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Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Worst of sinners was I even when I believed I had been saved or perhaps was being saved "since before the beginning". šš¼ Christ Alone for God Alone by God Alone shout GLORY TO HIS NAME!
Thank you my Jesus, The Christ, for washing away my sins in your perfect blood, my propitiation that overcomes sin, death and the grave and makes me a forgiven Child of God!
Jeez, Janice, that probably eliminates more than half of the church people today that believe what men have taught them, saying that all they have to do is confess their sins and all is well with the Lord. On the other hand, we have this from God himself;
āBehold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail. Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known, then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, āWe are delivered!ā--that you may do all these abominations? Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,ā declares the LORD.ā Jeremiah 7:8-11 (NASB95)
I'll add on if allowed Jeremiah, great name by the way.
Anyone at anytime can say oopsie, sorry Lord. But that doesn't absolve you unless you repent. If a person isn't convicted by sin, after 'accepting' the Lord, I'm guessing the sinner is only fooling themself and the Holy Spirit hasn't fallen upon them.
Like the homosexual that continues to live in that sin, the murderer that continues to murder, the thief that continues to steal, they are purely fooling themselves. Not fooling God.
Ā Ā Of course youāre allowed, SPH, in fact, you are welcome to reply.
Your point about having to repent is well taken. Repentance, though, should result in never having to confess that particular sin again. As to the idea of āacceptingā the Lord, we should consider that Jesus said āyou didnāt choose me. I chose you.ā Which may very well explain why many of those people that āacceptā the Lord continue on in sin. Because, I find for them that Jesus chooses, living without sin is actually quite easy to do, especially if you love him, coupled with thinking that the consequence would be that you could not enter into the kingdom of God. (God forbid)
And I have to agree that the people who continue to do things that are contrary to the voice of God will experience the consequence of their disobedience. The verse that Janice put up there says that the consequence is that they would not enter the kingdom of God.
So your use of the words āfooling themselvesā is appropriate.
SPH - you are correct. That is why Paul gave us the warning passage 1 Cor. 6:9-11. A believer cannot sin and not grieve the Holy Spirit. Paul also gave us Romans chapter 7. The believer can yield to the flesh too many times, but he hates it. Paul says, and I paraphrase, āthat which I donāt wanna do I do. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?āI say if a person doesnāt struggle with their sin theyāre probably not a believer. They hate sin because as a new creation, to sin is not his nature. As Saints we can be disobedient children of the king, but we do not have to sin, because it is not our nature. The new man has a divine nature that wants to obey. Unfortunately, we still have this dead carcass called the flesh tied to our neck until glory. Thatās why weāre told to mortify our members and use them to His glory. We have a to please, where before we didnāt.
"Missing from the discussion is anything about fairness to victims. After all, victims are also promised their day in court. But ācashless bailā makes that promise optional, depending on whether the perpetrator feels like showing up that day."
Eliminating 'cashless bail' might be a start, but eliminate the urge to commit crimes should be the end goal.
Here's an article about two individuals (one a Pastor) who got ensnared in a pedophelia sting operation. Even after posting $10k in bail, one grabbed up their passport (might have been given back to them by authorities) and fled the country.
Completely defeats the purpose of giving the victim their day in court if politics and power can defeat the purpose of laws, and therefore be allowed to be lawless themselves.
One of the other men caught in the sting was Neal Harrison Creecy, a 46-year-old Vegas church pastor at Las Vegas Redemption Church, who promptly resigned after posting bail. He has reportedly confessed his sins to earthly authorities.
It's not clear why or how he was allowed to return to Israel, which has a reputation as a haven for pedophiles who prey on American children. Citing a Jewish watchdog group, a 2020 CBS News report found that, in just the previous six years, more than 60 Jewish Americans who'd been accused of pedophilia had fled to Israel, taking advantage of Israel's "Right of Return" law that lets any Jew in the world enjoy instant citizenship.
Actually, I have what I consider to be a Positively good idea based on a really good TV series called Night Court. We can have morning court, afternoon court, evening court, and night court. If weāve got video evidence of the crime and the criminal so that there is no doubt, if there are multiple witnesses at the scene of the crime so there is no doubt about the guilt of the criminal, Take them to court right away with the evidence in hand. Find them guilty and then either sentence them right away or put them in jail awaiting sentencing.
Iāll give you an example. I was at a bar one night. There were three other men sitting at the bar, a female bartender was behind the bar. It was quiet and this guy came in, scruffy looking guy with shaggy hair, full beard, wearing a blue jean jacket, his hand in his jacket pocket, goes behind the bar and he starts whispering in this bartenderās ear. I figure heās robbing her and I donāt wanna just snatch the guy away, so I go to get the manager real quick, but by the time I got back, the guy had already left. The girl told the the three guys at the bar that she had just been robbed. Go figure, these guys are off-duty sheriff deputies, they run him down out in the back alley and handcuff him and bring him back. Iām one of the witnesses, then they take my name and information and Iām thinking now they got him. Eight months later I get a notice that I am being called in as a witness for his trial, eight effing months! I get into the court and on the witness stand, The prosecutor asked me do I see anybody in the court that looks like the guy that I positively identified the night of the crime. I looked at everybody in that courtroom, everybody, including the guilty guy, all the jurors, even looked at the judge, turned back to the prosecutor and said āI donāt see anybody that looks like him.ā I was pissed. There is no way! They clean the guy up, put him in a suit, shave him, cut his hair and he donāt look anything like he looked the night of the crime. I saw him. I wouldāve been perfectly willing to go to the night court, swear under oath that I saw this man rob that girl. So what about the victim?
ā¦Good question, easy answer would be āNight Court.ā
Changing Images of Man Report 1974 "The Nation was to be programmed to change and become so accustomed to such planned changes that it would hardly be noticeable when profound changes did occur." "Social deviation are now commonplace and excite no social protest." John Coleman Committee of 300
Whiter than snow, yes whiter than snow....all we who have been bathed in the "blood of the Lamb" lose ALL our previous 'guilty stains' and become NEW CREATURES living lives pleasing to our Creator God (and when we slip and fall into UNGodly ways--the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sins and degradation--REPENTENCE follows and then RESTORATION.... what bliss to know that we are FORGIVEN. My we also FORGIVE when those we hold dear slip and fall--and pray for their "restoration".
As for those who are DEDICATED to the UNGODly ways they pursue...all we can do is pray for them to be 'made aware' and that they TURN TO THE SAVIOR--the Only Begotten Son of Jehovah Jireh!!
GOOD NEWS - that's the meaning of the GOSPEL - that's the ONLY NEWS I savor and favor anymore.
Thank you, Janice, for always inserting the GOOD NEWS into the C & C blog....it is much needed and ALWAYS appreciated by this "sinner saved by God's grace".
DonnaāThat is such a beautiful, moving song. I listened to it a lot through taking care of my mom and in dealing with my medical issues. Thank you for the reminder of it.
Why are you posting on this man's substack. Your stuff is nice, but why don't you get your own substack. This man is addressing specific information, and you are promoting yourself on it.
Fact: I went to college with Cook. I was at Morehouse, and she was at Spelman. All I will say is that "scatty" is how I would describe her. But outside of that, Pops told me if you did not have anything good to say about a person, say less.
I couldn't figure out how Cook got approved by the Senate without any basic qualifications for a Federal Reserve Governors seat. Turns out the vote was straight party lines and Kamala Harris had to break the tie.
Thatās fair. End the Fed. But they at least used to pretend they had some economics IQ, even though itās always been political and run for the bankers.
"Thus the Drug Trust, while maintaining the Stalinist Communist Government in Russia, simultaneously maintained a Communist back up regime in the United States, the Trotskyite Movement, in case the Stalinist regime should fall."
I get your point but, You just can't be "jewish by marriage". It's more of a blood/culture thing. Like 'bama couldn't be white...it's all or nothing. Just say'n
You also cannot be "jewish" if you are just Euro-trash that "converted" for corrupt political reasons... like 99% of all Israelis did long prior to the UN allowing massive land theft...
Name a person on the Board that is not Zionist. How many Christians? (Not Fundamentalist) She would be part of the club."It's a big club and you ain't in it."
That isnāt true. And given that Jews are the highest IQ holders as a group, Iām not surprised to find them in high positions that require understanding math.
Willing Spirit, Thank you for speaking up against antisemitism. Many promises remain for Godās people, the Jews. He has brought them back into their land and He has a plan which will not be thwarted. I grieve daily over the horrid protests and individual acts against the Jews that are happening all over the world. The senseless spouting of lies that they control the world and run our government are ridiculous.
Same! I donāt like gossip, but also me when someone has some š, lol.
My husband came home with some work gossip the other day for the first time in 23 years of marriage and I was hooked. Told him he now had a requirement to provide gossip at least once a week. He gave me the husband look and reminded me that heās an engineer. šš
It that an admin staff told the head office about how no one comes into the office on the designated days like theyāre supposed to. Head office, in Europe, follows the rule to the letter, and admin chick (whom my husband has never been a fan of, she complains a lot) and sheās pissed because she has to be at the office and they donāt. My husband can get very animated about how stupid it is that they have to be at the office when theyāre on zoom meetings all day anyway. So it was the topic as much as the fact that she threw them under the bus to head office that got him riled up. I wished Iād had popcorn, though.
Me too. Funny story: My husband and I married and went to college together. The mother of one of my friends asked about what we were studying to be. When I got to the part about my husband wanting to be an Engineer, she stopped me and frantically said, āRun! Run as fast as you can away fron him!ā I didnāt understand at the time what she meant. I do understand nowā¦.but I love him anyway.
Iāll have to tell my husband that one! He likes to joke about why there have never been any TV shows set in an engineering firm. He doesnāt like my explanation that itās boring and no one would watch.
My son is a mechanical engineer and is an extrovert who looks you in the eye and shakes your hand when introduced. It is stereotypically unusual but does happen- haha.
Speaking of engineers and humor, there is a guy on Dry Bar Comedy who is an engineer named Don McMillian. He is hilarious. I never knew charts and graphs could be so funny.
I got detention in 6th grade for shooting spit wads in class. Along with several of my guy friends. I have never been a rule follower, but Iām much less of a jerk now.
Or put tape in a classmates hair or cut the teacherās plants with scissors. Rubber bands shot across the classroomā¦ah yes. I was supposedly the āgoodā student teachers thought. Haha!
Cherry bombs! Reminds me . . . All 12 grades rode the same bus, and it was always entertaining. Near the end of school, some cherry bombs somehow made their way onto the bus through no actions of any of the mischievous ones. Dropping the upper window sections proved difficult, but throwing the cherry bombs out was nearly impossible - they blew back into the bus and rolled back under the seats, everyone screaming and pulling feet up onto the seats! Times were simple then . . .
As Aristotle used to say, "If you don't get caught, you didn't do it." Er, Aristotle was a cousin on my mother's side who served time for many offenses. Hahaha.
Or if you have nothing good to say then say nothing. This has always been American advice for social etiquette, for polite society. BUT... Americans have also had an intolerance for dangerous incompetence and unafraid to call it out.
Now they want to sew our mouths shut. Sorry, Americans have never been afraid to be aggressive when necessary.
Just an observation but I believe social etiquette is downstream from the cultural influence of Janice's scripture quote this morning. A culture that has faith in the Biblical experience of being "Washed - Sanctified - Justified" is a culture that has peace with God and, by extension, peace with our fellow man.
As our society has become increasingly hostile to Biblical Christianity, we have seen social etiquette replaced by hostility based on race, sex, political alignment or any number of other class divisions. Without the basis for peace between God and man, God's sovereign grace, there can be no basis for peace between men because there is no higher law unifying us in His grace. Class warfare is the inevitable result.
I like the sound of this, but it makes me wonder when has humanity ever not had class warfare? It seems to be a human condition. Not excusing it, but realizing we will always be fighting an upstream firehose battle to combat it.
Not so long ago, in fact within my lifetime, Americans knew what it meant to be "American". The American people came from a diverse mix of ethnic, racial and cultural backgrounds united in a civic ideal reflected in the Declaration of Independence. The civil ethic of society and government was explicitly based on the morality of Biblical Law. Though Americans came from all walks of life and religious belief, we were all united in the basic tenets of Biblical morality. With exceptions notwithstanding, the American people were a harmonious collection of peoples, united in a fundamental civil religion. This civil religion can be summed up in two statements: (1) Do all that you say you are going to do (be true to your word) and (2) do not trespass upon your neighbor's person or property. IE, love your neighbor as yourself. This was the basis for all civil law and societal morality.
Today, no one seems to know what it means to be an American. After WWII, the Marxist dialectic began it's long march through our civil and societal institutions. First, God was mythologized and declared dead. The prophetic church retreated behind their four walls and engaged in navel exams fantasizing about the End Times Rapture. Then American history was mythologized and declared racist and perverted. Just being "white" was a condemnation. The "end of history" was declared as the final ethical judgement of Marxism. Man is now god and it is "man" who determines right and wrong, a standard without absolutes which changes with the seasons. Justice simply becomes the arbitrary exercise of power.
Now we find ourselves in the midst of class warfare threatening to tear America apart. We have lost all common ground that use to unite us. Yes, there is always class warfare because without God, there can be no common ground between men. This was addressed by the incarnation and ministry of God the Son. Upon His ascension to His throne where He was glorified as King of kings whose rule shall be without end, Christ poured out the Holy Spirit, against which no evil spirit can prevail, into His body on earth empowering them to fulfill His commission to go forth and disciple the nations bringing all things into subjection to His law. As the slaver John Newton wrote in 1772, "Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace, my fears relieved."
Early America is an example of how class warfare is overcome by ministering the sovereign grace of God to a lost nation.
The other part of that is if it is truth reveal it..if it is not true don't say it..nice has nothing to do with truth. That is one of the reasons we are where we are as a country. Too many people kept their mouths shut. The Bible says not to gossip..tell things that may not be true..and not speak lies about people.
All other Fed Governors should take this as a warning. If there are any skeletons in their closets, they will be found. Would be better for them to unceremoniously take leave/resign the position than to have to defend the indefensible. Whatever happened to ethics.
"According to the website NFLArrest.net, from 2000 to 2025, 257 NFL players have been arrested for DUI, 131 for drugs, 129 for Assault/Battery, and 120 for traffic violations."
OK, traffic violations is pretty much everyone, but the National Felon League (and college ball too if we want to be honest) has always overlooked the foibles of their star athletes. (read All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, by James Patterson)
I quit going to games after take a knee, as that was the last straw, but do miss it, and start to think about crawling back. But then, this endzone garbage and my KC Chiefs keeping Rashee Rice after he walked away from a wreck he caused while being stupid, and he still hasn't paid the settlement money to the victims he agreed to in the civil suit. So much for 'character matters'. And I get the side eye when I say I don't really care any more - my town is crazy for the Chiefs. Bread and Circuses....
The NFL is full of DEI hires as most of the players have no other skill set but athletic prowess. They are in no way the brightest bulbs in anyone's box.
DEI hires are for positions where the applicant has only 1 attribute. Skin color, ethnicity, gender etc. Sports hires for I attribute, physical prowess ability to play the sport. All the math is done by someone else
Well that is all over the map. Know there are some former NFL players in our city who have gone on to successful careers and/or businesses, all the way to those who blow their fortunes and end up broke and bitter. My son has been an usher for the Chiefs for 10 years - big fan who started out of HS as a college student and has stayed as he basically gets paid to watch the game, including all 5 AFC championship games, unless there are rabble rousers in his section he has to deal with that interrupts his viewing. Been in the same section all these years and a lot of season ticket holders he calls his Chiefs family. They have an end of season employee party where he's gotten to meet many former players and says they are all stand up guys. But of course the broke and bitter ones probably don't get invited.
Yes, some due to nepotism and some bc of their fame. I had friends in college who were football players and sorry to say, their basic skill set in math and the sciences was very poor. One could not even balance his checkbook. I tutored 2 of them and it was a struggle believe me. And forget history, some did not even know the names of certain Presidents that were extremely consequential.
They were all stand up guys but I often thought, if they do not make the pros, I don't know what they will be truly qualified to do that will allow them to support a family.
Athletic scholarship is a joke for some of the big name sports - universities don't really care if they don't get an education. Even in the less followed sports it's grueling - I read Riley Gaines' book, and trying to be a student and an athlete is a herculean task. Seems like sports come first and then squeeze in a little education & studying wherever you can
The money they can make off of them trumps everything else. Itās basically where our civilized society started to erode, for any and all organizations and companies, when they can make more money off of an employee they kick character and community to the curb.
Yes and handing some of these guys a mountain of money is like handing a lighter to an arsonist. Little guidance from people in their lives and every distant relative and friend from the old neighborhood lines up to suck them dry, and no shortage of temptations from the dark side for someone young and thinking they have the world at their feet. Had a client who rented office space from a financial advisory firm specializing in pro athletes. Came to the office one day to find it taped off by the FBI. A couple of guys went to jail for defrauding clients, so if the hood doesn't come after them, guys in nice suits and big promises might.
After Javon Belcher's death, (Chiefs player who killed his girlfriend/mother of his child and then killed himself in front of the team GM at the team facility), last I read his family and girlfriend's family were fighting over his money and custody of his infant daughter (beneficiary of $1M from the Chiefs) a year later. Poor little girl, orphaned and stuck with a bunch of greedy grifters for family. Judge awarded custody to a cousin of the mother, no idea where she is now.
"and he still hasn't paid the settlement money to the victims he agreed to in the civil suit. " I didn't know that. The video where he is walking away from the wrecks he caused, that really burns me. No concern for others, blatant disregard for the law (fleeing the scene)...mind boggling. And the Chiefs haven't done anything on their own to discipline him. The kicked Kareem Hunt to the curb after he "lied" to them about assaulting a woman (that's the story I heard).
I think Kareem Hunt's issue was failure to get along with teammates - causing drama and may have been substance abuse issues as well. Recall him getting pulled over drunk with weed in the car in OH after being cut from the Chiefs and basically got a slap on the wrist.
What does it say about our country that a person like this would be given any authority whatsoever over our money supply? We know what it says about Biden & Co.
"...the NFL should take all these slogans and political bubbly-jock (19th century word for rubbish) out of the league. What is so bad or wrong with just playing football?"
Thank you for posting your substack on the NFL and "feel good" slogans in the end zones. Spot on, Mr. Stephens. I enjoy your writing! I am a 77 year old grandmother who watches as many football games as I can. I am so tired of the wokeness in sports! I loved your alternate end zone slogans -
Great article. I admit that when the author stated that the NFL would never put something like āEnd domestic violence ā in the end zone, I thought he was referring to the fact that Super Bowl Sunday is the worst day of the year for domestic violence calls. Advocacy groups have tried to get public service announcements aired during the commercials. I havenāt watched every year, so I donāt know if they ever succeeded. I am not against football, people gathering together to have parties, having a good time, etc., but this is a real problem. But of course, the issue of the players themselves committing crimes and usually getting a slap on the wrist is a terrible thing for our society. If the players knew that the league had a no tolerance policy, I think things might get a little better. And the brain damage from the head injuries is indeed a real thing. I wonder if anybody has ever tried to design a helmet that had some impact absorbing foam on the exterior, as well as whatever helps on the inside. So what if the players look like bubble heads? Iām half kidding, but still wondering if they have tried something like this. Like bumper cars.
A SC justice at least has to write opinions and ask questions in hearings that reveal how smart (or not smart) he/she is. Fed governors are usually unheard of and anonymous.
God bless Trump and his team for turning the heat up on idiots like this alleged public servant.
I was ācoming of ageā when the Civil Rights Movement hit. I watched it pretty quickly go from ātreat everyone the sameā to āsome get special treatmentā and then into full fledged DEI.
In the following years, I was taking education courses and then working in the schools as a young adult.
There was an obvious switch from everyone doing and being graded on their own work, when I was a student, to group work in which the group got a grade that applied to everyone after wide scale school integration.
Of course standardized tests became a problem, because they always had to be individually given. Hence, they were proclaimed to be āracistā, because some students had unfair environmental experiences that gave them advantages.
I always said, BS; because I would stack my impoverished and disadvantaged childhood against any in America and I was always up there near the top in standardized testing from my earliest days.
Anyhow, I understand how some get through the educational system and get credentials they have not earned and then get into seats of power, where they require cover from more qualified, complicit peers to hide incompetence.
My father used that exact phrase in teaching me about human relations: "You have to treat everyone the same," he said. Excellent advice that has stood me in good stead.
It doesn't matter what color of skin, when people get in high places, they get corrupt... or they get in high places because they are corrupt.
But.... because racism or anti-semitism seems to be an issue (not for me), they need to be extra careful to be an exemplary example. Sadly, most are not, and those who are, do not get the recognition they deserve. It is all about division instead.
The pattern is : announce they are the first black/female/gay/transā¦fill in the blank. Within 2 years that person has failed miserably at their job every time.
Did she miss the story about the other government employee who refused to leave so he was escorted out by police? If she goes that route, I donāt think sheāll find much sympathy from the masses. The other guy sure didnāt.
.... if they were appointed by elected government officials, then they are government employees. The word "appointed" is just a fancy word for "hired."
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve is considered a Federal agency. The 12 regional banks are not Federal. They operate semi-independently under the Board of Governors in DC. I used to work at one of banks.
The secrecy of the initial meeting is also a dead giveaway.
The entire idea was concocted in secret on Jekyll Island, GA, in 1910 by a small group of influential bankers and government officials who traveled incognito, using only their first names.
Of the seven attendees, five *banks* were represented, along with the Chairman of the National Monetary Commission (Senate) and the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
So-called public/private. Whether it is Constitutional is an ongoing discussion. Trump forcing this question is as important as getting rid of a incompetent Governor (they really don't do that much anyway, except for the Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York).
Like Obama, there's some debate about whether or not she, and he, are actually black. Her father seemed to deny it. And I still believe Obama is half Indonesian, not half black. That round headed Kenyan goatherder ain't his daddy. JMHO
I do not know who is providing legal advice to President Trump and his team, but whoever he/she/they are, they are brilliant. It seems everything he is doing is so well thought out legally that it becomes impervious. Gets attacked, surely. But seems to prevail. Pure genius. Wonderful to watch.
Steven Miller comes to mind. He is brilliant! I enjoy listening to him articulate the fine points of a situation and the resultant law or EO to address the issue. Total MAGA!
Why is FAT always so easy to go to, I can't pass it up either. If she had Sydney Sweeneys' attritributes would she would be just as inappropriate for the job, just more fun to look at.
Shhh, we tea drinkers try and keep a somewhat low profile, so as not to upset the black swill folks. Jeff has been kind enough to allow us to read alongside the coffee people. š
What fun it is when one person tells a little story and it reminds another of a story, which is then told. Makes the world nicer and I thank you. life is good.
Youāre dead to me! š Actually I enjoy tea, Earl grey is good or any of the bergamot types. Fruity teas are yum. But green tea is def an acquired taste! Maybe making it strong makes it less like youāre drinking tea made of hay??
Yes, it helps the flavor. Pour boiling water into tea leaves in a metal container, put it on the absolute lowest you can get a burner on your stove to do, let it stay scalding hot for at least 2 hours., up to 8. Doesn't taste like short brewed at 187 degrees tea at all.
I just decided it was the least toxic way to get my caffeine fix.
Huh. Iāve never heard of brewing tea this way, but if it makes it a little more exciting than the weak flavored water it can be I may just have to try itā¦
I also vote don't start with teabags, they are usually not good tea. I use loose gunpowder green eta, check a co-op or health food store, they'll have it. Get a bit, try it brewed like this. Won't taste like cheap green teabags at all.
I think Jeff needs to keep this column always titled āCoffee & COVID.ā It kind of sounds vintage nowā¦with covid seeming like it was a hundred years agoā¦
Iām not saying to forget itā¦itās merely an observation of time passing and things that seemed in the forefront now seem so long ago even though they arenāt. The very idea of something vintage is not forgetting the past.
Yeah, I know I will never forget it. Itās probably more imprinted in my memory then 9/11 now because it affected each and every one of us. Such evil.
Lol, to show the state of intelligence in the world. . . This morning with breakfast I ordered hot tea. She says "mint tea"? I said no, regular black tea, like Lipton. She brings me green teabags. I repeated my request for plain old black tea, so she brings me Earl Grey. Well, third time's a charm, she brought me English Breakfast.
Iām pretty sure being free from financial fraud allegations is a federal contractor requirement. These people are straight criminals that got their jobs because of their willingness to BE criminals. Another SCOTUS opinion on this I guessā¦..
I am No fan of Executive orders or the Executive Office that has had out of control growth since 1913 ā a year that will live in infamy towards the death of our Constitutional Republic ā while a do-nothing Congress allows the Executive to make ālaws.ā
But that said, it will take a while to right the ship, even halfway up.
He uses them for traps sometimes. Cashless bail and flag burning now get the dems burning flags and defending putting repeat offenders on the streets. It's pretty brilliant if you think about it.
Actually this was a two-fer. Trump has manipulated both Democrats and a number of otherwise reasonable conservatives into outing themselves as flag-burning radicals who encourage the commission of crimes on federal property. Democrats for Flag-burning. Not to mention being pro-violent criminal by supporting cashless bail.
The flag burning EO was unnecessary. Iām a conservative, and a veteran. Had a chat with a blue collar 50-something guy yesterday at breakfast
in Eastern Washington. Salt of earth, 11-Bravo and Staff Sargent tattoos on his arms. He also felt the same. Feels like Trump had a couple of drinks and decided to punch himself in the face.
You have been brainwashed by the legacy media, make no mistake, and salt of the earth has, too. Brainwashed and propagandized until your brains melted.
No, I am not, Lydia. How you came to this conclusion is beyond me. Are you too deep in a cult to see straight? Iām a 3x Trump voter. Iām also a very free thinker, Gen X. I can āseeā how this will play out, and itās not good for MAGA. Try not to be so knee jerk reflexive when someone from your side disagrees. Thatās what the D party does when one of their own doesnāt toe the line.
He did not ban burning the American flag. He at most recognized that it can be used as an incitement to riot and/or violence, which is already illegal. I think maybe it is to set up a challenge to the burning Pride flags is a hate crime statutes. It is ludicrous that some flags are protected is it not?
It's more like a hate crime enhancement. And it points out the ridiculousness of prosecuting people for walking on pride crosswalks and burning pride flags
Agreed but the EO indirectly does ban burning the flag via state/local laws: "(b) In cases where the Department of Justice or another executive department or agency (agency) determines that an instance of American Flag desecration may violate an applicable State or local law, such as open burning restrictions, disorderly conduct laws, or destruction of property laws, the agency shall refer the matter to the appropriate State or local authority for potential action."
But the EO also includes the mention of the SCOTUS free speech decision. Thereās nothing new in this EO other than Trumpās finding another way to entrap Dems (and conservatives) who failed to read it. Clearly, all he is doing is nailing down a huge midterm win with every nail he can find. Brilliant strategy. Heās sending the Trump haters into paroxysms of insanity which is one of the easiest things ever.
This sounds like you can still burn it but not when violating these other laws/restrictions/etc. that are already in place. I. e: āopen burning restrictionsā we get these every summer which basically says you canāt use a Firepit, or open fire somewhere or burn your bonfire because itās too dry. Makes sense you canāt burn something that is probably polyester/cotton and will ignite other areas. The EO is simply to draw attention to laws already in place. Jeff details this in the article today.
To me, those who think of burning the flag of their country, already forfeit any sort of respect or frankly rights related to it. What does it even accomplish? Are they trying to right the wrongs they supposedly are furious about? Or are they just desecrating the symbol of the country that actually gives them the freedom to burn that symbol and accomplishing nothing? It shocks no one to burn a flag, weāve all seen it before. But it does infuriate those who hold this country dear and make us not want to listen to their āgrievances.ā It should never have been allowed to be āfreedom of speech.ā Our forefathers would be aghast that we allowed it.
The problem is how the EO will play out on the street. It will come across as Trump criminalized the burning of the American flag. I fully expect there will be those from the Right who will now burn the flag as a middle finger to Executive who appears to be curbing 1st Amendment protection under SCOTUS, 1989. Whether you like it or not, the MAGA tent contains a fair amount of those with Libertarian leanings. The Right being goaded into burning Old Glory is not good.
I think worrying overly about the optics can be used to excuse inaction when action is called for. I think we have seen a lot of that among Republicans in the post-Obama years. So I find Trump a breath of fresh air who calls them as he sees them. And walks it back when needed. And I am one of those MAGAs who leans libertarian. Plus Trump's EO does not attempt to change existing law so I think it may be a ploy to stimulate conversation about why it is a hate crime to burn a Pride flag or a "Palestine" flag but hunky dory to burn an American flag. FWIW I love my country and respect my flag but I think there are better battles to fight. But I think it is likewise free speech to burn other flags.
I fly my flag daily here in Blue Oregon. Iām a proud American, vet, etc. I just donāt think this particular EO was a good idea. It gives fuel to Left that we should not give them. Thatās my take.
Trump's own messaging did not correctly describe the EO. It's his messaging that causes so much damage. I still think he needs to get a whole lot better. When he does this shit, all he does is push people who are on the fence to the other side.
And I donāt disagree with you, I just get tired of hearing it. If someone hasnāt learned to work with Trump in all his foibles by now, itās not likely to happen.
Thatās why you do your own research. Even if Trump was eloquent, you still do your own research. I think the people who going to get upset or misinterpret Trump are going to do it regardless of his messaging. We canāt win them all and they can live in their own pool of miseryā¦
What? Burning Old Glory is NOT about free speech. It is an ACT of desecration & hatred toward our country. No speech involved. Treason?? Burning bras is ok though. š
Agree - EOās not the best route, but currently they are are the only route to begin to right the ship, given the great divide ( & crazy) in politics. EOās focused on solving problems for everyday people, executed well, will result in better daily life experiences for many ( like safer DC neighborhoods). Eyes will be opened to the importance of law & order, & some hope will be revived.
Burn Rights: Who knew the Constitution protected us from the government overreach of preventing our God given right to burn stuff in the street? Where I live, the fascist dictators prevent us from burning trash in our own yards. Now we know that we can just take it to the more reasonable and constitutionally observant "blue" places and burn it in the street while shouting FREEDOM!
Here too in Central Oregon. But it was in the upper 90ās a few days ago and there was a horrible fire. Portland and Seattle are still hot š„µ
This weekend I was at my elderly parents in Washington trying to figure out whatās wrong with him (my guess, overmedicated) and apparently they donāt turn the thermostat below 77. I was dying! š¤£
Are you close to the Flat fire? There was rain on it recently and itās fully lined. Plus ODF is on it, so itāll be out before the two weeks are up!
Weāre maybe 20 miles away but some friends live on the east side of Sisters and the fire raged up the canyon on either side of their home, and air tankers saved it!!! Truly a miracle.
Yes! I think there were about 10 homes that were lost, but so many get saved too. The aircraft are something else to watch. Those pilots are probably the most skilled, fearless pilots in the world. The conditions and flying what is essentially a retired passenger airliner they make it look easy.
I had been away Saturday and Sunday so I hadnāt seen any info so when I thought to call another mutual friend and heard the story, I immediately called my husband and I totally choked up. Funny how it takes a few to sink in.
Re: the pilots. And here I thought bush pilots in Alaska were amazing. It must have been so scary flying those tankers through that gorge.
I hadnāt heard about the 10 homes. So sad for those folks. I saw a dead red fox on the road by Warm Springs and told my husband about it and he remarked that it was probably fleeing the fires. š„
Side note, Iāve never seen a live or dead one before.
I drove through gorge yesterday going west from Eastern WA and it was super hazy from the wildfires. Near Mosier, there are still a lot of burned out foundations from that previous fire. Hope Flat Fire spares homes in C. Oregon.
Yes, it was hazy. Hot in Western Washington Monday but by the time I hit Sandy I saw that it was 82. It had been 102 Saturday on my way up. Crazy. I had a little rain around Warm Springs.
Probably loss of muscle mass, and maybe fat loss too causes them to be colder. Heās so thin now, my dad was kinda hunky with big calves and broad shoulders.
Good morning, shayne! It is 63 degrees at 0700 here in the PNW, South Puget Sound area. Since we have aging mamas to keep cool, I have been checking the temps for the week, and it is mostly 80s but tipping over into the low 90s here and there. There is a red "Heat Advisory!" from The Weather Service! Good grief!
It will be nice to have it cool off, but that means in short order there will be rain and clouds for the next 8-9 months. š
July through mid-October (typically) are simply glorious in western WA, arenāt they?š We get asked about summer travel plans, but why would we go anywhere during those months? Itās the best right here!š
It always does! One of my favorite scenes from the movie Maverick with Mel Gibson as Maverick and Graham Greene as Joseph:
Scene: Looking out at a beautiful vista of lake, meadow, and mountain:
Maverick:
Oh, you sure do pick the spots.
Joseph:
Yeah, I know. You know the next time you people come and drive us off our land I'm gonna find a nice piece of swamp that's so God-awful, maybe then you'll leave us the hell alone.
Yes, and I learned the hard way one needs lots of rain to keep everything green. We lived in Denver for a couple of years; it did not start to green up until the middle of May and by the end of June it was already brown again. I loved how many sunny days there were in Denver but it comes at a cost: brown most of the year, and bad smells because you need rain to wash all the smell out of the air. I didn't realize how much I love the smell of green, growing plants until I lived in Denver!
Itās very rare for anyone in Western WA to have AC. There just arenāt enough scorching hot days to justify having it. Butā¦on those days, we sure curse the heat (as I sit here with 3 fans running).š
Back in June 2021, during that "heat dome" we experienced, when for 4 days we broke records each day for heat, I received a call from my SIL who lives in Phoenix. That day it was 114 degrees at my house (S. Puget Sound area). She asked how we were doing, I said we were sweltering in the heat and humidity. She said, "Well at least you have air conditioning". I laughed and said, "No, only the rich people have a/c!" We go through this cycle every summer, when we have a couple of weeks of hot weather we think we really should get a/c, then it cools off, and we think, well, maybe next year. š
To be fair, most houses built around here in the last 10-15 years do have a/c, but the prices they are asking for these houses is ridiculous.
4 years on, and my rhododendrons here in W. Oregon have finally āhealedā from that 2021 scorcher. Leaves were blackened that summer but finally grew out.
Matt, all the trees' westward facing foliage was scorched a deep orange. The evergreens looked "ever-orange" for about a year. Our rhodies were shaded by trees in our yard and the neighbor's yard, so they were fine. The crabapple tree, however... let's just say the wood pile increased!
I was noticing today as I was driving back for my sister's just how many mature evergreens are showing quite a bit of orange - I wonder how much of it is residual damage from 2021?
114 degrees! And no AC! Well, I grew up in the Florida Panhandle without AC, where above 100 degree days were not uncommon. But no 114 degrees! Maybe you have lower humidity.
We lived in a āCrackerā house, built around 1900, with 12, if not 15, foot ceilings. My grandparentsā house. Originally the kitchen had been a separate detached building, primarily so if it caught fire, the entire house wouldnāt burn-but that would have served to keep the house cooler as well.
An open breezeway ran down the entire length of the house with rooms opening into it.
Willing Spirit, we generally have lower humidity then the Midwest and Southeast, but it tends to be around 60-something. For instance, yesterday the temperature hit around 88 degrees at our house, with a humidity level of 63%. So, hot AND muggy for people who are used to that nice on-shore flow from the Pacific!
Oh, they have it! Wonāt set it below 77! š„“ We actually had little private wars going on. I would get it down to 74 and next thing I knew it was 77 again. Mom was hot too. He finally put on an athletic jacket (like a hoodie but without the hood). Poor old guy, has lost a ton of weight.
Yes. One lemonade, one beer, one water. Party of six. However, the venue for dancing and singing closed early because it was Monday, so I'm going to try to go there tonight. A day late, several dollars short. Thanks for asking!
Jeff, you have us beat by a few degrees, but you usually do, both directions of the thermometer. It got up over 90 degrees yesterday in parts of Western WA, with 63% humidity. I sat my mama in front of the fan all day yesterday as the freezer was full! š
Good luck with your mom. When it gets too hot and humid outside here, I go inside to the coffee shops, the library, or the hockey arena at the university.
She has spent a good part of the last couple of weeks out at my sister's, who does have A/C. The caveat being that she helped my sister put up all the canning: peaches, pears, blueberries, tomatos, and other things I have forgotten.
Even here in middle Alabama the temps this week will be in the 60ās at night and only reach the mid 80ās during the day! Yāall, itās still August! Somebodyās definitely messing with our weather.
We came THAT close! (Wake me up when the all clear is given.) ...................................................................................................
Jack Smith Was Planning to Try Thousands of Trump Supporters in Televised Show Trials
THE MID-PANDEMIC DISAPPEARANCES OF DISSIDENTS DURING THE COMMUNIST GREAT RESET OF AMERICA WERE TO BE ACCELERATED BY THESE JACK SMITH SOVIET SHOW TRIALS.
On Sunday, Alex Jones said that he'd had a long and utterly mind-blowing conversation on Saturday night with Special Prosecutor Ed Martin, saying that he'd taken 15 pages of notes.
It was the first time that I've seen Alex Jones dumbstruck and at a total loss for words.
Alex said Ed Martin revealed around 30 major stories that he would work together with his news staff to release as soon as possible with supporting documentation and to present in such a way as to hopefully stay out of any more trouble than he is in, already.
Then, Alex teased a brief tidbit about how Ed Martin's team was given access to all of former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's communications.....
There has to be divine assistance there. Itās just not humanly possible.
Not because Trump is so holy, but because God has such a purpose for him.
Iām sure God would have picked someone holier if he could have found one that wasnāt so āheavenly minded that they were no earthly goodā. I think the job calls for someone whoāll get their hands dirty and Trump is willing.
I agree. There is no way heās doing what heās doing without God nudging things here and there. Perhaps heās getting his energy from Him as wellā¦itās entirely possibleā¦def donāt think Trump is holy by any means, but he probably is the best tool. And perhaps Butler made him aware and willing to be that instrument to God.
As far as cashless bail goes, if they had it in my younger days, I probably wouldnāt be here for my older days.
I got in a lot of trouble during my teenage years, all stemming from my alcohol and drug use. Mom bailed me out the first time but, thanks to the influence of her AlAnon friends, she said ālet him rotā from then on.
I was held accountable for my actions and it led me to become clean and sober before my 21st birthday.
I had a vision or dream after my last arrest, call it my Ebenezer Scrooge moment only it wasnāt a ghost I saw, I saw my future and it was one of jails, hospitals, and early death, nothing good. I quit drinking that day!
Had the justice system and my dear mother treated me with the kid gloves that todayās criminals are treated, I would probably have died long ago!
Yes, about that cashless bail. I actually worked against legislation that would've brought cashless bail to my state back in the early 2010's - with Dog the Bounty Hunter making rounds with my team to visit with legislators. He and his wife had their camera crew in the Capitol, first day it was kind of cool, by days 2-3 it got old and intrusive - we were trying to work without being in a traveling circus.
But the interesting and *now* unsurprising thing about it was the bill sponsor was known as a very "conservative" legislator with designs on becoming State Attorney General. AND...he was carrying the cashless bail bill for a group funded by George Soros, who also was making campaign donations to the "conservative" legislator.
It's been a bipartisan sellout of America for a long time. Even by "conservative" lawmakers. Who will target MAGA/Trump with lawfare but give a pass to D's/Rino's.
And for any curious readers, I made sure the Soros-bought "conservative" legislator running for state AG didn't make it out of state GOP convention as a primary candidate, he had to petition his way on the ballot, and lost. Let's just say I had some pull in the state party at the time to make sure enough knew he was a Soros puppet in conservative clothing.
I think we have a lot of liberal republicans here in SC government. Weāre supposedly a very conservative state but I donāt think we live up to that.
When my drug addicted son held 125 police officers, 3 SWAT teams, and the FBI at bay in my condo for 8 hours, forcing the evacuation of several buildings, he was charged with 6 serious felonies and one low level felony. I wrote the DA, urging him to go tough on Patrick. Getting tough on young criminals is the surest way to prevent them from becoming lifelong criminals! It worked for me over 50 years ago in NYC when I believe my mother convinced them to throw the book at me, perhaps it would work for him?
My request was ignored and he was allowed to plead guilty to a low level crime and out in 16 months.
Two years later, when he rightfully should have still been incarcerated, he died of an overdose.
A truly conservative justice system would have been much tougher and he might still be with us. Weāll never know!
Andrew - this is so heartbreaking to hear about your son! Thank you for sharing your story of coming up from your ashes. I hadn't thought about this angle of the cashless bail - saving people from themselves to give them time to form better life choices.
Thank you for your kind words. It just wish the criminal justice system would recognize the value of a firm hand with young criminals to deter them from becoming hardened criminals.
So sorry you went through that, Andrew. My heart aches for you! I know it happened a long time ago, but I sure appreciate you contributing your story today. I wish there was a way for people outside of C & C to see what you wrote, so important. Thankyou for sharing this today.
1. Checking through my U.S. Constitution, pocket edition, I know the Fed isn't under the Court (Judicial). I know it isn't filled with House and Senate personnel (Legislative). Hmm. So that leave the Executive. I know the Fed isn't directly elected. Only one of two conclusions. If it is "Fed" it is under Executive. If it isn't "Fed" (which it really isn't), then it doesn't get to set national economic policy, so it can be ignored. Trump should turn to his Secretary of Treasury and just say, "You set the rate for the government bonds". Of course it will create a bankster panic. Time to get it over with.
2. You can't blame Biden for Cook. He thought he was nominating his buddy CornPop. Both names start with "Co" and he fell asleep after getting that far into the name. ;-)
3. Democrats like "cashless". Cashless food (SNAP!), cashless merchandise(looting), cashless housing(squatting), cashless cars(car-jacking). They're just being consistent.
4. Just say it. Britt Hume, another person we had for a long time assumed thought before he spoke, apparently didn't read the EO before opining.
5. Don't hold your breath on the House Republicans doing anything with the info sent over from DOJ. Too many "2nd and 3rd degree of separation" with people in the files and donors/reps. Plus, you can be sure the key 'burn bags' for Epstein were actually burned this time. Just get it all out NOW, so when some Reps are found to be too dirty, decent people can primary them.
āāYou can't blame Biden for Cook. He thought he was nominating his buddy CornPop. Both names start with "Co" and he fell asleep after getting that far into the name. ;-) ā
Inducement to commit political suicide is something Trump is exceedingly good at. Take any issue that has languished on the sidelines and put it in the headlines. Just watch the mail-in voting kerfuffle. Once a fringe convenience issue for nursing homes and military personnel, it was turned into a supposed constitutional right. What never happens in the debate is, well, a debate. The media keeps the stories in line, crying racism as their default go-to. Now, the debate will happen in Truth posts and executive orders that will beget lawsuits and public debate. People will have to defend it. Add voter ID to the mix. Public polling shows an overwhelming majority support it, and those who oppose it have very weak arguments. "Minorities can't get photo ID's" will not cut it. The eager participants in all of those cruise ship brawls all had to show a photo ID to board the boat. Many flew to the port to begin with, another racist display of photo IDs. And if they had a stuffy nose, they used their photo ID to buy Sudafed at CVS. Openly debating these points used to be hard. Not anymore. Let's fight.
During his presidential run, Kennedy proposed that we allow the post office to issue a free, paper, government photo ID. This would take away all the excuses.
For those who missed the Carnival Cruise story- this brawling is not uncommon. Happens wherever they gather. If one wonders why certain folks seem to have easy money for cruises and suchā¦if oneās living expenses were largely covered by the government, there would be spending money a lot of us donāt have. (Reparations have been happening for decades, but still they want those millions per man, woman and child).
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Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
ā 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NAS95
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Worst of sinners was I even when I believed I had been saved or perhaps was being saved "since before the beginning". šš¼ Christ Alone for God Alone by God Alone shout GLORY TO HIS NAME!
RJ- you making me cry tears of joy this morning! Amen and amen.
Washed - Sanctified - Justified!!! My LORD ššļø
Thank you my Jesus, The Christ, for washing away my sins in your perfect blood, my propitiation that overcomes sin, death and the grave and makes me a forgiven Child of God!
Salvation is mine in You!
All thanks and praise be to God and the Lamb!
Amen.
āMy Jesusā is part of the title for my work in progress devotional book. ā¤ļø
Janice! Praying that your book will be directed to the hands and eyes that need it most! God bless your work and you this morning.
Thank you, Juliann. May He bless you as well!
Jeez, Janice, that probably eliminates more than half of the church people today that believe what men have taught them, saying that all they have to do is confess their sins and all is well with the Lord. On the other hand, we have this from God himself;
āBehold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail. Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known, then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, āWe are delivered!ā--that you may do all these abominations? Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,ā declares the LORD.ā Jeremiah 7:8-11 (NASB95)
I'll add on if allowed Jeremiah, great name by the way.
Anyone at anytime can say oopsie, sorry Lord. But that doesn't absolve you unless you repent. If a person isn't convicted by sin, after 'accepting' the Lord, I'm guessing the sinner is only fooling themself and the Holy Spirit hasn't fallen upon them.
Like the homosexual that continues to live in that sin, the murderer that continues to murder, the thief that continues to steal, they are purely fooling themselves. Not fooling God.
Ā Ā Of course youāre allowed, SPH, in fact, you are welcome to reply.
Your point about having to repent is well taken. Repentance, though, should result in never having to confess that particular sin again. As to the idea of āacceptingā the Lord, we should consider that Jesus said āyou didnāt choose me. I chose you.ā Which may very well explain why many of those people that āacceptā the Lord continue on in sin. Because, I find for them that Jesus chooses, living without sin is actually quite easy to do, especially if you love him, coupled with thinking that the consequence would be that you could not enter into the kingdom of God. (God forbid)
And I have to agree that the people who continue to do things that are contrary to the voice of God will experience the consequence of their disobedience. The verse that Janice put up there says that the consequence is that they would not enter the kingdom of God.
So your use of the words āfooling themselvesā is appropriate.
ā¦They will be likened to the foolish virgins
SPH - you are correct. That is why Paul gave us the warning passage 1 Cor. 6:9-11. A believer cannot sin and not grieve the Holy Spirit. Paul also gave us Romans chapter 7. The believer can yield to the flesh too many times, but he hates it. Paul says, and I paraphrase, āthat which I donāt wanna do I do. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?āI say if a person doesnāt struggle with their sin theyāre probably not a believer. They hate sin because as a new creation, to sin is not his nature. As Saints we can be disobedient children of the king, but we do not have to sin, because it is not our nature. The new man has a divine nature that wants to obey. Unfortunately, we still have this dead carcass called the flesh tied to our neck until glory. Thatās why weāre told to mortify our members and use them to His glory. We have a to please, where before we didnāt.
Per Jeff's comment:
"Missing from the discussion is anything about fairness to victims. After all, victims are also promised their day in court. But ācashless bailā makes that promise optional, depending on whether the perpetrator feels like showing up that day."
Eliminating 'cashless bail' might be a start, but eliminate the urge to commit crimes should be the end goal.
Here's an article about two individuals (one a Pastor) who got ensnared in a pedophelia sting operation. Even after posting $10k in bail, one grabbed up their passport (might have been given back to them by authorities) and fled the country.
Completely defeats the purpose of giving the victim their day in court if politics and power can defeat the purpose of laws, and therefore be allowed to be lawless themselves.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/senior-israeli-official-arrested-vegas-pedophile-sting-released-and-flies-home
One of the other men caught in the sting was Neal Harrison Creecy, a 46-year-old Vegas church pastor at Las Vegas Redemption Church, who promptly resigned after posting bail. He has reportedly confessed his sins to earthly authorities.
It's not clear why or how he was allowed to return to Israel, which has a reputation as a haven for pedophiles who prey on American children. Citing a Jewish watchdog group, a 2020 CBS News report found that, in just the previous six years, more than 60 Jewish Americans who'd been accused of pedophilia had fled to Israel, taking advantage of Israel's "Right of Return" law that lets any Jew in the world enjoy instant citizenship.
Actually, I have what I consider to be a Positively good idea based on a really good TV series called Night Court. We can have morning court, afternoon court, evening court, and night court. If weāve got video evidence of the crime and the criminal so that there is no doubt, if there are multiple witnesses at the scene of the crime so there is no doubt about the guilt of the criminal, Take them to court right away with the evidence in hand. Find them guilty and then either sentence them right away or put them in jail awaiting sentencing.
Iāll give you an example. I was at a bar one night. There were three other men sitting at the bar, a female bartender was behind the bar. It was quiet and this guy came in, scruffy looking guy with shaggy hair, full beard, wearing a blue jean jacket, his hand in his jacket pocket, goes behind the bar and he starts whispering in this bartenderās ear. I figure heās robbing her and I donāt wanna just snatch the guy away, so I go to get the manager real quick, but by the time I got back, the guy had already left. The girl told the the three guys at the bar that she had just been robbed. Go figure, these guys are off-duty sheriff deputies, they run him down out in the back alley and handcuff him and bring him back. Iām one of the witnesses, then they take my name and information and Iām thinking now they got him. Eight months later I get a notice that I am being called in as a witness for his trial, eight effing months! I get into the court and on the witness stand, The prosecutor asked me do I see anybody in the court that looks like the guy that I positively identified the night of the crime. I looked at everybody in that courtroom, everybody, including the guilty guy, all the jurors, even looked at the judge, turned back to the prosecutor and said āI donāt see anybody that looks like him.ā I was pissed. There is no way! They clean the guy up, put him in a suit, shave him, cut his hair and he donāt look anything like he looked the night of the crime. I saw him. I wouldāve been perfectly willing to go to the night court, swear under oath that I saw this man rob that girl. So what about the victim?
ā¦Good question, easy answer would be āNight Court.ā
Confess your sins directly to God. Not a man! No priest, man or woman can forgive your sins.
Praise You for your Word, Lord. Thank you Janice P. for bringing this scripture to us, today.
Changing Images of Man Report 1974 "The Nation was to be programmed to change and become so accustomed to such planned changes that it would hardly be noticeable when profound changes did occur." "Social deviation are now commonplace and excite no social protest." John Coleman Committee of 300
The lesson of the frog in the pot of water.
John Coleman Committee of 300ā¦ astonishing bookā¦ explains the deep state and their psychotic distain if not hatred for āwe the peopleāā¦. https://libertyordeath101.substack.com/p/the-committee-of-300
That's no way to address the Federal Reserve Board.
Yup. They won't understand.
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Whiter than snow, yes whiter than snow....all we who have been bathed in the "blood of the Lamb" lose ALL our previous 'guilty stains' and become NEW CREATURES living lives pleasing to our Creator God (and when we slip and fall into UNGodly ways--the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sins and degradation--REPENTENCE follows and then RESTORATION.... what bliss to know that we are FORGIVEN. My we also FORGIVE when those we hold dear slip and fall--and pray for their "restoration".
As for those who are DEDICATED to the UNGODly ways they pursue...all we can do is pray for them to be 'made aware' and that they TURN TO THE SAVIOR--the Only Begotten Son of Jehovah Jireh!!
GOOD NEWS - that's the meaning of the GOSPEL - that's the ONLY NEWS I savor and favor anymore.
Thank you, Janice, for always inserting the GOOD NEWS into the C & C blog....it is much needed and ALWAYS appreciated by this "sinner saved by God's grace".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=936BapRFHaQ
DonnaāThat is such a beautiful, moving song. I listened to it a lot through taking care of my mom and in dealing with my medical issues. Thank you for the reminder of it.
Effeminate? Really?!
Defn: of a catamite, a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness
Why are you posting on this man's substack. Your stuff is nice, but why don't you get your own substack. This man is addressing specific information, and you are promoting yourself on it.
Fact: I went to college with Cook. I was at Morehouse, and she was at Spelman. All I will say is that "scatty" is how I would describe her. But outside of that, Pops told me if you did not have anything good to say about a person, say less.
Laugh for the day, enjoy: https://shorturl.at/RFt44
I couldn't figure out how Cook got approved by the Senate without any basic qualifications for a Federal Reserve Governors seat. Turns out the vote was straight party lines and Kamala Harris had to break the tie.
Thanks for this. Now it "makes sense."
It makes "cents."
Qualifications? Creating economic crashes and wars?
Thatās fair. End the Fed. But they at least used to pretend they had some economics IQ, even though itās always been political and run for the bankers.
The economics if killing the useless eaters.
Wait!! So Ebonics and having massive black buttocks and a heavy 5 O'clock shadow are NOT qualifications?
Can Trump therefore eject Kunta-Ketangi, DEI SCOTUS token as well?
Her doctoral thesis was written on the impact of credit for small businesses in Russia. š
Bankers have us in a polycrisis.
"Thus the Drug Trust, while maintaining the Stalinist Communist Government in Russia, simultaneously maintained a Communist back up regime in the United States, the Trotskyite Movement, in case the Stalinist regime should fall."
Eustace Mullins
Murder By Injection.
Right. Not a member of the tribe. She might be married to a Rothchild.
When you dont play the game, suddenly a scandal appears.
I get your point but, You just can't be "jewish by marriage". It's more of a blood/culture thing. Like 'bama couldn't be white...it's all or nothing. Just say'n
Many married royalty.
You also cannot be "jewish" if you are just Euro-trash that "converted" for corrupt political reasons... like 99% of all Israelis did long prior to the UN allowing massive land theft...
So, if sheād been Jewish, sheād be fine?
Name a person on the Board that is not Zionist. How many Christians? (Not Fundamentalist) She would be part of the club."It's a big club and you ain't in it."
George Carlin.
That isnāt true. And given that Jews are the highest IQ holders as a group, Iām not surprised to find them in high positions that require understanding math.
Oh, I see you say, Zionist, not Jew. Because you think Jews are okay, just as long as they know their place and donāt be āZionistsā.
The most accepted definition of āZionistā is āsomeone who supports Israel as a nation, dwelling in her Ancestral, Biblical homelandā.
By that definition, I am one myself.
I would say, you are not.
Now to say whether or not everyone on the Federal Reserve Board are Zionists would require individual polling, I would think.
Maybe that has been done and you have a link to that source?
Willing Spirit, Thank you for speaking up against antisemitism. Many promises remain for Godās people, the Jews. He has brought them back into their land and He has a plan which will not be thwarted. I grieve daily over the horrid protests and individual acts against the Jews that are happening all over the world. The senseless spouting of lies that they control the world and run our government are ridiculous.
Oh, my, itās barely noon and I already knocked over an antisemetic hornetās nest!
Whatās with the (Not Fundamentalist)?
And this from Islam-Net (surely you approve) seems to sharply contradict your claims that the entire Federal Board is comprised of Jews.
https://www.islam-radio.net/islam/english/jewishp/usa/JIA-Federal-Reserve.htm
Islam net? Sounds anti semetic
What's a Fundamentalist?
What's in a name? Irwin Suall was the head of the ADL, went by the name of John Graham, British Intelligence.
I believe Jerome Powell is Christian, and most likely the kind you approve of (Not Fundamentalist).
Um. Married to a Rothschild implies Jewish. What's your point?
Whatās yours?
Obviously Ms Cook cooked her own goose! Royally!
Frankly, if you donāt have anything good to say, sit next to me šš
Same! I donāt like gossip, but also me when someone has some š, lol.
My husband came home with some work gossip the other day for the first time in 23 years of marriage and I was hooked. Told him he now had a requirement to provide gossip at least once a week. He gave me the husband look and reminded me that heās an engineer. šš
Married to another engineer.... I understand! š š
Gossip? from an engineer. I'm laughing at the thought of how he organized the information before delivery.
It that an admin staff told the head office about how no one comes into the office on the designated days like theyāre supposed to. Head office, in Europe, follows the rule to the letter, and admin chick (whom my husband has never been a fan of, she complains a lot) and sheās pissed because she has to be at the office and they donāt. My husband can get very animated about how stupid it is that they have to be at the office when theyāre on zoom meetings all day anyway. So it was the topic as much as the fact that she threw them under the bus to head office that got him riled up. I wished Iād had popcorn, though.
Me too. Funny story: My husband and I married and went to college together. The mother of one of my friends asked about what we were studying to be. When I got to the part about my husband wanting to be an Engineer, she stopped me and frantically said, āRun! Run as fast as you can away fron him!ā I didnāt understand at the time what she meant. I do understand nowā¦.but I love him anyway.
We have engineers all over my family and theyāre all great, very funny. You just have to appreciate sarcasm and dry wit as opposed to ribald humor.
you have my sympathies, Val. ;0)
. . . and mine, coming from one who . . . IS.
Valerie - reminds me that I have a good engineer joke.
How do you tell the difference between an introvert engineer and an extrovert engineer?
ā¦An introvert engineer looks at his shoes when he meets you. An extrovert engineer looks at Your shoes when he meets you. š¤£
Iāll have to tell my husband that one! He likes to joke about why there have never been any TV shows set in an engineering firm. He doesnāt like my explanation that itās boring and no one would watch.
My son is a mechanical engineer and is an extrovert who looks you in the eye and shakes your hand when introduced. It is stereotypically unusual but does happen- haha.
I used to hear all the dirty details from my ex-husband. Building Contractor; he interacted with dozens of people every day. Some men gossip.
You should work in an engineering firm on the floor. Men cooped up in offices gossip a lot!
Iām sure of it!
Speaking of engineers and humor, there is a guy on Dry Bar Comedy who is an engineer named Don McMillian. He is hilarious. I never knew charts and graphs could be so funny.
The pleasure would be all mine. We would be the ones sitting in the back of the class laughing.
I was there as well. Except we flew paper airplanes out of the 2nd story windows. Now, that was fun.
. . . or spitwads on the ceiling, or laughing at the nun when she turned towards the board, or . . .
I got detention in 6th grade for shooting spit wads in class. Along with several of my guy friends. I have never been a rule follower, but Iām much less of a jerk now.
Sorry to read that. I'm a bigger jerk now.
Or put tape in a classmates hair or cut the teacherās plants with scissors. Rubber bands shot across the classroomā¦ah yes. I was supposedly the āgoodā student teachers thought. Haha!
Please don't forget pulling the fire alarm! and cherry bombs in the toilet. Ahhhhh when times were simple...
Cherry bombs! Reminds me . . . All 12 grades rode the same bus, and it was always entertaining. Near the end of school, some cherry bombs somehow made their way onto the bus through no actions of any of the mischievous ones. Dropping the upper window sections proved difficult, but throwing the cherry bombs out was nearly impossible - they blew back into the bus and rolled back under the seats, everyone screaming and pulling feet up onto the seats! Times were simple then . . .
YES! all those.
an M80 blew the toilet in half!
you were the cagey one . . .
Don't get caught.
Hahaha. 2nd story? Higher learning.
ā¦ trying not to look at each other so we donāt laugh harder and get in trouble
Lolā¦..#facts.
Well, looking is OK,
just don't let "teach" see ya'.
I was always too afraid to get in trouble to do anything like whatās being said in these comments šš
As Aristotle used to say, "If you don't get caught, you didn't do it." Er, Aristotle was a cousin on my mother's side who served time for many offenses. Hahaha.
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Iām sure Iād get caught though š¤Ŗš
"Only if you think that way," he said, as the police officer put him in handcuffs.
Then, sit next to me, please.
Hahaha!
Or if you have nothing good to say then say nothing. This has always been American advice for social etiquette, for polite society. BUT... Americans have also had an intolerance for dangerous incompetence and unafraid to call it out.
Now they want to sew our mouths shut. Sorry, Americans have never been afraid to be aggressive when necessary.
Boy I miss that - social etiquette.
Just an observation but I believe social etiquette is downstream from the cultural influence of Janice's scripture quote this morning. A culture that has faith in the Biblical experience of being "Washed - Sanctified - Justified" is a culture that has peace with God and, by extension, peace with our fellow man.
As our society has become increasingly hostile to Biblical Christianity, we have seen social etiquette replaced by hostility based on race, sex, political alignment or any number of other class divisions. Without the basis for peace between God and man, God's sovereign grace, there can be no basis for peace between men because there is no higher law unifying us in His grace. Class warfare is the inevitable result.
I like the sound of this, but it makes me wonder when has humanity ever not had class warfare? It seems to be a human condition. Not excusing it, but realizing we will always be fighting an upstream firehose battle to combat it.
Indeed.
Not so long ago, in fact within my lifetime, Americans knew what it meant to be "American". The American people came from a diverse mix of ethnic, racial and cultural backgrounds united in a civic ideal reflected in the Declaration of Independence. The civil ethic of society and government was explicitly based on the morality of Biblical Law. Though Americans came from all walks of life and religious belief, we were all united in the basic tenets of Biblical morality. With exceptions notwithstanding, the American people were a harmonious collection of peoples, united in a fundamental civil religion. This civil religion can be summed up in two statements: (1) Do all that you say you are going to do (be true to your word) and (2) do not trespass upon your neighbor's person or property. IE, love your neighbor as yourself. This was the basis for all civil law and societal morality.
Today, no one seems to know what it means to be an American. After WWII, the Marxist dialectic began it's long march through our civil and societal institutions. First, God was mythologized and declared dead. The prophetic church retreated behind their four walls and engaged in navel exams fantasizing about the End Times Rapture. Then American history was mythologized and declared racist and perverted. Just being "white" was a condemnation. The "end of history" was declared as the final ethical judgement of Marxism. Man is now god and it is "man" who determines right and wrong, a standard without absolutes which changes with the seasons. Justice simply becomes the arbitrary exercise of power.
Now we find ourselves in the midst of class warfare threatening to tear America apart. We have lost all common ground that use to unite us. Yes, there is always class warfare because without God, there can be no common ground between men. This was addressed by the incarnation and ministry of God the Son. Upon His ascension to His throne where He was glorified as King of kings whose rule shall be without end, Christ poured out the Holy Spirit, against which no evil spirit can prevail, into His body on earth empowering them to fulfill His commission to go forth and disciple the nations bringing all things into subjection to His law. As the slaver John Newton wrote in 1772, "Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace, my fears relieved."
Early America is an example of how class warfare is overcome by ministering the sovereign grace of God to a lost nation.
Annnnd we'll be fighting to the end!
That ship has sailed. BTW, your Pops sounds like a very good man!
Indeed ma'am, indeed. RIP Pops.
Dearly loved and dearly missed. It gives peace to know you will be reunited someday further on and then forever.
Etiquette schmedicate. Eff you! Hahaha.
Can I sit by you? Double trouble..
The other part of that is if it is truth reveal it..if it is not true don't say it..nice has nothing to do with truth. That is one of the reasons we are where we are as a country. Too many people kept their mouths shut. The Bible says not to gossip..tell things that may not be true..and not speak lies about people.
Cook is cooked!
Another DEI bites the dust!
Guess she tried to balance the budget.
Drum roll followed by cymbal crash !!!
Good day to all. Off to teach my Statistics class. Keep laughing and stay safe.
I used to call it Sadistics!
Like Timex, takes a beatin' and keeps on ticking.
But I love numbers as much as I love throwing ribs on the grill, vino, shooting dice, my country and family and GOD.
Why would she do THAT? Math is so racist
LOL!
More likely pushed reparations.
It should've been DIE in the first place.
I'm surprised that Trump hasn't referred to her as Crook. š¤£
All other Fed Governors should take this as a warning. If there are any skeletons in their closets, they will be found. Would be better for them to unceremoniously take leave/resign the position than to have to defend the indefensible. Whatever happened to ethics.
YES! I agree! We have to stop the Administrative State from controlling our lives! https://open.substack.com/pub/attorneycox/p/whos-in-charge-anyway?r=2c9g6j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Please š Newscum next
FlambƩ would be nice effect!
Why is it that the āfrog in a boiling pot of waterā parable comes to mind when you say ācooked?ā
Your pops is right. That also reminds me of a Bible verse I need to use myself.
Proverbs 17:28
Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
But the nature of fools is NOT to keep silent and so are found out very quickly š
The Bible meant "when they are sleeping."
Weather you think me a fool or not, I take particular delight in opening my mouth and removing all doubt
I don't think thatā¦ yet. š
Cook is learning about sowing and reaping. Let her eat cake!
Yes, she may even choke on that cake.
She doesn't look like someone who chokes often.
I wish she shaved more often... that heavy beard is a bit off-putting.
Guess it depends how long her esophagus is.
Wow, great post!
"According to the website NFLArrest.net, from 2000 to 2025, 257 NFL players have been arrested for DUI, 131 for drugs, 129 for Assault/Battery, and 120 for traffic violations."
OK, traffic violations is pretty much everyone, but the National Felon League (and college ball too if we want to be honest) has always overlooked the foibles of their star athletes. (read All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, by James Patterson)
I quit going to games after take a knee, as that was the last straw, but do miss it, and start to think about crawling back. But then, this endzone garbage and my KC Chiefs keeping Rashee Rice after he walked away from a wreck he caused while being stupid, and he still hasn't paid the settlement money to the victims he agreed to in the civil suit. So much for 'character matters'. And I get the side eye when I say I don't really care any more - my town is crazy for the Chiefs. Bread and Circuses....
The NFL is full of DEI hires as most of the players have no other skill set but athletic prowess. They are in no way the brightest bulbs in anyone's box.
Slaves were bred for strength and endurance, not for intellect.
Thus: Pro sports.
DEI hires are for positions where the applicant has only 1 attribute. Skin color, ethnicity, gender etc. Sports hires for I attribute, physical prowess ability to play the sport. All the math is done by someone else
Well that is all over the map. Know there are some former NFL players in our city who have gone on to successful careers and/or businesses, all the way to those who blow their fortunes and end up broke and bitter. My son has been an usher for the Chiefs for 10 years - big fan who started out of HS as a college student and has stayed as he basically gets paid to watch the game, including all 5 AFC championship games, unless there are rabble rousers in his section he has to deal with that interrupts his viewing. Been in the same section all these years and a lot of season ticket holders he calls his Chiefs family. They have an end of season employee party where he's gotten to meet many former players and says they are all stand up guys. But of course the broke and bitter ones probably don't get invited.
Yes, some due to nepotism and some bc of their fame. I had friends in college who were football players and sorry to say, their basic skill set in math and the sciences was very poor. One could not even balance his checkbook. I tutored 2 of them and it was a struggle believe me. And forget history, some did not even know the names of certain Presidents that were extremely consequential.
They were all stand up guys but I often thought, if they do not make the pros, I don't know what they will be truly qualified to do that will allow them to support a family.
Athletic scholarship is a joke for some of the big name sports - universities don't really care if they don't get an education. Even in the less followed sports it's grueling - I read Riley Gaines' book, and trying to be a student and an athlete is a herculean task. Seems like sports come first and then squeeze in a little education & studying wherever you can
Yes agreed; sports before education.
The money they can make off of them trumps everything else. Itās basically where our civilized society started to erode, for any and all organizations and companies, when they can make more money off of an employee they kick character and community to the curb.
Our own congress is just as bad just saying... see my link above
Yes and handing some of these guys a mountain of money is like handing a lighter to an arsonist. Little guidance from people in their lives and every distant relative and friend from the old neighborhood lines up to suck them dry, and no shortage of temptations from the dark side for someone young and thinking they have the world at their feet. Had a client who rented office space from a financial advisory firm specializing in pro athletes. Came to the office one day to find it taped off by the FBI. A couple of guys went to jail for defrauding clients, so if the hood doesn't come after them, guys in nice suits and big promises might.
After Javon Belcher's death, (Chiefs player who killed his girlfriend/mother of his child and then killed himself in front of the team GM at the team facility), last I read his family and girlfriend's family were fighting over his money and custody of his infant daughter (beneficiary of $1M from the Chiefs) a year later. Poor little girl, orphaned and stuck with a bunch of greedy grifters for family. Judge awarded custody to a cousin of the mother, no idea where she is now.
"and he still hasn't paid the settlement money to the victims he agreed to in the civil suit. " I didn't know that. The video where he is walking away from the wrecks he caused, that really burns me. No concern for others, blatant disregard for the law (fleeing the scene)...mind boggling. And the Chiefs haven't done anything on their own to discipline him. The kicked Kareem Hunt to the curb after he "lied" to them about assaulting a woman (that's the story I heard).
Not as of July https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/attorney-rashee-rice-crash-victim-request-wage-garnishment-1-million-settlement/3891510/
I think Kareem Hunt's issue was failure to get along with teammates - causing drama and may have been substance abuse issues as well. Recall him getting pulled over drunk with weed in the car in OH after being cut from the Chiefs and basically got a slap on the wrist.
Check it out....Is It NBA OR NFL no it's your congress leaders!!!!
https://www.bitchute.com/video/cvpQWOLlpM7q
I suppose that should surprise me, but sadly it doesn't!
Emmanuel Cleaver, my 20 year D Congressman had a failed car wash for which he never repaid his SBA loan. Rules for thee and not for me.
What does it say about our country that a person like this would be given any authority whatsoever over our money supply? We know what it says about Biden & Co.
We have to stop allowing the Administrative State to have authority over a lot of things! https://open.substack.com/pub/attorneycox/p/whos-in-charge-anyway?r=2c9g6j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Great stack! Yāall, go read DEEZ NUTS!
I laughed so hard I had tears down my face!
Good stack!
"...the NFL should take all these slogans and political bubbly-jock (19th century word for rubbish) out of the league. What is so bad or wrong with just playing football?"
YES! And can you imagine the uproar if CONSERVATIVES āmadeā them virtue signal/paint our slogans in the end zone??!?
Maybe Trump could require some slogans for the end zone next few seasons?
At 9-12 years of age, it was my grandsons favorite expressionšš
Thank you for posting your substack on the NFL and "feel good" slogans in the end zones. Spot on, Mr. Stephens. I enjoy your writing! I am a 77 year old grandmother who watches as many football games as I can. I am so tired of the wokeness in sports! I loved your alternate end zone slogans -
Work Hard
Get an Education
Be Honest
Pull Up Your Pants
Pay Your Child Support
Donāt Steal or Loot
Be a Man, Raise Your Kids
Comply with the Police
Stay out of Gangs
Make Walgreens Safe Again
Finish High School
"END RACISM" is my favorite... blacks are the most racist people on earth, other than jews.
Dey hates whitey
Thanks so much. You honor me when I should be honoring you ma'am.
So true the Deez Nuts substack post.
I wish more people had a pops like yours, the world would be a better place! ā¤ļø
I like your post! And I love YOUR endzone list. Make Walgreens Safe Again and Pull Up Your Pants are my faves!
Thanks kindly ma'am.
Great article. I admit that when the author stated that the NFL would never put something like āEnd domestic violence ā in the end zone, I thought he was referring to the fact that Super Bowl Sunday is the worst day of the year for domestic violence calls. Advocacy groups have tried to get public service announcements aired during the commercials. I havenāt watched every year, so I donāt know if they ever succeeded. I am not against football, people gathering together to have parties, having a good time, etc., but this is a real problem. But of course, the issue of the players themselves committing crimes and usually getting a slap on the wrist is a terrible thing for our society. If the players knew that the league had a no tolerance policy, I think things might get a little better. And the brain damage from the head injuries is indeed a real thing. I wonder if anybody has ever tried to design a helmet that had some impact absorbing foam on the exterior, as well as whatever helps on the inside. So what if the players look like bubble heads? Iām half kidding, but still wondering if they have tried something like this. Like bumper cars.
Huh. Mine said: āif you donāt have anything good to say about someone, sit here next to me!ā
Can you please add āquit grabbing your crotch (a la Michael Jackson)ā when youāre rapping and dancing.
So does that have something to do with deez nuts?
They have NOTHING else to be proud of.
Gotta make sure the package is still intact? Gonorrhea is for real!
š¤£ For sure!
Lisa Cook is to the Fed what Ketanji Brown Jackson is to the Supreme Court.
A SC justice at least has to write opinions and ask questions in hearings that reveal how smart (or not smart) he/she is. Fed governors are usually unheard of and anonymous.
God bless Trump and his team for turning the heat up on idiots like this alleged public servant.
They gave us the income tax to soak us with their debt.
I was ācoming of ageā when the Civil Rights Movement hit. I watched it pretty quickly go from ātreat everyone the sameā to āsome get special treatmentā and then into full fledged DEI.
In the following years, I was taking education courses and then working in the schools as a young adult.
There was an obvious switch from everyone doing and being graded on their own work, when I was a student, to group work in which the group got a grade that applied to everyone after wide scale school integration.
Of course standardized tests became a problem, because they always had to be individually given. Hence, they were proclaimed to be āracistā, because some students had unfair environmental experiences that gave them advantages.
I always said, BS; because I would stack my impoverished and disadvantaged childhood against any in America and I was always up there near the top in standardized testing from my earliest days.
Anyhow, I understand how some get through the educational system and get credentials they have not earned and then get into seats of power, where they require cover from more qualified, complicit peers to hide incompetence.
My father used that exact phrase in teaching me about human relations: "You have to treat everyone the same," he said. Excellent advice that has stood me in good stead.
More like Public Serpent
My 91 year old mother spat out this weekend, āshe doesnāt even know what a woman is, get rid of herā.
What about Letitia James? There is a pattern here.
It doesn't matter what color of skin, when people get in high places, they get corrupt... or they get in high places because they are corrupt.
But.... because racism or anti-semitism seems to be an issue (not for me), they need to be extra careful to be an exemplary example. Sadly, most are not, and those who are, do not get the recognition they deserve. It is all about division instead.
The pattern is : announce they are the first black/female/gay/transā¦fill in the blank. Within 2 years that person has failed miserably at their job every time.
Eek.
Or Kamala Harris???!!!! What about her?
New term gaining traction online - ānoticerā
It means exactly what you think it means. Intended as a compliment
Right! And don't do your own research.
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The Old Glory EO was unnecessary. Jeff, sure knows how to shine up a turd though.
That makes my head hurt.
Kentangi-gorilla is already becoming a loud black activist...
Very similar to Joy Reid in intellect and body odor.
Showdown:
Government employee: "You can't fire me."
Trump: "You're fired."
Did she miss the story about the other government employee who refused to leave so he was escorted out by police? If she goes that route, I donāt think sheāll find much sympathy from the masses. The other guy sure didnāt.
@ Skenny; Federal Judge: Trump is blocked from firing.
Heāll win in the end, but it seems like the Left still has plenty of Lawfare money.
At least itās not our money anymore, the USAID ho$e was turned off.
And thank God for that! I hope thereās checking to make sure thereās no leak.
they aren't government employees
.... if they were appointed by elected government officials, then they are government employees. The word "appointed" is just a fancy word for "hired."
The Fed isn't a federal entity. It is private - that's the problem.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve is considered a Federal agency. The 12 regional banks are not Federal. They operate semi-independently under the Board of Governors in DC. I used to work at one of banks.
It is controlled by bankers for their interest, not flag waving Americans. Wilson gave the country away.
The secrecy of the initial meeting is also a dead giveaway.
The entire idea was concocted in secret on Jekyll Island, GA, in 1910 by a small group of influential bankers and government officials who traveled incognito, using only their first names.
Of the seven attendees, five *banks* were represented, along with the Chairman of the National Monetary Commission (Senate) and the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
So-called public/private. Whether it is Constitutional is an ongoing discussion. Trump forcing this question is as important as getting rid of a incompetent Governor (they really don't do that much anyway, except for the Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York).
With significant power
Indeed. Too much power invested in a handful of unelected so-called "economists." Cook was a black activist, like Kamala, the half-black activist.
Like Obama, there's some debate about whether or not she, and he, are actually black. Her father seemed to deny it. And I still believe Obama is half Indonesian, not half black. That round headed Kenyan goatherder ain't his daddy. JMHO
Even allowed to burn the flag.
Could the Fed get any more complicated?
Who pays the Fed governor's salary? Do we know how much they make?
We pay them. Taxpayer funds through government payroll.
I do not know who is providing legal advice to President Trump and his team, but whoever he/she/they are, they are brilliant. It seems everything he is doing is so well thought out legally that it becomes impervious. Gets attacked, surely. But seems to prevail. Pure genius. Wonderful to watch.
Steven Miller comes to mind. He is brilliant! I enjoy listening to him articulate the fine points of a situation and the resultant law or EO to address the issue. Total MAGA!
Miller is sexy smart.
Like a ugly man until you hear him sing, then every boy in the country wants to look like him .
A non-Zionist jew... refreshing.
Miller really is sexy smart!!! ā¤ļø
His whole law firm.
The Heritage Foundation
And the Federslists
TMW(TRUMP MOSTLY WINS)!
Looks like Fed Governor Lisa Cook's actual primary residence is Taco Bell.
Yeah, she's big enough to be the "counter."
Ouch
Well, she surely doesn't frequent the same restaurants as Claudia Gay.
Belly laughing!!!!
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Why is FAT always so easy to go to, I can't pass it up either. If she had Sydney Sweeneys' attritributes would she would be just as inappropriate for the job, just more fun to look at.
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She has a bright future... on a Popeye's Fry-O-Lator...
Or doing Ozympic commercials.
I bet that hippo has some serious Taco Smell that surrounds it.
"Polydactyly?" I spit my tea on my keyboard again. :D
Trump gives people some rope and they string themselves up with it. It's an awesome type of manipulation.
You're drinking tea??? Hey, this is coffee and covid.
Shhh, we tea drinkers try and keep a somewhat low profile, so as not to upset the black swill folks. Jeff has been kind enough to allow us to read alongside the coffee people. š
Mrs. "the Knife"
Matcha almond milk latte here.
Black swill? There'll be a lynchin' party ridin' out real soon. Go hide somewhere's my advice. An' take that teapiss with you.
Southern sweet-iced tea for breakfast every day since I turned 5ā¦ā¦.no matter how cold it is outside
Jeff is NOT going to change it to Tea & Covid.
I drink tea, too. Apparently Mr. Childers doesn't mind. My "check cleared."
We may have to have a vote in the comments. I'm not sure. Could turn into a struggle session. Unless of course you're drinking Boston "Party" Tea.
Rather than be voted out, I'll say it must be Boston party tea!
We have a long history of tea in my family - we have ancestors who were part of that little act of rebellion in a certain harbor in Boston.
Mrs. "the Knife"
What fun it is when one person tells a little story and it reminds another of a story, which is then told. Makes the world nicer and I thank you. life is good.
This has to be some sort of a violationā¦the nerve of drinking tea with the word ācoffeeā staring at you the entire timeā¦
I love the smell, hate the taste. But it is okay, since Mr. "the Knife" drinks more than enough coffee for the both of us!
Mrs. "the Knife"
Green tea brewed up evil strong. All the caffeine none of the bad breath and stomach ache of coffee :D
I'm a rebel, live with it :D
Youāre dead to me! š Actually I enjoy tea, Earl grey is good or any of the bergamot types. Fruity teas are yum. But green tea is def an acquired taste! Maybe making it strong makes it less like youāre drinking tea made of hay??
Y'all been watchin' too much Austin Powers, yo.
Iāve never seen them!
Me neither.
Well, it has to be something.
Yes, it helps the flavor. Pour boiling water into tea leaves in a metal container, put it on the absolute lowest you can get a burner on your stove to do, let it stay scalding hot for at least 2 hours., up to 8. Doesn't taste like short brewed at 187 degrees tea at all.
I just decided it was the least toxic way to get my caffeine fix.
Huh. Iāve never heard of brewing tea this way, but if it makes it a little more exciting than the weak flavored water it can be I may just have to try itā¦
I also vote don't start with teabags, they are usually not good tea. I use loose gunpowder green eta, check a co-op or health food store, they'll have it. Get a bit, try it brewed like this. Won't taste like cheap green teabags at all.
Dang!! Got a wild one here. Better stock up on ammo.
Oy, the coffee breath!! A great thing about green tea is the EGCG in it. Great for boosting the immune system and it has anti-cancer properties, too!
Mrs. "the Knife"
Kombucha. Donāt knock it!
Fermented tea used in the process of making a health beverage. Delicious. But not strictly "tea".
Tea-beer.
0.03% ALC
I think Jeff needs to keep this column always titled āCoffee & COVID.ā It kind of sounds vintage nowā¦with covid seeming like it was a hundred years agoā¦
We must never forget what they did or it will become the fake history taught in schools now.
Iām not saying to forget itā¦itās merely an observation of time passing and things that seemed in the forefront now seem so long ago even though they arenāt. The very idea of something vintage is not forgetting the past.
Sorry. I know you didn't mean forget it and it does seem a long time agoā¦
Yeah, I know I will never forget it. Itās probably more imprinted in my memory then 9/11 now because it affected each and every one of us. Such evil.
Coffee & DEATHVAX ?
Lol, to show the state of intelligence in the world. . . This morning with breakfast I ordered hot tea. She says "mint tea"? I said no, regular black tea, like Lipton. She brings me green teabags. I repeated my request for plain old black tea, so she brings me Earl Grey. Well, third time's a charm, she brought me English Breakfast.
I let my dining companion order my food for me.
Iām pretty sure being free from financial fraud allegations is a federal contractor requirement. These people are straight criminals that got their jobs because of their willingness to BE criminals. Another SCOTUS opinion on this I guessā¦..
I am No fan of Executive orders or the Executive Office that has had out of control growth since 1913 ā a year that will live in infamy towards the death of our Constitutional Republic ā while a do-nothing Congress allows the Executive to make ālaws.ā
But that said, it will take a while to right the ship, even halfway up.
And the biggest difference is that most of Trumpās Executive Orders will save taxpayer money, not spend more money, in contrast with Bidenās Executive Orders that spent a lot of taxpayer money: https://lizlasorte.substack.com/p/autopen-joe-signed-13-executive-orders?r=76q58
He uses them for traps sometimes. Cashless bail and flag burning now get the dems burning flags and defending putting repeat offenders on the streets. It's pretty brilliant if you think about it.
Actually this was a two-fer. Trump has manipulated both Democrats and a number of otherwise reasonable conservatives into outing themselves as flag-burning radicals who encourage the commission of crimes on federal property. Democrats for Flag-burning. Not to mention being pro-violent criminal by supporting cashless bail.
The flag burning EO was unnecessary. Iām a conservative, and a veteran. Had a chat with a blue collar 50-something guy yesterday at breakfast
in Eastern Washington. Salt of earth, 11-Bravo and Staff Sargent tattoos on his arms. He also felt the same. Feels like Trump had a couple of drinks and decided to punch himself in the face.
DJT does not drink alcohol.
Couple of diet cokes?
Yes, I know. Figure of speech only.
You have been brainwashed by the legacy media, make no mistake, and salt of the earth has, too. Brainwashed and propagandized until your brains melted.
No, I am not, Lydia. How you came to this conclusion is beyond me. Are you too deep in a cult to see straight? Iām a 3x Trump voter. Iām also a very free thinker, Gen X. I can āseeā how this will play out, and itās not good for MAGA. Try not to be so knee jerk reflexive when someone from your side disagrees. Thatās what the D party does when one of their own doesnāt toe the line.
Yeah, I get that but it could be a slippery slope. Banning flag burning is unAmerican in spirit.
He did not ban burning the American flag. He at most recognized that it can be used as an incitement to riot and/or violence, which is already illegal. I think maybe it is to set up a challenge to the burning Pride flags is a hate crime statutes. It is ludicrous that some flags are protected is it not?
It's more like a hate crime enhancement. And it points out the ridiculousness of prosecuting people for walking on pride crosswalks and burning pride flags
Like the guy in Iowa who received a 17 year (!!!) prison sentence yesterday, for burning a pride flag ripped down from.a "church."
It was in 2019.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50861259.amp
Agreed but the EO indirectly does ban burning the flag via state/local laws: "(b) In cases where the Department of Justice or another executive department or agency (agency) determines that an instance of American Flag desecration may violate an applicable State or local law, such as open burning restrictions, disorderly conduct laws, or destruction of property laws, the agency shall refer the matter to the appropriate State or local authority for potential action."
But the EO also includes the mention of the SCOTUS free speech decision. Thereās nothing new in this EO other than Trumpās finding another way to entrap Dems (and conservatives) who failed to read it. Clearly, all he is doing is nailing down a huge midterm win with every nail he can find. Brilliant strategy. Heās sending the Trump haters into paroxysms of insanity which is one of the easiest things ever.
Iām not a Trump hater and the Old Glory EO is stupid.
This sounds like you can still burn it but not when violating these other laws/restrictions/etc. that are already in place. I. e: āopen burning restrictionsā we get these every summer which basically says you canāt use a Firepit, or open fire somewhere or burn your bonfire because itās too dry. Makes sense you canāt burn something that is probably polyester/cotton and will ignite other areas. The EO is simply to draw attention to laws already in place. Jeff details this in the article today.
To me, those who think of burning the flag of their country, already forfeit any sort of respect or frankly rights related to it. What does it even accomplish? Are they trying to right the wrongs they supposedly are furious about? Or are they just desecrating the symbol of the country that actually gives them the freedom to burn that symbol and accomplishing nothing? It shocks no one to burn a flag, weāve all seen it before. But it does infuriate those who hold this country dear and make us not want to listen to their āgrievances.ā It should never have been allowed to be āfreedom of speech.ā Our forefathers would be aghast that we allowed it.
The problem is how the EO will play out on the street. It will come across as Trump criminalized the burning of the American flag. I fully expect there will be those from the Right who will now burn the flag as a middle finger to Executive who appears to be curbing 1st Amendment protection under SCOTUS, 1989. Whether you like it or not, the MAGA tent contains a fair amount of those with Libertarian leanings. The Right being goaded into burning Old Glory is not good.
I think worrying overly about the optics can be used to excuse inaction when action is called for. I think we have seen a lot of that among Republicans in the post-Obama years. So I find Trump a breath of fresh air who calls them as he sees them. And walks it back when needed. And I am one of those MAGAs who leans libertarian. Plus Trump's EO does not attempt to change existing law so I think it may be a ploy to stimulate conversation about why it is a hate crime to burn a Pride flag or a "Palestine" flag but hunky dory to burn an American flag. FWIW I love my country and respect my flag but I think there are better battles to fight. But I think it is likewise free speech to burn other flags.
I fly my flag daily here in Blue Oregon. Iām a proud American, vet, etc. I just donāt think this particular EO was a good idea. It gives fuel to Left that we should not give them. Thatās my take.
That's what the Trumpster is counting on.
Burning an American flag is un-American by the very act. Also, he didnāt ban it.
Trump's own messaging did not correctly describe the EO. It's his messaging that causes so much damage. I still think he needs to get a whole lot better. When he does this shit, all he does is push people who are on the fence to the other side.
And I donāt disagree with you, I just get tired of hearing it. If someone hasnāt learned to work with Trump in all his foibles by now, itās not likely to happen.
Thatās why you do your own research. Even if Trump was eloquent, you still do your own research. I think the people who going to get upset or misinterpret Trump are going to do it regardless of his messaging. We canāt win them all and they can live in their own pool of miseryā¦
What? Burning Old Glory is NOT about free speech. It is an ACT of desecration & hatred toward our country. No speech involved. Treason?? Burning bras is ok though. š
Yes. I will gladly give up my bras for the cause!!!!
Many acts are given first amendment protection. Holding a sign for example or giving a middle finger salute.
Agree - EOās not the best route, but currently they are are the only route to begin to right the ship, given the great divide ( & crazy) in politics. EOās focused on solving problems for everyday people, executed well, will result in better daily life experiences for many ( like safer DC neighborhoods). Eyes will be opened to the importance of law & order, & some hope will be revived.
I hope so!
However, the EOs only exist until there is a turn of leadership. Push for making lots of these into laws!!
Burn Rights: Who knew the Constitution protected us from the government overreach of preventing our God given right to burn stuff in the street? Where I live, the fascist dictators prevent us from burning trash in our own yards. Now we know that we can just take it to the more reasonable and constitutionally observant "blue" places and burn it in the street while shouting FREEDOM!
Just burn a flag with stuff you want to burn and itās all good. You can say you were using the other stuff as fuel to get the flag burningā¦
Good morning everyone. It's unseasonably cool here this morning, and I'm not complaining. š
You guys are all unseasonably cool this morning..and that's no comment on the weather.
Yeah the comments section is particularly hilarious this morning! š
Same in my little town in KY. Preview of fall.
Here too in Central Oregon. But it was in the upper 90ās a few days ago and there was a horrible fire. Portland and Seattle are still hot š„µ
This weekend I was at my elderly parents in Washington trying to figure out whatās wrong with him (my guess, overmedicated) and apparently they donāt turn the thermostat below 77. I was dying! š¤£
Are you close to the Flat fire? There was rain on it recently and itās fully lined. Plus ODF is on it, so itāll be out before the two weeks are up!
Weāre maybe 20 miles away but some friends live on the east side of Sisters and the fire raged up the canyon on either side of their home, and air tankers saved it!!! Truly a miracle.
Yes! I think there were about 10 homes that were lost, but so many get saved too. The aircraft are something else to watch. Those pilots are probably the most skilled, fearless pilots in the world. The conditions and flying what is essentially a retired passenger airliner they make it look easy.
I had been away Saturday and Sunday so I hadnāt seen any info so when I thought to call another mutual friend and heard the story, I immediately called my husband and I totally choked up. Funny how it takes a few to sink in.
Re: the pilots. And here I thought bush pilots in Alaska were amazing. It must have been so scary flying those tankers through that gorge.
I hadnāt heard about the 10 homes. So sad for those folks. I saw a dead red fox on the road by Warm Springs and told my husband about it and he remarked that it was probably fleeing the fires. š„
Side note, Iāve never seen a live or dead one before.
Verrrry dangerous!
I drove through gorge yesterday going west from Eastern WA and it was super hazy from the wildfires. Near Mosier, there are still a lot of burned out foundations from that previous fire. Hope Flat Fire spares homes in C. Oregon.
Yes, it was hazy. Hot in Western Washington Monday but by the time I hit Sandy I saw that it was 82. It had been 102 Saturday on my way up. Crazy. I had a little rain around Warm Springs.
It was just very sunny hear with raindrops coming down! Crazy weather. Just let the rain come already will ya! š
That seems to be a thing with elderly people. I suppose they feel the cold more acutely than younger folk.
Probably loss of muscle mass, and maybe fat loss too causes them to be colder. Heās so thin now, my dad was kinda hunky with big calves and broad shoulders.
I never even think of bone marrow, sounds possible.
Bone marrow, too, I assume, since itās where the red blood cells are made.
Even SC is cool this morning! I slept with my windows open last night. Pure bliss.
Aināt it great!
Me too!
I wish. Another hot bright sunny day here in south Florida.
Give me SFL anytime!
You can have it! Er, would you like to buy some property on the coast?
We got news that the gulf coast beaches are covered in human fecal matter being washed up on the beaches.
(Did John Jerryās yacht offload his sewage in the gulf?)
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Me too! Minus the traffic and rude people and crime...
Agreed!
AZ sucks bigly.
Oh same here!! Iām loving it because running in the heat and humidity for so long was killing me š©
Good morning, shayne! It is 63 degrees at 0700 here in the PNW, South Puget Sound area. Since we have aging mamas to keep cool, I have been checking the temps for the week, and it is mostly 80s but tipping over into the low 90s here and there. There is a red "Heat Advisory!" from The Weather Service! Good grief!
It will be nice to have it cool off, but that means in short order there will be rain and clouds for the next 8-9 months. š
Mrs. "the Knife"
July through mid-October (typically) are simply glorious in western WA, arenāt they?š We get asked about summer travel plans, but why would we go anywhere during those months? Itās the best right here!š
We used to say, "don't tell anyone what the weather is like in the summer, 'cause then they will move here. Just tell them it rains all the time!"
Mrs. "the Knife"
P.S. People moved here anyway, and brought their politics with them. :-(
I was trying to keep a couple places in Oregon secret but somehow the secret gets out. *%%!#^! Internet!!!
It always does! One of my favorite scenes from the movie Maverick with Mel Gibson as Maverick and Graham Greene as Joseph:
Scene: Looking out at a beautiful vista of lake, meadow, and mountain:
Maverick:
Oh, you sure do pick the spots.
Joseph:
Yeah, I know. You know the next time you people come and drive us off our land I'm gonna find a nice piece of swamp that's so God-awful, maybe then you'll leave us the hell alone.
Seems apropos of the Pacific Northwest.
Mrs. "the Knife"
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Rain and clouds = Best. Weather. Ever.
When you are a native PNW-er, sun becomes boring and way too hot. Bring on the dreary!!
Yes...but it is always so green and beautiful there.
Yes, and I learned the hard way one needs lots of rain to keep everything green. We lived in Denver for a couple of years; it did not start to green up until the middle of May and by the end of June it was already brown again. I loved how many sunny days there were in Denver but it comes at a cost: brown most of the year, and bad smells because you need rain to wash all the smell out of the air. I didn't realize how much I love the smell of green, growing plants until I lived in Denver!
Mrs. "the Knife"
Rain and clouds, sound like my childhood. Walking to school in my raincoat and gumboot. š
70Ā° already here in EA WA. I'm typing this while sitting in the freezer.
Was at my folks in Western Washington, apparently they donāt believe in air conditioning š„µI was dying, it was humid too.
Itās very rare for anyone in Western WA to have AC. There just arenāt enough scorching hot days to justify having it. Butā¦on those days, we sure curse the heat (as I sit here with 3 fans running).š
Back in June 2021, during that "heat dome" we experienced, when for 4 days we broke records each day for heat, I received a call from my SIL who lives in Phoenix. That day it was 114 degrees at my house (S. Puget Sound area). She asked how we were doing, I said we were sweltering in the heat and humidity. She said, "Well at least you have air conditioning". I laughed and said, "No, only the rich people have a/c!" We go through this cycle every summer, when we have a couple of weeks of hot weather we think we really should get a/c, then it cools off, and we think, well, maybe next year. š
To be fair, most houses built around here in the last 10-15 years do have a/c, but the prices they are asking for these houses is ridiculous.
Mrs. "the Knife"
4 years on, and my rhododendrons here in W. Oregon have finally āhealedā from that 2021 scorcher. Leaves were blackened that summer but finally grew out.
Matt, all the trees' westward facing foliage was scorched a deep orange. The evergreens looked "ever-orange" for about a year. Our rhodies were shaded by trees in our yard and the neighbor's yard, so they were fine. The crabapple tree, however... let's just say the wood pile increased!
I was noticing today as I was driving back for my sister's just how many mature evergreens are showing quite a bit of orange - I wonder how much of it is residual damage from 2021?
Mrs. "the Knife"
Increase watering.
114 degrees! And no AC! Well, I grew up in the Florida Panhandle without AC, where above 100 degree days were not uncommon. But no 114 degrees! Maybe you have lower humidity.
We lived in a āCrackerā house, built around 1900, with 12, if not 15, foot ceilings. My grandparentsā house. Originally the kitchen had been a separate detached building, primarily so if it caught fire, the entire house wouldnāt burn-but that would have served to keep the house cooler as well.
An open breezeway ran down the entire length of the house with rooms opening into it.
Willing Spirit, we generally have lower humidity then the Midwest and Southeast, but it tends to be around 60-something. For instance, yesterday the temperature hit around 88 degrees at our house, with a humidity level of 63%. So, hot AND muggy for people who are used to that nice on-shore flow from the Pacific!
Mrs. "the Knife"
Oh, they have it! Wonāt set it below 77! š„“ We actually had little private wars going on. I would get it down to 74 and next thing I knew it was 77 again. Mom was hot too. He finally put on an athletic jacket (like a hoodie but without the hood). Poor old guy, has lost a ton of weight.
I had no choice but to turn my a/c up this summer. Electric bills in PA are killing us.
Us too, Kathleen.
You should go to a baseball stadium. It's cool. There's a fan in every seat.
Haha!š
Akkkshually, we are going to the Mariner game tonight.š
(Doubt there will be fan in every seat thoughā¦š¤)
Have fun. I'm streaming on computer. M's are good this year.
We share the same birthday... š
Happy belated birthday!
Did you celebrate your birthday in good fashion yesterday?
Yes. One lemonade, one beer, one water. Party of six. However, the venue for dancing and singing closed early because it was Monday, so I'm going to try to go there tonight. A day late, several dollars short. Thanks for asking!
Oh my word. š¤¦āāļø Dad jokes galore!
They must live in "cook" county...
Jeff, you have us beat by a few degrees, but you usually do, both directions of the thermometer. It got up over 90 degrees yesterday in parts of Western WA, with 63% humidity. I sat my mama in front of the fan all day yesterday as the freezer was full! š
Mrs. "the Knife"
Good luck with your mom. When it gets too hot and humid outside here, I go inside to the coffee shops, the library, or the hockey arena at the university.
She has spent a good part of the last couple of weeks out at my sister's, who does have A/C. The caveat being that she helped my sister put up all the canning: peaches, pears, blueberries, tomatos, and other things I have forgotten.
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I am enjoying it!
Itās raining in the desert. Hallelujah
Where? I'm patiently waiting for a thunderstorm in Vegas - currently 85 and humid - 20 degree drop from this past weekend.
50 at 7 this am. SE Pa.
52Ā°F here in Central Minnesnowta.
Itās our false fall. Donāt worry itāll come raging back probably 90Ā° and 100% humidity.
I heard mid-Sept the heat comes back. Boooooooā¦.
Even here in middle Alabama the temps this week will be in the 60ās at night and only reach the mid 80ās during the day! Yāall, itās still August! Somebodyās definitely messing with our weather.
We came THAT close! (Wake me up when the all clear is given.) ...................................................................................................
Jack Smith Was Planning to Try Thousands of Trump Supporters in Televised Show Trials
THE MID-PANDEMIC DISAPPEARANCES OF DISSIDENTS DURING THE COMMUNIST GREAT RESET OF AMERICA WERE TO BE ACCELERATED BY THESE JACK SMITH SOVIET SHOW TRIALS.
On Sunday, Alex Jones said that he'd had a long and utterly mind-blowing conversation on Saturday night with Special Prosecutor Ed Martin, saying that he'd taken 15 pages of notes.
It was the first time that I've seen Alex Jones dumbstruck and at a total loss for words.
Alex said Ed Martin revealed around 30 major stories that he would work together with his news staff to release as soon as possible with supporting documentation and to present in such a way as to hopefully stay out of any more trouble than he is in, already.
Then, Alex teased a brief tidbit about how Ed Martin's team was given access to all of former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's communications.....
https://forbiddennews.substack.com/p/jack-smith-was-planning-to-try-thousands
Wow. Cold chills. Jack Smith needs to go away for a long time.
I was just about to post this. It's chilling to think that this could be where we were heading!
Chilling but ultimately not that surprising imo š
This is incredibly disturbing & this Substack is a must read. Looking forward to Alexā reveal. Thanks for posting this, PP!
Trump Never Sleeps
and, TAW.
TNS
Iāve wondered this too. He seems so chipper all the time and his mind is so sharp but when does he sleep??!!
There has to be divine assistance there. Itās just not humanly possible.
Not because Trump is so holy, but because God has such a purpose for him.
Iām sure God would have picked someone holier if he could have found one that wasnāt so āheavenly minded that they were no earthly goodā. I think the job calls for someone whoāll get their hands dirty and Trump is willing.
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I agree. There is no way heās doing what heās doing without God nudging things here and there. Perhaps heās getting his energy from Him as wellā¦itās entirely possibleā¦def donāt think Trump is holy by any means, but he probably is the best tool. And perhaps Butler made him aware and willing to be that instrument to God.
Throughout the Old Testament, God uses many, less than holy, individuals; like Sampson, Gideon, Saul, even David failed hugely.
When the rubber hits the road, except for the prophets perhaps, all their stories have episodes of rather unholy acts.
King Cyrus of Persia initiated and funded the return of the captive Israelites back to Israel.
He is like T A Edison - just a few hours a night. Good for him!!!
Rudi Giuliani the same...4-4.5 hrs sleep a night all he needs, per interview a few years back
It worries me.
As far as cashless bail goes, if they had it in my younger days, I probably wouldnāt be here for my older days.
I got in a lot of trouble during my teenage years, all stemming from my alcohol and drug use. Mom bailed me out the first time but, thanks to the influence of her AlAnon friends, she said ālet him rotā from then on.
I was held accountable for my actions and it led me to become clean and sober before my 21st birthday.
I had a vision or dream after my last arrest, call it my Ebenezer Scrooge moment only it wasnāt a ghost I saw, I saw my future and it was one of jails, hospitals, and early death, nothing good. I quit drinking that day!
Had the justice system and my dear mother treated me with the kid gloves that todayās criminals are treated, I would probably have died long ago!
Yes, about that cashless bail. I actually worked against legislation that would've brought cashless bail to my state back in the early 2010's - with Dog the Bounty Hunter making rounds with my team to visit with legislators. He and his wife had their camera crew in the Capitol, first day it was kind of cool, by days 2-3 it got old and intrusive - we were trying to work without being in a traveling circus.
But the interesting and *now* unsurprising thing about it was the bill sponsor was known as a very "conservative" legislator with designs on becoming State Attorney General. AND...he was carrying the cashless bail bill for a group funded by George Soros, who also was making campaign donations to the "conservative" legislator.
It's been a bipartisan sellout of America for a long time. Even by "conservative" lawmakers. Who will target MAGA/Trump with lawfare but give a pass to D's/Rino's.
And for any curious readers, I made sure the Soros-bought "conservative" legislator running for state AG didn't make it out of state GOP convention as a primary candidate, he had to petition his way on the ballot, and lost. Let's just say I had some pull in the state party at the time to make sure enough knew he was a Soros puppet in conservative clothing.
I think we have a lot of liberal republicans here in SC government. Weāre supposedly a very conservative state but I donāt think we live up to that.
When my drug addicted son held 125 police officers, 3 SWAT teams, and the FBI at bay in my condo for 8 hours, forcing the evacuation of several buildings, he was charged with 6 serious felonies and one low level felony. I wrote the DA, urging him to go tough on Patrick. Getting tough on young criminals is the surest way to prevent them from becoming lifelong criminals! It worked for me over 50 years ago in NYC when I believe my mother convinced them to throw the book at me, perhaps it would work for him?
My request was ignored and he was allowed to plead guilty to a low level crime and out in 16 months.
Two years later, when he rightfully should have still been incarcerated, he died of an overdose.
A truly conservative justice system would have been much tougher and he might still be with us. Weāll never know!
Andrew - this is so heartbreaking to hear about your son! Thank you for sharing your story of coming up from your ashes. I hadn't thought about this angle of the cashless bail - saving people from themselves to give them time to form better life choices.
Thank you for your kind words. It just wish the criminal justice system would recognize the value of a firm hand with young criminals to deter them from becoming hardened criminals.
So sorry you went through that, Andrew. My heart aches for you! I know it happened a long time ago, but I sure appreciate you contributing your story today. I wish there was a way for people outside of C & C to see what you wrote, so important. Thankyou for sharing this today.
Thank you for your kind words!
A more extensive story about this can be found at https://open.substack.com/pub/andrewdevlin/p/spare-the-rod-spoil-the-adult?r=ugzy3&utm_medium=ios
Thank you!
Some thoughts:
1. Checking through my U.S. Constitution, pocket edition, I know the Fed isn't under the Court (Judicial). I know it isn't filled with House and Senate personnel (Legislative). Hmm. So that leave the Executive. I know the Fed isn't directly elected. Only one of two conclusions. If it is "Fed" it is under Executive. If it isn't "Fed" (which it really isn't), then it doesn't get to set national economic policy, so it can be ignored. Trump should turn to his Secretary of Treasury and just say, "You set the rate for the government bonds". Of course it will create a bankster panic. Time to get it over with.
2. You can't blame Biden for Cook. He thought he was nominating his buddy CornPop. Both names start with "Co" and he fell asleep after getting that far into the name. ;-)
3. Democrats like "cashless". Cashless food (SNAP!), cashless merchandise(looting), cashless housing(squatting), cashless cars(car-jacking). They're just being consistent.
4. Just say it. Britt Hume, another person we had for a long time assumed thought before he spoke, apparently didn't read the EO before opining.
5. Don't hold your breath on the House Republicans doing anything with the info sent over from DOJ. Too many "2nd and 3rd degree of separation" with people in the files and donors/reps. Plus, you can be sure the key 'burn bags' for Epstein were actually burned this time. Just get it all out NOW, so when some Reps are found to be too dirty, decent people can primary them.
#3 is brilliant and true! Good one!
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āāYou can't blame Biden for Cook. He thought he was nominating his buddy CornPop. Both names start with "Co" and he fell asleep after getting that far into the name. ;-) ā
Fed Governor Lisa Cook to President Trump: "Do you know who I am?".
Like that gal in Jersey yelling āIām an AG!ā āIām an FG!ā š¤£
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Rhode Island - Newport to be exact
Yes, the poster child for DEI and an ahole. Any more questions?
Trump: "Lisa, I can see you right now in the kitchen, bending over a hot stove. But I can't see the stove."
Baa daa booooom!
Yea, misplaced, thatās who you are. I hear Taco Bell is hiring, thatād be a good fit.
Inducement to commit political suicide is something Trump is exceedingly good at. Take any issue that has languished on the sidelines and put it in the headlines. Just watch the mail-in voting kerfuffle. Once a fringe convenience issue for nursing homes and military personnel, it was turned into a supposed constitutional right. What never happens in the debate is, well, a debate. The media keeps the stories in line, crying racism as their default go-to. Now, the debate will happen in Truth posts and executive orders that will beget lawsuits and public debate. People will have to defend it. Add voter ID to the mix. Public polling shows an overwhelming majority support it, and those who oppose it have very weak arguments. "Minorities can't get photo ID's" will not cut it. The eager participants in all of those cruise ship brawls all had to show a photo ID to board the boat. Many flew to the port to begin with, another racist display of photo IDs. And if they had a stuffy nose, they used their photo ID to buy Sudafed at CVS. Openly debating these points used to be hard. Not anymore. Let's fight.
During his presidential run, Kennedy proposed that we allow the post office to issue a free, paper, government photo ID. This would take away all the excuses.
For those who missed the Carnival Cruise story- this brawling is not uncommon. Happens wherever they gather. If one wonders why certain folks seem to have easy money for cruises and suchā¦if oneās living expenses were largely covered by the government, there would be spending money a lot of us donāt have. (Reparations have been happening for decades, but still they want those millions per man, woman and child).
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/?s=Brawl+on+Carnival+Cruise