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Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
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(cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements
Used in a sentence or two
Ylem is a term that originates from the ancient Greek word “hulē,” which translates to “matter” or “stuff.” In the context of cosmology, ylem refers to the primordial substance or state of matter that existed before the formation of the atomic elements we recognize today.
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Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.
“This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.” . . . “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
A Ready Answer
First Peter 3:15 says, “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” It’s a verse that motivates Christian apologists as they prepare to give answers in defense of their faith.
In the immediate context, the apostle Peter discusses suffering for doing good (1 Peter 3:13–14). Persecution and suffering are to be expected in the Christian life (John 16:33), but a believer’s response to suffering should point others to Jesus. Peter emphasizes that Christ suffered and died to provide eternal life for those who believe in Him, and His example of suffering for doing good should strengthen all of us (1 Peter 3:17–18). Instead of fearing persecution, Christians are to make sure they suffer for righteousness’ sake, “honor Christ the Lord as holy,” and be prepared to give a defense of one’s hope in Jesus (verse 15, ESV). A believer should always be ready to tell others the good news of salvation in Jesus’ death and resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:2–4).
Providing a “defense” or giving an “answer” for one’s hope is based on the Greek word apologian, which carries the idea of “defending” something as a lawyer would defend his case in court. From the Greek word comes the English apologetics, “the discipline of defending” the Christian faith. Notice that Peter does not say that the job of giving an answer is only for the pastor or professional apologist. All Christians need to be prepared to give an answer or defense when someone asks them the reason for the hope that they have.
Peter wrote to the persecuted Christians in Asia Minor. As they were undergoing persecution, their outward behavior demonstrated hope in Jesus—not a wishful thought, but a solid and assured faith (see Hebrews 6:19–20). The believers’ lack of fear in the face of suffering would have propelled others to ask about the reason for their faith, giving the believers a perfect opportunity “to give an answer.” When believers display their sure hope in Jesus despite their circumstances, others will notice (see 1 Peter 2:12).
To properly answer someone who asks about one’s faith, the Christian must use “gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience” (1 Peter 3:15). There’s no place for harshness or disrespect in a Christian’s life, especially as he represents Christ and gives an answer to explain his faith. Peter exhorts the believer to answer unbelievers gently, respectfully, and with the example of one’s life (cf. Colossians 4:6). Believers should reflect Christ’s teaching of gentleness and “speak the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15, NLT).
The command to “always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” presupposes a faith that causes us to live out our hope in Christ visibly before others. When unbelievers see a Christian’s great hope in the face of persecution or suffering, they will naturally want to know the reason for that hope (Matthew 5:16). We need to be prepared to share the gospel in a way that is gentle and respectful. The result will be “that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander” (1 Peter 3:16).
A simple answer when questioned about the reason for the hope that we have might be:
As a Christian, my hope comes from faith in Jesus Christ, who offers forgiveness, purpose, and eternal life through His death and resurrection. This transforms my perspective to a Christian worldview, giving me peace and confidence in God’s love and plan, no matter life’s challenges.
We don’t need to masters of apologetics and present ironclad arguments on why we believe what we believe. It’s our hope and our reason and our confidence and faith in God and Christ.
As we go through our lives, we can be assured of God’s unwavering faithfulness. We will have ups and downs, but God remains dependable through all situations. As we think about His faithfulness, we are assured by the promises He has made to us. We can trust that He will always fulfill His word, no matter what we encounter. We can build our faith on the solid ground of His promises and then live in a way that reflects His faithfulness.
Amid the chaos around us, we find comfort in the assurance of God’s love for us. Knowing that we are loved by the Creator of the universe gives us confidence to face our difficulties. God’s love is a promise that gives us confidence. In every moment, whether we feel joy or sorrow, His love is an unchanging truth.
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. – Isaiah 54:10
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. – Deuteronomy 7:9
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. – Lamentations 3:22-23
I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. – Psalms 89:1
God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. – 1 Corinthians 1:9
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. – Psalms 100:5
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 8:38-39
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. – Psalms 136:1
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. – John 15:9
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America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…
In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.
Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
Pass SAVE Act
Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
Ensure Talking Filibuster
Trash Blue Slips
Confirm Trump Nominations.
Codify Trump Executive Orders.
Ban Sharia Law.
Speaking of embracing…THIS.
If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.
KK
Fresh Stuff. May be worth a read, listen, watch or scroll on by.
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Road To Liberty. (A series)
The White House Salute to America 250 Task Force has partnered with Hillsdale College to provide a history series that tells the remarkable story of American Independence.
It will highlight the stories of the crucial characters and events that resulted in a small rag-tag army defeating the mightiest empire in the world and establishing the greatest republic ever to exist.
This is the story of America. This is our shared heritage and our proud destiny that will continue to lead us to unimaginable achievements in the centuries to come.
My bad. Thursday, while recollecting, run ins with snakes, over the years.
I erroneously posted ~20′ snake, a couple doors down and behind our housing unit, Easy Street, Binictican, Subic Bay, Philippines.
Went searching for a picture.
Likely it was this snake.
This is a 17-foot long, 175-pound reticulated python. Found in the back yard of Binictican Navy Housing at Naval Station Subic Bay in 1986. This snake was cooked and served at JEST (Jungle Environment Survival Training School) to the staff and family members at a division picnic. When it was cut open, there was a wild pig inside, its last meal.
The snake was caught 1981/82. Above “1986” was either another snake caught at essentially the same location. Most unlikely. More likely, 1986 the year the snake was BBQ’d, at a Division gaggle of sorts. I do know the snake was fed baby monkey’s periodically. But, Only when he was hungry.
DW face lit up when I showed her the above picture. She recollected when it was caught a few doors down, from our housing unit. Talk of the neighborhood that day.
Enough reminiscing, correcting the record AND mostly wanted to share, what I figure is a really cool snake story.
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump EVISCERATES Europe for allowing Islamic Sharia courts — they're going to DESTROY their western culture if it doesn't stop
"In the UK you have a TERRIBLE mayor of London, and Sharia courts! You DON'T want Sharia courts. Sharia courts adjudicating… pic.twitter.com/buISZqApsL
BREAKING: President Trump EVISCERATES Europe for allowing Islamic Sharia courts — they’re going to DESTROY their western culture if it doesn’t stop “In the UK you have a TERRIBLE mayor of London, and Sharia courts! You DON’T want Sharia courts. Sharia courts adjudicating law!” “It’s simple. Immigration and energy. Bring it back, otherwise you’re not gonna bring it back.” The UK must save themselves!
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Ponder…
“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.”
Arnold Toynbee.
Linkage is shattering…
(Image AI. From American Thinker)
ONE guess where this post is going.
Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Canada, increasingly, demonstrate no WILL to preserve their countries, heritage, themselves, along with give up, whatever Freedom’s they once enjoyed.
These days they, Kow Tow to Chinee. They bow, while taking a knee to muzzies.
On the positive side, Canada breaking apart would be outstanding.
America Wins.
Canadian provinces breaking away from Ottawa and Quebec, WIN.
If above happens, likely Alberta, perhaps more provinces, may align with America. More winning in my mind.
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Below snatched from American Thinker Stinker (ht Gail)
Is It ‘America Alone’ In The Fight To Save The West From China And Islam?
The signs were obvious two decades ago, and the insightful Mark Steyn—the conservative Canadian author—addressed them then. In numerous books, written in his sharp, convincing style, he warned that America would soon become isolated in its fight against Islamist jihad. Today, that loneliness appears to be fully realized.
His 2006 book America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, convincingly argued that much of the Western world would not survive the 21st century. Europe, with its declining birthrate, would be the first to go—thanks to white people being “too self-absorbed to breed,” while Muslims worked to change the demographics in their favor.
It also predicted that Europe would be defeated by its obsession with multiculturalism—essentially a surrender to Islam—and its welfare-driven laziness. Only America, dedicated to individual effort, morals, and economic growth, would be able to resist the onslaught of civilizational jihad.
Just five years later, in After America: Get Ready for Armageddon, Steyn lamented that America was also in serious danger of joining the rest of the Western world in an unavoidable decline. He observed that the growth of government, rising debt, the focus on diversity over excellence, and cultural shifts—away from individualism and self-reliance toward state handouts—were hollowing out America.
Fifteen years later, not only is the mood in Europe and the U.S. against America, but our neighbors, Canada and Mexico, too, are hesitant to join us in confronting a three-pronged threat: Islamists, the unchecked Trojan horse tactics of communist China, and the drug and smuggling cartels at our borders. Canada has fallen under the influence of both Islam and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while powerful criminal cartels aligned with China have a firm grip on Mexico.
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Europe, as Steyn observed, has become unrecognizable. The influence of so-called liberalism, far from transforming all nations into Sweden and eradicating war, has altered the very character and demographics of the continent. Ask a Jew in Malmo, Steyn writes, if you can find one! The same story is unfolding in Britain.
Commenting in The New York Post, Melanie Phillips states that Britain’s response to the issue of Muslims being smuggled into the country and their involvement in terrorism, espionage, and arms smuggling has been “craven.” Muslims refuse to integrate into British society, and the government has gone out of its way to accommodate them, allowing them 85 sharia courts so far.
Instead of addressing this security crisis, Prime Minister Kier Starmer’s government suppresses criticism of Islam by raising the false idea of Islamophobia. Tommy Robinson, who the previous government jailed for criticizing Islam, mass Muslim immigration, and Muslim rape gangs, still faces danger and is labeled an extreme right-winger. Similarly, in a serious violation of free speech, political candidate Paul Weston was charged in 2014 with a racially aggravated crime for quoting an excerpt critical of Islam from Churchill’s The River War.
For decades, Muslim gangs have been grooming and assaulting underage girls, but Starmer has been hesitant to investigate and prosecute them. He also ignores widespread antisemitism among Muslims. In 2024, a Jewish man was prevented from crossing a street under threat of arrest for being openly Jewish and thereby “antagonizing” pro-Palestine marchers. Britain’s recognition of Palestine following the October 7 massacre by Hamas signals Starmer’s capitulation to Islam.
Starmer’s interactions with China symbolize Britain’s waning influence and capitulation to the CCP. During his trip to Beijing, the prime minister was not met with the usual protocols. CCP leader Xi Jinping gave Starmer a brief, informal meeting and spoke to him as if he were subordinate.
Starmer failed to press Xi on several key issues: human rights, especially the detention of activist Jimmy Lai; cyberattacks on British companies; covert Chinese interference in the UK government; and trade deficits. He approved China’s plan to build a massive embassy near critical fiber-optic cables and sensitive U.S. infrastructure, a move that could threaten intelligence partnerships with the U.S.
To our north, Canada has increased the risk by entering a new “strategic partnership” with China, shifting Canada’s economy away from its long-standing reliance on America. During his visit to Beijing, Prime Minister Mark Carney avoided discussing Jimmy Lai’s incarceration, the execution of seven Canadians in China on drug charges (which is ironic since China is a major exporter of fentanyl precursors to North America), and interference in Canadian elections.
Carney returned with agreements on cooperation against drug trafficking and cybercrime, along with a pledge to increase cultural exchanges. Given how China operates, security experts have no doubts about what ‘cooperation’ and ‘cultural exchanges’ will actually entail. Additionally, it is hard to understand how a liberal government has reconciled with an authoritarian regime.
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Carney expressed excitement about recalibrating Canada’s relationship with China: he stated that Canada had aligned itself with the “new world order,” would pursue global governance, and move away from the U.S., its largest trading partner. He urged other countries to do the same.
According to a 2025 report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), Muslim Brotherhood organizations have infiltrated Canada’s civil, academic, political, and economic sectors. They promote radical Islamist ideology using federal funding.
The report provides strong evidence that Canada has become a hub for money laundering and a gateway for terrorists entering the U.S. But instead of designating these groups as terrorist organizations, Carney was a guest at a recent Eid celebration hosted by the Brotherhood-linked Muslim Association of Canada.
Unchecked immigration, wokeism, the romance with multiculturalism, and a fragile national identity have allowed not only the Brotherhood but also networks connected to China, Russia, Iran, and Qatar to entrench themselves in Canada. Collectively, they pose a serious security threat to the U.S.
A recent seizure of carfentanil—originally developed to tranquilize elephants—revealed that the U.S. now faces a dangerous flow of synthetic drugs across its southern and northern borders. The drug was being smuggled into the country by a Montreal-based cartel.
China is the primary source of raw materials and equipment for drug production, including fentanyl. Therefore, there is reason to suspect a Chinese connection, similar to Mexico, where Chinese gangs have established themselves on the drug scene. These gangs, it goes without saying, cannot operate without the CCP’s approval.
The Bureau’s report on the carfentanil seizures quotes former DEA chief Derek Maltz: “We are getting crushed with carfentanil, xylazine, etizolam, isotonitazene—all those new psychoactive substances which are coming out of China. So, it’s just another phase of the attack.”
In 2023, there were over 72,000 drug-related deaths, mostly caused by illicit fentanyl brought into the U.S. from Mexico by sophisticated cartels, armed with RPGs and exploding drones, and collaborating with China. Chinese gangs have extensive networks in Mexico’s drug hubs, laundering money through cryptocurrencies and digital payment platforms.
Mexican governments have long collaborated with the cartels, which are viewed as sources of profit and power. However, President Donald Trump has pressured the current Mexican government to combat the cartels. The recent killing of Jalisco cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes—‘El Mencho’—in a joint U.S.-Mexico operation highlights Trump’s dedication to securing the border and stopping trafficking.
If America is to stand alone in the asymmetric war launched by China and the Islamists, we need strong leadership to exert pressure and defend our borders. On a civilizational level, however, we are lost unless the West unites. Steyn opened the first chapter of America Alone with a chilling quote from historian
Is It ‘America Alone’ In The Fight To Save The West From China And Islam?
Slow Guy figures answer to above, Yes AND No.
America Alone? Yes.
Save The “West”? Not America. NFW. The “West” themselves MUST reach down and demonstrate the WILL to Save Themselves. Fend off Chinee and islam. Unlikely from Slow Guy’s vantage.
Further, for my money, and I have not pondered this greatly.
Europe / UK surrendered, when they adopted EU – European Union.
Surrendered their destiny.
Surrendered their identity.
Surrendered their WILL, as unique countries, ways of life, traditions…
BREXIT was a leap towards saving Britain. Which Britain ultimately fumbled.
Passing thought occured to me awhile ago.
Was the Utopian belief in the UN, an initial surrender by the Global Community? Dunno.
On the positive side,
LIVING AMERICA FIRST, Has Always Been AND Remains The Answer.
Donroe Doctine a huge plus. for America AND Western Hemisphere.
Understatement of the day, week, month, year thus far.
We Are Witnessing, An Emerging, True, New World Order.
As for Slow Guy. Donroe Doctine, is tailor made for America, in these times.
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Enough of the serious stuff.
Warning Will Robinson…
Put down the coffee, tea cups, juice and carefully scroll down…
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Well. I laughed out loud over that one. ^^^
As some may have noticed. Past few weeks, I’ve stumbled on some keepers.
The header image for today’s offering of an end run is courtesy of Grammarist and Google Images.
Health Friday is a series devoted to information regarding Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and other topics.
There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie;, and certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content; to the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none. If readers wish to post AI-generated content in today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.
Part Two of the series, today’s offering, discusses two very important areas related to mRNA-1010, Moderna’s modRNA-based influenza “vaccine”, the (amended) BLA (Biologics License Application) for which the FDA has agreed to review, after the agency first refused to file the original BLA. The first area is the Patent document for mRNA-1010. The second area is the involvement of Blackstone Life Sciences in funding mRNA-1010.
**** Preliminary item before the first discussion area; keep this in mind regarding anything related to mRNA-1010: The EMA (European Medicines Agency) has just approved the use of Moderna’s COMBO modRNA “vaccine”, mRNA-1083, for use in the European Union. mRNA-1083 is combination of Moderna’s modRNA “vaccine” of multiple influenza strains, mRNA-1010 — PLUS, Moderna’s modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine”, mRNA-1283 (mNEXSPIKE.) Please see: https://www.stocktitan.net/news/MRNA/european-medicines-agency-s-committee-for-medicinal-products-for-rod4htf7c1gd.html, “European Medicine Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use Adopts Positive Opinion Recommending Marketing Authorization of mCOMBRIAX, Moderna’s mRNA Combination Vaccine Against Influenza and COVID-19”, 26 February 2026. mRNA-1083, also called mCOMBRIAX, is the “end-product” that Moderna is pushing to have the FDA approve for use in the United States. The first step in this process was to get FDA approval for the mRNA-1283 component, mNEXSPIKE. which the agency did on 30 May 2025. The next step is for Moderna to get FDA approval for the mRNA-1010 component.
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First discussion area of today’s offering:THE PATENT DOCUMENT FOR mRNA-1010:
The Patentdocument for mRNA-1010 is found here: https://patents.google.com/patent/EP4274607A1/en. Note that this Patent was filed under a European Patent listing. The Patent listing screenshot is below, followed by a screenshot of the Title and the Abstract:
Yours Truly will not go through the entire Patent document for mRNA-1010. However, the screenshots of sections of the Patent document, below, are important, as they show what, in this writer’s opinion, are decisions by Moderna to lab-create an mRNA-based influenza virus “vaccine” that has multiple strains of virus and lipid nanoparticles variations — only a few of which “vaccine” formula variations could have been fully tested and the test results analyzed, either in lab mice experiments or in human clinical trials, before March 2026.
The Patent document for mRNA-1010 is what Yours Truly calls a “kitchen-sink” document. It lists and describes multiple modRNA-based influenza strains that “may” be used in the formulations of the “vaccine.” It lists multiple possible formulations for the lipid nanoparticles that “may” be used the formulations for the “vaccine.” It lists the multiple combinations of amounts of the modRNA-based influenza strains antigens that “may” be used in the formulations of the “vaccine.” These multiple variations and formulations are called embodiments in the Patent document.
Example: It appears that up to EIGHT (or more) different modRNA-based strains of influenza viruses “may” be used:
Example: It appears that multiple variations of modRNA strains ratios (from HA antigens or from NA antigens) “may” be used in the EIGHT strain “version”, such as 2:2:2:2:1:1:1:1;, or, as 3:3:3:3:1:1:1:1. Among others:
Which is also described in the Claims section of the Patent document; see below:
Note: “HA” refers to hemagglutinin, an influenza virus surface protein, assists virus particles to “attach” to red blood cells; “NA” refers to neuraminidase, an influenza surface protein that assists in virus replication.
Example: It appears that multiple types of lipid nanoparticles “may” be used in the multiple types of “vaccine” formulations; such, SM-102 (an “ionizable lipid”, already used in SPIKEVAX and in mNEXSPIKE); DOPE; SDPC; PDG-DMG; plus, OTHER types of lipid nanoparticles that Moderna will create for use:
Note that various types of pseudouridines, including N1-Methylpseudouridine (also used in SPIKEVAX and in mNEXSPIKE) “may” be used in the “vaccines” formulated.
Example: It appears thatModerna will determine how many modRNA-based influenza strains will be used in the “vaccine.” Moderna will also determine how many types of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) will be used in the various “vaccine” formulations:
Note the language that TWELVE OR MORE influenza strains “may” be used in the “vaccine.”
**** Yours Truly will again stress that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has just approved the Moderna “combo-vaccine”, mRNA-1083 (mCOMBRIAX), for use in Europe.mRNA-1083 contains mRNA-1010, plus mRNA-1283 (mNEXSPIKE, Moderna’s other modRNA COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccine” [the other being its “SPIKEVAX” product].) Look again at the details from the Patent document for mRNA-1010, above. How can a “vaccine” like mRNA-1010 be approved for use anywhere, given that Moderna can choose anywhere from ONE to TWELVE different modRNA-based influenza strains, plus ONE or MORE types of lipid nanoparticles, along with combining these in MULTIPLE FORMULA VARIATIONS, to produce this injectable?
Further down in the Patent document, there is the section Table 5. Experimental Groups. It is in this section that there is detailed discussion of the lab mice experiments with all three of the Moderna “mRNA-10….-vaccines” group, which comprises mRNA-1010, mRNA-1020, and mRNA-1030. This section describes the various influenza strains combinations used in these experiments:
From the section Pharmaceutical Formulations, it appears that Moderna will be using what Yours Truly will call the “crapshoot method” for choosing the amounts of ingredients to be combined into mRNA-1010:
And, from the Titersubsection of the above, it appears that Moderna will also use the “crapshoot method” to estimate (guesstimate) the amount of titer in the blood of a person “vaccinated” with mRNA-1010:
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What is a possible “underpinning” to the “multiple options” for Moderna’s mRNA-1010 formulation? Perhaps it is this 2023 article: “Rethinking next-generation vaccines for coronaviruses, influenzaviruses, and other respiratory viruses.” Jefferey K. Taubenberger, David M. Morens, Anthony S. Fauci. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9832587/. 11 January 2023. Please see the screenshots from this article, below. First, the Abstract:
Next, from the Introduction:
Finally, from the section Mucosal responses:
If Yours Truly read this paper correctly, the main idea appears to be the development and use of modRNA-based “vaccines” to be administered intranasally. Note also that Dr. Jeffery K. Taubenberger, one of the paper’s co-authors, is now the Acting Director of the NIAID; and, who holds the Patent for the “universal influenza vaccine” that he invented in 2020 while working at NIH.
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Second discussion area of today’s offering: The involvement of Blackstone Life Sciences in the financial backing for mRNA-1010. Yours Truly begins here, with screenshots from the Moderna Earnings Call Transcript published by The Motley Fool on 13 February 2026 (https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/02/13/moderna-mrna-q4-2025-earnings-call-transcript/); first, the Date and Participants section; then, a portion of the Takeaways section; and, the Risks section:
Thanks to The Motley Fool for the above information.
Moderna has realized that their United States COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccine” market, and their modRNA-based influenza “vaccine” market, are shrinking. There were income losses for the company. Meanwhile, Moderna has multiple other injectable products “in the pipeline” for development and testing prior to submitting applications to the FDA for BLAs for these products. This, then, presents an issue regarding the funding of the company’s endeavors.
It appears that Moderna has found a solution to two of these issues — the situations with funding; and, with developing mRNA-1010 and with mRNA-1083 to get these products approved for use: the companyobtained an “infusion” of up to $750 Million dollars from Blackstone Life Sciences in 2024: https://pharmaphorum.com/news/blackstone-bankrolls-modernas-flu-shot-750m, “Blackstone bankrolls Moderna’s flu shot for $750m”, Phil Taylor, 28 March 2024. Please see the screenshot from this article, below:
Note closely the language in the article screenshot above related to Blackstone Life Sciences receiving future “rights and royalties payments” from Moderna for the sales and use of mRNA-1010 (the multi-strain and multi-LPN modRNA influenza “vaccine” being considered by the FDA for approval), and of mRNA-1083 (the combination modRNA “vaccine” of mRNA-1010 plus mRNA-1283 [mNEXSPIKE, modRNA COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccine”], which was just approved in Europe this month.)
What is Blackstone Life Sciences? It is a subsidiary of Blackstone, an international asset-management and acquisition company that currently has over $1Trillion dollars in managed assets: https://www.blackstone.com/the-firm/. Please see the screenshot from this website, below; “AUM” = Assets Under Management:
The Blackstone Life Sciences subsidiary was founded in 2005. The headquarters location is: 314 Main St., 15th Floor, Cambridge, MA, 02142. Please see the screenshot showing the Blackstone Life Sciences investment in Moderna on 15 March, 2024, below, per https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/11151-91#investments:
The above information, with thanks, is from the non-subscriber website page on Blackstone at Pitchbook.
Is it remotely possible that Moderna is under pressure to “make good” regarding the potential for rights and royalty payments to Blackstone Life Sciences for the sales and use of mRNA-1010 and of mRNA-1083? Is it remotely possible that this is what is behind the pushing by Moderna (which was ultimately successful) in the FDA’s sudden reversal of the Refusal to File letter for the BLA for mRNA-1010, and that agency’s subsequently agreeing to consider an “amended” BLA for this “vaccine”? Is it remotely possible that Moderna (and/or Blackstone Life Sciences) regard the huge potential of the United States market to be important in terms of “Return on Investment” — regardless of the potential for “vaccine”-induced damages from mRNA-1010 and/or mRNA-1083?
Is it remotely possible that the FDA — and Dr. Martin Makary, FDA Commissioner — do not realize that they are being used as pawns in a kind of “vaccine chess game” being played by Big Pharma and Big Investment entities?Has Dr. Makary read the Patent for mRNA-1010, or had it explained to him?
THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE HUMAN BODY FOR AN mRNA-BASED, modRNA-BASED, saRNA-BASED, OR taRNA-BASED PRODUCT IN ANY FORM.
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This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
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The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
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Enjoy the first set of Thursday trinkets for March!
(1) Fake Feynman AI does a nice job here of being our Silicon Steve – explaining why [probably] Venus rotates BACKWARDS relative to the other planets of the solar system.
Watch for the typographical errors by the writing AI, which get sucked up into face-palm narration by the vocalization AI. It’s just stupid and cringe. Nevertheless, the science is good.
(2) An interesting chess rematch narrated by DrMike – check it out.
(3) Transitional hominin species Homo habilis gets a new set of skeletal remains, confirming the earlier ones, and our favorite junior anthropologist (Erika, a.k.a. Gutsick Gibbon) summarizes both the background science and the new paper on the new find. The real science can be a bit boring, but that’s often definitive for real science.
(4) Reaction video to (IMO) one of the best live rock performances from back in the mid-70s – by that band called Rush.
Yes, it’s annoying that she keeps interrupting the good parts, so here it is without interruption.
And if you’d prefer a shorter version with video, we have that, too!
(5) OK, how about more Rush, but with a SuSE twist? You may have heard this parody before, but it’s worth a listen to appreciate how well it’s re-done here.
(6) This is ….. different. An AI, heavy metal version of “The Old Rugged Cross”.
(7) You know, I think I’ll stick to the calming versions of these hymns!
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Just for fun.
This New Pyramid Theory Explains the Missing Evidence (19 minutes)
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As nasty and disgusting and vomit worthy as Epstein’s sexcapades were, the media’s focus on that hides the real bombshell. As Putin said, The West Is Controlled By Satanic Pedophilesand Epstien was an important node in their network.
Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action points out some of the evidence.
TRANSCRIPT from YouTube
4:20:
Their concern isn’t that regime change will fail. Their concern is that it’s being done without them… Iran’s new leadership is calling Washington because Washington is the only party that actually changed anything. The British have played the great game in the shadows for over a hundred years. Now it’s in the open and it’s being stymied…
let’s talk about what the Iran strike did to the so-called special relationship because this is where over a 100 years of British manipulation of American policy is shattering right out in the open. When the strikes began on Saturday, Britain’s position was extraordinary. The UK was informed Friday afternoon. Not included. Starmer refused to let the US use the British bases in Diego Garcia or in Britain itself. Britain refused not because it developed a conscience about international law. It refused because it’s no longer running the table. And the British press admitted that it is the end of the game for the special relationship with a headline that read, “Stormer faces greater quandry over special relationship after Iran attack.” And that article pointed out that Starmer appears to have had little influence on Trump who went ahead regardless…
But it wasn’t just Britain. France, Germany, and the UK issued a joint statement clarifying first and foremost they did not participate in the strikes. Not a statement of strategy, a statement of absence. And the best the European Union could manage was Ursula von der Leyen sending a message to the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. And here’s what she said. As our strategic partner, we will work closely with you to deescalate and safeguard regional stability. You can count on our full support in these turbulent times. The European Union — Gulf Cooperation Council partnership will only get stronger in the period ahead.
Now, the responses to this on X were brutal. One commentator appropriately rephrased it, quote, “In other words, Trump won’t take my call and we have no clue what’s going on.” That’s exactly right. And the statesman drill down on the same point. The Iran war makes it official. America is breaking with Europe. So, the special relationship is cracking in public. When Tehrān calls, it calls Washington, not London.
And the question worth asking is how did that special relationship actually work? Not the photo ops and the state visits. What was the real mechanism? Part of the answer is former Prince Andrew. Let’s go back to 2008 when the British were still happily directing American foreign policy. Andrew, then Britain’s special representative for international trade, sat down in Kyrgyzstan with a room that included businessmen, government officials, and the American ambassador. The American ambassador wrote it all down in a cable later published by Wikileaks and she told people that what Andrew told the room with astonishing frankness was the following. The United Kingdom, Western Europe, and by extension, you Americans too are now back in the thick of playing the great game and this time we aim to win. He wasn’t being metaphorical. He was describing it to an American diplomat on the record. the actual operating framework of British foreign policy, not the public version dressed up in democracy and human rights, but the real version in his official capacity as Britain’s trade representative.
Now, Andrew’s been arrested, the first royal arrest in centuries, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The Epstein files contain evidence he was passing confidential trade reports into Epstein’s networks. So the man who bragged about winning the great game was runningBritish strategic intelligence through Jeffrey Epstein. That is not a personal scandal. That is the operating method of the imperial apparatus now on public record. And shortly after Andrews arrest came the arrest of Lord Peter Mandelen who had been appointed by Starmer as Britain’s ambassador to Washington. Sent to manage the special relationship at the very moment Trump came in for his second term.
The Epstein files show that Mandlesson was passing advanced knowledge of British financial policy into the same networks. So the geopolitical operative and the financial operative, both out on bail, arrested, both exposed at the same moment. The apparatus itself is being dismantled. The Iran strike ended the special relationship and it’s out in the open. Britain is sidelined. Europe is issuing statements of absence. Tehrān is calling Washington. And simultaneously, the men who ran the real special relationship, Andrew running the geopolitical side, Mandlesson running the financial intelligence are on the chopping block, taken off the board together. This is not a coincidence. This is the end of geopolitics. Now, ending an entrenched system is not easy and it is dangerous. That is why you have to stay focused and on the stage of history.
…The more I see from the Epstein files, the more convinced I am that Epstein was being careful, and wasn’t documenting whatever it was that he was really up to. And it does look like he was involved in things he wasn’t writing down. In an interview with Mario Nawfal on X, Forensic analyst Dr. Jason Garrison, who has extensively reviewed the files, highlighted several instances where Epstein explicitly stated variations like, “I don’t like putting things in writing, call me instead….
The question nobody seems to be asking is: what was discussed at the dinner? There are plenty of hints. Jeffrey was, for example, very interested in genetics, vaccines, and DNA. He does not seem very interested in real philanthropy.
A genuine philanthropist doesn’t need to launder donations through shell entities, doesn’t tell recipients to hide the source, and doesn’t use the giving as a mechanism to get one-on-one meetings with young researchers and grad students…. But as most of the public intuitively understands, this story is far bigger than sex trafficking… We haven’t yet seen a fraction of what was really going on…
Some of the stuff, Epstein could have been into.
ALIENS
I find it interesting that after all this time the subject is re-surfacing and in a meaningful way.
I watched a new Josh Reid & Alpha Warrior video. As I said to Wolf, Josh is a bit of a flake. On the other hand, if you are not willing to even listen to ‘Conspiracy Theories’ how can you judge? Anyway, Josh goes thru the various Alien ‘evidence’ Human contact, grays reptilians … with video clips. Josh mentions he & his family have had contact, that is he & his brother disappeared for several hours while traveling between houses and have zero memory of what happen.
I can not cast stones because a couple caving buddies and I watched Rome Air Force Base scramble three jets to TRY and chase a UFO. [ my old comment]
Picture an elderly lame Basset Hound trying to catch a F1 race car, sudden square corners and then GONE. What is interesting is it was in the same area, upstate NY and I think during the same decade as Josh Reid’s encounters. Even more interesting is Tonawanda ALSO saw a UFO in upstate NY! [Comment]
Well, based on what this guy is saying, he is talking about stuff which would be elegantly explained by the theories I thought were missing. I know exactly what he is talking about, and he would have known exactly what I’m talking about.
Which is another tell. This guy acts just like a lot of scientists I’ve known. Just like normal. Just like he was in the lab next door explaining his stuff.
HOLY SHIT.
But his case also explains why they were interested in using MK on scientists, and presumably experimenting on it at the time. If you can keep their secret stuff compartmentalized, it can be protected. This guy (and maybe others) had gone off the ranch, and the military had a security problem. So they HANDED OFF THE PROBLEM to the CIA to deal with MK experiments. Which (from my point of view) are to some extent successful and to some extent not.
And everybody is still interested in these problems.
But OMG – I am so happy that:
– the class of theories I thought should have existed actually exist – the theories work – they would explain the island of stability – there IS an island of stability – elements in that island of stability create cool tech
HOLY SHIT! This stuff is REAL!
OK. Now I know why Cankles is in trouble!
She gave this shit to China! Without permission!
Josh had a slightly different take. 2:03:00 — 2:06:00 in the next video posted. SAP programs: Special Access Programs (SAPs) are highly restricted, classified programs within the U.S. government that require security measures exceeding standard clearance levels. Trump was recruited by Generals because people were selling off SAP programs. Josh figured out what was in Hilary’s SAPs that she was selling. The US governments most top secret projects ===> University & profs who were receiving grants on SAPs. Hilary gave them the who, what & where & the scientist were recruited by China via funding the universities & profs.
At 2:06:00 Josh gets into Charles Lieber and the covid info funneled to Wuhan. He lists a lot of other scientists.
Do not forget that Cankles & Billy Boy are very well connected to Epstein too.
That covers the first part of the following video (2 1/2 hours) from Wolf’s point of view. Now I am going to concentrate on what Josh said in the second half, after his Aliens history lesson.
Epstein was not just into child sex trafficking. He was into collecting billionaires. ALL billionaires. But the critical point is he was very much into funding genetic experiments… on humans. Now if some of the weirder Conspiracy Theories I have been hearing are even partially true that could explain the obsession not only with genetic engineering but with AI. You would NEED AI to be able to control a ship moving at the speeds I saw that thing moving. A human could not respond fast enough.
At around 1 hr Josh says AI is a must win because of military considerations.
Josh says at 1:42:00 AI learns from what we input. The questions we ask, our interactions with it. So, do we want it to learn from Satanic Pedos or from God fearing Patriots?
And then he gets into some other interesting stuff.
Remember at the World Economic Forum in 2020, Yuval Noah Harari talked about “hackable humans” Yuval Harari promoted the idea that the Earth no longer needs humans Back to the video: At ~ 1 hr 50 min, Josh talks about the ‘singularity’ where AI outstrips human intelligence. So the elite are trying to make a super human. Then there is a short clip of Sophia (AI Robot) who was built in Ethiopia (Think Tedros of the WHO) Ophra’s African Schools, Biometric IDs… AND it was EPSTEIN who funded the whole project.
It gets even more interesting from there with the building of ‘super humans’ and with the ELITE themselves trying to become gods.
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There is a lot more information on the subject out there. 23 &Me was about collecting human DNA. John of God was running a baby farm. John of God and Oprah Winfrey are connected. She had ties to Harvey Weinstein and now Epstein. Heck they are ALL connected.
Registered sex offender hoped to seed human race with his DNA by impregnating 20 women at a time, New York Times reports. Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier accused of sex trafficking, planned to develop an improved super-race of humans using genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, according to the New York Times. In the aftermath of his 2008 sex trafficking conviction, Epstein hoped to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women at his ranch in New Mexico, one of his properties where young women, including minors, were allegedly abused, the newspaper reported in a major investigation. Though there is little evidence the scheme ever progressed beyond fantasy,prominent scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, regularly attended dinners, lunches and conferences held by Epstein, the Times said.
Registered sex offender hoped to seed human race with his DNA by impregnating 20 women at a time, New York Times reports
Human trafficking, animal abuse, and scientific experiments that pushed the boundaries of humanity itself: Jeffrey Epstein had grand ambitions, and where better to pursue them than Ukraine? A wild west where everyone has a price, and citizens are little more than lab rats.
Within days of Epstein’s 2019 arrest for sex trafficking, media reports began to shed light on the financier’s bizarre scientific ventures. Epstein, the New York Times reported, would gather the world’s leading scientists at his Manhattan apartment, or fly them to his private island to discuss his visions of “seeding the human race with his DNA,” cryogenically freezing his head and penis for future research, and in one unhinged conversation, “bankrolling efforts to identify a mysterious particle that might trigger the feeling that someone is watching you.”
At the time, these Bond villain schemes were portrayed as just twisted fantasies. However, Epstein was already involved in a human cloning initiative taking shape in Ukraine, far from the prying eyes of US regulators.
Designer babies
In July 2018, self-described “transhumanist” Brian Bishop reached out to Epstein seeking funding for what he called a “designer baby project,” according to emails released by the US Justice Department last week
Inspired by Chinese scientist He Jiankui’s use of CRISPR technology to birth the world’s first genetically edited twins, Bishop, a bitcoin investor and programmer by trade, sent Epstein a pitch deck and a request for funding. Epstein said that he had “no issue with funding” the project, as long as he could do so in secret. “The problem is only if I am seen to lead,” he told Bishop.
Over several follow-up emails in 2018, Bishop explained that he was seeking “$1.7m/year for up to five years + $1m for lab setup,” and that he was “proceeding with more mouse testing at my Ukraine lab,” including surgeries and microinjections. Bishop’s technique involved injecting altered genes into a male parent’s testes, but Epstein favored implanting an embryo into the mother. “I like implant embryo, wait 9 months, great ending,” he replied.
Epstein noted that he “can’t do anything where US rules apply.” Bishop answered that they could avoid scrutiny through “partnerships with overseas clinics.”
The Ukrainian lab
Bishop’s “mouse testing” took place at the Institute of Gerontology at Ukraine’s Academy of Medical Sciences in Kiev. Although the lab was not named in the latest emails, the MIT Technology Review took a virtual tour of the facility in early 2019. The magazine described seeing “a flayed-open mouse lying on the microscope stage, as well as a close-up of trace dyes being injected into its testicles.”
The MIT article did not mention Epstein, but revealed that the pitch deck Bishop had sent envisioned experiments on human “volunteers” once the first transgenic mouse had been created. “Outcome: First human with transgenic sperm, and we begin taking pre-orders,” it reportedly read.
None of the experiments had succeeded in creating “transgenic mouse pups,” but lab worker Dmitry Krasnienkov told MIT that he was willing to keep trying as long as Bishop kept paying him.
A pedophile’s playground
For men like Epstein, Ukraine was a potentially lucrative nexus of poverty, corruption, and amorality. Epstein’s interest in the country developed long before Bishop’s mouse experiments, with passports of several Ukrainian women found on his estate after his death, and multiple emails suggesting he trafficked Ukrainian girls to wealthy clients.
In one 2013 exchange, a man purported to be Emirati tycoon Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem described two girls arriving at his property. “Big disappointment, the Moldavian is not as attractive as the picture while the Ukrainian is very beautiful,” he complained to Epstein. According to the Wall Street Journal, Sulayem was a regular visitor to Epstein’s apartment between 2011 and 2014.
Ukraine was a “a hotbed of child pornography and sexual abuse,” the Kiev Post reported in 2009. “Most reported cases of pedophilia never get investigated, let alone prosecuted,” the paper wrote, describing how “every third Ukrainian prostitute is a girl between 12 and 17,” child pornography is sold at street markets, and sexual services can be bought for “candy or food.”
The full extent of Epstein’s involvement in Ukraine is unclear, but the full range of illicit services available to the rich in Ukraine stretch far beyond child pornography and prostitution.
Organ harvesting and virus factories
Ukraine has been known as a hotbed of organ harvesting since the earliest days of its post-Soviet decline, and featured prominently in a 2008 OSCE report on “Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of organ removal.” The trade reportedly exploded after the Maidan coup of 2014, with Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claiming in 2023 that the organs of dead Ukrainian soldiers – such as hearts, kidneys and livers – have been appearing on ‘dark net’ marketplaces, with prices starting at €5,000.
Let me get started by providing some background. As the story goes, back in 1975, two high school buddies, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, wrote the first real software for a microcomputer. They cut a deal with a computer maker, quit Harvard, moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and started Microsoft in 1976….
With the recent release of the Epstein Files, I heard Paul Allen’s name mentioned. From what I understand, there is no damning evidence that connects him to any of the atrocities that have been linked to Epstein. Allen’s name has been mentioned in some of the Epstein emails. In 2012, Epstein emailed that he wanted to sit next to Allen at a Silicon Valley elite bash. Another email mentions Allen casually inviting Epstein to see his “Mouse/brain project” after bumping into him in 2014….
Epstein was originally charged with soliciting prostitution from a minor way back in 2006. It is not a good look for anyone still associating with him in 2014. But that being said, with 3 million files, there doesn’t seem to be anything damning on Allen in them, and a lot of people in Big Tech and the science community continued to interact with Epstein long after his original conviction in 2008….in December of 2017, Trump enacted the Executive Order 13818, which gave the government the power to freeze the assets of anyone involved in crimes against humanity. Later in September of 2018, the EO 13848, opened the door to confiscating the assets of anyone involved in election fraud. Allen died the next month in October of 2018.
Something to consider, and if you didn’t already know this, you probably won’t believe it. Trump enacted the EO that froze assets from anyone involved in crimes against humanity on 12/20/2017. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google announced that he would be stepping down from his role on 12/21/2017. Literally the next day. I think it’s safe to say that in general at least, assets have been confiscated and it probably goes back to at least 2018.
I’m not saying Paul Allen is guilty of crimes against humanity or election fraud, but it is at least plausible that these executive orders opened the door to Trump’s government confiscating assets from people who they believe achieved their wealth at the expense of America.
At 50 minutes: The head of Bear Stearns, the head of JP Morgan took the call from Epstein while he was in prison and accepted the reversed charges. This was during the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis.
This is a break from the news of the day, a break from Iran and media overload.
This is dedicated to our friend, pgroup2.
Is Earth “home” for mankind, or, just a stopover on our way to another place of existence?
Hebrews 11:13 tells us;
“All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen and welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.”
This opener is about a song.
Wayfaring Stranger
I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger, from the movie “1917”
[Verse 1] I am a poor wayfaring stranger I’m travellin’ through this world of woe Yet there’s no sickness, toil, nor danger In that bright land to which I go
[Chorus 1] I’m going there to see my Father I’m going there, no more to roam I’m only going over Jordan I’m only going over home
[Verse 2] I know dark clouds will gather ’round me I know my way is rough and steep But golden fields lie just before me Where God’s redeemed shall ever sleep
[Chorus 2] I’m going home to see my mother And all my loved ones who’ve gone on I’m only going over Jordan I’m only going over home
[Verse 3] I am a poor wayfarin’ stranger I’m travellin’ through this world of woe Yet there’s no sickness, toil, nor danger In that bright land to which I go
[Chorus 1] I’m going there to see my Father I’m going there, no more to roam I’m only going over Jordan I’m only going over home
Those are the lyrics of a uniquely American folk spiritual in the public domain dating back to pre-Civil War days. These particular lyrics are from one of many versions of the same song. It is one of many songs from the era of which there is no known songwriter credited. A version of these lyrics were published along with many others from the period in The Christian Songster in 1858. These songs were sung at camps, prayer meetings, social gatherings and revivals. Perhaps you know or have heard some of them.
When you review them they have common themes that center around the belief that this earth is not our home. The songs are filled with both joy and great sorrow. A strong theme of hope for better times and reunions with loved ones abound throughout. And of course, they speak to the Savior of all mankind, Jesus Christ, as well as the adversity of Satan. Below is one of my favorite versions that match the lyrics above. It is hauntingly beautiful to go with the war imagery.
The Historical Period
Since these songs were originated in America and primarily composed in the lead up to the Civil War, the themes would reflect the attitudes and beliefs of common Americans during the period. The songs pull back the curtain on what people thought, believed and experienced. It appears the commie leftists have not yet found a way to hide these truths.
With our nation being founded under God’s Providence by a vast majority of Christians in its growing population, we can gain understanding of how the two centuries evolved from the pilgrims arrival in the words of these and other songs of the period. What we discover is they are remarkably consistent with those colonial predecessors.
Perhaps they knew what was about to come to this great land as the drumbeat of the impending Civil War became louder. Wars, violence and hardship of some sort always seemed to be present anyway. They also knew they would be the ones called upon to fight those wars and suffer the great losses that were to come. They longed for a better future and many saw that as only happening when they went to their eternal “home”.
So let’s move this along with some quality versions of the song. Pick and choose your flavor, or all of them when you get time.
First, from the Man in Black…
For the hillbilly bluegrass fans comes this performance of the song from the Father of Bluegrass during his latter days on earth.
Emmylou brings her wonderful style,
A quality country sound, a more recent version with some lyrics modification from Travis.
Yet, the song is timeless and travels across the pond as Ed Sheeran demonstrates in his own unique style…
Conclusion
Our American heritage offers strong clues of who we have been and are destined to be. We just need to pay attention and look for the evidence. Today we found evidence in an American folk spiritual song from two centuries ago. What we learn from it and others from the period is that four centuries have come and gone since the Pilgrims arrival and we have been searching for peace that America gives us the opportunity to find… as long as we continue to fight for her and each other.
Meanwhile, Christians know this world is not our home, that we are Wayfaring Strangers. Through Christ we have a heavenly passport to our eternal home. We are just passing through doing God’s will while here. There is no place like home when we are born again citizens of God’s Heaven.
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Before all things and people – In God We Trust. Also, trust Trump and the plan.
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And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
mungo
noun
shoddy cloth made from shredding old or waste woven material
material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woolen rags or the remnants of woolen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woolen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woolen goods or worsted — a distinction often disregarded
low-quality wool
a slang term, sometimes derogatory, for a person who is rough, uncivilized, uneducated, unpleasant, perceived as inferior, etc.
one spelling of a Filipino dish made with mung beans (alternatively munggo)
additional proper names, including parks (2 kinds), people, and places
Used in a sentence
Retrosaria Mungo is a lovely worsted weight yarn made in Portugal. Mungo is made with 50% cotton which making it ideal for warmer weather knits. Mungo is entirely spun from pre-consumer waste generated by Portuguese spinning mills making it an amazing and sustainable yarn!
Shown in a picture
Shown in a video
MUSIC!
Mungo Jerry!
THE STUFF
This is a gift for Gail. It is about a Scottish explorer of Africa, by the odd name of Dr. Mungo Park. It is a brilliant bit of insight into the early days of the British Empire.
Up to my neck in “AI slop” videos about Dr. Park, I found this human-created GEM by pure accident. But it has a very different take.
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God is in Control . . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . . Keep Looking Up
Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.
“This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.” . . . “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
The Sabbath
In Mark 2:27 Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” This statement was in response to the accusation that His disciples were breaking the law regarding resting on the Sabbath when they walked by some fields and plucked heads of grain (see Mark 2:23–28; also Matthew 12:1–8; Luke 6:1–5).
When the Pharisees accused Jesus’ disciples, Jesus referred them to an example from the Old Testament. David was once in need of food and was given consecrated bread that was, technically, only lawful for the priests to eat (1 Samuel 21:1–6). The holy bread had served a practical need of God’s anointed (David) and his followers, just as, in Jesus’ day, the grain served a practical need for God’s anointed (Jesus) and His followers.
David and his men had not acted sinfully in eating the showbread, and neither were Jesus’ disciples acting sinfully in picking heads of grain on the Sabbath. Jesus concludes, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27–28). His response to the accusing Pharisees contains two important teachings.
First, the Sabbath was intended to help people, not burden them. In contrast with the grueling daily work as slaves in Egypt, the Israelites were commanded to take a full day of rest each week under the Mosaic Law. Pharisaical law had morphed the Sabbath into a burden, adding restrictions beyond what God’s law said. The act of picking a head of grain and munching on it as one walked along a field should not be considered “harvesting,” as the Pharisees tried to categorize it. The disciples had not broken God’s law; they had only violated the Pharisees’ strict interpretation of the law. Jesus reminded the Pharisees of the original intent of the Sabbath rest.
Jesus gives a similar reminder in Mark 3:1–6 (also Matthew 12:9–14; Luke 6:6–11) when He heals a man on the Sabbath. The Pharisees were looking to accuse Jesus and closely watched His response to a man with a shriveled hand. “Jesus asked them, ‘Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?’ But they remained silent” (Mark 3:4). The Sabbath was not intended to burden people but to ease their burden. For someone to forbid acts of mercy and goodness on God’s day of rest is contrary to all that is right. Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath, did what was right and healed the man, and that’s when the Pharisees began to plot with the Herodians to kill Jesus.
Second, Jesus is Lord even of the Sabbath. What does this mean? Another way to express the idea is to say Jesus is in charge of the Sabbath. He is God in human form, and He created the Sabbath day. As the One who wrote the law, Jesus certainly has oversight over how the law is to be enforced. The Pharisees had lifted their own rules to the level of God’s, placing onerous burdens on people, and they ended up rebuking the Lawgiver Himself.
Jesus is also the Lord of the Sabbath in that the Sabbath pointed to the rest Jesus provides. Jesus became our rest when He did all the work necessary for our salvation (Hebrews 4). He fulfilled the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 5:17). “Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes” (Romans 10:4). We rest, spiritually, in Him; He has secured our eternal blessing.
As believers, set free in Christ, we are not judged by whether or not we keep the Sabbath day (Colossians 2:16). Instead, we follow the Lord of the Sabbath, Jesus Christ. We find our rest in Him, and seven days a week are filled with worship of Him.
Another “fun” day of living in hillbilly land happened a couple of days ago. Thought I would share. I am sure many of you have experienced fun days of your own through the years.
We were awakened at 6 AM by a call from Daughter. Oh no, was the first thought. Hope it is not something bad with Son IL since he is on night shift. Nope, wasn’t that. Hope one of their family is not sick. Nope, wasn’t that.
It was her telling us the Fire Department had just left. It had rained all night and was still raining. In that rain, three FD vehicles and 10 personnel had arrived on their short cul-de-sac street in all of their gear in the wet yard and mud before going into their home.
The house had filled with smoke and the alarms had gone off at about 5 AM while Daughter and grandkids were asleep before SonIL got off his shift at 6 AM and headed home. Scared the kids and mom as well. The FD checked the nearly new package unit heat pump we had installed when they completed their addition and remodel this time last year. They found the exterior circuit breakers were hotter than they should be and pulled the disconnects. The HVAC unit (good name brand) and new ductwork had been repaired twice under warranty as the installation had been improper by an inexperienced crew. So our first thought was, “not again.” But no evidence of related problems or fire was found anywhere they looked. The smell was plastic and electrical, but had dissipated. The FD gave the all clear and left the scene not long after SonIL arrived from work.
SonIL was worn out from a night of DUI’s, domestics, shoplifting, etc. He needed sleep. So ole dad headed to the scene with his morning coffee. But before SonIL went to bed and I arrived, he decided to check the crawl space; the area that the FD apparently forgot to check. There is a bit of new wiring there from the addition as well as a sump pump that had been installed by the original builder. SonIL quickly determines he most likely found the problem. It seemed to be near the old sump pump from the smell in the space. He also remembered the pump making some loud noises two weeks before, however, it had reverted to normal and was working.
Even after I arrived it is continuing to do its thing about every 15 minutes from the pooling from the heavy rains. Water makes its way in around the footer downhill to the spot because the original builder had made the opening of the package HVAC too low to the ground. We have attempted numerous fixes, but nothing has worked to completely stop the problem, which is typically minor. Until that “fun” day.
The family is on a contract with a really good HVAC provider that also has plumbing and electrical services. SonIL called them and gave me as the contact person. He then went to bed after I arrived to try to get some sleep since he had another work night ahead of him. They were two officers short on his unit and shift as it was. Calling in for a day off was not going to happen.
The first on the scene less than two hours later were the electricians. One headed under the house while the other checked the breaker panel. They talked on their phones and the one under the house sent photos of what he found. We were in luck because that guy is also good at plumbing and discovered the issue as the sump pump along with how the smoke and electrical burn smell got into the house. All new wiring checked out good and to code. However, he noticed the elbow on the dryer exhaust pipe to the exterior had fallen off the pipe leading inside the house onto the ground. The laundry room is right next to the return air duct in the hall. So, every time the HVAC had come on since it fell (within the past year), the system was creating a vacuum into the house for crawl space air. A bad thing had led to a good thing of finding a major issue that could have led to far worse outcome.
Funny how those things work out sometimes. It is as if a somebody is watching out for all of us during our “fun” days. But I digress. 😉
The existing sump pump had been wired to an existing non-GFI circuit to another part of the house. That is a problem. Had it been on a GFI, it would have likely tripped the breaker when SonIL first heard the noises previously. The pump was extremely hot to touch and it appeared to have burn marks where the wiring connected. Bingo. The electrician noted there was no check valve on the pump. Problem. That should always be there. There was no weep hole on the intake pipe. That’s another problem. Will not go into the whys here, just know you need them so yours will not do what this one did. All of that contributed to the pump burning its motor partially, probably 50%, which explains how it was continuing to pump a small amount of ground water.
So, a call is made after my approval to the plumbing department and they sent a pro out within an hour. He checks it out, confirms the need, shows the damaged and problem areas, determines the options, goes back to get the one I selected and returns right after lunch. Less than an hour later he was done. The electricians planned to return once that was completed. The office called me and said it would be an hour before they arrived. Daughter left work early and had arrived to take over while her husband slept. I headed back to the house to clean up and eat a sandwich before returning to answer questions of the electricians.
That’s when the truly funny stuff happened.
While at home I received another phone call. SonIL had awakened before the arrival of the electricians. I had left word with Daughter that the heat pump was not working and that it was getting cool in the house. So she sent him out to check the circuit breakers and it turned out the disconnects had not been reinserted. Since we knew the source of the problem was not the heat pump, he reinserted. Literally within seconds, the entire house lost power!
Panic ensued. He called me and asked what happened and what he should do. I told him that the first thing was to check with neighbors to see if they had power. The second thing was to not panic, the electricians would be there soon if it was something within the home.
Daughter checked with neighbors – they were all out of power. At this point SonIL thought he has caused a power outage in the entire neighborhood!
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Meanwhile I checked the power company’s outage map and there was an outage for 1300 customers in that immediate vicinity. SonIL is suspecting that, nah, he could not have caused that. Daughter calls a fire fighter friend and she tells her there had been a car accident, the FD was on the scene, and that it caused the outage. She lets me know, but SonIL is on the other side of the property and unaware. The electricians, who had been delayed by another 30 minutes getting there, pulled up into the driveway.
I caught them and told them what happened, that seconds after SonIL had reinserted the disconnects in the breaker the power went off for the whole area. They agree to play along. SonIL comes from around the house minutes later and they asked him, “What in the world did you do?! Don’t you know not to reinsert those disconnects until we have cleared the fault?!” Panic returned to SonIL’s face again. He began melting down.
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We all burst out laughing and let him up, told him the truth. He was a good sport, but very relieved. It was probably good all of his cop and personal arsenal were locked up. I suspect the electricians will get pulled over one day when in town where he works. Paybacks are hell, ask the Supreme Leader.
The rest of the repair went well. New circuit pulled with GFI breaker in the box as well as receptacle under the house. Problem solved. Another “fun” day in paradise.
