November 21, 2022
Musk Sacks "Misinformation Chief
Selwyn Duke
https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2022/11/21/dude-lol-this-is-melissa-melissa-was-in-charge-of-what-is-political-disinformation-at-twitter-until-musk-took-over/
Uh-huh, yeah. Something tells me "Melissa" is far too confused to figure out what disinformation is. It's good that Musk is cleaning house.
My Twitter account is still suspended, though — more than a year and a half now.
https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2022/11/21/dude-lol-this-is-melissa-melissa-was-in-charge-of-what-is-political-disinformation-at-twitter-until-musk-took-over/
Uh-huh, yeah. Something tells me "Melissa" is far too confused to figure out what disinformation is. It's good that Musk is cleaning house.
My Twitter account is still suspended, though — more than a year and a half now.
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November 20, 2022
How to Empower the Black Community - by a Black Woman
From the Aviary Editorial Staff:
Cindy Chan, a black lady broadcaster and published author, has written quite a bold piece at American Thinker today on how black people can help themselves have a better future (hint: it doesn't advocate another government program). She says, in a thoughtful blog piece that reads like an official article, a number of things that can end individual excuses and cause a number of blacks to create a better future for themselves.
Some people - maybe not regular readers of this website - will be outraged by her thoughts. But I say to all who read this piece that I linked to here and quote in part below:
Cindy Chan says, in part:
" Complete education is the only answer, to every problem we have as a
society today. Our people must be educated. Each of us must be
self-sufficient. The inability for entire communities to grow and
prosper, especially if they must then rely on others, is a root cause of
racial hatred."
I would add a milder statement as well - without contradicting her - namely the inability for entire communities to grow and prosper, especially if they must rely on others, is a root cause of lesser resentments than hatred such as disdain, dislike, and an exasperated feeling that can be described as "Oh, not this same old story again."
Cindy Chan wants the best for her people - and all of America. I strongly recommend that everyone read the piece.
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Why Hasn't Birx Been Prosecuted?
Timothy Birdnow
I know this is an older story but I hadn't encountered it in such detail.
Deborah Birx, who was advising then President Trump, was cooking the books on the information she was supplying the President.
https://www.science.org/content/article/inside-story-how-trumps-covid-19-coordinator-undermined-cdc
If Covid was such a crisis why lie to the President?
For that matter, why wasn't Birx charged with criminal fraud? She has admitted it herself yet nothing happened. Huge sums of money have changed hands and the country has been fundamentally altered (and President Trump lost his office) as a result of Birx. She should have the full force of the law come down on her.
This is but another example of the two-tiered system of justice in America. Since Birx was on the "right side" of this as the Ruling Class view it she gets a pass. Imagine the fallout if the situation was reversed.
We don't really have to imagine. Look at the case of Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, for example.
Granted, Fortenberry was accused of misleading the FBI, but is that somehow excusable and what Birx did less so?
You won't find any situation analogous to this as most Democrats fire those with whom they disagree and a conservative Birx wouldn't lie about it anyway if there were such a critter.
Until we start treating these scumbags criminally, we will have an out-of-control bureaucracy usurping the authority of the President. We elect the President.
At a bare minimum she should be subject to a class action suit by all of America for the money she cost us all.
I know this is an older story but I hadn't encountered it in such detail.
Deborah Birx, who was advising then President Trump, was cooking the books on the information she was supplying the President.
https://www.science.org/content/article/inside-story-how-trumps-covid-19-coordinator-undermined-cdc
If Covid was such a crisis why lie to the President?
For that matter, why wasn't Birx charged with criminal fraud? She has admitted it herself yet nothing happened. Huge sums of money have changed hands and the country has been fundamentally altered (and President Trump lost his office) as a result of Birx. She should have the full force of the law come down on her.
This is but another example of the two-tiered system of justice in America. Since Birx was on the "right side" of this as the Ruling Class view it she gets a pass. Imagine the fallout if the situation was reversed.
We don't really have to imagine. Look at the case of Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, for example.
Granted, Fortenberry was accused of misleading the FBI, but is that somehow excusable and what Birx did less so?
You won't find any situation analogous to this as most Democrats fire those with whom they disagree and a conservative Birx wouldn't lie about it anyway if there were such a critter.
Until we start treating these scumbags criminally, we will have an out-of-control bureaucracy usurping the authority of the President. We elect the President.
At a bare minimum she should be subject to a class action suit by all of America for the money she cost us all.
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Political Views and the Brain
Timothy Birdnow
I had a disagreement with a polite liberal about the brain differences between right and left. It's interesting; read it below:
Mike says:
This brings up a tangential unfinished debate about differing brain structures in conservatives and liberals. The 1st time I heard about this was from a psychologist widely admire by conservatives for having very solid anti-feminist assertions so strong that he can openly debate feminist attacks and logically counter every verbal assault.
But much more of interest to me is his work on studying the psychological and physiological differences in brain structure between conservates and liberals. One psychological difference he found is that all successful serial entrepreneurs are liberals. Elon Musk appeared to be a successful serial entrepreneur but not so much anymore...
He also found that conservatives test much better than liberals at organizational skills and slightly better at productivity, which is why most managers are very conservative. Liberals test much better at openness, they are substantially better at absorbing new ideas and evaluating their viability. He asserts that while most of their new ideas will be flawed, somewhere in there is a much better solution.
This is God's design, like the way men and women can live together in harmony, society absolutely needs both conservatives and liberals, but just like men and women, they have to understand their respective social roles to work together in harmony or things will break down.
Here is an excerpt from ChristianityToday .com from an article called "Conservatives And Liberals Need Each Other" that in part contrasts the Culture Wars with the Reformation:
"The truth, then, is that the conservative needs the liberal as much as the liberal needs the conservative, although in a quite different way. Without implying any un-American political convictions, one might say that the liberal’s religious development often appears to proceed in analogous lines to the Kremlin’s political actions. The truly "correct†theology is always the current one. All preceding versions are viewed as inadequate formulations of that truth which now is seen clearly. As the political fortunes of the Kremlin well indicate, what today is "modern†may tomorrow be outdated; a new leader may order the rewriting of the history of the party and thereby bring about a rearrangement of what is viewed as the "party†against the "anti-party†line. Protestant liberalism is, of course, less monolithic than the Kremlin; yet it is just as rapid in its repeated changes of the "really†adequate way of theologizing. The conservative cannot understand how the liberal can proclaim his newly formulated outlook to be the most adequate, since the past record indicates the inevitable: before the proclaimer has retired from his teaching post, his views will first be divided up into early, middle, and late positions, then finally considered as altogether outdated and in need of being replaced by the "new†and significant "breakthrough.â€
At the same time, the conservative needs the presence of the liberal to remind him that not all change indicates purposelessness and instability. To the liberal it often appears that the conservative fails to see that change is an intrinsic aspect of life, and that what is really important is not to record the occurrence of the change and to identify the latest phase as the best but to observe the context in which the change has taken place. If this is done, then it may be possible to witness to the conservative that the task of Christian theology is not to build new systems (or to retain the old) for their own sake but to employ them as means for communicating the Gospel. As secular culture changes, as its needs vary from generation to generation, as its very language changes, so also must the speaking of the theologian be forever "incarnate†in the world in which he lives. Thus the liberal is not seeking to be creative for the sake of novelty; rather, he tries to speak to a new situation in a fresh and more adequate way. The conservative, in the perspective of the liberal, often enough appears to be an antiquarian who hugs the past and then scolds the world for passing him by.
Now, the point of this contrast (admittedly oversimplified) between conservatives and liberals has been, first, to underscore their mutual and continuous need for encounter, and, second, to point out that in the theological climate of the twentieth century, in which both sides have abandoned the Reformation’s stance of hate-filled rejection of views other than one’s own, at least an implicit rapprochement has already occurred. To a significant degree the encounter already takes place. To say this is not to deny that the Reformers were well informed about the views of opponents (although, admittedly, not all the opponents knew one another equally well). Yet because the opponents were treated as either stupid or infidel, their theological insights were never taken very seriously. Today, by contrast, with the general acceptance of the possibility of differences of interpretation, the wall of hate and suspicion has been broken down. Those who once were enemies now stand face to face with one another as respected members of the same household of Christ."
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I had a disagreement with a polite liberal about the brain differences between right and left. It's interesting; read it below:
Mike says:
This brings up a tangential unfinished debate about differing brain structures in conservatives and liberals. The 1st time I heard about this was from a psychologist widely admire by conservatives for having very solid anti-feminist assertions so strong that he can openly debate feminist attacks and logically counter every verbal assault.
But much more of interest to me is his work on studying the psychological and physiological differences in brain structure between conservates and liberals. One psychological difference he found is that all successful serial entrepreneurs are liberals. Elon Musk appeared to be a successful serial entrepreneur but not so much anymore...
He also found that conservatives test much better than liberals at organizational skills and slightly better at productivity, which is why most managers are very conservative. Liberals test much better at openness, they are substantially better at absorbing new ideas and evaluating their viability. He asserts that while most of their new ideas will be flawed, somewhere in there is a much better solution.
This is God's design, like the way men and women can live together in harmony, society absolutely needs both conservatives and liberals, but just like men and women, they have to understand their respective social roles to work together in harmony or things will break down.
Here is an excerpt from ChristianityToday .com from an article called "Conservatives And Liberals Need Each Other" that in part contrasts the Culture Wars with the Reformation:
"The truth, then, is that the conservative needs the liberal as much as the liberal needs the conservative, although in a quite different way. Without implying any un-American political convictions, one might say that the liberal’s religious development often appears to proceed in analogous lines to the Kremlin’s political actions. The truly "correct†theology is always the current one. All preceding versions are viewed as inadequate formulations of that truth which now is seen clearly. As the political fortunes of the Kremlin well indicate, what today is "modern†may tomorrow be outdated; a new leader may order the rewriting of the history of the party and thereby bring about a rearrangement of what is viewed as the "party†against the "anti-party†line. Protestant liberalism is, of course, less monolithic than the Kremlin; yet it is just as rapid in its repeated changes of the "really†adequate way of theologizing. The conservative cannot understand how the liberal can proclaim his newly formulated outlook to be the most adequate, since the past record indicates the inevitable: before the proclaimer has retired from his teaching post, his views will first be divided up into early, middle, and late positions, then finally considered as altogether outdated and in need of being replaced by the "new†and significant "breakthrough.â€
At the same time, the conservative needs the presence of the liberal to remind him that not all change indicates purposelessness and instability. To the liberal it often appears that the conservative fails to see that change is an intrinsic aspect of life, and that what is really important is not to record the occurrence of the change and to identify the latest phase as the best but to observe the context in which the change has taken place. If this is done, then it may be possible to witness to the conservative that the task of Christian theology is not to build new systems (or to retain the old) for their own sake but to employ them as means for communicating the Gospel. As secular culture changes, as its needs vary from generation to generation, as its very language changes, so also must the speaking of the theologian be forever "incarnate†in the world in which he lives. Thus the liberal is not seeking to be creative for the sake of novelty; rather, he tries to speak to a new situation in a fresh and more adequate way. The conservative, in the perspective of the liberal, often enough appears to be an antiquarian who hugs the past and then scolds the world for passing him by.
Now, the point of this contrast (admittedly oversimplified) between conservatives and liberals has been, first, to underscore their mutual and continuous need for encounter, and, second, to point out that in the theological climate of the twentieth century, in which both sides have abandoned the Reformation’s stance of hate-filled rejection of views other than one’s own, at least an implicit rapprochement has already occurred. To a significant degree the encounter already takes place. To say this is not to deny that the Reformers were well informed about the views of opponents (although, admittedly, not all the opponents knew one another equally well). Yet because the opponents were treated as either stupid or infidel, their theological insights were never taken very seriously. Today, by contrast, with the general acceptance of the possibility of differences of interpretation, the wall of hate and suspicion has been broken down. Those who once were enemies now stand face to face with one another as respected members of the same household of Christ."
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Musk Restores Trump to Twitter
Timothy Birdnow
Good for him!
Elon Musk Restores Donald Trump's Twitter Account
Good for him!
Elon Musk Restores Donald Trump's Twitter Account
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November 18, 2022
Republican Senators Vote with Democrats on Gay Marriage
Timothy Birdnow
With friends like these...
12 Republicans vote with Democrats to advance bill codifying same-sex marriage into federal law
theblaze.com
How can we restore this nation with people like this?
My own Seantor - the dishonorable Roy Blunt - joined the Democrats in his parting gift to Missouri and America.
The list of shame:
Notice how these are all acolytes of Mitch McConnell.
If America's opposition party can't stand against this redefinition of human civilization (which it is; there was never gay marriage at any time anywhere in history) we are doomed. And what do these idiots think they will gain? Do they think it will be of political benefit to them?
It's a sad day for America and a black eye for the GOP.
With friends like these...
12 Republicans vote with Democrats to advance bill codifying same-sex marriage into federal law
theblaze.com
One dozen Republican senators joined their Democratic colleagues on
Wednesday to advance legislation protecting same-sex marriages.
Here is yet more proof of why we need a conservative Senate. These RINO Repubicans aren't cutting it.How can we restore this nation with people like this?
My own Seantor - the dishonorable Roy Blunt - joined the Democrats in his parting gift to Missouri and America.
The list of shame:
- Roy Blunt (Mo.)
- Richard M. Burr (N.C.)
- Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.)
- Susan Collins (Maine)
- Joni Ernst (Iowa)
- Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.)
- Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
- Rob Portman (Ohio)
- Dan Sullivan (Alaska)
- Mitt Romney (Utah)
- Thom Tillis (N.C.)
- Todd Young (Ind.)
Notice how these are all acolytes of Mitch McConnell.
If America's opposition party can't stand against this redefinition of human civilization (which it is; there was never gay marriage at any time anywhere in history) we are doomed. And what do these idiots think they will gain? Do they think it will be of political benefit to them?
It's a sad day for America and a black eye for the GOP.
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The Price of Tylenol in Canada
Timothy Birdnow
I was always told Canada had such a better healthcare system than the U.S. and their drugs were so much cheaper. So why do Canadians have to drive to the U.S. for Tylenol? Could it be socialized medicine isn't all it's cracked up to be?
Allen Hosey
I'm just cringing that Canada cannot import any Tylenol or extra-strength Advil from anywhere to protect our children, yet in the US, their pharmacies are comfortably supplied with all the children's strength compounds they need. If Canadian parents want to buy American pharma they can just drive across the international border and buy, over-the-counter from the Americans. Do you know why they have to do this? Is it a different pharma compound or something? US Advil and Tylenol is packaged in english language bottle, but bottle coming to Canada MUST HAVE BILINGUAL LABELS -NO EXCEPTIONS! HEY LET OUR CHILDREN DIE BUT KEEP THE BUREAUCRACY PURE...SHEESH!!
I was always told Canada had such a better healthcare system than the U.S. and their drugs were so much cheaper. So why do Canadians have to drive to the U.S. for Tylenol? Could it be socialized medicine isn't all it's cracked up to be?
Allen Hosey
I'm just cringing that Canada cannot import any Tylenol or extra-strength Advil from anywhere to protect our children, yet in the US, their pharmacies are comfortably supplied with all the children's strength compounds they need. If Canadian parents want to buy American pharma they can just drive across the international border and buy, over-the-counter from the Americans. Do you know why they have to do this? Is it a different pharma compound or something? US Advil and Tylenol is packaged in english language bottle, but bottle coming to Canada MUST HAVE BILINGUAL LABELS -NO EXCEPTIONS! HEY LET OUR CHILDREN DIE BUT KEEP THE BUREAUCRACY PURE...SHEESH!!
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The Fraud that Never Happens
Selwyn Duke
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-stamford-democratic-party-chair-sentenced-in-ballot-fraud-case/ar-AA145gxv?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=71f47c6ae8ca4ce68fa6cec37507798b
Here's another conviction of a Democrat for vote fraud, that thing that "never happens."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-stamford-democratic-party-chair-sentenced-in-ballot-fraud-case/ar-AA145gxv?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=71f47c6ae8ca4ce68fa6cec37507798b
Here's another conviction of a Democrat for vote fraud, that thing that "never happens."
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GOP Agenda
John Lees
"Republicans have also indicated they will disband Democrat-led investigations, including the special committee probing Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, and launch their own inquests into everything from the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic to the business dealings of Hunter Biden, the president’s son."
So, yes, yes and yes. It's time for the questions that matter. We've already done the Capitol Riot non-stop for nearly two years.
Who shot Ashli Babbit, why and why did they not face justice? Why did nobody on the Jan 6th committee ask that question? It's a charade.
https://www.ft.com/content/8430fec4-896b-422b-99c0-aed793f92610
Tim adds:
I fear the GOP may use this to shut down the current investigations but may then just close everything out. That was the Karl Rove strategy and it was a loser, but the RINO wing wants to purge MAGA from the party so may well try to pull that.
"Republicans have also indicated they will disband Democrat-led investigations, including the special committee probing Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, and launch their own inquests into everything from the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic to the business dealings of Hunter Biden, the president’s son."
So, yes, yes and yes. It's time for the questions that matter. We've already done the Capitol Riot non-stop for nearly two years.
Who shot Ashli Babbit, why and why did they not face justice? Why did nobody on the Jan 6th committee ask that question? It's a charade.
https://www.ft.com/content/8430fec4-896b-422b-99c0-aed793f92610
Tim adds:
I fear the GOP may use this to shut down the current investigations but may then just close everything out. That was the Karl Rove strategy and it was a loser, but the RINO wing wants to purge MAGA from the party so may well try to pull that.
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The Meaning of Life, the Universe, Liberals, and Everything
Timothy Birdnow
On Facebook I have a discussion about the brain, liberalism, and religion with a polite liberal (well, as polite as you are likely to meet, which is usually not very).
Mike Reynolds says:
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On Facebook I have a discussion about the brain, liberalism, and religion with a polite liberal (well, as polite as you are likely to meet, which is usually not very).
Mike Reynolds says:
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Arguing with Idiots; Dump Trump Edition
Timothy Birdnow
On Facebook I run afoul of a Nevertrumper. Steve Maxwell argues that Trump is basically a POS.
Trump did absolutely everything Fauci told him to do and Fauci praised him for it. Kemp, DeSantis and Noem were the Covid heroes.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/04/22/trump-kemp-georgia-reopen-coronavirus-202117
Why wasn't he smart enough to seek better advice like DeSantis. He's a man who is driven by ego and emotion. He has no stable world view. Here is an example: I bet you didn't know about this.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/us/trump-gun-control.amp.html
Remember when Trump said he could shoot someone on 6th Ave and his worshipers would stay with him? It's true. You guys won't hold him accountable for anything.
Fortunately, we live in a Republic with democratically elected representatives
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On Facebook I run afoul of a Nevertrumper. Steve Maxwell argues that Trump is basically a POS.
Trump did absolutely everything Fauci told him to do and Fauci praised him for it. Kemp, DeSantis and Noem were the Covid heroes.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/04/22/trump-kemp-georgia-reopen-coronavirus-202117
Why wasn't he smart enough to seek better advice like DeSantis. He's a man who is driven by ego and emotion. He has no stable world view. Here is an example: I bet you didn't know about this.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/us/trump-gun-control.amp.html
Remember when Trump said he could shoot someone on 6th Ave and his worshipers would stay with him? It's true. You guys won't hold him accountable for anything.
Fortunately, we live in a Republic with democratically elected representatives
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Arguing with Idiots, Trump-as-Antichrisst Edition
Timothy Birdnow
On Facebook I had an argument with a man who wrote a book claiming Trump is the Antichrist.
One question; multiple reports say Mr. Trump often engaged in random acts of kindness, and even the Trump hating Snopes had to admit that.
How does the Devil's anointed do nice things? He didn't seek adulation for any of them, just did them quietly.
I pointed out a number of other flaws in his thinking, from the fact the media - which has been solidly on the side of Satan - hates Trump to the fact that Trump's power base is not the wealthy or powerful but the working class - the same as was Jesus.
My inerlocutor clammed up after that.
And there is reason to believe the Antichrist is a homosexual. Daniel 11:37 says:
"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all."
Now Mr. Trump has a monstrous ego, but he does not magnify himself above God or any god. Certainly he claims to be a Presbyterian, and attends church services (more or less).
But what of the "desire of women" part? Trump both loves women AND gives them positions of power in his companies.
Trump is not a military man nor does he seem to have much interest. In fact, he was bitterly opposed by the military, by and large, because he wound multiple wars down. The Bible says the Antichrist would worship the military, the "god of forces."
It is also said the Antichrist would gain the kingdom through flatteries. Trump is many things, but not a flatterer. This fellow here claimed he was nothing BUT a flatterer! I cannot imagine what world this fellow inhabits. Trump rarely praises anyone. He is quick to criticize, though.
Flatter is immoderate praise.
The Antichrist is said to "deceive the whole world". Much of the world has been deceived by the media, not Mr. Trump.
It was here my argument with this fellow hit an interesting turn. I pointe to Revelation 1215
"So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood."
I pointed out this is a clear description of the Devil using words to crush the Church. It is a flood of lies. As I pointed out, Mr. Trump was attacked night and day by the media (much like the Devil accuses the bretheren before the throne of God "night and day"). I pointed out Trump is plain spoken, not eloquent, which is a large part of his appeal (was it was of Jesus) and he calls a spade a spade (as did Jesus).
This guy sneered at this, saying I didn't know what I was talking about; this was not about Satanic lies. He claimed the Woman with the Child was Israel. I ppointed out that the whole of Revelation was a warning TO THE CHURCH and that the woman represented both Mary and the Church. Satan tried to drown her with a flood from his mouth - in other words, with lies and deceit.
Just as they tried to do with Trump.
It's interesting to see how ridiculously far the Trump haters will go to vilify the man. This guy actually wrote a book calling Trump the Devil's Anointed!
I finished by pointing out that Jesus said only the Father knows the time of the end, and so we cannot know who the Antichrist is until then. In other words, this fellow was setting himself up to be on the same level as the Father.
He stopped replying at that point.
On Facebook I had an argument with a man who wrote a book claiming Trump is the Antichrist.
One question; multiple reports say Mr. Trump often engaged in random acts of kindness, and even the Trump hating Snopes had to admit that.
How does the Devil's anointed do nice things? He didn't seek adulation for any of them, just did them quietly.
I pointed out a number of other flaws in his thinking, from the fact the media - which has been solidly on the side of Satan - hates Trump to the fact that Trump's power base is not the wealthy or powerful but the working class - the same as was Jesus.
My inerlocutor clammed up after that.
And there is reason to believe the Antichrist is a homosexual. Daniel 11:37 says:
"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all."
Now Mr. Trump has a monstrous ego, but he does not magnify himself above God or any god. Certainly he claims to be a Presbyterian, and attends church services (more or less).
But what of the "desire of women" part? Trump both loves women AND gives them positions of power in his companies.
Trump is not a military man nor does he seem to have much interest. In fact, he was bitterly opposed by the military, by and large, because he wound multiple wars down. The Bible says the Antichrist would worship the military, the "god of forces."
It is also said the Antichrist would gain the kingdom through flatteries. Trump is many things, but not a flatterer. This fellow here claimed he was nothing BUT a flatterer! I cannot imagine what world this fellow inhabits. Trump rarely praises anyone. He is quick to criticize, though.
Flatter is immoderate praise.
The Antichrist is said to "deceive the whole world". Much of the world has been deceived by the media, not Mr. Trump.
It was here my argument with this fellow hit an interesting turn. I pointe to Revelation 1215
"So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood."
I pointed out this is a clear description of the Devil using words to crush the Church. It is a flood of lies. As I pointed out, Mr. Trump was attacked night and day by the media (much like the Devil accuses the bretheren before the throne of God "night and day"). I pointed out Trump is plain spoken, not eloquent, which is a large part of his appeal (was it was of Jesus) and he calls a spade a spade (as did Jesus).
This guy sneered at this, saying I didn't know what I was talking about; this was not about Satanic lies. He claimed the Woman with the Child was Israel. I ppointed out that the whole of Revelation was a warning TO THE CHURCH and that the woman represented both Mary and the Church. Satan tried to drown her with a flood from his mouth - in other words, with lies and deceit.
Just as they tried to do with Trump.
It's interesting to see how ridiculously far the Trump haters will go to vilify the man. This guy actually wrote a book calling Trump the Devil's Anointed!
I finished by pointing out that Jesus said only the Father knows the time of the end, and so we cannot know who the Antichrist is until then. In other words, this fellow was setting himself up to be on the same level as the Father.
He stopped replying at that point.
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Wikipedia Admits China Misinformation
John Lees
My faith in wikipedia is at least partially restored. Isn't this supposed to be part of the "conspiracy theory"?
COVID-19 misinformation by China -
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
My faith in wikipedia is at least partially restored. Isn't this supposed to be part of the "conspiracy theory"?
COVID-19 misinformation by China -
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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November 17, 2022
Theory v. Implementation
Richard Cronin
theverge.com
Nikola Tesla developed AC power technology. Thomas Edison wanted a DC power system. AC won out because it allows long distance transmission with voltage drop managed thru the use of capacitors while the voltage drop with DC over long distance makes it infeasible.
Then George Westinghouse swept up Tesla’s patents to become the dominant supplier of AC equipment plus transmit power from Niagara Falls down to New York.
Tesla was a scientific genius but Westinghouse was the clever businessman. Let’s see how Elon Musk fares.
Tesla opens up its charging connector in a bid to become the North American standardtheverge.com
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Broken Healthcare in Canada
Timothy Birdnow
I thought Canada's healthcare system was the thing we were supposed to emulate in the U.S.
Michael Higgins: Trudeau refuses to even discuss what needs to be done to fix our ailing health-care system
nationalpost.com
I thought Canada's healthcare system was the thing we were supposed to emulate in the U.S.
Michael Higgins: Trudeau refuses to even discuss what needs to be done to fix our ailing health-care system
nationalpost.com
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Pelosi Passing
Timothy Birdnow
Ding Dong the witch is dead, the wicked witch, the wicket witch!
Nancy Pelosi will not seek re-election as leader of the House Democrats — Fox News
apple.news
Bet she wants to stay home to make sure her hubby doesn't minister to other fine young men in the future.
Ding Dong the witch is dead, the wicked witch, the wicket witch!
Nancy Pelosi will not seek re-election as leader of the House Democrats — Fox News
apple.news
Bet she wants to stay home to make sure her hubby doesn't minister to other fine young men in the future.
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Reward for a Job Well Done
Timothy Birdnow
And yet America put the people who gave this to us back in power, more or less.
Prices are 65% higher than last year.
Residential heating oil prices start winter heating season higher than last year
eia.gov
And yet America put the people who gave this to us back in power, more or less.
Prices are 65% higher than last year.
Residential heating oil prices start winter heating season higher than last year
eia.gov
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Harris to Replace Biden?
Timothy Birdnow
The cackler? Bring it on!
Is VP Harris Getting Groomed To Replace Biden On 2024 Ticket? Here's What We Know.
trendingpoliticsnews.com
The cackler? Bring it on!
Is VP Harris Getting Groomed To Replace Biden On 2024 Ticket? Here's What We Know.
trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Public Cooling on Big Green?
Jim Church
Maybe, just maybe, the world is waking up to the basic insanity that undergirds most of the green movement.
Extinction Rebellion Activists Have Worn Out Their Welcome And The Public Is Angry
zerohedge.com
Maybe, just maybe, the world is waking up to the basic insanity that undergirds most of the green movement.
Extinction Rebellion Activists Have Worn Out Their Welcome And The Public Is Angry
zerohedge.com
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Racial Quoas for Gang Arrests
Selwyn Duke
https://www.selwynduke.com/2022/11/should-racial-quotas-be-applied-to-gang-arrests-ny-times-wars-on-reality.html
If, for argument’s sake, 90 percent of a certain crime’s perpetrators are of a given group and 90 percent of those arrested for the crime are of that group, you might call that probability. The New York Times calls it something else.
Racism.
https://www.selwynduke.com/2022/11/should-racial-quotas-be-applied-to-gang-arrests-ny-times-wars-on-reality.html
If, for argument’s sake, 90 percent of a certain crime’s perpetrators are of a given group and 90 percent of those arrested for the crime are of that group, you might call that probability. The New York Times calls it something else.
Racism.
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