things through AND be at least semi-fair.
Criticize Trump if you must, but also criticize ANY regime that kills ANY of its own people, let alone 40,000.
The bible had God-sanctioned war after war, and plenty of non-God sanctioned wars as well. Plenty of times, when they sought God as the whether or not to fight whoever, God said YES. Or he instructed them to fight without them even asking. Also, whenever they didn’t seek God regarding going to war with ___, they were sorely ROUTED.
But, Pope Peace must’ve been fine had we stayed under the rule of England, or stayed mired in slavery, or left the Nazis to continue torturing jews and doing whatever they wanted.
Many Popes have been corrupt, materialistic, immoral and chastity vow breakers, and I've witnessed Popes in my lifetime do and say things Christ would never have said or done, starting with Pius XII re the Nazis/Jews.
So no, you can choose to believe what you will, but his lane has NOTHING to do with America's right to govern itself irrespective of what this Pope thinks and says.
Matthew 5:22 (NKJV) 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.
The word catholic (derived via Late Latin catholicus, from the ancient Greek adjective καθολικός (katholikos) 'universal') comes from the Greek phrase καθόλου (katholou) 'on the whole, according to the whole.
I take my non-believing son to mass on occasion. He hates platitudes for world peace without teeth in it. A few years ago, Bishop Barron went to Tim Waltz to discuss transhumanism for children with Waltz. But I get very annoyed with the cherry picking of which things we are to be upset by.
I think if you read Revelations, the only book in the bible that promises a blessing to every reader, you may recognize the pope and Catholics in one of the churches God does not like. Start at Rev. 1 and read. You will be blessed and glad you did.
Oh FFS. You and the rest of the Southern Baptist holy rollers on this site. No one but deranged people believe the Bible is the inerrant voice of a divine being. It's a bunch of stories handed down orally for a millennium then reduced to writing, translated countless times and retranslated even more countless times. It is a circle jerk of control freaks All of which is humans attempting to control other humans.
You wouldn't now the voice of god if she sat next to you in a church pew.
Yeah, the damn Catholics! How dare they believe in a Vicar on Earth! Damn, they almost as bad as da Juice! Certainly Pope Bob thinks da Juice are bad - he's walked right up to the line wanting to call them commiters of genocide
John 17:17–19 gives us what we might describe as the theology of ordination, as Jesus consecrates the apostles in 17:17 (consecration in Christ the truth), sends them on mission in 17:18, and in 17:19, declares their consecration springs from his own consecration to the Father. Jesus commanding the apostles to “do this in memory of me” during the Last Supper (Luke 22:19) is the Synoptic account of the apostles receiving their priesthood from Jesus. In John 20, Jesus gives his apostles the power to forgive sins after bestowing the Holy Spirit upon them. During Jesus’ last appearance risen from the dead, he commissioned the apostles to minister in his name to the whole world. The Twelve were reconstituted again before the revelation of the Church to the world at Pentecost, and following Pentecost, they continued Jesus’ ministry: what Jesus began to do during his earthly ministry, he continues to do through the apostles after Pentecost.
Let’s see, was it Ryan Seacrest or someone else who said “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and unto God that which is God’s”. The pope might do well to reflect on the meaning of that teaching of the man in whose name he claims to stand.
So you're saying that the Pope or any spiritual leader it to stay out of politics even when politicians don't stay out of morality. Politicians decide to pass laws to dismember unborn children in their mother's wombs and the Pope and other spiritual leaders are to say nothing? Is that it?
Is it, Running Burning Man? I think I understand where you’re coming from, however was Pope Francis in his lane when he disparaged those who wouldn’t get the COVID shot? Do you believe that he has license to say whatever he wants, whenever he wants and to whoever he wants? I always thought he was supposed to stick to a theological base, utilizing the Bible and the teachings of the Catholic Church. Maybe I am misinformed. I think there’s a clear lane, albeit broad, as long as the topic can be tied into Biblical teachings. Should he be talking about climate change, 5g, glyphosate, processed foods, digital id, repurposed drugs too, and making judgments on the topics and pointing out how he agrees or disagrees with certain countries’ handling of such.
Lets be clear shall we? Covidiocy required Covidiots. They are gaslite by the Fake News Echo Chamber, Big P, and the Medical Cartel.
That required countless individuals who have zero health comprehension.
That is on them. Not giving a pass to the named entities.
The scenario is regularly repeated as evidence from the front pages of Time Magazine about every 2 years fearmongering the "virus" of the times (pun intended) If people actually took repsponsibility for their own health
as Joe Mercola said a thousand times to the biggest health seeker audience on earth, we would not be having this discussion.
The Pope is a Con Man but much much worse. Rinse and repeat.
"Do you believe that he has license to say whatever he wants, whenever he wants and to whoever he wants?"
Is that a serious question? Do you think people need a license to speak? And if he did need one, his theology says he got it from St. Peter. [Can't wait for the Southern Baptist Bible thumpers to weigh in here!]
I think you and Pope Bob just disagree on the width of his lane. His view is he spreads the Gospel and in his view that covers anything under the sun if he believes it impacts the teachings of Christ.
Really you should think before posting ... Else you will appear like so many other suck up idiots.
or at least condemn the regime for killing tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of its citizens - interesting isn't it that it is always Christians chided
This is the problem with the Christian church today. People do not believe Christianity is relevant outside the 4 walls of the church. I guarantee you our forefathers did not think that way and they fought off the British Crown on that basis.
There’s a sect of Catholicism that seeks to overtake the American government. Completely. It is not the traditional Catholics as we know them. They see the original Protestant faith that our constitution was founded on to be an impediment that needs to be removed first. It’s possible this pope actually belongs to that sect/way of thinking and sees Trump as a representative of the faith of the founding fathers. Looking at it that way then the Pope’s contention with our present government makes sense, because they would want to control the masses by weaponizing their faith and their guilt against Protestant principles.
Disappointed in the Pope. Someone should call the man in him aside, and remind him that sometimes it’s better to say nothing; that his infallibility is very limited, and does not include politics; and that what he says can reflect poorly on the great institution he was chosen to lead. Nobody has clean hands in the Iran situation, but Iran’s are the dirtiest.
It's only the Catholic Church that gets the hate here. Why not post your hatred also to protestant churches? The Baptists (are they followers of John the Baptist?), Lutherans (followers of Luther), Presbyterians (followers of their elders), Evangelicals (followers of themselves being their own pope). I'll tell you why. Because the Catholic Church is the Church that Christ founded and it is THE church that Satan tries to destroy. Your protestant history of 5 minutes ago tells you lies that you naïvely believe instead of investigating for yourselves from the Catholic point of view. Satan hates the Catholic Church which is why we had Francis and now Leo. They are the result of Modernism in the Church for over 100 years. You never talk about protestant sodomite pastors and youth pastors. Nor all the lesbians that are "priests". And just FYI - nowhere in the bible does it say sola scriptura.
“Trump only meant to score some cheap points off Pope Leo —“. Glad Trump’s unhinged, violent, disrespectful statements are being recognized for the narcissistic and destructive force they project. I pray that our president will pursue diplomacy, respectful and peaceful behavior that the office of president requires. We are alienating much of the world, and even his own supporters are losing faith.
Even with all the good and powerful actions he has initiated, the movement may be lost in the midterms. I don’t want to even imagine what the next dem administration would wreak on our nation!
Which does not include international politics. Jesus said "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's." That means stay out of politics. Politics is of this world, and His kingdom is not.
Not sure how you arrived at that implication except that you wanted to arrive at it.
Because life and death is not the important measure...
This pope and the prior pope have cost the Catholic church a lot of members; me included. They were/are drunk on power, just like the pharisees of the Bible.
You need to read up on that, BJ. Look up “tributes” in the Bible. Taxes are also a good place to start. Tax collectors are described throughout the text.
Do I have to do the homework for you? You call yourself Truth Seeker, but you know nothing about a temple being a sacred place not a farmer’s market. Sheesh. And about taxes during biblical times, how about Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. Try reading the Bible before you comment on something related to religion. You seem to know nothing about it.
That's Catholic doctrine, which contradicts scripture in countless places. I left the Catholic Church at age 18, was born again at age 19, and as I read the Bible, I saw all sorts of contradictions in what I'd been taught as a Catholic.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
The Pope should do his work, and it was bad timing to speak out now, as things are very hot. The president should continue to do his Presidential business and was RIGHT in saying that without DJT, Pope Leo wouldn’t be where he is. DJT has to be mindful of that constituency, but he’s not Catholic and isn’t a bullshitter pretending he believes in something he simply doesn’t. No harm, no foul except the media has to blow it up to try to tank his successes.
I hate that saying - just another excuse to shut people up. I don't think anyone need stay in their lane - they can have opinions beyond their expertise, can't they?
No. There are excellent, abundant, appropriate opportunities to keep one's mouth shut. Such as when a pope desires to tell the US how to run their country, and especially in the case of the "Woke Pope" Leo.
There are obvious pros and cons to the war with Iran, but there is no doubt energy is the lifeblood of a growing thriving society and economy. Without fulfilling a countries energy demands it will wither and die on the vine. America is now producing more crude oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.
Iran was 80% of the oil bought by China not using the petro dollar, and Venezuela was the other 20%. With this Iranian blockade and Trumps booting of Maduro out of Venezuela, Trump has taken control of both of these major Chinese energy sources. This also puts a chokehold on energy going to most of Europe and beyond. It is pushing hundreds of oil tankers right into the Gulf of AMERICA, making American Oil Companies the greatest of all time.
Never forget, when China and Fauci produced the Covid virus in Wuhan and then sent infected people all over the world, China had just recently bought up millions in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and then sold it back to us and the world for huge profits. You live by the sword you die by the sword.
If I were to guess China is more likely to pressure Iran to opt for a peace deal than to start threatening the US with hostilities. So say what you will, by Trump doing this he has stuck America’s big boot right up Chinas kiester 😂😂😂. Happy Monday!!
I fear China much more than I have ever feared Russia, but I need to make one small point here. The gain of function research that created that virus was done by Ralph Baric at the university of North Carolina right here in the good old USA. The moratorium on gain of function research(which was little more than a slap on the wrist) is what forced Fauci, through the privately owned Eco Health Alliance, (that could not be F.O.I.A.ed) to bring the operation overseas to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Our own government has been working on bioweapons for decades. We actually hired former Nazis and Japanese scientists to do some of this work after World War II. Not saying I know whether or not the Chinese released the thing on purpose. Considering things like Event 201, I believe it was released on purpose.
And the sad thing is, the truth about where this Plandemic originated was available in February 2020. Lil’ ol’ me knew it then and I was like a woman with hair on fire with hands full of articles exposing the lies. Did anyone listen? No, they sheltered in their house, day drinking, and terrified they were going to die. I can never forget the raw lack of critical thinking from almost EVERYONE I knew. They are no longer in my social circle because I was blackballed for not getting jabbed. Many have had heart attacks, strokes and testicular or breast cancer but don’t see the connection.
I knew it also. I used to watch Dr. Chris Martenson every day, and he pointed out the furin cleavage site (I think it was called) that proved that the virus was bio-engineered.
Dr. Francis Boyle also pointed it out immediately.
As it turns out, so did multiple other scientists, who told Dr. Fauci, and were then bribed with grants into signing a letter saying otherwise. That should have been a ballyhooed scandal, but not in the corrupt country we live in.
We was conned, but thanks to the internet, we had a chance to know better.
It didn't take a medical degree to know that forcing the entire population into quarantine, wrecking millions of lives and much of our economy, damaging the education of school kids etc was stupid and unnecessary. Sequester only those at risk (primarily elders with co-morbidity and those with compromised immune systems) and let everyone else go about their business. Paper masks, 6 ft spacing, forcing shots on people who didn't need them were all criminally wrong.
I said so at the time, as did many others, but the passive sheep in our population just wanted to surrender their freedom to a bunch of bureaucratic charlatans. My next door neighbor, a trained (but not practicing) pediatrician, actually had her husband strip off his clothes in the garage and take a shower whenever he came back from work before being allowed in the house. She was one of those driving alone in her car with a mask on. Lovely woman, but scared out of her wits believing the Fauci idiocy.
Say what you may about Bobby Kennedy, but he's assembled a bright team of actual medical brain power, not least of which is Jay Batacharia (I know I've spelled that wrong) who was pointing out immediately, and at great pain to his professional career, how truly wrong Fauci's policies were at the time, not in hindsight.
I fault Trump (whom I otherwise support) for giving power to Fauci and the other fraud, whoever that scarf woman was, causing huge damage to our country.
Trump didn't give Fauci anything. The entrenched bureaucracy that was there during President Trump's first term was there to insure that President Trump didn't have a second term was responsible for the Covid debacle.
Funny I just watched this, this morning Kathy, though I knew they did this in the states and like an insane moron Fauci gave the technology to the Chinese through the Wuhan Lab. Pardon or no pardon he should die in prison or worse.
“ And the Chinese blocked internal flights from Wuhan to other Chinese cities... but not those going to all the rest of the world apparently”
That is a big TELL don’t ya think. The Chinese leaders are corrupt and evil, IMO, with no respect for human life. It’s all about power and world domination.
It was created out of thin air by our own politicians and media. Pelosi, obeyme, and their communist patsies all had a hand in creating the covidsteria hoax, for one reason only. To install that retard we had as a president for four years. Media was fully compliant.
Remember the "vaping" epidemic that killed so many young men in the summer of 2019?
The smoking gun of the vaping disease was diagnostic imaging of ground-glass lungs. Normal pneumonia is usually described as a patchy infiltrate in a particular part of the lungs. The ground glass throughout the entire lung baffled researchers in summer 2019, and then again in winter 2020, when the SARS-2 virus was recognized, and covid was diagnosed by ground glass lungs in CT scans.
I believe everything you wrote here. The DOD was behind the bioweapon, Covid-19 and the “vaccine”. Sasha_Latypova (on X) fully investigated and she has all the receipts.
Regardless of what many believe is the reason why President Trump took this Military action against the Iranian Theocracy, I believe his main motivation was to bring an end to the hostilities and terrorist threats in that region.
While it can be said President Trump didn't need to take these steps at this moment in time, he did so in order to bring peace to this region which has had the nation of Iran and the Theocratic thugs of the IRGC raining death and destruction down on one of America's allies, Israel, and threatening "Death to America" for over 50 years.
All the while, this terrorist regime as claimed control of the Strait through which many of America's other long-time allies count on getting their oil and gas supplies from.
President Trump saw this opportunity to have the nations of the world unite behind him in finally beating the bullies of Iranian terror down and having them see their hatred and murderous ways of the past will not longer be tolerated.
President Trump is securing a place for himself in history right now, undertaking a mission no other world leader dared to begin.
Say what you will about his motivations for this event in time, however, one must look at it in a larger perspective, as a time in the history of the world when a single leader saw an opportunity to bring peace to a region dominated by hatred, controlling huge energy resources, while looking down the barrels of their guns.
There are quite a number of "questionable world leaders" hiding behind their condemnation of President Trump and their own cowardice, but there are even more in our own country who are can only utilize hate and division to hide behind their "cowardly lion" political stances.
Be proud that we finally elected a President who isn't just another "cowardly lying" politician.
China sux. Use the boot and an enema while at it! Great synopsis James. Boo Hiss China.
All Iran had to do was come to the table. They have full intentions of making nuclear weapons or they would not piss and moan about giving the uranium up so up their Uranus it goes!
Hi Mrs. RW. I appreciate your comments. Do you have sources for your claim? I have heard other people assert this but none have ever provided verified sources to back up that information. I also thought one of the sticking points was that Iran would not allow IAEA inspectors to verify their claims?
It was on a US news interview, but when I googled it, AI popped up first.
As of late February 2026, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi reported "substantial progress" in US-Iran nuclear negotiations, stating a peace deal was within reach. Oman, acting as mediator, reported that Iran agreed to eliminate stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, and discussions were moving toward technical-level meetings in Vienna to finalize the agreement.
BBC
Key Details on Negotiations:
Progress: Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi noted "significant" and "substantial" progress in high-stakes talks held in Geneva.
Nuclear Constraints: Iran reportedly agreed to "zero stockpiling" of nuclear material that could create a bomb.
Verification: Iran expressed willingness to allow the IAEA "full access" to verify compliance, according to Albusaidi.
Next Steps: Technical discussions were planned for Vienna to turn the framework into a final agreement.
Context: The discussions were aimed at lowering high tensions, as the U.S. had previously considered strikes against Iran and made significant military builds in the region.
BBC
Despite the reported progress, differences remained on certain issues and official US confirmation of specific terms was limited at the time.
I noticed your reference to name of the commenter in your reply. So much easier to follow the thread. I hope this becomes a thing here on C & C comments. Well done.
Because its a global market. Meanwhile our gas prices are still significantly below the rest of the world, not to mention the prices during much of Biden's reign of ignorance.
People in my father's generation stormed the beaches of Normandy to destroy Hitler, but for many Americans, paying an extra $.50/gallon to stop madmen from having nukes is too much to ask. SMH
Jeff explained this in detail at the beginning of this conflict, BBS. Gas prices are set globally, and then the countries, states, and counties pile on their taxes. There’s more to it than my explanation, see Jeff’s former post.
America is now producing more crude oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. - but we still consume more than we produce (20 mm bbls/day v. 13mm bbls/day) - so I don't really see a net benefit - meanwhile Trump told Maria B this morning that oil prices, and gasoline are likely to be "about the same or higher" at the time of the midterms - ouch - while I fully support getting rid of the terrorist regime, I don't see why it couldn't have waited until after the mid-terms
“… while I fully support getting rid of the terrorist regime, I don't see why it couldn't have waited until after the mid-terms”
Yeah I wish it was after the mid-terms too however - a nuclear Iran was the tipping point; Iran’s was fast tracking it (according to intelligence) so waiting until after the mid-terms could have been disastrous for the world.
perhaps, but after the '25 bombings it is hard to see how they could recover that quickly - or if the were another bombing raid would have set them back?
Amen, brother, while I too support President Trump and all the great things he's doing for America and the world itself, I happily support your justified criticism of this social post. And I thank you for clearly showing what the true gospel of Jesus is. He and he alone is the Savior of the world.
Amen "Sanctify them in the Truth. Your Word is Truth." John 17:17 God's Word is the handbook for true, Spirit lead, and abundant life. Be....in the Word.
Trump is hilarious! As a Christian I’m totally not offended. God is bigger than a post. He’s making fun of the pope, righteously so. Pope can’t heal either. It’s a parody. Only thing I would say is Christians can crucify someone pretty easily and put Barabbas in his place…he needs to be mindful of that.
I’m okay with your view and I understand why you feel that way. I was only speaking for myself as a Catholic. Trump is not Catholic or any other religion, as far as I know, and it rolled off me.
Yes. The Jews unwittingly demanded the release of The Son of the Father. Not the real Son of the Father, but the other Son of the Father then said may his (Jesus') blood be upon them and their children for generations.
“explained that the real problem is Americans who have fallen under the spell of “pseudoscientific jargon” and are experiencing a “resurgence of red meat.” Love this as I have a beef blade roast defrosting on my counter. The beef is from a local beef farmer, processed at a nearby processor. A quarter beef packaged, labeled and resting in my freezer. Literally the best hamburger I have had in 30 years. It made meatloaf almost an out of body experience again.
I wish I could find such local quality. Every time I try to buy local meat or grass fed beef, it tastes like liver. Really gross. I grew up on a farm and we always had fresh cow and pig and it NEVER tasted like that. It’s what keeps me from investing $1,000 into quarter cow or whatever.
Well, we can grow anything we want year-round, but our produce has to be durable enough to look pretty after the trip from Central and South America and Canada. 🤦♀️
Some hunters explained to me why some meat tastes more gamey - it’s the butchering technique. When they are lazy and careless, glands are cut and leech into the meat, which causes the yucky taste. If you can figure out a good abbatoir, the local meat will be just as good.
I know this to be true for shooting deer or elk. How soon and the process for processing the venison makes the difference. Deer feed on so many farmer’s crops and feedlots, that the meat doesn’t taste gamely at all any longer.
Our quarter beef was purchased from a farmer 8 miles away. They use a butcher and processor who is excellent. They ask you how you want all your cuts done, how much you get in trimmed out weight and it was all nicely packaged. We are going on3 years and for just two of us, we still have a quarter of the beef left. They have been excellent. It cost us $1200 for everything, hoof to our freezer.
I have an idea about this, Juju. The bulk of beef today in the US is raised on grain in stock yards. They're pumped full of antibiotics and hormones. One to stave off the infections from living in their own waste and the other to get them grown as fast as possible. Their meat is almost tasteless. Now go from that to pasture only raised beef, and it is like eating liver. But that's the way beef has always tasted. The only exception I can think of is diversity of breeds for flavor.
I don’t know Shane, I get what you’re saying but I clearly remember fresh beef when I was younger and it never tasted gamey or like liver. Never. My mother made liver once a week and I hated it. I knew what that tasted like as a norm and our beef never tasted that way. I truly believe something else causes it to taste that way.
And I’ve had some delicious, flavorful ribeye over the past few years buying rib roasts and cutting my own. They are industry raised and still had good flavor. I would expect a better taste with grass fed, not worse.
Also, I’ve eaten fresh Bison that is outstanding. If I could get that regularly I’d never eat beef again!
There should be no liver taste with beef, except for the actual liver.
I buy it from Dillons (Kroger) when they put it on sale. I buy my ground beef from a rancher in Northern California but it has ground liver and heart in it. Their ranch is called Starwalker. If you look online, there are a lot of ranchers who sell bison and venison.
Where do you live? Flavor in beef will change with feed, age and processing -and grass fed can taste different depending on if it was raised on irrigated or dry / native pasture, what type of grasses are present or if it was primarily fed grass hay. There’s plenty of grass fed foreign raised beef on the market as well. An under 2 year old beef breed, grass fed on primarily irrigated pasture will taste different than an older dry milk cow who’s been raised on hay.
Lots of variables to affect taste -
We raise beef cattle and hold back some steers every year for friends who want grass fed beef.
My kids raise also raise steers for the county fair, they are grass and grain fed
Interesting. I’m outside Chicago. The farm I grew up on was in north-central IL. That was 50+ years ago though and the connection my parents had back then is no longer alive.
Yeah the fact that it can vary that drastically for so many reasons keeps me from buying a quarter/half a cow. I can’t afford to spend that kind of money and have a freezer full of meat I can’t or don’t want to touch. Especially since I do a low carb diet - I need my meat.
FDR flooded the country with illegal Trotkyites like Biden did with open borders.
They run the drug trust.
Thus the Drug Trust, while maintaining the Stalinist Communist Government in Russia, simultaneously maintained a Communist back up regime in the United States, the Trotskyite Movement, in case the Stalinist regime should fall." Eustace Mullins Murder By Injection
I looked at the TruthSocial post and noticed that one hour before he reposted that particular AI generated meme, he also posted one that said literally something like “not a god or a savior, just a gift sent from God” and had a picture of himself wrapped in the flag. I truly don’t think he thought he was posting himself as Jesus. I think he was posting a picture of himself as a healer sent as a gift from God, like the disciples were sent out to heal. However, I hope he understands how people misread it and how it offended them and I hope he just deletes it also. But I honestly don’t think he was saying he was God, since literally one hour before that he literally said he’s not a savior or God.
President Trump has ALWAYS referred to God as "The Boss."
Remember in one of his rallies, he was talking about him not being as famous an another? Then pointed to the sky and said Jesus is more famous than ALL others.
In another rally, he referred to God as The Boss while pointing at the sky saying, "We need help from THE Boss."
Thank you for you comment Friend.
Also, it is amazing how President Trump can put people in the spot light.
Thanks for that explanation on the strange post by Trump. I didn’t know the backstory and had no idea why he would post something like this, but I appreciate your thoughts on this. It is very concerning to me that he has poor judgment to post this but like you said, I guess he is human and makes errors.
I see it a bit differently. The main lock down is twofold, to stop all Iranian oil transport and revenue, and to immediately stop blackmail payments to Iran. The rest may simply be to ensure safe passage. I strongly suspect any past payments to Iran will be allowed to move forward, as there is no means to get Iran to refund. But there will be zero payments going forward. I think Jeff is wrong in saying there is no threat. It is estimated that Iran still has several hundred fast attack boats. The mine threat is real. And the do have some remaining ( up to 25 percent) capacity to fire longer range misses. All of this combines to yet limit how many tankers can safely be moved at a time.
As far as attack boats go, the US has previous experience in picking small boats off, in the interdiction and destruction of the drug runner boats from South America. Doesn't seem like a big problem to me.
Missiles and mines, sure they are there. But the big point is Iran's revenue stream is choked off, forcing them to abstain from sinking tankers in the Straits, I would hope.
I agree cutting off their oil revenue is devastating. However the straight is very much not the same thing as occasional drug running boats on the ocean. Dealing with many, say 75 boats at once, at the same time numerous missiles are incoming, with so e remaining drones, aimed at tankers, is a different ballgame.
If this were a one off it would be more understandable, but on the heels of his insane easter day post....it does make one wonder about his mental wellness these days.
I doubt that you are correct, however, I have no info to say you are NOT. In the coming weeks I am pretty sure we will be treated to US Navy ships detonating and publicizing such mines.
It will be interesting to see how "good" hunting actually is.
Trump calls it like he sees it. That is why so many Americans LOVE him. Finally, a POTUS who is not beholding to the deep state, like Biden, Obama, and Clinton who were clearly controlled.
Like where he thinks Brigitte is prettier than Candace Owens? Ok. Same tweet he calls CNN fake news after he brags how he’s polling like 99% according to CNN. You can’t make this stuff up!
The Deep State has wanted control of Iran for decades. Not only do they have oil, but their central bank refuses to join the BIS.
Iran was on the list of countries to be destroyed the Pentagon drew up in 2001, according to General Wesley Clark. Trump is carrying out the plan, same as Biden and Obama, and Clinton, had she been elected.
Calls it like he sees it? What does that mean when what he "calls" changes by the hour and is heavily steeped in illogical, strategically-bereft, and emotionally-immature reactions? He's not "seeing" anything, and that's the problem. Forget mentioning the 5D chess or promethean narrative because that's BS as well. What's truly terrifying is that NPCs are so Stockholm Syndromed they think this is OK, and some part of a grand master plan.🤦♀️
Hate to call attention to your stupidity yet again, bless your heart, but unfortunately, TDS isn't an issue. Trump Discernment Syndrome, which people with intelligence and a moral compass practice, uses objectivity and discernment regarding the actions being taken by this administration. Now go crawl back under your rock, grab your pacifier, and pretend your low-IQ parrotting of "TDS" has any meaning any more, or is relevant to anyone except the dumbest of matrix-dwelling NPCs who can't function in the real world outside of a cult.
"Human"? In the sense that Ted Bundy was human? Or how about David Duke? Trump is vile. and should probably be 25th-ed. Except Vance is in Hungary sucking up to Viktor.
@Burning- tell me you haven't read the Constitution without telling me you haven't read the Constitution. They CAN'T 25th the president. Only his cabinet can.
Must be contagious. Insulting each other (remotely) has become a thing. At least when Trump does it, you know who did it, but still he's often in very bad taste.
Calling women names whom you disagree with is quite sexist, but moreso, in doing so, it also undermines you as being silly as well as rude. And for your information, I am married and I have a dog because I am not fond of cats, so I couldn't possibly be a cat Lady!
Now please sir, have a cup of coffee, get some sun, and come back when you have calmed down a bit. 😉🌞✌️
Sadly Hungary voted Orban out and will sell their souls now to the Christian hating, Satanic worshipping entity known as the EU. A very sad day. The Muslim invaders will be at their door immediately.
It may be a bit more complex than that. Peter Magyar was part of the Fidesz party until 2024, and left only because of a presidential pardon he disagreed with. His national policies may be very similar to Orban’s
For all the good THAT did, given that Viktor lost. Wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that the world is turning against the DS globalist-run cartel babylon US and don't want to be associated with them anymore? 🤷♀️
We left Biden in the pig sty. WE ARE restoring the Republic. We just need to finish deporting all the demoniKKKKRat voters allowed in by obama and cabbage head. Oh, and vote out all the RATS that have infested Congress.
Until you stop focusing on the leftard lunatic narrative, you're unable to see the big picture. Both sides are controlled by tbe same puppetmasters. That should be clear by now, by, if nothing else, which politicians are bought-and-paid-for by A I P A C, pHARMa, and every other lobby, including the tech broligarchy - both sides, equally. While the lt vs rt brainwashing paradigm is ingrained into the NPCs as the problem, it's not; because each side has a role to play in furthering the D S globalist agenda-- which they don't want you focused on. "They" want you focused on which buffoon is currently in office, in the limelight, so that when they're gone, the hatred goes with the vacated "politician"; and the cycle repeats. Discernment and objectivity, now more critical than ever, are still clearly absent. If you objectively look at all the things Trump has ushered in (and the money he's taken from the donor class) -- things like Real ID, the Palantir tech broligarchy, The Epstein class, the economy, the endless propaganda, increasing mRNA platform, corporate lobbying, public private partnerships, increased chemtrails, wars, etc -- these are ALL things a "conservative" would NEVER accept or condone if they came from "the left". Ask yourself why that is... why you're willing to accept it from Trump, esp given that he promised the opposite, but you'd be clutching your pearls with your hair on fire if it came from "the other side"? Trump's not taking down the DS, he IS the DS. They all are. And until people realize that, nothing will change. Frankly, given the point we're at, with the upcoming famine & human osmotic pressure the closure of the Strait will cause, most people are completely clueless about what's in store for them.
I think one of the reasons Orban lost was he has been heavily pro israel and I think Europeans are kind over the Israel first crowd and hate this was we started
They'll be sorry when the borders are opened to migrants and closed to oil, and when their kids go to school and learn about 57 genders. Not to mention being put into debt to pay Ukraine's grifters, with 10% for the Big Guys in the EU.
Great! Went to copper line coffee on Beach St yesterday and found out there was an art show going on, that was a nice surprise. Time spent with the youngest of the grown kids, though… priceless.
It's a shame Jeff didn't find space to cover perhaps the biggest story of the day, yet another massive EU country election steal, in perhaps the best last chance to save the EU. Hungary . No , I don't care if they said it was a landslide. The EU, and Soros, did not hide the fact they were going to hold back nothing in talking out the biggest thorn in the globalist's side within their midst. They already blatantly stole the Romanian election, and have banned the most popular party in Germany. Europe is done. Stick a fork in them. Hungary was about the only European country we would have considered visiting anymore. Sad. Very sad.
I just heard the news of Orban’s loss this morning and my stomach sank. Hungary is - by literal, written definition - the last Christian country in Europe. (Orban has pointed this out himself multiple times.) It sounded like such a light on that darkened, secular continent. I have a feeling the election was indeed stolen, but people are also so painfully fickle and swayed by every social media storm. I hope the Hungarian people can get through their next, pro-EU administration without lasting damage.
Orban strikes me as someone who would be in the fight to the death…but of course I don’t know the situation personally.
I just hope the new admin in Hungary doesn’t make it their job to destroy and imprison him like the American left tried to do to Trump, and Brazilian left did to Bolsonaro 😔
I said "and his family. His extended family ". They threatened to blow up Perot's daughter's upcoming wedding. I would fight to the death, but I'll not judge anyone who is not willing to kill his family too. It is the same blackmail they use with politicians and other people they want to control
I hate to “like” that; it’s truly a horrific situation to have your family threatened. I think people would do well to understand where we are in an historical arc…
I like Promethean Action for helping us see that we are more in a War for Independence watershed than anything else - it’s existential. I truly hope Orban’s family is not hurt but when those who have been put in power by the people concede to a globalist system that wants us all dead (not saying that is what he did, I don’t know), they may save their own skins but many more will die from their lack of courage. I personally don’t think Orban caved to protect his family - I’m guessing the cheat outvoted his side.
But it’s like Covid, every time someone in power refused to stand up against the onslaught of life-threatening mandates, it only made things worse in the long run. Elected people need to have more courage.
Also why I’m not in charge of anything besides my home…😅
There are so many shades of grey to this and virtually everything that is going on in this battle between God and satan that all attempts to provide simple answers are going to fail. I don't pretend to know any thing for sure, quite the opposite. The only thing I know for sure is I don't know anything for sure
100 % disagree. He could rightfully contest the vote, making a recount yet another thing the globalists would have to hide, cheat on, and wait on. . They are desperate to renew the money laundering in the Ukraine, and he blocked every attempt. With what Trump is doing with Iran making the EU even more screwed and money starved, every week, every day counts for them. They tried unsuccessfully to rewrite the EU by laws so he could not veto their scams, so getting rid of Orban yesterday has become existential to the survival of the globalist EU fascist state.
Yes. that election stinks... BAD. VERY likely machine driven election FRAUD.
A damned jew elected...
The percentage of Jews in Hungary is approximately 0.5% of the total population, which is around 9.6 million as of 2026. The core Jewish population is estimated to be about 45,000.
They are better than most of the EU countries as far as having some common\ sense, but never forget they were the #1 staging ground for everything that was sent to the Ukraine (and probably what was laundered back) and they supplied more mercenaries than any other country.
—“something that looks like a hamburger, cooks like a hamburger, and tastes exactly like a moist, heavily salted kitchen sponge.”
Just about choked, I was laughing so hard reading that!! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Ever since watching Soylent Green as a pre-teen, I vowed to never eat anything close to something like that. I’m happy they went down! Yuck 🤮
Me too. Do you realize SG was set in 2022?
Yikes!?!
Did not know that. That explains a lot.
Haha I remember that movie too. “Soylent Green…is people!!!” 🤣🤣
I could almost dance with joy with the destruction of the fake food industry🎉🎉. And I have to agree 100% with Jeff. I don’t need to see Trump‘s post. I hope he deletes it. There is only one savior and that is Jesus Christ the son of God. And I hope Eric gets kicked out of Congress.🙏🏻 keep praying for our nation and our leaders for they are fickle humans just like us.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I agree 100%. My only knock on Trump is that he is so thin skinned when it comes to people who ridicule him. He doesn't understand that those are the people who don't matter to him anyway. Lions do not concern themselves with the opinions of sheep.
04/13/26: Re Swalwell, WISH GRANTED. Remember Congressman Gary Condit and Chandra Levy in 2001?
No I had to look them up, so sad we know the perverts have been around as long as I am alive :-(
04/14/26: Condit and Swalwell are remarkably similar sewer creatures. Poor Chandra.
Agreed
We are getting closer…. For serious though, it warms the cockles of me heart to see these fake food scams tanking!
I’ve thought of that movie many times when I shop for groceries especially now that I’ve seen the words “contains bioengineered ingredients” on the back of packages!
I mean, "natural flavor" could literally be just about anything!
So true!
I’ve read that a lot of companies use that jargon to hide the secret ingredient of cricket powder.
If that is true, and I suspect it is at least to some degree, we need MAHA to make it illegal for food companies to use weasel language like that, which is only there to hide what they don’t want you to see.
I suspect MAHA is on the case in that regard. The "natural flavor" scam is already being mortally undermined by the auditing of the GRAS (ingredients "generally regarded as safe") scam wherein MAHA is soon to require PROOF of safety of ALL ingredients.
"Natural flavour?"
Look up Senomyx
Incredibly evil. 😡😧
🤢🤮
Whoa, I have never seen that! What products say that?!!?
Start reading more packaging! Nearly every processed food contains “natural flavors” *and* “bioengineered ingredients” now.
I read all packaging because the hubby cannot do seed oils or msg(natural flavors)without ending up in the hospital. Maybe I'm just already looking at cleaner stuff?
Also, if you see a "Smart Label" on packaging, it basically means there are bio-engineered ingredients (GMO's) that they want you to have to go to a web site and track down because they know most people won't bother and just buy it anyway.
Good to know! 👍🏻
Clem, are you asking about “contains bioengineered ingredients “ or about “natural flavor”? I’ve seen both on many many products. Start reading the back of labels on the foods you purchase and you will see them too.
The "bioengineered ingredients" I've never seen. I have to avoid all natural flavoring already.
Natural flavor is not necessarily bad depending on the rest of the ingredient list. But it's of course best to just avoid it. I have written to companies who have basically said that it's a way to not give away their secret seasonings that make their product unique. Of course, I'm sure it's not true for all of them by any means, and it is certainly used by many companies to cover up chemical replacements for actual natural flavorings (the FDA considers this acceptable since the flavorings are chemically identical to their natural counterparts).
Hellman's mayo, for one.
The cochineal insects ( parasites) used to create red food dye is officially classified as "natural". Shows up on the label as Carmine, cochineal extract, Natural Red 4, or E120. "You vill eat de bugs, und be happy!"
Nancy S: that bug dye makes my eyes swell shut. It does not happen quickly but the swelling lasts about 24 hours with antihistamine med. 😖 It is in most foods that are not naturally red: smoky link sausages, pepperoni, etc.
04/13/26: You're reading a list of the ingredients of rocket fuel!
Me too!
My husband and I still quote that line, often. One year as a gag gift, his father gave him "Soylent Green protein bars".... Hilarious!
If you have not seen it, do yourself a favor and watch Drop Dead Gorgeous, an excellent mockumentary from the 90’s back when comedies were funny. Great, really great, cast—including Amy Adams’ first screen role. One of the beauty pageant contestants’ talent was a Soylent Green monologue.
Adding to my list! Thank you! :)
Love that movie. Kirsten Dunst is great.
Plus Kirstie Alley, Allison Janney, Ellen Barkin, Denise Richards!!!
Oh that’s awesome!
I remember it too as a young teen! Yuck 🤢
That movie affected a lot of us. It still is super disturbing today, because there are insane elites who actually think like the bad guys in Soylent Green. When I read how some states are jumping on the bandwagon of using the dearly departed as fertilizer, I have to wonder how short a jump it could be to turning them into something they want on our dinner plates.
How about the dearly departed being melted down and washed down the drain which then goes to the water treatment facility which then goes back into the water supply? Yikes!!
Not exactly a new thought. One of the reasons that the Aztecs were defeated is that the Spanish found ready allies among their neighbors. It seems that the Aztecs were taking captives, sacrificing them to their sun god and then eating the bodies. It was their solution to a protein problem that occurred because they over-hunted their immediate ecosystem.
Remember “mad cow disease “? It came from feeding dead cows to cows 🐮 🤢
Too true!!! 😳😱
Ditto!! Funny how a movie can have such an impact years and years later.
Have you heard about liquid cremation? They dissolve your body into a liquid, sterile they say, and it can be disposed of in your municipal waste treatment to go into the water supply. Not joking, ugh!!!! Here is a link. They currently allow this in my county in Washington state. https://www.cremationassociation.org/alkalinehydrolysis.html
No! It’s disgusting imo. Just put me on an urn please
Me too! And the Kellogs powdered corn husks coated with enough sugar to spike diabetes.... Yep - looks like Mom and Dad were so right all those decades ago when they would by-pass the sugar coated cereal boxes with all little "free" prizes meant to entice the kiddos and go instead to the isle with the boring box of oatmeal, then to buy a carton of eggs and a side of bacon....
Moral of the story?
Listen to your parents!
You may discover they were right ... in abt 50 years or so! 😁
I haven't eaten cereal in many years, but yesterday I walked thru the cereal aisle and was astounded and how many products there now are. When I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s, I remember just a few cereals: Shredded Wheat, Grape Nuts, Rice Krispies, Cheerios, Corn Flakes (and also Frosted Flakes), Raisin Bran, maybe a couple of others. I know none of them are good for you, but at least the choices were limited and they were not so packed with weird ingredients back then.
My brother and I were just talking about the cereals we ate as kids and not one of them were sweetened! Neither he nor I still don’t like any sweetened cereals as adults.
Our mom would not let us get the pre-sweetened ones because they cost more. But then we put so much sugar on the non-sweetened brands that there was always a pile of sugar sludge at the bottom of the bowl that we would then slurp up. Good times.
Good times indeed! Loved that sugar sludge at the bottom.
Same! 😂
Put brown sugar on my Cheerios since it was unsweetened.🤣
I loved to sprinkle white sugar over both cheerios and rice krispies. My mom would discourage it, of course.
We had several cereals to choose from: Puffed Rice, Puffed Wheat, Cheerios and Corn Flakes. I tried Captain Crunch once at a friend’s house, and it absolutely shredded my upper palate. It was sugared into hard, sharp squares that tore up my whole mouth. But I still thought it was a treat compared to Puffed Wheat.
Special K!
I loved soaking grape nuts in the milk until softer before consuming. Also drowning it in sugar to create sludge mentioned above.
More choices of the same crap!
Yup same here 😁 I had smart parents too!
My parents also refused to buy the sugar cereals, as I do my children.
So Corn Flakes are made from corn husks, not the kernals?
I don't think so. My parents grew up in Battle Creek Michigan which was where Post and Kellogg's both had their factories, and they had family that worked for both. They used actual corn. Whether or not there was some corn husk mixed in is anyone's guess, but probably. Corn Flakes have basically no fiber (1 gram, and 4 grams of sugar)) so I don't think they used corn husks. Maybe they do now, I don't know as I don't eat Corn Flakes.
Thanks, Jeff mentioned corn husks huge amounts of sugar related to early Kellogg's cereal. I think his history may be off. Corn Flakes was the original cereal, which came out around 1907, while a quick search shows Corn Flakes' sugary brother Frosted Flakes didn't come out until 1951. I'm guessing he's wrong about the corn husk content as well.
I think some of it was poetic license but the main theme still is valid.
Take a look at the ingredients. Most has their 1st ingredient listed as wheat
When I was growing up it was Wheaties and we were allowed to sprinkle Trix on top- no straight Trix!!
I bet a sprinkle of the raspberry flavored cricket powder would help.
John the baptist lived on locusts and wild honey 🍯 But maybe God blessed him and kept him healthy despite the diet? 🤷♂️
That could refer to the fruit of the Locust Tree. It produces pods that have pulp in them that is sweet and very good for you.
I’ve heard it was most likely the fruit of the Locust Tree as well.
I've not heard the locust tree angle, sounds much more appitizing!
https://blessedbuyisrael.com/products/locusts-and-honey?_pos=2&_psq=locust&_ss=e&_v=1.0
Unlikely. Torah specifically declares grasshoppers, locusts, and similar as Kosher, so there's no reason to think that the original audience shared Modern American food aversions. After all, chocolate-covered ants are readily available as a European delicacy, and there are markets in Hispanic neighborhoods that sell grasshoppers and other critters that Americans don't usually eat.
Eating dog in China is a rite of passage for many ExPats, though Chinese themselves don't eat it very often as they prefer pork.
Locust Trees grow all over Israel. They aren’t imaginary. And they would speak of them as locusts.
Locusts area considered Kosher, yes. But alternatively he could have simply been eating the fruit of the Locust Tree.
It is often referred to as the locust tree or Saint John’s bread, linking it to historical and biblical references, including the diet of John the Baptist.
Proving that if you put enough sweetener on anything chewable it becomes edible - the basis for highly processed food.
I don’t believe they had ‘sugar’ in those days.
The had honey, which is a sweetener, no?
Yes it says he ate honey and locusts.
They weren’t sprayed. 😉
🤣🤣🤣
Hahahaa! 👏
I can’t look at my kitchen sponge the same way ever again. 😝
It’s a 100% apt description! 😂
I'm happy to say that I don't know.
Yep - the joke is MUCH better than the actual product. Or, so I hear. Never tried the crap. GIVE ME BEEF!
Great line, even though I've never tasted one, thankfully. I knew from the moment they came on the market they were toxic GMO ultra processed crap. No chance I was ever going to try them.
Yeah I don’t mind black bean burgers or mushroom burgers but this mystery “meat” does not appeal to me at all 😝
Yeah, there are some good plant burgers out there, including the two you mention. If I want something that tastes like hamburger, I will just have a hamburger (from local farms that are all around where I live and just let their cattle graze).
And they even tried to make the fake burgers look “bloody.” So gross!!
I agree, just get good quality beef (or bison) and enjoy it as it was meant to be enjoyed 😁😋
I read where they have 37 times as much estrogen in them as beef. I suppose the soy boys loved that
All that fake soy c**p…soy upsets my stomach, so I always am on the lookout for it in packaging. There is no soy anything that will replace a good ol’ steak.
I laughed out loud- wasn’t expecting the sponge!
I wasn’t either! 😆😁
04/13/26: I'm glad you took the trouble to type the above. I exploded with laughter when I read it, and being somewhat of a comedy writer myself, I know that we writers --- I'll assume that J.C. counts himself to be somewhat in this circle --- like to hear positive feedback about the punchlines that work. You saved me the trouble and I thank you.
Bonus Quiz: There's something extra-special about 05/02/19, the day that Almost Digestible But Isn't went public (stock market). What is it? Sorry, no clues, and no answer unless someone hits the nail on the head.
So perfect!!!
And thank you for that valiant and proper critique of the meme. Great job bringing everyone back together. We cannot divide.
Also appreciate your reference to Promethean Action.
Todays C&C had little humor or use of high stakes vocabulary.
It most definitely rained biological and nutritional illiteracy culminating with
inaccurate assessments.
Not necessary to provide a tuturial on the prebiotic, or gut flora benefits of fiber
in plant based nutrition. Dis-ease avoidance, ethical considerations, environmental
concerns etc. That course was dated 35 years ago.
The "fake meat" burgers are garbage but not for the reasons mentioned.
Glyphosate (Jeff thought it a pesticide not long ago) is in any and all non organic
grains. It causes malignancy but also chronic degenerative dis-ease.
The grains are mostly animal fodder for those that choose "real" meat,
an euphemism for dead animal eating.
Suggesting the AI image is blasphemy is also, an inaccurate assessment.
The Pape is the head of the largest phoney Christian church.
(was raised in that darkness) He also runs a child trafficing racket from his fortified fortress, wears red slippers to mock, while fools engage in meaningless rituals. Drink the blood, eat the body, "con" fession etc etc.
Notre Dame university filled with homosexual "Seminarians" etc etc
However (I do not digress) conflating the image as Jeff has done is sophomoric.
The AI image is designed to suggest the gravity of the current geo political scenario.
DJT is making the best possible decisions, as most readers have been witnessing.
Jesus suggested that "You can do greater things than I". He was not joking.
Someone has to make the toughest decisions. That in no way competes with Jesus.
Last I checked the misunderstood sacrifice happened over 2000 years ago. Nor is it an attempt.
Just a stupid AI image. Get used to them, because otherwise intelligent people
think they are cute.
If God didn’t want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of MEAT???
THIS!
I was about to post the same comment, but I was busy cleaning up spit-out coffee! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It was definitely a coffee spitting and spilling moment 😆😁
You will all eat fake meat .....and be happy! Zig Heil!
My *exact* reaction, RL.
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A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
O Yahweh, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even Yahweh.
Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.
— Jeremiah 17:12-14 LSB
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Matthew 24:32-35 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Now we just need to land on what, exactly, is a generation?
Since Israel became a nation in May of 1948, I say we are def in the generation of the fig tree. Not the “untimely figs”, but the real fig tree.
I tend to see prophecy in scripture as largely Jerusalem-centric (for several reasons I won’t go into) so my thought is— see what makes a generation in Israel. According to Alexa (whom I detest, but it’s a little fight my hubs won, so, there she sits) people in Jerusalem live to be about 82.9 years old. So, 1948 + 82.9 =2,030.9
That puts us in September of 2030, although Israel’s calendar is a bit different from our Gregorian calendar. Either way, it seems pretty imminent.
I say, BRING IT!
Sidebar: The bible mentions Israel as being the ONLY country that “was, then was not, then was again”. It was a country, then was no longer a country, then returned in 1948, to once again be a country, thus checking another box ✔️ of prophetic requirements.
The word of God is so cool.
From Psalm 90:10: "We have finished our years like a sigh. As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years..."
We're right on the doorstep.
Genesis 6:3 (NKJV) 3 And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
1944 + 120=2,064
BUT, there are others who lived far longer. Methuselah springs to mind.
I HOPE we don’t have to wait till 2064!
Not a problem for me I’ll be in Glory way before 2064
1948+70=2,018
1948+80=2,028
Israel. Israel. Israel. Israel lost their covenant with God. The one and only covenant now is between Christians and God. The New Testament=the New Covenant. WE are now the New Israel. WE are now Israel. Now the problem is how to unite Christians who fight among themselves.
God keeps His covenants even when people (including Israel) don't. If He didn't keep His promises to Israel, we Christians have nothing to stand on. God has NOT turned His back on Israel and the Church has not replaced Israel. Jesus lay down His life to fulfill God's plan. No one took his life from Him.
No, Israel is still Israel and we are grafted into Israel. Have you read Roman's 11? I am so tired of this mantra. We did not replace Israel.
Yes, we did. Do the Jews love Christ? No. Does Ben Shapiro, the most famous Jew on the planet today, love Christ? No. Their fall is not irreparable, so as never to rise again: but by their offending, salvation (through the liberal mercy of God) is come to the Gentiles, that they, the Jews, may be emulous of the Gentiles, and of their happiness, and so may be converted.
So you have to love Christ in order to avoid being cut off from his covenant? What about "While we were yet sinners"? They did not stop being his covenant people because he opened it up to the Gentiles. Of course they have to come through Christ to be saved like everyone else, but he will display his story through the Jews' story until the end of time.
Not according to the word and according to Jonathan Cahn, a “completed Jew” who knows the bible AND Judaism backward and forward.
Not only do the Jews not LOVE Christ Jesus, they despise Him and claim He’s boiling in shit.
If they are your greatest allies, YOU are a traitor to Jesus Christ.
I’m talking to you, you so-called “Christian Zionists.”
I cannot understand why people can’t understand Romans 9-11. Or Isaiah 66:8. If God goes back on His promise to Abraham, and to Moses, then why should He uphold His promises to me? God does not go back on His promises to the Jews. Everything is unfolding exactly according to the prophesies laid out in the Bible, and Israel is right at the center of them. Jesus is going to return on the Mount of Olives and will reign in Jerusalem. If Israel is wiped out, to satisfy all the Jew-haters, then Jesus can’t fulfill that prophesy. Re-think your theology.
PREACH, Mary!!!
This crazy anti-semitism—— in ANY form, is pure stupidity and hatred for the sake of hatred.
Prayerfully read Paul’s letter to the Galatians.
I know that passage well, Galatians 3:28-29. But that does not thereby negate what the same writer wrote about the Jews in Romans 9-11.
So you think God is capricious, like a human being?
God is immutable. You know that. Israel BROKE the covenant with God murdering His Son. Get a grip.
And you didnt have any part in killing him, I presume. 🙄
And if killing God's Son isn't a deal-breaker, you tell me what is.
God longs for Israel to believe in Jesus but he hasn’t chucked them off to the side. Israel is still Israel. The replacement junk is just that— junk.
His heart is with Jerusalem and all of Israel is his beloved. WE TOO are “Israel”— but that doesn’t mean Israel isn’t Israel.
King Zedikiah went to battle (without consulting God?) and Israel was touted. All of them died— the men, BUT his daughters lived, one of whom was named Scota, and sailed with their uncle Joseph the tinman, went over the Caucasus Mtns., hence the label— caucasians, over to form Scotland. There, they still have stories and even hymns abt Joseph the Tin Man, and Scota. Those people are rooted in Israel— as are we, if we are Caucasian. Ethiopians are as well as others.
Anyway, Israel IS Israel.
Big Fat Bullseye!
Later Jay
If you follow Ethical Skeptic (ECDO theory) or Sun Weatherman on X, you will see that 2030 is about right.
I follow the skeptic but haven’t read a post of his (hers?) for a bit. I’ll look them up.
I mostly study the bible chapter by chapter, verse by verse, with an OLD guy on TV. I’ve studied with him since our firstborn arrived, 34 years ago. He was on one night in the wee hours when I was up with her, and I was too tired to get up and change the channel. He has been a life changer for me, chapter by chapter.
It saddens me that Ethical Skeptic seems to be an athiest or agnostic.
I would love to find out that he is a believer in Christ Jesus.
Interesting that the year 2030 keeps popping up 🤔
Amen! Yes it is! He orchestrated the end from the beginning!
Amen
Poland was, then was not, then was again after World War I.
Boy, aren't you all going to be surprised.
(NKJV)
A Hymn of Faith
17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
God made earth so beautiful, a true work of art. I have asked him to reconsider His position as He worked so hard to make it so lovely.
When He makes all things new, that includes Christ followers. We will see differently. And since there will be no sadness, we will not yearn for what used to be. I imagine it to be a complete fulfillment of what could have been had sin not entered our world.
I am still asking for a revision. The beauty here is breathtaking. He did such a magnificent job. Thanks for your post Janice as it is lovely too.
Yes, this is our home. We were made for it and visa versa. So, ...
Later Jay
Exactly. All encompassing Hope!
Although I used to get National Geographic, it is my computer that has really brought home the beauty of Earth to me.
Every time I turn it on they show me some magnificent waterfall, lake, jungle, or other gorgeous place on our planet. Or they show me wildlife, equally majestic.
Yeah, I'm truly impressed with the loveliness of Earth also.
Mrs. RW
Imagine it without spot or blemish
Or spiders. 🤣
I love spiders. Have some living in the house. They are my free pest control:} And they are all named Charlotte.
That is adorable. One of my favorite books as a child.
Love the name
Or fire ants!
I like spots. There are a lot of things that have them and not all are bad.
Me too. I have seen creations beauty and spoke with my kids and others of God’s Hand. So I remind myself that this isn’t my home so much lately. Especially hearing planes at 4 am, with 7 minute intervals; of “cloud seeding” Our sky’s not what my youth remembers. Heaven will not disappoint, I’m sure. But I was born on the West Coast. Pacific Ocean by day, Sierra Nevada’s by night. (When you could still see the stars). I’m praying with you.
There will be a new Heaven and Earth. So we will still have earth only the beauty will not be marred by the curse! We can’t even imagine the beauty.
Someday
Clocks will stop
Minutes won’t matter
Seconds will cease
Freed from time’s constraints
We will slip the bonds
Of earthly life to
Enter eternity with our
Everlasting King
And we will be
Finally free—
Forever home.
— Janice Powell 2026
Sounds like 15 minute cities near data centers.
Romans 11:25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Partial?
Romans 11:3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.”
Rom 11:4 But what is God's reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Rom 11:5 So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
Oy Vey, he is not Baal. Perhaps you should be more worried about infants being used for SRA or does that not bother you in the least as you post your scriptures? Next.
I think scriptures he’s posting is God’s. Just saying.
Zechariah 12:3 On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it
For finding fault with them, He says,
“BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD,
WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW COVENANT
WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH;
NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS
ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND
TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT;
FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT,
AND I DID NOT CARE FOR THEM, SAYS THE LORD.
“FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD:
I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS,
AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS.
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,
AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
“AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN,
AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, ‘KNOW THE LORD,’
FOR ALL WILL KNOW ME,
FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.
“FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES,
AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE.” -- Hebrews 8:8-12 NAS95
(All caps indicate it is quoted from the Old Testament. I'm not yelling.)
The Old Testament covenant belonged to Israel, however since they killed Christ they lost the covenant which God now has with Christianity, hence the New Testament or New Covenant. God still loves the Jews but wills that they convert to His Son and Christianity.
He said that He would give ISRAEL a New Covenant. That HE would write it in THEIR heart.
The early church was made up of JEWS. He has not forsaken them.
He shared the New Covenant with the Gentiles (He would graft a WILD olive branch into the Olive tree (Israel) . And when you brag against Israel, HE also said that he would cut off those branches bragging that that they had replaced Israel and He would graft them (Jews)back in.
When an unfruitful olive branch is cut off an olive tree, it can lay for years beside the tree. Then a tree surgeon can come along, cut a slit in the Olive tree, pick up a dead branch and place it in the slit in its side, wraps it in linen, and 3 says!! later, the branch will once again be a part of that olive tree.
I always thought the slit in Yeshua’s side was just yet another injustice that put it over the top.
But it wasn’t.
It was to graft us into the Tree.
3 days….resurrection
Wrapped in linen.
Wild olive branch…..you and me
And then, suddenly, the original branch is grafted back in.
When you boast AGAINST the original branches, He takes offense. Please read what the Word says about it in Romans
Replacement theology has taken over the grafted in truth and now is approving of anti semitism which is fulfilling the prophecies of Revelation that some believe have already been fulfilled and we have entered the 1000 peaceful reign of Christ on Earth. 🤔🤷🏼♀️ 😵💫
Jews still say that Jesus is boiling in Hell in feces (Ben Shapiro) so you tell me how God has made them all bright and shiny and new again. The NEW ISRAEL is made up of those who receive Christ as King and Lord of all.
Oh please. 🙄 I can't even answer this anymore. Losing the plot over Israel is costing the right our legitimacy. We are bleeding brain cells through this "America only, Israel bad" stupidity.
Jesus is the vine. Only those individuals/ groups that are attached to him are part of his body. His Spirit resides within his followers.
Romans killed Christ, no?
They were the blunt instrument. Caiaphas and the snakes of the Sanhedrin actually did the deed. P. Pilot acquiesced to the Jewish leads and the rest is history.
All part of the plan and had to go down for ALL of us.
Later Jay
It was not the Romans who cried, "CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM!". It was the Jews. The Jews demanded that Pilate send Our Lord to die by crucifixion. The Roman soldiers obeyed Pilate's orders. Pilate gave in to the demand of the Jews.
What is even more interesting is that there was not one person who wrote about Jesus, who ever saw him in person, spoke to him, etc.
Josephus wrote about him.
Actually, he didn’t. He mentioned that there was someone who was creating a following through speeches he was giving, but that was about all. It was a passing reference, and nothing about any kind special attributes, etc.
Let’s not forget no one put Christ on the cross. And no one could have prevented it. Praise be to God.
That doesn't even make sense.
He CAME to save 🙌
Jesus tells us in John 10:17-18….”For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, & authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”
Also check out this…many references to the plan of Salvation in the Old Testament. Before Joseph was given His name. https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-in-the-Old-Testament.html
Romans 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Which Israel?
Imagined in 1948?
I should probably refrain from replying, but Israel, in that verse and all of the Old Testament, refers to all the descendants of Jacob, whose name was also called Israel, whose Grandfather Abraham made the covenant with Yahweh.
In other words, not just the Jews from the Tribe of Judah, but all the other hundreds of millions of Israelites alive today who are not Jews physically speaking. The nation state in the middle east by that name is somewhat misleading, and should be called Judea.
Never refrain from such valid responses, Dave.
I’d like to add to that Dave. After Solomon died, the nation of Israel was split. The northern kingdom of 10 tribes was called Israel because it retained the tribes of Ephraim and Manassah who were Josephs kids whom he blessed. 1 Chronicles 5:2 tells us the birthright remained with Joseph so anyone calling themselves Israel needed to be incorporated with the head tribe who retained the birthright name. This northern nation even had their own capital city of Samaria and their own lines of kings. The southern kingdom was the tribes of Judah and Benjamin with capital city of Jerusalem and its own line of kings. The 2 kingdoms fought with each other at times through the books of 1&2 Kings and Chronicles. The Scepter was given to Judah so the Judah line had to give birth to the Messiah. The prophets all have different prophesies for Israel and for Judah so they are separate. God divorced the kingdom of Israel (ref Hosea) and sent them off the land to Assyria in 745BC and they were considered lost (lost their national identity) and blinded. They were settled near the Black and Caspian seas near the Caucasus mountains eventually migrating into Europe when Babylon conquered Assyria. Judah on the other hand was not divorced from God but was temporarily deported to Babylon around 604BC for 70 years. Jeremiah speaks about the good and bad figs of Judah. They came back to the land and rebuilt the temple (see Ezra) and eventually had to birth the Messiah in Bethlehem. According to Josephus, Edom was absorbed into modern Jewry by John Hercanus around 125BC. This is not disputed. Edom was the descendants of Esau, Jacobs brother. So the modern “Judeans”, “Judahites”, or “Jews” for short have elements of Jeremiah’s bad figs and Edomites. These are not allowed to call themselves “Israel” as they are not united with the birthright tribe of Joseph (Ephraim and Manassah). Jacob stole the birthright from Esau in an unlawful manner by deceiving Isaac in Genesis and acting like he was Esau. Hence, God saw fit to return the birthright to Esau for a season to prove he was unworthy. Since God blinded Israel, God allowed Esau to take the birthright back for a season under the name Israel similar to how Jacob stole the birthright while Isaac was blind.
To add to that, the true Jews (good figs of Judah) are the ones of heart circumcision as Paul says, not geneology. True Jews submit to the King of Judah (Jesus Christ). Same with true Israel. Christ will repair the breach between Israel and Judah. Bloodthirstyness comes from the spirit of Esau/Edom. Edom means red.
You mean Palestine?
Countries have many names.
Where is Canaan?
Canaan = Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel.
Point taken. That question is only confusing to 21st century American Christians. Historically, this was never a question.
Who writes history?
Archeologists
Whoever is in power determines what people are allowed to "know".
\God's Word is truth and Jesus' followers threaten those that do not follow Him because His followers only fear God and not man.
His-Story
You don't criticize Trump until now. You rejected his image post with him as Jesus. What about Trump's Easter Sunday morning post?
Having spent 9 years obtaining a Doctorate in Ruminant Nutrition I find it ironic that Beyond Meat was trying to make one of the main species that can actually digest fiber and turn it into nutrients extinct. Long live cows and other ruminants.
They are also so important for regenerative farming, which would provide healthier food and soil, while the soil acts as a carbon sink- which should make the Climate crazy people happy!
Sheep do too! From a sheep farmer.
YES!!!!!!
I saw a joke that was similar. Something like: While Gates and others try to turn plants into meat, cows have been doing that for centuries.
Yes, long live all the ruminants and their beautiful digestive tracts!
Well, if you believe in the depopulation / Gates theory, then it makes perfect sense. I feel it more ironic that the CEO actually believes the crap he is spewing OR that he thinks at least half + of us haven't caught onto the game yet.... and that we would believe such a ridiculous premise. Obv if he gave himself a raise from 5M to 30M, he knew the jig was up and being a cretin himself, doesn't actually care about the health of the planet or humans, but alas.... just self enrichment, like every other swamp creature.
"pseudoscientific jargon" and government dietary guidelines... oh please.....
Pope Leo should stay in his lane.
I didn’t see the meme the way Jeff did. I saw it as Trump doing God’s work, because God uses man to do His will. So it was a slam to the one man who should be doing God’s work but isn’t, The Pope.
The Pope remained silent about the slaughter of 40,000+ Iranians by their own government. Not even a mild chastisement was given.
The Pope remains silent about the genocide of Christians in Nigeria.
Any condemnation about a righteous war against a terrorist regime is disgusting in my book in light of the Pope’s silence on the other things.
The Pope is clearly anti-Trump and that can only be due to “political interests” feeding him TDS.
Nothing in Trump’s post about the Pope was a lie. But even in Jesus’ day, when Jesus spoke the truth to religious leaders, they crucified him. (No I’m not making Trump equal to Jesus, I’m pointing out that religious leaders and their followers have ALWAYS hated hearing the truth when it exposes their hypocrisy.)
I agree with Juju. If Trump had said he was playing Jesus in that meme, that would have been over the top but I see him dressed as the pope and suggesting that he is doing a better job in carrying out Christ's will than an elected "Spiritual leader" as the Roman Catholic religion considers the papacy.
The side by side pictures of his meme and the pope make me think this is the most likely explanation.
Oh that actually makes a lot more sense.
If ,like 98% of the world, you knew nothing of the verbal duel between the Pope and President Trump, and saw his meme what would be the first thing you would think. I agree with Jeff and believe you would think he was elevating himself to a god like position. Jesus is my Savior and Trump is my President but this was wrong and I am glad he retracted it. In my view, his explanation of his reasoning was very thin. IMHO.
I’ll take your word for it, JuJu and M.Patrick McCrary.
I love your perspective. It was a little too edgy, but I think you are probably right.
Juju…”Nothing in Trump’s post about the Pope was a lie.” Right on! But then we know that according to those with TDS their only mantra is that he lies. Though when questioned, as I have done many times, they are hard pressed to come up with anything concrete…just blithering CNN nonsense.
Usually not even that!
Triple Boom Juju! The Pope needs to shut his piehole. What a hypocrite he is. The Pope is a Dope.
My stomach has been churning over this. Thank you for your perspective.
I thought the pope was too critical of Trump over immigration and Iran, but also thought- that’s what he should do. Always remind of us of the primacy to care for our neighbor and the atrocities of any war, so therefore should be avoided.
Trump went over the line. Most practicing Catholics are also unhappy about Trumps support of the abortion pill and IVF. This has sent many over the cliff, I’m hanging by my fingernails.
Of course with the Democratic Party heading where it is, there’s still little choice.
Indeed, not sure that Pope Leo has been an equal opportunity chastiser of world evils.
Trump isn’t pro-abortion. He got that sent back to the states, where it belonged. There are states in which there are demonic strongholds. Let the states decide how demonic they want to be, let them “sow the wind and reap the whirlwind”.
Let them be judged for their wickedness. And let the states that voted AGAINST murdering babies NOT have to be judged for that.
Trump did that.!
He has done better than any president for the pro- life movement, and moving the decision to individual states is probably the best option in the long run. We need to change hearts and minds.
However he has been promoting IVF, which entails killing embryos, and the abortion pill is harming women in huge numbers- they do not have to adhere to any safety standards (or reporting of harm) or prerequisites or qualifications to dispense by mail to anyone in any state. He does not want to touch that one. Interstate dispensing needs to be addressed federally.
I do give him credit where credit is due. Trump has turned around many egregious trajectories in government/culture.
The line between good & evil runs down the human heart and moves one way or the other with every word (tweet!) and deed we do. Glad Jesus is the Judge and not me!
Meg D my viewpoint is that the Pope is a man. A sinner just like the rest of us. He has opinions and I think he needs to be aware that whatever he says that is political will be controversial. I trust in Jesus and that's all that matters. In my opinion I think God has His hand on President Trump. How else can such a flawed man be so reviled, persecuted over so many years yet be successful doing things that are not normal. God's Will be done.
Well said, Karmy.
My local Catholic Church is full of ‘practicing Leftists’ who are fully in support of ‘women’s rights, LGBTQ rights…’, etc., etc. But they would never vote for Trump; who is not pro abortion, by the way. He has been widely praised by the Pro-Life movement as being more helpful than any past president.
They sound Episcopalian!
Might as well be! But it’s in the family, you know…Catholic as far back as anyone remembers. Treated like a social club.
I agree with much of your comment, Meg D. Problem is that unless the Pope is making lots of comments about other countries and their leaders that we don’t hear about, which is possible and I’d like to read them, he seems to be laser focused on calling out the US leadership, specifically our President, and Israel in this case. I think it’s gotten out of hand from both sides. Trump takes the bait quite often, not one of his great qualities in my opinion. Sometimes it’s important to turn the other cheek, to use a Biblical reference, and/or make very specific tactfully placed comments. Trump seems to be good at strategy and then fails to act strategically in situations like this. In doing so, I think he does damage to himself and his legacy which some say he cares a lot about. The Pope needs to stick to general broad messaging and stop it with these seemingly pointed attacks. They both seem to be degenerating in their little tiff, and it’s very unbecoming.
I'm wondering if the Catholic hieracrchy elected their first American pope just to be a bigger thorn in President Trump's side rather than their usual foreigner that is easier to dismiss when he is critical of the US in some way.
Trump got Roe overturned with his SCOTUS picks. He's most definitely not pro abortion.
This Pope and his immediate predecessor are essentially communists.
I am Catholic, but do not respect him for his selective outrage. Rampant pedophilia unchecked by decades of Popes, ignoring the plight of Christians in Africa and parts of Asia, and dismissing the Persian people of Iran's plight deserve no respect. I wish he'd sit down and shut up.
Does this help your stomach?
JuJu found the original posting of this meme. It goes back to February 4, when Nick Adams celebrated the healing work of Trump in America.
That’s what Trump was saying; not that he’s Jesus, for Pete’s sake!
https://ibb.co/n8Q4dGGt
Read what Nick Adams said on February 4.
I would like Jeff to address Axelrod's private meeting with the pope . I think it was within the last few weeks. Is Axelrod Catholic? I don't know.
I believe Axelrod is Jewish.
Excellent question, Lisa. That was very suspicious and not in a good way. I too would be interested in information on it but not sure how Jeff would find out, as it seems to be hush hush as many papal meetings are.
Meg,
Please look at the Libertarian Party. There are other choices beyond the sunk cost fallacy. Just a thought.
https://lp.org/
Later Jay
Voting Libertarian instead of Republican is the same as a vote for the Dems.
Libertarians have never accomplished anything politically in this country. They're almost entirely un-electable, and if Rand Paul is the archetype, are unrealistically "pure".
Well spoken Juju... 100% agreement!... My total view of that meme is that it renders POTUS as a healer of America... Nothing more, nothing less.
Well done.
Thank you Juju! You nailed it! His silence on Nigeria and Iran murdering its own is deafening. His vocal diarrhea of the mouth concerning Trumps handling of Iran is screeching in my ears. He would do well to stop talking and just help the poor. If he has such a problem with our immigration laws then he would do well to open the WALLS of the Vatican and bring in all the homeless over there. 🤔 Never in a million years would they actually put up or shut up. The Pope brought this on himself. I thought Trump showed some restraint with his words in comparison to some others. I didn’t even see the picture nor do I care to.
He might also open the coffers of the Church, sell the huge cache of incredibly valuable items in the Vatican, and help the poor and needy instead of hoarding all that wealth.
The Marxist pope attached PDJT politically and today complains he doesn't want to debate in the political arena when PDJT fires back.
I love your perspective
Wow! Thanks for the other perspective!! I haven’t looked at what Trump posted yet but now I plan to do so.
I always pray for Trump to come to a better understanding of his need for and his position in Christ because he has definitely been used by God to accomplish many things that are a restoration to the principles this country was founded on….biblical christian principles. I also pray that many of us can take a different look at it because I do fear it will hurt President Trump. I don’t want that to happen. You have offered me some talking points if I encounter those who took it the other way….as I did at first after hearing about it. That’s why I didn’t rush to look.
He already deleted it because of the backlash so it’s not there anymore but I’m sure X will oblige everyone with seeing it
Juju, Well, at least someone deleted that post...
Never without his explicit directive or permission. Trump controls his own posts.
Great perspective... 👍
John 14:12-13 (NKJV)
The Answered Prayer
12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
These works will be to the glory of God the Father 🙏🇨🇦
And John 14:10. “On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in Me, and I in you.”
I know Jesus is in me. Not with the faith the Apostles had, but with faith.
President Trump was miraculously saved in Butler, Pa. I suspect his faith now is considerably stronger than mine and he closely feels God’s presence.
That's how I saw it, too. Look at the "Great Commission." Mark 16:15-18.
A very interesting take, and with a lot of merit. I suspect more of us would "get it" that way if the image wasn't so stereotypically Jesus-like. I tend to only look for humor in memes since i don't read the comics section any more. I gotta admit that this one struck me as "off" , smacked of John Lennon's comment.
Your point about the silence of so many "important" people about the real, daily atrocities while obsessing over minor but politically convenient ones (the war dept bombed a school full of kids!!!) Is also right on!
Intresting perspective indeed! Thanks, Juju!
I agree. I did not look at it like he was playing Jesus.
Did you hear the pope had a long meeting with David Axelrod last week. You know Obama is behind this! Why is the pope meeting with Axelrod, the most pro abortion advisor in the history of advisors. Why isn’t the pope talking about the tens of thousands of Iranian protestors the mullahs gunned down. Wouldn’t it be nice to hear a homily on how evil it is that there are 63 million babies killed by abortion each year, no? Your right Skenny the pope should get back in his lane!
Leftists work in gangs. 😉
And the three of them - Leo, Axelrod and Obama- are all from Chicago.
While JC is fuming about misinterpreting a stupid AI image,
a commenter from another Sub gets it right: behold
"I love the photo. Jesus working through Trump. Isn't this what you so called Christians been praying for. Take off your religious glasses and see"
One won't find truth until you find Jesus as your SAVIOR!
has nothing whatsoever to do with the topic or the exposure of the inaccurate assessment...
"Jesus is working through Trump"
And for WHITE PEOPLE!
And suddenly a couple days after three priests are interviewed on 60 minutes trashing Trump.
They are trying to tear Catholics away from MAGA
The MSM HATES Catholics and generally all Christians. They are into Muslims.
It won’t work on this one. 😎 I hope you’re holding up okay, Juju! How’s your son doing in Texas?
His job is going well. ☺️
However he is in a 4 br apartment paying full rent because he can’t find a single roommate, even though he is a 15 min drive from multiple colleges and right off a primary expressway. He’s been trying to find roommates since last September. He has no social connections to help either, as that has always been a challenge for him.
So basically almost his entire after tax salary that could have been used to quickly pay down student loan and save up for emergency funds, retirement funds, future home down payment, and buying a car has been eaten up by rent 4x what he expected to pay. So that has placed a distraught damper on things. He will probably have to move again this summer, which will be the third time since last summer. ☹️ And he really loves his apartment. I’m shocked he can’t find roommates give how huge and brand new it is, and how cheap the rent would be with four of them.
But … he did find a church that he likes and started to attend, and that made me happy.
I just feel bad for him that he can’t benefit from the salary he was given and is living paycheck to paycheck with a salary that you shouldn’t have to, as it’s going right back into the pockets of private equity firms instead of towards his future.
Had such high hopes for Pope Leo. I will continue to pray for him and the president. They need lots of prayers!
This is pretty much the best response
Pope Leo should read his bible. Surely he has one. Psalms 144:1, “Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to WAR, and my fingers to fight.”
Does he not teach that David fought Goliath? And David, a man after God’s own heart, fought plenty of other battles? And hundreds of battles were fought, which the kings sought the Lord’s direction over, and God said, YES, go for it, and God even fought FOR them? He sent hailstones, whirlwinds, and did all kinds of crazy things to win wars for them? In Joshua, God sent so many huge hailstones, God himself killed more of the enemy than Joshua and his soldiers killed.
And is the pope not glad that we (the USA) fought certain wars? Or would he rather we have heeded his call for peace and sat out the Revolutionary War? The CIVIL WAR? Would he proclaim peace and leave the country mired in slavery? And would he proclaim peace and have left the Jews at the hands of the Nazis?
I can’t stand what Trump posted in answer to the pope. I too, long for him to delete it. I wish with all my might that Trump would use Jeff or someone equally wise as a sounding board before saying/posting certain things. I also long for the pope to rethink his position. It’s easy to sit around in your silly costume and say, “Peace, peace…” but honestly, read your bible pope, and then consider where we would be if all popes sat around saying what you’re saying, and if we actually listened and sat wars out like the Amish.
1 Samuel 18:7 (NKJV) 7 So the women sang as they danced, and said:
“Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.”
Right on KC! I just respectfully do not agree with your stance on his post.
I don’t get, “Right on” and “respectfully disagree”— ? Maybe I need more coffee.
RO to all your points except I will respectfully disagree with you on what Trump posted.
Trump has since deleted his post, I’ve heard.
KC, All true. But the point is, that is not what Jesus taught in the NEW Testament. Get it? "NEW" as in not the old ways of being human.
He didn’t ditch the OT just bc they added the NT.
He simply reposted a stupid AI image, widely misinterpreted. Has already deleted it.
However the message was and remains crystal clear for any not simple.
Have been very good friends with Amish family for several decades. Been to their farm a hundred times for several good reasons of common interest.
In general they do not participate on English affairs.
You want a Pat on the back for being kind to Amish? They see us coming in Mi.& Pennsylvania…..$$$$$$ NOT that there’s anything wrong with that!
No idea why you would offer that non sensical suggestion.
The fact that the Simple folk are happy to grift in your neck of the woods is
your experience. Mine never had that component.
That is fortunate.
Don’t get me wrong. I truly appreciate the Amish and love
many of their ways. I particularly respect the fact that they do not vaccinate.
I do not respect the fact that they don’t participate in English affairs such as war.
I respect the fact that they know their bible, but they don’t act on the verses like Psalms 144:1, Blessed are you, oh Hod, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight.
I don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, there are just a couple of things ai don’t respect abt them. Bye and large, they’re fabulous humans, and I find far more to
like abt their religion than Catholics.
Also, their pie is phenomenal.
While I disagree with Pope Bob, "his lane" is as wide as the Universe. Deal with it.
Nope. Pope tart is a very, very, very flawed and arrogant entity who indeed, sees himself as a ‘god’. He is now aligned himself with Muslims. He doesn’t even bother to hide it.
How they forget…
Exodus 20:3-5
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Spot on.
Later Jay
We were at the Flashpoint Live conference in San Marcos this last weekend. There were two pastors who are originally from Egypt but escaped to Australia because of persecution. Of course, now Australia has become so woke that they're preaching to America, earning us about Islam. But they jokingly call "Bob" the "gay pope". They also called out "gay" pastors, really meaning that they're not standing up for what is true and right according to scripture. Too concerned with what their congregants will think and losing giving units if they stand up and speak up.
The pope needs to deal with the fact that the US is a sovereign. He doesn't possess title to the universe.
You got that wrong, fool. The Pope is Christ's Vicar on Earth. He's got title to the entire world. And his lane is, as I wrote, the entire Universe. Deal with it.
But only if you are Roman Catholic.
A couple of centuries ago a disaffected monk nailed a
list of complaints on a certain door in Wittenberg that disputed that title.
🎯🎯🎯 America was strictly organized to be a non-theocratic form of governance that draws on the good of religious belief without choosing a single state religion. Trump said “God is Good” and biblically that insinuates that All Good Comes From God. People should read their Bibles more often.
c. Anderson, No. it wasn’t. We were founded on the Word of God. Only those ignorant of our history would make that type of statement.
Part of the Bank of London
Empire to divide Europe.
You are confusing sheeple with the facts, do continue
In the discussions of unity the estranged sister churches of the RC and Eastern Orthodox have been having for years now that title has not come up because it wasn't there before the split of 1054. The see of Peter in Rome was there in the first Universal Church of Christ. However, FOR or 1000 years, the seat of Peter was considered to be FIRST among equals (equals being the other Bishop seats).
That His Holiness speaks for the Western Church, yes, this is a fact, but even the RC church seems to have adapted a more synodal model than in the past.
His Holiness? really ?? nothing holy about the fortress protected racket for the stupid
So Luther had an opinion. And now we have Southern Baptists. Some Opinion.
BTW, I'm not a follower of Catholic theology, just trying to explain it to you idiot followers of Childers.
You like to call people names
Uh, the followers of Luther are called Lutherans(though most of them are apostate theses days).
Someone is an idiot! They are also a sheeple steep in the doctrine of false belief and contradictions...
Ah, so you're another bot. Ok then.
Don't forget these guys:
https://tinyurl.com/2ptj77ps
Excuse me, the pope has zero to do with anything actually Biblical. Deal with it.
That's a fantastically ignorant statement.
The pope has decided his work is not about the salvation of individuals, but in directing politics.
Nah, did Hg cause mad hatter type proclivities??
The pope is just a mortal man. Only Jesus Christ has title to the entire earth and universe.
Bravo. Christ has the title !
I wrote nothing different from that.
ha ha, So a bunch of old geezers sit in a room and say this guy here put in his time so we'll make him the boss now. Cue the smoke from the window. So he claims to speak for God, like none of us can get the the big guy without the grand poobah intervening and "interpreting" what the big guy is saying to us. All a creation of an organization that wanted control of the masses and wealth.
Peter, the Rock…designated by Jesus! What do you think is implied here?
Jesus taught that anyone could do what he did. God was accessible to everyone. No intermediary necessary. Some state that Jesus was implying that Simon was getting that "message". An understanding that he grasped the teaching. Of course a group that wants control of the masses would need to establish that this was Jesus saying build an organization upon his teachings, which, knowing how Jesus felt about the pharisees, I doubt that was the implication. The wonders of common religions are that they go so far back in time that no one can see the origins and anyone can make claims as to what ancient texts (re-translated endless times) really mean. That is the problem more modern religions have. If you can see how they actually started, you can see it's usually a bogus origin story. I'm no biblical scholar but I see how cults get started and the history of the catholic church is not always a pretty one. They ran most of Europe like any gov't and used some brutal practices to maintain power and accumulate wealth. The modern catholic church is still run like a large corporation and holds vast wealth in real estate, treasure, investments.....all tax free.
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
Such an early retreat into name calling... Refuge of the ideologically illiterate.
Sounds like name calling.
You think my calling you a fool is "name calling"?
I think it was descriptive.
I think most people eventually are going to block you because you have no arguments just vile and abusive remarks.
@Burning- so ONLY the pope? He's the ONLY cleric who can have an opinion? They ALL should stay out of politics.
I don’t think they should stay out of politics.
I just think they should read their bibles AND think things through AND be at least semi-fair.
Criticize Trump if you must, but also criticize ANY regime that kills ANY of its own people, let alone 40,000.
The bible had God-sanctioned war after war, and plenty of non-God sanctioned wars as well. Plenty of times, when they sought God as the whether or not to fight whoever, God said YES. Or he instructed them to fight without them even asking. Also, whenever they didn’t seek God regarding going to war with ___, they were sorely ROUTED.
But, Pope Peace must’ve been fine had we stayed under the rule of England, or stayed mired in slavery, or left the Nazis to continue torturing jews and doing whatever they wanted.
Pope a Dope is a libtard homo facilitating pedofile.
But also a fraud for fools.
Burning man. You are wrong. He is NOBODY’s Vicar. He is the False Prophet spoken of in Scripture. He has nothing to do with our MESSIAH.
HE isnt a 'false Prophet'. He is not a Prophet. Mohammed was a false Prophet.
So is the pope.
Ah, another Southern Baptist!
Many Popes have been corrupt, materialistic, immoral and chastity vow breakers, and I've witnessed Popes in my lifetime do and say things Christ would never have said or done, starting with Pius XII re the Nazis/Jews.
So no, you can choose to believe what you will, but his lane has NOTHING to do with America's right to govern itself irrespective of what this Pope thinks and says.
OK, idiot, no one said America can't govern itself. Do you read English?
logic and didactic reasoning skills not your strong point...
No, he doesn't. He's got “title” to the Catholic Church. God did not assign him. A bunch of Cardinals did.
Deal with it.
Nah, wrong, Baptist. He holds title just like a bank holds your mortgage. In your case, to your single wide.
Since the bank doesn't hold my mortgage, that's actually the one thing you actually have right. He holds nothing.
If you let him hold the title to your double wide, that's up to you.
Matthew 5:22 (NKJV) 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.
Wow. Really. I don’t remember the word catholic in the Bible, ever. And I’m catholic, by birth
The word catholic (derived via Late Latin catholicus, from the ancient Greek adjective καθολικός (katholikos) 'universal') comes from the Greek phrase καθόλου (katholou) 'on the whole, according to the whole.
A word that means universal…
I take my non-believing son to mass on occasion. He hates platitudes for world peace without teeth in it. A few years ago, Bishop Barron went to Tim Waltz to discuss transhumanism for children with Waltz. But I get very annoyed with the cherry picking of which things we are to be upset by.
I think if you read Revelations, the only book in the bible that promises a blessing to every reader, you may recognize the pope and Catholics in one of the churches God does not like. Start at Rev. 1 and read. You will be blessed and glad you did.
Oh FFS. You and the rest of the Southern Baptist holy rollers on this site. No one but deranged people believe the Bible is the inerrant voice of a divine being. It's a bunch of stories handed down orally for a millennium then reduced to writing, translated countless times and retranslated even more countless times. It is a circle jerk of control freaks All of which is humans attempting to control other humans.
You wouldn't now the voice of god if she sat next to you in a church pew.
No you are the fool. Christ needs no "vicar" fools do
Deal with false beliefs. You are promoting over Pedo and worse.
Yeah, the damn Catholics! How dare they believe in a Vicar on Earth! Damn, they almost as bad as da Juice! Certainly Pope Bob thinks da Juice are bad - he's walked right up to the line wanting to call them commiters of genocide
conflating to cover ignorance
Catholics have not cornered the market on stupid, though they do have a large position
Sheer audacity and hubris to claim you are anything like Christ. Utter poppycock, and the history of these claimants all to clearly proves this.
You like to call people names
Jesus did away with priests. We no longer need an intermediary. Man brought them back. The Pope is nothing.
Jesus established the priesthood. Matthew 16:18-19
John 17:17–19 gives us what we might describe as the theology of ordination, as Jesus consecrates the apostles in 17:17 (consecration in Christ the truth), sends them on mission in 17:18, and in 17:19, declares their consecration springs from his own consecration to the Father. Jesus commanding the apostles to “do this in memory of me” during the Last Supper (Luke 22:19) is the Synoptic account of the apostles receiving their priesthood from Jesus. In John 20, Jesus gives his apostles the power to forgive sins after bestowing the Holy Spirit upon them. During Jesus’ last appearance risen from the dead, he commissioned the apostles to minister in his name to the whole world. The Twelve were reconstituted again before the revelation of the Church to the world at Pentecost, and following Pentecost, they continued Jesus’ ministry: what Jesus began to do during his earthly ministry, he continues to do through the apostles after Pentecost.
The Pope is supposed to be a religious leader. He needs to stay out of politics.
Let’s see, was it Ryan Seacrest or someone else who said “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and unto God that which is God’s”. The pope might do well to reflect on the meaning of that teaching of the man in whose name he claims to stand.
So you're saying that the Pope or any spiritual leader it to stay out of politics even when politicians don't stay out of morality. Politicians decide to pass laws to dismember unborn children in their mother's wombs and the Pope and other spiritual leaders are to say nothing? Is that it?
The Pope came out if favor of pro-choice. Yes, they need to stay in their own lanes.
How do you figure? His “lane” is the Vatican and the Catholic religion. He does not have authority over the universe.
Maybe all morals that used to be our guide should be loud coming from his mouth as our shepherd in our Lord's place.
Why isn't he talking about Seven Sins, and all these pregnancies that are terminated every day.
He’s too busy bending over for Muslims.
Is it, Running Burning Man? I think I understand where you’re coming from, however was Pope Francis in his lane when he disparaged those who wouldn’t get the COVID shot? Do you believe that he has license to say whatever he wants, whenever he wants and to whoever he wants? I always thought he was supposed to stick to a theological base, utilizing the Bible and the teachings of the Catholic Church. Maybe I am misinformed. I think there’s a clear lane, albeit broad, as long as the topic can be tied into Biblical teachings. Should he be talking about climate change, 5g, glyphosate, processed foods, digital id, repurposed drugs too, and making judgments on the topics and pointing out how he agrees or disagrees with certain countries’ handling of such.
Lets be clear shall we? Covidiocy required Covidiots. They are gaslite by the Fake News Echo Chamber, Big P, and the Medical Cartel.
That required countless individuals who have zero health comprehension.
That is on them. Not giving a pass to the named entities.
The scenario is regularly repeated as evidence from the front pages of Time Magazine about every 2 years fearmongering the "virus" of the times (pun intended) If people actually took repsponsibility for their own health
as Joe Mercola said a thousand times to the biggest health seeker audience on earth, we would not be having this discussion.
The Pope is a Con Man but much much worse. Rinse and repeat.
"Do you believe that he has license to say whatever he wants, whenever he wants and to whoever he wants?"
Is that a serious question? Do you think people need a license to speak? And if he did need one, his theology says he got it from St. Peter. [Can't wait for the Southern Baptist Bible thumpers to weigh in here!]
I think you and Pope Bob just disagree on the width of his lane. His view is he spreads the Gospel and in his view that covers anything under the sun if he believes it impacts the teachings of Christ.
Really you should think before posting ... Else you will appear like so many other suck up idiots.
Love, Pope Bob!!!
or at least condemn the regime for killing tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of its citizens - interesting isn't it that it is always Christians chided
With Covid shot?
AK 47s
This is the problem with the Christian church today. People do not believe Christianity is relevant outside the 4 walls of the church. I guarantee you our forefathers did not think that way and they fought off the British Crown on that basis.
Black Robe Regiment. (5 min ea)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g8U074HyyA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqwEPRJPFzA
Exactly. Thank you.
One problem, there are countless.
The modern day Vatican is an utterly corrupted hot bed of Sodomites. Everybody knows it. Leo is just another of them. And I’m Catholic, he’s not.
Pointing out the obvious never made a shread of difference to Catholics
I was raised in that darkness. Saw it over and over at Notre Dame and the
Priests who sat in the shadows running cover for the Sodomites.
Renounce anything Catholic.
There’s a sect of Catholicism that seeks to overtake the American government. Completely. It is not the traditional Catholics as we know them. They see the original Protestant faith that our constitution was founded on to be an impediment that needs to be removed first. It’s possible this pope actually belongs to that sect/way of thinking and sees Trump as a representative of the faith of the founding fathers. Looking at it that way then the Pope’s contention with our present government makes sense, because they would want to control the masses by weaponizing their faith and their guilt against Protestant principles.
Disappointed in the Pope. Someone should call the man in him aside, and remind him that sometimes it’s better to say nothing; that his infallibility is very limited, and does not include politics; and that what he says can reflect poorly on the great institution he was chosen to lead. Nobody has clean hands in the Iran situation, but Iran’s are the dirtiest.
it is much simpler
Expose the fraud of the entire Catholic Pedo infested, money laundering, racket
It's only the Catholic Church that gets the hate here. Why not post your hatred also to protestant churches? The Baptists (are they followers of John the Baptist?), Lutherans (followers of Luther), Presbyterians (followers of their elders), Evangelicals (followers of themselves being their own pope). I'll tell you why. Because the Catholic Church is the Church that Christ founded and it is THE church that Satan tries to destroy. Your protestant history of 5 minutes ago tells you lies that you naïvely believe instead of investigating for yourselves from the Catholic point of view. Satan hates the Catholic Church which is why we had Francis and now Leo. They are the result of Modernism in the Church for over 100 years. You never talk about protestant sodomite pastors and youth pastors. Nor all the lesbians that are "priests". And just FYI - nowhere in the bible does it say sola scriptura.
Yes, indeed. The hatred for Catholics is very real from these ignorant heretics.
You've made some excellent points in this thread.
It is not "hate" it is an opportunity to cast light on a very very dark empire.
You are mixing the pot. There is no "catholic" point of view.
There is the truth, know it and it shall set you free..
Very well said, Gym+Fritz!
Skenny…yes, keep that Popemobile where it belongs. Waaaaay behind the masses.
“Trump only meant to score some cheap points off Pope Leo —“. Glad Trump’s unhinged, violent, disrespectful statements are being recognized for the narcissistic and destructive force they project. I pray that our president will pursue diplomacy, respectful and peaceful behavior that the office of president requires. We are alienating much of the world, and even his own supporters are losing faith.
Even with all the good and powerful actions he has initiated, the movement may be lost in the midterms. I don’t want to even imagine what the next dem administration would wreak on our nation!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 After four years of Biden, that’s rich. Lololol
Nah, inaccurate assessment. Movements are for bowels.
Do not be a public panican.
Tossing around words like narcissistic is foolerly.
Damn right Skenny. What does he know about how the world works? He has been hiding behind the church for his whole life.
Like Christianity?
Catholicism.
Which does not include international politics. Jesus said "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's." That means stay out of politics. Politics is of this world, and His kingdom is not.
Render to Caesar implies social participation where required.
He also said Live by the sword.
Die by the sword.
Not sure how you arrived at that implication except that you wanted to arrive at it.
Because life and death is not the important measure...
This pope and the prior pope have cost the Catholic church a lot of members; me included. They were/are drunk on power, just like the pharisees of the Bible.
I have the same beliefs especially when the Pope pushed the jab and had no problem closing churches.
No longer RC, but follow the New Testament. Though the Pharisees were outspoken in their greed for money, like the Troskyites of today.
Howz about simply realizing it was and is a total fraud racket?
You need to read up on that, BJ. Look up “tributes” in the Bible. Taxes are also a good place to start. Tax collectors are described throughout the text.
JC knew who not to insult directly.
And why exactly did Jesus flip the tables in the temple?
What commodity was being taxed???
Do I have to do the homework for you? You call yourself Truth Seeker, but you know nothing about a temple being a sacred place not a farmer’s market. Sheesh. And about taxes during biblical times, how about Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. Try reading the Bible before you comment on something related to religion. You seem to know nothing about it.
Money changers they were called.
Bard - that was not a recommendation!
To late.
Took it to the bank, I mean money changers.
Like Bard.
The Pope has no lane. He is the Vicar of Christ. He can command Christ.
“He can command Christ”??!? That’s crazy. Beyond.
That's Catholic doctrine, which contradicts scripture in countless places. I left the Catholic Church at age 18, was born again at age 19, and as I read the Bible, I saw all sorts of contradictions in what I'd been taught as a Catholic.
Amen 🙏
That is not Catholic doctrine. If you were taught that, you were taught wrong.
Catholics are fools, renounce ASAP
The pope has no authority, is not relevant and is not needed for anything.
So you're saying St Peter, the first Pope, had no authority? How then did even his shadow heal people?
Are you insane. No man which is what popes are have the authority over YESHUA.
Whoa!
Exodus 20:3-5
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Whaaaaaattttt?
No. he cannot.
That is blasphemy. The pope cannot and does not command Christ.
stupid comment award to the Rambler
The Pope should do his work, and it was bad timing to speak out now, as things are very hot. The president should continue to do his Presidential business and was RIGHT in saying that without DJT, Pope Leo wouldn’t be where he is. DJT has to be mindful of that constituency, but he’s not Catholic and isn’t a bullshitter pretending he believes in something he simply doesn’t. No harm, no foul except the media has to blow it up to try to tank his successes.
I hate that saying - just another excuse to shut people up. I don't think anyone need stay in their lane - they can have opinions beyond their expertise, can't they?
No. There are excellent, abundant, appropriate opportunities to keep one's mouth shut. Such as when a pope desires to tell the US how to run their country, and especially in the case of the "Woke Pope" Leo.
There are obvious pros and cons to the war with Iran, but there is no doubt energy is the lifeblood of a growing thriving society and economy. Without fulfilling a countries energy demands it will wither and die on the vine. America is now producing more crude oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.
Iran was 80% of the oil bought by China not using the petro dollar, and Venezuela was the other 20%. With this Iranian blockade and Trumps booting of Maduro out of Venezuela, Trump has taken control of both of these major Chinese energy sources. This also puts a chokehold on energy going to most of Europe and beyond. It is pushing hundreds of oil tankers right into the Gulf of AMERICA, making American Oil Companies the greatest of all time.
Never forget, when China and Fauci produced the Covid virus in Wuhan and then sent infected people all over the world, China had just recently bought up millions in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and then sold it back to us and the world for huge profits. You live by the sword you die by the sword.
If I were to guess China is more likely to pressure Iran to opt for a peace deal than to start threatening the US with hostilities. So say what you will, by Trump doing this he has stuck America’s big boot right up Chinas kiester 😂😂😂. Happy Monday!!
J.Goodrich
I fear China much more than I have ever feared Russia, but I need to make one small point here. The gain of function research that created that virus was done by Ralph Baric at the university of North Carolina right here in the good old USA. The moratorium on gain of function research(which was little more than a slap on the wrist) is what forced Fauci, through the privately owned Eco Health Alliance, (that could not be F.O.I.A.ed) to bring the operation overseas to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Our own government has been working on bioweapons for decades. We actually hired former Nazis and Japanese scientists to do some of this work after World War II. Not saying I know whether or not the Chinese released the thing on purpose. Considering things like Event 201, I believe it was released on purpose.
And the sad thing is, the truth about where this Plandemic originated was available in February 2020. Lil’ ol’ me knew it then and I was like a woman with hair on fire with hands full of articles exposing the lies. Did anyone listen? No, they sheltered in their house, day drinking, and terrified they were going to die. I can never forget the raw lack of critical thinking from almost EVERYONE I knew. They are no longer in my social circle because I was blackballed for not getting jabbed. Many have had heart attacks, strokes and testicular or breast cancer but don’t see the connection.
I knew it also. I used to watch Dr. Chris Martenson every day, and he pointed out the furin cleavage site (I think it was called) that proved that the virus was bio-engineered.
Dr. Francis Boyle also pointed it out immediately.
As it turns out, so did multiple other scientists, who told Dr. Fauci, and were then bribed with grants into signing a letter saying otherwise. That should have been a ballyhooed scandal, but not in the corrupt country we live in.
We was conned, but thanks to the internet, we had a chance to know better.
Mrs. RW
Bio weapons exist, virus do not exist. They are very very different.
Watching a Medical Deity (the guys who never saw a vax or quax
they did not endorse) perpetuate the "virus" story
No one has ever isolate the elusive gremlin, or cross infected.
They were very effective at getting clueless lay people to drink the
kool aid and set up stands...
They were conned .
It didn't take a medical degree to know that forcing the entire population into quarantine, wrecking millions of lives and much of our economy, damaging the education of school kids etc was stupid and unnecessary. Sequester only those at risk (primarily elders with co-morbidity and those with compromised immune systems) and let everyone else go about their business. Paper masks, 6 ft spacing, forcing shots on people who didn't need them were all criminally wrong.
I said so at the time, as did many others, but the passive sheep in our population just wanted to surrender their freedom to a bunch of bureaucratic charlatans. My next door neighbor, a trained (but not practicing) pediatrician, actually had her husband strip off his clothes in the garage and take a shower whenever he came back from work before being allowed in the house. She was one of those driving alone in her car with a mask on. Lovely woman, but scared out of her wits believing the Fauci idiocy.
Say what you may about Bobby Kennedy, but he's assembled a bright team of actual medical brain power, not least of which is Jay Batacharia (I know I've spelled that wrong) who was pointing out immediately, and at great pain to his professional career, how truly wrong Fauci's policies were at the time, not in hindsight.
I fault Trump (whom I otherwise support) for giving power to Fauci and the other fraud, whoever that scarf woman was, causing huge damage to our country.
Trump didn't give Fauci anything. The entrenched bureaucracy that was there during President Trump's first term was there to insure that President Trump didn't have a second term was responsible for the Covid debacle.
It does take high level intelligence to attain an MD degree.
It also takes the willingness to be indoctrinated and parrot countless lies
to a clueless public. The Flexner Report some 110 year ago set the stage.
All requires countless clueless people who are well advised to take a long sober look into the mirror.
The country had failed long before the Covid takedown.
DJT is the cleanup crew, then and now. Instead of "faulting" ask
better questions! Kennedy works at the pleasure of the
Commander in Chief giving credit where its due at EVERY public opportunity.
I agree 100% with you. I called Fauchi’s sidekick The Scarf Nazi. Military woman named Deborah Brix I believe
Been there; done that.
Funny I just watched this, this morning Kathy, though I knew they did this in the states and like an insane moron Fauci gave the technology to the Chinese through the Wuhan Lab. Pardon or no pardon he should die in prison or worse.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18FGohxcJE/?mibextid=wwXIfr
And the Chinese blocked internal flights from Wuhan to other Chinese cities... but not those going to all the rest of the world apparently! 😬🤔
“ And the Chinese blocked internal flights from Wuhan to other Chinese cities... but not those going to all the rest of the world apparently”
That is a big TELL don’t ya think. The Chinese leaders are corrupt and evil, IMO, with no respect for human life. It’s all about power and world domination.
Die in prison is too kind for fauci. One word. Dexter.
It was created out of thin air by our own politicians and media. Pelosi, obeyme, and their communist patsies all had a hand in creating the covidsteria hoax, for one reason only. To install that retard we had as a president for four years. Media was fully compliant.
Exactly, the entire grifting fear mongering produced many Covidiots
Many were poisoned deliberately by Quaxcines and the Medical Cartel.
These dots were happy to insert a huge Qtip laced with Bioweapon several
times into their nares.
Of course the Chinese set it out on the world. They are never to be trusted.
Created by the US DoD and DARPA according to research by Sasha Latypova!
Remember the "vaping" epidemic that killed so many young men in the summer of 2019?
The smoking gun of the vaping disease was diagnostic imaging of ground-glass lungs. Normal pneumonia is usually described as a patchy infiltrate in a particular part of the lungs. The ground glass throughout the entire lung baffled researchers in summer 2019, and then again in winter 2020, when the SARS-2 virus was recognized, and covid was diagnosed by ground glass lungs in CT scans.
Coincidence? I think not.
Mrs. RW
required hordes of clueless people to believe falsehoods
Covidiocy a dis-ease of epidemic proportion
There is no "covid" there are Covidiots
Yep
except that there is no "virus" Biological illerteracy does exist.
Mr. Childers is science illiterate.
There are bio-weapons. Russia summarily took out Ukranian bio labs in
precision strikes.
I believe everything you wrote here. The DOD was behind the bioweapon, Covid-19 and the “vaccine”. Sasha_Latypova (on X) fully investigated and she has all the receipts.
Regardless of what many believe is the reason why President Trump took this Military action against the Iranian Theocracy, I believe his main motivation was to bring an end to the hostilities and terrorist threats in that region.
While it can be said President Trump didn't need to take these steps at this moment in time, he did so in order to bring peace to this region which has had the nation of Iran and the Theocratic thugs of the IRGC raining death and destruction down on one of America's allies, Israel, and threatening "Death to America" for over 50 years.
All the while, this terrorist regime as claimed control of the Strait through which many of America's other long-time allies count on getting their oil and gas supplies from.
President Trump saw this opportunity to have the nations of the world unite behind him in finally beating the bullies of Iranian terror down and having them see their hatred and murderous ways of the past will not longer be tolerated.
President Trump is securing a place for himself in history right now, undertaking a mission no other world leader dared to begin.
Say what you will about his motivations for this event in time, however, one must look at it in a larger perspective, as a time in the history of the world when a single leader saw an opportunity to bring peace to a region dominated by hatred, controlling huge energy resources, while looking down the barrels of their guns.
There are quite a number of "questionable world leaders" hiding behind their condemnation of President Trump and their own cowardice, but there are even more in our own country who are can only utilize hate and division to hide behind their "cowardly lion" political stances.
Be proud that we finally elected a President who isn't just another "cowardly lying" politician.
War = Peace
1984
Peace through strength, now as before.
Cutting off the City of London... for any with the bandwidth
Oh, so true.
China sux. Use the boot and an enema while at it! Great synopsis James. Boo Hiss China.
All Iran had to do was come to the table. They have full intentions of making nuclear weapons or they would not piss and moan about giving the uranium up so up their Uranus it goes!
They did go to the table and in February they had agreed to give up their uranium.
But the US attacked them and killed their leaders before the second meeting.
Mrs. RW
And you believed them? Guess they should have made the effort to give it up faster.
And what does "faster" mean? They were literally in the middle of negotiations, not the end. It couldn't have gone faster.
Mrs. RW
Faster.
I believed the Omani mediator.
I most certainly do not believe the US media.
Mrs. RW
Better you than me.
Hi Mrs. RW. I appreciate your comments. Do you have sources for your claim? I have heard other people assert this but none have ever provided verified sources to back up that information. I also thought one of the sticking points was that Iran would not allow IAEA inspectors to verify their claims?
It was on a US news interview, but when I googled it, AI popped up first.
As of late February 2026, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi reported "substantial progress" in US-Iran nuclear negotiations, stating a peace deal was within reach. Oman, acting as mediator, reported that Iran agreed to eliminate stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, and discussions were moving toward technical-level meetings in Vienna to finalize the agreement.
BBC
Key Details on Negotiations:
Progress: Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi noted "significant" and "substantial" progress in high-stakes talks held in Geneva.
Nuclear Constraints: Iran reportedly agreed to "zero stockpiling" of nuclear material that could create a bomb.
Verification: Iran expressed willingness to allow the IAEA "full access" to verify compliance, according to Albusaidi.
Next Steps: Technical discussions were planned for Vienna to turn the framework into a final agreement.
Context: The discussions were aimed at lowering high tensions, as the U.S. had previously considered strikes against Iran and made significant military builds in the region.
BBC
Despite the reported progress, differences remained on certain issues and official US confirmation of specific terms was limited at the time.
BBC
But the interview is here.....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-iran-deal-within-our-reach-oman-mediator-says/
Thanks for showing interest in the facts, instead of hurling insults.
Mrs. RW
Thank you for your detailed reply, Mrs. RW. I appreciate your thoughtful response.
If only the muzzie pig dog bastards hadn’t murdered forty thousand Persians of the country they usurped. What a fucking fool.
NOT
bullshit.
Always words of wisdom, James!
I noticed your reference to name of the commenter in your reply. So much easier to follow the thread. I hope this becomes a thing here on C & C comments. Well done.
Yes, it can be difficult finding original sources (commenters) following those lines. Namin is a great idea.
Yeah, the breathing life into the wheezing petro dollar is a big part of this. If that goes, our economy goes into the toilet.
If we are now the number one producer of oil with no one coming even close to second place, why are our gas prices so high?
Because its a global market. Meanwhile our gas prices are still significantly below the rest of the world, not to mention the prices during much of Biden's reign of ignorance.
People in my father's generation stormed the beaches of Normandy to destroy Hitler, but for many Americans, paying an extra $.50/gallon to stop madmen from having nukes is too much to ask. SMH
THIS. 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆
Jeff explained this in detail at the beginning of this conflict, BBS. Gas prices are set globally, and then the countries, states, and counties pile on their taxes. There’s more to it than my explanation, see Jeff’s former post.
America is now producing more crude oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. - but we still consume more than we produce (20 mm bbls/day v. 13mm bbls/day) - so I don't really see a net benefit - meanwhile Trump told Maria B this morning that oil prices, and gasoline are likely to be "about the same or higher" at the time of the midterms - ouch - while I fully support getting rid of the terrorist regime, I don't see why it couldn't have waited until after the mid-terms
“… while I fully support getting rid of the terrorist regime, I don't see why it couldn't have waited until after the mid-terms”
Yeah I wish it was after the mid-terms too however - a nuclear Iran was the tipping point; Iran’s was fast tracking it (according to intelligence) so waiting until after the mid-terms could have been disastrous for the world.
perhaps, but after the '25 bombings it is hard to see how they could recover that quickly - or if the were another bombing raid would have set them back?
Absolutely! 💯
The London chokehold is a world wide phenomena. Iran a beneficiary.
The insurance grift is over, done, finished.
Oil tankers are currently on route to the US. We have plenty.
Iran has petered out...
The straight is open, and under the command of US military...
Amen, brother, while I too support President Trump and all the great things he's doing for America and the world itself, I happily support your justified criticism of this social post. And I thank you for clearly showing what the true gospel of Jesus is. He and he alone is the Savior of the world.
Amen "Sanctify them in the Truth. Your Word is Truth." John 17:17 God's Word is the handbook for true, Spirit lead, and abundant life. Be....in the Word.
John 17:17 (First Nations Version) Make them holy through the beautiful message of your truth.
Jeff Johnson, which "brother"?
Brother in Christ.
Trump is hilarious! As a Christian I’m totally not offended. God is bigger than a post. He’s making fun of the pope, righteously so. Pope can’t heal either. It’s a parody. Only thing I would say is Christians can crucify someone pretty easily and put Barabbas in his place…he needs to be mindful of that.
It was pure satire.
Not offended by a criticism of the pope yet how does MAGA react at ANY criticism of DJT.
I'm Catholic and I'm not offended. The pope is a big boy and can handle it.
I’m a Catholic and I’m offended.
President put himself in the image of Our Lord.
I’m okay with your view and I understand why you feel that way. I was only speaking for myself as a Catholic. Trump is not Catholic or any other religion, as far as I know, and it rolled off me.
I took it as the sick man on the bed being America and he is healing our country. 🤷♂️
Bar-abba's - Son of his father... 'daddy's boy'? 🤣
Yes. The Jews unwittingly demanded the release of The Son of the Father. Not the real Son of the Father, but the other Son of the Father then said may his (Jesus') blood be upon them and their children for generations.
“explained that the real problem is Americans who have fallen under the spell of “pseudoscientific jargon” and are experiencing a “resurgence of red meat.” Love this as I have a beef blade roast defrosting on my counter. The beef is from a local beef farmer, processed at a nearby processor. A quarter beef packaged, labeled and resting in my freezer. Literally the best hamburger I have had in 30 years. It made meatloaf almost an out of body experience again.
I wish I could find such local quality. Every time I try to buy local meat or grass fed beef, it tastes like liver. Really gross. I grew up on a farm and we always had fresh cow and pig and it NEVER tasted like that. It’s what keeps me from investing $1,000 into quarter cow or whatever.
I remember real chicken, cows, pigs. My grandmother grew these things. I miss real tomatoes the most, though.
YES on real tomatoes. Today's version look perfect but taste like plastic!
Zero flavor!
Well, we can grow anything we want year-round, but our produce has to be durable enough to look pretty after the trip from Central and South America and Canada. 🤦♀️
Some hunters explained to me why some meat tastes more gamey - it’s the butchering technique. When they are lazy and careless, glands are cut and leech into the meat, which causes the yucky taste. If you can figure out a good abbatoir, the local meat will be just as good.
I know this to be true for shooting deer or elk. How soon and the process for processing the venison makes the difference. Deer feed on so many farmer’s crops and feedlots, that the meat doesn’t taste gamely at all any longer.
Our quarter beef was purchased from a farmer 8 miles away. They use a butcher and processor who is excellent. They ask you how you want all your cuts done, how much you get in trimmed out weight and it was all nicely packaged. We are going on3 years and for just two of us, we still have a quarter of the beef left. They have been excellent. It cost us $1200 for everything, hoof to our freezer.
Well then there is a LOT of carelessness around where I live, trying to take advantage of those desiring pasture raised grass fed beef/animals
More likely that they don’t know that it matters.
I have an idea about this, Juju. The bulk of beef today in the US is raised on grain in stock yards. They're pumped full of antibiotics and hormones. One to stave off the infections from living in their own waste and the other to get them grown as fast as possible. Their meat is almost tasteless. Now go from that to pasture only raised beef, and it is like eating liver. But that's the way beef has always tasted. The only exception I can think of is diversity of breeds for flavor.
I don’t know Shane, I get what you’re saying but I clearly remember fresh beef when I was younger and it never tasted gamey or like liver. Never. My mother made liver once a week and I hated it. I knew what that tasted like as a norm and our beef never tasted that way. I truly believe something else causes it to taste that way.
And I’ve had some delicious, flavorful ribeye over the past few years buying rib roasts and cutting my own. They are industry raised and still had good flavor. I would expect a better taste with grass fed, not worse.
Also, I’ve eaten fresh Bison that is outstanding. If I could get that regularly I’d never eat beef again!
There should be no liver taste with beef, except for the actual liver.
We didn't have to eat liver as mum hated it. That and tripe. I like Bison too, I have a freezer full of it.
Ooooh where do you get your Bison from??? 😋
I buy it from Dillons (Kroger) when they put it on sale. I buy my ground beef from a rancher in Northern California but it has ground liver and heart in it. Their ranch is called Starwalker. If you look online, there are a lot of ranchers who sell bison and venison.
I thought it was just me. It's too bloody, gamey tasting. Does it need to 'age'?
Where do you live? Flavor in beef will change with feed, age and processing -and grass fed can taste different depending on if it was raised on irrigated or dry / native pasture, what type of grasses are present or if it was primarily fed grass hay. There’s plenty of grass fed foreign raised beef on the market as well. An under 2 year old beef breed, grass fed on primarily irrigated pasture will taste different than an older dry milk cow who’s been raised on hay.
Lots of variables to affect taste -
We raise beef cattle and hold back some steers every year for friends who want grass fed beef.
My kids raise also raise steers for the county fair, they are grass and grain fed
Interesting. I’m outside Chicago. The farm I grew up on was in north-central IL. That was 50+ years ago though and the connection my parents had back then is no longer alive.
Yeah the fact that it can vary that drastically for so many reasons keeps me from buying a quarter/half a cow. I can’t afford to spend that kind of money and have a freezer full of meat I can’t or don’t want to touch. Especially since I do a low carb diet - I need my meat.
I found that livery tasting grass fed beef came from Australia. I didn't like it and was told they have different grass there than here 🤷🏼♀️
But I now buy from a local farmer and it's wonderful.
Good Chop delivery. American made
Been eating meat, especially beef ,for 82 years, still going strong. I tried a fake burger once. That was the last time.
I heard that even chickens don’t recognize it as food.
Awesome! God is blessing you 🙏 😎
Many are those who conflate. Eating dead animals was never about evolution or kindness.
It is not "beef" that is a euphemism for dead cow.
If you think meatloaf is out of body, when it is baked carcass you are trapped in body,
one that is putrifying.
"Medical science, which adheres to excess profits like a greedy remora clinging to a zombie shark, ..." 😂😂👍🎯
FDR flooded the country with illegal Trotkyites like Biden did with open borders.
They run the drug trust.
Thus the Drug Trust, while maintaining the Stalinist Communist Government in Russia, simultaneously maintained a Communist back up regime in the United States, the Trotskyite Movement, in case the Stalinist regime should fall." Eustace Mullins Murder By Injection
Science does not cling to anything. Medical Doctors have always done the bidding of
Big P. Childers likes adjectives and metaphors. Any wordsmith appreciates them
However lets be accurate shall we?
Big pharma needs to be sued into oblivion
Wit…Trump needs to get that rolling. Soon and very soon.
What planet have you been on??
Maybe he will... right after he dislodges his lips from Pfizer Bourla's ass.
IF the maggot Wiles allows him to.
As long as Congress stops writing laws to prevent that and reverses the ones they've already written like the PREP Act.
Good point cousin! 👍
They foresaw the obvioius and with the help of "attorneys" created liability shields.
But worse Bar Members will not touch them by dictate.
Both require fools as customers.
Yesterday, wit.....
I looked at the TruthSocial post and noticed that one hour before he reposted that particular AI generated meme, he also posted one that said literally something like “not a god or a savior, just a gift sent from God” and had a picture of himself wrapped in the flag. I truly don’t think he thought he was posting himself as Jesus. I think he was posting a picture of himself as a healer sent as a gift from God, like the disciples were sent out to heal. However, I hope he understands how people misread it and how it offended them and I hope he just deletes it also. But I honestly don’t think he was saying he was God, since literally one hour before that he literally said he’s not a savior or God.
President Trump has ALWAYS referred to God as "The Boss."
Remember in one of his rallies, he was talking about him not being as famous an another? Then pointed to the sky and said Jesus is more famous than ALL others.
In another rally, he referred to God as The Boss while pointing at the sky saying, "We need help from THE Boss."
Thank you for you comment Friend.
Also, it is amazing how President Trump can put people in the spot light.
He was likely referring to his REAL boss... Netanyahu.
On the scoreboard of utterly stupid retarded remarks, this one ranks way up there. Kudos to ya.
Thats interesting! Unfortunate that we, for all our tech, still so often don't get "the rest of the story"! Glad you found that.
I’m with you, Jessica. I didn’t see the previous DJT post you mention, I will have to look for that.
He has since deleted that.
Thanks for that explanation on the strange post by Trump. I didn’t know the backstory and had no idea why he would post something like this, but I appreciate your thoughts on this. It is very concerning to me that he has poor judgment to post this but like you said, I guess he is human and makes errors.
I see it a bit differently. The main lock down is twofold, to stop all Iranian oil transport and revenue, and to immediately stop blackmail payments to Iran. The rest may simply be to ensure safe passage. I strongly suspect any past payments to Iran will be allowed to move forward, as there is no means to get Iran to refund. But there will be zero payments going forward. I think Jeff is wrong in saying there is no threat. It is estimated that Iran still has several hundred fast attack boats. The mine threat is real. And the do have some remaining ( up to 25 percent) capacity to fire longer range misses. All of this combines to yet limit how many tankers can safely be moved at a time.
As far as attack boats go, the US has previous experience in picking small boats off, in the interdiction and destruction of the drug runner boats from South America. Doesn't seem like a big problem to me.
Missiles and mines, sure they are there. But the big point is Iran's revenue stream is choked off, forcing them to abstain from sinking tankers in the Straits, I would hope.
I agree cutting off their oil revenue is devastating. However the straight is very much not the same thing as occasional drug running boats on the ocean. Dealing with many, say 75 boats at once, at the same time numerous missiles are incoming, with so e remaining drones, aimed at tankers, is a different ballgame.
If this were a one off it would be more understandable, but on the heels of his insane easter day post....it does make one wonder about his mental wellness these days.
He's a bit unhinged, I reckon.
Unhinged was Biden!
Completely senile, he was...
continue to reckon, you may eventually be accurate
It also stops human trafficking, too.
They dont need no stinkin mines.
Curious if you have a cogent meaning to your statement.
Straight not mined.
Ships travelling freely.
Just a bogey man.
They dont need mines
with their missiles.
They would lose control themselves with mines.
Old tech.
I doubt that you are correct, however, I have no info to say you are NOT. In the coming weeks I am pretty sure we will be treated to US Navy ships detonating and publicizing such mines.
It will be interesting to see how "good" hunting actually is.
Indeed as he offers no source I think he is speculating.
Trump calls it like he sees it. That is why so many Americans LOVE him. Finally, a POTUS who is not beholding to the deep state, like Biden, Obama, and Clinton who were clearly controlled.
Like where he thinks Brigitte is prettier than Candace Owens? Ok. Same tweet he calls CNN fake news after he brags how he’s polling like 99% according to CNN. You can’t make this stuff up!
Well you did, make stuff up that is.
Nah. It’s on his Truth Social post you can go read it for yourself.
No quotes, no context, no link.
Go read it yourself he posted it last Thursday. I shouldn’t have to do homework for you. It’s social media.
OR when he posts a pic of himself as Jesus... than makes a craven and pathetic excuse... of thinking it was only a pic of a "doctor".
The Deep State has wanted control of Iran for decades. Not only do they have oil, but their central bank refuses to join the BIS.
Iran was on the list of countries to be destroyed the Pentagon drew up in 2001, according to General Wesley Clark. Trump is carrying out the plan, same as Biden and Obama, and Clinton, had she been elected.
https://ellenbrown.com/2026/04/11/all-wars-are-bankers-wars-iran-and-the-bankers-endgame/
Mrs. RW
Wesley Clark is another of those political hack generals who couldn't win wars.
Zero credibility
LOL!!
Only damned morons don't realize Trump is a total PUPPET of zio-pig Isrzael. Bibi and Mossad.
Why else would he fund Israel's genocide?
Why would he order an unprovoked and illegal war on Iran?
Why would his Cabinet and staff be riddled with zionist swine?
Calls it like he sees it? What does that mean when what he "calls" changes by the hour and is heavily steeped in illogical, strategically-bereft, and emotionally-immature reactions? He's not "seeing" anything, and that's the problem. Forget mentioning the 5D chess or promethean narrative because that's BS as well. What's truly terrifying is that NPCs are so Stockholm Syndromed they think this is OK, and some part of a grand master plan.🤦♀️
😂😂😂😂bless your heart. Your TDS has him living in your two remaining brain cells. 😂😂
Hate to call attention to your stupidity yet again, bless your heart, but unfortunately, TDS isn't an issue. Trump Discernment Syndrome, which people with intelligence and a moral compass practice, uses objectivity and discernment regarding the actions being taken by this administration. Now go crawl back under your rock, grab your pacifier, and pretend your low-IQ parrotting of "TDS" has any meaning any more, or is relevant to anyone except the dumbest of matrix-dwelling NPCs who can't function in the real world outside of a cult.
Again may your demonikkkRat never come to power again.
It was purely satire.
"Human"? In the sense that Ted Bundy was human? Or how about David Duke? Trump is vile. and should probably be 25th-ed. Except Vance is in Hungary sucking up to Viktor.
@Burning- tell me you haven't read the Constitution without telling me you haven't read the Constitution. They CAN'T 25th the president. Only his cabinet can.
??? Did I write anyth9ing about "they"? You seem to be a dolt. Now go back to your cats, cat lady.
This page’s posters try to not be so rude to each other. In doing so you sound a lot like Trump, whom you criticize for such behavior.
He's a bot. Ignore him
Must be contagious. Insulting each other (remotely) has become a thing. At least when Trump does it, you know who did it, but still he's often in very bad taste.
"this page"??? Jayzuz, cat lady, I did not know an Internet comment section can "try" anything, Are you the rule maker?
Back to your cats, I said, back to your cats!
Calling women names whom you disagree with is quite sexist, but moreso, in doing so, it also undermines you as being silly as well as rude. And for your information, I am married and I have a dog because I am not fond of cats, so I couldn't possibly be a cat Lady!
Now please sir, have a cup of coffee, get some sun, and come back when you have calmed down a bit. 😉🌞✌️
@Burning- I have one cat. Handsome fatty, he is. Cats rule.
Sadly Hungary voted Orban out and will sell their souls now to the Christian hating, Satanic worshipping entity known as the EU. A very sad day. The Muslim invaders will be at their door immediately.
It may be a bit more complex than that. Peter Magyar was part of the Fidesz party until 2024, and left only because of a presidential pardon he disagreed with. His national policies may be very similar to Orban’s
Hope so. Trump and Vance and Rubio all went out of their way to boost Orban.
Sorry your Moscow dicktater lost.
Orban’s 30m euro mansion will go up for sale. How he could afford that as a president in a poor country is beyond me
Burning STDS much?
Systemic-Trump-Derangement-Syndrome infects fools who think the pedo Popester is ‘god’. Talk about an idol.
"pedo Popester". You are a fool, for certain.
No, in the sense that Barack Obama, the Clintons, and Joe Biden are human. Anyway, that’s what the Democrats have said.
Eff You, go burn.
Roge, don't be a douche. And don't be a suck up.
Don’t be a dildo.
And again I say…take your meds Running Burning Man, and stop the nasty comments.
Viktor Orban lost the election. He’s finally out.
Oh pleeeeeze 🙄🙄🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
For all the good THAT did, given that Viktor lost. Wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that the world is turning against the DS globalist-run cartel babylon US and don't want to be associated with them anymore? 🤷♀️
And when are you leaving?
Making a point you don't have, typical for Stockholm Syndrome NPCs not interested in restoring the Republic and on board with it's demise.
We left Biden in the pig sty. WE ARE restoring the Republic. We just need to finish deporting all the demoniKKKKRat voters allowed in by obama and cabbage head. Oh, and vote out all the RATS that have infested Congress.
Until you stop focusing on the leftard lunatic narrative, you're unable to see the big picture. Both sides are controlled by tbe same puppetmasters. That should be clear by now, by, if nothing else, which politicians are bought-and-paid-for by A I P A C, pHARMa, and every other lobby, including the tech broligarchy - both sides, equally. While the lt vs rt brainwashing paradigm is ingrained into the NPCs as the problem, it's not; because each side has a role to play in furthering the D S globalist agenda-- which they don't want you focused on. "They" want you focused on which buffoon is currently in office, in the limelight, so that when they're gone, the hatred goes with the vacated "politician"; and the cycle repeats. Discernment and objectivity, now more critical than ever, are still clearly absent. If you objectively look at all the things Trump has ushered in (and the money he's taken from the donor class) -- things like Real ID, the Palantir tech broligarchy, The Epstein class, the economy, the endless propaganda, increasing mRNA platform, corporate lobbying, public private partnerships, increased chemtrails, wars, etc -- these are ALL things a "conservative" would NEVER accept or condone if they came from "the left". Ask yourself why that is... why you're willing to accept it from Trump, esp given that he promised the opposite, but you'd be clutching your pearls with your hair on fire if it came from "the other side"? Trump's not taking down the DS, he IS the DS. They all are. And until people realize that, nothing will change. Frankly, given the point we're at, with the upcoming famine & human osmotic pressure the closure of the Strait will cause, most people are completely clueless about what's in store for them.
Victors election was stolen, same as ours.
I think one of the reasons Orban lost was he has been heavily pro israel and I think Europeans are kind over the Israel first crowd and hate this was we started
They'll be sorry when the borders are opened to migrants and closed to oil, and when their kids go to school and learn about 57 genders. Not to mention being put into debt to pay Ukraine's grifters, with 10% for the Big Guys in the EU.
You can't fix stupid.
Mrs. RW
You can’t fix stupid…but you can numb it with a 2x4!
Pure Betty White!
And Islam enters into Hungary as into Ireland.
The Europeans are against moscows mouse in Budapest.
By the way I suggest reading the leaked phone call between them. It’s comical.
The timing wasn’t accidental, either
Daylor, which explanation by which commentor??
I’m stuck on the fact that there’s something called VegNews. 😂😂
I am always reminded that Adolf Hitler was a committed vegetarian. Malnourishment was part of his problem, maybe?
that is a historical falsehood and a stupid comment
Hitler was advised by his doctor to eat plant based due to Cardiovascular condition.
Rynn Berry brought these receipts decades ago.
The same incorrect reason a lot of people are vegetarians today. So what's your point?
Abc, cbs, nbc. All veg news. How was Daytona?
Great! Went to copper line coffee on Beach St yesterday and found out there was an art show going on, that was a nice surprise. Time spent with the youngest of the grown kids, though… priceless.
Thanks for asking!
That’s where we live, just a bit south.
Very nice area!
🤣 just saw this reply. *snort*
🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
😂😂
CHRIST IS RISEN.
*NOT reincarnated.
Amen. Christ is risen!
Christos anesti!
αληθώς ανέστη
Nai!
In Greek no less, thanks Mary Ann.
I lived around Greeks for a very long time and managed to learn a little of it, mostly "menu Greek".
I live PT on an island in Greece so I get it Mary Ann!
I'm impressed -- trumps the Hamptons!😎
Yes it does:}
Please tell me: which island???? 💗💗💗
Paros!
Yes, he ascended bodily into "heaven"...
Probably was hard to breath when he got to 20,000 feet... soon his blood would boil...
And if he traveled at the speed of light... he still today would not be out of our galaxy.
I wonder... where's "heaven"??
He had a glorified body so was able to do what you deny he did. You need to read up on theology more...know what a glorified body is.
Rose like he was lying there dead. What you’re talking about is Ascending.
Good Monday morning all! 💗
Morning
It's a shame Jeff didn't find space to cover perhaps the biggest story of the day, yet another massive EU country election steal, in perhaps the best last chance to save the EU. Hungary . No , I don't care if they said it was a landslide. The EU, and Soros, did not hide the fact they were going to hold back nothing in talking out the biggest thorn in the globalist's side within their midst. They already blatantly stole the Romanian election, and have banned the most popular party in Germany. Europe is done. Stick a fork in them. Hungary was about the only European country we would have considered visiting anymore. Sad. Very sad.
I just heard the news of Orban’s loss this morning and my stomach sank. Hungary is - by literal, written definition - the last Christian country in Europe. (Orban has pointed this out himself multiple times.) It sounded like such a light on that darkened, secular continent. I have a feeling the election was indeed stolen, but people are also so painfully fickle and swayed by every social media storm. I hope the Hungarian people can get through their next, pro-EU administration without lasting damage.
I just posted on this again. Seems he and his family were threatened, which I totally believe.
Orban strikes me as someone who would be in the fight to the death…but of course I don’t know the situation personally.
I just hope the new admin in Hungary doesn’t make it their job to destroy and imprison him like the American left tried to do to Trump, and Brazilian left did to Bolsonaro 😔
I said "and his family. His extended family ". They threatened to blow up Perot's daughter's upcoming wedding. I would fight to the death, but I'll not judge anyone who is not willing to kill his family too. It is the same blackmail they use with politicians and other people they want to control
I hate to “like” that; it’s truly a horrific situation to have your family threatened. I think people would do well to understand where we are in an historical arc…
I like Promethean Action for helping us see that we are more in a War for Independence watershed than anything else - it’s existential. I truly hope Orban’s family is not hurt but when those who have been put in power by the people concede to a globalist system that wants us all dead (not saying that is what he did, I don’t know), they may save their own skins but many more will die from their lack of courage. I personally don’t think Orban caved to protect his family - I’m guessing the cheat outvoted his side.
But it’s like Covid, every time someone in power refused to stand up against the onslaught of life-threatening mandates, it only made things worse in the long run. Elected people need to have more courage.
Also why I’m not in charge of anything besides my home…😅
There are so many shades of grey to this and virtually everything that is going on in this battle between God and satan that all attempts to provide simple answers are going to fail. I don't pretend to know any thing for sure, quite the opposite. The only thing I know for sure is I don't know anything for sure
Some politicians they threaten with exposing their pedophilia...
Like Orange Caligula...
The old maggot jew Soros has long and powerful reach.
His family being threatened wouldn't have anything to do with the vote, unless he withdrew from the election, which he didn't.
I think Susanna is right. It was either stolen, or Hungarians fell for the propaganda, same as people in every country do.
Mrs. RW
100 % disagree. He could rightfully contest the vote, making a recount yet another thing the globalists would have to hide, cheat on, and wait on. . They are desperate to renew the money laundering in the Ukraine, and he blocked every attempt. With what Trump is doing with Iran making the EU even more screwed and money starved, every week, every day counts for them. They tried unsuccessfully to rewrite the EU by laws so he could not veto their scams, so getting rid of Orban yesterday has become existential to the survival of the globalist EU fascist state.
Yes. that election stinks... BAD. VERY likely machine driven election FRAUD.
A damned jew elected...
The percentage of Jews in Hungary is approximately 0.5% of the total population, which is around 9.6 million as of 2026. The core Jewish population is estimated to be about 45,000.
Wikipedia jpr.org.uk
Similar to Mexico, another jew elected, where Catholics are 77.7% of population... jews are .03%...
And since the world mostly despises jews and Israel, for VERY good reasons... sort of hard to figure... no? More like IMPOSSIBLE to figure!
What do you think of Poland?
They are better than most of the EU countries as far as having some common\ sense, but never forget they were the #1 staging ground for everything that was sent to the Ukraine (and probably what was laundered back) and they supplied more mercenaries than any other country.
That's true, and they didn't like being forced to do that. At one point, I believe they said, "No more!"
Maybe leaking a phone call where you pledge your support to a hostile nation isn’t the best look, you think?
When has Russia, the nation ever been a threat to us post soviet?
Hostile nation? Which one is that, Benn?
I like those two n’s, AD.
Russia.
He pledged to help Putin in any way he could.
The phone call was leaked days before the election intentionally.