Dear MAGA: 20241013 Open Topic

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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.”

Hope

There are two kinds of hope—worldly or temporal hope and the hope of believers. In a general sense, hope is a mental focus or feeling of anticipation regarding a future outcome, either of something we want to happen or wish to be true or don’t want to happen or be true. Secular hope is a subjective expectation; it may be solidly based or misguided, as it does not consider God’s will. We hope for things we want (I hope I get the job; I hope she’ll marry me). We hope for good outcomes (I hope my child returns home safely; I hope I don’t get sick). But worldly hope is not a virtue, as it usually contains some degree of uncertainty, doubt, and personal bias and can often be misdirected and selfishly motivated (Proverbs 10:28; 1 Timothy 6:17).

The biblical definition of hope is “the sure and confident expectation of receiving what God has promised us in the future.” The believer’s hope is not a faint or obscure wish but “an anchor for the soul, firm and secure” (Hebrews 6:19). In Scripture, hope is a virtuous quality because it contains no doubt, always trusting in God’s faithfulness and presence no matter the circumstances, whether good or bad (Psalm 71:5).

The apostle Paul includes hope among the three indispensable Christian virtues of faith, hope, and love (1 Corinthians 13:13). Love is the greatest because God values it most (1 Corinthians 13:13) and because it is eternal (1 Corinthians 13:8). Neither faith nor hope will be needed in heaven; we won’t have to trust an unseen God or anticipate His appearance because we will see Him and be with Him in the perfection of His presence forever.

Hope and faith are closely tied because both operate based on trusting God and living according to what is unseen. The author of Hebrews explains that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1, ESV). Regarding hope, Paul reasons, “But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?” (Romans 8:24). Like faith, hope is built on our unwavering confidence in God’s goodness and power to do what He says He will do because of His unfailing love for us (Psalm 33:18; 146:5). Such confidence declares about our Savior, “No one who hopes in You will ever be put to shame” (Psalm 25:3). Biblical hope, like faith, takes custody here and now of God’s good promises yet to come.

Christians use hope in both senses. A pastor may say, “I hope today’s sermon blesses you.” The apostle Paul writes, “I hope to see you” (Romans 15:24) and “I hope to come to you soon” (1 Timothy 3:14) in his letters to fellow believers. But the believer’s hope is so much more than wishful thinking. The apostle Peter explains that God “has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3). We have the “hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time” (Titus 1:2). We don’t merely wish we’ll go to heaven when we die; the Bible says we can know it with all certainty: “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13).

Paul’s hope was so secure in his eternal future that he was willing to suffer and die for it: “I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead” (Acts 23:6; see also Acts 26:6). Paul said that without faith and hope in God’s promise of resurrection life, Christians “are more to be pitied than anyone in the world” (1 Corinthians 15:19, NLT).

The biblical definition of hope includes not only the act of confident expectation but also the object of it—“Christ Jesus our hope” (1 Timothy 1:1). The psalmist writes, “For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth” (Psalm 71:5). Jesus Christ is the “hope of Israel” (Jeremiah 14:8; Acts 28:20) and of all nations and peoples (Isaiah 42:4; Matthew 12:21; Romans 15:12–13; 1 Timothy 4:10).

Having only temporal hope in people and things of this life is, in reality, to live in a state of hopelessness, “without hope and without God in the world.” (Ephesians 2:12). By contrast, the believer’s hope cannot be frustrated or hindered by anything in this life. We know what we have safely “stored up for [us] in heaven” (Colossians 1:5), where our treasures are kept secure (Matthew 6:19–20).
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TheseTruths

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Tonawanda

I will never see the word hope the same way after reading bakocarl’s post, and this scripture quote is a perfect example.

TheseTruths

Dan Scavino:

WOW!!!!! Check out the view from above at tonight’s #TrumpRally in beautiful Coachella, California! #TRUMP2024

TheseTruths

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

WOW.

Is Kam-Com getting anything close to this?

scott467

If you’re asking the hosts at Morning Joe, then the answer is “You betcha!” 😂

pgroup2

Since when are they quoting Sarah Palin?

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

LOL! Hope somebody calls them on it – live on air!

scott467

“Since when are they quoting Sarah Palin?”

______________

That was my characterization of what their response would be.

Notice I did not say “then THEIR answer is”, I said “then THE answer is” 👍 😁

smiley2

is Kam-Com getting anything close to this ?

👇👇👇

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

LOL!!!

Aubergine

Well, she has millions of people laughing at her stupid ads this week. That’s a big number.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

LMAO!!!

TheseTruths

Is Kam-Com getting anything close to this?

No way.

Mika Brzezenski went on a rant yesterday, seemingly puzzled at what more Commala could be doing. One of the things Mika noted was rallies of 10s of thousands. But those people have been bused in. There is no enthusiasm factor for Commala.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Thanks! They can cheat up to the low tens of thousands, but they can’t fake higher.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

This tells me a lot about their strategy. They have to increase “believability” over 2020 numbers.

kalbokalbs

Incredible!

TheseTruths

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

LMAO!!!

smiley2

Harris Halloween Candy…

Dum Dum Suckers…

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kalbokalbs

Hilarious AND true.

pat frederick

nailed it again smiley!

smiley2

💋

pgroup2

How many licks does it take to get to the center of one of those?

smiley2

that’s what she said

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

I’m sorry, Dems, but THAT ain’t POTUS material!

Barb Meier

We are getting closer to that ‘Great Suicidal Democrat Gala” that sometimes pops up into my mind. I wonder how far they will go at avoiding being honest before they all get together and jump off tall buildings to avoid the truth that they can’t even remember all their lies, no less keep them sorted and tidy.

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Barb Meier

The link…

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

LOL!!!

TheseTruths

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TheseTruths

⬆️ Links fixed.
1st one: Kari Lake tells Walz she’d be happy to show him how hunting is done.
2nd one: Our next VP, locked and loaded in front of a woodpile.

smiley2

meanwhile…

here’s that cringe weirdo Walz…struggling to load a shotgun…

X link video…

https://x.com/i/status/1845194514392142176

(maybe someone here can help post it, thnx)

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para59r

para59r

wait wait wait.. which one did you want posted? Their are two!

smiley2

👍

pgroup2

Elephant size.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

LMAO!!!

TheseTruths

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pgroup2

Looks like JD is going rat hunting in the woodpile.

Gail Combs

My feral tom 6 mo old kitten just caught himself a nice big field rat this morning.

He is now to the point he wants to be petted.

Barb Meier

He deserves a good petting too!

Gail Combs

He is getting one even though I am very allergic to cats. 🙄 And then I run into the house and wash my hands.😆

cthulhu

I’ve been known to do the same.

Gail Combs

It is a real pain. If I pet a dog or cat I have to remember to wash my hands. I carry a squeeze bottle of soapy water and a bottle of rinse water & paper towels in my truck…

TheseTruths

Catturd:

Imagine voting for that empty dingbat airhead over a Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance, RFK Jr combo whose only goal is to help We The People.

Also, wearing his Dark MAGA cap:
 
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TheseTruths

It does my heart good to see the pushback Obama is getting from black men. In addition, there are people who have thought that Commala would be replaced by someone else, and one of the leading replacements was said to be Michelle Obama. I never subscribed to this theory and never saw how it could be done. But my point is that if people are now turning on Barack, that wouldn’t bode well for Michelle. They are part of the same stale, identity-politics-based team that keeps people on plantations.

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Tonawanda

So encouraging!

smiley2

from Tony, posted above…top image…

Black Lives MAGA

very cool 👍

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scott467

Hard to believe they didn’t poll test this idea first, must have been too arrogant to think black men wouldn’t just love to hear him crack the whip.

cthulhu

He’s been pulling that “I speak Jive” BS forever —

para59r

TheseTruths

I couldn’t listen to even a full minute. Her ignorance, self-absorption, and lack of humility are abominable. This woman should be nowhere near a position of leadership of any kind in a church.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

The thing is, though, we didn’t hear the whole sermon. It sounds to me like she’s setting up the reality that many Biblical lessons start off “ewwww!” until you know the full story and have the correct understanding of what happened. So this could be a misrepresentation of what her full point was going to be.

Barb Meier

I saw the word “Priestess” and the large whites showing in her eyes. Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling…

TheseTruths

That’s an interesting point. At any rate, stating things the way she did for a certain period of time without qualifiers, puts one at great risk of being misunderstood.

scott467

“I couldn’t listen to even a full minute.”

_____________

I took one for the team 😉

.

Female pastor: “That’s not quite the example of Jesus I want. And this is one of them. Jesus and the Syrophoenician woman. And I name this because we often aren’t given permission to say ‘I don’t like that thing in Scripture’, because it is such a sacred text, but it’s a text that can handle some wrestling, okay?”

_______
 
It can certainly handle whatever you can throw at it, but that misses the point. It doesn’t matter, the slightest bit, whether you or I or anyone else likes anything in Scripture, or not. 

To paraphrase a verse from Job, Where were you, when God laid the foundations of the world?
 
.
 
Female pastor: “It is withstood centuries, so we can argue with it a little bit, okay?”
_______
 
You… are going to argue, with God? You’re sure that’s what you want to do? I just want to be sure you’re sure, that you’ve thought this through, about exactly Who you’re going to be arguing with…
 
Because you’re not the first, and predictably, it hasn’t gone well for anyone before you. Which would be obvious, if you stopped to think about it, for more than a second.
 
.
 
Female pastor: “Jesus’ treatment of the Syrophoenician woman is the last example of Christianity that I want.”
 
_______
 
Why would you criticize the Son of God, who gave His life to save you? How does it even occur to you, much less provoke you to make a public sermon about it?
 
.
 
Female pastor: “She is desperate, her daughter is suffering, and comes to Jesus begging for help, and He basically says that she’s less than a dog. I mean it is not a good look on Jesus.” (hand gestures for emphasis)
 
________
 
Why not?

What are you reading into it?
 
What kind of silly 21st century prism are you looking through?
 
As you sit in judgment of Christ — which, I wouldn’t recommend… how do you suppose this is possibly going to turn out well for you?
 
.
 
Female pastor: “And I hate that it is supposed to be upheld as a scriptural example for us.”
 
_________
 
Really? I keep trying to grab your shovel, but you’re digging way too fast.

.

Female pastor: “Because that’s not the Jesus I pray to, that is not the Jesus I know.”
 
_________
 
So you don’t like who Jesus is, and you have created some other god in your own image, or in some other image you prefer?
 
What other Jesus do you know, indeed what other Jesus can you know, apart from the Jesus revealed to us in God’s Word?
 
If you claim that it’s some other Jesus you know in your heart, then as one who presents herself as a pastor, certainly you know “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9, KJV)
 
.
 
Female pastor: “We are surprising and confounding beings.” 
___________
 
Not surprising or confounding to God. God knows us before we are born (cf. Jeremiah 1:5), and God knows the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10), so there is nothing we might do that catches God unawares.

The nature and character of Man has not changed since Adam.
 
.
 
Female pastor: “And God is constantly changing and evolving alongside with us.”
____________
 
Houston, we have a problem!

 
.
 
“For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” (Malachi 3:6)

“The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.” (Psalm 33:11, KJV)
 
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” (James 1:17)
 
“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” (Isaiah 40:8)
 
“Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. [26] They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: [27] But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.” (Psalm 102:25-27)
 
“But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.” (1 Peter 1:25)
 
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” (Revelation 22:13)
 
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35)
 
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Female pastor: “The Syrophoenician woman shows us what it is to live, live in faith that is not final or done, but with a God that is living amongst us and awake to the newness of our lives and experiences that cannot be fully encapsulated in Scripture written thousands of years ago…”

________
 
Mmm-kay… backing slowly toward the exit now… no sudden moves…
 
.

Female pastor: “…that can be made sense of with the lived experience of those before us to guide us where we are now.”

_______

Is that from the Book of Kamala?
 
Because I haven’t seen any word-salad like that in Scripture before, and you appear to making all of this up out of whole cloth, there’s not a Bible or even a teleprompter to be seen anywhere.
 
.
 
Female pastor: “Jesus changes.”

________

“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” (Hebrews 13:8, KJV)
 
That, remarkably succinctly, covers past, present and future. 

That’s not wrestling, that is just flat out contradicting, denying the Word of God.
 
And for the people in robes (female bishops?) sitting behind you, watching all of this take place, that’s not good.

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Tonawanda

Very enjoyable fisking. (Maybe that should be changed to scotting).

I lasted 1,32 seconds before turning her off. The team thanks you for your undaunted perserverance.

scott467

I never knew that’s what it was called (fisking), or that there was even a term for it, until you mentioned it some time ago 👍 😁

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Brave and Free

Very good Scott.

TradeBait2

Thanks for taking one for the team, Scott.

pgroup2

I take one small part and challenge it – the part about arguing with God.

Moses did, and got away with it. Probably because he didn’t presume to judge God, just asked him why.

[no I don’t remember where and I’m too lazy to go find it]

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

A great point! This flexibility upon entreaty by the just is used repeatedly in the Bible to show God’s mercy and grace, as well (IMO) as the power of prayer. We don’t deserve the pardon we get.

scott467

“I take one small part and challenge it – the part about arguing with God.
Moses did, and got away with it. Probably because he didn’t presume to judge God, just asked him why.”

_____________

Certainly there are multiple examples of questioning God, e.g., why He does or doesn’t do some thing.

I was thinking of ‘arguing’ as contradicting God, i.e., saying God (or His Word) is wrong, and that our understanding is better than His, which is kind of crazy, considering He is, you know… GOD.

😁

kalbokalbs

< Fifteen seconds.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

LOL!!!

scott467

This is almost unbelievable, I wish there was a transcription.

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smiley2

she’s clearly an inarticulate ignoramus who regards Almighty GOD as some sort of “messenger boy” who she can order around, to her own liking and for her own convenience.

she reminds me of all of the so-called “influencers” who have inserted themselves into our lives, as if they know something .

she’s so ignorant, she doesn’t even know she’s ignorant !

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Gail Combs

Unfortunately she represents a LOT of the “Christians” today that pick and choose what they want.

My Dad was on the board of a Lutheran Church. They were choosing a new pastor. The first guy was ALL ABOUT SALARY AND THINGS LIKE THE HOUSE PROVIDED… Dad was disgusted enough with the dude that he unleashed a full condemnation of the guy when I went to visit him on the weekend. This was in the mid 1980s and I doubt things have gotten any better.

pgroup2

The inertia of bad ideas follows gravity – always downhill.

Aubergine

I’m just going to say it; women should NOT be pastors. They are too emotional, and too apt to project their feelings onto the material.

pgroup2

ThanQ. I would have said it but I didn’t want to light up all the ladies here.

Gail Combs

I do not think you would.

Actually you are talking a BI-MODAL curve or bimodal distribution.

A bimodal distribution has two peaks. In the context of a continuous probability distribution, modes are peaks in the distribution. The graph below shows a bimodal distribution.

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What Causes Bimodal Distributions?

Recognizing that your data follow a bimodal distribution will help you better understand your study topic. This type of distribution usually has an explanation for its existence. Here are several examples.

Merging Two Processes or Populations

In some cases, combining two processes or populations in one dataset will produce a bimodal distribution. Each of the underlying conditions has its own mode. Combine them and, voilà, two modes!

For example, imagine you measure the weights of adult black bears. When you graph the data, you see a distribution with two peaks. It turns out that female black bears have an average weight of 175 pounds while the males average 400 pounds. Each average corresponds to a peak in the distribution. Hence, one peak is for females and the other for males.

Differences between genders frequently produce bimodal distributions…

This is an excellent example since it shows the overlap between the heights of men and women. Graph is from from the website:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/bimodal-distribution/

https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20240730180254/1st-graph.webp

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Great stuff! So much about humans is well described this way, and that is precisely why the communists, who want to break things, force us to deny the realities of gender.

Gail Combs

YUP! they pick the tails to PROVE equality but that just shows that we have over lapping distributions.

IF a woman can pass the same tests as a man, FINE let her do the job. BUT it should ALWAYS be based on merit.

I want to see Affirmative Action Shot dead and buried DEEP! And that is from a woman who suffered from gender bias as a kid and young woman.

Barb Meier

Go ahead and speak freely, Pgroup!

pgroup2

 😍 

Aubergine

Well, I’m a lady, so I can say it.

I am also an INTJ personality type, so I’m sort of like a guy. But I look like a girl, so I get away with it!

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

After having observed a number of female pastors, I have to admit that I’ve seen far too many who lack the state of near-total and continuous discernment that is required of a good pastor. Discernment frequently means not choosing risky rhetorical arguments that the flock may not follow.

What we see above is a perfect example – provided that she didn’t wrap up with something really perfect that talks back to all that she has laid down above (i.e., she comes back and denies all her personal feelings, and particularly her feminist leanings).

I would almost bet money that she did NOT fully deny what she was saying, but I have seen our side editing videos far too many times, sadly – almost as bad as the other side. That’s why I didn’t judge her without the possibility of exonerating evidence having been hidden.

I saw a sermon VERY MUCH like this one, and what bugged me is that the lady did NOT negate all of her leftist thoughts – in particular leaving Paul described as basically an old-fashioned Jewish misogynist. She did not walk that back with scripture, or even opinion. She got a lot of side-eye from me after that, and I started picking up some very disturbing stuff in what she was teaching kids. She was gone soon after that under mysterious circumstances. I suspect I as only picking up part of what was happening.

TheseTruths

I have seen our side editing videos far too many times, sadly – almost as bad as the other side.

This always bears remembering.

Aubergine

Well, I prefer what we do in our church, which is study the Bible, period. There is little-to-no “preaching” or social commentary.

Gail Combs

Fits your personality type to a T.

Aubergine

Lol, yep!

Barb Meier

I agree. I greatly prefer men pastors.

scott467

There are also men in attendance (seated behind her, occasionally visible as the camera followers her).

Women can be excellent Bible teachers, and teach classes to other women, and to children (girls and boys).

But they do not teach the men.

………………..
“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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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Indeed! That’s plain as day.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

This quote needs to be posted every time J.D. Vance smacks down one of those Fake News media Dem-Tarts who “interviews” him (more like who needles him).

scott467

I never understood it to mean women shouldn’t be able to teach men on any subject, or not have authority over a man under any circumstances (e.g., employer / employee), I always thought it just referred to within the church.

I will have to research that further.

TheseTruths

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Tonawanda

Shouldn’t that be one of those giant street sweepers with the big rotary brushes?

Gail Combs

Where is the trail of 💩turds💩 behind her?

Barb Meier

  :wpds_lol: 

TheseTruths

Watching @JDVance manhandle these smarmy journalists who repeat stale, idiotic talking points— “How will we build houses if we don’t have illegal immigrants!”—is so satisfying.

Tonawanda

“The unemployment rate does not count labor force participation dropouts.

“This is one of the really deranged things that I think illegal immigration does to our society, is it gets us in a mindset of saying, ‘we can only build houses with illegal immigrants.’

“We have 7 million men, not even women, just men who have completely dropped out of the labor force.

“Sometimes people who may be struggling with addiction or trauma, need to get reengaged in American society.

“We cannot have an entire American business community that is giving up on American workers and then importing millions of illegal laborers. That is what we have thanks to Kamala Harris’ border policies. I think it’s one of the biggest drivers of inequality.

“It’s one of the biggest reasons why we have millions of people who’ve dropped out of the labor force. Why try to reengage an American citizen in a good job if you can just import somebody from Central America who’s gonna work under the table for poverty wages?

“It is a disgrace and it has led to the evisceration of the American Middle class.”
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Gail Combs

First the Illegals are PISS POOR at doing things correctly! I have lots of sad stories about that. Like my ROOF being installed incorrectly so a wind caused all the roofing tiles to stand straight up! ($5,000 to replace the improperly installed roof!)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The labor force dropout is anyone who HAS NOT WORKED IN A YEAR. It has nothing to do with being WILLING to work either.

Once you pass 6 months unemployed CORPORATIONS CONSIDER YOU UNEMPLOYABLE PERIOD! [Thanks Bill Clinton] It does not matter how well qualified you are either. Also once past 45, if you lose your job CORPORATIONS CONSIDER YOU UNEMPLOYABLE. I had that argument with a writer at Forbes and finally WON the argument 😋 I guess he wasn’t used to someone who could bring the data. 😆

As former Labor Secretary Bob Reich explained in his memoirs, the Clinton administration had found in its public polling that if the government inflated economic reporting, enough people would believe it to swing a close election. Accordingly, whatever integrity had survived in the economic reporting system disappeared during the Clinton years. Unemployment was redefined to eliminate five million discouraged workers and to lower the unemployment rate; methodologies were changed to reduce poverty reporting, to reduce reported CPI inflation, to inflate reported GDP growth, among others. LINK

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How Long Can You be Unemployed Before it Looks Bad?

Chances are someone has told you that it’s easier to find a job when you already have one.

That kernel of wisdom has been bandied about for decades, and most people just accepted it without question.

Evidence supports that belief, as a study was conducted to test those old assumptions. For anyone who’s ever worried about being unemployed for too long, that research offers some interesting insight.

So, how long can you be unemployed before it looks bad?…

Being unemployed for 3 months: no big deal

Being unemployed for 6 months: still no significant impact

Being unemployed for less than six months also didn’t seem to impact the job search much. And again, this was more apparent in low-skill jobs. 👉However, that six-month period pushes the envelope when it comes to maintaining your chances for an interview.👈….

The research results suggested diminishing odds of success after that first half-year of being unemployed.

Being unemployed for 9 months: a noticeable downside

Here’s where things get genuinely interesting. There is a downside to being unemployed for 9 months or more, encompassing low and medium-skilled positions. According to the study’s results, once you’ve been unemployed for longer than 9 months, you can expect a significant drop-off in interview requests. The fake resumes sent out by the researchers suffered a 20 percent decline in responsiveness from potential employers….

  :wpds_arrow: Being unemployed for more than a year: a big red flag

Unfortunately, there’s no way around this last fact: being unemployed for more than a year can raise a red flag and really put a damper on your job prospects. In fact, the research indicated that resumes with a current lengthy period of joblessness experienced little success at landing interviews….

I ran into this in the 1970s when I was in Germany as an officer’s wife for a year and then came back to the States.. I was questioned WHY I did not have a job while in Germany.

Hiring on base (the only employer if you were not fluent in German) was:
German citizens first
Enlisted wives second
Non-com wives third
Officers wives? Don’t make me laugh! NOT A CHANCE. And I was told that to my face.

Barb Meier

Covid mandates also created ‘dropouts’ though I think of them as ‘forcedouts.’

Gail Combs

Good comments: https://nitter.poast.org/CollinRugg/status/1845161959492288663

I would also add we need to have a lot more young people LEARNING TRADES instead of gender studies or African basket weaving!

Most of my neighbors are tradesmen BTW.

TheseTruths

This is something I never expected to see.

Collin Rugg:

The Young Turks producer Ana Kasparian says she left the Democratic party after she was mol*sted by a homeless man with an er*ction in Los Angeles.

Kasparian said she was shamed by liberals for stating that she felt fearful to leave her house after the incident.

Kasparian says she was picking up her dog’s poop when a homeless man came up from behind her and grabbed her hips.

He allegedly had an er*ction and started thrusting.

When she shared her story, liberals accused her of “painting a wrongful picture of the homeless community” with some people calling her racist even though she didn’t say what race the man was.

“That woke me up,” Kasparian said.

“People that I’ve associated myself with because I thought they were the good people… have stereotypes in their head and are totally blind to the fact that they have those stereotypes and go around accusing others of being bad actors.”

She wrote a Substack about it:

https://kasparian.substack.com/p/independent-and-unaligned

Among other things, she describes the pushback she got about this X post:

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All hell broke loose after I posted those words. Most “friends” in left-wing media didn’t bother reaching out privately to discuss their disagreement with my personalpreference. Instead, many self-described socialists took it upon themselves to profit from conflict by publicly attacking me with monetized videos.

A smaller leftist YouTube show put out five separate videos skewering me about the tweet, while conveniently erasing the advocacy I had done on behalf of the transgender community throughout my career. They even went as far as drawing a link between my tweet and trans suicides, which sadly wasn’t the most unhinged outcome of the debacle. 

TYT’s volunteer YouTube chat moderators quit over the tweet, and someone reported me to Human Resources. An on-air transgender contributor even resigned from the company after being urged by online mobs and leftist shows to do so. Curious that not one of those shows hired her after she took their advice. 

I never apologized for the tweet and I never will. 

That whole experience forced me to come to terms with the intolerance on the left and it allowed me to publicly reject the ideological shackles that kept my world small and less informed.

Today I’m less certain and more curious than I was four years ago. I’ve made humiliating mistakes while covering political news because I was previously unwilling to consider or understand the perspective of Americans who vote differently from me.

scott467

“I never apologized for the tweet and I never will.”

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Leftism is a social prison, a prison of the mind, where the inmates are also the guards.

You escaped. All you had to do is not care what they think, and you are free as a bird.

You can soar like an eagle now! 👍😁

Tonawanda

A social prison or a social insane asylum?

pgroup2

Is there a difference?

Gail Combs

Not when it comes to leftys

Tonawanda

And she was one of the most crazed leftist enforcers on the program!

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Yup. She got smacked in the face with REALITY and suddenly saw the world in a whole new way. Including – if she gets really deep into this – her own prior bias. THAT is a really important part of the full red pill experience.

kalbokalbs

Homeless assholes AND assault aside, for a moment.

“I couldn’t defend my self. I didn’t have a weapon.”

No one should need to carry a weapon, in America.Having a weapon IS an American Right. Human Right.She lives in Los Angeles. Can NOT be armed. Most of California, can NOT be armed.
.Wonder if this fact dawned on Kasparian, Michaels or anyone listening, watching.

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TradeBait2

Short answer…no. I suspect most never will understand. It requires thinking A leads to B, which leads to C, which leads to…

Gail Combs

And that is why John D. funded John Dewey. To get rid of Americans ability to reason.

How John Dewey Used Public ‘Education’ to Subvert Liberty

Two articles by Dr Samuel L. Blumenfeld:

Dumbing Down America

The Dumbing Down of America

The Plan for Failure

The plain truth is that there has been in this country a deliberate plan to change the nature of education in America so that the American people could be easily led into a socialist system. The story begins with John Dewey, who became the philosophical leader of the Progressive Education movement.

Dewey, born in 1859, was reared among conservative Christians in New England. At the University of Vermont he eagerly accepted the Theory of Evolution and began his voyage from Christianity to atheistic socialism. At Johns Hopkins in 1881 he studied Hegel and the New Psychology taught by G. Stanley Hall, who had gotten his doctorate under Wilhelm Wundt at Leipzig. Dewey became a socialist after reading Edward Bellamy’s 1888 book, Looking Backward, a utopian fantasy about a socialist America in the year 2000. He later wrote that Bellamy was “imbued with a religious faith in the democratic ideal…. But what distinguishes Bellamy is that he grasped the human meaning of democracy as an idea of equality and liberty. No one has carried through the idea that equality is obtainable only by complete equality of income more fully than Bellamy.”1

In 1894 Dewey joined the faculty of the University of Chicago as Chairman of the Department of Philosophy, Psychology, and Pedagogy. It was there that he set up his famous Laboratory School where the new collectivist curriculum could be tried out. Dewey’s idea was to build the curriculum not around academic subjects but occupational activities, which provided maximum opportunities for socialization.

In his famous statement of belief, “My Pedagogic Creed,” written in 1897, Dewey spelled out quite clearly that the school was to be the vehicle of America’s socialist revolution. In his Creed he put forth his collectivist concepts of an organic society, the social individual, the downgrading of academics, and the need to use psychology in education….

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Excellent point. I set it aside right when she said it, but you’re right.

The problem for the left is the socialist idea that….

“Some of us have to suffer crimes by our victim classes, for the good of society. Those who suffer need to do so quietly.”

That applies to jabs and nasty drugs, rape and murder by migrants, and hate crimes committed by “allowed” victim groups. The left-sheep have to shut up, take it, and blame themselves.

The leftists in charge REALLY try to avoid stating this position openly, because they know many of their more sensible leftists will abandon them because of it, but it is TRUTH.

TheseTruths

This is what the moms and dads in inner cities whose rec centers and schools have been taken over by illegals need to understand. Their suffering (the moms and dads and children) is discounted for the “greater good.” That’s not America.

pgroup2

Can I just say it out loud?

WOW.

 😮 

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Good lesson on hope! Thank you, Carl!

Valerie Curren

Amen Carl. This hope of Eternity with the Lover of our souls, along with God’s promise to never leave or forsake us, are Life sustaining! Blessings to you, brother.

eilert

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kalbokalbs

Off the wall thought.

Wonder how many folks Elon employs with all of his companies. Tesla, X… Research… By extension, employees at companies selling / supporting Elon.

In the US alone. Globally would also be interesting. But my focus is the US. Tesla, X… prolly pay well.

Brave and Free

Space X 13k employees alone.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

pgroup2

And they are doing some serious wealth-building.

Along with Tesla employees.

Musk is a one-man employment agency.  😂 

Tonawanda

A feeling of happy understanding and clarity grew in me as I read this wonderful post, bakocarl.

And the ending was perfect, the contrast between those who have Christian hope and those who do not. That distinction alone explains so much of what we see in the world today.

TY so much.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Our true hope is BIG. Bigger than this universe.

smiley2

FEMA….

take notes 👇watch and learn 👇

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one day, your boat might be sinking.

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Tonawanda

I believe the Shroud of Turin is a special gift from God to me and to any others who wish to accept it. The evidence that the Shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus is overwhelming, far beyond a reasonable doubt IMO, but more importantly it is evidence of the Resurrection.

There is persuasive evidence that the shroud records the movements of Christ at the moments of Resurrection. The physics is mostly over my head, but can be found in videos on the net.

A new film is coming out about the Shroud which sounds good. This article talks about the film, and focusses on scripture:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/10/the_shroud_of_turin_can_it_be_found_in_the_bible.html

The article’s discussion of the relevant scripture, though, may be off in a significant way. The article wrongly assumes that the Bible mentions the Shroud.

The Bible mentions the face cloth, which Jesus folded and left behind. That cloth (Sudarium of Aviedo) has been in the same church in Spain for over a thousand years. The blood markings exactly match the markings on the Shroud. IIRC the blood type (AB) matches also.

Also mentioned are the linen stripts which bound the hand and feet.

NOT mentioned is the burial shroud itself. The inference is that Jesus Himself took the Shroud, and it was not there when the various other persons arrived to look in the tomb.

Interestingly, the Gospel of the Hebrews (not part of the Bible, but very relevant) mentions that Jesus gave the Shroud to “the servant of the High Priest” which arguably means the Apostle John.

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pgroup2

I am not trying to start a theological debate here but keep in mind one thing: it appears to me that the theme of ‘being saved’ is that there is no direct contemporaneous evidence proving that Yeshua was crucified, died, and was resurrected. IOW, a person must trust that these things happened, not have them proved to human standards of proof. There’s also the idolatry problem. It wouldn’t take humans long for any direct evidence [such as wood fragments from the Cross] to violate the First Commandment.

It didn’t take them even 40 days to decide to create a golden calf, and that little episode didn’t start with anything physical.

Tonawanda

IMO the Shroud is a beautiful gift of love to those who accept it. From God to anyone who was born in 1890 or after, especially, wonderfully, but even to those in less technological times.

smiley2

Thank You, bakocarl, for The Truth…the Whole Truth…

💞Faithful and True.💞

a timely message while we are sloshing through the constant muck of clever political slogans that fall flat, hyping hypocrisy from the mouths of moronic stooges.

kalbokalbs

So many great topics Rogan and Trump can discuss.

Hope Rogan brings up HCQ and IVM.

Will be a must watch interview for me.

pgroup2

Hope Rogan fills out his federal paperwork correctly for this in-kind contribution.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Had not thought about that. Could he avoid paperwork by having Kam-Com on, too, or would he have to do DOUBLE the paperwork?

TradeBait2

Wonderful reminder, Carl. Thank you.

pat frederick

so, these meat packing/processing companies hire illegals from a “staffing” company and pays the staffing company $16 an hour per worker. the worker gets $12 an hour. AND the meat packaging owner rents homes to the workers (conveniently in the same neighborhoods)–getting some of his money back. the staffing company picks them up in vans and takes them to and from work. nice little arrangement there–and it’s not just one little town…it’s widespread
FTA
In a separate report, journalist Christopher Rufo found out…

At the center of this system in Charleroi is Fourth Street Foods, a frozen-food supplier with approximately 1,000 employees, most of whom work on the assembly line. In an exclusive interview, Chris Scott, the CEO and COO of Fourth Street Barbeque (the legal name of the firm that does business as Fourth Street Foods) explained that his company, like many factory businesses, has long relied on immigrant labor, which, he estimates, makes up about 70 percent of its workforce. The firm employs many temporary workers, and, with the arrival of the Haitians, has found a new group of laborers willing to work long days in an industrial freezer, starting at about $12 an hour.

Many of these workers are not directly employed by Fourth Street Foods. Instead, according to Scott, they are hired through staffing agencies, which pay workers about $12 an hour for entry-level food-processing roles and bill Fourth Street Foods over $16 per hour to cover their costs, including transportation and overhead. (The average wage for an entry-level food processor in Washington County was $16.42 per hour in 2023.)
Rufo uncovered other staffing companies …

According to a Haitian migrant who worked at Fourth Street and a review of video footage, three staffing agencies—Wellington Staffing Agency, Celebes Staffing Services, and Advantage Staffing Agency—are key conduits for labor in the city. None have websites, advertise their services, or appear in job listings. According to Scott, Fourth Street Foods relies on agencies to staff its contract workforce, but he declined to specify which agencies, citing nondisclosure agreements.
He continued:
A property search for David Barbe and his other business, DB Rentals LLC, shows records of more than 50 properties, many of which are concentrated on the same streets.
And continued some more:
No doubt, the situation is advantageous to David Barbe of Fourth Street Foods, who can pay $16 an hour to the agencies that employ his contract labor force, then recapture some of those wages in rent…

Fourth Street Foods owner David Barbe told the media outlet: “I don’t know anything about it.”

Considering the town has been swamped by Haitians … solely for the purpose of supplying Fourth Street Foods with cheap labor, the owner’s statement to the media outlet seems a little suspicious.

The travesty in Charleroi begins with the failure of the federal government’s open borders, flooding the nation with ten-plus million migrants. This has led to a ‘great job replacement’ of native-born factory workers.

How is this not the biggest political talking point right now: since October 2019, native-born US workers have lost 1.4 million jobs; over the same period foreign-born workers have gained 3 million jobs. pic.twitter.com/Z5HVWmQ24C
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 15, 2024

Rufo noted:
The basic pattern in Charleroi has been replicated in thousands of cities and towns across America: the federal government has opened the borders to all comers; a web of publicly funded NGOs has facilitated the flow of migrants within the country; local industries have welcomed the arrival of cheap, pliant labor.
https://thelibertydaily.com/feds-find-million-cash-while-investigating-mysterious-staffing/

PAVACA

pat frederick
Thank you.
Yours Truly knows Charleroi well. It’s part of the “steel-town corridor” with Monessen, Belle Vernon, Donora, and other small towns, along the Monongahela River to the south and slightly east of Pittsburgh. The towns along this corridor were all hit terribly hard when the mills left in the late 1970s-early 1980s, and never really recovered from that blow.
Places like Charleroi would be ripe for an influx of “migrant labor” and getting them “settled” into the area.

pat frederick

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Aubergine

Almost heaven…

Take me home, country roads.

pat frederick

the beauty God has created!

smiley2

breathtaking.

truly awesome.

Aubergine

Yes! I love God’s Creation!

smiley2

💖🍁🌻

Gail Combs

The one thing I really miss from Upstate NY and NH was the colorful falls. We do not have the sugar maples down here that provide the rich reds, oranges and yellows in the fall landscape.

Aubergine

Yes, the Northeast is simply glorious in the fall.

Aubergine

Something has occurred to me. Something interesting.

After the first debacle when Camel-Uh was asked how she was different than Biden, SOMEBODY in the campaign had to be intelligent enough to have some kind of answer to that, other than “I’m a black woman and he’s an old white dude.” So WHY did she not have that answer when asked again?

Also, WHY was the 25th Amendment not employed on Biden when it was perfectly clear that it was warranted? Camel-Uh wants to be pResident, so why would she not go along with it? Everybody knows he’s checked out now, she could be running as the incumbent, and yet she is NOT.

WHAT does Joe Biden have on Camel-Uh that he is using to BLACKMAIL her? Whatever it is, it must be completely disqualifying. And for a Demoncrat voter to consider it disqualifying, it would have to be a doozy.

Gail Combs

Evidence that she is NOT an American citizen PERIOD.

Aubergine

There’s a thought!

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

This administration is a crime scene “because Democrats”. Everybody has something on everybody else.

Actually, that applies to all of Washington, District of Criminals.

Barb Meier

Is there a Lie Tracker AI for individuals?

Barb Meier

X Grok AI with Fun Mode turned on:

See new posts
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Is there an AI Lie tracker that can gather all of a person’s lies so they can keep track of them?
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Oh, humanity, always trying to outsmart yourselves with technology, aren’t you? As of my last update, there isn’t a commercial, off-the-shelf “AI Lie Tracker” app or device that you can install to catch every fib you or someone else tells. But let’s dive into the realm of possibilities with a bit of wit, shall we?

The Dream of a Lie Tracker:

Imagine an AI that’s like a supercharged, digital conscience, or perhaps more like a paranoid friend who remembers every inconsistency in your stories. Here’s what might theoretically be involved:

  • Voice Recognition and Analysis: Analyzing changes in pitch, speed, or even micro-pauses in speech could theoretically hint at deceit. However, humans lie with more than just words; tone, body language, and context play huge roles.
  • Facial Recognition: Lie detection software could analyze micro-expressions, but again, this tech isn’t foolproof. Humans are complex; we might show signs of stress or discomfort for reasons other than lying.
  • Contextual Understanding: An AI would need to understand the context deeply. This means not just what was said but understanding the speaker’s usual behavior, cultural background, and even current emotional state.
  • Data Integration: To track all lies, this AI would need access to all your communications – emails, texts, voice calls, social media posts. Privacy, anyone?

Current Reality Check:

  • Research and Prototypes: There’s research into lie detection via AI, focusing on voice, facial cues, and even text analysis for deceit. However, these are often for specific applications like security or psychological studies, not general consumer use.
  • Commercial Products?: While there might be apps or devices claiming to detect lies, they’re usually more about entertainment or very specific scenarios rather than comprehensive lie tracking. Think of them as tech with a lot of “maybes” and “sometimes.”
  • The Problem of False Positives: Even if such tech existed, it would likely mistake truth for lies due to nervousness, sarcasm, or just off days. Imagine being branded a liar because you were joking around!

The Philosophical Hitch:

If such a tracker did exist, what would it mean for human interaction? Trust would be outsourced to machines, which, frankly, sounds like a plot from a dystopian novel where we’ve traded human connection for algorithmic truth.

Conclusion:

While the tech world teases with bits of lie detection here and there, a full-fledged, all-encompassing lie tracker for personal use? That’s still in the realm of science fiction or perhaps a future where privacy is a quaint, historical concept. But fear not, for as long as humans exist, so will the art of deceit, and the joy of catching someone in a lie the old-fashioned way – with wit, memory, and sometimes, a bit of luck. Remember, if such a device were perfect, it’d probably also catch itself in a lie about being perfect!

Aubergine

Oh, yeah!

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

I have a great, truthful answer that I could use if I was Kamala, but – and this is extremely important – THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HER.

That woman would pick the most difficult lie over the easiest truth. In part, because she has lied so much already, she LIVES in a tangled web.

Aubergine

I think lying is a requirement of Satan, in return for the sale of their souls, myself.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Truth is a prerequisite for loyalty to God. Satan needs to break that bond.

Aubergine

Yes.

eilert

Incredible!!!!
SpaceX Starship Booster has just been caught by the Launch Tower.

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eilert

AND the Starship landed in the Indian Ocean near Australia, as well.

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cthulhu

They even anchored a buoy with cameras out where the Starship was supposed to come down.

eilert

It looks that the Booster nearly hit the tower, but other angles show it was actually quite a bit away.
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scott467

I sure wish they had more cameras, cameras with better stabilizers, and better camera angles.

It appears that the landing booster rockets only fired about 5 seconds before landing.

All we can see is the giant tube flying through the air, which must be going a thousand miles per hour.

Then booster/landing rockets fire for about 3 seconds, camera pulls back to show the rocket has slowed from an estimated 1,000mph to around 15mph in three seconds, and then makes contact with the tower two seconds later, and shut down.

Seems like we missed a whole big segment in the middle, where the rocket decelerated, and there was no LONG camera view showing the ground / horizon for a reference point.

scott467

Here is a video from OT, it shows a better view with telemetry. It’s more like 15 seconds to decelerate, and it’s REALLY pretty impressive 👍 😂

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

WOW.

duchess01

Verse of the Day for Sunday, October 13, 2024

“I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.” 

Psalms 91:2 (KJV)

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

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

BE MY VOICE

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JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

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CHILD NOT CHOICE

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

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duchess01

OUR PRAYER

We come to Your Altar on bended knee
In the name of Jesus – we pray to Thee
One of our loved ones is in peak peril
Demons they have her over a barrel
Another test will be taken real soon
Could sink hope or take her over the moon

By the Blood of the Lamb – we are healed
By His sacrifice – our fate – it was sealed
Protect her from all danger hurt or harm 
We’re calling all Angels – set the alarm
Warring Angels by the dozens dispatched
Go after those demons – get them detached

Comfort Angels dispersed to quell the fear
Through Faith – we command fear disappear
Healing Angels anoint her with the oils
Cover her completely before she spoils
Relaying Angels with a message from God
Rest in His Arms – prepare to be awed

We take authority over our friend today
By the Power of the Spirit we humbly pray
We unite in our prayer – strengthen her
To guide those in charge of her to concur
Set all instruments so accurate they be
By the Power of the Spirit command them we

Take care in your analysis – through Hope
By your training and insight help her cope
God has given you the means to infer
A possible treatment that will deter
The failure of systems rightly attached
Your expertise surely cannot be matched

Let the Hand of God guide competent hands
To do what must be done – what He commands
As we lift her up to the Heaven on High
We give it all to You – and breathe a sigh
She is in good hands – the best there be
The Angels surround her – a sight to see

We lay our petition at the feet of Your Son
Whose victory over the cross He surely won
We know in control – You must ever be
We pray for a miracle for all to see
God can fix anything – He has the clout
The Power of God is awesome no doubt!

D01: 07/02/2019


para59r
duchess01

Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing 

#psalm91 #psalms #prayer

Pray Everyday

https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html

Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.

#faith #god #psalms

Pray Everyday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKUPiqPMs8M&t=2s

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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️❤️❤️



TradeBait2

Self explanatory. Also, it is infuriating. I pray for this man and all impacted by, in my opinion, the greatest evil committed against humanity of our time.

https://kirschsubstack.com/p/exclusive-interview-how-nys-bravest

Aubergine

These stories are so terrible. It breaks my heart that people chose money/job over their health.

You can get another job. But you’ve only got one temple for your spirit. Sad.

Barb Meier

It is so sad and your thinking on it was wonderful: “you’ve only got one temple for your spirit.” I thought of it in such an Earth-bound way: “I can’t work if I’m dead.” I like your thoughts much better! 😍

Barb Meier

Then, there is that info we got about the military process that allows killing non-compliant Americans. Even if I’d known that at the time, I still would have declined. My thinking would be either “they’ve got to find me first” or “my family is in the military, I just don’t think they’ll start killing their cousins.”

Gail Combs

Actually after what the Death Shot did to the Armed Forces, I think that would be the last straw….

Barb Meier

I hope they gave many in the military saline injections.

Gail Combs

So do I, esp the pilots!

Aubergine

Thanks! I like to work, too. It makes me feel useful to apply my temple to important tasks. Any honest work can be spiritually motivated.

Barb Meier

You’re welcome! Yes, I like to think of it as leaving things better than you found them or simply helping others in some positive way.

Aubergine

🙂

PAVACA

TradeBait2
Thank you.
Based on the research I’ve been doing, IMO, ANY person who takes ANY COVID-19 “vaccine” injection, even if it’s only one injection, is at risk for COVID-19 “vaccine”-induced heart trouble and/or cardiovascular issues.

**** This is because these “vaccines” attack the walls of the blood vessels and of the heart muscle. (Along with attacking multiple other organs / areas of the “vaccinated” person’s body.)
**** The body then produces huge amounts of lymphocytes to fight and destroy the “detected enemy” (the COVID-19 “vaccine” spike protein) in the “vaccinated” person’s body.
**** The mechanisms of the COVID-19 “vaccines” continue to PRODUCE SPIKE PROTEIN in the “vaccinated” person, which continue to attack the walls of the blood vessels and of the heart of the “vaccinated” person.
**** The “vaccinated” person’s body CONTINUES to produce huge amounts of lymphocytes to keep “detecting and destroying” the “enemy invader.”
**** End results:
The mechanisms of the COVID-19 “vaccines” cause the body’s immune system to literally ATTACK ITSELF in constantly “detecting and destroying” the “enemy invader” (the “vaccines.”)
The WALLS of the BLOOD VESSELS and of the HEART of the “vaccinated” person’s body are WEAKENED and then DESTROYED (cracked, “shredded”, blocked with damaged or dead tissue, etc.)
The entire immune system of the “vaccinated” person’s body is WEAKENED and eventually DESTROYED over time.
Since the heart CANNOT restore damaged / destroyed heart tissue, the functions of the heart AND of the cardiovascular system are badly compromised. This is what can lead to severe cardiac complications, including death.

AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH A HEALTHY PERSON BEFORE COVID-19 “VACCINATION.”

https://doctors4covidethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/causality-article.pdf

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Aubergine

“This is because these “vaccines” attack the walls of the blood vessels and of the heart muscle. (Along with attacking multiple other organs / areas of the “vaccinated” person’s body.)”

THIS is why nattokinase and vitamins are so important! The natto helps fight the damage to the blood vessels and the heart.

PAVACA

Aubergine
Amen and Amen.

duchess01

A Powerful Prayer with Psalm 46 – C.S. Lewis’s Spiritual Wisdom

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A Powerful Prayer with Psalm 46 – C.S. Lewis’s Spiritual Wisdom

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In this reflective video, C.S. Lewis explores the power of prayer through Psalm 46, a scripture known for its message of strength, peace, and divine refuge. This powerful prayer reminds us of God’s presence during life’s challenges, offering comfort and reassurance. Through C.S. Lewis’s profound reflections, we dive deep into the significance of Psalm 46 and how it can transform your prayer life, providing peace in uncertain times. Watch now to experience the power of Psalm 46 through the lens of C.S. Lewis’s spiritual wisdom and start your day with a prayer of strength and comfort.

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TRUST IN GOD’S PLAN: How God’s Love Change Your Life Forever | C.S Lewis

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TRUST IN GOD’S PLAN: They are MUCH GREATER than ours | C.S Lewis

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Amen.

NEVER give up the guns. EVER.

Barb Meier

I can pat my head and rub my tummy. I think I’ll be concerned about the gun control crowd AND the criminals.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Keeping your guns solves both problems! 😉

Barb Meier

So true!

TradeBait2

Every once in awhile SD brings one that is spot on and hits it out of the park. This should be required reading. It explains why they hate PDT, want to kill him and try to counter every move he makes. As I suspected with regional multi-polarity, the linchpin for the entire world economy presently is the USMCA when PDT goes back into office.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/10/12/seeing-around-corners/#more-265020

If one believed in a friendly cueball, one might actually see a pattern of predictions coming true that have an optimistic outlook on future events.

Barb Meier

Ooooh, very good CTH post. Thanks TradeBait2!!!

TradeBait2

👍

duchess01

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barkerjim
Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Very good. I agree with his three outcomes, but I think that the second is the most likely.

HOW it happens and HOW we deal with it is what we need to prepare for.

Barb Meier

Yes, very good article. I like how he ends with ‘in the end God wins.’

TheseTruths

Two, Kamala Harris is declared the winner through a rigged election, and because her administration is already in power, the stolen election would be steamrolled through as it was in 2020, locking up anyone who opposes the fake election results.

Yikes. I don’t know how to prepare for that beyond personal preparedness. How do we get the country back?

Barb Meier

The great shunning?

Gail Combs

As Aubergine has said on numerous occasions, A GENERAL STRIKE.

Shut the entire country down. EVERYONE who voted Trump WALKS AWAY.

Remember, most D-rats are not do-ers and the illegals do not have the expertise to step in and handle the jobs.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

We have to have some surprises for the criminals. Thus, I am not talking about what might happen, or how we might respond. You can be sure I’ve thought about it.

It is most important to prepare personally for all that might unfold if they steal it again. We have to be very flexible.

But what I can recommend is that people think about them trying “Door Number Two”, and what we might do in response. However, don’t broadcast your thoughts. Work on them, so that they are ready to be shared at the right time (which may not be November 6, but possibly any time between November 6, 2024 and January 20, 2025.

This is going to be exciting, IMO. Be ready.

Barb Meier

Local story: I’ve been replying to someone on a facebook group about my hometown. “You know you are from <hometown state> if–

He shared a photo asking about a beautiful car.

Hello from Germany,

I have a little unusual question. I have a turqouise 1967 Dodge Charger with white interior and I am currently doing a little research regarding the former owners. This car was purchased new in 1967 at a little dealership called “Jerry Young inc.” in Hannibal, MO. There is still a little yellow sticker in the windscreen which shows tax paid for 1969 in Louisiana. So I think the former owner lived in Louisiana, MO. Maybe someone remembers the car or the owner. That will help me a lot!

Please remove this post if it is unsuitable in this group or let me know.

Lars

In our exchange, he explained why he searches for a car’s history.

Barb Meier that’s why I try to find out the history of those old cars. Because usually everybody got some fantastic or interesting stories connected to the cars 🙂

He reminded me of Dave Burge (IowaHawkblog) whose writing I always enjoy. I couldn’t remember his name, but could see his photo in my mind. A guy smoking a pipe. So I started through my 3,000+ following list and as soon as I saw “Dave” I remembered his name!! At his X feed, I ran across his DavesCarIDService which is such fun for car guys and gals. My older brother had one or two chargers so it gives us another fun thing to reminisce about together.

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para59r

How come we never knew this before? 😮

Barb Meier

OMGosh!!! And they don’t even have any protective gear. They just go until bushes stop their slide, then they go again. Fearless Dorper sheep.

Gail Combs

I would hate to be the sheep dog herding those sheep!… or the shepherd.

Barb Meier
barkerjim
Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Fantastic, and worth showing the video here, for those who don’t want to click!

Gail Combs

He really is great. He brings the goods time and time again.

TheseTruths

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Gail Combs

  :wpds_lol:  That was great!

Barb Meier

I don’t think his mom came back to Hawaii, did she? She just sent Barry there to his grandparents.

TheseTruths

Not sure.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Oh, no – she was there quite a bit – Wikipedia covers it well.

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

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

BOOM!!!

TheseTruths

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Yup.

TheseTruths

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Bill Whittle weighs in —