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General Discussion, Saturday, February 4, 2017
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Peaceful, prolife protest next Saturday, Feb. 11th, nationwide–to promote defunding Planned Parenthood. Locations at the link below (196 planned so far):
http://protestpp.com/locations/
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I doubt this will be peaceful because it will be infiltrated to cause trouble and make them look bad. I mean, the pro-abortionists will fight to protect their precious baby killing industry.
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Maybe the pro lifers need to do like the Tea Party had to do for awhile and carry signs that say “we’re not with them” and arrows that point at the person that the sign is held next to.
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It will be pretty obvious, Rhea. But that is a good idea. I’ve seen it done before, and it is effective.
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Not sure successful infiltration would occur, aus. Pro-abortionists become totally unglued when faced with pro-life advocates–not sure they could BEAR to pretend to be pro-life in any way.
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Two very good related articles by T.L. Davis (the second is below):
The Great Social Earthquake
http://christianmerc.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-great-social-earthquake.html
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[First T.L. Davis article seems to be in limbo…]
By Force, By Us
http://christianmerc.blogspot.com/2017/02/by-force-by-us.html
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Howdy, stella. I just posted two articles from blogspot, but neither showed up.
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Thank you, stella!! 🙂
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Thumping Trump has the right idea…
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Good for the goose;
good for the gander…
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Tex might be enjoying a relapse.
Hope not; but just in case, here it be…
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The pause that refreshes.
Thank you, Mary.
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‘Mach mal pause’, the German counterpart to that Coke slogan I remember from the 60s. The things that sit hiding in corners of your brain…now where are those car keys?j
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Where’s the car?
Found the keys;
but the car is out
of its signal range. 😉
… and they say
walking is good
for your health.
Where’s my placard?!
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Didn’t we put the placard with the keys so we wouldn’t lose either?
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You’re asking me?!
The keys were in my
pocket and my glasses
were on top of my head.
Don’t wear pants around
the house and forgot that
keys hang near the garage
door. Trying to remember
the last time saw either as
exited the garage, looking
at the car. Scratched my
head and found my glasses.
Nose was imitating a river,
so reached in my pocket
for my handkerchief and
found my keys. All’s well
that ends well. Why am I
standing here by the car?
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What were we talking about?
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Beats me?!
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Thank ya kindly. I wuz pre-occupied with a poker game. Hope I can be forgiven. 😉
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Tex, all’s well that ends well.
Hope you are not poker broke.
Good to see your post. Trust you
are feeling better. Life simply just
doesn’t get any better or happier.
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You’re a good friend, Impeach! Hope Tex is ok.
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Just sitting here enjoying the aroma
of another turkey cooking low and slow.
Realized the cats are late to the party.
So, when the cats are away, the mice…
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Time to join their gabfest
with a cup of Mary’s tea.
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The cats have been sent outside to “play nice”. This won’t last long…
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Kitties will be kitties…
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Hey ImpeachEmAll… Are you doing okay? We’ve all missed your posts, drop us a line and let us know you’re okay. 👋🏻 *waves* 😊
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OMG…the little boy petting a cat is wearing a pistol holster…….his parents must not be progressive liberal freedom hating democrats or public school administrators!!
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That is part of the charm of the photo 🙂
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That is why he is like my three grown sons who grew up with a alpha male father who cherishes the maleness. ..always did.
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Today was crazy busy at the restaurant. It was fun.
Tomorrow is the single busiest day, sales-wise, of the year, in our restaurants.
Lots of adult beverages, mainly. It’s a winter festival here.
In its current incarnation the place is less than a month old. And we have a new line cook starting tomorrow, of all days. If he comes back after tomorrow’s craziness, he stays.
I also get to educate the lazy kids I’m replacing tomorrow. If they show up.
Great crew, too, so far. It’s the first kitchen full of actual maturity and professionalism I’ve ever been a part of, and it feels good.
Yesterday when I walked into the kitchen I tested their racial chips. I said, in the whitest, nerdiest voice I could muster, huge smile, “My Negroes!!”. All of them almost fell on the floor laughing.
Me and Chef have more experience in this industry than anyone in the entire restaurant. His is twice mine. He has knives older than all of his sous chefs. I’m glad he snapped me up and roped me back into it, because when you’re good at it, it’s fun. Especially when it gets crazy. Tomorrow’s gonna be 12 hours, at least, of craziness.
I have to be in at 10, so, goodnight ladies!
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Hope all goes well tomorrow, Wooly! Get a good night’s sleep.
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It’ll be Sunday morning before you realize it.
Always great to have an enjoyable, fun job.
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🙂 x100.. Go get em… !
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Wooly, you’re something else, you are. 😀
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Wooly I’m so happy that you are in a place that is good for your spirit ! Bravo my friend! Knock ’em dead!
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I’d put R Lee’s ‘wake up’ clip on but it may exceed the tolerances of a lot of readers.
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Ben doesn’t do PC, either.
Ben just tells it like it is. 😉
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Who would have guessed?!
https://twitter.com/TheRalphRetort/status/827644492605972480
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https://twitter.com/HarmlessYardDog/status/827692885243985921
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Now wait a gosh darn minute… did I miss an entire day? Here ya go!
Something or other about a football game later.. meh!
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Boycott the NFL!
I don’t want to hear some overpaid ninny complain about how oppressed he is in America. Give me a break.
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So yesterday we vacuumed… Every nook and cranny. Every sofa cushion, and I washed all of the sofa pillow covers… I hate it.
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Sorry Amwick, those permanent things are so hard, (((amwick)))
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I bought an iRumba robot vacuum cleaner on sale. does better than I even care about. meh to dust and dog hair. I used to care more about clean. grateful for weaker eyesight today.
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amwick 😢
I’m so sorry, friend. 💞
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I hear ya. I can sympathize with those folks who bred hairless dogs and cats.
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My vet has one of these as their current “office cat”:
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I’m sorry, but thru just don’t look ‘natural’. I suppose that they serve a purpose as cats for cat people who can’t have cats buuuuuuttttt…….
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Very sweet and quite friendly. Looks a bit funny.
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If I looked like that cat I’d be sucking up to anyone who’d feed, house and protect me from the real cats who’d most likely line up to kick my tail.
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The word that comes to my mind is strange………….or maybe weird.
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Hair-raising, even……
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LOL
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Mornin’ kids!
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Good morning WeeWeed 🙂
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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That cat’s got skillzzzz!
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Mornin’ S&S!
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Morning Wee!!!
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Mornin’ WeeWeed!
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Mornin’ Stella!
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hmmmm saw this on the news… in between football stuff.
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I have been seeing this on FOX.
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Yup.
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I don’t drink coffee but I’d buy some from BRC just to support them and give it to friends.
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Black Rifle Coffee, serving jihadis 62 grains at a time.
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I went to their website. http://www.blackriflecoffee.com
12 oz. runs around $12.95 and there is a note that they are running about 2 weeks behind on their orders because there has been such a huge demand. 🙂 Also, when you are on the site there is a little popup that appears with the name of a customer who just purchased something. I assume you can opt out of that. But, I thought it was pretty cool.
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Yeah, I thought it was cool thst it’s in Salt Lake City too. I can remember when coffee was almodt a mortal sin there, in my college coffee drinkers were actually segregated to a small section of the student union buolding with the equally sinful smokers.
They also have a newsletter you can subscribe to.
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Yet another reason not to buy Starbucks crap.
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Why I really, really like my town 🙂 . He also has a sticker on his back window that reads “Black Guns Matter.”
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AR you prepared?
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Happy wedding day to Mr. and Mrs. Tundra 🙂 A world of blessings!
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Best Wishes from the sweet tooth…
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👍🏻
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Good find, lovely!!! Im so happy for them. Love is wonderful! 😊
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Woot woot!!
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Fair winds and following seas, y’all. Oh wait…that was a blue-water Navy toast…oh what the heck. Have a great tour.
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She was a very lovely bride.
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I was so happy to hear that you were going to be there! Beautiful!
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Thanks everybody! Wow, what a great snow duo. It was an incredible day, and a beautiful ceremony.
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Congratulations!
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Holy cow, Stella, what are you doing up so late??
I have been wreathed in smiles and floating in joy for 2 days. Having Menagerie here has been a gift beyond measure. Don’t know how I can let her go home tomorrow.
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I stayed up late, then slept in this morning. I’m happy for you and for Menagerie. I know she has enjoyed her visit.
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Congratulations Mrs. Tundra, I’m so happy for you ❤️
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Thanks lovely! I’m filled with joy.
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Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎 (Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 🍸 (earthquake)
Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (white wine and perrier)
Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 (Tom Collins)
Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 (Black & Tan)
Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 (Boilermaker)
Mornin’ Czarina! 🙂 🍸 (Lynchburg Lemonade)
Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 (Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 (Irish Car Bomb)
Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 (Godfather)
Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 (Mortlach)
Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 (Roy Rogers)
Mornin’ Howie! (aka “doodahdaze”) 🙂 (Classic Daiquiri)
Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 (Gin & Tonic)
Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 (Blackberry wine)
Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 (Backdraft)
Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸 (Jack & Coke)
Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 (Not even water)
Mornin’ Ms.Tee! 🙂 🍸 (Mojito)
Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! 🙂 🍸 🍸 (Cuba Libre)
Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂 (Flaming Dr. Pepper)
Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂 (Stinger)
Mornin’ Les! 🙂 (Rusty Nail)
Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂 (Jack Daniels)
Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂 (Whiskey Smash)
Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂 (B52)
Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂 (Rum & Coke)
Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Kamikaze)
Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂 (Night Train Express)
Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸 (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸 (1961 Château Montrose)
Mornin’ amwick! 🙂 🍸 (Blue motorcycle)
Mornin’ hocuspocus13! 🙂 🍸 (1970 Chateau Latour)
Mornin’ Sloth1963! 🙂 🍸 (1971 Moulin Touchais)
Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) 🙂 (Albanian Raki Moskat)
Mornin’ Rhea Salacia Volans! 🙂 (Hot Buttered Rum)
Mornin’ joshua! 🙂 (Mudslide)
Mornin’ John Denney 🙂 (RumChata)
Mornin’ litenmaus 🙂 (Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
Mornin’ kinthenorthwest 🙂 🍸 (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
Mornin’ TwoLaine 🙂 (Smoking Bishop)
Mornin’ patternpuzzler 🙂 🍸 (Old Lady)
Mornin’ Senatssekretär FREISTAAT DANZIG 🙂 (Red Russian)
Mornin’ whiners and complainers! 😛 (No drink for you!)
Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕
Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance!
Breakfast!
NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!
Apple Coffee Cake with Crumble Topping and Brown Sugar Glaze!
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Morning Nyet!!! Thank you!
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Cake and bacon please!
Morning Nyet and everyone! Stay Deplorable! 🙂
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I have gotten to the point where I re read the list of your “good mornings” to see if my name is there, or if I might have passed away and just not noticed it.
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Good afternoon Nyet 🙂
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Add a little toast to the top photo, and it will be perfect! (With tea and orange juice accompaniment, of course.)
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Socialists being socialists…
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https://twitter.com/pimpmytweeting/status/825734731568443395
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First your assuming that anyone still listens to him.
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https://twitter.com/TruthinGov2016/status/827844312457211904
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So what is the legality of this? I’m getting extremely tired of watching businesses thumb their nose at the president.
Thankfully I’m almost done with college. Guess what else is thumbing their nose at President Trump.
Idiot colleges whine about “being inclusive,” clearly learned nothing from OSU attack.
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Class act…
https://twitter.com/WDFx2EU64/status/827889163487834112
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Hillary Clinton Doc Dump Part 6
Some things never change…
https://twitter.com/GOPPollAnalyst/status/827810441770496000
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Here’s the link to the goodies…
http://archive.is/OBwiO
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https://twitter.com/GOPPollAnalyst/status/827850743310856193
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https://twitter.com/GOPPollAnalyst/status/828076038139871234
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https://twitter.com/Melh190/status/828074063201341440
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https://twitter.com/GOPPollAnalyst/status/828078944180121600
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Wonder who’s on IRAN’S list???? The thot plickens……..
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-03/iran-name-us-individuals-involved-helping-and-founding-terrorist-groups#comments
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Whole buncha possibilities there. Could be thry have access to info on NGOs aiding US transfers of ‘stuff’ to groups fighting Iranian/IRG/Hezz actions in Mideast…or it could be a list of individuals/agencies doing business with Israel. They could also work sone things to cause oil prices to rise, whole lotta optiobs available to them.
I’d suggest that one possible retaliation is to work with Israel to ID and target Iran’s top tier IRG operatives in countries outside of Iran and eliminating them. Whole buncha options available to us too. This may be our last chance to knock Iran back brfore the same treasonous crowd that infected us with the Islamofascist likes of the POtuS getva second chance to destroy us.
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https://twitter.com/trump_commander/status/827898384824438784
This 👆🏻!!!! 😊
There is much cleaning up to do, but Mad Dog Mattis is the right man for the job!
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Kim Jong has a lot of problems, chief among them is it’s not 1950 any more.
South Korea’s not only been preparing for this war for over 60 years and has hobed its combat skills in real war while NK has just practice. SK also has a far better logistics train and better technology, notbto mention that a NK attack would have to deal with the huge urban area just south of the DMZ, a SK tactical advantage. I also wonder how effective the NK troops would be if they made it as far as downtown Seoul and saw the consumer goods and food.
Another big problem is that NK would face the wrath of the US and quite probably Japan, though I think the UN Command would hold the possibility of direct Japanese involvement as a card to play to keep China from stepping in. NK fronts would definately be a target-rich environment.
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Kim Jong is definitely a warmonger and a nut. Very bad combination.
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I think his being a nut long predates his being a warmonger.
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Agreed. Genetic defect.
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czar, they do a lot of missile tests but people are starving over there. Could NK fight effectively at all? I’ve heard some horror stories about life in NK. Will people who are struggling to survive be really gunning for war?
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The exact number of Koreans who starved to death over the last tweny years is unknown but I sort of dtivk with th ten percent of the population figure. Daddy Kim faced crippling sanctions over refusing to trash his missile and nuke programs and he was insble to produce enough food to feed his country. Andvyes, they can fight. One of the basic tules of dictatorship is ‘don’t piis off the troops’, they got the guns. Food was diverted to the military and the military families to ensure their loyalty…works great. The various military units aren’t hungry and anyone who pushes thru their lines will be overrun with hungry refugees.
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The grown-ups are in charge again!
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Fabulous read……
https://regiehammblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/this-hitler-nonsense/
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Fabulous indeed.
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Really good. Thanks for posting it.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lMlulR0oS7o
Speaking of calling Trump H_tler 🙄🙄🙄
I’m not really sure if this guy’s supposition is correct, but personally I’m glad Trump didn’t go on Beck’s show. He’s lost it.
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I was reading newspapers and magazines from the civil war time period. Lincoln was condemned by all sides for his actions.
“Lincoln did all of those things to end and win the Civil War. And today we love him for it …as we should. Because in the end, his vision was right …even though his methods were suspect in the heat of the moment.”
I honestly don’t know how to digest this statement. Things today are as they are. Lincoln, and the new at the time republican party, did not follow the law to win the presidency or keep the country together. The author of the blog post basically stated that “the ends justifies the means”. I don’t agree with that.
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Do you mean you don’t agree with Lincoln doing whatever he thought necessary to win the war or you don’t agree with the ‘ends justify the means’ doctrine period?
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Just curious, I’ve always held that ‘situational ethics’ card in my pocket as a fallback. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’.
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I understand and agree with that, but as I wrote, the newspapers of back then read like the backroom TPP deals of today.
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Yellow journalism was a driving factor for that war, the northern rag jockeys hated the South (some things nrver change) and abolition became a cause celeb. That north, South dislike goes back to the founding of the country, a British carryover.
I think Lincoln, from contemporaty writing, would have gladly allowed slavery to continue had that have saved the Union but the media drove the train.
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Per statements accredited to Lincoln, he was not interested in slavery so much as preserving the Union. He claimed that if he could have stopped the War by freeing all the slaves he would have, or if freeing none would have stopped it he would have done that too, or free some but not others. Whatever happened his goal was the preservation of the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation had no teeth anywhere where the Union Army was not. It was issued more to keep France and Britain from aiding the South by making the war a moral issue.
Sadly, the idea that the Civil War was about slavery rather then State’s rights is a myth that goes on to this day. I’m not in favor of slavery. I’m in favor of small local government, so I would have been a Confederate sympathizer, which was not a good thing to be if you lived in the North.
Massachusetts, on a somewhat related note, does not get the right to thumb their nose at President Trump’s immigration suspension. We’ve already had the argument about State’s rights; it took the lives of almost 600,000 people to sort out. Massachusetts has discovered belatedly that they were on the wrong side in that war (though they don’t know it and I doubt they’ll figure it out) and the right side of the argument lost the war.
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As I said, Lincoln’s primary desire was to preserve the Union, not end slavery. Historical revisionists who were working on making the long dead slavery issue in indelible national sin that could only be salved with an emdless application of money colored the nsrrative.
A good part of the reason for the Emancipation Proclamation was to free up bodies for the Union army which was having recruitment problems. It would also cause problems internally in the states in succession states through a number of avenues. He couldn’t free slaves on the Union border states as the slaves were still property and he couldn’t expropriate them unless the states were in revolt.
There were also stories about his having a plan to pick up all of the slaves and shop them back to Africa. We’d established Liberia so the base was already there. The NE had shopped a load of its slsves there when the New England states banned slavery between the late 1700s and 1840. They didn’t want (more like ‘need’) slavery any more and weren’t to happy to have the slaves there either. Liberal hypocrisy didn’t travel as well vack then before we had social media.
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Yep! Couldn’t agree more. Sorry for the long explaination/repetition. I do that sometimes.
Aside: I will never forget listening to a woman who complained that her kids were not being taught that the war was about slavery. They were using much older history books in school that taught that the war was about – gasp- State’s Rights!
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A bit of both, but from what I’ve been reading the war had been unnecessary in the beginning, Lincoln or his side, set up the South into firing the first shot. If not for the Federal government’s reaction, many of the states that were neutral or originally staying in the Union wouldn’t have switched.
So my objection has more to do with the months of events that lead up and the first shot that are not part of regular history given of Lincoln freeing the slaves and keeping the union together.
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From what I know, it was the new states that were the sticking point – whether or not to allow slavery when accepting a new state into the union.
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The “slavery” issue was brought up simply to garner British support and $$$$$$. None of that became an issue until the “union” was running out of money. And, it was NOT the original point of contention.
Lincoln is NOT my hero.
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He’s got the idea though he wanders from some of the facts and makes some questionable assumptions. Thing is, he’s right in saying it’s over-the-top to compare damn near anyone to Hitler.
Thing is, Europe was still on the cusp of Old Europe where the lives of the people belonged to the monarchy/state and were tools. How many people were killed by Russian leaders from the Czars through the Commissars? How many were killed by the French monarchy thru Napoleon? The Spanish under their various wars, the Inquisition and let’s not forget the millions they killed in the New World.
The US was the new order, it was a democracy where the pesants got to control and value their own lives. We were valuing lives long before the various European countries started doing it…remember Ww I and II?
To me, if there are any Hitlers out there you can shake ’em outta the Rat party where babies can be murdered even after they are born. Where healthcare is mismansged by the government and rationed by bureaucrats. Where their idiotic social policies have created the innercity killing fields and communities of endless hopelessness and dependency. Where they create a deadly mess on the country’s floor and deny any responsibility for cleaning it up. And let’s not forget their Goebbels in Hollywood and New York.
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Liberals making war…sort of like eunuchs making love.
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https://twitter.com/davewellwisher/status/827886233040875520
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Here? Put it here?
Happy Caturday?
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https://twitter.com/kovypifyzuby/status/824212530155225088
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Man, look at those ears!
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They’re kind of different. Sweet faces though. 🙂
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kitty has a mousy hat?….is this something like the Women Pink version for marching wear?
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Nyet…he’s doing it again…
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A bit of Americana for y’all! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Here’s A List Of All The Muslim Countries That Ban Jews
http://www.dailywire.com/news/13066/heres-list-all-muslim-countries-ban-jews-michael-qazvini
Syria
Iran
Iraq
Yemen
Libya
Algeria
Bangladesh
Brunei
Kuwait
Lebanon
Malaysia
Oman
Pakistan
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
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Interesting that Indonesia, world’s most populous Moslem nation, doesn’t ban Jews.
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You forgot Palm Beach…they even took Trump to court to prevent him from allowing Jews to use Mar-a-Lago and his golf course.
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https://twitter.com/Patriot18D/status/827925949110890496
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Didn’t even have to read the caption, that thought came immediately to mind.
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I like this guy’s style.
Infamous Picture-Ruining Yellow Car in Famous English Village Vandalised
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/04/infamous-picture-ruining-yellow-car-famous-english-village-vandalised/
With locals’ public backing, the retired dentist says he won’t have his style dictated by tourists. Told by mechanics that his car was probably an insurance write-off, Maddox says he plans to buy a replacement — in lime green.
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Not 75 yet….
I used to think I was just a regular guy, but . . .I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not, makes me a racist.
I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today’s standards, makes me a fascist.
I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, now makes me a homophobic.
I am non-union, which makes me a traitor to the working class and an ally of big business.
I am a Christian, which now labels me as an infidel.
I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which now makes me a member of the vast gun lobby.
I am older than 65, which makes me a useless old man.
I think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the main stream media tells me, which must make me a reactionary.
I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe.
I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and the legal system, which makes me a right-wing extremist.
I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual’s merits, which today makes me an anti-socialist.
I believe in the defense and protection of the homeland for and by all citizens, which now makes me a militant.
Now, a sick old woman said me and my friends are a basket of deplorables.
Please help me come to terms with the new me . . . because I’m just not sure who I am anymore!
I would like to thank all my friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, new found changes in my life and my thinking!
I just can’t imagine or understand what’s happened to me so quickly!
Funny . . . it’s all just taken place over the last 7 or 8 years!
As if all this crap wasn’t enough to deal with, I’m now afraid to go into either restroom!
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I recommend tennis, three times a week.
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you want I should pee on a tennis court??
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That might should actually bring some interest into the game.
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Serve that, you’ll receive lots of love.
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Easier than chasin’ a yella ball.
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What happened to the caturday thread?
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LOL
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I’m on partial strike this week. No extras.
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Oh, sorry, I forgot.
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Caturday can be anywhere people of good will and young hearts care to create it.
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Today was doggie day at the restaurant. We had lots of puppies up in one corner of the front of the house. It was for Al-Van Humane Society, and also a giant festival day in town. This place looked like Disney World today. Still does.
I bet every single one got adopted. One was nibbling on Chef’s fingers, because he works with a lot of steaks.
I didn’t get to see too many of the entrants in the ice sculpture compy, but they’ll all be gone tomorrow, because of all the drunken pub crawls tonight.
Sad, that. But the doggies in our restaurant, while thousands (srsly) of people streamed in and out for the chili compy, was super cute. I think it even lowered the stress level for everyone working.
And this kitchen proved me right again, today. Top notch. I may even go back in a couple of hours to close it down, and give them a breather.
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We used to frequent a place called Touchstones,, there was an item on the menu called Thumb bits… small pieces of sirloin in a nice sauce… 🙂 Chef humor…. 🙂
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Well, at least Joshua didn’t. I hope I still have my memory when I’m 75.
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Sit down and buckle up. I know you’re gonna be shocked when you read this. Who’s behind the Berkeley mess? Take a couple guesses and then read the article. 👿 👿
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/03/look-who-funds-the-group-behind-the-call-to-arms-at-milos-berkeley-event/
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Save up your pennies. A whole slew of new memoir’s are headin’ our way. 😆 😆
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/howie_carr/2017/02/carr_new_crop_of_books_nobody_wants_to_make_for_good_pulp_fiction#.WJYimkY39Rw.facebook
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I saw a book by Megyn Kelly while shopping today.
I walked on by. 🙂
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Apropos of nothing – this article about Stephen Miller is 100% accurate.
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/02/03/ann-coulter-establishment-targeting-stephen-miller-brilliant-patriotic-genius-behind-trump/
15 Aug 2016, had a prime spot in front row at Trump’s speech at Y-town State Univ (was in the corner by the wall). Was able to see and hear things everyone else missed – including Stephen Miller. Took about a week to figure what, and the significance of what, Miller was doing. This young man, Stephen Miller, is indeed brilliant.
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The only thing that concerns me about folks who are this young, is that for most of them their worldview is very narrow. And it doesn’t matter much which side of the aisle. Every POTUS has had one of the wunderkinds, and unfortunately, they often times have a portfolio that exceeds their abilities.
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Apropos of work today:
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That’s actually one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while. Just discovered it.
Discovered this one a couple of weeks ago. It’s mesmerising.
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congressional black caucus?
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My mind don’t work that way, Joshua.
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Nah, these guys move too much.
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Hm, I wonder what kind of uproar there would be if they were twerking?
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Aaah!! >.<
Brain bleach! Pass the brain bleach!
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Dangit! I just gave ISIS a new idea.
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attention, George Soros…..karma is a bytche…
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Superb.
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Free speech is not a concept college lefties are in favor of.
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The left truly is mentally ill. This is an entire editorial from The Washington Post. I’ve cut and pasted because of paywalls and such.
Rachel Manteuffel works in The Post’s Editorial department.
Dear the Honorable Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
How are you? No, really, how are you?
I’ve found myself thinking about you lately, and how things are going with you, and I just wanted you to know that I admire you very much and have some tokens of my esteem that you might enjoy.
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Such as blood. If you have any need for blood, you can have the eight or so units of A-positive that are right here in my body. There’s also a gently used liver in here, lobes of it just lying around if you need them.
I am 32 years old and in good health. I take vitamins and fish oil. In the gym, I recently lifted almost three times your weight with my butt.
Do you like platelets? I have excellent platelets. I have had all my shots. If you, personally, ask me to, I will give up cheese. I can do eight push-ups and a 10-minute mile. My kidneys function well. I have two. Either one is yours for the taking. Both, if need be.
My cholesterols are in good ranges. I am confident that, whatever triglycerides are, mine are more than ample. I will be eating more vegetables, just in case. I have scads of nerves that you can have. Just take them. My skin would graft onto you beautifully. Bones, stem cells, a whole eyeball I don’t need, feet of intestines, feet. Just a ridiculous amount of health, way more than should rightly belong to someone with my standing in the world. It is not just. And I know you like justice.
I assume you see what I am driving at. My driver’s license says organ donor, but I have added a sticker stipulating that you get first right of refusal for all parts. If you need to keep me on life support in your house, just in case, while you slice off any bits that appeal to you, that is totally fine and my loved ones will understand. Believe me, they understand. We have discussed it.
I am somewhat bigger than you are, so my heart might not be a perfect fit. Have it cut to size.
Please find $50 enclosed for your personal trainer.
Thank you,
Rachel
P.S. If this offer does not interest you, please pass it along to Justice Breyer.
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Yes, they are. I believe it was Michael Savage that coined the phrase, “Liberalism is a mental disorder.” He was correct and succinct.
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Really?
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That was a real thing. 🙄 🙄
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Somebody over on teh FB posted a Glen Campbell video of Gentle on My Mind. This is a cover by a young band, whom I think hit a home run. Where’s the keys, Miss Wee?
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I think I gave ’em to you, honyock! 😀
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😯 😯
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We gonna get some fresh air. Belly up y’all. The barkeep needs some quarters for the jukebox too. You know that’ll help yer service too. 😆
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WTFO, local news is carrying a piece on two young Detroit men (race unmentioned) involved in a shooting/stabbing over an alleged stolen video game station and TV set. Is Detroit selling its crime spots now for filler or did NOLA just have a dry spot in its over two shooting a day spree?.
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If inauguration numbers matter, BO beat Trump;
but lost to his north korean comrade, big time. 😉
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Another in the Bamiyan Buddhas series:
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Discussion on FB about the serious violent rioting, threats against the President etc. Saw this comment.
I believe with all my heart that God’s intervention is the reason Trump won. God will see his will done one way or the other. He never promised us it would be easy. I’ve taken to reciting in my head several times a day “if God is for us, who can be against us.” It gives me peace. I’m going to sit back and watch God work this out.
What do you think?
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Overall, I am in general agreement–until I get to the “sit back and watch” part. God uses individuals, yes, but He uses LOTS of them. Including you–and me–and others:
I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
–Isaiah 6:8–
In addition, it is important to remember that God uses people to save–but also to chastise.
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That stuck out for me too. I wonder if he/she meant it the way it sounds, after saying earlier that “He never promised us it would be easy.” We should all do what we can do, but in the end, is it we alone who can turn the tide?
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We should all do what we can do, but in the end, is it we alone who can turn the tide?
“We alone”? Unpack that a little more for me, stella.
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Meaning that “I’m going to sit back and watch God work this out.” (what he/she said) is an acknowledgment that we are in God’s hands, rather than He being in ours.
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I would have thought that “He alone” meant that, not “we alone”.
And I agree with your statement immediately above–it just doesn’t seem to be what I was asking about…my error, most likely.
Arrgh, this would be better as a face-to-face conversation, instead of an online one. Too many chances to make a mistake in interpretation.
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the “serenity prayer” is often followed by the phrase “Faith without Works is Dead”
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When you’re in a rowboat and see a big storm coming, pray to God, but row toward shore.
“Do your best; commit the rest.”
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USA Today is reporting that ‘thousands of anti-Trump protestors marched near his Mar-a-Lago estate to protest his policies. Well they’re on Flagler, completely across the Intercoastal Waterway from his estate, Drew Brees couldn’t toss a rock even halfway across the Intercoastal from Flagler to his dock. Guess that terms for USA Today are relative to the truth they’re creating.
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It will be effective propaganda, nevertheless.
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