“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
There is darkness in the world. However, that particular darkness is not the absence of daylight. It is the darkness of evil. It is the antithesis of anything good, true, and beautiful. It is a powerful force – But not so powerful that a pinprick of light cannot penetrate it.
One of the ways that this darkness expresses itself is in the violence of our modern society. And of particular note is the way that many people resist something they dislike.
The behavior of many Americans has become increasingly dark and violent in the way that they will demonstrate their protest. Protest is not bad in itself. However, when it becomes violent or destructive – when it disrupts free speech – it does more harm than good.
Our First Amendment protects the freedom of speech. But this does not mean violently demonstrating or violently counter-demonstrating when someone else has a legitimate forum from which they speak!
Moreover, we can usually judge any cause or idea by the behavior of those who champion it. If they use violent or destructive means to get a hearing, then there is something wrong with what they espouse.
Jesus Christ was sent into the world to liberate the human race from the darkness of sin, ignorance, and the power of evil. Several hundred years before Jesus came, Isaiah prophesied the behavior Jesus would exhibit and the kind of person he would be. He would bring justice to the nations and to the world. Yet, he would do this in a non-violent way: “not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street”! He would be especially mindful and patient with the wounded and the vulnerable. He would be full of care for those who were trying to overcome their brokenness – or only beginning to grasp the goodness, the truth, and the beauty of God’s plan and will.
Isaiah goes on to prophesy that Jesus would be a light for the nations – He would also bring light for our personal blindness, freedom from the prison of our fears – and liberation from the guilt and despair of our sinfulness!
Then Jesus finally came. He was all that Isaiah said he would be – and even more than Isaiah could have imagined. Isaiah only knew and thought of our limited, material world and our life here. Whereas, Jesus came from and operated on behalf of that other dimension which is eternal life with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
In the Gospel passage, we learn that Jesus came to John to be baptized. Jesus had no need to be repentant, because he had lived a perfect life without sin. However, Jesus wanted to give us an example of humility and complete submission to the will of the Father.
Submission to God can be a struggle. It means opening ourselves to God’s plan and will. Often it means giving up our preconceived plans and ideas. It means admitting our sins and breaking with the evil, the lies, the grotesqueness of our personal darkness – all of which we may be only vaguely aware.
Nevertheless, if we do so, then wonderful things can begin to happen. For then, we live up to our dignity and potential as God’s son or daughter who was chosen like Jesus. We also come to understand that, like Jesus, we are beloved by God – and that we have a purpose and a mission during our life here under the direction of the Holy Spirit!
Brothers and Sisters, if God made us to show forth His goodness – then we all have a vocation to manifest God’s goodness wherever we find ourselves. We must bring goodness, truth, and beauty into the lives of those throughout our sphere of influence. We must demonstrate with quiet power in our actions and lives against those forces of darkness and evil which are everywhere. Because in the non-violent way of Jesus, we help him deliver others from the darkness, the blindness, and the chains which will destroy them.
So, let us pray, today, that we will never falter in this endeavor. And may we always be pleasing to God as His beloved children!
Amen.
Msgr. Russell G. Terra, Parish Homilies, February 16, 2020 Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Redding, CA
God’s Orchard
Our world is an orchard God planted and grows, With deep, dark, rich soil and water that flows. We are His trees, all growing in God’s fields, And each is unique with different yields.
God gave us His Spirit to show us the way To grow fruit for Him, each and every day. This isn’t just for you, it’s also for me, But I have to ask, what’s growing on your tree?
Love is he foremost of God’s fruit. Love God, and our neighbors: all hate refute. Love the Lord with all our heart, mind and soul, And love our neighbors – those must be our goals.
Joy is the fruit to make our poor hearts glad. God plan is our happiness, not to be sad. Believing in Him, inexpressible joy, Now and forever, His presence to enjoy.
Peace, God’s peace, a harmony of mind, A fruit to be treasured for all of time. Let the peace of Christ rule in our heart And our fears and worries will all depart.
Patience we show when we wait on the Lord; Waiting and trusting are special rewards. Goals, plans and steps are all made by man, But all will be done by God’s perfect plan.
Kindness to others, as shown through our life, Is our protection from discord and strife. For just as God gave His kindness to us, We can give others our kindness plus.
Goodness is uprightness of life and heart, One of the things setting Christians apart. The world might call it having a good name, But we credit God, from Whom goodness came.
Faithfulness leads to God’s blessings, it’s true, A faithful servant, the best we can do. For Jesus was faithful, in life and death, There, on the cross, to His very last breath.
Gentleness and meekness should grow on our tree, As we walk with our God in humility. Though we crave honors, it must be reversed. Forever in God’s eyes, the last will be first.
Self-control will keep us on God’s path, Not seeking the world and incurring His wrath. The Kingdom of God is not worldly pleasure, But righteousness, peace and joy in good measure.
Hate, anger, impatience, cruelty and strife Are what the world will chain to us in life. Wickedness, betrayal, wantonness, and pride Will be bound to us, so we must decide.
Will we live life for Him, for all of our days, Praising and thanking and walking in His ways? It is for freedom that Christ set us free, So search your heart now, what’s growing on your tree?
It looks like the ball calling operation was successful.
Oh, well, little snowflake, here’s something to listen to while waiting for your court date in your mother’s basement…and you’re probably too young to remember all the explosions involved in this program, or that it was the good guys blowing stuff up.
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Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
In addition, it is requested that there be no swinging from the chandeliers, celebratory gunfire, messing around with the nuclear weapons, and, please, everyone wash your hands.
Please, do not forget to apply sunscreen after a sensible vitamin D bath and after swimming at a safe social distance from all the people in chlorinated pools, which must maintain enough chemicals to kill just about everything except the Wuhan Flu that somehow will travel six feet in densely hot and humid air…unless you live where I do – the land of the moonbats – where the local municipal pool will be closed for the entire summer. I MUST leave this video in this week. Sorry.
Please remember to remain locked and loaded and ready for trouble should the insurrectionists try to invade your space.
Those who have things to say that do not fit the generally accepted limits of “civil” discussion, Wolf has provided a venue known as the UTree which is currently going through its water cooler/canteen phase. Please, venture over there for any such thoughts and comments. This sort of thing is always a possibility on that site:
https://youtu.be/KLRsgnTJWWU
A few other vital notes:
Please, review these rules that our host Wolfm00n outlined toward the beginning of the growth of the tree itself. it won’t take long.
Ridiculing the other side, on the other hand…well….
Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
[7] And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard. [8] Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him. [9] Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. [10] Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
[11] Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. [12] And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. [13] And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. [14] For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences. [15] But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.
“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
“When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to others to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.”
Note that the Latin “debitas” is the word that is translated as “trespasses” in English due to the context even if the Jesuits at Douay in the late 16th century went the “debt” route. Don’t want to get into an argument about it. The matter was settled by linguists far more knowledgeable than me.
As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome. And this week, lots of prayers for those who have the virus, and those who have died due to it are part of daily prayer.
We’ll only know it when we’re well past it. About the time we have time to start counting the bodies.
Sort of like, “when does a retreat become a rout?” If you’re a participant, you can’t tell. If you were a neutral observer in a balloon, you couldn’t tell. But afterwards, you’ll know.
I get the idea we may well be in the midst of it now, as all the attempts the left is putting forth to get the people to demand a controlling government be put in place to keep them safe are backfiring – in spectacular fashion – to the point that there are mass defections from the Democrat party. Not only that, the blame is being placed by the people, not the media, squarely where it belongs – on Democrat governors, and mayors.
As Q said, some people have to be SHOWN what is really going on. As the days go by, more and more people are waking up.
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And the sad thing is, there are a lot of us who believe it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
“ Was it better for us as a country to limp along vaguely aware there was something wrong as the Cabal orchestrated our descent into a third world Shiffhole? Or are we now better off KNOWING about the evil lurking just under the surface so we can engage and destroy it.”
As disturbing as current events are, it is necessary to expose everything for the entire nation to see. Continuing down the path of ignorance, as a country, was doing more harm than good. If we want people to “awaken”, then they do need to see exactly what has been in hiding…..for years. Many of us have tried to inform our loved ones but to no avail. As Q has said repeatedly, sometimes you must show people the truth.
I expect that the next few months are going to get much more intense. This is no longer a left/right issue. This is a battle between good and evil.
Buckle up.
I totally agree. Several people here have warned keeping a decent supply of food, and other necessities is essential given that there is a chance they will not be available for a time in the coming months.
Oh, and if you haven’t already done so, sign up on GAB, just in case. That is the rendezvous point if the worst comes to pass.
And now for the nitty gritty of the Q Tree 5 minute, stand up, Tuesday morning meeting version of the Daily Thread.
The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog it out.
This site is a celebration of the natural rights endowed to humans by our Creator as well as those enshrined in the Bill of Rights adopted in the founding documents of the United States of America. Within the limits of law, how we exercise these rights is part of the freedom of our discussion.
Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome. Via con Dios.
This Mighty Warrior Monday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KMAG/KAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Yes, it’s Monday…again.
But it’s okay…we’re going to get through this!
Free Speech is practiced here at the Q Tree. But please keep it civil.
Discussion of Q is not only allowed but encouraged. Imagine that! We can talk about Q here and not get banned.
Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.
With the Storm upon us…please Pray for our President.
Wheatie’s Rules:
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
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For your listening enjoyment, I offer this composition from Elephant Music, titled ‘Against the Clock’:
Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it.
Some people just have to learn the hard way.
Yes, those are platitudes that many of us like to spout when history DOES actually repeat itself, and when young anarchists are persuaded or paid to give communal and what we call communistic living a shot. Really. We do this. It is happening in multiple corners of the internet, including Professor Jonathan Turley comparing what is happening right now to the French Revolution when the mobs in Paris defaced quite a bit of property and destroyed anything that reeked of privilege. Personally, this writer believes a more apt comparison can be made to other ugly times in history, but the point is the same: the people were sent to the brink.
https://youtu.be/BP-pqhXvI7Y
With the current generation of young anarchists claiming what amounts to colonies within American cities, trying out communal living for the upteenth time in trying to improve on the Paris Commune of 1871, the words of the first governor of Plymouth Plantation – the original American commune that failed – resonate.
(Forget the tall tale that is told about the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving which is taught in schools and has become legend. The real truth is a lot less romantic.)
The real story is much more interesting than the simplified version we learned as school children and offers valuable insight into solutions to our economic problems.
Over half of the 101 Pilgrims who first landed on Cape Cod were dead within the first few months of their arrival, victims of disease, harsh weather conditions and malnutrition. Over the next three years, 100 more settlers joined Plymouth Plantation, but the colony was barely able to feed itself. According to William Bradford, the first governor of the colony, the Pilgrims were so destitute that “many sold away their clothes and bed coverings [to the Indians]; others (so base were they) became servants to the Indians and would cut them wood and fetch them water for a capful of corn; others fell to plain stealing, both night and day, from the Indians … .”
Why was this happening? New England may not have the most temperate climate or the most fertile soil, but the Native Americans had managed to grow food and feed themselves. What prevented the Pilgrims from doing likewise?
The answer, it turns out, was an incorrect political economic decision imposed on the colony by the investors in the Mayflower. Before you blame capitalism (a term which had not yet been coined) and bankers, however, understand that the cause of the Pilgrims’ problems was the decidedly anti-capitalist property distribution scheme these investors imposed. They assumed that common property ownership would be the most profitable arrangement under which the Pilgrims could work and produce in order to pay back the money fronted them for their voyage. These investors turned Plymouth Plantation into a collectivized farm.
The results were disastrous. Where there is not ownership there is no pride and little incentive. Governor Bradford explained it this way: “For the young men, that were most able and fit for labour and service, did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men’s wives and children without any recompense.” Those who did more of the work also felt it unjust that they should receive no greater reward than those who did little, Bradford said, and husbands resented that their wives were forced to cook and care for men to whom they were not married.
The problem was solved when each household was given a private plot of land to tend. “This had very good success, for it made all hands very industrious,” Bradford reported, “so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Governor or any other could use, and saved him a great deal of trouble and gave far better content.”
Bradford blamed the failed collectivization experiment on “that conceit of Plato,” referencing the Greek philosopher’s advocacy of collective ownership of land, and said those who believed communal property would make people “happy and flourishing” mistakenly thought themselves “wiser than God.”
Those who blame the “greedy investors” for this debacle miss the point. The Pilgrims were not in conflict with those who had enabled them to flee to the New World but with each other. Some saw an opportunity to slack off while others supported them, and those willing to work became decidedly less willing when they saw no more benefit to themselves than to their lazy fellow colonists.
As is always the case when an economic system fails, it was a failure of human nature rather than the system. But since human nature itself is eternal and does not seem to change no matter how hard utopians try to force it to, it makes sense that a system which accepts human nature and works with it to produce the best results will succeed.
Seriously, communal living and work distribution only works in the Biblical sense, when dedication to God is involved.
[42] And they were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles, and in the communication of the breaking of bread, and in prayers. [43] And fear came upon every soul: many wonders also and signs were done by the apostles in Jerusalem, and there was great fear in all. [44] And all they that believed, were together, and had all things common. [45] Their possessions and goods they sold, and divided them to all, according as every one had need.
[46] And continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they took their meat with gladness and simplicity of heart; [47] Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord increased daily together such as should be saved.
And even then, personality conflicts prevent true peace and tranquility in communal living.
It can be done, solving the conflicts, but it takes change on the part of at least one person to make it happen.
And to get the transformation to take place, the person changing must be at the brink, the precipice, when they think nothing else will solve the problem, a lot like an addict admitting they have hit bottom.
An illness. A marriage or any other relationship falling apart. Financial ruin. A special needs family member. A profession that dies. All of these situations force change that either encourages growth or results in disaster.
In the current national situation where we find ourselves: Freedoms in peril; A nation in danger of dissolving; Decades of work destroyed….
That’s what it is taking to get the people to wake up, and walk away from the dark side.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. (I’m full of these platitudes today.) What we are witnessing is the American people being taken to the brink. We, the red-pilled and the people who understand that the CHAZ colony in Seattle, among others, is a futile exercise, see the entire situation as a demonstration of weakness among Democrat leaders – which it is – but those who are still supportive of Democrats don’t. They still reside in an echo chamber that has nothing more to say than Orange Man Bad, and mail in voting. That echo chamber is in the process of being destroyed.
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Why is this happening? To save the nation, and the world, from enslavement and murder by a group of people who think they were created more equal than others. No, it is not going to be pretty. It is going to be rough, and there are times it will seem that all hope is lost.
In the end, though, God wins.
In the meantime, we’re in for a wild ride. Buckle up.
It’s not just a difference of political viewpoint.
The Gospel is hidden to those who are lost, whose unbelieving minds the god of this world has blinded.
This Sanctuary Sunday Open Thread, with full respect to those who worship God on the Sabbath, is a place to reaffirm our worship of our Creator, our Father, our King Eternal. It’s an opportunity to let the events of this world grow increasingly dim, while we focus on things above – God’s glory and grace.
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”
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The Storm is upon us. Please remember to Pray for our President.
Our movement is about replacing a failed and CORRUPT political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American People.
~ Candidate Donald J. Trump
Also remember Wheatie’s Rules:
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
And,
On this day and every day –
God is in Control . . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . . Keep Looking Up
Hopefully, every Sunday, you can find something here that will build you up a little . . . give you a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.
“This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.” . . . “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
The Signs of the Times
WuFlu Spreads – Nursing Homes Decimated – Isolation – Social Distancing
Excessive Force – Racial Prejudice – Riots – Looting – Burnings – Injuries – Death
Throw Water, Then “Shakes” – Then Bottles, Bricks, Bullets and Bombs
Hands Up – Take A Knee – Defund Police – Sign Black Agenda
Demonstrate In Parks, Then Streets – Occupy City Hall, Then Precinct
Antifa – Black Lives Matter – Marxists – Socialist Bureaucrats
Lying Media – Corrupt Politicians – Traitors – Anarchists
Millions in the U.S. either personally believe or support people who believe that:
Although the threat of spread of COVID-19 requires that businesses and churches must be closed, families isolated in their homes, people prohibited from using parks or walking alone on a deserted beach, it’s acceptable for thousands of people to gather together for hours to protest police use of excessive force, and, in the process, killing and injuring people, looting and burning businesses.
Although 3,000 Black Americans are murdered by Black Americans every year without public protest, it’s acceptable to riot, causing multiple deaths, hundreds of police injuries, and hundreds of millions of dollars of damage, because systemic racial prejudice by police is baselessly assumed as the root cause of the death of a drug addicted, porn acting, counterfeit money-passing career criminal with multiple convictions and jail sentences.
Although pets and other animals must be treated with care and compassion, it’s acceptable to strike people you disagree with politically with bike locks, hammers, 2 x 4s and the like.
Although micro aggressions must be identified and stopped because they’re hurtful, it’s acceptable to loot and burn down businesses as a means of protesting policies or actions you disagree with.
Although COVID-19 requires that extreme isolation and quarantine actions be taken to prevent its spread, it’s acceptable to require that COVID-19 positive patients be placed in nursing homes with elderly patients with comorbidities who are the most vulnerable group for death in the U.S. population.
Although your psychological health and physical well-being must be protected, it’s acceptable to mechanically tear apart babies in the womb or cut the spinal cord of their exposed heads with scissors to kill them, and then to sell their body parts for thousands of dollars.
Although Socialist leaders and regimes have ruined the lives and caused the deaths of millions of people in the last century, it’s acceptable to insist on more and more Socialist policies be included in the laws and services of our democratic constitutional republic, the most successful government on earth.
These “Although” and “it’s acceptable” examples are just a few of the many inexplicable dichotomies that are integral to the destructive mindset of millions.
Most of us are bewildered at the lack of facts and logic that are inherent to this mindset. We can’t comprehend how these harmful views can be held by any rational person, let alone millions of them.
Our laws are generally based on our Judeo-Christian heritage, principles and beliefs. And therein, I believe, lies the root of the problem.
The two great principles that form the basis of Jewish and Christian thought and practice are:
Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Or, more expansively,
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?
And,
Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:34 The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
And, of course, as summarized by Jesus,
Matthew 22:36-40 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Love God and love your neighbor. These are simple in concept, but, because we are weak, flawed and fallible humans, impossible in practice.
But, these are God’s commands for us and, because He knows they are impossible for us in practice, “He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” This is the Gospel that forms the beginning and foundation for our Christian beliefs.
If you try to apply general Christian teachings to support any of the “Although” and “it’s acceptable” examples above, you will fail.
Do we have Christian principles that tend to support forming crowds to protest certain actions . . . crowds that are first merely disruptive, but then lead to disobeying police, physical violence, looting, burning of businesses and injury and death?
1 Peter 2:17 – Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
Romans 13:1 – Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
Romans 12:18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
1 Timothy 2:1-2 – I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
Do we have Christian principles that would in any way condone policies that endanger then result in deaths of thousands of elderly? The elderly are not people who have become a burden on society and who are now subject to removal.
Leviticus 19:32 “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
Do we have Christian principles that even remotely permit the killing of a baby in the womb, let alone allowing a born baby to dehydrate and die over a period of days after birth?
Job 31:15 Did not He who made me in the womb make him, and the same One fashion us in the womb?
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you;
Do we have Christian principles that mandate or support Socialism as a form of government?
There are many Biblical examples for those that have material goods to remember and even be generous to the poor. But there is nothing that mandates or supports local government in confiscating the wealth of those that have more and distributing it to those that have less.
We are guided in our ethics, our morals, and our sense of right and wrong by God’s Word, our parents, our pastors, our friends and associates and the influence that God’s Word has had on society as a whole and our general precepts and specific laws.
But, referring back to the destructive mindset, there are millions in our country who don’t seem to be influenced by Judeo-Christian principles. They seem to live at a different level of understanding than we do. They don’t need and won’t accept facts or logic that contradict or show the negative consequences of their destructive mindset.
It’s as though they have fallen under the influence and control of something or someone else. Well, perhaps that is exactly the answer.
John 1:5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Romans 1:28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
1 Corinthians 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 But even if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden only to those who are lost, whose unbelieving minds the god of this world has blinded, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
And that, I believe, is why it is entirely appropriate to label the violent demonstrations, the physical attacks on police and on the people supporting President Trump, the looting and burning of businesses, the resultant injuries and deaths, the recent calls to defund or disband those that enforce our laws, . . . all these actions operating in opposition to the Judeo-Christian principles that guide our lives . . . as evil, absolutely evil.
We may sooner or later get out of the messes that are near or at the level of a direct threat against the continued existence of our country, but we must not forget . . .
“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps, His day is marching on.
I have read His fiery gospel writ in rows of burnished steel! “As ye deal with my contemners, so with you My grace shall deal! Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,” Since God is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat; Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him; be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free! While God is marching on.
You will note that the “CHAZ” was set up on the evening of June 8.
Weirdly, this follows by a FULL WEEK from another “PNW Region” event which you almost certainly did not hear about – the EXCLUSION OF ANTIFA PESTS from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (hereafter “CDA“) by…..
I strongly urge you to read about how ordinary people with GUNS kept that first window from being smashed – that first brick from flying – that first CIA-DNC-KGB-CCP headline from being written.
I feel a lot of affection for those crazy bastards in CHAZ. I like rebel energy. I assert my right to hold that thought while being fully aware that the situation is unacceptable.
I will interject right here that THIS is what Hotep Jesus has been talking about with our knee-jerk rejection of the idea of “autonomous zones”. He’s been saying (“hotep been told you”) “NOT SO FAST!”
The first paragraphs of the Hill article are very instructive – CDA was not the only place this happened.
Heavily armed citizens showed up recently at protests in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Montana, Colorado and Idaho to allegedly protected peaceful protesters from antifa.
In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, groups of 25 to 50 armed men in combat gear spent successive nights patrolling the downtown area, following internet rumors that antifa agitators would be arriving from Seattle.
The FBI stated there is no evidence that any protests have been linked to antifa. Still, President Donald Trump tweeted: “Domestic Terrorists have taken over Seattle, run by Radical Left Democrats, of course. LAW & ORDER!”
Notice that first sentence. SIX STATES.
NOW – it strikes me that the CIA media didn’t just decide to “red-wash” the news about us “defending our enclaves”.
They STOLE the idea.
I have seen these jokers do this OVER and OVER.
FEARLESS GIRL – I continue to allege – was “STOLEN” (as much as ideas can be stolen, which is NOT REALLY, but still…) from one of Sundance’s favorite memes.
The fact that this meme – Fearless Girl – was STOLEN from The Conservative Treehouse does NOT mean we can’t steal it back and make it our own. This is part of the beauty of memes. They serve TRUTH better than they serve LIES and DECEPTION. The truth will come out, and we must not …
There is a very interesting story there, if you dig into the MSM reporting on the genesis of “Fearless Girl”. The story ends up giving away much about how cultural Marxists operate, and how corporations are SHAKEN DOWN by the left to both give them coin and show proper political fealty – EXACTLY as we see with “Black Lives Matter”, a wholly owned subsidiary of the DNC.
But back to Coeur d’Alene.
If you know the place, then you know that it’s an interesting mix of people, like a lot of the West. Yes, it’s full of GRANOLA, but it’s also full of PATRIOTS of all stripes. Bottom line, FREEDOM matters to the people there.
Am I telling you to support “autonomous zones”?
NO.
Am I telling you to be against “autonomous zones”?
NO.
I’m saying OPEN YOUR MINDS to all possible ways to maximize our GOD-GIVEN FREEDOMS.
I’m saying 4GW BATTLE.
I’m saying WIN, WIN, WIN.
W
The fake conservatives don't have any strategy. You could hijack all of these concepts and use them against the left and state but being right is better than being better, I guess. https://t.co/jwWdxqybjD
It sure does seem like we are feeling the first few raindrops of our Storm. Which is about dang time, because for the last few weeks, we’ve been dealing with their Storm.
Let’s have them reading horrific news on a daily basis for a change, instead of us reading about their damn “demonstrations” (really riots) and their disbandings of police forces, and whateverthehell silly–no, dangerous–crap Nancy Pelosi is trying to pass.
But speaking of crap that is both dangerous and silly, I have to just laugh at CHAZ, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle, allegedly with no rulers.
It’s dangerous because it’s a direct de jure affront to the rule of law. They are actually trying to secede from the United States there.
It’s also silly, because as I have said, there is no such thing as anarchy any place where there are people.
Someone will always step in and become the ruler. It’s a government at that point, though not one like we are accustomed to, that can trace its origin back to something established by consensus of the people. It’s a thugocracy, run by the biggest bully on the block. (See “Third World Shithole” for bigger examples, though even there they have more of a facade of legitimacy than CHAZ does.)
I read an excellent “thought experiment” on this once, way before Al Gore didn’t invent the internet, and I’ve not been able to find it. I thought it was in Ayn Rand’s writings, but it’s not there. I eventually found it in Robert J. Ringer’s Restoring the American Dream (1979). And as it turns out, he was mostly talking about the concept of having property be owned in common (like, say, the Marxists advocate), but it’s directly parallel to the issues that would arise with no government. The following is my recounting of what the dead tree book next to me says, with some adaptations to also cover the issue of “no government.” If I don’t have it right it’s my fault, not Ringer’s.
Let’s say everyone owns the beach. No one can own beachfront property for themselves.
What happens if you and I both want to sit on the same part of the beach at the same time? One might say that’s unlikely to happen, but if not you and me, it seems inevitable that there will be situations like that when property is owned in common by everyone.
What, indeed, would prevent some gang from going to the beach every morning and staking out 50 yards of their favorite piece of shoreline?
After all they’re free to use it, just like everyone else. Is this what the commies have in mind–first come, first served? And there’s no mention of a time limit (and with no government, no way to enforce it).
Heck, why should they be expected to have to come in first every morning? Why not just have them keep a couple of guys there to guard it overnight?
Technically, they’re still just using common property, as is everyone’s right…it’s just that it’s continuous. And with no government around, who’s going to argue with them? Heck, they could even build a house on it–temporarily, of course.
But, de facto, that bit of beach is their property now. And they are enforcing their property ownership, so they’re acting as a government, too.
It’s an example that might be useful to you, the next time you argue with some custardhead who asserts property should be held in common. Because people can easily imagine that in the absence of legally enforceable property rights–people will create them and it won’t be through a government that answers to us.
So I wasn’t surprised to see some bully assume control of the CHAZ. After all, Antifa seems to attract that type.
There is a branch of libertarianism called anarcho-capitalism. Its adherents seem to imagine that government is unnecessary, especially if people can defend themselves. But, you see, there are some other services that government must provide, even if you can somehow manage to prevent a big gang from taking over because no one individual can fight them off–you have to form your own gang in self defense.
But leave that aside. Imagine you own some real estate. How do you prove you’re the owner? You have a deed. Who issued the deed? Well, here, it’s the county government that does that (there’s a surveyor, an assessor, and a treasurer, and I’m not quite sure how the responsibilities are divvied up).
The anarcho capitalists imagine that this service can be left completely up to the market. And by that, I don’t mean by private people under contract with the government. I’m talking about a private company that sets itself up and sells the service of providing deeds.
But with no government, I could conceivably create my own title deed registration company…and register my deed for your land. Now we’re both holding a piece of paper that says I own your land, and I might even come by and kick you off by force. No government to stop me. But wait, your deed is registered with the real company, mine is some shell company I created.
But who is to say which of those two companies is a “real” company, and make it stick? Basically, the biggest gang. And they become “the government.”
This reduces to absurdity, and I trust I’ve made my point: that there must be a final authoritative source. That would be a government. Sure, if 99 percent of people were reasonable in an An-Cap environment, there’d be no issue–but when was the last time, in the real world, 99 percent of people agreed on anything? This is why you have courts. Whose decisions are final (you can appeal within the system but the system’s final decision is final).
The AnCap response–or at least the response by the people in my favorite AnCap science fiction, entertaining but not taken seriously by me–is that there are indeed courts, but they are private, and if the first judge–chosen by agreement of the parties–can’t resolve things to everyone’s satisfaction, he must pay for a second judge, and if that judge can’t do it, he must pay for a third judge…whose decision is final. Interesting, there’s a whole procedure that has to be followed…and no real enforcement!! It sort of presupposes that people will be reasonable and will voluntarily follow the procedure–or that enough people in society agree with that procedure to be able to compel them to.
I knew someone, once, who had a neighbor who kept tearing down the boundary fence between their lots and building a new one. That neighbor had bought a quarter-quarter section and believed he had a right to 40 acres, not one bit less, especially not because a road ran along the edge of his land and took up two acres and was specifically excluded from his deed. So he took it out on my friend, who took him to court, got a judgment, and the guy still wouldn’t give up. I don’t know how it turned out, but does this sound like the sort of reasonable person who would help pick a first judge, a second judge, and a third judge if he got into a dispute with you? And what if he’s got eight brothers meaner than he is, and they like to say “blood is thicker than water?” You’d be SOL, unless you could get a ton of people willing to get into a gunfight to, essentially, risk their lives to kill the guy when they don’t have a dog in the fight. That’s what it will take, because he and his family are clearly the type who won’t give up once they’ve convinced themselves of their entitlement–any more than a mugger will give up his sense of entitlement to other people’s property. That property is HIS property in his mind, even before he takes it from you.
So this is my rather rambling way of my saying anarchy is nonsense, and especially anarcho-capitalism. Capitalism requires the rule of law to function properly. And if there is no law, someone you probably won’t like will make it exist, and it will benefit him.
Here’s a quote from Ayn Rand, who understood that government is a necessity albeit one that bears close watching (so does Ringer, but he seems a lot less happy about it).
If a drought strikes them, animals perish–man builds irrigation canals; if a flood strikes them, animals perish–man builds dams; if a carnivorous pack attacks them, animals perish–man writes the Constitution of the United States.
Ayn Rand
Reminder of the Most Important Thing about the MAGA Movement
Yes, I am going to harp on this, because it is the most important thing President Donald J. Trump has to do, and he hasn’t really gotten started on it yet.
Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American People...Our campaign represents a true existential threat, like they’ve never seen before.
Then-Candidate Donald J. Trump
Or, because I think it’s an important video (and Q would seem to agree with me) here’s the video that came from that rally:
I originally saw a version of this that was titled “Trump The Establishment” not “This Video Will Get Donald Trump Elected.” Regardless, it got him my enthusiastic vote, rather than my “at least he’s not Hitlary” vote.
Lawyer Appeasement Section
OK now for the fine print.
This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.
We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.
And remember Wheatie’s Rules:
1. No food fights 2. No running with scissors. 3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone. 4. The gun is always loaded. 4a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty. 5. Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy. 6. Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire. 7. Be sure of your target and what is behind it.
(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)
Mandatory Coin
Now it wouldn’t be one of my posts without a coin, would it?
The 1792 Half Disme is actually a very controversial coin.
(I’m going to apologize in advance for this long ramble, much of which really doesn’t have to do with this coin…but I find the history to be interesting, and if you don’t agree, you can…go jump in a lake.)
The US Mint and the US monetary system was established by law in 1792. Before the Constitution was passed, states could make their own money, and each state did things differently. In a way our federal coinage was the 18th century EuroZone, except that just about everything else still legal tender, including English and Spanish coinage. (In fact the Spanish piece of eight was were we got our dollar, and the name ultimately comes from “Joachimsthaler” since that town, now in Czechia, is where a large silver coin of that approximate size was first invented; “thalers” and “crown sized coins” became popular across Europe after that). We could do that because money back then was coined precious metal; guidebooks were published to tell people how much silver or gold there were in various coins so they’d know how much to accept, say, a British half crown for as payment (somewhere around fifty cents).
Our original system was defined as: ten mills to the cent, ten cents to the disme, ten dismes to the dollar, and ten dollars to the eagle. Coinage of copper half and one cent pieces, silver half dismes, dismes, quarter, half and full dollars, plus gold quarter, half and full eagles was authorized.
The only remnants of those authorized coins are our dime, quarter and half dollar. Other denominations are either dead now, or changed beyond all recognition–they’d laugh at our puny modern cent made out of zinc with a phony layer of copper on it. And of course the dime, quarter and half dollar today have no precious metal content at all. The silver dollar was originally 416 grains (the same grain you use to measure powder with) with 371 1/4 grains of it silver, the rest copper. Later on, in 1837, the copper content was reduced by 3 1/2 grains, so that the coin would be precisely 90 percent silver…and that silver dollar lasted until 1935. (The other silver denominations were reduced significantly in weight in 1853, minutely adjusted in 1873 to make their weights metric, and lasted at those weights until 1964.)
And yes, to be clear, the half disme was a silver coin–half the weight of a disme. Half dismes and dimes were, and are today for those that have survived, pretty small coins.
Anyway, to return to the 1792 half disme:
There is an “old wives’ tale” that George Washington donated some of his silver, a hundred dollars worth, to have two thousand of these made–that ultimately came from a man who had been at the mint almost since the beginning.
But there is much newer research (printed in the August 2017 issue of The Numismatist) that suggests Thomas Jefferson was the driver. (Note, however, that people have argued against this since it came out.) I will follow that account from this point forward.
George Washington approved the purchase of the property the First Mint would be built on, on July 9th, 1792. 1500 (not 2000) half dismes were likely produced on July 11-13. Even Donald Trump can’t build a building in three days, and as it happens the property didn’t even have its old structures demolished until the 19th. So these were probably made in someone’s basement, and that someone was likely a man named John Harper, who was a contractor for the Mint.
The new research points to Jefferson’s personal memoranda, which indicate that Thomas Jefferson withdrew about 100 dollars worth of silver from the Bank of the United States, probably in the form of Spanish dollars, and had 75 dollars worth of that made into these half dismes. Then, as he left Philadelphia to go home to Virginia on a vacation, he records spending money here and there, in multiples of five cents. The first of these was in Chester, Pennsylvania, where on July 13, he tipped “servants” [likely: slaves] in the amount of 30 cents at the inn he stayed in that evening. From that point forward, he notes many expenditures in multiples of five cents, but this ceases on October 5, after he had returned to Philadelphia.
Why were multiples of five cents such a big deal? Because the Spanish dollar was really an 8 real coin. You could find 1/2, 1, 2 and 4 real pieces too…but that works out to 6 1/2 and 12 1/2 cents for the smaller pieces. There was no way to get to any multiple of 5 other than 25 and 50 with those coins. And English coinage would be just as difficult–a shilling of 12 pence was worth (roughly) 25 cents, and you could divide 12 by 5 and get 2.4 pence = 5 cents (roughly) but there was no way to get 0.4 pence out of British money. You had half pennies (0.5 pence) and farthings (0.25 pence), no way to get to 2.4 pence…and it would be roughly equal, not equal, in any case.
Was that night in Chester, PA, the first time when the first coinage of the United States was spent?
When I read this article, it seemed pretty compelling–but people have mustered plausible alternate explanations since then, even for the multiples of 5 cents. So the caveat is, this might all be untrue. Like I said, this is a controversial coin.
Apparently, by looking at the coins, you can see the dies they were made from degrading from use; the people who have no life and look at these things define six “die states” and Jefferson’s 1500 coins (if this is true) would be the first four of the six. So if you can find and buy one of them, you own an artifact that Jefferson actually handled one time. What of the other two die states? (Who knows, perhaps Washington had those made from his silverware.) We know that there was indeed a second striking of anywhere between 200-500 pieces, but don’t know much about it, other than it was at the new Mint building on October 9th. (That building had gone up in less than 20 days, so perhaps Trump was there to help.)
But it has also been pointed out that whoever made these, from whatever source of silver, they were of dubious legality. The Mint act called for the officer in charge of gold and silver coining to post $10,000 bond, and no one was actually able to do that; the number got lowered by another act of Congress in 1794, and that’s when we could finally mint silver and gold. (Copper began in 1793.) So how is it that people were banging out silver coins in someone’s basement, while we were waiting for the First Mint to be built? (The current Philadelphia mint, which faces the same park Independence Hall faces, the same park that houses the Liberty Bell, is the “Fourth Mint.”) On the other hand it may have been deemed “OK” because the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson was likely there to watch it being made. And, interestingly, at the time the Mint was part of the Department of State, not Hamilton’s Department of the Treasury. George Washington had set things up that way, partially to not give one man a monopoly on all things monetary, and partially because our coinage system at the time was largely based on Jefferson’s concept of having weights, measures and money be decimal. (Jefferson even came up with a system a lot like the metric system, but with names coming from our traditions–however, this wasn’t adopted.)
The first US Mint director was David Rittenhouse, who at the time was a very famous and respected scientist, albeit not quite a bona fide world celebrity like Benjamin Franklin, who had become world famous even before the Revolution. Rittenhouse would likely have been there too, for the coining of these half dismes.
So the coin is shrouded in mystery. We don’t know for certain why it was made, or whose silver it was made out of. What seemed like solid research published in 2017 still hasn’t settled anything.
But the rest of the story on the half dime, as a denomination.
The letter “s” was dropped from “disme” sometime around 1800. It’s hard to be sure precisely when because we didn’t put the actual word on a coin any time between 1794 and 1807–during that timespan coins were typically identified by size and weight, with no actual denomination on the coin itself (the quarter dollar was an exception with “25 C” on the reverse). Collectors today argue over how “disme” was pronounced and many will say “half deem” when talking about this coin.
The half dime as a denomination was discontinued in 1873. The modern “nickel” had been invented in 1866 and, since silver wasn’t circulating in the aftermath of the Civil War, had taken over the job of being a five cent piece. So the half dime was deemed redundant.
If you want to get a half dime, and don’t care about the date, you can find examples from 1850 or so, and later for less than 300 dollars, in a “choice” uncirculated condition (MS-63 in technical parlance). (There are pretty ratty-looking coins out there that are technically uncirculated, MS 60 and 61, for a bit under $200–it’s probably a false economy; if you want uncirculated, go for something better.) Higher circulated grades, perfectly acceptable as curiosities, run from $35 (XF-40) on up. Ones in very low grade (Good-4) go for as little as $18; again, I’d suggest spending the extra 20 bucks–there is a world of difference between Good-4 and XF-40, and almost as much difference between XF-40 and AU-55 (which can be had for just under $100 if you pick a “common date”). AU 50 will look perfectly pleasing without a magnifier. Another factor is that any coin worth above $50 or so will likely be in a big sealed plastic holder; if you want a coin you can hold in your hand, either get a cheap one, or buy a more expensive one and crack it out of the holder.
Standard Disclaimer: None of the coins I show are my coins, not even the cheap ones. In this particular case, the coin shown is the finest known 1792 half disme and is probably worth more than my house and certainly is worth much more than my entire coin collection.
Reminder Of One Basic Fact
Just one more thing, my standard Public Service Announcement. We don’t want to forget this!!!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=L3tnH4FGbd0%3F
I hope this guy isn’t rotting in the laogai somewhere!
中国是个混蛋 !!! Zhōngguò shì gè hùndàn !!! China is asshoe !!!
This FEARLESS FRIDAY open thread is OPEN – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG!).
Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?
You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.
Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.
Keep it SOMEWHAT civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.
Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.
Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the OLD January 1st , 2019 open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.
SPEAK THE FIVE WORDS BOLDLY TO OUR PRESIDENT!
“I AM PRAYING FOR YOU!“
AND WHAT TIME IS IT?
TIME TO….
DRAIN THE SWAMP
Our movement
Is about replacing
A failed
And CORRUPT
Political establishment
With a new government controlled
By you, the American People.
Candidate Donald J. Trump
Also remember Wheatie’s Rules:
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
This open thread has TWO additional purposes.
FIRST, it is going to be a TEASER for an article on “GuginoGate” – the latter being the FAKE NEWS SCANDAL underlying Trump’s tweet which is cited above.
Let’s look at that more closely…..
Yeah, let’s watch how he holds position on that last swipe, even after the cop shoves him away – WHICH I CONTEND WAS THE DESIRED RESPONSE BY THE POLICE TO SET UP WHAT FOLLOWS!!!!!…..
YUP – the DEFINITIVE ARTICLE on GUGINOGATE is coming!
But now I would like to REMIND everybody about one possible reason WHY Adam Schiff – serial liar and hoaxer – is so utterly HUNG UP on a really stupid idea that might be called “VACCINES CAN DO NO WRONG” – an utterly untenable scientific position, despite all the GOOD that smart, honest, proven and well-tested vaccines – like drugs – have to offer.
Adam Schiff – very wrongly – believes that any position other than “vaccines can do no wrong” is “misinformation“.
HORSEFEATHERS!!!
One of the PROOFS that vaccines can indeed “do harm” is the fact that vaccine candidates are FAILED all the time for such harm.
ANOTHER such proof is that THIS HARM is exactly the principle on which STERILITY VACCINES are based.
Sterility vaccines (or sterilization vaccines – take your pick) are DESIGNED to cause very specific harm that will render people STERILE without otherwise harming them.
It is important to know that significant progress has been made on these things.
First, go HERE to listen to a whistleblower’s report on that progress:
Take it with a few grains of salt, but it still sounds both tenable and authentic to me.
NOW – it BOTHERS people – and I’m one of them – that SCIENCE has been doing a lot of lying lately, and has really earned the name FAKE SCIENCE. It’s not like we can trust everybody in science.
So – some people think the reason nobody is TALKING about sterilization vaccines, but great progress is being made on them, is that EUGENICISTS – like HITLER – are rearing their ugly heads again, and that THEY are the ones pushing SECRET RESEARCH on sterility vaccines.
I mean – let’s face it. Hitler would have MUCH preferred a sterilization vaccine to Zyklon B as a means to “solve the Jewish problem”.
SO, go HERE for Natural News to offer THEIR theory on where this is going.
NOW – I don’t know if Mike is right about the eugenicists plotting to kill blacks, but Margaret Sanger and the Eugenics movement did indeed want to reduce the population of black people – that is very well documented.
And a eugenicist pretty much started World War II, if I recall.
And eugenicists are probably still around, although I think they keep a pretty low profile. But they certainly seem plausible. Enough that people believe science fiction involving such things is “highly likely to happen”.
But killing blacks?
Frankly, if CHINA were driving “sterilization wars”, I would think WHITES would be their primary target, but whatever.
Mike Adams’ view of COVID-19 actually sounds very well-informed to me. Not a lot of speculation there. That’s good. But the bottom line is that the real issue isn’t whether Mike Adams is credible. The real issue is that mainstream science and medicine, after all the literally murderous hate and trickery dropped on hydroxychloroquine from their ranks, are NOT CREDIBLE.
