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Comforting story for my C&C tribe.

A couple of weeks ago, I was walking with my sister along a paved path. I was agonizing over my inability to wake my friend of 50 years as to the harms of the shots. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a piece of paper on the ground.

On it was written in someone’s handwriting:

“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41‬:‭10‬ ‭

Some may say, what a coincidence! But I no longer believe in coincidences.

Let us all be reminded - every single day - of God’s promises.

PS. Thank you Jeff for keeping us all informed and entertained even while on vacation. We are all grateful. Blessings to you and your family.

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Yes I agree with you that it was a message for you and meant to reassure you. I find God speaks to me in many ways when I am open to it and paying attention. Thank you so much for sharing this message of hope and faith ❤️

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Indeed. Believers know there are no such things as "coincidences".

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Amen!

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Providence.

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I have had those. Several while walking in my favorite place when I’m thinking of other things. A message intrudes. One was to not be afraid. ❤️. Once I was wrestling with should I return to my local church. I asked God—where is my congregation? I distinctly heard “You already have one”. I have returned with a prayer I can be used and my frustration with their caving be forgiven.

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😘❤️🙏

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Everyday there is a sign, message, word from the Holy Spirit for all who have ears to hear and eyes to see! PTL!

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Paying attention pays! why is it so hard!?

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So many distractions…

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God spoke through a jackass in the Old Testament. It is not hard to believe for a second he spoke to you through that random piece of paper. I LOVE when God does things like that. He does care for us and our struggles in this corrupt fallen world we live in. God loves YOU and cares about what YOU are dealing with on a very personal level. He continues to show up. ♥️ ♥️

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“God’s thoughts of you are many, let not your thoughts of Him be few”. Charles Spurgeon

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Amen Sunnydaze. 😘❤️🙏

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Yes! And ..” God has rolled up his sleeves”All the nations can see his holy, muscled arm. Isaiah 52:10

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To add to this, and it’s just a minor personal story, but recently I was very stressed and worried that I was doing a good job on a very challenging new assignment. I had hesitated to accept it and feared I hadn’t done well the first day and was a little discouraged at the end of the day. We finished late and as I exited the building, for some reason, my clients were just outside the door, chatting together, and all exclaimed to me what a great job I’d done and thanked me profusely. I really needed that boost and reassurance right then and God knew and provided it. I really do not think it was a coincidence at all.

Another one, longer ago. I sent my older son to travel overseas by himself for the first time and was naturally a little stressed out by this. As I was leaving the gate, I saw a woman wearing a t-shirt with the message “God’s got this” on it. It seemed to be such a clear message, I got tears of gratitude in my eyes. I have never seen a t-shirt with that message before that or since, though I’m sure they exist but they’re definitely not that common. So seeing that specific message just when I needed it was amazing.

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When I was experiencing a deeper relationship with Christ I took to walking in a nearby natural area. At a beautiful spot overlooking a meadow where I often saw deer, where the love of God and his creation always moved me, I began to want to sit up there and meditate or pray as I walked that way. There was nothing to sit on and it was often wet or snowy. Could I bring a stool and hide it in a bag. Or drag a small fallen tree trunk? What could I do. Kept thinking on that until one day I walked up that hill and there in the best spot overlooking the meadow stood a rusty folding chair facing the beauty. It was also a time where everywhere I looked the scripture “Be still and know that I am God” was displayed in some way. Never have forgotten that moment. I would turn the chair upside down and put it behind a bush then pull it out. It was there for years then disappeared.

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What a great story! Here is my story that just happened this week. My sister's friend is visiting and he told me that he has been looking for a cheap kayak paddle for months and couldn't find one. This was after we had a conversation about God and belief. He isn't a believer. The next day I was down at the lake and floating next to our dock was a kayak paddle and there were no kayaks around. I told this friend that God left him a present. God wants him to believe. Will he?

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❤️❤️❤️ So awesome!

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Cool! The first prayer I knew was answered by God was as a kid I ordered a real unique ball point pen ($.75) from my teacher. I loved that pen but lost it fairly quickly. After I looked around everywhere I prayed I could find it. That very day I got the laundry basket for mom and in the bottom of that basket in a pocket was that pen. I just knew God answered that prayer. 😁

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The chair was put there for you ❤️🙏❤️ Beautiful.

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Love this!! ❤️❤️❤️

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I used to work as a utility forester. One day in my canvassing along a power circuit I came across a rusty old folding chair in the woods. I didn’t know at the time it came from God’s storehouse 😀

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😁😁.

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I had a personal experience a couple months ago at work. A couple citizens were looking for another dept at City hall and ended up in my building. I went outside to point them in the right direction and one of them was in a wheelchair. I walked them over to where they needed to go to make it a bit easier trip and the mother looked me in the eye and said a blessing to me. Just an hour later I saw them again waiting for transportation outside and I stopped to make sure the bus could find them and the lady in the wheelchair asked if she could say a prayer for me and held my hand. I was so touched and thought she must have seen something in me at that moment and knew I needed a prayer. That was a special moment I'll never forget.

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When my mom passed I was in shock, totally out of sorts. One day I literally was pacing back and forth between a grocery store and a pizza place. I simply could not decide grocery store or get the pizza. It was nuts. On the sidewalk was an organization doing awareness and fundraising for single mothers and drug addicts.

A young man probably 20 or so was watching me. He approached me and asked if I needed help. I explained my mom had just died and my wits were lost. He then asked if he could pray w/me? That kid prayed one the most beautiful sweet glorious prayers I have ever heard. It was from the heart, not memorized. In an instant I became myself again, got my wits back. We chatted a bit, he was the black sheep of the family, turned to drugs, was now clean, and working w/the organization to be of service to others. Paying it forward type thing to the person that had helped him.

The thing is, I had reached out to numerous ministers I know, friends, and a few other people for some relief, seeking help to get a grip on mom's passing. None of them stepped up, just shallow condolences. That only added to the pain.

Here, a stranger, one kid in the middle of a strip shopping center in front of a grocery store gave me the comfort and relief I needed. I will never forget him, his name was Ray, like a ray of sunshine. When I went to put some money in the jar on their table, he put his hand over mine, and said "not today, next time if you want". He asked if he could give me a hug. One of the best hugs ever! No one will ever convince me that Ray wasn't an Angel sent from God. Amazing what human kindness can do in a moment when you need it.

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ACroneintheWoods - this moved me to tears. Tears of joy and wonder 🥰

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Me too!🙏🏻🥹

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Beautiful story!

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Thanks for sharing this with us.

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Such a beautiful story and experience, it brought tears to my eyes!! ❤️

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Love this! A little while ago a lady randomly complimented me at the mall and chatted for a bit, then asked me to keep her in my prayers and she would also pray for me. It was very unexpected and touching.

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Beautiful! Thank you for sharing🙏🏻♥️

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I had a similar story recently too… I was talking with a dear friend about the evils of the trans agenda… and how this was a spiritual battle for the heart and souls of our children… and my friend sent me a pic of a women she’d just seen wearing a T-shirt ‘Not today Satan’

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RunningLogic - thank you for sharing your beautiful personal stories of faith.

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Hopefully it helps to encourage people here that He is there for us!!

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Yes, we just have to open our eyes to it. "the world" tries to put blinders on us.

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Running Logic, I love this! I have an airplane/t-shirt story as well. I was flying to my brother’s to look at assisted living facilities (he got horrible dementia after the 💉😞; his partner got brain cancer, most likely from the same batch) and I was very stressed. I was praying a lot and had asked several close friends and relatives to pray for me also. During the flight, I got something out of the overhead compartment, and right at the moment I sat down, a little grandma in the next row leaned forward, just long enough for me to see the back of her sweatshirt. It was a picture of Jesus with the scripture, “I will be with you always.” I absolutely knew it was a “love note” from God, and I was able to relax and renew my trust in Him. Like you, I had never seen a shirt like that before, and I haven’t since! He knows every hair on our heads; I know He knows the exact time we need reassurance ❤️🙏🏻

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Oh that is amazing!! What perfect words at the perfect time, just like in my case! God is good 🙏

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All the time ☺️🙏🏻

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and all the time, God is good. :)

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My sister had just passed away and I had my dad living with me. I was coming home to pick him up to go to the doctors and I skidded past my street (snow and ice but I wasn’t even going fast)I was listening to K-love Christian radio and came to “the love rock” (a cement block that my sisters hubby had painted a heart and her name - Bridget). Immediately the music stopped. So weird. Turned around and picked my dad up and on the way I was telling him what happened and my back door of the car opened!!! Not all the way but we heard the click and the rear passenger door light came on. I said “did you just hear that”? He said “Bridget’s coming with us”! We both drove in silence.

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Colleen - what a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.

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This just gave me the goose bumps!

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🙏🏻♥️🙌🏼

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Yes - it is a message. He has been sending me the same verses multiple times in multiple random ways. He is with us. Thanks for sharing.

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I have from time to time put post it notes with encouraging messages and/or a Bible verse on people's cars that looked like they could use one.

One day I was in the car and was arguing with my husband over some sunglasses, but that quickly escalated to more broad categories. I was SO mad that I nearly wrenched the glove compartment off while opening it to see if there was a spare pair of sunglasses in there. No sunglasses. BUT stuck to a piece of paper was a stickum note I had made which said

"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice - Ephesians 4:31"

I guess I made it in case I saw someone fighting? Who knows. Most were about God's love or that I was praying for them and hoped for better days. God left the odd ball for His odd ball. It is just what she needed! It shocked me right out of my next nasty comment. Praise the Lord.

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God is full of humor and irony!

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Isn't He? I was telling husband that I wrote about the sunglass incident and he said "How about the time one of your Bible ladies saw the billboard!"

So - I have a friend who was mormon and a guy who came to her house to clean her carpet witnessed to her about Jesus and being a Christian. The next day she was driving along and there was a billboard telling her that Christ makes her worthy (I believe that is what it said) and why not get off at the exit and talk to the people at the church near the exit. She did. She is one of the strongest Christians I know.

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I love this Raptor. I lost my marbles on my husband yesterday for taking a turn far too hard and causing the truck to go crazy bonkers bumping us around. I’m glad to know I’m not the only believer to loose it.

PS. May we all

make notes and leave them all around for others.

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Well hi Lisa - long time no talk! Yes, I'd encourage leaving little notes. I may start doing it again. I see lots of overwhelmed people. Think about what you know would feel good to hear and put it on a post it. You will be surprised how much it will change YOUR life or at least your attitude.

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You must live in Florida! I lose my mind when I can’t find my sunglasses 😎

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Utah. Bright as all get out. In Florida I would go blind without sunglasses (on a boat).

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Raptor - beautiful 🥰

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That is the only thing that gives me hope about our current mess. I know there are things I cannot see, since at this moment I cannot see any avenue of escape. But it must be there.

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2 Kings 6:15-17 (ESV) "When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?" He said, "Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." Then Elisha prayed and said, "O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see." So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

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I love this story. We do well to remember that “those who are with us are more than those who are with them”.

Thanks for sharing this!

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One of my all time fave scriptures! My fave the story of Jael when she ran the tent peg into the bad guy’s temple after offering him warm camels milk and a pallet in which to nap. Makes me laugh picturing Jael (…and the emmy goes to…JAEL!) and makes me laugh how God is hilarious and He uses whomever He chooses.

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Neil - it is indeed there. I encourage you to immerse yourself in the word of God. The Bible is the only book that is absolute truth.

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The proverbial "message in a bottle"! Luv it!

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YeS! Let's pass it on!

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I got shivers reading this. It surely must be a sign from Our Lord.

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Annie - So did my sister and I. We cried - joyful tears.

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Thank you for reminding me God is driving this bus, He has kept me safe my entire life,He hired some great Guardian Angels to take over when He was too busy with another case. I talk to Him every day and I know He hears me just like He hears us all.

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My favorite verse. I have it printed on a small canvas hanging on my wall where I see it every day. It has given me great comfort since the pandemic began. That is when i searched for and I found it on Amazon for $19.99 by searching Bible verse wall art Isiah 41:10. Just an fyi for anyone who might want one. I feel I may be called to share that, just like someone may have felt called to drop that hand written verse for someone else to find! Laura found it and shared with all of us! Have a blessed day and thank you Jeff (and Michelle) for writing during your vacation!

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Love it! I ordered one from Etsy years ago and have it in the guest bathroom. We need visual reminders.

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Aug 2, 2023·edited Aug 2, 2023

To paraphrase Liet Kynes of Dune, ever so slightly:

🗨 When God hath ordained a creature to be in a particular place, he causeth that creature’s wants to direct him to that place.

PS To lighten the climate: coincidence it might be not—but won't you consider coinkydink? 😇

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here's another sign of god's promise, and i'm not a trumper, but i'm starting to wonder if god is...NYT poll says Trump would beat Biden

https://open.substack.com/pub/palexander/p/joe-biden-potus-biden-today-losing?r=63eqd&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

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MANY have shown the vast number of parallels to the biblical character, Cyrus. Like Trump, Cyrus had his shortcomings. He was unaware of all he did for GodMs people but he did it! Gid used him, though he was far from a saint. Look into Cyrus. Search your fave version of the bible and any key word. Ex: “New KJV Cyrus”. Anything you want to know about anything is at your finger tips

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Thank God for this blessed C&C family! I returned from Wednesday morning prayer session to read today's issue. The prayer group meets every Wednesday morning to pray for the world. Today's focus began with the need for all of us to humble ourselves, that revival follows repentance and a great humbling and turning amongst proclaimed Christians. It was a tear-filled session. When one meditates on all the evil afoot, it can be at once overwhelming but also encouraging knowing whose side we are on!. What a wonderful relief and reward it was to return home and read Jeff's analysis followed by the absolutely hilarious Parks and Rec Jail video!! I needed that laugh! I promptly shared C&C to a few from the Prayer session (hopefully this will result in additional subscribers). With that being said, here is one of my own little 'non-Coincidence' stories: A "Be Courageous and Know..." T-shirt I happened to wear one day and a snap decision to walk a different path on my morning walk lead to a chance meeting of someone in need. She said she needed that exact message at that exact time. We ended up praying together. Ultimately over the next year, that chance meeting lead to my finally finding the church family I had prayed for for years. (while there are a lot of churches in the south, the problem is finding one that is true and does not add or subtract). Then.. at about the same time that this first chance meeting happened, my Jeep needed repair and while at the shop another chance meeting happened by both of us preferring to wait outside on a park bench away from the cool lobby and TV... This chance meeting ultimately brought a new dear friend into my life that needed to be reconnected to this same church that I would end up finding (months later) through the "Be-Courageous" chance meeting. She had left the church many decades prior and was looking for a true church home. And - it turns out she is also a childhood friend of one of my close friends that is no longer a believer, and is battling a likely jab induced stage 4b turbo cancer. I feel God is building his army. Selah! There Are No Coincidences!

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Our ladies bible study is of the mindset that we are to be gearing up— not in a “we are worried sick abt provisions” way. More in a “we need to KNOW the word, be watchmen and be ready” way. We think we are possibly here to guide some newbies along… whatever path is in store.

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I will tell you a few stories. My sister does home-group within her church on Saturday nights. One night at someone's house, there were about 25 people and they had a taco bar. Everyone finished eating and they all noticed that there was as much food in the taco bar as when they all started and nobody had refilled anything. God! Just like...I had made a few lbs of taco meat for our salads and we would pull out lettuce and have some for a few days. Well, this meat and pinto bean mixture lasted for DAYS. I kept pulling more and more out and I knew we were eating it, but it took a long while to eat it up! And...I have a certain medication that I take weekly. I am sure you can figure out what it is...and the bottle has not run out. I do not count the capsules, I just open it and take one and there are just as many in there as there were last week. I know it is God. His prophetic presence in the world of today!

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I wrote and self-published a book back in 2012 called Broken Pottery (still available on Amazon digitally) and it was some Christians who were preparing for the possibility of Armageddon for December 21, 2012 when the Mayan calendar said it "would be." There's an intricate plot involving the corrupt FBI (even back then I knew!) but these Christians had stored food and the same exact thing happened to them; no matter how much they used, it didn't go away. Happy to hear it happens in real life!!!!!

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Right?? I it is something that can easily go unnoticed.

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That happened to the widow and her son in the bible. Her corn meal or flour and oil never dried up.

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Yes, that was referenced.

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Beautiful! God is always right there alongside you!

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Then there is this. Another amazing story reassuring us that God is watching over things:

https://stfrancispilgrimages.com/blog/tom-zimmer-the-hermit-of-loreto

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That story is so amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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Wow MaryLS. Thank you for sharing that. Gave me chills!

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Amazing news that they just gave Trump the ability to issue his own subpoenas & re-litigate the 2020 election. He can now introduce evidence of election fraud legally.

Wow.

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I was thinking about that myself. Smith is supposed to be the reincarnation of f. Lee Bailey. That move right there just handed PDT the keys to the city. I'm glad. Unfortunately they are going to slow walk this shit to make him ineligible, but some big stuff could get considered early enough.

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DJT will be my write-in if not on the ballot.

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If Trump can't run, his son should run in his place with Trump's backing. Trump could say that once his son is in office, he will tell him exactly what to do. I think the American people would back him. They know the election was stolen and they are fed up. I'd vote for him.

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I love his son! I would absolutely support Don Jr. I follow his live talks on Facebook and Instagram. He is very similar to his father.

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Just for the primary I hope, as that will be a wasted vote. Might as well vote for Biden.

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Hoping they’ll find a Biden-puppet replacement. Camela is out I hope. Think it’s gonna be Gavin/Susan

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That would be a waste of a vote.

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I read a post on Twitter that Smith is on Trump’s team that this is part of the plan. I thought it an odd comment until I read your comment. I’m interested to see how this whole mess plays out. God works in mysterious ways and I truly believe that the Hand of God was on Trump from the beginning. Jesus I trust in You.

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Smith exudes pure evil more than just about anyone I can think of. Look at his eyes. Evil.

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Pure fantasy! Smith's wife is a dem donor and created the documentary for Netflix on Michelle Obama.

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Yeah, I don't think smith is on anyone's team except satans, he's done some incredibly dishonorable things as a law yer. But he's also not the brightest light, he loses a lot. So this one now gets the courts to reconsider being that now they have to look at it.

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Bugsy Siegel. Reincarnation of Bugsy Siegel. An assassin. Jack "Bugsy" Smith is a political hitman. The DOJ is the Murder, Inc. of The Swamp. Bugsy Smith is their top lawfare assassin.

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Can they really be stupid or arrogant enough to make a mistake like that? I’m not a lawyer but that seems awfully obvious.

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Yes. Yes they can. I don’t have faith that these people are as smart as they think they are. And they are definitely arrogant.

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I chose to believe God has blinded them and will cause them to fall into their own pit, kind of like Haman in the story of Esther...which should be the story of Mordecai, IMHO.

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Reading about evil and good today, a quote from the New Testament: "All things work together for good to them that love God." Romans 8:28

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Agreed, arrogant yes, smart not so much! They are the Fredos of the family.

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There was a Fredo that was not very brave. They called him “Chicken Al-Fredo”.

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Smith is kind of a dope. Like an evil law yer dope. He loses cases but gets the damage done, like The NY Times or something. In this case I think he may have effed up.

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Pride comes before the fall. Many are in their positions only because of D&I or their connections to the deep state swamp.

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Arrogant, entitled, sons/daughters of privilege who were handed their educations and their jobs. It's the end state of any empire. Eventually, the "democracy" becomes an oligarchy, and the oligarchs become lazy and corrupt as they become more entitled. Right now, they are blinded by their hatred of this guy that they see as being in their way.

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Don’t forget that they have the judges in their pockets. The judge “randomly” assigned to this case worked in Hunter Biden’s law firm.

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They must have some dirt on the Judge.

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and so much more.

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It's all a movie- it's all being orchestrated.

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I think it has been a movie for a long time. They use media to deceive and program us. They have told us as they have to, but in a deceitful way.... like in songs and movies. There are too many predictions and parallels to be coincidence. God knows and His Word warns and comforts us.

2 Chronicles 20:15 ... ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

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And to support your assertion "it has been a movie for a long time" I refer you to the 4-part documentary "The Century of the Self." I watched it a couple of months ago on YT. I had heard the name Bernays, but had zero idea of the reach of his influence.

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Thanks I will check it out. I have not heard about them but the biggest fish stay out of the media and keep a low profile.

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Let's sneeze and cough in the audience and then take the stage!

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Agree but the Smith camp may be running out of options to destroy DJT. The barrage of ‘kitchen sink’ indictments of him and his colleagues/associated, to demoralize and isolate him, smack of desperation.

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This may be their undoing. The evidence of election fraud is considerable, and it has not been vetted by the courts.

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Perhaps the white hats are running things after all. All this is opening up opportunities for exposure of the corruption!

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No white hats, but we have the Constitution and a plethora of fighters. I continue to recommend ’The Nation Will Follow’ by Retired Col. John Mills. Start local. Get off our bottoms. Do something. There is no single hero. The Constitution and Liberty only work if We The People work. YOU are the white hats. Go to Board of Education meetings, county planning meeting, city planning meetings. Go with and meet more like minded people and work together to create a presence and frustrate the evil plans and know that our job only ends on judgement day or when we can get 2-3 younger people to take our place.

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This, a million times this. Look in the mirror, citizen; that's the cavalry.

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Thanks for that book recommendation, I just bought it off his website, thenationwillfollow.com , so he didn't have to give a cut to Amazon.

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Put your faith in no man, even a “white hat”. I am beginning to see the white hat theory as a soothing tale to help the frightened feel better. Could be a deliberate thing to induce complacency as we are herded toward a slaughter. Temple grandin knew that providing false security eased the cattle through the chute

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And we shall remain vigilant, regardless.

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I don't think white hats are running things. I think human beings in power are always scuffling to keep their positions or get higher. That desperate fighting leads to all sorts of things and this is just one of them. Maybe good will come of it, but I am sure they are aiming at only selfish ends.

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Agreed.

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There are no white hats.

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I'd always been mildly skeptical of that theory, but, dang if things don't seem to be coalescing in support of that.

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Tom Renz | The President Needs Our Help

....They are willing to do absolutely anything to ensure Trump can’t get back into the White House. If you want to know why We The People need to support Donald Trump it’s because of this. If Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, the democrats, all oppose Donald Trump that tells me one thing, he’s the man. Anyone who’s under this much attack from the globalists must be a real threat...

https://tomrenz.substack.com/p/tom-renz-the-president-needs-our?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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My rationale as well. Everyone is ganged up against him.

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I am going to run with this silver lining!

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I hope he burns them a new one.

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Yes, this is excellent news!! There was clearly so much voter fraud. I think the DOJ has fallen in a trap...surely they could see this!!

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I think this demonstrates that they will do anything to keep Trump out of office. I don't know what's going to happen but you know they are going to rig the election again.

Trump Indicted on Four Counts Related to the 2020 Election

https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/01/trump-indicted-on-four-counts-related-to-the-2020-election/

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Absolutely. The desperation of the Deep State is showing.

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May the truth be exposed in its entirety!

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These people are dimwits like Louis CK - who blatantly showed his massive ignorance while on Joe Rogan regarding the election and J6 events. They just know what they believe to be true and any other possibility is just insane conspiracy...

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Brightest of the brightest our enlightened rulers are 😁

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WOOT!!!

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Can these guys really by that dumb?

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Thanks for stating that!

I was thinking that this particular indictment, against Trump could be the one that bites them in the butt the most.

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Excellent observation, BFM. Educated weasels like Smith, Schiff, and this DOJ can do plenty of damage, but evil eventually and always outs itself, shoots itself in the foot, crashes, and burns. There’s no such thing as evil genius. There’s only evil stupid.

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The Lord utters His voice before His army;

Surely His camp is very great,

For strong is he who carries out His word.

The day of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome,

And who can endure it?

“Yet even now,” declares the Lord,

“Return to Me with all your heart,

And with fasting, weeping and mourning;

And rend your heart and not your garments.”

Now return to the Lord your God,

For He is gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness

And relenting of evil.

— Joel 2:11-13 NASB1995

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Janice - you never disappoint.

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“For strong is he who carries out His word.” — This line got me today.

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God never disappoints either. His word is Truth!

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Pittsburgh, PA idiot mayor tried to force a covid death shot mandate on the police.

Police union president said no way, it wasn't part of the contract we signed with the city.

Lives were saved.

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For once a union offers benefit to its members, not just its 'leaders'

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He was a rare example of bravery. It should’ve been so easy for all the unions to say no on that basis…

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Hats off to the police union president!!

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Robert Swartzwelder is the brave Pittsburgh Police union president who said no way to forcing the Pittsburgh Police to get the covid death shot.

Brave man who saved lives.

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As a 'Burgh native, I recall donating to a GiveSendGo for the 'Burgh LWEOs who feared losing their jobs over refusing that vaxx mandate.

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I wondered from your user name if you were from Pittsburgh. I’m just west of the airport. I saw someone’s idea to form local C&C groups. I think it would be awesome to meet you all!

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"From" is the operative word. Left in response to Uncle Sam's call in 1969 and eventually resettled elsewhere. Discovered that I was a southerner stuck in a yinzer's body, so my wife and I are in a mountain town in N E GA.

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I said to many people, “ask them where in your employment contract does it say you have to do this?!”

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Initial shot injury data seems to say the first 24 hours to 2 weeks is the most dangerous, not accounting for boosters.

Now we are seeing people with unexplainable injury two years later.

I’m concerned if the boosters are to blame, or not. I know people who took the first set of shots and then refused to take boosters after they realized it was a scam.

I hope the people who only did initial shots are past the risk point.

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This is of course only anecdotal I have 2 friends who got the initial shots 3 years ago and nothing more. Both 61 year old females. One got lupus a year ago and her body is covered with strange sores and her feet are swollen with no feeling. The health care provider just keeps giving her stronger pain pills and other medication they are “trying”, My other friend suddenly and unexpected got blood cancer I think leukemia. A third acquaintance is now deaf but he may have gotten a few boosters. It’s going to get really bad ask Ed Dowd

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The Jabs are bad enough but so much American food has damaging seed oils (rancid) and HFCS and preservatives and other FDA-approved nasties. Most of these are banned in Europe, but common in the States.

Also the trend to sedentary lifestyles and prevailing negativity in the media. Etc.

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I agree. Our “food” leads to obesity among many health problems and lots of unnecessary PHARMA$$$$$ which is mostly paid by the government through Medicare and Medicaid. Eat fresh food exercise get fresh air. I’m 74 NO PHARMA no “check-ups” instead 2 big rescue dogs a lab and shepherd to keep me fit. Do not comply 😉

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Right On Girlfriend! I have two large Shepherds and am on no drugs. Trying to eat better and learning alot through the Epoch-Times Mind &Body pages. I hope I am on your same path when I reach my 70s!

I love your "Do Not Comply" = DNC! Who Knew - now whenever I see DNC I will replace "Democrat National Committee" with Do Not Comply. Perfect.

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Ha! DNC 😂👍 Shepherds are handful in a GOOD way and my little labbie 😫😆

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I LOVE hearing that you're 74 and no pharma/no check-ups. I just learned yesterday that my MD's office (group practice) is "required by Medicare" to schedule annual "wellness appointments." I refuse, told the lady I refuse, and asked what it would cost me out of pocket to get a regular physical. Turns out I can't schedule that without it being submitted to Medicare and/or my supplemental insurance. So I won't be doing that either. Besides, I'm fine, I don't need a physical.

I will simply not go to the doctor for any appointment...and actually am looking for functional medicine practitioner. Thanks to all the comments on this stack, I have learned a lot!

Those who want universal healthcare should know the extent to which we lose control of our own healthcare.

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Those “wellness” checks are a joke if you’re healthy. I don’t get any of it I haven’t been to a doctor for 4 years. They’ll find something wrong it’s a business! Stay away unless you’re sick😉

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Just saw a 2017 documentary called The Magic Pill that explains the economic reasons government endorsed the Food Pyramid. Now evidence indicates it is exactly inverted from what our bodies need.

We are in the process of cleaning up our food intake where possible.

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Magic-Pill/0GM86R0KEUP3TXIPVMU6U89531

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Yeah, lucky charms is now on the okay list! Go figure!

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I’m trying to cut PUFAs out of my diet. I don’t consume much HFCS but haven’t eliminated it totally. I really do think the SAD is killing people.

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My sweet SIL was just diagnosed with lupus. She's had a very tough go of it. Was recommended shots because of previous breast cancer and caretaking of her dad. 🥺

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YYR she should try Rugby nicotine gum 2mg. Dr. Ardis is reporting reversals of many of the shot issues and very quickly. https://rumble.com/v331ev8-michael-jaco-and-dr.-ardis-how-big-pharma-and-the-medical-system-give-us-ca.html

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Maybe your friends need to investigate whether or not it would benefit them to start taking ivermectin?

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I know and Fenbendazole but I can’t do anything they’ve trusted doctors and pills all their lives. It’s sadly too late. I was lucky because I NEVER trusted doctors or pills. My grandmother who was a nurse during the Spanish flu told me the best way to stay healthy is to get fresh air and exercise and eat homemade meals and fresh fruit and vegetables and STAY AWAY FROM DOCTORS 😂

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I'm sorry to hear that. It is so hard knowing there are alternatives to Big Pharma drugs and treatments. It is big business and there are a lot of greedy people.

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I’m in that boat- gotta convince my father that the healthcare has nothing to do with health. He has an inflamed colon so bloody stool. I want him to try IVM. But the convincing is the problem. Does anyone know if IVM interacts with other drugs?

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Ivermectin is very safe. I would start with checking all of the drugs your father is taking on the RX Interaction website, and then add the IVM to it. You will see how bad the current drugs are.

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Wow - sorry to hear all this. It's one thing to know it's true from the data, but to hear the actual stories is tragic. And, yes, Ed projects we haven't peaked yet, given disability claims. It's either the biggest case of worker's comp fraud in world history or something is going on with people's health. And, obviously, the only major change over the last 2 years was the mRNA rollout.

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I didn’t really know anybody personally…I heard stories but NOW I do. I don’t think it affected everyone the same and I guess it didn’t affect some people at all and hopefully that will continue to be true. I didn’t get it because I knew it was a huge scam from the very beginning plus I don’t trust “health” care. I laughed at people who ominously I would be killed by this flu. I’m 74. It was a huge Milgram experiment to test compliance. In my opinion which is just that. My opinion.

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Well, I skipped it as well. Left my job to avoid the mandate. So very glad I did. There was definitely a public experiment component of some sort going on with it. Clearly the leaders knew covid wasn't dangerous (they continued to party and travel) and the vaccine should not be taken (they exempted themselves from it). I agree that it looks an awful lot like a test of compliance to weed out the troublemakers ahead of something even more odious. Like CBDCs or 15 min cities or climate (or alien) lockdowns. Probably why they wanted their vaccine passports. As is always the case with tyrants of all stripes, they underestimated their subjects.

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But the troublemakers (unvaxed) are the ones who will be left standing. The compliant ones will all be dead or health compromised.

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People are beat up and tired and getting sick in all sorts of ways. It is difficult to witness. Even the most positive and active among them.

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It seems those most censored are right. Have your deaf friend try a lowndose nicotine patch for 6 days. Search Rumble: Michael Jaco recent interview with Bryan Ardis

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So do I Johnny. I’m almost 2 1/2 years out from 2 shots and ok so far. My husband is 21 months out after 3. We’ve been taking all the mitigation supplements for quite sometime though. 🙏🙏🙏

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Prayers to all CC army about this. We are all in the same boat either personally or with close family.

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It's pretty clear now that plenty of people that took the shots are fine. Yes there are certainly health issues for a subgroup of people, but the idea that everyone who took the vax is a ticking time bomb is absurd. There is zero evidence of that, and people that continue to say it look as delusional as the vax worshippers. It makes me wonder what they are thinking and if they genuinely want to terrify people.

Something made a subgroup of vax recipients uniquely susceptible, it's either hot lots, a genetic vulnerability, or a combination of both. Look around, huge numbers of people who took the shots are *completely fine*. It's an undeniable truth. Yet the gloom and doomers never address this fact.

Do what you can but please stop listening to fear mongers. Take the supplements recommended (natto, bromelain, quercetin) for spike detox, take steps to generally improve your health, stop worrying, and trust God. What's done is done, time can't be reversed, and please stop listening to fear and doom people . Worry not only does no good but it's incredibly self destructive.

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*completely fine* yet cancer rates are skyrocketing. And cardio problems.

I don't think the Jabbed are out of the woods yet.

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I pray for all the people who took the jab, initially, (two of my beloved children) and those who continued with boosters. The majority of my extended family …

Just lost my BIL to turbo lung cancer. A close friend died, suddenly, of a stroke.

No, we’re not out of the woods yet.

Jesus, of Divine Mercy, I trust in You.

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Prayers for you and your family 🙏

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My son stupidly took the J and J very late for the reason that he was fed up with being forced to mask because of his status at work. He is also a department manager and going back to the office, felt like he could not present in meetings with the mask while the vaccinated beneath him were free to not mask. Mind you this was in a red state. Had he waited a few weeks, he would have not had to. Atleast he had the sense to avoid the mrna.

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Thank you, RunningLogic.

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Yes and getting sick very frequently. It might be some other reason though, who knows?

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I have 2 close fully jabbed friends who have turbo cancer. One died 5 months after diagnosis and the other is fighting but has metastasis to brain, lungs, spine and liver. Her treatment is palliative.

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Yup, I concur. I think that everyone needs to detox from the jabs, taken or not. Shedding is also an issue. All cause mortality, illnesses, etc. are all on the rise in younger and younger patient populations, too.

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Cancer rates as compared to "normal" cancer rates are no doubt increased. As a percentage of the overall population the rates are tiny.

A big increase in a tiny number is still a tiny number. Numerical illiteracy on display. All you are doing is frightening people for no good reason.

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My 44 year old son, vaxxed not sure if boosted, informed me he had chest pains a week ago, severe enough to send him to the ER, with lots of psychological help from his wife who is terrified of every health issue. They ran all the tests and said everything checked out OK, though they can’t figure out where the chest pains came from. He knows his dad and I are unjabbed and has disagreed with everything we have said for over 3 years. Now we just don’t mention covid or any weird things coming from it. I pray every day that all my adult kids, (jabbed and their families), have received a placebo as I believe there are control groups. They had no idea what these mRNA jabs would do long term, but I do think they knew they would break down the body’s natural immunities as has been happening for years with all the drugs we now take.

Anyway, I think my son has heard enough non msm to be concerned about health risks of the jab. I pray this is his wake up call.

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A D-dimer text will show whether or not one has micro clots which cause heart & lung issues. My grown daughter (no cv19 shots but did have mild case of cv19 2 yrs prior) had racing heart, shortness of breath, tiredness, etc. Long story short, cardio doc & heart monitor showed A-fib & more. Arteriogram was clear. Doc puzzled, but when asked if all he was seeing (data from monitor) could be related to past cv19 she had. Reply: “we’ll, we don’t know enough about that yet.”

Pivot.... to doc who “does know enough” who tested for then treated her micro clots. Still has A-fib but micro clots gone.

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I am unjabbed but married to a 2 shot one booster husband. Recently (on top of my enlarged heart) I’ve started having tachycardia, vague chest discomfort/pains, arrhythmia, shortness of breath, and some lightheaded symptoms this morning. I’m going in to see my cardiologist who has been trying to get me to get on statins for my cholesterol (@ 200 and some change) and I’m sure he’s gonna say “how long have I been telling you to lose weight and exercise?” Alas, my chickens are coming home to roost.

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Aug 2, 2023·edited Aug 2, 2023

No statins! People who have lowered cholesterol with them die of gut and or brain disease. There are many other medical issues associated with statins as well.... Years ago a cholesterol level of 300 was "normal." It is still. They're lying to us!

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Laurie- hopefully they did the correct tests like D Dimer and Traponin.

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These days when I see anyone use the phrase "There is zero evidence" in reference to anything, I immediately start mentally reviewing all the evidence I've seen. Fear is an appropriate response to unknowns that appear dangerous. Knowledge and a path to deal with that danger is the antidote to fear.

Those who raise fact-based warnings about observed events are fact-mongering, not fear-mongering. And they provide the means by which people can help themselves and their circle if they suspect they might be in one of those subgroups whose illness was mediated by the clot shot.

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Those who frighten people with hysterical cancer talk (people who unlike you and me unfortunately took the vax) are no better that the covid fear-mongers.

Yes, cancer rates have increased there is no doubt about that. Look at the stuff Ethical Skeptic has posted. He's talking about increases above the baseline. Even if they double (which for most cancers it's far less than that) that's still a small percentage of people.

What is hard to understand about this? It's not hard but people would rather feel smug in their "wise" decision not to take the vax than actually look hard at the numbers.

No one is denying cancer has increased. What I (and other rational people who have actually studied this rather than emotionally reacting) is that it's still statistically very rare. For the average vax recipient it's very, very unlikely despite the increase in cancer.

Show me the evidence that cancer is now some nationwide plague (as opposed to a significant increase but still unlikely). It does not exist.

I hate to say this but I think some people like to imagine the problem is much worse than it is just to make themselves feel superior about not taking the shot. However in doing so you are needlessly frightening others who made a regrettable mistake.

Edit: Here's one example of many from Ethical Skeptic (not to name drop but Jeff Childrers has recommended ES many times as a straight shooter.)

https://twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/status/1686804599464751112

This is for malignant neoplasms. They went from a baseline occurrence of about 11,600 deaths per week (pre-covid) to now about 12,200 deaths per week. Terrible if you or a loved one are among the increased deaths, but in hard numbers that's less than a 10% increase. Lots of data exactly like that.

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I don’t think it’s fear-mongering. It’s making people question the efficacy and safety of the shots. If anything, more people will not be so quick to put an emergency drug in their body.. & that is a good thing. In the interim, I pray that the majority of the jabbed will continue to be unaffected. & will get some vitamin D. 😎

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I agree to a point, but it is also clear that we have no idea what the longer term effects of these shots might be. But worrying about it isn’t going to solve anything. Do what you can to mitigate potential effects and then, as I always tell my kids, stop worrying about something that hasn’t happened yet and might never happen. We just don’t know. And as you said, simply worrying and stressing about it can also have detrimental effects.

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Jeff C - God bless you for this comforting and logical message.

I refuse to worry about this. We all must trust God. He is in control.

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I agree with your general statement that we can't let fear rule our lives. In this case, if someone has taken the mRNA drug, they probably need to take some of the mitigating supplements and ivermectin, and move forward. Sitting around worrying about it isn't going to help.

Where I disagree is that there is no proof that it's a ticking time bomb. The same people who developed those mitigation protocols are themselves saying it's a ticking time bomb. They also accurately predicted most of the events so far. So, despite their potential conflicting incentives, I am inclined to give their opinion more weight.

On top of that we have seen unprecedented levels of people having heart attacks, heart problems, turbo cancers, neurological issues. Even in young people. This is in the data. All cause mortality was higher after the mRNA shots than before. And people like Ed Dowd who look at available data see unprecedented (I use the word b/c it's accurate in this case) levels of disability claims. His point is that disability is often a precursor to worse things, including death. The data is showing either the greatest case of worker's comp fraud in history or the populace's health is rapidly deteriorating.

FWIW, I also agree that it's not like it's going to be a 100% correlation b/w taking the shots and having an adverse event, much less keeling over. But, it's already a very high correlation vs. norms for pharmaceuticals. And it seems to be gaining steam.

The problem is we don't know what the ultimate % of those who took the shot and develop issues will be. It almost certainly won't be 100% or even 80%. Will it be 50% or 10%? Who knows. This uncertainty, combined with the unwillingness of our healthcare workers to tell the truth - or even admit that anything is wrong at all - only stoke these fears.

If we are going to hold someone to account for the irrational portion of the fear, it should be those doctors and nurses who continue to lie, even if only by omission. Every single healthcare worker at this point should be personally apologizing to their patients; and their patients should be demanding that of their doctors/nurses. Without that trust re-established, the fear is only going to grow.

Again, I agree with your overall point. Panic is never a good thing. I just think the fear is understandable, if perhaps a bit irrational, at this stage.

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Agree with most of what you said, and you are exactly right regarding the unprecedented number of heart attacks and other afflictions. You are exactly right regarding the lies and deception taking place. I'm not denying that. But what people miss is that the unprecedented number is still a tiny fraction of the population.

Making up an analogy here, but suppose one in a million people die from something on average per year. Then the next year 10 per million die of the same thing. It's an unpresented 10-fold increase which sounds pretty scary. Until one realizes it's only 0.001% of the population.

A huge increase in a tiny number is still a tiny number. Yes, the vax was a disaster and the people responsible should be tried and hanged IMO. Both things can be simultaneously true. But the fear-mongers exploit people's numerical illiteracy for whatever reason.

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Edward Dowd gave a very informative interview on current data re: disabilities, etc. https://thehighwire.com/

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That's true. The same happened with "covid" itself. The only caveat is - we don't know what the final % is going to be. It's already higher than "covid" was (and likely accounted for a lot of what was attributed to "covid"), so it's not so small as to be irrelevant. As of a 6 mths ago or so, over 30% of the population reported knowing someone who had an adverse event. And from Dowd's analysis, the actual # appears to be growing.

So, I guess the question is: what is the %? And at what % is it okay to be afraid?

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Personally, I have seen a large number of vaccinated friends and family come down with either new issues or returning with a vengeance issues: both my parents (neurological, shingles), mother in law (blood clots), brother (unexplained infection of leg that landed him in hospital), brother in law (Lyme), sister in law (brain cancer, thyroid cancer), daughter (missed periods for one year), son/ daughter in law (infertility, lost baby), niece (placenta previa, can’t breastfeed), uncle (heart attack), cousin (tinnitus), and that’s just my closest family. A large number of my parents friends had strokes and / or passed away. I wish it wasn’t so, believe me.

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I had cancer in February out of the blue (by the grace of God now gone). I'm 100% unvaxxed. Using your logic I could claim being unvaxxed causes cancer.

People get sick. Look at the data Ethical Skeptic has churned through and posted. Yes these rates have increased and it's terrible, but as a fraction of the population its' tiny. And the increase above the baseline is significant but it's not like it's increased by 100x or even 10x. It's usually less than 2x.

I'm not downplaying the vax damage is real and that those responsible should be dealt with. I am asking people to actually look at the hard data rather than emotionally reacting to anecdotes.

Serious question, how is this hysteria any different from the covid hysteria? It does have a real downside though as it's scaring the vaxxed and causing them to worry over something they can do nothing about.

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