Dear KAG: 20230307 Are We There Yet? Open Thread

Cover image: Wild Flowers by Rebecca Flott

We begin today with a review of the beginning of last week’s daily:

ARE WE THERE YET?

Have we arrived at the Great Awakening? Clif High offered an opinion last week:

THE FLIP is NEAR!

Have you felt it? Are your spidey senses tingling yet?

Look around you, now. Are your co-workers nervous? Anxious? Are they talking about #5GUW yet?

The reason is the FLIP into the PEAK of THE BIG UGLY!

The BIG UGLY is a time of the upending, and overturning of the giant iceberg of public opinion as the 5GUW (5th Generation (global) Unrestricted War) emerges into public discussion.

The BIG UGLY is a time of ‘collective expression of knowledge’, that will produce an ‘upending of the social order’. The ‘upending’ will be spectacularly fast. It will scare the piss right out of you it will be so quickly consuming of YOUR social circle.

Don’t trust what I am writing here? Sure, that’s understandable…I am just some nutty techie guy with a high school education & a twisted mind who was into crypto before BTC was even 1 CENT.

BUT, I could be wrong, after all, I have been forecasting this period since last July.

Are we there yet? Let’s take a look at what I found published and where and then ask that question again:

Mark Levin? Really? He’s calling out the elites and their lies. The media got it too.

Disinformation and the Wuhan Lab Leak Thesis

It has been a bad week for patronizing crusaders who seek to bar controversial speech on the grounds of “disinformation.” On February 26, the Wall Street Journal broke a story regarding a classified Department of Energy report that the Covid-19 virus most likely originated with a leak from China’s Wuhan lab. FBI Director Christopher Wray echoed the DOE’s conclusion in a February 28 interview with Fox News. Such developments should be a monumental embarrassment to numerous figures in both government and the establishment news media who worked diligently in 2020-2021 to block accounts that endorsed—or even favorably considered—the lab-leak thesis.

The new bombshell revelations will likely create turbulence in multiple respects. It will exacerbate already contentious relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Xi Jinping’s government made every effort to prevent an independent investigation of Covid’s onset, and PRC officials were aided by Western medical bureaucrats who insisted that it was virtually certain the virus came from nature. The already tattered reputations of those bureaucrats have taken a new hit and may now be damaged beyond repair. That is especially true for Anthony Fauci, who was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) during the Covid pandemic and was the principal spokesperson for U.S. government policies.

DHS has a program gathering domestic intelligence — and virtually no one knows about it

That piece is from POLITICO. POLITICO which apologizes for deep state shenanigans all the time. This is BIG.

And then there was Twitter:

Okay, this was not on a mainstream network, but it’s important:

The pieces are being put together by normies, not just anons and autists. This is a VERY positive development. So, are we there yet? Stay tuned. This is going to be a long turn.

In the meantime, Tucker Carlson gave us a taste of the January 6 tapes:

This video, which will not embed, provides the entire episode.

Are We a Population or a People?

Chef, What Is a Cheeseburger?

Blockchain, Good. Blockchain Voting, Bad.

7 Ways the WHO Pandemic Treaty Will Obliterate Far More Than U.S. Sovereignty

People Behind Biden Announce Creation of Formal National Surveillance State, Yet No One Seems Bothered

Vox Populi – Legislator Be Advised 2023 ~#13

Badlands News Brief – March 6, 2023

“Will Dr. Fauci walk free, or are we finally about to see some long-awaited justice served?

Remember, Fauci is just one of many. The unspoken “pandemic industrial complex” employs legions of individuals from many different industries and nations; not all of them aware of what they were participating in.

Of course, Fauci certainly played an important role, as did Bill Gates, Tedros Ghebreyesus, Peter Daszak, Shi Zhengli, Rochelle Walensky, Albert Bourla, and many, many others. Going after Fauci is a fine place to start, so long as he doesn’t become the sacrificial lamb to placate the masses while the monster he helped to create continues on, unabated.

The $3 Trillion SubStack on How to Destroy Pfizer in Court

UK GOV. confirms Unvaccinated had lowest Mortality Rate per 100k in 2022

US suspects cranes of spying for China – WSJ

Tucker Carlson Calls Out the ‘Professional Christians’

#TransWomenAreConMen goes viral after Hershey allows a man to take the place of a woman

China becomes a roach motel for foreign investors

A surveillance politics storm is building — and Mark Warner’s at the eye

Another one from Politico. Does the water need to be checked over there?

Here’s the Ugly Truth About Why Middle Class Kids Aren’t Getting Into Harvard

Unchecked and Unbalanced

A Zelensky in a G-string!

AP Promotes Unfounded and Non-Evidenced Israeli Claim That Pro Trump Twitter Accounts Are Bots Attacking DeSantis and Haley

The Schedule F Imperative – Part 1

Can A “Trump Was Right” Slogan Be A Winning Theme In 2024?

Tweet hopper:

Meme & Fun hopper:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1632015064960991232

Something to remember, always.

Per the boss’s instruction:

I’d throw in a few Rockefellers and Rothschilds also.

Of course, this does not mean committing felonies, but standing up to the forces that want to tear this nation – and humanity apart. The very people XVII told us will be destroyed by the time this movie comes to an end are currently roaming the halls of power…supposedly. It’s a sickening sight.

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  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

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MATTHEW 23:1-12

1Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, 2“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. 4They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. 5They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, 6and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, 7and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men. 8But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. 9And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. 11He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; 12whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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Anonymous ID: hHkrVD7x No.148156632 
Nov 5 2017 20:06:36 (EST)

Anonymous ID: pqW40Wgk No.148156518 
Nov 5 2017 20:05:48 (EST)

>>148154137

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, Prince of the Heavenly Hosts, by the power of God, cast down to Hell Satan and all his evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

>>148156518
Amen brother.
Q

As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome. Via con Dios.

Satire

A lot of them are still wearing masks.

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cthulhu
TheseTruths

That’s good news. It looks as if he lives right next to a big hill, almost like being in a treehouse.

RDS

Thank you for bringing this. So relieved to know that tree is off their roof. Apparently, everything north of Redding and also in the Tahoe area is in bad shape.

TheseTruths

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gil00

That wildflower panel is beautiful.

TheseTruths

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kalbokalbs

Paging Ms Lindsey, Ted Cruz, R-Cons that have vilified J6 protestors…

Bastards will say nothing. As Americans falsely prosecuted persecuted AND others being persecuted.

gil00

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TheseTruths

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TheseTruths
eilert

Did Sidnick got the Arckencide treatment, which then was covered up by claiming he was offed by MAGA and when this was shown to be wrong it changed to a ‘Heart Attack?
He apparently was a Trump supporter.

Gail Combs

They needed to silence him. They then offed a bunch more.

Fourth Capitol riot cop, 26, commits suicide:

A fourth police officer who clashed with Capitol rioters on January 6 has killed himself – putting the suicide rate among Capitol and DC cops at six times that of the normal rate among American cops. 

Kyle DeFreytag, 26, died on July 10. He had responded to the Capitol insurrection on January 6th and had worked the later shift on that day. DeFreytag had been positioned outside the Capitol…

Three others who responded to the Capitol that day have also killed themselves; Howard Liebengood, 51, Jeffrey Smith, 35, and Gunther Hashida, 43…

They are all white.
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TheseTruths

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Sounds right. Maybe pgroup will weigh in.

pgroup2

He’s spot on. The problem that might arise is, does the state bar rules contain a prosecutor section which contains that requirement (of disclosure). It’s basically whether a state bar adopts as an ethics rule the provisions of Brady. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_disclosure]

TheseTruths

Thanks!

TheseTruths

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scott467

I would like to start a well garden.

Gail Combs

The Russians have known this for years! AND used it to find oil.

Abiotic Oil – Abiogenic Petroleum Origin

 It was in 1757 that the great Russian scholar Mikhailo V. Lomonosov enunciated the hypothesis that oil might originate from biological detritus. The scientists who first rejected Lomonsov’s hypothesis, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, were the famous German naturalist and geologist Alexander von Humboldt and the French chemist and thermodynamicist Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, who together enunciated the proposition that oil is a primordial material erupted from great depth, and is unconnected with any biological matter near the surface of the Earth.

   With the development of chemistry during the nineteenth century, and following particularly the enunciation of the second law of thermodynamics by Clausius in 1850, Lomonosov’s biological hypothesis came inevitably under attack. In science, a hypothesis is merely somebody’s attempt to explain something. It is merely that – an attempt….

  The great French chemist Marcellin Berthelot particularly scorned the hypothesis of a biological origin for petroleum. Berthelot first carried out experiments involving, among others, a series of what are now referred to as Kolbe reactions and demonstrated the generation of petroleum by dissolving steel in strong acid. He produced the suite of n-alkanes and made it plain that such were generated in total absence of any “biological” molecule or process. Berthelot’s investigations were later extended and refined by other scientists, including Biasson and Sokolov, all of whom observed similar phenomena and likewise concluded that petroleum was unconnected to biological matter.

    

  During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the great Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev also examined and rejected Lomonosov’s hypothesis of a biological origin for petroleum. In contrast to Berthelot who had made no suggestion as to where or how petroleum might have come, Mendeleev stated clearly that petroleum is a primordial material which has erupted from great depth. With extraordinary perception, Mendeleev hypothesised the existence of geological structures which he called “deep faults,” and correctly identified such as the locus of weakness in the crust of the Earth via which petroleum would travel from the depths. After he made that hypothesis, Mendeleev was abusively criticised by the geologists of his time, for the notion of deep faults was then unknown. Today, of course, an understanding of plate tectonics would be unimaginable without recognition of deep faults….

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

My question, in earnest, is ‘formed’ from what? That makes a big difference as to evaluating whether it will ever ‘run out’.

TheseTruths

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Is it? I wonder what form it will take.

smiley2

 👉  watch out for false flags !

if those fiends can desecrate a man’s corpse, weaponizing it as a political prop, they are capable of anything.

they aren’t just psychopaths…they are monsters…detached from all humanity.

mollypitcher5

I so agree with this ^^^. Not just a few people participating in this political witch hunt but thousands. From the top tier law makers to hundreds of low level officers….they ALL conspired to perpetuate a lie to condemn a president and punish innocent patriots.

scott467

But… but… they were just following orders…

Gail Combs

That is why I wrote that series.

Once you understand you are dealing with Eugenicists who have spent the last 6 decades BRAIN WASHING a couple generations of people into thinking we MUST kill off the excess human population for the ‘Good of Humanity’ and the ‘Planet’ then you can see where this mess comes from and WHY.
at minimum read:

National Security Study Memorandum NSSM 200
it is an eye opener!

If you do not ID the problem you can not fix it.

Citizen Scientist 31 Mar 2006: Dr. Eric R. Pianka endorsed Ebola for elimination of 90% of world population

….Forrest Mims told me about a speech he heard at the Texas Academy of Science during which the speaker, a world-renowned ecologist, advocated for the extermination of 90 percent of the human species in a most horrible and painful manner. Apparently at the speaker’s direction, the speech was not video taped by the Academy and so Forrest’s may be the only record of what was said. Forrest’s account of what he witnessed chilled my soul. Astonishingly, Forrest reports that many of the Academy members present gave the speaker a standing ovation. To date, the Academy has not moved to sanction the speaker or distance itself from the speaker’s remarks.

If the professional community has lost its sense of moral outrage when one if their own openly calls for the slow and painful extermination of over 5 billion human beings, then it falls upon the amateur community to be the conscience of science….

Dora

They kill babies, so what won’t they do?

Gail Combs

They consider us less than human.

Valerie Curren

They also disregard the Image of God aspect of humanity–soulless psychopaths!

Brave and Free

Yeah that’ll be great, just like they took care of the missing 30k emails and the secret server? Or released the names of the flight logs to one specific island? The list is to long to list. (Not to mention the lies about covid.)
Not holding out for any Retribution for them.

TradeBait2

Weener Boy’s laptop from Hell as well. The Aman bros activities might be fun to see.

Tonawanda

“Retribution is coming.” The sort of declaration which almost surely means the speaker is a scam artist.

TheseTruths

Prominent DC Lawyer Who Served in Clinton Administration Killed After Business Jet Hit Severe Turbulence

A prominent DC lawyer who served in the Clinton and Obama Administrations was killed when a private jet she was aboard hit bad turbulence while flying over New England. 

The business jet carrying five passengers made an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut on Friday after encountering heavy turbulence. 

Dana Hyde, 55, was rushed by ambulance to a hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on Friday where she was pronounced dead.

Hyde also served as a lawyer on the 9/11 commission.

There is no explanation of what caused her death. The plane didn’t crash. She needed medical attention after the plane hit turbulence. Jab? Something more “personal”?

scott467

If it actually had anything to do with turbulence, I would guess a head or neck injury, bouncing off the inside of the cabin.

OTOH, the Clintons never tire of finding new and unusual ways of killing people who could cause them trouble.

para59r

sedative in her beverage, pilot jostles about with the stick and rudder, then finish her off in the ambulance. Easy Peasy.

kalbokalbs

Jab related. Heart attack, partially induced by air turbulence. Feint of heart. 🙂

pgroup2

I will never turn my back on you. Your imagination is too scary.

 😂 

Gail Combs

A good reason to NEVER EVER piss off a chemist.  🤓 

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Thallium soup?

mollypitcher5

Sure seems like a lot of air travel stories in the last few months. The one yesterday of the flight that was about to land in Raleigh, NC somehow decides they won’t due to some winds so instead the pilot takes them all to Myrtle Beach, SC to a essentially closed airport. No vendors open..they were told that the plane was low on gas and some other story..
Are we seeing the lowered bar for pilot hires and support staff like mechanics?

kalbokalbs

Air travel stories are competing against SADS – Sudden Adult Death Syndrome for headline space.

Oh Wait, Air Travel Stories are a subset of SADS.

scott467

I don’t want to fly until there’s an airline called Air Virtue Signal, or maybe Air Diversity Hire, a virtuous company which only hires pilots and mechanics based on social equity and ABQWA (anybody but qualified white Americans) (pronounced “Ihatewhitepeople”).

A company with a socially conscious emphasis on ESG, DEI, LGBT, LMNOP, TRANNY, SNAFU and FUBAR.

Valerie Curren

LOL

para59r

Oh my… passed that head line by not knowing it was a DC lawyer who served in the Clinton Administration.

Bet they killed her in the ambulance just like with Abe.

kalbokalbs

Jab, until proven otherwise.

Valerie Curren

Shades of the Loretta Fuddy “killing”???

RAC

There may be a scandal involving organ harvesting in poland, be interesting to see if we hear more of this or if it disappears rather quickly…

” Whisper Corner:”
“Strange goings on in Poland, where apparently a huge batch of disfigured dead bodies was discovered in a mining shaft.”

more here…
“SITREP 3/6/23: Bakhmut Noose Tightens”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-3623-bakhmut-noose-tightens

kalbokalbs

From the cheap seats. Chatter about Armata’s being deployed in response to Leopards and Abrams smacks of nonsense. Lookie here. Keep Ukraine US IC busy guessing.

My guess is ~100 tanks promised to Ukraine. Delivery of Abrams months or a year out. Guessing some Leopards are trickling into Ukraine.

Difficult to believe Russia is looking for a tank on tank battle. There are easier ways to take tanks out. Air power, other armor weapons. Logistics. Take out fuel sources. Destroy maintenance and staging area.

mollypitcher5

This war is curious on so any fronts. Where are the bagdad Bob’s and cnn with combat footage daily ? They usually have wall to wall coverage so we can all feel like we’re right there. Scuds flying, where are the white helmets…time for the award winning dead babies footage.
After all this is the ultimate liberal feel-good cause. Trillions of dollars, sheesh, we should be seeing the war on prime time tv…….why aren’t we ?

kalbokalbs

Reality, live footage of Russia kicking Ukraine ass, is contrary to, “approved narrative’>

So, we get Uniparty AND Pravda News, TELLING us the Russians are losing AND Ukraine is kicking ass.

  • Contrary reports are Forbidden misinformation AND Russia supporters.
mollypitcher5

Ahhh that makes sense

cthulhu

I’m seeing some noise about Trump calling for ten new cities to be built from scratch. I have no idea why he would propose such a thing — but, then, just seeing it in the news doesn’t prove anything.

In the real world, cities tend to grow naturally based on (among other things) local topography. As an example, taking the southeastern US as an example, there are certain places (e.g. Charleston, SC; Savannah, GA; Wilmington, NC; Norfolk, VA) which are suitable to have deepwater ports. They’re going to get cities whether you plan them or not. Those cities will have warehouses, customs agents, insurance agents, logistics providers, accountants, lawyers, and everybody else that goes with international trade.

As you travel up each navigable river, you will come to a “fall line”, with a waterfall. All your shipments on wagons from the hinterlands will meet all the shipments on barges from the coast. Again, you will have logistics experts, warehouses, insurance agents, accountants, lawyers, and all that….and not because they were declared to be there, but because that’s what the land needed.

To have a city, you need transportation and resources — which are not distributed randomly.

para59r

Too many dysfunctional cities controlled by rabid demons. Can’t uproot the jerks, better to dry them out of existence and start fresh with entrenched MAGA concepts at their corps. Second best locations can be picked and given new modes of transportation it shouldn’t be that hard. Current cities are too blighted to hang onto as is.

scott467

We could build cities on the moon, use cheaper one-way rockets to get them there, and then let them use the new teleporter when they want to visit home.

WSB

Does that mean I would have to resort to a flip phone? If so, my Taller Half wins that round.

scott467

Well, just between you and me, the teleporters don’t actually exist, so… it’s kind of a surprise one-way trip 😂

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Neither do the forcefields (not actually) used to keep air in the spacecraft that takes them to the moon.

para59r

*corps core

WSB

PT was speaking about returning about 1 to 2 % of Government-controlled land back to the people to build now towns and cities.

I did not hear a government-controlled spirit, just turning land back to citizens so they can have an alternate to the gruesome D cities.

MHO.

WSB

PS, I would announce 20%.

WSB

PS PT has some kind of vision of ultra low costs for building a home and for owning a car.

I expect he wants to take us back or forward to a smart way of building costs.

He never fails to amaze me in his vision of America First.

I know PT seems confusing at times, yet just let him have his space and rhythm to spit it all out.

kalbokalbs

Cutting regulations, including for homes / cars, will, reduce costs. PT knows this.

PT’s first term, cutting regulations and streamlining bureaucracy, is a prime example.

WSB

Indeed, and PT may have very simple individual deductions for homes, ranches, children and vehicles.

I expect this is to what he is referring.

kalbokalbs

Another heavily modified, Oklahoma Land Rush. USG has too much land AND doing NOTHING good with it. BLM for starters. Allow Americans 150 acres to settle on and improve land. After five years, they own it.

Yea. Leave National Parks alone and some other scared cows for all the right reasons. But get USG out of owning so controlling damn land.

Zero chance I support USG building or any way sponsoring ten large cities. NOR do I trust big business to have any part in it.

Let the citizens improve land. <<< It’ll flourish AND businesses will benefit.

GA/FL

IMO – We need more good productive farms and ranches – not more cities.

kalbokalbs

Exactly. Folks need land to do it.

Gail Combs

40 ac and a mule…

WSB

I would take 40 ac and a really good-looking rugged, talented cowboy.

I could always give him 40 bucks to buy the mule, lest he make the mule a gift for my bright shining heart!!!!!!!

LOLOLOL!!!!!!!

WSB

This is very Barbara Stanwyck of me.

WSB

I believe that is PT’s point. Offset The Gates’ landmass crimes.

scott467

But… but… it could be the beginning of a beautiful new public-private partnership…

WSB

Private…

GA/FL
scott467

We could deport ten cities’ worth of illegal invaders, and then we wouldn’t need any new cesspools cities.

WSB

Just new land.

This features a new saloon…so I am all in!

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scott467

Looks nice, just needs a dirt road and a train station, and maybe Charles Bronson playing a harmonica.

I spent a fair amount of fiat currency in saloons when I was young. We called them bars back then, but I don’t recall anything good that ever came about, from spending time in a saloon 😉

WSB

LOLOL!!!! Maybe an old regulation Military Jeep on the backside!

Maybe nothing good in a saloon after Midnight!!! Yet, shot glasses into the fireplace are aways fun for the dramatic effect!

WSB

Looks like Oklahoma.

Valerie Curren

Still unearthing some interesting stuff at the Gab AI Art Group,

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“Brainy Guest Over for Dinner”

https://gab.com/SteamyR_Cartoonist/posts/109970842360879059

For some reason this makes me think of that old Twilight Zone, “To Serve Man”

Valerie Curren

This just makes me smile

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 “The ‘Never-Beginning’ Story”

https://gab.com/LelandSpeditacture/posts/109970325681145219

Valerie Curren

So I had to save some of the amazing AND eclectic images found in the Gabby AI Art Group & moar at this new blog post 🙂

https://specialconnections.wordpress.com/2023/03/07/galactic-gabby-games/

I’m so glad that Wolfmoon put up his own Gabby tutorial post which got me started on a much-needed respite from some of the crazy AND exhausting things going on irl.

https://www.theqtree.com/2023/02/28/let-gabs-free-ai-gabby-help-you-create-memes-and-post-images/

It’s a joy to have such a creative outlet available, accessible, & free! 

smiley2

this is excellent and worth reading…

Satan’s New World Order Blueprint and Christian Capitulation Under The…Consensus Process

article link/blog…

https://patriotandliberty.com/satans-new-world-order-blueprint-and-christian-capitulation-under-the-serpents-consensus-process/

2023

the New Truth.

 👉  consensus…the humanist version of “Christianity”….Eastern ideologies…with related highlights presented…

 👉  the consensus process = the compromise of conscience

the 4 key elements are presented and discussed.

and where we are here and now.

good read.

astute.

TradeBait2

Agree. Who hasn’t seen this in their own experiences?

Some of us have been simply calling it “the watering down of faith”.

Which is of the devil and evil. Which fits DePat’s scripture from Matthew above.

scott467

“Who hasn’t seen this in their own experiences? Some of us have been simply calling it “the watering down of faith”.”

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I see it everywhere in society, but not (at least not yet, and hopefully never will) in the church where I am a member. If the preacher mistakenly taught anything that you couldn’t put your finger on in the Bible, it would be brought to his attention (by anyone, but most likely by an elder) so he could make correction before the worship service was concluded and everyone was dismissed.

If for some reason the preacher would not make correction, an elder would address the congregation, clarifying the truth of God’s Word on the subject, and I reckon we would be looking for a new preacher.

It’s very simple.

There is exactly one source of Authority for faith, belief and practice, which is the Word of God.

If it’s not in there, then it isn’t done.

There are (very purposefully) no doctrines, commandments or traditions of men which could be co-opted or twisted or expanded upon.

Everyone reads the Bible (should be reading it every day), and Bibles should be open during the sermons on Sunday, following along, to verify that what the preacher says is so, after the example given in Acts 17:11.

If anyone tried to sneak in some new thing, some new doctrine or practice, it would (it better) stand out like someone trying to add a gay pride scene edit to a Clint Eastwood western.

If members of the congregation are in error, and they will not repent and make correction, they will be withdrawn from, according to the example given in Scripture (and if they later repent, they are to be forgiven and welcomed back into the congregation, also according to Scripture).

If the elders or deacons are in error, they will make correction or be replaced.

If the preacher is in error, he will make correction or be replaced.

If a significant number of members fall into error and will not repent, such that the congregation is being led into error and apostasy, the faithful members will leave for a faithful congregation, or start a new one, if need be.

It has to be that way, because if it isn’t, then error will enter in and assert itself.

pgroup2

Agreed, with one exception.

The preacher does not belong in the pulpit. He/she belongs in the diaspora.

The pulpit is not specifically authorized but putting that aside, the pulpit at best is a place for teachers of the Word.

If we got back to the first century method, we’d be rotating our meetings between the saints’ residences and alternating our teachers from among the members of our group.

In short, each member would teach on a rotating schedule. Christ would be our leader, manifesting Himself alternately as Teacher in and through each of our members.

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scott467

“The preacher does not belong in the pulpit. He/she belongs in the diaspora. The pulpit is not specifically authorized but putting that aside, the pulpit at best is a place for teachers of the Word.”

____________

A pulpit is not necessary, just an expediency, and helpful for the shorter preachers or those who are more soft spoken. Some of the taller preachers just stand before the congregation, and can easily be seen by all and heard without a microphone.

There are no women who preach to the congregation though.

……………………
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” (1 Timothy 2:12, KJV)
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Women are certainly able and encouraged to teach other women, and children, and do so in Bible classes, as one example.

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“If we got back to the first century method, we’d be rotating our meetings between the saints’ residences and alternating our teachers from among the members of our group.”

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That would certainly be acceptable, though many homes cannot comfortably accommodate more than 10 or 15 people in any one room.

We could meet outdoors, that would certainly be nice somewhere like Florida during winter months (if it wasn’t raining), but it’s a little chilly for outdoor worship services during the winter in many parts of the country.

Our preacher does week long gospel meetings at other congregations around the country throughout the year, and likewise we have gospel meetings at our congregation several times a year, with visiting preachers.

Also, various men of the congregation do preach regularly before the congregation, either when the regular preacher is out of town (or sick), or because someone has a lesson from God’s Word they would like to preach, etc.

Valerie Curren

Love this…likely the model for the post-Apocalyptic church!

GA/FL

Well now we know….

TradeBait2

Proud of him for standing his ground. He will be standing when Satan’s minions on earth are dead.

Gail Combs

DENIED BY HOMELAND SECURITY????

singingsoul1

Does homeland security have that power? Who gives it to them?

Gail Combs

That was what I was wondering.

pgroup2

He should go to the southern border, walk across, and ask for asylum.

WSB

But his way in, steal a Chevy and just show up in tennis whites for his first gig.

Game ON!

cthulhu

…under the name, “Jose Novo”.

Brave and Free

Thanks DP,
Lot’s to unpack here for sure! Sending links to family maybe they’ll wake up more???
The Levin video started out good for me, until he went into the
“Fox got it right BS”.
To me that’s just him doing His masters cover up work. Fox sucks just like all Pravda news, they just do it with a little more truth than the others.

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kalbokalbs

100% in the interest of Faux News, IS why Levin blathered on as he did.

Levin IS covering for ~three years of Faux News Lying to listeners.

Papering over what actually took place, was reported by Faux news.

Levin gets ZERO credit by me. Levin Remains part of the problem.

Brave and Free

^^ Agree ^^

WSB

Controlled opposition? Let 1% of the story out, and then pack it all up. We’ll see.

Tucker was thrown off guard tonight by the screaming of Chuck and Mitch. He responded to both tonight; therefore, Tucker took time out for that and did not present everything I thought he might.

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kalbokalbs

Levin is trying to rewrite Faux News history over the past ~three years.

Against my intuition, I started listening to the Levin. Clicked OFF when the asshole started rewriting Faux News reporting, the past !three years.

Faux News, INCLUDING Levin, IS part of the problem. <<< Fuck’m All.

Brave and Free

Same here, clicked off when the BS started about them being right. Cover for themselves to the people who still watch fake fox. I will give him a little credit for trying to wake them up, just a tiny little thou. He and his master’s (fox) are setting them (the viewers) up for the next fake story. The informed already know everything he’s saying, so I don’t waste my time.

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rayzorback

Lost Levin back when he was Pro Cruz and ANTI Trump.

pgroup2

Pro Cruz was acceptable; anti-Trump was a definite no.

Valerie Curren

I believe that later Levin was at least partially on the Trump Train & admitted or implied he’d been wrong about RealPOTUS…

TradeBait2

JB White with some serious Badlands sponsored hopeium this AM. Even if he is wrong, that would make for a great movie script.

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duchess01

Verse of the Day for Tuesday, March 7, 2023

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;” 

John 14:16 (KJV)

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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!

duchess01

BE MY VOICE

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BABY LIVES MATTER

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JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

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duchess01

PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD

Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.

I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.

Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.

With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.

Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me. 

Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.

AMEN.

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

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phoenixrising

Simplicius The Thinker’s latest:

SITREP 3/6/23: Bakhmut Noose TightensAnd other sundry news.
A few things to cover today—firstly a few interesting sundry items that’ve crossed the newsdesk.

For those that haven’t seen, an entire train of Russia’s T-14 Armatas was spotted moving reportedly somewhere near Rostov (not far from Ukrainian border). Some have postulated they’re headed to Moscow for May 9th parade preparations, but other reports strongly indicated that was not the case.

According to REVERSE SIDE OF THE MEDAL, T-14 Armata tanks were spotted on the border of the Rostov Region.

Apparently, the tanks are not going to the Victory Day Parade, which is May 9.

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Along with them, the latest Russian Bumerang IFV’s were seen as well. This comes on the heels of recent photos from a Uralvagonzavod production line, showing Armatas being built next to the T-90M’s.

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T-14 Armata left, T-90M center.

Could Russia be deploying Armatas en masse to try them out against the coming Leopards/Abrams/Challengers?

Whisper Corner:
con’t https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-3623-bakhmut-noose-tightens

Gail Combs

I watched an interview of the writer of this article:
Blockchain, Good. Blockchain Voting, Bad.
I will not bother to link because the interviewer puts Sean Hannity to shame. I find her Very very very annoying because she monopolizes the conversation. I have watch three of her videos.

WHat occurred to me when the current voting system was discussed, is that Mail in Voting not only REMOVES chain of custody but it also REMOVES ANONYMITY!

The envelope is supposed to have your signature that is to be check by a human, AND THEN THAT HUMAN OPENS THAT ENVELOPE AND SEES WHO YOU VOTED FOR!

All this BS about ‘protecting the anonymity of the voter’ that is brought up in court is just so much happy horse SCHIFF! Mail in voting by its very nature REMOVES that anonymity.

phoenixrising

https://www.armstrongeconom

US Losing Another War in Ukraine

An alternate title, “The Nuland Family History in Eastern Europe (Ukraine).

para59r

Seems important.

((The rest of short thread edited by taking out twitter fluff…))

DOJ could only put into the database what Congress gave DOJ.

If Congress/Pelosi held back video then DOJ would not have it to put in the database.

All videos from body worn cameras of USCP and CCTV are the property of Congress, not DOJ.

That is a separation of powers issue.

Whether DOJ was obligated by Brady to get videos from Congress was litigated, and Judges held that DOJ didn’t have any way to force Congress to produce videos it didn’t want to produce, even if they were Brady material.

Regardless of what media members say, it is not possible to say definitively right now that defense attorneys did — in fact — have all the videos that Tucker/Fox is showing. McCarthy says he gave Fox everything. That might include videos not given to DOJ by Pelosi/Cong. Dems.

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Gail Combs

It also opens up Piglouse et al for LAWSUITS by those convicted since they KNOWINGLY for POLITICAL REASONS withheld evidence.

That should go all the way up to SCOTUS for clarification.

Brady rule — Cornell Law

The Brady rule, named after Brady v. Maryland, requires prosecutors to disclose materialexculpatory 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 to the defense. Brady material, or the evidence the prosecutor is required to disclose under this rule, includes any information favorable to the accused which may reduce a defendant’s potential sentence, go against the credibility of an unfavorable witness, or otherwise allow a jury to infer against the defendant’s guilt. 

Initially, the Brady rule was only applicable if the defendant made a pretrial request for specific information which the prosecution denied. In United States v. Bagley, however, the Supreme Court eliminated this request requirement and stated that the prosecution has a constitutional duty to disclose all material, favorable information in their possession to defendants regardless of whether it is requested. This duty is breached regardless of whether that information is withheld intentionally or unintentionally….

Government Defined — Cornell Law

A government can be defined as the body, entity, invested with the power to manage a political unit, organization or more often, a State. Government, from the Latin locution gubernare – means steer a ship/vessel – describes the governing authority in charge of running a State. That governing body is oftentimes constituted by officials, ministers forming an active agency invested with the executive power and responsible for the direction and supervision of public affairs….

The U.S. Federal Government is composed of three branches: the legislative, executive and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress (legislative), the President (executive), and the Federal courts (judicial), respectively. The division between the three different branches of the Federal Government exists to ensure that no individual or group has too much power….

An example of the Supreme Court’s power to overturn Constitutional laws can be found in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education under the Warren Court, in which the Supreme Court struck down segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.

Comparative Constitutional Law

The rules governing the formation of the Government, its powers, the nomination of its members depends on the State or Country. Hence, a comparative law approach demonstrates that the rules relating to the U.S. Government are different than what other countries adopted….

Fourteenth Amendment

Section 1

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws

Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) Supreme Court

Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations

Annotation

Primary Holding

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.

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Held: Petitioner was not denied a federal constitutional right when his new trial was restricted to the question of punishment, and the judgment is affirmed. Pp. 84-91.

(a) Suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused who has requested it violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution. Pp. 86-88.

(b) When the Court of Appeals restricted petitioner’s new trial to the question of punishment, it did not deny him due process or equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment, since the suppressed evidence was admissible only on the issue of punishment. Pp. 88-91.

Senate is playing the dangerous game with the 14th Amendment
BY JONATHAN TURLEY

(It is about the last ‘impeachment of POTUS after he was out of office.)

….𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀. Such bills were used in Great Britain to punish individuals through Parliament rather than the courts. Years ago I had litigated one of the few successful bills of attainder cases in striking down the Elizabeth Morgan Act, which punished my client with stripping him of parental rights. This proposed censure resolution would achieve the same purpose to mete out punishment by popular vote.

Using the 14th Amendment is too clever by half. Our raging politics blinds many to what could be a dangerous precedent of barring opponents from office. When many people call for blacklists and retaliation against anyone “complicit” with Trump in the last four years, such a power would be ripe for abuse. 

Is Congress under Nasty the Piglouse just doing a work around so they can PUNISH individuals that they consider political enemies?

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Gail Combs

I should add that after watching a few minutes of the Schumer meltdown, I think they KNOW just how bad this is going to be for the Demon-Rats who were in on the set-up of the Jan 6ers.

I have a feeling this is the tip of the iceberg.

Slowly the Covid Scam-demic and depop agenda is being exposed along with the DELIBERATE imprisoning of law abiding people who only trespassed (IF THAT) WHILE a first degree murderer gets off on a skimpy bail.

Seattle judge releases gang member accused of mass shooting to home detention with his grandmother

…William Tolliver, 27, was charged with first-degree murder and six counts of first-degree assault, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm, in relation to the January 2020 shooting. The shooting unfolded outside a McDonald’s and left one woman dead and six others injured, including a child and a woman with intellectual and physical disabilities.

A King County Superior Court judge granted Tolliver a pretrial release last Thursday…

The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office argued against Tolliver’s home detention, citing that he had run from police before and that he was under Department of Corrections supervision at the time of the shooting, KOMO News reported…

“When you have somebody who has a history of not following court orders, has a half dozen domestic violence offenses, no matter who the defendant is, that’s a concern,” Casey McNerthney with the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said in a statement about Tolliver’s release…

Tolliver had previously been arrested 44 times

Any bet he takes off and maybe even kills his grandma?

mollypitcher5

Bets on the table…another shooting, drug offense, battery, theft, carjack,…it’ll be something

Nor'easter

Don’t forget WW III.
(need a “Gulf of Tonkin” type incident)

Yes… I believe [They] are getting THAT desperate.

michaelh

This is an outstanding essay – especially for anyone who’s felt the impact of Mark Noll’s work in Evangelical circles firsthand.

While I don’t agree with all of the essay, he does a good job tearing down much of the facade of Noll’s book – especially how the tensions of scholarship in the last 30 years and three years covidiocy have demonstrated Noll’s premise to be untenable at best, but problematic and enabling at worst.

The Scandal of “The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind”
Benjamin L. Mabry
2 hr ago
https://aaronrenn.substack.com/p/the-scandal-of-the-scandal-of-the

This guest essay is by Dr. Benjamin Mabry. Mabry holds a Ph.D. in political science from Louisiana State University. He’s the author of newsletter #67 on aesthetics and hosted a subscriber only webinar on an introduction to the thought of Eric Voegelin. ]

Why bother to review a book that is nearly thirty years in print and has been subject to no end of commentary and discussion at every level of Evangelical scholarship? Mark Noll’s most famous monograph, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, has become a household name in Evangelical intellectual circles and a byword for the problems facing that community. The career of Francis Collins was considered by many in the Evangelical community to be an example of Noll’s arguments in action. He was among the highest profile of a number of high-profile Evangelical scholars to be appointed to prestigious positions in the U.S. Federal Bureaucracy. However, many of the recent criticisms of Collins’s decisions, which can be found summarized in The Federalist, created shockwaves across the Christian academic community. It seemed that Collins, and many other prominent Evangelicals like him, had been co-opted by the secular regime and culture which increasingly appears to be the antithesis of Christianity. In fact, however, Collins’s actions don’t represent a betrayal of the Evangelical community, but merely the all-too-common, predictable actions of Evangelical elites desperate for the approval of secular authorities. These and other recent events should cause Christians to knock the cob-webs off of Evangelical thinking about Evangelical thinking and question whether the positions advocated in The Scandal actually led to Christ-centered scholarship.

. . . A couple gems:

“Noll’s notion of the consensus of scientists as God “speaking through the natural world” (Noll, p. 207) reflects an obsolete conception of a Popperian, orderly process of ever-growing envelopes of scientific evidence. It ignores the way that consensus, even in science, is a product of political fashions, money, power, and institutional hierarchies. Soviet Lysenkoism and Nazi Aryan Physics are not the exception in the history of science, but the ordinary case. Paul Feyerabend’s Against Method illustrates that scientific outcomes very often reflect presuppositions undergirding methodology rather than naïve realist notions of the extant world.”

There’s a lot that can be unpacked here – but the Priestly Religion of Scientism isn’t about the Enlightenment project of using human reason and investigation to illuminate the created order. It’s now about control – controlling reality by controlling the science and buying institutions through grants and money.

What Francis Collins has proven is that you don’t have to be a committed institutional secularist to sell your soul to the devil – and your fellow human beings down the river.

(“down the river” – which is to say, shipping one’s fellow human beings down the Mississippi for sale at the slave markets.)

“Science’s ethical limits cannot be determined from within the scientific worldview but necessarily must proceed from an outside source.  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Is the popular body of the Evangelical Church the appropriate judge of these limits? Perhaps not, but it should not be controversial to say that nobody has done a worse job of policing the moral boundaries of science than the technocratic and corporatist elites of secular modernity.

True that.

Material progress is often a product of just-so arrangements by engineers and practical craftsmen who stumble across workable solutions, not academic scientists. Edison didn’t invent his lightbulb through determining the characteristics of metallic alloys, but through trial and error, until he found a filament that just worked. In the Ivory Tower, theories only really change when funding changes or entrenched intellectual robber-barons abdicate their seats of influence

In short, Thomas Kuhn had it partly right and largely wrong. Paradigms in science exist because of funding:

Ideological predeterminism is easily bought!

George Marsden – Mark Noll’s colleague who probably would side with Noll in this discussion, writing from a different angle on the same problems – demonstrated well from history in “The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief” how Universities became decoupled from denominations.
There were many factors at play to be sure. But the key factor is that universities found a new and rich source of funding: 19th century industrial capitalists and philanthropists.

And the industrial capitalists had their own goals and intentions – creating a class of well-trained workers who would largely follow orders and do what they were told.

“Noll, like many others, substitutes a superficial, ontic description for a deeper understanding of what those heresies mean, describing Gnosticism without a single mention of gnosis as an attempt to impose one’s own will upon reality. In the original context, political gnosticism is not defined by contingent dogmas but by its experiential meaning as pneumopathology, or sickness of the soul. Dogmas are contingent articulations of emotional and spiritual deformations caused by a negative reaction to ontological experiences.”

Without coming out and saying it, the author pinpoints the postmodern and neo-marxist obsession with subjective socially defined reality and their opposition to objective reality as a fundamentally Gnostic project.

michaelh

reMarkable releases a keyboard extension

Combine handwriting and typing with Type Folio
Draft that report — or your next chapter — with distraction-free typing on your reMarkable paper tablet.
https://remarkable.com/using-remarkable/improve-your-workflow/combine-handwriting-and-typing-with-type-folio

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It seems counterintuitive for a writing tablet to benefit from a keyboard.

But based on how I’ve been using reMarkable, this could be an excellent addition to the device.

I feel like reMarkable is a clearer vision of what the electronic tablet SHOULD be, rather than other companies’ oversized smartphones.

In short, tablets have not been successful products. Some companies have sold a lot of units – but as a category, the tablet has largely been a failure, drug down by a lack of vision about what humans really do and need.

Besides which, anyone who has a cell phone knows that they don’t own their phone. You use the phone, and the phone uses you, but the real utility of the phone is an extension of the parent company’s monetization schemes. It doesn’t work well because you are just an end user – the product – not the actual consumer.

Valerie Curren

I’ve been playing around again with Gabby the AI art generator, borrowed & adapted some prompts from better artists & got some pretty sweet images finally. Here’s a sampling (there are more at that specific Gab post) 🙂

ValerieCurren
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Original Gabber

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“An ultradetailed, digital-art, 4k-concept-art-wallpaper, of a female floral faerie in a neo-victorian impressionistic steampunk village late at night, filled with fantastical creatures. twinkling stars reaching deep into the distant background.”

https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/109982643585299410

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I’m quite thankful that Wolf shared how to do this in his Gabby post 😉

barkerjim
phoenixrising

via zeroHedge
China Threatens US With “Conflict And Confrontation” As Xi Issues “Unusually Blunt” Rebuke Of US Policy

In an unexpectedly sharp escalation of diplomatic rhetoric, China’s foreign minister said that the US should change its “distorted” attitude towards China or “conflict and confrontation” will follow, while defending the country’s stance on the war in Ukraine and defending its close ties with Russia.

Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of an annual parliament meeting in Beijing, Foreign minister Qin Gang took an uncharacteristically direct swipe at the US, and said that the U.S. had been engaging in suppression and containment of China rather than engaging in fair, rule-based competition.

con’t https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-threatens-us-conflict-and-confrontation-xi-issues-unusually-blunt-rebuke-us-policy

Dora
Dora

I wonder if Biden knows how evil is the work he is doing, or if he is completely being used by others.
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Biden Regime Considering Vaccinating Chickens in Response to Bird Flu Outbreak to Boost Biden’s Political Fortunes – Could Destroy Poultry Industry and Harm Humans
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/biden-regime-considering-vaccinating-chickens-in-response-to-bird-flu-outbreak-to-boost-bidens-political-fortunes-could-destroy-poultry-industry-and-harm-humans/

mollypitcher5

Personally I think he’s a dolt without a care in the world about citizens or the country, exactly why he was installed. The shadows behind him run everything

nikkichico7

He’s old, end of day and close to where he will spend eternity.

singingsoul1

I believe Biden has no ethical compass. Did he have not an oporation on the front part of his brain? I remember something like that and that explains much.

scott467

President Tone-Deaf is really onto something with this vaccine idea.

Gail Combs

Something concerning…

Yesterday we had the vet give one of our pony’s a no hope diagnose.  😪  Normally in a case like this we donate the animal to a carnivore rescue. Generally they can take the animal immediately or with in 24 hours. We have been donating for well over a decade since we use older animals.

This time it is a THREE MONTH WAIT!!!  😮  None of the other carnivore rescues we contacted were taking donations either.

That to me indicates people are getting rid of their retired horses or ponies because they can no longer afford to care for them OR the owners died and the family is off loading these older animals fast instead of trying to sell them.

Whatever is going on it does NOT LOOK GOOD.

RDS

Gail Combs
It’s so hard to hear a “no hope” diagnosis, either for a human or for an animal.
Is there some type of palliative care medication the pony can take while waiting for the carnivore rescue?

Gail Combs

He has cancer and it has closed off his urethra so he can not pee.

We are waiting for the vet to call back about putting him down and trying to figure out how to dig the hole to bury him.

He is alert, walking and eating so he is OK for a few days. I really really hate losing him. I was completely stunned by the diagnosis.

I thought he just had a tooth problem (sharp hooks) or maybe an abscessed tooth.

Unfortunately white horses or horses with a lot of white are very prone to cancer when they get older. This is #3 that we have lost to cancer.

nikkichico7

I sorry to hear about your pony Gail … it’s really hard when your animal gets terminally ill. 😔🤚🥀

Gail Combs

Yes that is the worst thing about having older animals. One pony (Still very healthy) I have had for 33 years.

singingsoul1

I am so sorry loosing a animal can be like loosing a family member. Second thought they are family members . You are so blessed having still some animals for 333 years. Peace my friend 

Gail Combs

Thank you very much Singing.

It is very hard losing one of my ponies.

This has been a bad winter for my animals for some reason.

singingsoul1

I am sorry hope spring is better for you and your animals. Yes it has been a strange winter.

mollypitcher5

Wow..33 years …that must be way up in the longest living pony records ?

Gail Combs

No we have another pony who is 46. We just checked with his previous owner. She was amazed we still had him.

Most of my ponies are now in their twenties. WHERE DID THE TIME GO! Four of my girls I have had since they were babies and I still think of them as ‘young’

mollypitcher5

I had no idea that they could live that long…of course having loving caring conscientious owners is key to it.

Again, sorry about your loss.

nikkichico7

I love Nikki and Chico but she’s 13 y/o and Chico is 11 y/o. Nikki is slowing down and probably some day well, she will go to sleep ..

I had a tuxedo cat named Trouble, he was handsome and had a loving nature, smart with the heart of a lion. He was an “outdoor” cat, he liked going outside. A cat hater (next door neighbor) poisoned him and he suffered until we took him to the vet to put him to sleep, he was cremated, his ashes need to be spread out in the yard he loved so much.

You would an animal could get so deep into your heart but they don’t choose their humans but when loved they love back with total awesomeness.
…. 🥲🤚❤️❤️❤️ …

Valerie Curren

So sorry 🙁

mollypitcher5

Sorry to hear that. It’s so heartbreaking when they’re still bright eyed and loving but something bad is lurking.
Godspeed on everything

Gail Combs

It was a real shock. With him and with my other white pony. Both seemed to have a minor ailment but it was cancer lurking.

At least the other guy was in his forties this pony is only 17.

Aubergine

I’m so sorry to hear this. It’s sad, and worse because of the donation circumstance.

Gail Combs

It seems to indicate the economy is crap.

Aubergine

Truly.

Sadie Slays

I’m so sorry.

Valerie Curren

Seen in reply to the Naomi Wolf video on twitter

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This article from January in replies too:

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/fosun-pharma-genuine-biotech-up-output-covid-drug-azvudine-with-companies-2023-01-20/

also this article from 2018:

https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/fosun-pharma-massively-fakes-api-production-data-and-bribes-regulators-whistle-blower

Valerie Curren

Is the guy in the video affiliated with Political Moonshine because he mentioned “enterprise fraud” & 40,000 patents associated with covid, iirc?

pgroup2

A fascinating tale about the Father of Gore-bull Warming. His concern for the law is obvious:

According to Clinton administration official Richard Clarke:

‘extraordinary renditions’, were operations to apprehend terrorists abroad, usually without the knowledge of and almost always without public acknowledgment of the host government … The first time I proposed a snatch, in 1993, the White House CounselLloyd Cutler, demanded a meeting with the President to explain how it violated international law. Clinton had seemed to be siding with Cutler until Al Gore belatedly joined the meeting, having just flown overnight from South Africa. Clinton recapped the arguments on both sides for Gore: ‘Lloyd says this. Dick says that.’ Gore laughed and said, ‘That’s a no-brainer. Of course it’s a violation of international law, that’s why it’s a covert action. The guy is a terrorist. Go grab his ass.’[28]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition

nikkichico7

This is long ….

The Lord is my Shepherd
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Wium Dornbrack

Matthew 6:25-34

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Everyday Will I Bless Thee
se samonte

God bless everyone and your loved ones abundantly, … God bless you Wolf 🐺 and your loved ones abundantly …

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nikkichico7

The Lord Is My Shepherd, not …. https://www.theqtree.com/2129fb5d-bb74-485e-8c19-a545fdd0c733 … sorry.

nikkichico7

Awwwww sugar! … 🙄😣🤚 … 🥸

para59r

Schmucky Chuck is ripped. Here he is demanding and ordering Fox News not to let Tucker air tonight. Even threatening America with a full crackdown on our freedoms if America persists in learning the truth as he tells us our eyes did not see what Tucker showed us last night.

mollypitcher5

Shut the hell up fool.

para59r
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Gail Combs

BenMadison 

Tucker should be thanking schumer for promoting his show.

REPLY TO:  BenMadison

Yep. Now millions MORE will tune in for the next eye-opening segment!

B Crater 

this is going to be watched like the beatles on sullivan

And the comments get better from there.  😄 

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nikkichico7

Chucky … flee this galaxy the truth is coming and will definitely not set YOU free … run scum

Gail Combs

I made it 3 minutes in before fearing I would crack ANOTHER molar…

Valerie Curren

I only got to 2:12 & my skin was crawling–blech!

nikkichico7

I might listen, or mute/close caption the turd but not w/o … 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃

Gail Combs

Yes, tranqs of some kind are getting to be a must.

eilert

Schucky Sceered??
Is he the real insurrectionist together with Pelosi?

Gail Combs

Of Course.

The entire DNC are insurrectionists.

They spent 5 years trying to over throw our duly elected President and when they could not they unleashed the Scam-Demic DELIBERATELY KILLING 100,000s of Americans and millions World Wide.

Then they STOLE the 2020 election and set-up the Jan 6th Buffalo jump to SCARE PATRIOTS INTO SUBMISSION.

And topped it off with the 2022 steal.

TheseTruths

Chucky didn’t say a word about the facts presented. Was Officer Sicknick still alive when they declared him to have been dead? He didn’t pass away until the next day. Was the “shaman” escorted in by police officers? Was Ray Epps inciting the crowd? And why hasn’t the public been told these things?

Valerie Curren

I tried listening to that snake & just got through barely 2 minutes…

Gail Combs

Do you have any teeth left?

Valerie Curren

Well they are ground down more than before subjecting myself to that demonic psychopath’s haranguing voice of doom! LOL

Gail Combs

  :wpds_lol: 

Please

all he needs is a monocle and a cigarette in a longer holder and he’s … The Penguin!

hraa hraa hraaa!

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