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On this day and every day –
God is in Control
. . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . .
Keep Looking Up
Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us 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.”
Fruit of The Spirit – Joy
The “fruit of the Spirit” is what happens when the Holy Spirit indwells a believer. The “fruit” is the product of the Holy Spirit’s cultivation of character in a heart. Galatians 5:22-23 describes what that fruit looks like; the second characteristic listed is joy.
The Greek word for joy is chara. Joy is the natural reaction to the work of God, whether promised or fulfilled. Joy expresses God’s kingdom—His influence on earth (Romans 14:17). The Spirit’s production of joy can manifest in several different ways:
The joy of deliverance: When God sets someone free, rejoicing is in order.
1 Samuel 2:1: Hannah was filled with joy at her deliverance from her enemies.
Acts 12:14: The servant girl was so overjoyed that God had rescued Peter from prison that she forgot to let Peter in the house.
The joy of salvation: Our greatest reason to be joyful is that God wants to save us and spend eternity with us. Nothing is better than this.
Luke 15:7: All heaven is joyful when a person accepts God’s provision of salvation.
Acts 8:8: The people of Samaria were joyful as they heard the gospel and saw God’s power in healing the sick.
Acts 13:52; 15:3: Jewish believers rejoiced when they heard of the work of the Holy Spirit in saving Gentiles.
The joy of spiritual maturity: As the Holy Spirit works in us to bear more fruit, we become confident in God’s promises and rejoice in our walk with Him and with other believers.
John 15:11: The fullness of joy comes to those who continue in the love of Christ and obey Him.
2 Corinthians 1:24; 2:3; 7:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20; 3:9: Paul knew joy as the churches gave evidence of the Holy Spirit working among them.
Philippians 2:2: Groups of believers who unite in demonstrating the mind, love, and purpose of Christ bring joy to others.
Hebrews 10:34; 12:2; James 1:2-4: Believers, following the example of Jesus, endure persecution because of the promise of future joy.
The joy of God’s presence: The Holy Spirit draws us to God, in whose presence we can know true joy. Without the Holy Spirit, no one would seek God.
Psalm 16:11: “You will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
Matthew 2:10; Luke 1:14: Mary and the shepherds were joyful because Immanuel had been born.
Matthew 28:8; Luke 24:41: The women who went to Jesus’ tomb and the disciples were overjoyed that He rose from the dead.
The Greek chara is closely related to charis, which means “grace” or “a gift.” Chara is the normal response to charis—we have joy because of God’s grace. The next step in the progression is to allow our joy to become an action as we express it, although sometimes joy can be so great it is inexpressible (1 Peter 1:8).
Possessing joy is a choice. We choose whether to value God’s presence, promises, and work in our lives. When we yield to the Spirit, He opens our eyes to God’s grace around us and fills us with joy (Romans 15:13). Joy is not to be found in a fallen world; it is only fellowship with God that can make our joy complete (1 John 1:4).
JOY – Some verses to think about . . . and maybe even apply:
Nehemiah 8:10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
Isaiah 12:6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”
Proverbs 10:28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
Luke 2:10-11 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
John 16:22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
James 1:2-3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
1 Peter 1:8-9 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Philippians 4:4-7 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness (graciousness, forbearance) be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jude 24-25 Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only God our Savior, Who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
*https://www.gotquestions.org/fruit-Holy-Spirit-joy.html
Even in these recent days, we see more and more evil being exposed around us on a daily basis. I believe we can let our position as God’s children, and the knowledge that the plan is God’s, and that man’s steps (as hard as it may be to grasp) are determined by God . . . and with the conviction that we are not of this world . . . we can let our joy shine through the black cloud of wickedness, and be a beacon that proclaims we are more than conquerors because, in the end when all is said and done, God wins . . . and so do we.
Do we really understand, deeply, gratefully, joyfully what it means to experience an eternity of “But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”? (1 Corinthians 2:9, KJV)
Shouldn’t that be more than a sufficient reason for us, as Christians, to live daily lives filled with joy as we experience what will be our brief stay on this earth?
I think it is.
Happy Sunday, y’all.
Happy Sunday to you, too, pgroup!
Psalm 100:
1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Catturd:
I have no idea why I even bother giving Wiggles and Monkey baths when 5 minutes later they always look like this – 😂
Those are dirty dogs….
Catturd:
Dear Catturd,
No, we don’t work for you.
Sincerely,
The Uniparty
Love his tweet, but you are correct. There is theory and there is reality. In our Bizzaro World the theory is what the founding documents and laws say, the reality is what actually happens, which is the opposite.
Vince Langman:
Massie tweeted:
Here’s what prompted that:
The cat is right, and traitor massie is getting destroyed in the comments.
Oh shit! We got trouble, right here in Border City …
I’ve seen that movie quite a few times and am always impressed at the script and lyrics (all those words, clear and understandable!), the music, and how well it is all executed.
It’s one of my favorites, with just the right blend of cynicism and sentiment.
Three cheers for MLB…
Bois of summer….
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expresses support for team’s Pride Night: ‘We welcome everyone’
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence received an award during pregame ceremony
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dodgers-manager-dave-roberts-expresses-support-for-dodgers-pride-night
Amen Carl! Joy & such a powerful & refreshing Fruit of the Spirit. God Bless you, Brother for yet another encouraging Word to uplift the Body! ❤
As a minor aside, when our daughter was in Christian school there were a couple of years when her classes would match each student with the Fruit of the Spirit that they most seemed to exhibit. She was proclaimed to represent Joy at least 2 of those years 😍
Father’s Day Blessings to all the fathers & father figures in the Wolf Pack!
Dumrats prolly believe this moron…
~12 second video at the link.
Bribery Biden Just Delivered the Worst 12-Seconds in the History of the 2nd Amendment
https://rumble.com/v2utns4-bribery-biden-just-delivered-the-worst-12-seconds-in-the-history-of-the-2nd.html
“A pistol brace turns it into a gun. Then you can have a higher caliber bullet coming out of that gun.”
Awful in its inaccuracy and propaganda.
Presstitute could hold up a picture of a pistol brace.
Then quote BiteME, asking Shaggy, how the pistol brace facilitates a higher caliber bullet.
After Shag fumbles an ignorant response, state emphatically it does not.
Pistol braces are likely already illegal to possess in DC. Wouldn’t want to get arrested at a presser [or just after leaving WH].
That’s probably why kalbo specified a picture of a pistol brace.
Mizz Dreadlocks would call it photoshopped, and ignore it.
Surprise. A politician admits a mistake, apologizes…
Top Canadian politician apologizes to unvaccinated, “we were wrong…” she makes unprecedented promise…
Danielle Smith, the current premier of Alberta in Canada, has done something remarkable. She took the bold and unprecedented step of apologizing to unvaccinated Canadians who’ve faced unfair treatment from the government throughout the “pandemic.” But Ms. Smith actually went beyond just issuing an apology, Danielle actually made a promise: anyone who was terminated from their job due to their refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine will be reinstated.
Wow. That’s not the type of humility you hear from politicians everyday, is it?
https://www.revolver.news/2023/06/top-canadian-politician-apologizes-to-unvaccinated-we-were-wrong-she-makes-unprecedented-promise/
To answer your question, no it isn’t. She’s obviously not a real politician.
Alberta is one of the more sane provinces of Canada
Chiefio dated June 10. Can’t recall it being posted.
Perfect for a Sunday morning. Any morning for that matter.
Superb message. Wish it would take hold throughout the USA.
Excellent music selections….
We Don’t Remember Our Past, But “This Time Is Different!”, and wine was involved in the making of this posting…
It is Friday Night, past midnight. Wine is involved. I’m having echoes in my mind of when I was 16 to 18 and waiting to die in Viet Nam for some war I didn’t understand and was being told by some folks I didn’t know, or trust, that it was “important” for reasons that sounded more like lies than reason…
My Father was hard core “Do Your Duty To Your Country” when I was in 8th grade, but by the time I was 17 he was doubting those in charge and thinking maybe Canada was not such a stupid and weak idea…
3 of my group of best friends enlisted. One drove tanks around Germany. One was a jet mechanic for the Navy. The third repaired radar sets with the radiation shields off and got testicular cancer after “the boys” were irradiated enough… I got a number in the 300’s in the “This Was Your Life!” Lottery and didn’t go…
It was another time. It was another war. It was the same Idiots In Charge. The more things change, the more they stay the same….
About 350,000 Ukrainian Young Men killed in Biden’s War to Demonize Russia for wanting to protect ethnic Russians in the Donbas. Young Men: DO NOT believe the bull shit about patriotism from old men.
Find a young woman who loves you, love her in return, and go off somewhere peaceful to raise a family.
That is the only thing that really matters…
Don’t cheat. Don’t do stupid things for “excitement”. It leads nowhere good.
More at… https://chiefio.wordpress.com/
I could not agree more. My number was in the 150s and it was near the end, so I did not have to decide to go or leave for Canada. It was when I first realized for certain at age 18 that our country was not what it appeared. It had nothing to do with my friends who did serve, they either did not have a choice and the ones who did believed the propaganda like sheeple do today.
Thanks for posting, bud. The music selections really were good.
More info on Ray Lewis III passing.
<<< added.
Faux News article is written by a moron, for morons, with zero recall, of what they read seconds before…
Ray Lewis III, son of Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, died of a suspected overdose: police report
The son of NFL legend Ray Lewis died at the age of 28 from a suspected drug overdose, a police report says.
Police were called to a home in Central Florida Wednesday.
When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive Ray Anthony Lewis III, the Casselberry Police Department confirmed.
An officer administered the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, according to the police report. The antidote and other life-saving measures were unsuccessful.
Police said Lewis was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“The evidence and witness accounts show this incident to be a tragic accident,” police said in a statement.
The police report said that a blue pill was located near Lewis’ body. Authorities also found needles and a plastic bag inside an empty beer can.
It remains unclear whether Lewis III was using drugs.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ray-lewis-iii-son-of-hall-of-famer-ray-lewis-died-suspected-overdose-police-report-shows
How ridiculous. But then again, predictable.
Was it an overdose…..of Covid vaxx?
A good question we’ll never get an answer to. (You knew that. 🙂
Likely jabbed. May have had an effect on him. Who knows. One less druggie.
Remember that Rush Limbaugh was a “druggie” at one point, and he had many good years both ahead of and behind him at the time.
So very true. Along with Glenn Beck, MyPillow… My hat is off to these guys, gals…
Another one of my bazillion faults. Assuming, it’s a fault.
Low tolerance for druggies. Rich privilege druggies, less so.
Get real. He got strung out on pain meds.
He wasn’t using them for recreation.
….and he got hooked. Probably with the able assistance of his physician. He ended up seeking them out for no current medical necessity — or “recreation”, if you will.
It’s obvious you have no knowledge of the difference between getting addicted and getting high.
IIRC, you prefer pain to drugs [or something like that] which makes it very hard to have an objective discussion.
Suffice it to say – seeking relief from physical pain is quite different than seeking relief from reality.
I am phobic about being punctured. I don’t do injections or blood draws well. Because of this, I prefer to have dental work done without anesthesia — not because I prefer pain to drugs but because I prefer the limited pain to the massive phobia about being injected.
I don’t follow how this makes me unaware of the difference between getting addicted and getting high.
Amen Carl, thank you.
Yes, it is. I agree, bakocarl. Thank you and may this and all days be a blessing to you.
Thousands of EV’s rotting in fields in China « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)
Video from above article. To funny…
This is who the Uniparty is owned by. Fake products, fake investments, fake money, fake accounting, etc.
Been this way since Nixon opened the door.
Federal, plenty of state AND regular folks retirement funds going to Chynee…
And the bicycles!
Beyond belief. Almost looks like CGI until the zoom in shots.
🤣
Verse of the Day for Sunday, June 18, 2023
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“Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.”
Psalms 51:12 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
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.
BE MY VOICE
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Thank you for these.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY !!! ❤️
They will never admit to the intentional murder and injuries with DNA being forever changed.
Depop.
https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/will-the-anti-anti-vaxxers-ever-acknowledge?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=548354&post_id=129155674&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
via Maria Zakharovka
NATO’s Light Force Information Dominance failed in Ukraine
This is very apropos today because Putin revealed details of the April 2022 Russo-Ukrainian peace treaty to the African peace delegation today. NATO seems to have promised Zelensky not just unlimited support but a war-winning superweapon to get him to denounce the agreement. This led directly to the provision, starting in late April 2022, of vast quantities of Western precision weapons linked to the full glare of NATO’s intelligence and surveillance apparatus.
No other escalation in Western support has remotely approached this one in significance. This explains why HIMARS – America’s most dangerous surface-fired weapon and an enormous leap up the escalation ladder from the previous shoulder-fired missiles – arrived in Ukraine so early and when the AFU still had substantial rocket and missile forces remaining.
This also explains why NATO (read: the US) has been willing to expend so much of its stock of precision-guided MLRS munitions in Ukraine. This war was to have been the first test of Western next-generation battle doctrine, focused on persistent surveillance and precision strike.
This is a concept that has been mooted for decades now, going back to the original Future Combat Systems concepts of the late 1990s. The idea is that light Western forces will be able to use “information dominance” and precise long-range fires to win with minimal losses. Col. Douglas Macgregor (a far higher profile military commentator than myself) has presented precisely such a concept as the “Light Reconnaissance Strike Group,” essentially an off-the-shelf FCS Brigade.
This thinking was also influential in designing the United Kingdom’s new Strike Brigade concept, mounted in wheeled APCs but intended to square off with Russian armored formations by using standoff fires and precision missiles.
The provision of exactly these capabilities to Ukraine was intended to enable them to target and destroy Russian forces at an absolutely industrial scale, day after day after day, leading to their military collapse and defeat. A “strategy of corrosion” if you will.
The war planners at NATO thought this would work because, as explained above, this was exactly how they themselves intended to fight in the future – stiff-arming heavier enemies with precise fires from standoff distances.
Unfortunately for them, there are no shortcuts in war. The Russians quickly adapted to the new threat by dispersing, hiding and digging-in their forces, interdicting launchers and missiles, deploying effective GPS jammers, and revealing that their air defenses can do missile defense.
The end result of this has been much like the end-result of most life hacks – wasted time, effort and money, with the problem remaining very much unsolved.
NATO is running out of precision weapons and the Russian position in Ukraine is probably better now than it has ever been.
Andrei replied to Maria’s “apropos” –
“This is not apropos–this is in preparation of moving “cordon sanitarie” way, way-way to the West. Putin never says anything just because… Expect the front going alive very soon.”
No doubt and unlike our two fat love birds at the Pentagon running the military callously claiming Ukraine’s “Motivation” is a force multiplier, allowing them a 3 to 1 advantage and thus a real 3 to 1 numerical advantage is not necessary when going on the attack, the Russians will have a real numerical 3 to 1 advantage along with the real motivation necessary to see them through to their objectives.
I think were about to see a game of leap frog, similar to a checkers game. It will be interesting and should even be interesting here at home when the RU forces go as far enough West as they wish and then say “King Me!”. 😮😏😁
The Battle of Kursk. Study it.
It’s repeating right now.
Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 18, 2023)
Part 1 (see part 2)
During the past day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued their attempts to attack in the Zaporozhye, South Donetsk and Donetsk directions.
The most active actions took place in the Zaporozhye direction.
The enemy forces of up to three battalion tactical groups reinforced with tanks and armored fighting vehicles, under the cover of smoke screens, made unsuccessful attempts of offensive actions in several waves in the areas of the settlements of Novopokrovka, Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka of the Zaporozhye region.
Competent and decisive actions of the units of the Vostok group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire repelled all enemy attacks.
In addition, nine tanks, ten infantry fighting vehicles and up to ten other armored combat vehicles were destroyed as a result of the complex fire damage of four columns of the AFU reserves in the area of the settlement of Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region.
Over 200 Ukrainian servicemen, 33 tanks, 30 infantry fighting vehicles and 35 armored fighting vehicles were destroyed during the day during the fighting in the Zaporozhye direction alone.
◽️ In the South Donetsk direction, in the area of the Vremevsky salient, the decisive actions of Russian units, air strikes and artillery fire during the day repelled four enemy attacks by forces of up to a battalion tactical group in the areas of the settlements of Novodonetsky, Rovnopol of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Novodarovka of the Zaporozhye region.
The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in these areas during the day amounted to 380 Ukrainian servicemen, 35 tanks, 33 infantry fighting vehicles, including two Bradley, as well as 38 armored combat vehicles, including the Striker armored personnel carrier, as well as the D-20 howitzer.
In the Donetsk direction, the active actions of the units of the “Southern” grouping of troops during the day reflected eight enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kirovo, Pervomayskoye, Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye and Maryinka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Air strikes defeated units of the 79th Airborne Assault, 110th Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novgorodskoye, Avdiivka and Pobeda of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
During the fighting in this direction, up to 210 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, three cars, two pickups, as well as a Grad multiple rocket launcher system were destroyed during the day.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 109th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the village of Sukhaya Balka.
◽️ In the Kupyansk direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the “Western” grouping of troops hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Figalevka, Masyutovka, Kislovka, Timkovka of the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhovka of the Luhansk People’s Republic.
💥 In the areas of the settlements of Berestovoye, Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoye, Luhansk People’s Republic, the activities of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed.
As a result of fire damage, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickups, an Msta-B howitzer and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery unit were destroyed in this direction during the day.
#Ministry of Defense
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Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 18, 2023)
Part 2 (see part 1)
◽️ In the Krasno-Limansky direction, air strikes and artillery fire of the Center group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonopopovka, Kuzmino of the Luhansk People’s Republic and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
💥 In the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People’s Republic and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed.
During the day, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two cars, an Acacia self-propelled artillery installation, as well as a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
◽️ In the Kherson direction, as a result of the fire damage, the losses of the AFU amounted to more than 30 servicemen, two vehicles, the M777 artillery system manufactured by the USA, the Msta-B howitzer, as well as the Hyacinth-B gun.
An ammunition depot of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Kizomys, Kherson region.
💥 Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated 113 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 124 districts.
💥 In the area of the settlement of Maksimilianovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station was destroyed.
◽️ Air defense means intercepted during the day: a long-range cruise missile Storm Shadow and two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
In addition, 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Egorovka, Vladimirovka, Disputable, Rovnopol of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Topolevka, Rubezhnoye, Melovatka of the Luhansk People’s Republic, Peschanoe of the Kherson region, Marfopol, Wheat, Removka and Podgornoye of the Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 444 aircraft, 239 helicopters, 4686 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10156 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1125 multiple rocket launchers, 5149 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 11028 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
#Ministry of Defense
🔹 @mod_russia
t.me/mod_russia/27556
https://t.me/mod_russia/27556
This is from yesterday, the blustering idiot johnson was recently pushed out of parliament for lying about his antics during covid. Being as he’s no stranger to lies, half truths and bluster, I thought it pleasant but rather odd that he’s out for what is normal behavior for him. Just hoping there may be some common sense developing in amongst them…
“Video: During the session with the African Delegation, Russian President Vladimir Putin showed the African leaders a copy of the agreed-upon draft agreement between Russia and Ukraine in March 2022.
The agreement puts regulations on Ukrainian Armed Forces and says that Ukraine must adopt a Permanent Diplomatic Neutrality
Putin told the African Delegation that Russia withdrew troops from Kyiv/Kiev and Chernihiv in accordance with the treaty.
However, after that happened Ukraine “on the orders of Washington, threw this treaty into the dustbin of history.”
At that time it was openly reported that the person responsible for the fall of the agreements was the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson who convinced the Ukrainian President Zelensky not to accept the agreements and continue the fight.”
https://t.me/intelslava/48935
Why we don’t have to worry about a ‘large scale’ US attack!
Interesting that Gab won’t allow the sharing of this link…hmmm
you’d think that the Collective West would at least refrain from shooting themselves in the arse, when it comes to the way they interact with other sovereign countries …
Either the Western WEFfing Oligarchs are so incredibly naïve or else it’s been the plan all along to see the USA defeated in detail and then carpet bagged.
Heck, all these Demoncrats act like they’ve been told they’ll be left in charge to rule their own little fiefdoms with impunity.
I was told about some fat guy in a red suit with flying reindeer when I was a kid.
Seems like somebody is using the same template on Demoncrats … telling them what they desperately want to hear.
You mean this guy, that Arlo’s singing about? 😆
Perpetual control they seek. Democrats have dictator impulses. What they do not know is the Chinese will rid themselves of traitors because they cannot trust them since they betrayed their own country. In every revolution that is what happened the entity that won got rid of competitors. There will be much pain for the US oligarchs and their accomplices.
Dumrats AND Deep State (includes DoD, DoJ, HLS…), KNOW exactly what they are doing.
They’ll learn of their demise when the victors, their “useful idjit” status fades away.
While Russia displays these 3 flags at SPIEF 2023, the USA displays the LGBTQ666+ flag in the White House.
Choices…
Also, did you guys noticed that the LGBTQ666+ flag its not only the rainbow anymore?
They added some grey stripes in it in a triangle.
That symbol was banned on twitter, Elon Musk twitter, once it was reported that the grey stipes flag was from MAPs
And who are these MAPs?
Minor Attracted People.
Yes. US govt unashamedly flying the pedophile flag. And the yellowstream media says not a thing.
Oh we noticed. And note how the triangle points in toward the regular LGB colors as if to say it’s been what’s been pushing the gay agenda all along. When displayed as a banner the MAP crap is at the bottom, meaning it is foundational to the whole movement.
There are brown and black stripes there, probably some pervy flavor of BLM, and the yellow triangle with a purple circle in it, which stands for intersexuality…
One wonders when they’ll run out of colors and perversions.
In the end, they’ll run out of time, and pay for their deeds.
Learn, Turn, or Burn…..
Thanks, Carl. That is a good lesson.
Nothing going to steal my joy, Zach Williams
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yOEviTLJOqo%2F
Amen
Is there a lesson in this somewhere…
“Prigozhin presented statistics on released prisoners who had worked out a contract at the Wagner Private Security Company.
“For reference: on June 18, 2023, 32,000 persons from among those previously convicted and who took part in the SVO on the territory of the LPR and DPR in the ranks of the Wagner PMCs went home at the end of the contract.
83 crimes were committed by those who were released and ended contact, this is 0.25% of the total number of those who left, this is 80 times less than those released from prison for the same period without signing a contract with the Wagner PMCs.”
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/89455
I think one can safely say their time spent with Wagner has been over all a character building exercise. Good for them.
Impressive.
Good morning to all —
Hope all fathers have a nice Father’s Day.
Hope everyone has had their morning coffee — the following is — well — dumbfounding —
Beginning with today’s https://mole.substack.com/p/spox_dilemma-2023-06-18-sun-killjab
Yours Truly: Another amazing collection of links. And a collection that began another trip down the rabbit holes:
https://informedchoice.substack.com/p/congtenital-abnormalities-in-babies
June 17, 2023
by Meryl Dorey
Yours Truly: The rate of congenital abnormalities in a SMALL sample of babies who were born to “vaccinated” women in ONE AREA of Australia is at 11%. This information is from a Pfizer-BioNTech periodic “safety survey” document. ** Under normal circumstances, the rate would be 2%. **
It appears that the pregnant women who got “vaccinated” during the FIRST trimester of their babies’ gestation had the worst outcomes.
THEN — there’s THIS — from another rabbit hole:
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/358003189_Proceedings_of_the_ASME_2021_International_Mechanical_Engineering_Congress_and_Exposition
Paper #IMECE 2021-70516
Vishnu Kumar, et al.
“Towards Smart Vaccine Manufacturing: A Preliminary Study During COVID-19”
Yours Truly: One has to search around a bit to find the PDF of this paper.
On Page 3 of the paper is section “3.1 Case Study: Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing.”
From section 3.1:
“Vaccines are being manufactured by Pfizer in their own facilities by employing a three-stage process. In the first stage, the DNA that codes the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 is introduced into E. coli bacteria. This is conducted at a plant in Chesterfield, Missouri [8]. The bacteria are harvested after 4 days of growth, and the desired DNA is recovered through rigorous purification. The genetic material is then stored under freezing conditions and transported to a plant in Andover, Massachusetts, for the second stage [9].” (Bolding and Italics mine)
In other words, the DNA of the spike protein for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 “vaccines” is first “marinated” in FECAL MATTER that contains E. coli for 4 days before the “marinated” DNA is removed for the next stage of the manufacturing process. That’s right, this “vaccine” is cultured in E. coli from POOP. Pfizer-BioNTech calls it “bacterial biomass.”
The following tweet, below, is from @Jikkyleaks, which blows the issue out of the water (no pun intended):
We’ve been telling junkies for years not to put ‘that shit’ in their veins.
Pfizer thought it was a great idea to do the opposite.
My head hurts trying to find logic in this.
IMO, the “logic in this” appears to be that Pfizer-BioNTech was looking for a way to “adulterate” the DNA of the spike protein as part of the “vaccine” manufacturing process. And came up with using E. coli from “bacterial biomass”, aka fecal matter.
This begs the questions, first: Why would Pfizer-BioNTech do this?
Then, second: If Pfizer-BioNTech didn’t know, then discovered that this was going on as part of the manufacturing process for the “vaccine”, why wasn’t it stopped immediately, and all “vaccine” lots that were “marinated” recalled and destroyed?
(That this “marinating” process was written about in a paper from 2021 indicates that Pfizer-BioNTech DID know, and was perfectly OK with it.)
That brings brings back the first question: Why would Pfizer-BioNTech do this?
The fact that E. coli elements have been found in vials of the manufactured Pfizer-BioNTech “vaccines”, along with reports of E. coli-infection like symptoms in “vaccinated” persons, appears to indicate that the “rigorous purification process” which takes place with the “marinated” DNA after it’s removed from the “bacterial biomass” vats is not as “rigorous” as it must be.
The 2021 paper that describes the Pfizer-BioNTech “vaccine” manufacturing process is about the company’s “flagship COVID-19 vaccine”, BNT162b2. This particular “vaccine”, while being removed from use in the United States, is still in use in other countries.
Is the DNA of the spike protein in the Pfizer-BioNTech “Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine” also “marinated” in “bacterial biomass?”
To simplify, … all of it is shit.
Thank you for getting at the heart of the matter.
Not addressing the use of E. coli for producing the vaccine but this needs some balanced reporting. The E. coli organism is in fact what produces the protein. This process has been used for years in the production of Humulin insulin so it is not alway bad.
Thank you.
Granted, E. coli has been used for quite some time to culture antigens for drugs. New approaches are being used in addition, like yeast culturing and CHO mammalian cells.
The difference with the situation regarding the COVID-19 “vaccines” is the sheer volume of production demand within a short time frame to get literally billions of doses of the shots out for use. The Kumar paper mentions the need for close supervision and technological advances to be applied to the production of COVID-19 “vaccines.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC47488523/
“Recombinant pharmaceuticals from microbial cells: a 2015 update”
IMO, it appears that both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna employed the E. coli method of culturation for BNT162b2 and for mRNA-1273 due to volume demand for these “vaccines.” However, the same volume demand, plus the fact that, at least for BNT162b2, the total manufacturing process was “spread out” among facilities in the United States and in the EU, left open the potential for issues of things like sterilizing the machines used, intense quality control, etc. (leading to websites like How Bad is My Batch.)
This is aside from any considerations regarding decisions about the exact ingredients of the spike protein used in the “vaccines.”
ThanQ for that clarification of the situation.
No wonder I have a hard time digging into the science underlying the jabs. Last night, I did watch American Thought Leaders, “Exposing the Vaccine ‘Military Machinery’ Behind the Global COVID-19 Response: Sasha Latypova. Exposing the Vaccine ‘Military Machinery’ Behind the Global COVID-19 Response: Sasha Latypova
No wonder Xi doesn’t like being called Pooh…..
Faust-Xi and all the rest of them no longer hide their contempt for the human race, and their hate for GOD and GOD’S Creation…
What’s that town in Kentucky again…. Pikeville?
It is. Been through their many times looking for pikes. 😀
Never know when a good source might be handy….
New or lightly used?
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NEW!
MAGADONIA — Intellectual Froglegs
Another excellent show.
Also boosting other sites pursuing America first.
That’s a really old photo of Trumps… Vanessa is in it with Don Jr.
and where’s Barron?
Yeah its pretty old. Guess whoever took it didnt have access to everyone?
Stock photo or such. Missing some Grands also.
Maybe still in the oven?
Would splain lack of Grands in the pic.
😂
BTW.
Dad’s don’t need directions, nor guys without kids.
It’s a guy thing!
We figure it out. EVERYTIME. Sooner or later, that is. 
Not to mention the free scenic tour they get in the process.
Ha. “Look kids! Parliament, Big ben!”
Pure Evil!
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The United Nations Lays Groundwork for Defining Pedophilia as a Human Right
The United Nations Lays Groundwork for Defining Pedophilia as a Human Right – Granite Grok
Nothing like letting the cat out of the bag now, is there?
Yep.
Feelin’s mutual, dah-lin.
No kidding.
I really do not know what this woman is talking about. Trump has the code sharing with everyone? The shot thing is a Freudian slip how she really feels. Wonder with whom she has talked to be so misinformed.
She be one Dumb Bunny.
Wow, that would basically change…literally all advertising, from what little I see of it.
Yes it would. It would be a huge huge fight.
If they cannot advertise we will get it from medical profession who is already inundated by Pharmaceuticals.
But at least you’d never be inundated for ads that rave bout some medication, but never get around to telling you what it’s supposedly for.
True no TV no advertisement but plenty phone calls I do not answer . It is all a racket to relieve us of our money.
My quack has learned to not push stoopid shit on me…injections.
Mine does not either 🙂 He complained to me that the Hospital made him get the shot. She looks like death warmed over poor guy .
He keeps asking me what I do to be so healthy? I guess the biggest I have done not taking meds in my life just one right now for thyroid but try to get off it.
Without the pharma ads, I suspect a number of TV channels would fail.
Works for me.
Likely, but maybe the content isnt worth it.
Don’t forget to remove all the lawyer adds, too!
👍
That would be good.
Too funny IF it happens.
Nonsense ads removed from TV AND Pravda News slush funds dry up.
Quick question. Has anyone seen Wolf drop in since early Saturday morning? I DO NOT want to raise an alarm, but am wondering if anyone has seen him surface.
No, haven’t seen a Wolf Moon item here. Looks like he retweeted a couple of things (not from here) on 16 June on his Twit account.
Not since his contacting authors thread yesterday.
Other than here, his last was on Twitter 6/16.
Did he not say he would be gone on and off this Summer? Maybe I am wrong?
He did.
Good 🙂
The “HoneyDoList” beckons 🙂
Hope that is it he also mentioned some medical procedure ? Maybe I am wrong. There is also vacation and yesterday being fathers day seeing relatives. I worry if he does not show up withing three weeks.
SInging has my thought, when I notice he hadn’t posted, yesterday…
Planned, unannounced absences.
Traveling for his health, so to speak?
Here is his last comment on the contact authors post just before 10am June 17
https://www.theqtree.com/2023/06/17/how-to-contact-authors-on-this-site/#comment-1113592
Someone should put “Free Bud Lite” on the side 😀
Or “We Carry Bud Lite”.
Yes. One family friend is hurting in the boycott.
And a number of family members have taken hits in their retirement funds.
Whoever manages those funds has a problem, if those family members want to push it.
I didn’t know Bud Light was in jail.
Shades of “Free the Indianapolis 500” from back in the day 😀
THAT dumpster is begging for graffiti.
Have never done graffiti,. But, that is one situation, I would.
Nope. Not accepting this. (Where’s talk of an appeal?)
Obama Appointed Judge Rules ‘THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS’ T-Shirt is Not a “Protected Speech” (VIDEO)
A Federal Judge has ruled the First Amendment does not protect 12-year-old Liam Morrison’s right to express his opinion on a t-shirt while attending public school in Massachusetts.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/obama-appointed-judge-rules-against-first-amendment-video/
If for some reason there’s no appeal forth coming, next step is kids in republican districts start wearing the same shirt. Then let the left try to stop it and we’ll get a judge that says it is free speech and go from there.
Yes, this needs to be fought. It is blatantly unconstitutional.
RepublicanNORMAL kids AND ADULTS, wear two gender t-shirts.Unless I missed something, republicans screw up S I M P L E.
WE could wear two gender t-shirts.
(On my crap to do list, on return.)
“Happy Fathers Day to all our male tree huggers ” 🍺
Remember when people worked their way through college?
Should’ve charged more per illegal 🙂
WATCH: CBS’s Catherine Herridge Reveals Legal Strategy Trump’s Lawyers will Form in Classified Docs Case to Get “Under the Hood of the Special Counsel’s Case”
Attorney-client privilege should have never been breached. My understanding, which could be mistaken, is that exceptions for breaching it are only for criminal cases. “They” have stretched this and parsed it to make it what they seek, and they have taken questions being asked and statements made in private and turned them against PDJT.
“… exceptions for breaching it are only for criminal cases.”
Not quite. The only exception is for crimes in which the attorney is a participant. Not for giving legal advice.
Side note: criminal defense attorneys never ask the defendant if he/she did it. They don’t need to know that. Knowing that means they could be implicated in a coverup simply by defending the client.
“Side note: criminal defense attorneys never ask the defendant if he/she did it. They don’t need to know that. Knowing that means they could be implicated in a coverup simply by defending the client. ”
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This is the kind of thing that absolutely destroys any notion that the ‘Justice System’ has anything — literally anything at all — to do with justice.
A lawyer’s job should not be to get his client off at any cost, it should be to provide legal counsel — not help his client to get away with rape or murder.
Suppose Pedro the illegal alien rapes a woman, and is arrested.
His lawyer ought to want to know the facts, as a matter of course and necessity. Defend him to the utmost if he believes his client is not guilty. But if he knows his client is guilty, his job should be to make sure his client gets a FAIR trial.
It is an injustice to try to get his client acquitted, if the lawyer knows his client is guilty.
But in our system, the lawyer plays the 3-monkeys routine about his client’s guilt, and does everything possible to make sure his guilty client goes free.
If the lawyer succeeds, Pedro’s rape victim is victimized ALL OVER AGAIN by the acquittal, and Pedro is out on the street, looking for his next rape victim.
The lawyer should be prosecuted as an accessory after the fact in the first rape, and prosecuted as an accomplice in Pedro’s next rape.
What we have is not a justice system at all.
Clearly Justice isn’t even an objective.
I’ve been getting a “This site can’t be reached” message for The Liberty Daily news website.since the early morning hours today.
Are they under attack?
Several times a day, I have problems getting to Liberty Daily.
Started after arriving in the Philippines.
Posted it several weeks ago. Someone replied, it was likely Liberty Daily issues.
Can’t recall it happening before. If it did, it was not noticeable.
Try this link. I get in using Safari. A little slow loading at times.
https://thelibertydaily.com
WARNING: Don’t click on any Liberty Daily link at this time. My Internet security just caught two attempts to load nasty malware onto my PC.
I’m off to deep scan my PC
I don’t get any indicators but I do get a nasty “promoted” pop up band with the many links at the bottom of the page that loads with the page. Likely that or another advert popping up/loading at the same time the page loads.
At one point, about a decade-or-so ago, all the major ad networks had served paid advertising that contained malware. This meant that adblocking wasn’t just a convenience — it was a logical move against an existential threat.
It’s very rare for my internet security to give me a warning notice like I got.
Snatched from OT.
“Neil Oliver: The right and natural way of things will prevail, because the universe wants that.”
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That’s the secret strategy behind every great victory in war.
Just sit back and let the universe win it for ya.
Happy Father’s Day!
This is interesting all by itself but by all means extrapolate from here for a bigger picture.
PENTAGON’S SECRET SERVICE TRAWLS SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MEAN TWEETS ABOUT GENERALS
A document shows the Protective Services Battalion uses sophisticated surveillance tools that can pinpoint anyone’s location.
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F2023%2F06%2F17%2Farmy-surveillance-social-media%2F
Now if we can just get a bunch of mean tweeters to travel to a city where one of these creeps are visiting then have all the mean tweeters go dark at the same time just for grins and giggles. Should be fun. 😁
Easy way to have that happen is make it a habit of mostly going off grid while traveling. Then pop up when close to one of these creeps before going dark again. Could drive their protective details crazy.
Direct link — https://theintercept.com/2023/06/17/army-surveillance-social-media/
apparently McD’s wants to get Bud Lighted
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12208379/McDonalds-mascot-Grimace-LGBTQ-icon.html
Barr’s lowered on loyalty 🙁
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12208191/Trump-not-victim-Bill-Barr-unloads-former-boss-claims-LIED-DOJ.html
Barr sure is coming off as vindictive, withOUT cause to be vindictive.
No doubt…Bush-whacker!
Bagpiper`s still paying off his debtors.