Tuesday, August 28, 2018
How Miles Davis changed jazz, for the better. His 1959 album "Kind of Blue" is one of the greatest albums of all time.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018
RELIGION: The Man Accusing Pope Francis "Does Seem to Have a Lot of Credibility" -...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Length: 00:06:52
"The National Catholic Register's Edward Pentin broke the story about the letter alleging Pope Francis knew about sexual misconduct charges against Theodore McCarrick. Pentin tells us about the accuser, Archbishop Carlo Vigano, and also has new details from the Vatican."
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Length: 00:06:52
"The National Catholic Register's Edward Pentin broke the story about the letter alleging Pope Francis knew about sexual misconduct charges against Theodore McCarrick. Pentin tells us about the accuser, Archbishop Carlo Vigano, and also has new details from the Vatican."
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Monday, August 27, 2018
HISTORY: Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: DUKW
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
The amazing DUKW, a.k.a. the "DUCK". One WWII vehicle many of us have probably ridden upon. The Chieftain tells us about the amazing DUKW and its history.
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The amazing DUKW, a.k.a. the "DUCK". One WWII vehicle many of us have probably ridden upon. The Chieftain tells us about the amazing DUKW and its history.
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NDE: What Heaven was like when I died - Nathan Wheeler
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
This is really a very simple, straightforward story that is just amazing.
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This is really a very simple, straightforward story that is just amazing.
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PSYCH: A Zen Master talks about Jordan Peterson & the Shadow
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
"Doshin Nelson Roshi describes himself as poet, troublemaker, and teacher. He is the head abbot of Integral Zen - an expert in both the tradition of Zen and the Integral philosophy of Ken Wilber.
https://integralzen.org/about/teachers/
"In this discussion with David Fuller of Rebel Wisdom, they explore the cultural phenomenon of Jordan Peterson and what his runaway success says about the intense times we are living in - and try to identify the cultural forces moving below the surface, and the necessity to integrate the shadow."
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"Doshin Nelson Roshi describes himself as poet, troublemaker, and teacher. He is the head abbot of Integral Zen - an expert in both the tradition of Zen and the Integral philosophy of Ken Wilber.
https://integralzen.org/about/teachers/
"In this discussion with David Fuller of Rebel Wisdom, they explore the cultural phenomenon of Jordan Peterson and what his runaway success says about the intense times we are living in - and try to identify the cultural forces moving below the surface, and the necessity to integrate the shadow."
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RELIGION: Why did Pope Benedict Resign?
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
The truth behind the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. He knew the Vatican was corrupt beyond hope, and the Vatican Bank Scandal was just the opening salvo...
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The truth behind the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. He knew the Vatican was corrupt beyond hope, and the Vatican Bank Scandal was just the opening salvo...
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Sunday, August 19, 2018
POLITICS: Interesting post by the famous "Q"
Monday, August 20, 2018
I find this to be a very, very, very interesting post from the famous "Q"....this was posted Sunday, August 19 at 23:02:47 EST. No one know's who Q is, but it's very safe to say he works for Donald Trump. I normally don't post Q drops, but this one seems to signal that something very big is about to begin.
Key to abbreviations:
CS = Christopher Steele (Former British Spy at MI6, worked for Fusion GPS)
BO = Bruce Ohr (Associate Deputy Attorney General at DoJ under the Obama Admin.)
NO = Nellie Ohr (employed by Fusion GPS to dig dirt on Donald Trump, wife of Bruce)
RR - Rod Rosenstein (Deputy Director of the FBI)
HRC = Hillary Rodham Clinton
The document link in his post goes directly to the FBI website, and show the FISA warrant to authorize spying on Carter Page.
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[Movie 1]
Showtime.
>>BO>>CS>>BO>>NO>>CS>>NO>>BO>>[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
Who instructed the DOJ to release 'select' text messages?
When did [RR] learn of involvement [BO][NO]?
What happens if [RR] knew PRIOR TO signing CP FISA?
Why did [RR] under congressional testimony refuse to answer the question re: reading of FISA prior to execution?
Who signed pg 380?
Who signed pg 389?
Who signed pg 390?
Who signed pg 391?
Who signed pg 392?
https://vault.fbi.gov/d1-release/d1-release/view
Who is [1 of 4] FIREWALLS?
Who signed?
FIREWALLS?
Who signed?
FIREWALLS?
FISA [20]
The 'TRILOGY'.
MOVIE 1 [Full]: The 'START'
PLOT: How the intelligence apparatus, State Dept, and Dept of "JUSTICE" of the United States, in joint effort w/ our (x) primary foreign allies + other covert assets, as directed by HUSSEIN [WH] in coordination w/ HRC, colluded and conspired to RIG THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016 in an effort to install HRC, frame POTUS (PROJECTION!), create emergency contingencies re: installation of SAFEGUARDS and FIREWALLS to PREVENT EXPOSURE OR CONTINUATION OF PRESIDENCY SHOULD COUNTER FAIL TO ENSURE OPERATORS, ACTORS, AGENTS OF POWER, PAST & PRESENT, REMAIN IN CONTROL, AND USE SOURCES/COVERT ASSETS OF THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA TO CARRY OUT X-FRAME BARRAGE OF STRATEGIC COORDINATED [GUIDED] ATTACKS DESIGNED TO DIVIDE, COVER/SHELTER, JUSTIFY IMPEACHMENT/REMOVAL IN EFFORT TO REGAIN CONTROL AND PREVENT PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ILLEGAL, CRIMINAL, TREASONOUS ACTS [MOVIES 1-3 FULL LIST].
Coming SOON to a theater near you.
MOVIE 2 – Coming this FALL.
MOVIE 3 – TBA
Enjoy the show.
Q
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We will know with the next 30 to 60 days what's going to happen as a result of this drop, if anything.....and we will soon know whether Q is just a "conspiracy theory" or the foreteller of things to come.
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I find this to be a very, very, very interesting post from the famous "Q"....this was posted Sunday, August 19 at 23:02:47 EST. No one know's who Q is, but it's very safe to say he works for Donald Trump. I normally don't post Q drops, but this one seems to signal that something very big is about to begin.
Key to abbreviations:
CS = Christopher Steele (Former British Spy at MI6, worked for Fusion GPS)
BO = Bruce Ohr (Associate Deputy Attorney General at DoJ under the Obama Admin.)
NO = Nellie Ohr (employed by Fusion GPS to dig dirt on Donald Trump, wife of Bruce)
RR - Rod Rosenstein (Deputy Director of the FBI)
HRC = Hillary Rodham Clinton
The document link in his post goes directly to the FBI website, and show the FISA warrant to authorize spying on Carter Page.
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[Movie 1]
Showtime.
>>BO>>CS>>BO>>NO>>CS>>NO>>BO>>[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
Who instructed the DOJ to release 'select' text messages?
When did [RR] learn of involvement [BO][NO]?
What happens if [RR] knew PRIOR TO signing CP FISA?
Why did [RR] under congressional testimony refuse to answer the question re: reading of FISA prior to execution?
Who signed pg 380?
Who signed pg 389?
Who signed pg 390?
Who signed pg 391?
Who signed pg 392?
https://vault.fbi.gov/d1-release/d1-release/view
Who is [1 of 4] FIREWALLS?
Who signed?
FIREWALLS?
Who signed?
FIREWALLS?
FISA [20]
The 'TRILOGY'.
MOVIE 1 [Full]: The 'START'
PLOT: How the intelligence apparatus, State Dept, and Dept of "JUSTICE" of the United States, in joint effort w/ our (x) primary foreign allies + other covert assets, as directed by HUSSEIN [WH] in coordination w/ HRC, colluded and conspired to RIG THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016 in an effort to install HRC, frame POTUS (PROJECTION!), create emergency contingencies re: installation of SAFEGUARDS and FIREWALLS to PREVENT EXPOSURE OR CONTINUATION OF PRESIDENCY SHOULD COUNTER FAIL TO ENSURE OPERATORS, ACTORS, AGENTS OF POWER, PAST & PRESENT, REMAIN IN CONTROL, AND USE SOURCES/COVERT ASSETS OF THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA TO CARRY OUT X-FRAME BARRAGE OF STRATEGIC COORDINATED [GUIDED] ATTACKS DESIGNED TO DIVIDE, COVER/SHELTER, JUSTIFY IMPEACHMENT/REMOVAL IN EFFORT TO REGAIN CONTROL AND PREVENT PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ILLEGAL, CRIMINAL, TREASONOUS ACTS [MOVIES 1-3 FULL LIST].
Coming SOON to a theater near you.
MOVIE 2 – Coming this FALL.
MOVIE 3 – TBA
Enjoy the show.
Q
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We will know with the next 30 to 60 days what's going to happen as a result of this drop, if anything.....and we will soon know whether Q is just a "conspiracy theory" or the foreteller of things to come.
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POLITICS: Trump's Agenda: (1) Liquidate Vatican Assets Via RICO-esque Litigation
Monday, August 20, 2018
Length: 00:15:36
Lionel has two very good ideas that he shares:
1. Time to go after the Vatican for their constant coverups of child molesters.
2. Time to go after HRC for all the money laundering that happened under the Clinton Foundation.
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Length: 00:15:36
Lionel has two very good ideas that he shares:
1. Time to go after the Vatican for their constant coverups of child molesters.
2. Time to go after HRC for all the money laundering that happened under the Clinton Foundation.
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Friday, August 17, 2018
RELIGION: World Over - 2018-08-16 – Cardinal Raymond Burke on the Abuse Crisis
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Length: 00:29:38
Cardinal Burke comments on the latest abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.
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Length: 00:29:38
Cardinal Burke comments on the latest abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.
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NDE: She died, went to hell and heaven, then woke up at the morgue
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Length 00:42:11
A truly amazing NDE story from Columbia! Wow!
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Length 00:42:11
A truly amazing NDE story from Columbia! Wow!
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NDE: God Grants Favor
Friday, August 17, 2018
Length: 00:15:11
A really interesting and fun NDE report. The woman died from drowning when she was just 20 years old, and had an amazing experience meeting God!
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Length: 00:15:11
A really interesting and fun NDE report. The woman died from drowning when she was just 20 years old, and had an amazing experience meeting God!
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RELIGION: 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury REPORT 1
Friday, August 17, 2018
The biggest story of 2018 so far: the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church:
We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this. We know some of you have heard some of it before. There have been other reports about child sex abuse within the Catholic Church. But never on this scale. For many of us, those earlier stories happened someplace else, someplace away. Now we know the truth: it happened everywhere.
We were given the job of investigating child sex abuse in six dioceses - every diocese in the state except Philadelphia and Altoona -Johnstown, which were the subject of previous grand juries. These six dioceses account for 54 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. We heard the testimony of dozens of witnesses concerning clergy sex abuse. We subpoenaed, and reviewed, half a million pages of internal diocesan documents. They contained credible allegations against over three hundred predator priests. Over one thousand child victims were identifiable, from the church's own records. We believe that the real number - of children whose records were lost, or who were afraid ever to come forward - is in the thousands.
Most of the victims were boys; but there were girls too. Some were teens; many were prepubescent. Some were manipulated with alcohol or pornography. Some were made to masturbate their assailants, or were groped by them. Some were raped orally, some vaginally, some anally. But all of them were brushed aside, in every part of the state, by church leaders who preferred to protect the abusers and their institution above all.
Read the full report: 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury REPORT 1
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The biggest story of 2018 so far: the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church:
We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this. We know some of you have heard some of it before. There have been other reports about child sex abuse within the Catholic Church. But never on this scale. For many of us, those earlier stories happened someplace else, someplace away. Now we know the truth: it happened everywhere.
We were given the job of investigating child sex abuse in six dioceses - every diocese in the state except Philadelphia and Altoona -Johnstown, which were the subject of previous grand juries. These six dioceses account for 54 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. We heard the testimony of dozens of witnesses concerning clergy sex abuse. We subpoenaed, and reviewed, half a million pages of internal diocesan documents. They contained credible allegations against over three hundred predator priests. Over one thousand child victims were identifiable, from the church's own records. We believe that the real number - of children whose records were lost, or who were afraid ever to come forward - is in the thousands.
Most of the victims were boys; but there were girls too. Some were teens; many were prepubescent. Some were manipulated with alcohol or pornography. Some were made to masturbate their assailants, or were groped by them. Some were raped orally, some vaginally, some anally. But all of them were brushed aside, in every part of the state, by church leaders who preferred to protect the abusers and their institution above all.
Read the full report: 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury REPORT 1
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RELIGION: The abuse crisis casts doubt on the whole post-Vatican II settlement
Friday, August 17, 2018
No surprise: the decline and fall of the Catholic church began in 1968:
From the Catholic Herald:
Since 1968, Church leaders have tried to preserve a fragile truce. But repeated compromises have fostered a culture of deceit.
Too many Catholic leaders have treated Archbishop Theodore McCarrick’s alleged crimes as an isolated issue. Cardinal Donald Wuerl told an interviewer: “I don’t think this is some massive, massive crisis.”
Bishop Robert Barron has said that any suggestion of widespread corruption is “deeply unjust”. Such claims miss the point. Men at the highest levels of the Church knew what McCarrick had done and took no action. As a result, the exposure of his crimes has gravely damaged the credibility of the whole hierarchy. If bishops expect to be taken seriously as witnesses to Christ, the crisis is massive indeed.
Bishop Barron not only downplayed the extent of the crisis, but also cautioned against what he called an “ideological” response. According to the bishop, anyone who raises concerns about Humanae Vitae, priestly celibacy, or “rampant homosexuality in the Church” is riding a “hobby horse”.
No one cares for the endless Catholic culture wars, but we should be wary of attempts to shut down frank discussion of how we got here. Bishop Barron’s list of taboo topics suggests that he – like most bishops – is keen to preserve the settlement of 1968.
Read the full article here: The abuse crisis casts doubt on the whole post-Vatican II settlement
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No surprise: the decline and fall of the Catholic church began in 1968:
From the Catholic Herald:
Since 1968, Church leaders have tried to preserve a fragile truce. But repeated compromises have fostered a culture of deceit.
Too many Catholic leaders have treated Archbishop Theodore McCarrick’s alleged crimes as an isolated issue. Cardinal Donald Wuerl told an interviewer: “I don’t think this is some massive, massive crisis.”
Bishop Robert Barron has said that any suggestion of widespread corruption is “deeply unjust”. Such claims miss the point. Men at the highest levels of the Church knew what McCarrick had done and took no action. As a result, the exposure of his crimes has gravely damaged the credibility of the whole hierarchy. If bishops expect to be taken seriously as witnesses to Christ, the crisis is massive indeed.
Bishop Barron not only downplayed the extent of the crisis, but also cautioned against what he called an “ideological” response. According to the bishop, anyone who raises concerns about Humanae Vitae, priestly celibacy, or “rampant homosexuality in the Church” is riding a “hobby horse”.
No one cares for the endless Catholic culture wars, but we should be wary of attempts to shut down frank discussion of how we got here. Bishop Barron’s list of taboo topics suggests that he – like most bishops – is keen to preserve the settlement of 1968.
Read the full article here: The abuse crisis casts doubt on the whole post-Vatican II settlement
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RELIGION: THE TRUCE OF 2005?
Friday, August 17, 2018
The Jesuits have been in the vanguard of the movement to openly promote homosexuality in the priesthood:
Father John Coleman, S.J., is acclaimed by some as one of the leading intellectual lights among contemporary Jesuits. He teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and is a frequent contributor to America and Theological Studies, a Jesuit quarterly. He recently addressed the annual meeting of the National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries. “I am, simultaneously, a gay man, a professional sociologist, and an ordained priest of the Roman Catholic Church,” he said. “Not surprisingly, these different, even conflicting, roles and their expectations sometimes cause me to experience intense cognitive dissonance.”
The dissonance, he said, results from “the universal love and outreach of Jesus to all, even sinners, versus a sense that homosexuality, if practiced, is against the teaching of Christianity.” When people succeed in integrating their identities, Fr. Coleman said, it “will lead to something new, and for some, an oxymoron: a GLBT practicing Christian and practicing homosexual.” That gives rise to the questions, he said, “Can you ordain them? Can you have holy union ceremonies?” The Jesuit policy, he said, is not don’t ask, don’t tell, but, rather, do ask and do tell. “You’re not going to have integrated, mature sexuality unless you process it—and therefore yes, ask; yes, tell; yes, process.”
Read the full article here: THE TRUCE OF 2005?
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The Jesuits have been in the vanguard of the movement to openly promote homosexuality in the priesthood:
Father John Coleman, S.J., is acclaimed by some as one of the leading intellectual lights among contemporary Jesuits. He teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and is a frequent contributor to America and Theological Studies, a Jesuit quarterly. He recently addressed the annual meeting of the National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries. “I am, simultaneously, a gay man, a professional sociologist, and an ordained priest of the Roman Catholic Church,” he said. “Not surprisingly, these different, even conflicting, roles and their expectations sometimes cause me to experience intense cognitive dissonance.”
The dissonance, he said, results from “the universal love and outreach of Jesus to all, even sinners, versus a sense that homosexuality, if practiced, is against the teaching of Christianity.” When people succeed in integrating their identities, Fr. Coleman said, it “will lead to something new, and for some, an oxymoron: a GLBT practicing Christian and practicing homosexual.” That gives rise to the questions, he said, “Can you ordain them? Can you have holy union ceremonies?” The Jesuit policy, he said, is not don’t ask, don’t tell, but, rather, do ask and do tell. “You’re not going to have integrated, mature sexuality unless you process it—and therefore yes, ask; yes, tell; yes, process.”
Read the full article here: THE TRUCE OF 2005?
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RELIGION: A FAILING EPISCOPAL ESTABLISHMENT
Friday, August 17, 2018
R.R. Reno discusses the seriousness of the latest sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church:
Recent revelations about Theodore McCarrick prepared me for reading the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report. We’re still learning sordid facts about McCarrick’s sexual career, as well as his financial dealings. As has been the case with priestly abuse, the donations of the faithful may have ended up securing confidential settlements that protected McCarrick’s career and allowed his brother bishops to continue looking the other way.
However the mess is parsed, the larger truth is plain: The current culture of the American episcopacy makes even good men incapable of rooting out the corruption in their midst. One can’t help but cringe while reading the Grand Jury Report, the way one does in a car spinning slowly off the highway.
In memo after memo, bishops and their assistants downplay and cover up misdeeds, and evade doing the hard but right thing. I am increasingly certain that any number of further secrets are yet to be exposed: religious orders dominated by homosexual networks, seminaries rife with sexual exploitation, payouts and expenditures meant to forestall the day of reckoning, and financial corruption in various other forms.
Read the full article here: A FAILING EPISCOPAL ESTABLISHMENT
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R.R. Reno discusses the seriousness of the latest sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church:
Recent revelations about Theodore McCarrick prepared me for reading the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report. We’re still learning sordid facts about McCarrick’s sexual career, as well as his financial dealings. As has been the case with priestly abuse, the donations of the faithful may have ended up securing confidential settlements that protected McCarrick’s career and allowed his brother bishops to continue looking the other way.
However the mess is parsed, the larger truth is plain: The current culture of the American episcopacy makes even good men incapable of rooting out the corruption in their midst. One can’t help but cringe while reading the Grand Jury Report, the way one does in a car spinning slowly off the highway.
In memo after memo, bishops and their assistants downplay and cover up misdeeds, and evade doing the hard but right thing. I am increasingly certain that any number of further secrets are yet to be exposed: religious orders dominated by homosexual networks, seminaries rife with sexual exploitation, payouts and expenditures meant to forestall the day of reckoning, and financial corruption in various other forms.
Read the full article here: A FAILING EPISCOPAL ESTABLISHMENT
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RELIGION: CLEANSING THE CHURCH OF CLERICAL SACRILEGE
Friday, August 17, 2018
The number one issue facing the entire Catholic Church is finding a way to put a halt to the avalanche of sexual abuse issues that seem to be never-ending. From First Things:
It is time for clergy and laity to begin a movement for the purification of the Church. The shameful sexual sins and crimes of clergy—including cardinals, bishops, and priests—can no longer be tolerated. Tolerance is precisely what has allowed these problems to multiply for decades and persist up to today.
As Fr. Thomas Berg recently explained, the issue is sexually active priests and bishops. In the main, the persistent problem is with homosexually active priests. Fr. Roger Landry argues—rightly, I think—that most priests who persist in infidelity with women eventually leave the priesthood, but priests who cheat on their vocation with men often continue to live a double life. Most of the issues stem from this kind of duplicity. Networks of active homosexual priests have developed: They protect and promote their own and others who will tolerate them. They become a major problem when they insinuate themselves into positions of power (in a seminary, in a chancery or diocese, in a religious order, in the Roman curia)—as occurred in the case of Theodore McCarrick.
Read the full article here: CLEANSING THE CHURCH OF CLERICAL SACRILEGE
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The number one issue facing the entire Catholic Church is finding a way to put a halt to the avalanche of sexual abuse issues that seem to be never-ending. From First Things:
It is time for clergy and laity to begin a movement for the purification of the Church. The shameful sexual sins and crimes of clergy—including cardinals, bishops, and priests—can no longer be tolerated. Tolerance is precisely what has allowed these problems to multiply for decades and persist up to today.
As Fr. Thomas Berg recently explained, the issue is sexually active priests and bishops. In the main, the persistent problem is with homosexually active priests. Fr. Roger Landry argues—rightly, I think—that most priests who persist in infidelity with women eventually leave the priesthood, but priests who cheat on their vocation with men often continue to live a double life. Most of the issues stem from this kind of duplicity. Networks of active homosexual priests have developed: They protect and promote their own and others who will tolerate them. They become a major problem when they insinuate themselves into positions of power (in a seminary, in a chancery or diocese, in a religious order, in the Roman curia)—as occurred in the case of Theodore McCarrick.
Read the full article here: CLEANSING THE CHURCH OF CLERICAL SACRILEGE
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RELIGION: Cardinal Burke: Pope must ‘take action’ to clean up ‘homosexual culture’ in Church
Friday, August 17, 2018
The never-ending Catholic child abuse scandal is never going away, and has recently gotten much worse. Here is one Cardinal's idea for dealing with the issue:
Cardinal Raymond Burke: It was clear after the studies following the 2002 sexual abuse crisis that most of the acts of abuse were in fact homosexual acts committed with adolescent young men. There was a studied attempt to either overlook or to deny this. Now it seems clear in light of these recent terrible scandals that indeed there is a homosexual culture, not only among the clergy but even within the hierarchy, which needs to be purified at the root. It is of course a tendency that is disordered.
I think it has been considerably aggravated by the anti-life culture in which we live, namely the contraceptive culture that separates the sexual act from the conjugal union. The sexual act has no meaning whatsoever except between a man and a woman in marriage since the conjugal act is by its very nature for procreation. I believe that there needs to be an open recognition that we have a very grave problem of a homosexual culture in the Church, especially among the clergy and the hierarchy, that needs to be addressed honestly and efficaciously.
Read the full article here: Cardinal Burke: Pope must ‘take action’ to clean up ‘homosexual culture’ in Church
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The never-ending Catholic child abuse scandal is never going away, and has recently gotten much worse. Here is one Cardinal's idea for dealing with the issue:
Cardinal Raymond Burke: It was clear after the studies following the 2002 sexual abuse crisis that most of the acts of abuse were in fact homosexual acts committed with adolescent young men. There was a studied attempt to either overlook or to deny this. Now it seems clear in light of these recent terrible scandals that indeed there is a homosexual culture, not only among the clergy but even within the hierarchy, which needs to be purified at the root. It is of course a tendency that is disordered.
I think it has been considerably aggravated by the anti-life culture in which we live, namely the contraceptive culture that separates the sexual act from the conjugal union. The sexual act has no meaning whatsoever except between a man and a woman in marriage since the conjugal act is by its very nature for procreation. I believe that there needs to be an open recognition that we have a very grave problem of a homosexual culture in the Church, especially among the clergy and the hierarchy, that needs to be addressed honestly and efficaciously.
Read the full article here: Cardinal Burke: Pope must ‘take action’ to clean up ‘homosexual culture’ in Church
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Thursday, August 16, 2018
NDE: Jesus Tells Woman in Coma, "Tell People to Follow My Laws!!!"
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Length: 00:07:04
A woman who came back from a coma with a message from Jesus.
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Length: 00:07:04
A woman who came back from a coma with a message from Jesus.
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MUSIC: Riders In The Sky - Vaughn Monroe
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Length: 00:03:00
The absolute best hit single in American music history, released all the way back in 1949.
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The absolute best hit single in American music history, released all the way back in 1949.
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TECHNOLOGY: Rage Against the Social Media Machine
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Length: 00:13:38
How technology is ruining us, especially social media.
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Length: 00:13:38
How technology is ruining us, especially social media.
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PSYCH: The Appeal of Lonely Places
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Length: 00:03:42
Here's for all the lonely places. It's rare to truly find a place like this.
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Length: 00:03:42
Here's for all the lonely places. It's rare to truly find a place like this.
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PSYCH: The True and the False Self
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Length: 00:06:54
Well, this is interesting. I don't agree with everything being presented here, but there are some very good insights.
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Length: 00:06:54
Well, this is interesting. I don't agree with everything being presented here, but there are some very good insights.
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FIREARMS: The Best Handgun Caliber - A Real World Study
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Length: 00:11:33
A very interesting study on a huge number of shootings, and how different firearms and calibers were rated in terms of effectiveness. Very counterintuitive!
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Length: 00:11:33
A very interesting study on a huge number of shootings, and how different firearms and calibers were rated in terms of effectiveness. Very counterintuitive!
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018
PRAYER: This Is YOUR Finest Hour! | Mike Bickle
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Length 00:41:39
Mike Bickle appears on Sid Roth's "It's Supernatural" and talks about one of the greatest prophets of God in modern times: Bob Jones. Mike has been one of the biggest champions of the overwhelming power of God's love that I have ever known.
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Length 00:41:39
Mike Bickle appears on Sid Roth's "It's Supernatural" and talks about one of the greatest prophets of God in modern times: Bob Jones. Mike has been one of the biggest champions of the overwhelming power of God's love that I have ever known.
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Sunday, August 5, 2018
NEWS: Was Venezuela 'drone attack' faked?
This is strange....
"Questions have been raised about whether the 'drone attack' against the president of Venezuela was faked after TV cameras failed to capture the 'missiles' and firefighters said the incident was actually a gas tank explosion.
Nicolas Maduro started rounding up his political opponents after blaming them for what he called an assassination attempt on Saturday.
Maduro had been addressing a military parade in Caracas on live TV, when he suddenly halted and looked to the sky after hearing an explosion.
He and his wife Cilia Flores were swamped with aides carrying bulletproof shields but both escaped uninjured.
Maduro claimed a 'flying device' exploded before his eyes and quickly blamed his 'ultra-right' opponents, but no drones were seen on television footage, which cut out after the incident. No footage of drones emerged on social media either.
Then, three fire officials at the scene disputed the government's version of events, claiming the attack was actually a gas tank explosion inside the Residencias Don Eduardo apartment building."
Read the article here: Was Venezuela 'drone attack' faked?
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PHYSICS: Joe Rogan Experience #1151 - Sean Carroll
Sunday, August 05, 2018
Length: 02:34:46
"Sean Carroll is a cosmologist and physics professor specializing in dark energy and general relativity. He is a research professor in the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. Check out "Sean Carroll's Mindscape Podcast" available on iTunes & Stitcher."
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"Sean Carroll is a cosmologist and physics professor specializing in dark energy and general relativity. He is a research professor in the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. Check out "Sean Carroll's Mindscape Podcast" available on iTunes & Stitcher."
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NDE: Taught by Jesus Christ: Ralph Jensen Shares NDE
Sunday, August 05, 2018
Length: 01:00:46
This should be interesting...
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Length: 01:00:46
This should be interesting...
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FIREARMS: 5 Best New Guns Of 2018
Sunday, August 05, 2018
Length: 10:02
One man's opinion as to the best five firearms that will come out in 2018.
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Length: 10:02
One man's opinion as to the best five firearms that will come out in 2018.
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PHYSICS: THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS: Quantum Leap
Sunday, August 05, 2018
Length: 00:49:08
Physicist Brian Greene explains the importance and weirdness of quantum mechanics, the proof that the universe is a crap game. (Sorry Einstein!)
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Length: 00:49:08
Physicist Brian Greene explains the importance and weirdness of quantum mechanics, the proof that the universe is a crap game. (Sorry Einstein!)
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NDE: Agnostic Afterlife Experience - Nancy Rynes
Sunday, August 05, 2018
Length: 00:30:03
One of my favorite NDE people: Nancy Rynes, an atheist/agnostic who discovered that there REALLY is life after death. She has quite an amazing story.
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Length: 00:30:03
One of my favorite NDE people: Nancy Rynes, an atheist/agnostic who discovered that there REALLY is life after death. She has quite an amazing story.
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KNIVES: Kramer at Pentagon Row
Sunday, August 05, 2018
Length: 7:25
The foremost authority on knives on planet earth: Bob Kramer giving a demonstration on how to sharpen a kitchen knife, by hand.
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Length: 7:25
The foremost authority on knives on planet earth: Bob Kramer giving a demonstration on how to sharpen a kitchen knife, by hand.
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Saturday, August 4, 2018
MUSIC: Gene Krupa 1971
Saturday, August 04, 2018
Length: 00:03:32
The greatest drummer of all time: Gene Krupa
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Length: 00:03:32
The greatest drummer of all time: Gene Krupa
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Friday, August 3, 2018
RECIPE: EASY DELICIOUS Chinese Pork Bun Recipe (Baozi 包子)
Friday, August 03, 2018
Length: 00:13:32
One of the most delicious of Chinese dishes, but one you won't find in most Chinese restaurants. Steamed pork buns!
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Length: 00:13:32
One of the most delicious of Chinese dishes, but one you won't find in most Chinese restaurants. Steamed pork buns!
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POLITICS: Tommy Robinson Gives POWERFUL Interview with Tucker Carlson
2018-08-03
Length: 00:08:00
Tommy Robinson is a critic of Islam, and is a fierce critic of Muslim rape gangs in the UK. For reasons that make sense to absolutely no one, he is HEAVILY persecuted for bringing these things to light. Compare and contrast to how quickly and easily the media bring every case of pedophilia of Catholic priests to everyone's attention. The only difference is that what goes on amongst Muslim gangs in the UK is far, far, far worse than anything that is going on in the Catholic church.
He was doing a Facebook live-stream report outside the court building where a rape gang was being tried, and a squad of police came and arrested him, and through him into a paddy wagon! Somehow he was charged with "contempt of court" despite the fact he wasn't even in the court building, let alone the courtroom, let alone being tried for any crime!
The government and media of the UK do NOT want any information about the Muslim rape gangs to be published or known. Most of these trials are done in extreme secrecy.
None of this makes any sense.
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Length: 00:08:00
Tommy Robinson is a critic of Islam, and is a fierce critic of Muslim rape gangs in the UK. For reasons that make sense to absolutely no one, he is HEAVILY persecuted for bringing these things to light. Compare and contrast to how quickly and easily the media bring every case of pedophilia of Catholic priests to everyone's attention. The only difference is that what goes on amongst Muslim gangs in the UK is far, far, far worse than anything that is going on in the Catholic church.
He was doing a Facebook live-stream report outside the court building where a rape gang was being tried, and a squad of police came and arrested him, and through him into a paddy wagon! Somehow he was charged with "contempt of court" despite the fact he wasn't even in the court building, let alone the courtroom, let alone being tried for any crime!
The government and media of the UK do NOT want any information about the Muslim rape gangs to be published or known. Most of these trials are done in extreme secrecy.
None of this makes any sense.
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Thursday, August 2, 2018
NDE: Nancy Rynes' Near-Death Experience
Friday, August 03, 2018
Length: 00:38:19
One of my favorite near death experience testimonies, that of Nancy Rynes.
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Length: 00:38:19
One of my favorite near death experience testimonies, that of Nancy Rynes.
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BIBLE: A reading from 2 Chronicles 14-16
Thursday, August 02, 2018
King Asa of Judah
2 Chronicles 14:2 - 16:14
New International Version
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Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.
He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands.
He removed the high places and incense altars in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.
He built up the fortified cities of Judah, since the land was at peace.
No one was at war with him during those years, for the Lord gave him rest.
“Let us build up these towns,” he said to Judah, “and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men.
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Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said,
“Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”
The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah.
The Cushites fled, and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar.
Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed before the Lord and his forces.
The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder.
They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror of the Lord had fallen on them. They looted all these villages, since there was much plunder there.
They also attacked the camps of the herders and carried off droves of sheep and goats and camels.
Then they returned to Jerusalem.
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The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.
He went out to meet Asa and said to him,
“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law. But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them. In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress. But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage.
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He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim.
He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the portico of the Lord’s temple.
Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
At that time they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought back.
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
They took an oath to the Lord with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.
All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly.
They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them.
So the Lord gave them rest on every side.
King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah.
Asa cut it down, broke it up and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life.
He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
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In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
Asa then took the silver and gold out of the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of his own palace and sent it to Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.
“Let there be a treaty between me and you,” he said, “as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me.”
Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel.
They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim and all the store cities of Naphtali.
When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work.
Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using. With them he built up Geba and Mizpah.
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At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him:
“Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your hand. For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”
Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison.
At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people.
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The events of Asa’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet.
Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians.
Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died and rested with his ancestors.
They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David.
They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.
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King Asa of Judah
2 Chronicles 14:2 - 16:14
New International Version
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Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.
He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands.
He removed the high places and incense altars in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.
He built up the fortified cities of Judah, since the land was at peace.
No one was at war with him during those years, for the Lord gave him rest.
“Let us build up these towns,” he said to Judah, “and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men.
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Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said,
“Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”
The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah.
The Cushites fled, and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar.
Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed before the Lord and his forces.
The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder.
They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror of the Lord had fallen on them. They looted all these villages, since there was much plunder there.
They also attacked the camps of the herders and carried off droves of sheep and goats and camels.
Then they returned to Jerusalem.
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The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.
He went out to meet Asa and said to him,
“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law. But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them. In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress. But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage.
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He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim.
He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the portico of the Lord’s temple.
Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
At that time they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought back.
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
They took an oath to the Lord with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.
All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly.
They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them.
So the Lord gave them rest on every side.
King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah.
Asa cut it down, broke it up and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life.
He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
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In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
Asa then took the silver and gold out of the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of his own palace and sent it to Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.
“Let there be a treaty between me and you,” he said, “as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me.”
Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel.
They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim and all the store cities of Naphtali.
When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work.
Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using. With them he built up Geba and Mizpah.
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At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him:
“Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your hand. For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”
Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison.
At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people.
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The events of Asa’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet.
Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians.
Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died and rested with his ancestors.
They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David.
They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.
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PSYCH: Carl Jung: What is the Individuation Process?
Thursday, August 02, 2018
Length: 11:03
"In this video we examine one of the most important elements of Jungian psychology - the individuation process. Carl Jung believed that the quality of one's life is very much a function of the manner in which this natural process unfolds."
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Length: 11:03
"In this video we examine one of the most important elements of Jungian psychology - the individuation process. Carl Jung believed that the quality of one's life is very much a function of the manner in which this natural process unfolds."
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RECIPE: Making brisket tacos with Steven Raichlen
Thursday, August 02, 2018<
Length: 00:07:09
A simple way to make a smoked brisket...but you will need a smoker!
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Length: 00:07:09
A simple way to make a smoked brisket...but you will need a smoker!
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
RELIGION: God Showed Me the Last Days of Planet Earth!
Thursday, August 02, 2018
Length: 00:26:11
This is very interesting...
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Length: 00:26:11
This is very interesting...
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POLITICS: "Manafort trial to focus on lavish lifestyle, not collusion with Russia"
Thursday, August 02, 2018
Paul Manafort's crimes:
1. HE'S RICH!!!!
2. HE DOESN'T PAY HIS "FAIR SHARE" OF TAXES!!!!
1. HE'S RICH!!!!
2. HE DOESN'T PAY HIS "FAIR SHARE" OF TAXES!!!!
And that's about it...
"The trial of President Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and millions of dollars of Ukrainian money flowing through offshore bank accounts and into the political consultant's pocket.
"What's likely to be missing are answers about whether the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential election, or really any mention of Russia at all.
"Paul Manafort's financial crimes trial, the first arising from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, will center on his Ukrainian consulting work and only briefly touch on his involvement with the president's campaign."
Read the article here: Manafort trial to focus on lavish lifestyle, not collusion with Russia
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MOVIE: "The Foxes of Harrow"
Thursday, August 02, 2018
Another movie courtesy the Turner Classic Movie channel, this time the 1947 epic entitled "The Foxes of Harrow" starring Rex Harrison and Maureen O'Hara. This was a wonderful black and white film detailing what life was like in New Orleans during the 1820's amongst the rich and plantation owners.
LESSON: You might be able to buy your way into high society, but that doesn't make you a gentleman.
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Another movie courtesy the Turner Classic Movie channel, this time the 1947 epic entitled "The Foxes of Harrow" starring Rex Harrison and Maureen O'Hara. This was a wonderful black and white film detailing what life was like in New Orleans during the 1820's amongst the rich and plantation owners.
LESSON: You might be able to buy your way into high society, but that doesn't make you a gentleman.
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CULTURE: The Origins of Our Second Civil War
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Victor Davis Hanson explains the dangers of technology in the 21st century:
The mass production of cheap consumer goods, most assembled abroad, redefined wealth or, rather, disguised poverty. Suddenly the lower middle classes and the poor had in their palms the telecommunications power of the Pentagon of the 1970s, the computing force of IBM in the 1980s, and the entertainment diversity of the rich of the 1990s. They could purchase big screens for a fraction of what their grandparents paid for black-and-white televisions and with a computer be entertained just as well cocooning in their basement as by going out to a concert, movie, or football game.
But such electronic narcotics did not hide the fact that in terms of economics the lifestyles of their ancestors were eroding. The new normal was two parents at work, none at home; renting as often as buying; an eight-year rather than three-year car loan; fewer grandparents around the corner for babysitting or to assist when ill; and consumer service defined as hearing taped messages of an hour before reaching a helper in India or Vietnam.
High-tech gadgetry and the power to search the Internet did not seem to make Americans own more homes, pay off loans more quickly, or know their neighbors better. If in 1970 a nerd slandered one on the sidewalk and talked trash, he might not do it twice; in 2018, he did it electronically, boldly, and with impunity behind an array of masked social-media identities.
Read more here: The Origins of Our Second Civil War
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Victor Davis Hanson explains the dangers of technology in the 21st century:
The mass production of cheap consumer goods, most assembled abroad, redefined wealth or, rather, disguised poverty. Suddenly the lower middle classes and the poor had in their palms the telecommunications power of the Pentagon of the 1970s, the computing force of IBM in the 1980s, and the entertainment diversity of the rich of the 1990s. They could purchase big screens for a fraction of what their grandparents paid for black-and-white televisions and with a computer be entertained just as well cocooning in their basement as by going out to a concert, movie, or football game.
But such electronic narcotics did not hide the fact that in terms of economics the lifestyles of their ancestors were eroding. The new normal was two parents at work, none at home; renting as often as buying; an eight-year rather than three-year car loan; fewer grandparents around the corner for babysitting or to assist when ill; and consumer service defined as hearing taped messages of an hour before reaching a helper in India or Vietnam.
High-tech gadgetry and the power to search the Internet did not seem to make Americans own more homes, pay off loans more quickly, or know their neighbors better. If in 1970 a nerd slandered one on the sidewalk and talked trash, he might not do it twice; in 2018, he did it electronically, boldly, and with impunity behind an array of masked social-media identities.
Read more here: The Origins of Our Second Civil War
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MOVIE: "Giant"
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Thanks to the Turner Classic Movie channel, I was finally able to see most of the 1956 movie called "Giant" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean. At three hours long, it was quite a haul, but for the most part, well worth the effort.
LESSON: Some people just never change, no matter how much money or fame they have. If they are rotten to begin with, money and wealth will just accelerate their downfall.
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Thanks to the Turner Classic Movie channel, I was finally able to see most of the 1956 movie called "Giant" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean. At three hours long, it was quite a haul, but for the most part, well worth the effort.
LESSON: Some people just never change, no matter how much money or fame they have. If they are rotten to begin with, money and wealth will just accelerate their downfall.
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POLITICS: FISA Warrant for Carter Page
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Here is a link to the entire 402 page FISA Warrant that was presented to a secret court to indict a Trump campaign worker by the name of Carter Page.
Link: JW v DOJ FISA Warrant Docs 00245
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Here is a link to the entire 402 page FISA Warrant that was presented to a secret court to indict a Trump campaign worker by the name of Carter Page.
Link: JW v DOJ FISA Warrant Docs 00245
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RELIGION: For Those Without a Clear Vocation
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Length: 00:10:23
"To be a saint"
"If you feel like you’re up life’s creek without a clear vocation, it's important to remember that there's only one goal worth pursuing, and that is to become a saint. But how do we do that? Fr. Mike lays out some straightforward guidelines on how to get there. Living virtuously, praying more, and actually making a decision when the time comes are some pieces of advice he offers to those who are struggling to find their calling in life."
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Length: 00:10:23
"To be a saint"
"If you feel like you’re up life’s creek without a clear vocation, it's important to remember that there's only one goal worth pursuing, and that is to become a saint. But how do we do that? Fr. Mike lays out some straightforward guidelines on how to get there. Living virtuously, praying more, and actually making a decision when the time comes are some pieces of advice he offers to those who are struggling to find their calling in life."
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PSYCH: The Addict in Us All: How Smartphones are Creating a Population of Addicts
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Length: 00:07:51
About time: someone finally calls out the addiction to smart phones.
"Most of us are well aware that distractions and interruptions prolong the time it takes to complete a task. However, this is not the most harmful impact of technological interference. Rather the continued stream of interference flowing from modern technologies impacts the quality of our performance while at the same time weakening our mental faculties required for sustained focus."
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Length: 00:07:51
About time: someone finally calls out the addiction to smart phones.
"Most of us are well aware that distractions and interruptions prolong the time it takes to complete a task. However, this is not the most harmful impact of technological interference. Rather the continued stream of interference flowing from modern technologies impacts the quality of our performance while at the same time weakening our mental faculties required for sustained focus."
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POLITICS: FISA documents reveal FBI collusion
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
The article should be entitled "FISA documents reveal FBI collusion with the Obama administration and the Clinton campaign".
The entire "Russian Collusion" story was sham from the second it was uttered, but as the "investigation" continues, there are many who are investigating the investigation, and what they are finding is truly shocking:
Our media’s valiant efforts to distract us notwithstanding, information continues to seep out that underscores how badly a housecleaning is needed in Washington, D.C.
Last week saw the release of the applications used to obtain warrants from the FISA court to spy on Carter Page, an adviser to the Trump presidential campaign. Obtained by Judicial Watch, the 400-plus pages of (heavily redacted) documents support the conclusions earlier drawn by the House Intelligence Committee (and denounced by Democrats as hysteria): the FISA warrants were obtained through obfuscation and deceit.
As various commentators predicted would be proven, the bulk of the information that formed the basis for the FISA warrant applications was the “dossier” of allegations about Donald Trump’s activities in Russia. This dossier was provided to the FBI by British spy Christopher Steele. Steele was hired during the 2016 presidential campaign by opposition research firm Fusion GPS, who was paid by Hillary Clinton’s law firm Perkins Coie, who was paid by the Clinton campaign and the DNC. The allegations were scandalous and completely unverified, in violation of federal statutes and FISA court rules.
In other words, the FBI used oppo research paid for by the Democrats as justification for government spying on a political opponent and other Americans.
Read it all here: FISA documents reveal FBI collusion
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The article should be entitled "FISA documents reveal FBI collusion with the Obama administration and the Clinton campaign".
The entire "Russian Collusion" story was sham from the second it was uttered, but as the "investigation" continues, there are many who are investigating the investigation, and what they are finding is truly shocking:
Our media’s valiant efforts to distract us notwithstanding, information continues to seep out that underscores how badly a housecleaning is needed in Washington, D.C.
Last week saw the release of the applications used to obtain warrants from the FISA court to spy on Carter Page, an adviser to the Trump presidential campaign. Obtained by Judicial Watch, the 400-plus pages of (heavily redacted) documents support the conclusions earlier drawn by the House Intelligence Committee (and denounced by Democrats as hysteria): the FISA warrants were obtained through obfuscation and deceit.
As various commentators predicted would be proven, the bulk of the information that formed the basis for the FISA warrant applications was the “dossier” of allegations about Donald Trump’s activities in Russia. This dossier was provided to the FBI by British spy Christopher Steele. Steele was hired during the 2016 presidential campaign by opposition research firm Fusion GPS, who was paid by Hillary Clinton’s law firm Perkins Coie, who was paid by the Clinton campaign and the DNC. The allegations were scandalous and completely unverified, in violation of federal statutes and FISA court rules.
In other words, the FBI used oppo research paid for by the Democrats as justification for government spying on a political opponent and other Americans.
Read it all here: FISA documents reveal FBI collusion
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TV: Sibling Band Perform Touching Original Called "Lifeline"
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Length: 00:03:10
I've been watching "America's Got Talent (AGT)" for several years now, but never understood why I did not see a single band on the show, ever, even though there are acts and talents from just about every entertainment genre you can think of.
Well, a band called "We Three", made up of two brothers and a sister, finally broke the "band barrier" I've been wondering about. They are just not talented, these three are truly star potential.
Watch and be amazed at their original song "Lifeline".
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I've been watching "America's Got Talent (AGT)" for several years now, but never understood why I did not see a single band on the show, ever, even though there are acts and talents from just about every entertainment genre you can think of.
Well, a band called "We Three", made up of two brothers and a sister, finally broke the "band barrier" I've been wondering about. They are just not talented, these three are truly star potential.
Watch and be amazed at their original song "Lifeline".
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