This is probably more readable on substack, but I'll include the text here for those who want to stay on NOSTR.  If you want to make sure you get parts 2 & 3 subscribe on substack.
https://trustjesus.substack.com/p/why-is-a-literal-interpretation-of

Why is a literal interpretation of Genesis Important? Part 1Science, Archaeology, and the Inerrancy of Genesis
There are so many people that say Genesis, especially the first 11 chapters, is myth or analogy or poetry and we shouldn’t take it literally. Sadly it isn’t just atheists saying this. Many Christian leaders say this, but they are mistaken. God means what He says and says what He means. The creator of the universe is fully knowledgeable of everything that happened in the past and is fully capable of communicating that to us. In fact a proper view of Genesis is critical for fully understanding the rest of the Bible, especially the Gospel.

Is a proper view of Genesis required for salvation? No. Does the Gospel message have a lot of holes in it and is it hard to defend if you are missing Genesis as the foundation? Very much, yes.

When I was a new Christian (almost 40 years ago), I thought it odd that with each day of creation, the Bible says “and there was evening and there was morning the xth day.” I thought this because it was so clear God was describing a normal 24 hour day that included day and night. Today there are people that believe Chapter 1, describing creation, is a myth borrowed from other cultures, like the Sumerians (they never seem to consider that the Sumerians and other ancient civilizations got their myths from real history and from God). Others think each day corresponds to vast ages (which doesn’t work at all.) Many people think that “science” has disproven the early chapters of Genesis. All of this is completely wrong. The atheists understand that destroying belief in Genesis destroys the foundation of the Bible, but most Christians don’t seem to understand how destructive this is.God did not allow for interpreting the days of creation as vast ages. The day/age proponents will say that the word yom can mean a 24 hour day or a longer length such as “the days of Moses”. Although this is generally true, the word yom always means a normal 24 hour day when used with a number (like first day, second day, etc.) and also when used with one or both of the words evening and morning. Another problem is that God created the plants and trees on day 3, but created the sun on day 4. How could plants and trees survive for vast ages without the sun? If it wasn’t for people trying to force million and billions of years into Genesis to allow for man’s anti-god theory of evolution, nobody would interpret the clear meaning of Genesis chapter 1 in this way. Will you put man’s theories above the truth of God?We need to consider the motivations of the so-called experts that claim to have proven millions or billions of years. Why do we supposedly need to add great ages to the true age of the Earth (around 6,000 years) that was clearly and intentionally declared in the Bible? People, who did not want to believe in a god, have worked very hard to try to disprove the Bible and creation. They have started with the axioms, “there is no god” and “the only allowable explanation is natural processes.” From these unproven axioms, they use a bunch of logic and science to supposedly prove there is no god, but it is just circular reasoning. It is a form of the “begging the question” logical fallacy where “the conclusion is assumed in one of the premises. It is an attempt to prove something is true while simultaneously taking that same thing for granted. This line of reasoning is fallacious because the assumption is not justified by any evidence.” 1 The fact is, what happened in the past can NOT be proven or disproven by science. Science requires repeatable experiments. We cannot do experiments in the past. The best we can do is experiments today to see if it is possible that the remaining evidence suggests that a particular thing happened in the past. It cannot be proven. A theory that accurate predicts we will find certain evidence, and then, after the prediction has been made correctly predicts evidence is a good theory. A theory that makes predictions that do not come to pass or that contradicts new evidence is a bad theory.There are two kinds of science: experimental science and historical/forensic science. When people say “science proves” they are talking about experimental science which looks at a situation, hypothesizes how it works or what it will do next, designs an experiment to prove or disprove the hypothesis, and then adjusts the hypothesis based on the results of the experiment. It normally takes many people doing many experiments over an extended period of time for something to even be considered a scientific theory. There are only a few scientific laws that are so well proven true that they are considered laws, ie. the laws of thermodynamics or the law of gravity. Historical or forensic science looks at evidence and tries to predict what happened in the past. It is a much less sure form of science. Without a trustworthy witness, what happened in the past can never be proven. All that can be shown is likelihood and even that can be strongly influenced by assumptions or world views.Atheists assume that all processes in effect today were always the same and therefore the large layers of sediment are due to billions of years of dust. This was predicted in 1 Peter 3:3-7:“Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.”It is amazing, but not surprising, how God predicted the exact arguments being made by atheist scientists today.People who trust the Bible assume those same layers of sediment are due to the global flood described in Genesis 7-8. Which matches better? Many of these layers are 100s of feet thick and stretch across continents or even over multiple continents. Millions of years of dust wouldn’t do this, but a global flood would. Within these sediments are both land and sea creatures mixed together. This makes sense if everything was effected by a catastrophic global flood which washed sea creatures up onto land and buried the sea creatures with the land animals. It makes no sense in the slow processes we see today. In fact, fossils in general only form in catastrophes. An animal that dies on the dry land, is eaten by scavengers and broken down by bacteria and fungi and disappears completely in weeks or months or maybe a few years in a very dry or very cold climate. They don’t fossilize unless they are quickly buried, like in a flood or maybe a landslide, but even the landslide burial would require mineralized water to fossilize the bones.There are also lots of other evidences that the Earth is young. In the past it was assumed fossils were millions to hundreds of millions of years old, so they were not checked for soft tissues. Experiments have proven it is impossible for there to be any soft tissue after approximately a million years and unlikely after ~100,000 years even under perfect conditions. The length of time is dependent on the temperature of the tissue and exposure or lack of exposure to chemicals and water. Starting with Dr. Mary Schweitzer’s T-rex leg bone, over 100 fossils have been found recently that are supposed to be many millions of years old, but contain soft tissue including obvious collagen, blood cells and blood vessels that are stretchy and look like living tissue. Although there are numerous theories on how this could be possible. if the bones were really millions of years old, none of these theories are believable. On the other hand, if the majority of these fossils were created by the global flood ~4,500 years ago, it is definitely possible and believable to find soft tissue in some of the buried bones.In addition to Biological evidence supporting the Bible and a young Earth, there are lots of astronomical evidences of a young universe. One of the best is the existence of comets. Comets normally orbit the Sun in a very elliptical (stretched circle) manner. The comets change little while they are far out in space beyond the planets where it is very cold and there is little influence from the sun, but when the comets enter the inner solar system, the heat and solar wind melt and blow off some of the water and other material shrinking the comet. This is what causes the tail(s). Eventually the comets break apart and cease to exist, sometimes with a dramatic explosion. We know how much mass comets usually lose as they approach the sun and can show that comets should not exist in the solar system after about 100,000 years, but our solar system is supposed to be billions of years old. Why are there still comets?

Astronomers know of this problem, so they have come up with a rescuing device — the Oort Cloud. This is a supposed repository of comets so far out in space that we can’t detect it. Somehow new comets periodically get knocked into orbit nearer the sun. What physical evidence exists for the Oort Cloud? None! It is assumed. If life is supposed to have evolved instead of being spoken into existence by God, we must have millions or billions of years for this to even sound plausible. If life has been in existence for 100s of millions or even billions of years, then the solar system and the universe have to be even older — much older if the Big Bang Theory is to be believed. If the Solar System is supposed to be billions of years old then there has to be some way to get new comets orbiting the sun and entering the inner solar system. Instead of using the existence of comets to correct their false assumptions, they have made up a rescuing device based solely on the fact there has to be some source if the solar system is billions of years old. No evidence is asked for or found, but they talk about the Oort Cloud as if it was a proven fact in the same manner as the Sun, Moon, and planets. It must be understood that belief in an old universe, the Big Bang, and Darwinian Evolution is based solely on faith. It is a religion and heretics will be silenced and punished.Another evidence for a young solar system is the existence of magnetic fields in most of the planets in our solar system. If the planets are truly billions of years old, they should no longer have a magnetic field. I will talk about Earth in particular, but similar processes effect the other planets. Earth’s magnetic field has been measured and is decaying at a rate causing the magnetic field to reduce by half every ~1400 years. Using math and understanding of electricity and magnetism, this can be run backwards and shown that the magnetic field and heat generated would be too large for life to exist about 10,000 years ago. This allows for the Bible’s ~6,000 year age, but isn’t even close to allowing for Evolution or the Big Bang.Another interesting point regarding magnetic fields or planets is Dr. Russel Humphrey’s prediction of the magnetic field of Uranus and Neptune (based on the Bibles statement from 2 Peter 3:5 “the earth was formed out of water and by water”) before they were known. His predictions were proven when Voyager 2 measured the actual magnetic fields. Big Bang proponent’s predictions were off by many orders of magnitude.“In 1983, on the basis of Scriptures implying the original created material of the earth was water, I proposed that God created the water with the spins of its hydrogen nuclei initially aligned in one direction (Humphreys, 1983). That would produce a strong magnetic field. After 6,000 years of decay, including energy losses from magnetic reversals during the Genesis Flood, (Humphreys, 1986a, 1990c) the strength of the earth's magnetic field would be what we observe today. In 1984 I extended the theory to the other planets of the solar system, the Sun, and the Moon (Humphreys, 1984). The theory explained the observed magnetic field strengths of those bodies very well. It also correctly predicted the field strengths of Uranus and Neptune measured by the Voyager 2 spacecraft several years later, (Humphreys, 1986b, 1990a, b) as well as magnetizations of surface rocks on Mars (Humphreys, 1999).2A theory of the universe that correctly predicts what science will find today is a much more trustworthy theory than one that fails to predict correctly what is not known when the theory is proposed. Science, based on the Bible, is a much better predictor of what we discover as we learn more about the universe.In addition to science, archaeology also supports the truth of the Bible. There are many ancient civilizations that the Bible describes that were believed by the “experts” to be man-made myths and to have never existed, such as the Hittites and King David, but archaeology keeps proving the Bible true. As time has gone one and archaeology has matured, most of the people and people groups that the Bible describes, but experts said didn’t exist, have been proven to have existed. I am sure more evidence will continue being discovered.When we have a proper view of the Bible, and especially the first 11 chapters of Genesis, not only is our theology better, but so is our science.I do not have time to go into anywhere near all of the evidence supporting the inerrancy of the Bible, but I will end with a list of some books from which I learned a lot. Some are more general and good for a broader audience. Some are deep dives into the science and may not be for everyone. Most can be found at icr.org or aig.org along with many free articles and videos on these subjects. I hope you will consider checking some of them out.The two best general creation support books I have found are:“Creation Basics & Beyond: An In-Depth Look at Science, Origins, and Evolution” by icr.org”The Global Flood: Unlocking the Earth’s Geologic History” by John D. MorrisThese are two good geology books:“Carved in Stone” by Timothy Clarey (has wonderful pictures and diagrams and is based on global borehole research of sedimentary layers and describes the sedimentary layers and fossils as being created as the flood progressively covered more and more of the globe.)“Earth’s Catastrophic Past” by Andrew A. Snelling (A two volume set that goes deep into geology and may be too technical for those without some background or unwilling to struggle through it, but it is well worth the effort. It will also be easier to understand after reading “Carved in Stone”)These are some good Astronomy books:“Earth’s Mysterious Magnetism: and that of other celestial orbs” by D. R. Humphreys, PhD and M.J. De Spain“The Created Cosmos” by Danny Faulkner“The Expanse of Heaven” by Danny FaulknerStarlight, Time and the New Physics: Dr. John Hartnett (This book is very good explanation of how we can see stars that are thousands and millions of lightyears away even though the universe is only 6,000 years old as measured on Earth. The first 2/3rds is technical but readable. The last 1/3rd is the technical math that proves his theory and is only understandable to those who have a strong math background and some understanding of relativistic physics)This is a great book on archaeological finds supporting the Bible:“Archaeology and the Bible: 50 Fascinating Finds That Bring the Bible to Life” by Tom MeyerThese books look at the spread of people after the flood and the Tower of Babel and describe where the races come from:“Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors” by Bodie Hodge (Mostly follows people groups based on the Bible and historical writings)“Traced: Human DNA’s Big Surprise” by Nathaniel T. Jeanson (Uses variation/mutation in the Y chromosome, which is passed down from father to son, to trace people groups from Noah’s son’s to their current locations)I hope these books and the previous evidence will strengthen your faith in the Bible and its inerrancy and encourage you to read Genesis and see how it applies to the rest of the Bible. Make sure to check out Part 2 and Part 3 of this series.Trust Jesus.

your sister in Christ,
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I woke up this morning at an ungodly hour with a churning mind that wouldn't stop and finally decided to get up and write on my blog. trustjesus.substack.com .


He is risen indeed!


Too often.  These kids aren't being taught what is most important.

There isn't anything wrong with having fun, but it is sad when Christians make a bigger deal of the Easter bunny and Easter eggs than they do of the risen savior.


As the world gets more and more messed up, I am getting more and more excited about Christ's return.

Also, we now have all of the technology (at least in prototype form) necessary to make Revelation a reality.  I believe time is short and we need to act accordingly.

Matthew 25:1-13
"1 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. 3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. 5Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. 6But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8The foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9But the prudent answered, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ 10And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut. 11Later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’ 12But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour."

Don't be like the foolish virgins.


The best


This verse from John is important for people to remember.  I think most people think of Christians spending eternity in heaven with God, but they just think of unbelievers as not getting to join us.  It is much worse.  They also get eternity, but instead of a joyful eternity with Jesus where there is no pain or tears, they get an eternity in darkness, pain, and loneliness.  We shouldn't want that for anyone and need to do a better job sharing the Gospel.


He is risen indeed!

Praise the risen savior and the creator of everything!


Well said.


I agree with your feeling but hodlcuban's stated truth.

It does make me remember when I got notified on Minds, "Nobody followed you."  Yes, someone's "name" was nobody, but it entertained me so much.


Agreed.


Although there are definite benefits to specialization, I think we have gone too heavy into specialization.  Having a more diverse skillset and a more diverse knowledge set gives you more options, a better ability to provide for yourself, and a better ability to understand the world around you and to adapt to changes in conditions.   A proper money makes problems less likely and easier to deal with, but doesn't prevent problems.  Having additional skills, like gardening, beyond our job/career skillset makes us more resilient.  Also, no matter how much the agriculture system is improved, a locally (or on your personal homestead)  fruit or veggie that is picked the day it is eaten will taste better and be healthier than something shipped across the globe.  Proper money doesn't fix that.

Getting rid of fiat and moving to proper money improves everything, but doesn't change everything or guarantee no problems.


I actually think homeschooling is a benefit to kids and parents even outside of a fiat system.  Nobody cares about kids more than their parents.  Nobody knows the kids better than the parents.  The best way to help a kid is to customize education to each particular kid's skills, weaknesses, learning style, and interests.  No large system can do that, but parents can.  Homeschooling also strengthens family relationships which is a major benefit.

The fiat, government indoctrination system will motivate parents to homeschool.  The many benefits of homeschooling will keep those families homeschooling.


Oops!  We've all done things like that.  I know I have.


Even better, get out of the cities so you don't have to deal with the parking problems,  traffic problems, and other problems.


My thoughts on the subject:

https://trustjesus.substack.com/p/love-those-who-hate-you


Well said.

The darkest day was required to get the day of salvation.

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A blessed Easter to you, too.


I'm not good at sticking to 140 characters, which is probably why I never did Twitter/X.  I think some of my issue with my posts not posting to some of my relays is my post length.


I like coracle because it is easy to look at replies and to return to my feed where I left off.  Most others, it seems like I lose my place in my feed if I check replies.


The woke change the meaning of words and then we can't communicate at all because the two sides define the words used in different ways.


I prefer quotes to shares.  I don't know if that is just me wanting to clarify my beliefs or I just need to get in the last word. :)


On any social media, I tend to feel the same way.  I prefer quotes and adding information.  Is that being self absorbed or helping?


I'm getting to the point of wanting to avoid Boeing, United, and flying in general.


I read the first book when I was a teen.  It bored me, was depressing, and didn't make sense.  I haven't had any interest in the movies because of that.

I agree that LOTR is great.  There were a few issues with the movies, generally where the movies split from the book and ruined characters, but over all it was great.  My son asked for the extended version for Christmas, so we got to watch it over his Christmas break from college.  It was enjoyable.


I like that idea.


Check out my Good Friday post on Christians having a proper perspective during hard times.  I hope it blesses you.

https://trustjesus.substack.com/p/some-random-thoughts-for-good-friday

This is a new Substack.  I appreciate all shares and subscribes to help it grow, to share the gospel, and strengthen Christians' faith.
#christian  #goodfriday  #difficulties  #jesus  #bible  #christisking  #faith


There is a lot more good details in this article, but I like the author's definitions:

Hate = Anything the government doesn't want us to say

Disinformation = Anything the government doesn't want us to read or hear

https://www.eugyppius.com/p/on-hate-disinformation-and-the-ever


It really would.

 I'm not a Trump fan, but he looks really good in comparison.  People have been taught to hate Trump so much that they would vote for Hitler or the Devil just to make sure Trump wouldn't win.  I wish people weren't so locked into the parties.  RFK, Jr. would also be so much better than Biden.  (There are many issues that I think RFK is great on, but I can't get past his support of abortion and, to a lesser extent, government handouts for the poor.)


When I was a kid, growing up in Florida, the little green grass snakes were my favorite to play with.  They were very mellow and would wrap around my fingers or my arm.  I never got bit.

I did cause a ruckus with my Grandmother.  I picked up a baby one that was only the size of a large earthworm.  It wrapped around my fingers.  I showed it to my grandmother, who freaked out.  She went crazy, yelling at my Mom that she should've taught me not to touch snakes, that I could get bit and the snake might be poisonous.  (I knew the 4 poisonous snakes in Florida: diamond back, water moccasin, copperhead, and coral snake)


Also this:

 Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under
robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber
baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point
be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment
us without end for they do so with the approval of their own
conscience.

-- C. S. Lewis


Usually because they are blind followers instead of doing their own research and thinking for themselves.


I notice I have your relay listed 3 times.  One all lowercase with one "r", one all lowercase with two "r", and one with the two words starting with capital letters.  I think that proves I not only don't know what I'm doing, but I also forget that I already added the relay.  ;)


Mostly Coracle on a PC.


I have a very short growing season and a late start date, so I always start seeds much later than most people, but I need to get my butt in gear and start some seeds, or at least figure out when I need to start seeds.  I won't be in the garden this weekend because it is supposed to snow all weekend.  Growing seasons seems far away, but isn't.


I'm willing to pay for a good relay.  Without payment, they aren't likely to stay around long term.  Are there any that you think are worth paying for?  Are most paid for in lightning or fiat?  Are most monthly, annually, once?


Thanks.


See my new substack post on loving those who hate you.

As this is a brand new substack and I am not good at marketing, if this blesses you, any subscribes and/or shares are much appreciated.

https://open.substack.com/pub/trustjesus/p/love-those-who-hate-you?r=1r70jj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true


Dear Lord Jesus please lead John to the job that you have for him.  If this job is the job for him, help him to interview well and guide him to accept it.  If this is not the job you desire for him, have him not get the job, but lead him to the job that is best for him.  In the meanwhile, provide for all of his needs:  physical, emotional, and spiritual, and financial.  Amen.


AI can be very helpful when implemented in good and honest ways and used in the right manner.  Unfortunately too many involved in AI are using it for power and tyranny.


Poor, sweet kitty.


That is what should happen, but more likely is they will add to their rental agreement that you agree to never have a gun or knife or any other weapon in the car with fines and jail time as penalty for breaking the agreement.


Ooo, paella.  I haven't had it in a long time, but I love some good paella.  I used to be able to get some good paella when I lived in South Florida.


My notes are only successfully posting to roughly a third oof the relays I am trying to post to.  Do you know how to find out why posts are failing?  About half, that fail, are being rejected and half are a no response most of the time.  Maybe I need to change what relays I am using.


Just like with planting a tree, the best time to plant was years ago, but the next best is today.  Every day someone waits, opportunity is missed and it is better to buy today and miss the absolute low than to fret and miss out entirely.


I'm jealous.  We are just a little too cold for peaches to grown.  Our official growing zone says I should be able to grow the most cold hardy peaches, but the truth is it is too cold and our crazy wind will damage the tree enough that it will never produce fruit and when we get a particularly bad winter, the tree will eventually die.  I've tried, but failed.

I did find this website that suggests growing the trees very small in a trench enables growing out of zone fruit trees.  Someday, I might give it a try, but it would be a lot of work, so I haven't committed yet.    https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/04/fruit-trenches-cultivating-subtropical-plants-in-freezing-temperatures


That is my prayer and the motivating factor for doing this.  For most of my life, the last thing I wanted to do was to write.

I am definitely not a marketer.  If you would subscribe and, if you find it useful, share it with others, both Christians and non-christians, I would appreciate your help.


I am about to release a book on faith in Jesus.  That, and subscribing to another substack, encouraged me to start a substack today.

I've only posted my intro post at this point, but I have my second post almost finalized.  Once I add one more small section to my book and finish having it reviewed by a couple of friends, I will publish my book and start publishing the chapters for free on my substack.  The point of the book is not to make money, but to bring unbelievers to Jesus and to help fellow Christians to draw closer to Jesus by having a proper view of God and of people.

Check out my intro post.  I hope it will be a blessing to all.

https://trustjesus.substack.com/p/why-i-created-the-trust-jesus-substack

#grownostr  #faith  #christ  #christian  #bible  #jesus


praying for a good outcome.


That is because they were indoctrinated in government schools to blindly trust authority.  Homeschool.


There will be peace right before the tribulation judgement.


I almost think, If I could spend time talking with him, I could convince him of the truth about abortion, just like the mom's of vaccine injured kids eventually convinced him of that problem.  He seems to be an honest man who truly seeks the truth.  He just can't be an expert on everything and his upbringing frequently leads him wrong in the areas that he hasn't focused his attention.


From John Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion" Book 3, Chapter 7, Section 6.

"Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult, but utterly against human nature:  to love those who hate us, to repay their evil deeds with benefits, to return blessings for reproaches {Matt 5:44].  It is that we remember not to consider men's evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them."

This is much needed advice in this evil, fallen world.  Be different.  Don't personally attack those you disagree with especially to cause them harm.  Stand for the truth, but with gentleness.

#christian  #christ  #jesus  #faith  #good  #christiannostr  #calvinist  #belief  #god


Amen!

The body they are killing is not their body and therefore they do not have the right to kill it.  They had plenty of opportunities to avoid creation of a new life, but they chose not to take them.  If they don't think they can handle being parents, there are millions of parents wanting to adopt.  With the clot shot roll-out, there will likely be many more, so there is no excuse.  Their inconvenience for 9 months does not overrule the right to life of their baby.


This next year is likely the last chance anyone, except billionaires, will have to become whole coiners and that opportunity is past for most.


Ignore the crowd.  Be the woman you were created to be.


Modern feminism isn't making women successful.  It is making women victims.  Nobody, who looks at the world from a victim's point of view, is (or will be) a success.  Modern feminism has enslaved women more than the supposed misogyny that it replaced.


In California (and I think New York as well), they are promoting squatter's rights where a person can move into an unoccupied building and if not evicted in the 1st 30 days, they can never be evicted.  This is legalized theft.

t seems like every so-called "right" that the left promotes is not a right but theft.  There is no right in existence that takes from the one who earned and owns to give to the one who didn't earn and doesn't own.  Any so-called "right, that takes from the earner to give to the one who didn't earn, is actually promotion of theft and slavery.


It seems like every so-called "right" that the left promotes is not a right but theft.  There is no right in existence that takes from the one who earned and owns to give to the one who didn't earn and doesn't own.  Any so-called "right, that takes from the earner to give to the one who didn't earn, is actually promotion of theft and slavery.


I guess the Church of England is anti-image of God which all humans have.  God doesn't look at race.


We are encouraged to have psychological disorders so pharmaceutical companies can make money prescribing drugs to us that cause side effects for which we need more drugs.


Coracle on PC.


That's so true, that it is hilarious.


There may be a few things you stock up on to replace things that you  use that won't store well, but most of what you stock up, especially if you are just working on being good for 2-3 months, should be food you eat regularly.

If you start trying to stock up for greater than 6 months or definitely for greater than a year, you will have to add some stuff like #10  cans of freeze dried food or sealed buckets of rice and beans, for it to last long term.


RFK, Jr. is so good on so many things, but I just can't get past his support for infanticide (aka abortion).  His support seems so out of character compared to all of his stances on health and freedom.  I guess he just can't fully remove himself from his crazy Democrat/liberal upbringing.
#grownostr  #politics  #freedom  #CBDC

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The trick is to have a proper FIFO (First in, first out) organization system where you put new stuff in the back and pull old stuff out the front, so you don't lose the old stuff in the back..


California seems to want to drive out every productive member of the state.


I read some moving passages in John Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion" book 3, Chapter 6.

"The object of regeneration, as we have said, is to manifest in the life of believers a harmony and agreement between God's righteousness and their obedience, and thus to confirm the adoption that they have received as sons."

"The law of God contains in itself that newness by which his image can be restored in us."

"For it (the gospel) is a doctrine not of the tongue but of life.  It is not apprehended by the understanding and memory alone, as other disciplines are, but it is received only when it posses the whole soul, and finds a seat and resting place in the inmost affection of the heart."

"Therefore, let us not cease so to act that we may make some unceasing progress in the way of the Lord.  And let us not despair at the slightness of our success; for even though attainment may not correspond to desire, when today outstrips yesterday the effort is not lost.  Only let us look toward our mark with sincere simplicity and aspire to our goal; not fondly flattering ourselves nor excusing our own evil deeds, but with continuous effort striving toward this end:  that we may surpass ourselves in goodness until we attain to goodness itself."

#christiannostr  #christian  #jesus  #faith  #Jesus  #regeneration


Even though I don't want him to win (I also don't want any of the available candidates), I was considering voting for him in the primary because I know my state will go heavily for Trump.  My vote won't make a difference.

I've done that for a while.  I really want 3rd party candidates to get at least double digit vote percentages and the closer to the two parties, the better.  If we can get a 3rd party candidate close enough to the 2 parties, then maybe people will actually vote 3rd party and not use the excuse that they don't want to waste their vote.


I would love to have a 3rd party candidate win, and RFK, Jr. is really good on several subjects of which Biden and Trump are bad to terrible.  I just can't get past him pushing abortions and wanting to give lots of personal handouts of other people's money to those "in need".  I think he is an honorable man, but I just can't get past his stance on those 2 issues.


I expect it from Windows and only use Windows because I have to because my work program only runs on Windows.  I am having the same problem with my Android phone.  I've told it not to do automatic updates, but it weekly downloads apps that I don't want and have never used.

I hate to buy a new phone right now because my current phone is less than a year old, but I am seriously considering getting a degoogled phone.  I have had it with Android (I try to avoid Google, but with phones we have Android and Apple and both are terrible, so I use the one I am more comfortable with and do as much as is possible to limit data collection).


As a general rule, I've found that the more a person or organization cries out against supposed fascism, the more fascist they actually are.

I can't tell if they actually believe their own rhetoric or if they are just lying since they can't defend their position.  I'd guess that there are some of each and some guilty of being stupid and lying.


I definitely have my chatty moments and my sit back and watch moments.


Can we do the same with Congress?  I think no Congress would be better than a Congress that continues making more laws.


My gut is to reaction is to say (S)eltic, but I do think most academics say (K)eltic.  I'm not sure if that is because I used to watch the Bulls and Celtics with my Dad when I was a kid or because I was taught (S)eltic as a kid. (like I was taught the capital of China was Peking where it is now anglicized as Bejing)


Interesting.  I hadn't heard anything about the drop in money supply.

I suppose, since much of the money correction happens at the banks with respect to loans, instead of where most people think, the Fed, we should expect a contraction when rates are high.


I find it unlikely they will remove all of the other programs (or maybe they do it briefly and start adding them back).  I also find it unlikely they would make UBI low enough to be truly painful.  Without doing both, it is just adding to the problem.


If you needed more motivation to homeschool, here is a strong motivator.

"The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), which analyzed both pre- and post-pandemic data, discovered something even darker: a correlation between school attendance and youth suicide incidence.

“The findings of this study suggest that youth suicides are closely tied with in-person school attendance,” researchers of the December 2022 study concluded. “We show that suicides among 12-to-18-year-olds are highest during months of the school year and lowest during summer months.”"
#grownstr  #school  #homeschool  #kids

https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-moment-a-veteran-teacher-decided-to-pull-his-own-kids-from-public-school-5609615?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=opinion-5


I sure hope you feel well soon.


I used to get in a fight with my mother-in-law because she wanted to pick dandelions out of my lawn.  On the other hand, I was tempted multiple times, to stop and pick up some dandelion puffs, to add more to my lawn.

I had one part of my lawn that was heavy with dandelion, so I had my husband avoid mowing that section until the flowers went to seed.  I want the dandelions to feed the bees.


That woman (or the sculptor) doesn't know how to walk.  Hands should swing opposite of the legs, not with the legs.  It makes her look like a moron.


I am against every situation where property is taken by force from the one who earned it and given to someone else, but being more pragmatic and understanding, that for the foreseeable future, there will be handouts, I would argue that getting rid of a every single government handout program and going to a very low paying UBI would be an improvement.  It would get rid of the majority of government employees, reducing cost and people who benefit for voting for bigger government.  It would be fair.  Everyone would receive the same benefit.  It would be easier to eliminate fraud.  Of course this only works if the level of UBI meets the most basic needs, but makes the receiver very uncomfortable.  If people are given enough to be comfortable, there will be little motivation to work.  I agree with Benjamin Franklin who said (paraphrase), "The best thing we can do for the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their poverty."

Realistically, the chances of eliminating all other handouts (especially long term) and keeping UBI low are unlikely, but that would be the best option, assuming there has to be redistribution.

I will reiterate, that I don't want UBI or any redistribution scheme, but I try to be realistic about the near term while working towards long term freedom.


It works for me, even if I look ridiculous carrying around my bag full of tea mugs.


I have, but I lost my generator when my house burnt down in 2015.  For whatever reason, I never bought a new one.  I mostly use Sovereign Silver.


Sounds good, but no I have not.  I might have to try it sometime.


I'll take the pot of gold and the btc, especially if I get either for free.


Then it was a joke.  Now it is reality.  I liked it better when it was a joke.


As much as my husband loves oreos, I don't think he'd go for that.  He hates mayo.  He says it is a communist plot.  ;)


I love tea.  People laugh at me because I usually fix 7 teas in the morning.  My black tea is in a cup and the rest are in travel mugs so I can sip throughout the day.  Each one is different.  I also do a green tea and a bunch of different herbal teas.  I am slowly moving from teabags to loose leaf tea.


I like math because there is a right answer and a wrong answer and it can be figured out with logic without having to memorize all of it (even if memorizing some things makes it easier).  So many humanities are basically opinion and memorization.  That is hard for me.


I hope you feel better.

I'm having a similar issue.  I woke early with a cough.  I've been trying to come down with something and had the back of the throat tickles and a bit of a cough, but haven't felt too bad so far.  Using the neti pot and taking silver, elderberry, echinacea, Vitamins C & D, and zinc.  Hopefully I can avoid fully getting sick.  I just got back from vacation for a week and I have so much to get done to get caught back up.


It stinks because he sounds great, but I don't think he is who he pretends to be.


That is my conclusion, as well.


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And the whistle blower who was about to testify to Boening's lack of safety standards supposedly killed himself the day before he was going to testify.


I've got some that are pretty mature and some that might produce a little for the first time this year.  I just need to do a better job of harvesting.  I tend to look, and they seem not quite big enough and then get busy.  When I come back, I have fronds.  Last year, I only got one full meal out of my asparagus and a couple of individual shoots that I combined with some store bought asparagus another night.  I think I have a clue this time.  This will be the 3rd year my mature asparagus have produced.

That one meal was so good.  That is why I planted more.


That is particularly bad because using the cauterizers leaves behind dead tissue that is more likely to get infected, so they could literally kill their patients playing with those.


That makes more sense than the idea of the supposed logic behind a flat Earth.

I think there is a similar thing going on with the transgender obsession.  Kids that feel ignored and not part of anything, turn transgender to get attention, praise, and to fit in with other transgenders.  I don't think it has anything to do with their sex.  It is brought on by a feeling of loneliness, desire for attention, and/or feeling they have no value.


This is a good article on Tolkein and Lewis and how their writings and faith affected their generation between WW1 and WW2.  It is also interesting to see how their views fit in today's world.

https://sovereignnations.com/2019/01/25/tolkien-lewis-lessons-world-war-i/


Originally, when I saw how bad Biden was doing, I thought that his controllers had made a mistake and Biden had gone downhill faster than they expected.  I quickly changed my mind to think that it was a feature.  This way they can blame the harm on incompetence instead of malice which keeps the leaders from losing their heads.  It is also easier to control someone without a functional brain.


More importantly, why did it become desirable to name girls with boys names and convert boys names to girls names.  My husband's name was 99% male when he was named, but it is now 99% female.


I can't remember where, but I found it very concerning.  I remember thinking it was a trust worthy site, but I don't remember what it was.


There is such a small portion of the world's population that has BTC, that as more people buy in, the higher the price will go.  The more the world's fiat currencies are deflated and the more the governments try to lock down electronic payments and bank accounts, the more benefit a person will get from BTC making them want it more.  I don't foresee demand  decreasing or even slowing the increase any time soon, but we will see.


Original appliances worked for nearly forever.  Manufacturers realized that once everyone had one, they would have no customers so they designed them to fail regularly so they had a steady supply of customers.

They design for obsolescence.  (kind of like windows computers.  You need a new computer for the new Microsoft software to run well, so you buy a new computer pre-loaded with Microsoft software.)


I don't know if it is Biden, his handlers, or both, but there are tyrants running the US.


That's wonderful!  both what you did with your solar and what you are learning.  Anything you've learned can never be taken away.


Not really a surprise.


Nuts, but possible.  Even likely because of math.


I read somewhere that Vivek's company was trying to supply the Federal government with software to track clot shot status, so I don't trust him.


For anyone with direct deposit, sending part of your paycheck to Strike and having Strike auto buy part or all of that deposit is so easy.  I love it.  Personally I have it autobuy 75% of the direct deposit and save 25% to manually try to buy a dip.  This way I get dollar cost average (DCA) most of it but also try to time a small portion.


With ETFs buying significantly more BTC than is being produced, most BTC owners being HODLERs, and the halving being close, I doubt we will have a big dip.  Maybe one or more minor dips, but I don't think BTC will ever again see prices anywhere near what we saw this summer.


This is in response to a large client author unilaterally starting to allow editing of private notes by others.  There should be an outcry by all users.

nostr:nevent1qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpr3mhxue69uhkx6rjd9ehgurfd3kzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3exjcmgv4ejummjvuhsz9nhwden5te0vaex2etwwdhh2mpwwdcxzcm99uq35amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3ww35x2umpd4jkxct59e5k7tcqyq6ypmxjt9mju2pp04n4flw4wd288zq0y0znpry9y4ghztja6wsn6l5q2qg


I would definitely prefer a world full of dogs and dog people.

When I am interviewing new employees, I like to have my dog in the room.  If he doesn't like them, they don't get hired.  There is something wrong with them.  He is a good judge of character.


Traditionally wars have been hot wars, but when a hot war between nations is guaranteed to go nuclear and vaporize all concerned, they have to find another way.  The stuff in this article explains the alternatives and all are in progress and all are effecting every single citizen whether they realize it or not.

If you consider the US in WWII, the effects in the US, ie. inflation, shortages, control of people and speech, etc. is similar even if it isn't yet as bad as it got.  Since the fighting wasn't in North America, they didn't deal directly with the fighting, but still had their lives changed.  I'd argue our lives are already changed.


The author states that Brics and Nato are about equal in cyber attack ability.  I agree, but I would guess the US is more dependent on internet connected systems and could be destroyed more easily if an attack was successful.  Also, American would die if they lost their internet.  They can't handle much, if any, hardship.  The citizens in the Brics countries are more used to hardship and could manage better if their systems failed.


Large faraday cage = microwave?


Beautiful.  I love it.


I knew BTC would surpass $100k relatively soon after the halving, but I am starting to wonder if it will surpass $100k before the halving and make it to $200k within 2 years or so.


They had much better food and you were treated better. (Except for the smoke)

I usually hate government regulations, but banning smoking on airplanes was nice.  It didn't matter if you were in the smoking or nonsmoking section, you smelled smoke and cigarette smoke gives me a headache and a sore throat if I even get a whiff of it.


I love the idea of drying outside, but  it is so windy here that I could lose all of my clothes.  The past week we have had sustained winds between 20-50 mph with gusts over 60 mph. (Over 75 mph near me).

If I could keep the clothes on the line, they'd dry quickly with our high winds and dry air.  They might dry faster than in the dryer.


I've been saying that, if the US gets into a war with Russia and/or China, the US will start losing fairly early when they run out of smart weapons and when their woke troops fail.  When that happens, the US will turn to Nukes.  I honestly believe it will be the US who goes nuclear first.

The US leaders think they are invincible.  When they find they are not, it won't be pretty.


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I've been wanting an independent to get well past 10%, so the normies will finally see that they aren't "wasting their vote" on someone who would actually change thing.

Sadly, RFK, Jr. is wonderful on many things (Vaccines, anti-war, etc.), but not good on many things as well.  He still wants to steal from me and give to others.  Since I also have major issues with the other candidates, I'd consider voting for him.  Whatever the case, I won't be holding my breathe waiting for any politicians or the government to fix things.


They are 100% unnecessary for the people.  They are necessary if those in power want to remain in power.  The people are waking up and starting to ignore them.  They are desperate for absolute control.


I don't like laws, regulations, or taxes, but realistically know that, as long as we have government, we will have them.

I'd like a Constitutional amendment that requires a 2/3rds majority to pass any law that increases (or even may increase) taxes or regulations, but only 50% (or even 45%) to remove taxes or regulations.  I would also like 50% of states to be able to remove any Federal law or tax and 50% of counties to be able to remove any state law or regulation.  I also would like all laws to sunset after 4-8 years unless they are reapproved with the 2/3rds majority.  I'd also like to add the requirement for single subject bills.  If we added an amendment requiring 1 day of debate for every  1-5 pages (defined as 8.5" x 11" at 12 pt font) before a vote can be taken, that would also slow down the damage that could be done.  Maybe you could allow the time requirement to be overridden in the case of an emergency, but then would require 90% approval.

If those amendments were made, it would definitely slow the government down and give us more freedom.

Now if I could just get the politicians to approve such amendments.  I won't be holding my breath.  I'll save them for when/if secession occurs.


I'm enjoying reading John Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion".

Here are a few passages, that jumped out at me:

"Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

In this sense we must understand what is said by the prophet (Apostle Paul):  "I, through the abundance of they goodness, will enter thy temple; I will worship ... in fear." [Ps 5:7].  Here he fitly joins the boldness of faith that rests upon God's mercy with the reverent fear that we must experience whenever we come into the presence of God's majesty, and by its splendor understand how great is our own filthiness.

But how can the mind be aroused to taste the divine goodness without at the same time being wholly kindled to love God in return?  For truly, that abundant sweetness which God has stored up for those who fear him cannot be known without at the same time powerfully moving us.  And once anyone has been moved by it, it utterly ravishes him and draws him to itself.

First of all, it is necessary to believe that you cannot have forgiveness of sins apart from God's mercy.  Second, you can have no good work at all unless he gives it.  Finally, you cannot merit eternal life by any works unless that is also given free.
#grownostr  #christian  #calvin  #faith  #christiannostr


I don't like stealing from those who worked for the money to pay someone else, but I support this more than most things governments spend money on.  At least they value life and family.


That is wonderfully loving.

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It is worth reading this whole article, but this was the highlight for me.  (by Robert Malone)

"The reason to deploy censorship and psychological technology on the population is to maintain the status quo, which is favorable to some group, some elite group - the oligarchs, we could call them. They want to maintain the current status and they want to do it through possession of this kind of technology. What that does is it creates a situation, particularly in times of change, such as we're in right now, where the difference between the current situation and an optimal solution gets larger and larger and larger. Does that make sense? You're locking in one set of solutions. You're not allowing the culture, the environment, the economies, the governments to adapt to change. You're forcing them to stay in this current situation. The populace observes that their situation relative to what could be becomes worse and worse and worse. There's a larger and larger gap between an optimal solution and the current solution.

Eventually that gap gets so big that it can only be resolved in one way. And we know what that way is. We call it revolution, major social disruption. Now, if you allow free speech and interaction in exchange of ideas in a decentralized environment, what you have is incremental improvements. You never get to that point where the population is so frustrated because they've been locked into a bad set of solutions. You don't have those major disruptions. You have gradual incremental evolutionary change in a society towards a better and better set of solutions for whatever the problem sets are. But by allowing propaganda - “PSYOPs”, what we're doing is we're locking, certainly, the Western population, and increasingly the global population, into a suboptimal set of solutions. Now, one of the other things that happens when you have one of those major disruptions is the population at that point is looking...

Think of the French Revolution.

Think of any revolution.

Populations in general, the average person sees this as a mess. "It's not serving my interests. I'm being pushed just like the Argentines did into worse and worse economic situation. I'm going to revolt. We're going to have some major change." And what do they do? They will take some solution off the shelf, such as Marxism, that's never really been tested. Never worked when it has been tested, but it's sold to them as a solution set. And they'll go ahead and grab that. Not only do we have these sudden disruption events that we call revolutions and the failure to incrementally allow for evolution in society and economics, but we have the willingness of a population to accept and assimilate some solution that's pushed to them, something that's marketed to them that's never been tested before. That's how we end up with these messy situations.

I don't have time to go into all the nitty-gritties and the wiring diagrams and the relationship between CISA and the State Department and all that. We can see that, and I recommend to you the recent Mike Benz interview with Tucker Carlson as a real eye-opener for the whole arc of history about how this is developed. In these brief remarks, I wanted to make the point that if we allow this to happen, we immediately lose sovereignty, autonomy. Any concept of election integrity goes right out the window.

Remember, peer-reviewed, validated paper shows a 20 point difference. All Google has to do is twizzle some knobs and they can basically choose whoever is going to win and whatever party is going to win and what the policies are going to be in pretty much any nation-state in the world right now. But furthermore, if we allow this censorship propaganda, industrial complex to continue to grow and develop, we're going to be in a situation in which we lock the world into a set of suboptimal solutions and prevent it from evolving to give rise to a better world for all of us. With that, I'm going to conclude and thank you for your interest. Again, thank you for being here."

#grownostr

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/psychological-and-cognitive-warfare?publication_id=583200&post_id=142052984&isFreemail=true&r=1r70jj&open=false&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email


Once established, owning your own business gives you flexibility, but it is still a lot of work.  When I worked for someone else, I didn't think about work when I left.  Now, work is always on my mind.

Our first several years I basically worked every waking moment except dinner and a movie on Saturday night and church on Sunday morning.  Now that we are more established, I have more flexibility, but I still frequently work weekends and even holidays.  As the owner, you are responsible for everything getting done.  If someone gets sick, quits, is fired, or just doesn't get their work done, I have to do it.  It is far from easy, but I am grateful that we have a business that gives me the flexibility to homeschool my kids and to take time off if I need to (even if it is stressful).


We registered our business as an S-Corp over 20 years ago.  I don't remember much about it.  Actually, my Dad, who had done it before, helped and did a bunch of it.


There are democrats from 50 years ago who would be considered right wing extremists today.  It isn't the right that is extreme.  It is the Democrats.

FYI, not saying I'm a fan of the Republicans.  Most are only marginally better and far from good.


Try Gab.ai

I haven't tried the image ai, but the basic ask a question to get information worked really well.


If people in my state started talking about secession, I'd definitely go for it.  When I've discussed it, I've been surprised at how many people are ready for it.  That wasn't true when I first started thinking about it around 10 years ago.  If I mentioned it, people looked at me like I had lost my mind.  Now, they nod their heads and agree.


Imagine that.  If you pay people to break the law, they are happy to do so.


I saw a stat for one year 5-10 years ago, that the police stole more private property, through civil asset forfeiture, than all of the criminals/thieves in the country.  What is worse:  a person who steals to provide for themselves or a government official that uses government power to steal from those least able to defend themselves?


I know I was irritated when Jesus was working on his sermon on the mount and trying to get the wording right and asking advice from Matthew.  He is God.  He doesn't need to practice.  He doesn't need someone else's opinion.  He knows everything.  They brought Jesus low in a way that is not right.

I've had a lot of people making a big issue of the Chosen, so I watched some.  Some seems decent, but there are definitely parts that bother me as unbiblical.


I haven't used it, but Gab has AI.


There are a lot of bad things going on in the world or looking eminent, but this could be the straw that breaks the camel's back. How do we deal with economic collapse, world war, and tyranny if we don't have our chocolate? I guess it is a good thing I have a stash.

;)

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/cocoa-crisis-charts


Sometimes you need a day of rest.  It will make you more productive this week.


If Congress was doing its job, any government agency, that wouldn't fully disclose how they are spending taxpayer money, would be instantly defunded completely.  If they did that one time and a bunch of high paid bureaucrats lost their jobs, then it would not happen again.  I like the totally defunding the agency in its entirety idea best, but just firing each head of the agency until someone shared all of the information would also work.


Peace through censorship = tyranny through nice sounding words


Then I had a fluffy past 3 days.  Thursday and Friday it snowed almost all day and was overcast and drab.  Today, is bright sunny skies with everything covered in white, fluffy snow.  It is cold enough to stay fluffy.  (-13 F this morning.  I thought it hadn't made it out of the teens, but just checked my thermometer and it made it just above freezing)  I'm sure the temperature will start dropping within an hour, or 2 tops.


I skied there once.  It was beautiful.  I'd love to go back, but it isn't the same Whistler since the Olympics buildup.  I liked the old days better.


I wondered the same thing.


What do you mean by fluffy?


I'd like to be able to zap relays to help support them. Since I use a bunch, it would be nice to be able to rotate zaps among them.


What kind of moronpsychopath bans peace?


I don't fit any category.  I live on the wild side.  I love both.


I hate hypocrites.  I don't think the US government are the most repressive government in the world (they are trying, though), but they are the biggest hypocrites.  Sadly most of the citizens have been trained to believe the hypocrisy.

Putin is not a nice guy or someone you can trust in the least, but he isn't a hypocrite like the Americans.


I can't see your link/attachment, so I don't have full context, but I very much like cilantro.


I live in Wyoming, so it isn't a big surprise, but we've had warmer dryer weather until recently.


Yuck!


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I've been reading up on natural ways to help Lewy Body Dementia because my Mom just got diagnosed with it.  I was reading a book that seemed to have a lot of good stuff relating to diet and natural supplements (because the drugs used to treat it are pretty nasty), but then the author goes and recommends Canola oil.  Yuck!  How can anyone, who uses natural treatments, recommend canola oil?


This is what you get when you hire based on victim group instead of skill, intelligence, and competence.


We're blizzarding and 13 F, so it will be a while till we start having anything come up.


That is one of my pet peeves.  It drives me crazy when people say "can I axe you a question?"


When I used to have chickens (Buff Orpingtons) before I developed a lung sensitivity to chickens and had to get rid of them, I would pick up and handle my rooster a lot to keep him tame and let him know who was in charge.  It worked well for me, but was only a year or two.


Don't forget, pay your inflation tax on anything you have left.


If you have real science and facts supporting your treatment, you don't have to jail those who speak against it.  You don't have to bribe people to take the treatment.  You don't have to have government force people to take the treatment.  You just bring out the evidence.  Only those with zero supporting evidence jail those who disagree with them.


One of the best gifts we can give our kids is the love of reading.  Once you can read well you can learn anything you want to learn.  An app doesn't teach a love  a learning.  Close time snuggled up with a loving parent reading out loud to them, definitely does.


Whenever Rs and Ds work together, the US people suffer.


I especially hate when they start a series without the wokism and then go totally woke after they've gotten you hooked.  It shows how invasive and controlling they are.  They've realized that most people don't want that stuff, so they try to sneak it in.

The moment a show goes woke, immediately stop watching it.


He was dead on with the reliable e-cash.  The internet made the government less necessary, but has made the government more invasive.


This JP Sears video is really funny.  He makes fun of Putin.  He makes fun of Tucker.  He makes fun of the military industrial complex.  He makes fun of DEI and corporations.  There is something to upset almost everyone, but he also communicates a lot of truth with his humor.  It takes a few for him to really get rolling, but by the end he had me really laughing.

https://odysee.com/@AwakenWithJP:9/the-putin-interview-they-really-don't:8


It is ironic that a supposed US "ally" is banning its "ally's" money.

I think the days of the US buying allies is nearing its end.


It is the craziest thing.  I found some nice, grass-fed lamb at Walmart.  The steaks are pres-easoned with no seed oils or chemicals.  I've also found ground lamb that I combined with a bunch of spices to make a Mediterranean kabab.  Both are great and very easy.

Normally I won't touch most of the meat at Walmart, but this is tasty and seems to be quality.  It isn't as cheap as the normal cheap Walmart meat, but I'll pay a premium for healthy and easy.


🇩𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 🇼𝔦𝔰𝔡𝔬𝔪


I'm having lamb tonight.  I like beef and eat it frequently, but I've decided I really like lamb.


Although you don't want a super high fever, a fever is the natural way the body fights infection.  Stopping all fevers reduces the body's ability to fight the infection.  Tylenol is toxic to the liver, so be careful of fever reducers.  Most doctors will immediately tell you to give them, but you only want to use them if the fever is super high, if the child is listless, or if it is interfering with needed sleep.


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What a  cute kitty.


Imagine that.  The justice department ignored the illegal actions of a Democrat and statist.  The justice department always seems to act based on the group a person belongs to more than the crime they committed (or didn't even commit).


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Love it.


I don't know why more women don't wear dresses (or skirts).  If you wear a below the knee to ankle length skirt that is loose and flowy, it is very comfy.  It looks feminine.  Most guys like it.  It is cool in summer and, if worn with thick leggings and tall boots, is warm in the winter.  The only important thing is to make sure they have pockets.  (Pockets don't work well in the skin tight dresses, but in a full skirt, they work well and still look nice unless you go crazy stuffing them full).


That is sickening.  Unfortunately, that kind of thinking is rampant in positions of power around the world.  They create problems so they can look like they are solving them and they don't care how many lives are destroyed in the process.


I agree that if they are giving handouts, I'd prefer them going to the farmers who produce food.  That should also help keep food prices down (or at least rising slower) for the people.

Same thing in the US.  I don't like any taxpayer handouts, but I do prefer handouts to US citizens over handouts to foreign nations or illegals, but  I still don't like the handouts.  Handouts waste money and make people dependent. Both are bad.


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Free speech is not equal to forced to listen/read.


My husband reads a lot, even if he reads more fiction than I do.  He does read some non-fiction.  He also is reading Biblical books (like City of God by Augustine and Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin) with other men.  He meets regularly to discuss his reading with two men.  One is a spiritual peer he has been meeting with for probably approaching 10 years.  One is a younger Christian man who he is mentoring.  That is a another way of learning and growing.  You never know a subject as well as when you have taught it to another.


I like reading, but there are other ways of continuing to learn that would also be good.  You can try to learn new skills by doing; you can listen to podcasts and videos to learn new information or skills; and you can find a person to shadow and learn from. That would be fine as long as you don't stop learning.

One of the worst things about public (government) schools, is they kill the desire and skill to learn for yourself.  They make fascinating subjects (like history) boring, tedious, and frustrating, ie. memorizing names and dates without having to understand the underlying principles.  They teach blind memorization instead of thinking and logic.


I love the farmers protesting over-regulation, taxes, idiotic green policies, and government overreach into personal property, but they also seem to want some taxpayer funded handouts, with which I don't agree.

So many things in the world are treated as black and white, for and against, but most things are shades of gray. Very few things/people are 100% bad or 100% good and we need to be open to the truth instead of just picking a side.  I try to always see the truth and be true to my principles.

If someone, that I usually disagree with and think usually acts in an evil manner, does something good, I will praise them for the good they did.  If someone, that I usually agree with and who I think usually acts in a good and honest manner, does something bad/evil/foolish, I will speak against that action.  I wish more people would look at the world this way.  Most people pick a side and then defend it to the death even when some of the stuff, their side does, is contrary to their beliefs and their good.


I love the farmers protesting over-regulation, taxes,  idiotic green policies, and government overreach into personal property, but they also seem to want some handouts, with which I don't agree.

So many things in the world are treated as black and white, for and against, but most things are shades of gray.  Very few things/people are 100% bad or 100% good and we need to be open to the truth instead of picking a side.


It took me a minute to figure out what the meme was talking about.  I couldn't figure out what angles had to do with baby mommas until I figured out they meant angels.

Maybe if I wasn't a math geek, my mind wouldn't have locked into the meaning of angles so hard.


I read somewhere that most people never read a book after graduating from formal school.

That is hard to comprehend because books are such a big part of my life.  Every room in my house (other than bathrooms and some closets) has multiple bookshelves full of books.  I've read more and learned more since graduating college than I did through all of my formal schooling.  I read on diverse subjects and mostly nonfiction.  Most of my reading is not what most people would consider light reading, but I love it.  I just don't understand people who don't continue to read and learn.  Reading helps us to continue to grow.  When you stop reading, you stop learning.  When you stop learning, you are just coasting on a downward slide towards disability and death.


Exactly.  Many clients don't make it easy to follow the thread.  I stopped using several because they were so hard to see the responses or I would see a response and couldn't figure out what it was a response to.


Have fun.


Justice is dead in America.  The punishment has zero connection to the crime, it is based on who a person knows and what group they belong to instead of what they did.  Sickening.


There have always been bad things going on in the world, but I don't remember a time when there were so many things that could go catastrophically wrong in one year, whet her you mean chances of major (world??) war, ie. Ukraine/Russia, Hesbollah/Israel, Houthi Red Sea, China/Taiwan, etc. or if you mean economic problems, ie. collapse of the dollar/Euro, hyper inflation, Stock market collapse, skyrocketing interest rates, unemployment, etc.

I am seriously concerned 2024 is not going to end well.  I am working to be as self sufficient as possible and to truly diversify my assets so I am hopefully ready for whatever 2024 throws at me.


The Federal Reserve creates dollars through debt.  Every dollar in existence equates to debt owed, but since the borrower owes the debt principle plus interest, there is not enough money in existence to pay back all of the debt plus interest.  Therefore the total wealth of the planet is slowly being transferred to the banks, in general, and the Fed, in particular.  Has there ever been a bigger scam?

One more reason to stack Bitcoin.

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Laugh at them.  They like giving you a hard time when they can tell it bothers you.  When they say something ridiculous and you laugh at them, they can't stand it and will leave you alone.


It is true, that it is easier to flee with your wealth if you don't own property, but you are more resilient and less likely to need to flee if you own your own your property, especially if the property is paid off and especially if you are using your property for productive means like gardening, raising animals, business, etc.  It also helps if your property is away from the big cities and not in the more oppressive jurisdictions (states, counties, cities)

I'd rather not have to flee, but if things get bad enough, I can still flee and leave my property behind.


I don't know if it answers your question, but this related fact might tell something.

Most people are right handed.  The custom of shaking hands with the right hand was because if you were using your dominant hand you could stab a person while shaking hands.  A left handed person could; however, could shake hands and stab with a knife or sword.  That would be kind of "sinister".

Since most people are right handed, they are more dexterous with their right hand.


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I hate Apple phones.  They are lousy as phones (although pretty good with other things).  The real problem is that they don't have a back button.  I like my back button.

My parents have I-phones.  My Dad is always telling me I need an Iphone so we can facetime (why not zoom?).  I thought, "I wonder if my Dad would buy me an I-phone so we could face time.", but then I decided I didn't even want an I-phone for free.  I asked my husband if he would want a free I-phone.  He didn't want one either, so my Dad just won't get to facetime with us.


Colorado got totally ruined due to Californians moving in.  Californians are trying to do the same with Texas.  Although I know a few Californians who escaped before being corrupted, the average Californian is like a plague of locusts.  They move into a state, vote for tyranny, taxes, and handouts, drain the state dry, and then move on to the next state.  Somehow they never figure out that it is their views and their votes that ruins each state in succession.


I hate tax stuff, too.  Every January, when I have to fill out what feels like a million tax forms and pay a bunch of taxes for my business, I become an anarchist and desperately want to abolish the whole government at every level.


That's the way to do it.  Too many coders rush out a mishmash of code that nobody but them can easily decipher.  Maybe they think it is job insurance, but someone like you would be my essential coder.


I have brown hair and brown eyes and I've never had a desire to dye my hair blonde.

If I spend enough time out in the sun, my hair does bleach.  When I was a kid in Florida, I'd spend all day, all summer outside barefoot in the sun and wind up with a deep tan and major blond highlights.  I had people ask me a many times if I bleached my hair, but no dye or bleach has ever touched my hair.  It is too harsh and I am not a mistake.


I mostly use Coracle on my computer.  Everything I have used previously always seemed to get worse instead of better over time.  Coracle has been stable and has an intuitive user interface that helps me see threads and responses better than others.  Other than our SimpleX chat, I don't normally do any social media, including NOSTR, on my phone although I do have Amethyst.  (Actually Amethyst isn't terrible.  I got it mixed up with Iris, that seemed great when I started and then got so bad I couldn't use it at all).  I will only open Amethyst when I am traveling, never when I am in town.


I use a homemade armpit spray with magnesium oil, Sovereign Silver, and some essential oils (Things like tea tree and lavender are antibacterial.  Oils like Frankincense, sandalwood, and myrrh have a nice smell).  You could try that.

Working on getting a balanced gut bacteria with pro- and pre-biotics might also help.  You might have a micro-biome imbalance.


There is a reason I don't use Amethyst any more


He has preached 4-5 times at our church over the past year or two and that number at our friend's church where my husband fills in when they have to be gone.  He does an amazing job.


Love the dual function.


My 18 year old son got the extended addition for Christmas.  While he was home from college, we watched the whole extended addition.  Good times.


Anything we put our faith in more than God is sin.  Bitcoin?  politicians?  ourselves?  It doesn't matter what it is.  It just matters what we trust in.


My husband preached this morning.  He did a very good job.

Our pastor led a an elder/deacon retreat this weekend, so he asked my husband to preach so he didn't have to prepare both.


Insurance profits most when there is high fear of the insured thing, but low actual chance of it happening.  They thrive on fear or government mandates.


I don't remember there ever being a time in my life with so many risks of world war around the world and so many things that could cause a massive economic collapse or tyranny.  There are so many risks that I just want 2024 to end.


I say that my son is me, but more.


Anyone could become a victim, but it will be much safer in rural areas than in the big cities.  Every thinking person should leave the mega-cities to rot from within.


Truth is truth even if nobody believes it.


We get cold temperatures and have high winds that make me have to get plants that are rated for 1.5-2 zones colder than our official temperature zone.  (Officially zone 4b/5a, but have to buy zone 3 or lower to survive and produce)  I wonder if training other fruit trees to be creeping style would allow me to grow some zone 4 & 5 fruit trees. That would give me a lot more variety than I have now.


I was reading a book about Leonardo Da Vinci with my son as part of homeschooling him.  It ends up that nobody thought too much about he Mona Lisa until was stolen.  When they found out it was stolen, there was tons of news and when it was returned to the Louvre, it was suddenly super popular.  If it was never stolen, it may have never become the famous painting it now is.  It probably would've remained one of many nice paintings by Da Vinci.


The title "Biden Blackmail" is meant to mean Biden blackmailing Congress, but I think he is so desperate for money for Ukraine because Ukraine is blackmailing Biden to expose his and his family's crimes in Ukraine.  I've never seen a lesser, needy person act so arrogant commanding what he wants, like Zelensky.  It didn't make sense until I thought of the blackmail.  There is already a bunch of evidence of Biden wrongdoing in Ukraine.  I'm betting there is more and worse stuff that we don't know about.


If you are interested in this kind of thing, check out the book "The Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book" by Mike Oehler.  He was growing all kinds of things through the winter in Montana.

I really want to do something like it on my property, but I'm a little afraid of doing underground work myself (because of risk of cave in) and it gets expensive when you hire someone to do it for you.  For the moment I'm just dreaming about it.


One thing I particularly see is people who prefer a comfortable lie to an uncomfortable truth (like my Mom).  Her brain grasps as every comfortable lie because the truth is too horrible for her to accept.  I understand, but you can't fix a problem you don't admit exists.  You can't adjust around a problem you don't admit exists.  Knowing the uncomfortable truth, although uncomfortable, makes you better off.  Many people can't accept that the world and the country have changed so much and have gotten so corrupt and evil.


A lot of people use the available information to think for them instead of using their brains to interpret the data and come to their own conclusions.  They also don't pay attention to the biases of and benefits to those pushing different ideas.


I wasn't going to post this on NOSTR because the majority of people on NOSTR aren't political, but I had a thought that might be useful at the end of this post.

I'm not a Trump fan, but there are so many people calling Trump a tyrant and saying Trump will end Democracy, but when the party proposes skipping the months of state primary elections and wants to make him the presumptive nominee, Trump tells them "No.". That doesn't sound like a tyrant or someone who will end democracy.

 Of course he does have other faults. It really irritates me that the left is constantly telling lies about Trump. I hate lies, so I end up defending Trump. I have real problems with Trump so I'd rather spend time pointing out his actual faults, but I end up defending him against lies. Is that intentional???

 A similar thing happened with Kavanaugh. During his appointment hearings, so many lies were told, that I ended up defending him even though I didn't trust him and actually didn't want him to be confirmed due to my concerns.
#grownostr

   https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-rejects-gop-plan-to-install-him-as-nominee-5574533?src_src=Goodevening&src_cmp=gv-01-26-2024&est=o6u7G7jg0i7qkf25G4RhYRQKvtQ9AL5RhyBrcURJk6+WPuzp6DAhAyAfI6Od6wg=


It wasn't just an excuse and it only delayed going into work, but when I lived in South Florida, I called into work to tell them I couldn't come into work because we had gotten so much rain, if I opened my car doors, the water would've flooded my car.

When I finally did get into work, The giant parking lot at work had flooded and cars had floated around and were sitting haphazardly around the parking lot.


The Federal government makes a big deal when they have budget problems and threatens government shutdown.  The best thing they could do is shut down.  The harm they do is so much greater any good they do.


Because of the access to information, the internet has made those, that make use of the unlimited information, smarter, but due to the ability of governments and corporations to track and influence and for people to find echo chambers, it has made many people less likely to think.  You could argue that the internet has made society, as a whole, dumber.


I think we will be having fewer and fewer of these fake Christians as the persecution of Christians continues to grow.

FYI,  God used this fake conversion stuff to get me saved.  When I was in middle school, my psycho aunt took me to her church (all of her actions are the opposite of what you would expect of a Christian).  At the end of the service, she marched me down the aisle, took me into a back room cubicle and her and this church staff member told me that I was being saved and that I should start reading my Bible daily.  Being a compliant kid, I did.  3-4 years later, at an FCA meeting, I actually did trust Christ.  Everything they did was wrong, but God used it for good.  Unfortunately most of the time, this kind of action has the opposite effect.


I don't want to think about what would happen if the Feds actually tried that.


I'd like to see Texas arrest some Federales for destroying Texas property when they cut down the razor wire.


I've already picked out the states I'd like to secede and become a new republic.

Montana, Idaho, North & South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, & Texas.  That would make a darned good nation.  It would be liberty friendly and produce plenty of food, energy, and even Tech.  Texas has ports that make trade easier.


I'd like Texas if it wasn't so darned hot.  I can't handle the heat.


In reality the sound bite viewpoint is almost always wrong.  The truth is usually more complicated than a soundbite or a slogan.


Another inspiring quote from Calvin's Institutes Chapter XVI, Section 1:

"The name of Jesus is not only light but also food; it is also oil, without which all food of the soul is dry; it is salt, without whose seasoning whatever is set before us in insipid; finally, it is honey in the mouth, melody in the ear, rejoicing in the heart, and at the same time medicine.  Every discourse in which His name is not spoken is without savor."


I just picked up Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion", that I had gotten away from reading while I read several other books.  This passage stuck out to me.  It is very profound.

Ironically many of my Catholic friends don't like Calvin, but Calvin quotes Augustine, who they respect greatly, almost continually.  This quote is Calvin quoting Augustine.  The longer passage is great, but this is the summary quote.  Ch XVI, section 4, near the end.

"Thus in a marvelous and divine way He loved us even when He hated us.  For he hated us for what we were that he had not made; yet because our wickedness had not entirely consumed his handiwork, he knew how, at the same time, to hate in each one of us what we had made, and to love what he had made.


The Roman Republic probably wouldn't be too bad.  The Roman Empire probably wouldn't be much different than the US today.


Last I heard, the US was claiming that bombing the Houthis wasn't being at war with the Houthis.  When asked by the media what the definition of war was and how it was different than the current situation, the speaker stuttered, made excuses, and then reluctantly said, "a congressional declaration of war".  I guess they do know the Constitution exists.  They just ignore it most of the time.


Social Security is underfunded, taxes will make up the difference.
Medicare is underfunded, taxes will make up the difference.

Expect to be taxed to death and when they can't tax us anymore, have the dollar deflated enough to steal the rest.


FYI, I live at the outer limits of where there is a chance of seeing northern lights.  Last summer, there was a geomagnetic storm that seemed like I should see some.  A friend posted on social media that he had seen some.  I went outside and looked North.  I thought I might see something, but couldn't tell if it was my mind wanting to see lights in the dark.  I got out my cell phone and turned on the camera.  I was able to get some great shots and some video of the northern lights.  If you think you might see them, but can't see well, use your cell phone camera and you might be surprised.

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I've enjoyed Coracle.

I'd previously used several others, but they kept seeming to break and get worse, while Coracle has been easy to use, intuitive, and keeps on working.  Thanks for what you do.


It is amazing how many of the "respected" "leaders" are being exposed for the frauds they truly are.  The whole system is broken.


I don't trust Trump either.  It is less that I think he is lying and more that he makes decisions based on his gut rather than research and once he makes a decision he refuses to admit he was wrong, so when he is wrong, he doubles down.  It causes so much problem.


A perfect illustration of the current US government.

Does anyone honestly believe we still live in a free country or a country where justice is blind?

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When I saw Ramaswamy step down as a candidate for President, endorse Trump, and then do a talk together, I thought it looked like he was trying to get the VP slot with Trump. Now Trump is saying he's already picked his VP (although he isn't saying who it is). When asked if Trump would reconcile with any of his opponents, he replied strongly affirmative. I could be wrong, but my theory is that Trump and Ramaswamy have come to an agreement and Ramaswamy will be Trump's VP.

 As good as Ramaswamy sounds when he talks, I don't trust him and don't think he is the bastion of liberty and honesty that he pretends to be. I hope Trump isn't making a terrible mistake and picking a poison pill as VP.

https://patriotclash.com/donald-trump-says-he-has-decided-who-he-will-pick-for-vp/


I've been hearing/reading a lot about this hypothetical "disease X" which is coming and supposedly going to kill 20% more people than covid-19. Supposedly hundreds of scientists/doctors are working on treatments and vaccines, but it is supposedly hypothetical. The WEF had a session on dealing with Disease X last week.

 Before the "covid pandemic", the powers that be met together to discuss a "hypothetical" corona virus pandemic. This was less that 2 months before the real thing, which we later come to find out was a created virus form a lab. It seemed overly coincidental and convenient and makes me wonder if covid was released on purpose.

 We now have the WHO (World Health Organization) treaty scheduled to be voted on in May. This treaty would allow the director of WHO to declare a health emergency and over-ride all the world governments on how to deal with the emergency. This would be absolute tyranny. It is possible that this talk is supposed to scare countries into signing the treaty, but I am worried that they already have the Disease X virus in a lab ready to release, kill people, generate fear, and cause the people to clamor for countries to sign on to the treaty. I hope I'm wrong.

 Be prepared and never allow fear to cause you to give up your freedom and sovereignty.

 This is just one of the articles I've read.
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/disease-x-and-the-corrupt-lancet?publication_id=583200&post_id=140769749&isFreemail=true&r=1r70jj&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email


He got locked in the bedroom for an hour or two.


We don't get ribeyes for lunch, but we'll be having ribeyes for dinner.  I think I'm going to cook me the one remaining lamb chop for lunch.


But they can't take your Bitcoin.


The problem is I am homeschooling my son and he sits there constantly nosing us begging to get let out.  I'm close to letting him go out and leaving him there.  He is a big dog with thick fur, so he will be fine, even if he is a little uncomfortable.

I don't know what the deal is, he will ignore us until the moment we start school and then he won't leave us alone.  My son is easily distracted, so it really can be a problem.


It is 6 F and the wind is blowing the snow horizontal.

My dog begs to go outside.  I let him out.  Five minutes later he is begging to come inside because it is miserable outside.  Five minutes later it starts again in a never ending cycle.


I'm with you Beave.  Skip the metal and just listen to some great classical music.


You are completely right.  That was childish.

It has been a very mild winter and suddenly got stupid cold where I can't hardly go outside.  Instead of being productive outside, I'm inside complaining.


It isn't just Canada that mistreats their business owners, especially small business owners, but I agree Canada is bad.

At this point, I just hate all government.


I'll have to look into that.


I've wondered for a while what my good Catholic friends think about the leadership of the Catholic Church.  Those in charge seem totally corrupt and even anti-Christian.

It looks like at least one ArchBishop agrees with me.  I'll have to pray for his safety.  He is risking a lot to speak out as strongly as he has.

There are a lot of godly catholics, that I highly respect, around the world, but I am not a fan of the entity that is Catholic Church.  Like every other organization of men, over time it is corrupted and usually becomes the antithesis of what it was meant to be.

I don't mean to be offensive and hope the faithful and godly Catholics don't take it personally.  I have great respect for them.

https://steadfastnation.com/bold-call-swiss-guards-asked-to-arrest-pope-francis-over-scandalous-book-claims/


Now it mostly makes sense if you buy a lot of gift cards where you get a significantly higher percent.  The spins don't give much (better than nothing and may become a significant amount of value in a decade or more).  Since Fold is a debit card, many places make you do a debit charge which pays you only 0.5% on Fold.  There are still some good percentages on gift cards though.


It is also possible your friend was around a recently vaccinated person who was shedding spike proteins.


My work software won't let me log in when my VPN is on, but I can turn it on after logging in and use it (I don't understand that at all).  Reading your post made me realize, I'd failed to turn it back on after logging into my work software.  Thanks.


Although inflation and government policies have made things more difficult, young people are also living at home because young people haven't been taught work ethic, responsibility, and other life skills.  In days past, youth would find a way to be on their own, even if they piled a bunch of people in one house or apartment to make ends meet.

Youth today think they should be able to move out and instantly live in the style their parents live.  They don't understand that it took their parents decades to earn their current lifestyle.  They think the world is coming to an end if they can't start at their parent's peak lifestyle level.


That looks like a mild fall morning.  We never made it above 0 F Saturday (low of -32.7 F), made it up to 2 F Sunday, and are supposed to only make it to -2 F today.  Tonight they are predicting wind chills of -35 to -45 F.   Even though last week had highs in the 50s, the river is solidly frozen across (although not to the bottom).


It may make you feel warmer to know that we got down to -32.7 F on Saturday morning and stayed below 0 F Saturday and today.  Sunday got up to a balmy 2 F.  We are getting weather warnings that tonight the wind chill will be between -35 & -45 F.  I feel confident you are warmer than that.  We've got a couple inches of snow on the ground and the river is frozen all of the way across.

We had been having an abnormally warm winter, with highs around 50 F, until this past week, when winter hit with a vengance.


My son who is now 18 and totally scared of girls, had a little girl that he had a little crush on in 2nd grade.  I was asking about various friends and when I asked what he liked about this little girl, he said, "I like the way she looks from behind."  I started to ask what he meant and then decided that I didn't want to know.  I'm going to assume he just meant that he liked her hair.  Ignorance is bliss.


I smile at everyone.  When I was young and single, that got me into trouble.  Guys thought I was flirting when I was just giving a friendly hello smile like I do to everyone.

I still smile at everyone but don't have the problem anymore.  It could be the wedding ring.  It could be I'm not interesting at my age.  It could be my smile changed.  It could be something else.  I don't actually want anyone pursuing me, but I'll admit I hope it isn't that I'm not interesting anymore.


I use Strike to dollar cost average buying BTC.  It works well.  I have 3/4 of my strike direct deposit auto buy right when the money arrives and 1/4 I manually buy when I see a mini-dip.  It has worked well except that they stopped direct deposit for a bit while switching to running their own system and that was during the recent low.

I also use Fold.  I've liked it and done well, but I don't bring in nearly as much now as I used to.  I think it is still probably worth doing, but I'm not as excited about it as I was.  I wish they'd quit paying out big for a few people and make everyone make a little more.  They brag about paying out whole bitcoins, but that just means we get squat.  I've bought a $500 gift card and earned triple spins (150) and earned barely over 1000 sats.


Although I think kids are the greatest blessing, I also don't think everyone should have kids.  If you don't want kids and/or aren't willing to sacrifice for your kids, you probably would make a terrible parent and it's better you don't have kids.


That isn't a "mistake".  That is attempted murder and should be treated accordingly.


And doctors are like most people.  The majority don't work to continue learning.


They are complaining about a problem they want.  The only reason, a woman would wear a shirt like that, is if she was trying to get attention and have everyone looking at her.  It is so sad when that is what a woman/girl resorts to.


Never worry about who will be offended if you speak the TRUTH.
Worry about who will be misled, deceived & destroyed if you don't.

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That is one of my problems with Microsoft.  They always beta-test everything on their end users.  It is dangerous to use any of their software in the first year after release.


I think allowing the US to break up into either regional nations or individual nation-states would be the best outcome we can hope for.  Unfortunately the power hungry don't want to lose control of others, so I don't have faith it could happen without another civil war which I don't want.  I hope it doesn't come to that.

To be quite honest, I've already though about what states I want in my nation.  (Idaho, Montana, North & South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.  Maybe let a few others in)  We would be in good shape for food and energy and have a port.  We could make it work for sure.


The government likes inflation.  It makes their debt easier to manage and it allows them to tax fake gains (in some cases actual losses based on real purchasing power).  Thieves gotta steal.


I'm trying to get my work finished so I can enjoy the rest of the week with my son before he heads back to college.