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That's one of the reasons for the current conflict, the East has no interest in Western woke values. Why would you want to impose that trash on anybody?
Russia has no need for the west’s cash to the extent they would agree. Plus, Putin has already exported miscreants over the years and quelled domestic street violence. He has no tolerance for that.
Gives Trans Siberian Orchestra a whole new meaning. What are the chances the furries hijack that innocuous group name and adopt it as "dogma?" Who knows how they've debased Hump Day??!...
though I think I can connect the Milk Bones. Woof woof.
Funny but who cares about these weirdos. If they don’t work and contribute to society in their off time they are a useless drain on the system like any other. Many play responsible people by day, cosplaying as normal, but many are just mentally ill.
I don't think Russia is interested in that type of population. Canada however could take them since it fits with their crazy ideology, but send them to Quebec and Ontario and please leave Alberta, the Yukon, and Saskatchewan alone. 😃
Canada gladly accepted American "Draft Dodgers" in the 1960s and '70s. We believed that it was the right thing to do. I believe that that controversial (at the time) stance and policy looks correct in the eyes of history.
But American "Furries" and "Trannies"? Uh, no thank you.
Thank you for pointing that out , Phil. The Vietnam War was politicized and propagandized for years and years and years (We were told lie after lie after lie after lie.) resulting in 58,220 dead American KIDS, for all practical purposes. God only knows how many American lives Canada saved. Then the ones who made it back (So many were severely damaged mentally and physically.) were often as not, spit on , discriminated against, and many became homeless. "Draft dodgers" and "trannies" cannot be used in the same sentence.
Coffee and Covid is the best commentary out there. What I reach for with my morning coffee. It seems that Florida is the lead state in cracking down on criminal behavior. I wish other states would follow suit and use Florida as an example they would like to follow.
Governor DeSantos needs to buy a home in California and run for governor out here. I can’t imagine how amazing this state would be with someone like him running it. But at this point, anybody is gonna do better than Newscum. Maybe we will get lucky with Steve Hilton🙏
We became FL residents in February because it felt like one of the most sane states we have. I'd also take S. Dakota or Wyoming but I do like warm weather in the winter. Maybe someday my "summer home" will be in the Black Hills. 🙂
I live in the Black Hills during summer/fall. It is a wonderful area. Not only breathtakingly beautiful but populated by friendly and kind people. Just bring your conservatism and you’ll be welcome.
I've been there a dozen times over the years and it really feels like "home" to me in a way. I plan on spending all of January there next year because I've been there every season multiple times except winter.
Digital ID is beginning to fail in UK merely because it is so unpopular. It will fail in US because it violates the Constitution. That said, Merrill Lynch has now implemented biometric scans for employees.
This is how they do it, through a proxy. It's defacto tyranny, but they pretend they have deniability. It's the same claim that was made when FaceBoot was censoring.
Well, yes WE have. During the attack on Derna during Barbary navel battles, the US employed Arabs, Greeks and Turks as part of ground forces to attack the city as it was a strategic point of the upper Liberian coast. Pretty kool stuff and a kick ass for the USA!!! Old news but....
It violates speech Law as it infringes for one thing against free association. Also “privacy” (4th amendment).
It will also excludes anyone without the necessary technology from society, as it will be used, not sitting as a static tool off to the side.
But, as more digital fencing is piled on, that’s where the lawsuits begin. It will be too easily used to track movement and behavior as is done in China, eventually with state sponsored consequence for “naughty” behavior.
The Kennedy- Kruschev Peace Bridge brings tears to my eyes. think of how different the world could be today If the life of JFK hadn’t been snuffed out by the enemies of peace.
It is not too late. It’s about time for government to grow up, stop playing their disgusting war games, and build such a bridge for peace and commerce.
Right there with you! Bring it! Remember though, the Ring of Fire runs right through that area, the Pacific tectonic plate and N. American tectonic plate either converge or subduct which ain't good for structures; likely tunnels, you know. I say, bring on the peace and stop wasting our most precious resources!!!
Michael, Putin has always spoken about wanting friendly relations with the US. The neocons want to overthrow Russia following some hedgemonic ideas about "getting rid of Putin" and installing someone "friendly" to the west. It's not about friendship but rather control as we have seen and has been explained by the economic hit men operating in South America overthrowing elected regimes. I'm sure you know all this.
As a recent armchair YT traveler following expats that have moved to Russia, Moscow and St Petersburg especially. If some of our major cities were run as well as they are POTUS wouldn't need to send in the national guard to clean them up. Many of them have left collapsing countries and are perfectly happy to be living in a common sense, civilized society that feels safe. I keep thinking this must be why the left hates Russia bc they create chaos.
I'll never forget a CA man we met in Nicaragua who had built a house there. He said his mother was a die hard democrat , but she always said she would vote for anyone who was anti war.
If you are implying Neville Chamberlain is the man who is portrayed as an appeasement weakling, you need to do some real research about WWII. Until about a half dozen years ago, I thought Churchill was one of the greatest men of the twentieth century. I was deeply saddened he was a warmongering monster, and is responsible for all of the deaths on the Western front after June 1941. Do not fall for the biggest lies ever told, namely what really happened before , during , and after WWII. FYI, every single relative of mine except my sister was British.
No. I meant, "Neville Chamberlain as a stand-in for anyone who thinks the way to deal with tyrants is to appease them" by virtue of his well-known reputation dealing with Hitler. If he wasn't what his reputation has, my guess clearly is that most people don't know it.
I seriously wonder how many sane people are still living in Portland. I know of several who fled the city. Couldn't take it any longer. And they weren't necessarily conservatives. Or even politically minded. Just couldn't stand the destructive and drug ridden encroachment of the homeless into their businesses and neighborhoods.
I was never very political until I lived in a woke town (Santa Fe). Now look at me! These people are truly insane, and potentially dangerous in the way they act out their "beliefs" (programming). On Portland: Last time I was in Portland was in 2017 and it was scary then. Drugs addicts, crazy people and homeless littered the streets. I'm not easily frightened, but downtown Portland was downright scary. Can't imagine it now.
My wife and I used to go to Seattle for a weekend every couple of years. Last two times we went, say 2016 and 2018 it was horrible. The second time was unsafe downtown. I would never take my wife there again.
Pat, same with Burlington, Vermont. All of these "woke" people in this State, protesting ICE, and I ask them, WHY do you think Burlington is so extremely crime ridden you don't feel safe there anymore? They just look at me blindly. Well at this point I lay it out and they have no come back. At this point I'm tired of keeping quiet.
So sad. Portland was incredible 25 years ago. Weird but awesome. Great culture, family friendly, beautiful plants and trees everywhere, relatively clean except in the industrial area. Craftsman houses in all the neighborhoods north of the river. Lots of old brick buildings from the early 1900’s. Police were friendly and helpful.
I was looking at an old Playboy yesterday, 1995, and sought out Asa Barber , who wrote a regular column until he died. His article that month was about being invited to speak about veterans at the Sigma Phi fraternity of Cornell, attended by a Marine buddy who was killed in Viet Nam. Poorly attended, and protesters too. When he said colleges are so politically correct and one think, and a danger to society in the direction they are going. I shook my head. Thirty years ago, and universities were already rotting from the inside .
I lived there around the year 2,000. It was a glorious city with incredible culture and natural beauty. So of course it had to be destroyed. The good police were run out 20 years ago and replaced by weak sheeple.
I still live here. It's only sections of the city that are drug ridden and full of homeless criminals. In my area it's still beautiful and not much crime. It's Southeast that's the worst. Tents everywhere, shootings, etc. You branch out to Tigard or Beaverton and it's fine. Even many areas within Portland are still great.
I went to Portland last week for a few days with my husband who had a board meeting there and wives were invited to the dinner. I hadn’t been there for 30+ years and honestly didn’t want to go. It was absolutely beautiful as we flew in and we encountered no problems other than a “pro-Palestine peaceful protest” that blocked traffic in the downtown city outside our hotel for about 3-4 blocks as they carried the stupid flags and looked like a bunch of losers. I didn’t leave the hotel alone; didn’t feel safe enough to do it but it made me sad that such a beautiful city with so much to offer has come to that. These people are lost and their lives must be so empty to feel their mission is to disrupt traffic and businesses, chant slogans they aren’t even smart enough to know what it means and to look like lunatics.
Curious. What do your neighbors think? Are they for or against the woke policies and beliefs? Or do they think it is all ok (as long as the craziness doesn’t impact them personally?)
My neighborhood is full of Trump supporters. Trump flags and all. And if I believed any election in this state or city were legitimate, I would be lying to you.
Beth, God bless you and your neighbors! It is good to know there are good people staying in the blue cities, and not giving up and leaving the whole city to the crazies. I live in Oklahoma, supposedly one of the reddest of the red states, and we have the same kind of problems in Tulsa. My husband and I did move away from there and out to the country 5 years ago, and we love it. But not everybody can (or wants to) do that.
That is so good to hear! I am surprised. In recent years it has become harder and harder to put up a Republican sign or bumper stickers in many areas because they create a target for the crazy and violent leftists and their vandalism.
I was back there in 2004 and asked an officer to give me a ride down the street to the train station. You see, my bag was overly heavy with jars of beer from my favorite beer pub (Tugboat Brewing Co) and I was on foot. He kindly took pity on me, put my satchel in the trunk, and drove me to my train. The car said, “To protect and serve.” That’s the kind of cool Portland town was like. Big town, local warmth. Why can’t we still have nice things?
When you pay taxes you pay for everything, and if there are people who aren’t benefiting from the totality of what their tax dollars should provide then they are being denied those people in tents those people shooting up the homeless, the dumpster fires the protesting it’s all a disintegration of the Need for law order and peace
Well William, I actually lived in SE three years ago, and experienced drive-by shootings, druggies living everywhere possible, etc. the difference is: I left. Who would want to continue living in an area that is that horrible? You seem to lack empathy, not me.
Maybe you have empathy. I apologize if you do. But it didn’t come across that way. It came across as if ‘we pushed them all into one corner, and we are okay where we are.’ The fact the SE corner has now been ruined wasn’t acknowledged. The ruination to their lives likewise wasn’t. ‘Yeah one quarter of the city is hell, but my neighbourhood is fine’.
It's really not even that. They migrate to the areas where their behavior is tolerated the most. The cops just don't care unless someone dies over in SE. Even then, sometimes only the paramedics showed up.
Beth: The drug users and homeless have been cleared out of downtown and are clustered in a small distant edge of the S.E. urban area. The close in/urban areas are "still great" as you noted. The approximately 50' by 100' area in front of the ICE facility looks so very scary in the night time photos because of the ICE's smoke bombs/tear gas fog highlighted dramatically by the street lights. Reliably photogenic. Otherwise, what's there are many people dressed in inflatable bunny, chicken, and frog costumes, dancing around. One group set up a protest crochet table and offered to teach others how to crochet. Many brought bouquets of flowers and offered them to everyone. There are a handful of young men dressed in black taunting the armed and masked ICE group. That's IT.
Beth, why doesn't Portland enforce the law at the ICE facility and stop yhe unsavory behavior. That would remove the main negative reputation that keeps reinforcing the "bad" image of Portland.
Well, if you want to believe the MSM (which I was under the impression that we were ALL here on this Substack because we vehemently DO NOT), then it is because the Portland police are aiding and abbetting said rioters. But what actually happened is our pile of shit governor decided to de-criminalize drug use in public. This led to addicts doing whatever they wanted. Now we are apparently in clean-up mode because of her obvious stupidity.
To reiterate something I already said: since when did we here at C&C take the media at their word? They are a propaganda machine and nothing more. So why is everyone here suddenly believing everything they put out without question? Seems quite hypocritical.
I don't credit anything: I'm too far away, but I was asking you, as a local, if you had an idea what factor(s) might explain why your current neighborhood hasn't suffered the same fate. That was all.
Good point. OBVIOUSLY policing. ‘We herded them into a poor area. We have ruined the neighborhood we pushed them into but, what the heck, all blacks and Latinos. We cleaned up the good areas.’ And she can’t see it.
Well maybe if you came here to look for yourself, you could see what the rest of us see. You know how HUGE Southeast Portland is? It certainly is not 50' x 100' haha that's laughable. It is an area from the river to Gresham. That's like 181 blocks. You know how many homeless people and tents can fit in an area that big? Nice try.
This last summer, my wife and I rode the 10 mile bike trail up and down the Willamette River thru downtown Portland. It was great. We rode past a fair in a park on the river; past restaurants on the river and thru greenbelts; one of the best bike trails we found. No homeless camps, shootings or crime; just folks having a nice Saturday.
The Kennedy- Kruschev Peace Bridge brings tears to my eyes. think of how different the world could be today If the life of JFK hadn’t been snuffed out by the enemies of peace.
It is not too late. It’s about time for government to grow up, stop playing their disgusting war games, and build such a bridge for peace and commerce.
It is evidently written in stone somewhere that Russia must be destroyed. Sort of like Carthage: Cartago leyenda est! Heaven forbid that we have amicable relations.
I was 14 when JFK was assassinated. For my entire life since then, it has seemed that elements in our government wanted to keep Russia as the big bad bogeyman for political reasons. I've felt since I was very young that they didn't want any sort of peace with Russia.
There's something seriously wrong with you guys wishing death on over a million people. Just because the news says there's several dozen antifa out there rioting? This sentiment is quite alarming.
Check out last Daily Wrap Up by Ryan Cristian on Last American Vagabond.
The World Order sets up countless groups to promote any type of idea, and then sets up other groups to fanatically oppose them, but the masters have no dedication to anything except slavery." The World Order Eustace Mullins 1992
I have been all over the west coast, couldn't stand it. Drugs, people pissing on the streets, violence and bad politics. Glad you enjoyed in the 70's. Keep on keeping on Bard:}
It’s the city and state leadership that should be “destroyed.” Under our system of government, “We the People” have the power to ‘destroy’ leadership by voting them out - a daunting and possibly impossible task. If left in place and unchallenged, Portland leadership will destroy the city and themselves.
How is that any better than calling for the death of supposed Nazi conservatives? Seriously, do you genuinely want an entire city with everyone in it destroyed? Even Lot asked God to spare Sodom if he could find ten righteous people in it. I'm here to tell you there are righteous people living in and near Portland, just as there are in and near any city with a corrupt government running it. Calling for their destruction speaks very ill of you personally.
You defend that foul city, lol. Since it is that awful, those who are good need to move. Why do you want to stay and support that foul govt and pay taxes to support that evil? If it were so great, there would be no need for the govt to go in and "clean" it up.
There are no nazi conservatives btw. Don't care what you think of me. Look in the mirror and be concerned about your own sins and so called piety. There were not 10 people to be found, hence Sodom's destruction. Portland is running neck and neck.
Dang, girl! I lived on Portland in '80, it was beautiful... most of it still is.
Like a LOT of blue cities, the parasites and illegals outnumber the good citizens, thus they have a radical leftist/communist government... which has seriously damaged the entire state.
Half the state wants to secede and join Idaho, which has its own issues...
You want to kill all the Portland politicians? Good on ya!
Gee, that makes sense. Hey, are you going to be the first one to pull the trigger? There are only a few million people who live here, including myself. When and how do you decide that we all must die? Do you have a plan?
You do realize there are lots of places far worse than Portland right? Or do you honestly believe we in Portland live in Sodom and Gomorrah? I’ve lived in Portland my entire life, almost 60 years and I have no interest in leaving. Why? Because Portland is still a lovely city in many ways. I’m presuming you don’t live here, from your very telling words, “The sickness in that place there are no words for.” So, what city do you live in? LOL…
It was really important that Trump recently called attention to all the on-the-scene brave young journalists giving us the who/what/where/when/how on the mostly peaceful Portland riots:
Restacked with respect and pleasure. I was attacked online just yesterday for reacting to a local horse rescue’s post saying all the fallen soldiers in all the veterans graveyards were
It’s appalling the things people think. Somehow, we have GOT to get the libs off the teat of MSM and get them to see reality. They truly believe antifa is good, orange man is a king, USAID was great thing that only
fed starving African kids and was never abused. All the things.
Thank you for the link. I adore Brandi Kruse. She did an amazing job reporting from the middle of the Seattle No Kings march the other day, exposing participants--people who looked like ordinary mild mannered older middle class citizens--openly stating they genuinely want to see Trump supporters killed, Stephen Miller killed, Charlie Kirk needed to be killed and they're glad he was, etc. It shocked her how they were willing to say this on camera. These "Boomers" may not be pulling triggers but they most definitely cheer on Antifa for doing so. Were it not for Andy Ngo, Brandi and their fearless peers we would not know how real and present the danger is.
Not shocking for Bible-believing Christians, but evidence of demonic activity. Those who don’t follow Christ are easily led by the lying enemy, the devil.
It was the willingness to be filmed calling for murder that shocked her. She went to the FBI with it. There will be repercussions. These people don't even think of that; they actually believe they are morally right to openly call for the assassination of other human beings. Charlie Kirk was Hitler and Hitler needed to die, one of them said (I'm paraphrasing but that was the basic statement). This behavior is most definitely not Christian, and arguably it's not even human and demonically motivated.
I don't see "many" actually calling for the destruction of whole cities, much less killing being "too good for those they disagree with." I see one, just one, person interacting with you specifically with a hateful disregard for humanity. This is the internet and people can be vile at times because they are safely anonymous, not in person nor in front of a camera. Doing it in person should be taken more seriously. That doesn't make internet expressions of hatred any better, but you will find toothless nastiness confronting you more often in a comments section than in the 3-D real world.
Most people, myself included, who talk about wiping out cities or states, and say things like California needs to fall into the ocean do not mean it, it's obviously hyperbole. I was actually living in California when I used to joke about the San Andreas fault creating beachfront property in Arizona; an impossibility because it's a slip fault, but I digress.
Sane, morally grounded people should not want other human beings destroyed.
Essay33, I agree. When I said "not shocking for Christians" I simply meant the Bible explains why there is such evil. It is horrifying that people would be willing to say those things so publicly and not think there's anything wrong with it.
I just don't understand how they can get so far from reality. It makes me wonder what's really happening? Mind control, vaxx damage, targeted brainwashing.....it is truly crazy.
says i’m the last days, Satan will be in hyper overdrive, seeking whom he may devour, recruiting last minute for the dark side. He will be unleashed to do what he can to gain followers.
As long as I’ve been a Christian, I have never had a mental pic of that but I surely have gained one these last few years . Ever since the Revelation prophecy came true saying, “The whole world will be deceived by pharmacaeia”, I’ve had that same feeling— that Satan is on a roll.
Russian derangement syndrome is a direct result of decades of propaganda. I still remember having to duck under my school desk because the Soviets would launch nuclear missiles at us at any moment. The propaganda has worked out very well and profitable for our military industrial complex and all the politicians who benefit from it.
I had a Russian family move into my antifa, boomer neighborhood. I was appalled at how the bmw driving, resist qtips reacted. I can only compare it to Boo Radley, the character in To Kill A Mockingbird.
Let’s build that bridge and restore the vision JFK once had!
I voted for Trump twice. There are things he's done that I haven't liked, but he's also done things I've liked. Biden? 0% "things I liked." Kamala? Probably -0%.
Overall, I believe it would be beneficial for the US to partner with Russia rather than be adversaries. We are both [supposedly] Christian nations, and by alienating Russia, we are moving her towards China. They are not natural allies, and a partnership between them could be devastating to the US if there were a war.
And yeah, my liberal Boomer SIL thinks Putin is the Antichrist. LOL.
If you're interested in a good book about that topic, try this:
As my wife once stated some years ago (and this was after she'd read Malachi Martin's tome, along with such thoughtful articles as "Maybe it's time to stick a fork in the Jesuits"), since the Jesuits raison d'être was to serve the Pope, then a Jesuit could never be elected Pope because then he would have to serve only himself (e.g. Francis) 🤔
yes,during those days I thought that hiding was futile,(4th grade) so I asked my dad if the Commies were going to Nuke us,her said no,the Commies would try to destroy us from the inside,he was right.
On the east side of the pond it goes back centuries. But, apparently democrats and warmongers were fine with them until recently. After all, Hillary sold them 20% of US yellow cake Uranium (Unranium One) while Bill took $500K for a 1/2 hour speech in Moscow.
Graham and Victoria “F-the-EU” Nuland are looking at an estimated $135 Trillion in Russian natural resources which they abc their european vassals would like to get their hands on.
I have often commented the Europeans and Asians have fought amongst themselves for millennial. We are fools to believe there’s anything we can do to remedy a millennia old problem. The Russians have plenty of justification to desire non-aligned, neutral countries as their bordering neighbors. Millions of Russians have died expelling invaders, particularly from Western Europe.
That’s how Russians look at the West: vultures circling around to gobble everything up. Russia is probably the only Christian nation left in Europe, too.
But just imagine if we dropped all support to the vile swine of Israel and Ukraine... and cut off aid to the EU.
Closed half the military bases, cut the Trillion dollar War Dept budget (go back to the DEFENSE budget) by at least a third...
Make Russia an ALLY... withdraw from NATO, possibly the UN... make peace with China and the BRICS... instead of demonizing them... but demand fairness in trade...
Put together a DOJ, FBI and CIA that are NOT corrupt...
I remember that, too. Russia has a corrupt government, but so do we. No reason to start a war over. I got to work and live there for five years, and other than the language and the different alphabet, a lot like here. For example, Russians really love outdoors things.
Yes, “American Values” published in 2018 is a must- read for understanding all the enemies of the Kennedy brothers, and how they were both inclined to flout the CIA, FBI and military industrial complex and seek peace, including with countries who were trying to overthrow the European colonial powers. Instead, the Dulles Brothers set the United States on a confrontational course worldwide in the name of fighting Soviet communism.
Written in 2014. Liked it so much, I actually read it twice!!
2 best books on the JFK Assassination IMO: 1) JFK and the unspeakable, by James Douglass (goes deep into JFK’s conflicts with the CIA).
And 2) The Final Judgment, by Michael Collins Piper (goes deep into Israeli Mossad and Jewish mob’s fights with JFK and RFK). Because of what is discussed, which is highly sourced and cited, it has been banned (surprise!!) But you can still find it on places like eBay.
Also check out Roswell Garst, a fascinating man, and Jacob Hill's well-written and well-documented paper about his place in history: "Khrushchev in the Cornfields", subtitled "How an Iowa Corn Farmer Befriended the Soviet Premier, Modernized Russian Agriculture, and Warmed the Cold War". It's an inspiring and very Trump-like theme of good business, commerce & peace going hand-in-hand story!
Thank God Florida is trying to protect her children. More states need to ponder what Cicero said, “What society does to its children, so its children will do to society.”
21st century American society threw our children’s innocence under the bus.
When the American Psychiatric Association, American Pediatric Association and American Medical Association still collectively push for “gender affirming care,” society will suffer the consequences of that harmful ideology. If only all doctors would First, Do No Harm: https://lizlasorte.substack.com/p/first-do-no-harm
Every pedophile should be executed full stop. They can't be rehabbed and who would want to take a chance if they live in your neighborhood. Full mission to seek and destroy. Pedos are a pandemic and it needs to be snuffed out entirely. When I think what these sick twist men do to babies and children it is beyond the pale.
So true. It appears this sick proclivity is impervious to “treatment.” Because the pedophile essentially takes a child’s life (the child will never be the same), and because it is the highest duty of a civilized society to protect its young, I concur that execution is appropriate.
If anything comes from Satan, it is pedophilia. And that kind of evil has to be destroyed. Even Jesus said it.
Matthew 18:6, Jesus says it would be better for someone who causes a "little one" to stumble to have a millstone hung around their neck and be drowned in the sea.
Don't forget it's not exclusively men. Women can be the most horrid and vile Pedos ever. Not as many of them and they hide it better but they are often either part of it or complicate in it.
The fact they seem so ubiquitous makes me wonder if the parasite class did some psyop to turn a portion of the population. I wouldn't put it beyond them.
May I say that in Jesus Christ redemption and freedom from an old life is possible? Even from pedophilia? Nothing is impossible with God. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. In our human eyes, some sins are worse than others and completely unforgivable, but He is the only Judge who matters. Of course, there are earthly consequences for sins committed, however Christians, at least, are called to love as Christ loved us and gave His life for us. That call does not mean exposing children to danger, or allowing those with an unhealthy attraction to children in the past access to children. However, there must be alternatives to a blanket death penalty approach, especially as the term "pedophile" covers such extremes.
I confess to being very hesitant to address this topic from this perspective, as I know I am in the minority in this viewpoint...and commentators have been very ugly to each other about topics as silly as Portland, so I am asking for kindness and respect as any might choose to respond. Thank you.
(And NO, I am not a person who is attracted to children in any sort of morally reprehensible way...just a parent and grandparent, who also gratefully claims the name of Christian.)
Someone, I get what you are saying. This is the part too many people miss: "Of course, there are earthly consequences for sins committed" - and sometimes, that means the death penalty. But yes, we need to pray for these people, and what they have done, however horrific, is not the unforgivable sin. The blood of Jesus can wash the foulest sinner clean if they repent and cry out to Him for mercy.
Why blow up Roblox when there’s such a nice digital trail? Why not just trace down the predators and eliminate them? Or is the mothership not cooperating?
Even without the perverts I can't imagine why any parent would let their children use something like that site. It sounds like a way to transition a child into a vegetable. God gave us the great outdoors for a reason!
Being a parent is harder to protect children from digital evils than you think. Some parents don't have the knowledge about it or time because they work.
Schools require students to use phones and computers for HW as well. If parents do not add safety software to phones to monitor their kids or get into their home router to create profiles, kids can access a world of evil. They just let them have these devices into their bedrooms with no second thoughts or even at a neighbor's home... Then these kids get groomed by a million different ways.
Where is the training to help parents make the digital world safe for kids???
Evil forces want our kids groomed and preyed upon.
Even with all the protective software in place, and a parent with superb technical skills, (such was our home,) and sitting with them whenever online, it’s still impossible to protect them from the dangers that stalk them in these children’s games. If it happened to our family with all that we had in place, it can happen to any good parent. It’s too painful to share the details with you all right now, but know that you shouldn’t judge other parents without having walked in their shoes. The only true protection for your children is to not use technology at all.
So sorry it happened to your family. We had our own issues but evil always lurks and will never end until God ends it.
Protection is impossible and I was defending parents.
I was an elementary teacher till 2020 and parent of 3 born from 1991 to 2004. Tech changes. Nobody is protected or immune to temptation either.
The best way to protect is to have a healthy home with 2 loving parent examples and continuous warnings with no sugar coating. I see they have been destroying the family unit for decades and that is destroying society. Social media disgusts me with overwhelming selfish self-centeredness.
Kids are curious and must be aware of what happens to children when they play with fire. We should not just say no because I said so but show them the horrible consequences at every opportunity. Make Jesus the most important figure in the house. Many will stray but they will come back if they have a foundation to come back to.
The world is way more wicked than we thought isn't it?
I agree, teaching them is of the utmost importance. Explaining what can happen and how predators work. It also really depends a lot on the child’s personality. Some kids crave flattery and belonging and can be manipulated easily. Others are not vulnerable to that. All kids are not the same.
I feel bad for parents of young children now. In many/most cases, both parents have to work and deal with all those stresses, as well as the stresses of being married. And top that off with protecting kids.... yikes. Just. Yikes.
And most don’t know the first thing about the background workings of technology and security, relying solely on what each company’s privacy policies explain and recommend - which is woefully insufficient. They get a false sense of security not realizing it’s just a drop in the ocean.
I gave up my career to advocate for my kids so I was able to stay home and focused, and had the tech degree background in computers. I studied daily everything I could to understand the best ways to protect them. If it can get past that, it’s understandable that it is going to get past most overworked parents who lack tech expertise and need to rely on others for their understanding, (which is practically all of them if my friends and community were anything to go by.) My heart breaks for new parents of today.
"Schools require students to use phones and computers for HW as well."
I'm old enough to remember what education was like with books and paper. I also taught briefly in the early 2000's before laptops were given to every kid.
My grandkids are now homeschooled in a co-op, without computers being required. I bought them an actual hardcover dictionary recently, because looking words up in a book is actually a richer more interactive experience than having Google tell you a definition.
The WORST thing we can do to educate young children is to pretend they're actively learning when they're viewing things on a screen.
Yes homeschool is best and your children agree and are able. It is becoming much more common. We need 2 parent households and a suitable one income homes but it seems a thing of the past.
I remember teaching without computers in the late 90s where we only had a computer lab.
After 2005, we used computers to teach. By 2015, my 3rd grade students were creating PowerPoint presentations on what they learned. By 2020, I was required to smother them with masks and teach. That was it for me and fortunately I could survive without the meager teacher income.
I saw how the gradual emphasis on forced testing to show student growth and intelligence made school no longer fun but stressful.
Essay, my granddaughter attends a Waldorf school where not only aren't screens allowed, they're greatly discouraged at home. She sometimes watches a movie on the weekend but basically doesn't care about it. She loves to be outside. As a grandma I couldn't be happier...and she's had no "vaccines" and is healthy and smart🤗
It is just one added little thing in the big picture that opens more doors to ruin children and society. TV and music play other roles and we are so busy surviving, we do not see it happening in real time. The school system alone teaches obedience, not questioning, and the material itself is grooming. I could give many examples that alarmed me but it is quietly slipped into curriculum little by little. The teachers are groomed to groom just like the doctors are groomed to think they help, but not cure.
I get overwhelmed with it all and the only grounding and relief for me is Jesus.
My comment is rhetorical. Before I retired I had a mom bring in her son who was talking about being a girl and said that he was getting counseling @ school. This was several years ago, just as I was becoming aware. Alarm bells ringing, I said you aren’t a girl, this will pass and didn’t encourage counseling through the school. 1-2 years later, he came in with mom for a preseason football physical… time and maybe my counseling prevented a potential child mutilation.
My girls are middle aged married women now (unfortunately no grandchildren), so we dodged that bullet (or those bullets, I should say).
I figured you didn't need an answer but it provoked my thoughts.
IDK why these kids want to be the opposite sex other than tv and media programming combined with trauma in their environment and not having a foundation of family and morality.
I think one of the reasons schools do this is so they can communicate directly with the students without parental oversight. Sending them surveys they are required to complete, recommending websites and videos, and surveillance of the students.
I saw a post on X where someone noted conservatives have more children than progressives but they let the progressives teach them. Not too bright really!
Unless conservative parents can afford to send their kids to Christian/conservative private schools or home school, they don’t have any choice, as the education courses in universities are leftist indoctrination centers, possibly excepting Christian colleges & universities. Sad.
I don't know anything about Roblox since my kids are older than that.
But I always say that Minecraft was the best 26 bucks I ever spent.
It's all in how it's used and what parameters parents teach their kids.
Growing up, they had strict limits that they maintained even when they went off to college and now beyond.
My boys are 24 and 26 now. They still set up their own Minecraft servers to "play" with their childhood friends across the country. One of them is now an architect. Minecraft was one way to play around with visual aspects. And yes, we have piles of Legos, too.
Watching them now is hysterical. All good, clean fun.
It's up to the parents to instill not just the "what" but the "why." And the "how long."
Sadly, these predators are relatively decent at covering themselves with VPNs and such to make it a little harder to track them down. And of course, they abuse the controls within Roblox to mask their activities and shunt them off to some other service. They just "meet" the kids there and entice them to another site to "get" them. :(
The tunnel idea seems like a sitting duck for someone who would want to blow it up...kind of like that Nordstream pipeline explosion that I don't think we ever got a definitive answer on that whodunit.
"During a February 7, 2022 press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, President Biden stated that if Russia were to invade Ukraine, "there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it"."
Oh I 'know' it but haven't really seen a lot of acknowledgement of that. But then again, I don't watch TV or follow MSM much other than random headlines. So maybe it is widely known, but seems like very little attention paid to that story.
I'm more concerned that area is volcanic and subject to earthquakes. Might end up being a colossal waste of money. Tunnels don't do well in those conditions.
Oh you're right, remember a recent story about a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in that region where there were tsunami warnings although that never materialized.
Quakes are a daily occurrence. I watch quakes, I have the USGS site set for 4.5 and up, and there are ALWAYS quakes that big showing.. Even more small ones.
I was thinking of this one, which was actually 7.3 https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/alaska-earthquake-sand-point-tsunami-alert But not something I personally monitor, the only reason I noticed it was it was trending on X while I was on there. Dug into it a little bit and learned that earthquakes are really common in Alaska, although most are minor.
We haven’t seen the last of the Nordstream, I believe President Trump will utilize that to our advantage. Timing is key and since the DOJ is rounding up some bad international characters (definitely anti-Putin people), Putin may be willing to negotiate.
Easy for me to say as my kids are 30 and 32 - but I am constantly amazed at how many parents give young kids smart phones and school districts give kids Chromebooks instead of textbooks. "All their friends are doing it" And yet nearly every Conservative group I belong to is featuring speakers talking about the evils of human trafficking. One says 95% of trafficking is initiated on the internet. Parents: get your kids off the internet!!!
We are in a cul de sac and there are 2 families with young kids on our street and they do play outside - it's so refreshing to see. Scooters and bikes at the end of the cul de sac just like our kids did. Although one of them has a screech that sounds like cats fighting. I go out to see if one of our cats is up to no good and go, oh, it's just Jacob again. 😂
One day Jacob's voice will get deeper so theres that to look forward to, lol!
So encouraging to hear that some families curb 24/7 online activities and encourage children to go outside. Outside has so much to offer! Glad to hear this and those kids don't know how lucky they are!
We have a whole bunch of families in our long cul de sac whose children play together! It’s so nice to see them outside so often! Even the teens join in!
Since my son is 40, I praise God that none of this was available while he was growing up. But I worry terribly for my grandchildren. Never did I think when I bought the first computer that this would even be possible. It just blows my mind.
Parenting is not easy - don’t think it was meant to be! Work hard at it and it will be more rewarding than you can imagine - for everyone involved! The biggest winners are the children!
Textbook publishers convince school districts to purchase online subscriptions to digital materials instead of textbooks with the promise of more frequently updated material and teacher supports like premade lesson plans and additional languages.
Yes I know the official reasons, but still think a screen in the hands of elementary and probably even jr high kids is a bad idea. I can kind of see the point in HS. I was on a committee for our school district last year, and they have taken the lockers completely out of 2 of the 3 schools during renovations. During the building tour, I asked what happens if you decide to go back to actual textbooks? You could have heard a pin drop as everyone stared at me like I was hopelessly insane. "Oh we will NEVER do that" was the edu-crat response.
I'm in the California foothills, in a conservative county (yes, there really is one there!). My daughter is a 6th grade science teacher, and she says the school has Chromebooks for each student. She was shocked at how much of their schooling is conducted via the Chromebook. She rebelled against that, and has them doing a LOT of writing rather than typing on the blasted Chromebook. Many of them can't express themselves even as 6th graders, so she's working hard on that, teaching them to express logical thoughts in complete grammatical sentences with good spelling. And they are doing it without complaints. A fellow 6th grade English teacher is even teaching them all cursive!
Also...this is crazy California, but she says her school is full of normal, conservative people like her and there aren't any nutty policies at all and kids aren't allowed to dress or look weird. Kids are held accountable for any bad behavior, so this far everything she has seen is very positive. In a recent example, one boy used the n-word and several kids around him laughed. He got reported, and not only the boy who said it, but also those who laughed got in a lot of trouble and had some consequences from the incident.
She has a lot of different ethnicities in her classes...the best, most serious students are generally Asians, Ukrainians and Russians, interestingly. The worst tend to be various Hispanics, which makes me wonder about how Hispanics in general view education. Obviously the best students come from families and ethnicities that recognize the value of taking education seriously, particularly Asian cultures. I remember an old joke that says "An A- grade is the Asian F".
Oh there are a lot of Conservatives in CA - the election fraud is what keeps CA blue. My sister lives in San Bernadino County (that went for Trump in 2024) and tells about elections where R's are ahead on election day but they just keep 'finding' absentee/harvested ballots to count until the D's win. But she also put her kids in private schools as she heard the public school horror stories, but glad yours is an island of sanity. I am in a district that is in a red/but turning purple city and it is a total mess. Long story, but too many parents believe the press releases and disparage candidates who try to push reforms as 'Too negative'. I have been an active volunteer for conservative SB candidates for the last 6 years and am throwing in the towel.
And have some Hispanic friends who are 2nd or 3rd gen Americans, and they acknowledge that 'traditional' Hispanic culture does not place a high value on higher ed, although one friend recently said she is NOT sending her kids to college as they are nothing more than indoctrination centers. She has a point...
It's true that college seems to be a waste these days( unless you are studying hard sciences etc). But our kids in elementary school are being done such a disservice by not ensuring that they are above all excellent readers and able to write well. And competent in basic math. All learning they might do later on in life and learn on their own depends on their literacy level. What is disturbing is that it appears that even though testing is done, kids are pushed on to the next grade no matter how poorly they do. In my daughter's class they have at least identified kids that need extra help and they try to ensure they get that help on an ongoing basis. Her classroom has an aide who is in class part of the day to help with the 4 or 5 kids who have trouble keeping up with the others. But ultimately, they will be passed on to 7th grade no matter what.
First, another happy National Apple Pie Day to all.
What you point out is just More rob Peter to pay Paul politics (I cannot figure out the benefit of a tunnel to Russia other than who is gonna stack that coin),
On another note, another recipient of a progressive participation trophy.
An illegal who has been arrested for DUI previously and first entered the US illegally in 2015 and was released into the US by the Obama administration,
charged with killing a 61-year-old North Carolina resident in an alleged DUI hit and run crash
So sorry for the family. John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
We should have made major peace with Russia about the time that wall in Berlin came down. Never too late to start. Imagine the only white Christian nation left on earth.
The Kennedy- Kruschev Peace Bridge brings tears to my eyes. think of how different the world could be today If the life of JFK hadn’t been snuffed out by the enemies of peace.
It is not too late. It’s about time for government to grow up, stop playing their disgusting war games, and build such a bridge for peace and commerce.
In my early married life, over 40 years ago, I got carried away planting all kinds of fruit trees on our hobby farm. Apple trees, several varieties, pear trees, two kinds, tart cherry, and peach trees. I am down to just one pear tree, but most of the pears were up too high to get at easily this year. Pears are so finicky. When they’re ripe, they’re ripe, and you’d better get them canned or used up. Deer got most of ours this year.
Our pears are all gone. Still have some apples to pick and slice and dehydrate or freeze. Have been picking, slicing and dehydrating figs the last few days. Persimmons still on the tree.
1 cup unsalted butter, two sticks, chilled cut into quarter inch cubes
2 and1/4 cups unbleached flour. I use bread flour.
1 teaspoon salt
8 to 10 tablespoons ice water.
Mix salt and flour together. This recipe calls for using a food processor to pulse the butter into the flour mixture. I just use a pastry cutter to do it. Cut into coarse crumbs. Add ice water, pulsing or cutting after the first 8 tablespoons of ice water. Keep adding ice water until desired consistency, pliable, but not too wet or dry. Divide dough in half. On a piece of plastic wrap, shape one half of dough into a disc, wrap in the plastic. Repeat with other half of dough. Put both discs in fridge for at least an hour. Rollout, fill, add top cover, flute, bake in 400 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes. This makes a generous 10 inch pie.
Don't laugh but I microwave to melt my butter. I use Lorna doone cookies. Even with simple shortbread, I microwave my butter. Guess it's the toxic man in me.
Yum! I love strudel! 🤗I’m going to be making pumpkin bread soon - 2 kinds- 1 with yellow raisins and walnuts and 1 with dried cranberries (rehydrated in OJ) and pecans! Next hummingbird cake muffins! 😄
Can we ship all the furries/tranny’s through this new tunnel? We would gladly pay Russia to settle them all in Siberia in their new utopian world.
That's one of the reasons for the current conflict, the East has no interest in Western woke values. Why would you want to impose that trash on anybody?
Well, I don’t think the trannys/furries would last a week in Siberia!
They would need to re-think their titles/identifying names...to hibernators, possibly!? 😉
At least their fur would keep them warm 😆
That's a feature, not a bug.
If you want them dead, put them in Ukraine's army, that would do the trick.
Can you blame them?
Russia has no need for the west’s cash to the extent they would agree. Plus, Putin has already exported miscreants over the years and quelled domestic street violence. He has no tolerance for that.
I have a better idea……the two islands.
Gives Trans Siberian Orchestra a whole new meaning. What are the chances the furries hijack that innocuous group name and adopt it as "dogma?" Who knows how they've debased Hump Day??!...
though I think I can connect the Milk Bones. Woof woof.
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Funny but who cares about these weirdos. If they don’t work and contribute to society in their off time they are a useless drain on the system like any other. Many play responsible people by day, cosplaying as normal, but many are just mentally ill.
How many are pedophiles, grooming kids on Roblox?
Source of entertainment. I'm sick that way. 🫅
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I doubt Russia would take them for any amount we would be willing to pay.
Hillary's Libyan slave markets?
I don't think Russia is interested in that type of population. Canada however could take them since it fits with their crazy ideology, but send them to Quebec and Ontario and please leave Alberta, the Yukon, and Saskatchewan alone. 😃
Canada gladly accepted American "Draft Dodgers" in the 1960s and '70s. We believed that it was the right thing to do. I believe that that controversial (at the time) stance and policy looks correct in the eyes of history.
But American "Furries" and "Trannies"? Uh, no thank you.
Thank you for pointing that out , Phil. The Vietnam War was politicized and propagandized for years and years and years (We were told lie after lie after lie after lie.) resulting in 58,220 dead American KIDS, for all practical purposes. God only knows how many American lives Canada saved. Then the ones who made it back (So many were severely damaged mentally and physically.) were often as not, spit on , discriminated against, and many became homeless. "Draft dodgers" and "trannies" cannot be used in the same sentence.
IMO, it is no sin to avoid a war-for-profit.
Almost all of them were (perhaps not Korea)... even WWII should never have been fought.
This will be a justification for Big Brother and Flock cameras with Palantir-ICE partnership:
https://romanshapoval.substack.com/p/flock
Londoners taught us what to do with such cameras.
Keep in mind that JD Vance is owned by Plantir's Thiel... a varsity scumbag and Zio-pig lover.
Thanks Dude for supporting the sentiment. Glad you can see through the madness, while the technocrats are in most peoples' blind spot.
They could simply identify as "warm."
Or as lemmings.....
Later Jay
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Good idea, but I think Putin is too smart for that. They outlawed Satanism so....
There would be a "wide awakening" waiting for them on the western side. A few vacation days in Siberia would set them straight 🤣🤣
They’re furries! They are already dressed for Siberia.
Don't think fluffy plastics are very warm.
That was my thought too lol 😆
Seems like furries and Antifa are going hand in hand lately, a lot more furries lately, Is Antifa hiding in costumes now.
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Yea, no. Russia doesn't want them.
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Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
For the word of the LORD is upright,
And all His work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD.
— Psalm 33:3-5 NAS95
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Amen! 🙏🏽 😊🙌🏼 Praise God!
Beautiful Scripture passage on a brilliantly sunny fall day! ☀️🍂🍁
Amen!
Amen and Amen!!
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
2 Cor 9:15
https://music.apple.com/us/album/sing-a-new-song/467905575?i=467905576
We loved playing this song in the folk group of St Benedict’s RC church. From St. Louis Jesuits’s Dan Schutte, SJ album.
From the same Psalm, explains the whole idea of the technology platforms. Fancy mentioning "devices" thousands of years ago!
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. Psalm 33.10
Coffee and Covid is the best commentary out there. What I reach for with my morning coffee. It seems that Florida is the lead state in cracking down on criminal behavior. I wish other states would follow suit and use Florida as an example they would like to follow.
Governor DeSantos needs to buy a home in California and run for governor out here. I can’t imagine how amazing this state would be with someone like him running it. But at this point, anybody is gonna do better than Newscum. Maybe we will get lucky with Steve Hilton🙏
Or pastor Che Anh! (May have spelled his name wrong)
YES!!! Mr Ahn is a man of integrity and proven courage against woke world
and shutdowns!
I listened to an interview he did for Elijah Streams (on Rumble), was very impressed!
That’s a great idea!
Diane - brilliant! That’s going to be added to my wish list now!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎯🎯🎯
What’s wrong with Katie Porter! /s
Agh! No!! Porter is horrid.
Louisiana sued Roblox in Aug.
https://www.dolmanlaw.com/blog/louisiana-sues-roblox-what-the-august-2025-attorney-general-lawsuit-means/
We became FL residents in February because it felt like one of the most sane states we have. I'd also take S. Dakota or Wyoming but I do like warm weather in the winter. Maybe someday my "summer home" will be in the Black Hills. 🙂
I live in the Black Hills during summer/fall. It is a wonderful area. Not only breathtakingly beautiful but populated by friendly and kind people. Just bring your conservatism and you’ll be welcome.
I understand! 🙂
I've been there a dozen times over the years and it really feels like "home" to me in a way. I plan on spending all of January there next year because I've been there every season multiple times except winter.
I do have a concern that regulating these platforms will speed up digital ID, which will end up imprisoning us all. Bye bye freedom.
Digital ID is beginning to fail in UK merely because it is so unpopular. It will fail in US because it violates the Constitution. That said, Merrill Lynch has now implemented biometric scans for employees.
They will outsource it to Palantir.
Palantir cannot violate the Constitution.
This is how they do it, through a proxy. It's defacto tyranny, but they pretend they have deniability. It's the same claim that was made when FaceBoot was censoring.
Perfect Tom. That's they way everything is done to run over our rights, slight of hand and pass the buck to the subcontractors (proxy).
Later Jay
Don't recall the US ever employed mercs (subcontractors) before the Iraq invasion. Most people don't realize iSIS are CIA subcontractors
The realization that isis was our creation stunned me.
That rabbit hole starts at Camp Bucca.
Well, yes WE have. During the attack on Derna during Barbary navel battles, the US employed Arabs, Greeks and Turks as part of ground forces to attack the city as it was a strategic point of the upper Liberian coast. Pretty kool stuff and a kick ass for the USA!!! Old news but....
Enjoy my friend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhSj_Bxegc0
Later Jay
They could get all the pedo’s if they wanted to, they’re on a lock all of us down on digital ID, but not they will roam free
How does it violate the constitution?
Seems like unreasonable search wo a warrant, to track our every move digitally.
Off the top of my head….
It violates speech Law as it infringes for one thing against free association. Also “privacy” (4th amendment).
It will also excludes anyone without the necessary technology from society, as it will be used, not sitting as a static tool off to the side.
But, as more digital fencing is piled on, that’s where the lawsuits begin. It will be too easily used to track movement and behavior as is done in China, eventually with state sponsored consequence for “naughty” behavior.
So homesteading, moving off the grid, into the woods, self sufficient as feasibly possible, won't be easy but definitely doable for those with skills.
AJF, I’ll contribute from time to time if you start a homesteading substack. 😊
Yes!
That is the plan, after all.
Isn't Florida's AG also pushing for Digital ID?
The Kennedy- Kruschev Peace Bridge brings tears to my eyes. think of how different the world could be today If the life of JFK hadn’t been snuffed out by the enemies of peace.
It is not too late. It’s about time for government to grow up, stop playing their disgusting war games, and build such a bridge for peace and commerce.
Right there with you! Bring it! Remember though, the Ring of Fire runs right through that area, the Pacific tectonic plate and N. American tectonic plate either converge or subduct which ain't good for structures; likely tunnels, you know. I say, bring on the peace and stop wasting our most precious resources!!!
Later Jay
Jay, don't tell us, TELL ELON! He's going to do it regardless. Maybe it'll be a "suspension tunnel."
We don’t need a bridge for peace and commerce.
I know, Israel needs that money ;)
Michael, Yes...and also high time for citizen laggards everywhere to grow up, too.
Michael, Putin has always spoken about wanting friendly relations with the US. The neocons want to overthrow Russia following some hedgemonic ideas about "getting rid of Putin" and installing someone "friendly" to the west. It's not about friendship but rather control as we have seen and has been explained by the economic hit men operating in South America overthrowing elected regimes. I'm sure you know all this.
As a recent armchair YT traveler following expats that have moved to Russia, Moscow and St Petersburg especially. If some of our major cities were run as well as they are POTUS wouldn't need to send in the national guard to clean them up. Many of them have left collapsing countries and are perfectly happy to be living in a common sense, civilized society that feels safe. I keep thinking this must be why the left hates Russia bc they create chaos.
I'll never forget a CA man we met in Nicaragua who had built a house there. He said his mother was a die hard democrat , but she always said she would vote for anyone who was anti war.
Like Neville Chamberlain...
If you are implying Neville Chamberlain is the man who is portrayed as an appeasement weakling, you need to do some real research about WWII. Until about a half dozen years ago, I thought Churchill was one of the greatest men of the twentieth century. I was deeply saddened he was a warmongering monster, and is responsible for all of the deaths on the Western front after June 1941. Do not fall for the biggest lies ever told, namely what really happened before , during , and after WWII. FYI, every single relative of mine except my sister was British.
No. I meant, "Neville Chamberlain as a stand-in for anyone who thinks the way to deal with tyrants is to appease them" by virtue of his well-known reputation dealing with Hitler. If he wasn't what his reputation has, my guess clearly is that most people don't know it.
Very few people know the truth about Chamberlain, or WWII
Make Portland American Again
I seriously wonder how many sane people are still living in Portland. I know of several who fled the city. Couldn't take it any longer. And they weren't necessarily conservatives. Or even politically minded. Just couldn't stand the destructive and drug ridden encroachment of the homeless into their businesses and neighborhoods.
I was never very political until I lived in a woke town (Santa Fe). Now look at me! These people are truly insane, and potentially dangerous in the way they act out their "beliefs" (programming). On Portland: Last time I was in Portland was in 2017 and it was scary then. Drugs addicts, crazy people and homeless littered the streets. I'm not easily frightened, but downtown Portland was downright scary. Can't imagine it now.
My wife and I used to go to Seattle for a weekend every couple of years. Last two times we went, say 2016 and 2018 it was horrible. The second time was unsafe downtown. I would never take my wife there again.
It's so sad. These used to be beautiful, safe, clean cities.
They really did. It's hard to overstate how lovely and enjoyable San Francisco, Portland and Seattle once were.
San Francisco used to be the most beautiful city in America. Went there 3 times in the '80's, but already politically nuts.
I lived in Seattle in 1969 and 1970, and it was really lovely then. Glad I didn't stay there, though.
Pat, same with Burlington, Vermont. All of these "woke" people in this State, protesting ICE, and I ask them, WHY do you think Burlington is so extremely crime ridden you don't feel safe there anymore? They just look at me blindly. Well at this point I lay it out and they have no come back. At this point I'm tired of keeping quiet.
So sad. Portland was incredible 25 years ago. Weird but awesome. Great culture, family friendly, beautiful plants and trees everywhere, relatively clean except in the industrial area. Craftsman houses in all the neighborhoods north of the river. Lots of old brick buildings from the early 1900’s. Police were friendly and helpful.
I was looking at an old Playboy yesterday, 1995, and sought out Asa Barber , who wrote a regular column until he died. His article that month was about being invited to speak about veterans at the Sigma Phi fraternity of Cornell, attended by a Marine buddy who was killed in Viet Nam. Poorly attended, and protesters too. When he said colleges are so politically correct and one think, and a danger to society in the direction they are going. I shook my head. Thirty years ago, and universities were already rotting from the inside .
I lived there around the year 2,000. It was a glorious city with incredible culture and natural beauty. So of course it had to be destroyed. The good police were run out 20 years ago and replaced by weak sheeple.
I still live here. It's only sections of the city that are drug ridden and full of homeless criminals. In my area it's still beautiful and not much crime. It's Southeast that's the worst. Tents everywhere, shootings, etc. You branch out to Tigard or Beaverton and it's fine. Even many areas within Portland are still great.
I went to Portland last week for a few days with my husband who had a board meeting there and wives were invited to the dinner. I hadn’t been there for 30+ years and honestly didn’t want to go. It was absolutely beautiful as we flew in and we encountered no problems other than a “pro-Palestine peaceful protest” that blocked traffic in the downtown city outside our hotel for about 3-4 blocks as they carried the stupid flags and looked like a bunch of losers. I didn’t leave the hotel alone; didn’t feel safe enough to do it but it made me sad that such a beautiful city with so much to offer has come to that. These people are lost and their lives must be so empty to feel their mission is to disrupt traffic and businesses, chant slogans they aren’t even smart enough to know what it means and to look like lunatics.
Curious. What do your neighbors think? Are they for or against the woke policies and beliefs? Or do they think it is all ok (as long as the craziness doesn’t impact them personally?)
My neighborhood is full of Trump supporters. Trump flags and all. And if I believed any election in this state or city were legitimate, I would be lying to you.
Beth, God bless you and your neighbors! It is good to know there are good people staying in the blue cities, and not giving up and leaving the whole city to the crazies. I live in Oklahoma, supposedly one of the reddest of the red states, and we have the same kind of problems in Tulsa. My husband and I did move away from there and out to the country 5 years ago, and we love it. But not everybody can (or wants to) do that.
That is so good to hear! I am surprised. In recent years it has become harder and harder to put up a Republican sign or bumper stickers in many areas because they create a target for the crazy and violent leftists and their vandalism.
Melissa, laws have to be broken before any arrests can happen. So far, no laws broken.
I was back there in 2004 and asked an officer to give me a ride down the street to the train station. You see, my bag was overly heavy with jars of beer from my favorite beer pub (Tugboat Brewing Co) and I was on foot. He kindly took pity on me, put my satchel in the trunk, and drove me to my train. The car said, “To protect and serve.” That’s the kind of cool Portland town was like. Big town, local warmth. Why can’t we still have nice things?
‘It’s only a few apartment complexes taken over by Tren de Aragua. It isn’t the whole town.’
Your lack of empathy is pretty horrifying to me. It is the classic ‘I’m all right, Jack. I got mine. It’s all good.’
I don't think she means to demonstrate a lack of empathy just to explain that all of Portland isn't a dumpster fire. None of it should be though.
When you pay taxes you pay for everything, and if there are people who aren’t benefiting from the totality of what their tax dollars should provide then they are being denied those people in tents those people shooting up the homeless, the dumpster fires the protesting it’s all a disintegration of the Need for law order and peace
Well William, I actually lived in SE three years ago, and experienced drive-by shootings, druggies living everywhere possible, etc. the difference is: I left. Who would want to continue living in an area that is that horrible? You seem to lack empathy, not me.
Maybe you have empathy. I apologize if you do. But it didn’t come across that way. It came across as if ‘we pushed them all into one corner, and we are okay where we are.’ The fact the SE corner has now been ruined wasn’t acknowledged. The ruination to their lives likewise wasn’t. ‘Yeah one quarter of the city is hell, but my neighbourhood is fine’.
It's really not even that. They migrate to the areas where their behavior is tolerated the most. The cops just don't care unless someone dies over in SE. Even then, sometimes only the paramedics showed up.
Beth: The drug users and homeless have been cleared out of downtown and are clustered in a small distant edge of the S.E. urban area. The close in/urban areas are "still great" as you noted. The approximately 50' by 100' area in front of the ICE facility looks so very scary in the night time photos because of the ICE's smoke bombs/tear gas fog highlighted dramatically by the street lights. Reliably photogenic. Otherwise, what's there are many people dressed in inflatable bunny, chicken, and frog costumes, dancing around. One group set up a protest crochet table and offered to teach others how to crochet. Many brought bouquets of flowers and offered them to everyone. There are a handful of young men dressed in black taunting the armed and masked ICE group. That's IT.
Controlled opposition
??
Haha yes, you are too right. ❤️
Portland has great restaurants! Why is it the food trucks on Portland are better than most restaurants in Florida?
So true
Beth, why doesn't Portland enforce the law at the ICE facility and stop yhe unsavory behavior. That would remove the main negative reputation that keeps reinforcing the "bad" image of Portland.
Oregon's politicians are mostly (all?) radical left scumbags.
Yes
Well, if you want to believe the MSM (which I was under the impression that we were ALL here on this Substack because we vehemently DO NOT), then it is because the Portland police are aiding and abbetting said rioters. But what actually happened is our pile of shit governor decided to de-criminalize drug use in public. This led to addicts doing whatever they wanted. Now we are apparently in clean-up mode because of her obvious stupidity.
John, Um…who/what keeps reinforcing that bad image ?
Videos of nightly street fighting.
One from 3 days ago of a dude in a drug induced death-rigomort during the day, ignored by passers by for hours. You know, the usual.
Probably if you stick to the West hills where the big money is and Forest Park beauty, you’re good.
To reiterate something I already said: since when did we here at C&C take the media at their word? They are a propaganda machine and nothing more. So why is everyone here suddenly believing everything they put out without question? Seems quite hypocritical.
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1980821368460693872
You tell me.
John, l’ll bet you can guess if you try…
Beth M, what would you credit for holding off the spread into your section?
What do you credit the supposed "entire city is a chaotic mess and crime runs rampant" narrative to? Cause I just don't see it.
I don't credit anything: I'm too far away, but I was asking you, as a local, if you had an idea what factor(s) might explain why your current neighborhood hasn't suffered the same fate. That was all.
Good point. OBVIOUSLY policing. ‘We herded them into a poor area. We have ruined the neighborhood we pushed them into but, what the heck, all blacks and Latinos. We cleaned up the good areas.’ And she can’t see it.
Well maybe if you came here to look for yourself, you could see what the rest of us see. You know how HUGE Southeast Portland is? It certainly is not 50' x 100' haha that's laughable. It is an area from the river to Gresham. That's like 181 blocks. You know how many homeless people and tents can fit in an area that big? Nice try.
...and that wasn't my point, by a long shot.
This last summer, my wife and I rode the 10 mile bike trail up and down the Willamette River thru downtown Portland. It was great. We rode past a fair in a park on the river; past restaurants on the river and thru greenbelts; one of the best bike trails we found. No homeless camps, shootings or crime; just folks having a nice Saturday.
Sir Jeff, yes, actually being there beats media hype every time.
That's much more constructive than my silly hope for a major quake that just dumps it into the ocean. I'll have to rethink this.🤔😂
I wish for that daily. They deserve that and more.
The Kennedy- Kruschev Peace Bridge brings tears to my eyes. think of how different the world could be today If the life of JFK hadn’t been snuffed out by the enemies of peace.
It is not too late. It’s about time for government to grow up, stop playing their disgusting war games, and build such a bridge for peace and commerce.
Yes. JFK was our best.
Yes. Regan may have been in the running... but scumbag Bush corrupted him in many ways...
Same culprits as 911.
It is evidently written in stone somewhere that Russia must be destroyed. Sort of like Carthage: Cartago leyenda est! Heaven forbid that we have amicable relations.
I was 14 when JFK was assassinated. For my entire life since then, it has seemed that elements in our government wanted to keep Russia as the big bad bogeyman for political reasons. I've felt since I was very young that they didn't want any sort of peace with Russia.
There's something seriously wrong with you guys wishing death on over a million people. Just because the news says there's several dozen antifa out there rioting? This sentiment is quite alarming.
but so nouveau christian
lol
yada yada yada. they are subversive, attacking our first responders and instigating violence. and there are more than a few dozen. informed much?
Wanting death for anyone makes you as morally bankrupt as Antifa.
You were there? Or just Fox news.
Nope
Riots all staged by ICE.
Protests pushed blocks,away.
Staged by ICE?
Hmmmmm... doubtful... have any links/facts?
Check out last Daily Wrap Up by Ryan Cristian on Last American Vagabond.
The World Order sets up countless groups to promote any type of idea, and then sets up other groups to fanatically oppose them, but the masters have no dedication to anything except slavery." The World Order Eustace Mullins 1992
Gee, thanks Lori. Blessings to you.
Yup.
Sounds angry.
Much of the area is beautiful.
In the 70s California Haight Ashbury had the hippies and free love
The west coast is crap. But you enjoy it Bard!
Was great in the 70s.
You been there?
I have been all over the west coast, couldn't stand it. Drugs, people pissing on the streets, violence and bad politics. Glad you enjoyed in the 70's. Keep on keeping on Bard:}
You seem to be in need of rethinking a lot of your morals..
Whoa, Beth, name two
Portland should be destroyed in full like Sodom; it is that evil. The sooner the better.
The sickness in that place there are no words for. Make it disappear.
It’s the city and state leadership that should be “destroyed.” Under our system of government, “We the People” have the power to ‘destroy’ leadership by voting them out - a daunting and possibly impossible task. If left in place and unchallenged, Portland leadership will destroy the city and themselves.
let them and anyone good get the hell out.
How is that any better than calling for the death of supposed Nazi conservatives? Seriously, do you genuinely want an entire city with everyone in it destroyed? Even Lot asked God to spare Sodom if he could find ten righteous people in it. I'm here to tell you there are righteous people living in and near Portland, just as there are in and near any city with a corrupt government running it. Calling for their destruction speaks very ill of you personally.
You defend that foul city, lol. Since it is that awful, those who are good need to move. Why do you want to stay and support that foul govt and pay taxes to support that evil? If it were so great, there would be no need for the govt to go in and "clean" it up.
There are no nazi conservatives btw. Don't care what you think of me. Look in the mirror and be concerned about your own sins and so called piety. There were not 10 people to be found, hence Sodom's destruction. Portland is running neck and neck.
Dang, girl! I lived on Portland in '80, it was beautiful... most of it still is.
Like a LOT of blue cities, the parasites and illegals outnumber the good citizens, thus they have a radical leftist/communist government... which has seriously damaged the entire state.
Half the state wants to secede and join Idaho, which has its own issues...
You want to kill all the Portland politicians? Good on ya!
Where do you live, Lori?
Love is the answer.
What a good heart!
Gee, that makes sense. Hey, are you going to be the first one to pull the trigger? There are only a few million people who live here, including myself. When and how do you decide that we all must die? Do you have a plan?
You do realize there are lots of places far worse than Portland right? Or do you honestly believe we in Portland live in Sodom and Gomorrah? I’ve lived in Portland my entire life, almost 60 years and I have no interest in leaving. Why? Because Portland is still a lovely city in many ways. I’m presuming you don’t live here, from your very telling words, “The sickness in that place there are no words for.” So, what city do you live in? LOL…
LOL, places worse than Portland, dare to dream. Good try. Cheers!
Sounds like Gaza policy.
How about just the women and children?
Sure does...
Trade Gaza for Tel Aviv and I'm all in.
whomever. How do you stay and pay taxes to that craphole?
It was really important that Trump recently called attention to all the on-the-scene brave young journalists giving us the who/what/where/when/how on the mostly peaceful Portland riots:
https://aynsrants.substack.com/p/thank-you-brave-journalist
Great read, Ayn. Thank you.
Restacked with respect and pleasure. I was attacked online just yesterday for reacting to a local horse rescue’s post saying all the fallen soldiers in all the veterans graveyards were
ANTIFA.
SMH
Thank you for manning the front lines!
Thank YOU.
It’s appalling the things people think. Somehow, we have GOT to get the libs off the teat of MSM and get them to see reality. They truly believe antifa is good, orange man is a king, USAID was great thing that only
fed starving African kids and was never abused. All the things.
You're being played by both sides.
I am? Hmmmm…
😲😲😲
Great read!
Thank you for the link. I adore Brandi Kruse. She did an amazing job reporting from the middle of the Seattle No Kings march the other day, exposing participants--people who looked like ordinary mild mannered older middle class citizens--openly stating they genuinely want to see Trump supporters killed, Stephen Miller killed, Charlie Kirk needed to be killed and they're glad he was, etc. It shocked her how they were willing to say this on camera. These "Boomers" may not be pulling triggers but they most definitely cheer on Antifa for doing so. Were it not for Andy Ngo, Brandi and their fearless peers we would not know how real and present the danger is.
Not shocking for Bible-believing Christians, but evidence of demonic activity. Those who don’t follow Christ are easily led by the lying enemy, the devil.
It was the willingness to be filmed calling for murder that shocked her. She went to the FBI with it. There will be repercussions. These people don't even think of that; they actually believe they are morally right to openly call for the assassination of other human beings. Charlie Kirk was Hitler and Hitler needed to die, one of them said (I'm paraphrasing but that was the basic statement). This behavior is most definitely not Christian, and arguably it's not even human and demonically motivated.
read these comments and note how many call for destruction of whole cities, killing too good for those they disagree with. no difference.
I don't see "many" actually calling for the destruction of whole cities, much less killing being "too good for those they disagree with." I see one, just one, person interacting with you specifically with a hateful disregard for humanity. This is the internet and people can be vile at times because they are safely anonymous, not in person nor in front of a camera. Doing it in person should be taken more seriously. That doesn't make internet expressions of hatred any better, but you will find toothless nastiness confronting you more often in a comments section than in the 3-D real world.
Most people, myself included, who talk about wiping out cities or states, and say things like California needs to fall into the ocean do not mean it, it's obviously hyperbole. I was actually living in California when I used to joke about the San Andreas fault creating beachfront property in Arizona; an impossibility because it's a slip fault, but I digress.
Sane, morally grounded people should not want other human beings destroyed.
And apparently now she's (the crazy nasty one) has blocked me. I consider that a win. 😂
Essay33, I agree. When I said "not shocking for Christians" I simply meant the Bible explains why there is such evil. It is horrifying that people would be willing to say those things so publicly and not think there's anything wrong with it.
I concur— 100%. It’s staggering.
I just don't understand how they can get so far from reality. It makes me wonder what's really happening? Mind control, vaxx damage, targeted brainwashing.....it is truly crazy.
I think it’s demonic. The bible
says i’m the last days, Satan will be in hyper overdrive, seeking whom he may devour, recruiting last minute for the dark side. He will be unleashed to do what he can to gain followers.
As long as I’ve been a Christian, I have never had a mental pic of that but I surely have gained one these last few years . Ever since the Revelation prophecy came true saying, “The whole world will be deceived by pharmacaeia”, I’ve had that same feeling— that Satan is on a roll.
I’m a boomer. I don’t think anything like that, although they seem to be everywhere. Maybe because I don’t watch TV ( except sports…Go Dodgers)
Nice Hollywood production of crisis actors.
Russian derangement syndrome is a direct result of decades of propaganda. I still remember having to duck under my school desk because the Soviets would launch nuclear missiles at us at any moment. The propaganda has worked out very well and profitable for our military industrial complex and all the politicians who benefit from it.
I had a Russian family move into my antifa, boomer neighborhood. I was appalled at how the bmw driving, resist qtips reacted. I can only compare it to Boo Radley, the character in To Kill A Mockingbird.
Let’s build that bridge and restore the vision JFK once had!
I voted for Trump twice. There are things he's done that I haven't liked, but he's also done things I've liked. Biden? 0% "things I liked." Kamala? Probably -0%.
Overall, I believe it would be beneficial for the US to partner with Russia rather than be adversaries. We are both [supposedly] Christian nations, and by alienating Russia, we are moving her towards China. They are not natural allies, and a partnership between them could be devastating to the US if there were a war.
And yeah, my liberal Boomer SIL thinks Putin is the Antichrist. LOL.
If you're interested in a good book about that topic, try this:
https://www.amazon.com/Antichrist-Final-Campaign-Against-Savior/dp/1644136449/ref=sr_1_7?sr=8-7
[Yes, the author is a Jesuit. Not all Jesuits are evil.]
We actually used to think keeping Russia and China from partnering up was a good thing.
As my wife once stated some years ago (and this was after she'd read Malachi Martin's tome, along with such thoughtful articles as "Maybe it's time to stick a fork in the Jesuits"), since the Jesuits raison d'être was to serve the Pope, then a Jesuit could never be elected Pope because then he would have to serve only himself (e.g. Francis) 🤔
Which election did you not vote for Trump, who did you vote for?
Ah, let me correct myself.
I voted for him every time he ran.
yes,during those days I thought that hiding was futile,(4th grade) so I asked my dad if the Commies were going to Nuke us,her said no,the Commies would try to destroy us from the inside,he was right.
On the east side of the pond it goes back centuries. But, apparently democrats and warmongers were fine with them until recently. After all, Hillary sold them 20% of US yellow cake Uranium (Unranium One) while Bill took $500K for a 1/2 hour speech in Moscow.
Graham and Victoria “F-the-EU” Nuland are looking at an estimated $135 Trillion in Russian natural resources which they abc their european vassals would like to get their hands on.
I have often commented the Europeans and Asians have fought amongst themselves for millennial. We are fools to believe there’s anything we can do to remedy a millennia old problem. The Russians have plenty of justification to desire non-aligned, neutral countries as their bordering neighbors. Millions of Russians have died expelling invaders, particularly from Western Europe.
We should stay out of these places. Agree 💯.
That’s how Russians look at the West: vultures circling around to gobble everything up. Russia is probably the only Christian nation left in Europe, too.
And with an estimated $135 T in natural resources. Of course creeps like Graham and Macron want to control that.
I have ignored the Russian propaganda.
Trump sure spews a lot of that... one of several major flaws...
He goes back and forth. Not sure why.
I know you like Trump and he IS doing many great things...
But he is also, IMO, currently deeply flawed.
flawed like all sure, but when you think of the alternatives we could be dealing with.....
LOL!! For sure!
But just imagine if we dropped all support to the vile swine of Israel and Ukraine... and cut off aid to the EU.
Closed half the military bases, cut the Trillion dollar War Dept budget (go back to the DEFENSE budget) by at least a third...
Make Russia an ALLY... withdraw from NATO, possibly the UN... make peace with China and the BRICS... instead of demonizing them... but demand fairness in trade...
Put together a DOJ, FBI and CIA that are NOT corrupt...
Name a great thing.
Sad to see him taking $ from foreigners like Biden did.
Expanded domestic oil and gas production, reversed Biden...
Dumped the WHO...
Dumped the federal electric vehicle mandate...
Border security, immigration enforcement, deportations...
Banned DEI in federal depts...
Cut regulations...
Big reductions in the federal parasite work force.
DOGE was a big winner, but he may have shut a lot of that down...
Several more. Are you writing these down?
I know you are a snarky bastard, a bit like myself... but "Come ON, man!"
What propaganda? Do you know anything about that country except what you read in Western propaganda?
Do your own research, loser. Start here:
Sanctions based on lies, BS "election interference".. Ukraine support horseshit, Magnitsky lies, "illegal Russian "occupation" of Crimea...
I remember that, too. Russia has a corrupt government, but so do we. No reason to start a war over. I got to work and live there for five years, and other than the language and the different alphabet, a lot like here. For example, Russians really love outdoors things.
Putin is perhaps the world's best leader... Lavarov a great Statesman...
Though I do worry about Medvedev...
“For instance, we have never heard about Kennedy’s outreach to the Soviets.”
Read RFK, Jr’s autobiography. You will see that this recent finding is very believable as he covers the JFK/Khrushchev relationship.
Yes, “American Values” published in 2018 is a must- read for understanding all the enemies of the Kennedy brothers, and how they were both inclined to flout the CIA, FBI and military industrial complex and seek peace, including with countries who were trying to overthrow the European colonial powers. Instead, the Dulles Brothers set the United States on a confrontational course worldwide in the name of fighting Soviet communism.
Written in 2014. Liked it so much, I actually read it twice!!
2 best books on the JFK Assassination IMO: 1) JFK and the unspeakable, by James Douglass (goes deep into JFK’s conflicts with the CIA).
And 2) The Final Judgment, by Michael Collins Piper (goes deep into Israeli Mossad and Jewish mob’s fights with JFK and RFK). Because of what is discussed, which is highly sourced and cited, it has been banned (surprise!!) But you can still find it on places like eBay.
Israel is a cancer on the world, hopefully it will be eradicated soon if/when they again attack Iran...
This is interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzz9Md0d76Y
Also check out Roswell Garst, a fascinating man, and Jacob Hill's well-written and well-documented paper about his place in history: "Khrushchev in the Cornfields", subtitled "How an Iowa Corn Farmer Befriended the Soviet Premier, Modernized Russian Agriculture, and Warmed the Cold War". It's an inspiring and very Trump-like theme of good business, commerce & peace going hand-in-hand story!
Mentioned in many books written about the murder of Kennedy
Keep the cage door open so the bird can return.
Mentioned in Dr Mary's Monkey..
When they put the cancer virus in every polio shot. Great book.
Still in the Covid shot.
Which RFK, Jr biography is the best?
This is the one I read.
https://a.co/d/6L7gkWz
Thank God Florida is trying to protect her children. More states need to ponder what Cicero said, “What society does to its children, so its children will do to society.”
21st century American society threw our children’s innocence under the bus.
When the American Psychiatric Association, American Pediatric Association and American Medical Association still collectively push for “gender affirming care,” society will suffer the consequences of that harmful ideology. If only all doctors would First, Do No Harm: https://lizlasorte.substack.com/p/first-do-no-harm
Every pedophile should be executed full stop. They can't be rehabbed and who would want to take a chance if they live in your neighborhood. Full mission to seek and destroy. Pedos are a pandemic and it needs to be snuffed out entirely. When I think what these sick twist men do to babies and children it is beyond the pale.
I am totally up for the death penalty for pedophiles. Sexual abuse of children is a level of depravity that threatens civilization itself.
So true. It appears this sick proclivity is impervious to “treatment.” Because the pedophile essentially takes a child’s life (the child will never be the same), and because it is the highest duty of a civilized society to protect its young, I concur that execution is appropriate.
If anything comes from Satan, it is pedophilia. And that kind of evil has to be destroyed. Even Jesus said it.
Matthew 18:6, Jesus says it would be better for someone who causes a "little one" to stumble to have a millstone hung around their neck and be drowned in the sea.
Don't forget it's not exclusively men. Women can be the most horrid and vile Pedos ever. Not as many of them and they hide it better but they are often either part of it or complicate in it.
Absolutely what you said!
The fact they seem so ubiquitous makes me wonder if the parasite class did some psyop to turn a portion of the population. I wouldn't put it beyond them.
May I say that in Jesus Christ redemption and freedom from an old life is possible? Even from pedophilia? Nothing is impossible with God. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. In our human eyes, some sins are worse than others and completely unforgivable, but He is the only Judge who matters. Of course, there are earthly consequences for sins committed, however Christians, at least, are called to love as Christ loved us and gave His life for us. That call does not mean exposing children to danger, or allowing those with an unhealthy attraction to children in the past access to children. However, there must be alternatives to a blanket death penalty approach, especially as the term "pedophile" covers such extremes.
I confess to being very hesitant to address this topic from this perspective, as I know I am in the minority in this viewpoint...and commentators have been very ugly to each other about topics as silly as Portland, so I am asking for kindness and respect as any might choose to respond. Thank you.
(And NO, I am not a person who is attracted to children in any sort of morally reprehensible way...just a parent and grandparent, who also gratefully claims the name of Christian.)
Someone, I get what you are saying. This is the part too many people miss: "Of course, there are earthly consequences for sins committed" - and sometimes, that means the death penalty. But yes, we need to pray for these people, and what they have done, however horrific, is not the unforgivable sin. The blood of Jesus can wash the foulest sinner clean if they repent and cry out to Him for mercy.
Good, you tell that to a child that has been victimized and to parents who lost a child to a pedo. Next.
And portland ain't silly, good grief.
🙏 Today's prayer: May God continue to bless the USA. Especially Florida!!!
You're blessed and blessed. So am I but "especially" blue states need a miracle blessing. 🙏🏼
Blue States need a major exorcism. A revival of repentance.
Definitely! I live in one of those blue states. We could use many prayers.
Prayers going up from Oklahoma!
This pedophilia thing, which appears more and more to be rampant, is existentially horrifying.
A nation that doesn't protect its children deserves to fall.
Wow, President Trump is so far ahead of the real game, it's simply stunning. It's almost like a daily anticipation of what he'll do next...and win.
Just the concept of the Berring Bridge/Tunnel is economic leverage to pull Russia out of the toxic CCP relationship.
Bingo. Can you imagine the opportunities at either end of the tunnel! Talk about a gold rush!
I'm going to open a McDonald's and sell nuggets!
I'm thinking you can even do better than that!
Probably, but gotta start somewhere.
Shoot for the sky!
McRibs, year round!
Good point.
👍😂
If silver keeps crashing... can I work on your Fry-O-Lator?
Could there be any negative consequences to the tunnel in the future, e.g., if we end up having a leftist president someday?
I suppose there is always a downside. But look at the bright side-we can always blow it up and blame the Chinese/Russians/name your enemy du jour.
Remember Trump and John John were very good friends. I'm sure that JFK kept thr original of that idea in his personal papers that John John had.
Why blow up Roblox when there’s such a nice digital trail? Why not just trace down the predators and eliminate them? Or is the mothership not cooperating?
Even without the perverts I can't imagine why any parent would let their children use something like that site. It sounds like a way to transition a child into a vegetable. God gave us the great outdoors for a reason!
Being a parent is harder to protect children from digital evils than you think. Some parents don't have the knowledge about it or time because they work.
Schools require students to use phones and computers for HW as well. If parents do not add safety software to phones to monitor their kids or get into their home router to create profiles, kids can access a world of evil. They just let them have these devices into their bedrooms with no second thoughts or even at a neighbor's home... Then these kids get groomed by a million different ways.
Where is the training to help parents make the digital world safe for kids???
Evil forces want our kids groomed and preyed upon.
It is not the same 20 years ago.
Even with all the protective software in place, and a parent with superb technical skills, (such was our home,) and sitting with them whenever online, it’s still impossible to protect them from the dangers that stalk them in these children’s games. If it happened to our family with all that we had in place, it can happen to any good parent. It’s too painful to share the details with you all right now, but know that you shouldn’t judge other parents without having walked in their shoes. The only true protection for your children is to not use technology at all.
So sorry it happened to your family. We had our own issues but evil always lurks and will never end until God ends it.
Protection is impossible and I was defending parents.
I was an elementary teacher till 2020 and parent of 3 born from 1991 to 2004. Tech changes. Nobody is protected or immune to temptation either.
The best way to protect is to have a healthy home with 2 loving parent examples and continuous warnings with no sugar coating. I see they have been destroying the family unit for decades and that is destroying society. Social media disgusts me with overwhelming selfish self-centeredness.
Kids are curious and must be aware of what happens to children when they play with fire. We should not just say no because I said so but show them the horrible consequences at every opportunity. Make Jesus the most important figure in the house. Many will stray but they will come back if they have a foundation to come back to.
The world is way more wicked than we thought isn't it?
I agree, teaching them is of the utmost importance. Explaining what can happen and how predators work. It also really depends a lot on the child’s personality. Some kids crave flattery and belonging and can be manipulated easily. Others are not vulnerable to that. All kids are not the same.
So true about personalities and vulnerability... We parent each one differently.
I feel bad for parents of young children now. In many/most cases, both parents have to work and deal with all those stresses, as well as the stresses of being married. And top that off with protecting kids.... yikes. Just. Yikes.
And most don’t know the first thing about the background workings of technology and security, relying solely on what each company’s privacy policies explain and recommend - which is woefully insufficient. They get a false sense of security not realizing it’s just a drop in the ocean.
I gave up my career to advocate for my kids so I was able to stay home and focused, and had the tech degree background in computers. I studied daily everything I could to understand the best ways to protect them. If it can get past that, it’s understandable that it is going to get past most overworked parents who lack tech expertise and need to rely on others for their understanding, (which is practically all of them if my friends and community were anything to go by.) My heart breaks for new parents of today.
Juju, you are exactly right, and I'm so sorry this happened to your family. This is what politicians should be fighting for...protecting children.
❤️
"Schools require students to use phones and computers for HW as well."
I'm old enough to remember what education was like with books and paper. I also taught briefly in the early 2000's before laptops were given to every kid.
My grandkids are now homeschooled in a co-op, without computers being required. I bought them an actual hardcover dictionary recently, because looking words up in a book is actually a richer more interactive experience than having Google tell you a definition.
The WORST thing we can do to educate young children is to pretend they're actively learning when they're viewing things on a screen.
Yes homeschool is best and your children agree and are able. It is becoming much more common. We need 2 parent households and a suitable one income homes but it seems a thing of the past.
I remember teaching without computers in the late 90s where we only had a computer lab.
After 2005, we used computers to teach. By 2015, my 3rd grade students were creating PowerPoint presentations on what they learned. By 2020, I was required to smother them with masks and teach. That was it for me and fortunately I could survive without the meager teacher income.
I saw how the gradual emphasis on forced testing to show student growth and intelligence made school no longer fun but stressful.
Essay, my granddaughter attends a Waldorf school where not only aren't screens allowed, they're greatly discouraged at home. She sometimes watches a movie on the weekend but basically doesn't care about it. She loves to be outside. As a grandma I couldn't be happier...and she's had no "vaccines" and is healthy and smart🤗
I wonder if the potential for grooming is the reason that schools require internet computer homework?
It is just one added little thing in the big picture that opens more doors to ruin children and society. TV and music play other roles and we are so busy surviving, we do not see it happening in real time. The school system alone teaches obedience, not questioning, and the material itself is grooming. I could give many examples that alarmed me but it is quietly slipped into curriculum little by little. The teachers are groomed to groom just like the doctors are groomed to think they help, but not cure.
I get overwhelmed with it all and the only grounding and relief for me is Jesus.
My comment is rhetorical. Before I retired I had a mom bring in her son who was talking about being a girl and said that he was getting counseling @ school. This was several years ago, just as I was becoming aware. Alarm bells ringing, I said you aren’t a girl, this will pass and didn’t encourage counseling through the school. 1-2 years later, he came in with mom for a preseason football physical… time and maybe my counseling prevented a potential child mutilation.
My girls are middle aged married women now (unfortunately no grandchildren), so we dodged that bullet (or those bullets, I should say).
Christian schools or home schooling.
I figured you didn't need an answer but it provoked my thoughts.
IDK why these kids want to be the opposite sex other than tv and media programming combined with trauma in their environment and not having a foundation of family and morality.
Thanks for sharing.
Plus peer pressure plays a role. So many kids are desperate to fit in and want to be like their friends.
I think one of the reasons schools do this is so they can communicate directly with the students without parental oversight. Sending them surveys they are required to complete, recommending websites and videos, and surveillance of the students.
Absolutely, typical grooming &/or indoctrinating behavior & set up.
I saw a post on X where someone noted conservatives have more children than progressives but they let the progressives teach them. Not too bright really!
Unless conservative parents can afford to send their kids to Christian/conservative private schools or home school, they don’t have any choice, as the education courses in universities are leftist indoctrination centers, possibly excepting Christian colleges & universities. Sad.
Even many “Christian” private schools are letting this garbage sink in. You really have to be on guard if ANYONE but yourself is educating them.
True dat.
I understand, but many could stop supporting RINO's.
Awe=the outdoors. Everyone could use a bit more awe in their lives.
I don't know anything about Roblox since my kids are older than that.
But I always say that Minecraft was the best 26 bucks I ever spent.
It's all in how it's used and what parameters parents teach their kids.
Growing up, they had strict limits that they maintained even when they went off to college and now beyond.
My boys are 24 and 26 now. They still set up their own Minecraft servers to "play" with their childhood friends across the country. One of them is now an architect. Minecraft was one way to play around with visual aspects. And yes, we have piles of Legos, too.
Watching them now is hysterical. All good, clean fun.
It's up to the parents to instill not just the "what" but the "why." And the "how long."
I am glad you posted this because it reflects our experience also.
When have you seen kids playing hide and seek, jump rope, roller skating in front of their homes? Not for years …. So disturbing.
The Roblox take sounded like it was grooming children for life revolving around casinos and other 'tainments.
Get. Your. Children. Outside. In. All. Seasons.
Certain parents used to plant their kids in front of a TV as a babysitter. Now it's the digital realm. The parents are clueless and/or don't care.
Sadly, these predators are relatively decent at covering themselves with VPNs and such to make it a little harder to track them down. And of course, they abuse the controls within Roblox to mask their activities and shunt them off to some other service. They just "meet" the kids there and entice them to another site to "get" them. :(
It's easier than driving around schools in a van and offering children candy?
Eliminate being the operative word.
Like Trump and Blondi and Kash are doing to the Epstein predators??
The tunnel idea seems like a sitting duck for someone who would want to blow it up...kind of like that Nordstream pipeline explosion that I don't think we ever got a definitive answer on that whodunit.
I think it is pretty safe to say that Russia did not blow up their own pipeline.
Round up the usual suspects.
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
Yes, that was the stupidest propaganda. I think I ever heard!
CIA is topping the list.
A couple of douchebag Ukrainians is at the bottom...
"During a February 7, 2022 press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, President Biden stated that if Russia were to invade Ukraine, "there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it"."
Bingo! There's your answer Donna.
Oh I 'know' it but haven't really seen a lot of acknowledgement of that. But then again, I don't watch TV or follow MSM much other than random headlines. So maybe it is widely known, but seems like very little attention paid to that story.
MSM is good at ignoring what they don't want you to see.
I'm more concerned that area is volcanic and subject to earthquakes. Might end up being a colossal waste of money. Tunnels don't do well in those conditions.
From south Florida to Key West, there's a lovely flat bridge road. I would rather travel a bridge than a tunnel.
In an Arctic winter storm? (Winter being at least 9 months out of the year...)
I've driven that highway too, but in good weather. The Bering Strait knows little "good weather."
Just make Russia an ALLY. They can work out the details.
Dump NATO and for SURE the cancerous Israel.
Possibly a treaty with the BRICS...
They could use Maxwell Kambuchos free energy device to keep the roads heated in winter
I don't know why they don't seem to do much geothermal heat in that area.
The polar bears will welcome a new source of food, though. They love blubbery humans.
Well if you are planning to open a McDonald’s… 😆😛
The polar bears could maybe get their own drive through though 😂
I'll give them their own lane, the Polar Express...
🤣🤣🤣
Well played!! 😁
Who you calling blubbery... 😂🤣😂
I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!
Groucho!
😂😂
I gotta stop looking in the mirror...
🤣🤣 Are you guys here all week??
Until the bears get us.
😂😂
We want to trade, use a ship.
Oh you're right, remember a recent story about a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in that region where there were tsunami warnings although that never materialized.
It was an 8.8. That whole area is part of the ring of fire.
https://avo.alaska.edu/images/dbimages/1204683932_.jpg
Quakes are a daily occurrence. I watch quakes, I have the USGS site set for 4.5 and up, and there are ALWAYS quakes that big showing.. Even more small ones.
NZ rocks and rolls all the time on the Ring of Fire.
I was thinking of this one, which was actually 7.3 https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/alaska-earthquake-sand-point-tsunami-alert But not something I personally monitor, the only reason I noticed it was it was trending on X while I was on there. Dug into it a little bit and learned that earthquakes are really common in Alaska, although most are minor.
Alaska most seismically active part of USA - https://seismic.alaska.gov/earthquake-risk.html
We haven’t seen the last of the Nordstream, I believe President Trump will utilize that to our advantage. Timing is key and since the DOJ is rounding up some bad international characters (definitely anti-Putin people), Putin may be willing to negotiate.
This is the same thought I had.
First thing that came to mind as I read.
Good morning to all!
Morning, Doc!
Goedemorgen.
And good morning to you Dr.
Easy for me to say as my kids are 30 and 32 - but I am constantly amazed at how many parents give young kids smart phones and school districts give kids Chromebooks instead of textbooks. "All their friends are doing it" And yet nearly every Conservative group I belong to is featuring speakers talking about the evils of human trafficking. One says 95% of trafficking is initiated on the internet. Parents: get your kids off the internet!!!
And outside to play in the glorious sunshine amidst nature.
We are in a cul de sac and there are 2 families with young kids on our street and they do play outside - it's so refreshing to see. Scooters and bikes at the end of the cul de sac just like our kids did. Although one of them has a screech that sounds like cats fighting. I go out to see if one of our cats is up to no good and go, oh, it's just Jacob again. 😂
One day Jacob's voice will get deeper so theres that to look forward to, lol!
So encouraging to hear that some families curb 24/7 online activities and encourage children to go outside. Outside has so much to offer! Glad to hear this and those kids don't know how lucky they are!
We have a whole bunch of families in our long cul de sac whose children play together! It’s so nice to see them outside so often! Even the teens join in!
Since my son is 40, I praise God that none of this was available while he was growing up. But I worry terribly for my grandchildren. Never did I think when I bought the first computer that this would even be possible. It just blows my mind.
Parents: pay attention to your kids, don't let them play in the streets or with pedophiles.
Technology changes, good parenting dosen't.
Of course, let them play outside. Inside on technology: horrible.
Parenting is not easy - don’t think it was meant to be! Work hard at it and it will be more rewarding than you can imagine - for everyone involved! The biggest winners are the children!
Technology with supervision.
Textbook publishers convince school districts to purchase online subscriptions to digital materials instead of textbooks with the promise of more frequently updated material and teacher supports like premade lesson plans and additional languages.
Yes I know the official reasons, but still think a screen in the hands of elementary and probably even jr high kids is a bad idea. I can kind of see the point in HS. I was on a committee for our school district last year, and they have taken the lockers completely out of 2 of the 3 schools during renovations. During the building tour, I asked what happens if you decide to go back to actual textbooks? You could have heard a pin drop as everyone stared at me like I was hopelessly insane. "Oh we will NEVER do that" was the edu-crat response.
I agree, screens for textbooks are a horrible idea.
I'm in the California foothills, in a conservative county (yes, there really is one there!). My daughter is a 6th grade science teacher, and she says the school has Chromebooks for each student. She was shocked at how much of their schooling is conducted via the Chromebook. She rebelled against that, and has them doing a LOT of writing rather than typing on the blasted Chromebook. Many of them can't express themselves even as 6th graders, so she's working hard on that, teaching them to express logical thoughts in complete grammatical sentences with good spelling. And they are doing it without complaints. A fellow 6th grade English teacher is even teaching them all cursive!
Also...this is crazy California, but she says her school is full of normal, conservative people like her and there aren't any nutty policies at all and kids aren't allowed to dress or look weird. Kids are held accountable for any bad behavior, so this far everything she has seen is very positive. In a recent example, one boy used the n-word and several kids around him laughed. He got reported, and not only the boy who said it, but also those who laughed got in a lot of trouble and had some consequences from the incident.
She has a lot of different ethnicities in her classes...the best, most serious students are generally Asians, Ukrainians and Russians, interestingly. The worst tend to be various Hispanics, which makes me wonder about how Hispanics in general view education. Obviously the best students come from families and ethnicities that recognize the value of taking education seriously, particularly Asian cultures. I remember an old joke that says "An A- grade is the Asian F".
Oh there are a lot of Conservatives in CA - the election fraud is what keeps CA blue. My sister lives in San Bernadino County (that went for Trump in 2024) and tells about elections where R's are ahead on election day but they just keep 'finding' absentee/harvested ballots to count until the D's win. But she also put her kids in private schools as she heard the public school horror stories, but glad yours is an island of sanity. I am in a district that is in a red/but turning purple city and it is a total mess. Long story, but too many parents believe the press releases and disparage candidates who try to push reforms as 'Too negative'. I have been an active volunteer for conservative SB candidates for the last 6 years and am throwing in the towel.
And have some Hispanic friends who are 2nd or 3rd gen Americans, and they acknowledge that 'traditional' Hispanic culture does not place a high value on higher ed, although one friend recently said she is NOT sending her kids to college as they are nothing more than indoctrination centers. She has a point...
It's true that college seems to be a waste these days( unless you are studying hard sciences etc). But our kids in elementary school are being done such a disservice by not ensuring that they are above all excellent readers and able to write well. And competent in basic math. All learning they might do later on in life and learn on their own depends on their literacy level. What is disturbing is that it appears that even though testing is done, kids are pushed on to the next grade no matter how poorly they do. In my daughter's class they have at least identified kids that need extra help and they try to ensure they get that help on an ongoing basis. Her classroom has an aide who is in class part of the day to help with the 4 or 5 kids who have trouble keeping up with the others. But ultimately, they will be passed on to 7th grade no matter what.
First, another happy National Apple Pie Day to all.
What you point out is just More rob Peter to pay Paul politics (I cannot figure out the benefit of a tunnel to Russia other than who is gonna stack that coin),
https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/rob-peter-to-pay-paul-politics
On another note, another recipient of a progressive participation trophy.
An illegal who has been arrested for DUI previously and first entered the US illegally in 2015 and was released into the US by the Obama administration,
charged with killing a 61-year-old North Carolina resident in an alleged DUI hit and run crash
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/durham-county-news/ice-issues-arrest-detainer-for-suspect-in-deadly-hit-and-run-near-durham-bus-stop/
So sorry for the family. John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
We should have made major peace with Russia about the time that wall in Berlin came down. Never too late to start. Imagine the only white Christian nation left on earth.
NATO had other plans…
True.
The Kennedy- Kruschev Peace Bridge brings tears to my eyes. think of how different the world could be today If the life of JFK hadn’t been snuffed out by the enemies of peace.
It is not too late. It’s about time for government to grow up, stop playing their disgusting war games, and build such a bridge for peace and commerce.
Yesterday, peeled, cored, and sliced 4 dozen apples for the freezer, (future apple pies, crisps, and cobblers). It was a very good year for apples.
My pear tree is still full of fruit. Wanna come get them 😊
In my early married life, over 40 years ago, I got carried away planting all kinds of fruit trees on our hobby farm. Apple trees, several varieties, pear trees, two kinds, tart cherry, and peach trees. I am down to just one pear tree, but most of the pears were up too high to get at easily this year. Pears are so finicky. When they’re ripe, they’re ripe, and you’d better get them canned or used up. Deer got most of ours this year.
Our pears are all gone. Still have some apples to pick and slice and dehydrate or freeze. Have been picking, slicing and dehydrating figs the last few days. Persimmons still on the tree.
This late. Mine was clean by the end of last month.
Tell me about the crust? I am craving pie before class now. Fresh pie. I was just gonna but one.
Butter crust is what I make
This is my favorite for two crust pie.
1 cup unsalted butter, two sticks, chilled cut into quarter inch cubes
2 and1/4 cups unbleached flour. I use bread flour.
1 teaspoon salt
8 to 10 tablespoons ice water.
Mix salt and flour together. This recipe calls for using a food processor to pulse the butter into the flour mixture. I just use a pastry cutter to do it. Cut into coarse crumbs. Add ice water, pulsing or cutting after the first 8 tablespoons of ice water. Keep adding ice water until desired consistency, pliable, but not too wet or dry. Divide dough in half. On a piece of plastic wrap, shape one half of dough into a disc, wrap in the plastic. Repeat with other half of dough. Put both discs in fridge for at least an hour. Rollout, fill, add top cover, flute, bake in 400 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes. This makes a generous 10 inch pie.
Don't laugh but I microwave to melt my butter. I use Lorna doone cookies. Even with simple shortbread, I microwave my butter. Guess it's the toxic man in me.
That would be a cookie crumb crust. I have done those for non fruit filled pies and cheesecake bottom crusts. I say whatever floats your boat. 😁
Thanks. Toxic man just eats pie good.
I use brown sugar for all my baking, even if it calls for white. So does strudel count as a substitute for apple pie day?
Strudel counts all right!
Yum! I love strudel! 🤗I’m going to be making pumpkin bread soon - 2 kinds- 1 with yellow raisins and walnuts and 1 with dried cranberries (rehydrated in OJ) and pecans! Next hummingbird cake muffins! 😄
Banana bread and fresh bread yesterday. I suppose I could build an apple pie. We’re gonna get fat.
My kind of diet. Plus best use of aging fruit. One question, brown, white, or cane sugar? I'm a cane man (that didn't sound right).
I use a blend of both