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Based Florida Man's avatar

I'm glad I read this stack, for I immediately was upset with the Canadian actress who seemingly said she'd get the Jab again even after being maimed by it.

But after Jeff's explanation that she was cleverly saying it in a way to discredit medical tyranny helps me to pause and consider all the angles before going with the first reaction. Thanks, C&C!

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Verve's avatar

BASED! Are you ok? Our home escaped the damage- we are just NE of Fort Myers in Alva.

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Freebird's avatar

Yes! I’ve been concerned with the fate of all our C&C Florida friends. My sis in Ft Meyers is ok, with minor damage to her home. Now the struggle is no power for who knows how long amidst the enormous clean up! Miserable conditions. 😥

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Based Florida Man's avatar

All good here in Palm Coast. We're on the Matanzas river which came up to the house, but didn't get in. Power is back on and the sun is out now so everyone's cleaning up.

But I feel for those who got serious damage or worse. We just to pick up and get it together... feels like such a new day now.

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Freebird's avatar

Glad to hear it! It’s also nice to see a comment from you again, I’ve enjoyed your wit and sarcasm almost as much as Jeff’s! 😊

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SheThinksLiberty's avatar

Yes, I was missing my "Based Florida Man", too! :)

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GoodGrief-239's avatar

Me too!

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Verve's avatar

🙏🏻❤️💯

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LP's avatar

I'm pretty sure that video was from May, 2021. Someone reposted it yesterday, and it's getting a lot of attention today.

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Oh Susanna's avatar

That makes more sense because for a while now we haven't needed the shots to "see" people in Canada.

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LuAnne's avatar

I had to read the Utah case and the Ft. Bragg trans officer case 2 times because my brain is apparently incapable of understanding the depths of depravity. I still can't fully understand it. So incredibly evil and bizarre.

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Neil Kellen's avatar

I don't want to understand it. If I could, I'd be worried about myself.

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

Yes, looking at any of these deviants and thinking “Hey that looks like a good idea” would definitely indicate similar mental illness!

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Dr Linda's avatar

Astute, I have a very hard time with these things as well. I guess it’s a blessing that we don’t understand on some ways. But being clueless isn’t the answer either. Speaking for myself, no implication towards you

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John Cougar Misanthrope's avatar

One's inability to comprehend crazy is a sanity check in itself.

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Fla Mom's avatar

If someone had pitched it as a plot for a 'B' movie 3 years ago, it would have been rejected, I think.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Truth is stranger than fiction…

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redpilled69's avatar

A few years ago when the pizza-gate thing was going around, I never even gave it a shred of legitimacy. Since then I've seen history channel and national geographic channel shows talking about various engineering feats and architecture as well as historical info.... all point to the fact that there are VAST networks of underground tunnels ALL OVER this country. Combine that with these stories and the evil we see with the forced jabs. Now my position is "yeah, probably happened / is happening"

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Renee Marie's avatar

Ever see the artwork in John Podesta’s house???? Yeah...like that’s real normal.

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Renee Marie's avatar

I saw a documentary about some of those paintings…they’re from an empty swimming pool in an estate in the USA (I forgot where). Really creepy stuff! What sane person would think those paintings are okay???? I’d run out the back door! Lol!

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John Cougar Misanthrope's avatar

I just started the first of Whitney Webb's two-book series on the Epstein phenomenon. She lays the foundation by going through the history of the nexus between intelligence operations and the criminal underworld dating back to before prohibition. Like everything Whitney Webb writes, the book is thoroughly researched and footnoted.

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/08/resources/one-nation-under-blackmail-info/

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John Cougar Misanthrope's avatar

Thanks you for the recommendation. I haven't read the book but judging purely by its title it's right on point. I'll check it out.

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Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

amen, that is just too unbelievable, I agree treason for the military. So incredibly evil and bizarre.

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Perry Simms's avatar

Treason requires aiding and abetting an enemy in war.

Are you saying the USA is at war with Russia?

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Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

It might not be declared to the world, but since we are paying the Ukraine government to continue the war with secret civilian troops, military weapons, and money......hmmm maybe

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RunningLogic's avatar

I am not going to look at the links, your description is horrific enough. The depravity of these monsters is unfathomable 😳😡

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yes, I agree. There is great value and comfort in finding likeminded people here on C&C.

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

Bizzaro world indeed. I must say, that Adam’s apple enhances his overall feminine appearance.

God bless Jennifer Gibson and heal her. And open the eyes of the blind.

No wonder God is going to burn this place up someday… Meanwhile, we keep going, walking in power and living hope.

Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things [new heavens and a new earth], be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

— 2 Peter 3:14-18 NASB1995

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HoneyPot4Freedom's avatar

My boyfriend, a former SEAL, and his colleagues (a crew of vets from Florida Roof Specialists) went south to Ft. Myers and Sanibel Island early yesterday to volunteer their help with SAR (through Cajun Army). Not everyone evacuated so there are people trapped in flooded homes still, they are pulling up bodies out of the water, etc. I am so humbled with his dedication and willingness to go above and beyond to help save lives and assist with disaster relief!

God BLESS them! 🙏❤️

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yes God bless them!!!

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Janet's avatar

Blessings on these guys. ❤️

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Barbara's avatar

NO RED CROSS---

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Ellen Komorowski's avatar

Florida Disaster Fund.org is the donation site that Casey DeSantis is spearheading.

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Verve's avatar

Great idea Ellen- we need to keep it local and under our state’s control without too many governmental and corporate corrupt fingers in the pie. I live in Alva, 13 miles NE of Fort Myers. We fled corrupt Chicago 1-1/2 years ago and now this. Our home escaped flooding and damage miraculously (just built and we moved in 8 months ago) but Orange Harbor mobile home park 5 miles away from us was completely destroyed - we lived in our camper there for 14 months while supply chain issues and Covid slow walked the construction. These people also need our help - most late 60s. My heart is broken.

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JuJu's avatar

My 22 year old daughter lives in Tampa. She spent today trying to find an organization that she could volunteer with. Sadly, some require proof of Covid vaccination in order to volunteer! 🤦‍♀️

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Verve's avatar

This is honestly beyond infuriating. Could you let us know what orgs so we can NOT support them? I’m dying to know which ones would require this.

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JuJu's avatar

All Hearts and Hands and Project Hope both required C19 vaccination from their volunteers. She was able to complete online training through both the Red Cross and Salvation Army, so is hoping to be put into action. Crazy times, isn’t it?

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Ellen Komorowski's avatar

My heart is broken too! Such horrible devastation and to rebuild will take many years. Supplies are short and the cost for them is astronomical! I agree with Jeff though, Floridians are a tenacious bunch and we always step up to help our neighbors in need!! Praying for everyone down there.

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Freebird's avatar

I thought the same after seeing the Governor and his wife speak yesterday. If the organization already exists, let’s go with it!

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M2's avatar

Donated yesterday

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John Bugni's avatar

This would be my choice. They are on the ground where the need is and can get the relieve out quickly and targeted.

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Verve's avatar

I would be positively shocked if Jeff even considered them. Them and United Way. Also I hear Goodwill is also not very reputable, although I know they don’t do disaster relief.

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Fla Mom's avatar

And even the Salvation Army has gone woke in recent years, having received the last penny from me as a result.

https://colorusunited.org/salvation-army-petition/

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Verve's avatar

Yes you’re right - I stopped giving to them about 4 years ago- just a darn shame. And I had to stop buying Girl Scout cookies a decade ago. Just pitiful!

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YYR's avatar

Ugh. Don't get me started on Girl Scouts.

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Copernicus's avatar

I know. So sad.

My grandma spent her adolescent years in a Salvation Army orphanage, which is where she learned about Jesus and gave her heart to him. I have always given to their red kettles at Christmas in her honor and gratitude for their impact on her life and thus on our family, but alas, no longer. 😥

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CraigN's avatar

Thanks for that link and information. Done bell ringing.

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LizardFro's avatar

Is this just in NY? I know a SA pastor (they don’t call themselves that) who would never put up with that! I don’t believe the whole organization is corrupt though. They’re extremely evangelical.

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Fla Mom's avatar

No, it appears to be the organizational leadership, similar to the top-down woke indoctrination in the military and schools and universities.

https://www.salvationarmy.org/isjc

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Copernicus's avatar

It’s from the top actually. 😭

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Roger Beal's avatar

Samaritan's Purse: Experts in disaster relief, 100% volunteer organization that helps both with material circumstances and the Word.

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Laura Z's avatar

Samaritan's Purse is a fantastic humanitarian organization. We volunteered with them during two separate tornado outbreaks in Alabama. That have teams that deploy to disaster areas and boots on the ground often within hours of the storms' passing. It is run by Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham.

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Janet's avatar

Thanks!

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Janet's avatar

Thanks. I got their link yesterday and wondered.

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Janet's avatar

I’ve gotten info about Samaritans Purse. Any problems there?

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MelMick's avatar

They are the best

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PamelaZelie's avatar

If you are Catholic, please visit this website for charities that are not ‘woke’ and do not go against the faith:

https://lepantoin.org/charity-reports/

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CaplT's avatar

one doesn’t have have to be Catholic to donate but it is good to have a niche clearing house.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society is very effective at feeding and helping people.

There is a team in every diocese, and in almost every parish. They serve all - and not Catholics first.

No money earmarked for SVDP goes to the parish, only for help.

There are 7 Dioceses, 475 Parishes in Florida - very manageable and they are practically everywhere.

I’d highly recommend them for the multiplier.

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PamelaZelie's avatar

I tried to research St. Vincent de Paul Society on the Lepanto Institute Charity Report. Unfortunately, there is no information whether it is safe or not safe.

Traditional Catholics have been burned before: with Catholic Charities, CHD, Catholic Relief Services, Salesian Missions, etc promoting or contributing to programs that undermine the faith.

I just have to be very cautious but thank you for your thoughts.

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Ottonemo1's avatar

SVDP have gone woke and political here in Australia.

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Dr Linda's avatar

I use them for my donations. I hope they are honest. Seems like we can’t trust anyone anymore : (

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

I’m sorry, but a “woman” with a HUGE Adam’s apple is super ugly and disgusting. ...and insulting to real women.

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SYFY's avatar

I saw this posted somewhere

"Drag is to women what blackface is to Black people: A costume, a caricature, a mockery, a cheapening, a dehumanization."

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Dr Linda's avatar

Wow! That us an amazing thought. No wonder I have such a strong reaction to it. It is demoralizing. It’s a tough time to be a biological woman.

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

I guess if it’s only demeaning to women, it’s okay.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Seems to me that if the professional feminists had their way, biological women would be obsoleted; replaced with polygendered seekers after magic chromosomes - the ones with the sexswitch on them.

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Dr Linda's avatar

I agree but I don't understand.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Well said. Gonna repost that one.

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

That’s exactly how it feels to me.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Spot on.

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LizardFro's avatar

I saw this too - I think it’s true whether we give a monkey’s fart about it or not. If women made a fuss about it...what do you think would happen? 🤔

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

Nothing. We are now voiceless. If we complain then we are transphobic or racist or something.

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Fla Mom's avatar

It always amazes me that they appear to believe that they could be taken for being a woman, when they always just look like men in (bad) drag.

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Dana's avatar

And I always wonder what “woman” are they impersonating because they never look like an actual woman on the street.

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LizardFro's avatar

No kidding - women don’t wear tacky earrings 🤣

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CMCM's avatar

Even Bruce Jenner, despite all the surgery he has had to make himself look like a woman, has the mannerisms of a man and when he walks he looks like a man in drag, and then there's the voice....it can't be fixed to be female. It's impossible for these men in drag to be feminine. Sorry, I can't refer to any of them as "she" because they AREN'T. And then there is Rachel Levine....it's weird that he would say he is female so why wouldn't he at least want to be a halfway attractive female? He's a fright, IMO.

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Renee Sommers's avatar

And...no woman would wear that mismatched jewelry with an outfit. Just saying.

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Dr Linda's avatar

And the earring are ugly.

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Dr Linda's avatar

The world seems Hell bent on destroying women these says.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Don't get run over by all the "feminists" running to women's defense.

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Dr Linda's avatar

I am an old fashioned feminist. I can “see” an enemy even my own gender.

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YYR's avatar

Uhem. Menstruating people.

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Jeff, your take on Jennifer’s video is *brilliant* and I truly hope it is true!

Having just engaged in a highly successful censorship smuggling campaign of my recent satirical post (“50 Reasons to Give Your Child the COVID Shot” > https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/50-reasons-to-give-your-child-the), I understand how easy it is for people to knee-jerk react. I was called everything from “Merchant of death” to “child murderer” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/i/75545320/thank-you-on-behalf-of-kids) because people didn’t understand it was a satirical title and got triggered without bothering to read the content.

That approach, however, enabled it to not only bypass the censors but also to trick unwitting pro-vaxx parents into clicking through. I can only hope they absorbed some of the truth before closing the window in a panic.

On another note, I wanted to alert the C&C army to the piece I just published as we need all hands on deck to #StopTheTreaty:

• “What If They Threw a Pandemic and Nobody Came?” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/what-if-they-threw-a-pandemic-and)

The 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference covered the pandemic accord yesterday, and it’s clear that the globally coordinated propaganda campaign pushing this “instrument” is kicking into high gear as everyone is starting to parrot the same talking points.

I appreciate everyone else’s help with getting #StopTheTreaty, #StopTheWHO, and #ExitTheWHO trending (ideally with a link to my essay or other pertinent articles for context). We need to voice our opposition so loudly they will be unable to ignore us.

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rolandttg's avatar

for what it's worth, I came across a very detailed article on the Franklin scandal some years ago. It made headlines in major newspapers for a while until the story was shut down. Some big and powerful names involved. What really caught my attention is that it said Charles Manson was in that orphanage. Would explain a lot.

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It feels like there are a lot of NGOs involved in these rings. Like the ones that say they are “anti” anything is a cover to do the opposite of what everyone thinks.

Orphanages supplying children for child sex abuse?! Why are there hundreds of anti-trafficking organizations popping up in the last few years? What’s really going on?

I stopped giving to any of these organizations. It seems they are helping the depraved, disgusting, inhumane people get their “supply”. We need to stop this!

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Roger Beal's avatar

Next time some leftard mocks "Comet Pizza", tell them to look a little closer.

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Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

NGOs outside the USA = CIA or Soros funded OR stuffed full of pedos IF they involve children etc. Unfortunately, the Catholic Church attracted its share of Pedos as well...

Check out:

The Roundtable #24: Shaun Attwood

https://rumble.com/v1m17m4-the-roundtable-24-shaun-attwood.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVUEfzPD1X4

ALOT of Epstein talk as Attwood got into trouble for it with YT and he mentions a hospital or something in the UK who's benefactor had the run of the place and with patients-residents - so to speak......

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The Roundtable #24: Shaun Attwood

https://rumble.com/v1m17m4-the-roundtable-24-shaun-attwood.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVUEfzPD1X4

Gonzalo Lira interviewed Shaun Attwood - first time that I had heard of him as he got into ALOT of trouble for talking about Jeffrey Epstein on YT... Attwood also talked about some mental hospital or something in the UK who's [royal] benefactor could do whatever he wanted there... Whether true or not, I don't know...

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Rose Loomis's avatar

This week Facebook took down Died Suddenly News group that had grown to over 200,000 members. It’s back up again with about 55,000 members.

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Julie's avatar

I'm surprised: 1 that it took so long and 2 that it's back up!

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Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

Honey pot - like Substack ;)

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Penny North's avatar

Not shut down. The admin was ahead of them and hid it.

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N Springer's avatar

No, Fakebook did shut down the group once it hit 300k. The backup was called RIP News and when it went “live” the name was changed to Died Suddenly News like the old group. I believe it’s invitation only, you can’t search for it on Fakebook.

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Penny North's avatar

I stand corrected. What I posted was prior. One was stopped, but we rolled over to the other one.

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CMCM's avatar

I think FB has been sifting through accounts lately. My son had put up that Hunter Biden photo with a cigarette in his mouth a long time ago when it first came out. FB just took it down and suspended him for a week or so.

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cat's avatar

That's pretty bad as that photo has been shown everywhere -- in fact there are problem dozens of memes based on that photo. To me, FB's action at this point in time (when the horse has long left the barn) shows how out of touch and yet how controlling FB and its censorship has become.

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cat's avatar

What happened to the remaining members? (Not being on FB, I've no clue how the membership works with dropped/then reestablished FB groups.)

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Dick Davis's avatar

2022, what a world…I used to think Rush Limbaugh was a little off the mark but now I get it—- Rush was first to the “socialism is evil” party.

God bless Rush and thank you Jeff for clearly and professionally pointing out today’s BS.

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Natalie's avatar

I really miss Rush!

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Linda Sartain's avatar

No, he wasn't first ;) .... I was.

It took until Trump's second run in 2020 for people to start calling out the Socialist among us.

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Dr Linda's avatar

Agreed

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Leslie J Pennington's avatar

What about Samaritan’s Purse? They do a lot of good. Or Cajun Navy. They can get in those swamps or out to the islands.

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Copernicus's avatar

Unfortunately I seem to remember that Franklin was a bit too pushy re jabs..... telling folks it was the loving, Christian thing to do. 😓

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PamelaZelie's avatar

I agree. Sadly had to stop donating to Samaritan’s Purse after Franklin Graham pushed the jabs. He never recanted.

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Barbara Benecke's avatar

Same for me.

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Janet's avatar

Ugh. Franklin Graham.

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Linda Sartain's avatar

May have "had" to do it, and didn't do it in a clever way? He was wayward in his early years.

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Copernicus's avatar

???

I don’t understand?

Whether he chose to take it or not, he had no business condemning others who chose differently or badgering Christians by alleging it was unloving to refuse.

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Linda Sartain's avatar

His public speaking May have been "required ", a deal he couldn't refuse.

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Copernicus's avatar

Well, he “chose” to get it.

But didn’t need to badger fellow Christians about getting it. He didn’t need to say a single thing about it, actually.

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RunningLogic's avatar

I’ve donated to Mercy Chefs in the past and haven’t heard anything bad about them yet.

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Anne Clifton's avatar

Yikes! I somehow got on the mailing list for Father Flanagan's Boys Town. They send out packages with all kinds of junk, in an effort to guilt people into donating. I have not, and will not, donate to them. I have a long list of reputable ministries and organizations that I donate to and don't need random "suggestions" from my mailbox.

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Wow, glad we aren’t the only ones suddenly receiving their fat envelopes of stuff asking for donations. Weird.

I always figure that any org that sends me “free” stuff as an inducement to give doesn’t need my money anyway,but now this is weird and I want to toss the “free” stuff they sent. 🤮🤮🤮

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Runemasque's avatar

I also got the fat envelope from Boys Town. It was very bizarre since I did read the book about the cover up this year. Very creepy.

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CraigN's avatar

I just got something this last week from them trying to 'guilt' you into donating. Had pens, calendar, planner, Christmas cards and a heartfelt letter from one of their (victims?) residents. Needless to say I skipped any donation. Way to over the top and now this story. Geez.

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Carolanne's avatar

So did I!

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Sharon's avatar

So glad I read this today, have been pondering the receipt of that package and having grown up in Omaha thought perhaps it was related…..so evil, I used to love Boys Town night at the roller rink.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Back in the 1960s, my parents got such mailings. FFBT has been workin' the scam for decades, it seems.

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Carolanne's avatar

Holy Moses! The info made its way to the trash!

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David Cashion's avatar

I donate 5 bucks to groups I disagree with and wish they would go broke.

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CraigN's avatar

Don't like to bring this up but the only donations that I made in 2022 were multipliers on C&C. 😬

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Santini Fan's avatar

Very interesting take on the Jennifer Gibson story and one I hadn’t considered. If you’re right, she is a hero. God Bless her. I hope she is able to recover🙏

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Wendy Montgomery's avatar

I am a huge fan of Heartland and am so sad to hear about this actor’s passing. It’s a huge loss for the show. Why is it that those in power aren’t experiencing the side effects? Did they get a saline solution instead? It’s the federal-level people who are not being affected. Why is that?

I sincerely hope Ms. Gipson fully recovers. Such a sad story that I hope ends well for her. Those pushing these poisonous shots need to pay for their crimes. Nobody should have to endure the side effects these “vaccines” are causing. Thank you for highlighting these. It just makes me thankful that my husband and I passed on getting the clot shot.

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KenM's avatar

Just be glad you are in Florida Jeff. I will never forget a ice storm back 10 -15 years ago here up north that wiped out power for WEEKS, in the WINTER. It was horrible.

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Late 90s a winter ice storm in Canada & Maine flattened miles & miles of trees in Canada. A friend in southern Maine was without power for 5 weeks. And she lives in a "priority" area here. Rurals went longer...

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So true! We had our friends back in the gulag (the northeast) contacting us, hoping we'd be OK in light of Hurricane Ian, as well as people here (Panhandle) expressing some worries. Hubby and I were like, "Really?" Granted, we have not lived through a 4 or 5 hurricane, but we have lived through some horrific winter storms that have caused what you've described -- and no power in the winter? In New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, upstate New York??? Absolutely deadly.

I remember a winter storm in the Boston area in the '08 timeframe. People panicked and businesses let people go early. BIG mistake. I stayed put and got home fine, but others jammed onto the major highways, blocking the plows from getting through -- as it continued to snow. Result? Major backups on 128, 93, and other roads. People running out of gas in the middle of the highway, which further exacerbated traffic problems -- plus that meant they were in their cars without the ability to keep warm...

Another was an ice storm that caused a backup on the Mass Pike that spanned almost its entire length and resulted in over 200 accidents...And that was just the Pike!

1996, March 31, the snow started and didn't stop until the next day. Result? 32 inches where we lived -- snow literally up to my hip flexors -- and I'm 5'9"! We lived in a complex with outdoor parking only...Hours of shoveling snow.

I know hurricanes can do horrific damage, but to not have to deal with tough storms that dump snow (whose piles last for weeks into the spring sometimes) and ice with temps at or below freezing? Yes, please...

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YYR's avatar

Ha. And everyone mocked us mercilessly over Snowmageddon.

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CMCM's avatar

California is crazy state central, but when I read about these hurricanes I'm glad I only have to worry about occasional earthquakes and of course wildfires, which are worrisome enough. I was born in Panama City but only lived there as a child. However, I do remember at least one very frightening storm during my time there, and it must have been severe enough that it made a huge memory impression on me!

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Raleigh, NC was a national laughingstock about 20 years ago when about a half inch of ice literally shut down the city. People were stuck in their cars for as long as 13 hours, unable to get home. My husband left work, spent about an hour hardly moving, and turned around and went back to his workplace, where he spent the night.

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Anonymous Dr's avatar

Jeff, can we please multiply that Christian father of 7 who had an FBI SWAT team come to his house and terrorize his family? Would be great to send the message that this political weaponization of the Feds may not have its intended effect...

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