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Just a heads up for you history buffs. Tomorrow (Saturday) at 12:30 PM ET, C-SPAN2 is airing an event that celebrates the 250th Anniversary of Patrick Henry's Give me Liberty or Give me Death Speech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GJOVPjhXMY
Sound effects made with real, digital slinkies!
I have questions: 4966 Q Mankind is repressed. (How are we repressed?) We will be repressed no more. Information is knowledge. (Is information & knowledge supposed to free us?) Knowledge is power. Information is power.
Ascension. (That sounds like New Age & what the fake aliens teach)
It’s a good topic, there’s scientific, economic, spiritual, medical and philosophical oppressions. On a less serious note, here’s the “Help, I’m being repressed”scene from Monty Python Quest for the Holy Grail 17 sec. short clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ukak8P2vY ____ and a longer 3 min. clip with more context to that scene from the movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtYU87QNjPw (King Arthur oppressing one of the peasants)
back to seriousness — I studied a little bit of Law of Attraction stuff over the last week. Part of the teaching is that when something bad happens, that’s because the person harmed had negative thoughts and attracted the harm. Now if I’m thinking negatively, get distracted, and ignore the signs from a bad driver near me who is drunk, and I don’t get further away to a safe distance, I might be inviting trouble.
But I can’t buy the idea that this universal law is causing a child just living a happy life to get kidnapped, that there’s a universal principle that the child invited that harm by negative thoughts that emanated from the child out into the universe. So from the tapes I’m listening to, there are good habits that can be developed by thinking positively, but I’ll be asking God (not the universe) for guidance and blessings, and how to overcome adversities whether being robbed or adverse health situation. Who is God? I leave that for each individual to discover, and for the GAW mission, WWG1WGA!
I, too, struggle with these questions. Have you read The Law of One? According to that, all your experiences have been agreed to by your higher self for the purpose of learning -- especially the negative experiences.
I have not read it. Bill Cooper, I believe it was at one of the annual convention she hosted simply said about these things, “No,” certainly not in the case of children. And that’s part of why he did the Mystery Babylon series, to show what the powerful people in the world believe, and to show where its teachings have permeated into culture and society, and what needs to come to light and be opposed. (In his life, he needed some big guys to be his match, in terms of stature and toughness, and who could bring healing from the Vietnam war nightmare, as well. He had friends, but for some, Vietnam was too traumatic in terms of guilt. I did not experience that, I am younger, so I cannot judge, but just learn from the his life, and emulate the good and take heed to avoid the bad and sad parts of his life. ____ = a good reason to read some biographies. The first California Japanese- American Senator was based, 1970s Sen. Hayakawa: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/310553.S_I_Hayakawa# ” “In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.”
Life is a learning experience, and I go with the traditional simple teachings of Moses, precautions and admonitions given by “prophets like Isaiah and Daniel, and Christ who came from the Father to show how to follow the teachings of Moses. Are English copies we have perfect? Are there things n the Law of Moses objectionable such as certain death penalties? I think the penalties were given not so much as to do them, but to learn and weigh out in the mind how damaging certain behaviors are to the body and soul, and by contemplating consequences, lessons are learned without those consequences ever having been administered.
Then history and science exploration, the Shroud of Turin, and certain historical facts in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - these stand out to me as compelling. Certain local preachers, and “as-seen-on-TV” ministers and “miracle-workers” are bogus. And in the Gospels some errors have crept in, I. think things were added in from the originals, but for me, some miracles including the Resurrection are real.
Thank you so much for your reply. I'm moved more than you know and feel like someone's prayed for me.
The point is you don’t have a “higher-self or ego” except God. Any other causing a push against him is the devil. But God always wins as long as He is your focus and not your “higher self aka ego”.
I always interpreted that as to not ruminate in fear or resentment, as an adult.
That’s a good interpretation. Certain negative people around me often replay over and over in my mind, and iit would be easy to get even, but it is better to not resent, and to associate with positive people and get more exciting and beautiful experiences in life.
Really think the Liberation Day tariffs are prime for massively cutting income taxes for the middle class, imagine the PR of trying to argue for rehiking the direct income taxes on people in leiu of indirect tariff income.
Might not be the best long term, what with bringing back industry, but sure beats what we have now.
C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (April 4th)
"Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord." — Isaiah 2:3
It is exceedingly beneficial to our souls to mount above this present evil world to something nobler and better. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches are apt to choke everything good within us, and we grow fretful, desponding, perhaps proud and carnal. It is well for us to cut down these thorns and briers, for heavenly seed sown among them is not likely to yield a harvest; and where shall we find a better sickle with which to cut them down than communion with God and the things of the kingdom? In the valleys of Switzerland many of the inhabitants are deformed, and all wear a sickly appearance, for the atmosphere is charged with miasma, and is close and stagnant; but up yonder, on the mountain, you find a hardy race, who breathe the clear fresh air as it blows from the virgin snows of the Alpine summits. It would be well if the dwellers in the valley could frequently leave their abodes among the marshes and the fever mists, and inhale the bracing element upon the hills. It is to such an exploit of climbing that I invite you this evening. May the Spirit of God assist us to leave the mists of fear and the fevers of anxiety, and all the ills which gather in this valley of earth, and to ascend the mountains of anticipated joy and blessedness. May God the Holy Spirit cut the cords that keep us here below, and assist us to mount! We sit too often like chained eagles fastened to the rock, only that, unlike the eagle, we begin to love our chain, and would, perhaps, if it came really to the test, be loath to have it snapped. May God now grant us grace, if we cannot escape from the chain as to our flesh, yet to do so as to our spirits; and leaving the body, like a servant, at the foot of the hill, may our soul, like Abraham, attain the top of the mountain, there to indulge in communion with the Most High.
“What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.”
Salvador Dalí
Friday Poem...Theodore Roethke - “The Dream”
https://theamericanscholar.org/the-dream-by-theodore-roethke/
Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge - Wine on Venus
https://youtu.be/8GkZR4PGTC0?si=i7IVLVilRFGrKkPE
Faraday bags: The ultimate defense against digital theft and EMP attacks
https://survival.news/2025-04-03-faraday-bags-the-ultimate-defense-against-digital-theft-and-emp-attacks.html
Rural Revolution - In-your-face stuff from an opinionated rural north Idaho housewife
http://www.rural-revolution.com/
Amish America - Buggy Shopping
https://amishamerica.com/buggy-shopping-17-photos/
America is raising feral children
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/america_is_raising_feral_children.html
Taki - Wintour of Our Discontent
https://www.takimag.com/article/wintour-of-our-discontent/
AI Jesus: An Effort To Blur The Distinction Between God And Man?
https://harbingersdaily.com/ai-jesus-an-effort-to-blur-the-distinction-between-god-and-man/
1 in 5 Adults Worldwide Walk Away From Their Childhood Faith… Who Is To Blame?
https://harbingersdaily.com/1-in-5-adults-worldwide-walk-away-from-their-childhood-faith-who-is-to-blame/
Seven Points on The Careful Justice of Hell
https://entrustedtothedirt.com/2025/03/29/seven-points-on-the-careful-justice-of-hell/
Benjamin Fulford - French Rothschilds and Rockefeller/Hitler bloodline last obstacles to human liberation
https://archive.ph/wip/2y1fY
Worst Of Babylon Bee
Trump Excitedly Wakes Up And Checks Under His Pillow To See If The Tariff Fairy Has Left New Manufacturing Jobs
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-excitedly-wakes-up-and-checks-under-his-pillow-to-see-if-the-tariff-fairy-has-left-new-manufacturing-jobs
Man Worried About Tariffs Glad He Just Bought New Underwear So He Doesn't Need To Worry About That For Another 15 Years
https://babylonbee.com/news/man-worried-about-tariffs-glad-he-just-bought-new-underwear-so-he-doesnt-need-to-worry-about-that-for-another-15-years
'Is It Too Late To Ask What A Tariff Is?' Trump Whispers To JD Vance
https://babylonbee.com/news/is-it-too-late-to-ask-what-a-tariff-is-trump-whispers-to-jd-vance
Can You Guess What Word British People Use For These Everyday Items?
https://babylonbee.com/news/can-you-guess-what-word-british-people-use-for-these-everyday-items
Tragic: Doomsday Prepper Dies Before The World Ends
https://babylonbee.com/news/tragic-doomsday-prepper-dies-before-the-world-ends
The momentum is gaining in the right direction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaz_KHg5V3Q
Some sort of organized Hands-Off protest going on today and every Saturday all over Connecitcut.
Bethel CT - THE stereotypical LATTE LIBERAL CAPITAL of this area. 5 mins only outside of the other Liberal CT Mecca NEWTOWN CT!
Tranny flags with the powder blue/pink line the streets here.
These people will do ANYTHING for war with Ukraine (aside from actually spilling their own blood)
DIVERSITY TO THE MAX! I mean one can only take so much diversity!
I saw aged out old white men! Cooky young white men with their wives yelling at them not to engage with me!
Curly haired grey old white liberal women with suspiciously arked noses!
None of these people probably made less than 250K a year 😂
And guess where I just happened to be DRIVING THROUGH TODAY!
Suddenly my quick trip through Bethel turned into 10+ ROUNDS AROUND THE BLOCK TROLLING THE GREEN! 😂
Well first off I always blast this song with windows down in Bethel, and this was MY MOMENT TO BLAST THIS SONG!
FJB - https://youtu.be/MvHFv-f2qKo?feature=shared
I started by asking who’s fully vaccinated!? One and done!? 15+ boosters!?
Then I pretty much lost my voice doing fake German accents louder than their megaphone could reach.
HEIL PHIZA! U VILL TAKE Z INJECTION!!!! N U VILL BE HEALTHY!!!! HUZZAH!
Then I switched to WHY ARE ALMOST NONE OF YOU WEARING A MASK!?!
PUT YOUR FUCKING MASK ON! YOU PUT ANOTHER MASK ON! YOU WHY ARE YOUR KIDS NOT WEARING A FUCKING MASK!
WHERES MY NEW NORM I WAS PROMISED!
Some old women tried to argue NOBODY EVER SAID THAT!
Yeah!? Fauci said masks would be PERMANENT vaccines would be NEVER ENDING
It ended with me being blocked by the 100+ of them crossing the street so I just started screaming YOU KILLED MY GRANDMA! YOU KILLED MY GRANDMA! YOU! DID YOU KILL MY GRANDMA!?! WHO KILLED MY GRANDMA!?
These old yids started trying to force the crowd to not engage or interact with me my response!? WEAR YOUR FUCKING MASK OR YOU WON’T GET GROCERIES!
Oh man I wish I had a way to film but with driving and playing the music it was too much going on 😂
Some of the old men were getting rabbid to one came right up to my open window sticking his finger in my face holding a flag calling me a trader so I just kept angrily yelling at him WEAR YOUR FUCKING MASK NOOOOW! People were literally pulling this old douchebag away from me 😂
I don’t remember fauci ever saying the masks would be permanent
Yes they did.
It’s hard to find but the one clip they have no problem showing you is when he declared that MASKING VIRTUALLY CURED the common flu.
So much so that the MASKS would become part of a NEW NORM including indefinite SEASONAL masking!
This obviously coincides with MANDATES!
checks weather app
“Alert flu cases are high in your area! Mask mandates are in place! Social Distancing is in place! Essential business only!
“They” or “he”?
I appreciate your summary, but unless you have a clip of him actually saying that masks would be permanent or, even more hilariously, that masks would “cure” the flu I’m not buying it.
Sorry, but I’m gonna need proof before I trust what you’re saying
Like I said him saying that masks virtually cured the flu and could become seasonal or seasonal mandated is the EASIEST part to find.
There have been numerous threads on this board alone that cover how when COVID came around the FLU virtually disappeared!
FAUCI then went on to claim that masking had caused the flu to disappear while COVID raged! And that this could become a New Norm of masking to prevent the flu or future covid outbreaks!
You seem to be not genuine in your request, as if it didn’t take me more than 5 seconds of searching for them to blast me with every news agencies YouTube of “Fauci says masks could be seasonal!”
If you ask again for said “proof” I will go FURTHER OUT OF THE WAY than even providing said link and screenshot you a LIST OF VIDEOS THAT COME UP AND ASK WHY YOU CAN’T LOCATE ANY SINGLE ONE OF THESE HITS!?!?
If it’s easy to find then you should have no trouble finding it. It’s be less effort than typing all this out I’d assume.
Saying masks would be seasonal is a far cry from saying they’d be permanent.
I’d rather not have screenshots. I’d rather have the video. But I appreciate your effort nonetheless!
https://files.catbox.moe/w7ktjo.jpeg - Fauci seasonal masking one out of many news vids
I bet if you watch a couple you will find Fauci makes the claim that since MASKS appeared to have disappeared the flu, they should become seasonal!
The link isn’t working, but if it’s just a jpeg that doesn’t bode well. I’m looking for actual evidence of him saying it.
I’ve seen a lot of Fauci clips. I’ve never seen him say masks would be permanent or that they’d solve the flu.
The Telepathy Tapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEAOVVN5hV0
Candace Owens & Ian Carroll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0DrdlUck1E
I vaguely remember something about some Epstein files being released sometime this century. Haven't heard a peep from anyone in weeks.