Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
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Rules for General Chat
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Just a PSA (PSA = Public Service Announcement) for Oklahoma voters...
I received an email from The Oklahoma State Election Board today that Oklahoma's Recognized Political Parties Keep Primaries Closed
This means that only voters that are registered as Republicans or Libertarians or Democrats can vote in the primary elections. Independent voters will not be able to vote in the 2026 primaries or runoffs.
I am watching Defcon Zero from last night with Josh and Alpha. According to Josh, there was a nuclear launch threat a few months back that was hacked started by AI. We shut it down and air-gapped everything going back to cold war era procedures. This is why everything is taking so long because there are real threats from the deep state to burn it all down before they are taken down. Here is the link, I queued it up to around the time Josh starts telling the story of this, he was on a call as a contractor, about this. He is talking about the Whidbey Island missile launch in 2018 and then the crash of the Q400 plane, to start the whole story. https://rumble.com/v72t4vy-defcon-zerq-ep.-021.html?e9s=src_v1_clr%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a
I call Total BS.
No way to know, one way or another.
Lately, every morning I wake up the sun is rising behind the tree line, creating the illusion it’s going to be a bright and sunny day, birds flying, chickens running, goats coming out of the barn and then...30 min or so later the entire sky will become cloudy and block the sun, acting quickly like a huge transition lens. Everything about life sucks right now. Pray for me frens....
Didn't find no posts a out Ukraine war, but wanted to share rhis:
Speed of a snail: 50 meters per hour
Time since the invasion began: 24 feb 2022 to now is 33257 hours
Multiply them and you get 1662850 meters,
which from the Russian border, reaches well past Poland and into Germany, or Italy depending on where it starts from
PW had been down for me for the last hour.
Anyone else having problems?
Spot silver 61.31 @ midnight central.
Edit we had a small dip and are back over 61 @ 2 central.
Edit 61.77 we went up 1.60 when the Fed cut rates as expected.
Edit 62.32 at 7 central
62.66 in 15 minutes.
62.05 at 4:43 EST.
Of note, gold still has yet to move out of the 4000-4300 band for about 2 months now, this lead up over said time period is entirely silver closing the GSR...
Edit: that GSR being ~68 right now, the lowest in about 5 years...
Yes,it's going to continue this way. A lot of stackers were selling gold and moving to silver when it was 100 to 1
Science and the Bible - Mike Riddle > Excellent for those who are curious about God/Evolution/Big Bang & the Scriptures<
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84160FTQpNs
Luke 18:15-17
Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 17 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Matthew 18:3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
What is the thing about little children, that we lose as we grow toward adulthood? It is the absolute trust and need of the father. Before he hurts us, before he betrays our love of him, before he stains us with his own moral failures. God the Father never does that. Through faith, we can once again be in that place before life of the world jades us. We let go and give ourselves over to his complete love, and because we trust, through faith, we obey. We obey out of love, not fear. Humans fail when we use fear to control others, of course there is rebellion to that. But when we obey because of love, and a desire to please Our Father, there is such a relaxation of our stress and worry, we are carried in loving arms through life. Or, as I like to say, "It's never too late to have a happy childhood". So strip yourselves down to that bright spot that is still there in your heart, the spot that still touches you when you see the awesomeness of the mighty oceans, the soaring of birds at dawn. A loving Father made all this for you, trust him. Our troubles begin with our birth, the protection and bond begin with baptism, and our journey begins with confirmation. Our innocence and wonder is regained as adults when we submit to His will. I attest to this as a sinner and a pilgrim, we do become shiny and new, that bright spot can overwhelm the heartaches and resentments and injuries. Selah!