Blond used to be considered exotic because there weren't a bunch of blonds, same with red-heads. Now almost everyone dyes their hair and there are blondes everywhere. The few of us natural brunettes left are becoming exotic now. Hopefully I can stay a brunette long enough to benefit before turning gray.
It was interesting. I went to a ladies event with 30-50 women from my church and they did a scavenger hunt where you had to find people with different traits. I was one of only 2 people there who had never dyed their hair. That just blows my mind. It is way too expensive and way to time consuming to dye hair and keep up with it. It would be fun to be something else (maybe red-head) for a day, but I'd never actually dye my hair.
I've never been a fan of tariffs because it interferes with free markets and is a hidden tax. I will say, though, that I'd prefer a tariff to an income tax if he used a tariff to replace the income tax.
Unfortunately, true.
I'd like to ban all taxes except a sales tax and require all taxing authorities to list their taxes on receipts. This way people realize exactly how much taxes they are paying.
I like the idea, but I think property tax is one of, if not the worst tax because it means you don't own your property. You only rent it (by paying tax) to the government. You can pay off your property, but then lose it if you or your heirs can't afford the taxes.
I have a portion of my paycheck put into Strike every other week. About 75% is set to auto-buy at that moment. The other 25% I buy when I think there is a little dip. I've got some funds sitting waiting to buy, but it seems expensive. Will we get another little dip (even if brief) or do I need to buy now before it goes up more? I don't know, so I keep putting off doing my buy. If I don't see a dip in the next day or two, I'll probably just buy.
The best deal around.
1“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without cost.
2Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And delight yourself in abundance. (Isaiah 55: 1-2)
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It seems like you can know a lot now, although some people haven't been exposed to the freer forms of social media.
I pretty much use solely nostr now, but I used to do a lot on minds and mewe and a little on gab. I liked mewe, but people didn't stick around. I used minds a lot and it was my favorite before nostr. I wanted to like gab, but never really got into it. I haven't been on facebook since sometime before covid. I never used twitter or instagram or any of the other mainstream social media.
I like nostr people even if some of the ones I liked seem to have left.
The more you know the Bible, the more connections you see, but the more you know that you don't know. No matter how long and how hard you study the Bible, there is always more to learn and grow from.
I heard one pastor talk about the parable of the 10 virgins and 5 were ready, while 5 were rejected for not being ready. He took the parable to mean that about half of people who consider themselves to be Christians are considered to be Christians by Christ. Sadly, I don't think the number of true Christians are anywhere near half, but only God knows. I have doubts that even half of regular church attenders are true, born-again Christians, much less all of the people who grew up with Christian parents or grandparents and therefore consider themselves Christians.
Welcome.
The best way to get connected is to tell everyone about yourself or your interests or to write about your interests. We're all glad for people joining, but the only way to know who to follow is to talk about what you care about. Using tags makes your posts be found more easily. Replying to other posts that you find interesting also can help you be found and help you find more people that may interest you.
It sounds like Jesus is calling you to Himself. Get a Bible and start reading. In the long run, it is important to fellowship with other believers and even to attend church, but churches are run by fallible humans and a lot of them are not very good at follow what God says about Himself. You can't know if you've found a good church if you don't know God's word, the Bible.
May the one and only God and Creator call you to Himself, show you the truth, and guide you life. May God bring Godly men and women to disciple you in the truth and guide you to His plan for you.
It isn't what group you identify with that matters. What matters is if you repent of wrongs done, trust Jesus, and identify with Him. People make mistakes. Our Creator God does not.
It is however important to trust in the one true God. There is only one right path.
"Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." (John 14:6)
Homeschooling is/was one of the best decisions I ever made and neither of my kids is typical. My eldest is super gifted (he was reading at the college level in 2nd grade and we studied relativistic physics in 9th grade), but he does have issues with fine motor skills (we did handwriting through middle school) and has trouble with figures of speech. My youngest has Down Syndrome and has difficulty with learning. He is 17, but most of his school work is near the 3rd grade level. I'll probably homeschool him until he is 21. Even though the two were completely different, homeschooling was the best thing for them and it has made our family very close. Even though my son is away at Liberty University, doing well in classes, and making lots of good friends, I still get a call every week or two to check in. (I kind of feel bad at how infrequently I called home when I was in college).
Originally, I had thought I would homeschool when my kids were really young, and sometime later (highschool?) I'd put them into the government schools to "acclimate" them to the world's culture. I've since changed my mind. If you have a decent school like I did, allowing the kid to learn basic reading and writing in the early elementary ages, may not be too bad (not true in all areas, but I'm in a conservative area and we have school choice). Once you get to high school it is almost all indoctrination and the way the schools operate actually kills a love of learning and independent though. Also, once you get to high school, kids are able to do a lot of learning on their own if necessary. My eldest also took college classes for free in high school. He took one class online each semester in 10th grade and three classes each semester at the college in 11th-12th grade. Since he was bright, hard working, loved learning, and knew how to learn on his own, he actually got "Math Student of the Year" at the local community college his senior year. He would get excited about math and go talk to his professors about what was discussed in class and beyond. It was comical one day when he came home after a group project to tell me, "I didn't realize everyone doesn't love math as much as I do." With homeschooling we had taught him to love learning and to learn on his own. That will be with him forever. It may be the most important thing he learned in school.
Home schooling is such a wonderful thing. It allows us to protect our kids from evil and indoctrination. It allows us to teach our kids how to learn, how to think, and to love learning instead of how to recite back facts. It allows us to teach according to each kid's own learning style. It allows us to spend extra time helping areas of weakness, following interests, and accentuating strengths. It builds a closer relationship between kids and their parents because the kids know how much their parent is giving to help them.
For a single parent, homeschooling may be difficult (although I do know one single parent mom of two kids, one special needs, who homeschools her kids and loves it. For a married couple, I think it is ultra rare that a family can't homeschool if they decide it is important. There are a lot of costs associated with working (work clothes, eating out, gas, a 2nd car, child care, etc.) that aren't there if one stays home with the kids. In many cases, cutting these expenses (and having someone home to cook from scratch rather than eating out or buying more expensive pre-made/cooked meals) doesn't make the family live much less especially if you take into account child care for multiple kids during working.
I'd recommend parents spend their time thinking "how can I?" rather than "reasons why I can't..." You will be so glad you did.
Let's pass a law so every time a federal department fails an audit, 100% of the top 3 tiers of managers lose their jobs immediately. I'll bet they will get a clean audit the next time or all of the managers will "retire for personal reasons."
I just can't relate to this emotion thing. I hate emotional appeals. I have trouble talking to someone who can't think logically, but reacts emotionally to everything. We need to homeschool our kids so they are no longer taught that emotions are equal to or better than logic and facts.
The funny thing is that our dog, who normally notifies us of anyone and anything in the vicinity of our yard, never barks at the turkeys and even acts like he doesn't notice them. He normally notices everything.
I just wear lipstick. After my house burnt down 8 years ago, I never bought any makeup other than lipstick and I normally only use one brand and one color that particularly suits me. That lipstick is the one personal care item that I haven't tried to go 100% natural and non-chemical with. It is so hard to find just the right color.
This is what happens when people act on emotion rather than logic.
I've listened to a number of things by Naomi Wolfe recently. There are still a lot of things I don't agree with her about, but it is interesting seeing a die-hard liberal wake up and realize that so many things she thought were evil and scary are actually freeing and wonderful. She just interviewed Sheriff Mack of Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers. She kept saying things, like "Wow, that's not scary like I thought." She has come a long way in the right direction. Hopefully she will turn around and become full pro-life.
I saw an article saying that lots of FDA and other "health" officials are quickly searching for other jobs. The MSM was complaining that these government agencies would be gutted of their "expert" staff. I'd argue they are self gutting and the people leaving will be the corrupt, bought-and-paid-for people that we want gone anyway. If they leave on their own, that is fantastic. Good riddance. It will make fixing health easier without so many people fighting against health and for Pharma profit.
Storms should lead us to God, not push us away.
My new book, "Joy in the Storm" will hopefully be coming out in a month or two on the subject. Hopefully editing and proof checking won't take too long.
This was a very interesting article by Steve Kirsch about two published studies showing the covid jabs actually reduce your mucosal antibodies ,which are what your body uses to keep the viruses out of your body. That means they make you more likely to catch covid.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151526198
- Work hard.
- Spend less than you make
- Pay off all of your debts.
- Save to buy instead of borrow unless it is absolutely necessary to function.
- Value people more than stuff.
- Take care of family, but don't neglect yourself (If you fall apart, you can't take care of your family).
- Don't buy too big of a house. A big house requires more energy, more repairs, more taxes, more insurance, and a lot more time and energy to keep clean.
- Dogs are wonderful.
- Marriage is wonderful, but don't rush into it with the wrong person and don't put it off due to a career or other selfish interests. Marriage is work, but worth it.
- Kids are wonderful.
- Homeschooling is wonderful. It is best for the kids, but is also a blessing to the parents and to the relationship between kids and parents. Homeschooling is even best for the exceptionally gifted (like my eldest) and special needs (like my youngest).
- Trust Jesus. Learn the Bible. Share the Gospel. Obey God's commands.
I am in my 50s. I am doing well financially, not because I made a ton of money, but because I lived meagerly for the first 10-20 years of my adulthood. I borrowed for my first car, but I paid it off early, drove it for 12 years, and never borrowed for a car again. I borrowed for my house, but put down 20% and paid it off early. Now, with no car payments and no house payment, I can live comfortably without a large income. When you are young, you can do the extra work. When you are older, it is so much harder. Make it easier on your older self.
Most sunscreens are toxic and cause more harm than good. We need sunlight for our bodies, so I don't recommend sunscreen unless you are going to be in the sun for hours at a time.
This takes me back. My youngest, with Down Syndrome, had chronic, severe constipation. As a two year old, he'd hold it and then it would come out like a rock hard softball that would clog our toilets. We actually had to replace our toilets with ones with larger drains because of it. Luckily he outgrew it many years ago, but you're post really took me back.
It also reminds me of the time he decided to paint the bathroom with poop using his electric toothbrush.
I'll admit, I didn't just wash it and replace the head, I threw the whole thing away. Ewww!
It helps to realize that most of the people who are aggressive and mean are actually people who are really hurting inside and are striking out due to their own hurt.
That's cool. I had something similar when teaching my eldest. The history program we used, "The Mystery of History", covered world history and biblical history and we did a timeline to see how everything lined up. It was fascinating. I wish I still had it as a reference, but it burnt up in the fire.
With your comments, I can see where you are coming from and agree mostly, but adoption is an alternative to abortion, but adoption should only be granted to a married couple made up of one man and one woman. Children need what both a father and a mother bring to the family.
There are a bunch of married couples experiencing infertility that would love to be parents to the unwanted children.
My son's best friend was a child conceived in rape. The mom didn't want to kill him, but didn't think she could raise him right if he looked like her rapist. He was adopted by a loving, Christian family that has given him their all. I don't see anything bad about that. Just because there are true problems in our system doesn't mean adoption is bad in itself. I know lots of families who adopted kids, including up to 4 who were related (so they could stay together) because their parents left them or were sent to jail. They are amazing loving families and you can't tell the kids are adopted. I'm sorry your experience was different.
A lot of the infertility is not genetic inability to conceive. It is caused by our toxic food and by things like the covid jabs. It is an evil enacted on an innocent public.
I never said that they sterilized everyone and there are clear hot lots that caused much more damage and some lots that have no side effects and seem like they may have been just saline. Birth rates have dropped significantly and miscarriages, preterm births, and birth defects have gone up significantly since the jabs came out. What else caused that to happen significantly starting in the second half of 2021?
I was listening to a sermon on Daniel by Jace Cloud at Grace Bible Church Dallas. He made the statement, "God is always in control of who is in control." I liked that.
The US has been pushing evil on the world. God seems to have given us a second chance. We need to make the most of it.
- And making all safety data public
- And making the NIH, FDA, and CDC only involved in safety. They should not develop treatments and then sell them to private companies to make money. If they are involved in any research, it should only be research of treatments that nobody else will do because nobody can make money from the treatment.
- Anyone who votes to approve a drug, cannot work for that company for at least 10 years (if not forever).
- If the FDA is going to have a say in drug approval, all tests need to be run by a third parties lose their ability to do tests if too many drugs are recalled.
but the bureaucracy really runs everything, which is why things never change no matter who is in charge. Nothing short of massively reducing the bureaucracy will make a difference and eliminating the mid- to high-level managers.
I know I'm probably dreaming, but it would be really cool if Trump would nominate a bunch of successful business owners, that really want to go back to their businesses and be left alone. He could then tell each one to shrink their departments as fast as is reasonable and as much as possible even to elimination.
I'd love to eliminate everything, but if we eliminated it all in a day, there are so many people 100% dependent on the government that it would be a bloodbath, so realistically we just need to make a path to eliminate things as fast as possible. Some things, like the Department of Education, should be eliminated within a year. I think the government employees, who lose their jobs, would be the only people harmed at all. In the long run, they could all find actual productive jobs.
Some departments would have to have a much longer path to elimination. Chile eliminated their version of Social Security, but it took something like 50 years because they didn't want to toss out anyone who was currently dependent on the government or just shy of retirement. They allowed younger people to chose to invest most of their retirement (if I recall they still paid a small amount like 20% to the system) and use their investments to fund their retirement. All of the young people wound up better off than they would've been if they'd stayed on the system. We could do something similar, especially if we cut a bunch of other departments and we could even tax non-citizens with work permits (they'd be ineligible) to help keep the system afloat till we could wean everyone off of it.
Honestly, we should be able to abolish 50-80% of government in 5 years without much hardship to anyone other than government employees.
I appreciated this short article, especially this quote from the end of the article.
"The bureaucrats are making us sicker in the name of health, they are making us poorer in the name of prosperity and they are making us stupider in the name of education. Politicians must learn to finally oppose this vampire squid and beat it back, and I hope that Trump can be the beginning of a great anti-bureaucratic tradition in American politics."
Things never change no matter who is elected because the bureaucrats never change. Trump has some people working with him who are ready to jump in and clean house, but will Trump, the House, and the Senate help or even let it happen? If not, Trump's election will just be a speed bump on the way to tyranny.
https://www.eugyppius.com/p/why-i-hope-trump-will-win
I have a standard android phone right now (my next phone will be degoogled, but I can't justify buying a new phone at this moment). I was using another texting app, but it is going away and today it wants to move me to google messages. Can anyone recommend another texting app? I also have signal, but it quit working as a general texting app and occasionally I have issues with messages either not going through or going through a day later, so I need something else.
I didn't want someone who had never accomplished anything herself and who could only talk coherently about abortions for all and transgender transitions for all.
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