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version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1225</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-3326363395148868058</id><published>2025-12-05T06:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-12-05T06:26:46.339-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;THE WORLD ECONOMY AND HOW IT AFFECTS US&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;And what we can do to survive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I
asked Claude AI the following question?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #141413;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: anthropicSans, anthropicSans Fallback, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Considering
all of these, the collapse of the US petro dollar, the sell off of US
bonds by China, the collapse of the US dollar, the abandonment of
Europe by the US, and the ascendancy of BRICS, how should an American
move his savings to keep their value?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;The answer was way
over loaded with optimism for the US economy. So, I forced Claude to
consider other world issues using this question:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #141413;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: anthropicSans, anthropicSans Fallback, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do
the same discussion all over again, but DO NOT use a pro-USA
optimistic bias. Use whole world logic.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;The answer of
Claude AI was extremely different from its first response. The blue links are the sources Claude AI used for content here. They seem to be good sources. &lt;br /&gt;Thus:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let me provide you with a global perspective based on current
data, without US-centric optimism.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;western&quot;&gt;What&#39;s Actually Happening (Global View)&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dollar Decline is Real&lt;/strong&gt;: The dollar&#39;s share of
central bank reserves has fallen twelve percentage points since 1999,
dropping from 71% to 57.3% in 2024 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/articles/us-dollar-declines&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Morgan
Stanley&lt;/a&gt;. While the dollar still dominates foreign exchange at 88%
and trade invoicing at 40%, its dominance is declining in foreign
currency reserves and bond markets &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/us-dollar&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Charles
Schwab&lt;/a&gt;. This is structural, not cyclical.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;De-dollarization is Accelerating&lt;/strong&gt;: In 2024, 90% of
Russia&#39;s trade within BRICS was conducted in local currencies, and
China-India commenced rupee-yuan trade agreements &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/us-dollar&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Charles
Schwab&lt;/a&gt;. China and Russia now conduct 55% of their trade in yuan,
bypassing USD flows altogether &lt;a href=&quot;https://almerja.com/en/more.php?pid=2694&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Almerja&lt;/a&gt;.
The RMB&#39;s share of trade finance more than doubled since Russia&#39;s
invasion of Ukraine, rising from under 2% in February 2022 to nearly
6% by 2023 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/articles/us-dollar-declines&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Morgan
Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foreign Treasury Demand is Weakening&lt;/strong&gt;: Foreign
holdings of US debt increased only $1.2 trillion while total debt
grew $7.2 trillion from 2020-2024, causing the foreign share to drop
from around 50% in the early 2010s to 30% in December 2024 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1328700.shtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Global
Times&lt;/a&gt;. Foreign ownership in the US Treasury market has fallen
from above 50% during the financial crisis to 30% as of early 2025
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/will-us-dollar-be-dethroned&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Charles
Schwab&lt;/a&gt;. Foreign officials may be reallocating toward gold as a
reserve asset, with gold prices appreciating nearly 30% over recent
periods &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-16/china-sells-record-sum-of-us-debt-amid-signs-of-diversification&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;US Fiscal Sustainability Crisis&lt;/strong&gt;: The national
debt climbed from $34 trillion in January 2024 to $38 trillion in
October 2025 &lt;a href=&quot;https://investingnews.com/brics-currency/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Investing
News Network&lt;/a&gt;. Interest costs alone are projected at $13.8
trillion over the next decade, with the average interest rate on
federal debt more than doubling from 1.556% in January 2022 to 3.352%
as of July 2025 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ebc.com/forex/when-will-brics-currency-be-released-what-we-know&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;EBC
Financial Group&lt;/a&gt;. Moody&#39;s became the final major ratings agency to
remove its prime rating for the US in May 2025 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.caixinglobal.com/2024-05-17/china-sells-record-sum-of-us-debt-amid-signs-of-diversification-102197125.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Caixin
Global&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alternative Systems Emerging&lt;/strong&gt;: China&#39;s
Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) has 1,467 indirect
participants across 119 countries as of January 2025, linking 4,800
banks in 185 countries &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ebc.com/forex/is-the-us-dollar-collapse-inevitable-key-warning-signs&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;EBC
Financial Group&lt;/a&gt;. BRICS nations are using the BRICS Pay system
instead of US-controlled SWIFT &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/us-dollar&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Charles
Schwab&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;western&quot;&gt;Why This Matters (Non-US Perspective)&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From a global standpoint, several structural forces are
converging:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weaponization concerns&lt;/strong&gt;:
	America&#39;s foreign policies, including weaponization of economic
	sanctions and the SWIFT system, have forced other nations to
	de-dollarize to maintain their sovereignty and independence from
	undue Western coercion &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/global-research/currencies/de-dollarization&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;J.P.
	Morgan&lt;/a&gt;. 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Multipolar reality&lt;/strong&gt;:
	BRICS nations now account for 59% of global foreign exchange
	reserves as of 2024 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ebc.com/forex/is-the-us-dollar-collapse-inevitable-key-warning-signs&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;EBC
	Financial Group&lt;/a&gt;, and the expansion to include major oil
	producers like Saudi Arabia could reshape energy markets
	fundamentally. 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trust erosion&lt;/strong&gt;: The dollar&#39;s stability as a
	global safe haven is being undermined by increased political
	polarization and destabilizing economic policies like ongoing US
	tariffs &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/us-dollar&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Charles
	Schwab&lt;/a&gt;. 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;western&quot;&gt;Practical Investment Strategy (Global
Perspective)&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given these structural shifts, here&#39;s what makes sense:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Geographic diversification beyond the dollar zone:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Increase exposure to Asian
	markets, particularly China, India, and Southeast Asian economies
	where growth is concentrated 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Consider Middle Eastern markets as
	they diversify from petrodollar dependence 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;European assets provide partial hedge against dollar decline 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Currency allocation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Hold meaningful positions in CNY,
	EUR, and potentially a basket of emerging market currencies 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Consider currency-hedged vs
	unhedged international investments based on your dollar exposure
	needs 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gold and precious metals as neutral reserve assets (10-20%
	allocation reasonable given central bank buying) 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hard assets over financial assets:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Real estate in growing economies 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Commodities with physical backing 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Infrastructure investments in developing regions 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bonds require selectivity:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Shorter duration US bonds to
	reduce interest rate risk 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Consider non-dollar sovereign debt
	from fiscally sound nations 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Emerging market bonds in local currency for higher yields 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What the data suggests:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;The dollar won&#39;t collapse
	overnight, but its multi-decade dominance is eroding 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Projections suggest the USD could
	decline to 50% of global reserves by 2030 &lt;a href=&quot;https://almerja.com/en/more.php?pid=2694&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Almerja&lt;/a&gt;
		&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A multipolar currency system is emerging, not a single
	replacement 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;western&quot;&gt;Critical Context&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The difference between my previous answer and this one isn&#39;t about
facts—it&#39;s about framing. The US financial system still has depth
and liquidity advantages, but these are being offset by:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Unsustainable fiscal trajectory
	that even US government reports acknowledge 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Active efforts by roughly half the
	world&#39;s population to reduce dollar dependence 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;Loss of credibility through
	sanctions weaponization 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Political dysfunction affecting fiscal governance 
	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For an American investor, the key insight is this: betting your
entire financial future on continued American exceptionalism while
the rest of the world is actively building alternatives carries real
concentration risk. Diversification isn&#39;t pessimism—it&#39;s
acknowledging that the global economic center of gravity is shifting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;___________________________________&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Steve: Perhaps the most deadly aspect of the economy is the bat
crazy chaos of Donald Trump&#39;s administration. He seems to be trying to make America as
disgusting as possible to the rest of the world. His
now-you-is-now-you-ain’t edicts and diplomatic offenses against
other nations have every world leader wondering if it is time to
abandon the USA. Trump wants deals, but he has no state craft skills
with which to gain the high ground for the USA. His deals end up
becoming liabilities. All of his cabinet and advisors are
kindergarten idiots, so they enhance the blunder effect. There HAS TO
BE a dollar value to this stuck-on-stupid era in American diplomacy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The many years of seduction of the US dollar, in world economies and trade, is rapidly being replaced with a race to alternatives. The single most powerful aspect of the Trump era will be to destroy the US dominance in the world economy so well that no future administration can possibly win back confidence in America. I personally believe there is one of two forces who hold power over Trump and are driving him to destroy America:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. Vladimir Putin, or&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. God&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or..... BOTH!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Daniel 2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:&lt;br /&gt;22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the video by Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/reel/851118064190022&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/reel/851118064190022&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/3326363395148868058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/3326363395148868058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-world-economy-and-how-it-affects-us.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-655827530440176823</id><published>2025-12-02T12:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-12-02T12:27:52.967-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #080809; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;THE KILLING OF UNBORN BABIES IS RIGHT NOW CATCHING UP WITH US&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #080809; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-inline: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;html-a xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-inline: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The UK is right now being taken over by aliens from all over the world, but especially, Islam is taking over England. Some cities in England have been forced to accept Sharia Law, and Muslim men are feeling free to rape British woman with impunity. England is not going to come back. It is all over culturally and socially.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #080809; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The reason America is so dependent on illegal aliens to work in our fields, building industry, and services is because we have killed 70 million people since the 1960s. The only reason we may squeak by this crisis will be if robots can replace the missing workers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #080809; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;And, to complicate it all massively, the Great White Father is throwing all the alien workers back where they came from. This will leave the USA with a monster problem of thousands of jobs which cannot be filled.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #080809; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Also, we need to face the fact that God is not wondering what to do with America. He will soon destroy this nation for committing mass murder on the same scale of Hitler killing the Jews. It may well be that we are right now watching as one man destroys the democracy, along with a Congress and Supreme Court who have become totally deluded and, like a cur dog, roll over and pee on themselves. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #080809; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Psalm 106:37-38 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; color: #080809; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Here is how it works in the UK...............&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;406&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/KB3UdSG8lI4&quot; width=&quot;489&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;KB3UdSG8lI4&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/655827530440176823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/655827530440176823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-killing-of-unborn-babies-is-right.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/KB3UdSG8lI4/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-1838858903236446435</id><published>2025-11-28T14:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-11-28T15:23:03.229-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;JESUS WAS NOT BORN ON DECEMBER 25th&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This is taken from ChatGPT, and it confirms, in every detail, what my previous research showed, right down the the star in the sky.&lt;/h4&gt;___________________________&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Bible evidence showing Jesus was not born in December&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Here are the &lt;strong data-end=&quot;42&quot; data-start=&quot;13&quot;&gt;clearest biblical reasons&lt;/strong&gt; showing that &lt;strong data-end=&quot;102&quot; data-start=&quot;56&quot;&gt;Jesus could not have been born in December&lt;/strong&gt;. All references are from the &lt;strong data-end=&quot;139&quot; data-start=&quot;132&quot;&gt;KJV&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;hr data-end=&quot;145&quot; data-start=&quot;142&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; /&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;SHEPHERDS WATCHING THEIR FLOCKS&quot; height=&quot;288&quot; src=&quot;https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F10%2F8f%2Fa4%2F108fa4638b3b4b8efa233f100fcd4b33.jpg&amp;amp;f=1&amp;amp;nofb=1&amp;amp;ipt=b2c012c946340370fb97dc4079968c40d769e95368a6687286abc61c5b036e23&quot; width=&quot;574&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;⭐ &lt;strong data-end=&quot;206&quot; data-start=&quot;151&quot;&gt;1. Shepherds in the Fields — Not Possible in Winter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong data-end=&quot;221&quot; data-start=&quot;209&quot;&gt;Luke 2:8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em data-end=&quot;337&quot; data-start=&quot;226&quot;&gt;“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;In &lt;strong data-end=&quot;354&quot; data-start=&quot;342&quot;&gt;December&lt;/strong&gt;, Judean weather is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cold,&lt;br /&gt;rainy,&lt;br /&gt;sometimes snowy (especially around Bethlehem),&lt;br /&gt;and shepherds &lt;strong data-end=&quot;466&quot; data-start=&quot;457&quot;&gt;never&lt;/strong&gt; stayed in the fields at night in this season.&lt;br /&gt;Historical Jewish sources (Mishnah, Talmud) confirm:&lt;br /&gt;Sheep were &lt;strong data-end=&quot;622&quot; data-start=&quot;580&quot;&gt;brought in from the fields by November&lt;/strong&gt; for warmth and protection.&lt;br /&gt;Thus:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;➤ Shepherds in the open fields = &lt;strong data-end=&quot;710&quot; data-start=&quot;694&quot;&gt;not December&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Most scholars place this scene between:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong data-end=&quot;770&quot; data-start=&quot;755&quot;&gt;March–April&lt;/strong&gt; or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong data-end=&quot;799&quot; data-start=&quot;778&quot;&gt;September–October&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Added thought by editor- Steve: If Jesus had been born in December, based on the above historic data, the manger would have been full of sheep that were brought into the town from the field in October. Jesus would have been born in the ally behind the inn. As it was, the manger was empty, and the owner of the manger would have likely cleaned it for the soon return of the sheep about a month later. Hay would have been harvested in August and stored in the manger. It really could have been a very tolerable place to spend the night.&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;hr data-end=&quot;805&quot; data-start=&quot;802&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; /&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;⭐ &lt;strong data-end=&quot;862&quot; data-start=&quot;811&quot;&gt;2. The Roman Taxation Would Not Occur in Winter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong data-end=&quot;879&quot; data-start=&quot;865&quot;&gt;Luke 2:1–5&lt;/strong&gt; describes Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem for a census.&lt;br /&gt;Winter in Judea is:&lt;br /&gt;rainy,&lt;br /&gt;muddy,&lt;br /&gt;with dangerous flash floods,&lt;br /&gt;cold enough to make long travel difficult.&lt;br /&gt;The Romans—known for efficiency—would &lt;strong data-end=&quot;1153&quot; data-start=&quot;1097&quot;&gt;never require a population-wide travel and tax event&lt;/strong&gt; in the worst travel season.&lt;br /&gt;Added by Editor- Steve: If they had been told to pay taxes in the Spring, they would not go because they were cultivating and planting their fields. If they had been told to pay taxes in the Summer, they would not go because all of their surplus cash from harvest time would have been spent up by summer. Fall was the ideal time to tax the people because the harvest was in, they had free time, and they had surplus cash from selling their crops with which to pay taxes.&lt;br /&gt;Thus:&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul data-end=&quot;1057&quot; data-start=&quot;964&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3 data-end=&quot;1241&quot; data-start=&quot;1189&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;➤ The census &lt;strong data-end=&quot;1217&quot; data-start=&quot;1206&quot;&gt;did not&lt;/strong&gt; take place in December.&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;hr data-end=&quot;1246&quot; data-start=&quot;1243&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; /&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;⭐ &lt;strong data-end=&quot;1312&quot; data-start=&quot;1252&quot;&gt;3. Jesus’ Birth Connected to John the Baptist’s Timeline&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Scripture gives a &lt;strong data-end=&quot;1351&quot; data-start=&quot;1333&quot;&gt;clear timeline&lt;/strong&gt; of John’s conception and birth (Luke 1), which indirectly establishes Jesus’ birth month.&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 data-end=&quot;1491&quot; data-start=&quot;1443&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;❗ Zacharias served in the &lt;em data-end=&quot;1489&quot; data-start=&quot;1473&quot;&gt;course of Abia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Luke 1:5&lt;br /&gt;
The “course of Abia” served around &lt;strong data-end=&quot;1546&quot; data-start=&quot;1538&quot;&gt;June&lt;/strong&gt; (1 Chronicles 24:10).&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 data-end=&quot;1608&quot; data-start=&quot;1570&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;❗ John was conceived right after&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Luke 1:23–24&lt;br /&gt;
John’s conception = &lt;strong data-end=&quot;1657&quot; data-start=&quot;1644&quot;&gt;late June&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
His birth = &lt;strong data-end=&quot;1686&quot; data-start=&quot;1672&quot;&gt;late March&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 data-end=&quot;1735&quot; data-start=&quot;1688&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;❗ Jesus was conceived 6 months after John&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Luke 1:26&lt;br /&gt;
Jesus’ conception = &lt;strong data-end=&quot;1780&quot; data-start=&quot;1768&quot;&gt;December&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 data-end=&quot;1800&quot; data-start=&quot;1782&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;❗ Therefore:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Jesus’ birth = &lt;strong data-end=&quot;1848&quot; data-start=&quot;1816&quot;&gt;September (or early October)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;This matches what many early Christians believed:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong data-end=&quot;1918&quot; data-start=&quot;1902&quot;&gt;A fall birth&lt;/strong&gt;, not winter.&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;hr data-end=&quot;1936&quot; data-start=&quot;1933&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; /&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;⭐ &lt;strong data-end=&quot;2003&quot; data-start=&quot;1942&quot;&gt;4. The Feast of Tabernacles Pattern (Prophetic Symbolism)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Many Bible scholars note that &lt;strong data-end=&quot;2049&quot; data-start=&quot;2036&quot;&gt;John 1:14&lt;/strong&gt; uses language that echoes the Feast of Tabernacles:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em data-end=&quot;2153&quot; data-start=&quot;2105&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Dwelt” = Greek &lt;em data-end=&quot;2179&quot; data-start=&quot;2171&quot;&gt;σκηνόω&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em data-end=&quot;2189&quot; data-start=&quot;2181&quot;&gt;skenoo&lt;/em&gt;) = &lt;strong data-end=&quot;2208&quot; data-start=&quot;2193&quot;&gt;tabernacled&lt;/strong&gt;, pitched His tent.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Feast of Tabernacles is in &lt;strong data-end=&quot;2277&quot; data-start=&quot;2256&quot;&gt;September–October&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
This imagery makes most sense if Christ was born during that time.&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;hr data-end=&quot;2352&quot; data-start=&quot;2349&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; /&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;⭐ &lt;strong data-end=&quot;2419&quot; data-start=&quot;2358&quot;&gt;5. The “Star of Bethlehem” Timelines Fit Fall, Not Winter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;The star patterns often proposed (Jupiter–Regulus conjunctions, etc.) occur around &lt;strong data-end=&quot;2515&quot; data-start=&quot;2505&quot;&gt;3–2 BC&lt;/strong&gt;, aligning with a &lt;strong data-end=&quot;2547&quot; data-start=&quot;2533&quot;&gt;fall birth&lt;/strong&gt;, not December.&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;hr data-end=&quot;2567&quot; data-start=&quot;2564&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; /&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;⭐ &lt;strong data-end=&quot;2612&quot; data-start=&quot;2573&quot;&gt;Conclusion From the Bible &amp;amp; History&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;❌ No biblical evidence for December birth&lt;br /&gt;❌ Weather conditions make December impossible&lt;br /&gt;❌ Shepherds would not be in the fields&lt;br /&gt;❌ Romans would not call for travel in winter&lt;br /&gt;❌ The timeline of John the Baptist proves a fall birth&lt;br /&gt;❌ The symbolism of Tabernacles points to September–October&lt;br /&gt;✔️ Jesus was &lt;strong data-end=&quot;3000&quot; data-start=&quot;2954&quot;&gt;almost certainly born in September–October&lt;/strong&gt;, not December.&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;_______________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;FROM THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;As quoted by Claude IA chat bot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Relationship to Pagan Festivals&lt;/strong&gt;
Catholic sources acknowledge that popes seem to have chosen December 25 precisely to inspire people to turn from worship of the material sun to adoration of Christ the Lord &lt;span class=&quot;inline-flex&quot; data-state=&quot;closed&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;group/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer&quot; href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/stvan-nattan/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover/tag:bg-accent-secondary-900 group-hover/tag:border-accent-secondary-100/60&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover/tag:text-text-200&quot;&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;transition-all opacity-[0%] h-[17px] absolute right-[0.5px] inline rounded-r-full flex items-center px-1.5 bg-gradient-to-r from-accent-secondary-900/0 via-accent-secondary-900/100 via-30% to-accent-secondary-900/100 group-hover/tag:opacity-[100%]&quot;&gt;&lt;svg class=&quot;transition-all group-hover/tag:ease-out duration-[500ms] ease-in text-accent-secondary-100 group-hover/tag:scale-[100%] scale-[80%] group-hover/tag:opacity-[100%] opacity-[0%] -mr-[2px]&quot; fill=&quot;currentColor&quot; height=&quot;14&quot; viewbox=&quot;0 0 256 256&quot; width=&quot;14&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=&quot;M200,64V168a8,8,0,0,1-16,0V83.31L69.66,197.66a8,8,0,0,1-11.32-11.32L172.69,72H88a8,8,0,0,1,0-16H192A8,8,0,0,1,200,64Z&quot;&gt;&lt;/path&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. However, they emphasize this was not simply copying paganism but providing a Christian alternative.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Natural Symbolism Theory&lt;/strong&gt;
The Encyclopedia suggests that the same instinct which placed the pagan festival Natalis Invicti at the winter solstice may have been sufficient to place the Christian feast there too, apart from deliberate adaptation or calculation. In other words, it acknowledges the symbolic appropriateness of celebrating Christ&#39;s birth at the darkest time of year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Added by Editor- Steve: It is wicked that Christian churches accept the darkest traditions and pagan symbolisms to add to this badly chosen date on the calendar. A church with a Christmas tree up front would probably look very cool to a Satan worshipping barbarian from Germany who came to Rome long ago to celebrate the pagan festival and the Catholic holiday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Editor added- Steve:&lt;/b&gt; It is clear that the Roman Catholic Church totally arbitrarily placed the birth of Jesus on December 25 to woo the pagans to town. The pagans came to town to celebrate and give gifts on December 21-23 at the festival of the birth of Marduk, which was a very ancient pagan legend from Sumer and Babylon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, December 25th would be easily the very last date on the calendar which God would choose to send Jesus to be born on earth. But, what God did well, the Roman Whore Church confounded, and we still celebrate the birth of Jesus, in our modern religious culture, on the birthday of a pagan god.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It needs to be noted that thousands of Christian pastors know this story, but they have not got the testosterone to teach the truth and lead the saints to celebrate the birth of Jesus in September.&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;


















































&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/1838858903236446435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/1838858903236446435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/11/was-not-born-on-december-25th-this-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-2250122461748317646</id><published>2025-11-24T14:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-11-24T14:32:38.850-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;OLD ERA TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT WORK SO WELL.......&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;At least the lady could laugh at herself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1A4VJ5ynLH/&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1A4VJ5ynLH/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/2250122461748317646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/2250122461748317646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/11/old-era-technology-does-not-work-so-well.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-4938766691128975938</id><published>2025-11-23T14:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-11-23T14:29:38.976-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;PAY YOUR MONEY, AND TAKE YOUR CHANCES...........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The two ways to look at China. I watched the video, and I wonder if there is a middle way. I have, for many years, assumed China is not intrinsically lusting to conquer the world. They have gone for 4000 years doing almost NO expansion into their neighboring nations. I do not believe they intend to launch conquest in the world today. Taiwan is an issue, but the Chinese really believe historically that Taiwan should be part of China. The history of Taiwan lends itself to support that to some extent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;China&#39;s most urgent problem is that they are going to run out of people to pay to care for their elderly, and that will happen within ten years. Their recent control of child birth is now a crisis which will not stop until China is in serious trouble and possible collapse. The glitter of modern China is smoke and mirrors which hides the real issues of destiny. China will soon be unable to launch a world class war, let alone feed its people. Their soil is very poor, and if they cannot get phosphates enough, they will have crop failure and famine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;So, if China is not a threat to America, then what is going on right now is very stupid. Slapping the dragon is not a good idea. They have nuclear weapons, and the assumption that they will never be used out of fear, is a very stupid assumption. It is historic that when a nation invents a superior weapon, they become obsessed to use it and see what clever people they are. This happened in Vietnam, and out of it came the M-16 and amazing helicopters. I believe one of the most ominous aspects of the Trump regime is that he will want to use nukes to prove he is brave and dangerous.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The video:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DZVVCecWQ/&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DZVVCecWQ/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/4938766691128975938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/4938766691128975938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/11/pay-your-money-and-take-your-chances.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-56377099925093490</id><published>2025-11-23T12:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-11-23T12:19:46.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #080809; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;UGALI NA MBOGA..... CORN MEAL MUSH AND GREENS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #080809; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-inline: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition-property: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;html-a xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-inline: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition-property: none;&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;This is what I grew up eating anytime we were guests in African homes. I love this food. The side can also be chicken, beef, lamb, or fish, depending on your budget. It is not quite authentic unless you eat it with your fingers. What is really a supreme challenge is if the African wife cooks rice instead of the corn meal. It is still eaten with the fingers. 

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The greens are called &quot;mboga,&quot; which is really any kind of greens. My favorite recipe is to boil spinach, and add peanut butter and some chili pepper. If you want Congo style, add sliced tomatoes as you cook it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;To make the corn meal mush digest better, soak the corn meal for about one hour before cooking. The object is to have a very thick result that can be handled by the fingers. If you want to experiment with rice, cook it so that it comes out a bit gummy, not fluffy, so you can try to eat it with your fingers.

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; color: #080809; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;When we White people ate rice with Africans, the chickens had a feast day. After the meal and everyone walked outside, the wife would let the chickens into the room to pick up any food that was dropped. We dropped plenty of rice on the floor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; transition-property: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;color: #080809; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none; text-align: center; transition-property: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;color: #080809; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;476&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1848862762390755%2F&amp;amp;show_text=false&amp;amp;width=267&amp;amp;t=0&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDjeP0W4qrV0NH6TuUGLi8BwE5d_NITHTEnAYa_rgbzDOuLzBPzi6scNx4ISH4TT1FY4bf1b7oiIYmNgmoaiUfb35nq1VcSd2XgpEb2mnufIyi2vjL2GmYqlwBn-jFljVQ4aJeG_ErKUMUBm2CH-NzsBFt1d9LHwtfoWJJ6JlHpY_0skPlSuGzWIZjv8/s643/meme%20nursing%20home%20caroling.png&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;348&quot; data-original-width=&quot;643&quot; height=&quot;216&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDjeP0W4qrV0NH6TuUGLi8BwE5d_NITHTEnAYa_rgbzDOuLzBPzi6scNx4ISH4TT1FY4bf1b7oiIYmNgmoaiUfb35nq1VcSd2XgpEb2mnufIyi2vjL2GmYqlwBn-jFljVQ4aJeG_ErKUMUBm2CH-NzsBFt1d9LHwtfoWJJ6JlHpY_0skPlSuGzWIZjv8/w400-h216/meme%20nursing%20home%20caroling.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/6599207548557407991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/6599207548557407991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/11/at-mental-hospital.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDjeP0W4qrV0NH6TuUGLi8BwE5d_NITHTEnAYa_rgbzDOuLzBPzi6scNx4ISH4TT1FY4bf1b7oiIYmNgmoaiUfb35nq1VcSd2XgpEb2mnufIyi2vjL2GmYqlwBn-jFljVQ4aJeG_ErKUMUBm2CH-NzsBFt1d9LHwtfoWJJ6JlHpY_0skPlSuGzWIZjv8/s72-w400-h216-c/meme%20nursing%20home%20caroling.png" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-5759648091519384601</id><published>2025-11-22T09:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-11-23T12:44:30.360-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;PANCHO LOPEZ, THE LAZY SON OF A GUN&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;If you have no patience with long form posts, click out of here now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;The title is a line from a song sung by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Lalo Guerrero&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;, an immigrant from Mexico long ago who received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Bill Clinton, the second highest US civilian award. Lalo sang many songs that were satire based on the culture differences between Mexicans and Anglos. His music defused a lot of racial stress, especially in California. Go figure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;So, here are some immigrants who have been a blessing to me:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Joe Sanchez was a member of my home church, and while I was in college his family welcomed me many times into their home. He would tell me I had to chip golf shots into a dumpy little miniature of a Mexican chicken yard he kept authentic in the back yard. They also took me every few Sundays to Joe&#39;s Mexican Restaurant on Indiana street where I ate Huevos Rancheros. When I got back to the dorm at college after church, I would often find money in my coat pocket. Joe always denied putting it there, but I know it was he who did it. Joe claimed his favorite hymn was Shall We Gather at the River? Go figure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Our property here in Texas had no fence around it in 2008. We found a Hispanic man who did fences for a good price. He brought Mexicans to work on the fence, and they worked hard in the hot summer sun and built a very good fence, including doing a couple of tricks to solve problems. All five of the workers claimed their name was Pancho. Don&#39;t ask, don&#39;t tell. Again, go figure. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;I tuned pianos in Nogales, Arizona and had the town to myself because Anglo tuners in Tucson would not tune in Nogales. I loved it because those immigrant Hispanic American citizens in Nogales treated me way better than I deserved. I was never referred to as a &quot;Gringo.&quot; The worst I was ever called was &quot;Señor Blanco&quot; (Mr. White). I learned from a merchant I got to know that he wanted to turn in a rather prominent drug dealer to law enforcement, but he was frightened of revenge. I had a Hispanic customer who was a US Customs agent, and I asked him how I could help turn in the drug dealer. The agent told me none of the US drug enforcement agencies would protect me if they needed my witness in court. He said that if that happened, my wife, daughter, or mother would get a Medellín Drug Cartel &quot;necklace&quot; (slit throat) from the drug lords. The US Customs agent begged me not to report the dealer, and he promised me that the man would get caught eventually. Go figure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;I have friends from Africa who came to America to find better employment and give their kids a better environment to grow up. We share a love for Africa and Kenya in particular. I am always welcome in their home, and they always send me home with some sort of African food. I was making a cup of Kenyan &lt;i&gt;Karicho Gold&lt;/i&gt; tea this morning from some they gave me, and that is what inspired this post. Their daughter supplies me with pastries from her home business. These folks have a good relationship with their neighbors, and they have improved their land to become a sort of African oasis in Texas. Go figure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;I end with ancient history, for me anyway. After I graduated from college in California, I drove to Michigan to visit Elizabeth, and the visit ended at the wedding altar. I had found a job at Brown Paper Company in Kalamazoo. I set up the first sample area in a 90 year old company, which was a rodeo ride for me. The biggest problem I had was to convince blue collar union men in the paper mill to send me paper samples, and I had to convince the millwrights to repair my antique paper trimmer. Labor and union people were having a war of wills and slowing down life in the company by ornery behavior. I made a friend of a union man, Fritz Burger, and for some reason, he really took a liking to me and wanted me to succeed. He was the company paint men. So, when I needed paper samples in a hurry, or when the monster paper trimmer broke, I would tell Fritz. He would go to the area involved and convince them to ignore the union rules and put me at the front of the line. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Fritz had been a German soldier in World War II and had been terribly humiliated by the US Army officers who processed him into the new world of defeated Germany. But, he immigrated to America anyway. I listened to his stories with sympathy, and I visited his home basement which he had made into a beer garden. I did not drink his beer, but he had only a few American friends who appreciated his beer garden which I thought looked very German and friendly, at least if you were a boozer. If it had not been for Fritz, I would have had a huge burden of paper work and begging to do to make the sample area a success. Go figure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;We are a nation of immigrants. Even the American Indians, who are said to be the original Americans, were really immigrants over a thousand years ago when the Baring Straits froze over, and they immigrated from Mongolia or China to what is now Alaska. My ancestor, Jacobus Jansen, came from the Netherlands to New Amsterdam (New York) in 1695. There is virtually NO difference between me and an immigrant who just arrived in Texas from Mexico yesterday. Some came in ships, some by plane, and some swam the Rio Grande River. Go figure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Let us stop whining about illegal immigrants. Yes, they are illegal, but they have the same thing on there mind as my ancestor or yours. Maybe life in America will be better than back home in Europe. Maybe the king (president or dictator) back home will not find me in New York. Maybe I will not have to bribe every cop and official in Russia to survive. Maybe I can go home to visit the family in Sonora, Mexico some day, and I can take them a microwave for Christmas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Finally, as Bible believers, we have two huge reasons to be kind to any immigrants who are law abiding:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;1. GOD TOLD US TO- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝟭𝟵:𝟯𝟰 - &quot;𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳; 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗴𝘆𝗽𝘁: 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱.&quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟮𝟱:𝟯𝟱 - &quot;𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘁: 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸: 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;𝗛𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝟭𝟯:𝟮 - &quot;𝗕𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀.&quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;When we turn away or offend an illegal immigrant, the Apostle, under inspiration, tells us some of them may actually be angels come to see if the love of Christ is in us. Go figure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Missions has become low priority in most local churches in America these days. Missionaries find it harder and harder to raise the support they need to live in their target nation. So, God has sent the mission field to us. So, pastor, do you make any effort to take the Gospel to immigrants in America? Do you have a member who is fluent in Spanish, one who could give the Gospel to Mexicans in your community? I assure you that the Whore of Rome, the Vatican, has an aggressive program to win immigrants to their church. Go figure.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;2. MUCH OF OUR COMMERCE CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THEM- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;We are finding, right now, the cost of throwing all those illegals back over the line into Chihuahua and Sonora instead of finding a way to make them legal in the San Juaquin Valley or in Texas. I know farmers in Arizona who will go bankrupt if all the illegal workers are run out of America. Very very few are dangerous criminals. I have known illegals who were very passive and timid and just wanted enough pay to send some home to Mama in Sonora, Mexico so that she can feed the babies better. Go figure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;So, back to Lalo Guerrero. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/wNmmKxHrAYw?si=NtF0Xz_eBReFCPvK&quot;&gt;Here is possibly his most famous comic song from the 1950s:&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.danacountryman.com/lalo/ClintonLalo.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;315&quot; data-original-width=&quot;288&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.danacountryman.com/lalo/ClintonLalo.jpg&quot; width=&quot;288&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/5759648091519384601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/5759648091519384601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/11/pancho-lopez-lazy-son-of-gun-if-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-1273408690165693735</id><published>2025-11-21T19:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-11-21T19:29:44.098-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;STUCK ON STUPID EXPLAINED.....&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Scientists have now determined that Neanderthal was shacking up with our ancestors. The shame of it all is overwhelming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;The result is that we now know why we slump over and grunt when we cannot answer a question. It also tells us why so many of us love to leave the convenience of the kitchen and go out back and roast meat until it is burnt and dry and pretend we are eating gourmet. You see, we are alleged to be carrying Neanderthal genes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;As a Bible believer, I assume that Neanderthal was just another kind of human, but when I observe the antics of US Senators and Representatives, I must pause. One is forced to wonder if certain prehistoric regressive genes are attracted to the US Capitol.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;You need to read the rest of the story hatched by talking heads and scientists in Italy and Switzerland.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h1 class=&quot;headline&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, &amp;quot;Avenir Next Condensed&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;MS UI Gothic&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.outkick.com/culture/neanderthals-never-went-extinct-scientists-say&quot;&gt;Scientists Make Wild New Claim That Neanderthals &lt;br /&gt;Never Truly Went Extinct&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://images.outkick.com/static.outkick.com/www.outkick.com/content/uploads/2025/11/1336/752/gettyimages-905963254-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;amp;tl=1&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;752&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1336&quot; height=&quot;292&quot; src=&quot;https://images.outkick.com/static.outkick.com/www.outkick.com/content/uploads/2025/11/1336/752/gettyimages-905963254-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;amp;tl=1&quot; width=&quot;520&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/1273408690165693735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/1273408690165693735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/11/stuck-on-stupid-explained.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-4687490842700534439</id><published>2025-11-20T08:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-11-20T08:20:55.895-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;POLICE STATE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;I have lived in a police state in Africa. I know how it works. What you read in the article below is the next step in a totally top down police state. The next step will be road stops where every driver has to pull over and prove he is an American citizen and not doing something criminal. It eventually becomes routine, both to the state police and to the victims. It sounds ominous now, but it will become common in the future and much less threatening than it sounds now. If Caesar threw everyone in jail on a whim, he would not have any taxes to collect. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;As Bible believers, we must not let this cause us to panic. We must submit to it because America is no longer a democracy. We are in a slow (maybe actually rapid) decline into a tyranny. There will be many opportunities to represent Christ, both to the state thugs, and to the victims.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;The sound mind part of this verse tells me something important. It tells me the God will give us the sense to deal with tyrants. Sometimes we simply submit peacefully, and sometimes we say things that may actually defuse and charm the cynical mindset of the thugs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;After the Marxist coup in Ethiopia, there were road check points all over the country. I stopped there one day, and the corporal came to my car and asked, &quot;Do you have any knives of ammunition?&quot; I answered, with big eyes, &quot;I have a BIG knife.&quot; The corporal stepped back with somber face and demanded to see the knife. What I had was a tiny pocket knife about 1.5 inches long on my key chain. I pulled it out of my pocket, and I opened the blade violently, and showed it to the corporal. I at once heard laughing over at the guard shack used by the soldiers. It was a major in command, and he was thoroughly enjoying my little trick on the corporal, who promptly told me to keep the knife and I could proceed. The next time I came to that road check point, the corporal just waved me on. He knew there was a crazy American in that blue Volkswagen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;My son had the station wagon full of friends driving along a highway near the Mexican border in Arizona. The Border Patrol pulled him over. Station wagons are very suspicious because they are used by coyotes (who help illegals enter the USA) to haul many people. My son rolled the window down, and said, &quot;¿Qué pasa?&quot;. The Border Patrol agent at once saw that my son was not Mexican, and he asked who all the people in the back were. My son said, &quot;Just a bunch of wet backs.&quot; The Border Patrol looked at them all carefully and realized my son was messing with his mind. He laughed and told my son to carry on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;I guess what I am trying to say it this.............. Try to find a way to make the thugs and tyrants laugh. They are conditioned to believe that we are all dangerous and doing something threatening. Give them a light moment, and all will be well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;This is what is meant above by &quot;a sound mind.&quot; It is NOT sound thinking to resist the rulers and try to make fools of them. Social media is loaded with videos of people being stopped by cops, and they try to make fools of the cops and resist every request. In the future, this response will ALWAYS end badly. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Please do not let the following article make you fearful. I put it here so that you will start thinking about ways to defuse these confrontations if you have one:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h1 class=&quot;Page-headline&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: semi-condensed; line-height: calc(1em + 4px); margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-patrol-surveillance-drivers-ice-trump-9f5d05469ce8c629d6fecf32d32098cd&quot; style=&quot;font-family: AP, -apple-system, Arial, Helvetica, Roboto, system-ui, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px;&quot;&gt;Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel pattern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/f9a1c10/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2720x1814!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F4b%2Fe2%2Fa869d2345df13296451bf9da4cfe%2F083e2ff7b6224f79a80f3926f927868d&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1366&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;580&quot; src=&quot;https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/f9a1c10/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2720x1814!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F4b%2Fe2%2Fa869d2345df13296451bf9da4cfe%2F083e2ff7b6224f79a80f3926f927868d&quot; width=&quot;870&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/4687490842700534439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/4687490842700534439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/11/police-state-i-have-lived-in-police.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-6617015293443355252</id><published>2025-11-19T15:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2025-11-19T15:24:45.908-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;DESPISE NOT THE POOR......&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&quot;These street people just need to get a job.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;So, tell me, how does a young lady get a job when she has nowhere to wash her hair? HR will see her hair, and they will mentally rebel at her, and she has NO chance to be hired.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;I have talked to many people, mostly men, who are poor, on the street and riding the rails. Nearly all of them have a dream or plan they intend to follow to get out of the hole of homelessness. Most of them do not see their dream come true.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;So, how do we see them? How do we talk about them? Do we join them in their dream and do or say something to kick them on down the road to find their dream? Or, do we have a social category for all the homeless people we see..... LOSER. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;We who follow Christ better stop and meditate on our Lord:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Matthew 19:21 - &quot;Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Many churches in America have NO fund or plan to give to the poor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Luke 4:18 - &quot;The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Jesus CHOSE the poor as his audience. Do we? Or, do we try to win souls only if they own a home and have a BMW and a nice bank account?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Luke 6:20 - &quot;And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Context, context, context! He looked at his disciples, and he addressed them as &quot;ye poor.&quot; How many pastors today SEEK the poor to be their disciples? I have heard a few stories about pastors who courted only bankers and car dealers to give the Gospel. I feel like joining Jesus as he knocks at their door, and puke (Rev. 3:16).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Luke 14:13-14 - &quot;But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;There is no blessing to the soul of a believer like that of bringing a poor person to their feasting table. And, poor may be poor in spirit or poor in emotional state even more than they are poor in cash. Being part of a family gathering for a few hours is something the homeless may never feel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;The people whom the Pharisees considered losers are the people Jesus came to preach to. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Most of us see very few homeless people around our neighborhood because the suburbs are not where they hang out. They are downtown in big cities. But, there are people all around us, at work, at school, and especially at church who are barely making it. They live in constant fear that they will not make the next rent payment. Their kids never get to go to Disney World or to the beach because Dad and Mom are using every hour to try to find jobs to pay the bills. A couple of hundred dollar bills might make all the difference to them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;The wealthy businessman&#39;s wife was putting on her coat with the mink collar. The evening service was over, and everyone was going out into the Michigan February night to rush to their can through the 0 degree F. temperature. The lady looked down, and there was a seven year old girl with nothing to warm her but a cheap sweater. Her Mom had on a wrap but not a real coat. The lady was jolted. She said to the Mom, &quot;Does she have a coat? It is zero outside.&quot; The Mom said they would run to the car fast and not notice the cold. The lady said, &quot;Bring her around to my home tomorrow morning. We will go buy her a winter coat.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;I saw this as a bystander, and I had to wipe a tear away. This was Jesus in a rich lady who was obeying his instruction for anyone who really wanted to follow him. No judgment. No stupid advice. No Karen nagging. But, action, inspired by love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;When I see my brother in Christ, or his kid, in need, some of what God has given me is at once to be used to meet that need. To cling to my blessings at that point could bring down the wrath of God on me. If nothing else, I will not ever feel the supreme satisfaction of having done what Jesus would do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;And, the guy sitting on the bench outside of IHOP..... It turned out that he had a son down the street who was hungry. When my friend ordered a meal to go and took it outside to him, he at once rushed off to go share it with his son.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Here is how it works in Norway?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FL9O8j9QPZc8%3Fsi%3DLVheUPY5JWSGU54S%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgWDSTYoGQe4DyEF8fjZJoU45PwUutYabZUMtLSNk73xG6OaaZ36uNgTq_KV_aem_qaOTa8iHXK3dHQgobOPi3w&amp;amp;h=AT3oB9_IO3-cNr2CQTT-qPJXX5o6fwO41vKEfHDpMYx9xV59pE555EAuvmDu9m12q_GQVro299PmiP_OaJpb3De_jCKzKe2n9d-h15DBvC9NlWaJrgq6Lh_8mKJTOePrQTZD4h1nLwRdakqe&amp;amp;__tn__=H-R&amp;amp;c[0]=AT2jP5jl0zN1pTeu-NMHPekyVdBOs-pdZGlMQT0l8rlOn8WRFiZOpCn3FbAJVC7cn3ukk_xpwaTaJafDSusFkMyMcBSUCfeYyzRsQQe4jPm9DtKdCI6bclaitaL3BfjOwDqpHKVUlKD4vbdmyU6XuSfdGZsdRjo_ywX5nOcFxen_TvHpdJ4EfTifif2xEsS33C6rcU_TcFFNdZaaKWFyxSeMSw&quot; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;IS JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS A BAD BOY?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;html-div xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;html-div xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd&quot; dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13&quot; data-ad-comet-preview=&quot;message&quot; data-ad-preview=&quot;message&quot; id=&quot;:run:&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u&quot; 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font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been getting a free ride on luxury jets from a White billionaire named Harlan Crow (no relation to Jim). Liberals in the Senate want to put the hammer to Thomas, as if he has committed the unpardonable sin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;FACT CHECK:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;There is NO rule or regulation that Thomas has to report all of his free rides or toys that the White people of America give him. If he is smart enough to earn a free ride in my Buick, and if I decide to give him that ride, it is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;Now, I admit, I have not yet been in a position to actually give the Justice a ride in my Buick. But, if he were to ride in my Buick, I would not report it to anyone, and neither should he have to.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;On another note which leads to the same social discussion, Elon Musk has just been handed $46 billion in stock, by Tesla stock holders, as a reward for inventing a car and a rocket that happen to be very successful. All sorts of people, and the Liberal media, are whining that Musk is being paid too much. Never mind that it is the stock holders who believe in Musk and Tesla who voted to give him the wind fall.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;Why all the hate lately for those who prosper? Elon Musk took the risk, he promoted his toys, and he ends up in the lineup of famous Amoses who did well for themselves like, Henry Ford, John D Rockefeller, Bill Gates, and me. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&quot;Ha, ha,&quot; you say, &quot;You are not in that league.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;Correct by dollar measures. But, I opened a business on the Internet in 1995 in which I was one of only two people worldwide selling piano parts and tools to do-it-yourselfers. Elizabeth and I were the only employees, and when we sold the business thirteen years later, we got enough to get us out of debt and buy a home in Texas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;Make no mistake, God is the one who gave me the sense and help to make this venture work. I am sorry if he did not get your permission to bless me. Maybe you need to just deal with it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;So, if you want to reward me further by giving me a ride in your luxury jet, that is nobody&#39;s business but yours and mine. If you want to sponsor Justice Clarence Thomas to fly to Tongo Island and back, that is also nobody&#39;s business but yours and his. And, if you want to hand Elon Musk a couple of dollars for doing well to himself, do it, and slap the fool who whines about it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;America is abandoning the cultural norm on which we were founded which was taken from the Bible. These texts below answer the question of whether Clarence Thomas or Elon Musk are bad boys:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;1 Timothy 5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;Justice Thomas, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and I are not evil because God has blessed us for working and taking risks. If we got more reward than you did for our effort, that is God&#39;s choice, not yours. God does not have to explain to you why he blesses one person more than another. He has a reason, and he is not required to put you on the committee in heaven which assigns blessings. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;AND, if someone wants to hand us &quot;double honor&quot; in the form of favors and gifts, that is what the Apostle Paul said is the new normal of the Church Age. So far, this economy of life has not ended, and the rules still apply.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;Thus, when you are tempted to accuse a successful man of doing evil because he is handed a gift by an admirer, mind your own business please.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;Now, if you feel you have earned a ride in my Buick, you need to fill out an application in triplicate and submit it to the Committee On Free Rides for consideration. If they approve and declare you worthy of double honor, I will loan you my Buick for a trip to Lake Travis. All I ask is that you fill the tank before you return it. Justice Clarence Thomas has my Buick booked after you are done with it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;FULL DISCLOSURE:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;In the interest of integrity and transparency, I need to tell you that nearly every Sunday I get a free ride in my son-in-law&#39;s and daughter&#39;s luxury truck to the Baptist church in Austin, Texas. 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Organic food is popping up everywhere. The reason is that farmers far away are cheating, and government is looking the other way. Chemical companies are clearly bribing government inspectors in other nations. We have to wonder if the USDA is also playing dirty tricks and certifying fake organic farms.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;There is also the cheating factor. Some organic farmers spray their crops, even &lt;span class=&quot;html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;doing so at night, and they are allegedly organic. I know farmers cheat because I know people who caught them. I also know that Kenya AA is never organic, regardless of what they claim. This is because inspectors are all taking bribes and approving pesticide sprayed crops. Kenya is my home country from long ago, but I believe all coffee production around the world is not truly organic. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;The fake food we try to avoid is the product of intentional fraud.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1sur9pj xkrqix3 x1fey0fg&quot; href=&quot;https://youtu.be/-8xTVMtkqv4?si=ts1HbnRreT4ePd4q&amp;amp;fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2-vmdzw_geo9K_4zUcpNYbXITz1LY7mG4a6TaJIf3Qo0n26K-gDEU6tjs_aem_eMU1NfEtO3kbZLfoRP4fzA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; role=&quot;link&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;&quot; tabindex=&quot;0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://youtu.be/-8xTVMtkqv4?si=ts1HbnRreT4ePd4q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;As to coffee, if it is the same price or near that of non-organic coffee, it is NOT organic. Growing organic crops of any kind results in a much higher price. The problem with this test for quality is that some food producers intentionally buy non-organic, label it as organic, and then price it higher. The FDA is supposed to catch them and prosecute them. But, only a small percent of imported food is inspected.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;I will not give up on organic food at the store, but I also take detox supplements because I assume a lot of organics are not real, and I am being regularly poisoned by food chemicals. I also have to assume that many of our modern health disorders are caused by the chemicals we consume.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;&quot;&gt;The video shows some of the things happening in the coffee trade. 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Men left home by the hundreds of thousands to travel to far places to get work and send money home. Seldom did it work out very well, and they had to keep traveling to survive. They were not vagrants. Like homeless people today, they were out of work, &quot;down on my luck,&quot; and they would work at any job for a little money.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The tramp came to the door of my Grandmother&#39;s home and knocked. My Dad, a young boy, was nearby and watched his mother do what she had done for many tramps. The man said, &quot;Mame, I wonder if you could spare a cup of tea for a traveling man?&quot; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;My grandmother told him to have a seat on the porch steps, and she went inside and made him a cup of tea and a sandwich. After she gave it to the man, he turned to my Dad, smiled, and told him, &quot;Ask for a little, and you might get more.&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Dad told his brothers and sisters what happened, and that line got to be a well used line in my Dad&#39;s family. Dad brought it to our family also.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Modern advertising has hammered the message home that what you have is not enough. You deserve more. The whole culture is flaming with discontent as two or three generations of Americans now demand to have more. What we have is never enough. And, if we don&#39;t get it now, we take out a loan at the bank and go up to our nostrils in debt in order to have more stuff.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;It was not always so:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Philippians 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Not all your WANT, but all you NEED. We who follow the carpenter of Nazareth must soon learn to be content with our needs being provided for by God. In the end, he often give us more than we need, but it is rude to demand more than we need from God.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Let us be content with enough.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Ask for a little, and you might get more.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cdn.greatlifepublishing.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/05/25124203/hobo4_dt31tl-728x673.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;673&quot; data-original-width=&quot;728&quot; height=&quot;673&quot; src=&quot;https://cdn.greatlifepublishing.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/05/25124203/hobo4_dt31tl-728x673.jpg&quot; width=&quot;728&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/8124009293424072743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/8124009293424072743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2022/04/he-was-tramp-it-was-height-of-great.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-1943103641198358384</id><published>2022-04-18T19:40:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2022-04-18T19:40:25.511-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOW TO RECOGNIZE A REAL BIBLE SCHOLAR&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc dati1w0a e5nlhep0&quot; data-ad-comet-preview=&quot;message&quot; data-ad-preview=&quot;message&quot; id=&quot;jsc_c_5&quot; style=&quot;padding: 4px 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg&quot; style=&quot;display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m&quot; dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;First, the faux Bible scholar:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;He is full of himself. He listens as well as a door knob listens to you. When he speaks you can tell he was not paying attention to the person he was talking to because he goes right off topic and dives into his favorite hobby horse fixation. When in a group, he is the final authority on any topic brought up, even if he has virtually no experience in the area of discussion.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The faux intellectual will use big theological terms that you don&#39;t know, and when you ask what such a word means, he will show you deep pity only because you are a dumb hick burp unable to rise to the heavenlies with him. He will also invent a few buzz words himself because he is just that wise. The English language is simply not developed well enough to satisfy his level of intellect.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Some of these faux scholars will not demand to be addressed as &quot;Doctor,&quot; but many Fundamental Baptist scholars will boldly demand to be given any titles they imagine they have earned. I say &quot;earned&quot; with tongue in cheek. Most of these Fundamentalist Doctors got their doctorate from Pioneer Seminary which operates out of the basement of another &quot;Doctor&quot; in Colorado. Pay the $25 fees and tuition, and get a doctoral diploma next week. Full credit is given for &quot;life experience,&quot; which may be that you know how to change the oil in your car, and you caught a record bass in a fishing contest in Bimidji, Minnesota.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now, the real Bible scholar:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;This man is pushing no agenda. He only speaks with authority on topics which he has seriously studied and researched. When you talk to him he keeps eye contact and listens intently. When he speaks, he answers your question, even if it is not his favorite topic. If you ask a question he has not studied, he will tell you so and ask to be allowed to not answer. He will then tell you of a real scholar who can answer your question.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The real Bible scholar wants to serve, and when you leave him, you feel you were indeed served. He never makes a large statement without backing it up with Bible references, and he is much more comfortable quoting the Apostle Paul than some guru from a Baptist Seminary. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;If your five year old asks, &quot;Daddy, what does the hypostatic union mean?&quot; you can send Johnny to the real scholar, and he will explain this complicated doctrine to him at the level your five year old can understand. Real scholars do not ask to be delivered from dealing with children..... they love them. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The real Bible scholar has not jumped on anyone&#39;s band wagon, he does not beat drums on behalf of any denomination or Bible College, and he rejects any effort to make a cult leader of him. He is content to teach, and he rejects any efforts to make him the leader of any movement. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Finally, when you leave a session with a real Bible scholar, you will feel like God sent you a friend who left you thinking clearer thoughts about the Word of God. He will not cause you to long to be as wise and erudite as he is. He will leave you wanting to be more like Jesus.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;When you introduce a real Bible scholar before he speaks, do not make the mistake of flattering him. He may get up and totally reject everything you said about him. You will end up with egg on your face. I have seen this, and the poor diddle head who did it looked like a fool.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Bible scholar&#39;s life verses are:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Psalms 119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;stjgntxs ni8dbmo4 l82x9zwi uo3d90p7 h905i5nu monazrh9&quot; 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font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;bt0co-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/files/oss/styles/hd/public/geert-vanden-bossche_2.jpeg?itok=Uqa2gp9e&amp;amp;timestamp=1616607687&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;350&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;140&quot; src=&quot;https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/files/oss/styles/hd/public/geert-vanden-bossche_2.jpeg?itok=Uqa2gp9e&amp;amp;timestamp=1616607687&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BELGIUM DOCTOR&#39;S &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;QUACK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;bt0co-2-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; VIDEO ATTACKING VACCINATIONS NEEDS TO BE REFUTED&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;6nu77-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;6nu77-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;6nu77-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br data-text=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;f1qf8-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;f1qf8-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;f1qf8-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;This is a very compelling video because the doctor gets some things right. Dr. G Vanden Bossche is claiming that all vaccinations must stop and let Covid run wild in order to build up immunity. Never mind that millions of people would die. He also claims to have developed a vaccine that will stop all diseases. The vaccine does not exist, he has not published anywhere, and he is a veterinarian by trade. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;dnoup-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;dnoup-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;dnoup-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br data-text=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;dpc8f-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;dpc8f-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;dpc8f-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I posted this because it is claims like this which people seem to prefer to believe more than the facts that are proving that vaccinations are working.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;e1ab4-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;e1ab4-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;e1ab4-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br data-text=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;aqafk-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;aqafk-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;aqafk-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is the Bossche video on Facebook that is going viral worldwide. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;3k46k-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;3k46k-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;py34i1dx&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/leslie.johnson.395891/posts/4418495034845980&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/leslie.johnson.395891/posts/4418495034845980&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;2sgi4-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;2sgi4-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;2sgi4-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br data-text=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;6ttts-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;6ttts-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;6ttts-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;SNOPES on Vanden Bossche&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;3fj69-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;3fj69-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;py34i1dx&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.snopes.com/news/2021/03/26/geert-vanden-bossche/&quot;&gt;https://www.snopes.com/news/2021/03/26/geert-vanden-bossche/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;emta2-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;emta2-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;emta2-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br data-text=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;68r6l-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;68r6l-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;68r6l-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;MEDIKA on Vanden Bossche&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;alha4-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;alha4-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;py34i1dx&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://medika.life/fact-checking-geert-vanden-bossche-cashing-in-on-covid-misinformation/&quot;&gt;https://medika.life/fact-checking-geert-vanden-bossche-cashing-in-on-covid-misinformation/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; 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data-offset-key=&quot;3k0p2-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;3k0p2-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ESTADAO on the doctor. Right click and hit &quot;translate&quot; for English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;8etri-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;8etri-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;py34i1dx&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/estadao-verifica/video-viral-repercute-discurso-alarmista-de-virologista-belga-para-atacar-vacinacao-de-covid-19/&quot;&gt;https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/estadao-verifica/video-viral-repercute-discurso-alarmista-de-virologista-belga-para-atacar-vacinacao-de-covid-19/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;e4uvt-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;e4uvt-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;e4uvt-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br data-text=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;dluu-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;dluu-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;dluu-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is proof graphically that the Covid vaccines are working&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;5jo0-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;5jo0-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;py34i1dx&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/covid-19-vaccine-breakthrough-cases-data-from-the-states/&quot;&gt;https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/covid-19-vaccine-breakthrough-cases-data-from-the-states/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;6h9hd-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;6h9hd-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;6h9hd-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br data-text=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;ba36t-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;ba36t-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;ba36t-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is a video discussion of G Vanden Bossche and his bogus claims.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;27ub&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;7qnk2-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;7qnk2-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;py34i1dx&quot; style=&quot;color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/NEyQi__zTuo&quot;&gt;https://youtu.be/NEyQi__zTuo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mediaproxy.salon.com/width/1200/https://media.salon.com/2021/01/donald-trump-0113213.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;540&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;216&quot; src=&quot;https://mediaproxy.salon.com/width/1200/https://media.salon.com/2021/01/donald-trump-0113213.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Salon &lt;/i&gt;has an article on Trump in which they show that he is trying to take absolute control of the Republican Party by his antics. So, how does his claim that he will be reinstated in office in August help him take power over the Republicans?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;If does not. Making bold impossible claims is Trumps MO, and has been for many years. No business man, and later, President, has been more expansive is exalting himself. This is the tactic of dictators like Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini and Fidel Castro.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The plan is to demonize any Republican who does not lock step and Sig Heil the dictator. Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell, and Giuliano are Trump&#39;s brown shirts who will hunt down and threaten Republican leaders. What we have in Maro Lago is a government in exile, and what we have in the Republican Party is a bunch of wimps who are not willing to bell the cat.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;So, &lt;i&gt;Salon&lt;/i&gt; tells us that, because of the dynamics of the Trump juggernaut, he will NOT be going away soon. Here is the last paragraph in the Salon article:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;So no, I don&#39;t think Trump believes he&#39;ll be reinstated in August. I don&#39;t think Trump really believes anything, not in the way that most people hold beliefs at least. He has a purely instrumentalized view of the world: &quot;Beliefs&quot; aren&#39;t sincerely held, but just another tool to manipulate others. He never asks himself &quot;is this true?&quot; so much as &quot;what will it get me to say this?&quot; And when it comes to this particular conspiracy theory (the stolen election), the answer may sadly be &quot;quite a lot.&quot; &lt;i&gt;Salon&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you are Bible believer, and if you want to live in peace again some day soon, you need to pray to God to remove Trump from his present power as a potential fascist dictator.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;If this irritates any of my readers, please remember the time during Jesus&#39; ministry when King Herod stood before a rally of his supporters and massively praised himself. If you had been in the crowd would you have joined the mob screaming, &quot;It is the voice of a god&quot;? Think about that as you keep cheering on this man who is trying to burn the US Constitution and make himself supreme ruler of the USA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/2054677746976504803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/2054677746976504803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2021/06/he-wont-go-away.html' title='HE WON&#39;T GO AWAY'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-4686976041528545679</id><published>2021-06-02T16:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2021-06-02T16:51:27.090-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Anarchy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Moral Issue"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Politics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Trump"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="War"/><title type='text'>TREASON</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/JeffersonDavisBenedictArnoldTreasonCartoon1865.jpg/640px-JeffersonDavisBenedictArnoldTreasonCartoon1865.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;511&quot; data-original-width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;256&quot; src=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/JeffersonDavisBenedictArnoldTreasonCartoon1865.jpg/640px-JeffersonDavisBenedictArnoldTreasonCartoon1865.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, SEVERAL OF HIS POWER PEOPLE FROM HIS ERA IN THE PRESIDENCY, AND QANON ARE PLANNING A COUP IN AUGUST AND OPENLY PROPHESYING THAT THEY WILL PUT TRUMP BACK IN POWER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Never in American history has such a thing happened in plain sight and out in the public square. These people are bold in their rebellion, and they seem to think they can do as they please and trash the US Constitution. Sadly, Joe Biden may not be man enough to stand them down and bring them to justice. If he does, the result could be revolution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;There is only one name for this sort of folly..... TREASON.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I sense, from what I read on Facebook, that some people who claim to be Bible believers actually crave a contest in which law and order are totally destroyed by the Lunatic Right. It is entirely possible to see the evil in this plan while being a Conservative and a Christian.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;We all need to be more thoughtful about who we befriend in these times of anarchy and national chaos. If your pastor is promoting this rebellion, he is a devil, and you need to get out of that church before you are added to the list at Homeland Security. History, and living in the Third World, tell me that a person can end up in prison for making the wrong friends during anarchy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. &lt;br /&gt;2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves DAMNATION.&lt;br /&gt;3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:&lt;br /&gt;4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.&lt;br /&gt;5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The power is President Joe Biden. He bears the sword. DEAL WITH IT, or receive &quot;damnation.&quot; The Greek word for &quot;damnation&quot; is used for a court ruling. Thus, you could find yourself one day in prison for taking up the cause of the Trump junta. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do you really want to live in a third rate banana republic? You need to read the article below, and ask yourself if this is really what Jesus Christ would do?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-is-reportedly-telling-people-he-will-be-reinstated-as-president-by-august/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-is-reportedly-telling-people-he-will-be-reinstated-as-president-by-august/&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/4686976041528545679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/4686976041528545679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2021/06/treason.html' title='TREASON'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-2358940290171278567</id><published>2021-05-11T10:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2021-05-11T10:22:12.803-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Democrats"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Russia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Terrorism"/><title type='text'>HOW TO SHUT DOWN AMERICA</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The gas pipeline is down, and the East Coast of the USA is in a panic.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;This tells me that a total attack on the whole nation&#39;s pipelines could shut the country down. The problem is, Leftist Democrats do not like to pick on the enemy. They believe that if they feed America to the crocodile, the crocodile will eat them last. And, he will.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;So, we may be on our own as to survival. Plan accordingly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.yahoo.com/now/no-end-sight-u-fuel-222356167.html&quot;&gt;https://www.yahoo.com/now/no-end-sight-u-fuel-222356167.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/2358940290171278567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/2358940290171278567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2021/05/how-to-shut-down-america.html' title='HOW TO SHUT DOWN AMERICA'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-682761638004159028</id><published>2021-04-16T12:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2021-04-16T12:36:03.685-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Comic Relief"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Distraction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mexico"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Music"/><title type='text'>HAPPY MUSIC BY THE MOST BORED BAND IN MEXICO</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;This band is a riot. They play well, and the music is a happy little tune. But, how can a band be so bored with life? Perhaps this was played in an empty studio with no audience due to Covid. Thus, another casualty of the plague.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;293&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/sMQAVY6yGJo&quot; title=&quot;YouTube video player&quot; width=&quot;520&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/682761638004159028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/682761638004159028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2021/04/happy-music-by-most-bored-band-in-mexico.html' title='HAPPY MUSIC BY THE MOST BORED BAND IN MEXICO'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/sMQAVY6yGJo/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-1563577047900123921</id><published>2021-04-03T14:52:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2021-04-03T14:52:19.415-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Democrats"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Moral Issue"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Politics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Vaccinations"/><title type='text'>THINKING DOWN THE ROAD AND VACCINE PASSPORTS</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/04/GettyImages-1231882559-scaled-e1617391910799.jpg?auto=format&amp;amp;fit=crop&amp;amp;ar=16%3A9&amp;amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3&amp;amp;w=970&amp;amp;q=75&amp;amp;dpr=1&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;450&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;181&quot; src=&quot;https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/04/GettyImages-1231882559-scaled-e1617391910799.jpg?auto=format&amp;amp;fit=crop&amp;amp;ar=16%3A9&amp;amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3&amp;amp;w=970&amp;amp;q=75&amp;amp;dpr=1&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Florida&#39;s Governor has signed an order prohibiting vaccination passports being used in Florida. In principle, that would seem like a good thing. We do not need an ID system of any kind in America beyond the various ones we now have. The evil in this is that people are free to refuse the vaccine, but with the passport, those same people will soon find they cannot buy food or do business, go to work, or go to school. So, the Governor is doing the right thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;But, down the road.....? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Florida Governor is a powerful force in the Republican Party, and he is being suggested to run for President in 2024. Democrat states and officials will make a politically motivated knee jerk response by requiring the passport. The Covid political chaos will mushroom as people from one state cannot function in the next Democrat state. This will divide America in an extreme way which will result in anarchy, either physically or socially and politically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;America is headed for massive rebellion. When centrist Democrats have had enough, they will be ready for escape from the radical left and Joe Biden. A man like the Florida Governor could design a movement that crossed party lines and produce a base for a Fascist nationalist movement. Nationalism would be the theme. Ever heard of that before? I believe this is where America is going. I have a friend who is a history major and teacher of American history, and he feels this is a real possibility if things do not return to the old balanced ways soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you are a Bible believer, rather than joining the mob that evolves in the coming days, how about standing for Bible based Christian zeal? The Lutherans and Catholics in Germany let Adolph Hitler sucker them into nationalism, and you know what happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pray that a Supreme Court ruling is soon given against forced vaccine passports. That would stop this juggernaut.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;But, we must expect Biden and the far left to keep trying to force America into a Marxist type socialist state. Bible believers must decide now if they will join either extreme or stay the course as the Church of Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! &lt;br /&gt;21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. &lt;br /&gt;7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. &lt;br /&gt;8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.&lt;br /&gt;9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-delivers-on-promise-bans-vaccine-passports-with-executive-order&quot;&gt;Read about the Florida Governor and Vaccination Passport.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/1563577047900123921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/1563577047900123921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2021/04/thinking-down-road-and-vaccine-passports.html' title='THINKING DOWN THE ROAD AND VACCINE PASSPORTS'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-3843607763384510919</id><published>2021-04-01T11:19:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2021-04-01T11:19:25.697-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Coronavirus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Good News"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Vaccinations"/><title type='text'> HOW THE MODERNA VACCINE WORKS</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The terror of a serious reaction from the second shot is real. This doctor explains why that is what we can expect for many people and why it is actually a good thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;He makes it clear that a reaction is not the same as getting Covid, so the deadly effects of Covid will not be part of the reaction. But, a very uncomfortable reaction can be expected to the second shot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The problem with Dr. Fauci and the talking heads on high is that they refuse to talk straight to America. They want to sell vaccines at Moderna and Pfizer, so the truth is withheld. This caused people to suspect that something evil is being perpetrated. Again, Kings and Presidents are liars, and they have been for thousands of years. So, doctors like this guy pick up the slack and help. What he says makes sense as best I can understand it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;CAUTION: Some rough language.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;
  
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You need to start with the String Theory, go on to Schrödinger&#39;s Cat, the Chicken or the Egg Theory, and so forth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;And, these boys have the nerve to mock at Creationism. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The only thing missing here is the Landscape Theory, which is admitted to be based purely on assumption, the way we assume Santa Clause is real by bringing him back from October to January and posting him in a chair at the mall in his fantasy red suit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Landscape Theory ASSUMES that our universe is just a pea sized bit of junk in the midst of millions of universes beyond our acre. There is no evidence of such a place, and there is no hope of going there for a visit. But, the thing about the Landscape Theory that charms the Christ haters, like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins, is this..... Once you assume a fantasy world is real, you can assign it has physical laws that are in total violation of our own local physical laws. That is then reversed to claim that somewhere in the vast forever is a place where the First Law of Thermodynamics is violated. This then implies that our universe could have come into existence from nothing. Why can this be done? Well, once you start building on assumption, any insane logic can be added to the edifice. Like, once you believe that the early Church celebrated Easter, the feast of the goddess Esther, you can add anything..... rabbits that lay eggs, peeps, and green eggs and ham. You KNOW peeps are real..... you can find them at Wal Mart.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The way to measure the ongoing &quot;reality&quot; of any fantasy is to see how many papers are published on one of these cosmic fantasy theories, and how many are published on the Sun or Jupiter. The Landscape Theory, according to David Berlinsky, has thousands of papers published on it. The sun is old hat and is very seldom published these days. This is because the only reality to a fantasy is based on everyone talking about it. Stop publishing on it, and it will simply go away, like Santa does to a twelve year old skeptic. It also helps if the gurus of our universities keep chattering about the Landscape Theory and Schrödinger&#39;s Cat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Quick, Easter is coming. Have you colored your eggs yet? The kiddies need the artifacts of the fantasy to keep the illusion going. There is nothing harder on religious zeal than to have Saint Christopher demoted to the role of a generic Italian peasant. But, please leave him there, hanging from the mirror, and maybe he will still exist. Pray to him regularly, and maybe he will pop back into existence.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please, give us a sincere Auuuuuum for the guru. Either that, or enroll in his university to learn the mystic secret.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you think I am mean on Monday, just wait until we get to Friday.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu&quot; style=&quot;display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;😄&quot; height=&quot;16&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;origin-when-cross-origin&quot; 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width: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/2144838564451264726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/2144838564451264726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-far-side-mocks-at-evolution.html' title=' THE FAR SIDE MOCKS AT EVOLUTION'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN29M15W2YH0GboRbJxBEXgQSbjCrkrpKt37JpB044lUDSyFw3BsnBluIE3MIJ3uOZlSc7YXUtZ1ov1Bvui09cemwvDs80_qC2uWAz6AYazdz7WCu0HUd1UC3Dq_2hAPsyCZZrmKNb4tM/s72-w454-h640-c/far+side+mock+at+evolution.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-3062269328902361529</id><published>2021-03-19T14:56:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2021-03-19T14:59:43.645-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NO BITE, NO HANGOVER</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5f92056cddedc657f1ce27b8/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;533&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;213&quot; src=&quot;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5f92056cddedc657f1ce27b8/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The latest novelty for bar hoppers is the Sans Bar. It offers only drinks and cocktails made with no alcohol. What a revolutionary idea...... being able to drive home without getting a DUI, and waking up without a hangover.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;It is always a hoot to Bible believers to see the ungodly world try to apply Bible based truths to their perverted moral world. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;So, now we have a new &quot;Baptist Standard&quot; issue. Will Pharisee pastors make a law forbidding their witless lambs from patronizing the local Sans Bar? Will they have to order only coffee and Dr. Pepper, or can they order a kosher screw driver? Just when you have the little red rule book from Bob Jones University properly revised for the &quot;present stress,&quot; here comes an alternative to the law.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I just hope the proprietors&amp;nbsp;have come up with alternatives that have some character. Potato water in the place of vodka would be a bit bland.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ironically, the two groups that stand to benefit the most from this innovation are Baptists and Muslims.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now, the mega church can add a dry bar to their Starbucks counter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Never let it be said that Steve Van Nattan is shy about rocking the boat occasionally.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thus, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apnews.com/article/sober-bars-no-alcohol-bars-fd1204932488adda0909ec19fcfbcd5e?fbclid=IwAR1fPl0f7KJynisf7Girp17x6y-nyqFxc3lUwC2NITOlCHYNNlfRdo0lzNM&quot;&gt;read about the no booze bar&lt;/a&gt;.....&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/5cd95b116c604dff9bc3059358c9cce7/800.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;293&quot; data-original-width=&quot;520&quot; src=&quot;https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/5cd95b116c604dff9bc3059358c9cce7/800.jpeg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/3062269328902361529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/3062269328902361529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2021/03/no-bite-no-hangover.html' title='NO BITE, NO HANGOVER'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054938712209733475.post-5562486753573362279</id><published>2021-02-03T11:14:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2021-02-03T12:06:34.418-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Biden"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Constitution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Government"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Law and Order"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Moral Issue"/><title type='text'>SIG HEIL, MEIN KÕNING, HERR YOSEF BIDEN</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Emblem_Stasi.svg/125px-Emblem_Stasi.svg.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;188&quot; data-original-width=&quot;125&quot; src=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Emblem_Stasi.svg/125px-Emblem_Stasi.svg.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;The Ministry for State Security (Stasi), was the official state security service of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). It has been described as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies ever to have existed.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sorry if the quote is totally alien to your heritage. It is not my fault if you were asleep in World History class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joe Biden&#39;s new mask police are nothing short of a carbon copy of the East German state police (Stasi). This is NOT provided for in the US Constitution. What the Generals in the Pentagon refused to do for Donald Trump, Joe Biden has managed to do by Executive Order.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;It is so terribly sad that the only way our President can think to deal with the Covid epidemic is to bash up the peasants. This is a very old story to any history majors watching. The kings of Europe did the exact same thing long ago during the Black Plague and other epidemics. The dictators of Africa and Asia do the same thing today.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The problem is, you people cannot be trusted to do the right thing. Sure, there are jerks out there who refuse to mask up when they go out and about, and they do not give a flip if they infect some senior citizen. But, since when does the nation dive into totalitarian Marxist madness because of a few brats?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.insider.com/5f9ad9b76f5b310011724279?width=1000&amp;amp;format=jpeg&amp;amp;auto=webp&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;160&quot; src=&quot;https://i.insider.com/5f9ad9b76f5b310011724279?width=1000&amp;amp;format=jpeg&amp;amp;auto=webp&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;And, if Biden blows this one past the Supreme Court, he may very well send his state police to social gatherings, church services, picnics, beaches, ball games, and restaurants, anywhere where people are gathered. They may even force entry into your home if they see more than two cars parked at the curb. And, your state governor will be iced by the Supreme Court so that he cannot stop this trick.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;No one is talking about the cost of a national police force. This thing could become a monster, once the Dems see how much power they are gaining over the masses. AND, it could easily bust the national economy or result in bankruptcy of Medicare and Social Security as Biden hits them to fund his state cops.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;President Biden may be doing this to bait the right wing crazies so that they attack and give him an excuse to declare Martial Law. I admit that is a bit conspiratorial, but it fits the model of lust for power in 90% of all Dems.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tell me, wise reader.............&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;What happens when you tell people they will be prosecuted for not doing what the great Wizard wishes? Right, they take every opportunity to disobey the Wizard. They might have donned the mask yesterday out of social pressure, or just to pamper their fearful friends, but now they will refuse to comply in order to assert their rights. The whole thing gets worse, and a lot of people are criminalized to the glory of the Wizard. Historically, the next thing is detention centers for offenders. That HAS happened in America when Franklin D Roosevelt put Japanese Americans into a concentration camp simply because he suspected they would do evil during WW II.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The frightening thing is that the TSA are not trained in physical law enforcement, but their behavior in the past tells me they will get rough, and people will be hurt and battered by them. The article linked to below makes it very clear that Uncle Joe did not write up his order in enough detail, so the TSA agents will be a law unto themselves. This is a prefect storm for America. The subways of NYC could become Hell on earth. LAX could become an armed camp.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;CAUTION: There may be attacks on these TSA people. Do not hang around to see what happens. You will end up on a list which will not be helpful for your destiny. If you work for the TSA, understand this from the dictator Napoleon himself, &quot;When you are given an unlawful order, you are honor bound to disobey the order and take the consequences.&quot; The answer, &quot;I am just doing my job&quot; is NOT a moral alibi. So was the Stasi Communist policeman, doing his job, who killed his East German neighbors. So were Himmler and Goering.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;So, I will wear my mask now. Indeed, I have worn it all the time before. But now, I have the comfort of knowing that Uncle Stasi Biden approves of me. What a warm fuzzy feeling.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reason.com/2021/02/01/federal-masks-cops-to-start-targeting-travelers-today/&quot;&gt;https://reason.com/2021/02/01/federal-masks-cops-to-start-targeting-travelers-today/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bible believers: Pray that God will restrain President Biden by any means possible.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;&lt;br /&gt;2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.&lt;br /&gt;3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;This editor in NO WAY condones not wearing the mask in public. It has been proven that you protect others if you wear the mask. The fact that masks are imperfect only proves what we already knew..... this is an imperfect world. Wear the mask, stupid. And, if you are a Bible believer, you have no business railing on the TSA agents. They are out of line big time, but you have no business letting them drive you to be a vulgar jerk. Give them a Gospel tract, and keep moving.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/5562486753573362279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1054938712209733475/posts/default/5562486753573362279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://balaamsassspeaks.blogspot.com/2021/02/sig-heil-mein-koning-herr-yoseph-biden.html' title='SIG HEIL, MEIN KÕNING, HERR YOSEF BIDEN'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>