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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.”
No Weapon Will Succeed
In Isaiah 54:11–17, the prophet Isaiah delivers a message from God about the restoration of Jerusalem after its destruction by the Babylonians. The people would be in chaos and confusion, but the Lord promises a future day when the city will be more glorious than ever. God’s people will return to their land and live there without fear of further devastation: “‘No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me,’ Says the LORD” (verse 17, NKJV).
In saying that “no weapon formed against you shall prosper,” God promises the people of Jerusalem that no enemy will be able to produce successful weapons against them. The word prosper here means “succeed.” The previous verse gives context: “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc” (Isaiah 54:16). In other words, God is in charge. He created the one who creates the weapons, and He will see to it that whatever weapons are wielded by Israel’s enemies would be ineffective against them. This promise will see its ultimate fulfillment in the millennial kingdom of Christ (see Isaiah 51).
The promise to Israel is often applied to God’s children today, as we deal with spiritual enemies. No matter what the devil devises to throw at us, in the end it will fail because God is the sovereign ruler of our destiny. He gives us the shield of faith, “with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one” (Ephesians 6:16). The Good News Translation phrases Isaiah 54:17 like this: “‘But no weapon will be able to hurt you; you will have an answer for all who accuse you. I will defend my servants and give them victory.’ The LORD has spoken.”
The primary theme the Lord wants to communicate in this passage is that God is our salvation. Even when bad things happen to us—when we feel defeated and crushed by our enemies—we can trust and not be afraid: “God is our shelter and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and mountains fall into the ocean depths; even if the seas roar and rage, and the hills are shaken by the violence” (Psalm 46:1–3, GNB). Even if our cities lie in ruins, a deadly disease wreaks havoc in the world, the economy fails, and we lose our job, the Lord Almighty is with us, and He will save us: “God is in that city, and it will never be destroyed; at early dawn he will come to its aid. Nations are terrified, kingdoms are shaken; God thunders, and the earth dissolves. The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge” (Psalm 46:5–7, GNB).
A weapon is anything designed to inflict harm. In 2 Corinthians 10:4, the apostle Paul tells us that we have been given tools to fight against our enemy, but our weapons are not ordinary armaments: “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” Often, the enemy hits us with spiritual strongholds of confusion, depression, anger, anxiety, fear, temptation, and loneliness. But the Lord has given us His Word as our sword and faith as our shield (Proverbs 30:5; Hebrews 4:12), and we have His spiritual armor to protect us (Ephesians 6:10–18).
God is in command. He controls both those who make weapons and those who use them. The battle is not ours, but the Lord’s (2 Chronicles 20:15; 1 Samuel 17:47). He has already won the contest. Through Jesus Christ, He has defeated the final enemy, who is death, and purchased for us eternal life (2 Timothy 1:10; see also Isaiah 25:8; Hebrews 2:14; Revelation 1:18). The Lord will protect and uphold His children, no matter what we face, and help us through to the final victory (Isaiah 41:10). As God’s people, we can be confident in the Lord’s ultimate triumph over every enemy. In Isaiah’s time, as in all of history, and in the future in its fullest sense, every child of God can say, “No weapon formed against me shall prosper!” xhttps://www.gotquestions.org/no-weapon-formed-against-you-shall-prosper.html
Our souls are protected through Christ, our lives are not. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. To live is Christ . . . and to die is gain. Maranatha!
This is the second article looking at the Trump Assassination Attempt. I realize the videos are a bit ‘stale.’ At this point however I am not trying to analyze the videos, I am trying to take a look at the players presenting the videos and giving you additional information to think about.
I will however add the most recent from the local LEOs plus the article from Fox that TT put up on Aug 9.
🚨 #BREAKING: Newly revealed audio captured by a Butler, PA officer’s bodycam shows the Secret Service was REPEATEDLY warned DAYS IN ADVANCE they needed to cover the roof of the AGR building.
USSS then said they’d post guys there, which was a LIE.
New footage just released helps fill in timeline moments before assassin Thomas Crooks opened fire Video shows a police officer being hoisted to the roof of the AGR building, interrupting Crooks just seconds before he started shooting.
Important Points and Times to Note in the following video:
Body cam footage starts at 18:10:30 (6:10 PM)
0:24 – The local Leo is hoisted up on the roof.
He runs to his car and by 1:22 he opens his car door assembles his rifle.
2:04 – He leaves the car with rifle.
2:15 – In the background radio says, “we have 2 civilians attending to him” so shooter has already wounded someone.
3:35 – Cops use a shed on the loading dock plus a pallet to climb up to the roof to look, while cop describes what he saw.
4:10 – Cop says, watch out he can come right down on you right there and then goes on to direct them to a different building.
4:30 – The LEOs say something about ambulance service to the stands in the background.
5:12 – You can see a cop in cameo STANDING on the roof. 5:15 – In the background radio says, “Call ambulance to VIP tent.”
5:30 – In the background radio says, “LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS.” shouted.
5:50 – Then radio says, “We have a unit on the roof.”
6:04 – You can see 3 guys on the roof.
And by 6:34 the locals have hoisted the SAME cop BACK UP on the roof after he gets his rife.
NOTICE HE DID NOT FALL, AND HE DID NOT HURT HIS HAND, AND HE DID NOT GO INTO THE BATHROOM. Also there were ALREADY cops on the roof when he got up there the second time.
🚨BOMBSHELL BUTLER, PA BODYCAM FOOTAGE 🚨
New footage just released helps fill in timeline moments before assassin Thomas Crooks opened fire
Video shows a police officer being hoisted to the roof of the AGR building, interrupting Crooks just seconds before he started shooting pic.twitter.com/kTUo5sEGXs
Police bodycam footage obtained by Fox News Digital on Thursday through a records request shows two officers attempting to intercept Thomas Matthew Crooks on a roof seconds before he allegedly tried to assassinate former President Trump at a campaign rally last month.
The footage is taken from two officers from the Butler Township Police Department who made a desperate attempt to stop Crooks moments before he fired his DPMS AR-15 rifle, striking Trump in the ear, killing Corey Comperatore and injuring two others.
“F—ing this close, bro. Dude, he turned around on me,” the officer who was hoisted can be heard saying later on in bodycam video released Thursday.
One officer can be seen hoisting another officer onto the roof where Crooks was stationed, which is about 12 feet above the ground.
Crooks pointed his weapon at the officer who scaled the building, before the officer ultimately ducks his head and loses his grip on the roof’s edge and falls about 8 feet to the ground, spraining his ankle, Butler Township Manager Thomas Knights previously told Fox News Digital.
The footage captures Crooks toward the end as officers surround his body after countersnipers fatally shot him.
“I’m f—ing p—ed. We couldn’t find him,” another officer can be heard saying in the bodycam footage.
“Before you motherf—ers came up here, I popped my head up there like an idiot by myself, dude,” the officer who was boosted onto the roof says. “Then he turned around and I f—ing dropped, and I started f—ing, I was calling out, ‘Bro, f—ing on top of the roof.’ F—ing, we’re not on the same frequency?”
Butler Township PD Lt. Matthew Pearson told a local outlet that the officer was unable to draw his weapon since he was hanging from the building.
Seconds later, Crooks opened fire and grazed Trump’s right ear. Three rallygoers were also shot, including Comperatore, 50, who was killed protecting his family from danger.
Additional footage from the Butler Township police department shows officers immediately after Crooks was neutralized…
In other bodycam video, officers are clearly confused about why the roof of the American Glass Research (AGR) building, where Crooks shot from, was unmanned.
“I thought you were on the roof?” one officer says.
“Why were we not on the roof…why weren’t we?”
—Officer in police-worn bodycam footage
“If you’d all had a gun up there … I’d have shot him. He wouldn’t have ripped out a gun up there,” one officer says in the bodycam.
“I’d say this is a f— up…somebody f—ed up.”
…The FBI previously revealed that Crooks had driven to the rally site at 11 a.m. on the day of the shooting and spent an hour there before heading home.
Crooks did not return to the scene until 3:50 p.m. Local law enforcement officers, in their designated positions, spotted him for the first time around 5:10 p.m. — approximately 50 minutes before
Trump took the stage, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who obtained them from the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit (ESU).
On his return to the rally site, Crooks flew a drone about 200 yards away from where Trump was going to be speaking, according to the FBI. The FBI later said that no photos or videos were taken from the drone and that the agency found no memory card in the drone…
At 5:30 p.m., local law enforcement snapped a picture of Crooks and escalated it to command.
👉“Kid learning around building we are in,” an officer wrote in a text message, along with an image of Crooks. “AGR I believe it is. I did see him with a range finder looking towards stage. FYI. If you wanna notify SS snipers to look out.”
“I lost sight of him,” the officer added.
A follow-up message said: “Call it in to command and have a uniform check it out.”
By 6:12 p.m., the “kid” would be killed by a counter-sniper
On the day of the rally, Crooks parked his vehicle and flew a drone between about 3:50 p.m. and 4 p.m. about 200 yards from where the former president would be speaking on July 13.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified during a July 17 congressional hearing that Crooks had been at the rally site for about 70 minutes the morning of the assassination attempt.
Fox News Digital is reviewing the bodycam footage. This post will be updated.
“false flags” usually precede severe military actionand we couldn’t really imagine military action within US domestic borders since the military is not empowered to act against its own citizens.
Therefore, we decided to WAKE UP and study the false flag phenomena. Don’t presume to think this is just another conspiracy theory article. What you will read will chill you to the bone….
It looks like some lawyers are doing some digging into the ‘STANDING’ issue. I added the bold and pointers.
[QUOTE] Article III of the U.S. Constitution sets four jurisdictional limits applicable to federal courts, which can impact or limit whether a party can bring their case through the federal court system. If any of the justiciability doctrines apply to a case, a federal court cannot adjudicate, i.e., decide it. The four justiciability doctrines applicable to federal courts are as follows:
Ripeness refers to whether a party has brought a case that is too early to adjudicate. For example, suppose a plaintiff files a case regarding an injury that has yet to occur. In that case, the courts may not have jurisdiction to hear it.
Mootness refers to whether the case involves an actual controversy. For example, the case is moot if the parties enter into a settlement agreement.
The political question doctrine renders a case nonjusticiable when the Constitution vests power to address the issue in either the legislative or executive branch. 👉Courts analyze six factors when determining whether a case involves a political question. 👈
The standing requirements refer to whether the proper party filed the lawsuit. Generally speaking, a plaintiff must have a “personal stake” in a case’s outcome to have standing.
To have standing to bring suit in federal court, the plaintiff must have suffered an “injury in fact” (or is in immediate danger of sustaining an injury). This means the defendant’s actions caused the plaintiff’s injury, and the court can redress the injury.
This article describes Article III’s standing requirements. It also discusses how the Supreme Court has interpreted the requirements over time….
[UNQUOTE]
I think this the the crux of the matter:
….Over the years, our cases have established that the irreducible constitutional minimum of standing contains three elements. First, the plaintiff must have suffered an “injury in fact” – an invasion of a legally-protected interest which is (a) concrete and particularized, see id., at 756; Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490, 508 (1975); Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727, 740 -741, n. 16 (1972);
conjectural' orhypothetical,’” Whitmore, supra, at 155 (quoting Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 102 (1983)).
Second, there must be a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of – the injury has to be “fairly . . . trace[able] to the challenged action of the defendant, 👉
and not . . . th[e] result [of] the 𝗶
I𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁.“👈Simon v. Eastern K.
Welfare [504 U.S. 555, 561] Rights Organization, 426 U.S. 26, 41 -42 (1976). Third, it must be “likely,” as opposed to merely “speculative,” that the injury will be “redressed by a favorable decision.” Id., at 38, 43.
The party invoking federal jurisdiction bears the burden of establishing these elements. See FW/PBS, Inc. v. Dallas, 493 U.S. 215, 231 (1990); Warth, supra, at 508. Since they are not mere pleading requirements, but rather an indispensable part of the plaintiff’s case, each element must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof, i.e., with the manner and degree of evidence required at the successive stages of the litigation…
So you would have to connect the ‘independent action’ of the shooter TO the US government ALLOWING him the opportunity to kill. It ALLOWS the FBI, DHS and Secret Service a very nice OUT, as long as you can not connect Crooks or Yerick TO the government directly. So yes, FALSE FLAGS ARE LEGAL if the US government gives bad actors the opportunity to act. As the Supreme Court has ruled before THERE IS NO DUTY TO PROTECT! LINK
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Remember the government scuttlebutt about Iran targeting Trump???
And now they have hauled out a ‘suspect’ for us to look at… HOW CONVENIENT.
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As I said in the last article, the rabbit I was chasing turned into a multi-headed hydra. I can not do the scientific measurements necessary to figure out what actually happened. We CERTAINLY can not trust the FBI or Josh Shapiro’s State Troopers to do the analysis for us. That leaves trying to figure out what happened from all the different stories that hit the internet.
RABBIT HOLE #1
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE INCREASING NUMBER OF SHELL CASINGS
Comment from: “Sifting and Winnowing”: Evidence in the False Flag Trump Shooting
This is exactly what I remember and then it was changed to 8. Yukon Jack is shouted down by the other commenters BTW.
So why five casings?
1 Trump’s ear.
2 Victim James Copenhaver
1? Victim Corey Comperatore
1? Victim David Dutch
So the FBI forgot the one that struck the railing and the one that struck the hydrolytic line. They also did not think audio analysis would be done. So voila! 8 casings. How convenient!
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RABBIT HOLE #2
THE ‘EXPLOSIVE’ COPENHAVER VIDEO
This is what was actually said by the Attorney for victim James Copenhaver: video (6:30)
At 0:35 sec to 1:20 Attorney says:
“…The first injury was to his arm.. No one knew what was going on right away…a flesh wound… he mentioned to me everyone was focused on what Trump was talking about.. and were turned to the screen… at that time he had almost heard or even seen something whiz past him which we are assuming was a bullet. He had look at his arm and kinda felt it. He did not realize he had been shot a second time, shock?, pandamonium…”Fox News Video link
Any bets that HIS phone was also confiscated by the FBI? And now everything is being filtered thru a lawyer….
I am reminded of all of Trump’s lawyers that are now being disbarred….
I am reminded of the Seth Rich family AFTER the FBI confiscated all Seth’s devices…. AND their big payoff. (Carrot and STICK.)
Why is it always FOX news that does the big pay offs. First Dominion and then the Seth Rich family. A wee bit of money laundering maybe?
I find it JUST TOO convenient to have a video of Crooks the shooter running around on the roof. It is interesting that both Mike Adams, Dr . Chris Martenson and even Wolfie were backing the classic ‘Lone Gunman’ after it first came out. And now we have the body cam footage. Please keep this question mark about this video in mind. I will be coming back to it further on.
HOWEVER if the FBI did not fiddle with the video, Commenter WSB August 3, 2024 brings up another point.
I saw the video by Copenhaver positioned from behind PT yesterday, where one can actually see two people on that roof.
The original one is the person who runs across the roof, but to the left is another person deep in shadow. Under what looks like a red boom arm…under an overhang. Fairly easy to see.
The second point of interest is the Stewart videos that are the basis of so much evidence. Dave Stewart aka Dayve Stewert aka RealDJStew724 did several videos and they are HERE.
I can not do the type of analysis Mike Adams and Dr . Chris Martenson can, however I did find a few interesting nuggets in this particular video. I put a cleaned up copy of part of the transcript at the bottom. I also included who was speaking and conversation that was not captured by the automatic transcriber.
Trump Rally – 07/13/24 FINAL Footage + BONUS! Interrogation audio!
Interesting Parts of the You Tube Transcript:
Dayve Stewert [written comment]:
I was sitting in my car, in a gas station parking lot with my front sun-shade up for about 45 minutes when I noticed a PSP trooper at my window. I started recording audio form a new phone that I bought specifically for this. When I take my sun-shade down, I see that a PSP cruiser has my car blocked in.
Starting part way into the video
Trooper: so you began this conversation saying something about a a second shooter ?
Dayve Stewert: yeah because when we were first ducking behind the uh. When they moved us all from the back of the AGR building, and Homeland Security and the other guy with the long gun moved us over to the Township police car uh to take cover there, the the door was open and we could hear the radio communications. and uh they said shooter dead on the roof and then they said uh we breach the building there’s blood in the bathroom. Second shooter on the loose. So because like if the guy climbed the building and shot from there, like how was there blood found inside of a bathroom inside that building? So there had have been a second shooter right? That got shot or something.
Trooper: um You got moved to another building by who?
Dayve Stewert: Moved to another area by Homeland Security. I got the Cuffs taken from behind me to the front by Homeland Security and then when we got moved over to Township. Township police were like Dave? And I’m like yeah, Please take These Cuffs off me and they took the Cuffs off me. And then they moved us across the street and then they were like this is even a horrible spot over here if the dude wants to shoot out the windows. Get in the trunk of our car over here and we’ll drive you to the farm show.
Trooper: Okay, So what was it that you overheard on the radio?
Dayve Stewert:That there was uh shooter dead on the roof. And then they were clearing the building and they found blood in the bathroom. And they said a second suspect at large or something like that or whatever. I don’t know but blood was found in the bathroom remember that for sure cuz that’s what had us freaked out. Because that’s what the cops are telling us . Like hey the second shooter still around here so like let’s move from this point over to this point where it’s safer. And then they’re like well it’s not safe over here. Let’s take you over here.
Trooper: So you didn’t actually see any um potential second shooter.
Dayve Stewert: No, I assume the red truck guy . Cuz what I thought was when the shots were going off. I thought it was the red truck guy shooting us for being along his fence….
As I said before this gives us a glimpse of the various players. The local LEOS, Homeland Security as part of Secret Service and the PA State Troopers. The FBI/PA State Troopers come out looking very smelly. Also we have an eye witness overhearing the locals talk about HAVING TO BREAK INTO THE BUILDING, POSSIBLY SHOOTING FROM A WINDOW, BLOOD in the bathroom, and a SECOND SHOOTER.
If the locals were the snipers WHY did they have to break into the building?
More below. Where the Trooper says the FBI say they have video of Dave talking to the shooter. Dave wants to see the video and the cop does a dance. Remember cops are allowed to LIE to you. You are not allowed to lie to them.
RABBIT HOLE # 3
JOHN CULLEN/CLAY MARTIN VIDEO ON TOMMY’S PODCAST
This is where the rabbit turns into a werebeast with lots of heads and fangs!
My starting place is the John Cullen video Multiple Shooters? | John Cullen & Clay Martin on Tommy’s Podcast.
One of the first people NAMED is Mike Glover. So a quick dig on this guy:
The showed clips from this:
Inside Information on What Actually Happened | Former SWAT and PSD Member
Mike Glover’s Fieldcraft Survival channel (25 min) He spent 20 yrs as LEO and protective Detail Member. He is a former Green Beret and CIA contractor. He says was a member of the CIA Global Response Staff Office in Islamabad Pakistan.. [See Trailer] He says he has info from friends inside the Secret Service. What really happened and who took the shot at crooks.
Partial Transcript:
….I’ll say this, whenever you’re running a security detail right, the first thing that we start with is what we call protective intelligence. And that’s before the mission even starts. You’re building protective intelligence of the area, of potential threatening people. Personnel in the area, targets that are being investigated or watched by the FBI or whatever other organization. You build protective intelligence for potential advantage points, that is attack sites Etc and then you go and do an advance generally speaking.
Now I will tell you right now, via inside information , there was not an advance done on those outer buildings due to Personnel financial and time constraints The agency, and this is where [the] fault [is]
Look people, actions have consequences and when you start dumbing down our military, dumbing down our law enforcement, creating what’s they [call] the diversity hiring standards, 👉pulling funding, cutting budgets,👈 these all have consequences. The fact of the matter is the Trump detail did request additional help, not specifically even for this event, but have been and they were denied not out of spite not out of we want to see Trump go down out of Financial and Personnel restrictions. All right, unfortunately Trump is not in the line of succession right now. So the majority of the resources of Secret Service go to those who are in the succession of the presidency. The current president, the vice president, etc etc. Now people are saying oh they they didn’t have enough support and they denied support for this event. Actually they requested additional support and they were given that by the Secret Service. This is the first time and again this is inside information this is the first time that the Trump detail actually had two counter sniper teams because they knew his movement, his visibility, his profile has been increasing, and this is the first time they actually supported with two not just one counter sniper team and I will tell you this with what we’re about to get into it it paid off and probably saved his life…
Excuse me but this Gaslighter is Full of Bull Schiff and an excellent example of a limited hangout. He gives SOME good info before he feeds you the Bull Shiff sandwich.
“… Educate you in all things preparedness virtually but that is just the beginning. Fieldcrafts tie in strategy is collaborating through physical spaces. In what we call fieldcraft fire bases and outposts. A Firebase will be a fieldcraft owned entity that will be in your backyard. Starting with Phoenix AZ, Dallas-Fort Worth TX, Denver CO, Kalispell, MT and obviously in our headquarters in Provo UT… Our business is not about monetization, it is about 👉Social Equity👈 and Capital. That is the focus for us…”
So that is the first stinky fish data point.
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Then we come to the next person mentioned by Cullen as someone he is working with, Jason Goodman.
And that is NOT just a stinky fish it is a Architeuthis Dux aka Giant Squid!
...Why was John Rupkalvis, technical genius, assigned to Jason Goodman? We have no idea. Nothing qualifies Goodman for this level of attention or training. Check out Rupkalvis’s bio: https://www.docdroid.net/RHsEGvM/stereoscope-john-rupkalvis.pdf
Anyone who has been following the Jason Goodman story and his attempts to silence a number of people on YouTube… are aware that Goodman speaks fluent Russian. He has been very active in promoting ‘fake’ intelligence agendas by interviewing ‘guests’ with questionable origins. He has had a confirmed FBI informant [George Webb??? or that worked with him to incite ‘crowd hysteria’ which actually closed down the Port of Charleston in June 2017. People need to understand that there are foreign nationals who actively support propaganda on YouTube channels….
On a side note, John Rupkalvis is also interesting. He taught at RIT. I lived in the area in the 1970s and it was WELL KNOWN locally that it was run by the CIA. (RIT had very good courses BTW. That is why I took courses there.)
From his bio, Rupkalvis, is a BIG DEAL. So why would a guy located in Burbanks CA, teach at a little known school like RIT located near Rochester NY?
WIKI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester_Institute_of_Technology RIT has collaborated with many industry players in the field of research as well, including IBM,[87] Xerox,[88] Rochester’s Democrat and Chronicle,[89] Siemens,[90] NASA,[91][92] and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
University of Minnesota B.A. Degree University of Minnesota: Guest Lecturer, Video Systems U.S.C. (University of Southern California), Cinema Dept., Certificate U.S.C. Guest Lecturer, Special Effects 1982-1984 Winona School of Professional Photography, P.P.A. Certificate Control Data Institute, Computer Technology, Certificate Rochester Institute of Technology, Guest Lecturer Minneapolis Art Institute, Certificate, Guest Lecturer Bell & Howell School of Professional Cinematography, Certificate Institute for Graphic Communication, Certificate, Guest Lecturer Pasadena City College, Guest Lecturer
MORE on RIT… AND the CIA:
Co-op Coordinator, reports favorably on a 31 March recruiting visit to Rochester Institute of Technology. An impressive group of computer service and engineering students was interviewed, and six were encouraged to submit applications. Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the schools where we have enjoyed a long and fruitful Co-op relationship. – CIA Reading Room
GEE, we have the FBI confiscating phones with videos including the Copenhaver video. AND we have a disciple of a WORLD CLASS Cinematographer who has a possible CIA connection. A disciple who speaks Russian (another CIA asset?)AND he is involved with analyzing the videos. NAH, nothing fishy smelling here.
On Wednesday, we got new evidence of the potential real-world consequences as a trio of conspiracy theorists with a modest following inadvertently shut down part of one of the United States’ largest ports.
The theory: a cargo ship with a “dirty bomb” was just outside of Charleston, South Carolina…
During the broadcast, conspiracy theorist George Webb initially claimed a “source” had told him that there was “a dirty bomb planned for a major city.” …His “source” had “talked to five different sources,” he said, adding that his source “had to drive there [to meet other sources] without cell phones.” Webb went on to say of his source, “he’s been right every time.”…
George Webb Sweigert has parted ways with Crowd Source The Truth over some interesting allegations. Crowd Source The Truth was founded by Jason Goodman.
He had partnered with George Webb Sweigert and Trish Negron [aka Trish the for quite a few months. George Webb Sweigert is famous or infamous depending on your viewpoint of calling in a false alarm dirty bomb report earlier this year. He claimed that his “sources” told him a dirty bomb was on the Maersk line in Charleston, South Carolina.
This ended up being completely false. However, not too long afterwards, George Webb Sweigert was arrested not necessarily for a Driving Under the Influence charge but something similar…Now fast forward to today, and Jason Goodman claims that George Webb Sweigert was intoxicated during some of their broadcasts….Jason Goodman has direct connections to hollyweird, I mean hollywood…
Jason Goodman is now involved as Defendant in two lawsuits in the Southern District of New York. The Emmys are suing his company 21C3D for stealing their intellectual property for clicks and subs, with some defamation thrown in; and George Webb’s brother is suing him for defamation and violating New York business law with deceptive conduct involving bots and fake viewers.
The corporate suit from the Emmys forced Jason to employ a lawyer. Despite his self-positioning as a “lawfare expert” and surrounding himself with such colorful attorneys as Alan Dershowitz, Larry Klayman and the Becks, he seems to have picked another kooky A.I. guy John Hoover Snyder…
George announced that he is once again setting out on his own to continue his investigation into the Clinton criminal network, the Awan Brothers and DNC controversies.
The announcement comes on the heels of a tumultuous few weeks where the pair had been under substantial criticism for introducing a DNC thumb drive which they claimed had new information pertaining to illegal activities inside the DNC in part related to the murder of Seth Rich…
George [Webb] has dropped clues that he may be Mossad months ago when he said he was a ‘zionist’ and he was the one who said he had connections to ‘Mossad’. He revealed himself, probably to minimize the damage to his character if it were to be revealed by an outside source, so that’s not saying he’s completely honest but he has also admitted when he has made mistakes in the passed and made corrections…
AND it gets even weirder, if that is possible AND develops another head… or two or three or four!
This is written by a “…a supporter of the Pro-Trump #QAnon Information Warfare operation (aka psyop) from the beginning…” He went head to head with Bill Gates in the market place and HATES HIS GUTS!
…Jason Goodman and George Webb named their Port of Charleston LARP “Clear and Present Danger” after a Clancy/Pieczenik novel. It contained elements that Jerome Corsi had written about in his 2005 book “Atomic Iran” and narratives relating to South Carolina that Lindsay Graham had previously promoted on the Alex Jones show.
The impression I got was that Alex had to have Jason Goodman on his show to talk about topics that Jones had previously been told to stay away from. It seems like it was all part of the mission, and Alex is a loyal officer in the Info War. That’s an observation, not a criticism.
Why was Jason chosen to deliver this message from Dershowitz?
Is Goodman being groomed as the new “go to guy” for Deep State scandals? A smooth fixer who can be relied on to muddy the waters, divert the narrative in directions away from the core?
As a side note, these two articles sent me looking at possible Israeli connections.
…I held off on reporting it because, even though it claims to be disclosure, it is still written by a Rockefeller, and so, I decided caution was the best course of action when dealing with it. But I’ll present it, and you can decide for yourselves:
In his own words:
As the out-of-wedlock son of Nelson Rockefeller, I knew I could not be murdered without implicating my Uncle David Rockefeller and Donald Stralem, son of the co-founder in 1850 of Rothschild affiliate Hallgarten & Co., German-Jewish investment bankers that financed both sides in the Civil War.
Chapter 5 in his book goes into great detail about Jerome Corsi, who Mel outs as a Mossad agent…
Do not forget Steve Pieczenik (CIA) White Hat? Black Hat? whatever he is I think he is high up the 5th Generation Warfare chain.
“…Steve Pieczenik was born in Havana, Cuba of Eastern European Jewish parents fleeing the Holocaust, he was raised in France and in the United States…” LINK
NOVEMBER 1, 2016, ONE DAY LATER, perhaps relevant. On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 — a guy named Steve Pieczenik shows his face in public for the first time in 20 years. He has done radio commentary with only his 20 year old picture showing for the last 20 years — until now. He was in the intelligence community in the USA. It has long been rumored that there existed the “White Knights” — the relative good guys in the intelligence community, the military, and ex-military community. He announces, carried to millions on Alex Jones’ InfoWars.com and elsewhere, that veterans from 16 intelligence groups were undoing the coup that the Clintons were planning to pull off. He states that the counter-coup will stop Hillary from getting to the White House, that this is all being done on the internet without bloodshed, and it is an historic development, and that he was a small part of it, but had the privilege of announcing this counter-coup to the American public.
…Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik was introduced on Alex Jones’ show as a former U.S. Navy Captain, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under Nixon, Ford and Carter, senior policy advisor under 👉Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance, George Schultz and 👉James Baker. Also: “Dr. Pieczenik continues to consult the Department of Defense, received a 👉Council on Foreign Relations Fellowship where he was recruited by Lawrence Eagleburger as deputy assistant secretary of state for management. In the position he 👉created the office of combat terrorism…
Dr. Pieczenik also stated on Jones’ show: “I was a deputy assistant secretary under Nixon, Ford…..and Carter. I resigned under Carter because I disagreed with the way he handled the hostage situation. I came back under Reagan to take down the Soviet Union and I came back under Bush, Sr. to work on Cambodia.” and “I went to Harvard and M.I.T. at the same time… I got a psychiatric degree at Harvard and a PhD in international affairs… I was trained in psychological warfare, propaganda, counter intelligence, counter terrorism — I went right into the state department working for Lawrence Eagleburger…”
It also contains a series of old newspaper clippings. One commenter in 2012 says he is concerned that Pieczenik thinks Jeb Bush would be a good president.
Dr. Steve Pieczenik, former CIA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under five different administrations, shared the following in an urgent message to President Trump calling the current events “nothing more than a disguised coup by the CIA“. Dr. Pieczenik also claims “there is no such thing as a whistleblower in the CIA“.
Then he said this –
“There is no such thing as good Samaritan or whistleblower at the CIA. He should be fired and brought up for treason as well as any of the analysts.”
Enclosed VIDEO:
This is his Website and Youtube. His last correspondence was Oct 22, 2021 but Wiki does not show his death.
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Trump Assassination, Yearick & George Webb
Mal Antoni is tasked with transferring Twitter clips to Rumble and YouTube format due to so many who write in to Whatfinger News and complain that they refuse to view Twitter clips…
George Webb: Time to subpoena Beaver County Counter Sniper Team and Sheriff. (with decode) 3 min He mentions the blood and ladders.
The Question is, was Webb a for real investigative journalist that got played by Jason Goodman? Or is he a dis-info agent sent to muddy the waters?
Mar 12, 2017
…Accidental Journalist George Webb’s pseudonym was chosen in honor of Gary Webb, a prize-winning investigative reporter whose life was systematically destroyed after publishing his explosive Dark Alliance exposé in 1996. The series uncovered the CIA’s role in facilitating cocaine trafficking from Nicaragua to fund the Contra ‘Rebels,’ as well as the agency’s connection to the subsequent influx of crack in California’s minority neighborhoods during the 1980’s… — The Accidental Journalist: Part III by CrowdSourceTheTruth‘s Trish Negron aka Trish the Dish
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DAVE STEWART VIDEO & PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT.
someone else says HEAD SHOT…. silence
1 minute:
DAVE: [To a cop] The Secret Service guy already talked to me yeah he got my ID huh the Secret Service guy got my ID yeah the guy in the suit got my ID.
COP: Do not leave
DAVE: yeah I won’t I won’t.
DAVE: Well somebody told me to get the [ f__k ] out of here.
Cop: no you’re not going anywhere
Dave: All right yeah, Well one of your guys told me to get the [ f__k ] out of
here.
Dave to himself: Get the [ f__k ] out of here and then stay.
DAVE: Bro, I was in the middle of that [ s__t ] Up there.
Other person Dave is helping: Over my Head!
DAVE: Oh my God that’s crazy. yeah I was behind that tree right there. Get behind the tree. yep I got you bro I’m not I’m gonna stay here bro.
yep yeah yeah he wants you to stay. [To Cop] We’re staying bro we’re staying we’re we’re getting cover okay? I got your back bro don’t worry yeah don’t worry bro I got you. This is [ f__king ] crazy dude this is crazy.
Other Guy: They said he had an AK?
Dave: that’s Wild cuz it was popping off bro. Was he on that roof right there?
👉2:40: Other Guy: 👉No, he was inside.
At 3:04 shows a cop with a hand on the shoulder of a guy kneeling. he is wearing a bright yellow shirt and is holding a phone to his ear.
At 3:07-8 you hear a pop:
Other guy: Did you hear that?
DAVE: What’s that?
Cop: All of you that saw that, we are keeping you as a wittnesses.
DAVE: yeah yeah the Secret Service guy took a picture of my ID I already talked to him he told me just to get cover.
Cop: OK
DAVE to other guy: yeah yeah yeah don’t worry bro I I got your back I’m on your side don’t worry.
DAVE to cop: yeah I was just trying to get you know a picture of trump.
Other cop: Understand. Why like it’s tough to believe that right now though right.
DAVE to other guy: no no no I got you bro I got you yeah yeah I got you you’re cool we’re cool DAVE to other cop: bro I got family in law enforcement my sister’s a park ranger. yeah we’re cool military family.
Other cop:: a lot different now
DAVE to other cop: I got you situation just totally changed totally understood bro totally understood man. You got me out armed for sure I
Cop…
DAVE: I’m not even armed okay I got you yeah yeah I have a knife on me. Secret guy said it was cool. In my waistband front waistband front waistband it’s just a pocket knife bro yeah bro go cool cool
COP: You mind going to wait by the guy in the yellow shirt?
DAVE to other guy: yeah I got you bro.
DAVE to Cop: Well I figured the tree was better cover just in case dude’s still popping off man.
Cop: go go behind the vehicle then.
DAVE to Cop: [ s__t ] all right. [Walks toward vehicle]
DAVE to different Cop: all right this guy’s telling me to move over here. I got shot at too.
Cop: Are you sure?
Dave: I got shot at too. I got it on video.
Cop: Get behind this car.
Dave: yep yep.
Stranger: you a cop? you a cop?
Another Stranger to cop: No all the boys on my hockey team are Cops.
Dave to cop: I got family law enforcement too I I got yeah I’m on your side bro.
At 4:40 you can hear the police radio in the background.
Dave: That was crazy you want him he got yeah he back he’s all right yeah sir come here sir back here he’s cool he’s cool bro my friend come
5:16: Dave: Here my, friend my friend come here. [To old white haired guy walking towards Dave from near the water tower] that guy don’t listen.
5:23 you can see the water tower. it is NOT FAR.
5:33 Dave: right here right here yeah
Cop: put your phone down.
Cop 3: John I seen him come across here. I come over as fast as I could to get the guy, but he was then, he ducked over there and I couldn’t see him
Other Cop 4: on the roof?
Cop 3: We couldn’t get on the roof.
Cop 4: all right
Other Cop to person: Yeah we’re just going to clear this up I don’t know if you’re involved or
Person: I’m not involved I’m not involved.
Another voice: That guy said he was shot at in the white shirt.
Dave: I got the I got the shooting on video I got all the shots on video I was recording Trump coming out everything I got it all on video tight yeah yep he’s got video
Yeah and this guy over here in the white…
6:09 [END VIDEO portion at the Trump Rally.]
RECOVERING CELL PHONE SEVERAL DAYS LATER:
10:07 pm ON 7/18
I was sitting in my car, in a gas station parking lot with my front sun-shade up for about 45 minutes when I noticed a PSP trooper at my window. I started recording audio form a new phone that I bought specifically for this. When I take my sun-shade down, I see that a PSP cruiser has my car blocked in.
State Troopers block him in. Trooper Glasco Troop D of PA State Police is talking to him on behalf of the FBI.
8:33
Trooper: You know everything that happened that day I know someone briefly talked to you and then they kind of grabbed your phone and said hey we’ll be back to talk to you later right?
Dave: It didn’t go down like that.
Trooper: okay
Dave: yeah your one of your boys grabbed grabbed my hat off my head threw it on the ground stomped on it said get your stupid [ F__king ] hat off your head threw me to the ground made me cry and while I was crying he said why you crying you little [ b__h ] And I said cuz I they were [ F__king ] shooting at me. That little short one whatever [ F__king ] guy you have there. It was one of the plane Clothes ones that was one of three. The day after I went in there about 2 o’clock
Trooper: okay
Dave: yeah, as soon as he came out the door I walked right the [ f__k ] out.
Trooper: okay
Dave: yeah, Tell that guy he’s an [ asshole] for for me tell him yeah from me yep
Trooper: um do you do you recall like did were you actually attending?
Dave: I was at Sheetz. I was at work until 4:30
Trooper: …so when you get off work you just decided to hang out at the fence?
Dave: hell yeah
Trooper: And then you like the view so you didn’t even bother trying to get in?
Dave: No no no why yeah why why would I why would I go try to get in when I had the best one of the best seats in the house or so I thought. Turned out to be really shitty. My ears were ringing man.
Trooper: um have you heard anything I mean obviously you don’t have a TV
Dave: I haven’t had TV in 20 years that shit will rot your brain bro this is kind of a blurry photo but uh
Trooper: Do you recall seeing this guy ever?
Dave: no no. But what about the uh the red truck Guy? The one that was shooing, trying to shoo us away from the building. The one who was causing fights. Trying to fight us all like an hour before Trump arrived.
Trooper: Tell me about that
Dave: Well there was a guy in a red truck. uh Probably early to mid uh 2000s. Ford Ranger, single cab, bright red. uh White guy older 50s maybe almost 60. Salt and pepper hair, uh gray shirt, blue jeans. uh Coming up, uh telling everybody that he owned the building. uh That was his area, we were all trespassing, we needed to move away from the building. He was getting in people’s faces pointing his finger in Old guys’ faces um And then he he left pissed off got in his truck drove around the AGR building for like 20 seconds. And then drove drove back around and as he was getting out out of his truck he put something down his pants. And I ran back over to the crowd and I told them, I was like yo that guy that was just like harassing y’all? I was like he’s coming back and I think he might have a gun or something. Like this guy’s [ __ ] and uh he came back and started harassing people even more so we started waving the police down from the rally area to come down toward us toward the fence and they came down they talked to that guy…
Trooper tries to get a good description.
14:44 Dave: he said he owned the place he was claiming that he owned the place but I was talking to like this lady named Val she lives right behind the farm show she’s like I’ve lived here forever and that guy doesn’t own this place okay so he said that they all needed to leave that we all needed to leave we’re all trespassing he was just screaming ….
Trooper: who was it State Police or local
Dave: it’s on that video I videoed the interaction between that man and those police officers. I can’t believe his crowd control wasn’t sent down at that point. It was out of control ….
…
COP: Okay do you know him at all ?
Dayve Stewert: Not at all. His name or anything like that. If I recall one of the officers were asking him. Alex maybe. [He] said he owned like nine properties in the area or something like that. And then there was a different guy. The guy that I helped behind the tree whenever the shots were going off. His name was Dave. um Yeah there was a Dave. And then uh then there was like a there was a couple
Video Time: 20:49
Trooper: Do you recall uh fellow there in a bright yellow shirt?
Dayve Stewert: yeah yeah he was next to me like the neon green like traffic cone yeah yeah yeah he was a weird one too okay yeah yeah yeah he was near me he was filming too but then he quit filming and was just kind of standing there. And then there was a guy with the Gadsden American flag who said that his motorcycle was left in the area there. And he was pissed about that. I forget his name.
Trooper: so you began this conversation saying something about a a second shooter ?
Dayve Stewert: yeah because when we were first ducking behind the uh. When they moved us all from the back of the AGR building, and Homeland Security and the other guy with the long gun moved us over to the Township police car uh to take cover there, the the door was open and we could hear the radio communications. and uh they said shooter dead on the roof and then they said uh we breach the building there’s blood in the bathroom. Second shooter on the loose. So because like if the guy climbed the building and shot from there, like how was there blood found inside of a bathroom inside that building? So there had have been a second shooter right? That got shot or something.
Trooper: um You got moved to another building by who?
Dayve Stewert: Moved to another area by Homeland Security. I got the Cuffs taken from behind me to the front by Homeland Security and then when we got moved over to Township. Township police were like Dave? And I’m like yeah, Please take These Cuffs off me and they took the Cuffs off me. And then they moved us across the street and then they were like this is even a horrible spot over here if the dude wants to shoot out the windows. Get in the trunk of our car over here and we’ll drive you to the farm show.
Trooper: Okay, So what was it that you overheard on the radio?
Dayve Stewert: That there was uh shooter dead on the roof. And then they were clearing the building and they found blood in the bathroom. And they said a second suspect at large or something like that or whatever. I don’t know but blood was found in the bathroom remember that for sure cuz that’s what had us freaked out. Because that’s what the cops are telling us . Like hey the second shooter still around here so like let’s move from this point over to this point where it’s safer. And then they’re like well it’s not safe over here. Let’s take you over here.
Trooper: So you didn’t actually see any um potential second shooter.
Dayve Stewert: No, I assume the red truck guy . Cuz what I thought was when the shots were going off. I thought it was the red truck guy shooting us for being along his fence.
Trooper: Yeah um, you don’t know who the red truck that guy’s name is or anything?
Dave: Hell no if I knew I’d I’d tell you. His pictures on the video I got a closeup of his face.
Trooper: Oh that guy? So there was some uh surveillance footage that indicated you and um uh the subject might have communicated at one point. you recall that at all?
Dave: What??
Trooper: Yeah
Dave: No way let me see it.
Trooper: I don’t have it with me.
Dave: Well [ f__k ] Well have somebody text it to you!
Trooper: okay
Dave: I want to see that [ __ ] yeah are you serious. I was within the inches from this guy?
Trooper: Potentially.
Dave: No way! Wow. Not only was I like a feet from the muzzle I was [ __ ] inches from from the [ f__king ] guy beforehand. Good Lord I’m going down in the history books my friend good [ F__k ] God damn it this sucks. what this is blowing my mind right now bro. Holy [ s__t ] I can’t believe you just told me that. Oh my God. yeah So great, if I couldn’t already sleep now, you lay that on me oh my god.
Trooper: Do you have a way of us getting a hold of you?
Dave: no well however you found me now do that again.
Trooper: So, so, They would like for you to come to the FBI building in Pittsburgh at 10 to pick your stuff up.
Dave: All right I’ll be there I’ll be there.
Trooper: um you’ll just go to the gate and talk to the security guard tell them, tell them that you were told to come there 10:00 a.m.
Dave: God damn it man, I don’t even know if I’m going to be able to sleep. To fall sleep until two [ s__t ] now that you told me that [ s__t ] oh my God ah at 10:00 a.m. Really?
Trooper: Okay, all right, all right give me a few minutes here.
Dave: this is [ f__king ] crazy bro. Ah man
Trooper: At Least you’ll get your stuff back tomorrow though….
Dave: So um yeah 10 a.m. okay did you get that video?
Trooper: What video?
Dave: The video of me being near the dude. I want to see that dude, I want to see that…. well when can I come see it? Can I come up to the barracks tomorrow too after I hit up the FBI I want to see that.
Trooper: it’s not at the barracks
Dave: oh who has it?
Trooper: I don’t, I don’t know, I don’t know if it was on, if the FBI has it.
Dave: I’ll ask them yeah yeah for sure for sure that’s crazy…..
What is it that feeds our battle, yet starves our victory?
Speaker Johnson: A Reminder.
And MTG is there to help make it stick.
January 6 tapes. A good start…but then nothing.
Were you just hoping we’d be distracted by the first set and not notice?
Are you THAT kind of “Republican”?
Are you Kevin McCarthy lite?
What are you waiting for?
I have a personal interest in this issue.
And if you aren’t…what the hell is wrong with you?
Lawyer Appeasement Section
OK now for the fine print.
This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.
We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.
And remember Wheatie’s Rules:
1. No food fights 2. No running with scissors. 3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone. 4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns. 5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded. 5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty. 6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy. 7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire. 8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.
Lots of motion going nowhere awfully fast for gold. Silver is just getting hit hard, and should by all logic be a bargain today. Palladium has actually gone above platinum a few times this week, but took a hard hit on Friday and is now below platinum…which again, is on fricking sale lately.
The SteveInCO Federal Reserve Note Suckage Index (FRNSI) stands at 117.633-. (This index is the ratio between the price of gold today, versus the value of the dollar defined as dollars per ounce when we had the gold standard, minus 1 (so that an index of 0 means the dollar is at its original value and doesn’t suck at all). I use that clumsy phrasing because the dollar was defined as a certain amount of gold, such that an ounce of gold was $20.672. It’s a subtle distinction. One ounce of gold wasn’t worth $20.672 back then, it was $20.672.)
OH BOY!!! This rabbit I was chasing took a hard turn and became a multi-headed hydra. Therefore I am going to split my research into several different interconnected articles.
This first article is all about MOTIVATION. The FIB is scratching their head saying they have no idea of what the MOTIVATION was. 😆
Well as far as I can see there were two interconnected ‘motives.’
First we will do a quick look at the immediate motivation. Political Ambition.
Colonel Christopher L. Paris, a native of Lackawanna County,
was nominated by Governor Shapiroto lead the Pennsylvania State Police…
Commissioner Paris is a 1998 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Scranton, a 2004 graduate of Temple University Law School, and a graduate of the 267th session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy. He has passed the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bar exams and is an active member of the Pennsylvania Bar
Col. Christopher Paris (2023) was confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate…SOURCE: https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/psp/about-psp/leadership.html
Welp, there is your Shapiro, state trooper and FBI tie ins. 😆
To go along with this is a tidbit from Dave Stewart aka Dayve Stewert aka RealDJStew724. VIDEO.
The PA State Troopers block him in on the evening of July 18th. Trooper Glasco, of Troop D of the PA State Police, is talking to him on behalf of the FBI. Dave recorded the audio of the interview.
Partial transcript from the video:
Occurrence at 10:07 pm ON 7/18
I was sitting in my car, in a gas station parking lot with my front sun-shade up for about 45 minutes when I noticed a PSP trooper at my window. I started recording audio from a new phone that I bought specifically for this. When I take my sun-shade down, I see that a PSP cruiser has my car blocked in.
Starting at 8:33 minutes in the video:
Trooper: You know everything that happened that day. I know someone briefly talked to you and then they kind of grabbed your phone and said hey we’ll be back to talk to you later right?
Dave: It didn’t go down like that.
Trooper: okay
Dave: Yeah, One of your boys grabbed. Grabbed my hat off my head. Threw it on the ground, stomped on it said get your stupid [ F__king ] hat off your head. Threw me to the ground made me cry and while I was crying he said why you crying you little [ b__h ] And I said cuz they were [ f__king ] shooting at me. That little short one whatever [ f__king ] guy you have there. It was one of the plain clothes ones that was one of three. The day after I went in there about 2 o’clock.
Trooper: okay
Dave: yeah, as soon as he came out the door I walked right the [ f__k ] out.[So the aggressive one was a state trooper. – GC]
Trooper: okay
Dave: yeah, Tell that guy he’s an [ a–hole] for for me tell him yeah from me….
[later in the video] I got the Cuffs taken from behind me to the front by Homeland Security and then when we got moved over to Township. Township policewere like Dave? And I’m like yeah, Please take these Cuffs off me and they took the Cuffs off me….
At 18:29: I mean like people were showing me pictures on their phone when we were like in the interview room at the farm show likeeverybody else had their phones. Everybody else was like looking up the news media… [So the a–hole State Trooper specifically targeted Dave Stewart.]
So at least one of Josh Shapiro’s State Troopers who was there that day was a Trump Hater AND from the sounds of it TARGETED Dave because he was videoing the shooting. 🤔
Wolfie suggested MK Ultra but I think hatred and political advancement work just as well. It certainly worked during Jan 6th. And those who were a problem? Well there is always suicide and accidents.
According to WIKI as of 2023 there were 4,740 state troopers so there were plenty to choose from.
Governor Shapiro engaged directly with the Biden Administration and detailed Pennsylvanians’ concerns in order to save approximately 1,300 jobs.
DOE listened to Pennsylvania’s concerns…
Sounds like a wee bit of a BRIBE to me.
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FBI
THE FBI IS OPENLY TARGETING @realDonaldTrump SUPPORTERS AS “MAGA EXTREMISTS”. 🚨🚨🚨
“The federal government believes that the threat of violence and major civil disturbances around the 2024 U.S. presidential election is so great that it has quietly created a new category of… https://t.co/2wch5G3JtKpic.twitter.com/pfy1GWL29b
THE FBI IS OPENLY TARGETING@realDonaldTrump SUPPORTERS AS “MAGA EXTREMISTS”.
“The federal government believes that the threat of violence and major civil disturbances around the 2024 U.S. presidential election is so great that it has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump’s army of MAGA followers.” Our government is not only WEAPONIZING the FBI/DOJ against political opponents, they are shifting focus to YOU & ME. If you SUPPORT TRUMP, you are now “MAGA EXTREMIST” ENEMY NUMBER ONE. The timing is UNCANNY…
Just yesterday, I personally filed a RELEVANT LANDMARK $25 MILLION DEFAMATION LAWSUIT against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
THE ADL TRAINS THE FBI. From 2014: “Did you know ADL trains every new FBI agent on their role as protectors of the American people and the Constitution?”
The federal government believes that the threat of violence and major civil disturbances around the 2024 U.S. presidential election is so great that it has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump’s army of MAGA followers.
The challenge for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the primary federal agency charged with law enforcement, is to pursue and prevent what it calls domestic terrorism without direct reference to political parties or affiliations—even though the vast majority of its current “anti-government” investigations are of Trump supporters, according to classified data obtained by Newsweek….
HEGELIAN DIALECTIC is a framework for GUIDING THOUGHTS and ACTIONS into CONFLICT that then LEADS to Synthetic Solutions – which can only be introduced once those being MANIPULATED take a SIDE that will advance the PRE-DETERMINED AGENDA.
Its a form of CONTROLLED OPPOSITION – Problem – Reaction – Solution or what today should more appropriately be called – CRISIS – CONFLICT – CONTROL.
In summary you are deliberately presented with two extremes of a subject – a Thesis and its Antithesis …forcing you to CHOOSE a side in direct conflict with the other. ( Left – Right, Red – Blue, For – Against etc)
The Solution – the SYNTHESIS of the CONFLICT is already prepared waiting for you all to choose it.
Disabled Navy veteran John Sabal, founder and President of The Patriot Voice, has filed a $25M lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) alleging defamation and injurious falsehood.
The ADL listed Sabal in its “Glossary of Extremists” which includes known terrorists Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylann Roof, and Brenton Terrant, the Christchurch Shooter
While the organization claims ADL’s goal is to “fight all forms of antisemitism and bias, using innovation and partnerships to drive impact,” it has increasingly been accused of partisanship smears against targets on the political right….
…The bill defines antisemitism broadly, incorporating definitions provided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), including traditional antisemitic actions and accusations such as those against the state of Israel. Critically, the bill makes it an offense to “apply double standards” to Israel or to accuse it of genocide, categorizing such actions as hate speech…
It passed with a vote of 320-91, seeing opposition from 70 Democrats and 21 Republicans….
Gateway Pundit missed the REAL goal of that bill but the ACLU nails it.
Members of Congress last month introduced the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act.” The bill purports to address a real problem: According to the FBI, incidents of hate crimes motivated by anti-Jewish bias have significantly increased in recent years.
But anti-Semitic harassment is already illegal under federal law. The new bill does not change that fact, but its overbreadth makes it likely that it will instead silence criticism of Israel that is protected by the First Amendment.
The proposed legislation, for example, defines speech that applies a “double standard for Israel,” or denies “the Jewish people their right to self-determination,” as evidence of anti-Semitism. It also directs the Department of Education to consider such speech in its investigations, which could result in a loss of federal funding for schools. On Monday, the ACLU sent a letter to Congress opposing the bill….
This bill is not at all surprising given a lot in Congress want another war. Also Thomas Massie mentioned, in a Tucker Interview, how powerful the AIPAC Jewish Lobby is onCapitolHill . The bill will certainly make sure people ‘choose’ the ‘Correct PRE-DETERMINED HEGELIAN SOLUTION.’
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THE BROADER MOTIVATION
I agree with Matt Ehret and GhostofBasedPatrickHenry (Gordon.) You have to look at history to understand the present.
By this time I hope we all understand the Cabal LOVES war. It meets several of its primary goals:
* Depopulation
* Wealth Transfer from the subjects to the elites.
* Removal of Alpha Males before they can breed. (Note lawyers and teachers were exempt from the ‘Nam draft…)
* Destruction of infrastructure, the middle class and even civilizations.
The Cabal set-up a situation that would ENSURE never-ending war after WWI & WWII. Colonel Roxane Towner-Watkin pointed this out in one of her videos. When the Ottoman Empire was carved up and Europe was ‘re-organized,’ the Cabal MADE SURE that ethnics that hated each other were grouped together in the same nation. This allows for never ending turmoil. The Cabal can take advantage of this turmoil by staging Color Revolutions, if a country’s leadership starts getting out of their control. Heck we can see them doing it in real time in Europe and now in the USA and Canada. The Cabal is doing it to us by IMPORTING groups like Muslims that have ZERO in common with us.
This is the video on SitRep with War_Hamster and Colonel Towner-Watkins
Partial Transcript: 1:05 minutes to 7 minutes, Gladio in a nutshell:
After WWII FAULT LINES via nation states were created so with the pick-up of a phone you could say, Hey we need to destabilize this particular area...”
It is WAR on DEMAND… after WWII over 75 governments have been destabilized if not coupped. Op Gladio was re-named ‘Color Revolutions’ to hide how long it has been in operation. (Late 1800’s at least) Brits did fault likes post WWI and NATO Post WWII. They manufactured artificial nations including groups that were not compatible on purpose to allow destabilization….
NGOs are controlled by Intel community.…
They use students and media hypes the stories…
10 minutes: They will have paramilitary forces on stand by. The last step is to send in the paramilitary….
11 minutes: AS YOU SAW IN INDIANA UNIVERSITY THEY HAD SNIPERS ON THE TOP OF THE BUILDINGS THERE.
We also know that POTUS Trump HATES war and was working to eliminate it. One of his critical moves was the “Abraham Accords.” Interesting that while Bibi and MBS were in negotiations, Hamas was ALLOWED to attack Israel. 🤔
The reason for the IDF allowing the attack was to scuttle Trump’s Abraham Accords since the Abraham Accords would stifle their long term goals for a greater Israel.
The former Israeli prime minister admitted for the first time that the Saudi Crown Prince played a significant role in the signing of several normalization agreements between Israel and some of the Arab states, known as the ‘Abraham Accords’. Iran Press/
Middle East: Israeli media relayed the appreciation of the leader of the Israeli opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu, to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), for his contribution to the completion of the four so-called “Abraham Accords”.
Netanyahu said that in case he assumes leadership once again, then he intends to achieve full “peace agreements” with Saudi Arabia, as well as with other Arab states…
Speaking to this paper on the sidelines of the Synergia Conclave in Bengaluru, Passig said the Hamas attack was against the emerging power blocks in the world
…Israeli scholar, futurist and best-selling author Prof David Passig. He called the October 7 attack a “turning point in the history of the Middle East”.…
In September, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had for the first time publicly acknowledged that his country was moving “closer” each day towards normalising relations with Israel and called it “the biggest historical deal since the Cold War”…
Colonel Towner-Watkin and Ghost, have mentioned the radicals in Israel are on the ascent.
[…]a very radical Messianic Movement created by Meir Kahane has emerged in Tel Aviv, and out of political desperation, Netanyahu has been forced to appoint several of them to his inner circle—the Security Cabinet. I also shared that Kahane and his followers have identified Christians as their mortal enemy, along with Muslims. But they have also demonstrated aggression in the past against fellow Jewswho did not conform to their worldview. —GhostofBasedPatrickHenry
The situation in Israel is causing infighting on the left and the right, as the gears of the war machine grind steadily on — RYAN DELARME NOV 02, 2023
The Israel-Palestine conflict is the latest narrative in the war of stories and is serving multiple strategic purposes. Aside from fueling the war economy and having a divisive effect on the American public, it is also being used as a pretext to bolster the Western censorship regime…
Given that POTUS Trump and the Abraham Accords were the first step leading to a two state solution, Iran would be more in support of Trump than Biden.
…Under the Abraham Accords, the UAE and Bahrain will normalise their relations with Israel and expand engagements in politics, security, trade and connectivity. More Arab states are expected to ink similar agreements with Israel, while some countries such as Saudi Arabia have said they stand with the Palestinian people and sought a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue….
April 17, 2024 — The administration pays lip service to a two-state solution while blocking every possible avenue toward that goal.
Recent initiatives by the Palestinian government to revive their application for UN membership are putting to the test the U.S. claim that it supports a “two-state solution” — a Palestinian state on at least some portion of the West Bank and Gaza Strip alongside a secure Israel. In practice, however, the Biden administration and Congress have been working hard to ensure that that does not come about.
The State of Palestine was declared in 1988 and has since been recognized by 140 countries. The Palestinian Authority (PA), the recognized Palestinian government, controls most of the urban areas in the West Bank with some limited administrative control of larger areas, though Israel controls security for most of the territory it initially seized in 1967, and its armed forces routinely enter even the nominally PA-run urban areas with impunity….
Remember it was while Saudi Arabia and Israel were in negotiations, that Hamas was ALLOWED to attack and kill Israeli citizens.
…At its core, Operation Gladio is a generic term for the concept of Strategy of Tension. This strategy encompasses the Fabian Society concept of creating chaos or tension in order to implement control—their control of the world’s citizenry….
…Did you know there were primarily two distinct mafia/mobster networks operating in the United States in the early 1900’s.
One consisted of Italian mafia families that had emigrated to America. They settled primarily in New York and Chicago and focused on trafficking liquor during prohibition, gambling, and prostitution.
The second were Jewish mobsters like Louis “Pretty” Amberg, Moses Annenberg (newspaper/media for Hearst Corp), Abe Bernstein (Purple Gang), Mickey Cohen (Los Angeles), Meyer Lansky (formed the National Crime Syndicate focusing on Cuba and Las Vegas), and Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (New York and Las Vegas).While they were into all the same crime syndicates as the Italian mobsters, they also were used by large business enterprises that needed assistance in making things happen—for example, dock workers, newspapers, bankers, etc.
Mickey Cohen (1914-1976)
Meyer Lansky (1902–1983)
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947)
The mafia and mobsters didn’t disappear after World War II; much of their activities were folded into the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The prohibition era liquor networks gave way to drugs like heroin and cocaine, with the profits being used to fund covert functions of Operation Gladio, with prostitution transformed into human trafficking networks, the funds being used for covert operations as well. Lastly, in order to keep this operation protected and to provide weapons to the stay-behind-units, a weapons trafficking network was incorporated into the CIA.
As you will see, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) provided the wartime transition necessary to encapsulate the mission realignment. It worked out well for everyone involved, since the United States Congress gave the CIA sweeping powers and protection.
The previously illegal activities were allowed to carry on with a cloaking of invisibility due to a convenient CIA stamp: “NATIONAL SECURITY”….
The term “Greater Israel“ has been a contentious and debated concept related to the State of Israel and its territorial boundaries. This article explores the controversial idea of a “Greater Israel” and the various interpretations surrounding it. The concept of a “Greater Israel”, according to the founding father of Zionism Theodore Herzl, is a Jewish State stretching “from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates.”
The idea of a “Greater Israel” is a complex and controversial concept that does not represent an officially recognized plan for the region. While it has its proponents, it also faces criticism and opposition, particularly in the context of peace efforts in the Middle East. The boundaries and future of the State of Israel continue to be a subject of ongoing debate and negotiation, with the aim of achieving a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
Various international efforts and peace negotiations have aimed to address the complex territorial and political issues involved. The “Greater Israel” concept is not aligned with the goals of these negotiations, which typically seek to establish a two-state solution with an independent Palestine alongside Israel.
The above map, is in my opinion, at the core of the current mess in the Middle East. POTUS Trump and the Abraham Accords would put a stop to achieving this ambition. Getting the USA into a war with Iran by assassinating POTUS Trump and then convincing MAGA that Iran was the culprit, would advance the Radical Messianic Movement’s pursue of their ultimate goal of a ‘Greater Israel’ AND give the Cabal the war they want.
This Rejoice & Praise God Sunday Open Thread, with full respect to those who worship God on the Sabbath, is a place to reaffirm our worship of our Creator, our Father, our King Eternal.
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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.”
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary REPENT 3. (Theol.) Defn: To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin. Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. Luke xiii. 3.
For seemingly forever, I’ve thought that “repent” means to turn away from sinning. A few days ago, following up on the thought of man’s inability to stop sinning, I looked to Strong’s Greek Concordance to find the meaning of the Greek word translated as “repent”. I found the Greek word translated as “repent” actually meant more like “to change your mind or your way of thinking” rather than the action of turning away from sin.
Strong’s Concordance 3340 metanoeó metanoeó: to change one’s mind or purpose Original Word: μετανοέω Part of Speech: Ver Transliteration: metanoeó Phonetic Spelling: (met-an-o-eh’-o) Definition: to change one’s mind or purpose Usage: I repent, change my mind, change the inner man (particularly with reference to acceptance of the will of God), repent.
REPENT
Many, perhaps most, understand the term repent to mean “to turn from sin.” Regretting sin and turning from it are related to repentance, but are not the precise meaning of the word. In the Bible, the word repent means “to change one’s mind.” The Bible also tells us that true repentance will result in a change of actions (Luke 3:8–14; Acts 3:19). In summarizing his ministry, Paul declares, “I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds” (Acts 26:20). The short biblical definition of repentance is “a change of mind that results in a change of action.”
What, then, is the connection between repentance and salvation? The book of Acts especially focuses on repentance in regard to salvation (Acts 2:38; 3:19; 11:18; 17:30; 20:21; 26:20). To repent, concerning salvation, is to change your mind regarding sin and Jesus Christ. In Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts chapter 2), he concludes with a call for the people to repent (Acts 2:38). Repent from what? Peter calls the people who rejected Jesus (Acts 2:36) to change their minds about that sin and to change their minds about Christ Himself, recognizing that He is indeed “Lord and Christ” (Acts 2:36). Peter calls the people to change their minds, to abhor their past rejection of Christ, and to embrace faith in Him as their Messiah and Savior.
Repentance involves recognizing that you have thought wrongly in the past and determining to think rightly in the future. The repentant person has “second thoughts” about the mindset he formerly embraced. There is a change of disposition and a new way of thinking about God, about sin, about holiness, and about doing God’s will. True repentance is prompted by “godly sorrow,” and it “leads to salvation” (2 Corinthians 7:10).
Repentance and faith can be understood as two sides of the same coin. It is impossible to place your faith in Jesus Christ as the Savior without first changing your mind about your sin and about who Jesus is and what He has done. Whether it is repentance from willful rejection or repentance from ignorance or disinterest, it is a change of mind. Biblical repentance, in relation to salvation, is changing your mind from rejection of Christ to faith in Christ.
Repentance is not a work we do to earn salvation. No one can repent and come to God unless God pulls that person to Himself (John 6:44). Repentance is something God gives—it is only possible because of His grace (Acts 5:31; 11:18). No one can repent unless God grants repentance. All of salvation, including repentance and faith, is a result of God drawing us, opening our eyes, and changing our hearts. God’s longsuffering leads us to repentance (2 Peter 3:9), as does His kindness (Romans 2:4).
While repentance is not a work that earns salvation, repentance unto salvation does result in works. It is impossible to truly change your mind without changing your actions in some way. In the Bible, repentance results in a change in behavior. That is why John the Baptist called people to “produce fruit in keeping with repentance” (Matthew 3:8). A person who has truly repented of sin and exercised faith in Christ will give evidence of a changed life (2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:19–23; James 2:14–26).
To see what repentance looks like in real life, turn to the story of Zacchaeus. Here was a man who cheated and stole and lived lavishly on his ill-gotten gains—until he met Jesus. At that point he had a radical change of mind: “Look, Lord!” said Zacchaeus. “Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount” (Luke 19:8). Jesus happily proclaimed that salvation had come to Zacchaeus’s house, and that even the tax collector was now “a son of Abraham” (verse 9)—a reference to Zacchaeus’s faith. The cheat became a philanthropist; the thief made restitution. That’s repentance, coupled with faith in Christ.
Repentance, properly defined, is necessary for salvation. Biblical repentance is changing your mind about your sin—no longer is sin something to toy with; it is something to be forsaken as you “flee from the coming wrath” (Matthew 3:7). It is also changing your mind about Jesus Christ—no longer is He to be mocked, discounted, or ignored; He is the Savior to be clung to; He is the Lord to be worshiped and adored. xhttps://www.gotquestions.org/repentance.html
“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
This Rejoice & Praise God Sunday Open Thread, with full respect to those who worship God on the Sabbath, is a place to reaffirm our worship of our Creator, our Father, our King Eternal.
It’s also a place to read, post, and discuss news that is worth knowing and sharing. Please post links to any news stories that you use as sources or quote from.
In the QTree, we’re a friendly and civil lot. We encourage free speech and the open exchange and civil discussion of different ideas. Topics aren’t constrained, and sound logic is highly encouraged, all built on a solid foundation of truth and established facts.
We have a policy of mutual respect, shown by civility. Civility encourages discussions, promotes objectivity and rational thought in discourse, and camaraderie in the participants – characteristics we strive toward in our Q Tree community.
Please show respect and consideration for our fellow QTreepers. Before hitting the “post” button, please proofread your post and make sure your opinion addresses the issue only, and does not confront or denigrate the poster. Keep to the topic – avoid “you” and “your”. Here in The Q Tree, personal attacks, name-calling, ridicule, insults, baiting, and other conduct for which a penalty flag would be thrown are VERBOTEN.
In The Q Tree, we’re compatriots, sitting around the campfire, roasting hot dogs, making s’mores, and discussing, agreeing, and disagreeing about whatever interests us. This board will remain a home for those who seek respectful conversations.
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.”
Reviled and Rewarded
Surprised at the “wonderful” drag show diversity so thoughtfully included in the opening ceremony for the Olympics? We shouldn’t be. Not at all! It’s to be expected as part and parcel of the current liberal/woke, globulist worldview. Out of the dark shadows and into the light where anyone who seeks after righteousness can easily see it . . . and learn . . . and not forget.
The primary audience for Christ’s Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1—7:29) was the twelve disciples. Others came and listened, but the Lord’s principal intent was to teach His closest followers—the twelve men who were set apart for leadership in God’s kingdom (see Matthew 19:28; Revelation 21:14). These apostles would be the ones to experience the fiercest persecution. To address this concern, Jesus concluded His opening Beatitudes with this wonderful assurance: “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you” (Matthew 5:11–12, ESV).
The disciples were about to undergo unprecedented persecution under the cruel Roman Empire. Indeed, throughout history, faithful followers of Christ have faced intense oppression and persecution (2 Timothy 3:12; Philippians 1:29). The Lord knew that His kingdom leaders and faithful servants would need to maintain an eternal perspective. The Beatitudes provide this hope—they assure us that, no matter how much suffering and hardship we endure for Christ’s sake, we can be confident that our reward in heaven will be great.
Honor, blessing, and recompense in heaven are not promised simply as payment for injustices suffered in this life but specifically for “those who are persecuted because of righteousness” (Matthew 5:10). God has a special prize set aside for believers who are insulted, mocked, punished, and treated unfairly because of their stand and testimony for Jesus Christ. These are Christians who eagerly practice kingdom righteousness and suffer for it.
Such kingdom servants are like the prophets of the Old Testament who “were jeered at, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in prisons. Some died by stoning, some were sawed in half, and others were killed with the sword. Some went about wearing skins of sheep and goats, destitute and oppressed and mistreated. They were too good for this world, wandering over deserts and mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground” (Hebrews 11:32–38, NLT; cf. Hebrews 11:26; see also Acts 7:51–53; James 5:10). For all who suffer abuses similar to those of the prophets of old, Jesus promises indescribable rewards in heaven.
Jesus isn’t just encouraging His most loyal “movers and shakers” to endure persecution but to “rejoice and be glad” in it. Despite their temporal hardships, these servants possess the most distinguishing qualities of kingdom servants. They have the radical courage to let their “light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). They are brave enough to endure suffering at the hands of their King’s enemies and still rejoice (see Acts 5:41; Romans 5:3, 2 Corinthians 12:10; Hebrews 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Peter 4:13). In fact, they are willing to lose everything, even their very lives, to gain the kingdom of heaven (Revelation 12:11).
The apostle Paul’s lifestyle exemplified that of a kingdom servant. He considered everything of value in this temporal life as worthless compared to the “surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead” (Philippians 3:7–11).
As Christians, we should expect the world to hate us (Mark 13:13; 1 John 3:12). But if we live as devoted kingdom servants, partaking in Christ’s suffering because of our identification with Jesus, our reward in heaven is great: “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Corinthians 4:17). The apostle Peter affirmed, “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed” (1 Peter 4:12–13). Our present suffering is not even worth comparing with the glories of heaven (Romans 8:18).
The Bible is abundantly clear that God rewards our faithfulness to Him (Genesis 15:1; Ruth 2:12; Proverbs 13:13; Psalm 18:20; Luke 6:35; Colossians 3:24). Jesus Himself promises the “victor’s crown” for those who suffer persecution (Revelation 2:10). Our reward in heaven is great when our desire to live righteously is intense and determined—when our testimony for Christ shines so brightly that the enemies of God’s kingdom are driven to extinguish its brilliance. xhttps://www.gotquestions.org/great-is-your-reward.html
What is it that feeds our battle, yet starves our victory?
January 6 Tapes?
Paging Speaker Johnson…this is your conscience calling you out on broken promises.
For all your high talk about your Christian moral background…you’re looking less and less like you have any kind of moral background.
If You are a Patriot and Don’t Loathe RINOs…
Let’s talk about RINOs, and why they are the lowest form of life in politics.
Many patriots have been involved with politics, often at the grassroots, for decades. We’ve fought, and fought, and fought and won the occasional illusory small victory.
Yet we can’t seem to win the war, even when we have BIG electoral wins.
I am reminded of something. The original Star Trek had an episode titled Day of the Dove. It was one of the better episodes from the third season, but any fan of the original series will tell you that’s a very low bar. Still, it seems to get some respect; at a time when there were about 700 episodes of Star Trek in its various incarnations out there, it was voted 99th best out of the top 100.
In sum, the plot is that an alien entity has arranged for 39 Enterprise crew, and 39 Klingons, to fight each other endlessly with swords and other muscle-powered weapons. The entity lives off of hostile emotions, you see and it wants a captive food source. (The other 400 or so Enterprise crew are trapped below decks and unable to help.) Each side has its emotions played and amplified by the alien entity; one Enterprise junior officer has false memories implanted of a brother who was killed by Klingons. The brother didn’t even exist.
Even people killed in a sword fight miraculously heal so they can go do it again.
The second best line of the episode is when Kang, the Klingon captain, notes that though they have won quite a number of small victories including capturing Engineering, can’t seem to actually finally defeat the Enterprise crew. He growls, “What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?*”
Indeed. He may have been the bad guy, but his situation should sound familiar.
We are a majority in this country. We have a powerful political party in our corner. There is endless wrangling.
And yet,
What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?
In our case, that power is the RINOs in our midst. They specialize in caving when on the verge of victory. Think of Obamacare’s repeal failing…by one Republican vote. Think of the way we can never seem to get spending under control (and now our entire tax revenue goes to pay interest on the debt; anything the government actually does now is with borrowed money).
We have a party…that refuses to do what we want it to do, and that refusal is institutionalized. If you’ve been involved with GOP politics, but haven’t seen this, it’s because you refuse to see it. Or because you are part of the problem yourself. (If so, kindly gargle some red fuming nitric acid to clear the taste of shit out of your mouth, and let those not part of the problem alone so they can read this.)
We fight to elect people, who then take a dive when in office. But it’s not just the politicians in office, it’s the people behind the scenes, the leaders of the national, state and county branches of the party. Their job is to ensure that real patriots never get onto the general election ballot. They’re allowed a few failures…who can then become token conservatives who will somehow never manage to win (Jordan), or can be compromised outright (Lauren Boebert?).
That way it doesn’t actually matter who has a congressional majority. I remember my excitement when the GOP took the Senate in 1980. But all that did was empower a bunch of “moderate” puddles of dog vomit like…well for whatever reason forty years later the most memorable name is Pete Domenici. And a couple of dozen other “moderates” who simply had no interest in doing what grassroots people in their party–those same grassroots people who had worked so hard to elect them–wanted them to do.
Oh, they’ll put up a semblance of a fight…but never win. And they love it when we fight the Dems instead of fighting them. Just like that alien entity, whose motto surely was “Let’s you and him fight. It’ll be delicious!”
If you think about it, your entire political involvement has come to nothing because of these walking malignant tumors.
That should make you good and mad.
The twenty five who blocked Jordan, and the hundred people who took that opportunity to stab Jordan in the back in the secret ballot should make you good and mad.
I’ll close this with another example of RINO backstabbing, an infuriating one close to home.
In my county, the GOP chair is not a RINO. She got elected when the grassroots had had enough of the RINOs. Unfortunately the state organization is full of RINOs, and the ousted county RINOs have been trying to form a new “Republican Party” and get the state GOP to recognize them as the affiliate. I’m honestly amazed it hasn’t happened yet.
In other words those shitstains won’t just leave when they get booted out; they’ll try to destroy what they left behind. It’s an indication that they know we know how important that behind-the-scenes party power is.
So they must be destroyed. That’s the only way they’ll ever stop.
We cannot win until the leeches “on our side” get destroyed.
What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?*
We know it. What is going to be done about it?
*NOTE: The original line was actually “What power is it that supports our battle yet starves our victory.” I had mis-remembered it as feeds. When I checked it, it sure enough was “supports” and that’s what I originally quoted. On further reflection, though, I realized my memory was actually an improvement over the reality, because feeds is a perfect contrast with starves. I changed it partway through the day this originally posted, but now (since this is a re-run) it gets rendered this way from the start.
If one must do things wrong, one should do them wrong…right.
RINOs an Endangered Species? If Only!
According to Wikipoo, et. al., the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is a critically endangered species. Apparently two females live on a wildlife preserve in Sudan, and no males are known to be alive. So basically, this species is dead as soon as the females die of old age. Presently they are watched over by armed guards 24/7.
Biologists have been trying to cross them with the other subspecies, Southern White Rhinoceroses (Rhinoceri?) without success; and some genetic analyses suggest that perhaps they aren’t two subspecies at all, but two distinct species, which would make the whole project a lot more difficult.
I should hope if the American RINO (Parasitus rectum pseudoconservativum) is ever this endangered, there will be heroic efforts not to save the species, but rather to push the remainder off a cliff. Onto punji sticks. With feces smeared on them. Failing that a good bath in red fuming nitric acid will do.
But I’m not done ranting about RINOs.
The RINOs (if they are capable of any introspection whatsoever) probably wonder why they constantly have to deal with “populist” eruptions like the Trump-led MAGA movement. That would be because the so-called populists stand for absolutely nothing except for going along to get along. That allows the Left to drive the culture and politics.
Given the results of our most recent elections, the Left will now push harder, and the RINOs will now turn even squishier than they were before.
I well remember 1989-1990 in my state when the RINO establishment started preaching the message that a conservative simply couldn’t win in Colorado. Never mind the fact that Reagan had won the state TWICE (in 1984 bringing in a veto-proof state house and senate with him) and GHWB had won after (falsely!) assuring everyone that a vote for him was a vote for Reagan’s third term.
This is how the RINOs function. They push, push, push the line that only a “moderate” can get elected. Stomp them when they pull that shit. Tell everyone in ear shot that that’s exactly what the Left wants you to think, and oh-by-the-way-Mister-RINO if you’re in this party selling the same message as the Left…well, whythefuckexactly are you in this party, you lying piece of rancid weasel shit?
Justice
It says “Justice” on the picture.
And I’m sure someone will post the standard joke about what the fish thinks about the situation.
But what is it?
Here’s a take, from a different context: It’s about how you do justice, not the justice that must be done to our massively corrupt government and media. You must properly identify the nature of a person, before you can do him justice.
Ayn Rand, On Justice (speaking through her character John Galt, in Atlas Shrugged):
Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you must judge all men as conscientiously as you judge inanimate objects, with the same respect for truth, with the same incorruptible vision, by as pure and as rational a process of identification—that every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly, that just as you do not pay a higher price for a rusty chunk of scrap than for a piece of shining metal, so you do not value a rotter above a hero—that your moral appraisal is the coin paying men for their virtues or vices, and this payment demands of you as scrupulous an honor as you bring to financial transactions—that to withhold your contempt from men’s vices is an act of moral counterfeiting, and to withhold your admiration from their virtues is an act of moral embezzlement—that to place any other concern higher than justice is to devaluate your moral currency and defraud the good in favor of the evil, since only the good can lose by a default of justice and only the evil can profit—and that the bottom of the pit at the end of that road, the act of moral bankruptcy, is to punish men for their virtues and reward them for their vices, that that is the collapse to full depravity, the Black Mass of the worship of death, the dedication of your consciousness to the destruction of existence.
Ayn Rand identified seven virtues, chief among them rationality. The other six, including justice, she considered subsidiary because they are essentially different aspects and applications of rationality.
I’m sure enough of this that I put my money where my mouth is.
The prior election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system. (This doesn’t necessarily include deposing Joe and Hoe and putting Trump where he belongs, but it would certainly be a lot easier to fix our broken electoral system with the right people in charge.)
Nothing else matters at this point. Talking about trying again in 2024 or 2026 is pointless otherwise. Which is not to say one must never talk about this, but rather that one must account for this in ones planning; if fixing the fraud in the system is not part of the plan, you have no plan.
This will necessarily be piecemeal, state by state, which is why I am encouraged by those states working to change their laws to alleviate the fraud both via computer and via bogus voters. If enough states do that we might end up with a working majority in Congress and that would be something Trump never really had.
Lawyer Appeasement Section
OK now for the fine print.
This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.
We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.
And remember Wheatie’s Rules:
1. No food fights 2. No running with scissors. 3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone. 4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns. 5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded. 5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty. 6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy. 7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire. 8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.
This time around the major beating happened on Thursday with gold dropping almost 40 bucks, then climbing 22 dollars on Friday. Silver took at least a 3 percent hit, too.
The SteveInCO Federal Reserve Note Suckage Index (FRNSI) stands at 114.486+. (This index is the ratio between the price of gold today, versus the value of the dollar defined as dollars per ounce when we had the gold standard, minus 1 (so that an index of 0 means the dollar is at its original value and doesn’t suck at all). I use that clumsy phrasing because the dollar was defined as a certain amount of gold, such that an ounce of gold was $20.67. It’s a subtle distinction. One ounce of gold wasn’t worth $20.67 back then, it was $20.67.)
This Rejoice & Praise God Sunday Open Thread, with full respect to those who worship God on the Sabbath, is a place to reaffirm our worship of our Creator, our Father, our King Eternal.
It’s also a place to read, post, and discuss news that is worth knowing and sharing. Please post links to any news stories that you use as sources or quote from.
In the QTree, we’re a friendly and civil lot. We encourage free speech and the open exchange and civil discussion of different ideas. Topics aren’t constrained, and sound logic is highly encouraged, all built on a solid foundation of truth and established facts.
We have a policy of mutual respect, shown by civility. Civility encourages discussions, promotes objectivity and rational thought in discourse, and camaraderie in the participants – characteristics we strive toward in our Q Tree community.
Please show respect and consideration for our fellow QTreepers. Before hitting the “post” button, please proofread your post and make sure your opinion addresses the issue only, and does not confront or denigrate the poster. Keep to the topic – avoid “you” and “your”. Here in The Q Tree, personal attacks, name-calling, ridicule, insults, baiting, and other conduct for which a penalty flag would be thrown are VERBOTEN.
In The Q Tree, we’re compatriots, sitting around the campfire, roasting hot dogs, making s’mores, and discussing, agreeing, and disagreeing about whatever interests us. This board will remain a home for those who seek respectful conversations.
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.”
God’s Protection
Ultimately, our protection comes from God. In times of physical and spiritual attack and in threatening situations of all kinds, those who trust in the Lord find Him to be a strong Protector. “He shields all who take refuge in him” (Psalm 18:30). Here are some other passages that emphasize the protection of God:
“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance” (Psalm 32:7).
“You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great. You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way” (Psalm 18:35–36).
“You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word” (Psalm 119:114).
“Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! . . . But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high” (Psalm 3:1, 3).
Under the Old Covenant, God promised physical protection to His people, the Israelites, as they kept the law (Deuteronomy 7:11–26). That divine protection extended to keeping them safe against the nations that would come against them as they entered the Promised Land: “I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you” (Exodus 23:27, NASB). Here we see God protecting those whose actions accorded with His foreordained plans and purpose.
Psalm 121 is a wonderfully encouraging song for those who trust fully in God. The psalmist first identifies that his help comes from the Lord of all the earth (Psalm 121:1–2). He then instructs us on the attentiveness of the Lord toward His children—the One who never slumbers is on duty night and day (Psalm 121:3–6). Finally, the psalmist assures us that the God who watches us will keep us from harm and that He oversees all our activities now and forever (Psalm 121:7–8).
Individuals who knew the protection of God include David (Psalm 18:3; 54:7; 138:7); Noah (Genesis 7); Daniel (Daniel 6); and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 3). God’s protection was even evident in Job’s life. Yes, Job suffered many trials as a result of the attacks of Satan, but God established boundaries that Satan could not cross. Satan was limited to doing only what God allowed, and nothing more (Job 1—3). Through all the misery and afflictions Job endured, God was protecting him from greater harm. God also protected Job’s faith, allowing Job to be tested only so far before He stepped in and spoke to Job (Job 38—42). Job could not see God working behind the scenes, but he came to understand that God’s protection is sure and faithful. God promises His people, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (see Deuteronomy 31:6; Joshua 1:5; 1 Chronicles 28:20; Hebrews 13:5).
In Scripture, God used several means of protecting His people, including angels (Psalm 91:11–12), fire (2 Kings 1:9–10), floods (Judges 5:21), escape routes (Acts 9:24–25), royal decrees (Ezra 6:11–12), pagan armies (Acts 23:23–24), and insomnia (Esther 6). God’s power and creativity are unlimited.
God’s promise of protection does not guarantee that we will never know pain or loss. Job’s story shows us that, although God is able to deliver us out of every physical calamity or trouble, it may not be His will to do so. Sometimes He uses trials to purify us. At these times, we should “count it pure joy” because, by allowing trials, God tests our faith to develop a deeper faith so that we persevere and grow to maturity and Christlikeness (James 1:2–3). Protecting us from trials is not always beneficial to us.
Also, God does not always shield us from the results of our own sins or the negative effects of the sins of others. Our world is fallen, and we endure its hardships. Many in Jesus Christ endure persecution (2 Timothy 3:12). Jesus assured His disciples, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). In every situation, however, God remains in control, and our sufferings have a limit. God will not allow us to be tested beyond our ability to bear it (1 Corinthians 10:13). “The waves may toss and roar,” God says, “but they can never pass the boundaries I set” (Jeremiah 5:22, NLT).
The promise of physical protection is not ours under the New Covenant; rather, our focus is on God’s spiritual protection against the enemies of our soul. For our spiritual protection, God has given us spiritual armor (Ephesians 6:10–18) and His own peace to guard our hearts and minds (Philippians 4:7). The essence of God’s protection is the eternal indwelling of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:21–22). It is this protection that Paul had in mind when he wrote, “The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen” (2 Timothy 4:18). The Romans could do their worst, but Paul had confidence that “to be absent from the body [is] to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8).
The believer is sealed for the day of final glorification (Ephesians 1:13–14). No matter what happens in this world, heaven is our home. We are spiritually safe. “Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit” (Jeremiah 17:8). We draw near to God and trust His protection. We invite His work in us, knowing that He will accomplish His good purpose in our lives (Romans 8:28–39). xhttps://www.gotquestions.org/protection-of-God.html
For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
My apologies for the delay. Tonight was a comedy of errors.
Check back later; I will insert a commentary. [It’s posted.] Right now I just need to get this posted as fast as possible.
What is it that feeds our battle, yet starves our victory?
January 6 Tapes?
Where are the tapes? Anyone, Anyone? Bueller? Johnson??
Paging Speaker Johnson…this is your conscience calling you out on broken promises.
Alternate Presidents
Back in 1991 or 1992 (copyrighted 1992 but oft-times that is a book printed just before then) an anthology titled Alternate Presidents (edited by Mike Resnick) was published. It contained 28 stories of “what ifs” on presidents including Franklin instead of Washington, and other even more ridiculous cases (such as Goldwater winning in 1964, which was basically impossible).
The cover art is sheer genius. It’s Thomas Dewey holding a copy of the Chicago Tribune that reads “Truman Defeats Dewey,” an exact reversal of the real photograph (shown below), with Truman displaying a quirky sense of humor. (This has been called “the most famous political photograph in history” though in the fullness of time it might be supplanted by something from last Saturday.)
That story is a lot more realistic. It could easily have gone the other way; that was a squeaker of an election. Of course this book came out well before the Gush/Bore debacle of 2000.
Realistic alternate history is a fun parlor game. There was a long series of novels by Harry Turtledove exploring what might have happened if a Confederate soldier had noticed his commander dropping the plans for Antietam; the idea being that the entire Civil War had hinged on that little mistake. (The first of the novels was set in 1881, with a second war being set off when the Confederacy purchased Sonora and Chihuahua from Mexico; they continue through World War I (which had the US, Germany and Austria teamed up against France, England and the CSA; the US ended up occupying Canada and two CSA states). I was never able to finish the series because the WWII-analog stories never came out in paperback.
It must be spooky to realize that someone has lived through a moment that just through sheer happenstance steered history in one direction versus another. I say “it must be spooky” but now we know that feeling.
And we may well have seen such a moment last Saturday. Certainly if Trump wins, takes office and has a successful term of office, rather than just being another four-year-long speedbump on the road to an imposition of a kakistocratic dictatorship on America, we will look back on July 13 as such a moment. If he hadn’t had to look at that chart…if the assassin(s) had just fired a second earlier…if that first bullet had been one inch to the right…well, you can probably write more variants.
An inch, or a second, that made all the difference in the world.
News Flash
Today, it is still the case that Joe Biden didn’t Win.
I realize that to some readers, this might be a shock; surely at some point things must change and Biden will have actually won.
But the past cannot actually be changed.
It will always and forever be the case that Joe Biden didn’t win.
And if you, Leftist Lurker, want to dismiss it as dead white cis-male logic…well, you can call it what you want, but then please just go fuck off. No one here buys that bullshit–logic is logic and facts are facts regardless of skin color–and if you gave it a moment’s rational thought, you wouldn’t either. Of course your worthless education never included being able to actually reason–or detect problems with false reasoning–so I don’t imagine you’ll actually wake up as opposed to being woke.
As Ayn Rand would sometimes point out: Yes, you are free to evade reality. What you cannot do is evade the consequences of evading reality. Or to put it concretely: You can ignore the Mack truck bearing down on you as you play in the middle of the street, you won’t be able to ignore the consequences of ignoring the Mack truck.
And Ayn Rand also pointed out that existence (i.e., the sum total of everything that exists) precedes consciousness–our consciousnesses are a part of existence, not outside of it–therefore reality cannot be a “social construct” as so many of you fucked-up-in-the-head people seem to think.
So much for Leftist douchebag lurkers. For the rest of you, the regular readers and those lurkers who understand such things: I continue to carry the banner once also carried by Wheatie. His Fraudulency didn’t win.
Let’s Go, Brandon!!
His Fraudulency
Joe Biteme, properly styled His Fraudulency, continues to infest the White House, we haven’t heard much from the person who should have been declared the victor, and hopium is still being dispensed even as our military appears to have joined the political establishment in knuckling under to the fraud.
One can hope that all is not as it seems.
I’d love to feast on that crow.
(I’d like to add, I find it entirely plausible, even likely, that His Fraudulency is also His Figureheadedness. (Apparently that wasn’t a word; it got a red underline. Well it is now.) Where I differ with the hopium addicts is on the subject of who is really in charge. It ain’t anyone we like.)
Justice Must Be Done.
The prior election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system.
Nothing else matters at this point. Talking about trying again in 2024 is hopeless otherwise. Which is not to say one must never talk about this, but rather that one must account for this in ones planning; if fixing the fraud is not part of the plan, you have no plan.
Lawyer Appeasement Section
OK now for the fine print.
This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.
We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.
And remember Wheatie’s Rules:
1. No food fights 2. No running with scissors. 3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone. 4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns. 5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded. 5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty. 6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy. 7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire. 8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.
This Rejoice & Praise God Sunday Open Thread, with full respect to those who worship God on the Sabbath, is a place to reaffirm our worship of our Creator, our Father, our King Eternal.
It’s also a place to read, post, and discuss news that is worth knowing and sharing. Please post links to any news stories that you use as sources or quote from.
In the QTree, we’re a friendly and civil lot. We encourage free speech and the open exchange and civil discussion of different ideas. Topics aren’t constrained, and sound logic is highly encouraged, all built on a solid foundation of truth and established facts.
We have a policy of mutual respect, shown by civility. Civility encourages discussions, promotes objectivity and rational thought in discourse, and camaraderie in the participants – characteristics we strive toward in our Q Tree community.
Please show respect and consideration for our fellow QTreepers. Before hitting the “post” button, please proofread your post and make sure your opinion addresses the issue only, and does not confront or denigrate the poster. Keep to the topic – avoid “you” and “your”. Here in The Q Tree, personal attacks, name-calling, ridicule, insults, baiting, and other conduct for which a penalty flag would be thrown are VERBOTEN.
In The Q Tree, we’re compatriots, sitting around the campfire, roasting hot dogs, making s’mores, and discussing, agreeing, and disagreeing about whatever interests us. This board will remain a home for those who seek respectful conversations.
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.”
Are There Angels Among Us?
Throughout Scripture, we see numerous instances in which angels were an integral part of God’s plan. One verse alludes to the possibility of angels walking among us today: “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2). The obvious reference is to Abraham, whose angelic visitors appeared to him as men (Genesis 18). This verse may or may not confirm that angels are indeed walking among us unawares; “have shown” is past tense, so present-day encounters are not explicitly mentioned.
There are dozens of scriptural examples of angelic encounters, so we know that God can and does use angels to accomplish certain things. What we don’t know for sure is how often angels allow themselves to be seen by people. Here are the basics about angels from the Bible: angels can instruct people (Genesis 16:9), help people (Daniel 6:22), deliver messages to people (Luke 1:35), appear in visions and dreams (Daniel 10:13), protect people (Exodus 23:20), and help carry out God’s plans.
We know that God created angels, and He uses angels in His plan. Angels have a sense of individuality, as some have names (such as Gabriel and Michael) and all have different responsibilities within the angelic hierarchy.
But do they walk among us? If God so chooses to use them in His custom-made plans for us, yes, they absolutely can walk among us doing God’s will. Angels are mentioned in Genesis and in Revelation, and they witnessed the creation of the world (Job 38:7). God has used His heavenly host from the beginning of time and will still use them at the end of time, according to Scripture. It is quite possible that many people today have met or seen an angel without realizing it.
If angels do walk among us, it is because they are serving a God-ordained purpose. The Bible mentions demons who wander the earth with no purpose other than to destroy (Matthew 12:43–45). Satan and his demonic force can probably appear physically, much like holy angels can. Satan’s purpose is to deceive and kill. Satan “masquerades as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14).
An important note: angels are not to be glorified or worshiped (Colossians 2:18). They are entities who carry out God’s will, and they refer to themselves as “fellow servants” with us (Revelation 22:9).
Regardless of whether we actually experience angelic encounters, the most important thing is that we experience salvation through Jesus Christ. He is beyond all angels and all humans, and He alone is worthy of worship. “You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you” (Nehemiah 9:6). https://www.gotquestions.org/angels-among-us.html
