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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How The National Review Sold Its Soul to Google
And Why Jonah Goldberg and David French Got Thrown Out
Emerald Robinson
There were rumors in the summer of 2018 that an audiotape was circulating that would send shockwaves through the think tanks of Washington and the conservative intellectual movement in particular.
A top Google executive had been recorded telling his fellow employees that Google generously donated to conservative think tanks and magazines to dampen criticism of their anti-conservative bias.
In essence, Google was buying off Conservatism Inc. and the GOP establishment to stay silent while Google monitored, harassed, and excluded Trump supporters. If true, the tape sounded like a smoking gun: incontrovertible evidence of the corruption and double-dealing of Conservatism Inc. that would permanently discredit it with Republican voters.
I was told that the tape had been offered as an exclusive to the Wall Street Journal. Months went by, and nothing happened. (There were rumors during that time that Big Tech lobbyists were trying very hard to get the Wall Street Journal to kill the story.)
Then I began to get a series of messages from various anonymous sources that the organizations that were guilty of taking Google money to stay silent included: the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the Cato Institute, CPAC, the Weekly Standard and the National Review. (A weak article appeared on September 27th by John McKinnon in the Wall Street Journal but it hardly mentioned the tape or its implications.) This was, needless to say, a huge story: was it possible that the entire conservative intellectual movement was being bought off by Big Tech companies?
Finally, I was approached by an insider at one of the think tanks who confirmed the main details. You could say I broke the story (since the Wall Street Journal piece had really buried it) on Twitter on October 30th, by saying:
https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/how-the-national-review-sold-its
Alternatives to Google Products for 2021
This is a comprehensive and understandable article from the Restore Privacy website. There are a lot of reader comments with useful questions and information.
http://www.restoreprivacy.com/google-alternatives
Thank you Sepp.
Add Startpage to the list – it never autofills a search, which suggests privacy. DuckDuck’s results mirror Google a little too closely for comfort (eg, panes and panes of Amazon – which we boycott – top the lists).
I’ve used Startpage for years now—was using it before it was startppage, in fact. The tech oligarchs are behaving exactly like their forebears in the 30’s. That they so quickly turned fascist doesn’t come as a big surprise. Most of their top level management is Not From Here.
The article points out that StartPage is now owned by an advertising company.
I still find it the most free and functional search available.
How The GOP Committed Suicide Trying to Stop Trump
America Has Never Been Closer to Uni-Party Rule
Emerald Robinson
https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/how-the-gop-committed-suicide-trying
Scathing indictment of the establishment GOP. Selected quotes:
This, of course, leads us to an obvious question: what does the GOP stand for? Apparently it now stands for the enthusiastic endorsement of its ideological opponents who want to prosecute and harass Republican voters aggressively, politicize intelligence for political ends, and push hormone blockers on children without parental consent. In other words, the GOP wants to enact the Democrats’ entire agenda — all the way down to the child abuse.
What we’re witnessing right now in America is the two-party system collapse into a one-party system. On all the important issues in America like vaccines, lockdowns, spending bills, fake insurrections, big tech censorship, and election reform there’s no meaningful difference between the two parties. There’s just a different set of talking points.
The GOP has basically committed a kind of ideological suicide in its push to oust Trump and his allies from the party. This became very clear with the insane negotiations they conducted with Nancy Pelosi over the January 6th Commission: only Republicans would be dumb enough to empower a commission of Democrats to conduct an investigation of Republicans. The GOP establishment is so awful that it actually voted to make Juneteenth a national holiday while the FBI was still arresting GOP voters over a fake insurrection. That’s really all that you need to know.
And my favorite quote: “There are truck stop whores who behave with more decorum.”
Two parties has been a deception for a long time. I am glad the deception collapsed on itself, but will the dupes of either party ever see that they are being ‘manipulated’ to fight their neighbors but no matter who wins they all don’t like the outcome?
GOP is owned, just like Dems. For decades.
Not a dime’s worth of difference between the two parties, as people used to say.
The DC GOP is an “establishment” without a constituency. The MAGA movement now so dominates the Republican grass-roots that I can’t imagine any of the folks who showed up at Trump’s truly massive Ala. rally coming out to vote for good ‘ole Mitch. MAGA and Trump ARE the Republican party now. Uni-Party R’s are a political version of the “Walking Dead”.
Niiiiiiiice. I agree. ?
Check Out What the Biden Administration Just Did to Websites Listing Weapons It Gave to the Taliban
Forbes reports that the State Department is telling other federal agencies to scrub their websites of lists of weapons the U.S. provided the Afghan military over the years.
The Biden administration claims it’s scrubbing weapons information, including some reports that are several years old, to protect those it left stranded in Afghanistan. That’s laughable.
The Zero Regime is also scrubbing the Afghan Army itself, which has not given up fighting, it’s simply now fighting the Zero Regime backed and equipped Taliban after having been utterly abandoned with all intelligence and operational support terminated. They are fighting to the death, they know what awaits them.
The fearlessly righteous Lara Logan is all over this.
I ask that you please keep me in your prayers. I have posted several times here in the last month about my difficulty swallowing, and sleeping. Thankfully have have been slowly getting better, so I ask that you keep praying for me.
Thanks for all the prays.
Steve
Praying for your good health and complete healing, sb Steve! Good to hear you’re getting better!
Don’t know if it will help Steve, but here’s something for, and if you find yourself ‘alone” on the graveyard shift, watching time tick away. This and most of his (Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits) stuff I also file away in the “things to think about” musical category – which if one listens carefully, is probably is most good, meaningful music. Never know maybe with a little faith, some prayer, yours will also be relief – just like that. “Your latest Trick”. I sometimes get those with my “gout” ankle – one moment a bit stiff and then after a bit – poof – gone.
Anyway here’s Mark
For those Stateside:
Curious if there had been a change in any use or brand of household cleansers, detergents, soaps, and so forth that could be a factor. Or a pollutant in the air in the neighborhood.
Hah! Your progress is great news!
Keep us in the loop so we can whoop it up when you’re fully recovered.
Grace to you!
Good Morning Steve,
Glad to hear you are feeling better ! If it’s a GERDS issue, that is slow healing process.
You are in my daily prayers.
Thanks for the update.
DG
Praying for you, Steve.
William Ackerman is a guitarist and composer who, virtually by himself, created “New Age” music in the 80’s. The first vinyl LP’s I bought were are a revelation –I was listening to an entirely new idiom of guitar music that I’d never heard before. His music label, Windham Hill, expanded to incorporate a number of enormously talented musicians and groups, all of whom seemed to have appeared literally out of nowhere.
My primary focus, however, was always on Ackerman’s guitar compositions. Here was a guy who had taken the kind of solitary playing that most guitarists engaged in to a new level. He’d taken those quiet moments of unconnected improvisation and turned them forinto real music. Ackerman’s best pieces are for quiet times , intended to be savored rather than newly experienced. This is the kind of guitar playing that belongs to late night solitary listening while sitting in a comfortable chair before a good, warm fire on a winter’s night. And, if you’re of a mind to—and I am—Ackerman’s playing is the perfect just-before-bedtime sippin’ whisky accompaniment to a good night’s sleep. Enjoy, Treeper friends . . .
Thanks for that!
Happy Cursday, Treepers!
Very cute, adorable and heartwarming relationship.
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1433166350399246488
That’s a ‘ sweet tweet’…
I got hit with a rensomware virus tonight. For awhile there I wasn’t sure I’d be able to post anything but, happily, Avast’s robust anti-virus engine bailed me out. Here’s what i did. This all started because I inadvertently clicked on a link I shouldn’t have . . . Suddenly I was hit with a totally fake Microsoft screen with an odd female voice telling me my computer was infected and was locked-down.
Fortunately, I knew enough to shut my computer down rather than sit around clicking thing while the virus payload downloaded. I re-booted and immediately called up my Avast anti-virus software. (If this happens to you—always, always!—shut your computer off).
Although the company has some practices that I don’t like, I have to say that its software is very robust. I used AVAST’S “boot-level” scan to remove the ransomware . This took about 3 hours, during which it spent a lot of time working over a specific location. I just left it running until it finally resolved the problem and removed the malware. Just to be safe, I ran a second boot-level scan. This was my first experience with ransomware and I’m glad I had an updated AVAST anti-virus software to remove the threat.
I haven’t gotten any of those in a long time. There for a while I would get the “You have been infected screen of horror” often accompanied with a loud high pitch sound. You are right, the best thing to do is to NOT respond in any way to the “You have been infected” process, and to simply shut down whatever process is running the web browser. I like to use Task Manager to just stop the web browser process.
If you are able, I’d advise to ditch windows altogether and go Linux – Mint is pretty cool. I run everything a “home” user would need – Libre office, Firefox, Gimp, audio software, Video, whatever one would need is out there. The only thing I find less appealing is the network stuff – or most probably, I don’t quite know how to configure on Linux. Other than that, don’t miss Windows one bit.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Psalm 51 (KJV – Masoretic)
THE SACRAMENT OF SACRIFICE
“He that believeth in Me…out of him shall flow…” John vii. 38
Jesus did not say – “he that believeth in Me shall realize the blessing of the fulness of God,” but – “He that believeth in Me out of him shall escape everything he receives.” Our Lord’s teaching is always ANTI-self-realization. His purpose is not the development of a man; His purpose is to make a man exactly like Himself, and the characteristic of the Son of God is self-expenditure. If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain, but what He pours through us that counts. It is not that God makes us beautifully rounded grapes, but that He squeezes the sweetness out of us. Spiritually, we cannot measure our life by success, but only by what God pours through us, and we cannot measure that at all.
When Mary of Bethany broke the box of precious ointment and poured it on Jesus’ head, it was an act for which no one else saw any occasion; the disciples said it was a waste. But Jesus commended Mary for her extravagant act of devotion, and said that wherever His gospel was preached “this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.” Our Lord is carried beyond Himself with joy when He sees any of us doing what Mary did, not being set on this or that economy, but being abandoned to Him. God spilt the life of His Son that the world might be saved; are we prepared to spill out our lives for Him?
“He that believeth in Me out of him shall flow rivers of living water” – hundreds of other lives will be continually refreshed. It is time now to break the life, to cease craving for satisfaction, and to spill the thing out. Our Lord is asking who of us will do it for Him?
Oswald Chambers
September 2nd Devotional
Any idea where the report is for the Arizona Audit?
Next to the Durham Report?
When I win the Powerball …
Everyday common vitamins and minerals will keep your body fighting many things.
This Doctor starting treatments for his sister yrs ago when she was told by doctors and the medical community nothing could to help her.
He combs thru everything On the CDC website and what he recently uncovered is scary as hell and people need to be aware of what’s in the near future for our young children between 5 and 11 yrs old.
https://rumble.com/vly8j2-dr-ardis-one-of-the-most-important-videos-to-see-and-share.html
Pediatric Programmed Pestilence.
Do not allow your child to be vaccinated this fall. The flu vaccine or the Covid shot given to children 5 to 11 years old is going to cause paralysis in kids. Some -40% will never recover from the effects of the paralysis. The CDC knows what is coming and is telling hospitals what to call this vaccine produced injury —. How do they know—are they prophets? No, they are not. Listen to the video. This is disastrous intentional harm to children.
Share this widely!
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That’s some sick information.
Buckle up Treepers.
Good morning, 🙂
Mornin’ infidels.
Biblical.
He’s my favorite living pastor/author/teacher.
Me and mine are buckled up.
✝️????
Verse of the Day for Thursday, September 2, 2021
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“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”
Revelation 4:11 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.
2 September 1965
The Beatles release “Yesterday”, on which only Paul is actually playing. More than 2,500 cover versions of the song exist, making it one of the most recorded songs in history.
2 September 1995
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland, Ohio, with Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Booker T and the MGs, Little Richard, The Allman Brothers, Boz Scaggs, James Brown and Martha Reeves making contributions.
NATIONAL BLUEBERRY POPSICLE DAY
National Blueberry Popsicle Day on September 2nd
Biden and Fauci stick their snoots in at FDA and two real scientists have resigned
September 2, 2021
Top researchers have resigned at the FDA (and the CDC) over White House interference. Turns out it was Fauci’s meddling all along. More
Day 19 of 30 Collective Fast
God of mercy, God of grace
Inlcine Your ear to hear
The cry of the oppressed.
God of mercy, God of grace
Open Your eyes and see
The enslavement of sin.
God of mercy, God of grace
Turn Your heart toward us
Heal our sin, heal our land
Set us free from the sins of the Oppressors. Amen
ground report:
illinois gov pritzger’s “all masks all of the time” mandate went into effect monday.
grocery store shelves WIPED OUT by Sunday night.
had to go back monday for a forgotten item, saw a youngish, very fit looking, TALL man (6’6″ at least) enter, get a cart, and start down the aisle.
kept half an eye on him as he navigated the store. you could see him over all the displays!?
as luck would have it, wound up in the checkout line together.
i had to ask….
“did anyone say anything to you?”
“about what? you mean no mask?”
“yes.”
“nah. i have copd. can’t breath in a mask”. but he smiled.
“oh, i’m sorry to hear that” i said, “and i think i just developed asthma….right now….right here in the checkout line….”
thumbs up and laughing, he said “have a good day.”
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Call me crazy, but after doing a deep dive anti-crazy scan, I’ve come to THE only logical conclusion of why seemingly intelligent, sane, learned people, would within months turn into, I danno, numbnoids??. So I figured the shadow people who ‘actually” run the world, on a dark and stormy night, after dinner and in the inlaid cigar lounge, decided that – it is what it is – there are just too many people and not enough to go around. So we have no choice but to get rid of a “few”. Obviously, this is where the sticky bit comes in, as how do “we” decide just who gets to “go away”. Hmmmm, so after a good few puffs, a sip or two, EUREKA – one of them cries, that’s it – we get rid of the stupid ones. We create a fake “worlds MOST deadly” mass media hypnosis of the public, then get the said “stupid ones” to basically “stand in line.”. Whomever makes it through all the threats, scares and fear mongering, sees the light,are ‘redeemed” are the real “inheritors” – the enlightened ones. My only problem is I still can’t work out – who is going to run Government??
you sure can paint a mental picture – that’s talent right there, sir!
how many chapters before the shadow people start getting bumped off????
(i concur with the substance, but it’s just too depressing to deal with before bed!
the “shadow people” moniker is excellent, btw!
have a good evening, oldspeak!?)
“who is going to run Government??”
A clue: the government doesn’t run …….. like it doesn’t work….
….. it is a parasite , thus it ” habitually relies on or exploits others and gives nothing in return.”
We don’t need DC……… they need us ……… bingo, the solution to the problem is revealed………. turn them off and work with the local / state entities.
Good for you!
How do you upload photos in the comments section? Every time I try to copy a photo into a comment, it appears intact in the comment section before posting, but once I post the comment, the photo is converted into a bunch of computer code gibberish and my post gets kicked into moderation. There used to be an upload photo link in the prior CTH site, but no more. Thanks.
I was hoping one more competent would answer this but it looks like you get me instead…
If the image is stored on your computer you have to load it up to an image hosting site like imgur, there are many such, they will provide a URL for the image that you can paste here. It will embed, it can be seen, and the bandwidth and cost to host it is borne by the image hosting site, not CTH, which I should say has it’s very busy hands full as it is.
If it’s an image already hosted on some other site, you can right click it and select copy-image-link, and use that to embed it here. The caveat is that it must end in an image file type suffix, though I cannot recall which ones actually work and which ones don’t, hence I was hoping someone would jump in here. I do know that essentially extraneous characters after the image file type suffix has to be removed or you will simply post a wall of code.
Bonne Chance!
Thank you. Will try your recommendation. 🙂
Statistical Abuse And Flat-out Lying
“These results are definitely not what you were sold by the CDC, Fauci, Trump, Biden, your State Health Department and all the advertising on the TeeVee and social media. You were soldnearly 100% effectiveness sufficient to remove your fear of getting Covid-19. What you actually got is more akin to what you get out of the flu shot if you take it each year: Some attenuation of risk but, in many cases, absolutely nothing of value.
The difference is that unlike the flu shot that rarely harms anyone beyond a sore arm for a day or two (last year’s flu shot campaign, which delivered about 170 million doses, recorded 26associated deaths) VAERS says that 13,627 deaths and nearly 56,000 hospitalizations have been associated with these jabs — thus far.
In other words on a reasonable “back of the envelope” analysis the Covid-19 jabs are close to 500 times more-likely to kill you than the flu shot is and have no better record in preventing you from getting Covid-19 than the flu shot does in preventing you from getting the flu.”
https://market-ticker.org/post=243462
I’ll see your Zombies and raise you a Five finger death punch – Bad Company (the Iraq 2010 tour version).
I’ll call, with a little Saliva
Thursday of the 11th Week after Pentecost
August 20th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
September 2nd on the civil or commercial calendar
Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians 4: 1 – 6
Holy Gospel according to the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew 24: 13 – 28
Among the many Saints and Holy Martyrs who are commemorated today are these:
Holy Prophet Samuel (6th century B.C.)
Saint Oswin, king of Deira in Northumbria (+ 651)
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Repose of Hieromonk Seraphim of Platina, California (+ 1982)
Father Seraphim was an American convert to the Russian Church Abroad and was a spiritual son of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco (+ 1966).
Father Seraphim was a prolific writer, translator, and man of prayer. Two websites with archives of his writings include a blogspot site called “Starting on the Royal Path” and this website: http://www.orthodoxinfo.com
In Canada our Thanksgiving decorations are out. I saw a stack of 3 white pumpkins ontop of each and immediately thought of Meinagerie and her Christmas pumpkins. They looked like a perfect pumpkin snowman, just needs a hat, scarf and carrot nose.
Hope all is well Meinagerie and thank you for your posts over the years. I look forward to specific ones every year.
Like John Kerry in the PRC for a VIRTUAL meeting with Wang, what are these three ‘rat senators doing? Do they push the Obaden Iran Deal 2? https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/283697-u-s-senators-warn-against-iranian-fuel-shipments-to-lebanon
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
Amen.
Amen.
Amen Lord and thank you for this beautiful day
Amen.
Amen.
“Cheerfulness sharpens the edge and removes the rust from the mind. A joyous heart supplies oil to our inward machinery, and makes the whole of our powers work with ease and efficiency; hence it is of the utmost importance that we maintain a contented, cheerful, genial disposition.” – James H. Aughey
Stay happy, and keep your powder dry.
The CDC is now listing vaccinated COVID-19 deaths as UNvaccinated deaths if they die within 14 days of the vaccine.
They’re not even hiding their hiding.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.