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Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

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Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

β€” James 1:17 LSB

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RJ Rambler's avatar

Another FAVORITE! That I often have to repeat to myself and others. Jesus and The Holy Spirit is that perfect gift creating shining stars from "broken on The Stone" clay pots created by the hand of The Potter.

Juliann's avatar

As I was reading Jeff a few minutes ago, I said β€œThank You” to God. HE is clearly working in the things we see happening. What is the outcome? We don’t know. The best is this: HE does know.

Bard Joseph's avatar

" The Freemasons should control all men of every class, nation and religion, dominating them without obvious compulsion; uniting them through a strong bond; inspiring them with enthusiasm to spread common ideas; and with utmost secrecy and energy, direct them toward this singular objective throughout the world."

Adam Weishaupt, Munich 1765.

BD's avatar

I believe you are someone who thinks a lot more of yourself than you should.

Bard Joseph's avatar

It's not about one person.

Can you not respond to the ideas posted?

Have courage.

Torrance Stephens's avatar

Yo I love christ. He is my savior. But I come here for politics.

Patti's avatar

Yo then skip the comments - not hard to be respectful. Some of us like both

Brandon is not your bro's avatar

Thanks Patti πŸ€—πŸ’ŸπŸ™

Torrance Stephens's avatar

Yes ma'am.

Signed: Enemy of the People.

Sue Rosenthal's avatar

You should come for both. We are an amazing group.

Torrance Stephens's avatar

No lies detected here. Just was making an observation. No offense intended.

Sue Rosenthal's avatar

None taken. :) I like your comments and I've read a few of your posts. My problem is I don't have unlimited time in the day to read all the things I'd like to read. So. If I only get to one thing, it's C&C and a bible verse. On the days where I don't have time for that I don't read anything else until I've caught up on C&C.

Torrance Stephens's avatar

Do not even worry about that. I like many of your posts when I come here. Honestly, it's refreshing. Besides, your heart is in a place I desire to get one day. You serve as an example of what is best about the Christian spirit.

Juju's avatar

I come here for both πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

Now that we’ve unnecessarily stated our declarations about the community, let’s just enjoy each other.

Torrance Stephens's avatar

Facts. My apologies

Sandra Strohschein's avatar

I can attest that there are more young men coming to church since Charlie was executed. As well my sixteen year old grandson is involved in a newly formed Fellowship of Christian Athletes group in his Snocross Circuit. This was the first time in his 10 years of racing that Chapel was held regularly on Sunday between morning and afternoon heats. My heart was overjoyed to see young men, on their own, without parents, attending a devotional time that they sought to have.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

I never doubted the kids would start looking to Christ again despite all the humbugging...even from other Christians.

Why did I have confidence?

Has anyone here ever backslid for awhile?

How'd that work out?

Not great for me...to say the least.

Im sure it had something to do with Charlie, but living without the spirit is empty.

Children/young adults may not be able to articulate it, but in their innocence they can feel it....well and sometimes he allows people to hit rock bottom....

They just need the smallest of "sparks" sometimes.

Nancy Benedict's avatar

Beautifully said Ryan. Thank you. Why does He keep taking us back after failures? Amazing Grace.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

He lived as a human and he felt the same temptations we did even tho he was the son of God and could communicate with his/our Father at will.

Nancy Benedict's avatar

Yes. And He left us the Holy Spirit. That's what these young people are experiencing. That just thrills me!

PonyBoy's avatar

Praise Jesus!

Willing Spirit's avatar

He said, β€œForgive 70 X 7” because that’s what He does. He loves us!

Lori's avatar

Ryan you nailed it. "..living without the spirit is empty." Boom.

And yes, Charlie's passing had much to do with this as well.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

Yeah, but for some reason I still have a potty mouth sometimes.

Its hard not to be being around construction workers and salespeople all day.

What's helped me is I have a game with my kids if I swear I have to put $5 in a jar that they get. Boy, and let me tell you, you'd think they were barn owls...lolol

Fre'd Bennett, MAHA's avatar

Before my youngest joined the Marines, his most foul epithet was β€œMother-trucker!”

Ah those were the days. Lol

Lori's avatar

Losing $5 a pop! What a great incentive.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

Yeah I was so pissed off one day during the NFL season when the internet went out while my team was in a HUGE game that I drop a bunch of F-bombs and threw the remote against the wall.

Its known as the "internet rant" in my house now.

But, hey it only cost me $65 for the rant....

Ryan Gardner's avatar

But it's been 6 weeks since the last time I had to put money in the jar.

At least im aware and trying...:]

Juju's avatar

Hilarious. I’m married to an electrician who played softball and hockey most his life, so while I have tamed his tongue some when we were younger, he has accentuated my vocabulary a bit more through the years. 🀣 And I’m a lady so that’s a bit less forgivable than you. Lol

Ryan Gardner's avatar

Hahaha. We all fall short

PonyBoy's avatar

Thank you Lori for bringing Charlie to this conversation.

Lori's avatar

He is sorely missed. I hope he is able to see from Heaven what has been accomplished in his memory.

PonyBoy's avatar

As do I, and millions more!

George Bredestege's avatar

I like your comment Ryan, but I think a deeper way to look at it is not seeing the Spirit beside you. The Holy Spirit walks beside us every minute of our lives, we choose to ignore or abide.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

Yes. Much better.

Kudos

Mpup's avatar

β€œLiving without the Spirit is empty”. Amen and:

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 Who in their right mind wouldn’t want and need this in their lives? Be… in the Word πŸ™

Bard Joseph's avatar

"Young men are still drifting toward the GOP, which correlates strongly with religiosity" said Jeff

Still pushing the two party Divide and Conquer. If Gen Z was wise they might come together and be a real threat to the deep state. What is the US body count so far? Check the Dow Average?

"I ain't marching any more" sang Phil Ochs.

https://youtu.be/uRU_ruqnR6Q?si=YDOO5Lx6Lo32LzSq

Roger Kimber, MD's avatar

Ah yes, a retired professor of literature.

With the Democrat’s track record that includes abortion up to & past birth, active and passive euthanasia, active attacks on proLife praying grandmothers, tolerance & defense of habitual criminals and sexual predators both in the general population and in office holders (until they become a political liabilityβ€”I’m referring to Swallowell), illegal alien fraud schemes, booing God at their national convention, I’d say that the only church that the Democrats worship in is the Church of Satan, I don’t think anyone has to push anything: the only religious affiliation that Democrats seem to have is with the cult of the Arabian moon god, relabeled as Mohammedanism, aka Islam, so wholly incompatible with American culture that the first armed forces hymn starts out with β€˜From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli,….’, commemorating the first military expedition of our new country.

No, sir, I think that the Democrat Party should be disbanded as a threat to this country, a corrupt RICO organization and left on the ash heap of history.

Good day to you.

Leskunque Lepew's avatar

The Democratic party is gone. Its now called the Socialist party.

Bard Joseph's avatar

Sounds anti semantic.

How is MAGA working for you?

Nice list of bogeymen.

How many unborn fetuses killed with

the Defence budget?

Glad we were able to balance the budget.

Dont fall for the propaganda MD.

J. Lincoln's avatar

We are all fools. Those amongst us that possess a modicum of self-awareness realize that and strive to better themselves and seek redemption. It's a life-long process.

mspring's avatar

"If gen z was wise..." is a fantasy statement, you yourself know that human nature will never let that happen. The two party system gives people choices (admittedly not optimum choices what with the deep state being pervasive, but we get to choose the best of the two available)

Johnny-O's avatar

The best of two evils. Amazing system, for sure. And that is if you believe we actually have election integrity.

PonyBoy's avatar

Uh-oh, the Bots have arrived.

The hate and division starts now with Johnny-O.

Johnny-O's avatar

uh-oh, the un-curious siloed "thinkers" have arrived.

Bard Joseph's avatar

How is MAGA working out.

Every promise in the toilet.

There is no choice in the uniparty, all scripted, a show.

Genocide not an American value yet both sides support it.

Who has gone to jail yet?

"Lock er up"

Willing Spirit's avatar

And if they’ve never known him, they need to β€œtaste and see that the Lord is good.” Psalm 34:8. Nothing this world can offer can ever compare.

Nancy Benedict's avatar

I am so thankful my eighteen-year-old grandson, our first grandchild, is part of this generation of Christian renewal. Charlie Kirk had a huge impact on this. And regardless of what you might otherwise think of Donald Trump, he has represented fatherhood and masculinity, that it is really okay to be a man.

Lori's avatar

So good to see men are back and not the metrosexuals of yesteryear.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

Im sure grandma's prayers had nothing to do with it!...;)

/sarc/...

Sue Rosenthal's avatar

πŸ˜‚ oh I'm sure they absolutely did! Grandma's prayers are Powerful.

MaryAnn's avatar

Nancy: Yes! My almost 14 yr old granddaughter is β€˜awakening’ thanks to the leading of her friend, and PK ❀️(she is finding her SOGβ€”Silly Old Grammaβ€”is not so silly after all).

I rejoice at the presence of outspoken godly young men in our church unashamed to bring Jesus to all they encounter. The FCA, Cru chapters here are flourishingβ€”clearly the work of God. Revival is happening and I am here for it!πŸ™πŸ»πŸ™πŸ»πŸ™πŸ»

Willing Spirit's avatar

This is all so encouraging!

Johnny-O's avatar

It would be nice to know who assassinated Mr. Kirk.

RamΓ³n Torres's avatar

We are 99 percent there. Stay tuned

Willing Spirit's avatar

Then comes the fly in the ointment…shooo! Get lost!

Jamison's avatar

I have been heartened to see many college and professional athletes (especially men) boldly proclaiming their faith. The University of Louisville (Go Cards!) has a large, thriving Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I sure many others do, also.

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Pete Hegseth, at this morning's Pentagon briefing, presenting his own sermonette following that given by his minister on Sunday (Mark 3). And his words at last week's briefing. You can tell that DJT has given him the green light to spread the word. Or rather, the Word. Contrast that to whichever evil Middle East war it was in which our chaplains were ordered to remove the crosses from their helmets--because those emblems offended the Muslims. Imagine being a guy who had just had a close encounter with an IED, and knew he was shortly to have another close encounter of a higher nature--and not being able to tell who was the chaplain. Absolute cruelty. And quite possibly one element in the poor enlistment rates of past years.

Lori's avatar

And the chaplains should have refused.

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

They’re in the military: refusal to follow an order is…..

Lori's avatar

don't care. God comes first and He gives the proper orders.

Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

My Orthodox Church is exploding with new converts, mostly young men, but there are also young women attending and now there are weddings in our future.

Beth's avatar

I would guess that this is part of a natural boomerang reaction to the way young men have been treated over the last 20 or 30 years. It's a natural outcropping of being told over and over and over again that you are worthless because you are male and white. Sooner or later that's going to backfire. And thank God it's backfiring in this direction! Truth be told the AWFLS caused this. And I couldn't be happier!

RJ Rambler's avatar

God make it stick! πŸ™πŸΌ

Juju's avatar

Hopefully the way it will stick is many of these young men will rise up and become the future leaders of our churches, replacing the men/women that failed their flocks by allowing politics and secularism to permeate those spaces, both in their hearts and in their pews. Shame on all of them for failing Christ and His church.

Willing Spirit's avatar

All this outrage about Trump portraying himself as a healer, when scripture makes it crystal clear that we should be imitators of Christ; filled with the Holy Spirit and always healing!

BelleTower's avatar

Yes!!! I have five children so am a bserving my own small study. I am a Christ follower but their dad is not. We peacefully navigate this in our household but the result is my children started their years of determinism fairly secular.

My oldest are 18 and 19 years old in college. Both girls, neither believers but … praise the Almighty … they are noticing how empty the world is, how cold and uninspiring. They are both in college and I pray that God touches their hearts with the truth. They are otherwise both very conservative girls who have not fallen for the wokeness that prays on our young women today.

My middle two are both in high school. My 16 year old came to Jesus in a dramatic way last year when He stopped her in the middle of a suicide attempt. Yes I tear up every time it comes to mind. Before she went about the business of swallowing a bottle of pills, the Spirit prompted her to pick up her Bible that my mother had given her years before. It fell open to the story of the woman who touched Jesus’s cloak in the middle of the crowd. She read it and has not been the same since.

My freshman boy is 14 and has long been a professed believer. He is unsteady on his feet as he navigates a secular school environment but I trust the Lord will faithfully guide him through this stage of life.

My youngest is only 8 but he is part of a few Christian communities (homeschool and other) and is receiving better education in that way than his siblings had.

I pray protection over my children and their friends, and salvation for my husband (his name is John if you are in the mind to pray). I am continually amazed by how God is working in these difficult times to secure His own. Praise God!

MaryAnn's avatar

BelleT: God has you and yours. Keep on keeping on! He Never Fails.

Willing Spirit's avatar

Just beautiful! Miracles surround us if we can only see them…

Lori's avatar

Yes, this is joyful news! God bless our young men and let them find moral and faithful women to marry and continue the lineage of families.

Willing Spirit's avatar

My older daughter met her wonderful husband of nearly 30 years now through Fellowship of Christian Athletes at the University of North Florida. She was a basketball player, he was tennis. I will be forever grateful to that organization.

Bard Joseph's avatar

Gotta prepare them to die for the bankers funding TPUSA and Vance.

Girl on the move's avatar

Why are you even here? You seem to dislike most things posted…

Bard Joseph's avatar

Is there one idea that is acceptable? Are you a communist?

Question everything.

Be a girl on the move.

Dont be stuck with one idea.

Johnny-O's avatar

When coffee and covid was based on that, it was a really good newsletter. The further jeff delves into geopolitics, the worse it gets, and it is sad to see.

The stack has turned into a partisan hotbed - maybe purposefully or not - but it sure does get a lot of clicks to talk daily about the idiot shit libs and gender identity, etc.

Fre'd Bennett, MAHA's avatar

Bard, have you considered inviting the Lord Donald Trump into your heart?

Cathy's avatar

I love hearing that

Truth Seeker's avatar

Several newsworthy item begging commentary.

DJT is always right, Let the Man Work, Trust the Plan etc

He regularly calls out the fake news echo chamber suggesting the failing NYT's

will fall on their own sword.

The options to explain his uncanny ability to plan and create outcomes

has another explanation that exploded yesterday in certain arenas.

Dual simultaneous Time Lines that some people (those familiar

with Nicolai Tesla) have been pondering for a very long time. Time travel.

It implies the possibility of traveling the "multiverse" to see or influence

outcomes.

One explanation is Time travelers can create, or alter outcomes to include

preventing catastrophe.

DJT's brilliant uncle apparently was best friends with Tesla, acquiring

his manuscipts post mortem. Just saying.

Economic incentives salve the wounds of Derangement afflicted.

As conditions improve, with more Swalwel similar exposes incoming, the panicans

will approach extermination.

Valerie's avatar

Just saw a post on X that the a Supreme Court β€˜appears in favor of establishing a national election day’ that would require all votes to both be cast and counted the same day. What do we think… is congress deliberately slow walking the SAVE act because they know this is a possibility and would be a cleaner solution? Or is congress just useless and inept?

Sorry for posting this without reading Jeff’s post first, but I was reading it on X when C&C posted and got a lil excited.

Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

Its already established in the Constitution. It sets the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. But the cretins have disregarded the Constitution and built a month or two worth of election manipulation to s_Elect themselves and corrupt evil people like them, both dem and rino. SCOTUS simply needs to enforce the Constitution, what a novel idea!!??

Bitsy54's avatar

The blatant dismissal of our Constitutional rights over the past five years is why the ridiculous push to revise our Constitution through Constitutional Convention (article 5) is dangerous and unnecessary. The left wants to blow up our Constitution and has recruited useful idiots on the right to do it for them.

Beth's avatar
3hEdited

Agree wholeheartedly. State of Hawaii did a con-con and it was a disaster. One of the things that Marxist managed to squeeze in there was that every single government employee was required by the Constitution to belong to a union. That all by itself, never mind the rest of the changes, is the reason we call Hawaii "the socialist Republic of hawaii." I am totally against a constitutional convention. Let's just start following it!.

Willing Spirit's avatar

It is said that we have enough laws to address every attack. They just aren’t enforced. Adding more laws complicates and clouds the issues.

And why would they be enforced any differently than what we already have?

taxpayer's avatar

Where in the Constitution is that date set?

Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

In 1845 Congress passed a federal law designating the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day.Β 

In Arizona, where I live, the Az Constitution establishes it in Article 7.

taxpayer's avatar

Yes, US Constitution Article I section 4 authorizes such legislation. I hadn't realized you were referencing Arizona.

Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

I should have been more clear, so thanks for asking.

And you are spot on about Article 1.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

There are only two mentions in the Constitution regarding federal elections: Article I, section 4 states that the "states will regulate the times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives," BUT Congress can make laws altering the states' laws. The second mention is in Article II , section 1: "Congress may determine the time of choosing electors [Electoral College ], and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States."

SD Scott's avatar

Now make it a holiday.

Roger Beal's avatar

Indeed! National Voting Day is just a tad more important than Biden's National Trans Visibility Day.

Susan Seas's avatar

Make Trans Invisible again! 😁

Lynn's avatar

Get rid of Juneteenth! Isn't 4th of July for all Americans?

Dena's avatar

ID got rid of Juneteenth I believe.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

The Juneteenth "holiday " has nothing to do with July Fourth. Rather it's a nod to a group of slaves in Texas who only heard about their freedom on June 19, 1865 several months after the war had ended.

Leskunque Lepew's avatar

Many have no clue what Juneteenth is really about.

The owner of the Juneteenth flag ( yes, there is one) explained it to me.

BelleTower's avatar

Fortunately, it is on the calendar during the school summer holiday so it does not invoke β€œthree day weekend” status.

WP William's avatar

pair it with National Taxation Day

Girl on the move's avatar

I’ve often said if there was no withholding and everyone had to write one check, things would change so fast your head would spin!

John Gaynor's avatar

You’ll never go broke betting on Congressional uselessness and ineptitude.

Valerie's avatar

Seriously. They are awful.

Willing Spirit's avatar

Mark Twain agrees!

DaveL's avatar

Congress is useless and inept (and corrupt) would be the right answer.

PonyBoy's avatar

I think Congress should be abolished forever. Everyone in Congress would then be retired for good.

A new group of representatives could then be formed and this could be named "Progress."

Lori's avatar

And no pensions off our hard work. They can fend for themselves. Let the illegal immigrants help them out.

Valerie's avatar

I think everyone in congress should go home and random American citizens given the job for max 2 terms.

Leskunque Lepew's avatar

Washington DC should be closed and made into a museum/amusement park. The capital should be moved to the Midwest with many new rules about serving the country.

J. Lincoln's avatar

Naw. Just enact term limits and meaningful campaign finance reform and the power of incumbency - the defacto version of a congressional employee union will disappear like a fart in a typhoon.

Lisa's avatar

Congress is a "system" stronghold. The "system" has 5 Pillars and many outliers. The Jesuits, Kabbalists/Sanhedrin, Mormons, Satanists and Freemasons w/all of their 'affiliates', including the Audubon Society. The 5 Pillars are all "oathed" and "promised", eternally, to the system. Most of those in leadership positions lead "cover lives" while they are committed to "the system" which is a centuries old Luciferian system. All of the pillars and their "outliers", the scientologists, for example, operate as one homogenous system. They have their own private, secret "sovereign military" that has sophisticated, underground training facilities all over the country. Former CIA, FBI, US Military and other foreign entities with similar training operate and train in these facilities. Let us remember that the now deceased Michael Aquino, a former U.S. Army officer and specialist in psychological warfare for military intelligence, was a self-proclaimed "satanic oracle and priest" who started his own satanic church.

The lower levels of these entities have no idea what they are supporting and are used as an active "protectorate" for the darkness that operates in their lodges, churches and facilities. They support this darkness financially, socially and spiritually and they have no idea.

CStone's avatar

God is Greater than these entities.

Lori's avatar

I am watching a series with Man In America of children sold to elites and govt's as spies and used for pedophilia and brainwashing. It is revolting and the interview with Anneke Lucas was heartbreaking. What she was forced to do at 9 years old makes me want to vomit and kill all those men. And yet none of them have been brought to justice. Every Elite should be assumed a pedophile until they prove they are not.

An excerpt from the interview:

This is Episode 3 of my Survivor Stories series, and my guest is Anneke Lucas. She was born in Belgium. She was sold by her own mother into a trafficking network at the age of six. By nine years old, she had been passed to what she describes as the global elite and put through a month of systematic mind control training at a villa in Heidelberg, Germany. She was being prepared to serve as an elite sex slave and spy for a very powerful American billionaire.

Here is the complete interview if anyone wants a deeper dive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDPegw6HoWk&t=57s

Lisa's avatar

Yes, Cathy O'Brien is an American survivor of a similar 'frequency'. She was sold by her dad to an American politician. Her father got busted for selling child porn and they gave him a choice, sell your daughter to the US Gov't, take the money and a reputable position in society or go to prison. He sold her to an American sitting Senator.

It's sad, really. Her story can be found in her book, "Trance Formation of America".

She, Anneke and countless others are a testament to the power and strength of the human Spirit.

Willing Spirit's avatar

That’s an old, old story about human nature and politics going back to The Fall. Just the names change. Human nature is corrupted and requires redemption, which requires a desire to reconcile with God.

Lisa's avatar

AND? No resolution in mind for the children who are being abused by the very ones teaching "redemption and reconciliation"? Those are just 'empty words' for a child when they can no longer defecate, normally, because of a clergy member/"teacher".

I don't think of the theft of innocence as some "old, old story about human nature". I think of it as an ASSAULT and the necessity for response from "the adults in the room". To steal a child's sense of trust and safety is an abomination and it needs to STOP. Those who protect the "story" or the perpetration of the "story" are part of the problem. Where is the humanity in your "story"?

Susan Matthiesen's avatar

There you go again with your anti-Catholic lies!

Lisa's avatar

Look Susan, I'm not going to stop going after the perpetrators. I don't care what "religion" they pretend to be. Are you one of them? If not, they know who they are and I will continue to honor the many, many precious, innocent life that has been taken and that continues to be abused by your own "loved and protected". That's your thing, not mine.

Susan Matthiesen's avatar

Haranguing Lisa, hopefully you're including the DNC who love killing babies.

Lisa's avatar

DipShit Susan, I include everyone who kills, hurts, molests, steals, rapes, maligns any child in any way. I just happen to get more "bang for the buck" by going for the SYSTEM that adheres to these practices. That system includes: the Jesuit Catholics, the Satanists, the Kabbalists/Sanhedrin, the Mormons and the Freemasons and ALL of their affiliates, the Scientologists ALL at the highest levels operate under the same umbrella, the same system, the same playbook. They are a homogenous group that are a part "the system".

Willing Spirit's avatar

I love the Catholic Faith. It is utterly beautiful and many wonderful things have come from it over 2,000 years. Many notable public figures like Newt Gingrich and J.D. Vance have converted because of the beauty.

But the β€˜Catholic Church’ with the supposed β€˜Pope’ in the Vatican is not practicing the faith, just empty shells of symbolism. And I believe there is horrid corruption.

A priest that I do believe is practicing the β€˜Faith’, while trying not to be persecuted by the β€˜Church’ told about special living spaces in the dorms at seminary, where the sodomites lived together. He was an eye witness.

Horrible high level officials with proven crimes are not punished, but elevated to Vatican positions.

The Church Jesus established will survive, but there has to be a reckoning.

Susan Matthiesen's avatar

Agreed. All the above is why I go to the SSPX.

Willing Spirit's avatar

Very good! The faithful fight on…

Willing Spirit's avatar

I’m Catholic and would never try to defend the Jesuits.

Lisa's avatar

Susan, with the preponderance of EVIDENCE and TESTIMONY from victims of Catholic clergy, it blows me away that you stand in such ignorance or offense. As well, many of the perpetrators are still being protected by the Catholic church and you are paying for it. There is NO LIE, here. I don't stand against any decent Catholic person but you sure do take offense and call me a liar when what I have said is PROVEN FACT, up to and including Catholic services arranging for young brown children to be taken from their homes in Central America and Mexico and delivered into "the system" the Jesuits belong to and subsequently DISAPPEARED. Just keep sticking your head in the ground, waving legs vigorously and call it "leg day" at the gym. I have patients for your rhetoric and BS, anymore. Do you have children? Stop protecting perpetrators of the vilest desire and intent.

Susan Matthiesen's avatar

Screeching Lisa - Do you also go after Protestant pastors and youth ministers who molest children? What religion are you? And that would be "patience" not "patients". And yes I raised three taxpaying successful children; one a military vet who went to Iraq (he was fine, I had to be put on Valium), one married to an Irish rock star, one living in Seattle in a 100 year old fisherman's cottage on a hill. I have 7 beautiful grandchildren. I have lived in Italy, traveled the world and exercised racehorses for a living. You?

Lisa's avatar

Dip-Shit Susan, do you have issues with reading comprehension?

What IF one of your precious, beautiful grandchildren were TAKEN and never returned, even broken? This is WHY I asked. Where is your humanity? It doesn't live unless it is one of your own? FYI, don't start a sentence with "And"...."And"...."And". You're a real piece of work, Susan. Your arrogance and pride are lethal. I don't speak about my personal, private life online. I'm not an idiot.

Ashe's avatar

We need the enforcement of citizen only voting, but we also need only citizens to count in the census.

Jake's avatar

Still would need verifiable voter ID to make a difference. Too easy to cheat just like the Learing Center in Minneapolis.

Deb's avatar

Congress is pretty much useless.... just my opinion!!!

WP William's avatar

Did Congress fix immigration and secure the border? Did Congress impose tariffs? Did Congress declare or authorize war? Will they act to TRULY safeguard elections from Cheaters Foreign and domestic? USELESS indeed

Patti's avatar

I would love a one day voting and counting. Cleans it up

Salty K's avatar

Agreed. But without voter ID, how clean would it really be? We still need the SAVE act!

Patti's avatar

Well anything for Washington state would likely be a positive but YES VOTER ID

Leskunque Lepew's avatar

Useless and inept.

But....a greedy and ignorant electorate will vote in.....

Lori's avatar

Best idea yet.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

Can you provide a link on X to that?

Cabogirl's avatar

I agree. I think that’s what is going on.

mspring's avatar

I think the answer is yes. They hope for a "cleaner" solution, and are useless and inept! Far too many times congress has let SCOTUS do their work.

Willing Spirit's avatar

I think the goal of most in Congress is to do as little work as possible, while enriching themselves.

Mark's avatar

I read many substacks a day and yours is not only the most fun to read but the most informative. Love the content and style very much. Thank you.

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Exactly Jeff, they started with the wrong premise, that there was NO plan. There has been a plan for years, and we are beginning to see everything come together now.

And that London based "think tank", hmmmm, City of London again?

Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

LTMW because TAW because GAW.

God prepared Trump over 5 decades to understand how the corrupt and evil in the world work, and now heis using Trump as an instrument of His will. So, pray to God and give thanks and to continue to protect and armor Trump, while giving him the wisdom, knowledge and experience which baffles the experts!

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Been praying for him every morning since Aug. 4, 2024.

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Don't know why I only began on Aug. 4--should have started July 14.

Lori's avatar

Yes He did Dan, no doubt about it. Trump is genius but I can't see how he could plan, execute and advance like this without God.

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Dan, Jeff just got a shoutout from Susan on Promethean Action during their live YouTube stream! She liked his description of Starmer as a failed taxidermy experiment.

InquizitiveOne's avatar

I also listen to promethean action! Their updates complement the C&C newsletter;)

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Their show today was excellent, they covered many current questions.

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

I like to call him Stammerman. Has anyone been before me in this coinage?

william howard's avatar

funny how planning and hard work makes for better luck

DaveL's avatar

Chance favors the prepared is how I think Louis Pasteur put it.

Jake's avatar

One of my military commanders always said, "The man with the plan, WINS".

JT's avatar

I’ve heard that, too…but I’ve also heard it said that the β€œplan” goes out the window once the first shot is fired.

Roger Beal's avatar

Chatham House, and the Rothschilds, on display.

CStone's avatar

Actually President Trump and the One True Living God is on display.

Chatham House and Rothschild have been uninvited.

CK's avatar

The Rothschilds own Trump, they’re the ones who bailed him out in the early 90’s.

CStone's avatar

Bless your heart. Your TDS is consuming you.

CK's avatar

How much do you know about Wilbur Ross?

CStone's avatar

I have tried to have conversations with people with TDS. It is truly a spiritual disorder. Demonic. So.

CynicalCuteness's avatar

And, Jeff is correct that positivity does not get you β€œlikes”, β€œshares”, or β€œclicks”. Negativity and fear always gets you views. I suspect that most social media consumers are looking for fearful content. I wonder if some people think being in a constant state of worry is a virtue, thinking it means they care more than others.

shayne's avatar
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I have no problem with you calling out Boomers, Jeff, I'm one myself, right in the middle. And I can't stand most of the Boomers I meet. I was a teen through the 70's, and I have to admit it was a great time to be young πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

Margot Wooster's avatar

We definitely had the best music! Still enjoying it in my 70’s.

Bitsy54's avatar

My refrigerator magnet nails it: I may be old but I got to see all the best bands live. I’m 71 😁

Navyo Ericsen's avatar

YES! Me too, every day. And we had vinyl albums with incredible cover art. Real physical music. Now? We're back to mono, streaming someone else's collection. Going digital ruined music completely and turned it into a disposable commodity.

Kathy's avatar

And liner notes. I loved those!

Karen Bandy's avatar

We related everything to the cost of an album. 4 bucks for lunch out or 4 bucks for an album. Album won!

Juju's avatar

I still have two milk carton boxes in my basement filled with all my old albums. I once gave about 30 of my most coveted to my daughter when she got into old record players in high school. We are estranged now and I’ll never get them back. I at least hope she found the joy in them that I had and hung on to them.

Still some goodies in that box in my basement. But I don’t have a way to play them anymore. I have boxes of VHSes too that I no longer have a way to play. And a box of cassette tapes, mixed in with a few 8-tracks. LOL And a tower of CDs. 🀣 Also 5 bookshelves full of DVDs. I have a certifiable museum here in my junk.

shayne's avatar

I hear you Juju. I have a huge collection of albums. I really want a Technics stereo system like we had back in the 70's, but man, are they expensive.

Navyo Ericsen's avatar

And when an album was released, it was such a big thing. Friends came together and sat down, put the needle in the groove and LISTENED to the entire thing. Maybe twice. Then we talked about it. There were even Listening Parties. Remember those? That would not happen now. And not to mention the sound! Far superior to the clinical digital audio. It sounded human. It sounded real.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

Personally, I'm tired of the blanket "blame the boomers" meme. Boomers are really 2 demographic groups. Those of us born from roughly 1955 and up have had a very different experience than the older "boomers". Think of us as 10-15 years older than you, Jeff, and perhaps a bit wiser in some things.

SHug's avatar

Generation Jones (born 1954–1965) is a micro-generation bridging Baby Boomers and Generation X, often considered the "second half" of the Baby Boom or a distinct cohort. Characterized by growing up in the 1960s/70s and coming of age during economic stagflation, they blended optimism with pragmatism, experiencing a "harder edge" than older Boomers.

Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

That sounds right. I’m a β€˜64 model (two days before the cutoff πŸ˜†) and I don’t feel much affinity with the boomers. They grew up in a post war boom. I came of age with Jimmy Carter in a sweater, hostages in Iran, and expensive gas.

But we did have great movies and music. And my first vote was for Ronald Magnamus Reagan, so that was nice.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

Sounds about right!

Lisa Runquist's avatar

I was born in 1952, myyounger sister was born in 1963. We grew up in totally different worlds.

Dee's avatar

I was born in 1954. My sibling and cousins are 7 years older than me. While they were going to Woodstock and anti-war demonstrations, I was learning how to do makeup and hair, busy with school activities, and totally oblivious to their experiences because I rarely saw them anymore, never watched the news, and none of my peers or even my teachers talked about it. Yes, completely different.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

1957 here. I seem to recall gas lines (a real inconvenience for my passion for skiing), a friend having to move because their father lost their Wall Street job, plus a fairly free childhood roaming the countryside, home for dinner at 6pm, then out til dark. Disco reared its ugly head, but the good music was still there. A real mix of experiences very removed from the social movements of the 60s.

Lori's avatar

Disco, yikes!

Pat Wetzel's avatar

My thoughts exactly.

Karen Bandy's avatar

1956 for me. Big one this year!

I think we all weathered Carter’s recession because we didn’t have a lot growing up. We knew how to live within our means.

Lori's avatar

Dee, your cousins and sibling would only have been 8 years old. How could they be at Woodstock unless parents took them?

Lisa's avatar

She said they were 7-8 years older than she was. She was born in '54.

Lori's avatar

Thanks Lisa, read that too fast. Now it makes sense:}

Lisa's avatar

There is a subset called Generation Jones for the latter "boomer" generation.

Susan Seas's avatar

My son calls us Boomers, to set us off. (we're not) I yell back, We're NOT Boomers You MILLENIAL! πŸ˜‚ Two can play that game. Millenials are trying to change their name to Gen Y because of the "negative" connotation. Well you brought it on yourselves. πŸ˜‚

Juju's avatar

I’m Older Gen-X born 1965 on the dividing year. I relate to both generations. I flip when it’s convenient to me. 🀣

SHug's avatar
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Me too Juju. Generation Jones (born 1954–1965) is a micro-generation bridging Baby Boomers and Generation X, often considered the "second half" of the Baby Boom or a distinct cohort. Characterized by growing up in the 1960s/70s and coming of age during economic stagflation, they blended optimism with pragmatism, experiencing a "harder edge" than older Boomers. We were too young for Woodstock and too old for most of MTV.

Herodotus II's avatar

Author John A. Zukowski wrote that Gen Jones is "a generation in a no-man's-land between the hippie and the yuppie." Yep, that's me, too. (1956) Hippie-yuppie-ti-yi-yo!

Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

I’m a β€˜64 model (two days before the cutoff πŸ˜†) so I figure I get to claim whichever generation I want.

If mom had had a difficult labor, I would have been in a different generation.

Susan Seas's avatar

πŸ˜‚πŸ‘

PonyBoy's avatar

Gen Why?

I like that.

InzilbΓͺth's avatar

Your rightful name is Generation Me. Which you changed to Boomers, to avoid the "negative connotation" literally spelled out in the name. Tell that to your son, if you can stomach owning your own hypocrisy

Lori's avatar

I don't know any Boomers that were Generation Me. The ones I know are/were hard working, took care of their families, had a strong set of morals, set boundaries for their kids and produced healthy and happy children.

Must suck to be you with such negativity. You also sound like a jealous libtard. Best you exit stage left. No negative libturds wanted here. Cheers!

Juju's avatar

Another new account that reads only 1 Substack, this one, then is focused on insulting its community herein. 🀣

Lori's avatar

Exactly Juju!

Anne Grinols's avatar

Who takes all the selfies? Not boomers! 🀣

Susan Seas's avatar

WTH are you talking about? Makes no sense. I am not of the Boomer generation which I clearly stated. 🀷

InzilbΓͺth's avatar

And to Lori, who indignantly and libtardedly replied and then blocked me after spewing ad hominems, I would also refer to the link above.

Juju's avatar

Well given you read ONE Substack, this one, and spent your comment time being insulting to its community, she did a very sane thing. The indignant and libtard was in your response. 🀣

Lori's avatar

yes, blocked your ass you libtard. suck it.

SHug's avatar

Actually, you can find reference to a "Me Generation" in Baby Boomers, X and Millennials.

Overall - "The Me Generation" is a term coined in the 1970s by writer Tom Wolfe to describe Baby Boomers, characterizing them as self-involved, narcissistic, and focused on self-fulfillment over social responsibility. - Which I find highly ironic, seeing as the younger Baby Boomers to early Gen Xers fought for civil rights, gay rights, Native American rights, etc. and were some of the most invested in social upheaval and equality for women.

PonyBoy's avatar

They were the best years of our lives.

The 1970's rocked.

Lori's avatar

The libtard boomers are the worst. The absolute worst.

Karen Bandy's avatar

Me too, right in the middle. Best time ever! And they ended the draft right about the time my brother turned 18! The only political thing going on was Cesar Chavez’ Scab Lettuce. I was a freshman at the liberal UofOregon and didn’t get involved, now I’m especially glad after finding out about that creep. Geez, 52 years later?

James Goodrich's avatar

My sister works for a company that makes medical equipment, mostly for females. During the plandemic they made a machine that could test for Covid immediately with their own produced swabs. Needless to say with Joe Biden and the democrats dumping trillions of dollars into big Pharma and medical equipment companies, my sister, who has an extensive case of TDS, made a fortune. Stock options, 401 K plans, retirement, bonuses, etc. etc. etc.

Not long ago we had a talk and I asked her if she was worried, all of these accounts she has look very impressive but are just numbers on a screen. Bernie Madoff had similar statements constantly being sent out, or numbers you could see right on your phone screen. The problem, just like at today’s banks, if you want to go and withdraw say 25,000 dollars in cash they’ll laugh at you. They don’t have that money at the bank. They’ll question you, why do you need that kind of money? Then they may give you 5,000 if they have it, but that’s all you’re getting, see you next week! This recently happened at Blackrock. A bunch of investors for whatever reason wanted their money. Blackrock would only give them 30 cents on the dollar.? I’m worried these runs on banks will continue and probably worsen. We are certainly in financial rough times and with energy costs along with everything else going up it’s a struggle. The more governments print money the money is devalued, inflating costs. Many time interest will be increased to slow inflation. You see the problem.

Times are tough. Because of that, most people have found themselves unable to live their life financially the way they were just 6 or 7 years ago. People can’t afford their life, forcing them to borrow. This is why credit card debt is at an all time high and we all know that’s not cheap money. I think we are in for some choppy times to say the least. Bail outs and government checks are coming which will increase food costs energy costs and living in general will get more expensive. All this just a year or so after the last financial crisis, covid. How much more of this can people take?

The utter democrat arrogance of the plight of the people struggling is Ma. Governor Maura Healy is planning on signing into law a milage tax on all Massachusetts residence, and the new leading Democrat candidate for governor Tom Steyer is promising to open the border wide again letting millions of illegals flood into California. You can’t make this stuff up. J.Goodrich

Jake's avatar

Can't say the same thing about Texas. Houses and developments including new stores of all kinds are going in all over the place. I have the retirement that I planned for many years ago. My retirement account and income has only gone up since the Trumpster was reelected. I may be an outlier but I really don't think so.

DaveL's avatar

"Plandemic" is turning into a worn out word, but the coining of the word "pandemic" sort of asks for a parody. Originally we had endemic and epidemic, which described things perfectly, and then someone came up with the idea of "pandemic." Sort of like someone came up with the usage of "gender" (a grammatical term) to describe sex, or something to do with sex. Women's rights turned into a euphemism for killing unborn babies. Guys like Tom Steyer revel in this stuff.

Lori's avatar

it was planned by the worst among us and it was a demic. plandemic works for me and I hope it sticks.

jmsmithmd's avatar

Words do matter.

James Goodrich's avatar

I was going to right pandemic in quotations which I usually do but today I decided plandemic and I agree with you…

Lorita's avatar

Where I live in Oregon, in a small town near the California boarder, we have not recovered from the plandemic nor have we recovered from the Almeda Fire in neighborhoods like all the senior mobile home parks. Yes we still have our homes but we are under "management" so rent goes up every year, as well as property taxes, insurances, and food. I just was notified that I may possibly get an $80 COLA raise on my actual retirement check. That's nice but half our income goes to rent and food, that's nice too but we know so many people in this little town that rent out spare rooms, driveways, backyards to make money to survive. I don't blame Portland I blame Salem with its deep Democratic majority AKA: deep pocketed commies. GET OUT AND VOTE for the mid term. Thank you James for pointing out it is not just here.

Bitsy54's avatar

I know Tom Steyer….he is a viper. CA should Swalwell him

Lori's avatar

Yes, that thing (he is a demon in human form) is dangerous. And I do hope someone takes care of the viper.

Beckadee's avatar

You didn't tell us if your sister was worried. I hope your sister holds onto the stock options until they fall to the earth. That will be a good lesson for her.

Porge's avatar

@James, how does a state governor open up a federally controlled border?

Connie Benn's avatar

I suspect the β€œcore basket” looks a lot like food rations in Cuba. Rice, beans, white & dark sugar, eggs & milk (only if you have kids). Or maybe just things grown in NYC? Marijuana?

Irunthis1's avatar

Or more likely halal food.

Jake's avatar

Trump solves unsolvable geopolitical problems while Mamdani builds a no brand bodega. What's wrong with this picture New York??

Lori's avatar

guy needs to be ousted. he is a sick joke.

Melissa S's avatar

But, judging from the reactions from the EBT crowd when they were delayed in having their EBT cards infused with fresh funds during the budget shutdown in the fall, and the wailing and gnashing of teeth when restrictions were even mentioned on what could be purchased with EBT funds (excluding junk food and drinks), could Mamdani even go there? That is a big part of his base we are talking about. They want their junk food! And what about those who are vegans or require a gluten-free diet? This all sounds like an enormous can of worms.

Jake's avatar

I'm 75 and attend church weekly with my daughters family in a church nearby. My wife has alzheimers so she doesn't attend very often anymore. I noticed early the number of young people in this fairly new church which has four services and has expanded twice since I started there. Older people are getting more prevalent lately. They've found the place I guess. The grand kids come over after church and I feed them cleverly disguised leftovers that they like. They then also to interact with their grandmother. The long and short of this is, the Christian family lifestyle is coming back in vogue. Living in a Christian household can be a wonderful life. Mine was...

mspring's avatar

Another anecdote in support of your post: we joined Easter sunday at wife's home church in TX hill country. Packed with with a mix of old folk and young folk. Tons of kids, had a mini sermon where pastor has kids come to front to participate, and that itself was a crowd. God is good!

Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

I wish I could attach a picture. My granddaughter got dedicated at church last month along with all the other new babies and there was barely room on the platform for all of them.

There had to be 30 or more babies. These kids are growing their church one way or another. πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

John Van Stry's avatar

If there is one thing I have noticed about those 'War Bloggers' - it's that none of them know shit about war. They're all just spewing their left-wing or rino spin. If they were at all knowledgeable, their hate for Trump and love of the swamp would never figure in to their results.

Valerie's avatar

There are a few that seem to have good analytical skills, but I agree. No one really knows, and SO MUCH slop out there being called β€˜news.’

RunningLogic's avatar

It is really hard to come up with a good analysis when you don’t have all of the information and are just guessing at parts. That is why I don’t take these predictions very seriously. Plus there are always unexpected events that can change things. It’s funny how none of these people seem to question themselves when they end up being totally wrong and still continue to spew out their predictions, expecting people to continue to believe them.

Juju's avatar

Their jobs are not to fairly analyze a situation, it’s to look at how it can be spun to make Trump look bad. That’s it. They are all compromised. That’s why they never admit that they were wrong and just move on to the next event.

RunningLogic's avatar

Yes, I agree. But even if they were doing this in good faith, it would be very difficult to get things right since they don’t have all of the puzzle pieces.

Bard Joseph's avatar

The two are mutually exclusive?

Jeff says "We need to carefully consume our opinion news" and then refers us to Pravda, I mean Fox and CNBC.

Dow and Wall St monitor all the inside trading over oil announcements, not the middle class economy.

Roger Beal's avatar

Check TWZ; it's written by military and defense industry folks for a general audience, from their perspective but nonetheless realistic: https://www.twz.com/

John Van Stry's avatar

I'm a former Military Industrial person. I hang out with lots of the same.

No, most of these people are just long on hype and politics.

And looking at some of those TWZ headlines, the folks writing at least some of those stories don't have a CLUE about what they're writing about.

Abiding Dude's avatar

The MIC is what both Eisenhower and JFK warned us about... a cancerous, corrupt gaggle of profit-driven scumbags... you were part of that?

Are you trying to imply that fine men, Cols Macgregor and Wilkerson, Scott Ritter, Prof Merscheimer, Jeffry Sachs and ex-CIA Larry Johnson don't know shit about war? They all think Trump is a lunatic zionist ass-clown and they are correct.

Jeff here twists himself into a pretzel daily trying to claim Trumpo has a "plan"... but no one seems to know it... other than maybe his boss Netanyahu?

BTW: 'Former military industrial person'... means you worked for a defense contractor, but never in the military on active duty? So YOU don't actually know shit about war either?

SHug's avatar

So, AD, if "Jeff here twists himself into a pretzel daily trying to claim Trumpo has a "plan"." is your outlook, WHY are you hanging out here?

John Van Stry's avatar

Because he's the paid opposition.

John Van Stry's avatar

Me? No, I'm not. The folks you quoted above? ALL ARE.

That's why they hate Trump. Because he's not about forever wars.

He wants them over quickly and he wants peace.

Dr Linda's avatar

Regarding all these smart guys: I assumed that there was always a plan & I just didn’t know it. In my opinion, that is how it has been with the President.

Richard Whitney's avatar

I recognize who those smart guys are. They used to be pro-Trump, and caught a lot of flak for it.

They aren't any more, because of the wars.

Mrs. RW

Lori's avatar

at the end of the day, are they really smart Dr. Linda or just professionsal full of shite bloviators?

Alan Davis's avatar

Exactly Jeff, let the man work. He is so different in many ways from previous leaders. Still flawed but dang he can think many many steps ahead when working on complex national and global issues.

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

I think it's fascinating to watch the increasingly ghoulish, self-destructive antics of the Democratic Party. They are literally snuffing themselves out psychologically ... in the most baldface, adolescent, and self-abasing ways. It's a ghastly spectacle, growing more obvious by the day ... and it's accelerating.

What's occurring is also increasingly unambiguous to the smartest people in the room ... EVERY room. Seeing who Trump REALLY is and what he's really achieving didn't come overnight to me. And I am by no means an insider: I am very much uninvested in politics, etc.

The evidence of Trump's stature - and his team's - is mind-boggling.

I can't wait to see what unfolds in the coming weeks and months.

SD Scott's avatar

Same here!

Many prayers being answered.

Jake's avatar

Overnight a big mouth Democratic Ghoul is exposed and he's done. Probably will see prison bars for a while. Many are saying the Dems keep their reps in line with blackmail. I'm thinking that if the Dems are using blackmail, the Trumpster and his team also have that information and evidence. Look for Tulsi to drop a couple of turds in the Dems pool very soon. Remember the Trumpster always has a plan.

Jake's avatar

I forgot that Scott Bessent will also be part of this. Dems have been stealing too long for the dumb ones like Tampon Tim not to leave a trail of crumbs.

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

True but the erasing of the trail of crumbs was developed by rank amateurs compared to the methods Doge and AI

Juju's avatar

The corrupt RINOs for certain, which is why they remain silent. I don’t think the other republicans who are honest and upright know what the Dems have on each other.

SHug's avatar

Yes, that CIA slime Spanberger skinsuit is rolling right over all VA citizens. This is the crap that happens when Smurfs are in charge with a smurf house.

They also just issued a bunch of "gun control" measures. Of course, when news of it got out before it passed gun sales jumped immensely high. I expect that to go to SCOTUS soon.

And those turncoat RINOs who are advancing amnesty for illegals (so called "Dignity Act,") are going to lose us our nation if we don't stop it. NO AMNESTY!

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

Yeah I saw that, and as in so many cases in recent memory, such nefarious actions will explode in the Democrats' faces

Lori's avatar

What a great word, snuffing. And linked with Dems is delicious. May they continue their snuff parties.

Richard Whitney's avatar

You may be unaware that snuff parties refers to the debased practice of raping and killing women on camera, and then passing the video around.

Mrs. RW

Lori's avatar
2hEdited

That is what the dems already do along with their SRA. Let them snuff one another.

HMC's avatar

☹️ I am Canadian. Our rough ride is going to get worse ☹️

Peter's avatar

We can pay you handsomely for Alberta, they want to leave anyway.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

Just let them leave (which hopefully they will). No need for pallets of cash.

Jake's avatar

My wife has a cousin who farms on the ND/Canadian border. Always loved the sane Canadians. Our first trip with the kids was a vacation in Winnipeg. Good times. You gotta get out of there.

Margot Wooster's avatar

Praying for you, HMC. Trust God!

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

Tge French have an expression: "La politique du pire" ... which translates to "the politics of worst case scenario" ... Canada is currently on this path.

It will swing back with a vengeance.

SHug's avatar

Well when it goes too far, they do not have our 2nd Amendment.

SHug's avatar

HMC, I expect some Canadians might apply to US as persecuted Christian refugees. I'm afraid that is the way it is headed now. Especially with Carney dumping ownership of land to First Nations (how does that even make sense, when people own their homes in those areas?). I know DJT will not allow the continued Chinese & cartels takeover next to our open border.

Lori's avatar

Yes it is and I am so sorry about it. Please stay safe and healthy.

Ed Klages's avatar

Sorry to be pedantic, but the phrase is β€œante meridiem” not β€œante meridian”. After the β€œNorth American Treaty Organization” kerfuffle, I just wanted to keep you honest.

Keep up the good work. Your posts are often the highlight of my day.

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Your friendly neighborhood Latin teacher thanks you for taking on her job. And "meridian" has a rather more geographical/cartological sense.

Lori's avatar

the second spelling is prettier and I will be keeping that one. The first reminds me of per diem for some reason and don't like it.

Delightful Designs's avatar

"Behold, the experts are committing Hari-Kari."

LOTS of them need to be, there is such a high percentage of them on all topics that are consistently wrong. Lots of them just in this one article....

Keep it up Mr Childers, you may be "only a lawyer" but you have the best track record I'm seeing out here in the wilds of the internet. THANK YOU, as always :D

Juju's avatar
4mEdited

It amazes me that we live in a time when people actually say things like β€œyou’re only a lawyer” or β€œhe’s only a plumber”. It’s as if they believe the human brain is completely incapable of mastering any other topic beyond what you studied in school or did as a business.

Yet Abraham Lincoln was self taught and went on to become president, and hundreds of thousands of others have too before and ever since.

I may only be an expert in computer science, but there isn’t any subject I can’t master if I put my mind and time to it - and end up with insights far better than those that DID study it as a career. (Except for maybe brain surgery because of my older age not having enough years left to truly master it. 🀣)

But politics? Economy? Sociology? Preventive medical health? Art of war? Business? Science? Investing? Heck nothing is out of reach for anyone who puts their mind to it.

I’m so tired of β€œyou’re not an expert” type arguments. Newsflash: experts aren’t experts these days!