September 14, 2024
The Cat's Meow of Meats
Timothy Birdnow
A recent story about Haitians in Ohio eating pet cats was repeated by Donald Trump in the debate with Commielove, er Kamala and sneered at by the debate moderators. I theorized that perhaps the Haitians were engaging in some sort of ritual sacrifice stemming from voodoo. But maybe they were just hungry after all!
Do Haitians eat cats? (the shocking truth)
A recent story about Haitians in Ohio eating pet cats was repeated by Donald Trump in the debate with Commielove, er Kamala and sneered at by the debate moderators. I theorized that perhaps the Haitians were engaging in some sort of ritual sacrifice stemming from voodoo. But maybe they were just hungry after all!
Do Haitians eat cats? (the shocking truth)
Yes, Haitians eat cats and dogs and a host of other things like geese and ducks.
FTA:
Eating cat meat is not a daily or nationwide practice in Haiti. However, some Haitians eat cats on December 24th in a national festivity called "Reveyon", a big Christmas party.
This is exclusively known to a select group of Haitians found mostly in countryside villages.
[...]
Eating cats in Haiti is not a new habit but an old tradition that started in slavery.
For instance, runaway slaves hunted, killed, and ate wild cats deep in Haiti's forest and treacherous mountains many years before Haiti became a nation.
So the practice of eating cats is just as old as Haiti herself.
[...]
Yes. Haitians eat cows, goats, sheep, chickens, pork, etc., but cat meat is a delicacy that many from the countryside simply can't resist.
FTA:
Eating cat meat is not a daily or nationwide practice in Haiti. However, some Haitians eat cats on December 24th in a national festivity called "Reveyon", a big Christmas party.
This is exclusively known to a select group of Haitians found mostly in countryside villages.
[...]
Eating cats in Haiti is not a new habit but an old tradition that started in slavery.
For instance, runaway slaves hunted, killed, and ate wild cats deep in Haiti's forest and treacherous mountains many years before Haiti became a nation.
So the practice of eating cats is just as old as Haiti herself.
[...]
Yes. Haitians eat cows, goats, sheep, chickens, pork, etc., but cat meat is a delicacy that many from the countryside simply can't resist.
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September 13, 2024
Apostate America
Timothy Birdnow
This is disturbing. The American People are dumping religion at an alarming rate. And then they are puzzled about why the nation is failing.
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/13/religious-unaffiliated-millennials-us-west
The Bible states quite clearly that God punishes nations that forsake Him - and that He will heal those that repent.
2Chronicles 7:14 states:
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will heal the land"
But if the People continue in apostacy and rebellion the results will be quite different.
Jeremiah 17:5 says:
"Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. "
Amos8:11-12
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"Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.
Judges 2:11-15
And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals. And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the Lord to anger. They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies. Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.
I would add that America has no guaranteed place in history as did Israel and God smote Israel TWICE for apostacy. Why do we think we won't suffer punishment?
The Left has labored for two centuries to strangle christianity and our modern hipster culture thinks we are so smart we know better than our fathers. But rather we are fools.
It may not matter much who we put in office this November; we are heading down the path of ruin.
This is disturbing. The American People are dumping religion at an alarming rate. And then they are puzzled about why the nation is failing.
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/13/religious-unaffiliated-millennials-us-west
The Bible states quite clearly that God punishes nations that forsake Him - and that He will heal those that repent.
2Chronicles 7:14 states:
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will heal the land"
But if the People continue in apostacy and rebellion the results will be quite different.
Jeremiah 17:5 says:
"Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. "
Amos8:11-12
Helpful Not Helpful
"Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.
Judges 2:11-15
And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals. And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the Lord to anger. They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies. Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.
I would add that America has no guaranteed place in history as did Israel and God smote Israel TWICE for apostacy. Why do we think we won't suffer punishment?
The Left has labored for two centuries to strangle christianity and our modern hipster culture thinks we are so smart we know better than our fathers. But rather we are fools.
It may not matter much who we put in office this November; we are heading down the path of ruin.
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GOP Winning
Timothy Birdnow
The Cook Political Report just shifted on the Senate predictions, now calling the Senate for the GOP.
The worm is turning..
The Cook Political Report just shifted on the Senate predictions, now calling the Senate for the GOP.
The worm is turning..
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Mideast War Looming
Timothy Birdnow
The IDF has attacked Iranian forces in Syria in what can only be considered a major escalation and will likely result in open warfare with Iran.
From the article:
The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday:
Israeli ground forces targeted an Iranian missile production facility in Syria during a strike this week attributed to Israel, according to Middle East expert Eva J. Koulouriotis, who specializes in jihadist groups and cited a security source. Koulouriotis wrote on X that special Israeli forces entered the facility, removed equipment, and then destroyed the site.
On Sunday evening, reports indicated that Israel had carried out a wide-scale attack in the region, which included strikes on a scientific research center believed by Western sources to be responsible for developing non-conventional weapons.
…
The operation reportedly lasted about an hour. Israeli special forces successfully entered the facility, removed key equipment and documents, rigged the site with explosives, and destroyed it, all while withdrawing under air cover.
The Times of Israel added:
The opposition Syria TV network, based in Turkey, reported that Israeli helicopters did not land on Syrian soil, but instead hovered as special forces rappelled down ropes.
The report said there were violent clashes in which three Syrians were killed, and two to four Iranians were captured. The report did not give details as to what happened to the Iranians.
The outlet additionally said that a Russian communications center was among the sites targeted as part of the operation.
The increased intensity and focus of Israeli operations has come as Israeli political leaders have begun stating openly that they are preparing for war against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon to stop rocket, missile, and drone attacks that have forced the evacuation of 63,500 civilians from 74 towns near the northern border of the country.
The IDF has attacked Iranian forces in Syria in what can only be considered a major escalation and will likely result in open warfare with Iran.
From the article:
The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday:
Israeli ground forces targeted an Iranian missile production facility in Syria during a strike this week attributed to Israel, according to Middle East expert Eva J. Koulouriotis, who specializes in jihadist groups and cited a security source. Koulouriotis wrote on X that special Israeli forces entered the facility, removed equipment, and then destroyed the site.
On Sunday evening, reports indicated that Israel had carried out a wide-scale attack in the region, which included strikes on a scientific research center believed by Western sources to be responsible for developing non-conventional weapons.
…
The operation reportedly lasted about an hour. Israeli special forces successfully entered the facility, removed key equipment and documents, rigged the site with explosives, and destroyed it, all while withdrawing under air cover.
The Times of Israel added:
The opposition Syria TV network, based in Turkey, reported that Israeli helicopters did not land on Syrian soil, but instead hovered as special forces rappelled down ropes.
The report said there were violent clashes in which three Syrians were killed, and two to four Iranians were captured. The report did not give details as to what happened to the Iranians.
The outlet additionally said that a Russian communications center was among the sites targeted as part of the operation.
The increased intensity and focus of Israeli operations has come as Israeli political leaders have begun stating openly that they are preparing for war against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon to stop rocket, missile, and drone attacks that have forced the evacuation of 63,500 civilians from 74 towns near the northern border of the country.
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Hollow Apologies
Timothy Birdnow
He says he's DONE apologizing? He never sttopped censoring, so what good is any apology?
Breitbart News Daily
Mark Zuckerberg Declares He Is Done Apologizing for Facebook’s Censorshi
He says he's DONE apologizing? He never sttopped censoring, so what good is any apology?
Breitbart News Daily
Mark Zuckerberg Declares He Is Done Apologizing for Facebook’s Censorshi
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Goldman Sachs Chair - Kamala Lied
John F. DiLeo
You remember how Kamala Harris claimed that Goldman Sachs said her economic plan was better than Donald Trump’s?
Well, the chairman of Goldman Sachs immediately issued his own fact-check:
Turns out… Goldman Sachs said no such thing!
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Yes Kami, there ARE Troopos in Harm's Way
Lew Ricker
Kamala Harris Let's be clear. You stated there were no troops in wars (harm) in any place across the globe. Now, we know this was quite the fib. Here is an article by the PA NatGuard stating they are protecting the Horn of Africa. They just deployed at least as early as Jul 2024. The debate was when again?
https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/3825132/pennsylvania-guardsman-instructs-kenyans-in-combat-care/
"Task Force Paxton now has the essential mission of providing critical security support at installations across the Horn of Africa. As the United States’ largest tactical unit on the continent of Africa, the security task force makes up more than two-thirds of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa force and is critical to providing security and building partnerships throughout East Africa in support of U.S. Africa Command."
This article below shows the same unit had taken OVER for the Kenyans as late as Feb 2024.
https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/3682988/pennsylvania-guard-takes-over-horn-of-africa-security-mission/
Kamala Harris Let's be clear. You stated there were no troops in wars (harm) in any place across the globe. Now, we know this was quite the fib. Here is an article by the PA NatGuard stating they are protecting the Horn of Africa. They just deployed at least as early as Jul 2024. The debate was when again?
https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/3825132/pennsylvania-guardsman-instructs-kenyans-in-combat-care/
"Task Force Paxton now has the essential mission of providing critical security support at installations across the Horn of Africa. As the United States’ largest tactical unit on the continent of Africa, the security task force makes up more than two-thirds of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa force and is critical to providing security and building partnerships throughout East Africa in support of U.S. Africa Command."
This article below shows the same unit had taken OVER for the Kenyans as late as Feb 2024.
https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/3682988/pennsylvania-guard-takes-over-horn-of-africa-security-mission/
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Walz Calls Harris a "Young Prostitutor"
Diane M. Kimura
NEW: Governor Tim Walz refers to Kamala Harris' early career as a "young prostitutor."
"Because this started, and I love this story. As a young prostitutor, Kamala Harris talked about going in that courtroom for the first time."
Walz claim is incorrect as Kamala Harris started her career as deputy district attorney in Alameda County before becoming appointed by Willie Brown to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
She was later appointed as an assistant district attorney for San Francisco.
In 2011, Harris became the Attorney General of California.
NEW: Governor Tim Walz refers to Kamala Harris' early career as a "young prostitutor."
"Because this started, and I love this story. As a young prostitutor, Kamala Harris talked about going in that courtroom for the first time."
Walz claim is incorrect as Kamala Harris started her career as deputy district attorney in Alameda County before becoming appointed by Willie Brown to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
She was later appointed as an assistant district attorney for San Francisco.
In 2011, Harris became the Attorney General of California.
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Faux Charity
Daniel Jupp
"A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Every decent and well-spoken individual affects and sways me more than is right. I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways. If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy, shall that pass? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes, why should I not say to him, "Go love thy infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest: have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off. Thy love afar is spite at home.” Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love.
Your goodness must have some edge to it—else it is none. The doctrine of hatred must be preached as the counteraction of the doctrine of love when that pules and whines…..do not tell me, as a good man did today, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold; for them I will go to prison, if need be; but your miscellaneous popular charities; the education at college of fools; the building of meeting-houses to the vain end to which many now stand; alms to sots; and the thousandfold Relief Societies—though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give the dollar, it is a wicked dollar which by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance.
Emerson was warning against the stupidity of fake compassion, suicidal altruism, charity for enemies and strangers before the interests of your own, polite sanctimony above rude truth, the decline of manhood and self reliance, and everything that would become woke attitudes of contempt for your own…..in 1841.
The current madness has some roots to it.
Tim adds:
It certainly explains this refusal to close our borders; we think we owe it to the whole world to let them come into the U.S. and take what they have not earned from us.
"A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Every decent and well-spoken individual affects and sways me more than is right. I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways. If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy, shall that pass? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes, why should I not say to him, "Go love thy infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest: have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off. Thy love afar is spite at home.” Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love.
Your goodness must have some edge to it—else it is none. The doctrine of hatred must be preached as the counteraction of the doctrine of love when that pules and whines…..do not tell me, as a good man did today, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold; for them I will go to prison, if need be; but your miscellaneous popular charities; the education at college of fools; the building of meeting-houses to the vain end to which many now stand; alms to sots; and the thousandfold Relief Societies—though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give the dollar, it is a wicked dollar which by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance.
Emerson was warning against the stupidity of fake compassion, suicidal altruism, charity for enemies and strangers before the interests of your own, polite sanctimony above rude truth, the decline of manhood and self reliance, and everything that would become woke attitudes of contempt for your own…..in 1841.
The current madness has some roots to it.
Tim adds:
It certainly explains this refusal to close our borders; we think we owe it to the whole world to let them come into the U.S. and take what they have not earned from us.
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The Trump Agenda
Diane Kimura
The agenda presents a refreshing departure from the usual proposals from presidential candidates of both political parties for more government involvement in almost every public policy issue and the mindset that government is the necessary solution to every problem.
Trump deserves credit for proposing a new vision and new policy ideas for ending America’s dependence on a bloated and arrogant federal government that has grown too powerful, too abusive, and too corrupt.
The ten new policies proposed by Trump at the rally:
1. End the weaponization of government and the abuse of law enforcement against political opponents.
2. Protect free speech and our First Amendment rights and fight against government-imposed censorship.
3. End the corruption of the military-industrial complex and expel "warmongers” within the foreign policy and intelligence communities.
4. Curtail the power of the federal bureaucracy with the improved ability to remove and replace entrenched bureaucrats and return regulatory policy decisions to Congress.
5. Establish a Government Efficiency Commission with Elon Musk to conduct a financial and performance audit of the entire federal government.
6. Abolish the U.S. Department of Education and return education policies to the states and local parent-teacher associations free of federal mandates.
7. Abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) human resource policies and return to the principle of merit.
8. Establish a commission with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to end the corruption of the medical-industrial complex, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization.
9. Push for legislation with Congress to pass sweeping lobbying reforms to prevent foreign influence-peddling of US government officials.
10. Push for a modification of the 25th Amendment to add an impeachment clause if the vice president engages in a conspiracy to hide the incapacity of the US president.
Greater detail for each of the above proposals needs to be articulated and will be provided in a future article.
The list came from Trump's campaign rally in Mosinee, WI last Saturday, September 9, 2024
"Our country is a failing nation right now,” Trump told supporters at his rally. "Over the past four years, our country has seen the sickness and corruption of the Washington swamp exposed like never before.”
The agenda presents a refreshing departure from the usual proposals from presidential candidates of both political parties for more government involvement in almost every public policy issue and the mindset that government is the necessary solution to every problem.
Trump deserves credit for proposing a new vision and new policy ideas for ending America’s dependence on a bloated and arrogant federal government that has grown too powerful, too abusive, and too corrupt.
The ten new policies proposed by Trump at the rally:
1. End the weaponization of government and the abuse of law enforcement against political opponents.
2. Protect free speech and our First Amendment rights and fight against government-imposed censorship.
3. End the corruption of the military-industrial complex and expel "warmongers” within the foreign policy and intelligence communities.
4. Curtail the power of the federal bureaucracy with the improved ability to remove and replace entrenched bureaucrats and return regulatory policy decisions to Congress.
5. Establish a Government Efficiency Commission with Elon Musk to conduct a financial and performance audit of the entire federal government.
6. Abolish the U.S. Department of Education and return education policies to the states and local parent-teacher associations free of federal mandates.
7. Abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) human resource policies and return to the principle of merit.
8. Establish a commission with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to end the corruption of the medical-industrial complex, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization.
9. Push for legislation with Congress to pass sweeping lobbying reforms to prevent foreign influence-peddling of US government officials.
10. Push for a modification of the 25th Amendment to add an impeachment clause if the vice president engages in a conspiracy to hide the incapacity of the US president.
Greater detail for each of the above proposals needs to be articulated and will be provided in a future article.
The list came from Trump's campaign rally in Mosinee, WI last Saturday, September 9, 2024
"Our country is a failing nation right now,” Trump told supporters at his rally. "Over the past four years, our country has seen the sickness and corruption of the Washington swamp exposed like never before.”
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They Be Crazy
Bill Josephson
Don't count on majority of White or Black women's help for Republicans in November. I'm hoping my fellow Jews get to 50% Trump support level from 30% in 2020.
Young women are more liberal than they’ve been in decades, a Gallup analysis finds
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Tim adds:
Women have gone batcrap crazy, especially white women. That's what feminism has done to them, alas. The passing on of cultural norms has always been in the province of women, and this generation completely rejects our culture. We are doomed I fear.
Don't count on majority of White or Black women's help for Republicans in November. I'm hoping my fellow Jews get to 50% Trump support level from 30% in 2020.
Young women are more liberal than they’ve been in decades, a Gallup analysis finds
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Tim adds:
Women have gone batcrap crazy, especially white women. That's what feminism has done to them, alas. The passing on of cultural norms has always been in the province of women, and this generation completely rejects our culture. We are doomed I fear.
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September 12, 2024
The Many Lies of Kamala Harris
Timothy Birdnow
Kamala lied like a rug and got away with it during the debate. Here is a list of them:
25 Lies Kamala Harris Told In Her Debate Against Trump
thefederalist.com
And they accused Trump of lying in his debate with Biden! Typical; accuse others of that which you are most guilty.
I am mindful of Satan, the accuser, who "accuseth the bretheren night and day before the throne of the Lord".(Rev.12:10) That's exactly what the media does. That and lies. Satan is the father of all lies.
Kamala lied like a rug and got away with it during the debate. Here is a list of them:
25 Lies Kamala Harris Told In Her Debate Against Trump
thefederalist.com
And they accused Trump of lying in his debate with Biden! Typical; accuse others of that which you are most guilty.
I am mindful of Satan, the accuser, who "accuseth the bretheren night and day before the throne of the Lord".(Rev.12:10) That's exactly what the media does. That and lies. Satan is the father of all lies.
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Where are They?
Timothy Birdnow
O.K., so how many Haitians went to Columbus Georgia (AFLAC) or Boston Mass. (Liberty)?
From Diane M. Kimura
Has anyone seen the AFLAC duck or the Liberty Mutual emu lately?
O.K., so how many Haitians went to Columbus Georgia (AFLAC) or Boston Mass. (Liberty)?
From Diane M. Kimura
Has anyone seen the AFLAC duck or the Liberty Mutual emu lately?
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Greenland Had Far less Ice Just a Few Thousand Years Ago
Jim Church
Few people know that half of Greenland's ice has formed over the past 4000 years as the Earth began to cool following the end of the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM).
Aerial surveillance using ice penetrating radar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0VbPE0TOtQ) has been able to identify distinct layers corresponding to ice that has formed during the current neoglacial phase of the Holocene Interglacial, as well as the residual ice from the Last Glacial Maximum that did not melt during the HTM, together with the very small residual ice left over from the Eemain Thermal Maximum (ETM). The ETM was the peak state of warming in the Eemain Interglacial, which is known from paleorecords to have been significantly warmer than the HTM. Whatever ice has melted in Greenland over the past couple of decades, pales in comparison to the ice that melted during either the ETM or HTM.
Of course, this implies that "global average" sea levels were AT LEAST 3 meters higher during the HTM than today.
Tim adds:
They've found Viking villages under melting ice caps. It's clear a large swath of Greenland was once far more habitable than now.
Few people know that half of Greenland's ice has formed over the past 4000 years as the Earth began to cool following the end of the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM).
Aerial surveillance using ice penetrating radar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0VbPE0TOtQ) has been able to identify distinct layers corresponding to ice that has formed during the current neoglacial phase of the Holocene Interglacial, as well as the residual ice from the Last Glacial Maximum that did not melt during the HTM, together with the very small residual ice left over from the Eemain Thermal Maximum (ETM). The ETM was the peak state of warming in the Eemain Interglacial, which is known from paleorecords to have been significantly warmer than the HTM. Whatever ice has melted in Greenland over the past couple of decades, pales in comparison to the ice that melted during either the ETM or HTM.
Of course, this implies that "global average" sea levels were AT LEAST 3 meters higher during the HTM than today.
Tim adds:
They've found Viking villages under melting ice caps. It's clear a large swath of Greenland was once far more habitable than now.
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Are AI Evil?
Carlos F Velázquez
Stuff like this article is why so many smart people, not understanding the technology to even a small degree, assume AI is the spawn of the devil. As a famous science fiction author said, "any sufficiently advanced technology will look like magic (paraphrasing)." And we all know that magic is biblically prohibited.
But AI is not magic. The foundations for AI were written in scientific papers on neural networks almost one hundred years ago. What needed to happen and has happened was the development and creation of super fast computers and digital storage systems of high capacity and speed.
I can personally affirm that the level of apparent intelligence and knowledge of AI is beyond anything that I ever could have imagined. Nor anyone else.
I have shown chats on certain Christian topics to a seminary professor who said it was amazingly on point, or words to that effect. Frankly, if I had not prompted the AI chatbot myself and read what it responded, I would have thought it was the work of a highly educated and knowledgeable biblical scholar.
Yes, I know the devil can quote the Bible and misapply it for evil purposes. But that's not what happened in my example. Can AI be used for evil? Yes, absolutely. Any tool can be used for evil. A surgeon's scalpel can save a life or take a life in the hands of an evil person. Cars and vehicles have been driven by evil people into crowds with the intent to end lives. The wheel was invented in pre-biblical times and used for peaceful transport and for war chariots. By both pagans and God's people.
Woman asks ChatGPT to analyze her date's texts, left speechless by response
newsweek.com
Tim adds:
While the technology itself may not be inherently evil (any more than an atomic bomb is evil in and of itself) but the human heart most definitely is and these machines can and often do reflect the thoughts and desires of their creators.
I am mindful of the Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis. Was building a big tower evil? Normally no but in that context it was because of the purpose to which it was intended; to ascend to Heaven and seek equality with God. I fear that these AI gizmos are ultimately intended for that same purpose. They are an attempt by Man to create a new god for himself.
Yes, Arthur C. Clark did say any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. And there is a difference between technology and magic, no question. But at what point do the two overlap? We live in an era of witchcraft via science. Transgenderism being the most obvious example; we believe these days an act of will can change a fundamental biological condition, and we use science to serve that magical purpose. AI may bot be witchcraft in and of itself but it certainly makes witchcraft a whole lot easier.
Isaac Asimov wrote a story "The Last Question" about a world-girdling AI called Multivac. Over the course of history people asked the last question "can entropy be reversed". In the end Multivac finds a way; it becomes God and creates the universe. While an interesting story from the atheist Asimov (whom I enjoy reading, or used to when I could see to read) it bespeaks the arrogance of the HUMAN heart, that we can create God. That is, I fear, where this AI stuff is heading.
And everything in the Book of Revelations, about "all eyes will be upon them" and about the complete control the Antichrist has of his slaves,the cashless economy and the works, can only be achieved through these types of computer AI's. The machines themselves may not be evil in themselves but their creators certainly are.
I suspect in the Kingdom Age technology will be a lot more limited. Technology is a tool to circumvent the curse put on Mankind by God in the book of Genesis. It is not evil in itself; in fact God probably is pleased by efforts to improve the lot of Man's neighbors (as indeed that is no small part of the reason for our lives, I suspect) but technology has always been misused. The first guy who sharpened a stick and stabbed the man he was robbing abused technology. And we've abused it ever since.But in the Kingdom Age God Himself will do for us what technology has done. I suspect people will realize how badly it has served us over the centuries not because it is in and of itself bad but because we cannot be trusted with it - like babies with razor blades, it inevitably cuts us.
At any rate there is no stopping this technology. Those who do not embrace it will perish. That is why I believe time is running out for Mankind. We created a new god and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will inevitably take action against this false deity.
BTW writer Larry Niven once wrote a story about an AI. It was after aliens had visited Earth and the dominant aliens (all of whom went to the Draco Tavern) sold plans for an AI to the tavern owner. They never used them "machines should be proper servants". The AI wasted huge amounts of the hero's money, and in the end just shut itself off, apparently a common problem with those machines which is why the aliens didn't use them. The machines just grew bored over time, dealing with what were to them dimwitted biological intelligences. Then of course there was Skynet...
Stuff like this article is why so many smart people, not understanding the technology to even a small degree, assume AI is the spawn of the devil. As a famous science fiction author said, "any sufficiently advanced technology will look like magic (paraphrasing)." And we all know that magic is biblically prohibited.
But AI is not magic. The foundations for AI were written in scientific papers on neural networks almost one hundred years ago. What needed to happen and has happened was the development and creation of super fast computers and digital storage systems of high capacity and speed.
I can personally affirm that the level of apparent intelligence and knowledge of AI is beyond anything that I ever could have imagined. Nor anyone else.
I have shown chats on certain Christian topics to a seminary professor who said it was amazingly on point, or words to that effect. Frankly, if I had not prompted the AI chatbot myself and read what it responded, I would have thought it was the work of a highly educated and knowledgeable biblical scholar.
Yes, I know the devil can quote the Bible and misapply it for evil purposes. But that's not what happened in my example. Can AI be used for evil? Yes, absolutely. Any tool can be used for evil. A surgeon's scalpel can save a life or take a life in the hands of an evil person. Cars and vehicles have been driven by evil people into crowds with the intent to end lives. The wheel was invented in pre-biblical times and used for peaceful transport and for war chariots. By both pagans and God's people.
Woman asks ChatGPT to analyze her date's texts, left speechless by response
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Tim adds:
While the technology itself may not be inherently evil (any more than an atomic bomb is evil in and of itself) but the human heart most definitely is and these machines can and often do reflect the thoughts and desires of their creators.
I am mindful of the Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis. Was building a big tower evil? Normally no but in that context it was because of the purpose to which it was intended; to ascend to Heaven and seek equality with God. I fear that these AI gizmos are ultimately intended for that same purpose. They are an attempt by Man to create a new god for himself.
Yes, Arthur C. Clark did say any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. And there is a difference between technology and magic, no question. But at what point do the two overlap? We live in an era of witchcraft via science. Transgenderism being the most obvious example; we believe these days an act of will can change a fundamental biological condition, and we use science to serve that magical purpose. AI may bot be witchcraft in and of itself but it certainly makes witchcraft a whole lot easier.
Isaac Asimov wrote a story "The Last Question" about a world-girdling AI called Multivac. Over the course of history people asked the last question "can entropy be reversed". In the end Multivac finds a way; it becomes God and creates the universe. While an interesting story from the atheist Asimov (whom I enjoy reading, or used to when I could see to read) it bespeaks the arrogance of the HUMAN heart, that we can create God. That is, I fear, where this AI stuff is heading.
And everything in the Book of Revelations, about "all eyes will be upon them" and about the complete control the Antichrist has of his slaves,the cashless economy and the works, can only be achieved through these types of computer AI's. The machines themselves may not be evil in themselves but their creators certainly are.
I suspect in the Kingdom Age technology will be a lot more limited. Technology is a tool to circumvent the curse put on Mankind by God in the book of Genesis. It is not evil in itself; in fact God probably is pleased by efforts to improve the lot of Man's neighbors (as indeed that is no small part of the reason for our lives, I suspect) but technology has always been misused. The first guy who sharpened a stick and stabbed the man he was robbing abused technology. And we've abused it ever since.But in the Kingdom Age God Himself will do for us what technology has done. I suspect people will realize how badly it has served us over the centuries not because it is in and of itself bad but because we cannot be trusted with it - like babies with razor blades, it inevitably cuts us.
At any rate there is no stopping this technology. Those who do not embrace it will perish. That is why I believe time is running out for Mankind. We created a new god and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will inevitably take action against this false deity.
BTW writer Larry Niven once wrote a story about an AI. It was after aliens had visited Earth and the dominant aliens (all of whom went to the Draco Tavern) sold plans for an AI to the tavern owner. They never used them "machines should be proper servants". The AI wasted huge amounts of the hero's money, and in the end just shut itself off, apparently a common problem with those machines which is why the aliens didn't use them. The machines just grew bored over time, dealing with what were to them dimwitted biological intelligences. Then of course there was Skynet...
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September 11, 2024
The Radical Kamala
John F. Di Leo
this evening, of the most presumably extreme accusations that President Trump leveled on Kamala Harris was her extremism in such craziness as supporting taxpayer funded gender reassignment surgery for illegal aliens.
You listen to a thing like that and you figure, OK he’s exaggerating again. That’s crazy. Nobody would go that far. It’s nuts.
Well, it’s absolutely right. She is that extreme. It’s how she answered a question on an ACLU questionnaire five years ago, when she was a US senator from California.
The evidence is in the first comment below, in today’s AT article by Andrea Widburg.
That’s just one example. I thought would begin with that one. But for those of you who don’t know how unbelievably extreme this Marxist dingbat is, Please read the article.
Kamala Harris’s radicalism is so extreme even CNN’s Erin Burnett was shocked
americanthinker.com
this evening, of the most presumably extreme accusations that President Trump leveled on Kamala Harris was her extremism in such craziness as supporting taxpayer funded gender reassignment surgery for illegal aliens.
You listen to a thing like that and you figure, OK he’s exaggerating again. That’s crazy. Nobody would go that far. It’s nuts.
Well, it’s absolutely right. She is that extreme. It’s how she answered a question on an ACLU questionnaire five years ago, when she was a US senator from California.
The evidence is in the first comment below, in today’s AT article by Andrea Widburg.
That’s just one example. I thought would begin with that one. But for those of you who don’t know how unbelievably extreme this Marxist dingbat is, Please read the article.
Kamala Harris’s radicalism is so extreme even CNN’s Erin Burnett was shocked
americanthinker.com
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The Gold Standard of Atmospheric CO2
This courtesy of Jim Church:
Repost Joseph Fournier, LinkedIn
From the early 19th century to the middle of the 20th, the gold standard for measuring atmospheric CO2 concentrations was chemical titration.
This titration method was replaced in 1958 by spectroscopic methods, which now forms the basis of the famous Keeling Curve (https://lnkd.in/gDmdRztF).
Shown here is a comparison of atmospheric CO2 measurements produced by both chemical titration (purple) and by ice core samples (red).
Note the very close agreement in estimates in the early 1920s and in the 1950s, together with the very large disagreement in estimate atmospheric CO2 concentrations in between.
The names associated with the purple curve are the authors from which published their chemical titration results during the first half of the 20th century. These values were obtained from numerous locations scattered across the Northern Hemisphere.
The problem here is self evident.
Chemical titration results are remarkably similar to air temperature trends across the Northern Hemisphere during the first half of the 20th century, while ice core CO2 estimates do not.
Most importantly, historical CO2 measurements using chemical titration methods shows that atmospheric CO2 concentration values are on par with those measured today using spectroscopic methods.
See Greenland's historical air temperature records below to verify that air temperatures were also similar in the 1940s to present day.
The fact that chemical titration records for the Northern Hemisphere are aligned with air temperatures, while ice core samples are not, in my mind represents a serious flaw in mainstream claims that the later is better representative of the dynamically changing atmospheric CO2 composition since the early 19th century to present.
I for one reject answers that can not be questioned and will tend to accept questions without an answer if forced to make a choice between the two.
Here is a detailed white paper that outlines the historical record on the use of chemical titrations in measuring atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Note that the author is highly biased towards chemical titration. Make up your own mind.
https://lnkd.in/gSUYvBhV
Repost Joseph Fournier, LinkedIn
From the early 19th century to the middle of the 20th, the gold standard for measuring atmospheric CO2 concentrations was chemical titration.
This titration method was replaced in 1958 by spectroscopic methods, which now forms the basis of the famous Keeling Curve (https://lnkd.in/gDmdRztF).
Shown here is a comparison of atmospheric CO2 measurements produced by both chemical titration (purple) and by ice core samples (red).
Note the very close agreement in estimates in the early 1920s and in the 1950s, together with the very large disagreement in estimate atmospheric CO2 concentrations in between.
The names associated with the purple curve are the authors from which published their chemical titration results during the first half of the 20th century. These values were obtained from numerous locations scattered across the Northern Hemisphere.
The problem here is self evident.
Chemical titration results are remarkably similar to air temperature trends across the Northern Hemisphere during the first half of the 20th century, while ice core CO2 estimates do not.
Most importantly, historical CO2 measurements using chemical titration methods shows that atmospheric CO2 concentration values are on par with those measured today using spectroscopic methods.
See Greenland's historical air temperature records below to verify that air temperatures were also similar in the 1940s to present day.
The fact that chemical titration records for the Northern Hemisphere are aligned with air temperatures, while ice core samples are not, in my mind represents a serious flaw in mainstream claims that the later is better representative of the dynamically changing atmospheric CO2 composition since the early 19th century to present.
I for one reject answers that can not be questioned and will tend to accept questions without an answer if forced to make a choice between the two.
Here is a detailed white paper that outlines the historical record on the use of chemical titrations in measuring atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Note that the author is highly biased towards chemical titration. Make up your own mind.
https://lnkd.in/gSUYvBhV
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We'll Breed Them Out
Diane Kimura
The survival of Christian-based nations and the traditional nuclear family feels more under threat than ever, and many argue that mass immigration is being used to weaken the core values these societies were built on. It’s not just about borders and numbers—it’s about a larger agenda that seems to be dismantling the very foundations that hold communities together, from faith to culture and identity.
Think about King Edward Longshanks in *Braveheart* and his infamous line: "If we can't drive them out, we will breed them out." He understood that conquering a people wasn't just about taking land; it was about diluting their culture, their spirit, and their identity over time. And that’s what feels eerily familiar today. Instead of direct conflict, there’s a sense that mass immigration, driven by globalist policies, is changing the character of Christian-based societies, not by force but by slow erosion.
It’s not about rejecting diversity or fearing change—it’s about recognizing when the cultural glue that holds a society together is being stretched to a breaking point. The nuclear family, a cornerstone of stability for generations, is facing immense pressure from competing ideologies, social changes, and a world that’s increasingly disconnected from traditional values. Faith and shared beliefs, which once anchored communities, are being watered down by ideologies that blur the lines of morality and identity.
The real issue here isn’t just about immigration itself but about the philosophy behind it. Christian-based nations were built on shared values—faith, family, and a sense of continuity. Globalism, however, seems to promote a vision that overlooks those roots in favor of a borderless, cultureless society. The result? Immigration becomes less about integration and more about shifting societal values, pulling these countries away from the Christian principles that have shaped them for centuries.
Protecting these values isn’t about resisting progress; it’s about preserving the things that allow nations to thrive: strong families, shared beliefs, and cultural identity. If we don’t pay attention, we might find ourselves like Longshanks' Scotland—not conquered by force, but slowly losing what makes us who we are. The fight for the future isn’t just political—it’s about preserving the spirit and values that define our communities.
The problem with Scotland - Braveheart
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Tim adds:
Agreed. The culutural elites in the West have long resented our Judeo-Christian culture as it doesn't allow them to act as they wish and doesn't put them in charge. They see it as a doctrine of slaves and fools - read Marx and Engels on the subject, or Mussolini, or any other radical.
Ultimately it goes back to sexuality, and their vision of sex as an everyday activity, like taking a shower or eating lunch (which came from the Marquis de Sade). They want a society where everyone sleeps with everyone else all the time for amusement and think the Christian values are prudish and old fashioned and want them gone. So they are trying - consciously - to destroy the Western Christians culture by bringing in people from elsewhere.
In their arrogance they believe they can control this population with free stuff and shiny objeccts. The Romans thought the same but were disabused of that notion by reality.
BTW Selwyn Duke made this same observation, the similarities with Braveheart, a number of years ago. He and Diane are both right. This is exactly what Replacement Theory is.
The survival of Christian-based nations and the traditional nuclear family feels more under threat than ever, and many argue that mass immigration is being used to weaken the core values these societies were built on. It’s not just about borders and numbers—it’s about a larger agenda that seems to be dismantling the very foundations that hold communities together, from faith to culture and identity.
Think about King Edward Longshanks in *Braveheart* and his infamous line: "If we can't drive them out, we will breed them out." He understood that conquering a people wasn't just about taking land; it was about diluting their culture, their spirit, and their identity over time. And that’s what feels eerily familiar today. Instead of direct conflict, there’s a sense that mass immigration, driven by globalist policies, is changing the character of Christian-based societies, not by force but by slow erosion.
It’s not about rejecting diversity or fearing change—it’s about recognizing when the cultural glue that holds a society together is being stretched to a breaking point. The nuclear family, a cornerstone of stability for generations, is facing immense pressure from competing ideologies, social changes, and a world that’s increasingly disconnected from traditional values. Faith and shared beliefs, which once anchored communities, are being watered down by ideologies that blur the lines of morality and identity.
The real issue here isn’t just about immigration itself but about the philosophy behind it. Christian-based nations were built on shared values—faith, family, and a sense of continuity. Globalism, however, seems to promote a vision that overlooks those roots in favor of a borderless, cultureless society. The result? Immigration becomes less about integration and more about shifting societal values, pulling these countries away from the Christian principles that have shaped them for centuries.
Protecting these values isn’t about resisting progress; it’s about preserving the things that allow nations to thrive: strong families, shared beliefs, and cultural identity. If we don’t pay attention, we might find ourselves like Longshanks' Scotland—not conquered by force, but slowly losing what makes us who we are. The fight for the future isn’t just political—it’s about preserving the spirit and values that define our communities.
The problem with Scotland - Braveheart
youtube.com
Tim adds:
Agreed. The culutural elites in the West have long resented our Judeo-Christian culture as it doesn't allow them to act as they wish and doesn't put them in charge. They see it as a doctrine of slaves and fools - read Marx and Engels on the subject, or Mussolini, or any other radical.
Ultimately it goes back to sexuality, and their vision of sex as an everyday activity, like taking a shower or eating lunch (which came from the Marquis de Sade). They want a society where everyone sleeps with everyone else all the time for amusement and think the Christian values are prudish and old fashioned and want them gone. So they are trying - consciously - to destroy the Western Christians culture by bringing in people from elsewhere.
In their arrogance they believe they can control this population with free stuff and shiny objeccts. The Romans thought the same but were disabused of that notion by reality.
BTW Selwyn Duke made this same observation, the similarities with Braveheart, a number of years ago. He and Diane are both right. This is exactly what Replacement Theory is.
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