Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim – Carousel of Love – Jane Olivor
A kidnapping of a young boy and girl leads to a confusion of identities of just who was the boy kidnapped with Secretary Kim. But it is a fact that whenever the CEO closes his eyes to kiss her, he sees violent images that don’t help a romance to progress.
The voice of the singer in your video reminds me of this singer, Petula Clark. Very upbeat and warm.
She’s one of my very favorite singers, Jane Olivor. I like her voice so much that I’ve used her songs over and over again for music videos over the last 37 years. Try this Star Trek movies music video of “Let’s Make Some Memories.”
Very nice!
Hugs!!!!!!!
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short but sweet 🙂
Recovery and working through the problems and beating the toughest problem of all.
After the loss of the only prototype the US Army Air Corp blindsided Lockheed with orders for aircraft far outstripping the ability of the company to fulfill in the time frame demanded. The recorded speed on a closed course of 413 mph with the prototype was far ahead of ANY pursuit type in the world and the speed record setting cross country flight had proven the types ability to sustain high speeds. That and the publicity of the cross country run persuaded the powers that be that they wanted the P-38 and they wanted as many as they could get as quickly as they could get them.
In April, 1939 Lockheed received an order for thirteen YP-38 service test aircraft. The only five months later received an order for another sixty six P-38 A’s for operational service. And then in August of, 2940 another order for 607 P-38 “fighters”! Notice that the Army nomenclature for the type was now “fighter”, The original designation of the type as an interceptor was forgotten.
So Lockheed now had orders for a total of 686 of the aircraft before they had even completed construction of the first YP-38! This great push would cause friction between Lockheed and the Army because some officers accused Lockheed of chasing the buck by concentrating it’s efforts on other contracts at the expense of the P-38 program when deliveries were far later than what was being demanded.
This accusation was false and irresponsible and damaged the working relationship. But the massive expansion of the orders was not all the USAAC’s fault. The fact was that after decades of parsimonious contracts in dribs and drabs in the depression era, FDR, realizing that war clouds were on the horizon, had pushed for huge budget increases to buy far more military aircraft and to set up programs to train the pilots that would fly them. Basically everyone in the business of building aircraft were caught flat footed but none of the others were yet having to face the problems of development and setting up mass production of such a advanced aircraft as the P-38.
This mass of orders makes the history of the subsequent development and improvements in the P-38 a tangled mess because there is no logical progression. Heck, there were P-38s in combat before the testing of the YP-38 was completed! So what would be a logical progression was not logical at all. In every production model of the P-38 there would be different versions incorporating changes as they came along. Most at the factory but some with the production of kits for the field. It is all very confusing because it wasn’t a progression of fixing this problem then moving on to the next. Multiple improvements were being tested and implemented all the time.
Lockheed had built the prototype in a building that was formally a brewery. They had no time to build a new factory for production of the P-38 initially and so they found the floor space they needed in a former distillery that was converted into factory space to build the aircraft in.
The delay in the delivery of the first YP-38 was considerable. They were starting from scratch and also making adjustments to the design based on their very limited experience with the prototype. In fact the YP-38 would be a redesigned aircraft from nose to tail. It had been obvious from the start that the cooling systems were inadequate. So both engine and oil cooling systems had to be redesigned as did the cowlings over the engines which was also necessary because Allison had come out with a new engine of greater hp that would be used in the YP-38. The counter rotation of the props was changed from turning towards the center to turning towards the outside because it was found that turning towards the center caused a burble of disturbed air over the wing section between the engines and cockpit that buffeted the tail of the aircraft. The prototype had come in overweight and measures were taken to correct that. There were a plethora of other changes made. The P-38 was never an aircraft that was as easy to build as it’s peers and changes in system design, lots of them, including systems and structural redesign, had to be made to make it possible to effectively mass produce the aircraft. The manufacturers of other aircraft types that came along later had the advantage of knowing their aircraft, if accepted, would be mass produced and significant parts and numbers of components would have to be subcontracted out, and thus designed for such a contingency
Sep 16, 1940 marked the first test flight of the first YP-38. Test pilot Marshall Headle said after that flight “In all my experience as a pilot, it’s the easiest plane I have had to fly.”
The YP-38 had a wingspan of 52 ft and a length of 37 ft. 10 in. It was 4″ higher than the prototype at 9 ft 10 in. All subsequent production models of the P-38 would hold those dimension except the night fighter version that would appear late in the war and of course various special experimental types of which there would be several.
The initial YP was slightly slower than the prototype despite more powerful engines and being lighter in weight. But the reality is that the top speed of apparently identical aircraft can vary 5-10 mph due to many factors. Published top speeds are generally just general guidance and not set in stone by any means though many that claim to know about aircraft act as if they are. Two production airplanes coming off the line one right after another can show a considerrable difference in top speed. Even the thickness of the paint can be a significant factor.
As the war clouds continued to thicken the clamor for more P-38s increased and more incensed by the delays the USAAC became. But the problems continued to be found. Problems that would have been exposed had the prototype survived to be properly tested. The turbosuperchargers, supplied by GE were giving pilots and mechanics problems. Tail flutter at high speeds had to be addressed. And the planes kept coming off the line. It was not until the P-38D model that the tail plane flutter problem was solved. The problem with the GE turbo superchargers were apparently fixed but other problems with them and the cooling system for them would crop up when the aircraft started flying in the rarified super cold winter air high above Europe when escorting B-17s and B-24s of the 8th Air Force.
These kinds of problems were not unique to the P-38 by any means. But in the P-38, being the first of the new high performance fighters, such problems had never been encountered, got much more negative attention.
P-51s started losing their tails in high speed dives due to flutter. It also suffered from a condition where stick forces decreased with increasing G loads when doing high speed maneuvers and that led to pilots surpassing the 9 G structural limitation of the aircraft and in some cases it’s explosive structural failure. The P-47 suffered from a condition called “stick snatch” when pilots dove it high speed. The stick would suddenly without warning be jerked out of the pilots hand and violently slam back and forth into the inside of the legs of the pilot. Both types had more problems that had to be solved before they were truly ready for combat. Those I describe here were outlined by test pilot Tex Johnson because he was the test pilot at Bell aircraft that was contracted to find solutions to those problems. But I bet many here, even some of those that consider themselves more knowledgeable than most in such matters, did not know about them. That’s because those problems are glossed over in most published histories of them. How many know that if a pilot of even the most advanced late war models of the P-51 flying long range missions did not manage the distribution of the aircrafts internal fuel properly the aircraft would become unstable in certain maneuvers and be dead meat for a Me-109 or FW-190?
And that leads us to the toughest and longest running problem of all for the P-38 and it’s pilots which wasn’t finally resolved in production models coming off the factory floor until the last two models of the aircraft were produced. Thankfully, the numbers produced in those last two models was significantly more than 50% of the total number of all P-38s produced.
The problem was commonly called Compressibility! Later as it was more understood was given the technical name “shock stall”. And this is where the greatest cost of the early loss of the prototype was paid. It would take many hundreds of hours and dangerous and sometimes deadly flight tests and even more hours of wind tunnel tests and analysis by multiple institutions before what was happening was understood well enough that a design solution could be developed.
Earlier I wrote that the loss of the prototype delayed the development of the P-38 by “over a year”. That is my own judgement and it differs from that of Tony LeVier’s Tony LeVier is acknowledged by most as one of the best pilots to ever live. A man who was a test pilot for Lockheed and spent more hours doing aerobatics in the P-38 than anyone else declared the P-38 to be the best aircraft he ever flew. He stated with equivocation that the early loss of the prototype set the development of the P-38 back by two years and may have actually lengthened the war! And the failure to early on to reveal the problem of compressibility before the prototype was destroyed is why!
It was a phenomenon not encountered before the P-38 in any production aircraft and it took a long time to figure out exactly what was happening and how to correct it. In a high speed power on dive at high altitude the P-38 would quickly reach a speed approaching the speed of sound. No P-38 or any other WW II aircraft could actually reach Mach 1 despite several claims by pilots they did so in different types of aircraft during the war. But physics does not allow it because all had a terminal velocity of less than Mach 1 even at any altitude.
So what is compressibility? As the aircraft gained speed the air is violently buffeted by the wings leading edge until some of that air flowing over the wing is actually reaching Mach 1. This in the P-38 started to occur at mach 0.677 or about 445 mph at 36,000 ft. Eventually the flow is so disrupted that instead of the low pressure area being on the underside of the wing it is on the upper side. IOW the lift of the wing is actually reversed. Thus the use of the term “shock stall” to describe what is happening. The air then flows in a manner off the trailing edge of the wing that actually lifts the tail and the more force the pilot pulls back on the stick with to try and pull up the the greater the force of the pressure to lift the tail there by giving the pilot the feeling that the control surfaces are in an iron like grip, a grip that can only be broken with great difficulty if the pilot is lucky enough to reach the thicker air below 10,000 feet without an explosive structural failure of the aircraft and is experienced enough to do the right things to recover.
For the P-38 in a dive at 36,000 ft the first signs of compressibility would be evident at 425 mph and at 500 mph they would be serious and in most cases could not be recovered from. As the plane goes faster it shakes violently, then the canopy pops off and finally there is an explosive structural failure. Far too often those on the ground would hear the scream of the diving plane getting ever louder then the boom of the structural failure and then see pieces of aluminum like so much confetti falling in a cloud. Few pilots survived an explosive structural failure from compressibility.
Because most combats in all of the theaters but Europe were at lower altitudes compressibility was not often a concern. But when the P-38’s had to climb up to 30,000 feet or more in order to provide top cover for the formations of heavy bombers pounding the Reich and dog fight the Germans, it most certainly was a serious problem.
In the J-model aircraft featured in the video in the first post you saw what the underwing dive spoiler which was the solution that finally fixed the problem of compressibility.
Next segment will be about getting the P-38 to the European theater. Hint. search for “Glacier Girl”,
In the hands of a good fighter pilot a P39 was deadly. I read an account in an old WWII history book where an ME 109 pilot described trying to engage a pair of P38’s. He was in War Emergency Power trying to catch the P38’s. Just as he got in gun-range, he saw a puff of exhaust smoke as the P38’s—still in formation by the way—increased power and just walked away from the 109’s. And at just that moment, the engine in the 109 exploded, throwing a rod and piston the the aluminum engine cowling.. The P38’s, never breaking formation, rather arrogantly walked away from their German opponents.
Yep! That account was from a German ace that survived the war with a record of over 70 kills. He was flying the G or Gustav version of he 109, The P-38 was in fact deadly in N. Africa and the Mediterranean theaters and especially so once the the neophyte pilots who survived the trail by fire became veterans. But the vast majority of combats in those theaters were at lower levels where compressibility was not a factor. I will be covering the P-38 experience in those theaters after I tell the interesting sage of how the P-38 got over there in the first place in the next segment.
I should have mentioned that one big reason that it is impossible to untangle the sequence of modifications during the P-39 development is that being first the P-38 was being modified on the production line for a longer period of it’s history more than subsequent aircraft would be and that was a major factor in slowing production. .
I should be understood that the larger and more complex an aircraft is the more modifications it will go through. In the case of some aircraft like the B-24 Liberator it was not uncommon for the specs of 5 or 6 modifications to be published in a week during through out it’s years of production.
As things progressed during the war the Industrialist William Knudsen came up with a system by which aircraft manufactures would not implement modifications to a specific model during production but would do so at centers specifically set up to apply the modifications after the aircraft had left the production line. The institution of these centers simplified the process of mass production and sped up both the production of the aircraft and the application/installation of the modifications.
I fully intend to write about the role that the great industrialists played in the mobilization of the US industry to a war time status. Suffice to say for now that contrary to some fake leftist generated revisionist history out there, it was NOT the US government that implemented the programs!
For those that would find this subject of interest I highly recommend the book ‘Freedoms Forge’ ‘How American Business Produced Victory in World War II’ by Arthur Herman. Available in E-book form and this is one of those type books that suffers little from digital formatting.
Inside Russian Hobby Store
Hobby Lobby copy. interesting!
Spiritual Understanding
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Honest, prayerful study of the Word brings us to spiritual maturity and understanding. But does it not require superior intellectual powers to understand these “deep things of God”? No indeed. Superior intellects among unsaved men are unable to appreciate even the “simple” truths of the Word, for “they are spiritually discerned” (I Cor. 2:14). And as to the “mystery” made known to Paul by the glorified Lord, the Apostle declares that it is now “revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit” (Eph. 3:5).
The mystery is not merely something more difficult to grasp intellectually, for the Apostle specifically states that it is “not the wisdom of this world” but “the wisdom of God” (I Cor. 2:6,7), and that only by the Spirit of God can it be understood and appreciated. This explains why many of the humblest believers rejoice in the mystery and understand it so clearly, while so many great theologians and religious leaders fail to grasp it and keep confusing it with God’s prophesied program regarding the kingdom of Christ.
The mystery is not “hard to be understood” because men are slow of mind to understand, but because they are “slow of heart to believe,” because the devil, who “hath blinded the minds of them that believe not” also seeks to keep God’s people from seeing and rejoicing in the truth of the mystery with its riches of grace, its “one body” and its “one baptism.” This is why the Apostle prayed so fervently that the believers to whom he ministered might be given “spiritual understanding” to take in the glorious message he was commissioned to proclaim (See Eph. 1:16-19; Col. 1:9,10).
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/spiritual-understanding/
1Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Ephesians 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
1Corinthians 2:6 ¶ Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Colossians 1:9 ¶ For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Ephesians 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Dedicated to Nidia and Sandra. Long may you wave, darlin’s. You will not be forgotten.
This is also in appreciation for the small, family-owned South Texas taqueras, for chroizo con huevo tacos and carne guisada tacos served with home-made flour tortillas so light and fresh that they almost float off of your plate. And we can’t leave out salsa verde–each restaurant has their own version—usually made for a decades old family recipe. These little restaurants are South Texas institutions. My favoriate one is owned by a brother and sister who work very hard to provide wonderful food and a welcoming atmosphere to everyone.. I’m often the only Anglo there and, you know something? It doesn’t matter one bit. This is Texas and everyone is welcome!
There are several things I miss about living in Texas and breakfast tacos rank near the top. It seemed like the smaller the taco shack the better their tacos.
Sunny and the Sunliners were popular when I was elementary school in San Antonio’s West Side and I remember them on the radio. They did have a few good tunes. Never heard of of the 3Dinners but I know exactly where Alamo Heights in San Antonio is, a step or 2 up from the neighborhood I grew up in.
Thanks for the memories Garrison.
🙂
This video from World Doctors Alliance is very interesting.
50 years ago today Apollo 14, the third to land on the moon, returned to Earth.
https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-apollo-14-a-wild-place-up-here-video/
I would not be surprised if under Biden NASA is once again constrained in it’s space exploration and the objective of reaching Mars with a manned mission is once again put on the back burner,
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm Septuagint / 51st Psalm KJV
January 27th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and February 9th on the civil or commercial calendar.
Translation of the Holy Relics of Saint John Chrysostomos (“the Golden-mouthed”) from the town of Comana, where reposed in exile (in 407) to Constantinople in the year 437.
ARE YOU EXHAUSTED SPIRITUALLY?
“The everlasting God…fainteth not, neither is weary.” Isaiah xl. 28
Exhaustion means that the vital forces are worn right out. Spiritual exhaustion never comes through sin but only through service, and whether or not you are exhausted will depend upon where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter – “Feed My sheep,” but He gave him nothing to feed them with. The process of being made broken bread and poured out wine means that YOU have to be the nourishment for other souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you to the dregs. Be careful that you get your supply, or before long you will be utterly exhausted. Before other souls learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus direct, they have to draw on it through you; you have to be literally “sucked,” until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and His sheep as well as for Himself.
Has the way in which you have been serving God betrayed you into exhaustion? If so, then rally your affections. Where did you start the service from? From your own sympathy or from the basis of the Redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually go back to the foundation of your affections and recollect where the source of power is. You have no right to say – “O Lord, I am so exhausted.” He saved and sanctified you in order to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that your supply come from Him. “All my fresh springs shall be in Thee.”
Oswald Chambers
February 9th Devotional
Scenes Beyond the Grave – Marietta Davis
Chapter VII – Artistic Order of Infant Paradise
7:1
In a moment we were ascending in the direction of the angel who had borne along the infant, and who had disappeared in the light. Soon we drew near that which at first appeared like a city built in the midst of a floral plain. There appeared stately edifices and streets lined with trees whose foliage cast a lovely shade; on whose branches birds of all colors appeared; and although all were singing with different notes, all mingled in one full and perfect harmony. Many corresponded to those on earth, and yet were as superior to the mortal world.
As we advanced, the beauty and harmony increased, and new scenes appeared. The architecture of the edifices, the sculptures in the open air, the fountains that sparkled in the light, the trees that waved their extended branches, the flowers and flowering vines becoming more majestic, interwoven and beautiful. There were also many avenues, each of which, slightly ascending, led to a common centre toward which we pursued our way.
As we advanced, I perceived before me a vast and complicated structure, whose outer walls and towers appeared formed of marble, that was in appearance delicate as snow. This served as the foundation of a vast canopy, like a dome, though far too extended to be expressed by the earthly architectural meaning of that term. We drew near this building, and I perceived that the dome was suspended over the vast circular space. “This,” said my guide, “is the place where all infants from thy globe are gathered for the instruction and support of their infant natures. Thou didst discover, as we moved along the avenues, on either side edifices. Each of these corresponds to what mortals call a nursery for the young. There infants are first conducted, and there nourished beneath the smile of their guardian angels. Each, though somewhat varying, is a miniature of this vast temple of instructive manifestation, and each is a home for the infant spirits who enter there, until they attain to higher degrees, and enter the Paradise of more advanced youthful existence, for degrees of instruction adapted to a more intellectual condition. Over each of these are appointed seven maternal guardians. Thou seest, Marietta, that no two edifices are perfectly alike in interior beauty, external form or decoration, but that all harmoniously combine; and also, that each guardian angel is different in the radiative light and individuality of the face and form. This thou are permitted to know.”
To be continued…
Cannot read this one without thinking of all the aborted babies. God’s angels are kept very busy. Pray it is so.
thank you
The next chapter speaks exclusively about how heaven heals and nurtures the aborted babies. It will make you cry…
Verse of the Day for Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Psalms 118:24 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Be My Voice – I am a CHILD – not a CHOICE!!!
Mornin’ infidels!
Mornin’ WeeWeed.
IMO the only thing lacking in that cartoon is the overflow from the overseas stream coming back to the corrupt U.S. politicians that make it possible in the first place.
Truth!!
OMG, WeeWeed, that cartoon. I remember when I first realized that. I was wondering how all these folks in Europe got six weeks vacation during the summer and why did I only get a lousy two weeks. Never made sense to me, if the US was so great. And then someone explained it to me. Believe me, I was resentful the next time I opened my paycheck and looked at what had been deducted from it.
I guess we’ve had a form of communism for a very long time, since WW2. A friend of mine once said to me that we didn’t win WW2. I was shocked and sputtered at him and finally asked “Well, who won, then? Certainly not the Germans!!” He said “The Soviets”. And all I could think of was that photo of FDR, Winston Churchill and Stalin at Yalta. Geez.
Good eye, Margot!
The modern Hieronymous Bosch…
Here’s little Claudia after her 15 minutes of fame.
https://pagesix.com/2021/02/09/claudia-conway-auditions-for-american-idol/
Mary Wells has died. She was once the hottest star in Motown, for a reason.
“My Guy”
oops, I guess she died awhile ago. My mistake. She still was great, imo.
Mary Wilson…the Supremes. Easy mistake.
The time of Noah, before the Flood was indeed an evil time. (Gen. 6:1-5) Man had mostly turned away from God and fallen angels walked the earth in the guise of men, procreating with human women in the hopes of polluting the human seed from which the Redeemer would come. “Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.” (Gen. 6:11-12)
The times we live in now, which many of us believe are close to the time of the end and the return of Jesus, are likewise evil times. Our own nation, long considered to be a beacon of good in the world, has sunk deep into depravity and evil. The scourge of abortion, which has murdered enough people to populate a decent size country, has descended into infanticide and is being celebrated. Homosexuality, described by God as abomination as it distorts the image of God in man, has increased and is likewise celebrated by our nation in an unseemly way. The breakup of the family, in concert with adultery, divorce and abuse of all kinds, is another of Satan’s attacks on God’s plan for mankind. Violence and destruction stalk through the earth on all sides.
The world in Noah’s time was judged and destroyed by water, a worldwide flood that covered even the tallest mountains. “The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered. The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. (Gen. 7:19-22) Except for Noah and his family, rescued by God in the Ark, a type of Christ.
So our world will one day be judged and destroyed, but this time by fire. “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.” (2 Peter 3:10)
Every generation has said that for 2,000 years. Now atheists are in on it too, they agree with you and call it global warming.
Humans have a psychological reason for thinking that just because their life is going to end everyone else’s needs to be snuffed out at the same time.
We see our world ending, we think it’s all ending.
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The world will not end.
And you have family that’s going to be around in the aftermath that you need to do your best to set things up for.
Civilizations die all the time though, and it is catastrophic in the dark and chaotic times that come after a fall.
Our duty is to fight for our children, for the future of their country. And at the same time make sure they are spiritually right too.
But don’t be a Cop Out Christian
Coward Christians keep wanting to say “God’s going to fix it for us.” No? How about this? “God wants to burn us alive.”
We are NOT unrighteous. We have some oligarchs who are but it’s up to us to pick ourselves up and fight this evil.
You are here for a purpose. Find any way that you can contribute and do that, that is the way you know your purpose. Thing thing YOU can do to help no matter how big or small.
Even our communications, posting and sharing info can be a part of that. If you have a computer, you can help. If you have a voice, you can help. There is something all of us can do.
On Jen “Orange Woman Bad” Psaki:
”She’s honest even when she’s spinning a nonanswer.”— Herberto Willies
Hypothesis presented here. I welcome other views. Test the hypothesis.
This is presented in the hope of helping clarify the emergency we face.
Hypothesis: the “New World Order” that began to emerge on January 20, 1989 we now can see in hindsight is an Era Of Oligarchs.
George H.W. Bush was very connected to the agencies of oligarchy: Wall Street, the see eye eh, the “international” networks such as the Council on Foreign Relations, the Religious Left (“Mainline” Church Denominations), etc. The first act of Mr. Bush was to fire any Paleo-Con deplorable American left over from the semi-populist Reagan administration. Mr. Bush also engaged in the beginnings of the Endless Wars, by his unnecessary, inconclusive, destabilizing invasion of Iraq. Whether Iraq or Kuwait controlled those deserts and a few oil wells made no difference.
George H.W. Bush set in motion the Endless Wars that have plagued the Middle East and have harmed generations of Americans ever since. (The only exception to endless war was President Trump bringing troops home, and getting Peace Agreements) Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama also had an endless string of exporting jobs, massive debt load increases, cultural and educational rot that attacks Historic Americans.
Some main policies of the Age Of Oligarchs are summed up in the phrase:
– Invade The World (endless war)
– Invite The World (reckless immigration both legal and illegal)
– In Hoc With The World (endless massive debt).
Outcomes of those policies harm average Americans, indeed, harm average citizens of almost every nation-state.
The oligarchs seek to control by any means necessary. The fancy themselves along the lines of Monarchs and Nobility of past eras. Such modern notions as Free Speech, Free Press, Freedom of Assembly are obstacles to the Oligarch.
But they have no sense of Noblesss Oblige that Monarchs had in past eras. That is, they feel no sense of responsibility to the society that gave them their wealth and standing. Quite the opposite, they dismiss most Americans as “mobs” or as “bitter clingers”, “deplorables”, and other epithets. Oligarchs in other places such as Britain, China, France, Russia, and Germany, do likewise against the average people in their country-of-origin, placing foreign oligarchs in a “globalist common hubris” with American oligarchs.
It is important to note regarding the source of their standing – it is their wealth – and their wealth alone that gives them standing. Very few have served others in any capacity. Almost none have volunteered for military service. Few have done legitimate charity work beyond writing a check. They do not serve in Churches or Synagogues of whatever sect, unless it is a “status” type position they can use as a prop. Only rarely do any of them play musical instruments or speak foreign languages or study classics or literature – they are not intellectual. They are merely good or great at being rapacious in business in order to pile up for themselves other people’s money. Even when they “serve” in public office they increase their wealth – with self-dealing that piles debt on others.
A pile of money is like a pile of manure. It stinks and emits disease and pestilence.
(We will in the future consider the venality and gross criminality of oligarchs and their hangers-on, such as human trafficking and child-sex-slavery, which to that class of criminal is entertainment.)
The problem – The “New World Order” is the Emerging Age Of Oligarchs.
The correctives are: America First, American Nationalism, Civic Nationalism.
The goose that lays the golden egg is being strangled
Why is the church removed in the last days?
Ever think about that?
Or maybe a better way to ask the question, can evil prevail while Christians are here, praying? Worshiping, praising!
Does a heart good to consider the power of the “prayer of a righteous man.”
Or….”I will never leave you nor forsake you”
Psalms 1 says “ the lord knows the way of the righteous but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”
“Faith, substance of things HOPED for evidence of things unseen”.
Hope is of God folks.
We got the mid-pregnancy ultrasound yesterday. I’m completing my collection of boys. ^_^
Congratulations Treeclimber. I have three boys also or as a coworker once humorously put it, You are the mother of men.”
5 boys here! Love it!
Sports team or rock group?
Boy’s 1 appendage to worry about. Girls 1000s to worry about. but I wouldn’t take a billion dollars for MY GIRL. 🙂
If anyone has been hosed out of a job already due to the Biden administration or is looking for a job change, pretty much all of the boatbuilders and four wheeler manufacturers are hiring.
Brunswick is looking to hire 60 workers at their boat production facility in New York Mills, MN as an example.
Thanks for mentioning that, Hollywood Bungalow. One of my brothers works at a yacht brokerage in the New England area and boats/yachts are selling like hotcakes. Go figure. I guess all is well at upper levels of income.
Thanks for that report. Yes, says it all doesn’t it? Jobless claims up, border rush, illegals galore, lockdowns everywhere……………. but yachts flying off the shelves.
We’re the ones who used to support tycoons. We don’t mind tycoons if they want ALL boats to rise. Tycoon away if it’s on the up and up.
But it isn’t.
They are uniting the world against them. I will not go Commie NOR two-tiered rich/serf totalitarian hell.
Amen, Falana!
When the clock flips over to a new day of posting here on the Treehouse, I will be putting up a link to an excellent piece by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform with some great suggestions on what we can do in our personal lives to put up resistance, without becoming targets.
Thanks for all the inspirations
Queen does Sunday night’s Super Bowl half time first:
It’s been over 20 years since Dr. David Viner said “Children won’t know what snow is” and David Parker at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research said “ultimately, British children could have only virtual experience of snow. Via the internet, they might wonder at polar scenes – or eventually “feel” virtual cold.”
Anyone look at the latest forecast for Merry ole England lately? Cold and snow!
We all have our religion, especially atheists, they are the most fact resistant cult known to man.
At least Christians believe there is a higher power and have some humility.
These delusionals think it’s them. Our models failed 20 years? Rather than work on the hypothesis let’s go with quadrupling down and getting more psychotic with our demands that you believe in US. Who are your gods? “Experts.” We are infallible.
I can’t stop laughing at this! “I’m here live, I’m not a cat!”
Not everyone is ready for technology ?
Especially not Jeffrey Toolbin (misspelling deliberate). Zoom call didn’t work out so well for him:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdgm4/new-yorker-suspends-jeffrey-toobin-for-zoom-dick-incident
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
AMEN…..(pant…pant…saw the clock and freaked out!)
Thank you for your effort. 🙂
Amen. And thank you Ad Rem
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
ChiCom carbon trading sweatshop https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-carbon-trading-market-hobbled-by-unanswered-questions
Are you finding all the really effective Conservatives thrown off Youtube and unwatchable 3rd stringers foisted on you over and over by the algorithm?
Reminds me of the Alan Combs thing. You hire a representative of a philosophy you oppose with no charisma, no skills, kind of to do a bad job on purpose
May Trump Media quickly get a video sharing site going
Not one of the unusable data collectors I’ve seen thus far, functional, fun and privacy respecting please
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