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Jun 6·edited Jun 6Liked by Jeff Childers

Lest we forget. It is the 80th Anniversary of D Day. My dad towed gliders for the RAF on D Day. In October 15 years ago, we did a pilgrimage to some of the major WWI battle sites, the Somme, the Marne, the Chemin de Dame, Verdun. After almost two weeks paying homage across France, including over 2 dozen cemeteries from both sides, we were finishing our trip in familiar territory, the wine country of Alsace. Sitting at breakfast on a rainy morning in Colmar, it just didn't feel right to be transitioning to a familiar wine driven trip. I asked my wife if she would think I was crazy if I asked her to cancel our reservations and drive all the way back across France to visit Normandy. She said she was fine with it, so we checked out (it was harvest time. Our room was probably rebooked before we cleared the parking lot) and spent 8 hours driving in the rain to a tiny fishing village we stumbled upon that was in site of Pont du Hoc.

We spent the next 4 days visiting Pont du. Hoc, Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, the cemetery at Collier Sur Mer beside Omaha that was the site of the opening and closing scenes of "Saving Private Ryan", St. Lo, Bayeaux, and several museums. The highlight was a grey cold morning when I walked alone (wife had a foot operation right before the trip) for 2 hours along ~7 mile long Omaha Beach. I never saw another soul. It was one of the most moving , somber moments of my life.

https://nypost.com/2024/06/06/opinion/the-boys-of-pointe-du-hoc-ronald-reagans-timeless-tribute-to-americas-d-day-heroes/

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I’ve been to Normandy too; one of the most emotional & memorable trips of my life. I cried like a baby at the endless rows of crosses & stars. I absolutely HATE that LGB-FJB was there today. What sacrilege.

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Same. It was such an emotionally overwhelming and somber experience that it is hard to capture the experience in words. If people ever have a chance to go - GO. You will not regret it. And every French person I encountered said, "thank you." Makes me tear up remembering their gratitude. This was in 2014.

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I am in San Francisco this morning, about to go visit the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, the Liberty Ship that is docked down here at Fisherman’s Wharf. My father in law served on that ship in WW II—he served in the Armed Guard (Navy personnel protecting Merchant Marine vessels) and saw action in both the Atlantic AND Pacific. I can’t help but shake my head in disbelief and sadness at what our military has become. Maranatha…🙏🏼😖🕊️

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What our COUNTRY has become…& it didn’t take all that long 😓

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Yes I had a similar experience. It is such a moving and emotional place to be. It really hits home, all those soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice 😞

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It's interesting how the countries of France, Germany and the USA aligned themselves when they were attacked by other countries. Our Revolutionary War effort was assisted by both Germany (the Hessian soldiers who were sort of 'soldiers of fortune' and the French general Lafayette who lended his military mind to General Washington and also supplied troops).

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However, the Hessians were mercenaries fighting for the Crown. Not the Americans, just to make that clear. The French AND Spanish lent aid to our budding nation.

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Yes, that's why I called them "soldiers of fortune", Susan.

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Me too. While at the cemetery there you could hear the ocean waves below. Made it even more significant for me.

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And she had to lead him away before he shook any hands.

I’ve also been to Normandy. It was incredibly moving.

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Ft

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Awful as D-Day was, let's not forget that Churchill got the US to put off the invasion of France until after the Soviet Union had defeated Germany on the eastern front with the loss of millions of lives. It was the Soviets who won the war.

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You better believe it. 90 % of the German Order of Battle was aligned against the Eastern Front. We fought 10 %. Think about it. Makes me want to puke when our Russia hating government and press try to rewrite history and leave out the Soviet contribution. I've stood at the western high water mark of the German siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg ), where in the 852 day siege, over 1 1/2 million died, most from starvation and cold.

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That's powerful, thanks for that important reminder.

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Read a book a few yers back detainling how we and the Brits collaborated in some srious mind games to convince Hiter's head war honcho that his pride needed blosering, and a great way to so bolser was to trick him into believing he'd become an hero of the First Order by deciding and convincing Hitler that attcing Russia on a new Eastern Front would make him an eternal champion and hero. So he was duly tricked into convincing Hitler to "go east young man" and co quer the Soviets there. The tricksey ones knew full well that the lng logistics line, brutal (even by German's sandards) cold winter, etc, would at least tie up the Nazi roops long enough we Allies could make some serious hay on the Western Front with most of Addie's troops mired in Russian mud and short supplies.

Can't just now recall the German leader chaps name, but he fell for the ruse and convinced glory-hogg Hitler to go for it. Saved countless Allied lives, that little but of mind-bending gamesmanship did. Probably shortened the war by two years, if not saved our collective bacon had Hitler decided NOPE, we're finishing here first".

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Also fiction writers, non fiction amateur historians, tv and movie studios, and eventually video games.

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I am just starting to read WW2 history. Not at all what we’ve been led to believe here in America.. no disrespect to the fighting men ..

The people in charge, just like now, did not make good choices & we were taught many lies ..

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If you want to read about the war from a Russian’s perspective here is one: Stalingrad by vassily Grossman. It’s 1000 pages of the horrors of communism and the attack and defeat of the Nazis by a man who lived through it.

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I wish this was included on them list of MUST READS for American high school students.

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I just looked and very coincidentally this book is available on audiobook—-released on audible (I know I know it’s Amazon but I was a member years before they bought them out and am addicted) —on May 28, 2024. going to buy this today. It’s been my experience that especially long and perhaps dry reads are much more palatable as audio where you can read while doing mundane tasks.

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When I had to drive for an hour or more to work and back, I got through it with audiobooks. They are handy for mindless tasks.

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best AudioBook: Hitlers Holy Relics by (?it's been awhile.) Hollywood tried and failed to tell the story very well in Monuments Men...

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Thanks for the information.

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And there's a history of the battle called "Stalingrad" by Anthony Beevor. Reads almost like a novel.

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2 million died. I can’t picture it, and I grew up hearing about WW2. So I cannot imagine how we get young people, victims of today’s communist leaning teachers and the aforementioned sanitized and pro USA version of history.

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I surreptitiously pulled strings to prevent my son enlisting in Marines, 2008. The Athrax shot & all. He hasn't yet thanked me...

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My husband has a well-worn copy. I should read it one of these days.

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I loved the part where the Russian guard wakes up with the tips of his fingers chewed off. The rats were so hungry they ate them and he was so frostbitten he didn't feel them getting eaten. Boook is full of things like this.

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My library doesn't have it, so I chose "The Second World War" by him. Should cover Stalingrad to some degree. Looking forward to his writings.

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Stalingrad was the very definition of the word "grim" to me. Horrors unimaginable to the smart phone generation. For that matter, I doubt one in 10 even know about it. An entire German army captured, ~300 K men. ~10 K returned. Not sure how many Russians died, but it was a lot more.

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I've heard this book mentioned many times recently. Time to get it out of the library.

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Thank you. It's going on my list.

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Thanks for this recommendation, just ordered it on ebay

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My library has it - volume 1 anyway. Looking forward to the Russian perspective.

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Thank you .. I will

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Which one are you reading? I read Richard Evans' series, William Shirer's book about the Third Reich, and now I'm reading Victor Davis Hanson's book. It's fascinating to read about that war, since we're still living through its effects today.

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I just read Phoney Victory .. not exactly what I was taught about Churchill in school … next up is IBM & the Holocaust. My library has to back order

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add Prescott Bush to that list (man who spawned 2 presidents and 9/11). or the Arms of Krupp. or how standard oil supplied the nazis all throughout the war with needed oil. pretty safe to say that everything we are taught is a lie. to keep us fighting amongst each other for the amusement and enrichment of the parasite class.

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Did you see the book by Erik Orion, "The Bush Connection"? I bought a pdf and that's all I could find.

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I didn't find the IBM book at my library but this one came up: "The Mysterious Affair At Olivetti: IBM, The CIA, And The Cold War Conspiracy To Shut Down Production Of The World's First Desktop Computer" That should be enlightening.

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Those sound interesting. Thanks. I'm placing them on the reading list.

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David Irving ... the best writer on WWII. Does not propagandize. The Establishment hates him, has persecuted him, has imprisoned him for what? For telling the truth. That is, tell the truth and you can be sent to prison. Same as with Jerome Corsi, Donald Trump, J6 peaceful protesters and many more. And there are still videos of him speaking on YouTube.

https://www.dogpile.com/serp?q=David+Irving&sc=R5qd9bgsYK7X10

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Look at archive.org for some David Irving materials. I found an audiobook of "Hitler's War." There's also an ebook copy you can download in whatever format you like.

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He spent 2 years in an Austrian prison for remarks TPTB did not like. He is pretty ill now, I've bought a half dozen of his books recently, and his family requested donations. I sent $, as he is about as out there for the real truth about WWII as it gets, and that puts him in the cross hairs of pretty much anyone in power.

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That sounds like the kind of writer I really like. There's a series on Rumble that probably wouldn't be allowed anywhere else. It's under IPOT (stands for "In pursuit of truth") and the series is labeled POP Series I through V, or maybe VI, I don't remember how many there are. Each one is 2 hours or more. It is impressive how much he knows. He used to be on Youtube and they kicked him off. Highly recommended!

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Jun 6·edited Jun 6

I see that Wikipedia, shake in your boots, has David Irving branded as a Holocaust Denier ... which is not actually right. It's more that certain people object to a certain amount of truthful reality being brought back into the historic equation and far more prefer human skin lampshades fairy tales than any accurate accounting. That particular tale was bandied about as absolute gospel during and after the war. Many people believed it. But like so many things, it was just a wild fabrication to keep people wild-eyed under the spell of control.

I will look into this series. Thank you.

P.S. Found it a Rumble ! Thanks again!

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thanks. so happy to find a thoughtful conversation here. looking at ipot. meanwhile

this is the best video I've found for overall truth. https://stopworldcontrol.com/monopoly/

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Jun 6·edited Jun 6

You have no idea. If you want a full blown red pill of WWII, what led up to its, what happened, what we did afterward, by his Real History of WWII book But BE FOREWARNED. Your world will be rocked, and you can't unknown what you know. I have spent my whole life extensively reading about WWII, watching documentaries, movies, going to battle sites in all theaters. I'm telling you, what Mike King says is true, painful as it is.

On second thought, few people are ready for this (Mike King) yet, perhaps by year end. . So buy any of David Irving's WWII books. What makes him different, and a pariah, is he uses first person sources, instead of quoting back and forth other WWII history authors. That puts him at odds with the official narratives. The victors write history, Never forget that. John Keegan , author of the iconic "Face of Battle", calls Irving THE preeminent WWII historian. I read hundreds of WWII books, seen hundreds of documentaries, and hundreds of WWII movies. This is as good as it gets.

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my instagram repost today included photo of 1920's man in timewarp, caption: THE MORE YOU KNOW THE HARDER IT IS TO SOCIALIZE.

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If you rather opt out on a red pharmaceutical and do an IV straight into the system about history, give this a shot. You may not want to believe it, but like the rest of the state sponsored history, you might see a pattern and notice monumental lies in your own hometown. It dwarfs everything. Amazon.

Evidence of the Old World (September 16, 2023)

by David Edward (Author), Jon Levi (Author)

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Check out Stalin's War by Sean McMeekin. It adds a whole new layer to understanding the German-Soviet dynamic and Stalin's intentions. Another great one is 1941: Fighting the Shadow War by Marc Wortman. It fills some gaps regarding Japan and U.S. activities behind the veil of neutrality.

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Why did the Germans capture entire armies right after Operation Barbarossa began? Because Stalin was getting ready to invade while Germany was preoccupied with Britain, and Hitler did what Putin preaches. "If a fight is inevitable, strike first".

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As Churchill said - you can count on Americans to make the right decision, after exhausting all other options.

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Read lots! Try to get authors from different countries. The Japanese look at Guadalcanal differently. Etc. But if & when you find them it can be real eye opening.

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Been there 3 times, to many of the islands on 3 week live aboard scuba diving trips. Been to Beach Red (the invasion beach on Guadalcanal, plus Tanambogo and Gavuto Islands across the straight from Savo Island (the other two invasion beaches., the site of Col Ichiki's raid at Ilu River, , the Matikinau River , Henderson Field, where you fly into, Bloody Ridge, site of Col Merit Edson's epic battle, and several other memorial sites. The US sites were well maintained, the Japanese ones were trashed. the Solomon Islanders have not forgetten how the Japanese treated them.

I'll never forget my first crossing of Iron Bottom Sound, with Savo Island on the left. I was alone on deck, after midnight, and I kept wondering how many sunken ships lay beneath us. some incredible battles were fought in that very narrow straight , and Nov 7/8th 1942, 2 US battleships went to their graves there. 4 cruisers on the night of the early Battle of Savo Island, to none for the Japanese.

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Wow, awesome, for me tis only a place I've read about.

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Soviets lost something like 25 million lives.

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They celebrate their WW2 victory every year. They saw the worst of it.

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And Machron stated no Russian official could attend the commemoration. Absurd.

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The Russians are a tough people. They were our allies in WW2. Wish we could be allies again.

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I found the Russians to be more like Americans than any of the people of the ~50 odd countries I have visited. I really liked them,, and certainly respect them. tough SoB's for sure.

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amen. that generation would donkey punch us for our cowardness

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the Greatest Generation gave rise to The Greatest Degeneration

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Jun 6·edited Jun 6

Yes. But how? The pendulum swings ever wider oddly in generational terms and nationally. It follows times of societal morality, lawlessness, war, excesses, etc. Repeat. Always reminding us that we are dying, helpless, hopeless creatures without God's intervention. He allows us to see how awful we are left to ourselves and how Great His ways are when we know Him. Knowing ABOUT God is NOT the same as being intimately connected to Him and His family but you can't be family if you don't know where to find Him/them. He gave you His 'diary' and 'love letters'. Read them as though your Loving Father wrote them. Be sure they are actually from Him as there are fakes circulating.

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I believe there was a purposeful effort to weaken, soften and feminize the populace through food supply and health care, fluoride, BPA, vaccinations, education, DEI, etc. Myriad ways to create puppets.

Started in the 1960’s via Cloward and Piven marxist doctrine. Fully spooled up now.

We were asleep at the wheel, too trusting and naive.

It’s wakey-wakey time!

Speak the Truth wherever you may be to whomever is there.

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Dam on the beach, you are right. I remember seeing in LIFE magazine, the atrocities they did in Porta Rico, with pumping hormones into the live stock. Children, young children had breasts! I remember talking to my mom about that. Shame on all of them. ( Cira 1960s Life magazine)

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Like, like, like.

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AS Joe Rogan told Tucker in his interview, "the hardest thing you've ever done is the hardest thing you've ever done". These Did not Earn It snowflakes have probably done nothing more traumatic than going with our their cell phones for a few hours when they forgot to charge it. The D Day Memorial is in Bedford, VA, just of I-81. The front of the cemetery at Collier Sur Mer at Omaha pays tribute to "The Bedford Boys" with a permanent memorial. Great , moving book. Little Bedford VA lost more men on D Day per capita than any other town. The leader of the platoon was sick as a dog that morning, with every right to check himself into sick bay. He didn't , because he knew what awaited them as one of the first wave landing craft. Needless to say, he died there.

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Their sacrifices and hard work made us soft and ungrateful.

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No, I believe WE THE PEOPLE being "coddled into complacency" did that, R.H.

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Wasn't blaming the Greatest Generation. They blessed us. We failed to understand what it takes to be a blessing.

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I understand, R.H.--truly!

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My father was in the Army in WWII. But he would not have wanted to think he had any part of what's going on now.

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My dad was Navy. As much as I hated the Alzheimer's that took him away, I was very happy he was unaware of the Obama administration's antics.

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Dad passed away shortly before that election. I had assured him McCain would win against the fundamental transformation of America. Dad didn't think it would make a difference either way. For several years he'd been telling me, "This country's gone, Son. This country's gone." Pray we prove him wrong.

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That generation, could see the writings on the wall, my mom told me that 18 years ago. Sad that she was 100% correct.

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Everytime I heard that “fundamental transformation” bs, I thought “Traitor.”😡

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Two of my nephews were in the Navy.

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My father and his brother both served overseas (my Dad was a bomb loader over in northern Italy for the duration of the war--he wanted to be a pilot of a B-17, but his dislocated shoulder issue prevented that happening). Dad always referred to the "press" from about the 1960's onward as "the 'pinko press"--pretty apt, don't you think!!

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Love it..my (kind of) tv idol Archie Bunker loved to use the word 'pinko'.

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Archie stole that adjective from my Dad - LOL! Dad used that term back in the early 1960's and from then onward.

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He sounds like a sharp guy that would have been an excellent pilot. I wish that generation were still with us.

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They still are - through US!!

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They were collectively suffering from PTSD, some more, some less, than others. They spoiled their children (my dad, mom and stepmom) with nice clothes, toys and later cars. Then some of their children were irresponsible teenagers (my mother) who got pregnant while still in high school. Yes, my dad too. Then some of us Gun Xers had parents who tried and did what they thought was best (my dad and stepmom), while some split when we were young (my mom). Some others had good parents and stepparents. Then for some of us, our grandparents either took over (my dad’s parents) or they lied for their child (my other grandparents). Leaving some of us a bit frustrated. So some of us were and are disillusioned, some spoiled their children. I never had any (yet, who knows what my future is). Pop culture and technology slowly took over for bad parents. Leading to all sorts of young people having problems whom I feel bad for. I don’t know how else to explain it to them. Other than, “sorry kids, we’ll be dead before you. You’ll just have to learn on the job, as you go, basically flying blind”.

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That’s my children’s generation, Steve. I contributed to it, and it breaks my heart. Let’s change the model. “This is what the Lord says: ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls’” (Jeremiah 6:16).

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I am sure that the situation we are in is going to be corrected. We can't do it, but God will.

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EXACTLY, R.H. - no 'excuses' - no excoriating our shortcomings either!! PRESS ON toward the HIGH MARK!!

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I want to help them, but I’m nothing to nobody. I can’t get the motivation to start writing a book. I have lots of good ideas for fiction, and lots of suggestions for young people, but I’m 56 and just a veteran collecting a small pension, in Pittsburgh.

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The reason this all happened is because everyone thinks what can one person do, said 7 billion people. Listening to Jan Halpar yesterday and she said something that caught my attention. Most of us who are reasonably awake feel we are getting screwed because of the ongoing efforts to wake up normies and commies. She said "no, this was done for you too. All of us checked out, wanted to be left alone, just lead a decent honorable life. We left it to others to serve on the school boards, go to the town council meetings, volunteer at the library, etc. Our apathy to getting involved in running the community is why we are here too. That must stop"

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Steve, your young, you have much to give, and your smart. We can make a difference! Never Surrender !!!

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Let your imagination run free - find a spot in your surroundings that inspires you, Steve--give it a go!!

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Write your book, Steve. You can publish it as an e-book and list it on Amazon. You will have some buyers here. I'd love to read it.

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A bunch of ideas, like an animated series, but not funny like South Park. Deep, well fleshed out characters (I kind of started), but not funny.

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I hope you can get that going. Start small, like a minimum of one page a day.

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Just yesterday I learned a loaded B-26 dubbed "See See Senor," on a bombing mission, crashed on take-off from an airfield in Cormeilles-en-vexin, France, January 1, 1945. USAAF firefighters rushed in, saved the crew, and were putting out the fire when an on-board bomb exploded and instantly killed three firemen. One of the “non-combat casualties” was Dad’s 29-year-old cousin, a 3rd generation German-American. Dad was 17 at the time. He and his cousin had the same first name. Dad joined the Army, served out the war, and spent the next 20 years in the San Antonio City Fire Department. I never knew the backstory. Now I can’t forget.

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It’s so sad and strange to us today that they didn’t share their war stories with us. My old neighbor Ed and I talked about so many things when we went on our trail rides together. I loved those times but wanted to know how he developed his facial tic, what happened during the war. I know he visited the VA mental health dept. on a regular basis. He did tell me that much. He wouldn’t tell me anything else. My dad was visiting one time and we had Ed and his wife over and my dad asked him about the war but he wouldn’t talk about it.

At his funeral we hung around afterwards and his VA counselor told me that Ed got locked inside a ship’s closet in a bombing raid in the South Pacific. Probably locked in for three days. Can’t imagine what went through his head.

I miss him, those trail rides were so dear to me. Ed and King, Karen and Keiffer. My horse was always a little easily spooked, never with Ed and King though. Bravery wins.

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The "suffering in silence" aspect is, in part, what made them the Greatest Generation. I know that approach to mental health is really frowned on now, but there really is something to the whole "stiff upper lip." Our kids today, encouraged to share their emotions all over social media, don't seem to be doing all that well. I suppose, as with everything, the answer is somewhere in the middle. Your neighbor sounds amazing. I am sorry he is no longer here to ride the trails with you.

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Thank you NAB, I think you are so right, somewhere in the middle is good. Feelings are somewhat overrated 🤣

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Karen, PTSD, we suffer in silence. My ex-in laws, were German. He fought in the Germany Army. Technically he would have been a nazi. He wouldn't talk about it at all. The man I knew was kind and gentle. He was thrilled to have an American GI as a daughter in law. My own father wouldn't talk about his experiences either. I know that he was on the last truck out of Korea, but only because he had frost bite on his hands. I too, don't talk about the horrors of military service, instead remember and focus on comradery.

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I bet you made them proud ❤️

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Here is a war story from a family I know. This story, about a B-17 bomber crew shot down over Holland in World War II, is still being told in Holland, and they even installed a monument for the American crew. https://tinyurl.com/bdzfsvbu

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I just learned that many had to sign agreements that they would never discuss their experiences, even with spouses .. those expired in 1995 & those Vets became free to speak

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Oh wow, I didn’t know that either. Our local news station does ‘War Stories’ monthly highlighting local veterans. It’s pretty cool. The producer just won an Emmy 👏🏻

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What an excellent idea. The next generation needs to hear their stories! Our long-time county constable recently retired--said he was getting old and the crazy way things are going these days, "Somebody might try me, and I'll have to put him down." Tough old bird with a huge heart and no doubt an inspiring life story to tell. Maybe I'll track down an English teacher. Some kid should interview that old boy and write a profile for a class project.

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RG the Covid psyops is horrible, the death and destruction horrific. The essential core of cowardice and apathy and lack of kindness and respect makes me the most upset . My parents and grandparents would be heartbroken if still alive .

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So well said

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My son, an avid history buff, chose Normandy for his Senior family trip. I never had it on my list of places I’d like to go, but it was one of my favorite most meaningful trips. Your words brought back tangible feelings this morning. How those men did what they did, I will never know. God bless them and their families. I tell everyone who has a loved one buried at one of the cemetery’s there that they are the most beautiful and peaceful places on earth.

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I was in Normandy for the 60th and 65th anniversaries of D-Day as part of the US Army Europe Band. We traded off playing with a French military band for hours. Paying tribute to those men who died was one of the most significant memories of my military career. I also played at many of the other WWI and WWII American cemeteries in France and Belgium on Memorial Days, and ceremonies at many of the small towns who celebrated their liberation from the Nazis. Most of France is not very American-friendly, but the Normandy area is full of French, American and British flags.

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Jean, thank you for your service.

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You were fortunate to get that little nudge, perhaps from your Dad’s spirit. I love your story. The fact that you were able to act suddenly and purposefully toward an impulse that would later deliver you such a poignant memory. I’ve been to those beaches, also in quieter times. It is somberly intoxicating to imagine the terrified souls who bravely ran across those beaches and up those hills. One can sense the lingering patriotism of the allied troops who died or were wounded there. We must never forget their sacrifice.

The white crosses and stars of David honor the heroes. We took some time to visit a German cemetery as well. As I walked through and read the names and ages of these naive young German soldiers dead at 17, 18, 19 etc., commanded by evil leaders, my heart was heavy with pity for them. In contrast, there were no bright white monuments, only brown, gray and cold flat markers. There also lay someone’s son, husband or brother.

I’ve traveled to many places around the world. None so moving as Auschwitz or Normandy. They were like bookends to a horrible time in history.

We must never forget the potential for evil to spread.

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Thank you for sharing your experience & trusting your gut on what you needed to do while on your vacation. Wow sombering indeed.

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GLAD SOMEONE ELSE REMEMBERED AS THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY...:

MILITARYsteria: Best Woke Military Memes (Was it Worth It?)

Ready to die for the empire of wokeness? Why are white recruiting numbers falling? Be all that you can be (all pronouns welcome), US troops are BIG targets for snippers & more woke military memes!

https://covidsteria.substack.com/p/militarysteria-best-woke-military-memes

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US Navy = The Village People

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https://genius.com/Village-people-in-the-navy-lyrics

Lyrics do have some gay hintings but overall a pretty patriotic song.

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Now they have trans and drag queens and pronouns.

How far the US Navy has fallen.

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Not my Navy 🤣

Maybe today 🙄

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I don't recognize this Navy any longer.

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If I had stayed in, I would have been able to retire in 2007. At 20 years in. Ugh. Every day I kick myself even more than the day before, for not doing a few specific things before I even got to the Fleet.

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Just shared this with my Vietnam Veteran husband and we both are just shaking our heads in disgust. Thank you for posting. Gonna share with all my Veteran FB friends. This oughta REALLY piss ‘em off…if they weren’t pissed off enough already. 💔🫡🇺🇸

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It would be interesting to see their comments about their experiences as the military has had problems at least since Vietnam and those in it could clearly see them... the last meme is VERY ACCURATE: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b6bf2ce-7303-4bfd-8d54-54be5ac749e8_447x604.png

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My father flew in the 8th Army Air Force. I remember as a child walking into St Paul's Cathedral in London. There was a glass display case housing a book of people who had died in the war. My father looked at it and turned away. That particular page included someone he had flown with. I don't think I can even begin to imagine what that experience of going up day after day, watching people die, struggling home in a shot up plane had to be like.

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Wow .. you just reminded me of my neighbor who published his Dads memoir of being “Shot Down Over Italy” by John W Lanza… I’m gonna go read it 🙏

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And this entire thread reminds me that I need to write about my experience flying in a B17 (my father flew in a B17). I'll put it on my substack.

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Such a moving, memorable experience for you. My dad and his 2 brothers were WWII veterans and also my father-in-law. FIL fought in Europe. One uncle was on an Admiral’s flagship. Other uncle and my dad fought in the Pacific. Truly, the Greatest Generation. We attended a special 75th D-Day celebration in Louisville about a month before my dad passed.

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Thank you for sharing your personal story.

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I just checked to see if "The Longest Day" was on. It used to be a tradition. The "American Heroes Channel", formerly the Military Channel, is honoring this day by playing 3 sets of shows. "Codes and Conspiracies" , "How the World Ends", and "UFO's: The Lost Evidence". DEI. Did Not Earn It.

TCM is playing it. At 11 pm. At least there are other D Day movies on it earlier.

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I watched them all when I was younger. No disrespect to the brave fighting men. But what I’m learning now is that those movies are not historically accurate in any way

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remember it was collaboration with the cia and hollywood that made those movies.

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The free Movies! channel is showing it on Saturday.

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I'll have to check that out. Thank you.

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I have had the memorable honor of seeing the white crosses row on row in Normandy. When I was 16, I went to Europe for the first time, with my older siblings, and then met up with a school group to tour southern France. It was an incredible experience. We spent time in Normandy on an overcast April day. We stood on pockmarked grassy fields, beside the German bunkers and overlooking the beaches. The scene there, and even in the cemetery later, was idyllic and hard to reconcile mentally with the carnage that had occurred years before. It was the only place in France that our American student tour group was welcomed with open arms.

We all commented at how much the people there kept the memory of the Allied sacrifices alive and honored.

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Please take this kindly: Charles Schultz had those signposts in many of his “Peanuts” (Charlie Brown & Snoopy) videos🇺🇸❤️‍🩹

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Thank you.

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My Mom's older brother was IN one of those gliders on D Day. Got hung up in a tree in his oh dark thirty landing. Nazis found him in the morning, delivered a couple of rounds to him and left him for dead. He almost was. Our guys found him later after the sun came up, and managed to get him some help. He survived. I have he Medal he was given, came to me by way of his older sister, an Army Nurse during the war and for decades after, then through Mom. He was somewhat stove up, but could get around and was very active. We worked together a lot as I was growing up. I asked him one time many years later if he had any stories from the war. He quietly declared "there are some things a man just cant talk about". End of that discussion.

I learned from Mom he had also jumped in North Africa against Rommel, . and later at Anzio. As much as he travelled around the country I never once knew of him flying commercially, He always took either the train or Greyhound.

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I can’t wait to visit Normandy. I’ve watched Saving Private Ryan so many times that I’ve lost count but I cry every time.

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I toured the American cemetery as part of a youth orchestra trip and watching a bunch of carefree teenagers go silent and still while staring at the endless rows of monuments is something that leaves an impression.

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Jun 6Liked by Jeff Childers

Anyone’s who’s pharmacist recommends the vaccine, tell that pharmacist that other pharmacist (like myself) recommend against it!

From the shots, to the policies, these are tactics under the form of “Democide” — unfortunately a lot of us are not familiar with that term: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/democide-and-menticide

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Til I’m blue in the face. It does NO GOOD. But I keep trying! I’ve had them come in right behind me and give one to a guy who said he had a blood clot after the first one and I told him I strongly recommend he not get more. HIS reply was all the doctors who “took care” of him said he should. I said they were wrong. The pharmacist relieving me(I work overnight and don’t do vaccines anymore EVER) shrugged and said if he wants it and his doctor wants it … he got it. Had I been so stupid as to actually give one of these to anyone I still would have refused him. It’s an absolute contradiction to give this product to someone in active clot or with that serious an adverse effect. When my relieving pharmacist would be late and the clot shot folks would start coming in, all my morning techs knew to tell the patient that it would not be given be until the “vaccination pharmacist” came in. My store manager was there once when this was happening and was pissed and I told her she absolutely did NOT want me to go into a private room with a patient and give them my idea of informed consent. She left and I never heard another word about it.

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There is a man in my church who had all the shots and jabs. He told me he would continue to get any shot his doctor told him to get. He just had a heart attack and I believe clots, and just had heart surgery… and he will continue to get boosted. He will not put the two together at all. I can’t fathom this kind of blindness.

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I can .. my cousins are just like it 😬😬😬

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I found out a couple of months ago, from my sister, that the doctor we both go to recommended she NOT get the shots. She got two Moderna anyway. Since then, she’s had cancer, shingles, and recently had to wear a heart monitor. She had pre-existing issues prior, so I’m not sure if it’s natural progression or accelerated from the shots. She won’t even entertain the idea, so I don’t even bring it up anymore.

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Thank you for taking a stand! This world needs so much more of that kind of courage!

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I love your response, thanks for standing up your controversial world.

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A friend got blood clots in his lungs and legs after taking 2 shots and his doctor told him not to ever take another COVID shot. At least some out here are waking up.

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my husband got the first shot cause his dr told him to. he had an allergic reaction that lasted for several days. Dr's office sent him a notice to get the second shot. I told him not to. he went anyway. He told them he had an allergic reaction, but they said it was OK to get the second. when he got to the person actually giving him the shot, he asked her if she was sure he could have it. she gave him a dirty look, walked out & he listened to 4 people argue about whether or not he could. 3 said yes, but one said no. this went on for a long time, they finally called someone who said yes, but the one kept saying no. the yes people didn't really have any reasons except he has diabetes so must get it, but that one lone no, stood her ground & said he had no business getting any of them because of his allergies. he really believed the yes people, but that lone no person convinced him he didn't need it even if she couldn't convince the yes ones. he thanked the No person, said no thanks, & left. one yes person followed him all the way to the car, insisting it would be OK to take it. the dr's office pestered him for months, but he never got the shot. when he did get covid, dr told him to go to the hospital immediately. he didn't, he was over it in just a couple of days & took nothing. all of it was a farce.

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mRNA Vaccines are microscopic nanobot AUTONOMOUS killing machines let loose into the bloodstream leaving a trail of death and destruction in the human cells they have encountered.

This may be hyperbole, but it does tie together 2 of today's topics.

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It doesn't sound hyperbolic to me.

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& it’s still “shedding “ ! Very exhausting.

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Rumble----- Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity Darkfield Blood Microscopy. Take an hour and watch it. If you believe Anna Maria Mihalcea, MD and PhD and her findings through dark field blood microscopy then WE are ALL infected through shedding. And the proof is in her findings.

So " live the best life that you can ", Hat Tip to Sundance over at theconservativetreehouse.com . Y'all have a blessed day!!

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I think ivermectin helps even with the shedding. I take it prophylactically. Of course I pay out of pocket. Medicare told me it was for horses. lol

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Jun 6·edited Jun 6

Hi Nikki, ( great nick name ) I've been on horse paste since Jan. 2020. I ordered it from Amazon 1st now I buy it at Tractor Supply for $10 for enough for a 1200 lbs horse. Measured from the syringe in 50 lbs increments enough for a couple of months prophylactically. Oh and I don't have worms or bots! LOL

Hey if it's good enough for a million dollar race horse, well. But it is best taken with vitamin D and a small dose of zinc. Have a blessed day.

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I would read Agent131711 stack on supplements & ivermectin & new one methalyne blue 🤷‍♀️

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What have you heard about FENBENDAZOLE?

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I ordered Fenbendazole from Amazon and have been taking it for a couple of weeks now. I feel better but for some strange reason even at 77 years old it seems to have put my sex drive in orbit.

I never changed any of my other supplements and I don't take any prescription dope.

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I’m not sold on the nanobot hypothesis (though I’m open to debate on the topic), but I do have a funny nanobot story to share. We had a student last year who could not manage to keep herself out of trouble. Her grandmother told us it’s because she got the vaccine and she had nano bots in her butt that were wreaking all kinds of havoc lol. Yes. That’s right. She blamed the behaviors on bots in her butt. Maybe it’s true. Maybe it’s not. But it was hilarious!

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It sounds spot on to me. It’s even worse when you learn the new AI 🤖 healthcare system they are creating two-way remote .. they can give you meds & access your body REMOTELY

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Thank you! Having taught the concept of risk/benefit for years what has happened the last four years has been incomprehensible.

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I join you as a pharmacist (retired thankfully), that recommends as loudly, and as often as possible “NO MORE”! Or Congrats in the case of the smart ones who avoided it from the beginning.

I’m ashamed of my profession, for the first time ever. Especially those that refused to fill legit IVM rx’s. Like the docs, they’re all employees now, and equally brainwashed 😵‍💫😣

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I lost a Pharmacist friend that literally FELL for the jab early on and literally dropped dead coming out of a store while shopping.

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Wow 😳😞

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Ok, guys, now this lie: (synopsis: it is having had the covid virus, not the vaccine. Vaccine being a factor is mentioned briefly in an unsure and maybe kind of way at the bottom of the article. )

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13502221/rare-cancers-covid-pandemic-effects-theory.html

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I didn't see the mention of the vaccine in the article. #abtv. Wouldn't you think that with all our fancy computers someone might be able to get some data on vaxxed vs. unvaxxed cancer cases? This did catch my attention from the article since it is the exact opposite of what vulnerable people should be doing (well maybe avoiding crowded places would be helpful): Based on the study’s findings, measures adopted by vulnerable patients starting in the early days of the pandemic — wearing masks, avoiding crowded places, getting vaccines — become even more important.’

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Punch them in the mouth as well😵

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Just laugh in their faces. Mockery is very effective.

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I hope your patients listen to you. 😊🙏👏

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charge the recommending pHARM-assist with assault

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Those FDA buffoons that unanimously supported the latest CoV=19 JN.1 jab hopefully will be first in line to take it (tomorrow would not be too soon) allowing the rest of us to witness all the safe and effective benefits they'll receive.

To provide enough candidates to be able to identify any 'signal' the next in line for the 'inoculation' should be:

Any/all FDA staff and lobbyists that support them.

All CDC employees

All NIH employees

Double jabs for NIAID employees

Triple pricks for Congress & Senate as well as all of Executive Branch.

All Generals in the Military as well as Pentagon employees

All Pharma employees

All Executive Level personnel at Hospitals and Public Health facilities.

Feel free to add to the list.

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Biden says, "Go ahead and take the shot. If you die we will still let you vote for me and the Hyena!"

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Hey, that’s not funny. Wait a minute. OK, actually it is. Only problem is it’s offensive to hyenas. L O L.

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Excellent way to fast-track the DC swamp draining! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Shout out, "you are a murdering psycho."

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Will do!

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I work for a large grocery chain in North Carolina. Everyone from Pharmacist, techs, department managers, and store managers are still getting bonuses based on vaccine promotion/sales. I only know this because my department manager was complaining that she’s not promoting any shot.

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I work in a pharmacy and luckily, neither of our pharmacists recommend it themselves. They will give it, unfortunately. God is going to need to help the people pushing yet another evil clot shot.

On another note, a coworker's future mother in law died yesterday. She went in for a heart cath, started bleeding and they put her on a vent. Anyone with medical knowledge might be able to explain how the first two events led to the third, but at any rate, she died. One hour she was fine, the next she was dead. I didn't ask questions because my coworker was hysterical, can't say as I blame her, but did wonder if jabs killed the poor lady. RIP.

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Jun 6·edited Jun 6Liked by Jeff Childers

“Speed of war”….is that anything like the “speed of science”? Because we all know how well that worked out….

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So if we can’t put a robot on trial for killing innocent people, will people be charged for destroying a robot (government property) while defending themselves?

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We already have trucks moving 65mph, on the highway and city streets, without drivers. Deaths have happened and all of the incidents have been settled out of court which means there are zero court precedents of unmanned vehicles killing living human beings. By hiding these events, it greatly increases the “safe and effective” rating of unmanned vehicles on the road.

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Driverless trucks? Where is this?

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There was a fatal accident in Tempe Arizona a few years ago. I followed up on it and the family settled out of court, they also signed an agreement NOT to speak with anybody about this accident. This is how crap, like this, gets approved.

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TuSimple is/was one company doing this, their tests with driverless trucks were in Arizona. But I think they’re teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and moved their operations to China.

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I don’t know about trucks but I saw a car recently that said “I’m probably not driving”… of course I looked and sure enough the man was reading. They definitely did NOT program these things to have manners and I don’t want anything to do with them. I won’t drive the cars that break for you… I can break my darn self thank you!!! 🤯

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Ugh. I stupidly bought a 2023 Mazda, which I so regret. Evidently, ALL the newer cars have a slew of “E-Goop”on them, the worst of which is “Assisted Safety Braking”. If you do a hard brake, the entire car shudders, comes to a complete stop, and turns off. I learned of this feature the hard way, and fortunately, no one was hurt. This particular “safety measure” has to be manually turned off every time I start the car (as does the infernal “I-Stop”, you know, that stupid feature where the car turns off when it comes to a stop). So, now I have to go through several steps to turn as much of this crap off EVERY TIME I start the car. Hating it!

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It's not just Mazdas that are plagued with this "safety / EPA" automated crapola. Fords, Chevys, Jeeps post-2018 are all equipped this way. The manufacturers use the "I-stop" to beat the EPA's fleet gas mileage minimums.

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After market device saves your auto stop setting and restores it after each restart. $99 dongle plugs into the OBD II port. Worth it, and it provides the engineer that solved the riddle a good living. (No affiliation, but I am a very happy customer).

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Now I understand why my 2017 Subie is in demand. It is very self-protective though, even at its advanced age. 😂

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I thought my 2021 honda was a pain in the butt. Most of the time, the doors don't open when I need them to, and it tells me too many useless things. I miss the standard stick shift, with no information.

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Check out Aurora Tech, they are planning to put 20 driverless trucks on the road in Texas this year.

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I'll assume, Definitely and Absolutely. When they say anything is systematically broken, I think, “You did it, and you’re cooking up something to use against me.” When Ignatius says the MIC’s new toy will “only survive the first few minutes in a war with China,” I assume that means I won’t survive past the minute they aim it at me.

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"Report to CVS for latest bird-flu shot administered by the Vaxxbot9000"

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i suggest robot legislators and cops and crime rings and WNBA players as well, the future is EXACTLY what they've been telling us it would be since the Modern Satanists-Progressives held their Black Masses in the 1890s

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Exactly. Its like the jabs the suffering is all yours.

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We aren’t that interested in putting people on trial for killing innocents. Obama was famous for his attacks on weddings and funerals and then attacked the people who went to help. Double taps and don’t forget kill list Tuesdays.

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Well the law made corporations into ‘persons’ so may try to do the same with these infernal machines

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Large caliber ap.

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Absolutely

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✝️✝️✝️

The way of the righteous is smooth;

O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.

Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O LORD,

We have waited for You eagerly;

Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.

— Isaiah 26:7-8 LSB

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Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life...

Philippians 2:14-16

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One of my favorite verses Robin! Some versions say ‘a crooked and perverse generation’ which I think describes it better.

This verse says SO much!

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Yes, "perverse" is a much better term and that's the translation in which I memorized these verses.

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My soul longs for a ‘level road’ mentally...every day my hubby and I ask each other, “Can it get any worse?” And it does. We wait eagerly.

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"Cheer up, they said, it could be worse. Sure enough, I cheered up and it got worse." 🙄🤭😉

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😂right!!

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