Biden goes walkabout; TN outlaws veggie vaxxing; Russia formally levels terrorism charges; (another) study shows vax-HIV link; NZ hate criminals whitewash gays; great Tucker and Guyana clips; more.
☀️It’s a beautiful, sunny morning here in corrupt Michigan. Perfect for morning prayers followed by C&C. Thank you, Jeff, for being one of the top 5 reasons I am able to keep my sanity during this uncertain time in life. Love this witty, snarky community…and my morning dose of reason and coffee☕️📰
We've certainly got corruption problems in VA, with nothing but selected bolshevik senators this century, but a day to celebrate. Gov Youngkin vetoed 30 gun control bills put forth by the bolshevik house and senate (also stolen) , including one to get rid of concealed carry reciprocity.
It was indeed gorgeous. And my husband started to work on repairing the spring house fascia so we can put up a gutter and collect rainwater --already have the 35 and 50 gal barrels just waiting to be used.
I was thinking about collecting rain water as well, but we get SO HEAVELY CHEMTRAILED here in Southern CA that I would not dare store and drink this water! We had such a RAINY, GREY, COLD Resurrection Day, that I KNOW was planned to "rain on our celebrations" BUT the Gift of God's Salvation will NEVER dampen our spirits!!! He did give us in the early morning, a beautiful gift of His Rainbow though!
Collecting that roof water for my gardens--then I don't have to pay for it. And it won't have a neutral pH which just undoes the acidification effort I make on my blueberries.
Going for the garden. At least it won't have chloramines (my tap water) which my blueberries hate. Have been bringing home my well-water from Maine each time we go up.
Just outside DC in the People's Republic of Maryland and we had your weather, sounds like, until this morning when the thunder and pouring rain happened.
No, it's natural phenomenon called El Niño, that causes wet, cool weather in Florida ( and messed up weather all over the country). Unfortunately, it is nearly over, and about to be replaced by a La Niña, which means a bad hurricane season for us.
I’ve heard the election corruption that was previously mostly limited to Philadelphia and parts of Pittsburgh is now statewide. Apparently Pennsylvania now is a completely lost state in terms of election integrity. Is that true?
It's a beautiful morning in North Carolina, the state that inflicted Mandy Cohen on the country and the home of at least one seminary and high-profile religious leader who urged us to take the jab. One of the seminary's victims, a much-loved professor, was able to come to church yesterday, even as he is undergoing treatment for his third glioblastoma tumor.
I was pondering, yesterday, the effects of the 501c3 IRS category. Tucker, in speaking with the German bishop, asked, "Where are the Church leaders?" [He didn't mention Cardinal Vigano]. The black heart in me whispered in my ear that perhaps the govt had set that tax-exemption category up to get the pastors, over a long time, comfortable with being on a leading string. For just how easily did they close their churches? And collaborate in the jab-push? Then yesterday my little conspiracy theory took a new direction: March 12, 2020--last day of 'freedom'. How close to the date of April 12, the date of Easter Sunday that year. Hit 'em where it really hurts.
They absolutely reveled in (if not coordinated around) keeping us from worshipping together on Easter in April of 2020. The first and only time I missed Easter Vigil since converting to Catholicism in 1999. Keeping us from church - for us from the Mass and Eucharist - hurt more than any other part of the whole plandemic. I learned a lot about the leaders of our Church - some good but more not. We are run by humans, potentially corruptible all. God help us.
The absolute idiocy of 2020. Our pastor wanted to give the Easter blessing to any parishoner who chose to drive over to the church. Everyone was going to stay in their cars and keep the windows rolled up. The Knights of Columbus had set up the parking lot and had volunteers to make sure that everyone had followed directions. The Bishop put the kibosh on it at the last minute. The Knights were calling people to tell them not to come to the church. Official reason: it may become a super spreader event.
Yep, and it’s not just churches that have to deal with that “thorny”?issue. The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) recently caved to the Trans lobby and told its chapters that if a Trans “woman” (biological male) who had gone to the trouble of having his I mean HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE legally changed to reflect “her” new status wanted to join the Society, the chapter COULD NOT REFUSE the applicant. All because of the risk of losing that precious 501(c)3 status. That was the last straw for me. 🤢🤢🤢🤮
UGH! I just dusted off the application my Mom recently found that my Grandpa had completed as best he could back in 1988 so I could apply to the Daughters of the American Revolution. And now to hear this?? How disappointing...
And dig in to that genealogy as far as you can…my mother’s maternal side of her tree was very well researched and documented…with almost 30 Patriots who were in the DAR index…and two Mayflower connections as well. But her paternal side had not been delved into by any of us…little did we know that Benjamin Franklin is a cousin and that we are related to most of the founding families of Nantucket! (I want my Macys Descendant Discount! And Starbucks too! LOL) Furthermore, thanks to the kindness & patience of a cousin, she showed where we had five more Mayflower connections! My mother and I were gobsmacked…So it pays to dig, dig, DIG! Blessings and happy hunting!!
It’s heartbreaking…but there are tons of other hereditary patriotic organizations out there—you’ll be amazed at the number of them. One other thing we can all do is dive in to research the Patriot Ancestors’ lives and contributions to the founding of this nation. Learn about who they were and celebrate their decision to get involved in throwing off the tyranny of the British government. Share that info with family members and see if you can re-ignite the flame of FREEDOM & LIBERTY in their hearts as well as your own. ❤️🤍💙
I was disappointed in the DAR's response (at least in our area) to the plandemic. The Founders (their ancestors) risked their lives and sacred honor to establish this country and their descendants were too afraid to meet in person for months to years. I guess by now the blood of patriots is growing thin.
I will add that I did not renew my membership this year due to the change to allow "trans" women to join. For me, this is a moral issue. There is still a nod to our Judeo-Christian roots, as we pray at the start of every meeting, but my observation these last few years is that it seems to be mostly rote and not so much heartfelt.
However, from a secular point of view, the reason the DAR exists is because the SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) would not let the women join. We are right back where we started.
Oh my goodness. The DAR, after raising us was over and done with, was my mother's firstest and bestest. Not being a group belonger, although a lover of history (how else to be a Latin teacher?), I declined to be a part. This is back in the 80's for me. But those evening gowns, and those chest ribbons with the pins!
Acceptance of 501c3 status is express, and at the very least, tacit consent to be regulated by the civil state. Such 501c3 'churches' are no longer instituted of God, but has been 'sold' to the civil power for a bowl of pottage.
Churches, real churches, are not tax exempt. Real churches are Tax Immune. Again, the Church is instituted by God as His creation which places said institution in God's Sovereign jurisdiction. Separate jurisdiction is the reason why the civil state 'cannot infringe upon' for reason of No Standing. (We have forgotten so much!)
"Are you a 501c3 church or not?", is the first question we ask of a church. If the answer is 'yes' then we are gone. Folks! Is either of God or of Man. There is no neutral ground between what is God's and what is Man's.
This is really interesting. We've always been members of a church but we switched to a different church about 3 years ago and have hesitated to officially join as members because someone else shared this same info with us. Membership status, giving etc... could be shared with the government and others.
And that the 'other side of the moon', the giving part. Our giving is solely between God and us, and no side perks to us. That is, our giving is to be pure appreciation and thanksgiving, not strings attached.
The Westminster Confession says that the sole purpose of Man is to glorify God. And I think it is question # one. Now that is a hard one to get one's hands around. And it took me awhile. But when we glorify anything other than God, we end up with governments that like to kill their own people, steal our work and wealth ... and lie, lie, lie day and night. And today? We find that 'they' the Dear Leader Cretins now want to gene edit our food and us along with it.
Tithing has nothing to do with money. The 10% they ask for is the 10% of the left side of your brain (the analytical side) that God wants us to move over to the right side in Meditation. So we have 100% on the right side which is where we are so concentrated on our 3rd eye. Please listen to Bill Donahue which he is from 11 years ago and he shows everything in scripture about the Pineal Gland which is our 3rd eye. Use your and look up that word and it’s in the Bible. So this is no new age junk. Which is what most people say. God Bless you.
It was years ago--years!--that I considered "render unto Caesar, what it Caesar's; render unto God what is God's". And it seemed to me that the PCUSA had chosen to render unto Caesar what is his, and render unto Caesar what is God's. Painful for one who had served as Elder of a PCUSA congregation.
My wife follows more this kind of thing than I do. However, I think you are overall right, although my wife tells me that some congregations are better than others. How much better is perhaps problematic. As it is, we cannot find one single church in our area of Roanoke, Virginia to which we might want to attend.
We used to be in the RPCUS until we found our own paster in error having to do with the unconditional love New Testament heresy. Not too long after we dropped out of that congregation the whole RPCUS collapsed and disintegrated. Today, the RPCUS does not exist. Seeing this kind of thing is not exactly uplifting!
I hate to say that Christians in 'churches' are not really Christians, but that is probably more the case than not. People just don't know much about Christian Orthodoxy, Church history and the general education offered both public and private has produced a race of mental dwarfs not capable of mounting a good self-defense. But on a positive note, having some moral compass and some sense of traditional norms is much, much better than taking a wild walk on the Woke Side. I just place my trust in God come what may! Because I am not greater that our Lord and therefore I don't get a special exemptions from suffering.
Around 2006 or so, I read Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen; and I was shocked. This is the first serious Christian book I had ever read which made any sense to me. After reading it, I well understood why the churches could not defend themselves against the invading evil coming against them, and also ... infiltrating from within.
I most often think that most 'Christians' are not really Christians, and don't love and glorify God. Instead, they either have themselves planted into their minds some deformed ersatz version of God conjured up by themselves, and/or ... and more likely have had planted into their minds by dumb preachers, graduates of some one of the funky fallen clueless seminaries.
Another broken record... not nearly the first time posted on this forum...
Enterprises commonly considered a business, organizations like churches fall into this category as well, do not fit the definition of "trade or business" in US Code Title 26. Definitions in Title 26 (the pertinent ones to this assertion are in §7701) create new legal terms. Legal terms are not words as you and I understand their common meanings. They are spelled the same, pronounced the same, but as legal terms have very specific, narrow definitions. Their meaning has been obfuscated to lead even "educated" (mis- or mal-educated really, on purpose) CPAs to believe that the common meaning is in play.
It's disgusting what TPTB, in this case the federal legislature, so mostly lawyers (apologies to our esteemed host), have done with language, legalese, to scam The People. The (501)(c)(3) designation is yet another layer of disguise.
An in-depth, and I do mean in depth, examination of just what has been done with language in USC Title 26 (the tax code), including why common-parlance businesses do not fit the USC Title 26 definition of "trade or business," can be found in the deep, thorough text of 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 by Peter Eric Hendrickson. The book can now be read for free at the author's website:
It's dense, and lengthy, but SO worth the education. Nor do most Americans have a federal tax liability. Some do, most don't.
"Starve the beast" were words used by a commenter on C&C board recently by another educated American who posted they have gotten and are filing amended returns to get more $$ back paid to the IRS but belatedly discovered (after reading Cracking the Code) was not owed.
I had a pastor 20 years ago who said he believed the tax system weakens the Church and would be happy to have the exemptions taken away. He said it would weed out a lot of Church goers who were posing as believers because they also got tax exemptions.
If churches had to pay taxes on their buildings, there are places where it would be impossible for a congregation to own a church building because the taxes on the building would be too high. So that's an issue as well.
It would change everything. His point was that when we, any person or group, becomes dependent on government, we must necessarily live by the rules they set. What looks like a good thing can be used against us.
You're not wrong about that 501c3 connection. There are many reasons for a church to avoid it, the principal one being that they should not answer to anyone but God.
I assume you are talking about Dr. Franklin Graham. I was very disappointed when he promoted the shots. It was not the job of our Christian pastors and religious leaders to get involved in the government response to Covid.
Francis called it an “Act of Love” to get it. Our pastor is a blind follower and followed suit - asking people who wouldn’t wear masks or wear them properly to find another church. When called out he hid behind his vow of obedience. Obedient to the point of leading others to the slaughterhouse. Never an apology. These are the times that try our souls. I’m trying to forgive. Minimal success so far. But I know it’s not good for my soul to hold a grudge. Ugh.
Wow that is very difficult. Find another church…just awful. I join you in seeking to forgive and not be resentful. We are called to do it but it is not easy.
Exactly. I’m reminded of something someone told me many years ago - no one can make you sin. It might hurt to do what’s right sometimes but “I was just doing what I was told to” will not save you from the consequences.
I thought Catholics were pretty much bound to the church of the parish they lived in--so could not legitimately 'find' another church ? (although my neighbors on moving here, to a different parish, were allowed to skirt that regulation)
I heard many on Twitter say, it’s suspicious that Kate Middleton could supposedly stroll through a market so effortlessly and happily; yet not attend Easter service. The reply that got many likes was, she was skipping thru the market before they decided she had cancer (and generated ai to buy sympathy and more time.)
I agree. I’ll believe them when she is seen in person. The kids have also not been seen since December and now William hasn’t been public lately.
I no longer just believe what the powers say with no proof. (* that video wasn’t them. Not one person paid any attention to the actors) In fact, my default now is to assume everything is lies. Especially when it weird.
Yep, some are bending over backwards, trying to believe the narrative... They put out 3 fake photos, 2 fake videos, and we're supposed to believe the story that she has cancer? The AI was probably to get sympathy, buy time, and to give them an easy way to explain her demise, when the time comes. I like her and I wish her well, but why all the fakes? Something is not right here...
Do you seriously think she is dead or in a coma and no one knows about it? Really??!! 🤔
..Just like people were saying about Melania Trump four years ago when she went to the hospital for weeks and all we were told *after a long while*is that she had a kidney procedure. Speculation was crazy. All the same stuff and more.
However, if your
intentions are truly so heartfelt for her welfare, then bless your heart.
Lol, no I’m not going to respect a lie. You can chose to believe that. I do not. You probably respected the doctor who lied to you and told you to take a vaccine. I did not. I knew it was a lie.
And what if it is true (as millions believe) that Kate may be in a coma, or dead, and this is a lie, then would you be asking me to please respect this lie and please believe this artificial generation of Kate. No you wouldn’t. So don’t ask me to please respect when you know nothing. I don’t ask you to please respect what I believe. You can skip it or post you own thought but don’t ask me to respect : to be quiet and believe the lie.
I thought we were suppose to despise what God hates? And looking at the 'Royal Family' by what they do as opposed to what they say, then the 'Royals' have been plotting Evil against us for a very long time. (And often 'they' say it outright as in Charles' numerous pro-Woke Globalist agenda statements!)
Remember please that the sin of omission is also promulgation of lies.
The market scene only fooled a few, but the ai of Kate talking has fooled many or most. I too would have been fooled if I didn’t know the capabilities of AI.
Turbo glioblastoma? Two tumors were removed in two separate surgeries and another appeared in less than a month. No surgery this time, this far. I cannot longer see health updates online and don't know him well enough to ask for details.
I grew up in Oakland County. When the long time Republican County Executive was in place OC was a prestigious county. In his passing a progressive Democrat was quickly installed. I’ve watched the county decline. Sad. We moved out of state in 2020 and I’m thankful every day.
Hopefully there are enough voters in OC to restore it to a Republican stronghold. The county board has also become Democrat majority. None of this was the case when Brooks was in place. How much longer before Bouchard is voted out for a democratic Sheriff.
If, as I believe to be the case, a far greater proportion of Dems took that jab than Repubs, then one might assume that that percentage of each will shift. And if, as Craig Pardekooper's site shows, a high percentage of hot lots were directed toward red areas, then even more so.
You are so right. I live in a small town that they are turning into a bigger town. New Pulte developments, medical facilities, etc. Traffic is getting worse. The Democrats have taken over. They don't see their guy Biden and our 3 dimwits here in MI (Whitless, Nessel, Benson) as being part of the problem.
They are doing the same to my little town of Marshall, MI. Ford's Blue Oval EV battery factory is going into about 700 acres of prime farmland, but the whole industrial area will be about 3000 acres. The little two lane road between Battle Creek and Marshall is being changed into a 4 to 8 lane highway. Our current population is around 6000. A local realtor told a friend that they're expecting it to grow to 40,000. This was all decided behind the scenes without one single vote from the citizenry. Most of us have no interest in living in that kind of city. We moved here because it was small-town life surrounded by agricultural communities. It is beyond upsetting.
I haven’t seen any chemtrails out my way yet today, but they sure do spoil many a beautiful morning commute for me. I try not to let it get me down. Some days I’m more successful than others.
Keep this one in your back pocket for those who don't believe you. Article also has the link to the actual project.It was a Harvard "geoengineering" project that was going to release sulfur in the stratosphere-and not warn anyone . The absolute absurdity of being allowed to pollute the air for some scheme.
Of course they haven't shut down geoengineering and not what I said.The point of the link is that it
gives you a Harvard based project that is in fact a "geoengineering" project that you can share with someone that doesn't believe that "geoengineering" is actually happening/planned.
Beautiful North Florida (sunshine state?) with heavy chemical soup and lots of spraying. My husband and I counted 6 planes / drones flying slowly over our area spraying long strings of garbage into the sky at a slow pace on our morning walk.
Just listened to Ole Dammegard on Michael Jaco talking about the green lasers on a small plane over Coral Gables FL. Had video of residents filming and talking about it. He noted green lasers were seen mapping Lahaina months before the DEW's nailed it. For what it's worth, Dr. Joseph Mercola's HQ and only retail store is there. Might want to stay alert for all those in SW FL.
I can see them clear as day. Every day. It’s so aggravating. Especially considering that we moved down here to provide our kids with a better future. I have also seen the planes parked on a naval base across the St. John’s river. About 10 or so of them. Same white, fat bodies. I believe this is at least partially a military operation and therefore much harder to stop than something purely commercial.
☀️It’s a beautiful, sunny morning here in corrupt Michigan. Perfect for morning prayers followed by C&C. Thank you, Jeff, for being one of the top 5 reasons I am able to keep my sanity during this uncertain time in life. Love this witty, snarky community…and my morning dose of reason and coffee☕️📰
It's a rainy and cold morning in corrupt Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania cheated 2020.
We've certainly got corruption problems in VA, with nothing but selected bolshevik senators this century, but a day to celebrate. Gov Youngkin vetoed 30 gun control bills put forth by the bolshevik house and senate (also stolen) , including one to get rid of concealed carry reciprocity.
40 and rainy at the other end of commonwealth, too. Morning, Kathleen!
Morning!
At least we had good weather on Easter Sunday.
It was indeed gorgeous. And my husband started to work on repairing the spring house fascia so we can put up a gutter and collect rainwater --already have the 35 and 50 gal barrels just waiting to be used.
I was thinking about collecting rain water as well, but we get SO HEAVELY CHEMTRAILED here in Southern CA that I would not dare store and drink this water! We had such a RAINY, GREY, COLD Resurrection Day, that I KNOW was planned to "rain on our celebrations" BUT the Gift of God's Salvation will NEVER dampen our spirits!!! He did give us in the early morning, a beautiful gift of His Rainbow though!
Collecting that roof water for my gardens--then I don't have to pay for it. And it won't have a neutral pH which just undoes the acidification effort I make on my blueberries.
Illegal in Nc to collect rain water!)/&? I mean it’s raining on my home and I can’t keep that water ?? Ridiculousness
I wonder if 'they' are afraid of encouraging mosquito populations
Going for the garden. At least it won't have chloramines (my tap water) which my blueberries hate. Have been bringing home my well-water from Maine each time we go up.
Glad you are here! We need all the geo engineering warriors we can get ❤️
Just outside DC in the People's Republic of Maryland and we had your weather, sounds like, until this morning when the thunder and pouring rain happened.
And from the middle of the Keystone State, sitting here waiting for a ruling on PA’s undated ballots☕️🇺🇸(only been four years🤪)
Sunny Florida is finally getting sunny and warm. It was actually a pretty bleak gray winter.
Yes! I was telling my cousin from Southern California yesterday..they had rain and lots of it when they never do.
I told her that December, January and February here are a given to be sunny and this year they were rainy and or gray. Very strange.
It’s the cloud seeding unfortunately
No, it's natural phenomenon called El Niño, that causes wet, cool weather in Florida ( and messed up weather all over the country). Unfortunately, it is nearly over, and about to be replaced by a La Niña, which means a bad hurricane season for us.
Sunny and beautiful in central Florida where Zuckerbucks flowed in 2020, but where Childers and company remain the guardians of truth and justice!
It’s been absolutely gorgeous in Miami for the last two weeks! Perfection! Very fortunate to be spending some extended time here.
Also rainy and cold in corrupt Arizona.
Arizona cheated in 2020 and 2022!
And 2022!
And gearing up for 2024.
I’ve heard the election corruption that was previously mostly limited to Philadelphia and parts of Pittsburgh is now statewide. Apparently Pennsylvania now is a completely lost state in terms of election integrity. Is that true?
Yes.
Sunny today in Northern Commiefornia but my area has a snow forecast for Thursday. 😩
It's a beautiful morning in North Carolina, the state that inflicted Mandy Cohen on the country and the home of at least one seminary and high-profile religious leader who urged us to take the jab. One of the seminary's victims, a much-loved professor, was able to come to church yesterday, even as he is undergoing treatment for his third glioblastoma tumor.
I was pondering, yesterday, the effects of the 501c3 IRS category. Tucker, in speaking with the German bishop, asked, "Where are the Church leaders?" [He didn't mention Cardinal Vigano]. The black heart in me whispered in my ear that perhaps the govt had set that tax-exemption category up to get the pastors, over a long time, comfortable with being on a leading string. For just how easily did they close their churches? And collaborate in the jab-push? Then yesterday my little conspiracy theory took a new direction: March 12, 2020--last day of 'freedom'. How close to the date of April 12, the date of Easter Sunday that year. Hit 'em where it really hurts.
They absolutely reveled in (if not coordinated around) keeping us from worshipping together on Easter in April of 2020. The first and only time I missed Easter Vigil since converting to Catholicism in 1999. Keeping us from church - for us from the Mass and Eucharist - hurt more than any other part of the whole plandemic. I learned a lot about the leaders of our Church - some good but more not. We are run by humans, potentially corruptible all. God help us.
The absolute idiocy of 2020. Our pastor wanted to give the Easter blessing to any parishoner who chose to drive over to the church. Everyone was going to stay in their cars and keep the windows rolled up. The Knights of Columbus had set up the parking lot and had volunteers to make sure that everyone had followed directions. The Bishop put the kibosh on it at the last minute. The Knights were calling people to tell them not to come to the church. Official reason: it may become a super spreader event.
Unbelievable. Absolute idiocy is right.
That line of query is absolutely worth exploring. I too have wondered.
“Don’t say anything political else your non-profit status goes away.”
He who controls the purse strings….
Yep, and it’s not just churches that have to deal with that “thorny”?issue. The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) recently caved to the Trans lobby and told its chapters that if a Trans “woman” (biological male) who had gone to the trouble of having his I mean HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE legally changed to reflect “her” new status wanted to join the Society, the chapter COULD NOT REFUSE the applicant. All because of the risk of losing that precious 501(c)3 status. That was the last straw for me. 🤢🤢🤢🤮
UGH! I just dusted off the application my Mom recently found that my Grandpa had completed as best he could back in 1988 so I could apply to the Daughters of the American Revolution. And now to hear this?? How disappointing...
And dig in to that genealogy as far as you can…my mother’s maternal side of her tree was very well researched and documented…with almost 30 Patriots who were in the DAR index…and two Mayflower connections as well. But her paternal side had not been delved into by any of us…little did we know that Benjamin Franklin is a cousin and that we are related to most of the founding families of Nantucket! (I want my Macys Descendant Discount! And Starbucks too! LOL) Furthermore, thanks to the kindness & patience of a cousin, she showed where we had five more Mayflower connections! My mother and I were gobsmacked…So it pays to dig, dig, DIG! Blessings and happy hunting!!
It’s heartbreaking…but there are tons of other hereditary patriotic organizations out there—you’ll be amazed at the number of them. One other thing we can all do is dive in to research the Patriot Ancestors’ lives and contributions to the founding of this nation. Learn about who they were and celebrate their decision to get involved in throwing off the tyranny of the British government. Share that info with family members and see if you can re-ignite the flame of FREEDOM & LIBERTY in their hearts as well as your own. ❤️🤍💙
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True.
That's not the first time they caved.
I was disappointed in the DAR's response (at least in our area) to the plandemic. The Founders (their ancestors) risked their lives and sacred honor to establish this country and their descendants were too afraid to meet in person for months to years. I guess by now the blood of patriots is growing thin.
I will add that I did not renew my membership this year due to the change to allow "trans" women to join. For me, this is a moral issue. There is still a nod to our Judeo-Christian roots, as we pray at the start of every meeting, but my observation these last few years is that it seems to be mostly rote and not so much heartfelt.
However, from a secular point of view, the reason the DAR exists is because the SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) would not let the women join. We are right back where we started.
Mrs. "the Knife"
Oh my goodness. The DAR, after raising us was over and done with, was my mother's firstest and bestest. Not being a group belonger, although a lover of history (how else to be a Latin teacher?), I declined to be a part. This is back in the 80's for me. But those evening gowns, and those chest ribbons with the pins!
Black churches have no restrictions on political speech.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Acceptance of 501c3 status is express, and at the very least, tacit consent to be regulated by the civil state. Such 501c3 'churches' are no longer instituted of God, but has been 'sold' to the civil power for a bowl of pottage.
Churches, real churches, are not tax exempt. Real churches are Tax Immune. Again, the Church is instituted by God as His creation which places said institution in God's Sovereign jurisdiction. Separate jurisdiction is the reason why the civil state 'cannot infringe upon' for reason of No Standing. (We have forgotten so much!)
"Are you a 501c3 church or not?", is the first question we ask of a church. If the answer is 'yes' then we are gone. Folks! Is either of God or of Man. There is no neutral ground between what is God's and what is Man's.
This is really interesting. We've always been members of a church but we switched to a different church about 3 years ago and have hesitated to officially join as members because someone else shared this same info with us. Membership status, giving etc... could be shared with the government and others.
Hi Barbara!
And that the 'other side of the moon', the giving part. Our giving is solely between God and us, and no side perks to us. That is, our giving is to be pure appreciation and thanksgiving, not strings attached.
The Westminster Confession says that the sole purpose of Man is to glorify God. And I think it is question # one. Now that is a hard one to get one's hands around. And it took me awhile. But when we glorify anything other than God, we end up with governments that like to kill their own people, steal our work and wealth ... and lie, lie, lie day and night. And today? We find that 'they' the Dear Leader Cretins now want to gene edit our food and us along with it.
All glory to God and none other!
I think you are right. Contribute with green money. Same gift without identifying strings.
Tithing has nothing to do with money. The 10% they ask for is the 10% of the left side of your brain (the analytical side) that God wants us to move over to the right side in Meditation. So we have 100% on the right side which is where we are so concentrated on our 3rd eye. Please listen to Bill Donahue which he is from 11 years ago and he shows everything in scripture about the Pineal Gland which is our 3rd eye. Use your and look up that word and it’s in the Bible. So this is no new age junk. Which is what most people say. God Bless you.
It was years ago--years!--that I considered "render unto Caesar, what it Caesar's; render unto God what is God's". And it seemed to me that the PCUSA had chosen to render unto Caesar what is his, and render unto Caesar what is God's. Painful for one who had served as Elder of a PCUSA congregation.
My wife follows more this kind of thing than I do. However, I think you are overall right, although my wife tells me that some congregations are better than others. How much better is perhaps problematic. As it is, we cannot find one single church in our area of Roanoke, Virginia to which we might want to attend.
We used to be in the RPCUS until we found our own paster in error having to do with the unconditional love New Testament heresy. Not too long after we dropped out of that congregation the whole RPCUS collapsed and disintegrated. Today, the RPCUS does not exist. Seeing this kind of thing is not exactly uplifting!
I hate to say that Christians in 'churches' are not really Christians, but that is probably more the case than not. People just don't know much about Christian Orthodoxy, Church history and the general education offered both public and private has produced a race of mental dwarfs not capable of mounting a good self-defense. But on a positive note, having some moral compass and some sense of traditional norms is much, much better than taking a wild walk on the Woke Side. I just place my trust in God come what may! Because I am not greater that our Lord and therefore I don't get a special exemptions from suffering.
Around 2006 or so, I read Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen; and I was shocked. This is the first serious Christian book I had ever read which made any sense to me. After reading it, I well understood why the churches could not defend themselves against the invading evil coming against them, and also ... infiltrating from within.
I most often think that most 'Christians' are not really Christians, and don't love and glorify God. Instead, they either have themselves planted into their minds some deformed ersatz version of God conjured up by themselves, and/or ... and more likely have had planted into their minds by dumb preachers, graduates of some one of the funky fallen clueless seminaries.
To say it understated, it's a horrible mess.
Thanks for your support of my 'wifty' idea, daverkb! I think you actually had mentioned your question and flight in an earlier comment.
Probably so ... and Sir Broken Record here reporting for duty!
Not so--I figure always on needing to hear a message three times to make it stick (and taught that way, also)
Another broken record... not nearly the first time posted on this forum...
Enterprises commonly considered a business, organizations like churches fall into this category as well, do not fit the definition of "trade or business" in US Code Title 26. Definitions in Title 26 (the pertinent ones to this assertion are in §7701) create new legal terms. Legal terms are not words as you and I understand their common meanings. They are spelled the same, pronounced the same, but as legal terms have very specific, narrow definitions. Their meaning has been obfuscated to lead even "educated" (mis- or mal-educated really, on purpose) CPAs to believe that the common meaning is in play.
It's disgusting what TPTB, in this case the federal legislature, so mostly lawyers (apologies to our esteemed host), have done with language, legalese, to scam The People. The (501)(c)(3) designation is yet another layer of disguise.
An in-depth, and I do mean in depth, examination of just what has been done with language in USC Title 26 (the tax code), including why common-parlance businesses do not fit the USC Title 26 definition of "trade or business," can be found in the deep, thorough text of 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 by Peter Eric Hendrickson. The book can now be read for free at the author's website:
https://losthorizons.com
It's dense, and lengthy, but SO worth the education. Nor do most Americans have a federal tax liability. Some do, most don't.
"Starve the beast" were words used by a commenter on C&C board recently by another educated American who posted they have gotten and are filing amended returns to get more $$ back paid to the IRS but belatedly discovered (after reading Cracking the Code) was not owed.
Pull off the blinders, folks.
I had a pastor 20 years ago who said he believed the tax system weakens the Church and would be happy to have the exemptions taken away. He said it would weed out a lot of Church goers who were posing as believers because they also got tax exemptions.
If churches had to pay taxes on their buildings, there are places where it would be impossible for a congregation to own a church building because the taxes on the building would be too high. So that's an issue as well.
It would change everything. His point was that when we, any person or group, becomes dependent on government, we must necessarily live by the rules they set. What looks like a good thing can be used against us.
You're not wrong about that 501c3 connection. There are many reasons for a church to avoid it, the principal one being that they should not answer to anyone but God.
I assume you are talking about Dr. Franklin Graham. I was very disappointed when he promoted the shots. It was not the job of our Christian pastors and religious leaders to get involved in the government response to Covid.
He wasn’t the only one! Much to my horror Pope Francis highly promoted them and continues to this day! The jabs are pure evil!
Francis called it an “Act of Love” to get it. Our pastor is a blind follower and followed suit - asking people who wouldn’t wear masks or wear them properly to find another church. When called out he hid behind his vow of obedience. Obedient to the point of leading others to the slaughterhouse. Never an apology. These are the times that try our souls. I’m trying to forgive. Minimal success so far. But I know it’s not good for my soul to hold a grudge. Ugh.
Wow that is very difficult. Find another church…just awful. I join you in seeking to forgive and not be resentful. We are called to do it but it is not easy.
How’d that crux of obedience work for the Germans in WWII aftermath?
Exactly. I’m reminded of something someone told me many years ago - no one can make you sin. It might hurt to do what’s right sometimes but “I was just doing what I was told to” will not save you from the consequences.
I thought Catholics were pretty much bound to the church of the parish they lived in--so could not legitimately 'find' another church ? (although my neighbors on moving here, to a different parish, were allowed to skirt that regulation)
Many believe the Pope is evil too.
Satan in papal robes!
Absolutely.
He’s certainly causing some confusion, and it certainly seems like he’s doing it on purpose. There have been corrupt popes before. So.
That usurper is pure evil
And the PCUSA Presbyterian denomination still to this day encourages getting the C-19 vax posted on their website.
"our theological obligations' or similar words. Nonsense. It has now been nine years since I ceased attending.
Yes, and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
I don’t understand why they felt they had to weigh in. So very many were deluded.
$$$$$$$
That’s when I closed my ears, and wallet, to anything to do with Franklin Graham.
I might feel differently if he would admit his error. It's one thing to be deceived and another, worse thing, to urge others to comply.
Agreed.
I heard many on Twitter say, it’s suspicious that Kate Middleton could supposedly stroll through a market so effortlessly and happily; yet not attend Easter service. The reply that got many likes was, she was skipping thru the market before they decided she had cancer (and generated ai to buy sympathy and more time.)
I agree. I’ll believe them when she is seen in person. The kids have also not been seen since December and now William hasn’t been public lately.
I no longer just believe what the powers say with no proof. (* that video wasn’t them. Not one person paid any attention to the actors) In fact, my default now is to assume everything is lies. Especially when it weird.
I do wish her well if she is ill.
Yep, some are bending over backwards, trying to believe the narrative... They put out 3 fake photos, 2 fake videos, and we're supposed to believe the story that she has cancer? The AI was probably to get sympathy, buy time, and to give them an easy way to explain her demise, when the time comes. I like her and I wish her well, but why all the fakes? Something is not right here...
She and her family have retreated to their country home. Please let's respect her time of awful treatment.
King Charles looked okay yesterday considering.
Prayers for both. 🙏
Also it’s beyond rude to tell me to respect something I absolutely do not believe. I do not believe the official palace lies about Kate.
Do you seriously think she is dead or in a coma and no one knows about it? Really??!! 🤔
..Just like people were saying about Melania Trump four years ago when she went to the hospital for weeks and all we were told *after a long while*is that she had a kidney procedure. Speculation was crazy. All the same stuff and more.
However, if your
intentions are truly so heartfelt for her welfare, then bless your heart.
Have a good night. ✌️
Lol, no I’m not going to respect a lie. You can chose to believe that. I do not. You probably respected the doctor who lied to you and told you to take a vaccine. I did not. I knew it was a lie.
And what if it is true (as millions believe) that Kate may be in a coma, or dead, and this is a lie, then would you be asking me to please respect this lie and please believe this artificial generation of Kate. No you wouldn’t. So don’t ask me to please respect when you know nothing. I don’t ask you to please respect what I believe. You can skip it or post you own thought but don’t ask me to respect : to be quiet and believe the lie.
I thought we were suppose to despise what God hates? And looking at the 'Royal Family' by what they do as opposed to what they say, then the 'Royals' have been plotting Evil against us for a very long time. (And often 'they' say it outright as in Charles' numerous pro-Woke Globalist agenda statements!)
Remember please that the sin of omission is also promulgation of lies.
Because that wasn’t her..
The market scene only fooled a few, but the ai of Kate talking has fooled many or most. I too would have been fooled if I didn’t know the capabilities of AI.
Oh my. I must have missed any coverage about the seminary & religious leader pushing cv19 experimental injections.
This poor man suffering so horribly…. lifting up in prayer now. Does he connect the dots by any chance?
I don't think so.
Third?????😮😮😮
That's how his son described it. Two tumors removed in separate surgeries, then a third appeared less than a month later.
Third??!!
Has this ever happened before? Usually people get one, I thought, and die fairly quickly and awfully from that.
Although I could be mistaken.
Turbo glioblastoma? Two tumors were removed in two separate surgeries and another appeared in less than a month. No surgery this time, this far. I cannot longer see health updates online and don't know him well enough to ask for details.
Amen! And let's hear it for those still experiencing sanity ~ an ever-shrinking minority everyone should want to be a member of!
Hopefully, you are not in Oakland County where the Chilean criminal gangs are burglarizing affluent neighborhoods.
I grew up in Oakland County. When the long time Republican County Executive was in place OC was a prestigious county. In his passing a progressive Democrat was quickly installed. I’ve watched the county decline. Sad. We moved out of state in 2020 and I’m thankful every day.
I don't know how we ended up with Coulter. L Brooks Patterson was much better and I hear his daughter is getting into politics at the county level.
CA perfected the art of the steal long before we became aware of it.
And Gretchen’s mentor is none other than Granholm who fled to CA from Michigan
Geniuses all😂
Hopefully there are enough voters in OC to restore it to a Republican stronghold. The county board has also become Democrat majority. None of this was the case when Brooks was in place. How much longer before Bouchard is voted out for a democratic Sheriff.
If, as I believe to be the case, a far greater proportion of Dems took that jab than Repubs, then one might assume that that percentage of each will shift. And if, as Craig Pardekooper's site shows, a high percentage of hot lots were directed toward red areas, then even more so.
Agreed. I can't believe how much support Democrats have here in Oakland County. I can't anyone would support a Democrat! Lol
Twisted. Good is everyone and evil is good. 🤪😵😵💫😜
You are so right. I live in a small town that they are turning into a bigger town. New Pulte developments, medical facilities, etc. Traffic is getting worse. The Democrats have taken over. They don't see their guy Biden and our 3 dimwits here in MI (Whitless, Nessel, Benson) as being part of the problem.
They are doing the same to my little town of Marshall, MI. Ford's Blue Oval EV battery factory is going into about 700 acres of prime farmland, but the whole industrial area will be about 3000 acres. The little two lane road between Battle Creek and Marshall is being changed into a 4 to 8 lane highway. Our current population is around 6000. A local realtor told a friend that they're expecting it to grow to 40,000. This was all decided behind the scenes without one single vote from the citizenry. Most of us have no interest in living in that kind of city. We moved here because it was small-town life surrounded by agricultural communities. It is beyond upsetting.
Just unbelievable I can’t believe we can’t stop this insanity
It’s not that we can’t it’s that we don’t want to
Thank God, no. And definitely not affluent or luxury…although we love our big, old, comfy rural home with a countryside view.
good times!
Yes, as a former Michigan resident, I agree that C&C is beneficial in retaining one's sanity.
Former MI resident as well.
I’m sure the jets will be out soon here in sunny 🌞 Michigan spewing their poison to turn the silvery skies gray. Enjoy it while you can.
Already done, saw them by 9am!
Yup, the sun is already hiding behind the spread out trails.
I haven’t seen any chemtrails out my way yet today, but they sure do spoil many a beautiful morning commute for me. I try not to let it get me down. Some days I’m more successful than others.
I am sitting downtown Chicago, overlooking Lake Shore Dr. Gray, cold, windy. If the chem trails are up there, we can’t see them.
In my neck of fascist MI, the chemtrials are already wrecking a beautiful blue sky.
Keep this one in your back pocket for those who don't believe you. Article also has the link to the actual project.It was a Harvard "geoengineering" project that was going to release sulfur in the stratosphere-and not warn anyone . The absolute absurdity of being allowed to pollute the air for some scheme.
https://cauf.substack.com/p/harvard-shuts-geoengineering-project
Read & support Dane Wigington’s long time reporting on this: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/
Of course they haven't shut down geoengineering and not what I said.The point of the link is that it
gives you a Harvard based project that is in fact a "geoengineering" project that you can share with someone that doesn't believe that "geoengineering" is actually happening/planned.
Or maybe the 80+ patents listed here: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/an-extensive-list-of-patents/#more-3828
Sorry, did you say something? Too busy looking down at my phone...
https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/the-dimming-full-length-climate-engineering-documentary/
Beautiful North Florida (sunshine state?) with heavy chemical soup and lots of spraying. My husband and I counted 6 planes / drones flying slowly over our area spraying long strings of garbage into the sky at a slow pace on our morning walk.
Just listened to Ole Dammegard on Michael Jaco talking about the green lasers on a small plane over Coral Gables FL. Had video of residents filming and talking about it. He noted green lasers were seen mapping Lahaina months before the DEW's nailed it. For what it's worth, Dr. Joseph Mercola's HQ and only retail store is there. Might want to stay alert for all those in SW FL.
Has anyone ever talked to the pilots of these planes? The must know a lot about what they are spraying.
You can actually see them? for me they are so high up that they are invisible. And I live under a flyway (JFK, EWR, PHL)
I can see them clear as day. Every day. It’s so aggravating. Especially considering that we moved down here to provide our kids with a better future. I have also seen the planes parked on a naval base across the St. John’s river. About 10 or so of them. Same white, fat bodies. I believe this is at least partially a military operation and therefore much harder to stop than something purely commercial.