DOGE hero bloodied but unbowed; CNN admits Trump’s presidency is historic; tariffs hit 90+ nations; markets surge; Main Street cheers; and Europe’s war games blow up in their wallets.
I have a great respect for Big Balls, now more than ever. He stood his ground. If he had been armed, he could have ended that confrontation. Dr. Paul Alexander, in his Substack last evening, said that those teenage thugs are feral animals and should be put down. DC should not have such things happening. I do hope Trump takes action and federalizes the place. Bring back civility.
Agree 💯 If that was my daughter he protected I would tell her to marry him. What a fine individual and a real man. She could not do better. Big Balls- you are awesome 👍👏❤️
I would sue the parents into oblivion, presuming they even have anything of value or at least put a lien on the home if they even have one. And yes, BB is awesome!
Big balls has big balls. That girl needs to marry him. Fast.
A shout out to my man, who also has some mighty big balls…last year, in the middle of the night, I saw a light shining into our bedroom. I woke him up, he sprang out of bed buck naked, grabbed a flashlight, and headed outside into the SNOW. Came back in, grabbed a gun (still naked), went back out (INTO TNE SNOW), and continued his search. Thankfully, he found nothing.
It happened again a few weeks later. Turns out it was my “smart” scale lighting up the night for no apparent reason other than to spy on us. The scale is now gone and the hubs is now safe from frostbite. But yeah, that’s a real man.
And that young woman needs to marry Big Balls. He is indeed “a man in full.”
That’s awesome! I remember my dad running outside in his bathrobe and tightly whities with a gun because a bear was getting into their trash cans. He was in his early 80s at the time. My step mom and I were like ‘why are you going out there? Stay inside!’ And he was like ‘nah I got this.’ He scared the bear away. Let’s just say that my husband had big shoes to fill for manly expectations but he does it.
My “early 80s Manly Man” will go out to ‘check on things’ no matter whatever he’s wearing or not wearing and will always answer my demand of putting something on with, “I’m not going to the prom!” I’ve heard this reply to my request for 59 years and don’t expect to hear anything else from him or to have him dress for any occasion. I am safe!!
@Nard- My husband was in his tidy whities at 1:30 am once putting out our garage fire with a garden hose (he's a former fireman) while I held our granddaughter's Sleeping Beauty lantern. Cops showed up and took one look at him and tried not to laugh. The burn pattern was in a phallic shape, complete with scrotum. Stayed that way for a few days until we could find siding to match and our neighbor put it on. Our daughter suggested we leave it and decorate it for Christmas. "We can put wreathes on the bottom!!" Good times.
My husband recently removed all of our SMART smoke detectors lol. He has yet to replace them. Eventually, he will. He moves much faster naked in the snow.
Smart. And to any and all who have Alexis in their homes , WTF is wrong with you ??? I don't even have a smart TV, and am handing on to my dumb wide screen pre LED TV until it dies for that reason.
I talked to a man in a Big TV store and said you can disable them. Not sure if that is 100 % true, because I don't think you can truly disable all other the tracking / auto camera / audio of a smart phone
My oven and ourTVs are "smart". Tvs have to use wifi (cable company, not my choice). But I can't think of any reason for my oven to have wifi. If I'm not home, it doesn't need to be working. My fit bit stays in its box. Alexa has never been welcome in my home.
While I love my husband, if anyone is going outside with a gun, it will be me. LOL He’s great in a lot of ways. He’s Mr. Handyman when it comes to fixing things from computers to refrigerators to electrical to replacing faucets to minor stuff with the car to laying vinyl flooring and making a fence and more. However, he is very mild-mannered. I am not. Hahahaha! Which is probably why we work.
Funny related story. Many years ago, some men escaped from a prison near my aunt's home. She lived alone far off the road, so my dad took us to spend the night to make her feel more safe. When we got there, searchers were looking in the ditches and surrounding area where we turned onto the farm path. In the middle of the night when we were all asleep, there was a very loud noise like something falling. My father jumped up, got his gun and went out the front door. He intended to shoot into the air as a warning, but the gun jammed. We never figured out what caused the noise.
A new friend recently moved from Jackson TN. Her husband is still there working along with 2 of their children. The guy who killed the 4 people and left a baby in somebodies' yard last week spent at least 2 nights in their neighborhood. The husband comes home from work Monday and the whole area is on lockdown, with drones, helicopters and dogs. They catch the guy Tuesday morning and later that day state police are in their back yard looking for his stuff. I would have been freaking.
"Smart" devices are problematic. We had just upgraded our "dumb" 55" plasma TV to a 65" "smart" TV and more than once I'd be awakened in the deep dark of night by a disembodied voice (I think it was Alexa, since this is a Google/Sony TV) saying "there is a problem..." or something to that effect. Very creepy! Got into the settings and put Alexa to sleep permanently.
We switched from Dish to cable several years ago which meant that we had to reprogram Alexa for the new connection. But neither of the could remember the passcode for Alexa. So now she sits , unplugged and not working. I love it. We have our privacy back and she can no longer interrupt our conversations.
Many years ago, our burglar alarm went off in the middle of the night. We had no guns in the house (at that time), and my hubs looked around muttering “I need a weapon.” So he grabbed my curling iron from the bathroom vanity, and headed down the hall holding that curling iron like a baseball bat, ready to take on the “intruder”. It turned out to be just a faulty sensor, so he didn’t have to defend me with a curling iron after all. It made for a great story though! (And a funny gag gift from “Santa” that Christmas!)
Don’t let the good ones slip away…at any age. The State of Our Union study (2022) found that men who married in their early 20s (big balls is close!) had MUCH higher marital and sexual satisfaction than those who married later in life. Also, young women also had higher satisfaction rates.
Much like the myth that the DOGE boys were “too young g” for the job, this study challenged the idea that maturity only comes with age, and suggested that “cornerstone marriages” (early marriages)can be just as stable and nurturing as “capstone marriages” (later marriages). So, there’s hope for big balls and his gal❤️.
(Sorry…I’m a bit of a useless information data nerd)
Cool. My dear wife and I married when we were both 20 - I am 6 weeks older than her. We are 71 now. I know that I was strongly motivated to marry her by not only her beauty and character and the fact that she was the only sane, stable person in my life besides my maternal grandparents who lived 3 states away... She and I "grew up together" and praise Jesus for His mercy in our lives. As Janis Joplin sang "when you got nuthin, you got nuthin to lose..." we had "nuthin" but each other, hopes and dreams, faith, and good health - which was really everything. My parents' on-again-off-again marriage broke up for good a year after we married - deep in debt, they lost everything. Thankful that my mom found a good man and restored some sanity to her life. My dad... not so much - 3 more misfires and died at 69. We survived some rough times that strained us to the limit ... raised 3 sons and lost one to a drug overdose at 33 after years of drug rehab, incarceration, counseling (him and us) and prayer. His older brothers are happily married, gainfully employed, debt-free (on their own) and raising our 4 grandchildren in the Faith. God is Good.
Similar story, but my parents stayed together, though mom hated dad at the end, and earlier. Lost our only child at 36. We married at 21, she's 6 weeks older than me, we're 72 , so also survived some rough patches, including curing her cancer.
Like the ‘teenagers’ in the ‘fight’ in Cincinnati that resulted in the severe beatings of a white man and a white woman. The arrested ‘teenagers’ turned out to be thirty something and forty something year old black men and one very stupid black woman. I am so sick of this covering up for these attacks.
These were adults - one in court was 26 (smirking the whole time) whose lawyer said she has to be allowed out as she has three children… Why was she out drinking at 3:30 am? Where was the worry then?
White males often get identified before there’s any identifying information and then there has to be a correction, or at least should be.
George Zimmerman was called a white male, though he was Hispanic and had a black grandfather.
I believe I read some years ago that national law enforcement data bases classified Hispanics as white to balance out the crime statistics some. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s still the case.
I told my husband of almost 50 years he is my “big balls.” When we had only started dating and taking a walk at the college we attended , he saved me from three guys trying to kidnap me (who were out on weekends from jail from a work release program). He took a car tire iron to the head and stayed upright to protect me and yell for help. They finally left when neighbors turned on their porch light. He has the scar to prove it. He’s the only guy my parents ever liked! ❤️
I don't "do" Social media(just SS). . . but I am sorely tempted reading over his few posts on this front page. . .
A real man; Interesting to see if she marries him and the celebration at the wedding. I would go to congratulate them both and celebrate their union; THOUSANDS WOULD.
Thank you for all you have done so far in a very short and eventful 7 months! However, regardless of my admiration for your work this is not the reason for my communication.
My family and 80+ million Americans are aware of your local DOGE associate and chivalrous hero Mr. Edward Coristine(https://x.com/as400495) as he saved his girl friend, and likely soon to be fiancee'(!), from great harm at the hands of street thugs in DC. I would like to offer an idea for his reward. Please give him a Medal of Honor in his service to our country before the year is out.
I am hopeful this could be a good opportunity for healing for yourself and your friend Mr. Elon Musk; certainly he will be invited to such a ceremony! As you can also imagine millions of Americans were saddened at your break and are hopeful you two can again regain a magical relationship.
Not necessarily SD, many of today's young men are timid and addicted to their 'screens'. I've occasionally seen young couples out for dinner, must be on parents money as restaurants are expensive, and see the young ladies being treated as a little sister. No respect, no honor, little attention.
There's some good ones too, but the 'soy boy' I think it's called, seems to be the majority.
There is so much talk of bravery in the world and so little actual bravery that this act seems monumental to me. So many men, much older than him, would not have done the same thing. Bravo to him!
The only thing I’m disappointed about is that they didn’t catch the thugs. It’s DC, they would have been out on $100 bail the next morning anyway.
Baltimore City, like DC has a huge crime problem with unruly black teenagers. If they are arrested, they are released, too young to prosecute and hardly monitored. The gangs they aspire to join, know this and exploit it. DC and Baltimore City will never change. Federalizing DC will hopefully send a chilling message to corrupt Democrat leaders, who want to destroy their City through crime.
Feral is a word that has been mulling in my mind recently about the roving teens and young adults.
Without a stable home life with both a mom and DAD who also spend time with them, they are being raised in the streets with street gangs. Schools are only keeping them off the streets for 6 hours a day for the youngest, they are not interested in education.
Not much has changed in that respect for 20 years, except that it’s getting worse with illegal aliens added to the mix.
DC needs a clean up. Its experiment has failed. DC needs a boatload of Officer Deons. Humane, tough love cops.
Don’t blame the victim! I’ve said what you said to my own children and I practice it. But what a shame that the nighttime can not be enjoyed. And sometimes due to illness or other special circumstances, one just finds oneself out there. It shouldn’t be a death sentence.
After high school, in the hot summer, I'd take bicycle rides late at night after it cooled off around midnight, to expend my pent up energy. The streets were relatively free of traffic then, and speeding down the hills was a breeze.
“Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
Philippians 4:8
Remember the transcendent values in this troubled world— the good, the beautiful, the true.
From a public school kid who studied Classics in college. (And converted to the Catholic faith as an adult.)
I started kindergarten in 1967, but in my elementary school we started every morning with The Lord’s Prayer.
My parents were completely secular and we never went to church. Ironically, the seeds to my conversion were planted early and deep by my public school system.
They did you a favor then old guy. As an altar boy, I ended up going to mass more than the priests did. Every morning before school, funerals all year round, weddings during summer vacation
Not sure of the context of P 4:8, but if I and my family or friend's safety and well being is threatened by overwhelming odds I will do the righteous thing and defend our honor and protect our lives. Doing any less is a sin in my opinion. Not much purity loveliness and honor in anyone that would attack what they thought was an easy target.
Actually, Christopher Hitchens was a brilliant man, but like all men, he was capable of making mistakes. That ability was exhibited in the title of his book, ‘God is not Great’, with the accompanying subtitle ‘How religion poisons everything’
He was wrong about God, however, he was right about religion
… his mistake was in thinking that God has anything to do with man’s religions
"And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians; and they shall fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against their neighbor: city shall fight against city, and kingdom against kingdom." Isaiah XlX:2
The program of the World Order remains the same; Divide and Conquer.
How can anyone call themselves a follower of Jesus and reject His being mentioned/prophesied and His multiple appearances / Christophanies throughout all of the OT as being of little importance???
When Jesus referred to the ‘scripture’, he was talking about the Old Testament only, since there was no New Testament yet.
The same thing is true for the writer of the letter to Timothy, when he referred to scripture he was referring to what we call the Old Testament only, he could not have possibly been talking about the New Testament
… because there was no New Testament yet when that letter was written
The Messiah. I like to follow these verses from Proverbs with John 3:16-17
The Lord begot Me, the firstborn of His ways, the forerunner of His prodigies of long ago;
From of old I was poured forth, at the first, before the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no fountains or springs of water;
Before the mountains were settled into place, before the hills, I was brought forth;
While as yet the earth and the fields were not made, nor the first clods of the world.
When He, established the heavens I was there, when He, marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
When He, made firm the skies above, when He, fixed fast the foundations of the earth;
When He, set forth the sea it’s limit, so that the waters should not transgress His command;
Then I was beside Him as His craftsman,
and I, was His delight day by day,
Playing before Him all the while, playing on the surface of His earth;
and I found delight in the sons of men.
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not die but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
Isaiah describes what fulfilling the Law looks like. Unfortunately, the modern American church no longer teaches God's Law which Jesus perfectly lived. "Come now, and let us reason together" and learn the perfect love of fulfilling God's Law.
My mother said that to me as well, except it was after dark, not midnight. Have never forgotten it and have seen many, MANY confirmations of it's truth.
COMPLETELY off topic, but apparently Kentucky Bourbon makers are having a tough time due to tariffs and lefty boycotts (you can read more here: https://open.substack.com/pub/lukebeasley/p/62-of-kentuckians-voted-trump-now?r=19oj26&utm_medium=ios). I’m not a bourbon drinker, but I did run out yesterday, bought some bourbon in protest of their shenanigans, and made a delicious bourbon chicken and peaches dish last night.
If we can boost American Eagle, why not good old Kentucky Bourbon??
I looked at the comments and agree. The left is full of hate and rage. I guess I'm a national socialist also because I'm against importing the third world to replace White Americans, mutilating children by drugs and surgery and am for free speech.
No way the bourbon business collapses in 6 months because of Trump. The distilleries went on a production binge over the last ten years and now maybe the fickle public tastes have moved on to the next popular “thing”.
Agreed, such crap. The craft distilled liquor market here in the US has been vastly over-sold in the years since covid.
There are close to 1000 bourbon distillers in the USA right now and I doubt if anything but trendiness has propped up bourbon sales to this point. When something else becomes the cool kids' drink, the previous Cool Thing goes back to baseline sales and distilleries go out of business.
Inflation and tariffs; the two boogiemen the Left is still pimping to bring Trump's popularity down and send the economy crashing. Sorry, Charlie.
Bourbon is great for cooking and baking - especially Bourbon Balls:) And who doesn't enjoy root beer with a little Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream? Just doing my part to keep Kentucky's bourbon industry afloat:)
Coke? RC? Pepsi? I gotta be careful. I'm not much of a drinker. I don't wanna find myself waking up in the gutter on Bourbon Street or on the floor of a street car named Desire.
I was raised in a Pepsi family (but diet because my father and sister were diabetics). Anyway, thanks for the tips. I think I'll research this bourbon whiskey more before plunking down a few dollars for my first bottle. Heaven help me!
Oh, I prefer Jim Beam. I don't like to mix the more expensive bourbon, they blend with the soda and i can't taste it. I like all of the flavors together. You can try the tiny bottle(or two) of bourbon and a can of cherry Pepsi.
I am not sure how tariffs affect bourbon sales, and I am not sure why it is Trump's fault that bourbon sales are declining. Wow you're right about the haters in the comments!
Alcohol consumption is declining and has been in the last few years. This site has some interesting stats: https://extension.psu.edu/alcoholic-beverage-consumption-and-purchasing-trends-2024 One thing that stuck out was the young broke crowd (who complains they can't get ahead with student loans/high home prices, etc) prefers 'premium' booze. Of course. And I didn't read in detail but my guess is what is big driver in the decline is legal pot. Know my daughter & hubby almost never drink but they like their gummies.
CAST IRON BROWN SUGAR BOURBON CHICKEN THIGHS WITH PEACHES
6 bone-in chicken thighs, about 2 1/2 pounds
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons bourbon
1 medium sweet onion, halved and cut into 8 wedges
2 cups fresh peach wedges
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon honey
Salt and pepper to taste
Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Grill chicken over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes per side or until browned. Remove chicken from the grill. Set aside.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large cast iron skillet on the grill. Add onions and peaches to the skillet; cook and stir until they begin to brown slightly, about 2 minutes. Add chicken to the skillet, nestling them among the onions and peaches.
Mix stock, honey, bourbon, and brown sugar in a separate bowl until sugar is dissolved. Pour over chicken. Cover pan or close the grill. Simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and liquid is mostly absorbed, stirring occasionally.
Serve immediately.
**I made this is a cast iron pan on the stove and it turned out great!
OK, so Mary Ann you force upon my memory a long ago dinner my wife to be(and now, of 51 yrs) cooked in her apartment . . . She made a very special lasagna dinner of which I consumed approximately 3 human portions + wine. slowly rising and then gingerly laying down on the sofa . . .
Concerned, she came over to me and leaned over . . . but before she could console my much in my overstuffed stupor I said:
The author of this bourbon article is confused: "But all of that is in jeopardy due to economic stagnation and anxiety caused by Trump." The stock market would not correlate with this assessment!
Trump is in office now so it’s totally his fault that Kentucky businesses are failing, nothing to do with the last 4 years, they should have voted differently! 😉
CAST IRON BROWN SUGAR BOURBON CHICKEN THIGHS WITH PEACHES
6 bone-in chicken thighs, about 2 1/2 pounds
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons bourbon
1 medium sweet onion, halved and cut into 8 wedges
2 cups fresh peach wedges
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon honey
Salt and pepper to taste
Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Grill chicken over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes per side or until browned. Remove chicken from the grill. Set aside.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large cast iron skillet on the grill. Add onions and peaches to the skillet; cook and stir until they begin to brown slightly, about 2 minutes. Add chicken to the skillet, nestling them among the onions and peaches.
Mix stock, honey, bourbon, and brown sugar in a separate bowl until sugar is dissolved. Pour over chicken. Cover pan or close the grill. Simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and liquid is mostly absorbed, stirring occasionally.
Serve immediately.
**I made this is a cast iron pan on the stove and it turned out great!
CAST IRON BROWN SUGAR BOURBON CHICKEN THIGHS WITH PEACHES
6 bone-in chicken thighs, about 2 1/2 pounds
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons bourbon
1 medium sweet onion, halved and cut into 8 wedges
2 cups fresh peach wedges
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon honey
Salt and pepper to taste
Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Grill chicken over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes per side or until browned. Remove chicken from the grill. Set aside.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large cast iron skillet on the grill. Add onions and peaches to the skillet; cook and stir until they begin to brown slightly, about 2 minutes. Add chicken to the skillet, nestling them among the onions and peaches.
Mix stock, honey, bourbon, and brown sugar in a separate bowl until sugar is dissolved. Pour over chicken. Cover pan or close the grill. Simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and liquid is mostly absorbed, stirring occasionally.
Serve immediately.
**I made this is a cast iron pan on the stove and it turned out great!
The sad part about the DOGE kid getting beaten up is if he weren't "An important person" none of this would have even made the news. It happens all the time, and not just in DC. Getting DC under control again would be a good start, but all the other blue cities need something done too. I used to live in the middle of nowhere, and part of what I decided when I went there was I'd allow myself to stay part of the rest of the world. I used to fly out to LA or the Bay Area and see friends, go shopping, etc. No WAY I'd do that now.
Taking the beauty and fun out of the cities in this country and turning them into the hellholes they are now is past criminal. In many ways everyone in the country provided the funding that made those cities work, the products and services they made they provided were sold everywhere, people went to the cities for a better life, to appreciate our culture, to celebrate the best we have to offer. The fact that they are hellholes now is a punishment upon us all, and we don't deserve that. I'd LOVE to have the kind of cities that reflect the BEST in us, and not the worst, again.
MCGA : Make Cities Great Again!!
Lancing those boils that are a blemish upon the rest of the country would improve all of our lives. I'm tired of them being no-go zones for normal people.
**The sad part about the DOGE kid getting beaten up is if he weren't "An important person" none of this would have even made the news. It happens all the time, and not just in DC.**
The cities are falling and unless it's "An important person" (like this time) we don't hear about it... when the news refuses to describe the attackers we know the reporting is part of an agenda.
I never really expected the media to be on the side of the barbarians inside the gates, very sad to watch happen.
If it’s like Oregon, we virtually have no power in voting. It was taken away with mail-in voting, so little has or will change until we can somehow figure out how to get rid of it.
Portland, Oregon is an example of this. In my early 20s I went downtown and NW area by myself all the time and with friends at night all the time. It was a really cool place. Now, I don’t set foot there. Ever.
“And that, in this broken age of keyboard courage and bystander paralysis, makes him a man in full.”
Nature instilled that men would be the protectors. But, in the 21st century “pussification” of America, men and women are told this is toxic masculinity and then women cry about the patriarchy. It can’t end well when we defy God, who gave us nature and the laws of the universe.
Thank you, "Big Balls" for proving that nature still stands in this younger generation.
Yes pussification. Many diluted males today are pussies. Wow, have not used that word in some time, feels good. And yes, thank you BB for holding your own against 10.
If the colors were reversed and a gang of white hooligans beat up a negro,it would be on the news cycle 24/7. Unfortunately we are lacking in white hooliganism.
Yes, there MUST be Racial differences in order for Media to incite Political and Social Division, otherwise...YAWN. Or if differing races of color clash...it can be contrived into: "WHITEY made us fight each other!!!" like presiding over some bloody racist cock fighting sport instigated by systemic institutionalized slave-owners to see who would gamble away their prize breeder over a bet.
God Bless Big Balls , I’m waiting for MSM to say “ He begged for the beat down “ . Some of these cities need to get swallowed up…. Down to the pits of hell .
Unfortunately for the presstitutes and msm media even less people are watching their BS. Viewership is down big time since the election. So what they say, do or write really does not affect what's happening now. Except maybe some seniors who still believe npr, ABC CBS et al are actually being factual.
How sad is it, that we consider what "Big Balls" did, so extraordinary in today's context? Of course what he did was EXTREMELY courageous and brave, but how sad that his response is not the norm.
The gentlemen's agreement between US an the rest of the world following WWI, which helped rebuild Europe's economy by opening the US to Europe but substantially closing Europe to the US should have ended 40 years ago.
The historical context is important here. The US carried Europe, and Japan, (and most of the rest of the world) from 1945-1985. And that made sense - back then - as we were the only economy left standing in 1945. It no longer makes sense, but if I were Europe I'd be trying to keep that gravy train rolling too.
Europe in particular lacks natural resources & has relied upon conquest / colonization / slavery. This is its reason for targeting Russia: the natural resources.
And that gravy train enabled all those socialist utopia policies to 'work' for a few decades. Protectionism + not paying into NATO as promised freed up $ for all of the "why can't we be more like Europe?" complaints I've heard incessantly for most of my adult life. 2 hour lunches, free this and free that, generous vacation time and the rest. But over the long term all this has led to a stagnant economy/tepid growth, low levels of innovation, high energy prices due to green new deal policies, low birthrates, big declines in adherence to faith/church attendance and an aging population being supplemented by migrants who are not assimilating. US is heading down the same path but at least it seems we have the national pride/spirit to right the ship before it capsizes. At least I hope so.
It’s not just that we carried their economy by providing $12 billion through the Marshall Plan (and that was HUGE money back then) and allowing them to shut out our goods, we also provided substantially all of their national defense needs. I will disagree with you a little bit, I don’t think it should’ve ended in 1985. I think it should’ve ended somewhere around 1970. 25 years is enough time in such an environment for national economies to recover - and they did. It was around that time that Europe started going more and more in the direction of socialist policies. Why? Because they could, because they had enough extra money that they didn’t have to spend on defense to be able to spend it on various social programs.
Trump was right, you know, when he said that our leaders were stupid. Our leaders should have known by the time the 1970s rolled around that we had saved the Europeans from Communism and that it was time to stop mollycoddling them, but they didn’t even think about the issue, let alone do anything about it. That is why, among many other reasons, Donald Trump is the best president of my lifetime, and my lifetime extends back to early in the JFK administration.
Fair-minded people can argue the date, but what is important is the principle of cutting off people at a certain point in time. We do it with our kids if we want them to actually stand on their own 2 feet and deal with the world as adults, and the United States should have done the exact same thing with Europe, at least several decades ago. In any case, both dates are long past, and the important thing is that Trump is doing it now. Oh, and like a bunch of spoiled children getting cut off from the Bank of Mom & Dad, Europeans are squealing like stuck pigs… and I love it!
DC, or as we used to call it “Dodge City” is and has been a hell hole for close to 50 years. I worked in that city for close to 10 years in the mid 80’s to the mid 90’s. There was so much violence in the city that the military sent their new surgeons to DC General and Med Star to get hands on gun shot wound training. Time to bring back adults to save the city.
Visited DC in the 90’s. I love the history. I love the museums. I love the buildings. But I was shocked by the run down ghetto areas. The graffiti. The 3rd world aspects of the city when you get beyond that circle of the center with the Capitol building, White House, and museums. Our nation’s capital should be a show piece. But it was far from that. Also striking to me was the sinister atmosphere at night that was palpable after the workers went home at 5 pm. It was like the criminal elements suddenly appeared out of the shadows. I did not feel safe at night. I’m not at all surprised that Big Balls was attacked at night.
We visited in the 90s also. While walking back to our hotel after seeing the mall after sunset, we crossed through a partially fenced parking lot. My brother, who had spent several weeks there for JAG duty , turned to me and said “Watch this.” He stomped his foot near the fence and the ground came alive as the rats scurried away. They were not visible until they started moving. My skin still crawls thinking about it. 😵💫
Speaking of the Mall, I was also shocked at how poorly the grass was maintained. Professional landscapers would have had it looking great. But it was not. I am guessing mediocre federal employees did the maintenance. Hopefully it is better now.
I’m very impressed with Mr Coristine’s quick thinking & getting his girlfriend into his car and out of danger! He has certainly earned his nickname! I have a feeling we are going to hear a lot about Edward for a very long time.
The leading story here tells a tale of two very different worlds; the one I grew up knowing and the reality we live in today. That young man is the type of man I married; one who will defend a woman at all costs. This is the America I knew, the type of men I grew up with and what I see in this young man’s heroism as a needed change in this country for the better.
Thank you Jeff Childers for this story. I will share it, already have shared what others like you have posted about this brave young man with my 20-something year old daughter. She is lucky to have the same type of man in her life. 🙏🏻🇺🇸❤️
If you want to send Edward a note and a prayer on X here is his handle. What an amazing young man! It is time to take down the DC thugs! https://x.com/as400495
I have a great respect for Big Balls, now more than ever. He stood his ground. If he had been armed, he could have ended that confrontation. Dr. Paul Alexander, in his Substack last evening, said that those teenage thugs are feral animals and should be put down. DC should not have such things happening. I do hope Trump takes action and federalizes the place. Bring back civility.
Agree 💯 If that was my daughter he protected I would tell her to marry him. What a fine individual and a real man. She could not do better. Big Balls- you are awesome 👍👏❤️
I would sue the parents into oblivion, presuming they even have anything of value or at least put a lien on the home if they even have one. And yes, BB is awesome!
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thanks but not opening.
Then why are you thanking them?
It’s kind of like when someone is talking about a hoodlum and uses the word ”gentleman”. Sometimes I think people’s use of manners is ill placed.
for their time to post.
Yes!! A very fine young man indeed!
Big balls has big balls. That girl needs to marry him. Fast.
A shout out to my man, who also has some mighty big balls…last year, in the middle of the night, I saw a light shining into our bedroom. I woke him up, he sprang out of bed buck naked, grabbed a flashlight, and headed outside into the SNOW. Came back in, grabbed a gun (still naked), went back out (INTO TNE SNOW), and continued his search. Thankfully, he found nothing.
It happened again a few weeks later. Turns out it was my “smart” scale lighting up the night for no apparent reason other than to spy on us. The scale is now gone and the hubs is now safe from frostbite. But yeah, that’s a real man.
And that young woman needs to marry Big Balls. He is indeed “a man in full.”
That’s awesome! I remember my dad running outside in his bathrobe and tightly whities with a gun because a bear was getting into their trash cans. He was in his early 80s at the time. My step mom and I were like ‘why are you going out there? Stay inside!’ And he was like ‘nah I got this.’ He scared the bear away. Let’s just say that my husband had big shoes to fill for manly expectations but he does it.
My “early 80s Manly Man” will go out to ‘check on things’ no matter whatever he’s wearing or not wearing and will always answer my demand of putting something on with, “I’m not going to the prom!” I’ve heard this reply to my request for 59 years and don’t expect to hear anything else from him or to have him dress for any occasion. I am safe!!
hahaha
In his 80's?? Nice, there is hope for me yet, lol.
He’s 93 now and would still do, although much more slowly.
Valerie, we were discussing men and bears with my daughter this morning. Could your dad be from Siberia?
No, he’s from New Jersey. 😂 But he lives in the foothills in Colorado Springs and they get a ton of wildlife… bears, mountain lions, wild turkeys…
apparently they train bears there for police and other work
That would’ve been my dad. I miss my dad.
@Nard- I'm dying laughing over here!!!!!
It was a sight to behold 🤣
@Nard- My husband was in his tidy whities at 1:30 am once putting out our garage fire with a garden hose (he's a former fireman) while I held our granddaughter's Sleeping Beauty lantern. Cops showed up and took one look at him and tried not to laugh. The burn pattern was in a phallic shape, complete with scrotum. Stayed that way for a few days until we could find siding to match and our neighbor put it on. Our daughter suggested we leave it and decorate it for Christmas. "We can put wreathes on the bottom!!" Good times.
Me too!!!!
running around naked in the snow can take a toll on one's manhood !
thankfully....... only a temporary one
@alongername “There was shrinkage!” 😂
hahaha "shrink happens "
Laughing so hard my whole bed is shaking. Lmaoooo
😂😂 ..... laughter is the best medicine
George Costanza? 😂
Same thought 😂😂😂
Er, don't run. Pole vault...
🤣
Hate those spying smart things! Like smoke detectors 😤
My husband recently removed all of our SMART smoke detectors lol. He has yet to replace them. Eventually, he will. He moves much faster naked in the snow.
Smart. And to any and all who have Alexis in their homes , WTF is wrong with you ??? I don't even have a smart TV, and am handing on to my dumb wide screen pre LED TV until it dies for that reason.
Same - our TV was state of the art in the 90's, one of the first to come out in HD. Still works.
My SIL gave us one. I never let my husband plug it in. Sadly, we have smart TVs.
I talked to a man in a Big TV store and said you can disable them. Not sure if that is 100 % true, because I don't think you can truly disable all other the tracking / auto camera / audio of a smart phone
My oven and ourTVs are "smart". Tvs have to use wifi (cable company, not my choice). But I can't think of any reason for my oven to have wifi. If I'm not home, it doesn't need to be working. My fit bit stays in its box. Alexa has never been welcome in my home.
While I love my husband, if anyone is going outside with a gun, it will be me. LOL He’s great in a lot of ways. He’s Mr. Handyman when it comes to fixing things from computers to refrigerators to electrical to replacing faucets to minor stuff with the car to laying vinyl flooring and making a fence and more. However, he is very mild-mannered. I am not. Hahahaha! Which is probably why we work.
You can handle the gun- no problem. Having a handy husband is like winning the lottery! Lucky you.
Funny related story. Many years ago, some men escaped from a prison near my aunt's home. She lived alone far off the road, so my dad took us to spend the night to make her feel more safe. When we got there, searchers were looking in the ditches and surrounding area where we turned onto the farm path. In the middle of the night when we were all asleep, there was a very loud noise like something falling. My father jumped up, got his gun and went out the front door. He intended to shoot into the air as a warning, but the gun jammed. We never figured out what caused the noise.
Scary!
A new friend recently moved from Jackson TN. Her husband is still there working along with 2 of their children. The guy who killed the 4 people and left a baby in somebodies' yard last week spent at least 2 nights in their neighborhood. The husband comes home from work Monday and the whole area is on lockdown, with drones, helicopters and dogs. They catch the guy Tuesday morning and later that day state police are in their back yard looking for his stuff. I would have been freaking.
Ok I’m laughing hysterically at the smart scale lighting up the night, but loving your brave man story!
My roomba does that. Just lights up for a moment
"Smart" devices are problematic. We had just upgraded our "dumb" 55" plasma TV to a 65" "smart" TV and more than once I'd be awakened in the deep dark of night by a disembodied voice (I think it was Alexa, since this is a Google/Sony TV) saying "there is a problem..." or something to that effect. Very creepy! Got into the settings and put Alexa to sleep permanently.
We switched from Dish to cable several years ago which meant that we had to reprogram Alexa for the new connection. But neither of the could remember the passcode for Alexa. So now she sits , unplugged and not working. I love it. We have our privacy back and she can no longer interrupt our conversations.
And that’s why we got rid of ours, too.
Someone needs to make a horror movie about Alexa!
Well, one of the first was "Dream House" 1998
https://youtu.be/lmXqns2_698?si=03cbtieVyNFAszSm
Many years ago, our burglar alarm went off in the middle of the night. We had no guns in the house (at that time), and my hubs looked around muttering “I need a weapon.” So he grabbed my curling iron from the bathroom vanity, and headed down the hall holding that curling iron like a baseball bat, ready to take on the “intruder”. It turned out to be just a faulty sensor, so he didn’t have to defend me with a curling iron after all. It made for a great story though! (And a funny gag gift from “Santa” that Christmas!)
🤣
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
I’m laughing so hard 🤣🤣 Sounds like something that would happen in my house/marriage. Lololol
A bit young, don’t you think?
Don’t let the good ones slip away…at any age. The State of Our Union study (2022) found that men who married in their early 20s (big balls is close!) had MUCH higher marital and sexual satisfaction than those who married later in life. Also, young women also had higher satisfaction rates.
Much like the myth that the DOGE boys were “too young g” for the job, this study challenged the idea that maturity only comes with age, and suggested that “cornerstone marriages” (early marriages)can be just as stable and nurturing as “capstone marriages” (later marriages). So, there’s hope for big balls and his gal❤️.
(Sorry…I’m a bit of a useless information data nerd)
https://nationalmarriageproject.org/sites/g/files/jsddwu1276/files/inline-files/Wheatley_StateofUnions_020222_v1.pdf
Cool. My dear wife and I married when we were both 20 - I am 6 weeks older than her. We are 71 now. I know that I was strongly motivated to marry her by not only her beauty and character and the fact that she was the only sane, stable person in my life besides my maternal grandparents who lived 3 states away... She and I "grew up together" and praise Jesus for His mercy in our lives. As Janis Joplin sang "when you got nuthin, you got nuthin to lose..." we had "nuthin" but each other, hopes and dreams, faith, and good health - which was really everything. My parents' on-again-off-again marriage broke up for good a year after we married - deep in debt, they lost everything. Thankful that my mom found a good man and restored some sanity to her life. My dad... not so much - 3 more misfires and died at 69. We survived some rough times that strained us to the limit ... raised 3 sons and lost one to a drug overdose at 33 after years of drug rehab, incarceration, counseling (him and us) and prayer. His older brothers are happily married, gainfully employed, debt-free (on their own) and raising our 4 grandchildren in the Faith. God is Good.
Similar story, but my parents stayed together, though mom hated dad at the end, and earlier. Lost our only child at 36. We married at 21, she's 6 weeks older than me, we're 72 , so also survived some rough patches, including curing her cancer.
So sorry for your loss Roland. I pray you and your wife have found peace and rest in God's GRACE.
I’m with you. We started in our early 20’s and still at it, Thank God!
No full description of the perps always means one thing...
Also if they are mentioned as "teens" or "youths" it almost always means gang-bangers.
Like the ‘teenagers’ in the ‘fight’ in Cincinnati that resulted in the severe beatings of a white man and a white woman. The arrested ‘teenagers’ turned out to be thirty something and forty something year old black men and one very stupid black woman. I am so sick of this covering up for these attacks.
be assured.
The worm WILL turn.
And if there were 10 white thugs out at 3 am they would be called out.
yeah, like the obvious black / jap hybrid who murdered four humans in Manhattan the other day!
MSM said he "could be white". . . on the feed accompanying the obvious African . . . RIGHT.
In the county jail we called the young thugs “jitterbugs”
…they were doing ‘bad time’
…while most guys were trying to do ‘good time’
These were adults - one in court was 26 (smirking the whole time) whose lawyer said she has to be allowed out as she has three children… Why was she out drinking at 3:30 am? Where was the worry then?
Yep. The longer it takes to identify the perps, the less likely he is a white male.
White males often get identified before there’s any identifying information and then there has to be a correction, or at least should be.
George Zimmerman was called a white male, though he was Hispanic and had a black grandfather.
I believe I read some years ago that national law enforcement data bases classified Hispanics as white to balance out the crime statistics some. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s still the case.
Unless they are white or deemed white by the color blind MSM who is too afraid to say the skin color other than white.
Which goes to show what we’ve known for years now, Debra, the MSM is controlled by little men, with little minds
…and little balls
more like, blue-haired "Karens"
not sure about that "little balls" part. I would say "no balls".
If they’re white we know immediately.
@Jeff S- two things: Ethnicity or country of origin.
Surely someone has a ring camera in that neighborhood?
Or a Ruger American & Vortex Crossfire II 4-12x44mm.
I’m not sure what that looks like, probably impressive to some degree, but I was thinking more for a visual on the thugs and what they look like..
You can see them through the scope before pulling the trigger, I think. I'm not sure. I don't own any guns.
Me either.
In DC? Not so sure about that 😕
There are probably one or two decent, armed people in that swamp. But, I wouldn't bet on it!
LCDs-lowest common denominators.
Clearly he was raised by good people. Sadly those thugs weren't.
I told my husband of almost 50 years he is my “big balls.” When we had only started dating and taking a walk at the college we attended , he saved me from three guys trying to kidnap me (who were out on weekends from jail from a work release program). He took a car tire iron to the head and stayed upright to protect me and yell for help. They finally left when neighbors turned on their porch light. He has the scar to prove it. He’s the only guy my parents ever liked! ❤️
Great story, thanks for sharing!
His X account - https://x.com/as400495
I just followed him and gave him a copy of today’s C&C…
I hope he gives a copy to his . . . fiancee'??!
Excellent UJ. I am sure he will love reading it.
I don't "do" Social media(just SS). . . but I am sorely tempted reading over his few posts on this front page. . .
A real man; Interesting to see if she marries him and the celebration at the wedding. I would go to congratulate them both and celebrate their union; THOUSANDS WOULD.
Thanks. I just followed him!
Me too.
I just followed him.
Big Balls Coristine deserves a Medal of Freedom from President Trump.
my letter:
Hello Mr. President,
Thank you for all you have done so far in a very short and eventful 7 months! However, regardless of my admiration for your work this is not the reason for my communication.
My family and 80+ million Americans are aware of your local DOGE associate and chivalrous hero Mr. Edward Coristine(https://x.com/as400495) as he saved his girl friend, and likely soon to be fiancee'(!), from great harm at the hands of street thugs in DC. I would like to offer an idea for his reward. Please give him a Medal of Honor in his service to our country before the year is out.
I am hopeful this could be a good opportunity for healing for yourself and your friend Mr. Elon Musk; certainly he will be invited to such a ceremony! As you can also imagine millions of Americans were saddened at your break and are hopeful you two can again regain a magical relationship.
With highest regards and respect, sir,
"prog"
Elk River, Mn
Hello prog from Rockford MN!
I was there once. When my son was in travelling wrestling, Saturday matches, we had a travelling match there!
Small world, huh!
Love this!
Headline : A statue of Big Balls will be unveiled tomorrow !
OMG .................
😂😂😂
Plenty of such teenagers were instrumental in securing our liberty 1776-1783!
Good point SD.
Not sure what you mean by ‘such’ in your comment SD, ‘tho I’m sure there were many good teenage men involved in the fight
…these kind of ‘jitterbugs’ would have been stealing their supplies
I'm sure his "such" referred to the kind of young men such as BB, who stepped up.
Man, I should’ve been able to figure that out, but didn’t
…so thanks Dave, for clearing it up for me
No problem.
Yes. Manhood at 19 & younger not historically remarkable.
Not necessarily SD, many of today's young men are timid and addicted to their 'screens'. I've occasionally seen young couples out for dinner, must be on parents money as restaurants are expensive, and see the young ladies being treated as a little sister. No respect, no honor, little attention.
There's some good ones too, but the 'soy boy' I think it's called, seems to be the majority.
I was not speaking of today.
There is so much talk of bravery in the world and so little actual bravery that this act seems monumental to me. So many men, much older than him, would not have done the same thing. Bravo to him!
The only thing I’m disappointed about is that they didn’t catch the thugs. It’s DC, they would have been out on $100 bail the next morning anyway.
Constitutional carry and training takes the steam out of thugs. Reduces bail to $0
Learn to defend yourself!
Baltimore City, like DC has a huge crime problem with unruly black teenagers. If they are arrested, they are released, too young to prosecute and hardly monitored. The gangs they aspire to join, know this and exploit it. DC and Baltimore City will never change. Federalizing DC will hopefully send a chilling message to corrupt Democrat leaders, who want to destroy their City through crime.
Prosecute as an adult.
An obvious solution that Democrats don’t want to do.
Makes me wonder where the parents of all these teens are - they haven't a clue what their kids are up to? At 3 in the morning at age 15?
They don’t know. They don’t care.
The parents are passed out in a corner doped up.
Blue cities + Dem mayors = crime. DC has never had a Republican government.
Feral is a word that has been mulling in my mind recently about the roving teens and young adults.
Without a stable home life with both a mom and DAD who also spend time with them, they are being raised in the streets with street gangs. Schools are only keeping them off the streets for 6 hours a day for the youngest, they are not interested in education.
Not much has changed in that respect for 20 years, except that it’s getting worse with illegal aliens added to the mix.
DC needs a clean up. Its experiment has failed. DC needs a boatload of Officer Deons. Humane, tough love cops.
https://x.com/indianagpa/status/1953135580952363201?s=46
https://x.com/ofcrdeonjoseph/status/1953098311000572212?s=46
Made me cry with despair for his injuries and joy for his manliness example
Not so sure about the randomness of it though. They got his phone and beat him senseless… time enough to crack it open?
If hoodlums still have the phone, maybe it can be tracked. He's the kind of person who would have locators etc on his phone.
You can bet, Linda, with his gov employment, that the secret service is on top of this.
Perhaps Dan Bongino will take a personal role in solving this situation, with Tom Homan for backup.
And bring back a phrase that has been long missing in public discourse: "Law And Order"
I’ll play the SOB here. Nothing good happens after midnight. And especially not in downtown blue cities @ 3am.
“We're going to cause talk and suspicion
We're going to give an exhibition
We're going to find out what it is all about”
Don’t blame the victim! I’ve said what you said to my own children and I practice it. But what a shame that the nighttime can not be enjoyed. And sometimes due to illness or other special circumstances, one just finds oneself out there. It shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Several decades ago, Patsy Cline (may she rest in peace) had a hit song called, ‘Walkin’ After Midnight’. She had a broken heart and couldn’t sleep.
In the 50s that was a reasonable choice apparently.
After high school, in the hot summer, I'd take bicycle rides late at night after it cooled off around midnight, to expend my pent up energy. The streets were relatively free of traffic then, and speeding down the hills was a breeze.
I agree with you. Streets should be safe at all hours. But reality shows the worse elements of society show up well after the sun goes down.
You’re absolutely right.
I remember that song.
“Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
Philippians 4:8
Remember the transcendent values in this troubled world— the good, the beautiful, the true.
Amen. A necessary reorientation of our heart and mind, especially in these times.
One of my most favorite verses, and for some strangely human reason, I need a daily reminder of it. Thanks for sharing it.
Amen
Very well put, PP.
Bonum, verum, pulchrum indeed.
for those who didn’t study Latin in Catholic school;
… goodness, truth, beauty
The Good, the True, and the Beautiful.
From a public school kid who studied Classics in college. (And converted to the Catholic faith as an adult.)
I started kindergarten in 1967, but in my elementary school we started every morning with The Lord’s Prayer.
My parents were completely secular and we never went to church. Ironically, the seeds to my conversion were planted early and deep by my public school system.
Deo gratias
In my grade school, we began the day with the Pledge of Allegiance.
We did both.
It was in today’s Magnificat
Well, I MEMORIZED the words but never understood one word. . .
probably why I was cut after serving my first mass!
They did you a favor then old guy. As an altar boy, I ended up going to mass more than the priests did. Every morning before school, funerals all year round, weddings during summer vacation
… I only escaped it after graduation
ha! ha! I must say my standard response to all . . . VETS!
"Thank you for your service!" literally.
Introibo ad altare Dei.
(Ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meum.)
“I will go unto the altar of God.” (Priest)
“Who gives joy to my youth.” (Server)
(The opening lines of the Mass, said at the foot of the altar.)
So beautiful! I attend the TLM also, wish more people had the opportunity!
Not sure of the context of P 4:8, but if I and my family or friend's safety and well being is threatened by overwhelming odds I will do the righteous thing and defend our honor and protect our lives. Doing any less is a sin in my opinion. Not much purity loveliness and honor in anyone that would attack what they thought was an easy target.
There are many times when one MUST ACT as well as "think on these things"
All point to Jesus our Savior. He is all these and more.
Quoted by Christopher Hitchens in his book.
Actually, Christopher Hitchens was a brilliant man, but like all men, he was capable of making mistakes. That ability was exhibited in the title of his book, ‘God is not Great’, with the accompanying subtitle ‘How religion poisons everything’
He was wrong about God, however, he was right about religion
… his mistake was in thinking that God has anything to do with man’s religions
CH-yuck.
Sadly, in today’s world, those things are mostly a distant memory
…existing only in our thoughts
AMEN!!!!
✝️✝️✝️
“Wash yourselves, purify yourselves;
Remove the evil of your deeds from before My eyes.
Cease to do evil,
Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Execute justice for the orphan,
Plead for the widow.
Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says Yahweh,
“Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool.”
— Isaiah 1:16-18 LSB
✝️✝️✝️
What mercy. What wisdom. What love.
Baruch Hashem!
Baruch ha ba b’Shem Adonai!
Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of Adonai!
As always, thank you Janice. I start my day w your choice
Jacqui - Your words bless me and cause me to see that it is worth waking up to try to catch Jeff’s post. God bless you!
Janice you are like a diadem topping Jeff's substack, gracing us all each day.
Thank you.
"And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians; and they shall fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against their neighbor: city shall fight against city, and kingdom against kingdom." Isaiah XlX:2
The program of the World Order remains the same; Divide and Conquer.
Eustace Mullins
The World Order
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”
— Jesus, John 16:33 LSB
Indeed. Truth found in the "New" Testament. Babylonian free.
There is no New Testament without the Old. Jesus is also found from Genesis to Malachi.
And from Revelation back to Genesis. He knew the end form the very beginning.
This has been a topic of discussion lately: “ALL scripture is useful…”
2 Tim 3:16
I was recently made aware that there are many Christians that leave out OT. All of the Bible is God breathed.
It is the great deceiver that adds and subtracts from the word of the Lord!
"Christians" who reject God's Word at the beginning? It cannot be.
2 Timothy 3:16!
How can anyone call themselves a follower of Jesus and reject His being mentioned/prophesied and His multiple appearances / Christophanies throughout all of the OT as being of little importance???
When Jesus referred to the ‘scripture’, he was talking about the Old Testament only, since there was no New Testament yet.
The same thing is true for the writer of the letter to Timothy, when he referred to scripture he was referring to what we call the Old Testament only, he could not have possibly been talking about the New Testament
… because there was no New Testament yet when that letter was written
Or ads to the verses like the Scofield bible created by Zion along with the rapture to tune it to the OT.
Proverbs chapter 8: 22-31
The Messiah. I like to follow these verses from Proverbs with John 3:16-17
The Lord begot Me, the firstborn of His ways, the forerunner of His prodigies of long ago;
From of old I was poured forth, at the first, before the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no fountains or springs of water;
Before the mountains were settled into place, before the hills, I was brought forth;
While as yet the earth and the fields were not made, nor the first clods of the world.
When He, established the heavens I was there, when He, marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
When He, made firm the skies above, when He, fixed fast the foundations of the earth;
When He, set forth the sea it’s limit, so that the waters should not transgress His command;
Then I was beside Him as His craftsman,
and I, was His delight day by day,
Playing before Him all the while, playing on the surface of His earth;
and I found delight in the sons of men.
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not die but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
No mention of names associated with the old testament. John was the last gospel to be accepted, though many fine ideas
Does anyone else think that these verses from proverbs is Jesus talking?
What version of the book are you using Daniel?
The probability of one brief life fulfilling hundreds of prophecies is one in a number too staggering to contemplate.
The Old solidifies the New.
OT reveals NT fulfills... Just like needing to know and be familiar with the OT in order to understand the book of Revelation
ב״ה
HaShem truly prefers 1st and 2nd Testament. I know that I wouldn't want my adjective or pronoun in this fallen world to brme synonymous with archaic.
I don't know what you mean by this, Geoff.
There used to be a lot to ponder in these verses
Linda, granted I’m not fully awake yet, but could you elaborate on what you mean? Thank you.
I don't understand either what Dr. Linda means by used to be.
I wondered also.
Isaiah describes what fulfilling the Law looks like. Unfortunately, the modern American church no longer teaches God's Law which Jesus perfectly lived. "Come now, and let us reason together" and learn the perfect love of fulfilling God's Law.
I will dive in again
Ponder or Pray?
????
Good one Dr. Linda
Amen 🙏
“It went down around 3 am on Sunday night.”
nothing good ever happens after midnight - mom
especially anywhere near dupont circle - also mom
That’s what I was thinking. And 3am?! 1am I could get but 3am? Still shouldn’t have been attacked
Ahmed, my mother said the same! And time has proven her correct 😉
My mom said 10pm lol 😂
My uncle taught me the midnight line, never forgot it.
My mother said that to me as well, except it was after dark, not midnight. Have never forgotten it and have seen many, MANY confirmations of it's truth.
Evil tends to skulk in the shadows.
Came here to say that same thing. Then again, I was 19 once. And can attest I was up to no good at that hour.
COMPLETELY off topic, but apparently Kentucky Bourbon makers are having a tough time due to tariffs and lefty boycotts (you can read more here: https://open.substack.com/pub/lukebeasley/p/62-of-kentuckians-voted-trump-now?r=19oj26&utm_medium=ios). I’m not a bourbon drinker, but I did run out yesterday, bought some bourbon in protest of their shenanigans, and made a delicious bourbon chicken and peaches dish last night.
If we can boost American Eagle, why not good old Kentucky Bourbon??
That is all. You may continue with your day💗.
Wow, lots of hate for fellow Americans in thisecomments over at that substack.
Apparently not wanting unchecked immigration and mutilated children's bodies and free speech makes me a Nazi. What a sad existence those people have.
Sieg Heil!
I looked at the comments and agree. The left is full of hate and rage. I guess I'm a national socialist also because I'm against importing the third world to replace White Americans, mutilating children by drugs and surgery and am for free speech.
we should end their suffering
No way the bourbon business collapses in 6 months because of Trump. The distilleries went on a production binge over the last ten years and now maybe the fickle public tastes have moved on to the next popular “thing”.
Perhaps…but I gotta tell ya, my chicken was delicious!
Can I stop by for seconds?
My wife loves the bottles. 🤔😝
I have 6 different bourbons on my bar at the moment.
I don’t drink but would buy bourbon for a good chix recipe.
Agreed, such crap. The craft distilled liquor market here in the US has been vastly over-sold in the years since covid.
There are close to 1000 bourbon distillers in the USA right now and I doubt if anything but trendiness has propped up bourbon sales to this point. When something else becomes the cool kids' drink, the previous Cool Thing goes back to baseline sales and distilleries go out of business.
Inflation and tariffs; the two boogiemen the Left is still pimping to bring Trump's popularity down and send the economy crashing. Sorry, Charlie.
Alcohol sales have had a steady decline.
We don’t have to Day Drink now that resident cabbage and the Kackala are gone 🤣
🤣🤣🤣So true
That appears to be a lot more truthful than it's all Trump's fault. Things change, markets change.
I'll switch from Rye back to Bourbon. MERICA!
We all need to do our part.
Guess I'm going to have to start drinking bourbon. Yuck.
It's really good over bread pudding - just make a sauce with butter, bourbon, and a little brown sugar and pour over the top.
Bourbon is great for cooking and baking - especially Bourbon Balls:) And who doesn't enjoy root beer with a little Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream? Just doing my part to keep Kentucky's bourbon industry afloat:)
https://insanelygoodrecipes.com/kentucky-bourbon-balls/
https://www.loveandoliveoil.com/2012/06/bourbon-cream-root-beer-floats.html
Cooking is better ;)
I don't cook. Microwave only. Guess I'll just have to drink the stuff. Yuck again.
No cooking involved - Or just mix bourbon cream with root bear (no ice cream to make a float).
https://www.loveandoliveoil.com/2012/06/bourbon-cream-root-beer-floats.html
Bourbon and my favorite, Barq's root beer!
I like bourbon with cola and grenadine. 😀
Coke? RC? Pepsi? I gotta be careful. I'm not much of a drinker. I don't wanna find myself waking up in the gutter on Bourbon Street or on the floor of a street car named Desire.
I prefer pepsi, really that doesn't matter. It's the grenadine that makes it yummy 😉
I was raised in a Pepsi family (but diet because my father and sister were diabetics). Anyway, thanks for the tips. I think I'll research this bourbon whiskey more before plunking down a few dollars for my first bottle. Heaven help me!
Oh, I prefer Jim Beam. I don't like to mix the more expensive bourbon, they blend with the soda and i can't taste it. I like all of the flavors together. You can try the tiny bottle(or two) of bourbon and a can of cherry Pepsi.
😂😂😂
I am not sure how tariffs affect bourbon sales, and I am not sure why it is Trump's fault that bourbon sales are declining. Wow you're right about the haters in the comments!
Alcohol consumption is declining and has been in the last few years. This site has some interesting stats: https://extension.psu.edu/alcoholic-beverage-consumption-and-purchasing-trends-2024 One thing that stuck out was the young broke crowd (who complains they can't get ahead with student loans/high home prices, etc) prefers 'premium' booze. Of course. And I didn't read in detail but my guess is what is big driver in the decline is legal pot. Know my daughter & hubby almost never drink but they like their gummies.
Recipe or it didn't happen.
CAST IRON BROWN SUGAR BOURBON CHICKEN THIGHS WITH PEACHES
6 bone-in chicken thighs, about 2 1/2 pounds
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons bourbon
1 medium sweet onion, halved and cut into 8 wedges
2 cups fresh peach wedges
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon honey
Salt and pepper to taste
Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Grill chicken over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes per side or until browned. Remove chicken from the grill. Set aside.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large cast iron skillet on the grill. Add onions and peaches to the skillet; cook and stir until they begin to brown slightly, about 2 minutes. Add chicken to the skillet, nestling them among the onions and peaches.
Mix stock, honey, bourbon, and brown sugar in a separate bowl until sugar is dissolved. Pour over chicken. Cover pan or close the grill. Simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and liquid is mostly absorbed, stirring occasionally.
Serve immediately.
**I made this is a cast iron pan on the stove and it turned out great!
I will forward this to the wife as she is presently shopping and requested I send any desirable grocery items via text. . . Ha!
Pretty Red: good luck. Hope your couch is comfortable 😂
OK, so Mary Ann you force upon my memory a long ago dinner my wife to be(and now, of 51 yrs) cooked in her apartment . . . She made a very special lasagna dinner of which I consumed approximately 3 human portions + wine. slowly rising and then gingerly laying down on the sofa . . .
Concerned, she came over to me and leaned over . . . but before she could console my much in my overstuffed stupor I said:
"please don't even touch me."
I was afraid I would burst!
It's going to take quite a few meals to finish the bourbon at that rate!
🤣
The author of this bourbon article is confused: "But all of that is in jeopardy due to economic stagnation and anxiety caused by Trump." The stock market would not correlate with this assessment!
Lefties aren’t very bright…
Confusion is just one of the many symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Thank you for your attention on this matter!
Trump is in office now so it’s totally his fault that Kentucky businesses are failing, nothing to do with the last 4 years, they should have voted differently! 😉
Recipe?
CAST IRON BROWN SUGAR BOURBON CHICKEN THIGHS WITH PEACHES
6 bone-in chicken thighs, about 2 1/2 pounds
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons bourbon
1 medium sweet onion, halved and cut into 8 wedges
2 cups fresh peach wedges
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon honey
Salt and pepper to taste
Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Grill chicken over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes per side or until browned. Remove chicken from the grill. Set aside.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large cast iron skillet on the grill. Add onions and peaches to the skillet; cook and stir until they begin to brown slightly, about 2 minutes. Add chicken to the skillet, nestling them among the onions and peaches.
Mix stock, honey, bourbon, and brown sugar in a separate bowl until sugar is dissolved. Pour over chicken. Cover pan or close the grill. Simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and liquid is mostly absorbed, stirring occasionally.
Serve immediately.
**I made this is a cast iron pan on the stove and it turned out great!
Would love your recipe.
CAST IRON BROWN SUGAR BOURBON CHICKEN THIGHS WITH PEACHES
6 bone-in chicken thighs, about 2 1/2 pounds
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons bourbon
1 medium sweet onion, halved and cut into 8 wedges
2 cups fresh peach wedges
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon honey
Salt and pepper to taste
Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Grill chicken over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes per side or until browned. Remove chicken from the grill. Set aside.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large cast iron skillet on the grill. Add onions and peaches to the skillet; cook and stir until they begin to brown slightly, about 2 minutes. Add chicken to the skillet, nestling them among the onions and peaches.
Mix stock, honey, bourbon, and brown sugar in a separate bowl until sugar is dissolved. Pour over chicken. Cover pan or close the grill. Simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and liquid is mostly absorbed, stirring occasionally.
Serve immediately.
**I made this is a cast iron pan on the stove and it turned out great!
Sounds amazing!
Thank yo! I can’t wait to try this.
Canadians are boycotting it because of the tariffs, which have hit them hard.
The sad part about the DOGE kid getting beaten up is if he weren't "An important person" none of this would have even made the news. It happens all the time, and not just in DC. Getting DC under control again would be a good start, but all the other blue cities need something done too. I used to live in the middle of nowhere, and part of what I decided when I went there was I'd allow myself to stay part of the rest of the world. I used to fly out to LA or the Bay Area and see friends, go shopping, etc. No WAY I'd do that now.
Taking the beauty and fun out of the cities in this country and turning them into the hellholes they are now is past criminal. In many ways everyone in the country provided the funding that made those cities work, the products and services they made they provided were sold everywhere, people went to the cities for a better life, to appreciate our culture, to celebrate the best we have to offer. The fact that they are hellholes now is a punishment upon us all, and we don't deserve that. I'd LOVE to have the kind of cities that reflect the BEST in us, and not the worst, again.
MCGA : Make Cities Great Again!!
Lancing those boils that are a blemish upon the rest of the country would improve all of our lives. I'm tired of them being no-go zones for normal people.
**The sad part about the DOGE kid getting beaten up is if he weren't "An important person" none of this would have even made the news. It happens all the time, and not just in DC.**
The cities are falling and unless it's "An important person" (like this time) we don't hear about it... when the news refuses to describe the attackers we know the reporting is part of an agenda.
I never really expected the media to be on the side of the barbarians inside the gates, very sad to watch happen.
How do we know it wasn’t a setup. Lots must be mad at this bright guy.
then you weren't paying attention, they've been this bad since before the 1st Civil War
164 years ago? That was before my time.
The people that live there vote for these policies. They are like domestic violence victims going back to their abuser over and over again.
I’m sure there’s also a lot of cheating and fraud in every election. There probably are a lot more than we think who do NOT vote for those things!
If it’s like Oregon, we virtually have no power in voting. It was taken away with mail-in voting, so little has or will change until we can somehow figure out how to get rid of it.
Clackamas county Republican Party is trying to fight it
A few other counties in Oregon also, Barbara. It's been a slog but more are realizing what the goal of VBM was.
If you're available, attend The Gathering of Eagles, Rally Around the Flag September 6th.
https://oregonlibertycoalition.wordpress.com/2025-gathering-of-the-eagles-rally-around-the-flag/
You have my sympathy. It is my understanding that mail-in voting is mandatory and not well regulated. Which is an invitation for fraud.
Ignorant and no self esteem either.
Portland, Oregon is an example of this. In my early 20s I went downtown and NW area by myself all the time and with friends at night all the time. It was a really cool place. Now, I don’t set foot there. Ever.
I worked downtown in the late 70's early 80's. Parked in the dark and walked to work. NO way now
“And that, in this broken age of keyboard courage and bystander paralysis, makes him a man in full.”
Nature instilled that men would be the protectors. But, in the 21st century “pussification” of America, men and women are told this is toxic masculinity and then women cry about the patriarchy. It can’t end well when we defy God, who gave us nature and the laws of the universe.
Thank you, "Big Balls" for proving that nature still stands in this younger generation.
Yes pussification. Many diluted males today are pussies. Wow, have not used that word in some time, feels good. And yes, thank you BB for holding your own against 10.
I agree with you wholeheartedly Lori, the word ‘pussies’ does feel good
… which should explain why Trump liked grabbing ‘em
I'm dyin.. .!
Thats the best you got???? Bored now.
Lori, it may not be the best that I’ve got, but it was meant to be humorous. And this is your reply?
… i’m detecting negative vibes coming from you
…again
I did not find it humorous. I took it as insulting to the President. If that is negative to you, that is your problem....again.....
Geez, Lori, give it an effing break, it was Trump himself that said that he “just grabs women by the pussy”
… so try to keep up, and stop being so damn negative
I so appreciate Jeff Childers description of BB. He honored him beautifully.
what a GREAT post.
Thanks Liz!
“As you can easily imagine, this glaring omission has led to much speculation about their race. “
As Ann Coulter pointed out (in reference to a different incident involving senseless violence): “If they were white, we would know”.
if they were white, it wouldn't be as exciting for the media to even give coverage to it
If the colors were reversed and a gang of white hooligans beat up a negro,it would be on the news cycle 24/7. Unfortunately we are lacking in white hooliganism.
Yes, there MUST be Racial differences in order for Media to incite Political and Social Division, otherwise...YAWN. Or if differing races of color clash...it can be contrived into: "WHITEY made us fight each other!!!" like presiding over some bloody racist cock fighting sport instigated by systemic institutionalized slave-owners to see who would gamble away their prize breeder over a bet.
One Can NOT HATE Media enough i've heard it said.
God Bless Big Balls , I’m waiting for MSM to say “ He begged for the beat down “ . Some of these cities need to get swallowed up…. Down to the pits of hell .
Unfortunately for the presstitutes and msm media even less people are watching their BS. Viewership is down big time since the election. So what they say, do or write really does not affect what's happening now. Except maybe some seniors who still believe npr, ABC CBS et al are actually being factual.
Oh Annie, presstitutes, this is just perfect!
My wife and I are definitely seniors and haven't watched LameStream Media in over 40 years, unless subjected to it at a public location.
All of our senior friends are the same way. They have turned off that garbage. It causes brain rot.
The podcasters are now the news, but choose wisely. There are righteous podcasters and some not so righteous. So again, choose wisely.
I love learning new words on this chat space…love pressitutes 😆
I got banned from X for 12 hours for using the "beat down" phrase. It was too violent! I did not get any response from my appeal either.
Long ago, I made Twitter my "ex."
I tried to get into my account and couldn’t do the activity to prove that I’m not a bot😂😂!
I fail all the time. To finish reading this comment, please click the dollar sign below:
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I still like to get some of my news from there instead of running from site to site.
Twitter X is a good way to get a breaking story.
Shows up there before anywhere else.
I got a 24 hr break from X for saying Bill Gates should "take a long run off a short cliff." 🤣
That is so odd. It was a beat down. And it was violent. Has Elon lost his nuts?
Think of it , 10 lowest common denominators against 1. And he was still standing.
Seems I've read that more than 3 assailants just get in each other's way-
How sad is it, that we consider what "Big Balls" did, so extraordinary in today's context? Of course what he did was EXTREMELY courageous and brave, but how sad that his response is not the norm.
Remember when you believed any young man might do that for you. Happy to say I finally captured a Marine. 40yrs ago.
I am praying for his brain, that it will be completely healed from the concussion. We need men like him!
The gentlemen's agreement between US an the rest of the world following WWI, which helped rebuild Europe's economy by opening the US to Europe but substantially closing Europe to the US should have ended 40 years ago.
The historical context is important here. The US carried Europe, and Japan, (and most of the rest of the world) from 1945-1985. And that made sense - back then - as we were the only economy left standing in 1945. It no longer makes sense, but if I were Europe I'd be trying to keep that gravy train rolling too.
Global welfare program
And welfare long term (as opposed to temporary help through a rough patch) keeps you stagnant and never aspiring to anything better.
Europe in particular lacks natural resources & has relied upon conquest / colonization / slavery. This is its reason for targeting Russia: the natural resources.
bingo
And that gravy train enabled all those socialist utopia policies to 'work' for a few decades. Protectionism + not paying into NATO as promised freed up $ for all of the "why can't we be more like Europe?" complaints I've heard incessantly for most of my adult life. 2 hour lunches, free this and free that, generous vacation time and the rest. But over the long term all this has led to a stagnant economy/tepid growth, low levels of innovation, high energy prices due to green new deal policies, low birthrates, big declines in adherence to faith/church attendance and an aging population being supplemented by migrants who are not assimilating. US is heading down the same path but at least it seems we have the national pride/spirit to right the ship before it capsizes. At least I hope so.
It’s not just that we carried their economy by providing $12 billion through the Marshall Plan (and that was HUGE money back then) and allowing them to shut out our goods, we also provided substantially all of their national defense needs. I will disagree with you a little bit, I don’t think it should’ve ended in 1985. I think it should’ve ended somewhere around 1970. 25 years is enough time in such an environment for national economies to recover - and they did. It was around that time that Europe started going more and more in the direction of socialist policies. Why? Because they could, because they had enough extra money that they didn’t have to spend on defense to be able to spend it on various social programs.
Trump was right, you know, when he said that our leaders were stupid. Our leaders should have known by the time the 1970s rolled around that we had saved the Europeans from Communism and that it was time to stop mollycoddling them, but they didn’t even think about the issue, let alone do anything about it. That is why, among many other reasons, Donald Trump is the best president of my lifetime, and my lifetime extends back to early in the JFK administration.
I won't argue the 1970 date. I picked 1985 as a "no later than"...
Fair-minded people can argue the date, but what is important is the principle of cutting off people at a certain point in time. We do it with our kids if we want them to actually stand on their own 2 feet and deal with the world as adults, and the United States should have done the exact same thing with Europe, at least several decades ago. In any case, both dates are long past, and the important thing is that Trump is doing it now. Oh, and like a bunch of spoiled children getting cut off from the Bank of Mom & Dad, Europeans are squealing like stuck pigs… and I love it!
An Aussie is first today!
Well done mate. Kiwi here 😂
Well done! Here’s your medal. 🥇😂
You are fast. Happy day
Good on ya! Have a great day!
Mrs. "the Knife"
Wow. Nice.
DC, or as we used to call it “Dodge City” is and has been a hell hole for close to 50 years. I worked in that city for close to 10 years in the mid 80’s to the mid 90’s. There was so much violence in the city that the military sent their new surgeons to DC General and Med Star to get hands on gun shot wound training. Time to bring back adults to save the city.
Visited DC in the 90’s. I love the history. I love the museums. I love the buildings. But I was shocked by the run down ghetto areas. The graffiti. The 3rd world aspects of the city when you get beyond that circle of the center with the Capitol building, White House, and museums. Our nation’s capital should be a show piece. But it was far from that. Also striking to me was the sinister atmosphere at night that was palpable after the workers went home at 5 pm. It was like the criminal elements suddenly appeared out of the shadows. I did not feel safe at night. I’m not at all surprised that Big Balls was attacked at night.
Yep. Good observations. You could hear gun fire every night and this is when gun ownership in DC was illegal.
😮
We visited in the 90s also. While walking back to our hotel after seeing the mall after sunset, we crossed through a partially fenced parking lot. My brother, who had spent several weeks there for JAG duty , turned to me and said “Watch this.” He stomped his foot near the fence and the ground came alive as the rats scurried away. They were not visible until they started moving. My skin still crawls thinking about it. 😵💫
Speaking of the Mall, I was also shocked at how poorly the grass was maintained. Professional landscapers would have had it looking great. But it was not. I am guessing mediocre federal employees did the maintenance. Hopefully it is better now.
I’ve never been and I’ve always wanted to. Maybe I will wait for Trump to clean it up
We would love to go next year to commemorate the 250th. Trump really should get it cleaned up so that Americans can come be a part of it!
100%
Just like blood sucking vampires.
The criminals should not receive medical care and most likely on my tax dollars. Let the injuries fester, necrose and rot away.
I’m very impressed with Mr Coristine’s quick thinking & getting his girlfriend into his car and out of danger! He has certainly earned his nickname! I have a feeling we are going to hear a lot about Edward for a very long time.
I am saddened he left Doge as it appears many of the originals have and we hear nothing more about DOGE since Elon left to my chargrin.
The leading story here tells a tale of two very different worlds; the one I grew up knowing and the reality we live in today. That young man is the type of man I married; one who will defend a woman at all costs. This is the America I knew, the type of men I grew up with and what I see in this young man’s heroism as a needed change in this country for the better.
Thank you Jeff Childers for this story. I will share it, already have shared what others like you have posted about this brave young man with my 20-something year old daughter. She is lucky to have the same type of man in her life. 🙏🏻🇺🇸❤️
If you want to send Edward a note and a prayer on X here is his handle. What an amazing young man! It is time to take down the DC thugs! https://x.com/as400495
I don't do X but thank him just the same and send prayers for a speedy recovery. Thanks for posting.
Thank you! Will do.