Dear KMAG: 04052020 Open Topic

Praise the Lord Anyway!

Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes. Praise the LORD forever!  Amen and amen! (Psalm 89:51-52)

It’s easy to praise God when life is good. It’s a gorgeous spring day . . . praise the Lord! I just got a raise . . . praise the Lord! My doctor gave me a clean bill of health . . . praise the Lord! I got an “A”‘ on my final exam . . . praise the Lord!

But what about when life isn’t good? The wind chill factor today is minus 25 degrees . . . praise the Lord? I just lost my job . . . praise the Lord? My doctor says it’s cancer . . . praise the Lord? I’m going to fail that class . . . praise the Lord?

Psalm 89 exemplifies praising God when life is hard, praising God anyway. This psalm begins by singing of God’s unfailing love (89:1-2). Moreover, all of heaven will praise God’s great wonders (89:5). God’s faithfulness to his people is a cause for rejoicing (89:9). This faithfulness is centered in God’s covenant with David and his promise that David’s dynasty will go on forever (89:19-37). But then Psalm 89 takes a dark turn, even accusing God of renouncing his covenant with David (89:39). The psalmist cries out, “O LORD, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever?” (89:46). The penultimate verse of Psalm 89 laments, “Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes” (89:51).

But then comes the startling conclusion: “Praise the LORD forever! Amen and amen!” What? Praise the Lord who has allowed his people to suffer, who has strengthened the enemies of Israel, whose unfailing love seems to have disappeared? Praise this Lord? Now?

Yes, that’s where Psalm 89 leaves us, without explanation, without apology. Yes, there is an unresolved tension here, something that can’t be rationalized away. The psalmist shows unsettling freedom in his protest against God, even accusing God of breaking his promises. Yet, he ends on a note of praise, and not just praise, but eternal praise. In the midst of pain and suffering, praise the Lord! When you can’t figure out what God is doing, praise the Lord! When God feels very distant, praise the Lord!

I’m not suggesting that this is easy to do. In fact, I find this to be exceptionally difficult. Thus, I am challenged by today’s psalm to do what does not come naturally, to praise the Lord at all times, to praise the Lord anyway.

*https://www.theologyofwork.org/the-high-calling/daily-reflection/praise-lord-anyway


Praising God anyway, when we’re in the midst of difficult times needs a little context to be seen from the correct perspective.

While we were yet sinners, God showed His love for us by giving His Son, Jesus, to bear our sins as He died on the cross. Jesus’ death reconciled man’s sin and sinful nature with the holiness of God. To partake of that reconciliation, we must put our trust in Jesus as our Savior . . . not by our works, but even to those who believe on His name.

We were less than nothing and have been given everything.

So, back to praising God even in difficult times. That’s a bit like walking along and stubbing your toe, quite painfully I might add, and just when you’re ready to complain to God about it, you see that you’ve stubbed your toe on the marble steps leading up and into the grandest mansion the world has ever seen . . . a mansion that God has just given to you.

And that comparison utterly fails when we really think about what wretched worms we were in God’s eyes, and then the enormous sacrifice God made to be able to adopt us into His family as His sons and daughters.

Amazing grace, How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me . . .

So, when events take a nasty turn for us during our short time down here, perhaps we can do a bit better about praising God anyway, in view of our riches for eternity up there with God.



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daughnworks247

Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!

Alison

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

wheatietoo

Wonderful, Carl…love it!
😀🥰👍
Very well done.

cthulhu

Though a celebration of Sylvia’s triumph is certainly appreciated, I’ve been a professional worrywart for a couple of decades…..I’d like to see an update on her actual status.

cthulhu

TY. I’ve been very worried. I want to see her hale and hearty and smiting with a gleaming shovel.

Harry Lime

Thanks, Cthulhu…me too…and me too.

Sylvia Avery

❤❤❤
((((Harry))))

Sylvia Avery

My shovel is ready to take on all comers. I probably want to build a little more strength yet…….but the shovel is ready!!!! (Thanks to Rodney Short!)))

Sylvia Avery

Hey cthulhu! I’m doing well. Improving steadily. Coughing much less, and breathing easier. Definitely on the mend! 😊😊😊

Marica

Carl!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot WAIT….Til Syl sees this!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are such a gem!!!!!!!! She gonna😂😂😂😘🥰💖💖!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rodney Short

😎😎😎😎😎

Sylvia Avery

((((carl))))
I am SO honored………and amused……….and charmed! Thanks for giving me something to laugh about right out of the gates! God bless you for your many talents that you share with us here.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

AMEN!!!

Alison

That’s beautiful, Carl, and so thoughtful of you to remember our PHC during this Easter season.
Praise Our Lord. Forever and Ever. Hosanna in the Highest.

wheatietoo

Thank you, Carl.
😌🙏🤗
So nicely said!

Marica

We miss him so much!….But his spirit is with both our sites!!! He’s here!!! So lovely Carl!!!🤠🤠🤠🤠🐓🐓💗

Rodney Short

🙏🙏🙏

Sylvia Avery

Beautiful, Carl. I feel that way, too. I am ready to go, joyfully, when He calls me home.

Sylvia Avery

And thanks for mentioning PHC. To speak of him keeps him alive in our hearts. 🤠🐟🐠🐓🥃🐦✨💞

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

This is a general announcement.
I have decided that I’m going to turn The U Tree into a weapon of war against the CCP. My dear profanity will be following me over there for our “basic training” activities.
Nebraska Filly is now allowed to post THERE.
It is my hope that we will create a new, tight, and highly purposed community there, which will concentrate on one purpose and one purpose only – the utter destruction of the CCP. Yeah, some Democrat traitors may get hurt in the process, but so be it.
Expect a lot of F bombs there. It is NOT going to be a nice place. But it may be a lot of fun.
https://utree.home.blog/2020/04/05/open-thread-20200405/

pgroup

It’s good to be king. 🙂

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Or COMMANDER as the case may be! 😉

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

We shall see! 😀

ozzytrumpster

The night watch commander

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

All along the watchtower!comment image

Harry Lime

Dylan seems to be a recurring theme lately…The Times They Are A-Changin’…

piper567

Harry, have you heard his latest offering? first time he has recorded in 17 yrs, or so I read.
it’s on YT, w a special YT for lyrics.
it’s called “Murder Most Foul”, and is inspired by JFK’s assassination.
interesting timing.
it’s typical cryptic, fascinating Dylan.
his serious fans will love it, while some will find it v interesting.

gil00

One big giant “beep beep the dang beeping beepers beeeeeeppp!!!!”

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Thanks!
There has been much discussion of her coming back here, but I want THIS site to be low-drama. I believe all the drama will be on the other site now, where excess energy can be directed into priming the laser cannons. 😉

Deplorable Patriot

Low drama…I’m not sure such a thing is humanly possible. 🙄

cthulhu

I’ve been monitoring the utree in hopes that she shows up.

jamcooker

If I have time, I may go watch you all! Am wrapped up right now with DH. He’s scheduled for surgery, but who knows when that will happen. Just glad he’s not in the blankety blank nursing home/ rehab center.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Will pray for you both! <3

jamcooker

TY. You take care of yourself too.

Sylvia Avery

((((jamcooker))))
🙏🙏🙏 for you and DH

jamcooker

TY! Fortunately, one daughter is next door, and able to help. Whatever the Lord has in store for us is whatever it is. I pray for healing for my husband (and patience for myself), but whatever the Lord has in store will be whatever it is. I look to Him for guidance in making whatever decisions need to be made and he guides me through all my bumbling ways!

para59r

Yeah on Nebraska!

Harry Lime

Me too! We have animals in the mainstream press that say much worse about our VSGPDJT on national television. Not that I’m questioning Wolf’s decision at the time…he has to protect this site and things went a little south…but it will be nice to see her back in action.

para59r

Agreed!

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy
Teagan

Good luck to you and your merry band of warriors! Go get them!

socaristobo

“Expect a lot of F bombs there. It is NOT going to be a nice place. But it may be a lot of fun.”
Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. Jesus Matt 12.34
I value free expression but there is no legitimate reason it needs to be crude or vulgar. I know I will get slammed for this but I will go ahead and self-ban or social distance, whichever you prefer.

pgroup

Sounds like you won’t be going over there. That’s probably for the best.

Marica

You Da bestest Wolfie!!!! perfect Solution!!! Why we LOVE YOU DEARLY!!!💖💖💖

Rodney Short

God bless you brother Wolf….

Sylvia Avery

Sic ’em, Wolfie!
And thanks for giving Filly an outlet at the QTree.
The time we have had with her at Marica’s blog has been a blessing. But that girl is a warrior and itching for the fight. Unleash her on the ChiComs! They’ll rue the day….

TheseTruths

Thank you for this timely opening post, bakocarl. I was particularly struck by this (emphasis mine):
“The psalmist shows unsettling freedom in his protest against God, even accusing God of breaking his promises. Yet, he ends on a note of praise, and not just praise, but eternal praise. In the midst of pain and suffering, praise the Lord! When you can’t figure out what God is doing, praise the Lord! When God feels very distant, praise the Lord!”
This was also brought home to me yesterday (I think) in one of duchess’ postings of Scripture:
Psalm 24:1 – The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
It is His world. We belong to Him, and we are not promised a perfect, stress-free life in this fallen world. We aren’t even promised that our plans will come to fruition. But we are promised eternal life under certain conditions. For that alone, He is worthy of praise.

rayzorbak

All Sunshine….
and NO rain…..
only makes a desert!

ozzytrumpster

Tip of the day
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ForGodandCountry

LMAO
Reminds of this movie classic….

fleporeblog

News Roundup has been posted if interested.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

If anyone is nutty enough to not be interested…well, it’s there anyway–suck it!

Dora

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Deplorable Patriot

Since this should all die down by Corpus Christi, I say we do up the outdoor processions and shrines and litanies BIG TIME even if it’s going to be stinkin’ hot by then. I mean, it’s June 14 this year. For those who aren’t Catholic, that’s the day we take the Monstrance with the Pyx, okay, the pastor carries it, under a canopy and hit the streets singing and processing complete with the red torches, and incense. Of late, priests all over have been doing this without the big processions, but on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood, Corpus Christi, it’s done with great celebration.

eilert

Illegals. who supposedly are urgently fleeing their countries, suddenly not interested to go to US.
What has changed? /s
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/illegal-border-crossing-next-nothing-less-150-apprehensions-day-almost-week/

Deplorable Patriot

Want to know what one of the goals here is? Gates lets the cat out of the bag. I suspected this a few years back. The demons – and I’m talking about actual demons – have an agenda. I know people who aren’t Catholic aren’t going to buy it, but I’ve long thought destruction of the Church was the ultimate goal. Why us?
Found at:
https://fromrome.info/2020/04/05/bill-gates-my-corona-stunt-requires-18-months-of-control-then-mandatory-vaccination/

Quote from the From Rome author:
Ominously, at 17:40 in this Video, Bill Gates implies that the Catholic Religion will remain outlawed until all can be certified to have received a vaccine, if even then!
He is talking about suspending the Mass for 18 months or forever!

GA/FL

Gates has developed a severe case of megalomania – an exalted sense of self-important. All that money and power has made him sick.

Deplorable Patriot

Yes, but I think this was the ultimate goal all along, even as far back at the Great Schism or it wouldn’t have happened. Definitely since the 13th century.

GA/FL

I don’t see the relationship – the split between the eastern and western church was about theology, geographical distance and power. The Filioque was one excuse, but it was deeper…. leaders jealousy?
I have read that the Western/Romans hired mercenaries to storm Constantinople.
Plenty of evil done in the name of the LORD and HIS CHURCH over the centuries, even today.

Deplorable Patriot

It’s about Christ being really present in the Eucharist. Like I said, people who aren’t Catholic aren’t going to buy it. I know that. When then Schism happened, the East has not had a single case of Stigmata since.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA
SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Wow that comment certainly didn’t go as planned.

I have read that the Western/Romans hired mercenaries to storm Constantinople.

The Fourth Crusade, in 1204. It began in 1202 with the plan to liberate Jerusalem. The next year while on their way to the Levant, the crusaders found themselves out of money; they beseiged a Catholic city, got excommunicated (duh!) for that, then hired themselves out to Alexios, a claimant to the Byzantine throne. They were able to put him on the throne, but then Alexios got overthrown and most of the payments he had promised never materialized. So they sacked Constantinople.
Only a handful of the crusaders went on to do their original mission in the Holy Land.
The Crusades in general, except for the first one, were absolute CFs.

GA/FL

I think the Roman church hired some Saracens to sack Constantinople? It was ugly.
I honestly think the Muslims are stuck in that religious violence mode…..doing what the Romans did to Jesus and what Church was doing to its own people back then – burning, beheading, drawing and quartering, crucifixion, and all the raping, pillaging….

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I have no idea about the Saracens (which doesn’t mean it’s not true–I don’t, unfortunately, have the time to pick through what would have to be eight centuries of history…but I’d have to guess that was later.
Constantinople had some SERIOUS defenses, both natural and man made, the natural positioning is why Constantine picked that location for his capital. In 413, Theodosius built the 60 foot triple wall, and they were not breached until gunpowder.
After the sack in 1204, a “Latin Empire” was set up that lasted until 1261; with catholics in charge of the place. (It must have been their wet dream at the time.)

GA/FL

Things started going way south in the church when Constantine decided to make it over into his image and idea of power structure and standardization of theology – he made it a punitive, power structured organization.

Deplorable Patriot

Constantine did nothing of the sort. Things started going south, as you put it, when Christ challenged the people managing the Temple when he was 12.

rayzorbak

Things started going south when Eve ate the fruit.

Teagan

Exactly what I read…really started as far back as the Druids in what is known know as Great Britain…Constantine even usurped many of the same Druid holidays. It was always about power and politics.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It wasn’t just Druid holidays. In fact many Roman holidays got hijacked as well.
There’s no evidence whatsoever that Jesus was born in December, much less December 25 (and I’ve even had very fundamentalist pastors tell me that, so it’s not some sort of atheist propaganda). In fact what little is in the Gospels points to a totally different time of year (indirectly)–I don’t remember whether it was spring or early fall, and on my bandwidth right now I’m not going to go hunt. But December 25 was on or near a couple major Roman holidays (Dies natali Solus Invicti, the day of the birth of the unconquered Sun, became a part of the Roman pantheon on that date in 274); more traditionally it was part of Saturnalia, so guess what?
Many cultures celebrated the Winter Solstice (I know next to nothing about the Druids, but I can’t imagine they didn’t) so it was a way of hitting a whole flock of birds with one stone.

eilert
duchess01

Verse of the Day for Sunday, April 5, 2020

“…be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJV)

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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!

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Jesus Loves Babies…Pray for the Unborncomment image
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Deplorable Patriot

I posted this on the CoronaVirus thread this morning in response to a post from Sadie, I think, who linked up a piece talking about Gates wanting the ID vaccine, and getting IDs. The more I think about it…I think the 40,000 foot view is giving us what the plan was to destroy the USA:
Alright, this probably belongs on the Open Thread, but I’m getting the distinct impression that what we are seeing play out was/is the plan that was scheduled to take place as it is now with Hillary at the helm, and zero centralized planning as the Trump team is putting together.
Just the way Bill Gates is inserting himself into the public discussion, as if he was the replacement for David Rockefeller in the food chain, tells me that this was laid out in a battle plan long ago, and the left did not know what else to do once the brain trust died.
If there was a plan laid out, and I’m POSITIVE there is one, then the Q team would have it. They know what the fear mongering steps were/are, they know the mass chaos that was supposed to ensue when supplies weren’t available. Just imagine if it had happened with the economy in shambles as would have happened with four more years of Obamanomics. The Hunger Games would NOT have been fiction. Dystopia would have been our lifestyle.
This was to be the beginning of the people BEGGING for a one world government that the one worlders have been promising the people would want for at least the last century.
Think about it: suspension of freedoms, essential confinement of the people, suppression of the Church at the most sacred seasons of the Church year, vaccine push for ID, push for mail in voting which would make elections moot for all the reasons that have been outlined here.
THIS was the left’s plan to finish off the country mind, body and soul.
They let it play out despite Trump being at the helm thinking it would finish him as a politician.
They underestimated his resolve, and that of the American people.
They also underestimated the potency of the chosen virus.
Now, the question is who knew of the plan and is a part of it.

Teagan

Good food for thought….I sincerely hope we learn the answer to your final sentence. I do not care who it is, how shocked we will be…I think it’s time for answers. If we Americans are as resilient as claimed…we will get over it.

para59r

They also seem to miss the point that if not for Trump we’d be at their throat.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Except that…they didn’t–and don’t–look upon this as the event that would back us into a corner, but rather as the event that would get us to admit we were wrong. In their minds it’s PURELY a matter of social constraint that keeps most of us mouthing conservative platitudes; deep down we know they are right.
Putting us in a crisis would give us the reason, finally, to cast all that off and be what we’ve wanted to be all along, but were afraid to say so.
The Leftist is incapable of imagining that we really believe what we believe. We must be saying what we say because of either social pressure…or greedy exploitative self-interest. They imagine our leadership as being like the spokesmen Big Tobacco sent to Congress to argue that smoking doesn’t kill people, lying for the sake of filthy lucre…and the rest of us as sheep following the herd.

Dora

Deplorable Patriot

Watched the livestream from our Cathedral this morning. That had to be the fastest Palm Sunday Mass I’ve ever seen. Our archbishop is showing his age, though. Not happy about that.

phoenixrising37
Deplorable Patriot

Not sure what to think. At this point, sitting back and watching is helping to keep the anxiety over all of it at bay. I can’t do anything about it, so I’m not emotionally investing in Bergoglio other than as a puppet who needs to be removed from the stage.

phoenixrising37

I believe Bergoglio will be removed… soon

Deplorable Patriot

From your fingers to God’s ears.

duchess01

Worship w/ Matt Redman & Jentezen Franklin | 9AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZL7v9ULFwQ&feature=em-lbcastemail

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singingsoul1

I listened about 10 minutes to the Harvest Church and had to turn it off. I am looking for the Message not fundraising.
I am glad though I looked and saw and heard.

duchess01

Sent by PT – perhaps, they are in need of funding – I hear you – felt the same way – posted the service from ‘Free Chapel’ heard the sermon – it was good – about the ‘Lamb of God’ – if you want – will post video so you can see it – God Bless You!

pgroup

Greg Laurie usually presents serious clear sermons based on The Word. Maybe it’s just the time we’re in, but this is a time for Bible thumping with fire & brimstone messaging. IMO YMMV

duchess01
ladypenquin

My apologies, Carl. You’re trying to share spiritual sustenance with us, and I fall short. Still, I read your post for the healing of spirit at the end of the day.
In the meantime, people need to be aware of the new narrative from our Enemies.
Watch out for Malignant Media’s new narrative – quarantine without end…
@Lady_Penquin
Who is paying you to promote fear-mongering nonsense? Oh, that’s right, @CNN – Chinese Communist Network. OTOH, if you self-quarantine for the next decade – we’d be delighted – known as quarantining America’s Enemies.

trumpismine

pgroup

Desperately Seeking Sycophants.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

The big boss turns to one of his entourage and says, “I hate ‘yes’ men. Don’t you agree?”

pgroup

wordpiss again

trumpismine

Donald J. Trump Retweeted

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GA/FL

Please pray for the people of New York, the city I grew up in and where my parents and siblings live, which is being hit hard by the virus. Thank you.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC.

Marica

🙏🙏🙏

Marica

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duchess01

You, too, Marica! God Bless You Real Good for all you do to bring others together – Bless your family – and that precious little one, too – Hugs!!!

Marica

Hiya sweet Duchess!! God Bless you and yours on this beautiful and lonely Palm Sunday!!! Heart aches to be with church goers…..{{{Duchess}}}😘💖🥰

duchess01

We all ache to be with others especially today – and this week – and on Easter Sunday!
I get the impression President Trump is not happy, either! 🙁

duchess01
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Deplorable Patriot

Huh. Well there’s something you don’t see everyday. And coming out of the STORM DRAINS…again. Imagine that. 😲
https://twitter.com/mil_ops/status/1246834658588921856

gil00

Maybe Churchmouse can give an opinion on these. Ive seen them a few years now.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

So this, too, is not evidence to back up DP’s fantasy.

churchmouse

This is entirely NEW(S) to me.
I’ve not seen or read about this before.

gil00

Wow. Id be curious to know if friends or family there have either.

churchmouse

It would help to know where it occurred. I’d look it up.

duchess01

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Deplorable Patriot

I don’t want to reignite this argument, but don’t forget a couple of Kennedys died this week in mysterious circumstances.
https://twitter.com/Inevitable_ET/status/1246839804140150784

Linda K Harrison

I thought it was just a canoeing accident. The news didn’t say anything, that I was aware of, about mysterious circumstances. I agree the timing was really unfortunate and I don’t think the bodies have been found yet.

churchmouse

Allegedly, Gates did not have his children vaccinated:
https://twitter.com/Gramps29117196/status/1246844929881473026

Deplorable Patriot

That’s the rumor.

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Linda K Harrison

It seems as though most people have forgotten the 1957 pandemic, H2N2 Asian flu. More deadly but milder than the 1918 Pandemic. Approximately 70,000 people died. The biggest difference in previous pandemics is that there was no closing businesses and no social distancing. Each person was on their own to keep out of harms way – the way I recall.
The WuFlu very much reminds me of the measles. The same symptoms with the exception of the rash that is associated with the measles right down to the pneumonia like symptom. I wonder if that is why the original test for WuFlu gave so many false results?

duchess01

Did not know anything about the H2N2 Asian Flu – the WuFlu is horrible – the shortness of breath – fever – sore throat – cough that never goes away – dunno what the symptoms of the Asia Flu are –
People died because there was no intervention – no studies – no assistance – no press – seems to me – they got the desired affect – to kill people – much the same as with the drug trade – alcohol – and STDs – human trafficking – the enemy is good at it – imho
As far as what we are doing now – there is more to do with this virus than meets the eye – it could be a bioweapon – an attack on our country and other countries around the world – and I do not think the enemy got the desired effect – worldwide – people fought back – against a hidden enemy – if the enemy could not affect a war to kill millions – this was their new method of warfare –
To think this was planned should tell all.

Linda K Harrison

I agree too that the WuFlu is designed as a bioweapon. I was wondering if the WuFlu was designed with the measles as a background since the symptoms for the WuFlu and the measles are almost identical. The WuFlu does not have a rash, at least not that I have heard of.
I guess the Chinese have been practicing on us for a long time.

duchess01

Unfortunately, yes!

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duchess01

#TheGreatAwakening #WWG1WGA
Q-Anon – This is the TRIUMPHAL Entry into the Kingdom! NWO Destroyed 5/5. (Rev. 19) 4.5.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s84J5HkWRv4&feature=em-uploademail

phoenixrising37

One Thing Of Which We Can Be Certain; When Given A Range Of Options, California Always Chooses The Worst One
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=386688
FTA
Instead, Mayor London Breed and the Human Services Agency came up with the plan to route over 3,000 people currently living in shelters and navigation centers into hotels. The city is planning to put thousands of physically and psychologically sick people into private hotel rooms, in some of the most luxurious hotels in San Francisco—the InterContinental, Mark Hopkins, and The Palace. Occupants would receive three meals per day, hygiene products, and access to nurses.

gil00

All over ca that is what they are doing. They are taking the concentration of these people and spreading them everywhere.
If they want to do good, they should move all of them into large outdoor militsry style tent camps in the desert. Warm, dry, abundant space, plenty of room to triage all of them, safely separate,treat, and house.
There is zero, and i mean zero reason to put people in hotels.
These hotels will be destroyed, its a guaranteed outcome.

duchess01

Calif. woman makes face masks for medical workers

eilert

For those who are looking for ideas to make a mask, here is a good one:
https://twitter.com/Inevitable_ET/status/1246854843311878144

gil00

Idea is good but this is too small for his face. The top should be covering most of his nose bridge, and a flexible piece to push the mask down on either side.
The bottom should go under the chin and also be a snug fit.
This is a photoshop but fyi if you make your own.

ForGodandCountry

Also….
Facial hair will greatly degrade the seal of a mask…which is why pilots can only wear mustaches.

gil00

Ah didnt know that about pilots but youre right!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I thought about just Sharpie-ing MAGA across the cheapass masks I bought 15 years ago.

duchess01

Rethinking the way we look at education

para59r

So this offers k-5th grade homeschooling and waves the 100 dollar fee for now. Sign up at the time of entering.
So I put this alternative out again if you wish. Totally free. You, Child or Collage Grad, can start courses as soon as you pick one, no sign up unless you wish and you likely wish so you can track progress of child or self.
Leaving you at the Arts and Humanities course page so you can poke around. Major Subjects are Math, Math by Grade, Science & Engineering, Computing, Economics & Finance, Khan Kids, Test Prep and Career Studies.
Not saying this is a be all end all, but it’s good for self starters and would certainly supplement any program.
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities

duchess01

Saw that para – great site – Thanks for reposting!

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Thousands of doctors agree hydroxychloroquine is best treatment for coronavirus patients
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrzj0DC-gSc&feature=em-uploademail

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World’s Largest Virtual #Hallelujah Chorus

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h/t JustStevie

ForGodandCountry

Meanwhile, in other news of interest….
John Durham Investigation Intensifies Focus on John Brennan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-investigation-intensifies-focus-on-john-brennan
QUOTE:
April 03, 2020
U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the Russia investigation is putting increased scrutiny on former CIA Director John Brennan, searching for any undue influence he may have had during 2017’s intelligence community assessment of Russian interference.
Durham, selected by Attorney General William Barr last year to lead this inquiry, drove to Washington, D.C., in March to ensure the investigation stayed on track during the coronavirus outbreak.
The top Connecticut federal prosecutor is looking into highly sensitive issues, including whether Brennan took politicized actions to pressure the rest of the intelligence community to match his conclusions about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motivations, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal.
Officials said Durham has been interviewing CIA officials this year, zeroing in on those at the National Intelligence Council, a center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence which oversaw the collaboration between the CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency in putting together the 2017 assessment, and looking at how the work product was finalized.
Durham is also reportedly reviewing Brennan’s handling of a secret source said to be close to the Kremlin. The prosecutor wants to know what role that person’s information played in the assessment.
Durham is also scrutinizing Brennan in relation to British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s dossier. In particular, the prosecutor is looking for answers on whether it was used in the 2017 assessment, why former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe insisted upon it being part of the assessment, how allegations from the dossier ended up in the assessment’s appendix, and whether Brennan misled about the dossier’s use.
The Wall Street Journal reported that sources said United Kingdom authorities refused Durham’s request to interview Steele. The former MI6 agent also declined Durham’s request to speak, saying he and his business had already “done our duty” by cooperating with DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s investigation into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses, which found glaring flaws with Steele’s dossier and the way the FBI used it to obtain warrants to wiretap Trump campaign associate Carter Page.
“I stand by the integrity of our work, our sources, and what we did,” Steele told Oxford Union students last month.comment image

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

That’s about the face I make when I hear the words “John Brennan.”

ForGodandCountry

That’s the same face I make when I have diarrhea.
Coincidence?

michaelh

🤣🤣🤣

Deplorable Patriot

Dur-HAM Dur-HAM Dur-HAM
in contrast, with a perfect diminished third, BRE-nnan BRE-nnan BRE-nnan
LET’S GO BARR [honk honk honk] LET’S GO BARR
I need some red, white and blue pompoms.

pgroup

A person should not be able to make that face unless filled with evil, filth, and corruption.
It belongs to JB alone IMO.

para59r

Read this elsewhere and it looks like Durham is hitting strong resistance. Hopefully from the lessors he’s gathering ammo to beat them down with.

Alison

I hope Durham has some bodyguards.

Deplorable Patriot

So, the couch commando went to his own parish and got us fresh palms. He’s good for something anyway.
(Now we have to round up all the ones from previous years and find some lighter fluid.)

ForGodandCountry

Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

thetinfoilhatsociety

I’m not a Christian. But I do give thanks for my life every day. I give thanks for my family. I give thanks for my friends. I give thanks for my home and food. I give thanks for my mind and my spirit.

Gudthots

I strongly recommend this site for thoughts on current state of our nation.
SAMPLE HERE…
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CREDIT: https://publications.morningstarministries.org/word-for-the-week/judge%E2%80%94heritage-brief-13
Mar 31, 2020
The Judge—Heritage Brief 13
by Rick Joyner
Although it will take some radical solutions to get our Federal Government back on track and reconnected again to its constitutional moorings, we have an amazingly strong and resilient foundation to work with. We must never think it is not possible. If the U.S. Navy CB’s have the motto: “The difficult we do immediately, but the impossible may take a little longer,” how much more should we, who serve a God for whom nothing is impossible, believe this?
Judicial tyranny may presently be the greatest threat to the Republic, but no republic can survive without a strong, independent judiciary devoted to justice. Even though we may have suffered much from wayward judges and courts, most have not gone awry, have stayed within their lane and doing a great service to the country.
One of the first ways that the Founders saw as an inroad for the corruption of the judiciary was for judges, including Supreme Court justices, to have lifetime appointments. They believed that no government official should ever be exempt from accountability, and nothing likely can shield one from accountability like a lifetime appointment.
When this wisdom was disregarded and lifetime appointments for certain seats were given, they were intended to enable judges to rise above political pressure to stay focused on justice. Lifetime appointments may have seemed like a good remedy for this, but it did not work. Now our judicial system is as politicized as the rest of the government.
Every major departure like this from The Constitution has only created worse problems than the ones they were devised to fix. That being said, it seems reasonable that judges and justices should have long enough terms to at least allay some of the pressures of politics that can pervert justice. It could be helpful to have the renewal of their terms close to automatic, but there needs to be some ongoing evaluation and accountability for their performance and compliance with the law and The Constitution. Those who would protest the most at having their lifetime appointment removed should probably be the first to be removed. To be a judge is a high calling, and we obviously want those who are above reproach in the courts.
Our Founders feared the tyranny of the mob as much as they feared the tyranny of a king. The same crowd that welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem declaring “Hosanna, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” were crying “Crucify Him!” just five days later. The Founders were devoted to establishing a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but also one that could ride out the wild swings of public opinion. These swings can create a social turbulence that tears a nation apart.
Democracies are where the majority rules. Republics are where the people vote for representatives that rule on their behalf. The representatives ideally will not just try to please public opinion, which can so wildly swing from one extreme to the opposite extreme, but rather do what is best for the whole country. This is why our Founders formed a constitutional republic, not a democracy as many wrongly presume.
As John Adams noted, no democracy had survived more than a short time before committing suicide. As he also wrote, “A democracy is like two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.” Under pure democracies, the rights of minorities tend to get ignored or trampled upon. To ultimately be a nation of “justice for all,” the Founders knew we had to be a constitutional republic where The Constitution was “the supreme law of the land.”
All three branches of government have been prone to infringe on the authority given to the other branches, as well as the authority given to the states and the people. The military calls this “mission creep”—when a commander starts adding to their specific assignment. When this happens, very often the original assignment gets muddled and sometimes forgotten. This has happened in our Federal Government. It has taken on many purposes that are beyond its constitutional authority.
To remedy this, we must recover the fact that The Constitution was written to assign specific authority to the Federal Government and forever limit it to what was specifically given to it in order to preserve the authority of the states and the people. Therefore, the assignment of any purpose to the Federal Government not specifically named in The Constitution is a violation of The Constitution. A main purpose of The Constitution was to limit the authority of the Federal Government in order to keep it from becoming what it has now become.
To bring the needed correction to restore the constitutional boundaries of the Federal Government, it would be much better for the three branches of it to be self-correcting. This would require champions of The Constitution to arise in each one to get our government back on the rails. This is still possible. Yet, with every day that passes without the self-correction, the likelihood of it becomes more remote. Therefore, the likely source of change will be from the states and the people.

I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power. –Thomas Jefferson

The Founding Fathers were concerned with the moral principles of the American people more than any other attribute. They were confident their countrymen would always be brave and industrious, but they feared a future decline in their moral character. This fear probably arose from what was known about previous democratic governments. The democracies of the ancient world had fallen apart due largely to a decline in the virtue of their citizens, the people’s loss of interest in their voice in governmental decisions, or a lust for power by their leaders. The Founding Fathers believed that if the American people would remain honest, be attentive to their responsibilities as citizens, eschew personal fame and power, and love God, then America would remain a strong force for freedom and hope in the world. —Gordon Leidner

To request additional copies of this Heritage Brief, or to request a copy of our latest catalog, call 803-802-5544 ext. 266. To order other MorningStar books and resources online, visit store.morningstarministries.org
© 2020 by Rick Joyner. All rights reserved.

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Deplorable Patriot

David Spade had his own show?

phoenixrising37

apparently… something called “Lights Out” ?
If that is the title, kind of ironic

kalbokalbs

who knew?
Slow guy, me, thought David Spade was a movie character. true.
Feels great not being connected with hollyweird lunacy.

Deplorable Patriot

David Spade was on Saturday Night Live first I heard of him. Not one of the funnier monkeys in the barrel, not that SNL was all that funny after the late 80s.

ForGodandCountry

As mentioned previously…
If subT combat was, in fact, taking place, there would most def. be US Mil casualties. 100% guaranteed.
Meanwhile….
As far as I can determine, there have been no reports of mass casualties of the kind which would be expected in such a situation. Moreover, word WOULD get out as families of the fallen were notified, funerls conducted, etc.
Reconcile that.

ForGodandCountry

PS – even the deaths of “special operators” (ie. Navy SEALs) on HIGHLY classified missions are reported to family members right away.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Reconcile that.

They can’t.
And if this isn’t enough see my reply below, about the geothermal gradient.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

40000 feet down?
Really?
That’s ludicrous, and here’s why:
Every mile down, the temperature increases by 72-87 degrees F. This continues down to a depth of about 250 miles, then the gradient gets less steep.
40000 feet is over seven miles.
Tunnels seven deep would be at around 500-600 F and would be about as habitable as your oven (turned on).
I say again, LUDICROUS!!!!

ForGodandCountry

Speaking to your point…
QUOTE:
“AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng gold mine, located south-west of Johannesburg in South Africa, is currently the deepest mine in the world. The operating depth at Mponeng mine ranged from between 3.16km to 3.84km below the surface by the end of 2018.”

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

But also:
QUOTE:
The temperature of the rock reaches 66 °C (151 °F), and the mine pumps slurry ice underground to cool the tunnel air to below 30 °C (86 °F).[1] A mixture of concrete, water, and rock is packed into excavated areas, which further acts as an insulator.[1] Tunnel walls are secured by flexible shotcrete reinforced with steel fibers, which is further held in place by diamond-mesh netting.[1]
END QUOTE.
That’s a lot of effort to go through, but it’s one of the world’s best gold mines so it pays.
40000 feet is over ten kilometers. This mine, though impressive…is a far cry from this ludicrous claim.
And… 3.84 km = roughly 2.39 miles. Applying that to the 72-87 degree fahrenheit gradient, the mine ought to be 172-208 degrees above whatever it is underground just below ground level–call that about seventy degrees.
Although this mine is quite a bit cooler than the gradient numbers I quoted above would cause one to expect–still, multiply it by about three to see where you’d be at 40,000 feet below the surface.
The deepest (officially acknowledged) borehole–just a hole for a drill, not something deep enough for people to go down–is in the 42,000 foot range. The temperature at the bottom of that was 356 F.
Believing in a huge network of tunnels at 40,000 feet down requires that one believe someone has VASTLY better tech for drilling long tunnels than is publicized–as in decades ahead–and that the people using this tech would never have used it for other purposes closer to the surface (for say, the utility companies they often own). And the energy budget to keep the things cooled enough to not be ovens would be enormous; again that would be energy they could put to more productive use.
Imagine if someone were to suggest to you that someone owns a 747-sized aircraft that can fly (take off, land, all that stuff you know quite well), even with the fuselage filled entirely, top to bottom, port to starboard, fore to aft (exclude the cabin) with lead shot. To say nothing of how much the structure would have to be beefed up to keep the plane from collapsing under its own weight…imagine the engines!!! Oh, but the engine tech is kept secret! Never mind the fact that someone could make a killing putting smaller engines on regular aircraft with that tech.
You’d probably say LUDICROUS.
And so with this network of tunnels nearly eight miles down…I say, LUDICROUS.

Chimpy

Additionally, water in the surrounding porous rock formations at that depth would be at hydrostatic pressure around 20,000 pounds per square inch (psi). The walls of the tunnels would need to be thick steel and extremely leak proof in order to keep the soldiers dry and from being compressed into organic mush.
Any pinhole leak would instantly become a jet of super heated steam that would be capable of cutting through steel if close enough. Additionally, the hot steam would quickly decompress and cause massive volumes of hot lower pressure steam to fill the tunnel for miles pushing anything in front of it at high speeds.
This is one conspiracy that I don’t subscribe to.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Much of the internet hullabaloo over this has assumed a network MUCH closer to the surface. I think this deep stuff just came about because there have been earthquakes at that depth recently and people are hoping that “rods from god” are somehow smashing through eight miles of rock without any sign of it on the surface.
The near-surface tunnels (hell even 1000 feet down isn’t ridiculous) are more plausible but still stretch credulity–tunnels are expensive, and building tunnels thousands of miles long would be daunting.
But my biggest issue with this not-as-ludicrous case is that there’s literally no sauce for any of it. It’s just being quoted endlessly, like the YSM did with Russian Collusion off a fake dossier.

michaelh

I’d love to say more but I’m trying to stay out of the middle of it. Some of the things on the internet about this are just plain DUMB. But it does make for great sci-fi reading!

Valerie Curren

DUMB is funny given D.U.M.B.!

Chimpy

Thanks for clarifying, Steve.
But, I wonder: When these 1000-foot-down soldiers drill their tunnels all the way to the end of the flat Earth, do they just fall out?
😜

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Actually that’s a pretty funny question, right there.
Someone did a video explaining what, given gravitational theory, it would be like walking towards the edge of a “flat” earth. You’d actually find yourself climbing up a slope as you got closer to the edge. Not because it’s a bowl, but because gravity would “point” towards the center of the disk, i.e., at a slant to the plane of the surface. Water, for instance would want to pool in the center of the face of the disk.
This doesn’t happen here on earth–so advocating a flat earth model is equivalent to denying Newtonian (and Einsteinian) gravitation is accurate.

Chimpy

That’s an excellent point, Steve. I had never thought about that.
And the more massive or dense this hypothetical Flat Earth is, the more “uphill” one would have to walk to get to the end!
Take this to the extreme (imagine multiple massive Jupiters that are just below the fusion threshold), and one could never get to the end. Can it wrap on itself, essentially become round?

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Well if one thinks about it…on this flat earth, there’d be enormous pressure those edges would put enormous pressure onto the stuff just inside the edge, which in turn would put even more pressure on what’s closer to the center from that–the combined weight of everything further out.
What would happen is somewhere down the line, the rock would collapse under all that weight and…wow, you’d eventually end up with a sphere of debris.
Which isn’t all that bad a description of what the Earth was like when it was formed!

Chimpy

Funny how that works, eh, Steve? 🤔

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Yep.
It’s almost as if large things just automatically end up being round or something.
Indeed, that factor ended up being useful in some of the definitions of certain classes of bodies, that astronomers finally came up with fairly recently.

Chimpy

Along the lines of this conversation, I thought of this old YouTube demo by a teacher showing students a cool way to visualize gravity. I am sure that Steve has already seen this, but thought that other readers likely haven’t. Very recommended and fun to watch!
Note that about halfway through, he demos why all the planets are circling the sun in the same direction? Was this the hand of God, or a result of something else?
Back to the “how flat disks tend to self-destruct into spheres” thread, this is yet another example of how systems trend to their lowest potential energy level. A sphere (I.e. droplet of water dealing with high surface tension forces, nuclei dealing with the strong force, celestial bodies and collection of bodies (E.g. galaxies) dealing with gravity, shock waves dealing with pressure pulses, etc.) is always the shape that achieves that minimization.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Haven’t seen that video but sounds like a good one!

Chimpy

Oops, here is the link to that YouTube:

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

That was fun–“What do you think? I’m repairing the fabric of space time!”

Valerie Curren

There’s a tweet that says that the 40,000 ft divides into a specific # of miles & that # of Kilometers is the exact depth of multiple earthquakes…so it would be sort of a code/clue to get from 40,000 to 7.57 (or whatever that exact number is)…I couldn’t find the tweet easily…sorry…here it is..
https://twitter.com/Mareq017/status/1246878748579954688

kalbokalbs

Didn’t read the article….
Stopped at the breath taking discrepancy quoted below.
“40,000ft = 7.57 miles
These are all 7.57 kilometres”
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The ONLY thing the above two lines have in common are 7.57.
7.57 kilometers is 24,736 feet. ONLY, 15,264 feet shy of 40,000 feet.
Surely I have missed something. But, probably nothing of value.

Chimpy

Rounding error… 😁

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ForGodandCountry

PLANNEDEMIC

trumpismine
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ladypenquin

trumpismine – note that it has been liked over 213,000 and retweeted 39,000. My hubby and I have reread it several times and believe he is messaging something other than virus.
Viruses might be strong, “tough” but we don’t apply “smart” to them.
Something else is going on here, IMO. 🙂
What do you think?

phoenixrising37
phoenixrising37

Link to yesterday’s briefing:
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-19/

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SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

My happiness at this is exceeded only by my consternation that this hasn’t ALREADY been done.
But, well, Obola.

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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/stand-down-mcconnell-trips-pelosis-rushed-phase-four-covid-19-stimulus
“We’re not going to be doing, in the name of an emergency, items unrelated to the emergency.”

GA/FL

STAND STRONG, Mighty Mitch!!!

GA/FL

RIDE ON, RIDE ON IN MAJESTY!

Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry;
O Savior meek, pursue your road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die:
O Christ, your triumphs now begin
o’er captive death and conquered sin.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The winged squadrons of the sky
look down with sad and wond’ring eyes
to see th’approaching sacrifice.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Your last and fiercest strife is nigh;
the Father on his sapphire throne
expects his own anointed Son.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
bow your meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O God, your pow’r and reign.

GA/FL

ALL GLORY, LAUD AND HONOR!

All glory, laud, and honor
to you, Redeemer, King,
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.
You are the King of Israel
and David’s royal Son,
now in the Lord’s name coming,
the King and Blessed One.
The company of angels
is praising you on high;
and we with all creation
in chorus make reply.
The people of the Hebrews
with palms before you went;
our praise and prayer and anthems
before you we present.
To you before your passion
they sang their hymns of praise;
to you, now high exalted,
our melody we raise.
As you received their praises,
accept the prayers we bring,
for you delight in goodness,
O good and gracious King!
Psalter Hymnal, (Gray)

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eilert

No wonder there are so many reports of hospitals with little activities:
Tracking site suggests White House model is overestimating coronavirus hospitalizations
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/white-houses-coronavirus-model-has-overestimated-tens-thousands
……
Yet a comparison of actual hospitalized patients by state and nationally suggests the model has so far overestimated the number of beds needed to treat pandemic patients.
The forecast predicted, for example, that the United States would need around 164,750 hospital beds for COVID-19 patients on Saturday. Yet the COVID Tracking Project, a team of journalists and data analysts who collect and tabulate coronavirus data from state tallies around the country, reported only around 22,158 currently hospitalized coronavirus patients nationwide on Saturday.
…..
A discrepancy of a whopping 142000 beds

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para59r

These journo’s best hope this current civil war never goes hot. It’s disgusting displays like that people remember.

duchess01

Burned in the memory – yes

Elizabeth Carter

That was a very good video about our deep state. Thanks

duchess01

Most welcome, Elizabeth! It is pretty comprehensive for sure.

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Marica

Sliding on down to show you guys my waterfall at the farm!!!

Yeah I guess this is MY CHURCH!

Alison

Beautiful, Marica. Thank you for sharing. God Is in Charge ✝️❤️🇺🇸

Marica

So true sista!!!!!!!!!!!!!💖✝✝✝😎

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Katie

714
Q Threat to Clowns
Q
!UW.yye1fxo
10 Feb 2018 – 3:46:19 AM
Mess with the best, die like the rest.
[2] highly classified clown ops exposed.
[44] remaining.
Wizards & Warlocks.
Save the best for last.
[P]
Q
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I’ve always wondered if [P] [44] is Barry?

duchess01

I thought [P] was the pope – and the [44] are clown operations remaining, Katie – ???

Katie

I really have no idea. But to think it’s [44] brings me comfort, so I’m sticking with that until further notice. 🙂

duchess01

You after the big ‘O’, Katie? lol

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

A reference to Isaiah 7:14 I guess.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14, NRSV [Two footnotes, one is that the Greek sources {the Septuagint?} say “a virgin” and the other explains that Immanuel is translated “God is with us”]

duchess01

2 Chronicles 7:14

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Yeah, that’d certainly be more on-topic these days, not that the one in Isaiah isn’t FAR more famous…

duchess01

Steve, this is Holy Week – Good Friday – Easter Sunday – Resurrection Sunday – ???
Right now – we are in a war – if we humble ourselves – God will HEAL our land!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

As I said… the verse in Chronicles is more apropos today.
The verse in Isaiah, though not as relevant, is so famous even a non-Christian like me expects 7:14 to be a reference to it. (Sort of like how 3:16 immediately means “John” when I see it on a bumper sticker.) I’m NOT saying that’s certainly what he meant–yours makes MORE more sense now that you’ve pointed it out to me–just that it was my natural guess.

duchess01

We go with what is familiar, Steve – no foul

Valerie Curren

2 Chronicles 7:14
2 Chronicles 7:14 New International Version (NIV)
14 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 I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
New International Version (NIV)
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
from BibleGateway.com

duchess01

Amen goes right there, Val!

Valerie Curren

I just had to look the verse up for I rarely know the Exact location for verses I’ve long memorized… Blessings!

duchess01

Search key words – KJV online – and many other versions online have a method to search for what you want to find – ‘key’ words important – and you find other inspiration, too – God is Good!

Valerie Curren

Oh yes I often do that on bing.com images using “scripture keyword/s” to find encouraging scripture based memes. I love using BibleGateway.com & recently discovered they have a parallel choice to view different versions side by side. They may have every English Bible accessible, which is an amazing convenience & study tool… 🙂

duchess01

Absotutalutely, Val! Great find – many people go to BibleGateway.com – very helpful – 🙂

Dora

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Good Grief!!!
Reporter: Breana Ross
Writer: Jack Lowenstein
Published: April 4, 2020 4:10 PM EDT
Updated: April 5, 2020 6:33 AM EDT
Fire at RSW destroys over 3,500 rental cars, port authority says
https://www.winknews.com/2020/04/04/fire-at-rsw-destroys-over-3500-rental-cars-port-authority-says/

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i s o l a t i o n 👉👈

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Paul Joseph Watson
i s o l a t i o n 👉👈

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Paul Joseph Watson video in Spam Bin?

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Linda

Fired Navy carrier captain tests positive for coronavirus
https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2020/04/fired-navy-carrier-captain-tests-positive-for-covid-19.html
A gentleman at my church has a son who was on that ship and has coronavirus. Hopefully, all of those sailors will get the best medical treatment and recover just fine.

GA/FL

Even worse than writing the public letter and leaking it to the media – was this captain letting his men go ashore during a pandemic!!!
Poor judgment – he was careless with his most vital assets and responsibilities – his men and the ship’s military readiness.

duchess01

This makes no sense to me, GA/FL – why would a man with such a stellar reputation and success – just forget proper protocol – all of a sudden – was he blackmailed – his family threatened – or was he always a jerk who got promoted without the hard work – just wondering…

GA/FL

The top brass are humans… over a dozen Admirals got caught in a scam with a birthing mogul in Asia. Fat somebody.
Look at the priests, bishops, archbishops and even cardinals caught in the gay crap.

duchess01

True – pardon me – but, when i look at a man who has accomplished so much in his life – i do not even consider he could have made a mistake of a different kind.

kalbokalbs

May be referring to, Fat Leonard. Singapore.

GA/FL

I keep forgetting his name.

rf121

Normally when a navy ship pulls into a port like Vietnam the crew ends up with the clap/drip. Not a virus.

kalbokalbs

Linda, They’ll be fine. Military in general and Navy specifically has lots of meds to prevent malaria.
While I dunno, betting 5,000+ Abbott 15 minute test kits sent to Roosevelt medical to test entire crew.
Beyond that, enough kits to test the couple thousand sailors on the escort ships, typically three or so Cruiser / Destroyers and a couple logistics ships.

GA/FL

WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE BRIEFING – 7PM

Alison

trumpismine

kea

Love it

Katie

GA/FL

They’ve moved it up a little.

phoenixrising37

Georgia, do you have a link? Is it whitehouse?

GA/FL

Sorry – I posted it above.

trumpismine
duchess01

People be Losing their MINDS: How to Protect the Mental Health of Our Families

ladypenquin

I believe this was noted upthread, but can’t find it right now. Both hubby and I agree POTUS is referring to more than the virus – if it was just about the virus, he would have referenced the virus specifically. I know we like to look for double meanings, but place this in that fold – POTUS is talking about something Big and Strong – I don’t think it’s the virus only.
@realDonaldTrump
We are learning much about the Invisible Enemy. It is tough and smart, but we are tougher and smarter!

kea

Why would a virus be smart? This is a double meaning that’s for sure. Mom fully agrees

ladypenquin

Exactly. Told my hubby we talk about viruses as difficult, challenging, strong, mutating, but not “smart.” POTUS also capitalized those two words – Invisible Enemy – he’s talking about something else, something he is privy to… That tweet has had a huge number of “likes” – 213,000 last I looked – others caught the double meaning.

phoenixrising37

duchess01

VP Pence does not worship your god – sounds like something you would ask your god – what a fool!!!

phoenixrising37

I can’t stand this kind of rudeness, arrogance… to the VP of the USA… things are getting ridiculous

duchess01

Under normal circumstances – this guy would be fired for that kind of behavior, PR!

duchess01

War Room Weekly!

Marica

You All…Have you seen this? Watch as cops descend on this rental van —–child pushed out?
https://twitter.com/KarluskaP/status/1246954088807489536?s=20

duchess01

Good Lord, Marica!!!

Marica

It certainly looks …like…sumptin!!!

duchess01

Somebody guilty threw that child out of the van – if that child belonged – there would be no reason to do so – makes me cranky, Marica!

kea

Somethings up. No matter what I can’t seem to get the video to play

Marica

Here’s the end of that thread….Don’t know why it won’t play for you kea…sorry.. but must have been a false alarm!!!

kea

No worries

Elizabeth Carter

I found this video very informative and understandable.

Gudthots

Thank you.