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Pray that atheist young women also find reason to convert. We need committed, faithful marriages with the children that come with such a union. Make America Faithful Again.
Definitely. The gap between single men and single women ideologically seems to be widening and that is making it even harder to have those marriages. The men want something other than what those women typically are. The women refuse to acknowledge that their ideology makes them unattractive to those men. The gap widens further. Repeat. :(
I do think as men convert and find out who they are in Christ, they will resume their leadership role. When they do this, the women will follow. For all feminism's claims of not needing or wanting men, and how women can be girlbosses, women respond to real leadership. These are exciting times to be alive!
The women will not only follow, but will be much more attracted to these men. It was how they were originally hardwired. Iām just praying it doesnāt go tooooo far as to become a dystopian nightmare like The Handmaids Tale š«£ The Jabs affect reproduction & how long have metals been sprayed in the skies, and absorbed into the earth & us?
While reading Jeffās column today, I was definitely getting Handmaidenās Tale vibes. Is anyone else here tired of the extreme pendulum shifts? Iāve often wondered and to be honest, more so since Trump was re-elected (which at first I was happy to see)- but my gut is telling me that some of the things people were warning about him, may be sprouting up. I am in the camp of not worshipping false gods and treading cautiously. I hope that those here who have hung their shingles on this man as the one to save us, will hold his feet to the fire when his actions do not align with what he was selling before the election.
I feel God wants us to have those kind of gut feelings when we take our eyes off Him and look to a man to āsaveā us. We def need to pray for and hold our representatives (President included) accountable, keep that heat turned up!!
i think the media has done a lot to make people appear foolish to follow the orange man. but you know, God has got this too. we prayed for revival well maybe this is a start. our country sure needs a revival of spiritual nature more then constitutional. if we have no praying people America no one would see a revival. November 6th I could see and feel a difference. he is just a human and i am sure God has got him. but he still is TRUMP.. the man who owns the room. my prayers for him are that he looks up before doing his job. and i know he loves Americans And this country. none of us are perfect. we are all sinners saved by grace.
Your situation happens often. IMO, in the animal community, weaker males do not get to mate as much and therefore, not reproduce thus naturally eliminating weaker ones like in the deer population.
Obviously it works in humans or they wouldn't be de-masculating men.
Great analogy, yet remember WE were made in the image of God, and given free will, told to steward this world & all thatās in it. Including the animals. Sadly when we forget the position God gave us, we really do revert to survival of the fittest, like the animal community.
My prayer is that all Believers will truly come to know exactly who they are in Christ, and that itās NOT just a spiritual thing. Christians have been led to believe that being born again and being a child of God The Most High is just some ethereal, supernatural thing, when in reality it is a material, corporeal relationship. We arenāt just spiritual children of God, we are GENETICALLY his children. Believers carry the Divine Genome of God The Most High in their blood, though it has been horribly corrupted and āwatered downā at this point in human history. We are literally BLUE BLOODS. We are literally descendant sons and daughters of the King of the Universe. And THAT is why God is so adamant in the Scriptures about how to behave, what to avoid, and what not to eat. THAT is why sexual purity is so critically important to God, and why he begged his people over and over to be HOLY and to avoid doing as the pagans do. And itās also why Jesus is called āThe Second Adam.ā God gave Adam his Divine Genome (Image), and Adamās genome remained perfect until sin entered the picture. Jesus was born with Godās perfect Divine Genome, which obviously gave him uncorrupted blood to enable him to be the Savior of Godās Children.
"He begged his people over and over to be HOLY and to avoid doing as the pagans do." Christians do what the pagans do. They celebrate SATURNALIA on December 25 like the pagans and give it a different name thinking it's God's holiday. God told His people in the Bible NOT to "decorate a tree like the pagans do." (Look it up) Even EASTER is a pagan holiday, celebrating Astarte, a pagan goddess. Yashuah's followers celebrated Passover, not Easter. And, even "Jesus" is a pagan, counterfeit name. Christians need to WAKE UP if they expect to be a child of the most high God instead of following paganism which God hates (according to the Bible).
Which I have just never understood. Came of age in the ā80ās and was always turned completely off by their apparent hatred of men. Me Iād pick to work in a room full of men hands down before a room full of my own. Sad.
To be fair, at least some of those man-hating women grew up watching their moms and sisters being abused by their dads or limited by societal expectations. If the pendulum swung as far as it did to the āweak menā side, it must have once been on the opposite side.
I am not a feminist, I am a fairly traditional woman. But as a musician, I know stories, for example, of Felix Mendelssohnās sister who was a better musician and a better composer but was unable to get published because she was a woman. Her brother knew this and published some of her music under his name.
Maybe we are all lucky enough to live now, when it looks like the pendulum has swung to center.
Just watching a few old John Wayne movies will provide excellent examples of what you're pointing out here.
I'm a fan of the man's work and know folks who knew him well personally, and by all accounts he was a gentleman and a kind, quiet and thoughtful man.
So what I'm referring to here are the scripts of some of his movies showing violence and forced kissing, spankings etc. that reflected somewhat common behaviors toward women in a past era that would elicit criminal charges if not deadly self defense today.
Have you seen Big Country? It's a rare Western with some men of character (not just physical toughness) and a strong woman character. Also it has a really neat film style. Gregory Peck and Charleston Hesston are in it.
Not sad! Iād pick a room full of men too -especially if they were shirtless š¤£šš¤£ Back in the 80ās men wanted to be strong & sexy (Patrick Swayze) and women wanted to be feminine.
I think that there are still a lot of wonderful women with strong moral values. The ones that are ruining our country are liberal democrats.
I donāt ā¦.Iāve seen Kurt interviewed a few times and heās a level headed man and a libertarian, heās the only non liberal Iāve even seen who shut down the āladiesā on the view. I do NOT watch that show lol, saw a clip of it with him in it.
Excerpt: "Women, the doomsayer contends, must be provoked to resent their role in the family. They should see motherhood as a burden, something that distracts them from career success and ship-wide recognition. Being a mother and wife should be scorned as something ugly and outdated. Female passengers should be reminded that there is a secret conspiracy among men ā letās call it the āpatriarchyā ā that exists to subjugate them.
Furthermore, the doomsayer argues, we should encourage promiscuity and abortion. Loving families produce children. Sexually adventurous singles do not. Thereās no reason to stop with women, either. It would be good if we can convince men to see marriage as a form of imprisonment."
A strong, intelligent, gentle and bold leader is exactly what those liberal feminists subconsciously crave.
Nobody craves a woke beta male who isnāt sure of gender or healthy masculinity. Nobody craves incompetence, spiritlessness or disorder.
I think a lot of male government officials are very BETA. It is so chaotic and exhausting to live without courageous and exceptional leadership in society.
George Gilder in his excellent book, "Men and Marriage" (1973), wrote about the importance of women holding the line. Not giving in to the culture by being promiscuous. Valuing marriage and children. Because when women hold the line, men are expected to grow up. Mature. Take responsibility for the children they father. And society and civilization benefits. On amazon there is an updated edition from 2023: Men and Marriage: Exploring Societyās Decline without Faithful Fathers. https://www.amazon.com/Men-Marriage-Exploring-Societys-Faithful/dp/1957905581/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1
Women gave up their power when they stopped saying, "Not until you put a ring on my finger." They have been conned into thinking that if they are as promiscuous as men, they will be equal. Yes: equally unhappy, unfulfilled, and lonely.
When LBJ released the demon that is the Welfare System, single motherhood caught on like a spark in Pacific Palisades during a wind event. The resulting fires destroyed the black family unit and the rest is tragic history. Perhaps now there's a chance that the rebuilding of the sacred marriage between a man & a woman and the construction of a real & true Family can begin. Praying for REVIVAL!!
Choose your husband wisely and not be unequally yoked. I married my HS sweetheart after college. I wanted a man with integrity not necessarily rich and good looking but I did hit the jackpot. They are hard to find but out there.
People are so shallow more than ever now.
I just watched the show Landman and hated it. It was entertaining but the message was pathetic and the family unit a mess.
Women will have to stop being liars and loving toxic positivity in order to enjoy social āprowessā before this will happen. The more men love truth and the more women hate it because it feels āunsafe,ā the more these unions will be unsustainable.
I believe there is much to be optimistic about and that young men are the vanguard of a revival movement. Recently, I heard a good perspective from (I think) Jordan Peterson that A. Young men finding Christianity are a new, emerging generation. B. As a group, young women typically marry older, and some evidence shows that a 5 year age gap is preferred. C. Over the next 5 years, the new crop of young women who match these young men will emerge.
Iām so encouraged to see a reversal of men falling away from the faith, leaving mothers alone responsible for childrenās faith education. If the men are strong, there will be women who can respect and love them.
Good Morning. I am thankful Jeff has a way with words, because I am at a loss to express my feelings about this entire LA fire debacle. I could only watch a small part of it, I did not watch any of the TV news coverage at all, but stayed abreast on TS accounts I follow.
Just seeing pics of certain people "in charge", and hearing their lame idiotic excuses for gross incompetence and malfeasance angered and upset me. I have more to say.
I may come back later, right now I have to shovel snow again in a few minutes, after daylight, to be able to feed the birds and squirrels. I had just got up and saw Jeff had already posted.
Itās not incompetence, itās on āon purpose maliceā posing as incompetence, and the fires are likely being started with DARPA directed energy weapons (a certain shade of blue is a shield) and Antifa posing as firemen, just as in 2020:
Globalist Goals: rewild America, clear off the shores for the military, kill most of us, shove the rest of us into 15 minute prison cities. To do this you must first destroy the old cities and systems and rebuild new ones.
All of this destruction is geared toward maximizing pain and death, while destroying economic, social, physical, and mental productive capital on a vast scale. All designed to lead directly to global dependence-based enslavement where you will eat ze bugs and own nothing and be happy about it - or else.
In other words, their goal is to demolish our ability to sustain ourselves, transforming us into slaves reliant on their "generosity" for our survival and theyāre reaching a level of control where Harari feels confident telling us that our Free Will is over while contemplating killing us outright out loud in public:
āMr. Harari, thinking about all this, puts it this way: āUtopia and dystopia depends on your values.ā ā¦ The useless class he describes is uniquely vulnerable. āIf a century ago you mounted a revolution against exploitation, you knew that when bad comes to worse, they canāt shoot all of us because they need us,ā he said, citing army service and factory work.
Now it is becoming less clear why the ruling elite would not just kill the new useless class. āYouāre totally expendable,ā he told the audience. ā¦ āWe donāt need you. But we are nice, so weāll take care of you.ā āSource (worth reading in full): https://archive.is/rWLoO
Poor North Carolina. Most of them never saw FEMA, and had to rely on their innate neighborliness. I think for many, they are at the end of their rope. The press has left, and many of the volunteers have left. Nature is in a shambles, with tons of debris still everywhere, including in the rivers. L.A. has sucked the oxygen out of the room for NC.
I just listened to a press talk from the LA officials and mayor who vowed to put all red tape aside to help people with rebuilding. It sounds like they are going to be allowed to build back in the same hazardous fire prone area. Yet in North Carolina, people are living in tents, on their land, with their homes either destroyed or partially intact, and FEMA wonāt let them rebuild or repair homes because they are redoing the flood maps. I know nothing about law but doesnāt the LA situation set a precedent for the North Carolina people to be able to sue FEMA so they can be allowed to rebuild..? Maybe Jeff could comment on this..
Iām heartbroken for the LA people who have lost their homes, but Iām from the western NC area and people are still suffering and no help in sight.
The help really never came to them. It was almost all from us locals. So sad and maddening. Blue vs red state I guess. Hoping Pres Trump will come through for N.C.
I don't think it is FEMA stopping them, I think it is the locality. There are flood maps, but no fire maps, even though it makes sense. Once you are in a flood zone, you can't get insurance, and you can't get a mortgage, and now I think they probably can't get hookups to utilities or certificates of occupancy. I lived there for 4 years, left in 2023 and missed this disaster. I have seen dozens of videos. Got to the point that they now bring tears to my eyes. They are breathing toxic dust from all the chemicals that are in the mud and have dried and are in the air. The trees are gone, roads undermined by the floodwaters, and now collapsed. Thirty feet of flood water does some unbelievable things. I see all the places we used to go to, and they are gone. There are a lot of salt of the Earth people there. Samaritan's Purse is there too, a great charity that is active there if anyone wanted to send a contribution.
Samaritan's Purse has temporarily left the area - they are no longer doing the rehab work and will return in a few months to begin providing homes to people who meet certain criteria. They are already on the ground in California as well.
Thank you for keeping North Carolina (and Tennessee) still in your thoughts and prayers. It is concerning that the needs are still so very high and help appears to be dwindling. The area is still in crisis, especially with the snow and frigid temps.
Western NC was slated for TVA intervention in the 1960s in an attempt to mitigate the repeat and devastating floods plaguing the French Broad River valley.
IDK about the other fires, but Palisades is exactly like San Diegoās 2003 Cedar Fire. Environmentalism run amok. The BRUSH is flippin protected! Add zero humidity, 9 months without measurable rain, flippin unbelievable force winds (think blow torch from 6ā away) and the result is šÆ predictable. I wrote a response to Jennaās post IAI, but consider that Palisades folks are wealthy. They will simply rebuild. No end game that I can see.
When they destroyed Lanaina they had already in place legislation to rebuild it as a SMART city. The whole thing was staged. Palisades likely has the same policies in place.
Like the phoenix First they destroy then rebuild in their wicked vision:
So many similarities. High winds, no water, no firefighters, waterfront property, many without insurance, vague FEMA, and lots of excuses from those in charge. Land grab? A big one. The folks in N.C. are still waiting for help!
Friends of mine who lost their home in Lahaina got no notice but saw the encroaching fires and left. Said FEMA gave them 700 and that was it. They moved back to the mainland after decades on Maui. They lost everything.
The earmarks of a planned mass homicide in Lahaina are much stronger. The hurricane was 500 miles past, the fire that supposedly started the blaze was contained, alarms weren't sounded, water was turned off, police barricaded the streets, the blue umbrellas...
The fires in Los Angeles may have characteristics of a land grab, but it's not so blatant. Also, a LOT of movie and TV stars lost property. They will have a strong voice for inquiries.
Yes, I doubt they will be allowed to rebuild. Same thing is happening in NC, with thousands now being told by FEMA they must evacuate and cannot remain on their own property. This is government tyranny run amuck.
Oh wow, I spell-checked my comment before posting, and I forgot the "Y" in tyranny, it said "government tranny". Was that the universe telling me something?
Exactly and their wealth might be tied up in their homes which if true about insurance companies such as State Farm cancelling their fire insurance they may be in a bad bad situation. From what I have seen, a lot of these homes were nice but nothing extravagant.
The āskipped areasā and āuntouchedā green trees standing in the charred landscape are exactly what we saw in 2003 when we had a clearly identifiable source, badly handled. The fires blow through too fast for many objects to ignite. BTW, it would be suicide to try to put up air support during the peak periods.
Wow, Fred. You did hear that a lot of folks in the Pallisades had their homeowners insurance cancelled, right? You also heard that the deaths happened in the Eaton Fire, where beautiful old homes were reduced to ashes. A friend lost her home where they raised their children, all their books and musical instruments, personal belongings, photographs, her mother's wedding ring and so much more. They aren't wealthy and they are close to retirement age. So many other stories are the same.
Even if they were wealthy, can you replace a lifetime of memories that are held in those homes? And what says they can rebuild those beautiful homes that had so much charm and character?
Theyāll wonāt āsimplyā rebuild. The cost of labor and materials to rebuild this vast number of homes will go up dramatically. Itāll take an inordinate amount of time. Even to get the land cleared. Think debris removal - with new rules around toxic materials, homeowners probably donāt have enough debris removal coverage. Which means they have to wait for FEMA to handle debris removal Their insurance policy might now not have enough to pay for replacement cost, theyāll be out of pocket for the rest. Their insuranceās āadditional living expenseā payout would have been used up long ago. Most policies give you one year to rebuild where they will pay for your living expenses. (A high-end policy would give more coverage all around, but still, will it be enough? In this brave new world you should be reviewing your policy and increasing coverage. Is your replacement cost high enoughā¦ are they calculating enough for todayās cost of labor and materials? And can you imagine even finding a place to live after this? Make sure youāre with a company that gives you a generous āadditional living expenseā.)
If they can now even get insurance for a new home. California has put unreasonable requirements on homeowners insurance companies so many have left the state. More will be leaving after this because they wonāt be able to charge enough under Californiaās strict rules to cover their risk.
And, as Adam Carolla has pointed out, it takes 3 years to pull permits in LA County. The Coastal Commission makes insane environmental demands attached to permitting. No "expediting" will be going on here. The truth is, he says, the state doesn't want folks to rebuild. They want them GONE. As to Fred's comment, everyone in the Palisades may be land wealthy, but they do not have money in the bank to "simply" rebuild. Some of them are original or second owners who have lived in their houses for decades, long before the $2M home became common in Los Angeles. My parents purchased our house in 1965 for $26,000. There's not a house in my former zipcode, which is right next to LAX, that can be got for less than $1.2M. If they were still living, or I had inherited their house, no one would be able accuse ME of being "rich" even though my property could be sold for such a price.
Our former neighbors up here in Northern CA also have a tiny home probably built in the 1940s in Santa Monica, several blocks from the beach. It's a 1 bedroom, very low sf home on a tiny lot. This same house in a lesser area of CA might cost $125K. In saner parts of the U.S. it would sell for $30K max. But its current value in this location if sold is listed as $1.4 million. If it's not burned to the ground by now, not sure about that.
Who needs darpa when youāve got evil people setting the fires. I saw a video of two guys Who got out of their car, Grabbed a 5 gallon gas can from their trunk and fed the fire which was starting to spread just above the road. The guy behind them was filming it all honking his horn like crazy and yelling what the hell they were doing.
I don't think it was darpa. All they have to do is wait for the right winds and start setting the fires. I would not be surprised if it was Iran/Taliban/Al Qaeda involvement. Listening to Sarah Adams interview with Shawn Ryan let me to come to that conclusion.
Criminals are setting fires so they can loot. This possibly includes the South American crime syndicates.
If you don't do so already, follow Citizen Free Press: it has a couple of links to X posts about a guy that got caught with a blowtorch - he hasn't been charged with arson, but has been held for felony violation of probation.
I was being sarcastic sort of. I haven't heard the name of the man arrested. I can't find where they even mention his name just that he is Hispanic, speaks Spanish, is between 20-30 yrs old and is homeless. And they didn't have enough probably cause to arrest for suspicion of arson but only a felony probation violation. The SOB is lighting stuff with a blow torch and they don't have probably cause. Typical dummies.
Thank you for all the information that you are sharing here.
I had a conversation with my daughter late last night, two homes of her boyfriend family members had been already consumed by the fires and they were very concerned and worried about getting too close to them too.
They packed their most important items in their car and gas up just to be ready for bug out.
Prayers for all the victims and families affected by another āUnusual Eventā.
If "their goal is to demolish our ability to sustain ourselves..." then they haven't been paying attention to what's happening in WNC and ETN. That goal is unattainable, but they're going to keep trying. Wind and floods. Wind and fire. Can't help but wonder what, where, and who are next...
Feeding birds is my main entertainment now. I have a balcony facing a dense woods, and I put out 2 big feedings a day for my blue jays, my mourning doves, my sparrows, my red-bellied wood pecker, and a few occasional wayward grackles. It's a joy to watch them gather in the trees, watching my windows for hints of an imminent feeding.
Laughing so hard thinking about my husband. I LOVE birds, and our yard attracts a lot of them since we have more trees on our lot than our neighbors. Iām only afraid of spiders. I can handle snakes and rats and any other animal or pest, but not spiders. But my husband?? What scares the living hell out of him? Birds! š¤£š¤£ I captured him on camera mowing the lawn with one hand while swinging a broom at the birds with the other. š¤£ Itās the one issue he and I canāt come to terms on because of my insane fear of spiders. If Iām going to have his compassion and respect about that, I have to give him the same courtesy about birds. But - birds? They are soooo sweet and pretty! I go to great lengths to protect the birds in our yard from getting harmed by him. My husband is convinced his broom has properly trained all of them to stay 6 feet away from him and our yard. Maybe heās right. Anyway, I will always laugh seeing his crotchety behavior towards them while mowing. š¤£š¤£
Mine too, Trilby. Not only birds but squirrels, ducks, TURKEYS, opossums, raccoons. No rats. I do have mice but live trap & relocate them. All of life is sacred. And so entertaining.
Trilby - That's great. An update - I got the snow cleared off the two areas in my near back off the porch, and put out enough seed for awhile. Seems like mine is the only place in the area where the birds can find the snow cleared for them. I have had way more cardinals than usual, probably 20 or more, and my regular blue jays, and a small flock of starlings, and juncos. The ground doves come very early when you can barely see light.
I also have two suet feeders, and several Downey's and a red-bellied woodpecker eat on those. The squirrels prefer sunflower seeds or the ear corn I put out.
I had 9 inches of snow Sunday/Monday, and more overnight last night. I just went out a second time and swept more snow off the back porch and seed area.
By the way, I have never had rats, but in the summer the raccoons are a nuisance, sometimes tearing feeders up.
Same! Right down to the types of birds although I get cardinals instead of grackles. And hairy woodpeckers too. Honestly would have never thought Iād get such joy from bird watching.
They stand there in disbelief that anyone can find anything wrong with them or their leadership. FYI to the libbies - you don't own the narrative anymore.
Yes Annie, this is exactly it. They've become so accustomed to a sycophantic press and stupid people lapping up their slop that they cannot comprehend that the people have turned on them. They are no longer buying the narrative and it has them scared and floundering. That woman who confronted Newsom about her kid's school burning down is my new hero.
We just saw the exact same thing in the UK with the Pakistani Muslim rape gangs. Elon called out their evil duplicity and it reduced them to a sputtering rage. They couldn't just order Elon's arrest like they do with normal peons who criticize them. They tried to make Elon the bad guy rather than themselves and it completely failed.
Maybe I'm naĆÆve, but this does give me optimism that the people are finally waking up.
The news last night was that large āmigrantā gangs were setting fires (a man was arrested for starting the Kenneth fire) and once people evacuate, are sending in teams of looters to rob neighborhoods. Surprised Jeff hasnāt seen that story yet.
I am not into conspiracy (much); it is more of an observation while the left coast is on fire, we are getting snow. We only had one good spate of snow last year in January (VA) but this year we get the polar vortex.
So ya'll only got an inch of snow last week? We got over a foot.
Here in eastern VA, a place with the same climate as Venus except we also have endless humidity, we actually got a couple inches of snow, and may get more today. My brand new super efficient heat pumps are having trouble keeping up with temps in the twenties, so the electric bill could surpass $400 this month. Green energy. Good times.
Ugh! New construction home with "green" features? I remember our last home had a heat pump and, you are right, couldn't keep up with the long lasting cold temps. I was so thankful for our blower in the fireplace.
Don't you have an auxiliary source of heat when the temp dips below a certain set point? We have a heat pump to out here in rural MO but we have propane backup that kicks in at our set point (26 degrees) The heat pump itself only runs above that point.
The house has an unvented fireplace, which I am told will use up all the oxygen in the house if we don't open a window. When I bought the house, I had no idea such useless pieces of garbage even existed. This area (Williamsburg) is hot most of the time, and winters are not usually this cold for very long. The loony powers that be want everyone to have a heat pump, even though the best they can do is about 20 degrees either way from the temp outside. I would never buy this house if I could do it over again. I used to live in NJ where we had natural gas, and a furnace and separate A/C, not to mention 2 fireplaces! Sigh.
This is the reason that we did not apply for a grant to put in a heat pump since the powers that be said you had to totally remove your gas furnace. We said heck no, have a heat pump which is in use to around 7 C and if the temp goes beneath that, heating automatically switches to our efficient gas furnace. The heat pump works beautifully to keep our home cool (but not freezing) in the summer. Best of both worlds - but we live on the west coast of Canada so our temps never get super cold in the winter. I never could understand the rationale for heat pumps where winter temps get super low.
Got to tell you we got snow in Alabama! Iām close to Birmingham. Itās beautiful but closer to 80 than 70 says āstay in ā! We have a winter storm warning until 6 am/pm Saturday! Iām listening to my weather radio and I think there is a discrepancy in the beginning and ending! Whatever we stay in until Sunday! It is beautiful from our windows.
Jeff, thanks for explanation about NY judge. What a time to be living out Biblical prophecy!!
No sidewalks, so we didnāt bother with anything except back steps. Generally, unless there are 4ā or more, weāve learned to count on the sun to melt the snow within a day or two. Good thing, as the driveway is long and we only apply manual labor.
I've gotten on your case before Aloha but here I completely agree with you having lived here my entire life.
Extreme (but not atypical) weather conditions, forest and water resource mismanagement due to environmental policy, lousy preventative planning, administrative fire department incompetence, and a psycho firebug are more than adequate to explain this entirely preventable disaster. No need to invoke space lasers and Antifa firemen. Doing so just looks crazy to normal people.
I am grateful I am watching my birds and squirrels in the snow. Getting ready to head out to refill the feeders and splay the ground w/seed. Life is good!
Very important to keep our birds and squirrels fed! I will be doing the same thing tomorrow in Raleigh, NC as we are expecting snow tonight....these squirrels, birds and deer depend on me and I love it!...:)
Patti - I understand your feelings. I simply have to stop paying attention to events for awhile, and do something positive. And I pray often, and for the victims and families; that also provides peace of mind and calmness of heart.
Patti, I'm 75 so I've witnessed a lot of terrible events in my life thus far. One big difference between now and the past is the all pervasive impact of social media, 24 hour news, just constant exposure to tragic events in a way that didn't exist previously. We used to read the morning and/or evening newspapers. The nightly news for an hour. That was it. We weren't constantly bombarded with the negative stuff like we are now. I think it's important to not expose yourself to the news so much. I've had to pull back a lot, even though I tend to be a news junkie. Otherwise, it's just too depressing and you start to feel helpless about doing anything.
āChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. āHonor your father and mother,ā which is the first commandment with promise: āthat it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.āā
As the mother of a wildland, Hotshot firefighter, I ask that you speak Jesus over those working the LA fires. My son is on a crew in the east and will likely not be called up to go to LA, but his compatriots are in great peril. Thank you.
Ed, my Mom is 99! She has live long enough to see a ābeer jointā close that she as a teen during WWII refused to go in! I believe she honored her parents!!! For sure!!
So true, Ed, when that happens. So sorry! We have a friend who is exactly 3 months to the day younger than Mom. She is amazing!! She may be slipping some but she is feisty for her age.
My husband and I escaped California in 2021 during the Plandemic. We now are residents of Florida (thankfully). However, I still work full-time in the mortgage industry and my predominant market share is in California. Several years ago the state laws on insurance companies made it cost prohibitive for many insurance companies to continue to insure homes in CA, so the state created a state-funded "insurance of last resort" insurance called the California Fair Plan. It covered the dwelling only, and did not offer automatic acceleration for a higher cost to rebuild. It's extraordinarily expensive insurance. In order to have personal property and liability protection the homeowner must get a "wrap around" policy that is almost as expensive as the CAFP. It's made it difficult for buyers to qualify for loans, especially if some homes have higher annual insurance costs than property taxes.
I read an article this morning that indicates there's no way that the state will be able to pay out on all of the policies that they hold in the LA area. In fact, their maximum payout per home is $4 million and I doubt that will even allow for the cleanup of their lots and start the rebuild process. And to make matters worse, the CAFP allows the state to reach out to all insured across the state and increase premiums even for those who aren't affected by the fires.
It feels like CA is pushing people out of the state. Jeff, what's your take?
This is all part of the UN Agenda. Of course it is not spelled out perfectly like this in their lofty goals but one only has to read between the lines to see how what is happening in countries world wide fits in with those āloftyā feel good goals to āsaveā the world and make it more āequitableā for all.
Thank you for this insight! It's difficult to even wrap the mind around the scope, time, and cost of the clean-up and rebuilding effort! Those poor people!
I think they'll use it as another land grab situation. Buy people out for pennies and then rebuild the land and only sell to millionaires of their choosing.
They will build a massive āOlympic Villageā with entry and exit gates so when the Olympics end it becomes a āsmart townā where you can only get out if your social credit score is where they want it to be. Digital everything, mostly digital money to control you.m
In 2007, we could only get fire insurance because the house in CA backed up to a concrete ditch. Otherwise, they company wasn't issuing fire insurance.
That's so dismaying. Insurance premiums paid appear to not truly be used to protect the homeowner and the lienholders, but rather to guarantee a profit for their shareholders.
I know a luxury new home builder in California who has signed, but canāt build, 5 new mountain homes because the homeowners canāt get insurance. And this insurance problem is bleeding into states adjacent to California, partially because California wonāt control its wildfires.
I heard that the average property value for the Palisades fire was over $3 million dollars. Since a lot of those people are elderly they probably are way underinsured.
Remember under Prop 13 homeowners can't have their property taxes jacked up on properties they stay in, so that reduces turnover A LOT.
I find modern evangelical Christianity to be an inch deep and a mile wide. The music has changed dramatically over the past ten years, with all the depth stripped away. If I walk in a church and see a plexiglass-enclosed drum set, the rest is pretty predictable. Something needs to change.
A lot of churches are compromised. I was invited to join a women's Bible study group yesterday and of course prayers for California was up. And of course they believe the narrative like climate change etc. I left without saying goodbye at the end. Study the Bible all you want but you need to open your eyes.
I'd say that nearly all Western World churches are compromised, and not really Christian at all. This is not obvious on the surface because the church teaching (like the public schools) has been watered down to next to nothing and useless.
Our first experience of 'church' was a rural western Virginian Baptist church. I loved the people, salt of the earth. But the church, and we did not realize it at the time, was doctrinal wreckage. We found out that the Baptists had a confession of faith, but it was never taught from nor were we catechized from it. Never, and the only thing we studied from was a Lifeway or Lifeways something publication. In retrospect, I deemed Lifeway a vapid, sissified and not worth the print on the page. This kind of goings on eventually forced us to leave that church. And so sad a state of affairs.
And so, in my book, Carlos is right when he quotes the Bible thus, "And my people perish from a lack of knowledge."
Iāve noticed this theme here, too. Thereās a comment on this post that the person isnāt a āconspiracyā person. I think Christians need to be especially careful when proclaiming conspiracy theory from fact. What exactly is conspiracy- Something that isnāt government and media approved? Buying into the commonly accepted group think or leaving room for discretion and discernment? Christians should be keenly aware of their being in this world and not of the world. We cannot dismiss any non mainstream narrative to be written off as conspiracy theories.
There are actually a lot more modern hymns that have a good depth to them. Sovereign Grace Music and the Gettys have been producing some quality music that's singable and has depth. (And that even includes drums at times.)
Sadly, I do tend to agree with far too many churches that have ditched any/all "traditional" music in favor of the current AirOne playlist. I remember trying to find a new church when we'd moved many years back and every church said "we do things a little different" which basically meant "we've ditched any so-called old music and choirs in favor of the new". It was pretty frustrating. There really needs to be a good balance. We're supposed to sing a new song, but too many take that as "ditch the old".
I had never heard the term, apologetics until covid and I was forced into online sources when all churches around me were closed. Coming from a traditional church, I started attending a country Pentecostal church because they reopened after just a month. At first the emphasis was not on āspeaking in tonguesā, though they laid claim to it. It was about welcoming people who had their traditional worlds turned upside down. The praise band, including a drummer behind plexiglass, was refreshing as everyone was just welcoming and happy to lift their voices in praise and worship. The pastor was welcoming and a teacher of the Word, which I loved. I have now been there 4 years and the praise music is kind of the same every week. (I did find out they have to pay royalties to use these songs in worship services. The more popular the song the more in royalties they are charged. Being a country church they have to cut costs where they can). I still attend my traditional church also. I do not find conflicts with attending both.
I dislike the term, apologist, as to me it gives the impression of apologizing for faith. But I have come to understand it. One of my favorite authors is Lee Strobel who wrote āThe Case for Christā, from an atheistic journalistās search for the basis for Christian belief.
I have read several of Lee Strobelās books, also his story of being a staunch atheist and in his one (or two?) year long process trying to prove Christianity and God was all hogwash he discovered quite the opposite and now is a devoted believer.
Another author to consider, but not an apologists but a scientist is Stephen Meyer. I think Joe Rogan also interviewed Meyer.
Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Instituteās Center for Science and Culture in Seattle.
Author of Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design,
Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design,
and Return of the God Hypothesis - presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology.
I watched Lee do the Kirk Cameron, show, āTakeawaysā a couple of weeks before Christmas. He talked about his book, āThe Case for Christmasā. I like listening to him talk as much as reading his books. He has such enthusiasm and optimism.
We attend a great church but I do sometimes question the worship music choice. After one of those feminized, Jesus-is-my-boyfriend songs last week, I turned to my wife and stated there should be a law that the song was followed by "Onward Christian Soldiers".
Much to my surprise, it pretty much was! A young male member of the worship team performed a song he had written that's focus was going out into the world and conquering it for Christ. It was great, and made me realize that many of the kids are doing just fine.
I teach strings at a Christian school, and on music theory day we were studying the intersection of folk music, hymns, and classical composers. For example, Star of the County Down, an Irish folk song, became the hymn tune
Kingsfold and was used by Vaughan Williams in Five Variants on Divies and Lazarus. A couple students remarked that they wished they could sing songs like that in their church. So we have also spent time in class analyzing classic hymns (A Mighty Fortress, Be Thou My Vision, My Shepherd Will Supply My Need etc.) to find out why this music - and the lyrics - is richer than most of the praise songs today.
I can still sing many of my favorite hymns from my traditional Lutheran church, āWhat a Friend We Have in Jesusā, āI Know My Redeemer Livesā, āOn Christ, the Solid Rock I Standā, and many more. Sadly, to me they have come out with a newer hymnal, losing some of the old favorites and picking up old German hymns, hard to sing, and forgotten for a reason. These have become standard in my church today.
It's a dry barren land out there, but there are some good Bible teaching, Christ following churches out there.
Matthew 7:13 āEnter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
One can apply this to Truth because the way of the Truth is narrow, but lies are broad and ever expanding inventions. The former uphold life and civilizations. The later is death, destruction and ruins.
My church has a plexiglass enclosed drum kit but I find it decidedly un modern in its approach to scripture. Itās why we go to this particular church.
Well, my church has the drum set but they don't play the "modern" music. They have a full orchestra. It is a TRUE Biblical church, too and the music is so amazing that it brings people in from all over the place.
I attended a non denominational church in a lake tourist community a couple of summers ago. The church was huge with many areas. They too, had a small orchestra which made the music so much richer. The pastorās message was good, but that was the end of service. I was kind of left wondering if that was the sum total.
Wonderful news on the potential impact of influential podcasts like Joe Roganās interview with Wesley Huff. If Joe is initiating meaningful thought processes, then his listeners are bound to be bent to the same. Godās Word will not return void! Hallelujah
Yes! I was surprised Jeff did not include any mention of Rogan's recent (yesterday?) interview with Mel Gibson, as it contained similar subject matter. Mel was essentially praising the gospels, specifically about the resurrection. Joe asked if he truly believes that happened and Mel emphatically and unapologetically responded: "Yes, I do." Great watch if you have the time! šā¤ļø
I haven't yet watched the Gibson interview but I read on X that he revealed he was seriously injured by remdesivir and his long-time gardener was killed the same way. Also that while he was doing the interview his home in Malibu was burning to the ground.
What those skilled in apologetics all have in common is that they know the Bible. I don't mean that in the sense of whipping out a verse (usually out of context) to manipulate people, but that they well understand the cohesive message of the whole counsel of God.
Huff is a Baptist as are many of the most-skilled in Christian apologetics. It doesn't surprise me at all as the denomination puts a heavy emphasis on Bible study.
Every time Newsom is on TV he comes across like a 12 year old who was caught doing something wrong and trying to blame it on someone else. He never takes responsibility for a single thing. For the life of me, I can't understand why ANYONE votes for this childish fraud. He's worse than Trudeau because of this being a one-party state and he can do so many bad things with the help of the CA legislature. He is squandering (laundering) billions and billions of dollars into a "supposed" bullet train project that never happens and which no one will ever choose to ride on. And Californians look the other way and never hold him accountable for the waste of money that should be used to clean up forests and other brush in fire-prone areas.....and to build reservoirs and save water. He does none of that, but only touts his Choo-choo train that he claims will be running in 2030. Except that it WON'T. The money has mostly disappeared. Newsom should be in jail.
I am really tired of hearing the "someone who looks like you" argument for everything. I couldn't care less what the person saving me from a disaster looks like, as long as that person *can* save me.
Also, if there actually are people out there who only want to accept help from "someone who looks like them," it's because the "inclusivity" people convinced them that anyone who doesn't look like them is a danger to them.
I know. I am a 60-year-old woman who was fairly fit in my youth, but hadn't really exercised regularly for a long time. Just last year, I started to exercise 6 days a week for an hour each day plus do some very light weights, yet recently I discovered (by looking it up just for fun) that I fit the very low physical standards to apply for the police academy for a woman my age.* The fact that standards are different based on age and sex is ridiculous! Can you do the job, or not?
*I think the requirements were 7 push-ups in a minute, 14 sit-ups in a minute, and run 1.5 miles in 18 minutes. (In my late 30s, that was my brisk *walking* pace).
And the intellectual standards for both the students and teachers in public schools have dropped equally fast. One or more states have dropped competency exams from their teacher licensure requirements, because fairness.
Isn't there some ole aphorism about the blind leading the blind?
Excuse me, but the Orthodox Church did not split from the Roman Catholic Church. (" The Orthodox Church split from Roman Catholicism way back in 1504.") It was the Roman Catholic Church that broke away from what was the only Christian Church. You will find that practices of the Ancient Church are the same as the Orthodox Church not the Roman Catholic Church.
As you say, Res ipsa loquitur.
The split began years before with the adoption of the filioque in Spain which originally the Pope of Rome denounced, but later adopted. Other practices such as whether to use leavened or unleavened bread, and the authority of the Bishop of Rome led to the schism. (There were five main bishops, Rome was only one of them. The others were Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Constantinople. The Bishop of Rome claimed primacy.)
There were also the disputes regarding whether priests should be celibate (a new practice in Rome).
And it wasn't in 1504 that the Great Schism happened. It was 1054.
The other thing that ended at that time was the ability of priests to marry. Once their children wanted to inherit what the Church felt was Church property, that was the end of marriage for priests. There are a lot of Popes with children. Malachi Martin wrote "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church" which is very interesting reading that would shock most Catholics who have no idea about some of these aspects of the Church's past.
Thank you for clarifying that the Roman Catholic Church broke away from the original Church. The Christian Orthodox Church has been our home for our adult lives, we raised our children and now our grandchildren and great grands are Orthodox. This is a church home with authenticity, beauty, tradition and depth. I encourage anyone to look for an
Good grief, every denomination claims they are the "true church" and all the rest are suspect. They didn't split from us, we split from them!!` No, other way around!! Make it stop.
Short of expelling those teaching heresy, the Bible has strong words regarding those spreading division in the Body, and they aren't complementary. Christ said I am the way, the truth, and the life, not a particular denomination.
The Orthodox Church remains the same as when Jesus sent the Apostles out to start churches everywhere. You can attend any Orthodox Church anywhere and the Service will be the same, with the only differences being ethnicity. They all follow the same calendar. Although there are differences regarding the old and new calendar. Here is an explanation of that: Orthodox Calendar Differences
The primary difference between the Old and New Calendars in Orthodox Christianity lies in their alignment with astronomical time. The Old Calendar, also known as the Julian calendar, is used by some Orthodox churches and lags behind the Gregorian calendar by 13 days. This means that holidays and feasts celebrated according to the Old Calendar occur later than those on the New Calendar. The New Calendar, or Revised Julian calendar, was introduced in the 20th century to correct the discrepancies in the Julian calendar and align more closely with the solar year. Most Orthodox churches use the New Calendar for fixed feasts but retain the Julian calendar for Easter and movable feasts dependent on it. The choice between the calendars can be a source of debate within the Orthodox community, with some viewing the New Calendar as a form of āLatinizationā and others seeing it as a pragmatic adjustment to modern times.
Mark Biltz falsifies God's name in violation of the 10 Commandments like almost every other church. We have God's name in writing. All the prophets used it and most churches don't? Why? Maybe they're just false churches???.
Yes! Catholic Church also took the name Catholic which was used to describe the universal Church not just the first Greek Churches so they could pretend they are the first and original.
Probably is. But no need to have people think it was a more recent split closer to the Reformation when the Protestant split from the Roman Catholic Church. That makes it look like everyone left Rome as opposed to Rome being the first to leave the historic Church.
In 325 the Council of Nicea wrote out doctrinal statement which included the basic beliefs to be called a Christian in the form of the Nicene Creed which states that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father. This was an ecumenical council of all the Church seats (bishoprics) and had about 318 delegates. They based this on John 14:26.
Later in Spain (I think in the 800's), in an attempt to make the Trinity more understandable, the phrase was changed to say the Spirit proceeds from the Father AND THE SON (in Latin filioque). As this was done without the consensus of the entire Church, it was condemned, even by the Pope of Rome, but was later adopted. The Orthodox Church holds to the original creed and says that a doctrinal statement can not be changed unilaterally and that an Ecumenical Council must do that (there have been 7 Ecumenical Councils in history - the last being in 787 before the filioque was introduced.
There is an Orthodox Church in the mountains not far from where I live. They describe themselves like this: "The Orthodox Church is evangelical, but not Protestant. It is orthodox, but not Jewish. It is catholic, but not Roman. It isn't non-denominational, it is pre-denominational. It has believed, taught, preserved, defended and died for the Faith of the Apostles since the Day of Pentecost 2000 years ago."
At the bottom of the page linked below is a clip to demonstrate the type of worship music they play in the church. It's very beautiful.
You sound very knowledgeable! I have tried to untangle what happened to the early church father, Origen. Origen spoke of reincarnation, being careful to refer to it as metempsychosis so as to distinguish it from beliefs that humans can reincarnate as anything other than human. During these many spats over doctrine, as best as I can tell, the writings of Origen (600 books and much more) were declared anathema by the church. I view this as a huge loss, since the only we can truly "reap what we sow" is through reincarnation. God gives us as many chances as we need for redemption. (I am well aware that not all believe this, probably as a lingering fear of what happened to people who disagreed with the Roman Church.)
Please donāt ever apologize for late deliveries. Your loyal subjects will wait and wait, coffee in hand āļøā¦..because the content, and you!! are worth it.
And even endure significant rabbit holes. š¤£ Iām halfway through reading and the squatter story took me on a 42 minute mesmerizing journey watching the very adept FL cops deal with these issues. I watched every boring second of it because for some reason I missed my calling in legal and justice fields and nothing grabs my ADHD mind more than the balancing out of facts, finding the truth, understanding the law, and seeing how systems can be exploited. Itās astonishing how easily āonlineā systems can be exploited. Anywayyyyyy, Rabbit holes make it hard for me to catch up on the comments! So many good ones today that I canāt wait to absorb. I just love this Substack and its community.
Ten days. Only ten remain. Please pray for the safety and strength of each of them, for each of their families. Pray that their hearts be aligned with His purpose. And pray that those who are working against His will may turn around, turn their hearts toward Him. Before it's too late.
Great point about climate change being easy to blame since it canāt protest or deny or be fined or anything. Perfect scapegoat, with added government control and virtue signaling as a bonus!
Levititus 16:20 āWhen Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat. 21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelitesāall their sinsāand put them on the goatās head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness..... 26 āThe man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp. 27 The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; their hides, flesh and intestines are to be burned up. 28 The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.
The 2028 Olympics will be held in LA, with much of it centered around the Pacific Palisades. Looking for another motive for the LA Firestorm? No need for demolition. The Globalists will build the ultimate Smart Olympic City, paid for by U.S taxpayers.
It seems obvious to me: 1. It was all planned. Most likely for Olympics 2. They tipped off insurance companies 3. they used weather manipulation to create those 100 mph winds to have something to blame, to intensity it, and to make it impossible for aircraft to fly and drop water.
We live with those Santa Ana winds every.single.year. Only survived the (known source, badly managed) 2003 Cedar Fire because a home on our street was the first to get caught in the blow torch. Add no measurable rain in 9 months and laws prohibiting brush clearing, and the results are inevitable.
I donāt know if itās true, but various sources (UCLA, for instance) says the season for Santa Ana winds is September to May, but October is generally the most dangerous time for fires.
I wasn't aware that they prohibit brush clearing. I lived in Irvine when the Laguna Canyon fire happened. Friends from Laguna said the city used to have peopledrive the city and send notices to homeowners to regarding clearing their property but had stopped just prior to the fire.
I love that you are posting alternative arguments. I donāt know what is the truth here, though I read all kinds of factual and meaningful perspectives. None of us wants to be a sheep. Thank you for your reasonable explanation. Iām open to other possibilities, but I will certainly keep this in mind.
Not Palisades. Theyāre wealthy. Those techniques work best on those who canāt defend themselves. IDK about the others. Fires tend to excite the arsonists.
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ā Date of Orthodox Church split corrected to 1054
Pray that atheist young women also find reason to convert. We need committed, faithful marriages with the children that come with such a union. Make America Faithful Again.
Definitely. The gap between single men and single women ideologically seems to be widening and that is making it even harder to have those marriages. The men want something other than what those women typically are. The women refuse to acknowledge that their ideology makes them unattractive to those men. The gap widens further. Repeat. :(
I do think as men convert and find out who they are in Christ, they will resume their leadership role. When they do this, the women will follow. For all feminism's claims of not needing or wanting men, and how women can be girlbosses, women respond to real leadership. These are exciting times to be alive!
The women will not only follow, but will be much more attracted to these men. It was how they were originally hardwired. Iām just praying it doesnāt go tooooo far as to become a dystopian nightmare like The Handmaids Tale š«£ The Jabs affect reproduction & how long have metals been sprayed in the skies, and absorbed into the earth & us?
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but remember who wins. God has got this.
While reading Jeffās column today, I was definitely getting Handmaidenās Tale vibes. Is anyone else here tired of the extreme pendulum shifts? Iāve often wondered and to be honest, more so since Trump was re-elected (which at first I was happy to see)- but my gut is telling me that some of the things people were warning about him, may be sprouting up. I am in the camp of not worshipping false gods and treading cautiously. I hope that those here who have hung their shingles on this man as the one to save us, will hold his feet to the fire when his actions do not align with what he was selling before the election.
I feel God wants us to have those kind of gut feelings when we take our eyes off Him and look to a man to āsaveā us. We def need to pray for and hold our representatives (President included) accountable, keep that heat turned up!!
i think the media has done a lot to make people appear foolish to follow the orange man. but you know, God has got this too. we prayed for revival well maybe this is a start. our country sure needs a revival of spiritual nature more then constitutional. if we have no praying people America no one would see a revival. November 6th I could see and feel a difference. he is just a human and i am sure God has got him. but he still is TRUMP.. the man who owns the room. my prayers for him are that he looks up before doing his job. and i know he loves Americans And this country. none of us are perfect. we are all sinners saved by grace.
Amen sister
Totally agree. I remember I would bully and be angry at my ex - a very weak male.
Now, married to a strong will and extremely dedicated capable Virginian, I can finally relax and be the kind nurturing female.
Your situation happens often. IMO, in the animal community, weaker males do not get to mate as much and therefore, not reproduce thus naturally eliminating weaker ones like in the deer population.
Obviously it works in humans or they wouldn't be de-masculating men.
Great analogy, yet remember WE were made in the image of God, and given free will, told to steward this world & all thatās in it. Including the animals. Sadly when we forget the position God gave us, we really do revert to survival of the fittest, like the animal community.
Brilliant analysis. Thank You.
Nature is still in control.
This is exactly what I was thinking. If the men lead, women will follow.
My prayer is that all Believers will truly come to know exactly who they are in Christ, and that itās NOT just a spiritual thing. Christians have been led to believe that being born again and being a child of God The Most High is just some ethereal, supernatural thing, when in reality it is a material, corporeal relationship. We arenāt just spiritual children of God, we are GENETICALLY his children. Believers carry the Divine Genome of God The Most High in their blood, though it has been horribly corrupted and āwatered downā at this point in human history. We are literally BLUE BLOODS. We are literally descendant sons and daughters of the King of the Universe. And THAT is why God is so adamant in the Scriptures about how to behave, what to avoid, and what not to eat. THAT is why sexual purity is so critically important to God, and why he begged his people over and over to be HOLY and to avoid doing as the pagans do. And itās also why Jesus is called āThe Second Adam.ā God gave Adam his Divine Genome (Image), and Adamās genome remained perfect until sin entered the picture. Jesus was born with Godās perfect Divine Genome, which obviously gave him uncorrupted blood to enable him to be the Savior of Godās Children.
"He begged his people over and over to be HOLY and to avoid doing as the pagans do." Christians do what the pagans do. They celebrate SATURNALIA on December 25 like the pagans and give it a different name thinking it's God's holiday. God told His people in the Bible NOT to "decorate a tree like the pagans do." (Look it up) Even EASTER is a pagan holiday, celebrating Astarte, a pagan goddess. Yashuah's followers celebrated Passover, not Easter. And, even "Jesus" is a pagan, counterfeit name. Christians need to WAKE UP if they expect to be a child of the most high God instead of following paganism which God hates (according to the Bible).
Amen GG.
And thank GOD for everything we are witnessing.
Agree šÆ
well said!
Men have forgotten what it means to be a real man.
I think men and women both have forgotten who they are. But a revival would help us remember. š
Too bad so many women have fallen for the man-hating feminist movement.
Which I have just never understood. Came of age in the ā80ās and was always turned completely off by their apparent hatred of men. Me Iād pick to work in a room full of men hands down before a room full of my own. Sad.
And a male boss any day over a female.
To be fair, at least some of those man-hating women grew up watching their moms and sisters being abused by their dads or limited by societal expectations. If the pendulum swung as far as it did to the āweak menā side, it must have once been on the opposite side.
I am not a feminist, I am a fairly traditional woman. But as a musician, I know stories, for example, of Felix Mendelssohnās sister who was a better musician and a better composer but was unable to get published because she was a woman. Her brother knew this and published some of her music under his name.
Maybe we are all lucky enough to live now, when it looks like the pendulum has swung to center.
I see your point.
Just watching a few old John Wayne movies will provide excellent examples of what you're pointing out here.
I'm a fan of the man's work and know folks who knew him well personally, and by all accounts he was a gentleman and a kind, quiet and thoughtful man.
So what I'm referring to here are the scripts of some of his movies showing violence and forced kissing, spankings etc. that reflected somewhat common behaviors toward women in a past era that would elicit criminal charges if not deadly self defense today.
Have you seen Big Country? It's a rare Western with some men of character (not just physical toughness) and a strong woman character. Also it has a really neat film style. Gregory Peck and Charleston Hesston are in it.
Yes indeedy. I love that movie.
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Not sad! Iād pick a room full of men too -especially if they were shirtless š¤£šš¤£ Back in the 80ās men wanted to be strong & sexy (Patrick Swayze) and women wanted to be feminine.
I think that there are still a lot of wonderful women with strong moral values. The ones that are ruining our country are liberal democrats.
You crush me with your "back in the 80's" comment Sarahanne.
I guess I now represent a more mature and less strong and sexy image than I did then. ;-).
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The 80āsā¦ Iād pick Kurt Russell over Patrick any day. I watch the movie Overboard every chance I get. I admit Iām jealous of Goldie Hawn š
Silent Scorn,
I wouldnāt turn down either of them based on their looks ā¤ļø I wouldnāt want either of them based on their personality.
However, I loved the movie Dirty Dancing ššŗ sigh. Ghost was also very good. The scene in Roadhouse when he gets out of bed is swoon worthy.
The actors back then were better looking and more manly than the ones out there today. I donāt even bother watching the newer movies.
I donāt ā¦.Iāve seen Kurt interviewed a few times and heās a level headed man and a libertarian, heās the only non liberal Iāve even seen who shut down the āladiesā on the view. I do NOT watch that show lol, saw a clip of it with him in it.
Same here.
Completely agree. This has been a deliberate strategy of the Left.
A deliberate strategy of satan from the begining.
Peter I think you mightl like this article:
https://edwin797.substack.com/p/depopulation-a-space-odyssey
Excerpt: "Women, the doomsayer contends, must be provoked to resent their role in the family. They should see motherhood as a burden, something that distracts them from career success and ship-wide recognition. Being a mother and wife should be scorned as something ugly and outdated. Female passengers should be reminded that there is a secret conspiracy among men ā letās call it the āpatriarchyā ā that exists to subjugate them.
Furthermore, the doomsayer argues, we should encourage promiscuity and abortion. Loving families produce children. Sexually adventurous singles do not. Thereās no reason to stop with women, either. It would be good if we can convince men to see marriage as a form of imprisonment."
Young men want video games
Aha, so men arenāt just about 36-24-36?Youāve just overrode the dumb excuses of underachieving women everywhere.
A strong, intelligent, gentle and bold leader is exactly what those liberal feminists subconsciously crave.
Nobody craves a woke beta male who isnāt sure of gender or healthy masculinity. Nobody craves incompetence, spiritlessness or disorder.
I think a lot of male government officials are very BETA. It is so chaotic and exhausting to live without courageous and exceptional leadership in society.
This . This column, this commentā¦.both need to go viral.
Make America Faithful Again.
Bumper sticker!!
Tshirts!!!!!! (Make mine a v-neck please!)š
I second that!
MAFA!
George Gilder in his excellent book, "Men and Marriage" (1973), wrote about the importance of women holding the line. Not giving in to the culture by being promiscuous. Valuing marriage and children. Because when women hold the line, men are expected to grow up. Mature. Take responsibility for the children they father. And society and civilization benefits. On amazon there is an updated edition from 2023: Men and Marriage: Exploring Societyās Decline without Faithful Fathers. https://www.amazon.com/Men-Marriage-Exploring-Societys-Faithful/dp/1957905581/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1
Women gave up their power when they stopped saying, "Not until you put a ring on my finger." They have been conned into thinking that if they are as promiscuous as men, they will be equal. Yes: equally unhappy, unfulfilled, and lonely.
There is much women can do to sway the narrative for sure.
When women in the black community started allowing men to shirk their responsibilities, the decline in their communities started.
By wanting to be single mothers, they have enabled the men to stop being good and involved fathers
When LBJ released the demon that is the Welfare System, single motherhood caught on like a spark in Pacific Palisades during a wind event. The resulting fires destroyed the black family unit and the rest is tragic history. Perhaps now there's a chance that the rebuilding of the sacred marriage between a man & a woman and the construction of a real & true Family can begin. Praying for REVIVAL!!
Choose your husband wisely and not be unequally yoked. I married my HS sweetheart after college. I wanted a man with integrity not necessarily rich and good looking but I did hit the jackpot. They are hard to find but out there.
People are so shallow more than ever now.
I just watched the show Landman and hated it. It was entertaining but the message was pathetic and the family unit a mess.
MAFA, How much do we need the return to basicsā¦..and indeed in a nutshell that is the Gospel message.
Women will have to stop being liars and loving toxic positivity in order to enjoy social āprowessā before this will happen. The more men love truth and the more women hate it because it feels āunsafe,ā the more these unions will be unsustainable.
I believe there is much to be optimistic about and that young men are the vanguard of a revival movement. Recently, I heard a good perspective from (I think) Jordan Peterson that A. Young men finding Christianity are a new, emerging generation. B. As a group, young women typically marry older, and some evidence shows that a 5 year age gap is preferred. C. Over the next 5 years, the new crop of young women who match these young men will emerge.
Iām so encouraged to see a reversal of men falling away from the faith, leaving mothers alone responsible for childrenās faith education. If the men are strong, there will be women who can respect and love them.
Amen!
Good Morning. I am thankful Jeff has a way with words, because I am at a loss to express my feelings about this entire LA fire debacle. I could only watch a small part of it, I did not watch any of the TV news coverage at all, but stayed abreast on TS accounts I follow.
Just seeing pics of certain people "in charge", and hearing their lame idiotic excuses for gross incompetence and malfeasance angered and upset me. I have more to say.
I may come back later, right now I have to shovel snow again in a few minutes, after daylight, to be able to feed the birds and squirrels. I had just got up and saw Jeff had already posted.
Itās not incompetence, itās on āon purpose maliceā posing as incompetence, and the fires are likely being started with DARPA directed energy weapons (a certain shade of blue is a shield) and Antifa posing as firemen, just as in 2020:
https://tritorch.com/degradation/!AntifaDressedAsFiremen.jpg [image]
dutchsinse: All of SE Quebec Erupted Into Wildfires ALL AT ONCE June 2nd: https://old.bitchute.com/video/d07sl4jc6a3u
Globalist Goals: rewild America, clear off the shores for the military, kill most of us, shove the rest of us into 15 minute prison cities. To do this you must first destroy the old cities and systems and rebuild new ones.
The Color Blue Has a Frequency of 6.66 - .Gov Buildings Are Now Being Fitted With It: https://old.bitchute.com/video/oOnsDFeRy4Z2
Paid arsonists are destroying these cities so they can buy them up for pennies on the dollar.
https://tritorch.com/degradation/ArsonistsStartingForrestFiresInOregon2020AntifaTactics.pdf [pdf]
All of this destruction is geared toward maximizing pain and death, while destroying economic, social, physical, and mental productive capital on a vast scale. All designed to lead directly to global dependence-based enslavement where you will eat ze bugs and own nothing and be happy about it - or else.
In other words, their goal is to demolish our ability to sustain ourselves, transforming us into slaves reliant on their "generosity" for our survival and theyāre reaching a level of control where Harari feels confident telling us that our Free Will is over while contemplating killing us outright out loud in public:
āMr. Harari, thinking about all this, puts it this way: āUtopia and dystopia depends on your values.ā ā¦ The useless class he describes is uniquely vulnerable. āIf a century ago you mounted a revolution against exploitation, you knew that when bad comes to worse, they canāt shoot all of us because they need us,ā he said, citing army service and factory work.
Now it is becoming less clear why the ruling elite would not just kill the new useless class. āYouāre totally expendable,ā he told the audience. ā¦ āWe donāt need you. But we are nice, so weāll take care of you.ā āSource (worth reading in full): https://archive.is/rWLoO
Dutchsinse (9/9/2020): NIGHT 2: Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) off California -- Color enhanced2020; https://old.bitchute.com/video/zD4BRqfQ0jpz
What DEWs look like when used:
https://tritorch.com/degradation/DEWsDirectedEnergyWeaponsUsedOnChile.mp4
What DEWs do to cars, Maui edition:
https://old.bitchute.com/video/1w5QiDpShY8p
Blessings to the California victims.
Don't forget about the 2028 Olympics
https://youtu.be/yqD-CTi-jT0?si=9KMP5TMByOhwCLim
North Carolina, Lahaina, L.A.-- who's next?
Poor North Carolina. Most of them never saw FEMA, and had to rely on their innate neighborliness. I think for many, they are at the end of their rope. The press has left, and many of the volunteers have left. Nature is in a shambles, with tons of debris still everywhere, including in the rivers. L.A. has sucked the oxygen out of the room for NC.
I just listened to a press talk from the LA officials and mayor who vowed to put all red tape aside to help people with rebuilding. It sounds like they are going to be allowed to build back in the same hazardous fire prone area. Yet in North Carolina, people are living in tents, on their land, with their homes either destroyed or partially intact, and FEMA wonāt let them rebuild or repair homes because they are redoing the flood maps. I know nothing about law but doesnāt the LA situation set a precedent for the North Carolina people to be able to sue FEMA so they can be allowed to rebuild..? Maybe Jeff could comment on this..
Iām heartbroken for the LA people who have lost their homes, but Iām from the western NC area and people are still suffering and no help in sight.
The help really never came to them. It was almost all from us locals. So sad and maddening. Blue vs red state I guess. Hoping Pres Trump will come through for N.C.
I don't think it is FEMA stopping them, I think it is the locality. There are flood maps, but no fire maps, even though it makes sense. Once you are in a flood zone, you can't get insurance, and you can't get a mortgage, and now I think they probably can't get hookups to utilities or certificates of occupancy. I lived there for 4 years, left in 2023 and missed this disaster. I have seen dozens of videos. Got to the point that they now bring tears to my eyes. They are breathing toxic dust from all the chemicals that are in the mud and have dried and are in the air. The trees are gone, roads undermined by the floodwaters, and now collapsed. Thirty feet of flood water does some unbelievable things. I see all the places we used to go to, and they are gone. There are a lot of salt of the Earth people there. Samaritan's Purse is there too, a great charity that is active there if anyone wanted to send a contribution.
Samaritan's Purse has temporarily left the area - they are no longer doing the rehab work and will return in a few months to begin providing homes to people who meet certain criteria. They are already on the ground in California as well.
FYI, Samaritan's Purse has ties to the WHO. I did some digging a couple years ago. Not sure what it means but the WHO approves of them.
Iāve heard mixed things about them as well.
It is hard to find but I saw the WHO's logo and it said the are supported or similar in the SP site
I guess they can't work on homes during the winter.
FEMA (government) only saw Republicans in the aftermath of Heleneā¦
Thank you for keeping North Carolina (and Tennessee) still in your thoughts and prayers. It is concerning that the needs are still so very high and help appears to be dwindling. The area is still in crisis, especially with the snow and frigid temps.
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Western NC was slated for TVA intervention in the 1960s in an attempt to mitigate the repeat and devastating floods plaguing the French Broad River valley.
https://wncmagazine.com/feature/damming_tva
The article is an homage to the brave environmental activists who nixed the project.
Oh well.
IDK about the other fires, but Palisades is exactly like San Diegoās 2003 Cedar Fire. Environmentalism run amok. The BRUSH is flippin protected! Add zero humidity, 9 months without measurable rain, flippin unbelievable force winds (think blow torch from 6ā away) and the result is šÆ predictable. I wrote a response to Jennaās post IAI, but consider that Palisades folks are wealthy. They will simply rebuild. No end game that I can see.
When they destroyed Lanaina they had already in place legislation to rebuild it as a SMART city. The whole thing was staged. Palisades likely has the same policies in place.
Like the phoenix First they destroy then rebuild in their wicked vision:
UN Security Council Mural is A Lucifer Phoenix Shedding His Skin Like a Snake: https://old.bitchute.com/video/ArFqCP11v8md
So many similarities. High winds, no water, no firefighters, waterfront property, many without insurance, vague FEMA, and lots of excuses from those in charge. Land grab? A big one. The folks in N.C. are still waiting for help!
Also, late or no evacuation orders, grid-locked roads and people abandoning their cars to run for their lives!
Friends of mine who lost their home in Lahaina got no notice but saw the encroaching fires and left. Said FEMA gave them 700 and that was it. They moved back to the mainland after decades on Maui. They lost everything.
700 wouldn't even repay them for their property taxes! So they got away with it?
And they are on a roll now... They have a lot of planned smart cities. We should find a list of them and make people aware.
That Lahaina situation is fishy as can be.
The earmarks of a planned mass homicide in Lahaina are much stronger. The hurricane was 500 miles past, the fire that supposedly started the blaze was contained, alarms weren't sounded, water was turned off, police barricaded the streets, the blue umbrellas...
The fires in Los Angeles may have characteristics of a land grab, but it's not so blatant. Also, a LOT of movie and TV stars lost property. They will have a strong voice for inquiries.
Yes, I doubt they will be allowed to rebuild. Same thing is happening in NC, with thousands now being told by FEMA they must evacuate and cannot remain on their own property. This is government tyranny run amuck.
Oh wow, I spell-checked my comment before posting, and I forgot the "Y" in tyranny, it said "government tranny". Was that the universe telling me something?
In a county right next door:
Scientists Find $540 Billion in āWhite Goldā Beneath a Giant California Lake
Do you have a link to that article?
Yep: https://archive.is/rXAQP
"The process involves drilling geothermal production wells thousands of feet below the earthās surface to access lithium-rich brine."
Yep, that is so much better for the environment....../s
What do they mean by āwhite goldā?
Sorry, thatās lithium and a very big motive to cause a catastrophe to get rid of anyone who gets in the way.
I saw that it was in quotes but thanks for clarifying.
Most people are so confused already about what white gold is. They think itās an element unto itself.
Not disputing that Maui has all the earmarks, but Palisades folks are wealthy and much less likely to be victimized. IDK about the other fires.
Wealthy but not part of the ultimate Club. Not Gates, Zuckerberg, Bezos-wealthy. Mere millionaires are all grist for their mill.
Exactly and their wealth might be tied up in their homes which if true about insurance companies such as State Farm cancelling their fire insurance they may be in a bad bad situation. From what I have seen, a lot of these homes were nice but nothing extravagant.
I hope you're right
The āskipped areasā and āuntouchedā green trees standing in the charred landscape are exactly what we saw in 2003 when we had a clearly identifiable source, badly handled. The fires blow through too fast for many objects to ignite. BTW, it would be suicide to try to put up air support during the peak periods.
Wow, Fred. You did hear that a lot of folks in the Pallisades had their homeowners insurance cancelled, right? You also heard that the deaths happened in the Eaton Fire, where beautiful old homes were reduced to ashes. A friend lost her home where they raised their children, all their books and musical instruments, personal belongings, photographs, her mother's wedding ring and so much more. They aren't wealthy and they are close to retirement age. So many other stories are the same.
Even if they were wealthy, can you replace a lifetime of memories that are held in those homes? And what says they can rebuild those beautiful homes that had so much charm and character?
Theyāll wonāt āsimplyā rebuild. The cost of labor and materials to rebuild this vast number of homes will go up dramatically. Itāll take an inordinate amount of time. Even to get the land cleared. Think debris removal - with new rules around toxic materials, homeowners probably donāt have enough debris removal coverage. Which means they have to wait for FEMA to handle debris removal Their insurance policy might now not have enough to pay for replacement cost, theyāll be out of pocket for the rest. Their insuranceās āadditional living expenseā payout would have been used up long ago. Most policies give you one year to rebuild where they will pay for your living expenses. (A high-end policy would give more coverage all around, but still, will it be enough? In this brave new world you should be reviewing your policy and increasing coverage. Is your replacement cost high enoughā¦ are they calculating enough for todayās cost of labor and materials? And can you imagine even finding a place to live after this? Make sure youāre with a company that gives you a generous āadditional living expenseā.)
If they can now even get insurance for a new home. California has put unreasonable requirements on homeowners insurance companies so many have left the state. More will be leaving after this because they wonāt be able to charge enough under Californiaās strict rules to cover their risk.
And, as Adam Carolla has pointed out, it takes 3 years to pull permits in LA County. The Coastal Commission makes insane environmental demands attached to permitting. No "expediting" will be going on here. The truth is, he says, the state doesn't want folks to rebuild. They want them GONE. As to Fred's comment, everyone in the Palisades may be land wealthy, but they do not have money in the bank to "simply" rebuild. Some of them are original or second owners who have lived in their houses for decades, long before the $2M home became common in Los Angeles. My parents purchased our house in 1965 for $26,000. There's not a house in my former zipcode, which is right next to LAX, that can be got for less than $1.2M. If they were still living, or I had inherited their house, no one would be able accuse ME of being "rich" even though my property could be sold for such a price.
Our former neighbors up here in Northern CA also have a tiny home probably built in the 1940s in Santa Monica, several blocks from the beach. It's a 1 bedroom, very low sf home on a tiny lot. This same house in a lesser area of CA might cost $125K. In saner parts of the U.S. it would sell for $30K max. But its current value in this location if sold is listed as $1.4 million. If it's not burned to the ground by now, not sure about that.
Where in the hell are they going to put all that debris?
Holy crap. hadn't thought of that!
Where are they going to get the massive amount of building materials?
Is anyone else upset that BB brain has promised 180 days of 100% government help for CA but has abandoned NC?
Kathy, your comment is perfectly accurate. I have seen this play out in the NorCal county where I live after a 2020 wildfire.
Theyāre not going to find rebuilding to be that easy. Takes years for permits now. Watch Adam Carollaās take. https://x.com/adamcarollashow/status/1877448761451958514
Easy? No. There WILL NOT be rebuilding on the beach side of PCH. The California Coastal Commision will make sure of it.
Isnāt it coincidental that insurance companies pulled out recently so many have no insurance with which to rebuild.
This.
Who needs darpa when youāve got evil people setting the fires. I saw a video of two guys Who got out of their car, Grabbed a 5 gallon gas can from their trunk and fed the fire which was starting to spread just above the road. The guy behind them was filming it all honking his horn like crazy and yelling what the hell they were doing.
I don't think it was darpa. All they have to do is wait for the right winds and start setting the fires. I would not be surprised if it was Iran/Taliban/Al Qaeda involvement. Listening to Sarah Adams interview with Shawn Ryan let me to come to that conclusion.
I saw on X that gangs were setting fires to distract police so they could loot and rob.
Criminals are setting fires so they can loot. This possibly includes the South American crime syndicates.
If you don't do so already, follow Citizen Free Press: it has a couple of links to X posts about a guy that got caught with a blowtorch - he hasn't been charged with arson, but has been held for felony violation of probation.
Could be both DEWs and people setting fires. That would keep the confusion going.
Amen. It's there for everyone to see, if you just chose to take off the blinders.
And/or . . . "Police arrest suspected arsonist in Californiaā¦" https://revolver.news/2025/01/breaking-police-arrest-suspected-arsonist-in-california/
Surprise surprise it ain't a white dude.
I thought I saw that he had a hispanic name, but I may be confusing him with someone else.
I was being sarcastic sort of. I haven't heard the name of the man arrested. I can't find where they even mention his name just that he is Hispanic, speaks Spanish, is between 20-30 yrs old and is homeless. And they didn't have enough probably cause to arrest for suspicion of arson but only a felony probation violation. The SOB is lighting stuff with a blow torch and they don't have probably cause. Typical dummies.
Thank you, i am using this in a story i am working on and will credit you
Thank you for all the information that you are sharing here.
I had a conversation with my daughter late last night, two homes of her boyfriend family members had been already consumed by the fires and they were very concerned and worried about getting too close to them too.
They packed their most important items in their car and gas up just to be ready for bug out.
Prayers for all the victims and families affected by another āUnusual Eventā.
If "their goal is to demolish our ability to sustain ourselves..." then they haven't been paying attention to what's happening in WNC and ETN. That goal is unattainable, but they're going to keep trying. Wind and floods. Wind and fire. Can't help but wonder what, where, and who are next...
It's plain to see that America is under attack from within
FYI, blue light does not have a frequency of 6.66. It has a frequency range of 600 THz to 690 THz
Wow. Is this Armageddon?? I was thinking nuclear war but...š¤Æ
How about 10 million invaders within our borders? They brought the war to us this time!
Feeding birds is my main entertainment now. I have a balcony facing a dense woods, and I put out 2 big feedings a day for my blue jays, my mourning doves, my sparrows, my red-bellied wood pecker, and a few occasional wayward grackles. It's a joy to watch them gather in the trees, watching my windows for hints of an imminent feeding.
Laughing so hard thinking about my husband. I LOVE birds, and our yard attracts a lot of them since we have more trees on our lot than our neighbors. Iām only afraid of spiders. I can handle snakes and rats and any other animal or pest, but not spiders. But my husband?? What scares the living hell out of him? Birds! š¤£š¤£ I captured him on camera mowing the lawn with one hand while swinging a broom at the birds with the other. š¤£ Itās the one issue he and I canāt come to terms on because of my insane fear of spiders. If Iām going to have his compassion and respect about that, I have to give him the same courtesy about birds. But - birds? They are soooo sweet and pretty! I go to great lengths to protect the birds in our yard from getting harmed by him. My husband is convinced his broom has properly trained all of them to stay 6 feet away from him and our yard. Maybe heās right. Anyway, I will always laugh seeing his crotchety behavior towards them while mowing. š¤£š¤£
Maybe he was traumatized by one of Alfred Hitchcock's movies?
I think he may have mentioned that. š¤£
My sister's husband was like that. We tried to tell him that they're just going after the insects he's disturbing while mowing. Didn't matter.
Youāll soon have rats!! We just eliminated several we saw in feeders and living comfortably under our deck!!!
Have a cat, no rats.
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A whippet will take care of rodents too. I have several bird feeders and the score is whippet 4/ rodents 0.
No good deed goes unpunished, someone wise once noted.
Yikes
If you do that in AZ you attract mice which attract scorpions which attract snakes, so no bird feeders there!
Mine too, Trilby. Not only birds but squirrels, ducks, TURKEYS, opossums, raccoons. No rats. I do have mice but live trap & relocate them. All of life is sacred. And so entertaining.
I enjoy seeing the birds gather for the seed.
Trilby - That's great. An update - I got the snow cleared off the two areas in my near back off the porch, and put out enough seed for awhile. Seems like mine is the only place in the area where the birds can find the snow cleared for them. I have had way more cardinals than usual, probably 20 or more, and my regular blue jays, and a small flock of starlings, and juncos. The ground doves come very early when you can barely see light.
I also have two suet feeders, and several Downey's and a red-bellied woodpecker eat on those. The squirrels prefer sunflower seeds or the ear corn I put out.
I had 9 inches of snow Sunday/Monday, and more overnight last night. I just went out a second time and swept more snow off the back porch and seed area.
By the way, I have never had rats, but in the summer the raccoons are a nuisance, sometimes tearing feeders up.
Wonderful for those birds. Don't forget water for the birds
Damn grackles are my nemesis. They use my boat dock and boat as a dining room and commode!
Same! Right down to the types of birds although I get cardinals instead of grackles. And hairy woodpeckers too. Honestly would have never thought Iād get such joy from bird watching.
I surely can appreciate what youāre describing, same here in our farm, many different types of birds and is a joy to see them.
They stand there in disbelief that anyone can find anything wrong with them or their leadership. FYI to the libbies - you don't own the narrative anymore.
Yes Annie, this is exactly it. They've become so accustomed to a sycophantic press and stupid people lapping up their slop that they cannot comprehend that the people have turned on them. They are no longer buying the narrative and it has them scared and floundering. That woman who confronted Newsom about her kid's school burning down is my new hero.
We just saw the exact same thing in the UK with the Pakistani Muslim rape gangs. Elon called out their evil duplicity and it reduced them to a sputtering rage. They couldn't just order Elon's arrest like they do with normal peons who criticize them. They tried to make Elon the bad guy rather than themselves and it completely failed.
Maybe I'm naĆÆve, but this does give me optimism that the people are finally waking up.
Isn't it strange the West coast is on fire and the East coast is buried under snow? Such extremes.
The news last night was that large āmigrantā gangs were setting fires (a man was arrested for starting the Kenneth fire) and once people evacuate, are sending in teams of looters to rob neighborhoods. Surprised Jeff hasnāt seen that story yet.
Regarding the East coast, it is January, after all. In SE Pa we had about 1" of snow last weekend.
And those of us in the West have the utmost respect for the Santa Ana winds.
I am not into conspiracy (much); it is more of an observation while the left coast is on fire, we are getting snow. We only had one good spate of snow last year in January (VA) but this year we get the polar vortex.
So ya'll only got an inch of snow last week? We got over a foot.
Here in eastern VA, a place with the same climate as Venus except we also have endless humidity, we actually got a couple inches of snow, and may get more today. My brand new super efficient heat pumps are having trouble keeping up with temps in the twenties, so the electric bill could surpass $400 this month. Green energy. Good times.
Ugh! New construction home with "green" features? I remember our last home had a heat pump and, you are right, couldn't keep up with the long lasting cold temps. I was so thankful for our blower in the fireplace.
We rely on our wood burning fireplace (with insert) to heat our home in SD. It works marvelously.
Don't you have an auxiliary source of heat when the temp dips below a certain set point? We have a heat pump to out here in rural MO but we have propane backup that kicks in at our set point (26 degrees) The heat pump itself only runs above that point.
The propane is much warmer heat too.
The house has an unvented fireplace, which I am told will use up all the oxygen in the house if we don't open a window. When I bought the house, I had no idea such useless pieces of garbage even existed. This area (Williamsburg) is hot most of the time, and winters are not usually this cold for very long. The loony powers that be want everyone to have a heat pump, even though the best they can do is about 20 degrees either way from the temp outside. I would never buy this house if I could do it over again. I used to live in NJ where we had natural gas, and a furnace and separate A/C, not to mention 2 fireplaces! Sigh.
Had a heat pump once in PA. Never again!
This is the reason that we did not apply for a grant to put in a heat pump since the powers that be said you had to totally remove your gas furnace. We said heck no, have a heat pump which is in use to around 7 C and if the temp goes beneath that, heating automatically switches to our efficient gas furnace. The heat pump works beautifully to keep our home cool (but not freezing) in the summer. Best of both worlds - but we live on the west coast of Canada so our temps never get super cold in the winter. I never could understand the rationale for heat pumps where winter temps get super low.
Trudeau said if they threaten us with tariffs will send them polar vortexes and make them pay for them
Got to tell you we got snow in Alabama! Iām close to Birmingham. Itās beautiful but closer to 80 than 70 says āstay in ā! We have a winter storm warning until 6 am/pm Saturday! Iām listening to my weather radio and I think there is a discrepancy in the beginning and ending! Whatever we stay in until Sunday! It is beautiful from our windows.
Jeff, thanks for explanation about NY judge. What a time to be living out Biblical prophecy!!
Same! I only needed a broom to clear my sidewalks.
No sidewalks, so we didnāt bother with anything except back steps. Generally, unless there are 4ā or more, weāve learned to count on the sun to melt the snow within a day or two. Good thing, as the driveway is long and we only apply manual labor.
Santa Ana winds in SoCal in the winter is completely normal.
I've gotten on your case before Aloha but here I completely agree with you having lived here my entire life.
Extreme (but not atypical) weather conditions, forest and water resource mismanagement due to environmental policy, lousy preventative planning, administrative fire department incompetence, and a psycho firebug are more than adequate to explain this entirely preventable disaster. No need to invoke space lasers and Antifa firemen. Doing so just looks crazy to normal people.
Here's an interesting Substack from Celia Farber just now concerning the radical mayor and other historical background:
https://open.substack.com/pub/celiafarber/p/burn-back-better-the-mayor-of-la?r=1657tz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Same here - feeding the birds and squirrels comes first!
My head is exploding as well!!
I am grateful I am watching my birds and squirrels in the snow. Getting ready to head out to refill the feeders and splay the ground w/seed. Life is good!
Very important to keep our birds and squirrels fed! I will be doing the same thing tomorrow in Raleigh, NC as we are expecting snow tonight....these squirrels, birds and deer depend on me and I love it!...:)
Patti - I understand your feelings. I simply have to stop paying attention to events for awhile, and do something positive. And I pray often, and for the victims and families; that also provides peace of mind and calmness of heart.
Patti, I'm 75 so I've witnessed a lot of terrible events in my life thus far. One big difference between now and the past is the all pervasive impact of social media, 24 hour news, just constant exposure to tragic events in a way that didn't exist previously. We used to read the morning and/or evening newspapers. The nightly news for an hour. That was it. We weren't constantly bombarded with the negative stuff like we are now. I think it's important to not expose yourself to the news so much. I've had to pull back a lot, even though I tend to be a news junkie. Otherwise, it's just too depressing and you start to feel helpless about doing anything.
Jeff, here you are an attorney from Gainesville, Fl, now nationally known and with your own platform to profess Jesus.
Above all youāve done for we CCerās, I applaud your unashamed Christian stand. TYš
This is just a reminder:
āChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. āHonor your father and mother,ā which is the first commandment with promise: āthat it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.āā
āāEphesiansā¬ ā6ā¬:ā1ā¬-ā3ā¬ āNKJVā¬ā¬
https://bible.com/bible/114/eph.6.1-3.NKJV
As the mother of a wildland, Hotshot firefighter, I ask that you speak Jesus over those working the LA fires. My son is on a crew in the east and will likely not be called up to go to LA, but his compatriots are in great peril. Thank you.
š for the firefighters!
These are the 1st Bible verses I remember from Sunday school. āļøā¤ļø
Amen :)
Ed, my Mom is 99! She has live long enough to see a ābeer jointā close that she as a teen during WWII refused to go in! I believe she honored her parents!!! For sure!!
My wifeās grandmother just turned 99, but sheās a baby once again. Itās difficult to see her in that stage
So true, Ed, when that happens. So sorry! We have a friend who is exactly 3 months to the day younger than Mom. She is amazing!! She may be slipping some but she is feisty for her age.
My husband and I escaped California in 2021 during the Plandemic. We now are residents of Florida (thankfully). However, I still work full-time in the mortgage industry and my predominant market share is in California. Several years ago the state laws on insurance companies made it cost prohibitive for many insurance companies to continue to insure homes in CA, so the state created a state-funded "insurance of last resort" insurance called the California Fair Plan. It covered the dwelling only, and did not offer automatic acceleration for a higher cost to rebuild. It's extraordinarily expensive insurance. In order to have personal property and liability protection the homeowner must get a "wrap around" policy that is almost as expensive as the CAFP. It's made it difficult for buyers to qualify for loans, especially if some homes have higher annual insurance costs than property taxes.
I read an article this morning that indicates there's no way that the state will be able to pay out on all of the policies that they hold in the LA area. In fact, their maximum payout per home is $4 million and I doubt that will even allow for the cleanup of their lots and start the rebuild process. And to make matters worse, the CAFP allows the state to reach out to all insured across the state and increase premiums even for those who aren't affected by the fires.
It feels like CA is pushing people out of the state. Jeff, what's your take?
New Orleans is pushing out the middle class homeowners the same way: exorbitant property taxes and insurance costs.
Interesting that they are both major ports of entry.
This is all part of the UN Agenda. Of course it is not spelled out perfectly like this in their lofty goals but one only has to read between the lines to see how what is happening in countries world wide fits in with those āloftyā feel good goals to āsaveā the world and make it more āequitableā for all.
ā¦and sustainable. Their favourite word in the Agenda 2030 salad. The UN must be dismantled. Fast šØ
Thank you for this insight! It's difficult to even wrap the mind around the scope, time, and cost of the clean-up and rebuilding effort! Those poor people!
I think they'll use it as another land grab situation. Buy people out for pennies and then rebuild the land and only sell to millionaires of their choosing.
They will build a massive āOlympic Villageā with entry and exit gates so when the Olympics end it becomes a āsmart townā where you can only get out if your social credit score is where they want it to be. Digital everything, mostly digital money to control you.m
In 2007, we could only get fire insurance because the house in CA backed up to a concrete ditch. Otherwise, they company wasn't issuing fire insurance.
That's so dismaying. Insurance premiums paid appear to not truly be used to protect the homeowner and the lienholders, but rather to guarantee a profit for their shareholders.
On the other hand, if everyone has huge claims from losses, the insurance company becomes insolvent. There is a risk analysis they take into account.
I know a luxury new home builder in California who has signed, but canāt build, 5 new mountain homes because the homeowners canāt get insurance. And this insurance problem is bleeding into states adjacent to California, partially because California wonāt control its wildfires.
I heard that the average property value for the Palisades fire was over $3 million dollars. Since a lot of those people are elderly they probably are way underinsured.
Remember under Prop 13 homeowners can't have their property taxes jacked up on properties they stay in, so that reduces turnover A LOT.
I find modern evangelical Christianity to be an inch deep and a mile wide. The music has changed dramatically over the past ten years, with all the depth stripped away. If I walk in a church and see a plexiglass-enclosed drum set, the rest is pretty predictable. Something needs to change.
A lot of churches are compromised. I was invited to join a women's Bible study group yesterday and of course prayers for California was up. And of course they believe the narrative like climate change etc. I left without saying goodbye at the end. Study the Bible all you want but you need to open your eyes.
And my people will perish from the lack of knowledgeā¦.
Amos 8:11 (ESV)
āBehold, the days are coming,ā declares the Lord God,
āwhen I will send a famine on the landā
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.
Carlos, note Who sends the famine! Those who don't know the Word will be, and maybe are already in deep, deep trouble.
But HIS Will is that Not One will perish. (Eternity)
It is a sign of attention.
It's that deep trouble that may bring some to repentance! When everything is going well, people tend to get complacent. He is being merciful!
Then there are those who will never worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
I'd say that nearly all Western World churches are compromised, and not really Christian at all. This is not obvious on the surface because the church teaching (like the public schools) has been watered down to next to nothing and useless.
Our first experience of 'church' was a rural western Virginian Baptist church. I loved the people, salt of the earth. But the church, and we did not realize it at the time, was doctrinal wreckage. We found out that the Baptists had a confession of faith, but it was never taught from nor were we catechized from it. Never, and the only thing we studied from was a Lifeway or Lifeways something publication. In retrospect, I deemed Lifeway a vapid, sissified and not worth the print on the page. This kind of goings on eventually forced us to leave that church. And so sad a state of affairs.
And so, in my book, Carlos is right when he quotes the Bible thus, "And my people perish from a lack of knowledge."
Wow, sad.
Iāve noticed this theme here, too. Thereās a comment on this post that the person isnāt a āconspiracyā person. I think Christians need to be especially careful when proclaiming conspiracy theory from fact. What exactly is conspiracy- Something that isnāt government and media approved? Buying into the commonly accepted group think or leaving room for discretion and discernment? Christians should be keenly aware of their being in this world and not of the world. We cannot dismiss any non mainstream narrative to be written off as conspiracy theories.
There are actually a lot more modern hymns that have a good depth to them. Sovereign Grace Music and the Gettys have been producing some quality music that's singable and has depth. (And that even includes drums at times.)
Sadly, I do tend to agree with far too many churches that have ditched any/all "traditional" music in favor of the current AirOne playlist. I remember trying to find a new church when we'd moved many years back and every church said "we do things a little different" which basically meant "we've ditched any so-called old music and choirs in favor of the new". It was pretty frustrating. There really needs to be a good balance. We're supposed to sing a new song, but too many take that as "ditch the old".
https://youtu.be/yTf9RpzKguU?si=6swVwgXLiqXs3cwf
Just a beautiful example of modern Christian Music
I had never heard the term, apologetics until covid and I was forced into online sources when all churches around me were closed. Coming from a traditional church, I started attending a country Pentecostal church because they reopened after just a month. At first the emphasis was not on āspeaking in tonguesā, though they laid claim to it. It was about welcoming people who had their traditional worlds turned upside down. The praise band, including a drummer behind plexiglass, was refreshing as everyone was just welcoming and happy to lift their voices in praise and worship. The pastor was welcoming and a teacher of the Word, which I loved. I have now been there 4 years and the praise music is kind of the same every week. (I did find out they have to pay royalties to use these songs in worship services. The more popular the song the more in royalties they are charged. Being a country church they have to cut costs where they can). I still attend my traditional church also. I do not find conflicts with attending both.
I dislike the term, apologist, as to me it gives the impression of apologizing for faith. But I have come to understand it. One of my favorite authors is Lee Strobel who wrote āThe Case for Christā, from an atheistic journalistās search for the basis for Christian belief.
I have read several of Lee Strobelās books, also his story of being a staunch atheist and in his one (or two?) year long process trying to prove Christianity and God was all hogwash he discovered quite the opposite and now is a devoted believer.
Another author to consider, but not an apologists but a scientist is Stephen Meyer. I think Joe Rogan also interviewed Meyer.
Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Instituteās Center for Science and Culture in Seattle.
Author of Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design,
Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design,
and Return of the God Hypothesis - presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology.
Here's the link to the interview with Rogan and Meyer: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3woccDLWFU1cvOcQ5Oflue?si=d4b508d383d34735&nd=1&dlsi=eea94b203a5444a0&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2bMwoPRN-MLRIYwetVRweiqt3I-1IRVC02__2IVLP6NxWH2uXMIsEQyeM_aem_a1xfWZSJ-FkFD9u3O_H4Og
Lee Strobel was at Shawn Ryan Show (152 episode for Christmas) two weeks ago.
Most watch as he describes his impact on his transition to Christianity.
Shawn was a special forces officer and CIA contractor.
I watched Lee do the Kirk Cameron, show, āTakeawaysā a couple of weeks before Christmas. He talked about his book, āThe Case for Christmasā. I like listening to him talk as much as reading his books. He has such enthusiasm and optimism.
When our church shut down, we tried one that defied the law to stay open. Our first uh-oh was when they offered us ear plugs at the door.
We attend a great church but I do sometimes question the worship music choice. After one of those feminized, Jesus-is-my-boyfriend songs last week, I turned to my wife and stated there should be a law that the song was followed by "Onward Christian Soldiers".
Much to my surprise, it pretty much was! A young male member of the worship team performed a song he had written that's focus was going out into the world and conquering it for Christ. It was great, and made me realize that many of the kids are doing just fine.
I teach strings at a Christian school, and on music theory day we were studying the intersection of folk music, hymns, and classical composers. For example, Star of the County Down, an Irish folk song, became the hymn tune
Kingsfold and was used by Vaughan Williams in Five Variants on Divies and Lazarus. A couple students remarked that they wished they could sing songs like that in their church. So we have also spent time in class analyzing classic hymns (A Mighty Fortress, Be Thou My Vision, My Shepherd Will Supply My Need etc.) to find out why this music - and the lyrics - is richer than most of the praise songs today.
I can still sing many of my favorite hymns from my traditional Lutheran church, āWhat a Friend We Have in Jesusā, āI Know My Redeemer Livesā, āOn Christ, the Solid Rock I Standā, and many more. Sadly, to me they have come out with a newer hymnal, losing some of the old favorites and picking up old German hymns, hard to sing, and forgotten for a reason. These have become standard in my church today.
It's a dry barren land out there, but there are some good Bible teaching, Christ following churches out there.
Matthew 7:13 āEnter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
One can apply this to Truth because the way of the Truth is narrow, but lies are broad and ever expanding inventions. The former uphold life and civilizations. The later is death, destruction and ruins.
Years ago I heard the āfunky Jesusā song, I was horrified.
Thankfully, I have never heard that. š³
My church has a plexiglass enclosed drum kit but I find it decidedly un modern in its approach to scripture. Itās why we go to this particular church.
Well, my church has the drum set but they don't play the "modern" music. They have a full orchestra. It is a TRUE Biblical church, too and the music is so amazing that it brings people in from all over the place.
I attended a non denominational church in a lake tourist community a couple of summers ago. The church was huge with many areas. They too, had a small orchestra which made the music so much richer. The pastorās message was good, but that was the end of service. I was kind of left wondering if that was the sum total.
Wonderful news on the potential impact of influential podcasts like Joe Roganās interview with Wesley Huff. If Joe is initiating meaningful thought processes, then his listeners are bound to be bent to the same. Godās Word will not return void! Hallelujah
Yes! I was surprised Jeff did not include any mention of Rogan's recent (yesterday?) interview with Mel Gibson, as it contained similar subject matter. Mel was essentially praising the gospels, specifically about the resurrection. Joe asked if he truly believes that happened and Mel emphatically and unapologetically responded: "Yes, I do." Great watch if you have the time! šā¤ļø
I haven't yet watched the Gibson interview but I read on X that he revealed he was seriously injured by remdesivir and his long-time gardener was killed the same way. Also that while he was doing the interview his home in Malibu was burning to the ground.
Yes! And his audience consists of many, many people who may not ever hear the message otherwise. Praise!
What those skilled in apologetics all have in common is that they know the Bible. I don't mean that in the sense of whipping out a verse (usually out of context) to manipulate people, but that they well understand the cohesive message of the whole counsel of God.
Huff is a Baptist as are many of the most-skilled in Christian apologetics. It doesn't surprise me at all as the denomination puts a heavy emphasis on Bible study.
Victor Davis Hanson has dubbed the goof-off Governor āNero Newsomā
Itās a meme that writes itself: Nero Newsom goes to French Laundry while southern California burns to the ground.
Every time Newsom is on TV he comes across like a 12 year old who was caught doing something wrong and trying to blame it on someone else. He never takes responsibility for a single thing. For the life of me, I can't understand why ANYONE votes for this childish fraud. He's worse than Trudeau because of this being a one-party state and he can do so many bad things with the help of the CA legislature. He is squandering (laundering) billions and billions of dollars into a "supposed" bullet train project that never happens and which no one will ever choose to ride on. And Californians look the other way and never hold him accountable for the waste of money that should be used to clean up forests and other brush in fire-prone areas.....and to build reservoirs and save water. He does none of that, but only touts his Choo-choo train that he claims will be running in 2030. Except that it WON'T. The money has mostly disappeared. Newsom should be in jail.
I am really tired of hearing the "someone who looks like you" argument for everything. I couldn't care less what the person saving me from a disaster looks like, as long as that person *can* save me.
Also, if there actually are people out there who only want to accept help from "someone who looks like them," it's because the "inclusivity" people convinced them that anyone who doesn't look like them is a danger to them.
The point is that physical standards for firefighters and women in the military have been dropped to ridiculously low levels.
I know. I am a 60-year-old woman who was fairly fit in my youth, but hadn't really exercised regularly for a long time. Just last year, I started to exercise 6 days a week for an hour each day plus do some very light weights, yet recently I discovered (by looking it up just for fun) that I fit the very low physical standards to apply for the police academy for a woman my age.* The fact that standards are different based on age and sex is ridiculous! Can you do the job, or not?
*I think the requirements were 7 push-ups in a minute, 14 sit-ups in a minute, and run 1.5 miles in 18 minutes. (In my late 30s, that was my brisk *walking* pace).
And the intellectual standards for both the students and teachers in public schools have dropped equally fast. One or more states have dropped competency exams from their teacher licensure requirements, because fairness.
Isn't there some ole aphorism about the blind leading the blind?
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Absolutely. If only the creeps who support men in women's sport would take that on board.
Itās stupid and counterproductive. It makes people even more divided. Which I guess is the plan š
Agreed. I just roll my eyes every time I hear that phrase. š
There was a nurse in Memphis that was attacked in the ER by a patient because the patient didn't want to be treated by a white nurse.
Excuse me, but the Orthodox Church did not split from the Roman Catholic Church. (" The Orthodox Church split from Roman Catholicism way back in 1504.") It was the Roman Catholic Church that broke away from what was the only Christian Church. You will find that practices of the Ancient Church are the same as the Orthodox Church not the Roman Catholic Church.
As you say, Res ipsa loquitur.
The split began years before with the adoption of the filioque in Spain which originally the Pope of Rome denounced, but later adopted. Other practices such as whether to use leavened or unleavened bread, and the authority of the Bishop of Rome led to the schism. (There were five main bishops, Rome was only one of them. The others were Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Constantinople. The Bishop of Rome claimed primacy.)
There were also the disputes regarding whether priests should be celibate (a new practice in Rome).
And it wasn't in 1504 that the Great Schism happened. It was 1054.
The other thing that ended at that time was the ability of priests to marry. Once their children wanted to inherit what the Church felt was Church property, that was the end of marriage for priests. There are a lot of Popes with children. Malachi Martin wrote "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church" which is very interesting reading that would shock most Catholics who have no idea about some of these aspects of the Church's past.
Malachi Martin will open many eyes and make you change your mind about Roman Catholicism.
It did for me
If you are ready for it..
Example āThe Keys of This Bloodā
Thank you for clarifying that the Roman Catholic Church broke away from the original Church. The Christian Orthodox Church has been our home for our adult lives, we raised our children and now our grandchildren and great grands are Orthodox. This is a church home with authenticity, beauty, tradition and depth. I encourage anyone to look for an
Orthodox Church near them and go and see.
Good grief, every denomination claims they are the "true church" and all the rest are suspect. They didn't split from us, we split from them!!` No, other way around!! Make it stop.
Short of expelling those teaching heresy, the Bible has strong words regarding those spreading division in the Body, and they aren't complementary. Christ said I am the way, the truth, and the life, not a particular denomination.
The Orthodox Church remains the same as when Jesus sent the Apostles out to start churches everywhere. You can attend any Orthodox Church anywhere and the Service will be the same, with the only differences being ethnicity. They all follow the same calendar. Although there are differences regarding the old and new calendar. Here is an explanation of that: Orthodox Calendar Differences
The primary difference between the Old and New Calendars in Orthodox Christianity lies in their alignment with astronomical time. The Old Calendar, also known as the Julian calendar, is used by some Orthodox churches and lags behind the Gregorian calendar by 13 days. This means that holidays and feasts celebrated according to the Old Calendar occur later than those on the New Calendar. The New Calendar, or Revised Julian calendar, was introduced in the 20th century to correct the discrepancies in the Julian calendar and align more closely with the solar year. Most Orthodox churches use the New Calendar for fixed feasts but retain the Julian calendar for Easter and movable feasts dependent on it. The choice between the calendars can be a source of debate within the Orthodox community, with some viewing the New Calendar as a form of āLatinizationā and others seeing it as a pragmatic adjustment to modern times.
I kindly will recommend to dig a little deeper
Daniel 7:25
And after reading this verse
Check out
Mark Biltz
EL SHADDAI Ministries
And the 2024-2025 The Heavens Declare Biblical Calendar
He also has a lot other books that will open up the understanding of the times we are living through.
Also Torah services on Shabbat that you can watch live or stream after.
Iām not trying to change anyoneās opinion, I only sharing the gift that was ones given to me.
As a former Catholic I think that we all need to know more and why.
Also I share this other view Johnathan Cahn and his latest book. (I prefer audio books)
The Dragons Prophecy
May The Lord Blesses You All and give you His Unconditional Understanding.
Mark Biltz falsifies God's name in violation of the 10 Commandments like almost every other church. We have God's name in writing. All the prophets used it and most churches don't? Why? Maybe they're just false churches???.
I respect your opinion but it is not mine or so far what I have learned from himā¦
Do you speak Hebrew?
And if you do out of the Seventy Names of YAH are you referring too?
Yes! Catholic Church also took the name Catholic which was used to describe the universal Church not just the first Greek Churches so they could pretend they are the first and original.
A typo? Two digits reversed...
Probably is. But no need to have people think it was a more recent split closer to the Reformation when the Protestant split from the Roman Catholic Church. That makes it look like everyone left Rome as opposed to Rome being the first to leave the historic Church.
I was thinking the same
Yep, the word orthodox means traditionally practiced. The beginning, or historically set.
What is the significance of filioque?
In 325 the Council of Nicea wrote out doctrinal statement which included the basic beliefs to be called a Christian in the form of the Nicene Creed which states that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father. This was an ecumenical council of all the Church seats (bishoprics) and had about 318 delegates. They based this on John 14:26.
Later in Spain (I think in the 800's), in an attempt to make the Trinity more understandable, the phrase was changed to say the Spirit proceeds from the Father AND THE SON (in Latin filioque). As this was done without the consensus of the entire Church, it was condemned, even by the Pope of Rome, but was later adopted. The Orthodox Church holds to the original creed and says that a doctrinal statement can not be changed unilaterally and that an Ecumenical Council must do that (there have been 7 Ecumenical Councils in history - the last being in 787 before the filioque was introduced.
There is an Orthodox Church in the mountains not far from where I live. They describe themselves like this: "The Orthodox Church is evangelical, but not Protestant. It is orthodox, but not Jewish. It is catholic, but not Roman. It isn't non-denominational, it is pre-denominational. It has believed, taught, preserved, defended and died for the Faith of the Apostles since the Day of Pentecost 2000 years ago."
At the bottom of the page linked below is a clip to demonstrate the type of worship music they play in the church. It's very beautiful.
https://www.holywisdomnevadacity.org
POPE John Paul 2 , realizing the misunderstanding of the Filioque clause, recited the Nicene Creed the original way with the Orthodox.
You sound very knowledgeable! I have tried to untangle what happened to the early church father, Origen. Origen spoke of reincarnation, being careful to refer to it as metempsychosis so as to distinguish it from beliefs that humans can reincarnate as anything other than human. During these many spats over doctrine, as best as I can tell, the writings of Origen (600 books and much more) were declared anathema by the church. I view this as a huge loss, since the only we can truly "reap what we sow" is through reincarnation. God gives us as many chances as we need for redemption. (I am well aware that not all believe this, probably as a lingering fear of what happened to people who disagreed with the Roman Church.)
Please donāt ever apologize for late deliveries. Your loyal subjects will wait and wait, coffee in hand āļøā¦..because the content, and you!! are worth it.
And even endure significant rabbit holes. š¤£ Iām halfway through reading and the squatter story took me on a 42 minute mesmerizing journey watching the very adept FL cops deal with these issues. I watched every boring second of it because for some reason I missed my calling in legal and justice fields and nothing grabs my ADHD mind more than the balancing out of facts, finding the truth, understanding the law, and seeing how systems can be exploited. Itās astonishing how easily āonlineā systems can be exploited. Anywayyyyyy, Rabbit holes make it hard for me to catch up on the comments! So many good ones today that I canāt wait to absorb. I just love this Substack and its community.
I was worried about Jeff and his family yesterday.
I was, too.
Ten days. Only ten remain. Please pray for the safety and strength of each of them, for each of their families. Pray that their hearts be aligned with His purpose. And pray that those who are working against His will may turn around, turn their hearts toward Him. Before it's too late.
I do this daily, and sometimes multiple times per day.
Great point about climate change being easy to blame since it canāt protest or deny or be fined or anything. Perfect scapegoat, with added government control and virtue signaling as a bonus!
Yea, I think it's about time for climate change to revolt and get its reputation back.
There's another biblical reference - scapegoat...
Levititus 16:20 āWhen Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat. 21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelitesāall their sinsāand put them on the goatās head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness..... 26 āThe man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp. 27 The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; their hides, flesh and intestines are to be burned up. 28 The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.
Yup so many like that in our everyday language that we donāt even think about!
The LA fires are convenient timing for the rollout of smart cities and a tether for the Starlink surveillance grid, no?
The 2028 Olympics will be held in LA, with much of it centered around the Pacific Palisades. Looking for another motive for the LA Firestorm? No need for demolition. The Globalists will build the ultimate Smart Olympic City, paid for by U.S taxpayers.
Hadn't thought of that. That's interesting. š¤
It seems obvious to me: 1. It was all planned. Most likely for Olympics 2. They tipped off insurance companies 3. they used weather manipulation to create those 100 mph winds to have something to blame, to intensity it, and to make it impossible for aircraft to fly and drop water.
Exactly - just like they did in the āAshāeville playbook:
https://romanshapoval.substack.com/p/asheville
Someone yesterday posted a great video from Bitchute explaining in more detail. Maybe they can post it again. It was about 10 min.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/C84XXN6ZFemP
Thank you Lyndsay - didn't see it, if you find it, post it up? Thank you!
Ok thank you Lyndsay!
Here's another interesting one. https://rumble.com/v677461--palisades-wildfire-update-proof-it-was-intentionally-caused.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=In2thinairNews
Roman, here's the BitChute video Lyndsay is referring to on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqD-CTi-jT0
Yes thatās the one thank you!
Thank you kindly Leslie!!
We live with those Santa Ana winds every.single.year. Only survived the (known source, badly managed) 2003 Cedar Fire because a home on our street was the first to get caught in the blow torch. Add no measurable rain in 9 months and laws prohibiting brush clearing, and the results are inevitable.
These winds were FAR above normal, record breaking hurricane strength winds. These arenāt the normal
Santa Anaās. Plus it was 60
Degrees and January. Santa Ana winds are
Typical in August and in heat
I donāt know if itās true, but various sources (UCLA, for instance) says the season for Santa Ana winds is September to May, but October is generally the most dangerous time for fires.
The heat from fires actually make wind gusts stronger. The media is jerking our chains with the reporting of 100 mph Santa Ana winds.
I wasn't aware that they prohibit brush clearing. I lived in Irvine when the Laguna Canyon fire happened. Friends from Laguna said the city used to have peopledrive the city and send notices to homeowners to regarding clearing their property but had stopped just prior to the fire.
I love that you are posting alternative arguments. I donāt know what is the truth here, though I read all kinds of factual and meaningful perspectives. None of us wants to be a sheep. Thank you for your reasonable explanation. Iām open to other possibilities, but I will certainly keep this in mind.
Throw in a dash of dei incompetence and you've got it.
What you said!
Safety is of utmost importance. Your compliance with grid integration is patriotic, and environmentally considerate.
Sincerely, Department of Redundancy Department.
Seriously - let's start the Department of Common Sense, eh?
No kidding. Build unreliable infrastructure and build more reliable infrastructure to back it upš¤¬ oh and with borrowed money š° insane!
Not Palisades. Theyāre wealthy. Those techniques work best on those who canāt defend themselves. IDK about the others. Fires tend to excite the arsonists.
āBehold, My Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the nations.
āHe will not cry out or raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.
āA bruised reed He will not break
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.
āHe will not be disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.ā
ā Isaiah 42:1-4 NAS
We are all bruised reeds š