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What I am curious about is exactly who the deceased military personnel are, and what their backstory is. My reason for this is that we simply must be at least be more translucent so that we can avoid this scenario:
The quote often attributed to Hannah Arendt is:
“The constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people who can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want.”
Yes, as an interview on Tucker pointed out, all that Pfizer advertising is not to sell anything, but only a bribe to be revoked the moment that any TV stations starts to tell the truth about the mass death caused by the mRNA products.
That's why the ads themselves are stupid and irrelevant. They are just a way to launder the bribes.
What astounds me is just how readily supposedly smart people will walk down the deception path. Whats more, they refuse to look with any type of scrutiny when evidence to the contrary is presented. Whats can one DO with that?!
Chevrus - yes! it is called Mindset - a matter of limited perspective based on emotional, selective perception. Not uncommon! Something we all need to be alert to in oneself, as well as in others.
NPR has a story updated today and stating the third female crewmember allegedly acting as pilot at the time of the collision, will not be identified, *per her family's request.
To be honest, this seems like a reasonable explanation to me.
But I still want to see an investigation into the flight path deviations. According to at least one source, I saw that the helicopter veered from its normal flight path along the DC side of the river and exceeded its maximum altitude limit right at the last minute.
Also, there is a new CNN video from a different angle and very close to the actual collision that shows the helicopter going straight into the airplane 🛫
It’s curious how a mere divorce will land in the local newspaper yet a fatal collision such as this can incur anonymity…. Sorry but that is not acceptable. One does not simply play an instrumental role in killing over 60 people and remain an unknown. FOIA, LawFare, whatever it takes. This is. Not a precedent that I’m willing to live with. More light in the fishbowl please.
100% agree. I've never heard of this before. I am confident that Secy. Hegseth would be asked a question about this. Also, I am skeptical of any reporting by National Socialist Public Radio (NSPR) anyway. I don't see how this could possibly be kept from the public domain. It is unacceptable if the Army tries to do that.
Also, it raises more suspicions, keeping the identity from the public. The helo flew right into the passenger plane and had more than enough time to react (seeing that new CNN obtained footage, and the one from the airport view over the plane on the ground). Only a handful of explanations: 1) mechanical failure (not likely) 2) computer flight hack (not likely) 3) DEI pilot (?) 4) terrorist (?).
Also, the Army radio: "Return to base" command with no response from the helo... Erratic flight path of the helo... too many data points that lead towards #3 or #4 explanations above.
Also, you don't get to have anonymity if you are responsible for killing 67 souls (including your own). The American people and any other country that had passengers on that bird also have a right to know.
I almost put that in my comment as #5, however there wasn't any erratic helo movement, it just flew straight into the jet. My thinking was that if it were a jab issue, there would have been some sort of crazy helo movement and then an attempt to correct the flight trajectory by the co-pilot (the one that had the most experience). The flight path makes no sense. Straight at the jet for many seconds (enough time to course correct by a highly maneuverable helo).
What really went on in the military during the last administration? Who was recruited, what was their nationality? Who trained them?
Remember, there are jihadi cells across this country that we will likely never hear about because their tactics have become so sophisticated. (If Shawn Ryan’s recent discussion with Jane Doe is not a psy op and is honest.) Add to that the People’s War declared against the US by the CCP in 2019, which is an unrestricted war - any time, any place, not kinetic (because they can’t win a kinetic war yet). Tens of thousands of military-age Chinese men trekked through the Darian Gap relatively unscathed, with cash and change of clothing, and crossed into our homeland. Where are they and what are they doing? The CCP knows each and every person who leaves their homeland as well as their hometowns and families. (Multiple sources, including Michael Yon, Ben Bergquam, et al)
Also throw into the fact that they're able to remote pilot these Blackhawks now from up to 300 miles away (just saw that on Grant Stinchfield)... another wrench. I am praying that with this new team (Tulsi, Pam, Kash, Pete, Marco, John, and VP Vance, and of course Pres. Trump) that they will get to the bottom of all of it.
Wrong (unauthorized) height and it certainly appears to have flown straight into the jet with plenty of time to adjust. Also, failures of the tower to react to their collision indicators. Very odd set of circumstances. One controller not on duty (was sent home early). Don't know for what, could have been sick, but then there should have been a backup. Either the supervisor or another controller. Curious to see how that comes to light.
#5 False flag event... best way to distract/sway the public thinking...
Sometimes they are totally fake but no doubt real people get hurt/sacrificed in these FFs.
My initial conspiracy thought when I questioned the event was, Could these planes have been remotely controlled?
They can do that.
Anyone can be a crisis actor and also be made up or be given new identities. If you think "no way" then it is a very likely thing they would do so nobody would ever be suspicious of.
As a Navy Helo pilot (retired now) I have a couple of question: 1) were they wearing NVG’s 2) what time did their day start ie what time did they brief their training mission 3) what was the flight experience of the aircraft commander 4) had they flown this flight path before 5) were their night quals and all their quals current.
I don’t belief it was a terrorist act as there was 3 people onboard. All three would have to be involve to pull it off. There is no way one person could.
My first thought was that they had vertigo. Yes, I have had it at night. It is very easy to get it at night and yes, both pilot can get it at the same time. We have had pilot fly into the ocean while flying in starboard D… they got fixated on something in the cockpit and flew into the water… no one survived. It stinks getting it at night… even during the day, it is challenging. To me, it explains why they were above the altitude ceiling and off course. Nothing else makes sense to me.
I wonder if you and my Dad knew the same crew lost aboard Troubleshooter 615 back in the late 90s (I think) off the coast of Elizabeth City, NC. I believe they were out of HS-3. Andy Baker was the AW. That’s exactly what happened to the pilot, God rest him and all our Sailors.
Thank you MayBella82. None of the talking heads have mentioned the length of their training mission (when it started), vertigo or whether night quals being current (except questioning if they were on NVGs).
I still can't wrap my head around how can they "miss" the big bright blinking light right in front of them for 8 seconds whether they were on NVGs or without. It looks like they flew straight at the plane. Especially on that new CNN obtained video.
Also, the tower failures. It seems to be likely a combo of tower failure and pilot failure.
The WO2 (warrant officer) and the crew chief have been ID'd. The third (the 'female' pilot) has not been identified, as of about 10am this morning. Hard to believe it has taken this long to notify the next of kin... I am sure Secy Hegseth and Pres. Trump will get to the bottom of it with the Army.
It sure seems like it, especially if they don't want us to know the name or the background of the 'woman'. Any which way this one is sliced, it sure seems to be some sort of DEI hire. There is good reason why when it comes to safety DEI = DIE.
Yes everything is a conspiracy until it is proven otherwise.
I do not assume we get the truth about anything and most can never be proved by the average person except the vast amount of coincidences about everything.
The fact that this rumor was instigated by Ann Coulter should have given everyone pause. After the last 4 years of weird comments and posts from her in the media, I personally think she either has a few screws loose, or she’s a DS tool…
She hates Donald Trump, or did when I dropped her. Very Neocon when last I paid her any attention. I bought several of her books and learned a lot from them a couple of decades ago.
Then she fell for Matt Drudge, who did a 180 politically, and lost her mind or something.
Ann C. got so weird around 2015, she may have been willing to helpfully crap in said punch bowl. Like with Drudge it’s a big mystery what happened there.
She was all about clamping down on illegal immigration until a presidential candidate with real potential for doing it appeared on the scene.
She did correctly predict in 2015 that Trump would be the Republican candidate.
Interesting, I had not been following although I heard about the Drudge fall from grace. It’s been my observation that any and all movements can be infiltrated and turned, and that every individual has their price whatever currency that may be. Some may get an offer they simply cannot afford to refuse. Thus it should always be about the uncorrupted message rather thats the messenger. Beware false idols and all that…..
I'm so confused by the "trans" word. Is it a man dressing like a woman or a man that got his kibble n bits chopped off? And isn't imperative it in the military for personnel to be really identifiable? So confusing.
Dear Mr. Cuban, I’m “not” insinuating you’re in the group above — I’m merely pointing out to anyone reading — they can view your “incredible” opinions on BlueSky. Very eye opening indeed — please keep lighting your torch…soon it will be distinguished by “common-sense!” (We can only hope!)
Great link! I could actually read X comments! Was kicked off when I said Hillary was dead! She actually commented on something I wrote to her at first! They will not let me back!
“You meet Saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.” —Kurt Vonnegut
I cannot speak for her, but I think FourWinds might agree that C&C is stocked full of Saints.
Dear Saints, Special Ted’s father is in much pain (for the first time in his protracted illness, he asked for his son to pray to take the pain away) and the outlook is quite grim for his chances. Poor Ted is utterly dismayed that he will lose his “best friend”, both soon and way too soon.
Please shower Ted and his family with your prayers & blessings for his father’s full recovery and his family’s unity & serenity. Regardless of whether God chooses to bring His son home (Ted’s father was once a noble policeman protecting his community, and I’ve no doubt God joyfully seeks his fellowship), I know that your advocacy will make all the difference in the world to the recipients—C&C is brimming with nimble spirited power devoted to Saintly good, and God is surely listening.
Thank you. Wishing you all the best for the promise that this departing day of January brings. (And the promise that you, C&C warrior, bring to it.)
And while we are speaking of prayer intentions, yesterday was a tough day for us - my husband is a Captain with AA, also flying commuter aircraft similar in size to the Bombadier - 50-60 passengers. Please keep these pilots and crews in your daily prayers for safety. It is a tough job, it is not glamorous and the crap they have to put up with is quite frankly, embarrassing. Years ago I told our kids that when you travel, you dress up, you look the flight crew in the eye and smile and say hello, and you wave into the cockpit and say"hi, thank you" if the door is open. I am appalled by the gross negligence of passengers these days - it's absolute mental illness in the skies.
Praying for your husband and his colleagues too 🙏🙏🙏 It must be stressful to work in these jobs lately 😞 I have always dressed up and act in a polite and respectful manner when I’m flying. It’s a shame that people’s behavior has devolved so much 😕 It also didn’t help when certain flight attendants were extremely rabid about masking and treated some passengers abominably. We need to get back to an attitude of mutual respect on all sides.
But we see this same sort of behavior in the majority of businesses these days! Very self serving people who could give a rats behind if they are available for the customers or not!!!! It is very sad and I hope that employers will take notice and make the necessary course correction! Being kind and caring goes a long way.... both ways!
totally agree Deb, and this trickles down from management. Covid lockdowns added to this whole schizophrenic landscape; people literally lost their minds and will to work. I would also say that the breakdown of the family has contributed over the years. All part of the marxist playbook to separate families and turn against the culture and each other. I was fortunate enough to stay home with my kids. I grieve for the young moms today.
I used to avoid Harbor reight tools, their stff was junk. BUT, as I learned a couple years ago, the business was handed off to his son, who now totally controls it. His fIrst thing,, get the makers of their tools to produce quaity merchandise. They are now better qualtiy than Cratsnam, their warranty is golden. Drop the dead tool in the counter, wak back get the replacement, walk back out the door.
Their staff have also come up in quality. riendly, knwoledgeable, hekpul, etc. AND I've noticed a few ties lately that at checkout the clerk will advise me that since I'm a loyal customer I get a special discount today. Last time it was 40% o.. receipt notes a "coupon" for the discount. I had no coupon!!! But, thinking back, my habit is to treat all such people as humans, as friends I haven't yet met. Engage in chatter, cheer them up, thank them for their help, make them laugh. This stands out from the crowds of impolite "normal" folks.
I do this because I can (we all should....) but I sure don't mind the occasional "coupon" that magically appears on my register receipt.
Kindness, friendliness, engaging in conversation even with strangers is not difficult. I also find I am often remembered next time I come in.
Life gets ore fun that way. And the cost? Absolutely nothing, and even sometimes benefits me.
We’re staying in a hotel and just asked my husband if he remembers the day not that long ago, when hotel desk staff dressed and communicated in a professional manner. He said it’s all that DEI garbage and I agree. How could you ask an employee to dress and act in a professional manner? That would be so intolerant!!
You've touched on a pet peeve of mine. All these people that say "no problem" after you thank them rather than you're welcome. This is a self centered concept. It is no problem for "me" rather than "you" , a service for you, are welcome. Probably just me.
Yup. My 2nd oldest son has always been allergic to displays of authority.
He nearly received a lifetime ban from an encounter with a NAZI United Airlines stewardess who accused him of drinking his champagne too slowly in first class in order to keep his mask down.
That is exactly what my husband and I do when we travel. We respect the mode and crew. Dress up, greet the crew with a smile and a "Good Morning" and then when deplaning, a thank you to the crew and the pilot. We are always very grateful to arrive safely.
I buy Dove chocolates to share with the crew. They are always thrilled, and come back to my seat to thank me. They put up with a lot of crap, the least I can do is bring a treat.
I still dress up to fly and have urged my grown children to do the same. Just flew this morning and locked eyes with the pilot, exchanging a sad smile, no doubt each of us thinking of the tragedy at Reagan.
Yes! On the few flights I’ve taken I make it my business to say Thanks.. I also pray for planes that I see in the air over my house. God bless and protect all who are in this industry.
Our oldest son is a pilot for PSA American Airlines based out of DCA and has flown that same plane on that same flight many times. We have followed him on Flight Aware most times landing in DAC (mom’s never sleep until their chicks are home) and are always baffled by the way the landing flight pattern is so strange at times and now we can see why. He was sick last weekend and flew home to Savannah to get to urgent care even though getting a ‘ding’ for taking a sick leave day then after so many ‘dings’ you are written up - what the heck?? - I digress! So he was not put on any flight schedule because the day off sick went into his time off duty. He will return to duty on the 3rd and hopefully we’ll get some “firsthand theories” to report. He said there is always a lot of helicopters flying around the area as he leaves and returns and what a busy airport DCA is. This tells me ATC is one of the most important part of taking off and landing, especially there. You never understaff the most important department in you business when your business is the safety of innocent souls who have put their trust in your competence. Our hearts are heavy with this loss of so many lives and our prayers are many for the families of those lost and accurate information and transparency in what happened in that moment that changed their lives forever.
The air traffic at DCA is ridiculous. I know this has been a rough couple of days for you. The commuter airlines are pretty tough on their pilots and seem to do a lot of bean counting - nobody wants a sick pilot at the controls, and I'm glad your son took care of himself. You said "You never understaff the most important department in you business when your business is the safety of innocent souls who have put their trust in your competence." Amen.
Verve, we’re just thankful for the interruption in life plans that come along and end up being a blessing in disguise. It has been rough but not anything near that of 67 other moms, dads, husbands and children endured and will forever. We, as a family, have experienced that loss. Our son’s first daughter and our first grandchild was killed instantly in an avoidable, horrific car accident. That loss never leaves, only changes. Knowing we’ll see her again - and at the rate this world is turning, it will be sooner that we can imagine- there will be no more tears. Our hearts break for the ones who left this earth not knowing Jesus as their Savior, and we pray for the families of those lost and do not know their creator would to come to know and accept Him through this unbelievable tragedy. (And yes, I am a nervous flyer also!)
oh my goodness. You have expressed so eloquently the guiding principal that helps us rise every morning and face the day. Yes, Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. I'm so sorry for your loss, and you are right, the loss never leaves, it only changes. I am blessed to have this conversation with you and grateful we are both part of the C&C Family
I read a substack yesterday (?) about the burnt toast theory. If you burn your toast and have to take the time to toast another piece of bread you may have been spared the car accident (or something bad) that would have happened to you had you not been delayed. How many of those did we hear after 9-11, where someone missed their bus or was sick that morning. That’s God protecting you.
so, CarO Lyn, I never heard that theory and thank you for sharing it. Have I a story for you....
My cousin, a well respected hard charging attorney who never sleeps in, accidentally slept it the morning of 9/11 and missed his regular subway. His alarm did not go off. He took a later train which arrived just after the second plane hit the building. He took the escalators up from the trains into the lobby in just enough time to run for his life. Many of you have seen the awful photos of men in suits running away as the first tower is collapsing and they are trying to outrun the cloud of debris. My cousin was one of these men. Like many survivors he needed a break after this and took 3 years off to join the Peace Corps in Cameroon. He told me he was so upset because the only person in his firm who didn't get out was the Receptionist as she had stopped on the stairwell going down to catch her breath, and she perished.
17 years later, my daughter was living and working in NYC during an internship in engineering school. She was walking home and found an odd bunch of white petunia's on the ground - like one of those home depot 6 packs annuals that you take home and plant in the ground. She picked them up, cleaned them up, and on a lark decided to take them to the WTC memorial - and place them somewhere on one of the names etched into the infinity waterfall pools. She had never been there before and she was 5 years old when 9/11 occurred. She walked around and after half an hour decided to place them on the name of a woman - Rosemary Smith. She sent me a couple screenshots privately on Instagram to show me. Something didn't seem right, I couldn't put my finger on it, and about 3 weeks later I looked up where this woman worked. She was the receptionist at my cousin's firm. Out of 3000+ names, she chose the only person that we had any connection to. I looked at her obituary and saw that she was Catholic and I got a Mass card for her and mailed it to her home parish on Staten Island. I told the church secretary if she felt the family would be ok with this to please give them the card, but if she felt it would be in poor taste to just hold onto it and know a Mass was being said for her. The family ended up being grateful and touched. I still have trouble wrapping my mind around how God works in our lives.
Yep, my oldest daughter is a flight attendant for United Airlines and, boy, the stories she tells me are toenail-curling at times. I'm amazed at the crap she and all the flight attendants have to put up with (smiling all the while!). It is so often a thankless job, and she is always grateful for those who say "thank you."
These flight attendants are some of the most stellar people I've ever had the privilege of meeting. People are so clueless that they put their lives on the line in an aviation emergency. And they don't pay them enough either! Your daughter sounds like a real peach!
You're right about all of them, (the comment earlier notwithstanding), and they're contract is really a joke regarding the number of hours they are on the job and the pay they get for doing their job. Thanks for the kind comment.
I admire flight attendants who are dedicated and calm even when so many people are jerks to them 😕 I always try to go out of my way to be polite and helpful. They have to deal with so much crap 😞
Thank you, all the flight attendants appreciate those who are polite and helpful, as all of us would, I think. As you mention elsewhere, too many these days see themselves as entitled.
My brother, a firefighting pilot, calls airline pilots glorified bus drivers. Not to disparage the pilots, it's just basically the job description. Only difference is they do it in the air.
I grew up in the airline industry (and later worked in it) and we were required per company policy to wear business attire when traveling as non-revs. Boys, young men and men were required to wear a jacket and slacks. (For a while, ties were required and my dad always wore a tie.) No golf shirts or sneakers. Women/girls wore dresses or business slacks, blouse, jacket, Closed toe flats or heels. Panty hose (!) (that one drove me crazy). No sneakers or sandals. The gate agents could deny you a seat if you were dressed inappropriately. By the late 80s, you could pick out the non-revs by how we were dressed. Through the 90s, they began relaxing standards until, by the time I left in the aughts, the requirement was basically, “don’t be naked.”
Last year I saw a legit video of a woman pull her pants down and relieve herself IN THE AISLE because the flight attendant said she could not move the beverage cart at that moment. When I fly non-rev I introduce myself to the gate agent and ask them if I can go get them a coffee or other beverage - my treat - the shocked looks on their faces tells me everything. I say to them, thank you for helping me and I will just wait over there (pointing )to hear from you if there is space available for me. I am frankly horrified by the number of people who wear their pajamas and slippers flying and fight about getting their oversized, overpacked luggage on the flight. The other thing that truly concerns me are the number of wheelchair passengers on flights these days - passengers of all ages - the damage from the jabs is extremely apparent.
I carry a substantial number of $15 gift cards to an oft-maligned but universally available coffee joint, in envelopes, on my trips. Staff are delighted to get them along with a heartfelt thanks.
The plandemic caused so much business dress code to blow up. I work in an industry that deals with ultra high net worth people. Reps will go to the meetings in a golf shirt. I miss the dress shirt and tie days (throw in a suit coat and I'm great) because it is just unprofessional. But then I'm considered old now.
I'm thinking that pendulum may start swinging back as part of a change in the mood of the culture. We are by nature herd animals and as the mood starts to change the direction of the heard changes. Conservative decorum and attire is going to become normalized and the minimalist, self-centered attitude will become anathema again. At 74, I can't wait.
Old is the new Young - I'm convinced... I'm seeing the younger set embrace more decorum and manners and they have a wistful look back at a simpler time before iphones and digital everything. My daughter asked me how I was able to do all this without a computer - I said, we just didn't have the exponential load of work that computers created - it's not even efficient anymore to do anything online that I used to do with a checkbook, a cup of coffee, a note pad and a roll of stamps. 6 factor authentication, searching for passwords, websites timing out, absolutely no ability to talk to a real person, or a person who speaks understandable English to troubleshoot website issues, platforms that don't mesh with each other, I could go on. And with all the data stealing issues and fraud, using ACH options are really concerning - you have to be able to really do a forensic each month. During lockdowns the kids who had to do college online just about had a nervous breakdown working with universities who were winging the online option to try to keep kids enrolled and constantly changed, without warning, assignments, syllabi, and made trying to get into the system/curriculum/ebooks and grading worse than Fort Knox. A third of my daughter's small college dropped out, many never to return and others losing half their credits to finish up at the community college.
OMG, so true! During my career in DoD, as an analyst I was one of the first to get computerized. It was a great tool for analytical work, remember Lotus Spreadsheets?, but when everyone became computerized, efficiency and quality of work product steadily declined. People became atomized instead of working as a team. Yet management bought the line that computerization meant we could accomplish a bigger workload. We became a "sweat shop". I was told to "do more with less" - by a HQ Captain!! I had arguments with management that insisted we should be able to "multi-task". People DO NOT multi-task. We are NOT computers. Only computers can multi-task. What people do is "rapid task switching" and they fool themselves thinking this is multi-tasking. This reduces efficiency, it increases the error rate in the work and it reduces the quality of the work product. So much for computerization. Management didn't like me much but I made sure my work gave them no excuses to get rid of me until I told them to take their job and shove it and retired.
No truer words spoken, Phil! I converted an entire trade magazine's marketing dept sales materials to "desktop publishing" gah, I'm so old, and saved the company (McGraw-Hill) 45k the first year (this was 1989 dollars). All of sudden the typesetter and mock up artists are without work and I'm stuck in the "velvet ghetto" of marketing without any assistant doing every blasted thing myself, burning out in short order. We DO NOT multitask - you are correct - and I remember the best example of proving this, was a friend saying "Say the alphabet" ok, then "Count to 25" ok, did that. "Now, multitask by saying them together" 1-A-2-B-3-C-4-D. It's the 180 degree opposite of efficiency. But wait, there's more!.... layer this BS over women and force feed them the lie that they can "do it all" - work 40 hours a week, run a household, raise children, get adequate sleep, have time for a spouse... and then make women feel guilty and inadequate that they can't do this successfully. I think the younger generations are retrofitting the narrative.
Right?! The younger generation looks at their parents being worn out, fat and dying at increasing rates and they intuitively think, "I'm not doing that."
I get it - I see both spheres - I try to maintain a positive attitude and chat up young people when I can. A lot of us have given up hope and they feel it - they are demoralized on so many fronts - many are starting to pull away from social media and we need to be available to them in the community
I wonder how much the intrusive actions of the TSA agents are putting passengers into a bad frame of mind before they get on the plane? I just avoid plane travel these days for that reason--difficult with two of my children on two other continents.
My son is a United FO now but was a Captain on a regional carrier and I prayed daily for his safety and the safety of his crew - I still do and will add your husband to my list. You're correct - the job may have its perks but it NOT so glamorous as people think. Very serious and stressful having all those people in the back counting on you to get them up and down safely. <3
LOLOLOL. It took me 5 years to get the courage up to fly with him in his own aircraft that he flies for fun - a fully acrobatic experimental 2-seater. No, he's not allowed to do tricks with me in it. Mind you, he is a former Navy pilot with thousands of hours flying and hundreds of carrier landings, 100 of them at night, on the pitching deck of the USS Eisenhower. So it is definitely a "me" problem.
Thank you Verve. I will add airline pilots and crew to my intentions list. They especially need our prayers for their safety as they are responsible for so many lives.
Those 40 and under weren't taught to treat others as you want to be treated. You say, please and thank you and think of others more than yourself. Today more and more only think of 3 people: me, myself and I
I used to fly a bit in the past. It was as you say not the menagerie of xyz as viewed by me in news reports today. No panache left to it; just functional transportation.
My Son is collecting his hours on the way to his Commercial License. I am very proud of him.
Thank you for giving us an opportunity to pray as a community. I am adding Ted 's father and family to our list of intentions - every afternoon I get on a zoom call with my old friends from Chicago and we pray for everything urgent. We started this 4 years ago during lockdowns when they stopped letting us go to church - and I place that squarely at the feet of the diocese Rockford Illinois, who caused their own demise, because 80% of the congregation never came back. The silver lining is that we grew as a universal community of good will and despite never meeting you all in real life, spiritually we have your back. God bless you TriTorch.
The district leaders of my northern Illinois Methodist church did the same thing. then after a year being closed to worship, they immediately sent our fabulous young pastor with a family somewhere else, betraying a promise they had made to him and us, and put a man not even a Methodist and his accent (Korean) is hard to understand at the pulpit and dull. The blowback was devastating to the congregation—just a few children and young parents and a handful of old people remain. I left when the second mask up began after everyone had gotten their clot shots, (not me). There is zero local outreach now and no choir, 3 or 4 kids in Sunday school. It’s dead. I am formally resigning as a member next week. Very sad. Satan is still laughing his arse off.
Janet I am so sorry to hear this, it literally breaks my heart. This is sadly rinse and repeat with so many other congregations. Our priest was doing everything he could to minister to our parish within the constraints of the higher ups to the point where they canceled him - told him is time was up with that parish and he had no future assignments and was punished by being restricted to say Mass publicly or confer any of the sacraments - he now "lives" on YouTube doing a holy hour every evening while the Vatican slow walks his case to be reinstated - which means it's been put in the circular file. They are furious at him for 1. Telling the clergy it was not a moral imperative to get the jab and let conscience be your guide 2. You are NOT committing a sin by not getting jabbed. 3. Having drive by blessings in the parking lot 4. Figuring out creative ways to say Mass to more than the 50 people who were allowed to be in the church each Sunday (we had 3,000 families and had to sign up for Mass). This is Fr. James Parker https://www.youtube.com/@frjamesparker777 Our church is quickly becoming a remnant. We all need to stick together.
Thank you for that, I will check him out. Our parish survived due to a Bishop who leans Conservative, although individual priests had latitude re: the masking crap. A non-denominational church sued our County and won, and once the County could no longer keep churches closed, all of the ones in our diocese re-opened but ours continued to broadcast masses on YT for the fearful until year. But we still lost folks who have not come back after covid. However I have seen (anecdotally) an explosion of growth in the non-denominational churches in my town. The one who sued I do greatly admire, they also back conservative school board candidates and the pastor preaches about the need for Christians to vote their values, he is very pro-life as well. But having visited a few times at the behest of friends, doctrinally, I have too many differences to bail from my parish. They don't even serve communion. It's good to see a revival in church attendance but I am a little concerned that all of these churches who make up doctrine as they go along may end up leading people astray and/or eventually lose interest. But one way or another, our country does need Jesus, and I pray that more people return to active participation in the faith, regardless of what that looks like.
well said. It is a complex situation with a myriad of different issues for all Christian churches involved. And I pray that we are able to rip the mask off of Catholic Charities once and for all in their complicity of human trafficking and lack of financial support for the real issues facing the church. I'm at a loss for words on what Francis said about the US trying to regain its borders. It is not biblical at all and he has no place making any statements about it.
The Catholic Charities mask needs to get ripped off NOW. So many people are in the dark about their shady connections. The compromised bishops are now scrambling to do damage control as VP Vance poked their nest. It will be the next big scandal in the church. Good people will be appalled that their money supported human trafficking and will stop attending and giving all together. The church is blind to what is coming because they have been so complicit all along.
Nearly all of the 'churches' in the West are fallen, Catholic and Protestant alike. Which incidentally, explains the rise of Eastern Orthodoxy in America as now being more attractive to younger people. There is, of course, a growing interest in a truly reformed church both in Catholic and Protestant spheres. But the disruption of mental health in the West has been so pervasively widespread, so effectively run to an accomplished fact, that the debate in sorting things out is a messy affair ... just like it was in the Reformation and events leading up to the Reformation. The good news is that there is a rising remnant and therefore always ground for hope in this world. And also, there is the reliance on Faith and the omnipotence of God in the righting of ships.
So, its good to see your comment headed in the direction of the Elephant in the Room, the fallen state of the Western churches. Because this is what no one wants to talk about save the very few. Perhaps this is now changing. There are early signs of this.
This should be a hot button issue of debate, because all civilizations rest upon the foundations of Religion. And when the foundation rots, the house falls. We are the living proof of this. And we all suffer profoundly.
Hi ... and thanks. And I suppose many of us feel like we are just wee voices crying out in the wilderness. How could it be otherwise when just about anything one cares to look at is so off the rails. And maybe there was not a real choo-choo in the first place. And perhaps just one more 'fool 'em' mirage?
The beginning of wisdom is knowing that Man is prone to get all tripped up too easy-like when it comes to the Wisdom Business.
And I really do not know too much. And the best I know comes straight from the Bible. Like ... fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. And these days, too many love what God hates and hate what God loves. And quite surprisingly, many of these call themselves 'Christian'.
Upside down world ... and go figure. And astonishing ... completely.
I try to keep my mouth shut. But I always fall down on that.
LOL... I think the Holy Spirit gives you words that cannot be contained and each word finds innumerable responses in people who intuitively feel what you say and gives definition to their vague apprehensions.
There is a quite a large move by young families to the Traditional Latin Mass, which Pope Francis is also doing his very best to suppress. In some of the more devout Catholic churches with good priests there has been an uptick in veil wearing and not taking Communion in the hand, and more sacred music. But the Mass after Vatican 2 doesn't resemble the Latin at all. And once the Latin Mass is gone, there will be no way to stop altering the Mass away from its origin. I didn't grow up with TLM but I recently started learning it and going to a small community near me - It's like another world.
It truly is a different world. And 'they' sure did 'their' Commie best to secularize the old Roman church out of existence.
Now, I have a question. Is that Pope Francis? I ask this because for all I can tell, it might as well be Pope Bidenapoules', Greece's favorite son! In this world it is sometimes hard to tell who is whom ... and a lot of the time, 'they' all look the same to me.
Daver— I will humbly suggest civilizations rest on the foundation of faith. Religion is rules/laws designed for exclusion. Faith is available to all who seek.
1) In the English Common Law tradition, you would be better off to go with Law supported by Truth. After all, the first thing a witness is required to do in an English or America court was to be swore in, 'to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help me God." And Truth is considered to be so important to Law that perjury was a stiffly punishable crime. Indeed, the scales of justice are always depicted as Truth weighed in on one side of the scales and Lies on the other side. And the scales must come down on the side of Truth otherwise the Law runs to ruin. Laws are always given to Man by law-givers, never by Faith-givers. And that's why the two Tablets of Moses were prominently displayed in American courthouse ... at least up until the time when the secular power of atheism usurped American law.
2) Faith is more correctly understood as described by Political Phil in his reply.
3) However, 'rules and laws' has a certain credence to it. And more properly couched, the question is always 'whose law'? Moses? Mohammed? Hindu? Christian? Or the Simon Says law of a forever shifting Humanism? And this is precisely where 'diversity' many not be quite the supreme blessing it was cracked up to be. And where the word 'exclusion' might share kinship with as that all time ubiquitously Commie favorite ... 'inclusive'?
Faith is a gift of the Holy Spirit to the repentant. By fallen nature, man alone cannot exercise faith in God. God's law and righteous standard gives form and substance to our faith for the life we live and thus we display the holiness of God and the righteousness of His Law. This is an unforgivable offense to the unrepentant and they hate us for it. This is the reason we pray for them that they may receive the same 'Sovereign Grace' that God bestowed on us.
Thanks. I know of Basham through my wife. Good lady. I've watched a couple of videos of her, and I was glad to see someone saying things as they should. Lovely lady and God bless her.
There are those who sell out for worldly gain more or less knowingly. And then there is the Confederacy of Stupidity and Well-meaning. This would be a man like our pastor at our first church, a country church filled with lovely people but so far off the rails. And nobody there had the least clue, not even the pastor. And I knew something was not right, but I could not place my thumb on it. That was now close to twenty years ago.
The road to Hell is often paved with good intentions. And I look at the examples in my own life, and it is a caution to me. I do give thanks to have had some light make its way into this little noggin of mine. It is a mercy not to have spent the entirety of my life in darkness, but also ... to have gained a measure of Peace.
You have such a great way with words that brings the truth of things down to the ordinary. Reminds me of Spurgeon's "All Of Grace" or CS Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters". Practical words for the soul and spirit.
Shush! Never mention these comparisons to DeWife. It would spell my certain doom, a consignment permanent to the outside lawn mower shed. Why? Because she would be so a-fright that my exploding heading would ruin the rugs. So much so, that she would have to 'park me' somewhere outside the house!
As it is, she is always saying, "Don't say that to him. It only encourages him!"
Well said. And though all "churches" may fail, God's remnant, the body of Christ on earth (the church militant), will always emerge victorious due to the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit against which no evil spirit can prevail. Thus is Christ's church an unbroken lineage through all the millennia, the true Israel of God. We are in good company. (For example, see Daverkb's comment below on the Russian Orthodox Church.)
I'm a Protestant but it appears to me that Poope Francis is as corrupting for the RCC as Biden was for the USG. I'm hoping the RCC will receive a Pope that takes the church back to her Biblical roots.
God will always have His remnant and we have the assurance that the faithful are supported by the indwelling of God the Holy Spirit against which no evil spirit can prevail. We look to our King and Savior who rules from His throne in heaven and reigns over all of history.
I’m a Catholic and I want to know why are American taxpayers funding Catholic Charities?
This organization is ripping off American taxpayers.
The data below outlines recent grants awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
HHS established most of these grants AFTER the election and BEFORE
@realDonaldTrump‘s inauguration. Something is VERY ROTTEN in HHS and most definitely at Catholic Charities.
And, please take notice that most of these "Catholic Charities" are located in areas that are represented by members of Congress who oppose President Trump and his agenda.
Congress MUST CONFIRM @TeamKennedy immediately AND then he should crush these organizations ripping off American taxpayers and likely supporting child sex and slave trafficking.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:
$200,205,406.69
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth Endowment:
$277,112,002.00
Catholic Charities Community Services:
$56,438,404.70
To name a few. There are many others and they’re not just in “democrat” districts.
Again, these are American Taxpayer dollars…it’s in the billions! 😡
Reading this makes me wonder what happened to Father James Altman of La Crosse, WI? He was such a refreshing voice of reason in the midst of the pandemic. I am not Catholic, but I thoroughly enjoyed his teachings and admonitions.
I know they kicked him out of his Parish and he had to move somewhere else to take care of his parents. God Bless him and other truth tellers!
He's been retired to the dustbin of Canceled Priests. There are thousands around the globe now who have been kicked out for speaking the truth. I believe he works behind the scenes here, helping other canceled priests. I met a good canceled priest recently who works at Home Depot. They are given next to no support. it's unconscionable. You can learn more here: https://www.canceledpriests.org/
This reminds me of the medieval Church after the plague where good priests who stayed to minister died while selfish, petty priests abandoned their flock to avoid being strickened.
We were left with diminished and self-absorbed shepherds, who ignored the poor survivors. This allowed the seeds of the Reformation to take root.
The more 'they' try to shut people up in mental prisons, and often with short time success, the more 'they' fail. My prime example is this, that the Soviets utterly failed to destroy the Russian Orthodox Church in spite of all attempts to do precisely that. And it looked very, very bad for a long time. Now the Soviets are gone, and remains? The Russian Orthodox Church.
Someday day the God-less American Bolsheviks, call them for what they are, will be largely gone as a cultural and political force. And we see them on the run already, their base dissolving before out eyes. With this, great fears, trials and tribulations will have to be endured. And how it all turns out? Who knows, because we forgets that we are Man with a limited capacity.
God has His plan and perhaps Fr. Parker’s new YouTube ministry is part of His plan to evangelize over a new medium. We need to carry on as part of the church as we are being tested. May God bless you on your journey. Our church wandered in the wilderness for over 20 years with pastors who were old modernists and it was painful. When the pastor finally retired God blessed us with the priest from the parish 45 minutes away where I had been attending daily Mass (my husband only wanted to attend the church in our town on Sunday). After praying for 3 years this priest is now the pastor for both churches in the valley and he is reverent and introducing traditions that I remember from my childhood and that people here were unfamiliar with. We have the bells and smells and are having a Candelmas on Sunday!! He did this at the other church but now the parishioners here will experience the blessing of their candles. More people are receiving on the tongue now whereas before most were only in the hand. It’s glorious to watch the conversion. So take heart, the Holy Spirit is on the move and we need to wait for God’s plan to come to our timeline.
Amen. I have seen the same happen in the conservative Episcopal church I attended in CA. I feel in love with the beautiful liturgy that spoke of the holiness of our worship that accompanied the Word, songs of worship and the Sacrament. Most of the Protestant church knows little of this experience of liturgical worship.
Methodists move their pastors around a lot to keep them from gaining too much power. Local congregations have no choice in this. It's all politics. Methodists do not teach the biblical gospel. My advice is to give them a wide berth. Also Episcopals, Presbyterians, and some branches of Lutherans. Be very choosy when you pick a body to worship with. Test their beliefs against the word of God. Many will fall very short. And rest assured, they will be most severely judged by the Almighty for doing so.
So methodist pastors are just appointed from afar? I recall the methodist church in Venice used to have a really nice youth program and welcome the homeless. Then they sent in a pastor from Africa who sermonized about the bad seed and made sure to get rid of most of the congregation. It was very strange to see a local community so quickly destroyed.
I believe so. They do what the bosses say and shut up. They have caused quite a bit of havoc and betrayal in that church. Our young minister was poached by s Chicago suburb because he was taking a doctoral course and someone in the suburban church wanted him there to be available because she was doing the same program. Entirely selfish reasons.
they need a few hundred Biden-trafficked migrants to fill the Asylum-Sanctuary pews, soak up local services, and hear the Leftist-Socialist Gospel proclaimed
I think many of the 501c government the churches have finally shown their true colors (they were being paid to push the COVID narrative), and can safely be consigned to the dust bin of history. That will make those remaining of quality shine like a beacon to those seeking God there.
But, here’s the thing - and to my limited understanding this is why the Book of Thomas was never ratified: you don’t need church to find God (didn’t Jesus condemn many of the in the Book of Revelations?), all you need is your community, like that wonderful one which sprang forth from your church’s betrayal. And you know doubt know this =)
This is all we need to know:
“Wherever two or more are gathered together, i am in your midsts” —Jesus Christ
(Cue lockdowns, masking, social distancing, discouraged singing, isolation on holidays, elimination of visiting hours, open liquor stores, and shuttered churches)
(Cue us never falling for that Christ separation protocol again.)
Masking during singing. Forced to hide our faces from The God of the Universe. Our Creator. Muffled worship with no joy shown. . Fear on display. Faith MIA. Bowing to evil. It’s a small community and every denomination did it.
Even the ugliest face is far more attractive than even the most well-designed mask. And there is no telling what damage this has done to our society. I can tell you, I think to an extent it has affected by ability to discern different faces.
Masking hurt infants and toddlers plus brain challenged youngsters making sense of people, their moving mouths, smiles, perceptions that center them in their world and grow their brains. It was evil. I know that word is used so much now but it’s hard to see that it wasn’t anything but evil.
My 30yo granddaughter has hearing loss and struggled because she tends to read lips (because she doesn’t much like wearing her hearing aid) and masks made that impossible.
That was always my issue with the church. Where was their faith? They had such fear. Trust in God! God’s will be done! If you are going to die according to God’s plan do everything you can to be right with God and look forward to being with Him for eternity! I am not afraid to die. Heaven is something to look forward to not be afraid of.
We are so so fortunate to have Athey Creek Church who fought the mandates and remained open. Pastor Brett goes through the Bible verse by verse chapter by chapter book by book. We are over 10,000 strong Also we are having a crusade august 2 and 3. Check it out.
I believe that the Church is God’s plan. While I agree that you don’t “need” church to find God, I believe that He wants us to be part of a community of believers. Practically the entire NT is a compilation of letters written to churches that were planted by the apostles. If you’re not part of a community of believers, you’re missing out on God’s plan for your life. Of course, that “community” doesn’t necessarily have to be a traditional church, but corporate worship and a unifying purpose is so uplifting.
I’ve believed that as well. It certainly can be a beacon and provide enormous benefit, the downside is that it can also become easily corruptable, and since it is not fully necessary in the first place, one must be very wary.
Preachers have great power over their flock’s mind, and this is why they are highly sought after targets for the devil. Be vigilant.
That’s why one must practice spiritual disciplines daily—reading and studying the Bible, praying, worshipping, etc. in order to develop wisdom, understanding and discernment.
Amen, prayers flying out from my prayer corner to Ted’s father and family. Peace and healing🙏
Verve reminded me of our church during COVID. We were shuttered, the church leaders got on the COVID money trail and then relocated to Texas leaving us almost high & dry. But God provides and brought us Joe and his wife who came out of retirement, travel across the mountain every weekend to Pastor the Flock. Many had left during that time, for reasons unexplained but obvious. Our church has grown, is thriving, and the best part: a youth group was started and growing at such a rate we are in need of more space.🙏 There is nothing more heart warming and Godly than to see the number of young parents coming to Church with their littles in tow! It’s a beautiful thing to see first hand how God works in the hearts and minds of those who need and want to listen. All the Glory to God🙏🙏Amen🙏🙏
Sure, 501c3 is a tax exempt status for churches (and other groups), but comes with increasingly restrictive conditions to keep it. Not many of the churches are willing to give it up, so they essentially become employees of the government. It’s the classic whoever has the gold makes the rules. (Money is how the government got all those doctors to go along with the COVID genocide protocols).
The .gov also outright bribed churches to push the COVID narrative:
501c3 is treason to God, and the death of the Church. It is outwardly double mindedness, but inwardly a wholesale usurpation.
The Church is either of God, sovereign and state immune, or it is not at all. The Creator is either greater than created, or else we are all atheists bending slave-like to the state in continuing masquerades such as witnessed during 'covid'.
I get real upset over all this double-mindedness totally witless under-educated mindlessness.
And more over, you could even make the rock solid case that any 501c3 consent is a huge violation of the Ninth Commandment, the bearing of false witness. That is the representing of the church as being solely a God' created sacrament when it is not. That is, a pastor will say the Church is of God, but acceptance of 501c3 refutes that claimt. And ditto of incorporation under the state.
If a church is either incorporated and/or 501c3, we will not worship there.
daverkb, that's piercing insight, thanks for putting that on my radar, and great to hear you speak with your feet because that church is speaking with it's wallet and fealty to the state and the root of all evil.
If more people made these stands, the world would be a far better place.
I am so old now and looking back is always a strange glance into the past of what I might have been and what I was not, and what of could have been said and either was said or not ... and for better or worse, and what was known and what was not. And of these, what was not known by me was an Everest of Darkness in a World of Darkness. And for this reason, I am grateful for whatever silvers of light which have come my way. And all Glory to God, and really not much of my doing by conscious volition. Just things placed in my path to look at by the miracle of Providence.
Well, what I meant to say is that , and in looking back on things, so very much comes down to either Truth or the Lie. A good witness, or a false witness ... and how how we represent ourselves to our selves and to the world about us, including those who are nearest and dearest.
In looking at the administration of President Cabbage, it was one long four year lie ... and quite possibly the longest and biggest lie I have ever seen, or maybe the world has ever seen, depending upon the cake of time is sliced. Nonetheless, it was the elongated bearing of false witness in lump sum.
Regarding the gospel of Thomas, watch/listen to Wesley Huff discuss this in the video, "Can I Trust the Bible," on his website:https://www.wesleyhuff.com/. Great info.
I watched the interview with Wesley Huff and Joe Rogan. What a fascinating young man. If you haven’t seen it I recommend it. It’s long and I watched it over a few days but well worth it especially since Joe is an atheist but seemed to be searching for the truth.
Thank you TriTorch for letting us know about Special Ted’s dad. I am praying for God’s mercy and for strength for Special Ted’s dad and for the whole family 🙏🙏🙏
I waited a couple days to call the Florida Senate President and the House Speaker to leave messages, but i just did - I hope that they got slammed with calls because, well, shame on them - to even call it the "Trump Act" is so ridiculously slimy, it makes me want to work to primary everyone who got on board with this joke of a legislation. It's not too late - you don't have to be a Florida resident to call: Ben Albritton 850-487-5027. and House Speaker Daniel Perez (850)717-5116. Jeff gave a good script, but I tried to make it more personal "Hello, I'm calling to voice my opposition to the Trump Act, which is a misnomer because it does not reflect the will of the people who voted for an America First Agenda. We are a sovereign nation that demands security at our borders and there should be no additional layers of government like the Agriculture department preventing our security. I don't know what you are all doing but you need to support our Governor Desantis, and work together as a united party. Tens of thousands of us moved to Florida because of the Governor's America First Policies. Thank you."
Sounds like they took instructions from the Democrat playbook...call a piece of legislation the exact opposite of what it represents... i.e. The Inflation Reduction Act, the Affordability Care Act etc.
For sure - and it's insulting. Luckily most of these people are genuinely stupid and the Trump administration seems to be using smarter tactics to give us all a glimpse of how poorly the sausage is being made. I wish we could get rid of the disney effect in this state - they have too much power.
I don’t want to think about it. Between my first (revered) home of Texas and my close second of Florida, I am too disgusted. After we take care of the dems, we need to cut the RINOs out of the herd, pronto. We cannot lose our gains to those limp-wristed dandies.
I would argue that the RINOS are worse than the Dems - yes they need to go pronto - with all the fanfare, exposure, scorn and embarrassment that we Americans can heap upon them.
Nobody answered. I am sure after Jeff's first plea for us to call they didn't know what hit them. Jeff gave 3 numbers for the Senate and 2 numbers for the speaker. The senate numbers were all the same voicemail so I just left one on the number I posted. The speaker had a voicemail answered by an administrative staff, and I also just left one message. They'd better be listening to us, we are not playing. We will primary them.
Had to leave a message but later received a text message saying I needed to call the governor and ask him to stand with president Trump. So misleading!
You can call them any time for anything. They are still embroiled in duking this out with DeSantis - he plans to veto this legislation
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Governor Ron DeSantis took the podium Friday to speak on how he is working to ensure state and local law enforcement work with the federal government to combat illegal immigration.
“The president has done his part with changing all the Biden policies, as part of the policies he’s implemented, they’re inviting state and locals to be a part of these efforts,” said DeSantis.
The governor disapproved of the recent TRUMP act that the Florida legislature passed this week. The act states that “the commissioner of agriculture is the only person responsible for serving as a liaison between certain entities regarding immigration laws.” It also lists a mandatory death penalty for undocumented immigrants convicted of capital offenses, sentencing enhancements for illegal immigrant gang members, and more.
“What they did was they created a piece of legislation that not only didn’t answer the call and helped deliver on the mandate that we have for the American people, they did things that would make it worse to combat illegal immigration than we’re doing now,” said DeSantis.
Jeff - thank you for the level-headed rundown of the FAA's staffing issues and their causes. That's the context that's been missing from all the hot takes I've seen. Everyone else I've read has left me with questions like: are there really staffing issues; are those issues caused by DEI? Helps to know there are real issues and they are (as usual) caused by leftist policy decisions, including vax mandates. More deaths due to vax mandates.
Mentally disturbed people need to be in Homes that have locks on them, so that they can’t get out to do school shootings, crash into airplanes, damage other people’s property and try to assassinate our President.
I don't think he disbanded the whole thing, just fired some members. (As always I could be wrong)
That's from one of the documents in the discrimination lawsuit, and describes the types of people who needed to be hired to get to their diversity goals. It was written in 2000, so this has been happening at least 25 years.
Like what? I like my baggage to end up at my destination, preferably at the same time I deplane. Why must government agencies be forced to deal with people’s personal issues? Aren’t we trying to stop that? If you own a business and want to help people in that way, more power to you. Government agencies haves been Forced into hiring and keeping people that reduce efficiency. What percent of the federal workforce would you want to be hired that suffer from mental illnesses?
They should have just said “side show circus freaks.” Now that pictures of Chuck Schumer’s “wife” are coming out, I’m starting to realize the whole damn government has been infiltrated by the crazy and insane FOR YEARS.
After seeing that United Airline's CEO is a cross dressing drag queen, I lost all confidence in flying. I'll get a horse and buggy before I fly again. Rob Schneider summed it up perfectly in this clip:
I’ll never forget the 3-day trip I worked for Delta out of SLC about 8 years ago. I logged in and made my way to the crew briefing room, where I was met by the lead flight attendant who was a man in drag, 5:00 shadow, full wig, woman’s purple Delta uniform and all. My instantaneous reaction was, This must be a joke. Nope. I spent the next 3 days watching passengers’ reactions. Most of them appeared dumbfounded, insecure and unsure of how to respond to that guy. It was no fun feeling captive to somebody who was obviously mentally ill. Now I know how the crew of the HMS Bounty must have felt…
This past June, I flew for the first time since 2005 (into Norfolk, VA, no less). I was always grateful to God for the safe travels, but now I see that His blessing was more of a miracle.
Only a low IQ person could come up with hiring more low IQ people for jobs that require high IQ performance. Only a democrat would be insulted by literally everyone else wanting the smartest person for the job, no matter their race or gender. Only a democrat would be appalled by intelligence requirements 😂 Because how would they survive if they had to rely on their intelligence?
They wanted to do this way BEFORE Biden, is the problem. One of the major reports I read from the court documents was titled "A Business Case and Strategic Plan to Address Under-Representation of Minorities, Women, and People with Targeted Disabilities" -- and it was published in 2000.
Not sure if "wanted" is correct, but they took away that as a disqualifier. Saw several posts from people saying they tried to be ACTs but were denied because .. they were white. Go figure. :(
They wanted the FAA workforce to mirror the overall workforce because they were afraid of being sued for discrimination. The solution was to instruct all managers to improve the percentage of "Minorities, Women, and People with Targeted Disabilities".
You might note that description only leaves out white men.
There are plenty of qualified folks from all walks of life but they must be qualified. Fill the job with the right person, the best person that meets the criteria. That's what is right no matter what. Then you get what you pay for.
The tragic crash near Reagan Airport is raising more questions than answers. Similar to the LA Fires, Lahiana, Western NC and East Palestine. A breakdown of government oversight due to “incompetence” and strange circumstances surrounding the cause. No wonder conspiracy theories are becoming mainstream. Hopefully the Trump administration will be transparent. This just feels like another Globalist/DS plot to destroy America.
CNN released the crash story 7 hours before it occurred. This tell us everything. They certainly feed us the narrative that they want us to grasp onto. With this new tragedy it is DEI and a trans pilot. Both of which are very real issues, no doubt. But I feel both are baited distractions from the truth. Yet again, far more to this staged event, just like Maui, NC, LA fires and East Palestine. It is sacrifice season for the occult. They communicate through their beloved gematria. The plane was rerouted to land on runway 33, their favorite number. Also many more examples with this event and gematria. Far too much to get into for this post. Always so much more to the narratives that they feed us. This world is too dark for me. I am exhausted....which is their intention as they feed off our fear, grief and rage.
I used to be an avid reader of spy, geopolitical thrillers, historical fiction, American history. From Clancy to, Michener to Berenson. I stopped reading 9 years ago. Current events in the Trump Era, are far more intriguing, historical and consequential.
My first red flag was the helicopter. My second red flag was at the Capitol's airport and kind of a 'prominent' location. But the 'over the top' strange way Trump was talking about this whole thing, almost without actually saying it that things just don't add up here.
"Hey Joe why don't you take off early tonight, i know the coffee i gave you earlier made your stomach cramp unbearably, we can handle it all from here. Couple planes a helo, no worries."
Who of prominence on the plane was killed by the "accident"? I could see if a couple Trump nominees or whistleblowers coming in to talk directly to Hegseth or Patel were passengers, then sure...activate the chopper pilot or just mess with the instruments on board so that the collision was plotted in
There was also banter on X about the displays used, how radar control looks like 1980s asteroids game on the original atari. Flightradar and flightaware apps on our phones are potentially more useful.
Trump said in his press conference that in 2017 he wanted to upgrade all the controller technology b/c what they were using was so old. Think they were investigating/getting quotes but then 2020 steal went down. He said upgrades were done to old equipment instead and it cost more than just replacing it all with faster, smarter, user friendly equipment. Maybe they will get it now. 🙏🙏 Praying for Ted’s father and family.
Well when they prioritize spending on sensitivity programs and all kinds of other nonessential things, no wonder the technology is in such a sorry state!! 😡
Funny, about 25 years ago I was dealing with a large wildfire bearing down on a major FAA ATC radar site in the forest, I spoke with the FAA staff at the site to coordinate protection and understand the implications. One question I had was what was the value of the site, the answer was at least $150M, but the bigger issue was that it could not be replaced because the technology no longer existed and would have to be reinvented. It seems similar to the Saturn V rockets of the Apollo age, that as soon as funding and the contract ended, tooling and expertise were lost, so instead of continuous improvements, just a one and done so to speak. Seem a nationwide infrastructure act maybe should have included upgrading these. (We did stop the fire below the site)
One real issue in this irreconcilable crash, certainly an elephant in the room, is the myocarditis and severe cardiac arrest causing ~jab~ were the black hawk pilots Pfizer or Moderna jabbed? Was this a “vaccident?”…. The other certainly plausible scenario is “suicidal ideation” under the influence of any one of the SSRI’s exposed by Dr Peter Breggin MD…. I When Will there be transparency on the full ramifications of the unprecedented forced Covid jabs and in air pilot flight emergencies and fatalities?
I’ve noticed the same non reporting in msm of the devastating effects of the vax mandates as a cause for the air traffic control personnel shortages. It was good to read Jeff’s honest ( as always!) reporting.
“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult."
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all [d]comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. 9 The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
When we use the word "mandate", we start taking things for granted. If we continue to work hard, we can strengthen and expand our, currently temporary, mandate. Scott Pressler and Nicole Shanahan issued statements over the last day or two that indicate they know the score and are still in battle mode.
Republicans need to flip the GA Senate seat (Shanahan is especially focused here as she helped get those two Dems elected, and it sounds like serious regret is setting in), and grab a bunch of seats in CA, where an opportunity has developed.
All gas, no brakes. Take nothing for granted. Stay on the offensive.
Amen!! Praying people are NOT complacent. Trumps win was just a battle victory - we still have a war to win. We have 2 Conservative SB seats coming up for re-election in April, one is running again and we are backing a new Conservative (patriot dad) and fundraising and getting volunteers is a struggle this time. Yeah some have other things in their lives going on and such but many have just gone dark and blow us off which leads me to believe they think they can just go back to 'normal' and not stay in the fight.
I'm not sure the war will ever be over. We just have to stay vigilant and keep an eye on them, because they are always lurking in the bushes and waiting for their opportunity.
I don't want to get in trouble but at the moment I'm having a difficult time describing how dumb some of the female D senators are. So I'll try to be delicate...
Nothing but one big yeast infection.
Not saying the men are pillars of intelligence...but boy oh boy...the females are next level.
Yep. We were talking about the antics last night at dinner and I said these women, by their emotionally incontinent displays, were actually ensuring we would NOT have a female president in my lifetime. And yes, some of the men are no better (and they should have to surrender their man cards), but as a woman, I'm focusing on people like Klobuchar, Warren and Gillibrand. Warren comes across as completely hysterical. I was shocked the degree to which she became undone. Unflattering doesn't begin to describe the interaction.
It’s the leftist women for the most part (besides a few RINOs like Collins and Murkowski and even they don’t seem to shriek and foam at the mouth like the Democrat women do). I’m not embarrassed because I don’t see myself as anything like them. I am the same sex as they are but the similarities stop there.
yes and it seems like they didn't have anything but their usual tired playbook of "you better bow at the altar of abortion" Regardless of anyone's position on abortion, people are *over* this singular argument when our country is going down in flames in real time. Abortion is a moot point now - the population of illegals coming into the country are going to have as many babies as possible to flip the country communist. Either these reps want this, or they are just dumber than a bag of hair. Bottom line, I don't control what people do with their bodies but I don't want my tax dollars being used against my will and my conscience. These women are so locked in and rabid on this issue, and they know there will always be some faction that will provide abortions no matter what the government says. And they *still* try to use the argument that a woman miscarrying cannot get medical care in a state that doesn't allow abortions. This is a blatant lie and it's so infuriating to me.
Oh yes, those Dem males are absolutely another weird species. The alien looking Ron Wyden, the congenitive liar Adam Schiff, Mark Warner come immediately to mind, but there are oh so many others in the same club.
Had I listened while Mom was trying to teach me to sew, I’d sew Bernie a giant Onesie in time for his next red-faced tantrum. I’d have it say, “Vaxxed and afraid, and OUTED by RFK”.
"It's easier to fool people than convince them they've been fooled." - Mark Twain (again)
These pathological liars will die before ever admitting they aren't perfect.
Another quote: "I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." - A. Lincoln, to Gen. Grant in 1863, published in a newspaper
Can you imagine Biden, Obama, Warren, Pelosi, (fill in your favorite liar here), ever admitting they were wrong? Again, they would die first.
Well, that did serve Abraham's purpose. Burning down Atlanta and waging war on civilians throughout Grant's march to the sea completely destroyed the southern state's economy and turned all but the poorest into war refugees.
Well, actually, Lincoln's statement to Grant related to Grant's actions in 1863 along the Mississippi river (the "Western theatre"). And Sherman, not Grant, actually conducted the march to the sea, at the end of 1864. Regarding "war refugees", yeah, that's bad, but over 600,000 men and boys lost their lives in the conflict.
But the point was about the honesty, or dishonesty, of high-ranking officials. Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Robert E. Lee, and John Wilkes Booth were more honest than the pack of thieves I referenced in my original post: Warren, Biden, Obama, etc.
What about RFK Jr? I was watching. Is this how it usually is to proceed by ranting, asking a question, immediately interrupting any answer, and then pretending that RFK said something horrendous? I thought they were inclusive, and yet they feel just fine to repeatedly silence someone with a speech disability? How can someone have any integrity if this is how they work? Complete bully behavior.
RFK is so ridiculously intellectually competent that they didn't dare to let him speak. I saw one Senator stumbling over her words as she tried to play out the strategy that they apparently tried to coordinate. And Bernie... His eyes and veins were popping out of his head when RFK brought up his Pharma funding. I couldn't believe that he didn't completely talk over RFK before he could say it. Didn't he get the tactical memo?
Same thing with Tulsi Gabbard, they ask a question and then proceed to filibuster. They know she is smart and could annihilate them with her answers, so they talk over her with ridiculous statements, I don’t think they even care how stupid they sound as long as she doesn’t get a word in.
Bernie doesn’t realize you can look that information up easily? Even we peons can find it. Opensecrets.org. These slime balls are either over programmed or the hypnosis session didn’t take.
I doubt very seriously that RFK Jr. has ever used Medicare, of either part.
Funny enough, Wed evening I went to dinner with a HS friend and his older GF. At some point in the convo, I mentioned that it had been over 5 years since I'd been to the doctor.
The GF replied "Well you'll have to go when you turn 65 in order to get Medicare."
I told her "No, I won't. I refuse and I will never willingly participate in the Big Pharma - Medical scam again."
Right after that they both put their masks on. Lol
My friends tell me they have to go to an annual checkup to get meds renewed. I did not know that as I do not take any prescription meds. Pharma clearly drives the practice of medicine.
I completely disagree that RFK not knowing part A distinctions meant that he showed up so badly as to make him seem unsuitable for the job.
I took that as the trivia tactic. Basically, I'll try to catch you in the act of not knowing some fact, which will then be used to obscure the big picture of just how competent and capable you are at addressing the bigger mission. And RFK has been working on that big picture mission with competency and integrity for many years. Anyone can look at his long work history and see what he's about, what he can do, what he has proven himself as capable of, where he is going and why. Why is Medicare A as a point of knowledge given legitimacy as a significant issue when it is beyond obvious that it is not a functional issue in the workings to come. That is what teams and advisors are for, to work out things like what it concretely can look like to facilitate a system that actually gives results in good health.
I watched much of the hearings, while juggling duties. The hostile tactics were clear, to shout down a man with a speech disability that does not allow him to physically vocally compete, thus defeating him metaphorically. As one of the most censored individuals of the past speech lockdown years, we got to see the same people who support censorship doing their best to do it live and on the spot.
There were senators who mentioned meeting with rfk to discuss their concerns, and, putting two and two together, I understood that the hostile front both refused to speak to him prior and intentionally did their best not to engage him in any civil communicative way in the hearings. What I observed was rant, question, interrupt and yell over any answers, and then rant as though rfk had said something he had not, portraying their character assassination propaganda as some kind of gotcha scum truth. How can anyone in a role to represent the people, who gangs up to avoid real contact with the issue, be seen to have any integrity? There is no there there.
Even though it was not to topic, I was grateful when RFK pointed out the hypocrisy of Sanders accepting Pharma money. In order to address the unspoken meta issue, you need to step beyond the restricted and abusive faulty form.
I don't entirely understand why he said some things like that he would not try to restrict vaccines and support them, but I imagine for myself that, as was clear in the hostile ambient, he at best could get out part of what was meant to be a longer discourse with context and clarity.
I imagine he must have role played being in this hostile environment, with awareness of how left media would make use of it, but, I honestly do not see him as a snappy soundbite guy. From my witnessing of him, he is a person of integrity who seriously and sincerely shows up to take the time to develop the argument and the support for it. I wonder whether he truly knows how to alter his communicative character for this kind of bizarre environment of being cut off, vocally censored, and maliciously mis-portrayed.
Welcome to politics. What you witnessed in the little of the hearings you did watch is what goes on in every contentious confirmation hearing. Both sides (R's & D's) do it (show hostility, grandstand and do that Yes or No stuff). Yes, it is shameful, but you need to expect it when you are a nominee and deal with it.
RFK, Jr has lived in politics his whole life and should have been better prepared for it. He has testified before the Senate before. I believe many of those democrats indicated "we discussed this or that in our private meetings". I watch the full hearings from both days, as a luxury of being retired. I know it is hard for those working to do that.
I would agree with your assessment of his character, but he changed his tune beginning with his campaign and then into this nomination. He did that unforunately to pander for votes. When you do that, it gets you into trouble, which it did this week.
Regarding Part A. I repeat that was not an insignificant blunder. That question is not a gotcha question. That would be like me interviewing a candidate for a tax position and finding out he didn't know what a 1040 or GAAP was. Trust me its a big deal. He also constantly confused Medicare and Medicaid. All these programs constitute the largest part of his roles and responsibilities as HHS Secretary. Associated Press ran a story the day after the hearing titled "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggles to answer questions on Medicare and Medicaid at confirmation hearing".
I have been following Kennedy's work on vaccines for over a decade now. The Kennedy I knew did not show up in those hearings. As I said previously, he broke my heart.
A Senate confirmation hearing is a job interview. RFK went in to interview for the job of HHS secretary. HHS runs the Medicare program. He is saying, pick me for the job, I am qualified. And he doesn't know that Part A covers hospitalization. He said doctors visits. That's Part B. He is also on Medicare. Every piece of documents you get from them tell you what the parts are. I did not know either until I went on it last January. But if he can't answer those basic questions, do you hire him for the job and say he is qualified? He threw the game for the other team yesterday - why?
No. One slip does not get you canned. But if you really are a MD and you watched the hearings I don't know how you can say his performance will make it easy for a friendly (Cassidy - a Republican who supports Trump - but is also a MD) to vote for him? Were you impressed by how he handled Cassidy's concerns around the Hep B shot? Were you impressed on how he handled the questions re: Guardasil? What I saw is a guy that says "I follow the science", "I will do what Trump tells me to do"," If you show me the science I will follow it", etc. He was not prepared to state what the science was that led him to the statements he made in the past. He did not point out the studies that HHS have not done on vaccines (vaxxed vs unvaxxed, study the impact of the whole schedule - how many shots can the kids take at one sitting, etc.)
I have been following this man for over a decade on vaccines. I have watched him go head to head with many and he did so very competently in the past. But unfortunately that man is not on the record. The man that showed up these past two days, I did not recognize. He did not take the opportunity to bring forth to Congress and America the problems with a sacred cow they call vaccines.
Please provide the moments in these hearing that impressed you.
The rats have a playbook they use over and over! Then media picks up something negative and blows it out of proportion and spreads it everywhere! We see it!
It will be interesting to watch the swamp creatures retire or something worse!
If you watched both hearings you would be very nervous about him being able to be confirmed. He did not perform well. He was not prepared with any facts or specifics, particularly on vaccines. Thank God for Rand Paul yesterday. He gave his 5 minutes to challenging the day one vax for babies with the committee chair (who is a Republican doctor supporting Trump) instead of asking his own questions. RFK JR should have done it but he failed. I wish Aaron Siri was there to answer the Senator questions. That guy is great on showing how there is no science to support safety for vaccines.
RFK Jr messed up on an easy softball question, by a Democrat, no less. He couldn't tell them what the parts were to Medicare! My heart sunk as it got it wrong. For Christs sake, Medicare is the biggest part of HHS job! I have been sick all night over it. This was our chance. Did he purposely blow it? Remember the last Trump presidency he was suppose to lead a commission on vaccine safety and it never happened. Are we being played by Kennedy? My conclusion after the two days of hearings is yes.
True... but RFK's refusal to speak truth about Big Pharma's Covid DEATH-jabs was, IMO, intentional... much like Kash's refusal to call a spade a spade and come out and say the '20 and '22 elections were riddled with FRAUD and CORRUPTION... and to say that Snowden was NOT a "traitor", but a whistleblower.
They thought those truths would be disqualifying.
Probably will not matter... the Dems are SCUM.. as are the RINOs.
RFK and Kash will be close votes... Tulsi, IMO, is toast, due to the secret ballot.
I have a question. If, as has been documented, accepting a Presidential pardon is an admission of guilt, why does US Senate leader allow California's junior Senator Alan Schiff to ask Presidential Cabinet nominees any questions? Since he accepted the pardon he has confessed to being guilty of crimes. Even Thune should be able to understand something so simple.
Did Schiff accept it? Usually that is done when it is asserted in response to a legal proceeding. At any rate investigations should be conducted. The pardons cannot prohibit investigations. We deserve to know who did what and when.
I believe he did, I suspect it would have been big news if he refused it. I agree, put him, and all the others under oath to tell the truth and ask why they were given, and they accepted pardons. We have a right/need to know.
I don't think he has accepted it. I searched "accepted Biden pardons" and got nothing then "refused pardons" and interestingly got articles about J6 recipients who refused them but nothing on Biden pardon refusals. I fully acknowledge that online research ain't what it used to be. I do not rely on AI responses.
I do not think there is a formal process to accept or reject. Unless or until you do one of the other it is akin to an open offer it seems. Usually a stance has to be taken by the proposed pardonee in conjunction with some sort of legal action. Interestingly at least one J6er is reported to have rejected the pardon, saying he did it, it was wrong to do it, he was guilty and should not be pardoned. And two of Biden's death penalty commutations were rejected because they had appeals pending which alleged their actual innocence and believed the commutations would damage their appeal; though I have seen a blurb on a case saying a commutation cannot be rejected. I think the interesting thing about Biden's pardons is whether the recipients will reject them to maintain 5th Amendment protection.
I wondered that myself. Schiff was just (s)elected in November so why weren't other, more senior senators on that committee? Schiff is a lying, conniving slime par excellence. The California voters who elected that creep are beyond stupid.
Pity poor billionaires JB and "Jennifer" Pritzker: Trump's efforts to shut down "gender-affirming" medical care will put a big financial hurt on the Pritzkers' funding goals.
The Tawani Foundation, Duke University, University of Minnesota Medical School, Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago: All have received millions of Pritzker dollars to advance the transgender cause in both civilian and military society.
We can pray that their vile business will be reduced if not outright eliminated.
I think the Pritzker family has a trans sibling? That may explain the funding frenzy. I hope these surgeries are soon relegated to the dustbin of horrors where they belong.
Speaking of that miracle, I saw a meme where the Dem women senators were showing their ugly faces, pointing and screeching and a pic of Trumps bleeding ear. My ears would bleed too. lol
Have you all seen this video of the plane crash? It’s from CNN and a completely different angle than I’ve seen before.
My husband and I watched it and have no idea how the helicopter didn’t see the jet. It looks like they’re just heading straight towards each other. But we also aren’t helicopter pilots, so I’m sure there’s something we’re missing.
I read an x post by a former Black Hawk pilot (now retired) who said early on that this was heli crew failure in his professional opinion and that they would've been wearing night goggles (for this training mission) but that in that air space their whole range of vision would be lit up with green (because of all the lights from the city and other air traffic). That said, he said the pilots are not often looking forward in their flight path, they (and their crew) are all looking both inside and outside of the cockpit and usually (if well trained) announce when they are looking inside (so the others redirect to look outside) and between the three of them someone always has eyes focused out. He suspects they failed to do this at a critical moment and were focused on the other regional jet that was taking off (to their right) and swerved to go behind it (as ATC instructed) but instead (flying at 200ft higher than they should've been) swerved into the flight path of the AA jet. What should've saved everyone was the altitude corridor for the heli (which they inexplicably were not in...) and ATC (who SHOULD have called an alert and for rapid adjustment).
Those facts beg the question: Why does military traffic fly TOWARDS civilian approach paths into DCA? Weather permitting, ALL military flights should be routed westward, away from DCA approaches, thus minimizing the opportunities for collisions.
Holy Cow!! Wonder who filmed that!?! How did they know to focus on that particular part of the night sky? Surely in such busy airspace flights of all kinds are not notable? It seemed like a person was filming as the camera moves at the end?
Watch the video and make your own assessment as to whether this was intentional or accidental. The Blackhawk looked like a missile heading for its target. And how likely is it that a helicopter would just happen to veer into the approach flight path of Reagan airport? How likely is it that the airspace within 3 miles of the White House and U.S. Capital wasn’t being watched by multiple radar systems and very tightly controlled, especially post 9/11? Just saying.
My thoughts exactly. How can a Black Hawk crew not notice a huge airliner with all its lights on? And continue their flightpath and ram straight into it? Regardless of ATC failure it sure looks intentional. And what about military radar and the surveillance of airspace above DC, one of the most secured areas in the world? I mean, come on.
I get what you’re saying, and I understand the theory about the potentially suicidal helicopter pilot… but there were THREE pilots, I have a hard time believing that they would be ok with suiciding themselves. I lean towards an accident caused by mistakes/ineptitude, but I definitely leave space open for the suicide theory. It would explain so much.
I do not remember hearing about this when it happened, but a guy who worked at a Seattle airport as ground crew in 2018 managed to get onboard an empty aircraft, take off, and circle around the area for an hour and a half before crashing it onto an island - suicide. I stumbled across the video on FB last week and it haunted me for several days - I lost a sister to suicide 14 years ago next week, and my not knowing she was struggling still hurts to this day. Everyone who worked with him and a couple of friends who did speak to reporters had no clue whatsoever that he had mental health issues or was suicidal. The video had banter between him and the control tower as well as military jet pilots who were prepared to shoot him down if headed for a populated area, and it was clear he had done this as a big time stunt that would end in his death. From what I was able to read, dug up whatever I could find on this story, family and friends for the most part have never come forward and talked, but his final act has evidently landed him a cult following. Amazed and saddened just how many people commented on the video of his flight saying how they too were in despair, and they totally understood why he did what he did.
Not saying this had anything to do with this crash - it's too early to know - but at least from the looks of that newest, clearer video that just came out - I am not sure we can rule out intentionality. I just know we can never really know what is in someone's mind and heart, and there are a lot of walking wounded out there.
I witnessed this incident when I lived there. He was flying around for a long time all around Seattle, before mercifully ditching it in more remote location.
Do we really know there were actual pilots on board? Maybe it was unmanned, how would we know?. It would be interesting to find out who all the passengers were on the plane…..
The helicopter pilot was looking to the right, telling the tower that they see the plane in order to avoid it, and the plane that crashed into them came from the left. The Am Airlines pilots were looking at instruments, juggling 5 things at once to prepare to land, so they didn't see the helicopter because they weren't looking thru the window.
They're worried about Trump's authority to "strike federal spending and regulation, and reconfigure vast swaths of the U.S. government even without approval from Congress," yet the whole reason this is happening is that federal agencies have been doing whatever they choose with taxpayer money without approval from Congress. Congress created the agencies, but then set them loose with vague instructions of their purpose — they get to decide how to use their funding, supposedly in service of that purpose. The striking down of the Chevron deference was a useful precursor to reigning in the unaccountable bureaucracy. And now the head of the executive branch is exercising his Constitutional authority to direct the agencies that Congress created to ensure they are spending the money in service of the proposed purpose for which they were created.
Happy Friday from behind enemy lines in Western WA. Just so you all know our state and local governments are moving even further left after latest elections. They have new bills in the D super majority that plan to strip parental rights for school children, charge $25k insurance for gun ownership, ban wood burning stoves, increase carbon tax, ignore ICE and more! We can hold for a year or more but WA is an afterthought to MAGA and doubt any major confrontation will happen to slow the commies down. Praying my future grandchildren will not have to live w this crap.
Good morning from Eastern Washington… and yes, it feels like we are behind enemy lines.
I would suggest that a large minority are complicit in the downward spiral of our state.
We are having positive results in Yakima County through the strengthening of the PCOs and just getting the right people in the Yakima County Republican Party leadership. And I hear Clark county is going in a good direction.
My theory is that some Republican/conservative are sitting out voting because they see how corrupt and disingenuous the Republican Party is.
My advice if you aren’t a PCO yet, become one… get involved with your County Republican Party… I am told they are decent, so there is room for improvement
Please see my reply below to Alan and let me know if you're already doing it there.
It's an abbreviated sample (!!!) of the latest from them, and gives those who don't live here just a small taste of the insanity we're dealing with in this state.
Suggestion if you can, Get involved in your local county GOP and attend the monthly meetings. Find out who the committee men are. They have influence to elect candidates and fight back against voter fraud. My county GOP in California was majority corrupt now majority MAGA because patriots stood up and got involved. I just went to meeting last night. Very inspiring. True warriors. Read Dans Schultz’ book How to get into the ball game of politics where you live to help make America great again. God bless! 🇺🇸✨
Covfefe Gal, your insights are spot on. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Please see my post above in reply to Alan. It's an outstanding example of the kind of thing that can arise out of the kind of advice you're giving.
The folks doing this work are doing an amazing job.
The onslaught here from the left is beyond belief, and I pray we'll soon see a strong US Attorney appointed for this district to help us fight back.
I'm a California refugee and reading what you've shared in your post makes me feel very thankful, and gives me optimistic hope for my beloved and greatly missed home state.
I'm surprised this hasn't happened in crazy CA. WA has more loons running things than I realized. I lived in Seattle in 1969-70 and it seemed like such a wonderful place back then.
CMCM, we're overrun by them, and they're completely out of control. I hope you'll read my post above in reply to Alan. It gives just a few examples of the outrageous assault we're under at this time.
Their stated priority is to resist Trump and thwart his supporters in every possible way.
I hope folks are paying attention, because this is exactly what's in store for other states if the left succeed here. And California is likely to be next.
I moved to NW California in 1984, then NE Cali....now I'm on the Central Coast (Santa Maria). Whenever I go up to see my family in the Tacoma area, I can't believe how awful the traffic is ...and the feeling of "Home" is long gone. I grew up in Milton, a lovely slice of rural suburbia. Now the beautiful ranches & farms are subdivisions. 💔
I was born in Santa Maria, and lived most of my life in San Luis Obispo County, until the illegal immigration issues in that region finally made it unlivable for us. Husband was born up here and his folks wanted him back, so we're now in rural Clallam County. I do miss it there. A lot. And I do think it's probably a better place for you than the seattle/tacoma area. I probably wouldn't be able survive in sea/tac.
It's a very small world, isn't it? I have lovedi living here but yes, the Third World has continued to encroach on this lovely little piece of California. The perfect weather is so hard to leave...but now that I have retired from my job in the Santa Ynez Valley, and my 91 yr old mother up I'm Lakewood just got diagnosed with Breast Cancer ...I may have to come back up to help her fight her nemesis, armed with Ivermectin, Fenbendazole, and a few other weapons of WAR against this jab-induced enemy. 🔥🔥🔥
Oh honey. I'm so sorry to hear of your Mom's diagnosis. You're a good daughter. And a smart one. I'd have more faith in your approach to treatment than the ones typically inflicted on ladies in her situation. Do you think she's vaccine injured?
My only grandchild is presently in critical condition following surgery for brain cancer. I feel sure it's due to being force 'vaccinated' two years ago. I can't find the words to express the sadness I feel.
There's no place with better weather than the central California coastal area. It's like a paradise. So mild and so kind. Before illegal immigration overtook the region it was the hub of the universe for me. No matter where I traveled I couldn't wait to get home. It holds many of my fondest of memories.
Prayers UP for your precious grandchild ... Yes, the Jab has done its evil work on too many people. I just told my mom I totally blame the jab as the cause of her cancer, and again, I begged her to stop getting any more flu shots or ANY OTHER Jabs. Praying she'll embrace this chemo/radiation alternative. I will be giving God ALL the Glory when she is healed! 🙏🏼
I sure hope your mom heeds your advice. The standard treatment protocols are utterly brutal. Even strong young women are wiped out by it, and the elderly would seem to stand little chance of withstanding such radical therapies.
Grandson is doing well and bouncing back, with a good prognosis. Whew. Hopefully this will be the end of it.
I'm actually "stuck" in Arizona right now. I was snowbirding for years between here and Vancouver, but my Vancouver roommates bolted for greener pastures. With any luck I'll find a 'summer home' and be up in time for the start of softball season!
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BILL TITLE: Improving outcomes for individuals adjudicated of juvenile offenses by increasing opportunities for community placement options and refining procedural requirements.
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A) Merit over diversity (I read that there were 3 separate plane/helicopter incidents at DC airport in last 6 days.) https://archive.is/0GTQt
B) Demokkkrats have learned nothing since the Trump Smack Down. The way they are presenting themselves in these confirmation hearings is ridiculous and the American people know it.
C0 On another note: The Two Sides of Criminal Illegal Immigration: Terrorism and Free-Range Infectious Diseases https://shorturl.at/8c1MA
UPDATE:
— The trans pilot posted a proof of life video. https://bsky.app/profile/out5p0ken.bsky.social/post/3lh2c5omqg22s
Good to know.
Now, who is the 3rd unidentified member of the Blackhawk crew, and why have they studiously avoided identifying him or her?
What I am curious about is exactly who the deceased military personnel are, and what their backstory is. My reason for this is that we simply must be at least be more translucent so that we can avoid this scenario:
The quote often attributed to Hannah Arendt is:
“The constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people who can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want.”
I’m at that point. I feel like I’m perpetually in a bad movie.
That's how I feel about the complete media blackout on the millions of deaths caused by the mRNA injections.
WTF? Worst crime against humanity ever, and somehow no reporting on it?
Cause they dont want to bite the hand that feeds them. Search youtube or Rumble maybe for that “brought to you by Pfizer” video.
Yes, as an interview on Tucker pointed out, all that Pfizer advertising is not to sell anything, but only a bribe to be revoked the moment that any TV stations starts to tell the truth about the mass death caused by the mRNA products.
That's why the ads themselves are stupid and irrelevant. They are just a way to launder the bribes.
I SOOOO identify with that!
Made a meme out of this:
https://patrick.net/post/1343764/2022-02-23-get-ready-for-censorship-like-mad?start=877#comment-2142045
What astounds me is just how readily supposedly smart people will walk down the deception path. Whats more, they refuse to look with any type of scrutiny when evidence to the contrary is presented. Whats can one DO with that?!
Chevrus - yes! it is called Mindset - a matter of limited perspective based on emotional, selective perception. Not uncommon! Something we all need to be alert to in oneself, as well as in others.
REBUKE IT!
NPR has a story updated today and stating the third female crewmember allegedly acting as pilot at the time of the collision, will not be identified, *per her family's request.
To be honest, this seems like a reasonable explanation to me.
But I still want to see an investigation into the flight path deviations. According to at least one source, I saw that the helicopter veered from its normal flight path along the DC side of the river and exceeded its maximum altitude limit right at the last minute.
Also, there is a new CNN video from a different angle and very close to the actual collision that shows the helicopter going straight into the airplane 🛫
It’s curious how a mere divorce will land in the local newspaper yet a fatal collision such as this can incur anonymity…. Sorry but that is not acceptable. One does not simply play an instrumental role in killing over 60 people and remain an unknown. FOIA, LawFare, whatever it takes. This is. Not a precedent that I’m willing to live with. More light in the fishbowl please.
100% agree. I've never heard of this before. I am confident that Secy. Hegseth would be asked a question about this. Also, I am skeptical of any reporting by National Socialist Public Radio (NSPR) anyway. I don't see how this could possibly be kept from the public domain. It is unacceptable if the Army tries to do that.
Also, it raises more suspicions, keeping the identity from the public. The helo flew right into the passenger plane and had more than enough time to react (seeing that new CNN obtained footage, and the one from the airport view over the plane on the ground). Only a handful of explanations: 1) mechanical failure (not likely) 2) computer flight hack (not likely) 3) DEI pilot (?) 4) terrorist (?).
Also, the Army radio: "Return to base" command with no response from the helo... Erratic flight path of the helo... too many data points that lead towards #3 or #4 explanations above.
Also, you don't get to have anonymity if you are responsible for killing 67 souls (including your own). The American people and any other country that had passengers on that bird also have a right to know.
And while under the employ of the taxpayer, 79smithW60.
Exactly, good point.
Jab injury gone wild?
I almost put that in my comment as #5, however there wasn't any erratic helo movement, it just flew straight into the jet. My thinking was that if it were a jab issue, there would have been some sort of crazy helo movement and then an attempt to correct the flight trajectory by the co-pilot (the one that had the most experience). The flight path makes no sense. Straight at the jet for many seconds (enough time to course correct by a highly maneuverable helo).
What really went on in the military during the last administration? Who was recruited, what was their nationality? Who trained them?
Remember, there are jihadi cells across this country that we will likely never hear about because their tactics have become so sophisticated. (If Shawn Ryan’s recent discussion with Jane Doe is not a psy op and is honest.) Add to that the People’s War declared against the US by the CCP in 2019, which is an unrestricted war - any time, any place, not kinetic (because they can’t win a kinetic war yet). Tens of thousands of military-age Chinese men trekked through the Darian Gap relatively unscathed, with cash and change of clothing, and crossed into our homeland. Where are they and what are they doing? The CCP knows each and every person who leaves their homeland as well as their hometowns and families. (Multiple sources, including Michael Yon, Ben Bergquam, et al)
I have a LOT of questions.
More truth.
Also throw into the fact that they're able to remote pilot these Blackhawks now from up to 300 miles away (just saw that on Grant Stinchfield)... another wrench. I am praying that with this new team (Tulsi, Pam, Kash, Pete, Marco, John, and VP Vance, and of course Pres. Trump) that they will get to the bottom of all of it.
A LOT of questions that demand answers.
Yes, that issue of remote control - of planes, cars, et al, is huge.
79S - you left out the obvious cause: Human Error.
It was a training flight. Copters are really complicated to pilot.
Wrong (unauthorized) height and it certainly appears to have flown straight into the jet with plenty of time to adjust. Also, failures of the tower to react to their collision indicators. Very odd set of circumstances. One controller not on duty (was sent home early). Don't know for what, could have been sick, but then there should have been a backup. Either the supervisor or another controller. Curious to see how that comes to light.
Seems more like a remote control FF event IMO
Helo are not complicated to a pilot. They are well trained to fly them and it is second nature like driving your car.
#5 False flag event... best way to distract/sway the public thinking...
Sometimes they are totally fake but no doubt real people get hurt/sacrificed in these FFs.
My initial conspiracy thought when I questioned the event was, Could these planes have been remotely controlled?
They can do that.
Anyone can be a crisis actor and also be made up or be given new identities. If you think "no way" then it is a very likely thing they would do so nobody would ever be suspicious of.
I think your position is reasonable.
As a Navy Helo pilot (retired now) I have a couple of question: 1) were they wearing NVG’s 2) what time did their day start ie what time did they brief their training mission 3) what was the flight experience of the aircraft commander 4) had they flown this flight path before 5) were their night quals and all their quals current.
I don’t belief it was a terrorist act as there was 3 people onboard. All three would have to be involve to pull it off. There is no way one person could.
My first thought was that they had vertigo. Yes, I have had it at night. It is very easy to get it at night and yes, both pilot can get it at the same time. We have had pilot fly into the ocean while flying in starboard D… they got fixated on something in the cockpit and flew into the water… no one survived. It stinks getting it at night… even during the day, it is challenging. To me, it explains why they were above the altitude ceiling and off course. Nothing else makes sense to me.
I wonder if you and my Dad knew the same crew lost aboard Troubleshooter 615 back in the late 90s (I think) off the coast of Elizabeth City, NC. I believe they were out of HS-3. Andy Baker was the AW. That’s exactly what happened to the pilot, God rest him and all our Sailors.
Thank you MayBella82. None of the talking heads have mentioned the length of their training mission (when it started), vertigo or whether night quals being current (except questioning if they were on NVGs).
I still can't wrap my head around how can they "miss" the big bright blinking light right in front of them for 8 seconds whether they were on NVGs or without. It looks like they flew straight at the plane. Especially on that new CNN obtained video.
Also, the tower failures. It seems to be likely a combo of tower failure and pilot failure.
Boom!!! there it is!
Later Jay
The WO2 (warrant officer) and the crew chief have been ID'd. The third (the 'female' pilot) has not been identified, as of about 10am this morning. Hard to believe it has taken this long to notify the next of kin... I am sure Secy Hegseth and Pres. Trump will get to the bottom of it with the Army.
Also, the WO2 and crew chief appear to be normal with wives and young children... nothing yet on the 'female' pilot.
I take it the third is the trans "woman"?
It sure seems like it, especially if they don't want us to know the name or the background of the 'woman'. Any which way this one is sliced, it sure seems to be some sort of DEI hire. There is good reason why when it comes to safety DEI = DIE.
No, it was on Twitter talking about it.
The American Airlines crew included Captain Jonathan Campos, 34, and First Officer Sam Lilley, 28.
The Blackhawk crew included Staff Sgt. Ryan O’Hara and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves.
The identity of the third soldier on the Black Hawk, a female pilot, has yet to be released.
“At the request of the family, the name of the third soldier will not be released at this time,” the Army said in a release Friday.
Is this typical protocol and procedure? It’s at the discretion of the family….
No, it isn't normal.
Probably because they have to let the families know. Geez dude. Not everything is a conspiracy
Plenty of time for that already.
It was probably Ukrainians in the helicopter trying to kill the 2 Russian figure skaters that were on the plane
See my reply above re NPR reporting that the DoD is withholding the female pilot's name due to the request of her family.
Yeah, well, I would want it kept out of the paper too if my family member was a "trans".
I find it odd. I hope someone leaks it quickly. There will be law suits, how can they keep the name but so quiet?
Yes everything is a conspiracy until it is proven otherwise.
I do not assume we get the truth about anything and most can never be proved by the average person except the vast amount of coincidences about everything.
They have been notified. CACO is required to notify within 4 hours… of course there are times when it is impossible to do it within that timeframe.
But this sure is strange. Doesn't make sense.
I've considered that.
The 3 members were identified. I’ll see if I can find it and post it.
I’m sorry. The 3rd person Sam Lily was the plane pilot. You are correct the 3rd member hasn’t been identified.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/army-withholding-name-female-crew-member-reagan-airport/
The Army said the family asked that her name be withheld. I don't know why.
The fact that this rumor was instigated by Ann Coulter should have given everyone pause. After the last 4 years of weird comments and posts from her in the media, I personally think she either has a few screws loose, or she’s a DS tool…
She hates Donald Trump, or did when I dropped her. Very Neocon when last I paid her any attention. I bought several of her books and learned a lot from them a couple of decades ago.
Then she fell for Matt Drudge, who did a 180 politically, and lost her mind or something.
And she is reported to have dated Bill Maher.
Strange woman.
Probably both...
What a lovely voice.
Since I am not able to access BlueSky here at work (not I’ve ever tried….) can someone give me quick Readers Digest version? TIA!
It’s where ‘groomers’ and child porn watchers and rapi*sts gather. Hope that clears it up for you.
No, no I wasn’t asking for your opinion of the platform
I wanted to know specifically how the content pertain to the identity of the pilot or passenger in the military rotary craft in question
It appears it is a “discussion”regarding the pilot and the people who have started the trans pilot story.
I didn’t not find it useful or informative. Possibly, Anne Coulter started the story on “X”.
Ah I see….that seems the most likely. Yet another turd in the punchbowl to further “discredit” anything anywhere near it…..got it.
Ann C. got so weird around 2015, she may have been willing to helpfully crap in said punch bowl. Like with Drudge it’s a big mystery what happened there.
She was all about clamping down on illegal immigration until a presidential candidate with real potential for doing it appeared on the scene.
She did correctly predict in 2015 that Trump would be the Republican candidate.
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni59805234/
Then 8 years later;
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2441836/ann-coulter-predicts-trump-will-not-be-the-gop-nominee/
Interesting, I had not been following although I heard about the Drudge fall from grace. It’s been my observation that any and all movements can be infiltrated and turned, and that every individual has their price whatever currency that may be. Some may get an offer they simply cannot afford to refuse. Thus it should always be about the uncorrupted message rather thats the messenger. Beware false idols and all that…..
Corruption and/or intimidation.
IF it is a publicly traded company TPTB can buy their way into control and change the agenda.
In retrospect, Ann Coulter really seemed to like the Middle East wars.
Like the traitor John McCain and Lindsey Graham, and Lord knows how many others, one wonders if she was profiting someway.
Chevrus, good point! Avoid personality politics.
Jo Ellis, the trans person on the Blackhawk, dropped a proof of life video.
I'm so confused by the "trans" word. Is it a man dressing like a woman or a man that got his kibble n bits chopped off? And isn't imperative it in the military for personnel to be really identifiable? So confusing.
One of the main contributors on BlueSky =
@mcuban@bsky.social
Dear Mr. Cuban, I’m “not” insinuating you’re in the group above — I’m merely pointing out to anyone reading — they can view your “incredible” opinions on BlueSky. Very eye opening indeed — please keep lighting your torch…soon it will be distinguished by “common-sense!” (We can only hope!)
It's a selfie video of tranny Army Blackhawk pilot stating that he's still alive.
This seems like a common sense assessment of what likely occurred based on what we know at present —
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/wayne-root-here-is-best-explanation-ive-heard/
So is it a man that grew its hair out and dresses like a girl or is it a man that had its junk cut off? Either way, not army ready
George Webb
https://georgewebb.substack.com/p/american-air-collision-like-a-bad?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-restack-comment&action=restack-comment&r=2hbv7u&triedRedirect=true
Wow, just wow! And may the prayer in this headline be positively answered.
https://georgewebb.substack.com/p/open-or-hidden-agenda-for-the-new
We told you,so.........
https://armedforces.press/name-of-female-blackhawk-pilot-not-yet-released-spurring-social-media-theories/
reported
Great link! I could actually read X comments! Was kicked off when I said Hillary was dead! She actually commented on something I wrote to her at first! They will not let me back!
Is there only 1 transy pilot in the military?
So isn't Jo Ellis out of a job now?
Top of the last morning of icy January C&C!
“You meet Saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.” —Kurt Vonnegut
I cannot speak for her, but I think FourWinds might agree that C&C is stocked full of Saints.
Dear Saints, Special Ted’s father is in much pain (for the first time in his protracted illness, he asked for his son to pray to take the pain away) and the outlook is quite grim for his chances. Poor Ted is utterly dismayed that he will lose his “best friend”, both soon and way too soon.
Please shower Ted and his family with your prayers & blessings for his father’s full recovery and his family’s unity & serenity. Regardless of whether God chooses to bring His son home (Ted’s father was once a noble policeman protecting his community, and I’ve no doubt God joyfully seeks his fellowship), I know that your advocacy will make all the difference in the world to the recipients—C&C is brimming with nimble spirited power devoted to Saintly good, and God is surely listening.
Thank you. Wishing you all the best for the promise that this departing day of January brings. (And the promise that you, C&C warrior, bring to it.)
And while we are speaking of prayer intentions, yesterday was a tough day for us - my husband is a Captain with AA, also flying commuter aircraft similar in size to the Bombadier - 50-60 passengers. Please keep these pilots and crews in your daily prayers for safety. It is a tough job, it is not glamorous and the crap they have to put up with is quite frankly, embarrassing. Years ago I told our kids that when you travel, you dress up, you look the flight crew in the eye and smile and say hello, and you wave into the cockpit and say"hi, thank you" if the door is open. I am appalled by the gross negligence of passengers these days - it's absolute mental illness in the skies.
Praying for your husband and his colleagues too 🙏🙏🙏 It must be stressful to work in these jobs lately 😞 I have always dressed up and act in a polite and respectful manner when I’m flying. It’s a shame that people’s behavior has devolved so much 😕 It also didn’t help when certain flight attendants were extremely rabid about masking and treated some passengers abominably. We need to get back to an attitude of mutual respect on all sides.
But we see this same sort of behavior in the majority of businesses these days! Very self serving people who could give a rats behind if they are available for the customers or not!!!! It is very sad and I hope that employers will take notice and make the necessary course correction! Being kind and caring goes a long way.... both ways!
totally agree Deb, and this trickles down from management. Covid lockdowns added to this whole schizophrenic landscape; people literally lost their minds and will to work. I would also say that the breakdown of the family has contributed over the years. All part of the marxist playbook to separate families and turn against the culture and each other. I was fortunate enough to stay home with my kids. I grieve for the young moms today.
Socialists goal begun over 100 years ago was to take down America from within. Piece by piece.
Agree, good points.
I used to avoid Harbor reight tools, their stff was junk. BUT, as I learned a couple years ago, the business was handed off to his son, who now totally controls it. His fIrst thing,, get the makers of their tools to produce quaity merchandise. They are now better qualtiy than Cratsnam, their warranty is golden. Drop the dead tool in the counter, wak back get the replacement, walk back out the door.
Their staff have also come up in quality. riendly, knwoledgeable, hekpul, etc. AND I've noticed a few ties lately that at checkout the clerk will advise me that since I'm a loyal customer I get a special discount today. Last time it was 40% o.. receipt notes a "coupon" for the discount. I had no coupon!!! But, thinking back, my habit is to treat all such people as humans, as friends I haven't yet met. Engage in chatter, cheer them up, thank them for their help, make them laugh. This stands out from the crowds of impolite "normal" folks.
I do this because I can (we all should....) but I sure don't mind the occasional "coupon" that magically appears on my register receipt.
Kindness, friendliness, engaging in conversation even with strangers is not difficult. I also find I am often remembered next time I come in.
Life gets ore fun that way. And the cost? Absolutely nothing, and even sometimes benefits me.
Yes, make Human connection - shows you aren't a machine.
wow!! great story - thank you for sharing, it gives us all a lot of hope!
"my habit is to treat all such people as humans, as friends I haven't yet met."
I was read to treat all you meet as if they could be the second coming of Christ.
-have read-
Love this and I try to be the same when interacting with people in stores or other customer service type jobs!
We’re staying in a hotel and just asked my husband if he remembers the day not that long ago, when hotel desk staff dressed and communicated in a professional manner. He said it’s all that DEI garbage and I agree. How could you ask an employee to dress and act in a professional manner? That would be so intolerant!!
You've touched on a pet peeve of mine. All these people that say "no problem" after you thank them rather than you're welcome. This is a self centered concept. It is no problem for "me" rather than "you" , a service for you, are welcome. Probably just me.
Yup. My 2nd oldest son has always been allergic to displays of authority.
He nearly received a lifetime ban from an encounter with a NAZI United Airlines stewardess who accused him of drinking his champagne too slowly in first class in order to keep his mask down.
Pick someone else to bully, wench.
There were so many mask avoidance tricks back in the day.
Seems like a long time ago now.
totally agree
That is exactly what my husband and I do when we travel. We respect the mode and crew. Dress up, greet the crew with a smile and a "Good Morning" and then when deplaning, a thank you to the crew and the pilot. We are always very grateful to arrive safely.
I buy Dove chocolates to share with the crew. They are always thrilled, and come back to my seat to thank me. They put up with a lot of crap, the least I can do is bring a treat.
another great idea, thanks!!
I like that. Behavior is contagious.
Love this idea!!
I still dress up to fly and have urged my grown children to do the same. Just flew this morning and locked eyes with the pilot, exchanging a sad smile, no doubt each of us thinking of the tragedy at Reagan.
Thank your husband for all of us.
I still love to fly. Sixty years and counting. I love it because with the SMALLEST amount of effort, one can and will receive the BEST service.
Gratitude is #1.
Yes! On the few flights I’ve taken I make it my business to say Thanks.. I also pray for planes that I see in the air over my house. God bless and protect all who are in this industry.
I do that too when I see a hospital helicopter that God would be with whoever is being transported.
I’m in direct path of 2 cities for Careflights… I’ve always said prayers of recovery and safety.
Cleveland native here, many years away, but Ohio people are the best!!
love it - I do that as well, for ambulances on the roads, too.
Our oldest son is a pilot for PSA American Airlines based out of DCA and has flown that same plane on that same flight many times. We have followed him on Flight Aware most times landing in DAC (mom’s never sleep until their chicks are home) and are always baffled by the way the landing flight pattern is so strange at times and now we can see why. He was sick last weekend and flew home to Savannah to get to urgent care even though getting a ‘ding’ for taking a sick leave day then after so many ‘dings’ you are written up - what the heck?? - I digress! So he was not put on any flight schedule because the day off sick went into his time off duty. He will return to duty on the 3rd and hopefully we’ll get some “firsthand theories” to report. He said there is always a lot of helicopters flying around the area as he leaves and returns and what a busy airport DCA is. This tells me ATC is one of the most important part of taking off and landing, especially there. You never understaff the most important department in you business when your business is the safety of innocent souls who have put their trust in your competence. Our hearts are heavy with this loss of so many lives and our prayers are many for the families of those lost and accurate information and transparency in what happened in that moment that changed their lives forever.
The air traffic at DCA is ridiculous. I know this has been a rough couple of days for you. The commuter airlines are pretty tough on their pilots and seem to do a lot of bean counting - nobody wants a sick pilot at the controls, and I'm glad your son took care of himself. You said "You never understaff the most important department in you business when your business is the safety of innocent souls who have put their trust in your competence." Amen.
Verve, we’re just thankful for the interruption in life plans that come along and end up being a blessing in disguise. It has been rough but not anything near that of 67 other moms, dads, husbands and children endured and will forever. We, as a family, have experienced that loss. Our son’s first daughter and our first grandchild was killed instantly in an avoidable, horrific car accident. That loss never leaves, only changes. Knowing we’ll see her again - and at the rate this world is turning, it will be sooner that we can imagine- there will be no more tears. Our hearts break for the ones who left this earth not knowing Jesus as their Savior, and we pray for the families of those lost and do not know their creator would to come to know and accept Him through this unbelievable tragedy. (And yes, I am a nervous flyer also!)
oh my goodness. You have expressed so eloquently the guiding principal that helps us rise every morning and face the day. Yes, Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. I'm so sorry for your loss, and you are right, the loss never leaves, it only changes. I am blessed to have this conversation with you and grateful we are both part of the C&C Family
Blessed as well. This Family here is a ministry in itself. I’m so thankful I was pointed in this direction at a critical time during C19.
I read a substack yesterday (?) about the burnt toast theory. If you burn your toast and have to take the time to toast another piece of bread you may have been spared the car accident (or something bad) that would have happened to you had you not been delayed. How many of those did we hear after 9-11, where someone missed their bus or was sick that morning. That’s God protecting you.
so, CarO Lyn, I never heard that theory and thank you for sharing it. Have I a story for you....
My cousin, a well respected hard charging attorney who never sleeps in, accidentally slept it the morning of 9/11 and missed his regular subway. His alarm did not go off. He took a later train which arrived just after the second plane hit the building. He took the escalators up from the trains into the lobby in just enough time to run for his life. Many of you have seen the awful photos of men in suits running away as the first tower is collapsing and they are trying to outrun the cloud of debris. My cousin was one of these men. Like many survivors he needed a break after this and took 3 years off to join the Peace Corps in Cameroon. He told me he was so upset because the only person in his firm who didn't get out was the Receptionist as she had stopped on the stairwell going down to catch her breath, and she perished.
17 years later, my daughter was living and working in NYC during an internship in engineering school. She was walking home and found an odd bunch of white petunia's on the ground - like one of those home depot 6 packs annuals that you take home and plant in the ground. She picked them up, cleaned them up, and on a lark decided to take them to the WTC memorial - and place them somewhere on one of the names etched into the infinity waterfall pools. She had never been there before and she was 5 years old when 9/11 occurred. She walked around and after half an hour decided to place them on the name of a woman - Rosemary Smith. She sent me a couple screenshots privately on Instagram to show me. Something didn't seem right, I couldn't put my finger on it, and about 3 weeks later I looked up where this woman worked. She was the receptionist at my cousin's firm. Out of 3000+ names, she chose the only person that we had any connection to. I looked at her obituary and saw that she was Catholic and I got a Mass card for her and mailed it to her home parish on Staten Island. I told the church secretary if she felt the family would be ok with this to please give them the card, but if she felt it would be in poor taste to just hold onto it and know a Mass was being said for her. The family ended up being grateful and touched. I still have trouble wrapping my mind around how God works in our lives.
https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/recovered-ring-tells-story-1993-survivor-911-victim
Oh wow!!! That gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes ❤️🙏
Yep, my oldest daughter is a flight attendant for United Airlines and, boy, the stories she tells me are toenail-curling at times. I'm amazed at the crap she and all the flight attendants have to put up with (smiling all the while!). It is so often a thankless job, and she is always grateful for those who say "thank you."
These flight attendants are some of the most stellar people I've ever had the privilege of meeting. People are so clueless that they put their lives on the line in an aviation emergency. And they don't pay them enough either! Your daughter sounds like a real peach!
You're right about all of them, (the comment earlier notwithstanding), and they're contract is really a joke regarding the number of hours they are on the job and the pay they get for doing their job. Thanks for the kind comment.
I admire flight attendants who are dedicated and calm even when so many people are jerks to them 😕 I always try to go out of my way to be polite and helpful. They have to deal with so much crap 😞
Thank you, all the flight attendants appreciate those who are polite and helpful, as all of us would, I think. As you mention elsewhere, too many these days see themselves as entitled.
Jeff,
My daughter is also a FA and tells me some unbelievable stories about how passengers act. It’s mind-boggling.
People have become ridiculously entitled in general 😕
I know pilots many of them, and they all tend to say I like boxes better than people. In other words they want to fly cargo to avoid all this crap.
My brother, a firefighting pilot, calls airline pilots glorified bus drivers. Not to disparage the pilots, it's just basically the job description. Only difference is they do it in the air.
I grew up in the airline industry (and later worked in it) and we were required per company policy to wear business attire when traveling as non-revs. Boys, young men and men were required to wear a jacket and slacks. (For a while, ties were required and my dad always wore a tie.) No golf shirts or sneakers. Women/girls wore dresses or business slacks, blouse, jacket, Closed toe flats or heels. Panty hose (!) (that one drove me crazy). No sneakers or sandals. The gate agents could deny you a seat if you were dressed inappropriately. By the late 80s, you could pick out the non-revs by how we were dressed. Through the 90s, they began relaxing standards until, by the time I left in the aughts, the requirement was basically, “don’t be naked.”
Last year I saw a legit video of a woman pull her pants down and relieve herself IN THE AISLE because the flight attendant said she could not move the beverage cart at that moment. When I fly non-rev I introduce myself to the gate agent and ask them if I can go get them a coffee or other beverage - my treat - the shocked looks on their faces tells me everything. I say to them, thank you for helping me and I will just wait over there (pointing )to hear from you if there is space available for me. I am frankly horrified by the number of people who wear their pajamas and slippers flying and fight about getting their oversized, overpacked luggage on the flight. The other thing that truly concerns me are the number of wheelchair passengers on flights these days - passengers of all ages - the damage from the jabs is extremely apparent.
I carry a substantial number of $15 gift cards to an oft-maligned but universally available coffee joint, in envelopes, on my trips. Staff are delighted to get them along with a heartfelt thanks.
As I said above, I bring chocolate. They FAs are always thrilled.
Soooo sweet!
what an awesome idea I will be stealing from you!!! :)
I don’t fly very often anymore but will definitely keep these in mind!
The plandemic caused so much business dress code to blow up. I work in an industry that deals with ultra high net worth people. Reps will go to the meetings in a golf shirt. I miss the dress shirt and tie days (throw in a suit coat and I'm great) because it is just unprofessional. But then I'm considered old now.
I'm thinking that pendulum may start swinging back as part of a change in the mood of the culture. We are by nature herd animals and as the mood starts to change the direction of the heard changes. Conservative decorum and attire is going to become normalized and the minimalist, self-centered attitude will become anathema again. At 74, I can't wait.
It can't come soon enough! I would be thrilled if young men would just pull up their pants. I am so tired of seeing their underwear.
I am in total agreement, if not soon then I believe our future is doomed.
Old is the new Young - I'm convinced... I'm seeing the younger set embrace more decorum and manners and they have a wistful look back at a simpler time before iphones and digital everything. My daughter asked me how I was able to do all this without a computer - I said, we just didn't have the exponential load of work that computers created - it's not even efficient anymore to do anything online that I used to do with a checkbook, a cup of coffee, a note pad and a roll of stamps. 6 factor authentication, searching for passwords, websites timing out, absolutely no ability to talk to a real person, or a person who speaks understandable English to troubleshoot website issues, platforms that don't mesh with each other, I could go on. And with all the data stealing issues and fraud, using ACH options are really concerning - you have to be able to really do a forensic each month. During lockdowns the kids who had to do college online just about had a nervous breakdown working with universities who were winging the online option to try to keep kids enrolled and constantly changed, without warning, assignments, syllabi, and made trying to get into the system/curriculum/ebooks and grading worse than Fort Knox. A third of my daughter's small college dropped out, many never to return and others losing half their credits to finish up at the community college.
OMG, so true! During my career in DoD, as an analyst I was one of the first to get computerized. It was a great tool for analytical work, remember Lotus Spreadsheets?, but when everyone became computerized, efficiency and quality of work product steadily declined. People became atomized instead of working as a team. Yet management bought the line that computerization meant we could accomplish a bigger workload. We became a "sweat shop". I was told to "do more with less" - by a HQ Captain!! I had arguments with management that insisted we should be able to "multi-task". People DO NOT multi-task. We are NOT computers. Only computers can multi-task. What people do is "rapid task switching" and they fool themselves thinking this is multi-tasking. This reduces efficiency, it increases the error rate in the work and it reduces the quality of the work product. So much for computerization. Management didn't like me much but I made sure my work gave them no excuses to get rid of me until I told them to take their job and shove it and retired.
No truer words spoken, Phil! I converted an entire trade magazine's marketing dept sales materials to "desktop publishing" gah, I'm so old, and saved the company (McGraw-Hill) 45k the first year (this was 1989 dollars). All of sudden the typesetter and mock up artists are without work and I'm stuck in the "velvet ghetto" of marketing without any assistant doing every blasted thing myself, burning out in short order. We DO NOT multitask - you are correct - and I remember the best example of proving this, was a friend saying "Say the alphabet" ok, then "Count to 25" ok, did that. "Now, multitask by saying them together" 1-A-2-B-3-C-4-D. It's the 180 degree opposite of efficiency. But wait, there's more!.... layer this BS over women and force feed them the lie that they can "do it all" - work 40 hours a week, run a household, raise children, get adequate sleep, have time for a spouse... and then make women feel guilty and inadequate that they can't do this successfully. I think the younger generations are retrofitting the narrative.
Right?! The younger generation looks at their parents being worn out, fat and dying at increasing rates and they intuitively think, "I'm not doing that."
I have hope for them, for sure.
This was such a great thread to read, so many excellent insights!!
We must live in two very different places. The “younger set” are anything but embracing more decorum and manners.
I get it - I see both spheres - I try to maintain a positive attitude and chat up young people when I can. A lot of us have given up hope and they feel it - they are demoralized on so many fronts - many are starting to pull away from social media and we need to be available to them in the community
I wonder how much the intrusive actions of the TSA agents are putting passengers into a bad frame of mind before they get on the plane? I just avoid plane travel these days for that reason--difficult with two of my children on two other continents.
Good point - they are really abusive - even to the pilots.
My son is a United FO now but was a Captain on a regional carrier and I prayed daily for his safety and the safety of his crew - I still do and will add your husband to my list. You're correct - the job may have its perks but it NOT so glamorous as people think. Very serious and stressful having all those people in the back counting on you to get them up and down safely. <3
Thank you, Susan!
I always say a sincere thank you to the crew upon landing because I’m a nervous flyer and overjoyed when i know i get to live another day.
You'll laugh to know I'm a nervous flier as well! :)
I can’t blame you! I’d never want my husband driving a plane lol. He’s bad enough in a car!!! 😂😂
LOLOLOL. It took me 5 years to get the courage up to fly with him in his own aircraft that he flies for fun - a fully acrobatic experimental 2-seater. No, he's not allowed to do tricks with me in it. Mind you, he is a former Navy pilot with thousands of hours flying and hundreds of carrier landings, 100 of them at night, on the pitching deck of the USS Eisenhower. So it is definitely a "me" problem.
😱 acrobatics! I’ve experienced them once in a two seater and lived to tell.
And 🤩 wow! What a career he has had. How incredible!
WOW! Well, he obviously is qualified!
Thank you Verve. I will add airline pilots and crew to my intentions list. They especially need our prayers for their safety as they are responsible for so many lives.
Thank you, Kamy!
🙏🏻 May God bless him. And please, thank him for me. I appreciate his service!!
Thanks, Julie, and I will!
Those 40 and under weren't taught to treat others as you want to be treated. You say, please and thank you and think of others more than yourself. Today more and more only think of 3 people: me, myself and I
I used to fly a bit in the past. It was as you say not the menagerie of xyz as viewed by me in news reports today. No panache left to it; just functional transportation.
My Son is collecting his hours on the way to his Commercial License. I am very proud of him.
Best to you.
Later Jay
For you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74
I would be very proud of your son as well - it is a unique skill that still impresses me!
I will say a prayer for all who are on the front lines of our society going down the tubes (C&C comment fam excepted :-) - including your husband.
Thank you, Donna!
Thank you for giving us an opportunity to pray as a community. I am adding Ted 's father and family to our list of intentions - every afternoon I get on a zoom call with my old friends from Chicago and we pray for everything urgent. We started this 4 years ago during lockdowns when they stopped letting us go to church - and I place that squarely at the feet of the diocese Rockford Illinois, who caused their own demise, because 80% of the congregation never came back. The silver lining is that we grew as a universal community of good will and despite never meeting you all in real life, spiritually we have your back. God bless you TriTorch.
The district leaders of my northern Illinois Methodist church did the same thing. then after a year being closed to worship, they immediately sent our fabulous young pastor with a family somewhere else, betraying a promise they had made to him and us, and put a man not even a Methodist and his accent (Korean) is hard to understand at the pulpit and dull. The blowback was devastating to the congregation—just a few children and young parents and a handful of old people remain. I left when the second mask up began after everyone had gotten their clot shots, (not me). There is zero local outreach now and no choir, 3 or 4 kids in Sunday school. It’s dead. I am formally resigning as a member next week. Very sad. Satan is still laughing his arse off.
Janet I am so sorry to hear this, it literally breaks my heart. This is sadly rinse and repeat with so many other congregations. Our priest was doing everything he could to minister to our parish within the constraints of the higher ups to the point where they canceled him - told him is time was up with that parish and he had no future assignments and was punished by being restricted to say Mass publicly or confer any of the sacraments - he now "lives" on YouTube doing a holy hour every evening while the Vatican slow walks his case to be reinstated - which means it's been put in the circular file. They are furious at him for 1. Telling the clergy it was not a moral imperative to get the jab and let conscience be your guide 2. You are NOT committing a sin by not getting jabbed. 3. Having drive by blessings in the parking lot 4. Figuring out creative ways to say Mass to more than the 50 people who were allowed to be in the church each Sunday (we had 3,000 families and had to sign up for Mass). This is Fr. James Parker https://www.youtube.com/@frjamesparker777 Our church is quickly becoming a remnant. We all need to stick together.
Thank you for that, I will check him out. Our parish survived due to a Bishop who leans Conservative, although individual priests had latitude re: the masking crap. A non-denominational church sued our County and won, and once the County could no longer keep churches closed, all of the ones in our diocese re-opened but ours continued to broadcast masses on YT for the fearful until year. But we still lost folks who have not come back after covid. However I have seen (anecdotally) an explosion of growth in the non-denominational churches in my town. The one who sued I do greatly admire, they also back conservative school board candidates and the pastor preaches about the need for Christians to vote their values, he is very pro-life as well. But having visited a few times at the behest of friends, doctrinally, I have too many differences to bail from my parish. They don't even serve communion. It's good to see a revival in church attendance but I am a little concerned that all of these churches who make up doctrine as they go along may end up leading people astray and/or eventually lose interest. But one way or another, our country does need Jesus, and I pray that more people return to active participation in the faith, regardless of what that looks like.
well said. It is a complex situation with a myriad of different issues for all Christian churches involved. And I pray that we are able to rip the mask off of Catholic Charities once and for all in their complicity of human trafficking and lack of financial support for the real issues facing the church. I'm at a loss for words on what Francis said about the US trying to regain its borders. It is not biblical at all and he has no place making any statements about it.
The Catholic Charities mask needs to get ripped off NOW. So many people are in the dark about their shady connections. The compromised bishops are now scrambling to do damage control as VP Vance poked their nest. It will be the next big scandal in the church. Good people will be appalled that their money supported human trafficking and will stop attending and giving all together. The church is blind to what is coming because they have been so complicit all along.
I copied a post by Michael Flynn about the Catholic Charities.. posted today.
Yes, I have big time issues with Francis and Catholic Charities. Sad times for the Church for sure.
https://truthsocial.com/@TrueGenFlynn/posts/113914861374524259
Nearly all of the 'churches' in the West are fallen, Catholic and Protestant alike. Which incidentally, explains the rise of Eastern Orthodoxy in America as now being more attractive to younger people. There is, of course, a growing interest in a truly reformed church both in Catholic and Protestant spheres. But the disruption of mental health in the West has been so pervasively widespread, so effectively run to an accomplished fact, that the debate in sorting things out is a messy affair ... just like it was in the Reformation and events leading up to the Reformation. The good news is that there is a rising remnant and therefore always ground for hope in this world. And also, there is the reliance on Faith and the omnipotence of God in the righting of ships.
So, its good to see your comment headed in the direction of the Elephant in the Room, the fallen state of the Western churches. Because this is what no one wants to talk about save the very few. Perhaps this is now changing. There are early signs of this.
This should be a hot button issue of debate, because all civilizations rest upon the foundations of Religion. And when the foundation rots, the house falls. We are the living proof of this. And we all suffer profoundly.
This post is overflowing with wisdom.
You write sooo well.
I always enjoy your posts.
Hi ... and thanks. And I suppose many of us feel like we are just wee voices crying out in the wilderness. How could it be otherwise when just about anything one cares to look at is so off the rails. And maybe there was not a real choo-choo in the first place. And perhaps just one more 'fool 'em' mirage?
The beginning of wisdom is knowing that Man is prone to get all tripped up too easy-like when it comes to the Wisdom Business.
And I really do not know too much. And the best I know comes straight from the Bible. Like ... fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. And these days, too many love what God hates and hate what God loves. And quite surprisingly, many of these call themselves 'Christian'.
Upside down world ... and go figure. And astonishing ... completely.
I try to keep my mouth shut. But I always fall down on that.
Yes, things are crazy and bound to get crazier.
Without The Word we'd be unable to make any sense of it and we'd be stuck with no map by which to navigate our way through it.
LOL... I think the Holy Spirit gives you words that cannot be contained and each word finds innumerable responses in people who intuitively feel what you say and gives definition to their vague apprehensions.
There is a quite a large move by young families to the Traditional Latin Mass, which Pope Francis is also doing his very best to suppress. In some of the more devout Catholic churches with good priests there has been an uptick in veil wearing and not taking Communion in the hand, and more sacred music. But the Mass after Vatican 2 doesn't resemble the Latin at all. And once the Latin Mass is gone, there will be no way to stop altering the Mass away from its origin. I didn't grow up with TLM but I recently started learning it and going to a small community near me - It's like another world.
It truly is a different world. And 'they' sure did 'their' Commie best to secularize the old Roman church out of existence.
Now, I have a question. Is that Pope Francis? I ask this because for all I can tell, it might as well be Pope Bidenapoules', Greece's favorite son! In this world it is sometimes hard to tell who is whom ... and a lot of the time, 'they' all look the same to me.
Daver— I will humbly suggest civilizations rest on the foundation of faith. Religion is rules/laws designed for exclusion. Faith is available to all who seek.
Sorry! This cannot be.
1) In the English Common Law tradition, you would be better off to go with Law supported by Truth. After all, the first thing a witness is required to do in an English or America court was to be swore in, 'to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help me God." And Truth is considered to be so important to Law that perjury was a stiffly punishable crime. Indeed, the scales of justice are always depicted as Truth weighed in on one side of the scales and Lies on the other side. And the scales must come down on the side of Truth otherwise the Law runs to ruin. Laws are always given to Man by law-givers, never by Faith-givers. And that's why the two Tablets of Moses were prominently displayed in American courthouse ... at least up until the time when the secular power of atheism usurped American law.
2) Faith is more correctly understood as described by Political Phil in his reply.
3) However, 'rules and laws' has a certain credence to it. And more properly couched, the question is always 'whose law'? Moses? Mohammed? Hindu? Christian? Or the Simon Says law of a forever shifting Humanism? And this is precisely where 'diversity' many not be quite the supreme blessing it was cracked up to be. And where the word 'exclusion' might share kinship with as that all time ubiquitously Commie favorite ... 'inclusive'?
Faith is a gift of the Holy Spirit to the repentant. By fallen nature, man alone cannot exercise faith in God. God's law and righteous standard gives form and substance to our faith for the life we live and thus we display the holiness of God and the righteousness of His Law. This is an unforgivable offense to the unrepentant and they hate us for it. This is the reason we pray for them that they may receive the same 'Sovereign Grace' that God bestowed on us.
Check out Shepherds for Sale, Megan Basham. It fills in a lot of the empty space. So well written. It's all part of the plan.
Best to you daverkb!
Later Jay
Thanks. I know of Basham through my wife. Good lady. I've watched a couple of videos of her, and I was glad to see someone saying things as they should. Lovely lady and God bless her.
There are those who sell out for worldly gain more or less knowingly. And then there is the Confederacy of Stupidity and Well-meaning. This would be a man like our pastor at our first church, a country church filled with lovely people but so far off the rails. And nobody there had the least clue, not even the pastor. And I knew something was not right, but I could not place my thumb on it. That was now close to twenty years ago.
The road to Hell is often paved with good intentions. And I look at the examples in my own life, and it is a caution to me. I do give thanks to have had some light make its way into this little noggin of mine. It is a mercy not to have spent the entirety of my life in darkness, but also ... to have gained a measure of Peace.
You have such a great way with words that brings the truth of things down to the ordinary. Reminds me of Spurgeon's "All Of Grace" or CS Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters". Practical words for the soul and spirit.
Shush! Never mention these comparisons to DeWife. It would spell my certain doom, a consignment permanent to the outside lawn mower shed. Why? Because she would be so a-fright that my exploding heading would ruin the rugs. So much so, that she would have to 'park me' somewhere outside the house!
As it is, she is always saying, "Don't say that to him. It only encourages him!"
Well said. And though all "churches" may fail, God's remnant, the body of Christ on earth (the church militant), will always emerge victorious due to the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit against which no evil spirit can prevail. Thus is Christ's church an unbroken lineage through all the millennia, the true Israel of God. We are in good company. (For example, see Daverkb's comment below on the Russian Orthodox Church.)
I'm a Protestant but it appears to me that Poope Francis is as corrupting for the RCC as Biden was for the USG. I'm hoping the RCC will receive a Pope that takes the church back to her Biblical roots.
God will always have His remnant and we have the assurance that the faithful are supported by the indwelling of God the Holy Spirit against which no evil spirit can prevail. We look to our King and Savior who rules from His throne in heaven and reigns over all of history.
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I’m a Catholic and I want to know why are American taxpayers funding Catholic Charities?
This organization is ripping off American taxpayers.
The data below outlines recent grants awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
HHS established most of these grants AFTER the election and BEFORE
@realDonaldTrump‘s inauguration. Something is VERY ROTTEN in HHS and most definitely at Catholic Charities.
And, please take notice that most of these "Catholic Charities" are located in areas that are represented by members of Congress who oppose President Trump and his agenda.
Congress MUST CONFIRM @TeamKennedy immediately AND then he should crush these organizations ripping off American taxpayers and likely supporting child sex and slave trafficking.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:
$200,205,406.69
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth Endowment:
$277,112,002.00
Catholic Charities Community Services:
$56,438,404.70
To name a few. There are many others and they’re not just in “democrat” districts.
Again, these are American Taxpayer dollars…it’s in the billions! 😡
@CforC
@AmerifutureUSA
usaspending.gov
https://truthsocial.com/@TrueGenFlynn/posts/113914861374524259
Good Bible believing, non denominational Christian churches are Calvary Chapels. We do communion each week.
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Reading this makes me wonder what happened to Father James Altman of La Crosse, WI? He was such a refreshing voice of reason in the midst of the pandemic. I am not Catholic, but I thoroughly enjoyed his teachings and admonitions.
I know they kicked him out of his Parish and he had to move somewhere else to take care of his parents. God Bless him and other truth tellers!
He's been retired to the dustbin of Canceled Priests. There are thousands around the globe now who have been kicked out for speaking the truth. I believe he works behind the scenes here, helping other canceled priests. I met a good canceled priest recently who works at Home Depot. They are given next to no support. it's unconscionable. You can learn more here: https://www.canceledpriests.org/
This reminds me of the medieval Church after the plague where good priests who stayed to minister died while selfish, petty priests abandoned their flock to avoid being strickened.
We were left with diminished and self-absorbed shepherds, who ignored the poor survivors. This allowed the seeds of the Reformation to take root.
This is an absolutely fascinating point that I had never considered. Thank you - I learn so much on this substack
The more 'they' try to shut people up in mental prisons, and often with short time success, the more 'they' fail. My prime example is this, that the Soviets utterly failed to destroy the Russian Orthodox Church in spite of all attempts to do precisely that. And it looked very, very bad for a long time. Now the Soviets are gone, and remains? The Russian Orthodox Church.
Someday day the God-less American Bolsheviks, call them for what they are, will be largely gone as a cultural and political force. And we see them on the run already, their base dissolving before out eyes. With this, great fears, trials and tribulations will have to be endured. And how it all turns out? Who knows, because we forgets that we are Man with a limited capacity.
God-less American Bolsheviks -yep!
Later Jay
Also this is my priest - also canceled - holiest guy I ever met - known him for 25 years. https://www.youtube.com/@frjamesparker777
God has His plan and perhaps Fr. Parker’s new YouTube ministry is part of His plan to evangelize over a new medium. We need to carry on as part of the church as we are being tested. May God bless you on your journey. Our church wandered in the wilderness for over 20 years with pastors who were old modernists and it was painful. When the pastor finally retired God blessed us with the priest from the parish 45 minutes away where I had been attending daily Mass (my husband only wanted to attend the church in our town on Sunday). After praying for 3 years this priest is now the pastor for both churches in the valley and he is reverent and introducing traditions that I remember from my childhood and that people here were unfamiliar with. We have the bells and smells and are having a Candelmas on Sunday!! He did this at the other church but now the parishioners here will experience the blessing of their candles. More people are receiving on the tongue now whereas before most were only in the hand. It’s glorious to watch the conversion. So take heart, the Holy Spirit is on the move and we need to wait for God’s plan to come to our timeline.
Amen. I have seen the same happen in the conservative Episcopal church I attended in CA. I feel in love with the beautiful liturgy that spoke of the holiness of our worship that accompanied the Word, songs of worship and the Sacrament. Most of the Protestant church knows little of this experience of liturgical worship.
I pray for these good men and hope they will all emerge united under the leadership of Archbishop Vigano, who I love and respect greatly.
The world and especially the church need them desperately.
Thank you. He did the right thing. I wasn’t raised Methodist and only joined in 2016 to have a local congregation. Thanks for the link.
Methodists move their pastors around a lot to keep them from gaining too much power. Local congregations have no choice in this. It's all politics. Methodists do not teach the biblical gospel. My advice is to give them a wide berth. Also Episcopals, Presbyterians, and some branches of Lutherans. Be very choosy when you pick a body to worship with. Test their beliefs against the word of God. Many will fall very short. And rest assured, they will be most severely judged by the Almighty for doing so.
So methodist pastors are just appointed from afar? I recall the methodist church in Venice used to have a really nice youth program and welcome the homeless. Then they sent in a pastor from Africa who sermonized about the bad seed and made sure to get rid of most of the congregation. It was very strange to see a local community so quickly destroyed.
I believe so. They do what the bosses say and shut up. They have caused quite a bit of havoc and betrayal in that church. Our young minister was poached by s Chicago suburb because he was taking a doctoral course and someone in the suburban church wanted him there to be available because she was doing the same program. Entirely selfish reasons.
they need a few hundred Biden-trafficked migrants to fill the Asylum-Sanctuary pews, soak up local services, and hear the Leftist-Socialist Gospel proclaimed
There are some things even starving people won't do.
Thank you Verve and for all you do for others.
I think many of the 501c government the churches have finally shown their true colors (they were being paid to push the COVID narrative), and can safely be consigned to the dust bin of history. That will make those remaining of quality shine like a beacon to those seeking God there.
But, here’s the thing - and to my limited understanding this is why the Book of Thomas was never ratified: you don’t need church to find God (didn’t Jesus condemn many of the in the Book of Revelations?), all you need is your community, like that wonderful one which sprang forth from your church’s betrayal. And you know doubt know this =)
This is all we need to know:
“Wherever two or more are gathered together, i am in your midsts” —Jesus Christ
(Cue lockdowns, masking, social distancing, discouraged singing, isolation on holidays, elimination of visiting hours, open liquor stores, and shuttered churches)
(Cue us never falling for that Christ separation protocol again.)
Masking during singing. Forced to hide our faces from The God of the Universe. Our Creator. Muffled worship with no joy shown. . Fear on display. Faith MIA. Bowing to evil. It’s a small community and every denomination did it.
Even the ugliest face is far more attractive than even the most well-designed mask. And there is no telling what damage this has done to our society. I can tell you, I think to an extent it has affected by ability to discern different faces.
Masking hurt infants and toddlers plus brain challenged youngsters making sense of people, their moving mouths, smiles, perceptions that center them in their world and grow their brains. It was evil. I know that word is used so much now but it’s hard to see that it wasn’t anything but evil.
My 30yo granddaughter has hearing loss and struggled because she tends to read lips (because she doesn’t much like wearing her hearing aid) and masks made that impossible.
That was always my issue with the church. Where was their faith? They had such fear. Trust in God! God’s will be done! If you are going to die according to God’s plan do everything you can to be right with God and look forward to being with Him for eternity! I am not afraid to die. Heaven is something to look forward to not be afraid of.
It brook my heart at the time, but I praise God that as a church we learned from this.
We are so so fortunate to have Athey Creek Church who fought the mandates and remained open. Pastor Brett goes through the Bible verse by verse chapter by chapter book by book. We are over 10,000 strong Also we are having a crusade august 2 and 3. Check it out.
This is very good to hear.
That's how His sheep are fed.
Good for you all.
I believe that the Church is God’s plan. While I agree that you don’t “need” church to find God, I believe that He wants us to be part of a community of believers. Practically the entire NT is a compilation of letters written to churches that were planted by the apostles. If you’re not part of a community of believers, you’re missing out on God’s plan for your life. Of course, that “community” doesn’t necessarily have to be a traditional church, but corporate worship and a unifying purpose is so uplifting.
I’ve believed that as well. It certainly can be a beacon and provide enormous benefit, the downside is that it can also become easily corruptable, and since it is not fully necessary in the first place, one must be very wary.
Preachers have great power over their flock’s mind, and this is why they are highly sought after targets for the devil. Be vigilant.
That’s why one must practice spiritual disciplines daily—reading and studying the Bible, praying, worshipping, etc. in order to develop wisdom, understanding and discernment.
Love Pastor Brett and follow his prophecy updates each month.
Has the "rapture" been postponed again? I've had trouble keeping up over the last 60 years.
Amen, prayers flying out from my prayer corner to Ted’s father and family. Peace and healing🙏
Verve reminded me of our church during COVID. We were shuttered, the church leaders got on the COVID money trail and then relocated to Texas leaving us almost high & dry. But God provides and brought us Joe and his wife who came out of retirement, travel across the mountain every weekend to Pastor the Flock. Many had left during that time, for reasons unexplained but obvious. Our church has grown, is thriving, and the best part: a youth group was started and growing at such a rate we are in need of more space.🙏 There is nothing more heart warming and Godly than to see the number of young parents coming to Church with their littles in tow! It’s a beautiful thing to see first hand how God works in the hearts and minds of those who need and want to listen. All the Glory to God🙏🙏Amen🙏🙏
Thank you so much for your prayers, may God be glorified!
Thank you for this. What a beautiful way to start my day.
Thank you and can you explain this line to me?
I think many of the 501c government the churches have finally shown their true colors (they were being paid to push the COVID narrative)
Sure, 501c3 is a tax exempt status for churches (and other groups), but comes with increasingly restrictive conditions to keep it. Not many of the churches are willing to give it up, so they essentially become employees of the government. It’s the classic whoever has the gold makes the rules. (Money is how the government got all those doctors to go along with the COVID genocide protocols).
The .gov also outright bribed churches to push the COVID narrative:
https://tritorch.com/degradation/USGovBribedChurchLeadersToPushCOVIDInjectionVaccineOnTheirMembersRootOfAllEvil.pdf [pdf]
501c3 is treason to God, and the death of the Church. It is outwardly double mindedness, but inwardly a wholesale usurpation.
The Church is either of God, sovereign and state immune, or it is not at all. The Creator is either greater than created, or else we are all atheists bending slave-like to the state in continuing masquerades such as witnessed during 'covid'.
No king but King Jesus.
Well said!
I get real upset over all this double-mindedness totally witless under-educated mindlessness.
And more over, you could even make the rock solid case that any 501c3 consent is a huge violation of the Ninth Commandment, the bearing of false witness. That is the representing of the church as being solely a God' created sacrament when it is not. That is, a pastor will say the Church is of God, but acceptance of 501c3 refutes that claimt. And ditto of incorporation under the state.
If a church is either incorporated and/or 501c3, we will not worship there.
daverkb, that's piercing insight, thanks for putting that on my radar, and great to hear you speak with your feet because that church is speaking with it's wallet and fealty to the state and the root of all evil.
If more people made these stands, the world would be a far better place.
I am so old now and looking back is always a strange glance into the past of what I might have been and what I was not, and what of could have been said and either was said or not ... and for better or worse, and what was known and what was not. And of these, what was not known by me was an Everest of Darkness in a World of Darkness. And for this reason, I am grateful for whatever silvers of light which have come my way. And all Glory to God, and really not much of my doing by conscious volition. Just things placed in my path to look at by the miracle of Providence.
Well, what I meant to say is that , and in looking back on things, so very much comes down to either Truth or the Lie. A good witness, or a false witness ... and how how we represent ourselves to our selves and to the world about us, including those who are nearest and dearest.
In looking at the administration of President Cabbage, it was one long four year lie ... and quite possibly the longest and biggest lie I have ever seen, or maybe the world has ever seen, depending upon the cake of time is sliced. Nonetheless, it was the elongated bearing of false witness in lump sum.
On sooo many levels.
Thank you. It all makes sense now.
"“Wherever two or more are gathered together, i am in your midsts” —Jesus Christ"
That includes here. And now.
Thank you, Father!
And in the Gospels.
Regarding the gospel of Thomas, watch/listen to Wesley Huff discuss this in the video, "Can I Trust the Bible," on his website:https://www.wesleyhuff.com/. Great info.
I watched the interview with Wesley Huff and Joe Rogan. What a fascinating young man. If you haven’t seen it I recommend it. It’s long and I watched it over a few days but well worth it especially since Joe is an atheist but seemed to be searching for the truth.
Listening now, thanks Robin!
Thank you so much for your prayers, may God be glorified!
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Thank you so much for your prayers, may God be glorified!
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Thank you so much for your prayers, may God be glorified!
You always show us your heart! 💜
Thanks Jaci! =) All the best to you and your family!
🙏 for Ted, Ted's Father and Family!
Thank you so much for your prayers, may God be glorified!
Thank you TriTorch for letting us know about Special Ted’s dad. I am praying for God’s mercy and for strength for Special Ted’s dad and for the whole family 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for your prayers, may God be glorified!
Praying for his father to find comfort.
Thank you so much for your prayers, may God be glorified!
Done. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
Thank you so much for your prayers, may God be glorified!
Happy Friday TT *
You too randall!
I waited a couple days to call the Florida Senate President and the House Speaker to leave messages, but i just did - I hope that they got slammed with calls because, well, shame on them - to even call it the "Trump Act" is so ridiculously slimy, it makes me want to work to primary everyone who got on board with this joke of a legislation. It's not too late - you don't have to be a Florida resident to call: Ben Albritton 850-487-5027. and House Speaker Daniel Perez (850)717-5116. Jeff gave a good script, but I tried to make it more personal "Hello, I'm calling to voice my opposition to the Trump Act, which is a misnomer because it does not reflect the will of the people who voted for an America First Agenda. We are a sovereign nation that demands security at our borders and there should be no additional layers of government like the Agriculture department preventing our security. I don't know what you are all doing but you need to support our Governor Desantis, and work together as a united party. Tens of thousands of us moved to Florida because of the Governor's America First Policies. Thank you."
Sounds like they took instructions from the Democrat playbook...call a piece of legislation the exact opposite of what it represents... i.e. The Inflation Reduction Act, the Affordability Care Act etc.
For sure - and it's insulting. Luckily most of these people are genuinely stupid and the Trump administration seems to be using smarter tactics to give us all a glimpse of how poorly the sausage is being made. I wish we could get rid of the disney effect in this state - they have too much power.
The Patriot Act
The most un patriotic act on the books.
Curses on Bush.
I would argue that Bush (well, both of them)go down in history as the most treasonous Presidents in history.
Probably taking lessons from the TX house "leaders". Ugh.
I don’t want to think about it. Between my first (revered) home of Texas and my close second of Florida, I am too disgusted. After we take care of the dems, we need to cut the RINOs out of the herd, pronto. We cannot lose our gains to those limp-wristed dandies.
I would argue that the RINOS are worse than the Dems - yes they need to go pronto - with all the fanfare, exposure, scorn and embarrassment that we Americans can heap upon them.
Please send emails as well. It’s very easy to do just fine their website and the email is built into it. It’s good to get them from both ends.
You may want to include a reminder that come midterms they might just find themselves less popular if they keep up the pugnacious behavior…
I have tried websites, but if you put an out of state address in, it boots you out.
thanks, great idea
Is anyone up for recalling Wilton Simpson???
Let’s call Wilton and ask him to resign
Yes! Please make those calls people! I did it yesterday, and forwarded Jeff’s article to a couple of people urging them to make the call.
Does anyone answer, or did you have to leave a message?
Nobody answered. I am sure after Jeff's first plea for us to call they didn't know what hit them. Jeff gave 3 numbers for the Senate and 2 numbers for the speaker. The senate numbers were all the same voicemail so I just left one on the number I posted. The speaker had a voicemail answered by an administrative staff, and I also just left one message. They'd better be listening to us, we are not playing. We will primary them.
Sounds like you need to contact Governor Desantis' office to make sure they're aware of it.
This is the kind of dirty tricks he likes to call them out for in his public statements.
Had to leave a message but later received a text message saying I needed to call the governor and ask him to stand with president Trump. So misleading!
MDD,
THAT was their answer?! That really ticks me off!!
I made my calls and sent the information to others hoping they do the same.
How much longer will calls be taken on this? In other words, when will they be taking action and we can stop calling?
You can call them any time for anything. They are still embroiled in duking this out with DeSantis - he plans to veto this legislation
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Governor Ron DeSantis took the podium Friday to speak on how he is working to ensure state and local law enforcement work with the federal government to combat illegal immigration.
“The president has done his part with changing all the Biden policies, as part of the policies he’s implemented, they’re inviting state and locals to be a part of these efforts,” said DeSantis.
The governor disapproved of the recent TRUMP act that the Florida legislature passed this week. The act states that “the commissioner of agriculture is the only person responsible for serving as a liaison between certain entities regarding immigration laws.” It also lists a mandatory death penalty for undocumented immigrants convicted of capital offenses, sentencing enhancements for illegal immigrant gang members, and more.
“What they did was they created a piece of legislation that not only didn’t answer the call and helped deliver on the mandate that we have for the American people, they did things that would make it worse to combat illegal immigration than we’re doing now,” said DeSantis.
Jeff - thank you for the level-headed rundown of the FAA's staffing issues and their causes. That's the context that's been missing from all the hot takes I've seen. Everyone else I've read has left me with questions like: are there really staffing issues; are those issues caused by DEI? Helps to know there are real issues and they are (as usual) caused by leftist policy decisions, including vax mandates. More deaths due to vax mandates.
Under Biden, the FAA wanted to hire mentally disturbed, disabled, midgets, and others.
Trump showed the hiring info yesterday.
A big bureaucracy like FAA probably has jobs that "mentally disturbed" people can do. Air traffic controllers would not be one of them.
Are. You. Serious??
Mentally disturbed people need to be in Homes that have locks on them, so that they can’t get out to do school shootings, crash into airplanes, damage other people’s property and try to assassinate our President.
Possibly a good suggestion, as studies show that disproportionately politicians tend to be psychopaths. For instance: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/23/washington-dc-the-psychopath-capital-of-america-218892/
I was just going to say, that Home mentally disturbed people are in is called Congress.
Just look for the Sanpaku eyes
Disabilities targeted for emphasis in affirmative action planning are as follows:
deafness, blindness, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, convulsive disorder, mental retardation, mental 'illness and distortion of limbs and or spine. Source: EEOC Management Directive 713, 10/1987.
Terrifying.
Didn’t President Trump disband the EEOC?
I don't think he disbanded the whole thing, just fired some members. (As always I could be wrong)
That's from one of the documents in the discrimination lawsuit, and describes the types of people who needed to be hired to get to their diversity goals. It was written in 2000, so this has been happening at least 25 years.
Like what? I like my baggage to end up at my destination, preferably at the same time I deplane. Why must government agencies be forced to deal with people’s personal issues? Aren’t we trying to stop that? If you own a business and want to help people in that way, more power to you. Government agencies haves been Forced into hiring and keeping people that reduce efficiency. What percent of the federal workforce would you want to be hired that suffer from mental illnesses?
Not on my crews.
Too dangerous, disruptive and costly.
Or severely depressed people. Anyone see Breaking Bad?
"...the FAA wanted to hire mentally disturbed, disabled, midgets, and others..." You mean, democrats?
They should have just said “side show circus freaks.” Now that pictures of Chuck Schumer’s “wife” are coming out, I’m starting to realize the whole damn government has been infiltrated by the crazy and insane FOR YEARS.
Bunch of them are in Congress.
I'm pretty sure that would be true.
After seeing that United Airline's CEO is a cross dressing drag queen, I lost all confidence in flying. I'll get a horse and buggy before I fly again. Rob Schneider summed it up perfectly in this clip:
https://x.com/Chesschick01/status/1885163520519553393?t=2CrFhSN42a_95BIf70bnNw&s=01
Plus, they were forced to get the covid DeathVax.
I’ll never forget the 3-day trip I worked for Delta out of SLC about 8 years ago. I logged in and made my way to the crew briefing room, where I was met by the lead flight attendant who was a man in drag, 5:00 shadow, full wig, woman’s purple Delta uniform and all. My instantaneous reaction was, This must be a joke. Nope. I spent the next 3 days watching passengers’ reactions. Most of them appeared dumbfounded, insecure and unsure of how to respond to that guy. It was no fun feeling captive to somebody who was obviously mentally ill. Now I know how the crew of the HMS Bounty must have felt…
And we ladies (with real XX chromosomes) are expected to sit still for his nonsense, in whatever room people like him walk into. It’s womanface.
If i saw that, Amtrak would have been my next stop after deboarding.
I feel that way, too, JW.
I haven't flown in years. For reasons such as this, and so many others.
This past June, I flew for the first time since 2005 (into Norfolk, VA, no less). I was always grateful to God for the safe travels, but now I see that His blessing was more of a miracle.
I'm with you on this!
Paralyzed and partially paralyzed as well
A race to the bottom...
Only a low IQ person could come up with hiring more low IQ people for jobs that require high IQ performance. Only a democrat would be insulted by literally everyone else wanting the smartest person for the job, no matter their race or gender. Only a democrat would be appalled by intelligence requirements 😂 Because how would they survive if they had to rely on their intelligence?
Liberalism is a mental DIS order= Dr Michael Savage (over 20 years ago…)
I saw that too!! 😳😡 What the hell????!!!! 😡😡😡
Hell is right.
They wanted to do this way BEFORE Biden, is the problem. One of the major reports I read from the court documents was titled "A Business Case and Strategic Plan to Address Under-Representation of Minorities, Women, and People with Targeted Disabilities" -- and it was published in 2000.
(Document 14 if you want to fact-check)
https://www.mediafire.com/file/8pegd8fdwdoj7ly/139.zip/file
Not sure if "wanted" is correct, but they took away that as a disqualifier. Saw several posts from people saying they tried to be ACTs but were denied because .. they were white. Go figure. :(
They wanted the FAA workforce to mirror the overall workforce because they were afraid of being sued for discrimination. The solution was to instruct all managers to improve the percentage of "Minorities, Women, and People with Targeted Disabilities".
You might note that description only leaves out white men.
Seems "life" these days leaves out white men....
There are plenty of qualified folks from all walks of life but they must be qualified. Fill the job with the right person, the best person that meets the criteria. That's what is right no matter what. Then you get what you pay for.
Later Jay
Yep. https://nypost.com/2024/01/14/news/faas-diversity-push-includes-hiring-people-with-intellectual-and-psychiatric-disabilities/
The tragic crash near Reagan Airport is raising more questions than answers. Similar to the LA Fires, Lahiana, Western NC and East Palestine. A breakdown of government oversight due to “incompetence” and strange circumstances surrounding the cause. No wonder conspiracy theories are becoming mainstream. Hopefully the Trump administration will be transparent. This just feels like another Globalist/DS plot to destroy America.
CNN released the crash story 7 hours before it occurred. This tell us everything. They certainly feed us the narrative that they want us to grasp onto. With this new tragedy it is DEI and a trans pilot. Both of which are very real issues, no doubt. But I feel both are baited distractions from the truth. Yet again, far more to this staged event, just like Maui, NC, LA fires and East Palestine. It is sacrifice season for the occult. They communicate through their beloved gematria. The plane was rerouted to land on runway 33, their favorite number. Also many more examples with this event and gematria. Far too much to get into for this post. Always so much more to the narratives that they feed us. This world is too dark for me. I am exhausted....which is their intention as they feed off our fear, grief and rage.
A link to something other than your word that cnn reported the crash seven hours before it happened?
I used to be an avid reader of spy, geopolitical thrillers, historical fiction, American history. From Clancy to, Michener to Berenson. I stopped reading 9 years ago. Current events in the Trump Era, are far more intriguing, historical and consequential.
Maybe that explains your seeming inability to distinguish between fiction and non fiction.
You're pushing another already debunked falsehood spread by ann coulter and offering no citation for your equally unfounded claim about CNN.
This kind of stuff has no place here.
I’ve heard that CNN released the story of the crash before it happened on other posts but is there proof or is this just a rumor?
What is your source for CNN releasing the story early?
My first red flag was the helicopter. My second red flag was at the Capitol's airport and kind of a 'prominent' location. But the 'over the top' strange way Trump was talking about this whole thing, almost without actually saying it that things just don't add up here.
CNN really! Like building 7 on 911?
"Hey Joe why don't you take off early tonight, i know the coffee i gave you earlier made your stomach cramp unbearably, we can handle it all from here. Couple planes a helo, no worries."
I too caught the "strange" response that Trump made and caused me to raise an eyebrow.
‘Hopefully’ they will be transparent?
Are you so blind that you cannot see that they ARE being transparent?
Conspiracy Theory? Give it 6 months......
Later Jay
I want to know who were on the two nearby passenger planes.Targets? That helo flew for a long while toward them.
Who of prominence on the plane was killed by the "accident"? I could see if a couple Trump nominees or whistleblowers coming in to talk directly to Hegseth or Patel were passengers, then sure...activate the chopper pilot or just mess with the instruments on board so that the collision was plotted in
JUST need MORE $$$$ and resources from under-taxed Americans, corporations, and Billionaires. That's always the remedy
So more tariffs,
And who will pay when the bill comes due?
With no tangible manufacturing on-shore we're a captive audience who will pay.
Later Jay
Us.
Someone coined the term “vacci-dents”.
There was also banter on X about the displays used, how radar control looks like 1980s asteroids game on the original atari. Flightradar and flightaware apps on our phones are potentially more useful.
Trump said in his press conference that in 2017 he wanted to upgrade all the controller technology b/c what they were using was so old. Think they were investigating/getting quotes but then 2020 steal went down. He said upgrades were done to old equipment instead and it cost more than just replacing it all with faster, smarter, user friendly equipment. Maybe they will get it now. 🙏🙏 Praying for Ted’s father and family.
I've read most of the federal govt is using old out of date equipment. Insane.
Well when they prioritize spending on sensitivity programs and all kinds of other nonessential things, no wonder the technology is in such a sorry state!! 😡
NOT their Civilian Spy Technology
Good point WP.
Our warriors are going to war without all the protection and equipment they need. Unsat.
All the money went to Ukraine, was then siphoned back to Hunter and James Biden so the ‘Big Guy’ could get his cut.
Funny, about 25 years ago I was dealing with a large wildfire bearing down on a major FAA ATC radar site in the forest, I spoke with the FAA staff at the site to coordinate protection and understand the implications. One question I had was what was the value of the site, the answer was at least $150M, but the bigger issue was that it could not be replaced because the technology no longer existed and would have to be reinvented. It seems similar to the Saturn V rockets of the Apollo age, that as soon as funding and the contract ended, tooling and expertise were lost, so instead of continuous improvements, just a one and done so to speak. Seem a nationwide infrastructure act maybe should have included upgrading these. (We did stop the fire below the site)
And hardened against EMP attacks, please.
I am reading and wondering the same
One real issue in this irreconcilable crash, certainly an elephant in the room, is the myocarditis and severe cardiac arrest causing ~jab~ were the black hawk pilots Pfizer or Moderna jabbed? Was this a “vaccident?”…. The other certainly plausible scenario is “suicidal ideation” under the influence of any one of the SSRI’s exposed by Dr Peter Breggin MD…. I When Will there be transparency on the full ramifications of the unprecedented forced Covid jabs and in air pilot flight emergencies and fatalities?
I’ve noticed the same non reporting in msm of the devastating effects of the vax mandates as a cause for the air traffic control personnel shortages. It was good to read Jeff’s honest ( as always!) reporting.
“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]
- Jesus, John 16:33 (AMP)
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult."
— Psalm 46: 1-3
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all [d]comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. 9 The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”
1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV
When we use the word "mandate", we start taking things for granted. If we continue to work hard, we can strengthen and expand our, currently temporary, mandate. Scott Pressler and Nicole Shanahan issued statements over the last day or two that indicate they know the score and are still in battle mode.
Republicans need to flip the GA Senate seat (Shanahan is especially focused here as she helped get those two Dems elected, and it sounds like serious regret is setting in), and grab a bunch of seats in CA, where an opportunity has developed.
All gas, no brakes. Take nothing for granted. Stay on the offensive.
Many of us GA citizens find Warnock repulsive.
People who proclaim they’re a “pro choice pastor” are
Amen!! Praying people are NOT complacent. Trumps win was just a battle victory - we still have a war to win. We have 2 Conservative SB seats coming up for re-election in April, one is running again and we are backing a new Conservative (patriot dad) and fundraising and getting volunteers is a struggle this time. Yeah some have other things in their lives going on and such but many have just gone dark and blow us off which leads me to believe they think they can just go back to 'normal' and not stay in the fight.
I'm not sure the war will ever be over. We just have to stay vigilant and keep an eye on them, because they are always lurking in the bushes and waiting for their opportunity.
Exactly
Agree. We can’t let our guard down or become complacent.
Exactly.
I just read the list of Big Pharma contributions to Senators and Warnock got $1,763,425.00!
It's been ZERO hours since Democrats last embarrassed themselves.
After witnessing some of these hearings I've been relieved watching these D senators do anything but handling a knife in their kitchen.
Imagine knowing your ignorant and wrong and deciding you're going to be loud about it.
Agreed... but I gotta ask: "DO YOU SUPPORT THE ONESIES??" LOLOLOL Oh Bernie, what a clown.
I don't want to get in trouble but at the moment I'm having a difficult time describing how dumb some of the female D senators are. So I'll try to be delicate...
Nothing but one big yeast infection.
Not saying the men are pillars of intelligence...but boy oh boy...the females are next level.
it's embarrassing to all of us women. It really is.
Yep. We were talking about the antics last night at dinner and I said these women, by their emotionally incontinent displays, were actually ensuring we would NOT have a female president in my lifetime. And yes, some of the men are no better (and they should have to surrender their man cards), but as a woman, I'm focusing on people like Klobuchar, Warren and Gillibrand. Warren comes across as completely hysterical. I was shocked the degree to which she became undone. Unflattering doesn't begin to describe the interaction.
Hassan was unhinged too using her child as a prop.
They forget their own voters are watching too.
I doubt their "voters" behave any better than they do. So, why would they care how they act?
great point
Seriously embarrassing. 🤦🏻♀️
It’s the leftist women for the most part (besides a few RINOs like Collins and Murkowski and even they don’t seem to shriek and foam at the mouth like the Democrat women do). I’m not embarrassed because I don’t see myself as anything like them. I am the same sex as they are but the similarities stop there.
yes and it seems like they didn't have anything but their usual tired playbook of "you better bow at the altar of abortion" Regardless of anyone's position on abortion, people are *over* this singular argument when our country is going down in flames in real time. Abortion is a moot point now - the population of illegals coming into the country are going to have as many babies as possible to flip the country communist. Either these reps want this, or they are just dumber than a bag of hair. Bottom line, I don't control what people do with their bodies but I don't want my tax dollars being used against my will and my conscience. These women are so locked in and rabid on this issue, and they know there will always be some faction that will provide abortions no matter what the government says. And they *still* try to use the argument that a woman miscarrying cannot get medical care in a state that doesn't allow abortions. This is a blatant lie and it's so infuriating to me.
Agree.
I'll second that! These despicable, and yes, really dim bulb Democrat women are setting the rest of us back a hundred years!
The Democratic Male Senators are just a different kind of stupid.
Yes. They're more feminine than most of the female senators
Yeah I’m definitely not giving the Democrat men a pass! They’re just as idiotic and shrill as the women are!
Ol pencil neck got so upset his mascara was running!
Him, Brennan and Fauci are at the highest levels in the pantheon of punchable faces
I'd put Sheldon Whitehouse on that same list, lol
Oh yes, those Dem males are absolutely another weird species. The alien looking Ron Wyden, the congenitive liar Adam Schiff, Mark Warner come immediately to mind, but there are oh so many others in the same club.
A huge advertisement for TERM LIMITS—these people are Out of Control!
A more apt description might be menopause on steroids.🙈
Definitely cringe-worthy.
I almost feel sorry for their husbands... LOL
This comparison is insulting to the yeasties, who are quiet, capable, and diligent in their own way….
Had I listened while Mom was trying to teach me to sew, I’d sew Bernie a giant Onesie in time for his next red-faced tantrum. I’d have it say, “Vaxxed and afraid, and OUTED by RFK”.
And I'd BUY that giant Onesie!!! I think we need to crochet him some oversized mittens with that slogan
Oh that would be hilarious!! Maybe a special gift package from C&C readers 😬😆
Put that on a T-shirt
It would need the Pfizer logo
Free advertising for CHD merch.
I don't even have any babies and I want to buy 100!
I would buy two for my dogs. Right now.
LOL
Bernie looked almost demonic during his rant. Most of them did. Praying for Kash, Tulsi, Robert and Ted’s Dad.
He was so amusingly hysterical over being outed as a Big Pharma bribe recipient.
Bernie wears a onesie over his Pamper...
LOL
Please don’t insult the clowns
I’m still chuckling about that. Hilarious!
They are literally just doing as they are instructed to do. No thinking involved just allegiance to the Party, the Democrat/socialist/communist party.
But don't forget, it's MAGA that's the cult.
I’m calling it the moron show.
Moronsters!...;)
Love it!
"It's easier to fool people than convince them they've been fooled." - Mark Twain (again)
These pathological liars will die before ever admitting they aren't perfect.
Another quote: "I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." - A. Lincoln, to Gen. Grant in 1863, published in a newspaper
Can you imagine Biden, Obama, Warren, Pelosi, (fill in your favorite liar here), ever admitting they were wrong? Again, they would die first.
Well, that did serve Abraham's purpose. Burning down Atlanta and waging war on civilians throughout Grant's march to the sea completely destroyed the southern state's economy and turned all but the poorest into war refugees.
Well, actually, Lincoln's statement to Grant related to Grant's actions in 1863 along the Mississippi river (the "Western theatre"). And Sherman, not Grant, actually conducted the march to the sea, at the end of 1864. Regarding "war refugees", yeah, that's bad, but over 600,000 men and boys lost their lives in the conflict.
But the point was about the honesty, or dishonesty, of high-ranking officials. Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Robert E. Lee, and John Wilkes Booth were more honest than the pack of thieves I referenced in my original post: Warren, Biden, Obama, etc.
What about RFK Jr? I was watching. Is this how it usually is to proceed by ranting, asking a question, immediately interrupting any answer, and then pretending that RFK said something horrendous? I thought they were inclusive, and yet they feel just fine to repeatedly silence someone with a speech disability? How can someone have any integrity if this is how they work? Complete bully behavior.
RFK is so ridiculously intellectually competent that they didn't dare to let him speak. I saw one Senator stumbling over her words as she tried to play out the strategy that they apparently tried to coordinate. And Bernie... His eyes and veins were popping out of his head when RFK brought up his Pharma funding. I couldn't believe that he didn't completely talk over RFK before he could say it. Didn't he get the tactical memo?
Yeah that was a very revealing moment when RFK brought up Bernie's Pharma funding... I thought the old fool was coming over the bench to attack RFK.
Same thing with Tulsi Gabbard, they ask a question and then proceed to filibuster. They know she is smart and could annihilate them with her answers, so they talk over her with ridiculous statements, I don’t think they even care how stupid they sound as long as she doesn’t get a word in.
Bernie doesn’t realize you can look that information up easily? Even we peons can find it. Opensecrets.org. These slime balls are either over programmed or the hypnosis session didn’t take.
Watch the hearings from the 2nd day. He couldn't answer correctly what Part A of Medicare was for. He was not prepared. He broke my heart.
As the husband of a Geriatric Psych RN whose patients are 100% on Medicare, I have no idea what Medicare Part A covers.
see reply to christine above
I doubt very seriously that RFK Jr. has ever used Medicare, of either part.
Funny enough, Wed evening I went to dinner with a HS friend and his older GF. At some point in the convo, I mentioned that it had been over 5 years since I'd been to the doctor.
The GF replied "Well you'll have to go when you turn 65 in order to get Medicare."
I told her "No, I won't. I refuse and I will never willingly participate in the Big Pharma - Medical scam again."
Right after that they both put their masks on. Lol
My friends tell me they have to go to an annual checkup to get meds renewed. I did not know that as I do not take any prescription meds. Pharma clearly drives the practice of medicine.
Good for you!
People, ditch your meds. You've been lied to - you don't need them.
Rxs are a chain Big Pharma use to keep you enslaved
LOL! Right on!
Agree, disappointed but not surprised :(
I completely disagree that RFK not knowing part A distinctions meant that he showed up so badly as to make him seem unsuitable for the job.
I took that as the trivia tactic. Basically, I'll try to catch you in the act of not knowing some fact, which will then be used to obscure the big picture of just how competent and capable you are at addressing the bigger mission. And RFK has been working on that big picture mission with competency and integrity for many years. Anyone can look at his long work history and see what he's about, what he can do, what he has proven himself as capable of, where he is going and why. Why is Medicare A as a point of knowledge given legitimacy as a significant issue when it is beyond obvious that it is not a functional issue in the workings to come. That is what teams and advisors are for, to work out things like what it concretely can look like to facilitate a system that actually gives results in good health.
I watched much of the hearings, while juggling duties. The hostile tactics were clear, to shout down a man with a speech disability that does not allow him to physically vocally compete, thus defeating him metaphorically. As one of the most censored individuals of the past speech lockdown years, we got to see the same people who support censorship doing their best to do it live and on the spot.
There were senators who mentioned meeting with rfk to discuss their concerns, and, putting two and two together, I understood that the hostile front both refused to speak to him prior and intentionally did their best not to engage him in any civil communicative way in the hearings. What I observed was rant, question, interrupt and yell over any answers, and then rant as though rfk had said something he had not, portraying their character assassination propaganda as some kind of gotcha scum truth. How can anyone in a role to represent the people, who gangs up to avoid real contact with the issue, be seen to have any integrity? There is no there there.
Even though it was not to topic, I was grateful when RFK pointed out the hypocrisy of Sanders accepting Pharma money. In order to address the unspoken meta issue, you need to step beyond the restricted and abusive faulty form.
I don't entirely understand why he said some things like that he would not try to restrict vaccines and support them, but I imagine for myself that, as was clear in the hostile ambient, he at best could get out part of what was meant to be a longer discourse with context and clarity.
I imagine he must have role played being in this hostile environment, with awareness of how left media would make use of it, but, I honestly do not see him as a snappy soundbite guy. From my witnessing of him, he is a person of integrity who seriously and sincerely shows up to take the time to develop the argument and the support for it. I wonder whether he truly knows how to alter his communicative character for this kind of bizarre environment of being cut off, vocally censored, and maliciously mis-portrayed.
Welcome to politics. What you witnessed in the little of the hearings you did watch is what goes on in every contentious confirmation hearing. Both sides (R's & D's) do it (show hostility, grandstand and do that Yes or No stuff). Yes, it is shameful, but you need to expect it when you are a nominee and deal with it.
RFK, Jr has lived in politics his whole life and should have been better prepared for it. He has testified before the Senate before. I believe many of those democrats indicated "we discussed this or that in our private meetings". I watch the full hearings from both days, as a luxury of being retired. I know it is hard for those working to do that.
I would agree with your assessment of his character, but he changed his tune beginning with his campaign and then into this nomination. He did that unforunately to pander for votes. When you do that, it gets you into trouble, which it did this week.
Regarding Part A. I repeat that was not an insignificant blunder. That question is not a gotcha question. That would be like me interviewing a candidate for a tax position and finding out he didn't know what a 1040 or GAAP was. Trust me its a big deal. He also constantly confused Medicare and Medicaid. All these programs constitute the largest part of his roles and responsibilities as HHS Secretary. Associated Press ran a story the day after the hearing titled "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggles to answer questions on Medicare and Medicaid at confirmation hearing".
I have been following Kennedy's work on vaccines for over a decade now. The Kennedy I knew did not show up in those hearings. As I said previously, he broke my heart.
He’s also pro jabs, pro cDC jab schedule, pro OWS, and pro avian bird flu jab. Said nothing about choice or bodily autonomy. Very disappointed.
A Senate confirmation hearing is a job interview. RFK went in to interview for the job of HHS secretary. HHS runs the Medicare program. He is saying, pick me for the job, I am qualified. And he doesn't know that Part A covers hospitalization. He said doctors visits. That's Part B. He is also on Medicare. Every piece of documents you get from them tell you what the parts are. I did not know either until I went on it last January. But if he can't answer those basic questions, do you hire him for the job and say he is qualified? He threw the game for the other team yesterday - why?
He made one slip and this gets him canned? C’mon man!
No. One slip does not get you canned. But if you really are a MD and you watched the hearings I don't know how you can say his performance will make it easy for a friendly (Cassidy - a Republican who supports Trump - but is also a MD) to vote for him? Were you impressed by how he handled Cassidy's concerns around the Hep B shot? Were you impressed on how he handled the questions re: Guardasil? What I saw is a guy that says "I follow the science", "I will do what Trump tells me to do"," If you show me the science I will follow it", etc. He was not prepared to state what the science was that led him to the statements he made in the past. He did not point out the studies that HHS have not done on vaccines (vaxxed vs unvaxxed, study the impact of the whole schedule - how many shots can the kids take at one sitting, etc.)
I have been following this man for over a decade on vaccines. I have watched him go head to head with many and he did so very competently in the past. But unfortunately that man is not on the record. The man that showed up these past two days, I did not recognize. He did not take the opportunity to bring forth to Congress and America the problems with a sacred cow they call vaccines.
Please provide the moments in these hearing that impressed you.
So disappointed. But not surprised. He is a democrat really.
You seem to insist on letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Please provide your suggestion for anyone better suited, more committed or more qualified for the job.
And please do it in fewer than 50 words.
You seem to not want to deal with reality. So what part of RFK's testimony impressed you most? What question did he nail?
Trump would have been better to nominate Rand Paul for the job.
Agree. He failed bigly in my eyes.
Good idea! If RFK doesn't make the cut, Rand Paul might be a good option.
The rats have a playbook they use over and over! Then media picks up something negative and blows it out of proportion and spreads it everywhere! We see it!
It will be interesting to watch the swamp creatures retire or something worse!
Can anyone explain how likely it is that RFK will get through and be confirmed? I can't wait. Is there any doubt?
If you watched both hearings you would be very nervous about him being able to be confirmed. He did not perform well. He was not prepared with any facts or specifics, particularly on vaccines. Thank God for Rand Paul yesterday. He gave his 5 minutes to challenging the day one vax for babies with the committee chair (who is a Republican doctor supporting Trump) instead of asking his own questions. RFK JR should have done it but he failed. I wish Aaron Siri was there to answer the Senator questions. That guy is great on showing how there is no science to support safety for vaccines.
RFK Jr messed up on an easy softball question, by a Democrat, no less. He couldn't tell them what the parts were to Medicare! My heart sunk as it got it wrong. For Christs sake, Medicare is the biggest part of HHS job! I have been sick all night over it. This was our chance. Did he purposely blow it? Remember the last Trump presidency he was suppose to lead a commission on vaccine safety and it never happened. Are we being played by Kennedy? My conclusion after the two days of hearings is yes.
True... but RFK's refusal to speak truth about Big Pharma's Covid DEATH-jabs was, IMO, intentional... much like Kash's refusal to call a spade a spade and come out and say the '20 and '22 elections were riddled with FRAUD and CORRUPTION... and to say that Snowden was NOT a "traitor", but a whistleblower.
They thought those truths would be disqualifying.
Probably will not matter... the Dems are SCUM.. as are the RINOs.
RFK and Kash will be close votes... Tulsi, IMO, is toast, due to the secret ballot.
👍
Phil... off topic... you might find this interesting... as I did...
https://www.unz.com/ishamir/unravelling-the-mystery-of-war/
Please do not use God’s name in vain! I find it offensive and totally unnecessary in conversation. And it wounds Him even more.
"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
In other words... shut up, pompous clown.
I agree. Read Peggy Halls latest substack on Kennedy. Not good.
Yes. Someone sent it to me last night. It is here.
https://peggyhall.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-senate-hearings
She is covering it honestly.
Did you see this Whitney Webb report on this O'Neil guy that Trump wants to confirm?
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/01/investigative-reports/thiel-linked-hhs-nominee-threatens-maha-ambitions-with-biotech-stance/
You need to take a walk, get some fresh air and maybe adjust your meds.
I have a question. If, as has been documented, accepting a Presidential pardon is an admission of guilt, why does US Senate leader allow California's junior Senator Alan Schiff to ask Presidential Cabinet nominees any questions? Since he accepted the pardon he has confessed to being guilty of crimes. Even Thune should be able to understand something so simple.
Did Schiff accept it? Usually that is done when it is asserted in response to a legal proceeding. At any rate investigations should be conducted. The pardons cannot prohibit investigations. We deserve to know who did what and when.
I believe he did, I suspect it would have been big news if he refused it. I agree, put him, and all the others under oath to tell the truth and ask why they were given, and they accepted pardons. We have a right/need to know.
I don't think he has accepted it. I searched "accepted Biden pardons" and got nothing then "refused pardons" and interestingly got articles about J6 recipients who refused them but nothing on Biden pardon refusals. I fully acknowledge that online research ain't what it used to be. I do not rely on AI responses.
I might be wrong, but I don't think you have to formally accept a pardon. If you don't formally reject it, it's deemed accepted.
I'm pretty sure I heard someone on Fox say that the pardon is granted whether you want it or not.
I do not think there is a formal process to accept or reject. Unless or until you do one of the other it is akin to an open offer it seems. Usually a stance has to be taken by the proposed pardonee in conjunction with some sort of legal action. Interestingly at least one J6er is reported to have rejected the pardon, saying he did it, it was wrong to do it, he was guilty and should not be pardoned. And two of Biden's death penalty commutations were rejected because they had appeals pending which alleged their actual innocence and believed the commutations would damage their appeal; though I have seen a blurb on a case saying a commutation cannot be rejected. I think the interesting thing about Biden's pardons is whether the recipients will reject them to maintain 5th Amendment protection.
100%
I wondered that myself. Schiff was just (s)elected in November so why weren't other, more senior senators on that committee? Schiff is a lying, conniving slime par excellence. The California voters who elected that creep are beyond stupid.
By that token are the j6ers guilty of a crime?
Pity poor billionaires JB and "Jennifer" Pritzker: Trump's efforts to shut down "gender-affirming" medical care will put a big financial hurt on the Pritzkers' funding goals.
The Tawani Foundation, Duke University, University of Minnesota Medical School, Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago: All have received millions of Pritzker dollars to advance the transgender cause in both civilian and military society.
We can pray that their vile business will be reduced if not outright eliminated.
I know there's a lot of competition, but the Pritzker family sure must rank in top three malevolent forces in today's America.
And Pritzker power leaves Illinois!
Good grief. You mean to tell me a female actually *married* that fat tub of excrement!
Oh sweetheart. Raise your standards.
Pp
I think the Pritzker family has a trans sibling? That may explain the funding frenzy. I hope these surgeries are soon relegated to the dustbin of horrors where they belong.
"Jennifer" Pritzker, born male and masquerading as a woman. S(he) is the one controlling the trans surgery money faucet.
Happy Fabulous Friday!!
I'm so thankful to wake up every morning, knowing Trump is president again. :D
So energizing, isn't it?
Me too!! Our “millimeter miracle”.
Speaking of that miracle, I saw a meme where the Dem women senators were showing their ugly faces, pointing and screeching and a pic of Trumps bleeding ear. My ears would bleed too. lol
USAID = CIA
USAID-CIA-WAPO
Have you all seen this video of the plane crash? It’s from CNN and a completely different angle than I’ve seen before.
My husband and I watched it and have no idea how the helicopter didn’t see the jet. It looks like they’re just heading straight towards each other. But we also aren’t helicopter pilots, so I’m sure there’s something we’re missing.
https://x.com/tpostmillennial/status/1885335062956093742?s=46&t=Paio8Fg6u1DIo-jQRCfLqg
I read an x post by a former Black Hawk pilot (now retired) who said early on that this was heli crew failure in his professional opinion and that they would've been wearing night goggles (for this training mission) but that in that air space their whole range of vision would be lit up with green (because of all the lights from the city and other air traffic). That said, he said the pilots are not often looking forward in their flight path, they (and their crew) are all looking both inside and outside of the cockpit and usually (if well trained) announce when they are looking inside (so the others redirect to look outside) and between the three of them someone always has eyes focused out. He suspects they failed to do this at a critical moment and were focused on the other regional jet that was taking off (to their right) and swerved to go behind it (as ATC instructed) but instead (flying at 200ft higher than they should've been) swerved into the flight path of the AA jet. What should've saved everyone was the altitude corridor for the heli (which they inexplicably were not in...) and ATC (who SHOULD have called an alert and for rapid adjustment).
Those facts beg the question: Why does military traffic fly TOWARDS civilian approach paths into DCA? Weather permitting, ALL military flights should be routed westward, away from DCA approaches, thus minimizing the opportunities for collisions.
Holy Cow!! Wonder who filmed that!?! How did they know to focus on that particular part of the night sky? Surely in such busy airspace flights of all kinds are not notable? It seemed like a person was filming as the camera moves at the end?
I don’t know. I suspect it was a security camera view that CNN was able to enhance to make it lighter and closer up.
I'm so weak-kneed about this accident that I can't bring myself to watch it. I am sick over it. Those poor people.
Watch the video and make your own assessment as to whether this was intentional or accidental. The Blackhawk looked like a missile heading for its target. And how likely is it that a helicopter would just happen to veer into the approach flight path of Reagan airport? How likely is it that the airspace within 3 miles of the White House and U.S. Capital wasn’t being watched by multiple radar systems and very tightly controlled, especially post 9/11? Just saying.
My thoughts exactly. How can a Black Hawk crew not notice a huge airliner with all its lights on? And continue their flightpath and ram straight into it? Regardless of ATC failure it sure looks intentional. And what about military radar and the surveillance of airspace above DC, one of the most secured areas in the world? I mean, come on.
I get what you’re saying, and I understand the theory about the potentially suicidal helicopter pilot… but there were THREE pilots, I have a hard time believing that they would be ok with suiciding themselves. I lean towards an accident caused by mistakes/ineptitude, but I definitely leave space open for the suicide theory. It would explain so much.
I do not remember hearing about this when it happened, but a guy who worked at a Seattle airport as ground crew in 2018 managed to get onboard an empty aircraft, take off, and circle around the area for an hour and a half before crashing it onto an island - suicide. I stumbled across the video on FB last week and it haunted me for several days - I lost a sister to suicide 14 years ago next week, and my not knowing she was struggling still hurts to this day. Everyone who worked with him and a couple of friends who did speak to reporters had no clue whatsoever that he had mental health issues or was suicidal. The video had banter between him and the control tower as well as military jet pilots who were prepared to shoot him down if headed for a populated area, and it was clear he had done this as a big time stunt that would end in his death. From what I was able to read, dug up whatever I could find on this story, family and friends for the most part have never come forward and talked, but his final act has evidently landed him a cult following. Amazed and saddened just how many people commented on the video of his flight saying how they too were in despair, and they totally understood why he did what he did.
Not saying this had anything to do with this crash - it's too early to know - but at least from the looks of that newest, clearer video that just came out - I am not sure we can rule out intentionality. I just know we can never really know what is in someone's mind and heart, and there are a lot of walking wounded out there.
I witnessed this incident when I lived there. He was flying around for a long time all around Seattle, before mercifully ditching it in more remote location.
It haunted me for years .
I’m not familiar with that story, either. Would be horrible if this were a copycat situation.
Much as I dislike Rolling Stone, they were the only source I could locate that did any depth on this story. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/beebo-russell-seattle-plane-theft-true-story-1187023/ Can't find the original video I watched, but about 6.5 minutes into this one has his chatter with the control tower. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYpaf8WdppM "Just a broken guy with a few screws loose" Sad.
Do we really know there were actual pilots on board? Maybe it was unmanned, how would we know?. It would be interesting to find out who all the passengers were on the plane…..
I believe it was a training flight with 3 pilots on board.
New post by Trump
https://x.com/collinrugg/status/1885332071369105808?s=46
The helicopter pilot was looking to the right, telling the tower that they see the plane in order to avoid it, and the plane that crashed into them came from the left. The Am Airlines pilots were looking at instruments, juggling 5 things at once to prepare to land, so they didn't see the helicopter because they weren't looking thru the window.
From the video it sure appears that it was the Blackhawk that crashed into the jet….
....for something that shouldn't have been there in the first place.
All this suicide jabber is unhelpful, and it's cruel to the grieving loved ones of the dead, imo.
WOW. And to think that helicopter should have been 200 feet lower than the plane.
Wow.
Same reaction for me. 😮
They're worried about Trump's authority to "strike federal spending and regulation, and reconfigure vast swaths of the U.S. government even without approval from Congress," yet the whole reason this is happening is that federal agencies have been doing whatever they choose with taxpayer money without approval from Congress. Congress created the agencies, but then set them loose with vague instructions of their purpose — they get to decide how to use their funding, supposedly in service of that purpose. The striking down of the Chevron deference was a useful precursor to reigning in the unaccountable bureaucracy. And now the head of the executive branch is exercising his Constitutional authority to direct the agencies that Congress created to ensure they are spending the money in service of the proposed purpose for which they were created.
Happy Friday from behind enemy lines in Western WA. Just so you all know our state and local governments are moving even further left after latest elections. They have new bills in the D super majority that plan to strip parental rights for school children, charge $25k insurance for gun ownership, ban wood burning stoves, increase carbon tax, ignore ICE and more! We can hold for a year or more but WA is an afterthought to MAGA and doubt any major confrontation will happen to slow the commies down. Praying my future grandchildren will not have to live w this crap.
Good morning from Eastern Washington… and yes, it feels like we are behind enemy lines.
I would suggest that a large minority are complicit in the downward spiral of our state.
We are having positive results in Yakima County through the strengthening of the PCOs and just getting the right people in the Yakima County Republican Party leadership. And I hear Clark county is going in a good direction.
My theory is that some Republican/conservative are sitting out voting because they see how corrupt and disingenuous the Republican Party is.
What county are you in?
Need to work locally… and resist the beast.
Snohomish
My advice if you aren’t a PCO yet, become one… get involved with your County Republican Party… I am told they are decent, so there is room for improvement
Clark County went for Ron Paul in 2008, we've always been ahead of the curve!
Yakima County too…. But he was robbed at the National Convention.
Go Clark County!
Please see my reply below to Alan and let me know if you're already doing it there.
It's an abbreviated sample (!!!) of the latest from them, and gives those who don't live here just a small taste of the insanity we're dealing with in this state.
Tio Juan: Please see my reply to Alan Davis below and let me know if you're already involved.
Great work you're doing over there. Thank you. It helps us all.
Until you guys get rid of mail ballots, your govt won’t represent you.
See mine to Alan below.
It's mind blowing.
All roads lead back to vote by mail.
This.
Suggestion if you can, Get involved in your local county GOP and attend the monthly meetings. Find out who the committee men are. They have influence to elect candidates and fight back against voter fraud. My county GOP in California was majority corrupt now majority MAGA because patriots stood up and got involved. I just went to meeting last night. Very inspiring. True warriors. Read Dans Schultz’ book How to get into the ball game of politics where you live to help make America great again. God bless! 🇺🇸✨
Well said! Start local..
Covfefe Gal, your insights are spot on. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Please see my post above in reply to Alan. It's an outstanding example of the kind of thing that can arise out of the kind of advice you're giving.
The folks doing this work are doing an amazing job.
The onslaught here from the left is beyond belief, and I pray we'll soon see a strong US Attorney appointed for this district to help us fight back.
I'm a California refugee and reading what you've shared in your post makes me feel very thankful, and gives me optimistic hope for my beloved and greatly missed home state.
The entire left coast is politically FUBAR.
Good morning from rural Thurston County. The proposed bills are horrendous. I keep signing in "Con," but I doubt it will do any good.
I wonder how the Trump Executive Orders will affect our lousy educational system. I'm sure there will be massive pushback from our state "leaders."
I'm surprised this hasn't happened in crazy CA. WA has more loons running things than I realized. I lived in Seattle in 1969-70 and it seemed like such a wonderful place back then.
CMCM, we're overrun by them, and they're completely out of control. I hope you'll read my post above in reply to Alan. It gives just a few examples of the outrageous assault we're under at this time.
Their stated priority is to resist Trump and thwart his supporters in every possible way.
I hope folks are paying attention, because this is exactly what's in store for other states if the left succeed here. And California is likely to be next.
💔💔💔 from a former Western Washingtonian...
If you don't mind my asking, where are you now? Just a regional description if you're not comfortable being too specific.
We're literally under assault here and may be forced out of our homes, and I don't quite know where we need to be looking.
I moved to NW California in 1984, then NE Cali....now I'm on the Central Coast (Santa Maria). Whenever I go up to see my family in the Tacoma area, I can't believe how awful the traffic is ...and the feeling of "Home" is long gone. I grew up in Milton, a lovely slice of rural suburbia. Now the beautiful ranches & farms are subdivisions. 💔
Amazing.
I was born in Santa Maria, and lived most of my life in San Luis Obispo County, until the illegal immigration issues in that region finally made it unlivable for us. Husband was born up here and his folks wanted him back, so we're now in rural Clallam County. I do miss it there. A lot. And I do think it's probably a better place for you than the seattle/tacoma area. I probably wouldn't be able survive in sea/tac.
It's a very small world, isn't it? I have lovedi living here but yes, the Third World has continued to encroach on this lovely little piece of California. The perfect weather is so hard to leave...but now that I have retired from my job in the Santa Ynez Valley, and my 91 yr old mother up I'm Lakewood just got diagnosed with Breast Cancer ...I may have to come back up to help her fight her nemesis, armed with Ivermectin, Fenbendazole, and a few other weapons of WAR against this jab-induced enemy. 🔥🔥🔥
Oh honey. I'm so sorry to hear of your Mom's diagnosis. You're a good daughter. And a smart one. I'd have more faith in your approach to treatment than the ones typically inflicted on ladies in her situation. Do you think she's vaccine injured?
My only grandchild is presently in critical condition following surgery for brain cancer. I feel sure it's due to being force 'vaccinated' two years ago. I can't find the words to express the sadness I feel.
There's no place with better weather than the central California coastal area. It's like a paradise. So mild and so kind. Before illegal immigration overtook the region it was the hub of the universe for me. No matter where I traveled I couldn't wait to get home. It holds many of my fondest of memories.
What a small world, indeed.
Prayers UP for your precious grandchild ... Yes, the Jab has done its evil work on too many people. I just told my mom I totally blame the jab as the cause of her cancer, and again, I begged her to stop getting any more flu shots or ANY OTHER Jabs. Praying she'll embrace this chemo/radiation alternative. I will be giving God ALL the Glory when she is healed! 🙏🏼
I sure hope your mom heeds your advice. The standard treatment protocols are utterly brutal. Even strong young women are wiped out by it, and the elderly would seem to stand little chance of withstanding such radical therapies.
Grandson is doing well and bouncing back, with a good prognosis. Whew. Hopefully this will be the end of it.
It's snowing here. Waaaaaaa!! lol
Praise the Lord! Glad to hear your grandson is going to be fine. May he thrive and grow STRONG! 🙌🏼🕊️🙏🏼💚🌳
Sadly, it's true. I wrote about this a few weeks ago, if anybody's interested in catch up on our plight:
https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/while-rest-of-america-reverses-course
And now we have sideshow Bob… who is evil, but I suspect is a worm. Time will tell.
Where do you live in our state.
I'm actually "stuck" in Arizona right now. I was snowbirding for years between here and Vancouver, but my Vancouver roommates bolted for greener pastures. With any luck I'll find a 'summer home' and be up in time for the start of softball season!
Thank you.
Please see my post above in reply to Alan and tell me what you think.
I've looked but don't see it. Can you link it directly?
Let's see if this works: https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/incursions-friday-january-31-2025/comment/90103188
LOL...it's now directly below us here.
This thread got long!
Welp, look up your state history from 150 years ago. You were settled by communists. From what would be called Russia now.
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1673
VOTE CON
BILL TITLE: Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state.
BILL SUMMARY:HB1673 THIS BILL MAY LOOK FAMILIAR. It is the Companion Bill to SB 5466 which had a hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology on Jan 31. These bills are identical. Please vote con on this bill also. The legislature has found that Washington has committed to decarbonizing its electricity system so that it is carbon neutral by 2030 and carbon free by 2045. ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS INCLUDES RETIRING COAL AND GAS RESOURCES. This bill will establish The Washington Electric Transmission Office within the department of commerce. IT WILL FOCUS ON, AMONG OTHER THINGS, NONWIRE ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS DEMAND RESPONSE, ENERGY STORAGE (BESS SYSTEMS) AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
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5310
VOTE CON
BILL TITLE: Concerning child care subsidy rates
BILL SUMMARY: SB5310 It is the intent of the legislature to systemically increase child care subsidy rates over time UNTIL RATES ARE EQUAL TO THE FULL COST OF PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY CHILD CARE. No fiscal note is available.
This bill is scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means on Feb 3 at 4:00 PM. Deadline to respond is Feb 3 at 4:00 PM.
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5069
VOTE CON
BILL TITLE: Requiring the secretary of state to print and distribute a voters' pamphlet for the primary in each even-numbered year and for the general election every year.
BILL SUMMARY: SB5069 This would be more expensive and cause confusion by requiring two or more voters’ pamphlets to be printed . Estimated operating expenditures are a whopping $22.4 million through 2031.
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1404
VOTE CON
BILL TITLE: Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault.
BILL SUMMARY: SB5355 The legislature intends to provide survivors at postsecondary institutions with certain protections, resources, and accommodations to help them navigate the aftermath of traumatic sex-based and gender-based violence and harassment. All institutions of higher learning with 8,000 or more students must establish a student health and safety committee, provide employee-specific training, education to students, free counseling, transportation for medical exams, and information about legal counsel. More rules, regulations for higher education at what cost to the taxpayer? There is no fiscal note, so the cost is unknown.
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5479
VOTE CON
BILL TITLE: Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs.
BILL SUMMARY: SB 1651 The alternative route and teacher residency conditional scholarship program is created. The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance to encourage persons to become teachers through alternative route teacher certification programs or the teacher residency program and to retain these teachers in shortage areas. Participants are eligible to receive an alternative route and teacher residency conditional scholarship for up to two academic years. No fiscal note is available so the cost to the taxpayer is unknown.
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VOTE CON
BILL TITLE: Improving outcomes for individuals adjudicated of juvenile offenses by increasing opportunities for community placement options and refining procedural requirements.
BILL SUMMARY: SB 5296 Except for rape, murder, assault, kidnapping and shooting offenses, before the court sentences a juvenile offender to a term of confinement of more than 30 days, the court must find that commitment to an institution is needed because a community-based placement would not adequately protect the community. Among other factors, the court must consider the juvenile’s age, mental/emotional health, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression that might impact the safety or suitability of committing the juvenile to confinement in juvenile court. No fiscal note is available so the cost to the taxpayer is unknown.
A) Merit over diversity (I read that there were 3 separate plane/helicopter incidents at DC airport in last 6 days.) https://archive.is/0GTQt
B) Demokkkrats have learned nothing since the Trump Smack Down. The way they are presenting themselves in these confirmation hearings is ridiculous and the American people know it.
C0 On another note: The Two Sides of Criminal Illegal Immigration: Terrorism and Free-Range Infectious Diseases https://shorturl.at/8c1MA