This category includes personal thoughts about different topics in a creative hodge-podge of interesting- though-unrelated topics. From Biblical archaeology to politics to simply thinking-out-loud or sharing recent activities, you will find it here.
On my mind right now.
1-7-23: A True Remembrance of America’s Once-Common Lifestyle?
I read an article in The American Conservative with Casual Curiosity….then I was genuinely interested. Entitled “To the Republic for Which Wyoming Stands” author Marta Mossburg makes an opening statement that she thinks the state “is more like a separate nation” than a “full-fledged Member” of our American states. As I read her descriptions, I think Wyoming residents have consciously defined, and carefully maintained, a sense of identity and freedom which is quite interesting to read. There were several phrases which sounded somewhat familiar to my own childhood years ago, before California became totally whacko. Perhaps Wyoming has maintained the America that many of us only remember.
1-3-23: Short People are ‘Better’ for the Environment?
Being short, the outrageousness of the article caught my attention.
As reported by theblaze.com, “A New York Times guest opinion column published on Sunday claimed that “mating with ‘shorter people’ is a ‘step towards a greener planet’ since smaller individuals are ‘inherent conservationists.'”
Is this a move towards promoting “eugenics of the mini’s”? MATING? Really? Apparently, insanity comes in all sizes.
6-6-22: Cancer Therapy Using Monoclonal Antibodies Get Positive Results with Cancer?
This is amazing! Very little publicity on such an important discovery has me wondering…..why?
First reported (recently) by The Epoch Times, yournews.com shared an article excerpt reading, “A cancer trial has reportedly become the first in the world to completely remove the disease in every patient.” The study was originally published in the New England Journal of Medicine. General information on the anticlonal antibody treatment can be obtained from the National Cancer Institute.
10-22-21: You Tube is REALLY Banning, “Let’s Go Brandon” Videos?
Here’s my bias, stated up front: I think the “Let’s go Brandon” chants are pretty funny. I would prefer the phrase “Impeach Joe Biden,” but given the metamorphosis of the Brandon phrase, I actually like the G-rated re-statement of the “F**k Joe Biden” chants being heard at many football games right now.
However, I do have a huge problem with censoring any peaceful chants of “Let’s Go Brandon”–it determines and censors an intent, not the actual content….and that is a very, very dangerous road to start down.
As reported by beckernews.com, “YouTube has begun purging its massive video platform of all versions of ‘Let’s Go Brandon.’ The Google-owned video service, one of the largest websites in the world, has banned the popular song, censoring rappers such as Bryson Gray, Tyson James and Chandler Crump in the process.” Now, I’ll grant you that NASCAR driver Brandon Brown may have objections to being linked with an Anti-Biden phrase, and may genuinely feel his reputation is being/has been hurt by the use of his name in parody; but I did not find any articles indicating that. As breitbart.com pointed out in a 10-10-21 article, “In the days since the mocking chant was first heard, neither NBC nor (sports reporter Kelli) Stavast has commented….” Apparently, neither has Brown.
Bbeckernews.com also points out that “‘Degrading’ material (regarding) Donald Trump and conservatives can be found throughout Facebook and You Tube” despite both platforms vigorously issuing “new guidelines” to “protect” public figures, going forward.
9-30-21: One Person’s ‘Covid-19 ‘Roadmap’ to the ‘New World Order’, Shared on Telegram
There are both problems and benefits of charts that PREDICT events. They can be helpful in linking pieces of information together to recognize a “larger picture”; however — since it is “predictive”– the steps may or may not lead to the conclusion posted at the end. Clearly, this illustrates the conclusion held by its author. We each need to decide if this structure represents “a conspiracy theory” or something ore substantial. What I like about this breakdown is a clarity to more clearly see individual prayer points. We are His instruments to enforce His promise: “No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from Me, says the Lord.” (Isaiah 54:17, NIV)
September 27, 2021: A Breath of Fresh Air from Shaquille O’Neal
This is a fabulous little interview with the great Shaq.
As shared in theblaze.com, Shaq is quoted as saying, “Just because I made it doesn’t mean I’m any bigger than you…just cuz I have more money than you don’t mean that I’m better than you.” His quote finished with the observation that “celebrities are going freakin’ crazy, I don’t wanna be one. I denounce my celebrity-ness today.”
O’Neal started a Foundation in 2019, designed “to help kids in need by giving them resources, opportunities, and most importantly, hope.” His newest fundraiser will be held October 2, for “The Event” purposing to “impact the lives of underserved children in Las Vegas, Atlanta, and beyond.” His inaugural event will reportedly include Snoop Dog, Justin Bieber, “and more” according to vegasmagazine.com.
September 14, 2021: ‘Herd Immunity’ Redefined to Suit New Political Focus
Shared from Telegram: Original definition, current definition.
September 10, 2021: List of Lawyers Who Fight Mandatory COVID Vaccinations
I found this on X22 Report, published on Telegram, but as you can see it is available elsewhere.
Forwarded from Liberty Overwatch (Patriot)Additional Legal Resources to Fight Vaccine Mandates
Via @ThePatriotAU
From: Rock Harbor Church
Hi Everyone,
We recently compiled a list of law firms that you may call if you believe your rights are being infringed upon by your employer, school, college, or any group that discriminates against you for not complying with their vaccine or mask mandates.
1. Liberty Counsel
https://lc.org/
2. Liberty Institute
https://www.libertyinstitute.org/about/faq
3. Pacific Justice Institute
https://www.secure.pacificjustice.org/site/SPageNavigator/contact_us.html
4. Advocates For Faith and Freedom
https://faith-freedom.com/
5. Alliance Defending Freedom
https://adflegal.org/about-us
6. National Legal Foundation
https://nationallegalfoundation.org/
7. Thomas More Law Center
https://www.thomasmore.org/
8. Thomas More Society
https://thomasmoresociety.org/
9. Christian Legal Society
https://www.christianlegalsociety.org/
10. American Center for Law and Justice
https://aclj.org/
11. Center for Law and Religious Freedom
https://www.clsreligiousfreedom.org/about-center
12. Christian Attorneys of America
https://christianattorneysofamerica.com/
13. Christian Law Association
https://www.christianlaw.org/
14. National Association of Christian Lawmakers
https://christianlawmakers.com/
15. Pacific Legal Foundation
https://pacificlegal.org/
Like I have mentioned before, most people (i.e. the people who just do what they are told by their employer, the government, or the narrative) do not know the law so they believe that vaccine and mask mandates can be enforced. However, this is not true. This is when you will have to push back and contact an attorney to get advice.
I hope this helps you because now is the time to stand up to this kind of injustice and draconian medical tyranny.
Pastor Brandon
September 3, 2021: Ransomware Attacks to Impact Food Supply Chains Later ThisYear?
I have to say….there are days when nothing in the news can’t be described as ominous. At this point in time, I have no idea if the FBI is trying to warn people or scare them! But this is an interesting report to keep in the back of your mind as you grocery shop and maybe pick up a few extra items.
As covered by zdnet.com, “The FBI sent out a notice warning companies in the food and agriculture sector to watch out for ransomware attacks aiming to disrupt supply chains.” The article claims that the attacks would likely encompass “from small farms to big producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants.”
Back in June of this year, nbcnews.com and others networks reported, “The world’s largest beef supplier has been hit with a ransomware attack, threatening some of the U.S. Meat supply…..JBS, one of the world’s largest international meat processors, was hacked Sunday….forcing the company to take systems offline and stop work in North America and Australia.” According to zdnet, JBS “ended up paying an $11 million” to the ransomware group.”
August 1, 2021: From “Public Courtesy” to “Public Lunacy”
It’s almost becoming an everyday political idiom to say, “you can’t make this stuff up.” I believe it started with Donald Trump Sr. and is one of Don Jr.’s favorite catch-all summary phrases, although I am hearing it more and more often from media commentators.
As covered in theblaze.com, “A bill in the California legislature would require public universities, community colleges and secondary schools to provide free menstrual products on campus.”
So far, so good…..although creating laws to mandate such a courtesy is a ridiculous act of unnecessary overkill, in my opinion. But here comes the ‘only-in-California’ add-on……
“The bill notes that the complimentary period products are not only for girls and women, but also intended to be used by biological males, including ‘transgender men, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people who may also menstruate.” The legislation is called “The Menstrual Equity Act of 2021” and declares that “access to menstrual products is a basic human right”……..
Nope, Don Jr., you can’t make this stuff up!!
July 20, 2021: Dept. of Homeland Security Warns of Stiff Fines for Those Trying to Help Cubans
I am almost in hysterical laughter over this hypocrisy.
According to resistthemainstream.org, Floridians were warned by the Department of Homeland Security that any boaters illegally entering Cuban waters “without the required permit” would be subject to “seizure of their vessel, civil and criminal penalties up to $25,000 per day, and 10 years in prison.”
No, that’s not the funny part. Here’s the hysterically funny part: “People who violate U.S. Immigration laws and illegally bring foreign nationals into the country, or attempt to do so, may be subject to arrest, vessel forfeiture, civil and criminal penalties up to $25,000 per day, and five years in prison.”
Are you kidding me? “Illegally bring foreign nationals into the country” — such as Hondurans, Mexicans, El Salvadorans, Iranians, Iraquis, Palestinians, Africans…..and more….all of whom are illegally crossing our southern border with the help of “people who violate U.S. Immigration laws” — including those very Fraudster Joe Administration people who are making the laws to violate the laws??
It’s time for a Citizens’ Arrest of Alejandro Mayorkas….for starters!
July 20, 2021: Bill Gates-George Soros Venture into COVID Testing Realm
Well, treading in the COVID realm for Bill Gates is nothing new, but there is something unsettling about this new purchase….and I think my uneasiness can be summed up by the phrase “global agenda”…..
As covered in the online site firstinvestorsusa.com, “George Soros and Bill Gates are part of a consortium acquiring a British developer of rapid-testing technology, including of COVID-19 and tropical diseases, to turn it into a social enterprise.”
The outworking of that phrase, “social enterprise,” is described in the article as “Mologic, a for-profit company based in Bedford, will become a social enterprise called Global Access Health. The deal will allow it to reinvest its profits to help to combat gaps in the provision of global diagnostics in low-income communities and regions that ‘profit-focused business has failed to address.'”
And just what’s wrong with that? Well, nothing, exactly….except when you consider the histories of the principal players who are involved.
Forbes.com points out, “Soros and Gates are part of the billionaire community looking to direct their philanthropic efforts to the so-called global south, referring broadly to the regions of Latin America, Asia, Africa and Oceania that many fear will be left behind as the more affluent West accelerates its programs of vaccinations, testing and biosecure bubbles in the years ahead.”
The July 19, 2021 Forbes article also stated, “The World Health Organization reported last week that Africa had recorded a 43% week-on-week rise in COVID deaths, adding that only 18 million people in Africa are fully vaccinated, representing 1.5% of the continent’s population.” The WHO, unfortunately, “both receives funding from China and is dependent on the regime of the Communist Party on many levels,” as stated by foreignpolicy.com.
Back in December of 2016, the site newspunch.com published a piece which touted, “George Soros Announces China Must Lead the New World Order.” Is newspunch.com whacko? Maybe, but as of this date there is an existing YouTube interview with George Soros stating the same precept. In 2020, articles connecting Joe Biden with Soros’ afore-stated ambition came forward, published by non-mainstream-media outlets including cleverjourneys.com, and worldtribune.com.
Back to Mologic and my concerns. This “circle of friends” for the “philanthropic efforts to the so-called global south” seem disturbingly self-serving to me. They revolve primarily around Bill Gates’ apparent fascination with population control over the last twenty-plus years, particularly in poor countries, and the possibility of including that component to vaccines; China’s President Xi’s infrastructure push in Africa, through One Belt, One Road; George Soros’ support of Chinese leadership (and, according to different sources, his substantial funding of Biden’s installment into the Presidency), and how many multiple goals can possibly be met through the “provision” of a COVID-19 testing/vaccination expansion into poor countries.
July 8, 2021: America’s Frontline Doctors Pursue Class Action Lawsuit
I find this really interesting….and “mum” is the word during an internet search for information. However, on the Telegram channel America’s Frontline Doctors, the group announced that it is “seeking plaintiffs who have had their pharmacist refuse to fill their valid prescription for hydroxylchloroquine or ivermectin.”
Their purpose? “We intend to pursue a class action lawsuit on behalf of the patients.”
If you know someone who would be interested in contacting them, or if you, yourself, have a claim, contact https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/pharmacy-plaintiff-intake-form/.
July 1, 2021: US-Naysayers Ignore Positive Results from Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine in India
I love articles that support the connection between Ivermectin and reduced COVID-19 illness/death statistics. I love them almost as much as the same type of article regarding the use of hydroxychloroquine. Why? Because I continue to be outraged that overwhelmingly safe, inexpensive, and previously-easily-obtained medications treat the Wuhan COVID bioweapon with great efficiency — no need for the planned-demic vaccination mania and subsequent dangers from its use.
As reported by indiatoday.in in a 5-12-21 article, the Uttarakhand government, upon the recommendation of its state-level clinical technical committee, “will be distributing Ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, among the residents of the state, as a preventive medicine against the spread of Covid-19.” The article describes Ivermectin as “a mass chemoprophylaxis” to “effectively control the surge of Covid-19 infection apart from the vaccination drive.”
While the WHO took the politically-correct stance of publicly stating it “warned against the use of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19,” it also acknowledged that “regular use of the oral antiparasitic drug may significantly reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19.”
Indiatoday.in also released a recent study regarding hydroxychloroquine. In a 6-7-21 article, it stated that the medicine “has been found effective in a prophylactic study published in the Journal of the Associations of Physicians of India (JAP) last week.” It continued by stating that HCQ “could prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in varying degrees, depending on its dosing regime.” Highest success rates involved dosage for six weeks or longer.
June 24, 2021: ‘Flying Drag Queens’ at US Air Force Base?
I’m being facetious. There is no drag queen group by that name visiting any Air Force Bases. But in Nevada, there IS a Drag Queen Show offering the airmen…..well, I’m really not sure what they are offering that anyone there would want…..
As covered by theblaze.com, “Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada hosted its first-ever drag queen show last week, reflecting service members’ commitment to ‘diversity and inclusion’ a base spokesperson told Newsweek.”
Newsweek.com included the quote from a Base spokesman: “Nellis Air Force Base is committed to providing and championing an environment that is characterized by equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion.” The actual event occurred in the Nellis Club, described as “one of its on-base dining and entertainment clubs,” according to an article in nypost.com. The article described the invitation to attend as, “Discover the significance of drag in the LGBT+ Community.”
Something every airman wants to know, I’m sure. Sponsored by the Nellis Air Force Pride Committee, around 180 people attended. Newsweek.com specified that the show “featured drag queens from the Las Vegas area.”
June 2, 2021: Bill Gates, Warren Buffet Champion “New Kind of Nuclear Reactor”…in Wyoming?“
I first read this and did a double-take. A nuclear reactor — where the deer and the antelope roam? But I have other disturbing thoughts about Gates’ previous attempts to create a TerraPower reactor in China.
As reported by theguardian.com, “Power companies run by billionaire friends Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have chosen Wyoming to launch the first Natrium nuclear power reactor project on the site of a retiring coal plant.” Gates is quoted as saying, “We think Natrium will be a game-changer for the energy industry.”
I hate to say it….but any time Bill Gates starts talking about changing the game, I cringe.
The article gives this explanation: “The project features a 345-megawatt sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten salt-based energy storage that could boost the system’s power output to 500MW during peak power demand. TerraPower said last year that plants would cost about 1bn. Late last year the US energy department awarded TerraPower $80m in initial funding to demonstrate Natrium technology.”
World-nuclear-news.org quotes TerraPower President and CEO Chris Levesque as saying, “Together with PacifiCorp, we’re creating the energy grid of the future where advanced nuclear technologies provide good-paying jobs and clean energy for years to come.” PacifiCorp is owned by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Receiving less publicity is the Japan-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy whose contributions to the project as described in the article as together launching “the Natrium concept in September 2020.”
World-nuclear-news.org also quotes the president of the Uranium Producers of America, Scott Melbye, as stating, “Wyoming uranium providing energy jobs and clean, reliable nuclear electricity here in Wyoming has a wonderful ring to it.”
A few years ago I was researching Bill Gates’ multiple China connections and had linked to an article entitled “China Partnership Critical for TerraPower.” The article, dated 2015, referred to four years’ earlier (2011) when Gates had opened talks with China to build “a new type of nuclear reactor” described as a “traveling wave reactor.” At the time of the article, September 23, 2015, Bill Gates was announcing “that TerraPower would collaborate with the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation to develop the reactor.” Yes, on Chinese soil.
On January 1, 2019, reuters.com carried an article in which Bill Gates stated that due to “new U.S. restrictions on technology deals with China” carried out by President Donald Trump in the Fall of 2018, Gates’ was “seeking a new partner for early-stage trials of its technology after new U.S. rules forced it to abandon an agreement with China.” At the time, Gates also criticized that “regulations in the United States are currently too restrictive to allow the reactor prototype to be built domestically.”
What is the difference between a molten salt nuclear reactor and a traveling wave nuclear reactor? I’m not really the one to give a qualified analysis.
However, asiatimes.com produced a nice discussion of the two technologies on February 4, 2020, with the subtitle “two advanced nuclear power reactor designs that can solve a multitude of problems.” The article also noted, “China occupies a unique position, not only because it is the only country in the world that is building a molten salt reactor, but also because the Chinese Academy of Sciences has chosen MSR technology as an essential component of China’s medium- and long-term energy strategy. The leading figure in China’s MSR effort is Jiang Mianheng, son of the former Chinese president and Communist Party general secretary Jiang Zemin.”
Huh. What an interesting sequence of events. 2017, Gates signs a TerraPower contract to build a traveling wave reactor on Chinese soil; 2018, Donald Trump signs restrictions regarding technology sharing with China; 2019, Gates has to cancel TerraPower plans to jointly build the traveling wave reactor; in 2020, China is already building a molten salt reactor; in 2021 under Fraudster Joe (and apparently less restrictive regulations) Wyoming is now the site for an American MSR unit. Asiatimes.com concluded the MSR section of its article with the observation, “As so often happens these days, this great ‘American’ idea emigrated to China.”
I just wonder if it came through some open “gates”…….
May 10, 2021: Critical Race Theory Being Taught at Disney?
This is interesting, and a little sad. The corporate creator of ‘the happiest place on earth’ is increasingly becoming ‘the most political place on earth.’ Perhaps after seeing the public reaction to publicity regarding Coca-Cola’s similar training, Disney chose to act quite quickly!
According to theepochtimes.com, “The Walt Disney Corporation is pushing the quasi-Marxist critical race theory in its employee training, teaching them that America has ‘a long history of systemic racism’ while urging them to reflect on their ‘white privilege’, according to leaked internal documents.”
The documents fell into the possession of Christopher Rufo, journalist of the City-Journal, via several anonymous Disney employees. Thefederalist.com shared comments from Stanley Kurtz, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, who stated, “Disney is dividing the country it once helped to inspire, inviting entirely justified blowback from the vast number of Americans it now derogates, disregards, and caricatures…as Disney and other woke corporations plunge America into the bitterest cultural in memory, they deserve to feel shame, not pride.”
Where do Disney’s media tentacles reach? The article cites the corporation owns ABC, ESPN, Touchstone Pictures, Marvel, Lucasfilm, “and other major media companies.”
With cartoon-lighting speed, however, Disney “has removed all related documents” regarding the critical race theory training “from its internal website,” according to dailywire.com on May 12. While the company is quoted as providing a statement which read, in part, that “these internal documents are being deliberately distorted as reflexive of company policy, when in fact their purpose was to allow diversity of thought and discussion…”
Christopher Rufo, however, shared the story with Fox News, at which time he stated, “I think it should be very clear that Disney makes its money on middle Americans who go to their theme parks and buy their content, and those people should know that this corporation, it hates you, it hates your culture, and it hates the color of your skin.” Also in conjunction with the Fox News interview, Rufo stated, “The great irony of this is that the people in charge of Disney are some of the richest and most privileged white males in the history of humanity.”
Various employees who had been going through the program, which was called “Reimagine Tomorrow,” reportedly told Rufo that the program “had become deeply politicized and engulfed parts of the company in racial conflict.”
May 2, 2021: Kudos to Lubbock, Largest City in America to Ban Abortion
What an amazing development! Will it stand in the courts? Only time will tell.
As reported by resistthemainstream.org, the voters of Lubbock, Texas, recently “overwhelmingly approved a city ordinance that outlawed abortion within the city limits as well as declared Lubbock ‘a Sanctuary City for the Unborn.'”
The article also noted that “the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas reacted to the ordinance passing by stating, ‘The ACLU has a long history of challenging unconstitutional abortion bans and will continue to fight to protect the fundamental rights of the people of Lubbock.”
According to dailywire.com, the Texas Republican Party made a pro-life stance part of its 2020 platform, stating, “We support completely eliminating public funding of Planned Parenthood and any other abortion providers and all their affiliates. and we oppose their digital or physical presence in our schools and other public institutions. and the expansion of their facilities in our neighborhoods.”
April 26, 2021: CUOMO is Leading Biden’s Governors’ Calls on COVID??
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? THAT’S ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY!
According to breitbart.com, “Philip Wegmann of Real Clear Politics has reported that while both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have opted not to “join the weekly conference calls with governors,” Andrew Cuomo “is now leading the weekly conference calls between governors and the Biden administration’s coronavirus team, due to his role as head of the National Governors’ Association.”
Wow. Any reason you can think of that a LOT of misinformation is still floating around?
April 23, 2021: Free Countries Investing in Africa Will Usher in Entrepreneurialism
I often think of “African investment” in terms of ministry — Joyce Meyers and wells of fresh water, Mercy Ships and medical interventions for children, Doctors Without Borders, etc. The concept explored here could certainly have profound results!
As reported in zerohedge.com, Mike Pompeo gave the keynote speech on April 13 at the Liberty University-hosted “Equity for Africa” summit. His remarks included, “Terrorist thugs for a long time have taken advantage of less developed countries and used them as safe havens and inflicted enormous harm and enormous destruction of economic prosperity….as we can increase economic growth and the capacity for new businesses to provide wealth and opportunity for people throughout Africa, America will be a better place.”
The Chinese projects funded through the Communist Chinese Party’s “Belt and Road” expansion throughout Africa have reached 42 African countries, according to the Summit. One of the Summit’s panelists, former Florida congressman Ted Yoho, is quoted as pointing out, “It’s a fact that African businesses are inundated with Chinese money.” He referred to the fact that statistics show that China is the largest funder of infrastructure projects in Africa, giving financing to 20 percent of all projects and building one-third.
The article additionally points out that Pompeo stated, “It should not be the case that African nations must be dependent on these totalitarian nations for their vital infrastructure.” In 2018, Congress worked with Ted Yoho to create the “Build Act,” which created $60 billion “for American companies to use as financing for collaborative projects in the developing world.”
Kevin Jessip, founder of Global Strategic Alliance, shared that, “The Christian approach means releasing the people and allowing them to control their own destiny.” Jessip also is quoted as saying, “We are here to articulate a national plan for family, development, and economic transformation by meeting the felt needs of each nation.” He also shared the warning that “China’s vast infrastructure building is attempting to control and contain the peoples of Africa for the long term.”
March 18, 2021: Oviraptor Fossil Found Sitting on Nest of Fossilized Eggs!
This is really a cool discovery. I can only imagine what amazing fossils could be shared with the world if China weren’t such a locked-down country.
As covered by goodnewsnetwork.org, “A jaw-dropping fossil has been found of an oviraptor crouching upon two dozen eggs containing fossilized embryos inside — with 7 containing ‘babies’ mere hours from hatching.”
The amazing discovery was made in Ganzou, South China. Discoveries involving “fossilized behavior” are considered “the rarest of the rare.”
March 8, 2021: Not “Muskville,” But Starbase — Elon Musk Ponders Creating A City in Texas
I find this both inspiring and giggle-inspiring. Why, giggles? Well, “Starbase, Texas” just doesn’t sound nearly so Texan as “Roundup,” “Big Ranch,” or ” Bucking Saddle, Texas.” But it’s Elon Musk we’re talking about and I find his vision really intriguing.
Conservativeandfree.com describes Musk as someone who “takes turns with Jeff Bezos of Amazon as being the wealthiest man in the world.” Indeed, he gave California the personal adios and moved to Austin, Texas, at the end of 2020, after a contentious year of warning and publicly disagreeing with Gavin Newsom about numerous restrictive policies implemented throughout the year. Even as latimes.com wrote in December, 2020, that Elon Musk moved to Texas “to focus on two big priorities for his companies: SpaceX’s new starship and Tesla Inc.’s new Gigafactory, currently under construction in Austin,” the venue also admitted that Musk’s twenty-year relationship with California “soured” during Spring, 2020, when shutdown orders halted his production in Fremont.
Washingtonexaminer.com reported in late December that “Even before Musk told his friends that he was moving to Texas, he made his mark on the Lone Star State. SpaceX has been testing rockets in McGregor for years. More recently, the launch company has been developing a giant reusable rocket called the Starship in Boca Chica, a formerly sleepy community near Brownsville. Tesla, Musk’s electric vehicle company, is building a manufacturing plant near Austin.”
On March 30, 2021, the entrepreneur published a “come to work” call, as cnet.com covered, “Musk put out a plea on Tuesday for engineers, technicians and builders and essential support personnel of all kinds to relocate to Texas and join Space X.” The venue also stated that Musk had pledged to help revitalize Brownsville’s downtown and support Cameron County schools.
According to conservativeandfree.com, however, there remains “a considerable amount to be known about Starbase. He has identified that it will be an area larger than Boca Chica.”
February 12, 2021: Gun/Ammo Company Refuses to Sell to Liberals
This is absolutely amazing and humorous at the same time!! Will it hold up in the case of a lawsuit? Not so sure…..I guess a lawsuit will depend on the disposition of the libs who can no longer buy ammunition with this Michigan company. But I applaud the owners’ moxy and appreciate the point they are making.
As reported in theblaze.com, Michigan-based Fenix Ammunition “insert(ed) a questionnaire into its purchasing process that asks whether prospective customers voted for Biden in the 2020 election. If they did, it’s no sale for them.”
Through a series of tweets, Fenix owners explained their reasoning, which basically condensed into an argument that “supporting Joe Biden,” given the gun control platform he is espousing, equated to “a plan to bankrupt our company.”
Good for them. We will see how long they can sustain their policy.
January 31, 2021: Really? Are there REALLY Large Numbers of Men Seeking Uterine Implants?
OK. So ridiculous it speaks for itself….yet people are pursuing this possibility as creating a “more natural” sense of womanliness for those men who are now he-she’s, having chosen to switch their man-identity for a female one…..
According to theepochtimes.com, the Journal of the American Medical Association recently published an article on its “findings” that over 90% of transgender women (male-to-female) “believed that a uterine transplant ‘might improve quality of life in transgender women.'” Now to the nitty-gritty (or should I say, where the nail polish meets the toe)……: apparently transgender women feel a lack of womanliness about themselves, but are hopeful that they “may expect the ability to menstruate to enhance satisfaction with their desired gender and uterus transplant and anticipate improvements in perceptions of their femininity.”
To end on a stark moment of actual reality….uterine transplants are currently described in “the experimental stage,” although the article cites that 70 female-to-female surgeries have occurred, and that in Sweden, a baby was actually born and survived following a uterine transplant.
In a twist I certainly wouldn’t have expected….this is apparently not a permanent transplant. The transplanted uterus was subsequently removed so the then-new-mother did not have to take organ anti-rejection medications throughout her life.
January 28, 2021: Apple Angers FB By Instituting New Privacy Notification Alerts on Phones
This is really interesting. I actually find it challenging to figure out which high-tech team who is on, depending on what day or crisis is before them. According to oann.com, Apple has announced that “new privacy pop-up notifications” should start appearing on iPhones within the next couple of months. The alerts are described as being “one-time notices (that) will require an app developer to get the user’s permission before the app tracks their activities ‘across other companies’ apps and websites.”
According to the article, FB’s Mark Zuckerberg said that the change “could start hurting the company’s revenues in the first quarter.”
January 27, 2021: Cybercops Get the Malware Bots
Wow. I won’t lie….the terms here are so out of the ordinary when put together, I am just about having to read it twice to understand the nature of the operation described. But even with that challenge, I do find this enormously fascinating…and potentially very good news!
According to apnews.com, “European and North American cybercops have joined forces to disrupt what may be the world’s largest network for seeding malware infections. The operation appears to strike a major blow against criminal gangs that have used that network for years to install ransomware for extortion schemes and to steal data and money.”
Apparently, “investigators took control of the infrastructure behind the botnet known as Emotet.” The article explains that a “botnet” is “a network of hijacked computers typically used for malicious activity,” and Emotet is considered “a primary door-opener for cybercriminals since 2014.”
The article also explains that the law enforcement agencies had taken an approach to this takedown described as “unique and new.” Give this article a read.
December 28, 2020: Bill Gates’ New Superpower — Dimming the Sun!
If the name “Bill Gates” weren’t involved, I would just shake my head about some new crackpot theory leading to someone having two seconds of publicity. I still think it’s a crackpot theory….but given the Gates’ interesting ideologies of life and society, and his inclination to throw endless money towards achieving even part of a goal, this makes me uneasy. With any degree of success, this seems like a frightening invention.
According to theblaze.com, “The plan — to dim the suns rays and their impact on the earth — is reportedly all in the name of helping to revitalize the environment and thus save the human race.”
I appreciate journalist Sarah Taylor’s use of the word “reportedly.” I was surprised by President Trump’s tweet in the last few weeks referring to “Bill and Melinda Gates of Hell.” Imagine my surprise to find out there is more than one internet entry under the specific listing, “Bill & Melinda Gates of Hell.” I think the older I get, the more naive I seem to find myself.
To digress on this last topic for just a moment — the website Carter Heavy Industries posted on article on 11-15-20 titled “The Gates of Hell and Luciferase.” It’s an article I would aptly describe as weird-scary and definitely not my usual every-day-article. In a 2011 article entitled “The (Bill) Gates of Hell Foundation,” an author named Zen Gardner referenced Gates’ interest in “bioengineering” as well as his pledge at that time for $10-billion for “a decade of vaccines.” Other websites equate Bill Gates as a servant of the devil, while another odd website, “non veni pacem” reminds people in both September and December, 2020, that “the guy who wants to reduce the population of the world by 90% is also the guy behind this totally safe totally untested totally not mandatory unless you want to buy/sell/travel/live vaccine.” To move on:
The Thomson Reuters Foundation News (news.trust.org) on 12/18/20 stated “Harvard University scientists plan to fly a test balloon above Sweden next year to help advance research into dimming sunlight to cool the earth, alarming environmentalists opposed to solar bioengineering.” Described as being a possible “step towards an experiment,” in which “up to 2 kg of non-toxic calcium carbonate dust” would be released into the atmosphere sometime in the Fall, 2021 to spring 2022 time frame.
December 12, 2020: Twenty States Support Ban on Dismembering Abortion
I am hoping this is a movement that will continue expand and finally form a nationwide conscience of conviction and support. According to lifesitenews.com, “A coalition of twenty states is asking the Supreme Court to side with Kentucky in its bid to have the United States uphold its ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure infamous for dismembering babies in the womb.” (Of course it would be even better if the states would ban abortion altogether!)
The states supporting the ban are listed in the article as: Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.
December 3, 2020: Ah, the Joys of Promoting Poverty to Get Rich…..
According to theblaze.com, “AOC has said that capitalism is ‘irredeemable,’ but also has a merchandise shop that sells $25 Green New Deal onesies.”
One of her newest fashion statements for the older crowd? $58/apiece “Tax the Rich” t-shirts. As she presumably expands this irredeemable business, I wonder if she will create a set of shirts that adds the phrase “except for me” to her “Tax” t-shirts. By the way, that $58 does not include shipping and handling!
November 30, 2020: “Speech Codes” and American Free Speech
I shared this on my FB page a few days ago, but it is important enough that I want to make it available for a longer period of time.
According to americanmind.org, “It is important to understand how fundamentally different our country is from the rest of the world if we want to understand why Big Tech’s speech codes should not be inflicted on American citizens in American jurisdictions.
In a quick summation, the article points out “All told, American speech law can be quite complex, but philosophically it it begins at that intransigent right: ‘Congress shall make no law'” regarding an absolute right to free speech. The European point of view begins with proclaiming “a right to freedom of expression,” but is quickly modified in the second paragraph: “The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society…”
Free speech, “subject to.” As in…allowed speech, changing from political whim to political whim.
November 14, 2020: Resurfacing — Aug. Info Stating Bill Gates Negotiated Deal for COVID Tracking Six Months Prior to the Epidemic
Bizarre. Over the summer I read an article referencing a Bill Gates’ connection to both research on the COVID virus and the creation of potential vaccines. I dismissed it as a conspiracy theory. Now, this little blurb has resurfaced and it caught my eye:
According to gospelnetworknews.org, dated August 28, 2020, “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation helped negotiate who would score a $100 billion government-backed contact tracing contract in August 2019 — six months before the pandemic ‘arrived’ in the United States and four months before it swept through China.”
The article ends on the very logical question, “How can you negotiate the byproducts of monitoring a pandemic six to seven months before the outbreak of the virus even happens?”
Well, yes — that really is the question. Hmmmmm.
November 9, 2020: Oh Joy, the “Infectious Disease Racial Disparities Task Force” is Waiting in the Corner
Well, now here’s a great big surprise: presidential contender Joe Biden has presumptively announced “his” COVID Advisory Board, headed by none other than Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, described by westernjournal.com as “an architect of the Affordable Care Act.”
Chairing the Board is Dr. David A. Kessler, appointed in 1990 by George H.W. Bush to be the FDA Commissioner, serving also under President Clinton until 1997. Others included in the merry band of sharing chairmanship are Dr. Vivek Murthy, an “Obama-era surgeon general” who, at this year’s Democratic National Convention as a prime-time speaker, “assailed officials in the current administration, ranging from former Health Secretary Tom Price to the president himself”; Virgin Island native Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, who has an impressive resume has equally appropriate political tags, having served as “director of the Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity and founding director of the Equity Research and Innovative Center,” affiliated with the Yale Center for Medicine.
Oh yes, and we have vice-presidential hopeful Kamala Harris recommending the Task Force, “to provide recommendations and oversight on disparities in the public health and economic response.”
October 21, 2020: Where O Where Have the Charlie Brown Holiday Specials Gone?
When I saw this foxnews.com notification enter my email, I was shocked. You now have to pay to watch the now-iconic Charlie Brown holiday specials? Apparently they are a “property” that can be bought and sold. And that is exactly what happened.
As reported by foxnews.com, “The rights to the long-popular holiday specials now belong to Apple TV+ under a new partnership.” The “partnership” is a three-way connection of WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide, and Lee Mendelson Productions. This move on the part of Apple TV+ was announced just before summer of this year. On May 20, foxbusiness.com published that “Apple is apparently buying older content for its streaming service, Apple TV+, in an effort to step up its competition with Netflix, Hulu, and others.”
At least for this year, however, Apple TV+ is offering free viewing days for each cartoon: for It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, visit the site Oct. 30-Nov. 1. Paid viewing began Oct. 19. To watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, tune in Nov. 25-Nov. 27. Paid viewing will begin Nov. 18. Finally, A Charlie Brown Christmas will begin showing the classic cartoon on December 4, with free viewing days Dec. 11-Dec. 13.
September 12, 2020: Foreign Journalists in China Face Additional Scrutiny, Detentions, Expulsion
According to taipeitimes.com, the situation for foreign journalists in China has “markedly deteriorated” under President Xi Jinping. Politically, China is willing “to not only expel people, but also use them as bargaining chips in hostage diplomacy.” Thus, depending on the intention of the Chinese government, foreign journalists may be either expelled or retained against their will.
The article quotes the Foreign Correspondents Club of China as stating the new atmosphere in China “now amount to circumstances that make it ‘untenable to remain in the country.'” The two newest examples are Australian journalists Bill Birtles and Mike Smith, respectively operating in Beijing and Shanghai. Each received middle-of-the-night “visits” from groups of state security officers allegedly regarding “a matter of national security.” Each of them was also placed under an “exit ban,” described as usually reserved for “lawyers and dissidents” desiring to leave China.
Abcnews.go.com added to their story by stating that after questioning, Both Birtles and Smith “sheltered in Australian diplomatic compounds.” Earlier in the month, Australian reporter Cheng Lei, had been taken into custody. Chinese officials strongly criticized the sheltering actions, denouncing them as completely exceeding “the scope of consular protection and is in fact is interference in a Chinese legal case.”
Abc.net.au reported that China is currently 177 out of 180 “countries on the RFS world press freedom index — only Eritrea, Turkmenistan, and North Korea are ranked lower.”
September 2, 2020: How Did I Overlook This Little Tidbit About BLM and George Soros?
Was this published during our garage sale weekend in June? This is a very interesting little tidbit, well worth sharing.
As stated in dailywire.com, Rapper Lord Jamal has stated that he did not support Black Lives Matter “because it isn’t our movement.” He further elaborated that “it was given to us by George Soros and his…boys. Because they saw how things were going and they didn’t want to go back to the 60s to where we started having our own organic movements. That was a big…problem for them. So let’s give the people a movement that we can control.”
Newspunch.com elaborated that Lord Jamal (actually Lorenzo Dechalus) stated that the millions of dollars being funded into BLM from Open Society foundation amounted to “control money.”
August 28, 2020: SkyDrive Flying Car Completes Four-Minute Milestone, Capable of Ten Minutes
I found this vehicle to be a little reminiscent of Luke Skywalker’s flying transportation on Tatooine! Pretty amazing.
According to foxbusiness.com, “SkyDrive Inc. announced Friday that it carried out a successful test flight with one person aboard, releasing images of a contraption with propellers lifted several feet off the ground that hovered in a netted area for four minutes.” The company’s CEO, Tomohiro Fukuzawa, is quoted as saying, “Of the world’s more than 100 flying car projects, only a handful have succeeded with a person on board. I hope many people will want to ride it and feel safe.”
The Development Bank of Japan has infused 3.9 billion yen (about $37) into the project in the last years, when its initial demonstration flight is described by the article as having gone “poorly.”
Forbes.com described the vehicle as being a “single-seater SD-03 flying car prototype,” with commercialization hoped to begin in 2023. The article further describes that it used “its four pair of propellers to lift off and cruise at an altitude of about 6 feet in a heavily fenced off test area.” Designed by Yakumi Yamamoto, SkyDrive’s additional partners include Toyota; Obayashi, a construction company; NEC, electronics; and Eneos, heavily invested in petroleum.
August 15, 2020: The Eagle Has Landed…and It’s Taking Out Drones
Wow, finding two smile-makers in one day doesn’t happen very often…
Theblaze.com referenced an article relating to a Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy quadcopter which “was mapping shoreline erosion near Michigan’s Upper Penninsula on July 21.” It was summarily “disabled after seven minutes in flight and at an altitude of 162-feet because of a devastating airstrike by a bald eagle.”
While the eagle flew away apparently unharmed, “The drone landed somewhere in Lake Michigan and sank to the bottom.”
I’m still chuckling…but there’s more, and this is really interesting: while this particular Michigan eagle took his perceived responsibility of destroying the “invading” drone quite seriously, police in the Netherlands launched a program in 2016 to “tackle the increasing number of drones invading the Dutch skies,” using trained eagles, according to bbc.com.
However, the intent was not necessarily drone destruction, as police spokesman Dennis Janus is quoted by the article as stating, “The eagles see the drones as prey and intercept them as they are flying, before landing where they feel safe with the drone still in their claws.” According to an early-2016 livescience.com post, “The program was tested and developed in partnership with Guard from Above (GFA), a Dutch company located in the Hague that specializes in training large, predatory birds to “hunt” and subdue their robotic prey.”
Unfortunately, the program was terminated one year later. According to thebright.com, eagles apparently have a relatively short temper, as it reported “Eagles who cannot catch a specific prey can often become frustrated and attack whatever else they can find.” In addition, theverge.com reported that training the birds “was more expensive and complicated than they anticipated.”
August 15, 2020: Antifa Goes to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally…What an Inspired Idea…
This article, catching my attention through a tweet posted on Mark Levin’s feed, started my Sunday morning off with a laugh.
As reported by powerlineblog.com, “Earlier today. a handful of Antifa goofs decided to take their anti-American schtik to the annual bikers’ rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. If this sounds like a bad idea to you, you are right…police officers protected the Antifas and escorted them away safely.”
So the Defund-the-Police crowd hid behind the Sturgis police so they could shout their political message…in the midst of thousands of bikers who were described as “commendably well-behaved.”
The final line of the article points out, “Sturgis is no doubt more typical of America than Portland, Seattle or Minneapolis.”
No doubt, indeed. This little article will give me a day full of chuckles. Language warning if you watch the second video–humorous, but not G-rated.
August 5, 2020: More Than ‘Mysterious Seeds’ Arriving from China; May be a ‘Brushing Scam,” Report to Authorities
All right, my ignorance was really on full display, as I read about this…a “brushing scam,” to me, would represent a toothpaste or toothbrush with fewer benefits than actually promoted or advertised….but apparently the term currently has a far more nefarious reference.
As discussed by newsweek.com, “It’s not just seeds — Americans are receiving all kinds of unsolicited packages from China, containing items ranging from fake Ray-Ban glasses to a pair of used socks.” The article defines a “brushing scam” as “sellers sending unsolicited items (which are typically light easy to ship) and then post fake customer reviews to boost sales.”
I have one question regarding this explanation…if the customer reviews are fake…what on earth is the advantage to send something unwanted to someone uninterested to create a fraudulent “review” that may never be read? Obviously there will be no verification of either the recipient or the product — so why bother?
The USDA has taken an appropriately serious stance, however, warning people not to plant any of the seeds they may have received. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture, responding to its residents who were among the first to receive such seed shipments, is quoted by theblaze.com as stating, “Our concern is from an invasive pest aspect: these seeds could introduce an invasive weed or an invasive insect pest or a plant disease.” Prior to the warnings, a Booneville, Arkansas resident actually did plant the seeds, which resulted in large orange flowers and a large, bulbous fruit/vegetable which has since been removed by the Department of Agriculture for analysis.
In a curious rebuttal of sorts, newsweek.com reported on July 28 that China “asked the U.S. on Tuesday to return mystery seeds, that were shipped to several U.S. states, so that they can conduct an investigation into the origins.” The article states that Wang Wenbin, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, declared “China Post strictly follows the UPU (Universal Postal Union) provisions and prohibits seeds from conveyance by Post USPS (United States Postal Service)” Wenbin further stated that “following ‘verification’ with the China post, the address labels on the seeds ‘turned out to be fake ones with erroneous layouts and entries.’
The nytimes.com stated on July 26 that a full 27 states had issued warnings not to plant the seeds. On August 3, newsweek.com shared the analysis from a representative of the USDA, who said, “We have identified 14 species of seeds…including mustard, morning glory, and some of the herbs like mint, safe rosemary and lavender…and other seeds like hibiscus and roses.”
Ray Walsh of ProPrivacy warned Newsweek in its August 5 article that “If you receive a brushing parcel it is vital you hand it to the police so that they can forward it to the US postal inspector’s office for the purpose of tracking where it came from.” He is also quoted as saying, “Anybody who receives an unexpected package needs to be aware that their data is being misused by the seller.”
August 2, 2020: Nancy Pelosi Diss-es Hydroxychloroquine but Promotes Marijuana for COVID Treatment — Are You Kidding Me?
Well, imagine this — marijuanamoment.com is all over supporting Speaker Pelosi’s recommendation!! The headline hit me as so totally outrageous I quickly looked to see if more than one news outlet was carrying the story…and sure enough it could be found on several different forums. As if the world could actually get any weirder….
According to westernjournal.com, “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who in May mocked President Donald Trump over the use of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, on Friday said cannabis is a ‘proven’ remedy.”
The comments came during a July 31, 2020 interview with The Hill, from which thehill.com quoted Speaker Pelosi’s full statement: “I don’t agree with you that cannabis is not related to this. This is a therapy that has been proven successful.” The article additionally points out that the Speaker was “defending the marijuana provisions in the Democrats’ most recent round of coronavirus relief.”
Part of Pelosi’s argument was apparently based on the fact that during the COVID-19 shutdown, cannabis businesses were deemed “essential.” As discussed by miamiherald.com, “The provision would have allowed legal marijuana businesses to work with banking service. Cannabis businesses have been deemed ‘essential’ during the pandemic but aren’t eligible for Small Business Administration loans.”
Executive Director of the National Cannabis Industry Association Aaron Smith is quoted in the same article as stating, “Our industry employs hundreds of thousands of Americans and has been deemed ‘essential’ in most states. It’s critically important that essential cannabis workers are not exposed to unnecessary health risks due to outdated federal banking regulations.”
Seriously? Concern about “unnecessary health risks” in an industry based around a Schedule 1 drug? The irony is overwhelming. Yes, this is the same industry whose product remains listed on the DEA’s (Drug Enforcement Administration) Controlled Substance Act as a “Schedule 1 Drug,” defined as having “a high potential for abuse and the potential to create severe psychological and/or physical dependence.”
There is a small kernel of truth to all this however: according to a cbsnews.com article on July 18, “Experts from the University of Nebraska and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are recommending that scientists study the anti-inflammatory properties in CBD as a potential treatment for lung inflammation caused by the coronavirus.” The article additionally states, “There is no scientific evidence that cannabis or its compounds can help with COVID-19 specifically.”
Emily Earlenbaugh, co-founder of Mindful Cannabis Consulting, joined the discussion with CBS News and is quoted in the article as advocating for CBD’s properties that counteract the “cytokines storm” sometimes occurring in severe COVID-19 cases. She is quoted as stating the CBD “is known from previous research as an IL-6 cytokine inhibitor.” Nevertheless, Earlenbaugh warned that she recommended “caution against using cannabis as a treatment from COVID-19” at this stage of exploration.
July 17, 2020: Are You Ready for the Next 3 1/2 Months of Deception?
This linked-to article is not worth the internet space it used…except for one very important detail — and that is, the prevalence and deliberate nature of deception from now until November, election day. We all need to be on the alert with our “truth sensors” constantly in the “on” position.
As it is so easy to do, a man described as a “Democratic operative” by theblaze.com, sent a photo and caption via Twitter, reading, “Captured today at 10:45AM — Ted Cruz on a commercial air flight, refusing to wear a mask.”
Shortly afterwards, another tweet was sent by a different person, showing Ted Cruz wearing a mask, with the caption, “Spotted: Ted Cruz wearing a mask on a plane when he isn’t drinking coffee.” American Airlines completed a “review of the incident” in which it determined that yes, Senator Cruz had been wearing a mask in conformance with policy, removing it only to drink his cup of coffee.
This is such “small potatoes” it is insane…and yet a constant barrage of half-truths can easily redirect public perception and form lasting public opinion.
June 29, 2020: AI “Lifeguard” Can Monitor Hundreds of Swimmers, Vast Expanses of Beach
This article caught my eye because it was pleasant to read a story about the beach and swimmers without having the words “COVID,” or “distancing,” in it! According to breakingisraelnews.com, “A new artificial intelligence-based (AI) system, Sightbit,…helps lifeguards monitor thousands of swimmers and identify risky situations and other water hazards.”
Sightbit was founded two years ago by a team of four graduates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba. The system is designed to “help lifeguards monitor thousands of swimmers and identify risky situations and other water hazards.”
The article states that Sightbit developers “bring together expertise in machine learning, business management, and communications to develop drowning-prevention technology. The Israel Nature and Parks Authority is designating Palmachim National Park in Rishon Lezion the country’s “smart beach.” By implementing a “system of beach cameras,” the human lifeguards will receive “a panoramic view of the water, the beach and the swimmers,” while the AI “lifeguards” analyze threats “such as a rip current or a child alone in the water.”
June 5, 2020: Trump Administration Ends Research Utilizing Aborted Fetal Tissue
As reported by freebeacon.com, “The Trump Administration announced on Wednesday it will end future research conducted with fetal tissue from aborted babies. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) also announced it would not renew a multi-million dollar partnership with the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) that funded the use of body parts obtained from aborted babies for medical research into diseases such as HIV and Zika.”
The President cited that “Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death” was a “very top priority” in his Administration. While UCSF called the move as undermining “scientific discovery,” Dr. David Prentice of Charlotte Lozier Institute “pointed to adult stem cells and other research techniques have already yielded effective treatments for patients.”
June 4, 2020: New Study States 58% Americans Have No Belief in “Absolute Moral Truth”
According to christianheadlines.com, a recent 2,000-person survey released by George Barna revealed that “A total of 58% of U.S. adults agreed that ‘identifying moral truth is up to each individual; there are no moral absolutes that apply to everyone, all the time.”
According to the statistics, church attendees who identified themselves as Evangelical, Pentecostal, and born-again Christians were most likely to answer “God” to the question regarding “the basis of truth.” People who identified with “Republican” or “conservative” stated that “God is the basis of truth.” Those who identified as “Democrat” or “liberal” responded in far fewer numbers with a “God” choice.
The Arizona Christian University Cultural Research Center provided their findings to George Barna, who is the Director of Research at the Center. The article did not state any criteria used for choosing the 2,000 people who participated in the survey.
May 21, 2020: Churches Still Closed…One Burned to the Ground, California Churches Unite to Celebrate Live Services for Pentecost, May 31
As reported by theblaze.com, The First Pentecostal Church of Holly Springs in Mississippi steadfastly refused to close during the COVID-10 pandemic, and is now the victim of arson. Pastor Jerry Waldrop has stated the church intends to rebuild on the same site, even as legal counsel for the church is quoted in the article as pointing out the church’s stay-open choice was “sort of stirring up the waters by being outspoken and somewhat firm about seeking to protect their Constitutional rights.”
According to cbn.com on May 13, California’s Governor Newsom chose to include churches returning to on-site live services as “stage 3” in the reopening process, “which could be weeks or months from now.” Also reported is that Sacramento federal Judge John Mendez “ruled that Newsom has the right to temporarily ban church gatherings for the sake of public health.” This notwithstanding, CBN reports that “Nearly 500 pastors are preparing to open their doors on Sunday, May 31, whether or not they have guidance from the state.”
That number has been growing. On May 21, charismanews.com shared that “More than 1,200 pastors say they will resume in-person services on May 31 in defiance of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order…” Also reported is that the 1,200 pastors signed “a declaration of essentiality” and announced their plans to reopen to live services May 31, while also including plans for “observing physical distancing and other precautions.” Attorney Robert Tyler is quoted as saying he expected “as many as 3,000 churches across California” will be holding live services.
On May 19, apnews.com revealed that Governor Newsom received a letter from Eric S.. Dreiband of the federal Justice Departments Civil Rights Division, which stated “Simply put, there is no pandemic exception to the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights.” The letter further states that an “unfair burden” had been placed on churches, given that they are not included in phase two, as are “restaurants and other secular businesses.”
UPDATE: May 22, President Trump announced at a news briefing that “Today, I’m identifying houses of worship — churches, synagogues, and mosques — as essential places that provide essential services.” He is quoted by fox59.com as stating, “These are places that hold our society together and keep our people united.”
May 7, 2020: Canoe Successfully Grown from Mushrooms
I stopped to read this story because the thought of a “mushroom canoe” seemed quite humorous to me and any current “break for a smile” is definitely a positive in these tense times. The article was actually published on April 25, but I wanted to share it here.
According to goodnewsnetwork.org, Katy Ayers received a “small grant” from the university she attended in Columbus, Nebraska, which focused her to “pursue a mushroom-oriented climate change solution.” As an outdoors-loving Nebraskan, she said she had always “loved to fish and wanted a boat.” So she decided to apply her knowledge and experimentation with mycelium to the task of “growing” a boat.
According to the article, the project went spectacularly well as she created a wire canoe frame, and “since mycelium can bind and form around a given skeleton,” Katy stepped back and allowed it to end up forming a 100-lb. (when dried), perfectly functional canoe. Yes, they show a picture of her using it!
Mycelium is currently being studied for a variety of different applications. In June, 2018, wasterush.info stated that benefits of using mycelium in certain construction applications included the natural termite-proofing it offered, plus use “as an alternative insulation material for buildings.” In 2018, sciencedirect.com published an Abstract discussing the benefits of utilizing mycelium “as a sustainable alternative for polystyrene.”
May 2, 2020: New York Times Calls for the DNC to Investigate Joe Biden…Very Curious
Bright and early this Saturday morning I received a phone news alert stating that the New York Times was calling for the DNC to investigate “into Biden sexual assault claims.” I found this quite unusual, and remarkable in the fact that OTHER news networks were considering it “news” that the NYT would do so.
I find it unlikely that this leopard would change its spots. The NYT has chosen to promote liberalism and progressivism as being positive forces, while conservatism has been generally viewed and portrayed negatively for the last several years. Other voices are mocking the call-to-investigate, assuming that the result will be a slam dunk in protecting Joe Biden and possibly even eliminating incriminating evidence. But I have a different take.
It crossed my mind that perhaps the NYT is viewing Biden’s growing crisis as their opportunity…and not wanting to “let a good crisis go to waste,” they threw in their voice towards a full investigation not to cover-up, but perhaps to actually expose. Joe Biden was not their chosen candidate just three months ago. To be specific, the New York Times editorial board chose both Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren as the best choices for Democratic nominee, citing each candidate’s willingness to be “carrying out a progressive agenda.” The editorial board described Biden as having reached that time “to pass the torch to a new generation of political leaders.”
I will be very interested in seeing where the New York Times’ influence on this subject will lead.
April 27, 2020: So Just Why Would Bill Gates Say That?
I don’t think much about Bill Gates. We aren’t part of the Gates’ dinner circuit, and I don’t pay much attention to his trillionaire comings-and-goings. But I have always considered him an incredible businessman, admirable philanthropist, an astute and intelligent fellow all around; at least one online biography quotes him as having qualified for Harvard in the early 1970’s with an SAT score of “1590 out of 1600.”
So this article made me wonder why Gates would make the statements he made…and as link led to link, I found myself actually quite astonished by the things I discovered.
According to dailywire.com on April 26, in an interview question from CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Bill Gates stated, “Like any country where a virus shows up, they can look back and see where they missed some things.” A perfectly reasonable statement to make, and the content of which different Trump Administration or medical community members have referenced to one degree or another.
The only problem with the statement is that Gates made it in defense of China, not America. Of America’s response, he is quoted as saying, “It’s sad that even the U.S., that you would have expected to do this well, did it particularly poorly.”
Well, what a surprise — theblaze.com reported a day later (4/27) that “Almost immediately after the interview, Gates’ remarks in defense of China were promoted by Chinese state propagandists.” In addition, when Zakaria presented Gates with the question regarding whether or not China should “be held accountable in some way,” he was dismissive, stating he didn’t think any discussion of that “was a timely thing.”
So….it does suggest the question, why would Bill Gates say that? I won’t pretend to have “the scoop of the decade” in having discovered the exact answer. But I did learn a lot of very interesting China-and-Bill related information that might help fill in part of the picture.
In 2009, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a “partnership” with “the Chinese Government” for the purpose of fighting “a serious tuberculosis epidemic in China.” The Foundation would be supplying the Chinese Ministry of Health with a $33-million dollar grant, to be paid over a five-year period of time.
In 2017, Bill Gates was “Elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering,” according to chinadaily.com and other sources. The site described that election as “China’s highest honor in the field of engineering.” The same article also stated, “Gates was nominated for his work at TerraPower, a nuclear reactor company he helped establish in 2008. In late 2015, the company signed a deal with China National Nuclear Corp to build a reactor unit in Fujian province. The project is scheduled…to be completed in 2025.” However…in December of 2018, reuters.com reported that TerraPower was “seeking a new partner” in the nuclear reactor’s early-stage trials due to “new U.S. rules forced it to abandon an agreement with China.”
Interestingly enough, according to the small online publication fromrome.info, the Chinese Academy of Engineering is described as being “one of the ‘two academies‘ of the Peoples’ Republic of China, the other being the mysterious Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) Wuhan Institute of Virology.”
As reported by observer.com in February (2020), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation presented an offer to “donate up to $100 million to help combat the outbreak of a new coronavirus (COVID19),” afflicting the Chinese people. On February 22, news source news.ctgn.com shared that “Chinese President Xi Jinping has written back to Bill Gates.” In the letter, the same source quotes the letter as stating, “I deeply appreciate the act of generosity of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and your letter of solidarity to the Chinese people at such an important moment.”
Getting back to my original question: Why would Bill Gates Say That? It appears he might have many reasons! Seems like these are all important factors to file in the back of your mind as this drama continues to unfold.
April 11, 2020: Walking the Line Between “Quarantined” and “House Arrest”
A friend FB-posted this article from conservative speaker and writer Charlie Kirk. It probably has not escaped anyone’s attention that Americans’ everyday rights-and-expectations-of-rights have been seriously tweaked to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. I think our personal tolerance levels are growing rather short and will soon reach an enough-is-enough point of agreeable compliance, and genuine civil unrest may occur. Kirk’s warning may therefore be slightly premature — but his points are well taken, as he particularly discusses many states taking advantage of a medical emergency to advance a no-religion political agenda. We all need to be vigilant and prevent this spontaneous-reaction to an unexpected pandemic from becoming an automatic “first option” or permanent go-to in our nation in other situations.
To quote from Charlie Kirk’s article, “This China Flu event has given state and local secularists in positions of authority the opportunity they have been waiting for. They are using their powers under state of emergency declarations to deprive us Christians of our chance to worship during the most Holy Week of the year; that of Easter.”
April 4, 2020: Coronavirus Temporarily Shutters 93% of Churches; 20% of Non- Christians Say Crisis Has Led Them to Read the Bible
According to faithwire.com, a study by Life Way research, “On March 1, some 99% of churches were still gathering as usual. The following weekend, 95% held services. By March 15, the number had dropped down to 64%, and by March 22, 11% of pastors say their churches gathered in person. By March 29, just 7% of church leaders report meeting…”
On the other side of the story, the Spirit of God is nonetheless on the move: according to breakingchristiannews.com, “A new study has found that some 20% of non-Christians have become interested in reading the Bible ever since the coronavirus pandemic began to sweep across the globe.” The article also quoted a statistic that 44% of believers consider the pandemic and resulting economic shutdown as “a wake-up call from God” or a sign of a “coming judgment.”
March 24, 2020: Docilians: A Risk-Averse Culture and COVID-19
Dr. David Zaruk of Brussels, Belgium, Environmental-Health Risk Analyst, writes a fascinating article on the consequences of “a risk-averse culture and a helpless population that expects others to solve every problem.” Has America become a risk-averse culture? I — and probably, most of you — have seen the expansion of legislation requiring every safety measure under the sun (and, if there are ultraviolet rays involved, some under the moon, as well) be mandated in peoples’ lives, in American culture, businesses and domestic governments of all sizes. In many cases, this is driven by trying to implement particular political ideologies — but not all. Sometimes all-encompassing legislation has resulted from a single incident considered so unfair/devastating that “it shouldn’t happen to anyone else.” This article is not presented with the objective of criticizing the Presidential response to COVID-19 in any way; I actually think he has done a fantastic job. Nor am I negating the aspect of and need for persistent prayer towards our nation’s and fellow citizens’ health and well-being. Rather, this article made me wonder how to break out of this mindset “shell” which is not necessarily of our own individual making. It’s scary to think that a nation born of adventurers, pioneers, inventors, entrepreneurs, explorers might be unintentionally de-volving into becoming “docile, having others protect them while feeling entitled to benefits without risks.”
March 11, 2020: 600+ Arrests in Project Python, Fastest-Growing Drug Cartel Operations Disrupted
It is a little unfortunate that Coronavirus is dominating virtually every public discussion and written commentary, because this seems like a pretty significant achievement, to me. One that should certainly be recognized — in addition, there is a promise for “more to come” in combating one of the “most prolific methamphetamine producers in the world” and a major illegal drug distributor in the United States.
According to dailywire.com, “The Trump administration announced on Wednesday the results from a massive federal operation targeting the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) which is one of the most notorious drug cartels in Mexico…President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13773 instructed federal officials to identify, interdict, disrupt, and dismantle drug cartels…”
According to thesun.co.uk, “It’s estimated the murderous gang controls up to two-thirds of the US drug market,” and uses under aged youth to smuggle a variety of drugs into America.
February 24, 2020: Join Me in Praying for “Blue Eyes, White Dragon,” Amber Luke
This is an unbelievably weird story. My request is for you to join me in praying that she and Jesus have a Transformation Encounter! Amber’s journey started a few years ago. She began her tattoo addiction at 16 and plans, by March of this year (2020), to have every inch of her skin covered. That isn’t actually the part of her testimony I find most disturbing. According to thesun.co.uk, Amber described herself as an “extremely lonely” while growing up, adding that, “Depression and anxiety developed at age 15, borderline Personality Disorder with Schizophrenic traits” soon followed, including 15 suicide attempts. She is quoted in koko.ng as saying, “I didn’t know who I was or what I wanted from life, but now I have the confidence to look however I want to.” That “look” now includes a split tongue, fang teeth, modified ears, several implants, and her crowning touch — blue-tattooed eyeballs, a procedure that blinded her for three weeks. Think what an interesting demographic Jesus could set free and on fire for Him through Amber’s spiritual awakening!
February 7, 2020: Starbucks Partners with UK Organization Promoting Transgenderism In Minors
OK, this is really disquieting. I understand that liberal corporations support liberal causes. But this sort of stuff is really over the top for me. What the heck is Starbucks thinking? According to christianheadlines.com, Starbucks “has launched a new transgender-friendly commercial and campaign that will benefit a British charity that supports overturning the age limit when children can receive cross-sex hormones.” The British organization, named “Mermaids,” has received criticism from within Britain for its attempt to overturn the UK’s nationwide ban on children under 16 receiving sex-change hormones.
February 5, 2020: Multiple Venues for Franklin Graham UK Tour Canceled
When I originally read that a solitary British venue had cancelled hosting Franklin Graham’s 2020 UK tour, I didn’t think much about it. When I read this christianheadlines.com article reporting that every venue but one had cancelled, I was shocked. I also made an assumption as to which “group” of people in the United Kingdom might most vigorously object to the Christian Gospel being preached throughout the land…and my presumption, unwritten here, was mistaken. According to christianheadlines.com, “Seven venues canceled the contracts — or refused to sign them — under pressure from LGBT groups and activists.”
Apparently, “Mainstream and LGBT media in the United Kingdom have labeled Graham ‘anti-gay’ and ‘a hate preacher’.” Graham has countered the criticism with open letters to both gays in the country and to secular venue-owners, stating to the latter, “It’s wrong for venue managers and local officials to make a decision that disadvantages Christians.” To the gay community, he has stated, “You are most welcome.”
wbtv.com of North Carolina stated that the travel site Ampersand described Liverpool, England, as “ranked among the top 10 most LGBT-friendly cities in the UK.” Graham is quoted as saying the pre-tour training sites and dates will remain the same for volunteers, and that different locations “in the area” for his gatherings would continue to be considered.
January 13, 2020: Wisconsin’s State Election Commission in News as Controversy over Invalid Voters on Voter Roles Continues
I expect localized articles on this topic to be popping up across the country over the next several months. According to theblaze.com, in December 2019, Judge Paul Malloy of Wisconsin “ordered the immediate removal of individuals from voter roles who were flagged” for various reasons. The primary reasons for “flagging” included residence change and non-response to a notice warning of voter name “deactivation” within thirty days. Notices were sent to 234,000 residents, but by the end of December only 25,000 residents had responded while the balance of 209,000 remained MIA. However, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports (Jan. 21) that a day after the Contempt charges were filed, “an appeals court” subsequently blocked the order of removal as well as the Contempt order. Conservative representatives in the state have petitioned Wisconsin’s Supreme Court to hear the case. So far the Court has refused. Wisconsin was carried by Donald Trump by a mere 23,000 votes in 2016.
January 3, 2020: Judicial Watch Continues to Expose and Address Voter Roll Fraud
I have come to find the topic of “voter fraud” particularly fascinating. I was raised in a voter-understanding culture that taught voter fraud was practically impossible to implement and — at most — might have a negligible impact in a limited arena and would not sway any “major” elections. That rosy viewpoint has been proven inaccurate several times in the last years. In 2016, then-President Obama gave a news conference in which he made two important claims: “Every expert, regardless of political party, regardless of ideology, conservative or liberal, who has ever examined these issues in serious ways, will tell you instances of significant voter fraud are not to be found.” In his second statement, President Obama assured everyone, “There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even rig America’s election, in part because they’re so decentralized.”
I remember that press conference, and I remember hearing those comments on the day he shared them. And I remember feeling assured that my long-held conviction that “voter fraud” was a largely fictitious complaint remained justified, no questioning of results necessary…but then came the quiet reporting of multiple statistics regarding “small races” over the following months that contradicted the former President’s comments. Some political observers have suggested his comments were made in the expectation of “his” Presidential preference winning the 2016 election, and therefore setting a firm foundation to withstand any post-election speculation regarding the results. Maybe that’s accurate; and maybe not. Perhaps a new strategy-of-sorts was put in place post-November-2016. We will likely never know for certain, but fraud-from-within appears to be on a significant upswing.
For years, Judicialwatch.org has been championing “clean up voter rolls” legislation dating back to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. In a recent article, the Public Interest Legal Foundation was cited in a heritage.org article regarding continuing “election irregularities” in Palm Beach County, Florida — yes, the center of controversy in the Bush-Gore presidential election 20 years ago. As recently as 21 days ago, the PILF filed a lawuit against the Maryland State Board of Elections “for failing to disclose voter registration records under federal law” regarding the replacement for recently-deceased Elijah Cummings’ House seat.
Judicial Watch lists Colorado as one of the “big five” states possessing “major voting list issues.” Currently the organization names only Jefferson County as problematic…but since northernern Colorado now boasts cities self-describing as “sanctuary cities” for undocumented non-citizens, I would expect that number of counties to grow. This article describes that “378 counties combined had about 2.5 million registrations over the 100%-registered mark.”
This will be an election year to remember!
December 6, 2019: President Trump Offers Short-and-Sweet Historical Comments as National Christmas Tree is Lit
I wasn’t home to watch any TV coverage of the lighting, and I would guess the President’s remarks were largely unreported. Why? According to breakingchristiannews.com, President Trump’s statements included a narrative regarding the first National Christmas Tree lighting in 1923. Among other activities, Trump described that “the Washington Monument was illuminated with a beautiful cross, a powerful reminder of the meaning of Christmas.” history.com records that “Several musical groups performed at the tree-lighting ceremony, including the Epiphany Church choir and the U.S. Marine Band. Later that evening, President Coolidge and his wife Grace were treated to carols sung by members of Washington D.C.’s First Congregational Church.”
President Trump also stated, “Christians give thanks that the Son of God came into the world to save humanity.”
November 5, 2019: From Coal to Race Cars and Guitars?
This is a small tidbit that caught my eye and which I found really fascinating. According to geekwire.com, a Bill Gates (of Microsoft)-funded company known as TerraPower is “part of a team that’s receiving more than $1-million in federal funding to develop an emissions-free process to produce carbon fiber from coal.”
Carbon fiber? What in the world do you do with carbon fiber?
Well, the future-coal plans for “carbon fiber” cover several different fields of application. Thought.com published a 2018 article listing aerospace, sporting goods, wind turbine blades, and automotive applications. A year earlier, ipitaka.com published an article entitled “15 Things You Didn’t Know About Carbon Fiber (but You Should)”; in a second article listing many carbon fiber applications — including replacing the wooden body of guitars!
November 2, 2019: “Vote Harvesting” — And This is Legal?
I’m feeling particularly out of the intelligent-citizen-loop on this one. This little article dated Oct. 24 from Fred Lucas at dailysignal.com states that “ballot harvesting” is legally allowed in 27 states, plus District of Columbia. Moreover, the article highlights numerous acts of corruption utilizing this practice and cites a 2018 report from Orange County California, that states, “It is a dangerous and foolish public policy that threatens the integrity of elections…it should not be implemented by state legislatures–and should be prohibited in the states that currently allow it.”
So I’m sitting here thinking, what in the world is ballot harvesting and how could I have voted in umpteen-elections over my lifetime and have no concept of this phrase or practice?
Definition: according to ivn.com (Independent Voter News online) on Nov. 30, 2018, “Ballot harvesting allows anyone, even a paid political campaign worker, to collect and return ballots — ‘harvesting them.'” That’s their italics, not mine, and I find it well-deserved. The article goes on to state that “Ballot harvesting was used for the first time in November, and has been clearly advantageous to Democrats.” That would be a reference to November, 2018, remember — the year several conservative California districts were “swept” into the media-proclaimed “blue wave.”
At least that timeline explains why I — and maybe you — are unfamiliar with the specifics of “ballot harvesting.”
The article shares more: Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) authored the bill and described it as “a public service.” In 2016, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation changing the wording on ballot dropoff rules from “only relatives or those living in the same household” to the existing wording, allowing “anyone” to collect and return ballots. (Colorado, by the way, is one of 12 states to enforce a maximum number of 12 ballots being returned by an individual…not that numbers of “extra 12’s” can’t add up and sway final results…)
Here is one of the most foreboding quotes I read, again provided by ivn.com: “Katie Merrill, a Democratic consultant, noted, ‘We beat the Republicans on the ground, fair and square, many of the field plans included (ballot harvesting) as an option to deliver voters or their ballots’ to the polls.” OK, I added those italics. An “option to deliver voters or their ballots”…anybody have a problem with that thinking? Shouldn’t “voters” and “ballots” be a synchronized team? Aren’t we, the voting participants in a free-election Republic, to deliver ourselves to the polls?
This is really scary. Outrageous. Actually, a little unbelievable…and apparently legal in over half our American states. Here are some additional research sources for you: Ballotpedia, outlining several types of “electoral fraud”; a 12/1/18 article entitled “What is ‘Ballot Harvesting’ and How Did Caifornia Dems Use It to Nuke the GOP?”; And two dissenting points of view — one from the L.A. Times and one from the San Francisco Chronicle.
You get to decide what you think!
October 27, 2019: What’s in a Headline? Sometimes the Difference Between Truth and Falsehood
OK, I admit it — misrepresentation of situations through small written mis-wordings and half-truths really throw me into a bit of an indignant tizzy. This happened-yesterday example I use here represents a clear-cut example of misguidance through word choice. The Washington Post obituary headline described the ISIS-leading Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as “an austere religious scholar.” To which I blink twice, and respond — Really? Maybe when he was a young lad of 10.
This is a headline, which commands immediate attention-without-explanation. Headlines used to represent the most accurate summation of the article to follow. Catch that? Used to. The “old rules” often don’t apply any longer. Through those three simple words, the description implies that his character was apolitical, passive and scholarly, quite the opposite of his actual activities and lifestyle of terrorism. What “scholar” straps explosives around his chest and detonates himself, plus children, to avoid capture? Attention-without-explanation is one of the most common forms of deception often being used by different media outlets today in our culture….reader beware! The one-liners being presented may or may not substantiate actual facts regarding a situation…even in an obituary!
September 12, 2019: Prophetic Vision of President as “Bloodied scapegoat” and Call to Prayer
Let me state up front that yes, I know this little article ends as a book sale promotion. I am taking no position on whether or not the book should be ordered. However, I am interested in the description of the 2020 prayer strategy being recommended by its author, Dr. Francis Myles. As shared on charismamag.com, Dr. Myles stated that he “saw a goat with innocent eyes who was covered with blood.” The Lord then revealed “‘This strategy that the enemy’s about to use against Trump to stop him from having another four years is a double-edged strategy…because this time, it’s coming from the underworld and the political establishment.’ I said, ‘what do you mean?’ He said to me, a sacrifice has been made in the demonic world, and the new strategy is going to make Donald Trump bloody — the bloodiest president in American history.,,they are going to make him the scapegoat for every bloodshed that happens in America ’til 2020.'” This link includes a video clip, as well.
September 7, 2019: AI Programmed for Mindreading?
OK, I find this whole concept weird, distasteful, and too science-fictiony for comfort. But a part of me also feels like I am a horse-and-buggy owner jumping out of the way of a mechanical monstrosity coming down my country road in 1910…I may wonder why in the world anyone would choose the noise and inconvenience of a mechanical “wagon” over the benefits of a friendly, reliable horse….and yet sensing that I have seen a glimpse of the future, despite my doubts and sense of foreboding. Did you know there was a second World Artificial Intelligence Conference recently held in Shanghai (China) the end of August? According to rt.com, the Conference “saw Alibaba’s Chairman Jack Ma and Tesla CEO Elon Musk clashing over the future of AI.” I did a little research, and different points of view as to “high points” of their conversation and conclusions are covered by multiple sources, including Forbes.com, businessinsider.in, and geekwire.com.
The focus of this article shared by rt.com, however, involves an interview with Slavoj Zizek, described as a “philosopher,” though his day job is “senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana” (located in Slovenia). His particular research focuses on “wired brains,” specifically “the possibility of our brains being connected with strong digital machines.” While Zizek states that MIT in Massachusetts is doing similar research, he points out that “The primitive level machines can already read our thoughts.” Zizek raises several interesting (and frightening) points as this science continues to develop. It certainly changed my concept as to how far this technology has already advanced.
August 23, 2019: Four Well-Known Companies with Christian Themes in Their Mission Statement
I found this little article tucked at the bottom of several others on christianheadlines.com. I found it both interesting and encouraging. Why, encouraging? By reading or watching current events, it’s pretty easy to believe that any “Christian company” must constanty endure lawsuits as part of daily operating procedure. It is encouraging to see businesses thriving with far less stress and controversy.
July 31, 2019: Muslim Workers Hide and Protect Christian Co-Workers
This is the type of story, and type of heroism, which I suspect is far more widespread than most people realize…because it isn’t publicized. According to premier.org.uk, a group of non-local Christian construction workers were building a government hospital in Kenya when “locals were reportedly warned about an imminent Al-Shabaab attack.” The response of Muslim locals was to quick evacuate the workers from the site, taking them to a safer location. The Muslim rescuers then confronted the gunmen, and although some Al-Shabaab members opened fire, no one was injured and they left with no deaths and no prisoners.
July 1, 2019: Interesting Link Between Worship Song and Trump’s Visit to DMZ in North Korea
This is quite fascinating. As President Trump’s off-the-cuff visit with Kim Jung Un materialized, faithwire.com published this interesting prophetic connection between a Sean Feucht song of a few years ago and current events. A fun quick read!
June 15, 2019: The President of the United States Really Can’t Have Air Force One Painted Red-White-and-Blue?
I found this content on a few different websites and found the restriction so absolutely ridiculous, I’m sharing the information here. Have you seen President’s Trump proposals for the next-generation Air Force One presidential jet? According to the right-leaning independentsentinel.com, the new AF1 would begin service in 2024, at the very end of a second Trump term, were he to be re-elected. But let not the facts interrupt any governmental discussion. The site courant.com reported that Joe Courtney (D-2nd District) introduced a bill requiring any “interior, paint, and fixtures” costs be approved by Congress before they could proceed. With the Bill passing the House along strict party lines, Courtney alleged part of his concern was that “additional paint can add weight to the plane” and that the plane needed to continue its white-and-sky-blue color motif to “remain traditional.” “Traditional?” Are you kidding me? Does America fly a white-and-sky-blue American flag I’ve overlooked all these years? No — but a little research did provide perhaps a more practical reason-behind-the-reason: according to a historically-based article used for advertising flight miles, “The current Air Force One colors are one of the legacies of John F. Kennedy.”
June 12, 2019: Vermont Joins Ranks of States Allowing Up-to-Birth-Abortion
According to dailywire.com, “Vermont Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, signed an extreme pro-abortion bill into law on Monday, permitting abortions to be performed up until the moment of birth in the state for any reason whatsoever…notably, young girls of any age will not be required to seek parental consent before having an abortion.” The other states already allowing such provision: Alaska, Colorado, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, New York, District of Columbia.
May 17, 2019: Man States “He Is the 1%” Used to Justify Abortion…Thankful His Mother Chose Life
I wish more testimonies of this nature were published. Co-founder of The Radiance Foundation Ryan Bomberger is quoted by christianpost.com as stating, “My biological mother was raped, yet she rejected the violence of abortion. I was adopted and loved, instead. I’m not the ‘residue of the rapist’ as Senator Vivian Davis Figures described those like me who were conceived in rape…my birthmom needed an active Healer in her life not an activist huckster.” Bomberger lists numerous friends and acquaintances conceived through rape and asks the question, “Who really are the extremists here? Those who think that every human being has the right to life?” Powerful and compelling reading!
May 10, 2019: Kris Vallotton Asks: Are You Believing This Destructive Lie About the End of the World?
The attached link is a great post from Kris. One of his key points is this: “People speak of darkness as if it is the most dominant force in the world; as if darkness is forcing light out of the world. But nothing could be further from the truth! It’s light that is stalking the darkness!” We so easily conform to the deception the world presents. This is a great article to read and to ponder.
April 16, 2019: Christian University Petitioned to Dis-invite VP Mike Pence From Commencement Speech?
OK, I think this is really quite puzzling…according to christianpost.com, Taylor University was founded in 1846 and considers itself “a premier, nondenominational, Christian liberal arts university and the number one college in the Midwest.” A Taylor graduate of 12 years ago (2007), Alex Hoestra, is currently affiliated with Change.org and started a Dis-invite Pence petition — which has received 4,000 signatures from current students. As Rev. Franklin Graham stated in his response, “What are these people smoking?” I’m sharing a chuckle here…but prime reasons were largely summed up by a “guilty by association” mindset. Dissenters did not accept and laud VP Pence’s Christian witness in the White House and as a representative across the world, but instead considered him disqualified by his role of vice president to Donald Trump and Trump’s policies. UPDATE: Yes, dozens of students and faculty did indeed walk out of the commencement speech, according to christianheadlines.com. Unbelievable.
April 4, 2019: Second Temple Period Structures Unearthed in Beersheva
Fresh archaeological finds. I do so love this stuff!! According to breakingchristiannews.com, a “Second Temple period settlement in the town of Beersheva” has been uncovered, dating “from the 1st century AD until the Bar-Kokhba Revolt against the Roman Empire in 135 AD.” Among the artifacts unearthed is an ancient menorah, judged as “probably”one of the earliest ever discovered.
March 14, 2019: 1700 Year Old Inscription Identifies Elusa, Possible Location of Ziklag
According to breakingchristiannews.com, “German and Israeli scientists discovered a 1700-year-old stone bearing the name of a city believed to be the possible location of an ancient Biblical town….UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization) declared Elusa a World Heritage site. The city is one of two potential locations for the Biblical city of Ziklag.”
March 3, 2019: “Queering the Bible” — Are You Quidding Me?
OK, so I missed this article that actually came out on Feb. 20…but its subject matter seems worth mentioning, even a couple weeks later. “Contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.” (Jude 1:3) According to christianheadlines.com, “An increasing number of colleges and universities in the United States are training college students to read the Bible from an LGBT perspective…Swarthmore College offers a course entitled ‘Queering God: Feminist and Queer Theology.'” This course self-describes that it “seeks to stretch the limits of gendering-and-sexing-the divine” (yes, that would refer to God–Father, Son and Holy Spirit). I would like to think these schools are just “quidding around”, but not likely. Spencer Brown of Young America Foundation pointed out, “these classes advance a liberal agenda, malign conservatives and their values, and shut out ideological diversity.”
February 28, 2019: Trump Schmooze Not Golden This Time Around
In general, I agree with those who say President Trump has “good instincts” regarding foreign policy decisions and strategies. However, as a follower of info regarding persecuted Christians, I have truly winced at many of trump’s overly-glowing references towards Dictator Kim, leading up to the stalemated North Korean Summit. Trump’s comments seriously gloss over Kim Jung Un’s heinous actions, policies and attitudes towards his own people. I understand that the “schmooze” of superficial camaraderie can pave the way to accomplish a bigger, genuinely noble goal…but this time it seems to me that the dictator has gained far more “regular guy” credibility than deserved, possibly undermining Trump’s credibility among American Koreans and others. In a Trump-critical editorial, journalist/author Ben Shapiro discusses this overall topic.
February 22, 2019: Spirits of Murder Continue to Move Among the States
That may seem like a radical headline, but it ties in to a prophetic word/dream published via charismamag.com, earlier in February, written by Jeremiah Johnson . In this dream, Johnson entered a factory, labeled “House of Horror” and saw rows of cribs. Then in the cribs he “saw very small fetuses with snakes wrapped around them…Then came a booming, loud, and fatherly voice that said, ‘Let My babies go.'” Following this, Johnson heard the Lord say, “This House of Horror and the houses like this are what have My full attention in this hour. The snakes that you see are the spirits of murder that are killing off the next generation.”
The prophetic word was published a couple of weeks ago but it came to my mind when I read a headline stating that the state of Vermont is passing a “staggering abortion bill”…which made me ask, what would be more staggering than abortion allowed up to the point of birth, as already passed by New York? According to theblaze.com, the “staggering” part is rooted in the legislation’s total lack of justification regarding safety or health of the mother. This legislation was pending at the time of the Feb. 8 news link, below, but has now passed by a vote of 106 to 36. Think about that — 106 to 36. That, alone, is “staggering” in my mind. That, even in the face of a recent poll conducted with a partnership between Americans United for Life and YouGov, which revealed that 80% of Americans polled “reject abortion the day before a child is born” and 66% of respondents identifying as “pro-choice” reject abortion “in the third trimester.”
February 18, 2019: Pro-Life Woman Warns That ‘Heartbeat Bills’ Will Not Protect as Intended
Well this is certainly an eye-opening article from a pro-life woman who warns that stop-abortion ‘Heartbeat Bills’ are deceptively easy to derail when actually applied. Why? According to this article published by faithwire.com, Wording in many of the bills requires the abortionist about to perform the abortion to do the check for a heartbeat…hardly an objective source of verification.
February 17, 2019: “Terrorist Recruitment Center” in America Located…in Minnesota???
OK, no political commentary coming, just total amazement at this fact. So much amazement, in fact, I thought it would be worthwhile to share the info with others. Published by the dailycaller.com, journalist Ryan Saavedra points out that “Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D), is the terrorist recruitment capitol of the United States, according to FBI statistics.” This is a really interesting article. Other things I learned: This is primarily a Somali-American demographic, currently 100,000 strong, which has been documented since 2007-2008.
February 8, 2019: America Helps Fund Abortions in Latin America, Too?
OK, perhaps my naivete is hanging out more than usual….but I am genuinely surprised that American tax dollars are being sent to fund two pro-abortion entities in Latin America — and although there is a 1981 law on the books prohibiting such support, lifesitenews.com reports “The law is ‘currently not being properly enforced by the U.S. Dept. of State’…” Nine U.S. Senators have “sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in December demanding an end to public funding to two organizations that promote abortion in Latin America.”
February 8, 2019: More Horrific Legislation — What’s Up?
My recent blog discusses the abortion-to-the-point-of-birth legislation recently passed by New York but voted down in Virginia, despite the Governor’s staunch and carefully-worded approval. Are pro-death politicians sensing “something new” in the air? Perhaps it is President Trump’s increasingly aggressive defense of the unborn/newborn and helpless, plus his active participation in returning/reinforcing religious freedom in this country. Perhaps it is the apparently ill health of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, which would allow for yet another Trump-appointee to enter the Supreme Court. Whatever it is, states seem to be rushing to insure their own death-to-the-unborn legislation, which might in theory be protected from Federal rulings that would contradict a abortion-on-demand stance. For instance, Colorado voted the legalization of marijuana while the Federal government still recognized marijuana as an illegal substance. Same principle. This article from christianheadlines.com describes current Vermont legislation stating “fetuses have no rights and that women who perform their own abortions cannot be prosecuted.” Called The Freedom of Choice Act, it specifies “A fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus shall not have independent rights under Vermont law.” Time to pray!
January 28, 2019: Sea of Galilee Drying Up?
This is an interesting little tidbit about an issue that apparently began with the building of a British dam decades ago, but is now devastating the Sea after a prolonged regional drought. According to breakingchristianews.com, the Sea is currently “15 feet below the full line…until not so long ago, the Sea of Galilee was one of the three main natural sources that supplied water…now it hardly supplies.” Israel is fighting back with a unique solution.
January 11, 2019: Locusts Swarming in Mecca? OK, I Did Laugh When I Read It
This is an interesting little note from dailywire.com, regarding the “pilgrimage hub” of Islam being invaded by “black grasshoppers,” requiring multiple teams and specialized pieces of equipment to try and stem the tide. Is God making a statement? Hmmm, have to decide for yourself!
January 2, 2019: Mexico’s President Obrador Creates “Free Zones” Along U.S. Border
I don’t know what the actual outcome of this will be for Mexico, but I am impressed with President Obrador’s intent to implement. It may not only achieve a stated goal of decreasing his residents’ desires to leave the country and immigrate to America, but may actually create an economic boom in Mexico, as well. The online sandiegouniontribune.com reported, “Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced last Saturday what is called the ‘Tax Incentive Decree for the Northern Border Region’ that will create a ‘free zone’ along the border with the U.S. that is 15.5 (25 kilometers) miles wide. It encompasses nearly 2,000 miles, all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Coast.” Provisions for persons/businesses in this zone include decreased income taxes, reduced Value Added Tax for imports, a 100% minimum wage boost and change in gasoline cost.
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