“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
With a blend of humor and seriousness, like any good bar, we celebrate this grand re-opening of WOLF’S PUB on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2021, by actually opening near closing time on Christmas Eve Eve, but what the heck.
IT’S ALMOST CHRISTMAS.
While our beloved bartender takes a needed break of unknown duration, we will ENDEAVOR TO PERSEVERE.
I will admit right off the cricket bat that this here substitute bartender doesn’t know jack shit about alcohol compared to our regular one, so he’s going to have to substitute some rather wild and crazy concoctions for the drinks, seeing as he does have some experience with ALCOHOLS OF THE WRONG KIND.
And while we’re at it, THANK GOD FOR INDIA, and another alcohol with medicinal applications!!!
Washington : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs President Donald Trump as Modi departs the White House, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Washington. AP/PTI(AP6_27_2017_000035B)
Truthfully, some of the best ideas in science are to be found at local pubs, when the research groups go out and have enough beer and wine to begin saying what they REALLY think about this or that.
So WHO KNOWS what fascinating things might be said in Wolf’s Pub on a Thursday or Friday night?
But first, let’s get the RED TAPE out of the way.
VERBATIM, from the regular bartender.
HOUSE RULES
God bless us, every one! Tiny Tim had such a beautiful soul. He hadn’t a mean bone in his body…unlike most of us. But in keeping with Christmas, we promise to honor Wolf’s rules and keep Scrooge at bay. The Utree is where the Ghost of Christmas Present will conduct you should you need to rattle some chains. Another option, should all hell break loose is here.
Now, back to business.
AMEN!
And TGIF!
And thus a moment of thanks to ALL our contributors, current, past, and future!
H/T DP for this one!
Current Art On The Wall
Every bar needs some art on the wall, and seeing that we’re a virtual bar with access to millions of digital counterfeit prints, you may find more than just “Dogs Playing Poker”. That said…..
A Late Nod To Hanukkah
I totally missed Hanukkah this year. I was planning on doing a post, but this year, Hanukkah fell PRECISELY during my bout with Delta, and my quarantine period afterwards, and I just blew it off.
Well, better late than never.
Indeed, I think it’s pretty cool that I was “counting the days” during my illness – with Hanukkah falling on “Day 2” – the height of my illness – and finishing on “Day 9” – completely recovered and feeling great.
I love these pictures of President Trump and FLOTUS Melania – she really looked happy at this White House Hanukkah celebration.
Nothing can take away the FOUR GREAT YEARS of the Trump Presidency. Nothing. They will live forever. And for some weird reason, the story of Hanukkah reminds me of the story of the Trump Presidency.
And THAT story is not over yet!
Vaccine Stuff
This is just an image! Don’t click it!
If you have not seen the video of President Trump with Candace Owens, then give SUNDANCE a click (below) and watch the video over there. Hat Tip to WSB for alerting me to this great video. She also has a comment over there, and HERE, too. Be sure to watch to the end! You won’t regret it.
This week has seen quite a bit of WTF, one might say, with “Dear Leader” “Chidin’ Biden” wagging his Bill Clinton FINGER OF NO SLEEPY NO CREEPY at the unwashed unvaxxed, but we’ve got better things to do, than to listen to that lying old coot.
Go sniff somebody else’s hair, Fake President! #FJB!!!
How about, instead, I drink a bit too much ginger ale, and tell you all how I believe Bill Gates sabotaged hydroxychloroquine? With the aid of some people who we all know VERY well? Have a seat! It’s quite a story.
How (IMO) Bill Gates Sabotaged HCQ
You all are the first to hear this story.
Let’s start off by listening to two Steves – Bannon and Hatfill – talking REALITY about OMICRON.
The “traveling vaccine”, as Dr. Hatfill calls it. This is short – 4 minutes.
So this guy understands the DUPLICITY – the SABOTAGE – the DECEIT – that actually goes on in science.
That duplicity is well-represented by the recent guilty verdicts against the former Chairman of the Harvard chemistry department, Dr. Charles Lieber. You know – that guy who was helping the ChiComs with their “Thousand Talents [OF SILVER] Program”, and hiding his take from the feds.
NEW: Harvard professor Charles Lieber was just found guilty on all 6 charges related to lying to the FBI & concealing his lucrative ties to CCP’s Thousand Talents Program & Wuhan University of Technology while receiving millions in funding from NIH & DOD.https://t.co/EfyxXzv0gp
The thing is, I discovered even MORE about how HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE was knifed in the back by the enemies of truth.
Do you all remember that GREAT video on Vitamin D in preventing COVID-19?
Well, this Doc, Roger Seheult, has ANOTHER video that I was looking at, where he talks about the vaccines. And you have to be wondering “GREAT! Is he PRO or ANTI vaccine?”
I would say that he’s definitely PRO-VAX, but not BLINDLY so. More like – the vaccine is a tool, and he’s gonna use it. He treats patients – they’re young and dying – he’s very emotional – he wants to save them – and he believes the vaccine helps. So he tells people – get the vaccine.
He’s also marginally supportive of research on ivermectin, but he’s NOT gonna buck the system by advocating current use. He does NOT seem to have very much discernment about DECEIT and CORRUPTION in science, IMO. He’s a bit of an innocent, or even a chump, just like most people in science, who think the whole thing is a zone of trust, relatively free of deception and trickery.
Here is the video.
This is actually really good stuff, but if you’re looking for ammo against vaccines, this is not it. This is more like a “good doctor” trying to convince you – with mostly good data – but in some places weak data – to take the vaccine.
I can almost see it. ALMOST. But not quite. Not for me, certainly. My “medical advisor” who says “what in the HELL happened to contraindications and the VERBOTEN status of vaccination during pregnancy?” says “NO”.
HOWEVER, if you’re looking for where the pro-vax side is WEAK and DEFENSIVE, this is also a great video. You can see where they’re in trouble, and where they’re avoiding things, and where they’re grasping at straws. It’s very edgy scientific detective work, but I read these people pretty well.
More on THAT stuff in a full post to come.
This dude doesn’t want to lose his channel. Bottom line. But you can read past some of what is said.
So first, BEFORE we get to the BIG CRIME, a small sidebar.
Sidebar: Dr. Geert is Right Again
There is a slide in Doc Rogers’ video that PROVES ONE MORE TIME that Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche is TOTALLY RIGHT.
Dr. Roger is showing this to us, to emphasize that younger and younger people are being hospitalized with COVID now – that pediatric cases are increasing, as Delta is taking over. This is part of why the DOCTORS are pushing to vaccinate kids. They’re getting more and more young adult, teen and pediatric cases in the hospitals. It’s an emotional strain on them to watch young people die.
But there is a problem.
MASS VACCINATION ITSELF IS CAUSING THIS PHENOMENON.
This is EXACTLY what Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche has been warning about. EXACTLY.
People have got to start listening to this dude.
Bill Gates’ CEO, who is advising Joe Biden, was an adjunct professor of epidemiology. Surely she can understand Geert. But she’s also on Pfizer’s board. That’s a problem. A real conflict of interest. Geert is an epidemiologist, and he is predicting all this stuff like clockwork. Maybe she should take a listen.
BUT – back to the story…..
Of the ASSHOLES who are pushing vaccination…..
By INTERFERING with science…..
By UNDERMINING science at the most basic levels.
So you see by that example – the slide of hospital age groups – what is so great about these sorts of videos is that these docs and experts will pop out the convincer graphs and references, and you can either screen capture like above, or GO TO THE SOURCE.
OR go somewhere ELSE they don’t want you to look.
So LATER in this Dr. Roger video, immediately after a rather prog-chauvinistic, hand-waving excuse why certain positive foreign studies of ivermectin should be dismissed (pure Fauci shade-throwing – go to 1:22:30), he mentions some American study – which was NOT LancetGate – that he says disproved hydroxychloroquine.
He just throws that in as an aside – but that’s BULLSHIT.
HCQ isn’t GREAT, but it works when given very early, it has saved MANY lives, and there is simply no doubt about it, at this point. So the good doctor is LOSING credibility with me right there. He’s following close, but he’s not following close enough, because he’s clearly trusting NIH, CDC, and Fauci.
He’s a chump – and he can be fooled by flowing along with the similarly chumped mainstream of science. He’s inside the big deceit – he has no reference frame.
So what IS this study that “disproved” HCQ? Screenshot:
This thing was called the “Together COVID Trial”. And it’s still out there.
These ad hoc COVID trials have been taking place in CANADA and BRAZIL – both of which make Suspicious Cat *immediately* purr “serious communist problems in both places” – and if you recall that French communist, Agnes Buzyn, who very stealthily took HCQ out of OTC status in France, you understand that this is significant.
Union communists and other embeds make GREAT footsoldiers. They’ve infiltrated medicine – they’ve infiltrated science – they’ve infiltrated universities, and hospitals – and they do the dirty jobs, where a spy would otherwise be required. My first exposure was in a university scandal, and that was just the beginning. I’ve had to deal with top-shelf university science commies on this very site. They tried to pull a really fast one on us, back at the beginning of COVID. They are dead serious in this big attempt to install WORLD COMMUNISM.
ANYWAY – back to the story.
At THAT point, I remembered something Bill Gates said on TV – the ONLY time he mentioned hydroxychloroquine. He said that “WE” would have to do studies on it.
As soon as I heard that, I rolled my eyes. Oh, yeah. FOX in the freakin’ hen-house.
“We have to STUDY the chickens.”
What a joke.
I have always felt that Gates was behind Surgisphere and LancetGate, the biggest hit job EVER on hydroxychloroquine, which was retracted, but I have yet to find evidence of his involvement – and I have looked several times.
HOWEVER, it turns out that Gates WAS behind the studies of hydroxychloroquine that killed people by overdoses, while giving it too late to save them.
Yeah. That’s convenient. That combination of two crucial errors is diagnostic for a very professional scientific kill job, BTW. When you REALLY want it dead, wooden cross and silver bullet. A scientific double-tap.
See? You learn something every day.
So I’m thinking – well, maybe GATES is behind THESE STUDIES.
So then I go looking to see who is behind them, and this is what I see.
AH! So who’s that?
I went after “Rainwater” first, because I was thinking “Oh, yeah, baby – this sounds like the Tides Foundation” – that being the “charity” by which John Kerry and his rich wife send all kinds of seed money to left-wing operations.
But I check it out, and it’s just some Texan good old boy named Rainwater who left his fortune as a foundation, and at worst, the money got pointed to help Gates by some lefty kid or nephew. More likely an alumnus story or something like that.
The way this org is set up, the people who choose the grant proposals get a gazillion begs, from which the operation can pick and choose. And there is nothing that can prevent a secret reach-around where the choosers or their puppets can SEND THEIR OWN PUPPET PROPOSALS INTO THE SCAM.
See how that works? Very slick.
So who funds the begs?
The grants are currently supported by: Arnold Ventures, The Audacious Project, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, John Collison, Patrick Collison, Crankstart, Jack Dorsey, Kim and Scott Farquhar, Paul Graham, Reid Hoffman, Fiona McKean and Tobias Lütke, Yuri and Julia Milner, Elon Musk, Chris and Crystal Sacca, Schmidt Futures, and others. AWS has contributed compute credits.
OK. This is so easy, I’m gonna leave some of these names for everybody else. But this thing is so full of “usual suspects”, it should be a movie.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is Facebook, which incidentally had – until right after COVID was released – a BOARD MEMBER and DIRECTOR who happened to be the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – a lady named Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellman – who recently joined the board of Pfizer – and is also now one of Joe Biden’s presidential science advisers. I mentioned her above.
Hellman was appointed to the social media platform’s board in March 2013 and served as it Lead Independent Director from June 2015 until October 30th 2019, shortly before the first reported case of COVID-19.
Is the Directed Evolution of Variants – Something Deeply Understandable to Joe Biden’s Science Advisors – Being Abused by the Corporate-Government-Academic Axis? Yeah, you remember that one! Several hat tips to Sundance on this one, too. It’s now becoming very clear that the mercenary Bill Gates getting involved with healthcare was one of the LAST …
So we have BILL GATES linked to, and MARK ZUCKERBERG and his CHICOM WIFEY funding, a study that tried to take down HCQ, and certainly seems to have influenced a lot of doctors against it.
SMART. Influence the docs, but do it quietly and behind the scenes – so there’s not so much outrage stirred up like LancetGate, which outraged the scientific community, and caused those two journal editors to squawk excuses in the “leaked” telephone conversation.
Less visibility, but more long-term effect. I really think this is why a lot of doctors “gave up” on hydroxy.
BUT WAIT – THERE’S MOAR.
Who else is behind Fast Grants?
CHOOMER RASPUTIN – a.k.a. Jack Dorsey, of Twitter.
It’s a small world at the top of the COUP, ain’t it?
BUT WAIT – THERE’S MOAR.
Who’s the last person on that list? It’s not who you think.
“AWS has contributed compute credits.”
AWS is Amazon Web Services. That’s the CIA. So THEY’RE handling the computers in some way. They likely had INSIGHT into all the trials.
Does this all make sense now?
Good.
Now – I have not looked at this paper yet, which knifed HCQ in the back – nor have I looked at one of the Together Trial studies of ivermectin which they also did, which found no utility.
I’m sure I will look at these papers at some point, but I’m lazy, and it’s late, and my wife wants me to go to bed.
But with these tips, I’m certain that some intrepid HONEST scientists out there will now find obvious problems with the studies. Because they’re gonna be there, trust me.
This is the state of science. It is extraordinarily manipulable. And one of the BEST ways to manipulate it, is to FUND IT, and then have access and control that is hidden from the public.
That’s life in the big city.
Bottom line – I think this is one piece of the puzzle of how hydroxychloroquine was taken down. MULTIPLE HITS by Bill Gates. The man was NOT taking any chances.
Christmas Eve
I could let this post end with a story of science corruption, but that’s not how things end. That’s never how things end.
You see – there was this guy named Jesus, and he was all about bringing GOD (or G_D, if you prefer) to the low-lifes. The tax collectors. The prostitutes. The immigrants. The wise guys. People like me. People like the people I understand. People like us. People like all of us.
There are a lot of things I could talk about, relating to the Kingdom of Heaven, and how it’s a lot closer than people realize, but what’s funny about THAT, is that it’s a lot like some of the things we run into here, in our efforts to shine the light of Truth on things.
The small stuff is easy to write off, and the big stuff is protected by unbelievability.
But nevertheless, I won’t give up, trying to get others to see the beauty of it all.
That the big party really is there.
That we’re all invited.
And that it really is ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS.
I don’t approach Christianity like most people. I use the Bible to try to understand the nature of reality. I try to understand what Christ was telling us at a weird and deep level, because I’ve found that his “thought experiments”, if you will, were always consistent on many levels of interpretation, and they help me to see – with more beauty and less words – what he meant.
I trust now for different reasons than I trusted before, but I still trust.
Anyway, Christmas is a time to reflect on Christ. And interestingly, this year, it’s really working for me.
I hope I can help you to do the same!
Merry Christmas, friends and neighbors. Posters and lurkers. Believers and skeptics. Allies and enemies.
There’s room for you all at a certain place in this town. Or very close by.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Yes, it’s Monday…again.
But that’s okay! We’ve been REJUVENATED BY VICTORY!
Free Speech is practiced here at the Q Tree. But please keep it civil. We’re on the same side here so let’s not engage in friendly fire.
If you want to have a two-way tirade, there’s always The U Tree.
And if you find yourself locked out, please drop a message on The Q Tree Backup.
Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.
Please pray for our real President, the one who actually won the election:
Gotta say – REALFLOTUS looks SHARP no matter what the occasion!
Having passed Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day, as well as the various oddball Aztec morphs thereof……
……we now approach the next major holiday of consequence…..
Whoops! That’s a little later. Let’s try that again…..
Whoops! Too early. One more try…..
THERE we go! Yeah, I absolutely love this image, so I’m warmin’ y’all up!
So what are we going to do for Thanksgiving warm-up music?
First, let’s lighten the mood!
OMG, I can’t watch that twice. No wonder children are becoming Tik-Tok zombies.
Let’s try something a LITTLE BIT more mature……
NOPE! Not mature enough for DA WOOF. Let’s add a few years.
Thanksgiving Eve electronica in Brooklyn (probably highly unvaccinated) not working for you?
Doesn’t look like much senior seating there. Think I’m stayin’ home.
Hmmmmmm……
Yeah, that’s a bit too commercial for this boy.
OK – time to get serious!
ARE WE THUS THANKFUL?
AMEN!
But remember this…..
Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
It sucks and there are new outrages each day.
Good GRIEF! Make it END!
And after that first drink, we can pour another..…
…..or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
SOME GAVE ALL.
Will WE be part of the AVALANCHE?
YOU KNOW THE TRUTH.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And WE will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
a wide or thick ankle that appears indistinguishable from the lower calf. Plural: cankles
Used in a sentence:
So, is this movie [Definitely, Maybe] a big wet kiss to Hillary, reminding us of her husband doing her wrong and trying to evoke sympathy for her (she’s not mentioned or shown in the movie)? Or is it a reminder of what we’ll get more of from wanna-be First Lady Bill Clinton in a future Hillary Rodham Cankles White House? SOURCE
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Yes, it’s Monday…again.
But it’s okay! We’ll make our way through it. WITH STYLE.
Free Speech is practiced here at the Q Tree. But please keep it civil. We’re on the same side here so let’s not engage in friendly fire.
If you find yourself in a slap fight, we ask that you take it outside to The U Tree.
And if you can’t get in due to technical difficulties, try The Q Tree Backup.
Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.
Please pray for our real President, the one who actually won the election:
Thankfully, Halloween is just a memory, and All Saints Day is here.
We won’t be TOO sacrilegious….
…..so, in a show of unity of all who follow Christ (yes, but location, location, location)……
…..Let’s try three versions of an Irish classic written by A SAINT, just to make sure we’re doing this right!
First, the version that got into my feed somehow (along with the above) and hooked me on this song.
But THAT’s not real Irish! THIS is real Irish! Well, almost! Nashville is certainly closer than Hollywood!
And did I say ALL saints? Yes I did!
ARE WE THUS STRENGTHENED?
Good.
Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
It sucks and there are new outrages each day.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
SO WHY NOT BECOME PART OF THE AVALANCHE AGAINST THIS EVIL REGIME?
YOU KNOW THE TRUTH.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And WE will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Day:
usurpatious
usurpatious is an adjective which means…having the quality of usurping or being an instrument or part thereof, that is to say, claiming, appropriating, commandeering, expropriating, or otherwise taking or making use of anything under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Used in a sentence:
Barack Obama is the living and breathing embodiment of the REASON for Article II, Section 1 clause 5 of the Constitution. He is the ultimate PERSONIFICATION of a usurpatious counterfeit Anti-American and Marxist lying demagogue. SOURCE
“If you weaken and falter in your patriotic duty – and you will – in defense of your own freedom, and the freedom of us all, then look to your parents, your ancestors, and all those who went before – who in all their imperfection, gave you the freedom with which you were born. Yes, it is possible, for you, too, to make a stand.”
OK, to be honest I had Zero plans to write this post when I woke up “today”. In fact I’d been hoping to take advantage of my solo weekend to wrap up a post or two I’ve had in draft mode for months, but it appears that they’ll have to still wait. My hunters will be home soon…
This journey started out by reading Carl’s beautiful Sunday post.
Being very moved by the teaching he shared I wanted to look up the source material by John Piper AND finally came to a page that appears to contain much, or even all, that Carl shared, here:
In the course of searching for the actual message, & not just other people’s blog posts about Piper’s teaching that was apparently given at some type of conference, a few interesting links popped up. One looked to be addressing how seemingly Piper weighed in on the 2020 election & from the couple lines of text visible at the search may have spoken against Trump. I was curious so went to read that article too.
What a surprise to discover that the article was more about promoting the vax from the pulpit rather than steering people away from Trump during the stolen election. Hmmm
OK, so this post is NOT trying to attack John Piper as a man, a Christian, nor as a theologian. I’m trying to steer clear of my own biases, which is obviously impossible. In reading the search engine thumbnail descriptions it appears that Piper is affiliated with the Baptist church, which makes my “legalism radar” perk up. I’m just being honest, I have issues with legalism that go way back & have a (possibly misplaced) perception that Baptist takes might hover in the legalism domain…so grain of salt going forward here…
Here are a couple places where I’ve addressed legalism, & the other end of the spectrum, the prosperity gospel, for context on some of my thinking in these arenas…
So, back to the issue at hand. I like to think of myself as a Truth-seeker AND a Truth-teller. So let’s see if we can unearth some Truth in the controversy before us, namely shilling for the vax from the pulpit. Whom the Son sets free is Free indeed!
Let’s look into John Knox’s Not The Bee article a bit first. Per his opening remarks he appears to be a Conservative Christian, who is perhaps comfortable with MAGA & Trump’s leadership.
“I’m not here to slander John Piper. He’s a brother-in-Christ and a man who has, by all accounts, picked up his cross daily to preach the hope of Christ and Christ crucified to a broken world.
With that being said, Piper has come to some odd conclusions in recent years, starting most notably with the idea that voting for the worldly bravado of Donald Trump was just a [sic] morally wrong as the utter institutional corruption, unfettered support of abortion, and woke totalitarianism of Joe Biden.”
Let’s dive into Piper’s perspective without immediately referring to Knox’s take & see what might jump out…
Here is his opening & yikes he’s seeming like a Pro-vaxer from the outset, not just pro-freedom (in Christ).
“My aim in this article is to encourage Christians to be vaccinated, if they can do so with a good conscience and judicious medical warrant.
The people I have especially in view are those who are not vaccinated because of fear of being out of step withpeople they respect, and in step with people they don’t admire. My message to them is simple: You are free.
So, I am not talking directly to everybody. If the shoe fits, put it on, check your conscience, consult your doctor, and go get vaccinated. If it doesn’t, go tearfully and cheerfully on your way. Tearfully, because over 4.5 million people have died from COVID-19 worldwide (including over 700,000 Americans). And cheerfully, because Christ makes it miraculously possible to love people by being “sorrowful yet always rejoicing” (2 Corinthians 6:10).”
So I’m pretty close to an anti-vaxer for numerous reasons now. It would be nearly impossible to read consistently here at The Q Tree & not be Extremely Concerned about the many & manifold dangers of the so-called Covid vaccine. Obviously Piper is coming from a very different worldview, though we Might be somewhat similar in our Christian biblical foundational viewpoints. Some of what he said above strikes me as manipulative, which is a big red flag to me!
Below is a comment written before the Plannedemic was on the scene with some vaccine concerns I expressed elsewhere, for perspective, but we’ll just stick with the Covid “vax” concerns today:
So Piper cites a number of sources that all seem to show that being unvax’d is Way more dangerous than being vax’d. Obviously here at the Q-Tree we consider material much more wider afield & also take into account the numerous reports, medical, scientific, & anecdotal that expose Much of the danger of the clot shots. It appears that Piper is unaware of this alternative & alarming material. Here’s his take, shudder:
When people respond to this increasingly clear reality by pointing to untrustworthy and disreputable government and medical leaders, I respond, “That’s a non sequitur.” The team called “vaccination” just made a first down, even if monkeys are holding the chains. For friends around the world who don’t know American football, that means a win is a win even if all the coaches and referees are incompetent.
Piper’s take on freedom is interesting & I encourage you to read it for yourself. He then lists a series of considerations to ponder as one decides for the shot or not. He doesn’t elaborate on those issues, even the implications of fetal cell lines, though he does link to a YouTube video on the topic. I have no idea if Piper is a pro-lifer or not, but at least he brings up that fetal tissue issue, though by implication doesn’t apparently consider it an impediment to Christians taking the “vax”. He appears to have made up his mind to take the shot & seems to be freeing, or even persuading, his parishioners to do the same–concerning!
Now let’s consider Knox’s other cited material that is opposed to Piper’s take before returning to Knox.
James White, the author of the above, pulls no punches & calls Piper out for his writings AND remarks on the election & the shot! Here is White pointing out what many Q-Treepers might consider to be quite obvious.
God’s ownership of our bodies implies our own stewardship thereof, which is why many of us take serious issue with experimental genetic therapies with record-breaking reports of adverse reactions, including death, with no long-term studies relating to safety (cancers, fertility), for a disease with an average mortality age above life expectancy and a mortality rate of less than 0.5%.
Further from White, bold is my take:
…there is the arrogance of the secular worldview that actually leads man to believe he is wise enough, while remaining in rebellion against his Creator, to meddle with the very essence of his being (genetics). When such arrogance is joined with a lust for power and dominion, it becomes deadly.
So the bulk of the article, comprising numerous biblical citations about freedom, is not the issue. Instead, the problem is found in the section that reads like a Pfizer promotional advertisement, and then the application portion at the end.
White’s wisdom & Piper’s naivety are on display in this next quote from White (not italicised to preserve his presentation):
“From late October of 2020, as word about the technology that is behind the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines came out, I have stated that I would consider use of these vaccine [sic] once three and five year safety studies had been completed. Prior to 2020, this would have been considered a sober, even mundane position to take. You do not do genetic manipulation at “warp speed,” especially when the threat you are seeking to counteract is one that almost always requires multiple co-morbidities and results in an age of death equal to or above life expectancy. But we do not have such data, and with how this one particular disease has been handled, we have good grounds to wonder if we will ever have geniune [sic] data in the future. The VAERS database, maintained by the CDC, has catalogued record numbers of negative results from the vaccines, so it is now regularly dismissed as “untested” (the irony is palpable) by the media. The amazing reality that we are now counting deaths with the Covid-19 as the same as deaths from Covid-19 has resulted in massively inflated numbers, numbers Dr. Piper repeats without comment, and uses in his final argumentation as well. The fact is we are playing with dangerous and unknown long-term impacts with these types of experimental1 therapies. Dr. Piper does not even acknowledge this reality.”
Here is the material for the footnote #1 above & a reference to further work by White (an 8 page pdf). This appears to be a level of truth AND integrity to be much admired & emulated, yet too rarely seen!
1 Yes, they remain experimental. The FDA approved the Pfizer jab without public comment, fundamentally altering the entire process. Video exists of Anthony Fauci in 2019 (Milken Institute found on CSPAN2) lamenting how long it would take to get these kinds of vaccines approved. Given his own role in the Wuhan lab, gain-of-function funding, etc., the reality of the situation is clear.
“Many studies are now showing efficacy rates below 50% and dropping for these vaccines. But the UK report is even more dangerous. We are now seeing that the vaccines are inhibiting the natural ability to produce antibodies against not just the well-known “spike protein,” but against the shell of the virus as well. Our bodies provide not only a much more robust immunity (as all studies are showing, and which Dr. Piper misrepresented when he said natural immunity is “as effective as vaccination immunity” when it is actually 13 to 27 times greater), but it is a much wider immunity, responding to more of the structure of the virus. This study is telling us that vaccination degrades our natural immunity, leaving us even more exposed to future infection.”
And this treat from White on Piper!
“He then provides one of the most disappointing lines in the article: “You have pondered the likelihood and unlikelihood of conspiratorial conjectures.” Without defining his meaning, or providing examples, Piper does us no favors. Is the recognition of the cooperation of Big Tech and Big Pharma with the extreme leftists in political power resulting in the transfer of literally trillions of dollars of wealth a “conspiratorial conjecture”? Are the banishments from social media of medical experts who are warning about dangers fictional? We are not told.”
Winding down toward his conclusion White displays both insight AND wisdom:
“It is undeniable that the vaccines are not a solo issue. They are coming to us after mask mandates and church closures and pastoral imprisonments and before the next onerous demands from governments drunk on the power that inevitably comes from the rise of secularism. The secular state is far worse than the ancient pagan context of Rome (which was bad enough), for by its very definition it must be ultimate in all things as there is no Creator. Why Piper does not see the role the vaccines play in the overall demands of the newly empowered totalitarianism I cannot say, but it is not the first time he has missed the role a particular element plays in the whole. Mean, arrogant tweets are, in the overall scheme of things, significantly less important than the fact that the Biden regime is intent upon forcing your children to celebrate drag queens and likewise just as intent upon taking control of every aspect of your life to force you to live in denial of the lordship of Christ. What Piper has missed, badly, is the role these vaccinations play in a much bigger, much more basic movement into a technologically based, chemically and medically controlled secular totalitarianism.”
Obviously it is easier to resonate with White, at least for me. So let’s return to Knox. Piper is presented as
“…either unable or unwilling to see past the veneer of Everything is Fine™ that’s been peddled by the leftist politicians, the woke media, the “progressive” academy, and the neo-Marxist Big Tech offices.”
Knox reminds us to consider the source AND question conclusions drawn from faulty data & assumptions:
“As a math professor once told me, even if your calculations are 100% correct, your solution will be insanely wrong if your starting premises are off!”
Honestly I did enjoy reading all three pieces. Knox was my intro to the other two & his framing & take is invaluable. Piper was who I’d been searching for in appreciation of the Wonderful Teaching Carl shared with us today (now yesterday). Piper was shallow on facts but deeper on scripture in his writing compared to what the other two shared, but both Knox & White were addressing Piper’s factual fallacies more than his biblical prowess. Because I was reading Piper’s article as more of a vax skeptic, I found some of his scriptural insights to work on me in the opposite way than where he was going in his applications. White was factual, truthful, & masterfully insightful on both human nature & the creeping totalitarianism in our societies. I resonated with his take & hope to read further of how he also might “rightly divide the Word of Truth”!
I guess I would prefer to just hear from Piper on scripture, not social issues. Because White & Knox are seemingly aligned with my worldview they are more comfortable reads to me when addressing social &/or cultural concerns. Knox is an easier, quicker read, so he’s a good place to start. White dives in deep & dispenses truth, wisdom, & integrity quite liberally. Piper would do well to stick to biblical truth & could expand his sources of information so he has a better grasp of what is Really happening in the world today.
Now let’s turn to the reason for this post’s title, since many Shepherds (pastors & other leaders) are seemingly leading their flocks of Sheep to the metaphorical, if not literal, slaughter.
I’m going to share Ezekiel 34 in a moment, but this is how thinking along those lines developed, in the comments section on this excellent post by Wolfmoon:
There are markers in the vaccine, AND they are testing (using useless PCR) for infection, AND they are taking DNA.
All bases are covered. The sheep will see the “testing for viruses” part and be satisfied. The lions will see the markers and the DNA theft and walk majestically away.
They are flailing around trying anything they can think of to trick the lions into submission.
But I am a lion, and not subject to such gaslighting trickery.11 Reply
EXACTLY! That’s what I’m thinking. The small cheese was the vaccine in as many as possible. The BIG CHEESE was “everybody gives their DNA to the globonazis just to travel”. The really big cheese behind the scenes is “now we can modify and study every single person like a lab animal”. When we talked about being “controls”, they rubbed their hands in glee. “We can use that! We can surely use that!” The trick THERE is to foil that plan – to say “No, KlauSS. No DNA for you!”
One of the things they would surely be testing for would be immune function. Shedding. OMG. There is so much modification and study of us possible.
cleverly disguised as “peace and safety” for all !
and coming soon…
marker
sounds like mark.
but we’re not quite there just yet.
the UN’s Sustainablity crap + the 2030 Agenda + the WEF + the Vatican + the Covid/Climate Change tyranny…and the global compliance to all of that…is creating Alinsky style chaos.
they will need all the chaos they can manufacture…so that…
the machiavellian psychopath man of universal “peace” can show up, and quell all the chaos…
by then, ppl of the global village will have become rendered compliant enough so as to readily take the mark which will require, not just relinquishing our privacy, but something much worse : our souls.
to worship that man of lawlessness, perversion & lies.Last edited 7 days ago by smiley29 Reply
We would be stronger if the Church leaders around the globe including Pop would stand with God’s people. They are not for a second time in history the past 80 years. They failed God and humanity and will be judged more harshly for selling out God and Christ for a lousy bag of silver.4 Reply
The whole 34th chapter of Ezekiel is profoundly applicable Right Now!
Ezekiel 34 New International Version The Lord Will Be Israel’s Shepherd 34 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? 3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. 4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. 5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.
7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.
Let’s add the rest of Ezekiel 34 (that wasn’t included in my original comment above) for perspective:
11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.
17 “‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24 I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken.
25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a] I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. 27 The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. 29 I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 31 You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
Footnotes
Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed
VC housekeeping note, footnotes from Bible Gateway show up as numbered here though they are lettered within the biblical text, please make adjustments (a=1, etc.).
I was going to expound on that passage but I think at this point it might be best for the Word of God to speak to your own heart as He wills…
Here is an example of a church that has gone overboard in the wrong direction, way beyond Piper’s vax persuasion. They wouldn’t allow the unvax’d to enter nor apparently work there, even those with medical or religious exemptions. I really hope the majority of the remaining flock got saline instead of the real clot shot!
Closer to home there have been disturbing trends. Our old home church seemed to go pretty overboard on Covid craziness. Earlier we visited to support a family member’s music ministry. At that time masks were strictly & personally enforced by deacons or elders, significantly impeding worship AND fellowship. They had Covid stations w/ hand sanitizer & masks positioned by entrances & strategically elsewhere in the building. Thankfully, over the summer the restrictions were relaxed as in people were encouraged to wear masks rather than “required”. At our daughter’s wedding there in August only a very small minority, like 2% of attendees, were pretty consistently masking.
My parents’ very large & prosperous church went through a season of only having online services. They spent exorbitant amounts of money to install various health measures including outfitting multiple gathering rooms w/ microbe killing lights, I believe. Since they also operate a Christian School they may have been proceeding with an abundance of caution. The online services were a blessing to my parents who may continue to do church that way when health or weather issues make attendance an hour away from home much more challenging. More churches having an online presence AND broadcasting services can be one of the seeming few positive changes since Covidiocy has mesmerized global sheep & tantalized totalitarians!
My husband has been very activie in music & leadership in a local church that might best be described as “seeker-friendly” & more youth oriented. This church is part of an extended church plant ministry in Michigan & most of the leadership are on the young side too. Michael, my husband, got one of our sons involved in music ministry there & our daughter-in-law was active in the children’s ministry. M & son got quite close to a Conservative Christian church employee who grew increasingly frustrated with various “woke” aspects of leadership that he was unable to sway whatsoever, even though he was on the church board. He finally moved out of state, largely to escape what was becoming toxic church culture.
Our son chose to leave because he couldn’t stand the mask mandates that were pretty heavy-handed for many months. Our daughter-in-law lost her motivation when they shut down all of the children’s ministry areas due to Covid lies. This church has had an extensive youth & children’s ministry & much outreach to the community. What had been a welcoming atmosphere, complete w/ complementary coffee & treats, turned into a desert of fear, in so many ways. Talk about serious mixed messaging…
My husband’s experiences with music there were becoming so frustrating compared to pre-covid freedoms. Significant enforced masking. No access to normal musician hang out rooms before or between services–much interpersonal ministry had occurred spontaneously in that environment previously. No longer were refreshments provided for the worship team (nor the church at large, for that matter). In fact they often had to wait in their cars when they weren’t on stage or in the service. Michael would hit a nearby drive-through & pick up cheap breakfast food to share with his team but it wasn’t even close to the same.
I attended service there at Easter & M had to RSVP so the church would have a head count & not get overcrowded. I’m not sure if they were attempting to limit numbers due to “social distancing” or what. Our son wasn’t able to make the RSVP cut so he stayed home on Easter, again. I refused to wear a mask & nobody called me on it, which was a relief. There were Many empty chairs so our son could likely have come too but the “restrictions” made the concept of joyfully coming into the House of the Lord pretty foreign–Tragic! Compared to the previous Easter, when virtually All Michigan churches were closed, this was an “improvement”. What a very twisted way to disrupt the celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection, the very lynchpin of the Church’s existence. Surely just accidental tyranny–NOT!
Although my husband Loves being a part of that music ministry AND has developed a number of quality relationships that have extended beyond just fellowship within the church walls, he has stated on numerous occasions that if that church ramps up the Covid crap again he is going to have to leave.
Churches bowing to government lies, tyranny, AND deception is transforming the natural areas of ministry that should be unfettered and subject to the leading of the Holy Spirit, Not the permission of The State! To see a pastor, like Piper, shilling for the death shots is beyond horrifying to me. Having ubiquitous masking & promoting fears & isolation & a lack of human contact (touch, hugging, holding hands to pray, shaking hands to greet others, laying hands on others in prayer &/or fellowship, facial expressions, etc.) are all destructive of the church & in effect are putting the Light of Christ under a metaphorical bushel.
Early in the Scamdemic when our dictator in the Governor’s mansion (Gretchen Half-Whitmer, to quote Trump) banned churches from being opened, or even people leaving their own households, we had a House Church service in our home. People from Four different households attended (family & pending family) and we were technically in violation of some illegitimate “mandate”. It was joyful, liberating, moving, godly, AND surreal. I wondered if we were, as a society, on the cusp of seeing the church driven underground, like in China or ancient Rome. Honestly our home church service was more meaningful & powerful with God’s presence than Any church building service I’d experienced in Many Years (my issues, not necessarily the church’s “fault”).
If driven underground The Church, The True Bride of Christ, will survive AND thrive…& suffer significantly…
In contrast to some of the above, other family members have been blessed to discover a vibrant & growing church about an hour away that did not bow the knee at Any level to the “pandemic” paralysis. Apparently this church has been on the front lines in fighting against illegitimate powers & even has some legal eagles in the congregation that have contributed significantly to clipping the Nazgul’s wings (Gretchen Whitmer). Standing up to tyranny may be One of the key factors why this church is growing so much right now.
I went to the church’s website to see if any of their Covid “activism” featured prominently, and it did not. Here is a link to an article from earlier in the scamdemic that quotes the pastor & gives context to his decision to keep their church open against manifest pressure from the system. It’s interesting given our hindsight view on much of what was happening then.
Another distant family member, on the other side of the state, has recounted how her small community church has fared during the Covid manufactured “crisis”. Her church stayed mostly open, didn’t mask, & didn’t do social distancing. Many people got sick AND now have natural immunity. Many congregants are well-versed in alternative healing approaches to Covid & have been helping to bring healing to their community whenever the illness kicks in. I’ve shared some of her approaches here before & hope to do so more fully in another post…eventually.
Alarmingly on Detroit area TV there are a number of pastors featured prominently in Michigan propaganda pieces trying to still convince the masses of the importance of taking the clot shot. Every time I see one I think of Margaret Sanger’s desire to keep the “uppity” “undesirables” from thinking for themselves & not getting abortions. Basically the de-population agenda is still finding “spiritual shills” to sell their snake oil!
OK I went looking at Michigan.gov to see if I could find an example commercial featuring a faith leader & found this document on fetal cells & the “vax”. At the bottom are links to various faith organizations statements on the topic. I would guess the state isn’t linking to anyone who objects to the “vax” but am not taking the time to check. All of the links say Catholic or Vatican except the Charlotte Lozier Institute.
It looks like in order to view one needs to download the file. The top one tries to convince pregnant women the shot is safe. The seventh video features one of the pastors lamenting people dying alone. From the second from the bottom on page 2, link below, there is a spot on “keeping the faith”.
Just even considering this material makes me feel like I need to take a shower. This is like the PR campaign to convince people to willingly enter the Nazi cattle cars & showers, bringing about their own destruction!
Here’s an example of the kind of pastoral leadership I would much rather see!
Here’s the larger scene preceding that one:
I’ve spoken/written numerous times about movie-quoting as a language in our family, including at my inaugural Q-Tree post immediately below. Comments are closed now, but well worth reading. If someone might care to comment there is a copy of that post on my main blog, Special Connections, also below.
Oh for a protective, patriotic pastor’s heart to arise in these dark days! Here is a possibility. I haven’t watched this video in full just share it for your consideration…It’s almost 2 hours & from earlier this month. Interestingly You Tube won’t allow that video to embed…hmm…just a glitch in the matrix surely!
Here is an appropriate warning from scripture for those who presume to teach others.
James 3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly
I went looking for some scriptures that might be applicable & encouraging in these dark days, here is truth!
2 Samuel 22 New International Version
David’s Song of Praise
22 David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said:
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; 3 my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield[a] and the horn[b] of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior— from violent people you save me.
4 “I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies. 5 The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. 6 The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
7 “In my distress I called to the Lord; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears. 8 The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens[c] shook; they trembled because he was angry. 9 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. 10 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. 11 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared[d] on the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness his canopy around him— the dark[e] rain clouds of the sky. 13 Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth. 14 The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. 15 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them. 16 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of breath from his nostrils.
17 “He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. 18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. 19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support. 20 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
21 “The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God. 23 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. 24 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. 25 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness[f] in his sight.
26 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, 27 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd. 28 You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low. 29 You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light. 30 With your help I can advance against a troop[g]; with my God I can scale a wall.
31 “As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. 32 For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? 33 It is God who arms me with strength[h] and keeps my way secure. 34 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. 35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 36 You make your saving help my shield; your help has made[i] me great. 37 You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
38 “I pursued my enemies and crushed them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. 39 I crushed them completely, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet. 40 You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me. 41 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes. 42 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the Lord, but he did not answer. 43 I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.
44 “You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me, 45 foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me. 46 They all lose heart; they come trembling[j] from their strongholds.
47 “The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior! 48 He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me, 49 who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me. 50 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
51 “He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him. 9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. 10 He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside. 11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. 12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. 13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away. 14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night. 15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful. 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.[a] 18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. 19 From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you. 20 In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword. 21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes. 22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals. 23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. 24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing. 25 You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth. 26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
27 “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
I’m searching for scriptures based on the word “rescue” AND there are Many. Here are more that leap out to me: Psalm 18; Isaiah 35; & II Peter 2. Also the many shared below!
Psalm 35:10My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them. ”In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Isaiah 50:2When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to deliver you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Isaiah 51:11Those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Jeremiah 15:20I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue and save you,” declares the Lord. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Ezekiel 34:10This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Ezekiel 34:27The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Daniel 3:28Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Zephaniah 3:19At that time I will deal with all who oppressed you. I will rescue the lame; I will gather the exiles. I will give them praise and honor in every land where they have suffered shame. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Acts 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.” In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Acts 26:16-18 New International Version
16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. Iam sending you to them 18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
As you can see from the numerous scriptures shared above God’s Word is full of hope for us all! Please dive in for yourself & see how God might speak directly to you in your hour of need from His Word!!!
Here is the passage I was originally searching for, Absolutely Applicable to pastors, leaders, AND to us all!
Proverbs 24:10-12 New International Version
Saying 25
10 If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength! 11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. 12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
God grant us the wisdom, grace, AND strength to speak the truth in love AND to rescue those who are “staggering toward slaughter”.
Well God Bless you AND thank you for reading along with these thoughts today. I hope you are encouraged, inspired, AND challenged to go forth boldly proclaiming grace And truth. In Jesus Love, Valerie
VC note on use of AND throughout. This is a bit of an inside joke at The Q-Tree as Wolfmoon is fond of using the term “AND logic”, as in many times things aren’t either or but more like both AND…
PS, if this post has blessed you an earlier post reflecting on God’s intervention in our battles is below:
Torba Fights Back Against German Censorship, Refuses To Block Access To Gab Or Implement Speech Regulations
“Why should we block an entire country from accessing Gab because their government is sending us fines we won’t pay and veiled legal threats that mean nothing to Gab as a US corporation?”
Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, has declared that he will neither restrict German IP addresses from his accessing his site, nor implement German censorship regulations, following a demand from the country’s government.
Andrew Torba had initially thought he would go along with the much more practical route of blocking German IP addresses. I was OK with that…. kind of….. but it BOTHERED ME.
Evidently, it bothered Torba, too. Enough that he changed his mind.
HALLELUJAH!!!
This is EXACTLY how to take a stand against GLOBONAZIS.
It is VERY instructive to read Andrew Torba’s open letter on his decision.
Please give that a click, although I am reproducing the letter here in its entirety for this site’s historical records.
This week we received a huge packet of documents with fines and legal threats from the nation state of Germany. Gab is refusing, and has refused for many years, to comply with the German Network Enforcement Act. Gab is a US company and as such we are under zero obligation to obey foreign laws from tyrannical governments.
For those unfamiliar, the Network Enforcement Act is a draconian German law aimed at combatting “fake news” on social networking websites. “Fake news” is of course, whatever the German Government says it is.
For example this week Facebook deleted 150 accounts belonging to an anti-lockdown movement in Germany, likely at the behest of the German government under the Network Enforcement Act.
Because of Gab’s unwillingness to participate in State-mandated censorship of free speech, the German government is now coming after our bootstrapped tech startup with heavy fines and other legal action.
Gab is not a lawless website. We work diligently to stop and prevent illegal activity from taking place on our platform. We have great relationships with many foreign countries who understand and respect our position on free speech and appreciate our zero tolerance for criminal activity. The German government isn’t concerned about any actual criminal activity, they are concerned with Thought Criminals who dare to dissent against their globalist regime.
According to our legal team, who has been working with us on this issue for several months, we have three choices.
Obey German censorship laws and start censoring content that the German Government doesn’t like (this is not going to happen)
Disobey German censorship laws and pick a fight with the nation state of Germany (I likely wouldn’t ever be able to leave the US again, they would come at us from every possible angle through state-sponsored deplatforming, heavy fines, they would possibly leverage contacts in the Biden Admin to come after Gab in other ways, and Lord knows what else.)
Temporarily stop providing this service in Germany by blocking German IPs.
I hate everything about these choices, which is why we went public with this information to gather feedback and consensus from our community on the topic.
The overwhelming majority of people have been very supportive of the third option. Our lawyers are suggesting this option. Our community is suggesting this option. I’ve had many people email me and reach out privately to say that this is our best course of action. We seem to have a consensus.
Yet it doesn’t sit right with me.
Ultimately as the CEO of Gab I alone need to make this decision. These are the types of decisions that define a man and make history. If we block German IPs to appease the German government that sets a precedent that other countries will want to follow. We are not IP blocking ourselves into a corner here. If the German government wants to stop German IPs from accessing Gab they can block us themselves.
Why should we block an entire country from accessing Gab because their government is sending us fines we won’t pay and veiled legal threats that mean nothing to Gab as a US corporation? I won’t be able to travel to Europe anyway because I’m not getting injected with an experimental substance. On the bright side I now have a huge stack of kindling paper for my wood stove this winter.
The reality is the German government has zero authority or jurisdiction over how we operate Gab. We have no corporate entity in Germany, we have no employees in Germany, and we are not German citizens. We are Americans.
In America you play by our rules, we don’t play by yours. Germany is a guest in our community and they will respect our values and way of doing things, not the other way around. I have nothing but love for the German people and they too deserve the fundamental human right to speak freely on the internet.
Our mission is to defend free speech online for all people, everywhere. Including in Germany. We will continue to do that, regardless of any threats from foreign governments. If we bow to Germany today, what’s to stop us from bowing to literal tyrants, such as those in Russia (like Google and Apple did just last week) or China (as Apple has done for years)?
In matters pertaining to serious crime, German police forces already know how to reach us, as indeed they have done many times in the past. We will continue to respond to those requests and provide prompt assistance to those police forces on a voluntary basis. What we will not do is restrict access to, or remove, content which is legal in the United States on or from servers in the United States.
As I write this today is the day the American Constitution was signed over 234 years ago. We must stand up now to defend it and fight for the freedoms enshrined in it, which come from God, for all nations.
I’m not sure what will come of this decision, but I will not make an important choice like this from a position of fear. I leave the outcomes of this decision in the hands of God Almighty and I pray that the German people will take back their country and freedoms very soon.
Until then: wir werden nicht nachgeben, “Nuts!”. (we will not comply, Nuts!)
This is the nature of true Christianity – as this priest describes in a too-long and badly titled video (talk about Fatima is less than a minute at the end), which nonetheless makes a FANTASTIC point near the beginning.
(H/T Gudthots)
Christ without the cross is NOT Christianity – it’s what SATAN offers as a cowardly substitute.
So we are going to have to stand up, and it will mean CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY.
This Sanctuary 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 you’re addressing the issue only, and not trying to confront 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.
Recently, we read about resting in the Lord, where that rest referred to a spiritual rest from confusion, worry, stress, useless human effort, and a break from all internal, external, mortal, and spiritual enemies. The Hebrew word translated as “rest” means “to be at peace,” “to be still,” “to be quiet or calm.”
In place of “rest in the Lord,” some Bible translations say, “Be still before the Lord” (ESV and NIV), “Be silent before the Lord”(CSB), “Surrender yourself to the Lord” (GW), and “Be still in the presence of the Lord” (NLT). These versions convey the essential idea that to rest and be at peace, one must dwell in the presence of the Lord, surrendered to His lordship.
A main verse referenced for resting in the Lord was Psalm 37:7 “Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him” which introduces waiting patiently for the Lord as a companion to resting in the Lord.
In the Psalms, Proverbs, and many other books of the Bible, we find commands to wait on the Lord” like this one: “Wait on the LORD: Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: Wait, I say, on the LORD” (Psalm 27:14, KJV). Most modern translations use “wait for the Lord.” To English readers, the idea of waiting on the Lord might seem like a passive exercise, but a closer study reveals that it’s nothing of the sort.
Patient, confident trust in the Lord is the central idea of the exhortation to wait on the Lord. The entire Psalm 27 is a prayer to God for help. It beautifully illustrates the meaning of waiting on the Lord. Throughout the psalm’s eloquent lines, David expresses authentic faith and courageous trust in God, based on his confident expectation that the Lord will rescue and save him in his time of trouble.
First, we see that we can wait on the Lord by trusting in Him. David expressed great confidence in the Lord, who was his light, salvation, and stronghold (Psalm 27:1–2). This kind of dynamic trust dispels fear and despair: “When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident” (verses 2–3).
We can wait on the Lord by seeking Him. David conveyed his trust in the Lord by longing to be with Him, to commune in God’s presence and worship in His temple: “One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple” (Psalm 27:4). In God’s dwelling place, praising and worshiping the Lord, David felt safe and secure: “For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock. Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD” (verses 5–6).
We can wait on the Lord through prayer, as David did in eager expectation of deliverance (Psalm 27:7–14). David asked God for wisdom, direction (verse 11), and protection (verse 12), wholly believing he would “see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living” (verse 13). Those who wait on the Lord can fully expect Him to fulfill their hope: “Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame” (Psalm 25:3, ESV).
Waiting on the Lord involves the confident expectation of a positive result in which we place a great hope. This expectation is based on knowledge of and trust in God. Those who do not know the Lord will not wait on Him; neither will those who fail to trust Him. We must be confident of who God is and what He is capable of doing. Those who wait on the Lord do not lose heart in their prayers: “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” (1 John 5:14). Waiting on the Lord renews our strength (Isaiah 40:31). Waiting on the Lord by trusting, seeking, and praying establishes our faith and brings serenity and stability: “I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him” (Psalm 40:1–3). As this passage affirms, waiting on the Lord is also a testimony to others who will see our faith and, as a result, put their trust in God.
Waiting on the Lord brings God’s blessings: “Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him” (Isaiah 64:4; see also 1 Corinthians 1:7).
Sometimes we might feel as though the Lord does not see or hear us—that He’s not answering our prayers. During these moments, we can put our complete faith and trust in the living God. We can wait on the Lord in eager anticipation, knowing that He is with us and in control of our lives. He will do what He has promised. He will rescue and save us. He is always working for our good, even when we don’t feel Him (Romans 8:28). Through patient, courageous, active trusting, seeking, and prayer, we can learn to wait on the Lord.
Why is waiting on God so difficult?
Waiting on God is not only difficult; sometimes it seems impossible. We want things to happen in our own timing, according to our plans. But God doesn’t operate on our schedules, and expecting that He will sets one up for disappointment.
Waiting on God means going without answers to prayer, wondering why the wicked seem to prosper, and having desires delayed and hope deferred. God has a greater perspective of life’s events, and His perspective, plans, and schedules are perfect and holy, because He is perfect and holy. The psalmist tells us, “As for God, His way is perfect” (Psalm 18:30). If God’s ways are “perfect,” then we can trust that whatever He does—and whatever His timing—is also perfect. When we grasp that fact, waiting on God is not only made less difficult, it actually becomes joyful.
The promises of God are clear on this matter—in waiting on God, we find our strength renewed (Isaiah 40:31). But we are human, and we live in a fast-paced culture that demands everything now. That’s one reason why waiting on God is difficult. Sometimes, the prayers we lift up to the Lord of Hosts are answered immediately, and that encourages us to further trust and confidence. However, sometimes the Lord’s answers are delayed. Over a period of time, the Lord tests our faith, and that’s when we can really struggle. We may even start to wonder whether the Lord is really listening to our prayers.
Waiting on God should not cause the believer to doubt or to worry. The apostle Paul exhorts us to not be anxious about anything (Philippians 4:6). The King James Version translates this as the command to be “careful for nothing.” This means we are not to be full of care over anything; we should be mindful of nothing that might cause concern, except to bring it to God in prayer. Anxiety in the believer suggests a lack of faith, and that grieves the Lord (see Matthew 8:26).
Waiting on God can keep us out of trouble. Abraham had God’s promise of a son through whom the covenant would be fulfilled (Genesis 15:4). Abraham and Sarah tried and waited, but they could have no child. Rather than waiting on God and His timing, they unwisely took matters into their own hands, and Ishmael was the result (Genesis 16).
One divine attribute that will enable us to patiently wait on God is His sovereignty. We can have complete confidence in His total, independent control over every creature, event, and circumstance at every moment in history. Subject to none, influenced by none, and absolutely independent, God does what He pleases, only as He pleases, and always as He pleases. Nothing can stay His hand: “I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please” (Isaiah 46:10). Once we better understand God’s sovereignty, coupled with His goodness, waiting for God to act becomes a matter of a child trusting in his father’s faithfulness, sure of his father’s strength.
Waiting on God is never easy, but we wait in the knowledge that God knows our situation, He cares for our needs, and He is good to the end. “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life” (Proverbs 13:12).
On this day and every day –
God is in Control . . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . . Keep Looking Up
Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.
“This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.” . . . “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
You will recall my prior message, which Deplorable Patriot has faithfully echoed for your benefit, during this time that I have maintained a certain radio silence.
Wolf Moon July 6, 2021 17:07 Thanking everybody for your patience. Whether happenstance, coincidence, or enemy action, I’m dealing with some technical issues. In addition to those, and the obvious spiritual attacks, I am dealing with the obvious site stuff in what are best maintained as unobvious ways.
I suspect we struck a nerve.
A combined technical / spiritual / strategic response by all of us will prevent this attack from succeeding. Hold the line – bite the bullet – gird the loins – bite the lip – pray for guidance, discernment, and strength – whatever YOU believe keeps the ship aright for the moment. Everything else is lower priority.
Deplorable Patriot suggests the following. I am not about to argue.
In that spirit, the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel from Tuesday’s threads, and the Breastplate of St. Patrick, not to mention the Litany of Humility are favorites recommended by exorcists in spiritual warfare.
I am now going to explain a bit more about what is going on. That will be the THIRD message. But I will post the above immediately and UPDATE during the next few hours, so that those who are locked out will understand and follow the procedure starting with COMMENTING ON THE U TREE.
The Third Message:
Now, I’m going to explain SOME of what is going on.
I start off by explaining the somewhat unusual security requirements of this site.
Our PURPOSE – stated fairly clearly from the beginning – is to provide a way for the GRASSROOTS – YOU – to post your thinking – CLEARLY – thanks to FREE SPEECH – where it can be seen by all. We don’t REALLY have secrets here – other than what is needed to preserve our freedom of speech. Thus, I don’t spend a lot of time doing that crap.
Obviously, we become a THORN in people’s sides, but I hope that this THORN is attached to one immortal CROWN, from which we HUMBLY DEFEND TRUTH.
See? It’s all a matter of perspective.
Anyway, during the recent friction (I’ll be kind) between various posters, I was made aware of certain (I’ll be kind again) “mischaracterizations” of posts and comments on this site.
In the course of this – and I do thank all who opined both openly and privately – it became clear that these mischaracterizations are not only an unacceptable danger to this site and our free speech – but they are related – in ways which may be innocent, but are not necessarily so – to other extremely consequential mischaracterizations.
NOW – here is where it gets REALLY interesting.
At that time I was paying attention to a growing security problem in the WordPress world, which has affected many sites – the “spam registration problem”.
We love our LURKERS – including those good and honest people who make sure our GRASSROOTS VIEWS are promptly and accurately reported to other good and honest people. Some of these lurkers are likely even a bit automated – frankly, we don’t really care. We’re the news now, so to speak, and people automate that stuff. It’s a fact.
Now there may be BAD LURKERS, too, but that just comes with the territory. Right? Shouldn’t be that much of a problem. If they don’t actually interfere with us, why should I care?
Whether people are carbon-based or silicon-based lurkers, we don’t really mind them registering on the site, either, so that they can be “subscribers”. That’s fine with me.
The problem for me was mostly that the volume of lurkers got bigger and bigger and bigger. That was bad, but livable.
However, more recently, things got STRANGE.
I started seeing a real uptick in RUSSIAN subscribers. Yeah, those annoying Russians. Just like DOJ, it’s pretty hard to say WHOSE SIDE they’re really on. Right? It’s like Star Trek or Babylon 5. Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians and Bejorans – or however you spell these names. They’re all just TROUBLE.
The thing is, the NUMBERS – sheesh – they were OUT OF CONTROL. I mean, it was bad. Actually, it was worse. It was EMBARRASSING. An EMBARRASSINGLY large number of weird Russian accounts following us.
But then I got to thinking about TIMING. Why right now?
And how do I KNOW if they’re really Russians? They could be anybody. False attribution is what everybody does. And even “real” attribution can have false intent.
BUT – one thing was clear. It LOOKED LIKE Russians.
So whoever was doing it, Russian or not, WANTED it to look like a whole bunch of Russians were following this site.
You startin’ to see what I’m sayin’?
And this is all on July 4th. I was seriously getting the impression that DODGE and FIB had been hoping for more “actionable riling up of us Deplorables” on July 4, and they weren’t getting it. Where “action” could be anything – provocation, intimidation, influence, control, STFU – whatever.
Now there was some other information I got that was really quite useful here, which nature I don’t want to get into, but I was starting to see some connections – NO MATTER WHAT. Whether it was a PLOT, or people just tipping HANDS, or just people displaying signs of INFLUENCE – something stunk about ALL this stuff happening at the same time.
SO – on the TECHNICAL FRONT – I decided to deploy one of the many wonderful solutions which are now available for this problem of phony and bot registrations.
On the SPIRITUAL FRONT – I decided to ASK FOR HELP – from all of YOU – and you all really came through. I want to particularly thank Sadie, who saw that the spiritual attack was such a large component of this.
And on the SITE POLICY FRONT – I decided that misrepresentations of posts or comments are not tolerable, and must be dealt with by a policy OTHER than “letting things just work out” – my primary weapon. We simply can’t put up with it.
Beyond this, I went through a little exercise of “gathering bona fides” – which was enough for me to feel comfortable with where things are now. I will NOT let this site or the people here be BETRAYED. This is not to say that I don’t have a certain amount of sympathy for MAGA Mom. I do.
Like I always tell people, my mother lived through Hitler. These times are very similar. We all have to make difficult decisions, that may put us on opposite sides.
ANYWAY, I figured that the combination of ENDING THIS CRAP and DISCLOSURE (which is what I’m doing now) would fix things – at least temporarily – for our little site.
Now here is where it gets even more interesting. And one might say that this is useful information from the “grassroots” for our special HONEST lurkers.
I knew there was something wrong with the “NSA” spying on Tucker Carlson. NSA spying is traditionally SO deep and so quiet that nobody ever knows anything about it. That’s the way they operate. Big, deep, huge, silent, and NEVER give even a HINT of the magnitude, or the IDEA that it might be abused. …
That little CHINA-LOVIN’ BOLSHEVIK, Andrew Weissmann? Tryin’ to stick Tucker Carlson with more “Russia, Russia, Russia” insinuations? At the DOJ/FBI abuse of NSA data level? While pretending to be patriotic?
Hmmmmm. Wonder what Mark Steyn might have to say about that.
Why, this whole thing about “Russia” reminded me of something.
Such bullshit. Framing, set-up, evil bullshit.
So I was thinking “Yeah, gotta get this shit taken care of.” We needed to deal with this crap a.s.a.p.
They could be FRAMING us. Right? They being – you know – the DNC-DOJ-FBI-CCP-HRC-CIA-“USSR” complex.
So while I was dealing with the technical solution, I discovered something really interesting. I discovered that we had actually TRIGGERED some of these horrible “contractors” that the DNC farms out to carry out their treachery. Not only did we trigger them – we triggered them into digging deeply into the bowels of the site.
Somebody put Mountain Dew in the Wolf’s water bowl, and suddenly he thinks he’s wild and free. Indeed, while being WALKED BY HIS DOGHANDED OFF TO HIS WIFELEASHED TO HIS {{{“SMART”PHONE}}}X///RUNNING WITH SCISSORS IN HIS MIND///X But not yet having waved to the patriots who overfly his house routinely to see the giant TRUMP SIGN …
I will admit that I loaded this thing up with bait – not the least of which was an asteroid explosion as the featured image. You know – those “violent” QAnons. I then sweetened with “Mike Flynn is gonna whip yo ass”, which is guaranteed to set DOJ-FBI “contractor” hair on fire.
A critical part of this bait was our discovery that one of the “QAnon experts” used by this legion of fancy-shoe coastal elite globalist scum had revealed prior knowledge of the Buffalo Jump.
Add that all up together, and YEAH – better get that security stuff in pronto.
Now here is where it gets even MORE interesting.
When I slapped in this solution, suddenly a gazillion attacks ran into a brick wall. The origins of the attacks were VERY enlightening. And the people who were getting into the deepest “stuff” were coming out of some VERY interesting places.
Wow! Looks like the CCP may have been using the Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA to steal US aerospace technology for years!
And, would you look at that – Leonardo SpA also happens to be in business with the same UBS Securities that infused $400 million into Staple Street Capital (owner of Dominion Voting Systems) just three weeks before the 2020 presidential election!
Makes you wonder – why is there an Italian affidavit alleging that Leonardo SpA’s Head of IT Arturo D’Elia admitted to taking part in a cyber hack of the 2020 election
Yeah. Hilariously, at the very moment I dropped the hammer on all the bullshit, we received and stopped five strikes into the Sacred Room of the Holy Grail, with one attack being from some nameless host in the middle of Chinese Flyover, and another one being out of Leonardo SpA in the middle of Italy.
Funny, that.
So, you see, all of this stuff is tying together, and it is VERY big-league.
I will just finish with this thought.
Fake Elections are a HUGE deal.
At this point, I think the people who have “depended on them”, to put it nicely, will do almost anything to protect the scammy black box from inspection.
The trouble is, for me, Fake Elections are a no-go. They’re completely unacceptable.
Plain Jane, who would come to the Q Tree and comment when she could, is now with the Great Physician. She fought cancer with unbelievable courage and didn’t flinch at trying different therapies. RIP.
Here is the brief message from IOTWreport, a site that Plain Jane held very dear. She turned me into an admirer of “Big Fur Hat” and the other denizens of that site. I thoroughly enjoyed the history of their little collective, which reminded me greatly of ours, only they pulled it off 10 years earlier, when it was much more difficult, both technologically and politically.
Big Fur Hat kept it short and sweet and to the point.
PJ, the sweetest, has passed, succumbing to cancer.
Knowing how Plain Jane adored that site, I am tickled knowing that BFH could do her no higher honor than giving Jane her own short, sweet, dignified post of au revoir.
Maybe someday I’ll search deeply to find the night (or was it early morning?) where Jane and I talked about IOTWreport and BFH. It was fun. It was a good memory. But I think I’ll save that for later, when I need it.
Instead, what I did now, was to go back and find her very first post. That was enough for now.
I knew that Jane was one of the very first posters on this site. What I did not remember was that she was one of the VERY, VERY, VERY first posters.
She commented on THE first post of the site. The very FIRST comment was by Curry Worsham, at 11:34 PM on September 18, 2018. Plain Jane commented at 1:51 AM (on the 19th), a little over 2 hours later.
Here was our conversation. Her first comment was (I calculated – the numbers are a bit offset due to site migration) the 28th comment on the blog.
Plain Jane Offline September 19, 2018 01:51
Congrats and thanks for founding this site, Wolf. While I can’t say that I understand Q, I totally enjoy reading others’ interpretation of his posts, and sometimes even try to figure them out myself.
Thank you! And really good, because I’m a great explainer of Q, but rarely on CTH – usually in personal discussions on Twitter. This way I can help people understand some of the things that maybe don’t make as much sense. And I do think a lot of fellow Treepers will be able to explain things much more fully here, and without worrying about drawing FLAK from Soros trolls, who I will boot immediately. We won’t allow any of that here.
This is not a site for basic decisions about whether or not to “stop making fun of Q-tards”. This is a site for advanced understanding of Q. Many of the people who mock Q on the Treehouse will be banned instantly.
Treehouse standards. Q is the center of focus. Very simple.
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Plain Jane Offline Reply to wolfmoon1776 September 19, 2018 02:04
This is an excellent idea, Wolfmoon. Q people need a place to chat. I no longer do twitter or facebook, so a blog is great for me to interact on. While I like the Treehouse a lot, I find it somewhat disturbing that more people (admittedly trolls for the most part) now hit at each other over their disagreements rather than pass a comment by.
I’ve been following Q for a while now and we tune into Praying Medic regularly for his insights. I very much appreciate that you have made a space for Q followers.
BTW, WordPress has a good history for leaving politics out of it. Anthony Watts of Watts Up With That (WUWT – fighting climate change nonsense) talked some years ago of how hacks and other attacks can’t get through to a WordPress site and also how they can handle large volumes of traffic, which is why he uses them. That stuck in my mind. As far as I know, he’s never been foiled by the enemy.
Cheers to you. I have bookmarked this site and will be a regular. Now to look at and appreciate your other link…
Thank you – great post! Hope to see you here regularly! And totally agreed about WordPress security. If it worked for the climate guys and Sundance, it will work for me. I mean US!!!
Hey Wolfmoon – Just saw your contact page. Haha – Neat! I love it. Okay, any chance of an open page every week or so for open chat? Or just when nothing much else is happening? I don’t want to go off-topic on any thread already up. I sometimes just feel a need for my buddies here and to be able to talk within the realm of general topics or just say “Hi”.
You’re welcome! I tend to be cautiously speculative, which I think is a good thing for filtering truth, but allowing people to explore possibilities. As I tend to think a lot like Praying Medic, there is some chance we’ll end up sounding dittoish, but still I hope that we will overall bring something new to the table, and thus sharpen the vision of MAGA as a whole.
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I had many wonderful conversations with PJ over the years. She was – sorry – IS – incredibly grounded. She told me about some of the volunteer work she had done – it was powerful testimony. She has the DRIVE of an activist but the COOL and CALM of a true conservative.
She will be missed in the here and now, but not in the spirit, because she is truly an inspiration, and perhaps one that I need right now.
“The advantage in life, in business, and in wartime goes to the competitor that does not flinch and does not broadcast his game plan.” -Gen. Michael T. Flynn
As you know, I have always preferred to conduct my operations out in the open, as I find this conducive to honesty, honor, virtues of all kinds, and general decency. I find that secrecy breeds all sorts of counterproductive things. For this reason, I avoid email, DMs, PMs, and chats, and try to conduct the vast majority of my business and communication through posts themselves and comments here or on Gab.
HOWEVER – after January Sixth – and studying the aftermath of that day – I will be following General Flynn’s advice. I will begin by NOT FLINCHING. I will be keeping as much as possible of my GAME PLAN AGAINST THE PROGZIS secret.
You may see me discussing TACTICS and TACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS out in the open, as usual, but I will be concealing STRATEGY from the enemy. My sharing of strategy with you all will be on an AS NEEDED BASIS.
LET THEM LOSE – meaning SAYING NOTHING – will figure prominently in my public strategy.
I have applied this to Nancy Pelosi – now it applies to THEM ALL.
There are lots of reasons I’m about to shut up about what’s going to happen, but one of the biggest ones is simply this. Now this quote’s EXACT FORMS have a very RICH history, but let’s not get distracted by that. Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat. Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first …
Now – here are some TACTICS. Let’s begin.
Because the leftists routinely eliminate our best stuff from the internet using their censorship, here are MULTIPLE versions of the Flynn statement to overcome their ERROR OF CENSORSHIP.
This little clip is actually from – as nearly as I can determine – a longer video collage which celebrated the PARDONING of General Flynn by President Trump.
Here is that video.
https://youtu.be/3hwPnDjwEas
You will find that most of it – particularly at the end – is a compilation of hilarious Trump memes – BUT – from about 1:45 to 4:00 minutes, you will find a wonderful collection of Flynn quotations and sound bytes taken from speeches.
Now – THIS is where I began to see that there was great benefit in paying attention to Flynn’s thoughts, both general and specific. There was not only a lot of overlap with TRUMP – there was a lot of overlap with Q.
We aren’t hearing much from Q lately, are we? But let’s be honest with ourselves – should we?
Maybe not. But in the meanwhile, IMO, studying FLYNN is the next best thing.
It is very useful to jump to a COLLECTION of Flynn’s quotations, here, to see even MORE congruence of thought between Flynn and Trump, and Flynn and Q.
Again, you will find that Flynn has much congruence with Trump on many issues (though not, interestingly, all of politics), and this is WHY Obama and the others were so determined to remove Flynn as Trump’s NSC. Likewise, their taking out of Rich Higgins and Ezra Cohen-Watnick makes all kinds of sense now.
The left wanted NO “fall-back” on national security policy – or “national insecurity insanity” in my opinion.
This was especially true in terms of gaining clarity on dealings with radical Islam – that of which we were no longer even allowed to speak under Obama.
The point, however, is really much bigger than JUST radical Islam.
Flynn’s point is a direct contradiction of a leftist imperative – that THE PARTY controls what exists and what does not. Note that this applied DIRECTLY to THE STEAL. To the normie masses, addicted to the MSM, “Election fraud did not exist.”
And yet notice how they also controlled what DOES EXIST, too, and EVEN FOR US.
Notice how THE CREEP ALI AKBAR – that WICKED POS – came in and ginned up the CONTROLLED “Stop The Steal” movement, then HERDED IT to the Buffalo Jump. Yes – the communists control what “does exist” for us, too. Even if we don’t want to admit it.
It’s SOVIET. Flynn is careful not to STATE trap words like “Soviet” or “communist”, but he teaches essential ideas that cut to the heart of the matter.
This podcast is a beautiful explanation of EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE NOW – but seen right before it happened.
Flynn CORRECTLY identifies the COST of FAILURE to “Stop The Steal” – and we are LIVING IT right now. Everything that Sidney Powell said we needed to do – that Flynn warns about in this interview – that Patrick Byrne explained – and that WEAK GOPe CLOWNS SURROUNDING TRUMP allowed to happen, despite the warnings – it’s all coming true NOW.
SO – why do we now need to study General Flynn?
It goes back to the title: Let A Thousand Plans Blossom
Allow me to explain.
SO – we have all been “trusting the plan” – right?
But what exactly WAS “The Plan”?
Was it just the Q drops?
Was it the Q drops minus any “disinformation”?
Was it the Q drops plus every brainless thought about flimsy numerology?
Was it the Q drops plus every speculation seeded by leftists counter-operatives?
Was the plan something BIGGER than what we were shown?
Did the plan ever CHANGE?
Did the plan ever RUN INTO TROUBLE?
Was the plan something other than what it appeared to be?
Was the plan a TRUST OPERATION?
Was the plan a TRUST OPERATION fought into a BACKFIRE?
Was the plan a FAITH OPERATION overplayed by the enemy into a TRUST OPERATION?
Now – I only asked that, so that you might realize that we ALREADY differed in what we thought “The Plan” actually was, while President Trump and Q drops were a CURRENT THING.
It has only gotten more ambiguous now that all the sliding goalposts have slid into the sea, somewhere off the coast of Syria.
But now I want you to consider something which EVERYBODY in the military quotes. It is often attributed to Colin Powell, but it is in fact a much older quote.
It is my contention that, no matter what you think “The Plan” either WAS or IS, it has CHANGED along the way. Unless you believe that GENERALS are wrong about plans surviving contact with the enemy, then you should likely agree that we are now dealing with a tactically different plan than what we were operating under, in October of 2017 – or even October of 2020.
Allowing plans to change – what Trump calls “flexibility” – speaks to a very important idea – something Trump doesn’t just HAVE, but also TEACHES – mostly by example. I once called it “Trump gravity”, but I think the more general concept is ANTIFRAGILITY.
Here is a very important discussion I had with Grandmaintexas about this idea.
And remember this – ANTIFRAGILITY WORKS BOTH WAYS.
“The main goal here is to develop a new typology of adversaries and to zoom in on those who get stronger when engaged in strategic performance. The paper draws upon the concept of antifragility, popularized by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book Anti-fragile: The Things That Gain from Disorder. I argue that depending on their reaction to strategic performance, adversaries can be put on a spectrum from fragile to resilient, to antifragile ones. To keep the scope of the investigation reasonably limited, the paper focuses on the effects of strategic performance on the adversary’s military capabilities rather on his will to fight. The first category describes the adversaries whose military capabilities shrink as a consequence of engaging in strategic performance. The second category is reserved for those adversaries who are able to replenish their military capabilities to the original position after engaging in strategic performance. The last category describes those adversaries whose military capabilities increase as a consequence of taking part in strategic performance. These are, of course, ideal types and their manifestations in strategic practice are less clear-cut.”
That was a really great read. That is actually very helpful, and hopeful in that I can now use that as a strategic metric to understand how “The Plan” was corrupted by various forces to reduce its capabilities of “teaching us to fight”.
Q was in essence an antifragility builder, which scared the scheming left, so they figured out ways to reduce its effectiveness. But now, learning FROM those efforts, we can actually make some quantum leaps in gained fighting ability – which is prime antifragility.
Not all will see this, but that’s OK. Booster stage will fall away, but many will realize it, and make the leap to the next stage.
The JE Dyer article that GA/FL posted shows that this is huge. By simply not allowing this election to be normalized, EVERYTHING changes. And that gets into what Grandma is posting from Vox Day – antifragility – TEACHING US TO FIGHT.
We cannot learn to fight by assuming somebody else is going to rescue us. And this resolves all questions about Q, and what Q really was, versus what was inflicted on the movement in a very deep and cunning fashion.
We have to go back to the drops themselves (DP does this regularly), and recognize that there ARE forces which understand the predicament, but they are UNABLE TO ACT without us becoming both STRONG and ANTIFRAGILE.
Mere belief in our destiny will not do it.
Flynn is the key. We HAVE to study his military strategy – not to PARROT it, but to USE it and EXTEND it. In searching for some of it, I keep getting IKE back from search engines, because the neural nets understand the relationship. That goes back to THE PLAN, including the parts we have to GUESS.
Rich Higgins in essence extends Flynn by correctly identifying the Red-Green axis and getting out from under the inflicted paradigm of not realizing who is really behind terrorism – who the enemy really is. Flynn forces realization of who the enemy actually is and the absolute necessity of such identification.
We ARE doing this already – embracing the complexity of enemy identification in a complex world. But we cannot rely on others to do our fighting. We must capitalize on winning strategies, and most of all, we must take to heart Flynn’s advice from that telegram message.
One is just a repeat at the end – and is the first idea of this post – that we should not give our GAME PLAN to the enemy. And I’m not. I’ve been SITTING on a lot of great strategy for the last week or so. Stuff I would normally talk about. Now nowhere to be seen. Stuff that will RAIN HELL upon the enemy.
Yup. MAGA Mom is asking what the big strategy is.
Sorry – I’m NOT sharing it, because it’s gonna NUKE these commies. But I will give you TACTICS, like Michael’s little doozy here:
In the event of loss of comms, find something communist and break it.
A second idea is the VALUE of UNYIELDING REJECTION of the FRAUDULENT ELECTION. Note what Flynn said: “I do not believe for a second that our country will accept Vice President Biden as the next President.” Yeah. Every day is proving that the rejection of Trump by leftists was NOTHING next to the current REJECTION OF ZUCKERBERG’S FRAUD.
Yeah, the commies may have been louder and even violent in their rejection of Trump. But our silence toward this mockery of a president is DEAFENING.
And a third is this.
Gab and Parler were both prescient as free speech networks before they were desperately needed. But why is GAB still standing as REAL free speech, and Parler was not only deplatformed, but came back “throwing in the towel” on free speech, with AI shadowbans in place?
Torba has referred – correctly – to Gab as being both robust and antifragile. Antifragile is a GOOD THING. It enables a movement to SURVIVE.
So how do we make our plan ANTIFRAGILE?
BREAK IT FIRST – AND OUR WAY
For THAT, we’re going to BEAT MAO AT HIS OWN GAME.
❀❀❀❀❀ Let A Thousand Plans Blossom ❀❀❀❀❀
We often hear the phrase “let a thousand flowers bloom”, or something similar, which is roughly attributed to Mao Zedong, but is typically used in a more capitalist, business, organizational, or “free thought” setting in Western society. It is something like a “call for democratic input”.
Now – here is what WOLF thinks about Mao and his Hundred Flowers Campaign.
Mao was a weak thinker, but an admirably persistent psychopath, hooked down to his SOUL on the greatest ideology of HATE and ENVY to ever rise from the BOWELS OF HELL. The parallels to Obama are uncanny, and BLM has both Mao and Obama written all over it. Obama hides his Maoism well, but not from THE WOLF.
As a cagey player, Mao saw all the possible outcomes of 100 Flowers, including things beyond his reach, but because he was pursuing a WEAK and universe-failing version of socialism, which cannot admit the existence and role of “God” and religion – even as abstractions and ideals of higher thought – he was playing a game he could not win. The 100 Flowers stratagem almost HAD to default into a trust operation, because Mao was not a strong enough thinker to modify Marx’s elite-born “sabotaged socialism” to even a TRULY “Chinese” version, much less correct the intrinsic failings of a crippled, self-worshiping system that turns politics into a faulty religion.
You think the dead white men were idiots, commies? Your “dear leader” is barely cold in historical terms, and he fucked up so badly, firing from his quiver full of dogshit, that all he could do well was KILL PEOPLE.
But hey – we can fix that.
If Mao had the expansively emergent advantages of TRUTH as a basis, available to religious thinkers like Christ – or more significantly Buddha and Confucius in his case – he could have tolerated even the NON-CONSTRUCTIVE criticisms generated by 100 Flowers, and would have likely created something broken but still semi-unifying like Titoism, rather than the sequential failures that he did, with 100 Flowers first degenerating into the intellectually self-defeating Anti-Rightist Campaign, and then into the democidal Great Leap Forward, and finally into the ridiculous failure upon failure of the Cultural Revolution.
100 Flowers simply cannot work for the commies.
Well, hold our THOUSAND BEERS, commies, as we toss a THOUSAND GRENADES into YOUR PLANS.
The advantage of fighting from the downside is that everything in THEIR POWER is a target, and you don’t actually NEED a unified plan to bring it down.
Sorry – let me restate that. You don’t even WANT a unified plan.
Just take THIS:
In the event of loss of comms, find something communist and break it.
And ADD COMMS.
Find something communist, break it, and show others how.
Now ACCEPT THIS. Not everybody CAN or SHOULD follow your lead.
You want to WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM? Be my guest.
You want to BRING THE SYSTEM DOWN? Be my guest.
You want to CONSTRUCT A PARALLEL SYSTEM? Be my guest.
BREAK COMMUNISM AND SHOW US HOW.
This is where I was starting to go earlier, with the idea that I’m not going to criticize what you’re doing, because it may work for somebody else. Even the hopium smokers NEED their hopium – let ’em smoke.
It is by us NO LONGER ALL BEING HOPIUM SMOKERS, THAT HOPIUM DREAMS MIGHT COME TRUE.
See?
We are BREAKING Q to make it ANTIFRAGILE.
EVENTUALLY – when enough of the REST OF US raise enough HELL HEAVEN, maybe their HOPIUM DREAMS COME TRUE, and “somebody” decides to act.
But until then, all we have to do is
FIND COMMUNISM AND BREAK IT.
Ironically, this is exactly what I’m doing here. 100 Flowers1000 Plans is not just taking communism’s FAILURE and broadcasting it – it’s beating them over the head with it – from every possible direction.
WE are actually “diversity-tolerant”. So why not use that STRENGTH to beat these fuckers to a PULP?
They are always looking for US to latch onto a cheap, easy, single strategy for THEM to counter.
Sometimes they even FEED THAT to us, like Ali Satan and his “Stop The Steal” trust operation.
STARVE THEM OF EASY OPTIONS.
Now – this is JUST TACTICS. It ain’t strategy.
Do I have one?
Oh, hell, yes, woman.
❀❀❀❀❀ Let A Thousand STRATEGIES Blossom ❀❀❀❀❀
I’ve got ALL of mine. How about YOU?
W
Today’s Menu
RULE ZERO: In the event of loss of communications, find something communist and break it.
RULE ONE: DO. NOT. FLINCH.
RULE TWO: Do not broadcast YOUR game plan.
RULE THREE: Break communism and show us how.
And HERE is your MORALE pep-talk!
“Do not lose hope. Do not give up.” -General Flynn
And – in my opinion – that even includes that bottle of hopium-laced wine, made famous in this interview, near the end. Whatever you BELIEVE – whatever you TRUST – WHOEVER you trust – don’t give up hope.
No matter how this plays out, the best is yet to come. –Wolf
I had hoped that this year, we would have a GREAT holiday season, like we almost experienced last year, other than the Phony Fake Impeachment featuring Polident and Pencilneck.
And then, suddenly, I realized that the commies have made EVERY YEAR a kind of hell for our side. But LAST YEAR, lacking the China Virus – their biological grinch – they failed really miserably.
President Trump and First Lady Melania had, in 2019, what was likely THE BEST Hanukkah celebration of the First Trump Term!
President Trump looked awesome, and Melania looked so good, the Jealous Left HOWLED in outrage, not quite sure what to criticize, but they did!
This year, it was interesting. The celebration was a day early (evening of December 9), and President Trump only made a late appearance. Some Fake News even LIED and said he didn’t appear, then did “updates” later to admit that he DID appear.
President Donald Trump spent his Wednesday White House Hanukkah party talking about the “miracle” he’s searching for after the November election.
“The Jewish people have endured a lot over the centuries but always overcame the most impossible situations,” Trump said after walking downstairs from the residence wearing a coat. “Miracles are possible. Maybe we’ll see one in the near future. Yes, we’re not giving up, and we’ll keep fighting to ensure four more years.”
NOW – listen to TWO videos from this little gathering, included in the article. They are VERY hopeful. It is really worth listening to their UPBEAT TONE!
The Jewish people have endured a lot over the centuries but always overcame the most impossible situations.
Miracles are possible maybe we'll see one in the near future.
VIDEO: Trump tells the crowd at the Hanukkah party that with the help of “certain very important people, if they have wisdom and if they have courage, we are going to win this election.” — remarks followed with loud chants of “four more years.” pic.twitter.com/FjCyFGOqPC
But you know – here is the thing. Here is the REAL Hanukkah gift!
Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations – a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East!
I truly believe that GOD IS WITH US, and will not abandon those who are faithful and serve His cause!
Matthew 5:9
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
Do you need a GODLY reason to WIN THIS THING?
We can elect TRUMP to FOUR MORE YEARS – and finish the job of securing peace and safety for Israel (and AMERICA – you know – as in AMERICA FIRST!) in these dangerous times, or we can stop HALF-WAY and go back to ENDLESS WARS with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
