We used to have tons of wild rabbits (white tails & jack rabbits) around our home.  There were times I could probably see as many as 50 in our yard.  One night, when my husband was driving home, he hit 3 on the 3.5 mile drive down the dirt road to our home.  Then suddenly a bunny plague hit and they just disappeared.  They were just starting to have a comeback and the city dump started a fire which swept through the plains fueled by 60+ mph winds that wiped them out once again.  We see m them every once in a while now, but even 8 years after the fire, we rarely see the rabbits anymore.


Whatever it takes to protect our kids from those who would do them harm.
#grownostr #memstr #children

https://void.cat/d/6Asex5HEpASQaiM7FTrtY1.webp


or Twitter/X or YouTube, etc.
#grownostr #memstr

https://void.cat/d/NhAZoWLAWcvSK1JwEdQCAt.webp


Nice.  I had to do some calculations to know what that means.

My son left for college at 6' tall (182 cm), which is the same as my husband.  My husband still won't admit that our son is as tall as he is.  The perverse part of me wants my son to come home for Christmas enough taller that my husband can't deny it anymore.  Is that bad of me?


It is more surprising that McCarthy agreed to remove it in the  beginning than it is that he kept it in the bill in the end.


When I woke up this morning it was 34F.  Winter is almost here.  It is a good thing I brought my pots of tomatoes and jalapenos inside yesterday.


Those are beautiful.


It doesn't look like the US will quit instigating until Russia attacks NATO, if not the US.  Of course, when Russia attacks, to defend itself, they will again be accused of being the aggressor and most Americans will likely believe the lies.
#grownostr

https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/russwian-black-sea-fleet-hq-hit-by-scalp-missiles-ukarine-admits-west-involved-in-targeting


Coming to the USA.


Is there anything government touches that they don't ruin?


Is there anything else the  US and NATO can do to instigate Russia causing WWIII?  It is hard to think of anything they haven't already done.


Good thing I bought extras and have them on the shelf in case of emergency.


That looks amazing!


I feel like this.  How about you?
#grownostr #memstr

https://void.cat/d/Xbt7TSTeDETuxp93HBVugL.webp


I'd add, be careful when you blindly follow the masses because sometimes the people you are following are just as blind and uninformed as you are.
#grownostr #memestr
https://void.cat/d/MYrUM9UkzUGNd2sEbp1Dna.webp


The old-fashioned cure is better.

FYI, it also works best if your soup is made with homemade bone broth.
#grownostr #memes #memestr

https://void.cat/d/KBbrwfuQ8cEC2Z7ncFamoY.webp


If you've wondered why the media always seems to report the pharmaceutical company's lies, this is why.  The pharmaceutical companies don't have so many commercials on the news primarily to convince people to "ask their doctor about ...", but because they are paying the media to not report inconvenient facts.  They can't legally pay the media to not report facts, but they can advertise so much that the media would go out of business if the pharmaceutical companies withdrew all of their advertising.  That keeps the media in line.
#grownostr #science #truth
https://void.cat/d/QPJQkxgCTnJqpuZuetYtVn.webp


This quote, written decades ago, seem to describe today's society and people so well.

"The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be among those who appear to be most normal.  Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives, that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does.  They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society.  Their perfect adjustment to that abnormal society is a measure of their mental sickness.  These millions of abnormally normal people, living without fuss in a society to which, if they were fully human beings, they ought not to be adjusted."
-- Aldous Huxley, "Brave New World Revisited"

#grownostr #society #truth #normal


Thanks.  I saw that about 2 minutes ago.


Reading.  I love reading.


✨Ľḭṿḙśƫṟãɖãṁṹṧ💫 Ibn Satoshi


Romans 8:28 (NASB1995)
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

The key word is "ALL".  There is nothing, no matter how bad it seems, that isn't for our good and for the good of others and for the purpose of upholding his plan.  Many times we can see the good if we are looking for it, but sometimes we may not see the good until we reach heaven.

2015 was this for me.  I had one horrible thing after another happen, but each one prepared me for the next and when it was all done, my whole family and I were all better off.  Although I never would have chosen these things for myself, after seeing all the good that came from it, I would not give them up for anything.  I was truly blessed.


Gold (and silver) and BTC both have their strengths. Although BTC has more there are situations where the precious metals could be more useful.  A diversified portfolio should have both.  I don't like fiat, but it has its use case as well (at least for the moment) because it is accepted so universally.  People do need to keep in mind that dollar denominated investments, like stocks, bonds, & ETFs, will be effected by what the dollar does, so if someone only has dollar denominated investments, they aren't truly diversified.


Never, ever, never!  Not under any circumstance!

Someone has to be seriously addicted to the internet to ever consider a brain implant.  Not only is messing with the brain dangerous, but if you can communicate out and receive information, there is always the risk that someone will use the implant to program your brain.  No, thank you!


What's the difference between a conspiracy theory (or  misinformation) and the truth?

About 6 months.


That is why I homeschool.  It was one of the best decisions of my life.

I don't believe the government school system is fixable.  Even the teachers, who are acting with 100% altruistic motives and who believe they are always teaching the truth, are so indoctrinated that they indoctrinate even when they believe they are educating.


It is funny how the crazy liberal woman can almost be known before they ever open their mouths.  I can't explain what their defining appearance is, but I recognize them.


There should be no law and no punishment for anything that doesn't have an actual victim and "society" or "the government" cannot be that victim.  The harm done to the victim cannot be solely hurt feelings.  If this was done, it would solve a lot of problems.

I'm sure even greater reductions in government power could be good, but just this would make things so much better.


Since every dollar created is equivalent to a dollar of debt and since debt has to be paid back with interest, by definition there cannot be enough dollars to payback the debt plus interest.  This means the entire value of everything is slowly transferred to the bankers, the people who issued the debt.  They knew what they were doing when they created this system.

A money out of nothing (like most people think we have) would be much better than the system of theft we endure.


I used to have free proton mail, but I now pay for it because I want my private email to stick around and I don't want them motivated to sell my info to stay in business.  Of course I also get some extra features with the paid version.

I wanted to get rid of my yahoo account entirely, but I have used it for so long and many websites, that I use for work, use the email for login and won't let me change it, so I have 2 emails, one for normie functions and one for everything else.


Thanks.


The problem I'm having is I can't figure out where to post it in 2 of my clients.


I usually listen to a podcast while working in my garden.  I like any time I can multitask.


If nothing else, giving a 3% discount, due to not having to pay CC processing fees, seems very reasonable.  You could argue a bigger discount is better if you want to encourage getting paid in BTC more, but giving the 3% discount would be reasonable even if you were going to instantly convert to fiat.


I was engaged to someone else before marrying my husband (just celebrated 24 years).  When I first broke up with him, I doubted myself.  I felt guilty.  I was unsure.  Shortly later, the guy was engaged to someone else.  All my friends were asking me if I was OK.  I was totally OK.  This confirmed that I had made the right decision.  Two years later, my ex was divorced.  I've been happily married for 24 years.  Don't settle.  If your heart tells you something isn't right, it probably isn't.  Marriage should be forever.  You don't want to make a mistake.


Borrowed from the Bob Livingston Letter:

"It is frightening how the U.S. establishment has confused cause and effect by and through a flag-waving mania in America. "Patriotism" throughout history has covered a multitude of mischief. We are seeing it now, especially around Sept. 11th. We are face-to-face with a modern tyranny. Patriotism is the cover. The American flag is the symbol.

Look no further than the new housing developments in North Carolina that will require residents to "display their patriotism by flying the American flag year-round, so patriotism can be 'lived' there, too," a local TV station reported.

Developer Brock Funkhouser calls it the "1776 Standard," saying, "Our vision is to combine elements of American patriotism, homeownership as the American dream, and the founding ideals." He added that everyone is expected to accept the United States Constitution.

Dear reader, the flag is not the U.S. Constitution. It is not even America. After all, is it not the most American of all things to resist and rebel against what we perceive as tyranny and its symbols?

If we deny one — whether through intimidation and threats, monetary sanctions or government force — his rights, are we not creating a situation where rights are just privileges that can be denied on a whim? If we support police power to invade our homes and wallets and steal our property just because government has made it "legal," are we not again conceding that rights are merely privileges?

You cannot say, "I believe in the 1st Amendment, but...; I believe in the 2nd Amendment, but...; I believe in the 4th Amendment, but..." There is no but.

And if that government making "legal" the assaults on our liberty is represented by a symbol, shouldn't we conclude that that symbol is a symbol of tyranny?

Our perception of America has always been that she is the mother country and ordained by God, good and just and a beacon of freedom. This is hammered into our psyches from our early days.

From pre-school up, we are taught to worship the state. I don't know if it is still done, but in the public (non)education system, for many years, schoolchildren across the South — and elsewhere, I suppose — recited the Pledge of Allegiance each morning. Political rallies and government meetings are still often begun with a recitation of the pledge.

People say it with patriotic fervor, with their hands placed dutifully on their hearts.

Sporting events, political rallies and other public venues are often kicked off with the playing and/or singing of the Star Spangled Banner. Before the song begins, people are instructed to rise, men to remove their hats, and people place their hands over their hearts. They don't realize its value as a propaganda tool.

We have come to equate the flag, the pledge and the national anthem with patriotism, and patriotism with government, country and support for government, support for foreign wars and veterans. Anything less is "un-American."

Phony patriotism like this is strong leverage against a population ignorant of the ways of treason by its own government. When George Washington said "government is force," he meant that government is force against its own people.

Since by definition government is force, then it follows that government will use any ruse imaginable to increase its power. Increased use of government force or power could backfire unless skillfully handled and justified in the public mind. Therefore governments rarely take action unless accompanied by skillful propaganda.

Hats Off to the American Golden Calf

Beyond its patriot fervor is the almost religious fervor and religious symbolism of the American people's actions when the pledge and the national anthem begin: the ritual standing, removal of hats, placing of hands and rote recitation.

In the book of Daniel, Israelites Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah (Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) refused to worship the golden image of Nebuchadnezzar contrary to the king's decree. The king ordered them to be thrown into the furnace after it was turned up to seven times its normal temperature.

NFL player Colin Kaepernick created a stir when he refused to stand for the national anthem. He was not subsequently ordered into the furnace by the king, but he was burned symbolically by many football fans who torched their jerseys. Americans fumed that he should "leave" America if he can't support the flag and that he had disrespected the flag, the nation and veterans.

What are we saying when we say that someone "disrespected the flag," or "disrespected the country," or "disrespected the veterans" if he chooses to not stand for the national anthem?

What is the flag but a piece of cloth?

By the reactions on both sides of the political aisle, it seems it has become more of a golden calf to represent mother country or the god of government.

Our mother has become a witch. Yes, same symbols, same flag, same pledge of allegiance, but a decadent spirit controlling the perceptions of the American people, keeping them on the animal farm (controlling their perceptions) long enough to impoverish and enslave them.

Time and gradualism can change a system all the way from human liberty to slavery (the animal farm) over a few generations without anyone being aware except a very few, those who ask questions.

"America, love it or leave it," is a tired canard. Recall that in 1860-1861 11 states attempted to "leave it" in order to preserve their liberty and rights as sovereign states. They were branded as "insurrectionists" and attacked by the Republican War Party and the result was their economic and social destruction, subjugation and the deaths of some 850,000 people. When one talks of secession today he's branded as a racist, crazy or a radical and told secession is "illegal."

One can love his country but hate his government and its actions. I love America but not the people who control America and its government. I love America, but its rulers are alien to individual freedom, its government now anathema to liberty.

If the flag is symbolic of government and that government lies at every turn, enslaves its people, steals from their labor, passes laws that are an execration to their faith, takes from them their liberty, exports tens of thousands of jobs to ruin America's middle class and drive down wages for everyone, and that makes war on other countries that have not threatened us, why should any acknowledge its presence with more than a sneer?

Wars are not for patriotism and "democracy," as we are propagandized. And our freedom has not been threatened by outside forces in 200 years. Wars are to kill; i.e., mass ritual murder. Additionally, big business and globalist banksters reap massive profits for the killing and sacrifice of young men (lambs) on all sides of combat.

If the flag is symbolic of the Constitution, that Constitution died long ago. If the flag is symbolic of freedom, that freedom no longer exists — stolen long ago by corptocrats, globalist banksters, and unaccountable oligarchical black-robed corruptocrats who usurped their authority created laws out of thin air under the guise of "interpreting the Constitution" — a dictate not granted them under the original document.

Say "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? You'll get suspended. Pray to Allah during school? You're protected by the First Amendment.

The phony form of patriotism instilled within the population is strong leverage against independent thinking, keeping people ignorant of the treason by our own government. Our mother has been transformed into a witch no matter how much we love her.

Remember: The Constitution, when correctly applied, should make people uncomfortable — especially those in government — because it applies to everyone.

Both truth and dissent, like true patriotism and protest, are like kryptonite to the power elite. The Founders understood this. They also understood that propaganda was a powerful tool, but that it could be overcome only through freedom of expression.

Those who join in worshiping the flag and who seek to shut down freely exchanged information on the premise that those people are may be engaging in "unpatriotic behavior" are advocating for their own slavery. If government can shut down even one thing it deems un-American, it can shut them all down.

Yours for the truth,

Bob Livingston
Editor, The Bob Livingston Letter®"

FYI, if you are a Christian and you freak out if someone doesn't use perfect flag etiquette, doesn't say the pledge of allegiance, or things like that, you are probably guilty of idolatry.  You can't pledge allegiance to the flag (or America or the Constitution) and pledge allegiance to God.  Only one can truly have your allegiance.  This has become even more obvious now that the US government is pushing so many things that the Bible calls evil and the government calls evil, so many things that the Bible calls good or even mandates.
#grownostr  #patriot  #patriotism  #flag


RFK, Jr. is great on so many things, but he is still big government and wants to spend taxpayer money on individuals.  He also isn't pro-life, which, with all has done to protect children, seems contradictory.  Although I still have several major disagreements, he may be the best that is running.


I am not able to receive zaps right now (haven't since 9/13).  I am mostly using Coracle w/Alby on a desktop, but have had Iris, Snort, Satellite, and Coracle open on my desktop.

I do have Amethyst on my phone and haven't setup a wallet w/Amethyst yet.  I rarely have Amethyst open and rarely post on it.

I can zap others, but have at least one person who has tried to zap me multiple times and gotten a wallet not set up notification.  I was able to zap her fine.  Does anyone know what is going on or how to fix it?
#nostrhelp  #zap  #zapstr  #wallet  #alby


I just logged out of Iris, which has been having all kinds of problems and rebooted my computer and browser and relogged into Alby using Coracle.  Hopefully that will fix the problem.


Even if you say value comes from the highest use to which it can be put instead of the amount of work/resources put into it, that doesn't change the basic point.  Money is a track of value.  All value comes from resources and/or the work put into improving the usefulness of those resources.  Money is a ledger of value.  That is why it works.


I forgot one other important trait of useful money and that is security.  BTC is better than gold or dollars at security because, if you protect your keys, nobody can take your money.  Both gold & dollars can be stolen no matter how good your security is.  If you memorize your key, nobody can steal it, period.


Money primarily has value, not because of what it is based on, but as a measure of work done or value created.  It bypasses barter where two people want to trade, but don't produce things the other wants or at different values or at the wrong time.    Anything that maintains its value, is easily transportable (can buy remotely at any time), and is easily divisible (so it can purchase .small & big things)  Gold meets the first, but is very poor on the other two traits.  The dollar is terrible at holding value, OK for transportable (slower than it should be), and good on divisible.  BTC is the only money ever created that is truly effective at all 3.


I like voting 3rd party.  In America people think voting 3rd party is a wasted vote.  I want to get the 3rd party high enough that more people will vote for the candidate they want rather than the candidate they think can win.

If we can get the 3rd party vote over 10%, I think we could suddenly get a lot of people to leave the 2 major parties because most people aren't happy with either, they just hate one more than the other.  Voting in America is kind of like choosing between Hitler and the Devil.  Both are horrible.  One is just a little less horrible.


I love the idea and would definitely be willing to share sats.  Although I agree money should go to the clients as well, it seems like the relays have the greatest cost (maybe I'm wrong) and should get a larger portion than the clients.  The clients have more of a fixed cost that scales more easily where the cost goes up for every added user for the relays.


The USD is debt backed.  This means there are not enough dollars to pay all of the debt + interest.  As time goes by, a higher and higher percentage of the value of our economy is transferred to the bankers.  Theoretically a time will come when the bankers own all.  (I do think the dollar will collapse and be dropped before then, though.)


The USD is backed by debt, which is bad because it means there are not enough dollars in existence to pay back the debt and interest, so the wealth is slowly being stolen by the bankers.

BTC is backed by work (done by computers).  Money is a measure of work/value, so BTC should remain being worth the work put into it.  The fact that BTC can be used to convert waste (like flare gas from oil wells) to value, makes it even more valuable.


Let me know if you receive my zap.  It looks like it went through.


Ukraine .would've had peace talks with Russia in the first 6 months, if not before hostilities, if the US and NATO had not discouraged it and hadn't promised weapons and support.  This would have saved thousands of lives (probably hundreds of thousands).


I think the problem is the perspective.  Some people think that being baptized makes a person a Christian where the Bible requires faith in Jesus.  On the other hand, having the church/saints bless a child, agree to do everything in their power to lead them to Christ, and to understand how God can bless a family or other group even when not 100% are true believers is reality, too.  I'd argue that it isn't the action that matters but the purpose/belief that matters.

1 Corinthians 7:14 (NASB1995)
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.


When my son was 8-10, he went to visit his grandparents.  They went to a parade and he got candy.  He then went to work with them (they owned their business before they retired).  He was selling candy.  He then came to us with concern because he said his money was being inflated away.  He asked if he should only accept payment in gold or silver.

Although I told him nobody would buy it if he required payment in gold or silver, I was kind of proud of him for understanding money better than most adults.


Sounds like you are doing things right.


I only have one on my phone because I rarely use my phone for social media or even email.  I prefer using my computer.  I can type fast on a computer.  I am slow and sloppy on a phone.  I basically have amethyst on my phone so I can post a picture, taken on my phone, to NOSTR without having to email myself or hook my phone to my computer.


They have to hype a pandemic so they can fix the election again, otherwise a lot of people could go to jail. #grownostr

I've been hesitant to post a lot of memes that can be considered political because the people on NOST are more solutions oriented than problem focused.  Do people like seeing memes like this or would they rather not have their feed filled with stuff like this?

https://void.cat/d/QxzVJaJ68PmsUTd9eQBckv.webp


Keep this in mind when you see a fact check.
#grownostr

https://void.cat/d/VxbmAGjaZkUUEG17ZHEqEb.webp


I'm glad I read your post before posting.  I was going to mention the same fact that the short life expectancy was due primarily to high infant mortality.  I could also add that there was a lot more death of pregnant mothers as well, but the infant mortality had the biggest effect on life expectancy numbers.


I definitely agree that everyone doesn't need to go to college, but there are a few other majors that are worth attending (engineering, architecture, programming, etc.), especially if you get a scholarship to reduce the cost.  Picking a less expensive college and/or doing something like getting an AA at a local community college where you can stay home and not have housing costs, and only going off to college for your final 2 years .

Unfortunately we don't teach kids to do the math to see if college makes sense.  You can look at how much you are likely to make if you get a particular degree, how much it will cost, and how much any interest you will have to pay on debt you take out and compare that to what you are likely to make without the degree and knowing that you probably will earn money for 4 or more additional years (years the college student isn't earning).  For most this leads to the decision that college isn't worth it.

Another issue is that so many colleges have gone woke that many times, especially with liberal arts degrees at liberal arts colleges, the student leaves stupider than when they arrived.  I would also say, as an employer, I will never hire anyone who has a victimology degree (women's studies, African American studies, gender studies, etc.), because I know the only thing they learned in college is how to find fault and how sue anyone who doesn't give them the praise and benefits they think they deserve.


I wonder if it is because I don't have lightning on my phone and you were zapping a post from my phone.  I mostly use my laptop because I hate typing on my phone, but I occasionally post a picture I took on my phone on Amethyst on my phone so I don't have to transfer it or email it to my laptop.  Maybe if you zap that post it fails.  That is the only thing I can think of.  I normally always have alby and multiple clients open and setup on my laptop.


I wonder how many other zaps I've missed.  I've always been able to zap and I've gotten zaps, but I don't get them every day.  Maybe I've had a problem and not known it.


קยภк ภ๏รtг๏ภคยt :verified:


Unfortunately our actions are destroying the dollar.


I agree.  I've basically stopped using it.  Because I used to like it, I check it every once in a while to see if it's been fixed, but the answer is always "No".


Thank you for your service to fellow Christians.


Sometimes disobedience is the best, most moral, most patriotic thing we can do.
#grownostr #disobey

borrowed from minds
 https://void.cat/d/KpVMAfidZQN3P5Xvvc1X3r.webp


It is nice being able to swap clients and not lose posts & follows/followeres.


Lately on desktop, I have liked Snort best of all, but Satellite is better for looking at threads and Coracle is best for showing me all responses to posts.  I have trouble with none of the others showing me all responses (zaps, likes, comments) well.  Snort shows all of my posts and some responses are mixed in, but it is hard to find the responses within the feed.  I used to like Iris best, but I get zero notifications now (used to be fine), so I rarely use it anymore.


That is weird.  I've gotten lots of zaps from other people.  Thanks for trying.


I 100% agree there are no good people, but that is a complaint other people have to which I was replying.

I knew someone would point that out, but I didn't want to make my post wordy.


We keep being told that we are in Ukraine for democracy (even though Zelensky banned the opposition party, stole the opposition party's money, and postponed all elections indefinitely) and that Ukraine are the good guys, but I just don't see it.

FYI, I'm not a Putin fan, but he sure does look reasonable, logical, and caring in comparison.


Here is a link to the tea infusers

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZN88PS7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Compliance side effects could be life destroying.

https://void.cat/d/SNE3rp1GqKauZqc2C1uRms.webp


I've been going through a bed that I made 2-3 years ago that is getting weeds & grass.  I pull back the mulch, pull up weeds and pull out grass rhizomes, dump my dirty bunny bedding, cover with 2 layers of cardboard, and dump the existing mulch back on (I really need more mulch). It is working well, but takes a lot of time.  I also have to do a section a week when it is time to dump the bunny bins and I have a long stretch (at least 50 feet and maybe approaching 100 feet).


I was shocked by a study that showed most people (don't remember the exact percentage, but it was more than half) never read a book after graduating from school (high school or college).  I can't comprehend that mentality.  I have learned more since graduating college than I learned during my entire formal schooling.

If you aren't constantly learning, you are losing what matters in life and can't grow.  You just degrade on the way to death.


I really need to do the same.

I keep putting it off.  I really could use the mulch now, but in the spring they usually have a sale for a week or two where it is cheaper.  Is it worth waiting to save money or better to get it now and have the benefit for 6 months sooner?  I haven't come up with an answer so I haven't done anything.


I used to fix mistakes my employees make, but quickly learned, if they didn't have the pain of fixing their mistakes, they kept making them.  When I changed to making them fix their mistakes, most never made the mistake ever again.

Consequences lead people to wisdom.


Can you imagine how different things would be if all highschool kids had to read Bastiat's "The Law"?


Probably my favorite Bastiat quote, although he has a lot of great ones.


I've always thought that the defining state of socialism and communism is coveting what other have.  That is what motivates 100% of those who support those ideologies.


I still use Amethyst, corracle, iris, and satellite some, but I've had the best luck with snort.


One of the best things about homeschooling my sons was unlearning lies and relearning truths.
#homeschool


One of the best things about homeschooling my sons was relearning truth and unlearning lies.
#


" “Clearly, a robust means of further reducing the error rate is critical if non-enzymatic RNA replication is to serve as the means for initiating Darwinian evolutionary processes.”11 Again, though, this will require additional levels of fine-tuning and design."

Oops!  Did they accidentally say that to make their theory work, it needed "fine-tuning and design".  Nature can't do that, but God can.


Any scripture you've memorized can never be stolen.


Unfortunately there are a lot of professing Christians who put more faith in being saved by Republican politicians than in being saved by Jesus and who put honoring the flag above making Jesus absolute sovereign.


I think the wise people diversify and have both Bitcoin & precious metals.  There are different circumstances where the different forms of money are better.  You increase your chances by having both.


My husband also uses Simpson quotes for things.  One evening, during dinner, I commented on how he had a Simpsons story for every situation.  He said yes.  I then spent the whole dinner coming up with scenarios and having him tell me the related Simpsons story.  There was only one thing I could come up with that only had a slightly related Simpsons episode.  Amazing!


We were using a devotional book with our sons, but now that my eldest is off to college, we are just using my younger son's (who has Down Syndrome) Awana Trek book and bible summaries for our devotions.  We started doing it because there is so much for him to do and memorize to keep up with the other kids for whom it is easier, but I have been very happy with the depth of the studies.  We also have a book of missionaries (mostly those supported by our church but also several that we support) that we rotate through praying for them along with our regular prayers.  I love the idea of including hymns, but 2 out of 3 of us can't sing at all, so it isn't as worshipful as it could be.


We got rain last night / early this morning.  I am very grateful for the moisture.


It feels like this, doesn't it?

Those in positions of power and influence were able to increase both under the covid "emergency". They really don't want the "emergency" to go away and have to give that power back.
#memestr #meme #grownostr

https://void.cat/d/A2RUb2vwGnKaBsQH7iWzpS.webp


I'm reading a chronological Bible right now.  I like it.  It can give a new perspective when you see things that were going on at the same time or when you read two parallel descriptions (like Samuel & Chronicals).


Most people don't realize that the most persecuted group in the world are Christians.  The media doesn't care when Christians are persecuted and murdered.  Most governments don't care.  The "liberals" who claim to be defenders of the little guys don't care.  I'd argue that many of them get a perverse joy out of seeing Christians, who they hate, "get what's coming to them".

If you are a Christian, think how you would handle this kind of persecution because we could see it in our lifetime.

"The Genocide Of Christians Is Escalating All Over The Planet, But Most Westerners Don’t Even Know It Is Happening
September 11, 2023 by Michael
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Did you know that vast multitudes of Christians have been killed and hundreds of churches have been attacked in recent months?  If you live in the western world, there is a good chance that you haven’t heard anything about this.  That is because what becomes “news” is very tightly controlled by a handful of exceedingly powerful corporations.  So you are going to get the “news” that they want you to have.  For example, earlier today Yahoo News posted a “news story” that was entitled “Kim Kardashian Appeared To Accidentally Post An Unedited Selfie This Weekend”.  With everything else that is going on in the world, that is what they want us to focus on?

I couldn’t care less about what selfies Kim Kardashian chooses to post on social media.

But I do care about all of the Christians that are being slaughtered in Manipur state in India…

U.N. experts have appealed to India’s government over the ongoing violence in Manipur state, which has left 187 dead, 70,000 displaced and hundreds of churches destroyed amid ethnic and religious tensions.

India’s government has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers to the region, but they have not been able to completely stop the violence.

Thousands of weapons have been looted from the police, and there is a tremendous amount of concern about what might happen next…

The government has deployed about 50,000 soldiers, armed police and other security personnel to enforce buffer zones between the two communities. Despite these measures, mobs have looted more than 4,000 weapons and half a million rounds of ammunition from police in Manipur, according to official estimates.

Of course this is not the only area of India where this sort of thing is happening.

Many in India deeply hate the fact that Christianity has spread so rapidly in that nation in recent years, and the level of persecution just continues to get worse with each passing year.

Meanwhile, the U.S. government is being asked to intervene to prevent the genocide of 120,000 Armenian Christians by the Islamic government of Azerbaijan…

A coalition of global organizations announced the launch of a campaign dedicated to ending the Azerbaijani blockade of the Armenian territory Artsakh, and ending the genocide of 120,000 Armenians who have been trapped in their own country for more than 260 days without the ability to access food, fuel, medicine and other life-saving necessities. These prominent organizations unite under the banner “120,000 Reasons” to signal to President Joseph Biden and the U.S. Congress that immediate action is needed to end this genocide, allow the delivery of life-sustaining relief and allow Armenians unencumbered access to their country. Without these actions, America could standby and allow the death and displacement of 120,000 Armenian Christians.

On Capitol Hill, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress convened a pivotal hearing to address the genocide perpetrated by Azerbaijan against the ethnic Armenians in Artsakh. The ongoing blockade of the Lachin Corridor, the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia, which began in December 2022, has severed access by approximately 120,000 Armenian residents in Artsakh to essential goods; including food, electricity, life-saving medication and healthcare.

For much more on the horrifying situation that Christians in Armenia are facing, I would encourage you to read an excellent piece posted by Zero Hedge entitled “Slow Genocide Of 120,000 Armenian Christians Happening Under Azerbaijan Occupation”.

If the Biden administration does not take action soon, thousands of Armenian Christians could die.

Do you think that the Biden administration will do the right thing?

Sadly, Biden and his minions rarely do anything to protect Christians around the world.

At this point, Christian communities are being regularly attacked all over the Middle East.  In the Pakistani city of Faislabad, a giant anti-Christian mob recently went on an extremely violent rampage…

A mob attacked a Christian community in Pakistan’s Faislabad over accusations of desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran. Hundreds of people armed with sticks and rocks stormed a predominantly Christian area, vandalising several churches, cemetery and setting scores of houses on fire. Pakistani authorities have launched a probe into the matter and arrested nearly 150 people.

If you choose to be a Christian in Pakistan, you are literally putting your life on the line every single day.

If you were suddenly stopped by hardline Muslims and asked to recite the Islamic profession of faith, what would you do?

One Pakistani pastor was faced with this exact scenario on a recent Sunday evening, and his answer got him shot in the chest…

A pastor was shot and wounded by hardline Muslims on Sunday evening in Jaranwala, Pakistan, a week after Islamist slogans were written on the walls of his church building, sources said.

The Rev. Eleazar Sidhu, pastor of a Presbyterian church in Kukranwala village in the Khanuwana area of Jaranwala tehsil, Faisalabad District, said the assailants ordered him to recite the Islamic creed before shooting him. He was returning home to Rehmat Town with an assistant after pastoral visits to church members when two bearded men stopped his motorcycle near the Khanuwana bus stop, he said.

“One of the attackers pulled out a pistol and asked me to recite the Islamic Kalima, [profession of faith],” Pastor Sidhu stated in the First Information Report (FIR) filed at the Saddar Police Station in Jaranwala. “When I refused and instead started to recite the Apostles’ Creed, the man opened fire, resulting in a bullet wound on the upper half of my chest [on shoulder]. The assailants fled after the attack.”

In neighboring Afghanistan, the Christian population has been reduced to an extremely low level because so many Christians fled the country once the Taliban took power.

Throughout the Middle East and in heavily Islamic areas of Africa, there are relentless efforts to eradicate the Christian faith.

For example, did you know that more than 18,000 Christian churches have been set ablaze in Nigeria since 2009?…

Both Boko Haram and Muslim Fulani herders have targeted Christians in Nigeria; since 2009, at least 18,000 Christian churches and 2,200 Christian schools have been set ablaze, and five million Christians have been internally displaced.

Why doesn’t the mainstream media in the western world ever talk about this?

Of course the nation that seems to be the most determined to wipe out the Christian faith is North Korea.

In North Korea, those that are discovered to be Christians are arrested and shipped off to concentration camps where they are literally worked to death…

The most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian is still North Korea, where a 2021 “Law Against Reactionary Thinking” subjects Christians to arrest, confinement in labor camps or even death. Even owning a Bible is a serious crime.

If you live in a western nation, you should be thankful for whatever level of religious freedom that you still have.

Because things are getting bad all over the globe.

Overall, it is being reported that over 360 million of us “suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination” because of our faith…

More than 360 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith. “In the last 30 years,” write the Open Doors analysts, “the number of countries where Christians suffer high and extreme levels of persecution has almost doubled to 76 countries.”

All throughout history, Christians have faced torture and death.

And it isn’t any different in our time.

In fact, I fully expect that the level of persecution will greatly increase in the years ahead.

Are you ready to lay down your life for what you believe?

For many Christians on the other side of the world, this is a question that they must ponder on a regular basis.

Michael’s new book entitled “End Times” is now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can check out his new Substack newsletter right here."

#grownostr #christian #christ #persecution

https://endoftheamericandream.com/the-genocide-of-christians-is-escalating-all-over-the-planet-but-most-westerners-dont-even-know-it-is-happening/


Glad he is doing better.  It is always tough seeing your kid sick.


Florida has more and bigger mosquitos than Maine.  In the summer I could sit out by the lake and hear what sounded like a 747 coming, but it was a giant swarm of mosquitos that would come and you would have to cover your mouth and nose to keep from breathing them.  Luckily the biggest swarms were what we called blind mosquitos that are white/cream and don't bite, but we could get similar swarms of the normal biting mosquitos, some of which were enormous, especially in South Florida where they don't get cold so can grow all year.


The deer like to hang out in the L of our building in the grass.  As long as we don't move too suddenly or open the door/window, they always just lie there.  We've even had a doe with twin fawns lying there.


But it does no good to tell someone Jesus is the savior when the person has no idea what they need saving from.  They need to know that God created everything, that he has standards of righteousness, and that everyone has failed to live up to his righteous standards.  They explaining what Jesus did for them makes sense.  Until they know these things, it doesn't make sense to people.

It used to be that almost all Americans had the biblical background, but it isn't true anymore.  This makes witnessing harder, but also might make people more likely to accept their need of a savior once it is explained because it is new instead of the same condition they have lived with their whole lives.

Paul witnessed to Greeks in a different manner than Hebrews because the Hebrews had the foundation and the Greeks didn't.  The basis for everything in the New Testament is in Genesis.


My son has a series of books "The Heroes Guide ..." supposedly about all of the "Prince Charmings".  It was pretty comical because all of them had some major weaknesses.  It made fun of the fairy tale (Disney) perfect prince that saves the day.


and dark


Our Congresswoman (from Wyoming) is more conservative than 95% of the Republicans at the Federal level (although still not near perfect) and I have a friend in our state legislature that is very conservative/libertarian, but I agree that most female politicians are very liberal, very abrasive, and very stupid, which kills me to say.


Is it jut the bitcoin that is at risk or are the dollars at risk also?  I have more money in fold than normal because I had my paycheck being split between fold and strike, but then strike moved banks and wouldn't take direct deposits so it all went to fold.


I have my shack stack wrapped in lettuce with no bun, but I do love mushrooms.  Normally I don't eat anything breaded, but the tiny bit (very thin breading) on the fried, cheese stuffed portobella mushroom is acceptable because I get them so infrequently.  There are no Shake Shack in my state, so I at most get to eat there once or twice a year.  I also get my shack stack with added bacon (like any self respecting person).


I definitely think that it is more common for a female to be compassionate first and a male to be protect first.  Like in all things, there are exceptions and there are some that strongly have both tendencies.


I strongly want to do both, but my first response is probably to assist the victim and when they are OK to then go after the perpetrator.  This is especially true if the victim is a child and/or if there is nobody else to help the victim.


Liberals/statists don't produce their own children (they mostly kill them off in the womb), so they have to convert ours.  We all need to do what is necessary to protect our children.
#homeschool


I just discovered Shake Shack last summer.  I was never a huge burger fan (I liked them fine, but I never craved a burger), but the Shake Shack Shack Stack is soooo good.


What is more important and world changing than raising the next generation to be wise, strong, and self sufficient?


Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.


So many people talk bad about God because they ask "why do bad things happen to good people?"  This is why.  We all grow in our faith more in difficult times than in easy times.  Our witness is also louder when we deal with hard times with peace & joy.


I haven't ever heard of anyone suing, but I'd love to see it (I don't actually trust the judicial system though).  The best solution is for most people to take their kids out of the government indoctrination centers, but I know that is unlikely to happen.  The more kids taken out, the fewer that can be destroyed and pulling out kids starves the beast.  At some point they will ease off or they will all be out of a job.


I have better luck verifying a zap in Alby than I do in most of the clients for what that is worth.


My son sometimes asks for a carbon diatomic oxygen potasium Iodide E.


Looks amazing.


When you fully believe, life is good and you finally have peace.


These people tend to
have strong opinions and are not influenced by facts or logic so they are a waste of time.
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Those look wonderful.  What variety?


I haven't personally done it because I don't have a YouTube channel, but you can setup Odyssee.com to backup your Youtube channel automatically.  Once it is setup, there is nothing you have to do.  It seems worth doing for anyone with an active channel.


Yes, because they are ethnic and linguistic Russians who have been repeatedly abused by the Ukrainians.  Ukraine is ethnically, linguistically, and culturally two nations that were artificially pushed together into one nation after WWII.  Similarly to Czechoslavakia which peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slavakia.  The best thing to happen to Ukraine would be to split it into its two parts.  This would be true even if Russia wasn't involved at all.


The time to decide which to get and to figure out and setup the new phone is a bigger reason I haven't done it yet than the cost.  If I want it, I can buy it without hurting myself.


Those look amazing!


Lord Jesus, please keep both mother and baby safe.  Give peace to all involved and wisdom to the doctors on what needs to be done to save those involved.  May whatever happens be to your glory.  Amen


2 solutions:
-- Immediately pull your kids out of government indoctrination centers, aka public schools.
-- Leave California as soon as you can find a job outside of California.

Anything less in endangering your kids.


RFK, Jr. is very good on a lot of things, but I wish he was pro-life and he still thinks government is the solution to many problems.  He seems to be an honest, America loving man, but he still has a long way to go before I would really want him as President. (He is still much better than Biden & I even considered switching to Democrat to vote in the primary for him, but it probably won't happen).


That is a good one.  I love it!


California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. all can happily leave the US.

For that matter I'd like the option of voting for my state to leave the US like the Donbas voted to leave Ukraine.  My state should be allowed to vote to leave alone or with other states and to become a stand alone nation, join with several other states to become a nation, or even to join another nation.


I'm doing most of that.  I want to get a degoogled phone because, if you have an android or iphone, there is only so much you can do.  I haven't gotten around to getting the degoogled phone due to cost and the effort required to learn it and set it up to work for me, but hopefully soon.


I hope you  are right.  I do think the America will get CBDCs.  I think there will be major pushback initially, but the government will start paying out only in CBDCs (social security, medicare, medicaid, unemployment, housing subsidies, etc.).  People will do whatever is required to get their "free" money.  That still won't get enough people into CBDCs, so the government will then give out some free money, either something similar to the covid subsidies or a full blown UBI (Universal Basic Income).  Almost everyone will line up for their "free" money.  Once everyone is using it, it won't be that hard to phase out USD, first with banning cash (to stop criminals) and then banning USD entirely.  That is how I see it playing out.


One-size-fits-all solutions never work.  People, their cares, and their environment are different and require different solutions or a different mix of solutions.

In the case of energy, some places are band work well for solar.  Some places are windy and work well for windmills.  Some places have some of each and it is helpful to have some of each because it tends to be windier at night and in the winter when there is less sun for solar and there is more sunlight in the summer and daytime which works better with solar.  Neither works very well if you don't have batteries to store energy produced when it is abundant to use when none is being produced.

It doesn't matter the subject.  People in rural areas have different needs than city people.  People in one country have different needs than people in another.  People in the mountains have different needs than people in the lowlands & plains.  The free market allows people to use the solution that works best for them.


Why does anyone vote for these brain dead octogenarians?  Even if you agreed with them when they were younger (I obviously do not), they are incompetent at this point (and corrupt to boot).


I was listening to a podcast that was talking about needs and wants and how many millennials think a lot of things are needs that aren't.  That made me think that so many people think cell phones are needs when they aren't.  Then I thought that since the government has mandated 2 factor authentication for things, a cell phone has almost become mandatory.

Being a pessimist and someone who doesn't trust government, it made me think "did the government mandate 2FA so everyone had to own their own cell phone which would then enable the government to track everyone?"

It kind of makes you go "hmmm".

#grownostr #trustbutverify #government #privacy #lies


as we are seeing in the world today.


Missed this one:
Christopher Rupe & John Sanford's "Contested Bone" about how supposed missing links are anything but.


Books I have read recently or am reading now:

John Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion"
John D. Morris's "The Global Flood"
"Newton’s Revised History of Ancient Kingdoms" (Cook book written by Isaac Newton, but edited into English and current dating that shows errors in what we are taught about ancient history and how it matches the Bible)
Terry Mortenson's "Coming to Grips with Genesis"
John C Sanford's "Genetic Entropy" (shows how genetic mutation say man can't be much over 6000 years old because the genetic mutations would kill us off)
Danny Faulkner's "The Expanse of Heaven" (shows how Bible and Astronomy match and what the Bible says about Astronomy)
Andrew Snelling's "Earth's Catastrophic Past: Geology, Creation, & the Flood"
Tim Clarey's "Carved in Stone: Geological Evidence of the Worldwide Flood" (goes through geological core data to show layers across the globe and what they mean and how they are prove of progressive flooding of the whole Earth and not long ages)
Jake Hebert's "The Ice Age and Climate Change" (about how evidence supports one ice age caused by the global flood of the Bible)
Vernon Cupp's "Rethinking Radiometric Dating" (explains how radiometric dating really works and why it can't tell real dates.  How what we know supports the Bible's time frame.)
"The Great Controversy" (forget who wrote it and don't agree with everything, but is an interesting view of Christianity, the Catholic Church, and spiritual warfare.  It is an interesting read)
Henry M. Morris's "The Remarkable Journey of Jonah"
George Koukl's "Tactics" (about how to discuss your Christian convictions" (want to read again)
Tim Lahaye & Ed Hindson's "Exploring bible Prophecy from Genesis to Revelation"
Weston Field's "Unformed & Unfilled" (A little dry, but good info)
J.I. Packer's "Knowing God"
Tom Doyle's "Killing Christians: Living the Faith Where It's Not Safe to Believe" (Goes into stories of multiple people, mostly in the Middle East, many of whom were martyred and how God lead them, sometimes miraculously)
J. Warner Wallace's "God's Crime Scene: A cold-case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe" Proves the existence of God without using the Bible but using what happened in History and was said by others about Him.)

I would recommend all of these books.


100%

I used to read through the Bible completely and then reread the New Testament and repeat because I thought the old testament wasn't as important, but the truth is, until you fully understand the first few chapters in Genesis, you can't fully understand the rest of the Bible.  Whole foundation is in Genesis.

Being a Christian and an Engineer (and science geek), my passion has become using science to defend the Bible and how Genesis (especially the first 11 chapters, but the first 3 most of all) is the foundation on which our whole understanding of the Bible rests.  So many Christians sacrifice the truth and/or clarity of Genesis and then can't stand firm on the rest of the Bible because they destroyed the foundation.  Yes, Genesis is literal and true.


I was just reading this verse:

Psalms 40:5 (NKJV)
Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

We cannot recount His thoughts in order because he is outside time and space, so His thoughts have no order.

Most (all??) people have way too small a view of God, the creator.


I've taken God's creation account to mean that God is outside of time and space (or at least not limited by either).  I was reading this verse which strongly suggests that God acts outside of time.

Psalm 40:5
Many, O LORD my God are Your wonderful works which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

God's thoughts cannot be recounted in order because they are not limited by time and therefore don't have an order.  I thought that was pretty cool.
#bible #christian #verses #biblestr #godsword #awesomegod


I haven't been able to get notifications in IRIS for more than a week.  At one point it showed me something like 3 notifications that were almost a week old and then nothing more.

I've been trying out Coracle and Satellite also.  I can't even find a place to look at notifications on Coracle.  Satellite shows me some notifications (conversations), but not likes.

I do most of my NOSTR on the desktop.  I hate typing on a phone.  I had preferred Iris, but am liking Satellite more and more.  It does the best job I've seen at letting you look at a whole conversation.


I guarantee my state doesn't include any of those cities.  We have 3x more cows than people in Wyoming.