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I may be alone, but my respect for Trump would only increase if he was to do his hair up, Flock of Seagulls style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOK3rqVgN2I
Now that I think of it, if I had a band I'd call it "A Conspiracy of Lemurs." I wouldn't want to call it "An Embarrassment of Pandas" though. But it would be cool to play a concert wearing panda costumes wearing pants with holes in the butt area or something.
What are the top 3 incidents you're most curious about?
Mine is the note at Bush's funeral
the red and green folder switch in Britain
the royal horses let loose recently
Operation Highjump
Hitler's Suicide
Behind the door discussions between (some of the) American Founding Fathers and their European benefactors.
This is a weird question. Does anyone know where to find USB chargers that are made in America or Japan?
I am tired of loose plug, dead port, poorly made chargers. Even Samsung Originals or Anker brand ends up the same. Apple chargers are a little better but they do not support Samsung fast charge or have multiple ports.
Good question. I tried searching but seems like all are made overseas. It's understandable as those kind of things get lost or misplaced all the time and they're cheap enough to buy a new one every year. American companies would lose money manufacturing them here and can't compete with the low prices, unless they get exclusive contract to supply the big phone companies. .
https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1788929937602453562
"In a 17 min interview with CNN, Biden told 15 confirmable lies—nearly a lie a minute."
Funny of the Day 😂😂😂
Kermit de Frog 🐸
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6q-8OWoq6g/
I wanted to make this a post but i wasnt sure if it quite fit the criteria for being a post, so im hoping manyof you see this and enjoy it as much as i do. that said -
heres any Men out there struggling right now, whether its because youre a Father, a Husband, or just... a Man trying to survive -
you should spend 10 minutes and watch this video. Or at least watch a few of the submissions even if you dont get through it all.
If you aren't familiar with Dax - i've posted him here before because he has glorified Christ through his music. This link is a compilation of TONS of amazing contributions that his talented fans have submitted after his To Be A Man song became very successful and he gave away a version with room for other people to hop on and tell THEIR story
to be honest, first time i watched this - im not too proud to admit i cried
these are the people we fight for, the true AMERICANS.... people with a good heart who refuse to give up even when it gets tough. But, men's mental health is an invisible epidemic in todays world. There's so many people teetering at the breaking point with no outlet to deal with that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edv_bNEaYTQ&pp=ygUMRGF4IG1hbiBtZWdh
I absolutely love this, will have to listen to this again 🥲
Love this song! I'm going to share it with the three most important men in my life, my husband, our son, and our son-in-law!
Love it so much.
I also love the top comment about the guy who shared it with his wife and got the "you don't understand what it's like to be a woman" response. 😂 Funny.
Anyway, I'm a stay at home dad and most of my days are spent between the two worlds, male and female, taking care of a ton of kids. I see both sides pretty clearly, and I'm not going to lie it's weird. People are struggling with so much between the evils of the world and the interpersonal stuff with their spouses. All by design. Christ is King; WWG1WGA
Edit: Been through some personal struggles related to spare time recently. The schedule hasn't changed but my ability to deal with it seems to have grown. Good to be back amongst the Godly folks here on GC, at least temporarily. Much love.
Congrats on doing a fantastic job, loving your family, being a good husband and father. We need more men like you in the world. I’m grateful.
Dax worked with Tech n9ne. I am not too familiar with Dax but if he is down with Tech he cant be that bad :)
Well, son, you made me cry, too! What a beautiful song.
Have you encountered a Hammock yet today?
on today's episode of tictoker or mental illness..
it’s fake and gay, but it’s funny.
Feeling tired and burned out. Questioning when this is gonna end (yeah, yeah yeah the 2025 post ) Seeing numerous posts on FB about both sides being bad and right now honestly thinking similar.
We live in a clown world and I'm over it.
So when down and thinking negative what's your go to vid etc for thinking we're on the right track?
my goto video? this. for sure. i found this video a decade ago and i still turn to it when i need the wick to my candle relit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPR3GlpQQJA
Thank you. I'm saving that one.its a nice reminder
I’m happy to see that you’re feeling better and that you’re posting positive content. That’s just proof that God is working in your life 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
Im not sure if im doing either of those things to be honest. Im pretty down right now in body mind AND spirit. But, I'll Job it out if I have to. My mind is usually my worst enemy.
Awesome 🔥
You were given everything you need to discern thee truth yourself. There are no "two sides" here. There is only one side - the ones who are waking up.
Only relevant questions:
Are you seeing more people waking up and asking questions around you?
What do you think will happen when all the people are awake?
This Q plan is a crazy one from the day one. It was conceived in such a way that even if everyone involved turned out to be traitors we would still win, because the only thing necessary to win is for 95% of people to be awake. Period.
Thanks. Unfortunately I'm not seeing much awake happening. Plenty of denial though. Plenty of cancer, injury and death. Hence its getting hard. Too sensitive and care too much for people I question if there's any point caring for.
There is a point to caring - because Christ commanded us to. I know it’s hard some days and very discouraging, I am there with you sometimes. However; I have to find my strength in Christ and carry on and try to love one another. That is a great commission. Keep your eyes on Christ, and life will be much easier to live.
❓ Question of the Day ❓
If you could spend a year vacationing, with an unlimited budget - where would your destinations be?
My dream is to be able to travel to locations all around the world to swim with turtles. The Galapagos Island, Maldives, Akumal, the Great Barrier Reef, Gili Islands - Bali, Borneo, Barbados. I would end my vacation in Japan, so I could visit my brother and his wife, and swim with the turtles there, and end my vacation with family. 🐢🌊
We seemed to prefer the travelling part more than the destinations and love being on the move so I think every week we would just fly first class with Emirates, Etihad, and Singapore Airlines to different parts of the world. We also love trains so we'd get on 1st class on all the cool trains everywhere. With unlimited budget, we'd also love to sail on a nice catamaran to Greece and maybe go for the most expensive cruises to the cooler temp places. We hate hot and humid and bugs :).
This is a great reply. everyone’s talked about where they want to go, but not how they were going to get there. I forgot… Unlimited budget means first class everywhere. 👏👏👏
I want to a great deal of places in my 12 years in the Navy, some good, some terrible. I still like Singapore despite what it's become, but for sheer beauty and lovely people there is...... Pembrokeshire.
Many months in Ireland, I would also go to Nepal, to see the Himalayas, not to climb them,Iceland, and for some reason, the very tip of South America, to see the place where the oceans meet with the Antarctic Sea.
Iceland is very beautiful, and a wonderful country. my daughters been a couple times, and my mom’s been once with her. I highly recommend - but not so much for me, because there’s no turtles just swim with 😂😂😂
Joke response to all the Antarctica talk on here lately: Antarctica.
I would love to check out all the ancient landmarks like the pyramids in Egypt and South America , Petra, Angkor wat, fly over those giant line drawings (I forgot their name), etc etc.
Jordan is supposed to be pretty awesome as well. I saw some of that on the amazing race, and it just looks so pretty. Not so sure it’s a great time to go there at this point in time though 🤷♀️
Nazca Lines.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nazca-lines-peru
Thank you ! Yes that!
Here's a quick video I saw this morning before work. We've had some major solar activity lately, and it's why the aurora was seen from Hokkaido recently. A solar blast is inbound, and when that reaches Earth, it'll warm us out of the cool weather we are currently enjoying. I checked out the weather report and saw that it'll be 7-8 degrees warmer (Celcius) by Saturday. With this amount of solar activity being absorbed by the ionosphere, we'll likely have another hot summer. Then the news media will play it up and make it seem like such warmer weather has never been experienced since the dinosaur age, and then the elites will blame it on carbon dioxide molecules and push for increasing taxes which will only benefit them and not change a damned thing on Earth. Solar activity. It's really that simple. It's not due to capitalism or racism or "the patriarchy" or homophobia or whatever nonsense. It's the sun.
Another Solar Blast Heading for Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtBb7ubSJU
Suspicious Observers have really been a wealth of information for me in the last few years regarding the impact of solar weather on our planet. A great daily watch.
When the sun is flaring, so do I, there is a link with flares effecting certain autoimmune issues here on Earth. All I can tell you is that I could hardly walk on the days it was peaking, and then, like a sea change, I am better.
😂😂😂 So true!
Climate crisis.
Well, solar activity and the Milankovitch Climate Model, in which Earth has an elliptical orbit that wobbles and it also tilts on its spin axis.
Proverbs 3:5&6
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
One of my favorites!