What is it that feeds our battle, yet starves our victory?
January 6 Tapes?
Paging Speaker Johnson…this is your conscience calling you out on broken promises.
For all your high talk about your Christian moral background…you’re looking less and less like you have any kind of moral background.
If You are a Patriot and Don’t Loathe RINOs…
Let’s talk about RINOs, and why they are the lowest form of life in politics.
Many patriots have been involved with politics, often at the grassroots, for decades. We’ve fought, and fought, and fought and won the occasional illusory small victory.
Yet we can’t seem to win the war, even when we have BIG electoral wins.
I am reminded of something. The original Star Trek had an episode titled Day of the Dove. It was one of the better episodes from the third season, but any fan of the original series will tell you that’s a very low bar. Still, it seems to get some respect; at a time when there were about 700 episodes of Star Trek in its various incarnations out there, it was voted 99th best out of the top 100.
In sum, the plot is that an alien entity has arranged for 39 Enterprise crew, and 39 Klingons, to fight each other endlessly with swords and other muscle-powered weapons. The entity lives off of hostile emotions, you see and it wants a captive food source. (The other 400 or so Enterprise crew are trapped below decks and unable to help.) Each side has its emotions played and amplified by the alien entity; one Enterprise junior officer has false memories implanted of a brother who was killed by Klingons. The brother didn’t even exist.
Even people killed in a sword fight miraculously heal so they can go do it again.
The second best line of the episode is when Kang, the Klingon captain, notes that though they have won quite a number of small victories including capturing Engineering, can’t seem to actually finally defeat the Enterprise crew. He growls, “What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?*”
Indeed. He may have been the bad guy, but his situation should sound familiar.
We are a majority in this country. We have a powerful political party in our corner. There is endless wrangling.
And yet,
What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?
In our case, that power is the RINOs in our midst. They specialize in caving when on the verge of victory. Think of Obamacare’s repeal failing…by one Republican vote. Think of the way we can never seem to get spending under control (and now our entire tax revenue goes to pay interest on the debt; anything the government actually does now is with borrowed money).
We have a party…that refuses to do what we want it to do, and that refusal is institutionalized. If you’ve been involved with GOP politics, but haven’t seen this, it’s because you refuse to see it. Or because you are part of the problem yourself. (If so, kindly gargle some red fuming nitric acid to clear the taste of shit out of your mouth, and let those not part of the problem alone so they can read this.)
We fight to elect people, who then take a dive when in office. But it’s not just the politicians in office, it’s the people behind the scenes, the leaders of the national, state and county branches of the party. Their job is to ensure that real patriots never get onto the general election ballot. They’re allowed a few failures…who can then become token conservatives who will somehow never manage to win (Jordan), or can be compromised outright (Lauren Boebert?).
That way it doesn’t actually matter who has a congressional majority. I remember my excitement when the GOP took the Senate in 1980. But all that did was empower a bunch of “moderate” puddles of dog vomit like…well for whatever reason forty years later the most memorable name is Pete Domenici. And a couple of dozen other “moderates” who simply had no interest in doing what grassroots people in their party–those same grassroots people who had worked so hard to elect them–wanted them to do.
Oh, they’ll put up a semblance of a fight…but never win. And they love it when we fight the Dems instead of fighting them. Just like that alien entity, whose motto surely was “Let’s you and him fight. It’ll be delicious!”
If you think about it, your entire political involvement has come to nothing because of these walking malignant tumors.
That should make you good and mad.
The twenty five who blocked Jordan, and the hundred people who took that opportunity to stab Jordan in the back in the secret ballot should make you good and mad.
I’ll close this with another example of RINO backstabbing, an infuriating one close to home.
In my county, the GOP chair is not a RINO. She got elected when the grassroots had had enough of the RINOs. Unfortunately the state organization is full of RINOs, and the ousted county RINOs have been trying to form a new “Republican Party” and get the state GOP to recognize them as the affiliate. I’m honestly amazed it hasn’t happened yet.
In other words those shitstains won’t just leave when they get booted out; they’ll try to destroy what they left behind. It’s an indication that they know we know how important that behind-the-scenes party power is.
So they must be destroyed. That’s the only way they’ll ever stop.
We cannot win until the leeches “on our side” get destroyed.
What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?*
We know it. What is going to be done about it?
*NOTE: The original line was actually “What power is it that supports our battle yet starves our victory.” I had mis-remembered it as feeds. When I checked it, it sure enough was “supports” and that’s what I originally quoted. On further reflection, though, I realized my memory was actually an improvement over the reality, because feeds is a perfect contrast with starves. I changed it partway through the day this originally posted, but now (since this is a re-run) it gets rendered this way from the start.
If one must do things wrong, one should do them wrong…right.
RINOs an Endangered Species?
If Only!
According to Wikipoo, et. al., the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is a critically endangered species. Apparently two females live on a wildlife preserve in Sudan, and no males are known to be alive. So basically, this species is dead as soon as the females die of old age. Presently they are watched over by armed guards 24/7.
Biologists have been trying to cross them with the other subspecies, Southern White Rhinoceroses (Rhinoceri?) without success; and some genetic analyses suggest that perhaps they aren’t two subspecies at all, but two distinct species, which would make the whole project a lot more difficult.
I should hope if the American RINO (Parasitus rectum pseudoconservativum) is ever this endangered, there will be heroic efforts not to save the species, but rather to push the remainder off a cliff. Onto punji sticks. With feces smeared on them. Failing that a good bath in red fuming nitric acid will do.
But I’m not done ranting about RINOs.
The RINOs (if they are capable of any introspection whatsoever) probably wonder why they constantly have to deal with “populist” eruptions like the Trump-led MAGA movement. That would be because the so-called populists stand for absolutely nothing except for going along to get along. That allows the Left to drive the culture and politics.
Given the results of our most recent elections, the Left will now push harder, and the RINOs will now turn even squishier than they were before.
I well remember 1989-1990 in my state when the RINO establishment started preaching the message that a conservative simply couldn’t win in Colorado. Never mind the fact that Reagan had won the state TWICE (in 1984 bringing in a veto-proof state house and senate with him) and GHWB had won after (falsely!) assuring everyone that a vote for him was a vote for Reagan’s third term.
This is how the RINOs function. They push, push, push the line that only a “moderate” can get elected. Stomp them when they pull that shit. Tell everyone in ear shot that that’s exactly what the Left wants you to think, and oh-by-the-way-Mister-RINO if you’re in this party selling the same message as the Left…well, whythefuckexactly are you in this party, you lying piece of rancid weasel shit?
Justice
It says “Justice” on the picture.
And I’m sure someone will post the standard joke about what the fish thinks about the situation.
But what is it?
Here’s a take, from a different context: It’s about how you do justice, not the justice that must be done to our massively corrupt government and media. You must properly identify the nature of a person, before you can do him justice.
Ayn Rand, On Justice (speaking through her character John Galt, in Atlas Shrugged):
Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you must judge all men as conscientiously as you judge inanimate objects, with the same respect for truth, with the same incorruptible vision, by as pure and as rational a process of identification—that every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly, that just as you do not pay a higher price for a rusty chunk of scrap than for a piece of shining metal, so you do not value a rotter above a hero—that your moral appraisal is the coin paying men for their virtues or vices, and this payment demands of you as scrupulous an honor as you bring to financial transactions—that to withhold your contempt from men’s vices is an act of moral counterfeiting, and to withhold your admiration from their virtues is an act of moral embezzlement—that to place any other concern higher than justice is to devaluate your moral currency and defraud the good in favor of the evil, since only the good can lose by a default of justice and only the evil can profit—and that the bottom of the pit at the end of that road, the act of moral bankruptcy, is to punish men for their virtues and reward them for their vices, that that is the collapse to full depravity, the Black Mass of the worship of death, the dedication of your consciousness to the destruction of existence.
Ayn Rand identified seven virtues, chief among them rationality. The other six, including justice, she considered subsidiary because they are essentially different aspects and applications of rationality.
—Ayn Rand Lexicon (aynrandlexicon.com)
Justice Must Be Done.
Trump, it is supposed, had some documents.
Biden and company stole the country.
I’m sure enough of this that I put my money where my mouth is.
The prior election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system. (This doesn’t necessarily include deposing Joe and Hoe and putting Trump where he belongs, but it would certainly be a lot easier to fix our broken electoral system with the right people in charge.)
Nothing else matters at this point. Talking about trying again in 2024 or 2026 is pointless otherwise. Which is not to say one must never talk about this, but rather that one must account for this in ones planning; if fixing the fraud in the system is not part of the plan, you have no plan.
This will necessarily be piecemeal, state by state, which is why I am encouraged by those states working to change their laws to alleviate the fraud both via computer and via bogus voters. If enough states do that we might end up with a working majority in Congress and that would be something Trump never really had.
Lawyer Appeasement Section
OK now for the fine print.
This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.
We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.
And remember Wheatie’s Rules:
1. No food fights
2. No running with scissors.
3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns.
5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded.
5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty.
6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy.
7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.
(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)
Spot Prices
Last week:
Gold $2,658.90
Silver $31.72
Platinum $1,010.00
Palladium $1,038.00
Rhodium $5,100.00
FRNSI* 127.624+
Gold:Silver 83.824+
This week, at Friday close:
Gold $2,654.30
Silver $32.26
Platinum $999.00
Palladium $1,038.00
Rhodium $5,025.00
FRNSI* 127.402-
Gold:Silver 82.278+
Interestingly silver did fairly well this week (it’s now worth more than 1/83rd of an ounce of gold now), gold, on the other hand, is slightly down, Platinum seems to be the biggest loser this week.
*The SteveInCO Federal Reserve Note Suckage Index (FRNSI) is a measure of how much the dollar has inflated. It’s the ratio of the current price of gold, to the number of dollars an ounce of fine gold made up when the dollar was defined as 25.8 grains of 0.900 gold. That worked out to an ounce being $20.67+71/387 of a cent. (Note gold wasn’t worth this much back then, thus much gold was $20.67 71/387ths. It’s a subtle distinction. One ounce of gold wasn’t worth $20.67 back then, it was $20.67.) Once this ratio is computed, 1 is subtracted from it so that the number is zero when the dollar is at its proper value, indicating zero suckage.
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A Common Phenomenon
Regardless of what you think about Flat Earth, this video should serve to illustrate a common mistake that I see many “conspiracy theorists” (the stupid kind I mean) make.
Basically the man in question went to the NBC website and saw a distorted version of this very famous, even iconic photograph, which even has a nickname, the Blue Marble, because when it came out in the early 1970s there was all sorts of buzz about how the Earth was a Big Blue Marble (great way to propagandize the kiddies!):
…and then proceeded on the implicit assumption that the distortion was the original. In the distortion, it appears as though the Red Sea (between Egypt and Saudi Arabia) was cut in half. Since it isn’t in fact cut in half, he assumed this was proof that the Blue Marble photo was originally faked. (BTW this photo should be 3000 pixels across if you want to fullscreen it, etc. As a bonus, it shows Antarctica so that’s doubly annoying to flerfers.)
When he did a bit more searching for the image, including on the NASA website, he started finding the actual original (with properly rendered Red Sea) a lot and assumed that NASA or someone had been going all over the web and cleaning up their mistakes…except, apparently, on NBC’s website, which somehow got overlooked.
I can assure anyone here who might actually think this guy is onto something and the distortion is the real version, that I have print books from the 1970s that show the photo with an uninterrupted Red Sea. Unless you want to claim that NASA broke into my house and swapped out the books with equally-worn copies…
This is a classic example of a phenomenon I see sometimes…a person with a nutty conspiracy theory latches onto the first thing they see, and if it happens to contain a bona fide error in it, there’s no convincing them of it; they will spin a huge unlikely story as to how “their” version of whatever it was is the correct one, and that the correct one is actually the fake used for a cover up.
Another example of this was a report early on in the Sandy Hook saga that described the wrong gun as being in someone’s trunk. Attempts to correct it were treated as part of the cover up. Interesting that people who would normally have no trouble believing a YSM jurinalist would fuck up especially when the subject was eeevil gunz, believed that this particular jurinalist at this particular time was infallible–because they wanted to believe Sandy Hook was a fake.
What’s going on in both cases is seizing on (apparent) evidence that one’s pet mistaken theory is true, and resisting any attempt to show that this particular piece of evidence, at least, is flawed–sometimes to the point of having to posit another incredibly elaborate or expensive effort to hide the “real” evidence. A mistake, a distorted jpeg, or something similar. This is actually a form of confirmation bias.
The Moons of Jupiter
Jupiter has 95 (yes, ninety five) known moons (as of 5 February 2024). When I was a kid, the number was twelve, though older books in the elementary school library would show eleven. Then a 13th moon was discovered when I was ten (1974), another one the following year, and then the Voyager spacecraft found three more…and at that point they decided they really ought to get on with naming them. The first five or so had been named for quite some time, it was the remaining six seven eight nine (dammit) twelve that hadn’t been officially named though there were several suggested lists. (The next discovery wasn’t until 2000; the remaining 78 moons have all been discovered since then). Today, of course the list has outstripped our ability to think of names and the newly discovered ones are given temporary designators like S2022 J 3, for 3rd Satellite of Jupiter discovered in 2022.
Astronomers love to categorize things. And the moons of Jupiter are no exception. There are nine categories and I will cover them almost in order of distance from the planet.
The Main Moons, or Galilean Moons, are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, in order outwards from Jupiter. These are BIG. They are bigger than any dwarf planet (and that includes Pluto). Ganymede is bigger than Mercury and Callisto almost beats Mercury as well. All are spherical, as one would expect from bodies that size. The innermost orbits at 422 thousand kilometers (from the center of gravity of the Jovian system, essentially the same as the center of Jupiter), the outermost at 1,883 thousand kilometers. (For comparison, our Moon orbits at 384 thousand kilometers, so these are all further from Jupiter than our Moon is from us.) These were all discovered about 30 milliseconds after Galileo first pointed a telescope at Jupiter in 1610; you can see them in binoculars. They all orbit in nearly circular orbits (the key word, as we will see, is nearly), in planes within half a degree of Jupiter’s equatorial plane, all in a prograde (forward) direction. Forward, here, means counterclockwise as seen from way out in space, over the Sun’s north pole. Almost every large body in the solar system both orbits (either the sun or a planet) and rotates prograde, including Earth and the Moon.
Another group of four moons are called the “Inner Moons,” they all orbit within the orbit of Io. The first of these is the first moon to be discovered since Galileo, in 1892, and got named Amalthea. Amalthea is an irregular lump about 167 km across. Much smaller than the Galilean satellites and too small to force itself into a spherical shape. The other three are the ones discovered by the Voyager spacecraft in 1979/80, and are considerably smaller still. There’s also a lot of debris in that region, forming Jupiter’s rather tenuous ring system. Again, these are in nice and tidy, nearly circular orbits in Jupiter’s equatorial plane, all prograde.
Together these groups are called the “Regular Satellites” of Jupiter, which means the other 87 moons are all “Irregular Satellites.”
The Irregular Satellites all orbit much further away from Jupiter than Callisto (the outermost regular satellite). These in turn are divided into prograde and retrograde (orbiting backwards) groupings, each of those is divided again into actual groups. There is a naming convention, too. A prograde irregular moon will have a name ending in -a. A retrograde irregular moon will have a name ending in -e. Not withstanding this, a moon with a very high inclination will have a name ending in -o, whether or not it’s retrograde or prograde.
Prograde groups include Themisto…which is a group all unto itself. It’s the innermost of the irregular satellites averaging roughly 7.4 million km from Jupiter. It’s in a very elliptical orbit (0.340 on a scale from 0 [circular] to 0.9999… [skinniest ellipse possible]) at a 43.8 degree inclination, not at all tidy. It takes about 130 days to complete one orbit about Jupiter.
The next group is the Himalia group of nine satellites, named after its largest member, which is roughly 140 km across. They all orbit at about a 28 degree inclination with eccentricities ranging from 0.1 to 0.24. Average distance from Jupiter is 11.1 to 12.3 million kilometers, most of them being 11.4 or 11.7. They take about 260 days to orbit Jupiter. Four of these are big enough to be in the “classic” 14 satellites from before Voyager I and 2. These orbits are all quite similar to each other, hence the grouping together. It’s likely these were all part of a larger body at some time in the past.
The Carpo group, 2 satellites, are 16-17 million kilometers from Jupiter and are inclined at 50 degrees, which subjects them to all sorts of wacky perturbations resulting in cyclical changes to their orbits. Their eccentricities are very different from each other.
And then there is Valetudo, a group unto itself, in an eccentric orbit 17 million kilometers from Jupiter, at a lesser inclination than the Carpo group. It actually crosses the orbits of other groups’ satellites.
Now we get to the retrograde groups, three of them. The Ananke group ranges from 19-22 million kilometers from Jupiter and there are 26 of them. A quick eyeball scan of the list on Wikipedia shows inclinations from 145-152 degrees. (A retrograde orbit can also be thought of as going forward, but with an inclination of over 90 degrees so it’s “flipped over”, and this is how they get listed in tables of orbital elements.) Inclinations are mostly 0.20 to 0.23. It’s thought that these have a common origin, their orbits are just too similar for it to be pure chance.
The other two groups are the Carme and Pasiphae groups, with 30 and 18 members respectively. They overlap in terms of average distance from Jupiter, 22.6-24.2 million kilometers from Jupiter, taking as long as two Earth years to make one orbit. The Carme group inclinations are all about 164 degrees (i.e., 74 degrees but going around backwards), the Pasiphae groups are in a broader range centering on 150 degrees or so. In each case the satellites in each group are thought to have a common origin.
“Common origin” or “were once part of a larger body”, by the way, imply that there are more undiscovered fragments of what they used to be. The smallest size I see in the table is ~1 km, but conceivably there could be a lot of smaller and smaller pieces. 100 meters, boulder size, gravel size, sand grain size…at what point do you stop and say “this isn’t a moon any more”? It’s a serious question from me, actually. I’m sure that “real” astronomers have given it thought, but I don’t know if they ever actually came to a decision. It did, after all, take hundreds of years for them to define “planet” and they were only forced to do that when they found too many edge cases…a story for another time. (And here, they haven’t started finding really small items in Jovian orbit…when that happens they’ll have to decide where to draw the line if they haven’t already.)
So…broad patterns? Note that the retrograde satellites (by count, most of the satellites are in these groups) are all further out than any of the prograde ones. The retrogrades are almost always 2 km or less in size, though each group has one fairly large body in it, 35-60 km across, probably the “main” piece of whatever broke up to form the group. It’s thought that the retrograde groups resulted from captured asteroids.
There also seems to be a hard 24 million kilometer limit. I haven’t cranked numbers but I suspect that beyond this range the Sun’s gravitational pull is stronger than Jupiter’s, so it would tend to grab any satellite of Jupiter’s that happened to be in a larger orbit than this.
In any case, the retrogrades are basically debris, and even the irregular progrades are basically junk too. Except for the fact that they make good studies in orbital mechanics, they’re pretty uninteresting.
The interesting moons are the Galilean moons. And with that I submit my entry to the understatement of the year contest.
The Galilean Moons
(because who gives a rat’s ass about the other 91 moons?)
The Galilean moons are, in order outward from Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Jupiter plus these moons actually looks like a miniature solar system, and you’ll hear the term “Jovian system” used to refer to the ensemble as a whole.
Although Galileo is given credit for discovering these moons, they were also seen by Simon Marius, and he gave them their names; Galileo simply called them Jupiter I, Jupiter II, and so on, a system which continues to this day; now Roman numerals are given out to newly discovered moons in the order they are named.
“Io” is pronounced “EYO-oh.” Don’t be like the clueless science jurinalist who pronounced it “ten” when the Voyagers flew by. (In his defense, that was the era when Bo Derek was the Queen Hot Woman of All Time thanks to the movie 10…for a whole two months.)
Here is a picture showing relative sizes, Jupiter and the four Galileans, in order top to bottom. This is actually a composite, just to show relative sizes; you’d never see this exact thing all at once.
And another, a real-time shot of Jupiter and all four Galileans. Since some are closer than others, it’s not quite to scale; it is however a “real” snapshot of all five bodies at the same time. If you were to somehow have been able to stand there, this is what you’d have seen. Two of the moons are probably invisible; if so, right click and select “open image in new tab” and even there they will be just single-pixel dots, and one is barely more than a dot)
And now for some raw numbers, with our own Moon tossed in for comparison:
| Name | Diameter (km) | Distance from Primary (km) | Orbital Period (days) | Orbital Period (compared to Io) | Density (water = 1) |
| Io | 3660 | 421,800 | 1.769 | 1 | 3.528 |
| Europa | 3121.6 | 671,100 | 3.551 | 2 | 3.014 |
| Ganymede | 5268.2 | 1,070,400 | 7.155 | 4 | 1.942 |
| Callisto | 4820.6 | 1,882,700 | 16.689 | 9.4 | 1.834 |
| Moon | 3474.8 | 384,399 | 27.3 | irrelevant | 3.344 |
Note that Ganymede is by far the largest; it’s even larger than the planet Mercury.
But also note something else: In the time it takes Ganymede to orbit Jupiter once, Europa will orbit exactly twice, and Io will orbit exactly four times. This is known as an orbital resonance. However, they won’t line up all at once. Io will lap Europa on one side of Jupiter, and then on the other side of Jupiter, Europa will lap Ganymede. See the animation below, where the inner moons will lap “above” Jupiter, and Europa and Ganumede will lap “below” Jupiter.
That’s a simulation, what’s below is based on actual data (notice the time stamp):
This turns out to be important.
Another thing to note is the average densities. Io and Europa (and our Moon) all have densities a bit above 3.0 that of water. We know our own moon is a big ball of rock with very little nickel-iron in its core. And your average generic rock has about that density (though there are plenty of kinds of minerals that come in far higher, such as for instance native gold, a/k/a gold nuggets). So this isn’t unreasonable for moons of Jupiter. However Ganymede and Callisto are considerably less dense, an indication that they are largely ice.
Jupiter I: Io
Io has a very unusual appearance, it almost looks like a pizza. As it happens, it is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. If you don’t like its looks, come back an a few centuries; the entire surface will have been replaced. That’s how volcanic it is. it even has mountains taller than Everest!
This is a pair of pictures of Tvashtar Paterae, taken in November 1999 and February 2000, and yes, that’s lava in the right hand frame.
Volcanism requires heat. And if you’ll recall, Mars…a considerably larger body…does not have volcanism any more (in spite of the largest known volcano being there). Mars has cooled off too much. Why hasn’t Io cooled off?
The answer is (wait for it) tidal forces. (I warned you before I started the tour of the solar system that tidal forces would show up when you least expect them…I did warn you.) Io is in a slightly elliptical orbit (very slightly but still, not quite perfectly circular) and that means it slows down and speeds up in different parts of its orbit, while its rotation (tidally locked to Jupiter) is at a constant rate. This causes Io to stretch and compress, which generates the heat, which causes the insane amounts of volcanism. The surface coloration is largely sulfur. Io’s eruptions have been captured on camera by Voyager, the Galileo orbiter, and Juno.
Some of the stuff that gets erupted ends up in orbit around Io, as very small particles perhaps even single atoms, and some of that gets heated and escapes into orbit around Jupiter. At some point much of this stuff gets ionized. As a result there’s a “neutral cloud” near Io, and a donut or torus of ionized matter roughly where Io orbits. Since this stuff is charged and moving, it actually contributes to Jupiter’s magnetic field…perhaps as much as 50 percent of the total.
This picture not only shows the torus of ionized Io-stuff in red and the neutral cloud in yellow, it shows a third feature in green, the flux tube, which connects Io to Jupiter’s polar regions and can cause aurora-like displays in Jupiter’s atmosphere. But Io itself can have interesting displays, visible when it is in Jupiter’s shadow:
(From the caption on Wikipoo: Auroral glows in Io’s upper atmosphere. Different colors represent emission from different components of the atmosphere (green comes from emitting sodium, red from emitting oxygen, and blue from emitting volcanic gases like sulfur dioxide). Image taken while Io was in eclipse.)
Another source of tidal forces is the pull of Europa and Callisto, with the resonances enhancing the effect.
This was a total surprise when it was discovered back around 1980. And since then it has become clear to planetary scientists that in many cases the moons of the outer planets can be more interesting than the planets themselves.
Jupiter II: Europa
Most especially the second Galilean moon, Europa. What we see when we look at Europa is a solid sheet of ice; it’s the smoothest body in the solar system, and appears to have a 100km thick layer of water above the typical rocky interior. What makes it interesting, though, is that that 100km layer is almost certainly not frozen solid. It’s probably tens of kilometers of ice, sure, but above a world-wide ocean of liquid water, a lot of it, probably more than we have on Earth. (So aliens coming here to steal our water [which is ridiculous because water is almost certainly the most common compound in the universe] would be better off going to Europa.)
(From Wikipoo caption: Closeup views of Europa obtained on 26 September 1998; images clockwise from upper left show locations from north to south as indicated at lower left.)
That water is likely heated by volcanic activity too, for the same reason as Io…but less so. Tidal forces are much lower here. However, the forces will often crack the ice layer, and liquid water will rise under the pressure, with the breaks freezing over, which results in the darker lines. These areas might offer better access to the water, which we want because…
Water is the one thing all life (that we know of!) needs. Not oxygen, but water! This makes Europa a prime candidate for extraterrestrial life, especially since we know that on Earth, “smokers” on the ocean floor host entire ecosystems, and such “smokers” are almost certainly present on Io.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, staying in his lane academically, has said he wants to go ice fishing on Io. He’s not alone in this.
On the 10th of this month, we will launch the Europa Clipper, a spacecraft that will orbit Jupiter, but do so in a way that maximizes the time it will spend on Europa flybys. It’s the largest interplanetary spacecraft developed by NASA. Since it is so big, the booster needs help; it will do gravity boosts off Earth and Mars before arriving at Jupiter in April 2030. This is just a preliminary for a Europa Lander, still on the drawing board.
We’re going after Europa with gusto!
Jupiter III: Ganymede
Ganymede is also covered in ice, with a likely liquid ocean 200km down. It’s colder and harder to get to, so it’s not as tantalizing as Europa. It’s not completely geologically dead: it apparently has at least some liquid iron in its core since it actually possesses a magnetosphere (so far the only moon known to do so). It’s the largest moon in the solar system. As I’ve noted before, it’s actually larger than the planet Mercury, but only 45 percent as massive since so much of it is ice, and because Mercury has a very large iron core for its size. The surface area is in fact over half as much as all of the land on Earth. Unfortunately, it’s mostly ice–and not just a covering, but a full crustal layer of it–and blasted by radiation from Jupiter’s magnetosphere, so it turns out not to be a good place for a realtor to hang a “for sale” sign.
This is Tros crater. In mythology, Tros was Ganymede’s father, and Ganymede himself was Jupiter’s cupbearer (and likely homosexual lover)
Ganymede also has the distinction of being the largest body in the solar system with no significant atmosphere.
Jupiter IV: Callisto
Callisto is a bit smaller than Ganymede, and is the third largest moon in the solar system. (#2 is Titan, a moon of Saturn. And our moon is at #5, just ahead of Europa.) Callisto is remarkable for being very heavily cratered, an indication that its surface has not eroded much or been “worked over” by processes on Callisto itself. It’s far enough out from Jupiter to have very little effect from tidal forces, and it’s not in any sort of resonance with the other moons. Callisto, in fact, has an impact basin named Valhalla, which is 3800 kilometers across!
Callisto may, in fact, be an even mixture of rock and ice, not even having differentiated much with the heavy stuff going down to the core when it formed.
Of the four, Callisto is of least interest for finding life, but it is of great interest for perhaps preserving it. It’s far enough away from Jupiter’s magnetic field and radiation belts that it could perhaps be useful for a manned base from which we could explore the rest of the Jovian system.
(From Wikipoo: Voyager 1 image of Valhalla, a multi-ring impact structure 3,800 km in diameter)
So that is a summary of the Moons of Jupiter, all of which rank among the most interesting bodies in our solar system. Were they not in orbit about Jupiter, they’d all be planets in their own right.
As a bonus I will conclude with this diagram, which shows many of the moons in the Solar System, with Pluto and Earth thrown in for good measure. Any moon large enough to force itself into a spherical shape is shown here.
(Oh, and note the Red Sea glitch doesn’t appear on this copy of the Blue Marble photo.)
“Y’know, after taking this fish home for the eaglets, Justice requires that I find a warm birdbath in which I can soak my feet for an hour.”
— The Eagle
Actually he tried to take it to North Carolina and was turned away.
“Basically the man in question went to the NBC website and saw a distorted version of this very famous, even iconic photograph, which even has a nickname, the Blue Marble, because when it came out in the early 1970s there was all sorts of buzz about how the Earth was a Big Blue Marble (great way to propagandize the kiddies!):”
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There was also a TV show called the Big Blue Marble, 1974-1983. I didn’t realize it lasted so long, I just remember watching it the first season or two.
Looks like it was a total propaganda effort 😂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Blue_Marble
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“Distinctive content included stories about children around the world and a pen-pal club that encouraged intercultural communication. The name of the show referred to the appearance of Earth as a giant marble, popularized by The Blue Marble, a famous photograph taken in December 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17.
Each episode featured a segment about the real life of a boy and a girl, one American, the other foreign. The show also had occasional stories about world ecology. In addition there was a weekly segment in which a singing globe “Bluey” invited viewers to write letters to the show, often requests for pen pals.
The address to send the letters was in Santa Barbara, California. The character was voiced by executive producer Robert Wiemer.”
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I’m halfway through the QR code video, which is fascinating. I like learning about the history and the steps leading to what we have today.
COL. Douglas Macgregor: Israel is getting SLAUGHTERED in Lebanon, Americans are trapped | Redacted
“Americans are scrambling right now trying to get out of Lebanon as the US is bracing for a wider war with Israel. Col. Macgregor says his sources confirm that Israeli soldiers are taking heavy casualties in Lebanon.”
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There are a lot of places in the world I wouldn’t want to be in right now, and Lebanon, or anywhere in the Middle East, is definitely high on the list.
I’m always curious what private American citizens are doing in places where it is so obviously and insanely dangerous to be an American, much less in a potential (or actual) war zone.
Macgregor video above well worth listening in on.
Far ranging discussion. Moves quickly.
Seems Ukraine has launched long range missile at the nuke plant. Macgregor hypothesizes UK or French missiles. (I’d guess UK.)
ME. OMG.
^^^ Ingredients for USG sponsored WWIII. USG could stop the lunacy if they wished to do so.
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Combine above with USG sponsored invasion of illegals into US.
Then, add in the criminal neglect of Americans needing immediate aid in NC.
Well, I think I’ll wait for some conformation on the ‘slaughtered in Lebanon’ part. Ditto the Iran hypersonic missile part.
I think Mac is getting out over his skis just a bit.
As far as I was concerned he was just one more guy on the internet.
I certainly don’t buy into everything Macgregor says.
Slaughter. I buy it. Depends on the version of slaughtered. In any case, ambushed. Clips are out there, the Israeli armor is being destroyed. One at a time. Numbers. Dunno. No one will tell us the truth. Tanks can be stopped, rather easily. Anyone surviving in the tank, must come out, sooner or later. Whether the bad guy waits around, who knows.
Hypersonic missile. Not believable? Week or two ago I’d have guessed Houthie’s did not have hypersonic missiles. Iran has hypersonic missiles. Why not use one or more?
Well one thing we are doing is giving Lebanon 157 million to pay for the relocation efforts brought on by Israel’s relentless bombings. Happened yesterday.
It’s an intentional demoralization campaign.
That money will never see Lebanon, it is being embezzled, like ALL the rest of the money.
They know they’re going to lose the election, and they are looting the country on their way out the door.
Yup. And the money will be sent through Israel, which will take their big cut and then handle the kickbacks.
Gunther Eagleman:
those blue eyes + beard = 💕swoon💕
😍
Hold your hormones, girl. 😂
Well at least she didn’t end with “but Orange Man so I won’t vote for him.”
Delivering bunker buster MOABs. Can I like this guy too much?
He’s got to add a penalty for staying or else the illegals have no motivation to self-deport now.
A penalty like lifetime ban from entering USA ever again
It’s almost unreal.
It’s not possible to be that tone deaf.
This is intentional demoralization, intentionally kicking the American People when they’re down, it’s psychological warfare on the American People, whom they HATE with a red hot passion.
They can’t be apprehended fast enough.
x 1000!
Yes. They’re not trying to hide it anymore.
It’s almost like the New World Order is already in play.
The New World Order (NWO) is a conspiracy theory in which adherents believe that a cabal of powerful elites is secretly implementing a dystopian international governing structure that will grant them complete control over the global populace. Under this regime, dissidents will be arrested, and the masses enslaved. Supporters of the conspiracy theory claim that most global leaders are complicit in the establishment of this “New World Order,” aiding the NWO through the manufacturing of global events (such as the coronavirus pandemic and mass shootings) and controlling their associated narratives to sow civil unrest.
Plenty more blahblahblah about the dangerous people who talk about this or believe it…. https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec/ctec-publications/new-world-order-historical-origins-dangerous
Right now we have global invasion in the US fully implemented and supported by our govt. They’re protected under a 2 tiered law enforcement and judicial system..certainly not the system that used to be the law of land here in this country.
Native US citizens are being arrested as dissidents for speaking their mind or willful disobedience in cases such as what’s happening in the disaster areas. Humane help is subject to bureaucratic bafflegab. Elections have become an illusion to quiet the increasing woke public. Wars are being financed by countries that should have no dog in the fight. Our fleets and troops are there but presented to us as support in an unofficial capacity.
Too big to rig is our only hope, imo
what an ass.
Good catch. Came across it from a different source and just posted such.
“BREAKING: North Carolina Sheriffs say that they are ready to start arresting Kamala Harris’s FEMA feds if they continue blocking rescue workers and pilots from saving lives and delivering critical aid. ”
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They’re ‘ready’?!?
What are they waiting for?
they are giving fair warning & waiting for the right moment..
because this could be the start of something..big.
It’s called “a shot across the bow.”
And it’s called for, because as you say, it might just be “The Shot Heard ‘Round The World.”
indeed.
What are they waiting for?
Training to be an r-Con politician.
Next the Sheriff will write a letter…
Sternly worded, I hope! 👍😂
Deputize the rescue volunteers – AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a brilliant idea.
S T O P talking. Arrest the fuckers.
BTW, assholes arrested get no water and food AND are left outside 24/7.
Love your closing sentence. 😍
Why it sounds like…… JUSTICE.
Something we’ve been missing for a while.
“Treason.”
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He should include what the penalty is for Treason.
It’s not like there’s any reason to hold back, when the enemy is trying to murder you.
James O’Keefe:
If the current WH were not a party to this, it would have called FEMA out by now and taken steps to put a stop to it. But 🦗. No word except denials and excuse-making.
This is why I reject the notion that this is simply some sort of cockup.
This is deliberate policy, and it reminds me of the holodomor
Absolutely.
It’s *interesting* that they don’t seem to care that we’re about a month away from election day. If they are trying to prevent the people in the affected areas from voting, that’s one thing, but the entire country can see that they are preventing people from getting help and are endangering their lives. That’s not normally how you go about winning elections.
It seems that they have stopped pretending that the citizens are important and that the election could effect them.. They’ve achieved absolute power with no checks and balances?
Lots of confidence sufficient number of illegals registered to vote AND take enough Red states. Capture 270+ electoral votes.
They need slaves the illegals provide this to them.. I noticed low pay workers are illegals. My living chairs were delivered from Columbus by two men with heavy accent. Used to be Americans who delivered furniture’s. They need gardeners and maid .
Are they trying to flip these states by chaos, confusion then cheating?
“…reminds me of the holodomor.”
nailed it.
I think they may get something of a surprise if they think they can kill hillbillies like they did Ukrainians.
It’s a whole different DNA up in those hills. Appalachian Scots-Irish are NOT built like Ukrainian peasants. Their history is very, very different.
The hillbillies have no targets. In this case someone isn’t coming into the village and taking the food, they’re WAY up the road preventing the food and water from getting TO them.
By the time they figure out that they weren’t abandoned, but rather have active enemies, they will be half starved to death already.
You misunderstand me.
I’m not talking about shooting at people. I’m talking about surviving.
These people are tough as hell. Most of them think the government is shit. They KNOW they can’t depend on the government to do anything good for them under any circumstances.
So they don’t. And they have skills. The Appalachian mountains are a vast, beautiful, lush country full of game and wild food. It would be very, very hard to starve out hillbillies. I’m just sayin’.
Good to hear.
Unfortunately by no means are all of the intended victims of such stock.
All this is, is tyrant-induced selection for hillbilly stock.
Yes, that is true. I’m sure they have a lot of “imports” just like we do now in our small town. But the hillbillies will take care of them in the crisis, because on top of it all, they are deeply Christian, and believe it is their God-given obligation to do so. It’s a different world up in the hollers.
Amen 🙂
Hillbillies have been betrayed all their life and exploited and that is why they are strong. I admirer them and feel a kinship with them even though I do not come from the same background
No they will not they hunt they know the woods and springs 🙂 The true hillbillies will not cave. Remember I live among them. All men served in military.
Jason Miyares, the Virginia AG, shared this on Facebook. It’s also on X. So relevant to this discussion!
Amen I agree with you I have much respect for them 🙂
🙂
They are killing people on purpose That is my opinion watching what FEMA does how the government behaves . Used to be that it was the government of the people it is no longer. This is a warning to us we are on our own. I wish I was 30 years younger would be in N Carolina and help I have no fear of these killer FEMA. I am free even if they throw me in jail. I wish so many would go to Carolina and swamp them
Many years ago we had flooding in the Hallows it was a mess , I took lots of necessities our church collected. I ask the men who unloaded my Van what else they need. They said “thank you we are able to take care of our own.” Appalachian people are special , strong and kind people much respect from me because they are resourceful people.
FEMA = Equity
😊
One Reason FEMA Is Doing Such A Terrible Job
link…
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/10/04/heres-one-reason-why-fema-is-doing-such-a-terrible-job-n3795394
“equity” 😊
another reason: mayorkas.
and…while lots & lots of American citizens have been killed and are dying from the devastation caused by the Hurricane from Hell and FEMA’s intentional sabotage…
…there’s this…
WATCH : First Look Inside Furnished Maine Apartments Where Illegal Aliens Get Up To TWO YEARS of Free (Taxpayer-Funded) Rent & Utilities
article link…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/watch-first-look-inside-furnished-maine-apartments-where/
Mayorkas…
He is a traitor and does not have the best of Americans in his heart . The man is evil.
agreed!
These men are evil.
Thank you for the info
Well, now tying it down to one individual instead of a nebulous cabal does help.
(Granted, who knows what is BEHIND this shitstain?)
Stench of hussein comes to mind.
I am going to repost Joe Lange’s most recent article. IMPORTANT!
I cannot stress enough that people on here need to read it as well as all of his works. Most will not realize just how much they did not know and how duped they have been throughout their lives.
Yes – the bitch Soetoro and the rest of the scum including McShame, Cankles and W are included. If folks will read this article many questions will be answered and light bulbs will come on. My take – you will learn why BRICS+ came into existence during the time period in discussion (first began talks in 2008).
https://badlands.substack.com/p/a-conflict-of-interest
Read that the other day, definitely connecting dots. We’ve known this for awhile, but if you’re like me we tend to forget how far back this goes.
I’ll remind people of these things and the most common response is like a deer in the headlights.
Nick Sortor:
They shouldn’t even survive this one.
In a just world…
“Already did it once, which is one reason why we have an escort now. FEMA has zero jurisdiction.”
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You wouldn’t have to do it twice, if you arrested them and put them in a prison cell.
Absolutely. There must be some obstruction/interfetence statute on the books. Why haven’t the arrests taken place? That is just another maddening aspect of the whole thing. If LE is not motivated under these circumstances, we are truly on our own.
From the onset, it seemed LE was motivated to S T O P saving lives.
The first one I read was the Sheriff, Lure County stopping the helo rescues.
Never made sense.
Trace the Uniparty affiliation within the region with politicians and LE. Folks – Asheville is leftist controlled.
Human misery and destruction leads to future wealth enhancement. Those in control could care less about what political party affiliation the residents have, just like with Lahaina, Maui; which is Dem voter controlled.
There are sizable deposits of lithium, titanium, etc. with ample water (obviously) access to mine and process it throughout the region. Summary information about each is linked.
https://www.miningpedia.cn/dressing/-lithium-ore-processing.html
https://geologyscience.com/ore-minerals/titanium-ore/
Skip the prison cell. Leave them outside. Guarded, so they go nowhere.
No water and food for a couple days. F’m.
They FEMA should be responsible for causing death of people.
They do not want SlowJoe to federalize the National Guard.
They also do not want to take the position that Gov Faubus took which gave Ike the excuse to bring in the Army. NC doesn’t want to be the reason the left starts up the insurrection narrative:
“This is what they started at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
Believe me, it’s coming if the state troopers push back the feds a few times.
I wanna see majorasskiss in a pool of mud struggle to get out for a while
Too kind.
Take no prisoners kinda mood here.
Leave the asshole in the puddle of mud. Fill with sewage.
When it will all be counted – the deaths – the rapes – the robberies – the assaults – and now the avoidable deaths in Appalachia – Mayorkas will reach NAZI levels of crimes against humanity.
He’s already good for the death penalty, IMO. He just needs a tribunal.
Drawn and quartered.
Gail comes to mind. Hope she is well.
!Yes, me too! Not a problem if Place Holder Under Arrest is necessary
It IS a problem if her absence is permanent.
Yes, we don’t want anything bad to happen to her – and in that respect, more PlaceHolderUnderArrest may be better.
At this point, I worry more for her health, than for her dailies. In fact, I’m ready to “fire her” for the sake of her health, if need be. I know she volunteered to help, but things change, and I respect that.
All of our absences here will eventually become permanent. I have learned not to become too attached to authors. And that includes me.
My own health has taught me to be flexible.
I’ve made varying financial investments and commitments in the future of this site. Some are quite significant, but all of them are based on the idea that we could be devastated, as if by a hurricane, at any time. Some items are shored up well into the future. Others are no more than yearly – ready to react to changes in circumstances.
We’ll get by. The next 3 months are critical. We must be maximally flexible right now. That includes scenarios WAY more disastrous than losing one author for part or all of that time.
I anticipate that she’ll be fine. I’m really looking forward to her post.
Hoping for the best is a good choice!
Goebbels.
Witty and pointed!
Particularly so for me given I could have ended up with her lookalike as my RNC committeewoman.
You should be so lucky. 😆
Well I ended up with “Ruckus” instead of her or the RINO POS incumbent, so all was well.
As for the looks department, guess who my next congresswoman is likely to be?
Does his brain work as designed, or what???
I bet his momma went broke buying him connect-the-dots books way back when.
J.D.’s momma was broke because she was using drugs all the time.
J.D. Vance is a miracle. Most people who come out of his circumstances are broken. I have such deep respect for him, and what he has done with his life.
AND, Grandma in play.
My husband had students like JV they are very smart and many were in the top of his class.
One officer?
Should have landed on top of him.
You certainly better have firearms.
What’s he gonna do, draw on 5 or 10 of you?
Shoot the pilot of the helicopter through the glass?
That would be life-ending for everyone on the chopper.
It’s officer Rosco P. Coltrane, not Rambo.
Nobody said anything about the cop pointing a gun at anyone. If the cops shoot down a helicopter delivering aid to Americans, how is it not open season on the pigs, for everyone in the area?
There has to be SOMETHING that will trigger the RIGHT response.
There has to be SOME *&^%ING LINE that will not be crossed.
But that would likely have been the cop’s next response if they had tried to land anyway in spite of the waveoff.
As for whether he was Rambo or Coltrane…would you as a pilot want to take that chance?
Steve, you’re asking pesky questions again. Those damn details will drive you nuts. 😍
“But that would likely have been the cop’s next response if they had tried to land anyway in spite of the waveoff.”
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Really?
The pig is going to commit mass-murder, over a landing violation?
DO IT.
He only gets one try, and then he gets justice on the spot, from everyone who saw it.
Exactly. Treat it as a wartime situation.
The only excuse to wave off a chopper is that a bigger one is about to arrive. And – quite frankly – that lot is big enough for two of anything.
This is clear evidence of insane communist policies being pushed down from above.
The helicopter comes down, chopping the hand waver to bits with its huge blades.
Gotta be very careful not to strike the ground while operating the rotating meat cleaver.
Shoot the rotor. That would crash the copter. It’s how it’s done. And not that hard to do.
Excellent, I should have said that instead.
Either one works!
“Shoot the rotor. That would crash the copter. It’s how it’s done. And not that hard to do.”
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He’s not going to shoot anyone over a landing violation.
Because that would be insane, and because he would be tried and convicted of mass-murder, if he made it out of the woods alive.
This insane fear of our own shadows, it appears to have paralyzed good men everywhere. I have to find out where it’s coming from.
Precisely. You’ve got it, Scott.
I personally pushed back against communism in Shallow State, until it was more important to deny the commies help, than to help the good people. It’s very important to know how hard you can push people who have been corrupted by communism. At some point, most will bend and let you operate. You can’t make them come to the other side, but you can make them break on an issue where they know that they are double-fucked if they hold the line for the commies – because the commies won’t defend them.
This is a WARTIME SKILL, and we all need it.
Our neighbors will not all join us against the commies, but they will bend to let us operate, so that we win, and the commies lose.
“Shoot the rotor. That would crash the copter. It’s how it’s done. And not that hard to do.”
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Better try for the tail rotor, and unless you’re real close, it wouldn’t be very easy to do.
It’s a moving target, well beyond 100 yards unless he’s in the process of landing, and the tail rotor is at the back, so if the pilot is facing toward you, you don’t have a clear line of sight.
The main rotor can take small arms fire before failing, and plenty of helicopters in Vietnam did just that.
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Can You Shoot Down a Helicopter With a Pistol?Yes—try to aim for the tail or the pilot.
If the guy starts shooting at the chopper, he’s a legit target.
There need to be guns hanging out the doors and windows of the choppers. MAKE IT NAM.
Who gave the orders for him to sit there waving off help?
Is he not paid by the people who need help? The guy needs to be fired
He may have been told some story about other places needing it far more, or people mistaking the parking lot for something else (a better destination for help).
Absent that, he and the people who gave him his orders should be ARRESTED not just fired.
I agree with you
hang on…are we talking fired as from his job? or like…from a canon?
cuz I’m open to both
LOL!
“they said today we will force them to take supplies and just land.”
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Oh, they’ll take your supplies all right, no problem, and lock them up so the intended recipients never get them.
There is an order to things.
You have to remove the enemy from the battlefield before you can rescue the wounded.
almost seems like they are intentionally provoking some sort of major confrontation.
shocking, yes ?
They want to kill Americans They are our enemies. They kill one they attack us all .
Land anyway.
LEO asshole won’t do it twice if he survives.
Other LEOs won’t do it the first time.
All you need is a bullhorn or similar mounted on the helicopter.
When Rosco P. Coltrane tries to wave you off, just say “Low on fuel, must land.”
What are the chances the cop knows where the fuel gauge is on a helicopter?
And even if he does, what’s he going to say, “I thought you were low on fuel?”
Reply: I didn’t saw how low. Rumor has it there are a lot of helicopters in the area that are low on fuel, on account of this being a disaster area and fuel depots being few and far between, so stop with the nonsense of waving people off, they’re landing.
If you intend to arrest all of them, make sure your body camera is on, so the whole world can see you on the news.
And if you intend to commit mass-murder by firing on helicopters as they land, then you better pray for help getting out of these woods alive.
You have a nice day now, you hear?
God bless you, Scott.
People should not stand for this shit. When it’s obvious how we should act – ACT.
It’s one thing not to shoot the damn commies.
It’s quite another thing to NOT HELP THE INNOCENT because of the commies.
TRUTH!
Helluva list. 😡
Bret welcome to MAGA 🙂
Trump War Room:
Here’s the link:
https://www.fema.gov/grants/shelter-services-program
They can’t say that FEMA funds can go to both disaster relief and “noncitizen migrants” because they have already said there’s no more money for those in disaster areas. So common sense says that since a chunk of money went to “noncitizen migrants,” then that chunk is not available for Americans.
Why wasn’t it done four years ago?
Terminate FEMA.
…before FEMA terminates you!
(it’s their new slogan 😁)
KJP is a lying POS traitor.
categorically so.
It’s part of her severance package. She needs to be fired so she can get that juicy lucrative MSNBC anchor slot.
Sadly, you’re right. We’re gonna be seeing SHAGGY for a long time. My money is on NBC, because they are core commie, set up by Axelrod.
Why would anybody even listen to what that POS says?
I’ve seen this reported in different forms at least three times tonight. This lady explains it well. Bottom line: the $750 is a loan that has to be paid back within a year or they can seize the person’s property. It’s almost too evil to believe.
here’s $750 that you owe us kiddo…now go find someone who cares.
The Hurricane Relief-Industrial Complex Is Getting People Killed
link…
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/10/04/who-knew-there-is-a-hurricane-relief-industrial-complex-n4933055
10/4
is getting people killed
getting people killed
people killed
that is the agenda.
FEMAs direct contribution to 14 of 15 gotta go.
Yup.
https://voxday.net/2024/10/04/they-hate-you/
At 7:28 ET this morning, that counter-clockwise rotation in the Bay of Campeche is looking mighty strong and healthy.
https://www.windy.com/?23.171,-86.133,6,m:efGadyh
Rain makers at the ready.
latest track Inv 92L…
early predictions, Cat 2 or maybe Cat 3… ?
rain/wind for Florida, hopefully nothing worse…
everybody’s on edge.
everything’s a little askew.
ok so just click on that blue link…
nimrodman
October 5, 2024 1:24 am
Reply to Maquis
Vietnam War veteran gives Trump his Purple Heart for taking bullet in Butler: ‘You got guts’
Trump called it “a great honor” to receive the gift.
“Dear President Trump, watching you during the Butler rally, and you getting back up, both my wife and I gave a sigh of relief as well as a few tears,” read the letter.
“I would be honored if you would accept this small token I received as a young marine in Vietnam,” it continued. “My wife and I both thought it appropriate. God bless you, your family, and the United States of America. Sincerely, Dwight.”
That is an incredible AND appropriate gesture.
Video at the link above, 1:25. Please watch.
Trump should not have accepted it.
perhaps he did not want to disrespect the veteran. rejecting a heartfelt gift can be devastating to the giver.
A good point.
I’d have felt like shit, though, having someone give me their purple heart. Not worthy, even if I had taken a bullet.
and perhaps his intention is to return it to the family when the veteran passes.
Aaaah! Good thought! I hope so.
Yes! That is maximum Trump right there.
I am reminded of a story. Trump had a flat somewhere in Manhattan, and someone stopped to render aid. Trump wanted to give him fifty bucks, which he refused. “OK then can I at least send flowers?” The guy gave his address.
The flowers arrived, with a note thanking him for his assistance, and then, “PS Oh by the way your house is paid for.”
LMAO!
True or not, it’s pure TRUMP!!!
What if that very cool thing to do started a mini-movement inside the campaign? Can you imagine a pile of military awards and commendations.
Would it fit on a dining room table? A corporate boardroom table? Larger?
Worst part might be figuring out what each in-kind contribution is worth.
IIRC gifts given to presidents are simply given to the government (to avoid conflict of interest issues). Most likely to end up in the presidential library or Smithsonian.
Trump isn’t a president at the moment but I suspect he’s complying with that rule anyway.
Grace 🔎
@reallygraceful
Waynesville, NC small business owners who lost everything received these notices from the government yesterday….the notice says they can’t start repairs without purchasing permits and getting assessments from the government!
These people are fucking evil.
Filly brought this story this morning
ENTIRE ARTICLE @ RedState: “We are hearing more and more about the devastation wrought by last weekend’s Hurricane Helene, and how our fellow Americans in Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, and Eastern Georgia have been adversely affected. Towns completely destroyed, too many lives lost, and way too much government incompetence and malfeasance.
But we are also hearing about the good: neighbors helping neighbors, brave heroes in private aircraft reaching remote areas with means of communication, supplies, food, water, and hope. This week’s Feel-Good Friday offering is a Helene hero story of a different variety, but it is still one for the books.
David Jones had to travel from Boiling Springs, South Carolina, to Johnson City, Tennessee–normally a two-and-a-half hour or so drive–to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding. Then Hurricane Helene and its subsequent destruction, threw a major wrench into his plans:
All told it was a 30-mile walk. Jones set out on Friday afternoon to make the drive to Tennessee and was stopped by state troopers on Interstate 26; They told him that because of the washed-out roads, bridges, and generally dangerous conditions, they couldn’t let him go any further:
Now that’s a father’s love and a determined soul. Jones is a marathoner, having accomplished the completion of two races, so having to trek on foot for what he estimated was less than 30 miles was of little consequence to him; or so he thought. Instead of a marathon, Jones encountered an obstacle course. He had to traverse over mounds and mounds of broken road, broken structures, and debris on his trek, and at one point he was stuck in mud up to his knees, and almost got wiped out by a cleanup crew with a backhoe attempting to clear the road.
Jones managed to escape that harrowing ordeal, and moved closer to his destination, when another trooper spoke to him:
As part of their wedding gift, Jones gave his daughter Elizabeth and her new husband the reflector that he carried on the road for safety. He said it was a reminder for the couple to be “a protector [of each other], a good reflection of each other and of God.” David Jones embodied all these through his courageous and sacrificial act of making a hazardous journey through the muck and the mire in order to give Elizabeth away.
Jones brushed it off, saying that this is what Dads do. Elizabeth disagreed, and so do the rest of us. What Jones is, is a rock star, an incredible example of the Father heart of God, and a bright, shining symbol of the American spirit in these dark and uncertain times.”
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/10/04/feel-good-friday-dad-walks-30-miles-in-hurricane-helene-destruction-to-walk-his-daughter-down-the-aisle-n2180150
pictures and a video…
This is also floating around the internets. Two separate perps in this video. Not sure when it was taken or if perps are at the same rally.
Does this mean it’s back to watching the crowd behind the President for malcontents. One of our old pass times. 😐
Commentators are all over this saying its just some gen Z prank thing called “mewing” and to leave it alone. They tell you to look it up. So looked it up. It’s done in classrooms to silence and intimidate teachers. Essentially it’s a threatening gesture and means exactly what it’s actions indicate.
para59r
Meaning, “Be quiet or you’ll be ‘eliminated'”?
They both look a little too old for school pranks but the message is clear
Verse of the Day for Saturday, October 5, 2024
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“I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”
Psalms 34:4 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
BE MY VOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
CHILD NOT CHOICE
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
THE FEAR FACADE
Of what are you fearful – unsure today?
What makes you tremble – what keeps you at bay?
What bothers you – disturbs your peace at night?
What gives you pause – and puts out your light?
It might be unseen – the unknown that shakes;
The out of control – the unbalanced that quakes;
It could be the undeniable belief;
There is nowhere to go – to get some relief!
Your mind is racing – your heart beating fast;
You wonder how long fearfulness will last;
Release me – Oh, Lord – from the grasp of fear;
Come; Calm me – Oh, Lord – Come, quickly near!
What does this fear come stealthily to take?
How does it disturb – in the night keep awake?
What gives it power o’er what you partake?
Why would you give in – why would you forsake?
The hold that fear can have over its prey;
Is the unbelief that faith takes away;
The opposite of fear is truly belief;
And it is our faith that provides the relief!
What happened to Peter when his faith failed?
His footing gave way – in the water he flailed;
What happens to us when of little faith?
We fall prey to a spirit – of haunting wraith!
Fear can be daunting – paralyzing – haunting;
It can cause us to hold back – be less flaunting;
We will definitely hide all our gifts inside;
Where His Spirit is willing and wants to reside!
The love that we have to give will be thwarted;
As we draw into ourselves – love is hoarded;
From the love of God we have truly withdrawn;
From the embrace of another woebegone!
What must we do to eliminate fear?
We must repent and draw His Spirit near;
We must fast – we must pray – the fear away;
For where faith increases – fear cannot stay!
D01: 09/03/2013
duchess01
Thank you, thank you for your poem today! It speaks volumes!
Hoping things are well with you. Sending much Good Energy!
Thank You Duchess! 🙂
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/#comment-1346599
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
#psalm91 #psalms #prayer
Pray Everyday
https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html
Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
#faith #god #psalms
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKUPiqPMs8M&t=2s
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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️❤️❤️
Steve:
“This is a classic example of a phenomenon I see sometimes…a person with a nutty conspiracy theory latches onto the first thing they see, and if it happens to contain a bona fide error in it, there’s no convincing them of it; they will spin a huge unlikely story as to how “their” version of whatever it was is the correct one, and that the correct one is actually the fake used for a cover up.”
Candace Owen and the Kamala relatives nonsense is another perfect example of this. She has the WRONG person’s death certificate. Wrong last name altogether. But the first name is the same as Kamala’s grannie, and the last name of the death cert is the same as Kammie’s grannie’s middle name, so OF COURSE it has to be her!
Just more screwed up, honeypot, conspiracy theory b.s. to make people look like idiots for believing in it. It makes me furious.
Yes, and you’re a shill (at best) for trying to suppress the evidence. Hope you are enjoying the thirty pieces of silver they gave you to do so.
(/s if it’s not clear)
Lol! Peeing on people’s parades. It’s what I do.
We seem to have something in common.
Actually, I suspect you have five gallon jugs saved up for the purpose.
Lol! Shhh. Don’t give away the secret!
Of course as soon as I typed “thirty pieces of silver” I thought: “Dimes? Old silver ones of course.” The standard, ubiquitous Roman coin of the time was the denarius–which is the direct ancestor of the English penny, which long ago was silver, not copper, but that was back in the day when a “pound sterling” was literally a pound (troy) of sterling (0.925 fine) silver. 5760 grains; 20 shillings to the pound is 288 grains per shilling, divide by 12 to get 24 grains, which is a pennyweight. Yeah that all meant something back then, but we are talking Robin Hood era.
Anyhow the denarius was 3.4 grams during Jesus’s day, or about 52.5 grains. (It’s not hard to find them for sale today, by the way; as long as you don’t care which emperor is on them or what condition they’re in they should be affordable.)
But Judea was in the eastern Empire, and there the Greek coinage ruled (most people didn’t care, they weighed the coin rather than fussing about which denomination it was). The Greeks issued drachma (or sometimes staters), drachma weighed 4.3 grams (for the most commonly used standard, the Attic standard). The most common coin though was the tetradrachm, 4 drachmas. So did Judas get 120 drachmas, 30 drachmas, or 30 denarii? (The most common stater was from Corinth, 8.6 grams or two Athenian drachma, BUT…it was three Corinthian drachmas. Do you have a headache yet?)
Oooh, do you think I could buy a denarius with Tiberius on it?
P.S. Whatever Judas got, I’m sure he regretted taking it.
That one will be a touch more expensive for that very reason, but by no means unattainable. Between people wanting one each of the first twelve emperors (including Julius who really wasn’t an emperor), and of course people focusing on Tiberius because he was the MFIC at the time…(The truly tricky ones are from the four emperors who all reigned in the same year, 69 CE: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian though Vespasian did manage to hang on for ten years so his aren’t as hard.)
Anyhow, I just checked, I do have one from Augustus MFIC when Jesus was born, and Tiberius, MFIC when Jesus was crucified. Only one other one of the twelve, but then I wasn’t necessarily trying to collect them all. I have sestertii (big copper pieces) from several of them as well.
The first twelve: Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula (really his nickname, properly known as Gaius), Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus (who personally funded relief efforts for Pompeii, in other words nothing like FEMA), Domitian. (The next five are the “Adoptives” including Marcus Aurelius; they were decent or even excellent emperors.)
Cool! I will look for one.
This isn’t something I could intelligently put a price on (I have references that are very old and their pricing info is either worthless, or they didn’t bother because they knew the info would be worthless; this isn’t the Red Book that comes out every year), so I checked Ebay. I typed “Tiberius” and it suggested “denarius” so (like I said) you’re not the only one.
Bad news: Even the cheapie was 155 bucks, with 48 bids on it. It looks decent not spectacular, but I DO NOT trust E-bay sellers not to be selling fakes or some coin not the same as shown in the picture. In other words I went to Ebay to get a feel for price; I’d NEVER buy one there unless it was in a slab…and those are much more expensive $400 and up. (Ebay has always been rife with fakes/counterfeits. The slab is somewhat reassuring but sometimes the slab is fake.)
The very first hit describes it as a “Bible Penny 14AD Fine”
I will look around. But if I decide to buy one, I will consult one of our local coin dealers. They’re pretty good, I understand.
As for Judas, he either hanged himself (Matthew 27:1-10) after the priests wouldn’t take the money back when he felt remorseful, or (showing no signs of remorse) used the money to buy a field, fell over in it, dying, and burst open (Acts 1:18).
In one account he showed remorse immediately, in the other, he did not, being happy to spend the money.
Stuff like that is disheartening. Matthew is correct, and so is Acts. See here:
https://www.gotquestions.org/Judas-die.html
But great detail was not given in either account, which I guess is not surprising when you think about it. It would be analogous (although a much worse case) to not wanting to publish the name of a school shooter today. It only adds to their notoriety.
Judas’ betrayal resulted in the death of the Messiah. I can’t imagine His Apostles having good feelings about His betrayer.
I know of someone who was taught from childhood only one of the two versions of the story (the one in Acts). His parents, his church, etc. all focused on that one version. Then he decided to read all of the New Testament not just the red letter quotes…and hit the wall when he read the version in Matthew. He had simply never heard of it before despite being raised in a very fundamentalist/evangelical household.
He ultimately ended up deconverting, but by no means because of this (he had resolved it to his satisfaction years earlier); it was an incident that stuck in his mind well enough that he remembered it years later when he told the story of his deconversion (it’s a YT channel, I don’t know him personally). His deconversion story stuck with ME because he managed to describe the emotional impact of the deconversion…I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. (I never had to go through it; I’m not a former believer.) I don’t try to deconvert people; I have no reason to evangelize, to buttonhole people in the street like evangelists do. I do push back, but in order to push back, I must first be pushed. Often the pushers don’t even realize they’re pushing.
That’s a sad story.
I like to discuss belief/nonbelief. I am more akin to the Apostle Thomas than I like, so things have to make sense to me to overcome my doubt.
I proved to myself with logic alone that Jesus resurrected from the dead. That is the only possible outcome given history and what is known, not just in the Bible, but in other sources. Someday, I would love to have a bottle of wine with you on the beach and explain my logic to you. It would be fun.
I share one thing in common with Donald Trump so you’d be drinking the bottle yourself.
Well, hey, that’s all right. I have something in common with Trump, too. I’ll just have a diet Coke!
One thing that blew this guy away is that when his church taught the “burst in a field” version, they really piled on with the message about God’s Wrath. So it wasn’t just the different-seeming sequence of events in the hanging version, it was the total lack of the Wrath of God angle; Judas is portrayed as doing himself in with zero direct involvement from a piqued God. Also he had been taught that Judas showed no remorse…but the Hanging version is a perfect portrayal of someone who DID feel remorse.
I rewatched that video just now, and in fact it did have a lasting effect; although he continued to consider the Bible an authority from then on, he was much less of a down-the-line literalist.
Christ wasn’t the only one raised from the dead on that certain Sunday.
It’s peeing in their breakfast cereal that’s the real downer.
Lol!
r-Cons do nothing.
spot on !!!!!
That sign isn’t NEARLY deep enough in the water.
Better: “FEMA didn’t manage to block this #562 ”
Of course there might be a 32 character limit on the name, so never mind.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says FEMA Director Deanne Criswell to Face Oversight Committee — ‘Will Face Worse Than the Full Kimberly Cheatle Treatment’ Over Blocking Aid and Misusing Disaster Funds
Jim Hᴏft Oct. 5, 2024 8:15 am 290 Comments
No mention of a date for this Oversight Hearing.
Right now there is nothing happening during the full month of October for either bodies of Congress.
Schedule is blank.
Hopefully they bring people back and do it right away!
They should not delay and should send out the subpoena’s now!
…FEMA’s
apparentWillful incompetence.Total disdain AND zero respect for Americans.
In a just world the head of FEMA would have been fired a few days ago, along with whatever minions were on the same page, and a replacement would have facilitated getting aid to people. One way would be to cut the red tape. Stop making people fill out paperwork. I suspect they just want a record of who these people are so they can track them and use that information to coerce them into giving up their land, etc.
Unfortunately, there’s another actual decent reason for the paperwork. I am sure some assholes would ask for help even though they don’t need it…i.e., fraudsters taking freebies. The paperwork would deter some of that, and possibly help track them down later if they aren’t deterred.
Just to keep things spicy, let me remind people that there likely is no authority for FEMA to confiscate personal property. It is equivalent to theft. So unless these stories are wrong, any FEMA official who used his/her supposed authority to take possession of goods has committed a larceny under color of law.
Interesting read. Enjoyed all of it.
Ice fishing on Europa. 😂 😅 😂
Thanks!
Tough day for openers not dealing with politics.
Steve, I love your scientific interludes, opens up a whole new world. But I do feel your pain. :0)
I think we’re ALL feeling pain right now.
https://badlands.substack.com/p/q-for-dummies-chapter-20
Unburdened by what has been done.
The wheel goes round and round.
kalbo
Thank you. *** the “earrings”… ***
If she had microphones in her earrings, they weren’t working because she froze and babbled and repeated herself. Someone could have been feeding her something coherent to say if she had had mics in her ears.
she wasn’t allowed a teleprompter at the debate so maybe she needed the earrings then. this time she HAD a teleprompter and maybe thought she didn’t need the earrings.
shrug?
Even if she had them, I could see her being confused when plan A (teleprompters) failed.
I mean, there’s nothing out there to suck on so she doesn’t know what to do.
😂😂😂
There’s no line for us to cross, is there?
😉
Remember when that happened to Sarah Palin in 2008?
Nobody knew it had happened until long past the end of her speech because she had memorized the speech!
h/t Filly
[DS] Sent A Message To All Americans, Projects Violence During Elections, Final Countdown – Ep. 3467
October 5, 2024 x22report
https://x22report.com/ds-sent-a-message-to-all-americans-projects-violence-during-elections-final-countdown-ep-3467/
The green new scam has failed, people have the internet back in time to see all the lies. First it was the ice age, then global warming, when the earth was cooling they had to change it to climate change, it’s a hoax. The port strike has been averted but other Unions will want the same thing. Trump sends a message that Dimon endorsed him, but Dimon denies this. The [DS] has sent a message to all Americans, do not question the results for the elections, do not look into it or try to prove there was cheating, if you do you will be jailed. Biden is now projecting what they are about to do, creating violence when they cannot create enough ballots to push [KH] through to the finish line. Jamie Raskin wants to use the 14th amendment on Trump, the only way to do this is to stage it. Scavino sends a message, this is the final countdown.
Ep 3467a – Port Worker Strike Averted, Did This Just Set Off A Chain Reaction, Trump Sent A Message
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3467a-port-worker-strike-averted-did-this-just-set-off-a-chain-reaction-trump-sent-a-message/
Ep 3467b – [DS] Sent A Message To All Americans, Projects Violence During Elections, Final Countdown
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3467b-ds-sent-a-message-to-all-americans-projects-violence-during-elections-final-countdown/
Wonder if the other two wounded have recovered enough AND willing to attend.
not sure.
found this though
Margie
October 5, 2024 1:34 pm
I am here at the rally! We are packed in like sardines. Security is everywhere. Semi trucks are surrounding the rally so there is no line of sight from the roof where the shooter was. I’ve seen several snipers, SS, State Police, local cops, Trump’s private security. I even saw military! More press than I’ve ever seen. Every hotel room is sold out in the area. Every person in my hotel was MAGA, even the front desk lady. We drove 5 hours from Bucks County PA.
Thank God for President Trump having private security.
The REAL Dunning Kruger effect.
I’ve run into enough people (both educated and not) who were sure they knew what they were doing (or talking about) and were in fact, not…to remain a believer in the effect despite the rebuttals shown here.
When I read Wolfmoon’s link to the analysis refuting DK, this exact thought as yours occurred to me. Something useful and real is described by DK.
Maybe the lesson is more of a moral phenomenon. Fundamental and overriding respect for the truth implicates various personal characteristics like honesty, objectivity, humility, fairness, and the ability to examine one’s conscience and to make an accurate self-appraisal.
Knowing oneself is tricky but essential and valuable. Character does not seem to be dependent on intellect or education.
https://rumble.com/v5hjeaz-trucker-shocked-that-no-loads-are-being-commissioned-for-asheville-nc.html
Are we sure about the “counter” part?
i certainly hope so
She can’t bus in enough people to do that.
She’s going to try…let’s see, how many can she blow per hour?
h/t Filly
SteveInCO
Thank you so much for the lesson on the moons of Jupiter. One wonders if there’s any aquatic or other type of life underneath the frozen water on Europa.
Hence, Ice fishing. 
Still cracking up on that one.
But, why not. Doesn’t have to be life as we know it, or imagine life.
NdGT can be quite a card sometimes.
Evening Prayer For Forgiveness
Heavenly Father, thank You for bringing me through this day and Lord, forgive me for the times when I have wandered outside Your best will for me, instead of trusting You implicitly.
Thank You, that You are such a gracious Shepherd to me and that You come and rescue me even when I lose my way and stray from the path that You have laid out for me.
As I look back over today, I know Lord that there were things that I should have said and done differently, and times when I reacted in a manner that was not honouring Your holy name. Forgive me I pray, but thank You, Father, that You always faithfully prepared to gently bring me back to Yourself.
Give me a good night’s sleep I pray, knowing that there is no condemnation because I am in Christ, and may I wake up in the morning refreshed and ready to do Your will. In Jesus’ name I pray,
Amen.
Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Evening-Prayers
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Evening Prayer For Future Guidance
Heavenly Father, as I lie down to sleep tonight, I pray that You would guard my sleeping and protect my mind from wandering thoughts and unnecessary planning. Teach me to wait for Your perfect timing and not to try to plan my future in my own strength.
Lord, I know that You have scheduled every day of my life. Help me to trust You in all things and rely on You to lead me along the straight path and guide me in the direction that You would have me to go.
Give me patience to wait for Your perfect timing, and may I not trust in my own abilities and scheming, but rather rest in Your love and trust my future into Your hands.
And so now Lord, I commit this night to you, asking that I would rest soundly and wake refreshed and strong to do Your bidding. This I ask in Jesus’ precious name,
Amen.
Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Evening-Prayers
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Prayer Of Thanksgiving In The Evening
Praise Your holy name Heavenly Father, for granting yet another day in my life and for being with me every step of the way. Thank You for the many blessings that You have provided and the love and fellowship that I have with the friends and family that in Your grace You have placed in my life.
My heart is so thankful for all the many blessings that I enjoy day by day, and today I am once again reminded that Your mercies are new every morning and Your faithfulness endures from generation to generation.
Thank You, that I have been brought into Your family and have been made a child of God and a citizen of heaven. Words cannot express my love and devotion to You Lord
I pray that You would watch over me as I rest tonight, and that You would give me a restful nights sleep so that I may wake up in the morning refreshed in body and spirit and ready to do Your will. Guard all those that I love and may we all grow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ in the days that lie ahead. This I ask in His precious name,
Amen.
Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Evening-Prayers
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PDJT is about to take the stage.
https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/live-president-trump-returns-for-a-historic-rally-in-butler-pennsylvania-10-5-24/
Jason Whitlock, making me laugh again today 😁
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Hobama is an idiot, does she think any of theses thugs are going to help her campaign?
I actually believe they’ve told her not to worry about the votes. It’ll be taken care of like it was for Ole joe.
Wonder if Hobama has done time with Diddy World.
Make Whitlock the press secretary.
You couldn’t pay me enough to sit through even one of her rallies, let alone three.
Trump statue made out of nails at the rally. “Tough as Nails.”
(⬆️ fixed the link)
Very cool statue
Trump just called Elon to the podium and he is now speaking.
He is praising Trump for having courage under fire. “Fight, fight, fight with blood coming down his face.”
He’s highlighting how the Left wants to ban voter ID, etc.
“Free speech is the bedrock of democracy.”
Elon: “President Trump must win to preserve the Constitution. He must win to preserve democracy in America.”
One request: Register to vote and “drag” others to register.
“If people don’t vote, this will be the last election.”
Drug one to register two days ago.
Will give that person a ride to early voting.
👍🏼🇺🇸
You gave drugs to somebody???
😂
Maybe he needed an aspirin. Or a beer.
Another request: dump democracy and replace with republic.
PDJT just told a story about not knowing what Starlink is, but when he was in NC people said they needed it to communicate. PDJT called Elon. While they were still on the phone the report came back to Trump that it had been put in place. Trump, amazed: “What kind of a system is that? Normally you have to hang up and make some calls.” 😅
LOL!!!
Trump thanked JD Vance and said he’ll go on the shows that others don’t want to do, like MSNBC.
If accurate, this is Not surprising. Couple videos from missile day last week, clearly showed a whole lot of hits on Israel.
This may, temper Israeli enthusiasm to strike Iran. I hope. Not interested in WWIII or potential nukes flying.
Israel IDF cannot go toe-to-toe with Iran missiles. Shear numbers.
https://.twittercom/Intel_Slava/status/1842419504728379851
I don’t even understand why Israel is there.
It’s like creating a country in the middle of a Philistine encampment, without defeating the Philistines.
What did they think was going to happen, besides perpetual war?
What else could possibly happen?
Methinks that was almost certainly a factor in God telling the Israelites to destroy all of their adversaries when taking the promised land the first time around, rather than telling them to just try to find an unoccupied crevice and see how long you can last, surrounded by your enemies.
It’s just so stupid it’s beyond words, and always has been. Which makes me think the whole point and purpose was for the ‘allies’ and their military industrial complex to have an “insta-war” button they could push at any time, to distract and/or stir up global chaos and disorder.
They could have gone anywhere in the world after WWII, and of all the real estate on earth, they chose the modern equivalent of Haman’s islamic Hornet’s Nest & Bistro.
Okay, fair enough, but if you’re going to set up shop in Haman’s islamic Hornet’s Nest, you’re gonna have to deal with Haman, you can’t just live in peace next door to him, because Haman’s not going to allow it.
So what has transpired, since 1948? Essentially, 76 years of war and counting. Nearly twice as long as the Israelites wandered in the desert.
That’s great.
If you’re going to defeat your enemies, then defeat your enemies.
If you’re not going to defeat your enemies, then go somewhere else.
There is no ‘third way’ that doesn’t include endless suffering and misery.
So either they like endless suffering and misery (not likely), or they’re not smart enough to understand the problem (not possible), or the whole reason modern Israel is where it is, is because it was intended to be a festering, unhealable wound on the global stage to provide endless opportunities for emotional manipulation, human suffering, and MIC income derived from both.
Did I miss anything?
They’re exactly where God said they would be in the last days. And most Jews have an emotional attachment to the land that God gave them in an everlasting covenant.
“They’re exactly where God said they would be in the last days.”
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We don’t know when the last days will be. Could be this year, could be 2,000 years from now, could be 10,000 years from now.
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“And most Jews have an emotional attachment to the land that God gave them in an everlasting covenant.”
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Emotion is very powerful.
But according to Scripture, they did not keep God’s Covenant, which God knew before the world was created, which is why a New Covenant was prophesied to come in the Old Testament, in Jeremiah 31:31:
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“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:”
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Which was then confirmed in Hebrews 8:8-9
“For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: [9] Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.” (boldface mine)
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“In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.” (Hebrews 8:13, KJV)
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“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;” (Colossians 2:14)
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“But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” (Hebrews 8:6, KJV)
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“For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.” (Hebrews 8:7, KJV)
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“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” (Romans 10:4)
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“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” (Matthew 5:17)
What does “fulfil” mean?
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Fulfill
verb (used with object)
1. to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
2. to perform or do, as duty; obey or follow, as commands.
3. to satisfy (requirements, obligations, etc.): a book that fulfills a long-felt need.
4. to bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time:
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“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. [25] But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.” (Galatians 3:24-25, KJV)
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“And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.” (Hebrews 12:24, KJV, boldface mine)
Every generation since that of the apostles has had a large minority or even a majority, of people who were convinced that their generation was the generation that would see it.
To that point, IIRC Jewish mothers of certain sects still ask the local rabbi if their newborn child is the Messiah.
….and then, there are some mothers that already know….
Matthew 24:36
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
Quote that until blue in the face.
It won’t stop ’em.
Lol, yeah I know. Sometimes I tell people that they are holding up the Rapture because they are sure they know when it’s coming!
The Lord has chosen Jerusalem and will dwell there forever
— Psalm 132:13-14
Right, but Iranian and HamISIS and Hesbollah rockets can’t hit the Lord. And even if they could, they wouldn’t have any effect on Him.
The Jewish people, on the other hand, are not so impervious.
You’re confusing covenants. God gave Abraham and his posterity the land as an eternal possession. This was an unconditional promise. Abraham (and his posterity) didn’t have to do anything to earn it.
The covenant He made with Israel at Mt. Sinai during their exodus was the law He gave them – that if they would follow it that it would go well with them and they would prosper. That’s a conditional covenant. That’s the covenant they broke. Not the unconditional one God made with Abraham.
Actually, we’ve been in the last days for 2,000 years according to the apostle John. (Read I John) All through the New Testament we are told many, many signs of the very last days. I can’t think of any that aren’t happening right now. We now have the technology to make the mark of the beast feasible (microchips and the coming digital currency). Fifty years from now we’ll way overshoot the technology in Revelation.
Obviously no one knows the day or the hour of Jesus’ coming. However, we were told that we should know the season. We were told that when we saw those signs beginning to happen that we should look up because our redemption draws nigh.
Preach it, sister!!!
Cannot relocate Jerusalem, the center of it all here on earth.
Why would anyone relocate it?
Maybe right now just isn’t the best time to occupy it.
Maybe after all of Israel’s enemies are kicked out would be better. Seems like the order may have gotten mixed up.
We will make America:
powerful
wealthy
healthy
strong
proud
safe
GREAT AGAIN!
🎶 YMCA 🎶
Trump is taking his time walking around the stage, rocking out and greeting the crowd. He’s making me nervous. 😬
After “YMCA,” Christopher Macchio is singing “Nessun Dorma.”
Now he’s singing “Hallelujah.”
He’s really good, I enjoyed his performances
LOL, it wasn’t Freebird…but it was really nice
Right!?? When he had his back to the camera out from behind the shield…I was counting the seconds he was standing in that one spot!
Easy girl. Watch your blood pressure.
First you tell someone to mind her hormones…now this! 😀
Surface area of Ganymede: 87.2 million square km.
LAND surface area of Earth: 148.9 million suare km. (Total 510.1 million square km.)
Ganymede has well over half the surface area of all of the land on Earth. Too bad it has so much ice, and no atmosphere (the largest body in the solar system not to have one).
Elon jumps!!!
….but did he land upright on a barge?
No. He didn’t make it . . . ran out of gas. You should’ve seen that rocket firing.
He is a really good jumper, no doubt about that.
NC Sheriffs pushing back on FEMA criminals.
“Reports” by whom?
Might not matter now that the memes have begun…😮
Oh, come, come now Steve. Providing sources for what may be unfettered speculation or intentional fabrication is so, so, well, passé, so behind the times in today’s fast-moving informational world.
We needn’t bother with such frivolous niceties now, should we?
Oh, never mind then. How silly of me.
Indeed.
Old Killary knew something..wonder how? The press is pro Trump she says..that’s a joke
Hillary Clinton has warned Kamala Harris of the risks of an unexpected and game-changing story in the final month before the presidential election—events often dubbed an October Surprise.
Former Democratic presidential nominee Clinton, who narrowly lost to Donald Trump in 2016, predicted “efforts to distort and pervert Kamala Harris, who she is, what she stands for, what’s she’s done,” ahead of the November 5 vote.
Appearing on PBS News’ Firing Line on Friday, Clinton was asked “what is something that you can see happening in the near future that we should be taking more seriously?”
“I anticipate something will happen in October, as it always does,” Clinton told host Margaret Hoover, expressing worries about social media disinformation from Russia, Iran, China and at home, as well as her concerns about the digital news cycle.
“I anticipate there will be a full-court press in October. The digital airwaves will be filled.
“And why does that matter? Because the press, that is pro-Trump anyway, oftentimes stories are put on digitally that then are picked up by, let’s say it, Fox and others.
“Then those stories are stories, so the mainstream press reports on them, and so that story then takes on a life of its own.”
Not sure what you’re driving at here.
Hitlary showed no sign of knowing WHAT the October surprise would be, just figuring there would be one. That latter hardly requires inside information.
I’m not driving anything. It’s what she said. If you don’t see any odd connection that’s your POV. Personally my POV is that it’s a weird conversation
This question seems a little too prescient to be coincidental.
“Appearing on PBS News’ Firing Line on Friday, Clinton was asked “what is something that you can see happening in the near future that we should be taking more seriously?”
Maybe Clinton is hoping the Oct surprise is HER..
It just keeps getting better and better… 😂
Exactly.
Last week Bongino reported his source said it wasn’t Hunter, AND we’d be surprised.
One of my posts suggested Kakala.
It would be one of the greatest October surprises ever.
Kamala’s rubbing this in our face?
Well it is what’s happening.
Are they trying to scale up January Sixth?
I am beginning to believe there is no other explanation.
Y’all – another MAJOR HURRICANE heading to FL – !
And the Village is in the cone – again – !
If this one passes in our near vicinity – it will be 4 hurricanes in just a little over one year – Idalia, Debby, Helene and Milton – – – !!!
YIKES!!!
So if the weather is being controlled, clearly the objective is to just obliterate red states and leave them to die, before the election.
Tampon Tim has a campaign donation problem.
Tampon Tim’s Donors Were Handed $15 Billion in State Payments 😮
Whoa… that almost seems like quid-pro-are you kidding me?!?
Sidebar link added!
How QR Codes Work / Blue Marble Bias (Flat Earth) / Moons of Jupiter
Made some edits. Cleanup, a tiny bit more on Ganymede (stuff I put in a comment yesterday), and significant changes to the paragraph about “how small a moon can get and still be a moon.” (I realized that surely astronomers HAVE thought about the issue.)
Also I just discovered there’s actually a naming convention for Jupiter’s irregular satellites (-a for prograde, -e for retrograde, and not withstanding that, -o for highly inclined), so I stuck in a paragraph about that.