“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
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America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…
In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.
Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
Pass SAVE Act
Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
Trash Filibuster
Trash Blue Slips
Confirm Trump Nominations.
Codify Trump Executive Orders.
Ban Sharia Law.
ALL The Above Unlikely.
R-Cons need to…
Speaking of embracing…THIS.
American Spirit. Alyssa Liu
American Spirit. Jack Hughes.
If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.
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Stopped in to update metals and post one opinion piece…
Why is America so unaffordable today?
There are a lot of reports today on affordability as the media campaigns for Democrats to take control of the House and Senate this November. Many of the reports talk about how much things cost today versus 2020, while intentionally neglecting to report how much of the unaffordability occurred during the four years of Biden and the Democrats imposing unaffordable policies.
On Wednesday, USA Today ran an article about housing. The headline, “Why so many Americans can’t afford housing anymore,” certainly implies that housing has become unaffordable under Trump, which is intentionally false.
But look at these four bullet points from the article. Three of them are related to housing and renting costs during 2024, the last year of Biden.
Only 1.1 million new households were formed in 2025 – a number roughly in line with the depths of the Great Recession over a decade ago – as student debt, a weaker job market, and anemic consumer sentiment made Americans wary of striking out on their own.
Similarly, only 11.2% of Americans relocated in 2024, an all-time low.
As of 2024, 20.7 million homeowner households (24% of the total) spent more than 30% of their income on housing expenses; 9.6 million spent more than half their income.
Renters may have it worse: roughly half of all households that rent, or 22.7 million, were cost burdened as of 2024, including 12.1 million that were severely burdened.
So why doesn’t the media report these easily obtained facts from Google AI about prices during the Biden years and so far during Trump?
Average cost of existing house Dec 2020: $309,800.
Average cost of existing house Dec 2024: $404,400, up 30% in Biden’s four years.
Average cost of existing house April 2026: $414,000, up less than 3% in 16 months, or lower than inflation and wage increases.
Median rent cost December 2020: $1,100 per month.
Median rent cost December 2024: $1,695 per month, up 54% in four years.
Median rent cost April 2026: $1,510 to $1,673 per month, or down while Trump is in office.
The reason the media rarely tells the truth about who caused housing unaffordability is the same reason they don’t tell the truth about how Obamacare made health care so much more expensive (and unaffordable).
Biden’s energy, immigration, and regulatory policies are what has made things so unaffordable today, not Trump. Trump is trying to fix the problems, but that takes time.
The media hasn’t cared about facts for a long time, only power for Democrats and the destruction of Trump.
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
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How about some fresh Veritasium? This one just came out a few days ago.
I personally love prime numbers, and the “twin prime conjecture” is very appealing for people who love them. It states that there are infinite numbers of “pairs” of primes separated by just TWO. Such as 11 and 13. Or 17 and 19. Or 29 and 31. Or 41 and 43. Etc. Although, like all prime numbers, the twins get rarer and rarer as the numbers go up – but the conjecture says that the twins just keep coming.
On the road to proving the conjecture, great progress has been made – including from unexpected number warriors. Here is the story of one such fighter!
I’m making great progress on my own challenges, and hope to be back on the site more often, very soon.
Good and bad kings. Major and minor prophets. The Old Testament of the Holy Bible is filled with them. Who were they and how were they assigned to one or the other?
Why should we even care in today’s world?
Let’s look at a couple of summaries that are generally accepted. First, a short summary of their kings.
It seems the classifying is different for prophets. The classifications are simply based on book subject length and the range of the content it covers. Many of these prophets lived during periods of multiple kings. Israel is known for its good and bad kings as well as for their prophets. As we read we learn the nation flourished with the good kings who heeded the wisdom of the prophets of their day, who were the mouthpieces of God. Things went straight downhill when they did not. We also learn that even the good kings mucked it up at times. When that happened the prophets brought the Lord’s word to them in rebuke and straighten them out with varying levels of success.
How does that concept work with America? How has it gone historically with us? Since we exist within the providence of God, it would be a good confirmation to see a similar pattern.
It all led me to think about periods in American history where great progress was made as a culture and society. Great leaders seemed to incubate the good until We the People ran with it and excellence abounded. Then I focused on the bad times. We have had our share of those as well. We do not have to go back any further than two years ago to see a miserable, deadly period of great destruction along with national abandonment of faith, morality and good sense in our history. I can only imagine young Americans looking at our generations as miserable losers for a time in our nation’s history. Yet, so has it gone many times in our now over 400 years of existence as a developing nation in this land.
The common denominators in our history appear to be good and bad leaders along with whose counsel they keep. Fortunately, our founding fathers chose We the People to be the guardrails for our collective fates. Our period of We the People patriots have learned that we should never abandon our posts as watch guards over our representative republic.
American Leadership
Because there is so much historical information to review we all can come up with our own scorecards relating to the performance of Presidents. Yours may be substantially different from mine and that is OK. We all have different parameters and areas of importance. However, who were the prophets, secular or people of God; the important counselors of our leaders? Who were willing to tell the POTUS and top officials of the day the hard stuff; that they were wrong, misguided, or even right over target despite the chaos and turmoil? Who were the advisors in matters of intellect, wisdom and faith in regards to living and thriving as a nation under God’s providence?
Where do we find ourselves today?
These thoughts about our national leadership past, present and future naturally led to thoughts about reviewing a recent X post that was reposted on a Daily Thread in May.
The observations below are from a native South African with dual citizenship in Canada who came to America in 1992 via Canada as a young man with dreams. He enrolled at Penn and later at Stanford before entering the tech sector and focusing on business activities. In 2002 he became an American citizen.
I agree with Dustin below, it turns out he understands America better than the vast majority of Congressional members and bureaucrats who pledged oaths to serve America ever have.
Elon Musk just defended America better than every politician in Washington combined.
Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you… pic.twitter.com/gwoDSfBpFu
Elon Musk just defended America better than every politician in Washington combined.
Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you want?”
One nation on earth held a weapon nobody else had.
Total dominance.
Zero competition.
No risk of retaliation.
Every empire in history that held that kind of advantage used it.
Rome. The Mongols. The British. The Ottomans.
They conquered until they collapsed. America had a bigger advantage than all of them combined.
And it rebuilt the countries it just defeated.
Musk: “The United States actually helped rebuild countries. So it helped rebuild Europe, it helped rebuild Japan. This is very unusual behavior, almost unprecedented.”
Almost unprecedented?
It had never happened before. Not once in 5,000 years of recorded history.
The Marshall Plan wasn’t foreign aid.
It was the most radical act of restraint any superpower ever committed.
America turned its enemies into allies. Turned rubble into economies. Turned surrender into partnership.
Germany went from ashes to the economic engine of Europe in a generation.
Japan went from unconditional surrender to the third largest economy on earth.
Three years after the war, America was flying food into Berlin.
A city in the heart of the nation that just tried to destroy it.
That’s not policy.
That’s a civilization deciding what it is at the exact moment it has the power to be anything.
You’re being told a story right now.
That America is the villain of history.
You hear it everywhere. Media. Universities. Social platforms.
Musk: “There’s always like, well America’s done bad things. Well of course America’s done bad things, but one needs to look at the whole track record.”
Every nation on earth has dark chapters. Every single one.
The difference is what a country does when nobody can stop it.
And when nobody could stop America, it fed its enemies and rebuilt their cities.
Musk: “The history of China suggests that China is not acquisitive. Meaning they’re not going to go out and invade a whole bunch of countries.”
Probably right.
China has historically built walls, not fleets.
But the real question isn’t about borders anymore.
We’re approaching a moment that mirrors 1945 in ways nobody has fully processed yet.
AI is going to give a handful of people a power advantage that makes nuclear monopoly look quaint.
If someone is going to hold that kind of power, who do you want it to be?
The country that conquered when it could? Or the one that rebuilt when it didn’t have to?
Every alliance. Every trade route. Every economy.
Billions lifted out of poverty.
All of it traces back to one act of restraint that had never been done before.
And carries no guarantee of being repeated.
The most powerful thing America ever did wasn’t building the bomb.
It was what it didn’t do after.
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The discussion above led to me considering the new global war that is well underway that #45-47 is focused on our nation winning and how it folds under the umbrella of God’s providence. This war is not being fought on a traditional battlefield with weapons of violence. However, it can prove to be even more lethal to mankind.
Providential Restoration & The New Frontier Of AI
For the most part we can probably agree on and list the major counselors who #45-47 trusts for input in various areas of expertise. Today, we will just focus on the one above. He is not a prophet, however, he does see a future of where mankind could go. As a result he exists as a counselor to PDT and captain of industry who appears to be playing for the white hats.
In various pursuits Elon Musk possesses much intelligence and wisdom about the world in which we live. We can only imagine how behind the 8 ball we would be without his purchase and clean out of Twitter. Next, just imagine if he had the same devotion to Jesus Christ as he does for his other endeavors; the influence on our younger generations would be off the charts. Well, maybe even that subject has been evolving in a positive direction.
I pray that his seeking truth in matters of creation, God, Jesus, faith, and all of the interconnections of same continues with Elon. Regardless, I remain thankful for the good he is doing for We the People and the world. I am happy he chose to be on our side of things and an important resource and counselor to #45-47.
Being under the Providence of God means adherence to doing things the Lord’s way and trusting Him to provide. Since The Word tells us that He desires none to be lost, it would seem likely that a nation who decided at its founding to specifically live under God’s Providence would do exactly as Elon Musk stated above. That same regard for His created beings that God commanded did go on and be reflected by our nation’s actions even during grave conflicts.
Like the path #45-47 has charted with the evil Islamist, fascist leadership in Iran currently when many of his advisors and We the People want him to finish the evil doers off with great malice and intent.
But how does all of that relate to AI and patriot Elon?
For some who have not yet grasped the importance, plan to limit their personal AI involvement, or want it all to just go away magically; do you now understand why America has to be the leader in AI? We cannot allow an evil world around us that is disinterested in following God’s commands to dictate the rules of engagement. They would set those rules and conditions for their total benefit and control at the expense of mankind’s good.. To permit it would be disobedient to God’s will and provision for us as a nation. It is our self determined role per our founding to be the ark for the righteous of God, yet, still provide a path of reconciliation and restoration for those who would oppose us. If the opposition refuses to walk the righteous path they will be doomed by their own choices just as the evil in Noah’s day I discussed in last week’s daily thread.
Chyna and Russia are deeply connected with the fascists ruling Iran as well as other like nations. Chyna needs Iranian oil to continue their own manufacturing based activities as well as AI development in their attempts to become a communist (Godless) led military superpower. That cannot be allowed to happen anymore than allowing Iran to have nukes and the ICBM’s to deploy them. It will not matter how high gas prices hit if Chyna and Iran get their ways. As the threats are contained, gas prices are already dropping overnight and with them food and product prices in a relatively short period of time – while wage rates steadily increase (think about it).
Elon has high security clearances and many years of working with national defense as well as industrial, space exploration, tech and scientific projects. We the People need a design gatekeeper for AI and its applications. Anybody want to guess who will be the most comprehensive and reliable developer of the technology and applications when and where it matters most?
Just a hint if you do not yet grasp it – use Grok.
Should the physical tunnel between Russia and Alaska transpire as assigned leadership in both countries has discussed, who do we know that owns a dominant “Boring Company” that could handle our side of it at a much lower cost than anticipated? Yup – that guy. Below is a locally discussed, recent proposal in my neck of the woods.
AI helps make those type projects and other endeavors feasible at a much lower cost. It is going to radically change how things are done in America as well as the world. AI simply shifts some people out of jobs that are becoming obsolete while forcing the job seekers to focus on jobs in industries and endeavors where people are still the best resource.
Mankind has seen this throughout history, like when blacksmiths were retrained into car mechanics. You don’t have to like it, but you do need to deal with its effects.
There will be far less paper shufflers and bean counters – the “analysts and “assistant” whatevers. You can somewhat track the scope and direction of the federal changes by following the U. S. DOGE Service website. The design and implementation of the federal government’s new operations platform is well underway and it will incorporate AI similar to nearly all of the larger businesses in the world. Expect states to complete similar initiatives that dovetail into federal reporting and operational requirements. Over time it will be important to all business employers.
In my opinion by the time #47 and the Elon established DOGE are done, the federal workforce at minimum will be cut by well over half from its former 2.7 million employees on the payroll beginning at the start of his term. This will be due to installing this modern operating system that utilizes AI instead of the current long since antiquated COBOL driven Model T version. Doing so eliminates make-work paper shuffling as well as fake analytical and clerical jobs that are given to political party operatives and their family members. That is well over a million people who will need to find work doing things that only humans can do. Perhaps they need to be taking a hard look at their futures and how they should prepare, which is the same way it works for the rest of us non-government employed type people. Those displaced by AI can have great opportunities and futures in roles where people cannot be replaced. Compensation and benefits will only increase for all folks once illegals, inefficiencies, criminality and so forth are squeezed out of our economy.
Which leads to DHS, ICE, VP Vance’s Fraud task force, DOJ and so on doing what needs to be done.
Conclusion
AI should be built the way the Lord would have it be built, to benefit His creation and people. For this point in history that includes using capitalistic principles that have developed in God’s America. Will we screw it up at times – probably. However, if we can keep our eyes on the prize of pleasing God by building guardrails, legitimate legal protections, and arrest/convict offenders it can be done right. We the People must insist and make sure it goes that way. If we disengage we can be assured the black hats will make mischief and win. We have seen up front and personal how that can go and destroy a nation that loses sight of its place under God’s providence.
Patriots should never again shirk from their duties and succumb to the psyops of those who would destroy our great nation. In fact, we should even incorporate trustworthy AI into making sure that never happens.
May God’s will be done.
Remember Wolf’s site rules. Note and label all AI. Please be kind to one another, we are all in this together. May God richly bless America and all of you.
Before all things – In God We Trust. Also, trust Trump and the plan as it includes God’s will.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
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Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
round up
transitive verb
to collect or gather together scattered animals, persons, or things
to adjust a number to a larger value with fewer digits
round-up
noun
the act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in
the act of adjustment of a number to a larger value with fewer digits
a rounding up, or upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel
Roundup®
proper noun
a trademarked herbicide, which at one time contained glyphosate as its sole active ingredient, but now contains multiple herbicides as a substitute
Used in a sentence
Although I had originally hoped that this post might be a round-up of information about Roundup®, I settled for simply offering some observations on recent formulations of the product.
Shown in a picture (new formula)
Shown in a video
MUSIC!
Round Up! Or something like that!
THE STUFF
Consider that Democrat-donating ambulance chasers and progressive over-regulators may have actually driven America out of the frying pan, and into the fire.
So, beyond Triclopyr (non-selective broadleaf weed killer long used against poison ivy) discussed above, what are the other two chemicals that are in “new” Roundup®?
One of them is Diquat – largely duplicating the dessicant activity of glyphosate, which duplicated the dessicant activity of previously banned Paraquat – and if that one sounds familiar (like the Paraquat of Agent Orange), then you need to hear this. (Brace yourself for his annoying blue glasses.)
The other is Fluazifop-P butyl – used to kill grass weeds. Indeed, in duplicating the unique spectrum of activities of glyphosate, this one may be the least concerning chemical in the mix. (Brace yourself for the annoying AI presentation.)
Wheatie Wisdom. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone. No running with scissors. No food fights. AI stuff posted, requires a link. Wolf Speak. No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree. But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post.
America, needs to embrace the following REALITY…
In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.
Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
Pass SAVE Act
Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
Trash Filibuster
Trash Blue Slips
Confirm Trump Nominations.
Codify Trump Executive Orders.
Ban Sharia Law.
>>> Sadly ALL The Above, Unlikely. <<<
R-Cons need to…
Speaking of embracing…THIS.
American Spirit. Alyssa Liu
American Spirit. Jack Hughes.
If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.
Prices pulled last evening. Gold $4,227.40 Silver $68.53 Bitcoin $63,500
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Superficially a rerun. Worth reading. Greater detail than we had before.
The entire biolab monster needs Full Transparency. COVID must be fully exposed.
Let the chips fall where they may. Biolabs must be defunded, shutdown AND destroyed in their entirety.
DNI Releases New Info on Biolabs in Ukraine
Here’s the new information from DNI.
They admit that the US built and fund/support, over 40 labs in Ukraine, which house dangerous pathogens, which Russia claim are being used for bioweapon development.
They are kind of admitting Putin and Russian MIL were right, to a degree.
To me, I think this is the beginning stages of public disclosure about Covid being a US-funded experiment, and it very well may lead back to the labs in Ukraine. Some of these US-funded labs were studying bat coronaviruses in Ukraine, as early as 2014 via USIAD Project PREDICT.
We have to tell the world that COVID was man-made, and we have to tell the world who made it. I think that process is now underway.
It also tells me talks with Russia must be in a good place, because any deal with Russia, Putin is going to address the biolabs in Ukraine, as it has been one of Russia’s main talking points at the UN. I think this disclosure is related to a peace deal between Russia and the US/Ukraine.
When, not if, your EV starts to smoke – Run Away! Then what the fire department does
Gee… it looks like the approved method of dealing with a runaway battery fire in an EV is “let it burn”, then treat everything like a toxic site. Oh, and evacuate the shopping center down wind, have anyone working the fire on bottle air gear, and avoid spraying water on the fire until the battery has fully burned up.
Oh, and a special truck with special fire suppression cover hauls the burned out hulk to a special disposal lot where it sits for a while to see if it will start burning again before the Toxic Waste team disposes of it.
I wonder who pays for all that, and for the pavement repairs where the asphalt was melted and burned?….
“Don’t try this at home, kids!”… so maybe don’t charge your LIon car in the garage… or park & charge at charging stations next to older cars…
Don’t get me wrong: I actually would like to have an EV Econobox for around town errands and such. It would just be required to have a LiFePO4 battery or be a plug in hybrid with NiMH (or similar) battery chemistry without the self-immolate feature…
This video shows a full firedepartment response cycle, from driving into the parking lot where a vehicle at a charging station is starting to smoke, through full on engulfing fire, to smoking watered out mess, to hauling it away and putting ALL the gear of any responders who were exposed to smoke into HazMat bags for specialized cleaning… yeah, never inhale any smoke from an EV fire…
Iran support rally(s). Politicians need to see the Iranian support. IRGC is a stage 4 cancer, on the world. As painful as it is to take down IRGC, it is 100%the right thing to do. NOT delay doing so.
Hopefully Iranians are receiving ground support, weapons, to obliterate IRGC.
Why the June 20 Paris rally for Iranians is drawing unprecedented international support
On June 20, tens of thousands of Iranians and supporters of human rights from around the world are expected to gather in Paris for what is anticipated to be one of the largest international demonstrations focused on Iran in recent years. Organizers expect participation to exceed 100,000 people, making the event not only a major gathering of the Iranian diaspora but also a significant expression of global concern over the worsening human rights situation in Iran.
What distinguishes this year’s rally is not merely its expected size, but the extraordinary breadth of support it has attracted from respected figures across a wide range of fields. Nobel Prize laureates, senior Christian and Jewish religious leaders, Olympic athletes, world champions, and prominent sports personalities have all publicly expressed support for the rally’s objectives and voiced concern about the alarming increase in executions and repression in Iran.
The convergence of these diverse voices is remarkable. They represent different nationalities, cultures, professions, and political perspectives. Yet they are united by a shared conviction that the international community must not remain silent in the face of escalating human rights abuses and the continued use of executions as a tool of political repression.
Perhaps the most significant expression of support comes from a joint statement signed by seventy-five Nobel Laureates from around the world. The signatories include recipients of Nobel Prizes in Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, and Economics. Their statement warns of systematic human rights violations, expresses alarm at reports of a new wave of executions targeting political prisoners and protesters, and calls for the immediate halt of politically motivated executions, the release of political prisoners, and unrestricted international monitoring of detention facilities.
The involvement of so many Nobel Laureates sends a powerful message. These are individuals whose achievements have earned them global respect and whose voices carry considerable moral authority. Their collective intervention demonstrates that concerns about Iran’s human rights situation have reached far beyond political circles and have become a matter of international humanitarian concern.
Support has also come from an impressive group of Christian and Jewish religious leaders, including former archbishops, bishops, archdeacons, deans, and rabbis from Europe and North America. Their statement highlights not only the wave of political executions but also growing restrictions on religious freedom and the rights of religious minorities in Iran.
For these religious leaders, the issue transcends politics. It concerns the sanctity of human life, freedom of conscience, and the right of every individual to practice their faith without fear of persecution. Their support reflects a belief shared across religious traditions: that human dignity is universal and that governments must be held accountable when they violate fundamental rights.
The world of sport has added its voice as well. Olympic medalists, world champions, national team captains, and internationally recognized athletes have issued a statement condemning the execution of political prisoners and drawing attention to Iranian athletes who have become victims of political persecution. Their appeal is especially powerful because it comes from individuals who understand the values of courage, perseverance, and fair play.
Athletes know that sport can inspire hope and unite people across borders. They also understand the tragedy of seeing young champions punished not for their athletic achievements but for their beliefs or participation in peaceful protests. By standing in solidarity with the Iranian people, these sports figures remind the world that the defense of human rights is not confined to governments or political institutions; it is a responsibility shared by all members of the international community.
🚨 WOW! Democrats are furious as a law will soon take effect in Florida REQUIRING that EVERY driver's license issued will need to display whether the person is a NON-CITIZEN as part of the state's SAVE America Act
WOW! Democrats are furious as a law will soon take effect in Florida REQUIRING that EVERY driver’s license issued will need to display whether the person is a NON-CITIZEN as part of the state’s SAVE America Act Florida did it right again
The law also ENSURES only citizens vote. Do it nationwide
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🚨 HOLY SMOKES. President Trump has just ordered a US military strike to KILL terrorist Tren De Aragua leader Niño Guerrero — in conjunction WITH the Venezuelan government
I VOTED FOR THIS 🔥🔥
"At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal… pic.twitter.com/x1ABZCdaUG
HOLY SMOKES. President Trump has just ordered a US military strike to KILL terrorist Tren De Aragua leader Niño Guerrero — in conjunction WITH the Venezuelan government
I VOTED FOR THIS
“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth.”
“Before I returned to office, Joe Biden opened our Southern Border to millions of Illegal Criminals, and allowed this foreign army to rape, maim, and murder American Citizens with total impunity. During my Campaign, I pledged to expel these monsters from our Country, and bring Justice to the families of those they slaughtered, including the precious 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, 22-year-old Laken Reilly, and countless other beautiful souls. With this action, the United States Military has brought retribution for them, their families, and their loved ones.”
“Early in my Administration, I delivered on my promise to designate Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, deport thousands of evil criminals, and wage war against the Cartels, who have long been waging war against our Citizens, while weak leaders left America helpless and defensive.”
“This action was coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well. As a result, Tren de Aragua terrorists no longer have safe haven in Venezuela or anywhere else and, under my leadership, we will find these vicious murderers and drugs lords anytime, anyplace, and send them to the depths of hell where they belong. GOD BLESS AMERICA! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
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I Voted For This…
Image AI. From American Thinker
“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.
We, can NOT allow America to go the way of Europe and England. Down the…
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islami hallmarks.
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islam IS a Cancer…
islam Is Incompatible With America.
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Democrats Criticize Trump For Holding MMA Match On The Hallowed Ground Where Biden Hosted Topless Trannies pic.twitter.com/gE9vrDC8SN
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
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This lady always has great thoughts, and this video is no exception! Here, she talks about the reality of AI, and who predicted it correctly!
Have a great weekend! I am making real progress against my remaining tasks, and looking forward to rejoining the crowd here on a more regular basis very soon.
IF they were wise and not given over to sinful pursuits of the world;
Matthew 5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. (KJV)
Jesus taught us to be as kind as possible to everyone we are in contact with in our lives because that emulates God the Father and how he treats all of us. He shares the sun, the rain, and the harvest with everybody regardless of them being good or bad, or that they are a believer or unbeliever.
Were those who reject Him wise, they would look to the beautiful creation around them and praise God for His love.
Were they wise, the unbelievers and skeptics would look to the endless heavens and see the magnificent intelligent design of something far too beautiful and complex to fully understand and explain with our limited minds; and then praise an Almighty God for His creation.
Were they wise, all of the heathen, narcissistic, and self absorbed people in the world would stop and thank God for their beating hearts, breathing lungs, and thoughtful brains.
God’s goodness is displayed openly for all to see. Many people go through life blind to Him, missing the gifts while thrashing about wildly seeking what they believe will satisfy the unquenchable thirst in their beings.
These are the people who need kindness the most. They need to see and hear us give God the praise for His power and love. Yet, standing for God and pointing out His goodness to an unbelieving world can be more of a challenge, especially when we have close relationships who seem to reject it.
The opposed to God and His ways need to discover for themselves the error of their choices through how the believers live around them. In that manner they may grow wiser and might recognize and acknowledge they have been wrong and repent.
In The Days Of Noah
It may seem a stretch to consider that the current path of the world has led to conditions that were present when God declared He had seen enough and brought the sin and evil to an end. Yet, here we are and no, it does not appear to be a stretch. The drumbeats of war, disease, natural and unnaturally caused catastrophes, sexual perversions, perceived gender dysphoria, child abuse and sacrifice, human trafficking of slaves, lovers of money, drug addictions, hatred and violence against groupings of people and cultures, worshippers of false and and pagan gods with their religions, and on and on and on. The evidence of wickedness is spread throughout the world and everybody is touched by it to some extent. Some of us on here lament the choices that even family members and friends make that we know will bring pain or even their destruction.
God chose Noah and members of his immediate family for a restart of mankind and a cleansing of the earth. For this story if you do not remember it or have not read it, please read the scripture found in Genesis 6:9 – 9:17. You can change the version from NKJV as you prefer.
Noah was not like Jesus. He was not sinless. However, he was judged by God as righteous. So what is the difference between those two terms? We probably need to know since no human being beyond Jesus, who was both God and man, has been sinless. He who was without sin was sent to earth for the purpose of reconciling mankind to God. As The Word tells us, He desires that none be lost. That demonstrates how much God hates sin, yet, loves us, His created beings.
Being judged righteous by God is something all believers should seek, that Noah was in spades. Place yourself in his position. You are living and located in an incredibly evil region of the world that has no belief and understanding about the God you worship. You are the middle aged patriarch of a family that includes a wife and three sons along with their wives. The Biblical account does not tell us if the sons and their wives also had children prior to The Flood.
One day, in great detail down to materials and measurements, you receive a clear instruction from God to build a huge float boat without propulsion of any type, a covered animal party barge of sorts. You learn that God, whom you have always trusted and worshipped despite the ridicule and wickedness around you, is over it all with mankind. He tells you that with the exception of who and what you are to bring aboard the ark all else are going to die. He makes a covenant that you and your family will survive.
Upon hearing this, you decide you better get started. Why? You do so because you completely believe and trust God, whom you have worshipped, believed and walked with during your life. You know from His words He means business. You tell your sons and the wives who then begin to do what you instruct from His instructions to you.
I can just imagine the stank eyes they gave you when you explained the task and who commanded it to be done. But they get busy and do as instructed.
Next, think about how long that project took using tools and methods from the period and using a limited labor pool. Mind blowing. Scholars are not sure, but the overall consensus time range is that it took 40 to 100 years. That meant decades of ridicule and scoffing from the wicked area population toward the village idiot, Noah, along with his family for building a huge boat on very dry land.
Noah could later claim he who laughs last, laughs best, especially as they came running to convince him to let them come on board as the heavy rains fell and the flooding began. However, his blameless life tells us that it was doubtful that he laughed and none were allowed to join him.
That is some major league faith exhibited in an evil world that had grieved God to the point of bringing about the near extinction of life. Noah’s response is a perfect depiction of the righteousness that God ascribed to him.
Righteousness as defined in Merriam-Webster for this application:
“acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin“
That would fit Noah except he was not without sin and that was even demonstrated post flood as the story in Genesis unfolded. We see from this that using secular sources to define God things is not necessarily the way to go. Below is a good description of the term from a Christian sense.
Post death and resurrection of Jesus, we who accept Him as our Savior are judged to be righteous in God’s view. But how does that square with the condition of a sinful Noah being judged righteous in times prior to Jesus?
It lies in the interpretation of the term in the Hebrew Torah, known as the Pentateuch to Christians, which is the first five books in the Old Testament of our Bible. Noah was deemed righteous by God as the one who was blameless in the wicked period in which he lived. It appears he did not speak out against the evil around him, however, he did not participate in it and walked with God daily. The full measure of righteousness of God did not appear on the earth until thousands of years later in the person of Jesus Christ.
From the times of Noah forward the faithful remnant of followers of God becomes a theme concerning the Hebrews throughout the Bible and has continued throughout world history.
Which leads to the heart of man. For us, post Jesus, that means how our heart is turned toward God and accomplishing His will. It’s personal. In short, do we love and trust Him? Do we accept the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus for our own salvation from the flood of our sin? Do we respond to our belief and salvation with actions that reflect the relationship?
Donald J. Trump
Some may say, “Trade, you are losing your mind here.” That’s OK, I get accused of that often. 😂
Honestly, in your lifetime have you ever witnessed anything like you are now seeing on the world stage or in the history books? Peace making through strength that is unparalleled in magnitude is occurring.
Go back in time, would all of the evil we have seen in the world in more recent times have existed if our world leaders had adhered to Godly principles and lived under God’s providence? We know the answer.
Donald J. Trump appears to be a man chosen by God to accomplish His will for America and the world. We can debate whether he is an instrument or a servant of God. However, it seems America has seen this happen before in its 250 years and the same debate about instrument or servant could be held. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and others have all been raised up when the times demanded it, yet, had questions, detractors and enemies.
I contend that We the People made a covenant with God at our founding. Our founding fathers were not like most of the more recent crop of politicians. The current bunch most closely resemble the unprincipled, evil politicians of the ancient Roman Senate during that body’s more darker periods. Our founders were serious people who had real skin in the game. They quickly hit the enemies list of the then world superpower, Great Britain.
Which is just like Donald J. Trump has in our times; except his listing on enemy lists is far more wide ranging and includes a larger number of traitors and seditionists within our own borders.
In essence our founders asked for God’s dominion over us. His obvious responses through the years have proven He honors the relationship, the covenant. The evidence is in the raising up of leaders and movements when our choice has been to remain faithful. It is also in the discipline we received when collectively most did not and turned from him. This is similar to what has happened with His chosen people of Israel. I am not suggesting He is equating or replacing them with us. Instead. it appears that we have been taken into His care by our faith and dedication of this nation to His Providence. He accepted our intent and hearts then, He continues to honor the intent and hearts of the faithful We the People today.
Once again, please take time to read the last paragraph of our Declaration of Independence.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Do not fear.
Think about it.
Remember Wolf’s site rules. Note and label all AI. Please be kind to one another, we are all in this together. May God richly bless America and all of you.
Before all things and people – In God We Trust. Also, trust Trump and the plan.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
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Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
scribable
adjective
capable of being written
capable of being written upon
something that can be written, marked, or inscribed
surfaces, materials, or objects on which writing or marking is possible and which allows for the application of ink, pencil, or other writing instruments
Used in a sentence
Something that is said to be scribable implies that it cannot be indescribable, since saying that something is scribable proves that it can be described.
Shown in a picture
Shown in a video
MUSIC!
Indescribable!
THE STUFF
Do you miss Charlie Kirk? Thankfully, he left a lot of content for us! Enjoy.
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Veteran of the Normandy invasion, Jim Radford sings his own composition in remembrance of his crew mates and the thousands more who died on D-Day.
The Shores of Normandy – Jim Radford (D-Day 70 Years On)
4:44
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Sam Elliott pays tribute to SGT Ray Lambert on the 2019 National Memorial Day Concert
6:50
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2,510 Americans died June 6, 1944 in D-Day Operations.
1:04
Grok. (Emphasis mine.)
Broader Normandy Campaign.
If you’re asking about the entire Battle of Normandy (June–August 1944, not just D-Day), U.S. forces suffered far higher losses. American battle casualties in Normandy and northern France from June 6 to mid-September totaled around 135,000, including roughly 29,000 killed.
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D-DAY: THE ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY
The Allied assault in Normandy to begin the Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Western Europe was code-named Operation Overlord. It required two years of planning, force and logistics build-up, and extensive training by the United States and Great Britain in the British Isles. Overlord was one of the most heavily guarded secrets of the war, and it benefitted from a sophisticated Allied deception effort to fool Nazi leaders of the true Allied objective. In the leadup to the operation, a combined Anglo-American air campaign and liaison with the French Resistance helped set the conditions for the operation and ensured that the Allies would control the skies over the front in Normandy and delay German counterattack forces.
With the build-up complete, Allied forces were poised for the assault at the start of June 1944, but poor weather caused a delay. Finally, on the morning of June 5, 1944, in a meeting with his American and British subordinates, U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, announced, “O.K. We’ll go.” The “departure day” or D-Day for the operation was set for June 6.
General Eisenhower’s decision put into motion an armada of over 7,000 naval vessels, including 4,000 landing craft and 1,200 warships, to cross the English Channel toward Nazi-controlled Normandy, France. That night 822 aircraft, carrying parachutists and towing gliders, deployed the airborne troops of one British and two American divisions over landing zones in Normandy. Intended to be the vanguard of the operation, the landing of those 23,400 airborne troops just after midnight, early on June 6—D-Day, proved a tremendous success, protecting the flanks of the landing forces and facilitating their continued advance.
From the sea, after preliminary naval bombardment and bombing attacks by Allied aircraft, amphibious assault troops began to land on the beaches of Normandy at 6:30 in the morning. American divisions landed at beaches code-named Utah and Omaha, British divisions at Sword and Gold, and the Canadians at Juno. Although caught by surprise, the Germans fought fiercely, but on four of the five beaches, casualties in the assault echelons were less than some Allied leaders had feared. On Omaha Beach, American troops suffered the heaviest casualties and had a difficult fight to break through German defenses on the bluffs and move inland; despite the tough fight, however, over 34,000 Americans came ashore at Omaha alone on June 6.
Whether by parachute, glider, or amphibious assault craft, in all, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on D-Day. By nightfall on D-Day, Allied assault troops across Normandy had suffered over 10,300 casualties—killed, wounded, and missing— of which approximately 2,400 were on Omaha Beach.
In addition to the massive naval armada, supporting the operation were about 12,000 Allied aircraft. In addition to major forces from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, 12 other Allied nations or contingents were part of the largest and most complex amphibious invasion in history.
Allied assault troops gained a foothold on the Continent of Europe on D-Day and fought to gradually expand their beachhead. By the end of June, the Allies had landed over 850,000 troops, 570,000 tons of supplies, and nearly 150,000 vehicles across the beaches of Normandy. There would be months of hard fighting in Europe before the Nazis finally surrendered in May 1945, but the D-Day invasion gave the Allies the success they needed to initiate the campaigns that would lead to the liberation of Occupied Europe.
10yo granddaughter had no idea what D-day was. Fifth grade, I prolly should not be surprised. She is actually a very bright and inquisitive youngster. Lots of questions. 15yo grandson, rattled off depression, holocaust, WWII, something…
They are both now well aware of D-Day, including why “D” in D Day.
Smacks of another opportunity, with July 4th, in four weeks. 🙂
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Secrets of D-Day: The Great Invasion (Full Episode)
47:22
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The Wounded Cameraman Who Captured D-Day’s Deadliest Moment
24:32
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June 6, 1944, D-Day, Operation Overlord
1:40:18
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Worth repeating…
Image AI. From American Thinker
“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.
We, can NOT allow America to go the way of Europe and England. Down the…
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Never, Ever Forget…What the bastards did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs…
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
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Jay Bhattacharya vs. Regressive Democrat Science
The recent May issue of Imprimis from Hillsdale College just hit my mailbox, and this issue is extremely interesting.
IMO, this is one of the best philosophical take-downs of modern “regressive” prog-commie science. I urge you, if you have not yet read the article, to click on the above link and download the PDF of the essay.
