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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The japs conceded their defeat in WWII on VJ Day, August 14, 1945.
We will celebrate VDC Day on the day creepy joe concedes and President Trump takes his rightful position as President of the United States in DC.
On VDC DAY, let the parties and the trials begin!
“Let’s go Brandon!
Waikiki on VJ Day
These are marvelous images. While, sadly, most of the people depicted here have passed what is important for the rest of us is that the images presented are honest—here are people celebrating the end of a war that threatened the very existence of our nation. It took grit, it took courage, it took willingness to look sudden death in the face, to come out on top. When I was about 13 I began reading military history from WWII. I learned a lot. I learned about sacrifice. I learned about bravery. I learned about fighting skill and how technological innovation—like 4 or 6 50 caliber machine guns—could give a useful fighting edge. WWII was fought on an even playing field. After immense sacrifice we saved the world.
Yes, indeed, to all that you said. And how often I think now, there are no Americans coming to save us as, so far, it appears we cannot or will not save ourselves.
Don’t sell Americans short. There are MAGAs working all across the country.
The sleeping giants that are America’s ordinary working men and women, her shopkeepers, firemen, pilots, nurses and train engineers, are now slowly freeing themselves from their torpor. Today, they are once again beginning to use muscles that some had forgotten were there all along.
MAGAs have the numerical, economic, moral, intellect and armed majorities in America and the best leader President Trump!
We are fighting an enemy that is comprised of foreign agents as well as their domestic comrades like pennnnccceee.
Here is a good summary of where the war stands:
“Let’s go Brandon!”
“The Decisive Battle”
https://tinkzorg.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/2740/
I like your thinking 😊
No Country should be selling any other country short.
This war is global.
I constantly and persistantly have been stating this fact on this site for ten yrs, nobody listened, I even got ridiculed, point is how fast can the sheep be woken !
That is the real name of the game .
Have you ever read the book “liberty’s last stand”?
IMO, for my taste, it was very insightful in a fictional sort of way
Someone here recommended it years ago, would thank them if I remembered who. Some chapters are boring, imo good material to fall asleep by. 😊 thought you might like it.
Agreed. MAGA is real. Trump is the legitimate president. When he calls a rally—80k people show up. There are simply no other American politicians who have that kind of drawing power. None. MAGA and Trump are the Republican party.
Out with the old corrupt and decaying, and in with the NEW Republican party.
🕶
Mornin’ Frank!
I often wonder how many thousands of Americans are unaware that we need saving.
Good morning Betsy, I was wondering where you were this morning before my school run.
😊 You made me think of this…
“I know longer sit at tables where I might be the topic when I get up.”
💓
How insightful. thx
Good morning, LS😊. My husband found that yesterday. And for some reason we both found it so funny. Perhaps because any and all humour seems to have disappeared. We had a good laugh and it felt brilliant! Blessings to you🤗
Edit…thank you for wondering about my whereabouts😉
Grandpa keeps track of his chicks.
Boy, does he!😊
But, there are thousands of Americans who are suffering, not complying, trying to work and live outside of their systems. That’s a start. They will never trust them and be complacent again.
I think as time goes on and as the horrifying ramifications of the deadly and economically destructive lies hit those who heretofore have not been touched by them, there will be a turning. I’m not a patient person, a singular fault. This awakening which is happening is occurring too slowly. But I do believe it’s happening.
Jeres one example. A story I saw recently focused on I believe some silly FB question fishing for positive stories on these bioweapons. Every response…and there were many…had embedded in them “I regret the vaccine”. Thousands of them. A trickle at first then a deluge.
Like you, there is no institution which has my trust. And that is a lesson I have drilled into my grands. It used to be ” question everything” and now has morphed into “believe no one”. Sad, but we don’t live in that world anymore.
I think that if by country using a wedding analogy America has a lot of “Brides in waiting” !
Hi Mungrel!! As a mom, I can tell you America doesn’t have a lot of brides in waiting! I’ve had two kids who happily shared the happy “proposal pics.” Only to get calls weeks later…”Um we’re married.”
Did I miss your point?
Goodaye Leenie, I ment when America marrys the revolution other countries (bridesmaids) will get married too!
By the way I read a few of your posts on other threads, gutsy stuff, love your style. 😜 !
LOL!!!!!! Don’t ask my husband about that!!!!!!!!! (Re: your last sentence!!!). It’s one thing to read it and another thing to live with it!!!!! 😝
Seems I have a bit of “Mungrel” in me!!!!
That is the way it appears. In 1940, it appeared that the entire world and the USA had been beaten down economically. It was the end of a Great Depression. Manufacturing capacity had been devastated. Agriculture was on the ropes.
What few realized was that these difficulties had created a tough and resilient generation that had come of age during that hard time. They had sought God in their trials and they had a connection with their creator. When the time came to destroy evil, God had prepared an army. Throughout history, God has used armies of men to extract judgement against evil.
Not all wars achieve a divine purpose but some do. Our own American Revolution was following the First Great Awakening that inspired the philosophical thought of our framers. The Second Great Awakening was followed by the American Civil War. Were these outpourings of the Spirit of God part of the necessity of a just war? Only God knows.
If our battle is just and righteous, if God seeks to extract judgement using the hand of Godly men, God is preparing those that will take up the fight and we may not know how or who until the battle is engaged.
There are three other possibilities. God’s deserved judgement will be on us. When God used the Assyrians to judge Israel, He then judged the Assyrians and Israel was taken into exile. God’s judgement can appear messy on this side of eternity.
Then again, there could be a great outpouring of God’s Spirit upon the world and nations will turn back to righteousness.
Finally, this may be time God simply cleans house. It will happen eventually and now may be as good a time as any.
Interesting times for certain.
Answered from my laptop but it is having a problem posting. While I hope and pray God ‘gives us a reprieve I am leaning towards your last option.
The difference between option 2 and option 3 is 180 degrees.
My little spark of hope has always favoured number 2. A reprieve, a mercy, and abundant undeserved grace. And I do pray for just that.🙏
Very nice Garrison,
There was a peace and joy as well as celebration on the faces in the video.
People realized they made it through the hell and uncertainty and would be heading back home to the USA, alive and as victors.
Wow. Thanks for that video. I haven’t heard Jimmy Durante in a very long time.
Look at the freedoms they take for granted that we have lost. Can you imagine loading all those people in the back of your pickup, with others on the hood and sides of the truck, in today’s world? You would be arrested.
She said, take that banana out of your mouth when you talk to me
I said, that’s no banana that’s my nose
I gotta million of em, ha cha cha cha
~Jimmy Durante~
😂…he was the best. I miss that era more than I can say.
Blast from the past..
Elvis, 1956
Tupelo’s own
“The Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show”……small town America
Fantastic. I didn’t appreciate his talent when I was growing up, but when I hear recordings like this I’m blown away. If you keep posting videos like this, I might even join the chorus of screaming young ladies in the audience!!!
He was a real entertainer.
He knew his audience.
He worked to give them a great show.
They appreciated it.
Speaking of giving the audience a show, it is obvious that they are reacting to Elvis and in return Elvis is reacting to them and giving them a show.
We have had a few recordings where it seems there is no connection between what is happening on stage, and the screams from the audience which is not shown.
Yup, that is the ol’ “canned audience” trick ……..
Creepy joe uses it a lot at his rallies………
Heck, he even has a “canned joe” to fill in for him on his down days …. which he has a lot.
“Let’s go Brandon!”
Thank you, Cactus for posting this. I will show it to my husband in the morning. He will love it. He’s such an Elvis fan. We live about 30 miles from Tupelo and visit Elvis’ birthplace park at least once a year. I think its why he wanted to move to Mississippi. LOL
May Col. Parker be rotting in hell. God Bless the King of Rock~n~Roll.
Cat steals dog’s ball. Slow and steady, keeping a watchful eye.
Kind of reminds me of this!
The weather dog.
Awww…whose a good doggie?
Hi Mopar (waving).
That is HILARIOUS. For Golden Doodle a ball is like crack.
Such sweetness in these words, whistling ❤️
Good morning, FC! Here is the next devotional on Psalm 116 by Chuck Swindoll.
https://www.insight.org/resources/daily-devotional/individual/a-song-of-deliverance1
Good morning, GrandpaM. I have my cup of tea and am now off to read Pastor Swindoll.
Good morning, GrandpaM.
I just read Pastor Swindoll’s short but beautiful meditation. So much said in that brief devotional.
One phrase I picked up in Wales was this…”I like his face.” It sounded odd to me when I first heard it, so simple and superficial but in fact was an astute observance. It was a high compliment, I learned, meaning that the character of a person presented itself in the visage one saw. And it’s true, you know. People of a certain age understand this.
So I say this of Pastor Swindoll. I like his face.😊💓
🙂❤️
Oooll…I win the grand prize this morning, some of my favorite people on the same thread 😊
I get to do to say aBIG BIG BIG GOOD MORNING to you both. 🙋♀️ 💗 💕 ❤️
And good morning again to our favorite cat. 😻
THE LORD IS GREAT! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!
GLORY TO HIS HIGHEST!!!!
🙏 🙏 🙏
If we start with that every morning, how wonderful our coming day would be💓
And Amen!
That’s how I wake my fellow forest critters up every morning! Can hear them stirring upon hearing. It’s a beautiful sound ❤️ 😃
All we have to do, if where the sounds of civilization are don’t intrude, is lend an ear. And yes, it is joyous.
Amen!
Good morning, Cat! What a perfect sermon…comforting and reassuring in equal measures.
GM Betsy. I see mungrel’s back. 🤫 🤭
I’m so glad to see him. This thread fits him perfectly.
Amen!
Good morning, Frank.😊
This is amazing!
Wow!
“Give me a thumb or two and I can win this.”
Blast from the past..
Elvis, 1958
“Trouble”….. with the original meaning of rumble
“I never look for trouble. But I never back down” 👍 😎
First time used:
Elvis has left the building.
Love it! 1956 what a year it was!
Kinda related (Elvis wise).
Jailhouse rock:
Friend worked at a correctional facility long time ago. Major major disturbance there. Caused a lockdown to end all lockdowns. Those of us on the outside, would think of this song 😎
1956 was a “very good year”.
In hell I’ll be in good company 😉
Catus, ever hear of the dead south? One of my favorites:
ZZTOP Rock = serious blues . RIP Dusty . . .
Thanks Garrison, love ZZ Top! Too bad for me that wifey doesn’t want me to grow my beard ZZ style or Duck Commander. So I have to trym it every now and then.
A few days ago, I looked for an Iron Butterfly drum solo and found a cover by an amazing young drummer, Sina.
Here is her drum cover of LaGrange.
I also liked this tribute to Keith Moon.
Vibeman, you stirred a personal story
…in the 90’s lived next door to four boys who beat the drums loudly alllll night long. So much so, one early early morning after they had stopped and were sleeping? I placed two gigantic speakers in the windows facing their house and blasted that drum solo. Had the trash men doing the boogy as they worked my block. Never heard the boys again during sleeping hours. Fun times 😂
I once told a difficult neighbor that I was going to buy his boys a drum set for Christmas. The difficulties ended.
Ha! A very civilized way of handling the problem, Cat. Very well done!
A Cat after my own heart, LOL!
LMAO!
She’s good!
It’s Cursday Treepers. I hope everybody will pet their puppies for me. I found this video tonight and I think it’s kinda’ special. There’s a story here about the devotion of a foundling dog for her new family. Talk about giving back!! It’s worth a watch. Enjoy, Treepers. And be well!
I can’t hardly stand how beautiful this is, how sweet it is, how overflowing with goodness….
🙋♀️ hi Garrison! So happy you’re back! You had some worried. ❤️
I just got busy and forgot to post anything. 🙂
I identify with that remark 😉
My foster failure is snoring on my lap. He is a big standard beautiful chocolate dachshund. When I go to bed he will be between my husband and me sharing our pillows. His brother, a little chiweenie, will be curled up under the covers up against my back or in the crook of hubs knees.
They are precious, loving, spoiled babies that take care of us in their own way. Don’t know what we would do without them in our life.
Good morning, gramadeb. Foster failure. I’m reading into that your beloved companion was meant to stay with you for just a wee while but became embedded in your heart. There really is nothing to compare to group sleeping with our four legged family.💓
Yes, our sweet Buddy came to us straight from the streets of Phoenix so we had him before his Rescue “granny” even met him. He was with us about 2 months until the Rescue picked him up to do his neuter, dental and vetting. We cried when he left as he had already gotten into our hearts. During his time at Rescue we vacationed to Mississippi to see our daughter an SIL who had just moved there. Upon returning home my husband says “let’s move there”. I gave in and finally said OK. As moving time approached I brought up if we could really leave Buddy behind. The answer was a resounding NO. I call Rescue granny and she just started laughing, saying over and over, “I knew it”. Yes, Buddy was still there since he failed his first adoption interview. The next day Buddy came home to stay and we set out to MS a very happy family with 3 fur babies. That was over 5 years ago now, we are joined at the hip and heart.
I think Someone knew where he’d end up. In my heart…deep in my heart…I really believe that. 💓💓💓
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Lol 😂
Back from deep dark jungle, frothing mouth and snarling teeth, my arch enemy devil dog opened his cage again, puppies only five can now wander into traps without moma or pappy relatives ! Devil dog has poison ready! Stay in your forest, you are safe there, I know Feral can decifer.
4th article :
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com
Tell pop he can’t eat all the cake !
Hey Dog! I’ll circle ⭕️ back this eve and watch it.
By the way, I got my DNA results back. Very good news…
God is my Father!
Okay! Time to get my fingernails dirty. 💪🙌✝️🙌💪
Goodaye Frank, it’s a short read, look at the evil cunning terminology, notice only blackfellas can bring relatives !!!!
I am not a dog , I am a mungrel my 27 pedigrees make me a Mungrel !
Besides I can spell backwards ? 😊
Liked the tarot card description of mungrel. Not tarot cards, just the description 😉
http://mungrel.wordmeanings.org/
Sounds like “The Final Solution”, not the “Final push”. There is a special place in hell for those mf’ers that would inflict that on children. My blood is boiling. e n field should be able to take care of these demoniacs.
“Final Solution” my thoughts exactly, I have no words to describe my contempt .
Mornin’ son, don’t worry, I’ll share…maybe. 😜
Food fight!!!!!!
😉
The video of Nicholas Winton embedded in this link never fails to bring me to tears, Mungrel.
He never saw his surprise coming. I can imagine the overwhelming flood of memories which enveloped him. In fact, I’ll say this…it is possibly the most powerful video I’ve ever seen.
I’m so thankful for your link. Watching it the first time left me speechless, as it does this time. Bless you.
Nice, Mary! 🎶 🎵 😎
We are rising.
🙌
Frank did you get my hint yesterday?
God go.with each and every one of you, M.🙏
Hard to be happy, link above explains why, we, had a pow wow.
The information exchange I cannot print.
The good is breaking through but only just.
To much to explain now.
Take care Betsy. ⛪
I’ll read when I get home from dropping off the little guy and some honey do’s.
What a wonderful man and husband you are, G💓. My own sweet, always obliging husband laughed when I showed him this…
“When your wife starts a sentence with ‘when you get a chance’ just go ahead and start puttin’ your shoes on.
She means now.
*Follow me for more marriage tips” 😉
Ha, ha, how true. Before I retired I used to get, “I want you to rest today and would you… 🙂
Thanks for the tips! 😉
Rubbing hands together with an evil 😊
😂😂😂. Yesterday, my hubby wanted to take his old jeep for a run and ended up at our lovely neighbourhood Walmart which I really do love because the people who work there. He phoned and asked if I needed anything .
Well, it caught me unawares so my mind was hurrying to think. I came up with bread and milk, and he said just text if you think of anything else, and we hung up.
So standing there thinking, of course I came up with one thing and texted him. Then another crossed my mind…another text…and so on, until he had a moderate list. Bless him. He came back with everything and saved me a trip. I suspect you are exactly like he is. All I have to do is ask…and it shall be done!
Awww…sounds like a partnership made in heaven. I love love stories 💕 there’s so many here 🤗
I try Betsy. But I got rewarded. Wifey left to pick up our grandson from school and I am just being lazy at home. The little guy is going home tonight. I’ll have some withdrawals but he misses his parents.
No way to avoid those pains. I always mitigated them by saying to myself that it wasn’t goodbye or farewell…it was countdown till the next time. It worked for me (most of the time anyway😉).
Unfortunately it takes time, Mungrel. A concept my impatient self can’t grasp. But even a small flame can blaze suddenly. I feel your intensity and, is it despondency? The world really is waking up, just not in your part of it. I am praying that thentide is turning, as it seems to be.
I have nothing to offer but my great affection for you and as always my prayers. Surely the massive evil whose appetite seems to be insatiable and which is raining a hell on earth there will cross the Rubicon. Something will break. I continue to believe that for you and your fellow Aussies.
Please don’t let your faith be suffocated. We are here, and God is in His heaven. We’ll wait for your updates. LBT 🙏💓
Thanks for the post. I’ll watch it this eve n report back.
Can’t sleep. Thought you nightbirds might enjoy this perhaps as i did
Dallas string quartet…sweet dreams
Nice, our sweet dreams are a NWO nightmare times at least 500 million !
After all they made the proficy !
Good morning mungrel! Did you have a nice trip? Sounds like you had a sugar high, eating all those hostess devil dogs. You gotta what your sugar intake, my friend
Forgot to say, mungrel got to see a bunch of puppies? I adore them, they’re so sweet and cuddly aren’t they? Don’t get much chance to see em anymore as I’m home based in the forest. Would absolutely love to cuddle them, if only they were to wander in my forest. My fur would keep them warm. Alas, I only have butterflies as an occasional visitor. Nice dream though, thanks.
Your article was interesting even though feral doesn’t like water 😉 like the news source though.
Thanks for sharing
Wrong article ! Try dictator Dan’s proclamation !
Water makes your fur all smooth and shinny so don’t tell me you don’t drink ! All that licking and grooming ! Nu don’t believe it , I protected a Feral once before but she was not like you, a different breed from the desert country, she had a name called Sheryl but I called her Feral Sheryl , she drunk beer and her coat was really nice, if I was a good Mungrel I could paw her coat !
Have you tried beer instead of water !
😂 never acquired a tastes for beer. IMO, has a nice taste for some. This cat thinks if beer as P!&& water. Looks like it, taste like it and acts like it. My tongue has an acquired taste for the bubbly or a new glass of fine wine.
As for the article, 😞 I was in error. Was hoping that was a possibility too 😉
Sorry for cutting in but maybe you haven’t tried the right brew? GrandpaM likes his red wine but always has room for a nice stout.
Cheers
Cutting in? Heavens no!
Always room for one more at my favorite hang out ❤️
Bubbly ! Wine ! Now I know why some of your posts are a bit ‘wonky’ 😜
Alright, if that’s what you think 🤷♀️ I’ll just let you think that..work hard on my “reputation”. Delighted it’s working as I planned 🤭
Come in spinner ! 😂😂😂
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
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 Trisagion Hymn
and the
50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Apodosis of the Holy Theophany
Among the many Saints and Holy Martyrs who are commemorated today is
Saint Kentigern (Mungo), first Bishop of Strathclyde (Glasgow) in Scotland (+ 612)
January 14th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
January 27th on the civil or commercial calendar
“God is with Us”
This is an Orthodox Nativity hymn chanted in Znamenny style (an older and more traditional chant) in English by the Valaam Monastery Brotherhood in Russia.
Hopefully this will upload (shaking the machinery as if that will help).
https://youtu.be/0VaHCYqGQ3E
Good morning sepp.
It wouldn’t load for me. You tube says it’s unavailable
Is this it? Shaking my machine too lol
Curios fact: There are Celtic crosses at Valaam. How did they get there? No one knows. Yet Irish monks are known for traveling far and wide to spread the Gospel.
Pardon my interruption, speaking of crosses, my most treasured heirloom:
https://chucknortondesigns.com/products/silver-huguenot-rose-cross?_pos=2&_sid=b8ef50e94&_ss=r&variant=32123577139288
?v=1598740942
When worn, feels as light as God’s ❤️
Been hoping a group would come along that I could share with. Hope you don’t mind the interruption.
So beautiful, Cat. I can understand why it is so dear to you. The centre flower look like a daffodil, which is the national flower of Wales. Their Patron Saint is St David, and the celebration of him is March 1st.
I bet the story of how you came by that beautiful piece is tres interesting.
Found out it’s a rose. Every part of it has a symbolic meaning. Personally, the meaning behind it has my dna in the story. We go way way way back. If I speak of it, the trolls would be looking for me 😉
Yes, t’is true. Every twist and turn and symbol does have a meaning. Its like a foreign language.
No apology necessary. All contributions appreciated.
What an unusual cross! Thank you for sharing.
Supposedly some of my ancestors were Huguenots.
That explains your unique attitude towards life 😉
History of cross:
https://nationalhuguenotsociety.org/the-huguenot-cross/
There’s a lot more to it it might be on interest to you, Lonestar, being in your heritage. I was intrigued with the intricate details. Like this little one:
Legend has it, that Huguenots fleeing religious persecution arrived in the Cape of Good Hope, and brought with them grape vines and a pink Damask rose, now known as the Huguenot Rose.
Ive read some Huguenots were instrumental during the American revolution. Maybe your ancestors took part. 😉 I know mine did.
The little shop I worked in and eventually managed in Wales carried a beautiful line of pewter Celtic jewelry in all shapes, designs, and forms. St Justin was the company name and they were located in Cornwall, England. Bookmarks, tie pins, bracelets, brooches, necklaces were just a few of their products. Very sought after.
Also, the Welsh lovespoons (which were hand carved and given by a young man to his inamorata) often were carved with Celtic designs. Some were exceedingly intricate, and I invested in one into which was carved the Welsh dragon, for protection of the home. I paid (for me) a fortune for it but have never regretted it.
Betsy, it’s beautiful 😍
(I looked it up)
Oh jolly good!!! I need to revisit now, both the lovespoons and St Justin.
thanks, Betsy. I’ll look it up.
Thanks for the reference. I’ll look up St. Justin celtic jewelry.
Father Freeman’s essay on the right amount of knowledge:
https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2022/01/21/a-terrible-knowledge-2/
Boy, there’s a whole lot of truth there Lonestar. Absolutely love this 💕
Thank you for sharing. Is it okay that I read this? (I’m teasing 🤭) 😉 ❤️
👆 last thing I read before getting more sleep, first thing I read after waking 👇
https://faithwheel.com/topic-look-again-and-think-oswald-chambers-daily-devotional-utmost-for-his-highest-27-january-2022/
Thought you might get a chuckle out of the timing. I did. Big smile 😊
thanks, FC. A lesson I am still learning, and need reminding of every day. (big smile returned)
He is not wrong, LS. What a discerning man. Thank you for that link.
well-loved Russian movie:
Blessings all.
Thank you for this movie link.
Another beautiful, powerful Russian film:
Burnt by the Sun (1994) – IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com › title
Beautiful film, full of humanity and honest in ways sometimes jarring, but always right on target. A westerner gets a sense of the depth of love for mother …
thank you, in return
The year was 2018. The second year of Trump’s presidency.
The best animated feature from Russia.
Putin shows a video of a nuclear attack on USA during his address to the Federal Assembly.
Great Glad Glorious Good Morning Treepers!
And yes that greeting is also extended to non Texan Treepers!
Wow. So many posts already this morning and it’s 5:38 C!
✝️🙏✝️
It is remarkable to me that over the past couple of months this thread has grown “like Topsy” (to hearken back to an earlier literary reference). Amazing and wonderful!
GM Frank! Thought I noticed some new ones in the wee hours. 😊
Yesterday morning I was driving East along I-72/US 36 in Illinois. West of Springfield at the 76 mm or 90 deg latitude there is a wind farm.
It was sunny and 9 deg. F after a sub zero night. Not a single one of the bird choppers were turning.
Further on closer to Springfield is a coal fired plant and it was taking care of the vital business so people didn’t have to burn their furniture to keep warm as some Texans did last winter.
We’re with you in your ridicule of the green new deal. What a waste!
Thanks for the post 🙌
There is nothing green about it Frank. It is about money and totalitarian control. They are all Watermelons. The green on the outside is a tool to try and hide the deep red within.
We have the bird choppers here to Rah, they don’t run-um in the cold until the power stock market prices go up !
So in other words they gamble power for profit amongst themselves.
Push the price up, consumer pays more, government subsidize if they lose.
Great scam.
A cult as well, Mungrel. And an hypocrisy by those who want “to save the planet” but yet are completely fine with destroying God’s creatures in it.
And they don’t want the bird choppers near their front yards.
Hat tip to M. for the new name for the windmills.
Nimby-s, as they were called in the UK, and maybe here?
Not In My Backyard
Same name here. NIMBY, sounds very much like the pedos from nambla. Probably the two groups intermingle.
Boy, doesn’t it! And it wouldn’t surprise me if that were the case. Another name for a NIMBY is a Karen.
Now if we can decide the collective noun for “Karens”…I’ll start…
A “screech”of Karens.
A gaggle…
A worthy offering😊.
how about a “cackle of karens”
Ahhhhh!!! Alliteration! Verrry nice!👍 If there were a bunch of Hillary Clintons it would work for her as well. A twofer. Thank goodness there is only one.
Neither M nor I originated the bird chopper nomenclature. It’s been around for many years.
And the Watermelon analogy has been around even longer.
But once you hear or read those terms as used they fit so well one tends not to forget them.
Go figure…they’re proud members of the bird watching groups. Talk about being hypocrites. Makes me very annoyed inwardly
It angers me more than I say, Cat. God’s beautiful feathered creations. I mean pure rage and heartbreak.
..and they were all consuming mondo KW to keep those gearboxes warm–what a waste
Something the watermelons don’t admit: those bird choppers are filled with good old fashioned oil to make the moving parts work. When the chopper is no longer working, the oil has to be dealt with or it spills all over the ground.
Lonestar, you’re cracking me up today lol
Watermelons 😂 tell you a secret, they seem to get offended by the term rednecks too 😂 🤫
Keep em coming 😎
(grin). Must give Rah credit for the “watermelon” analogy.
As far as rebukes go, it is a gentle one.
I’d be most interested in those Miss Betsy if you ever decide to share. I’m always looking to expand my vocabulary 😉
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.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
One little soul lost is too many, but we are making progress.
Verse of the Day for Thursday, January 27, 2022
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“Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.”
Psalms 86:11 (KJV)
Mornin’ infidels!
In that particular cartoon it’s a hook being held by a crook (D).
Afternoon WeeWeed!
In Llantysilio, Wales, St Tysilio Church, a small place of worship in the beautiful Welsh hills, is having a Snowdrop Blessing this Sunday upcoming to welcome the arrival of those tiny harbingers of the spring to come. Little winter miracles that poke their beautiful heads out of the frozen ground when all other surrounding vegetation is dead. They really are a joy to see. Redolent with the message of our renewal in Christ.🙏
Always enjoyed the Snowdrops as a kid. Thank you for the reminder, sis.
I love them! We had many in our back garden. It was with real anticipation that about the time they came up (back end of January), every morning I’d go to the window to see if some had arrived. There was something very spiritual in it for me.🙏💓
(SORRY, G!!! The following is in answer to Lonestar below. Fat fingered me)
Yes, and for the life of me neither I nor my British hubby can remember why. Maddening!!
There is such a difference between North (where the slate mines are) and South Wales (where the coal mines were). We tended to stay in North Wales mostly.
The first time I saw Wales as a tourist, our coach entered around Mid-Wales. And I’ll never forget how stunned I was that it was so green and leafy and luscious. I had imagined per my viewing of the two black and white movies I’d seen of the country it would dour and devoid of charm.
At any rate I fell in love with it immediately, not knowing then it would be my beloved home for 2 decades, as it is still in my heart. God did indeed work in mysterious ways for me then.
how wonderful!
thank you
Thank you Betsy. So enjoy your stories from Wales.
Did you ever go to Pembrokeshire? Have ancestry that goes back there, but I never made the trip myself.
Sorry, Lonestar…I’ve answered you right above your post. I hit the wrong “reply” and started typing furiously. 😲
I suspect you would be enchanted by that country. So many points of interest spiritually to see. Abandoned and crumbling monasteries which nevertheless are a joy to walk through, and the little village churches and chapels.
Ideally the situation would be to find an age where one still had the vigour (younger) but also the appreciation and interest (older) to visit wth a friend or spouse on one’s own, and do bed and breakfast. Then one could map out the places to go and to see it on one’s own timetable. Much more satisfying than relying on the rigid timetable of a coach tour.
It’s a tragedy to me that our times are now such that authoritarian regulations and red tape would, in any event, spoil any plans to travel such as I described. Leave it to our rulers to take the joy out of all things. But the one thing they cannot take is the memory of what I’ve seen and lived. That’s mine…and they cannot have!
Amen.
Thank you.
Thanks Betsy! You gave me something to look for in early spring
No snowdrops in Texas but the bluebonnets are glorious.
Yes they are. I have a portrait of a Texas landscape, blue bonnets in full bloom with a tiny cottage nestled in the trees hanging up. One of my favorites. Funny story about that particular painting, for another time 😉
I loved it there. The people I met were some of the most friendliest, kind, hospitable people on this planet.
Is the Dr Pepper museum still giving tours?
Looks like it still is. 🙂
https://drpeppermuseum.com/
Cool! It was a nice tour. I found the town a charming bit of yesteryear too
A more important question…are they, like the distilleries in Scotland, giving samples?
Now here is something interesting. When living in Wales, it was many many years before Dr Pepper was available in the UK, and one day when I was doing my weekly shop at a Kroger style grocery store, suddenly there before me were Dr Peppers!! I’m sure I shrieked, “EUREKA!” I felt as if I had discovered a pot of gold.
But when I tasted it, it was better than I remembered it! My kids validated this and said that yes, absolutely, the recipe was not the same. I can’t explain exactly why but there was no question about it.
I think I believe I saw a sampling room, could be mistaken. I seem to remember a local wrote a vignette on the history ofDr Pepper and its founder. Found it most interesting. Don’t remember the link, though
Did it have real cane sugar? I’ve only found it like that in towns near the museum.
It was so 😋
The kind around here is good but the one with cane sugar couldn’t be beat, imo.
Yes it did…now that you’ve reminded me. That was the difference.
I don’t drink soft drinks, Just water and wine, and as of late just water. DW likes the Mexican cokes, I guess they had real sugar but recently something must have changed, wifey said it tasted really crappy.
Any input is welcomed.
My down fall was ginger beer. There was one called Fiery Red and boy oh boy!! Was it ever gingery…and addictive. It is a soft drink, no alcohol, but exceedingly calorific. And on went the pounds until I did my no diet weight loss.
Now I don’t drink soft drinks except for 0 calorie ginger ale, 1/2 can with dinner. Otherwise water, tea, and coffee. No alcohol.
It really is amazing how fast the pounds come off when one eliminates soft drinks.
Familial connections to Dr. Pepper of sorts.
The version with sugar is highly sought after. Today it only comes from Dublin, TX. (different family connection to Dublin)
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God bless our Canadian and American Truckers! We even have Brazil truckers convoying now! We have a Brazilian truck convoy! (How many is a Brazilian?)
THIS CONVOY WAS ENTERING ONTARIO AND MANITOBA AT THE SAME TIME! “Winston Churchill said, “The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we’re spirits – not animals.” And he said, “There’s something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.”
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny.
We’ll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we’ll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.”
We chose Light. We choose Life. And we choose Freedom.
Whatever It Takes.
Beautiful!!! A real joy in the rising up of those who say no more!!
Amen, II! I believe that Brazilian is the next up from Bazillion.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Morning Treepers!
Science!
LOLOLOL So true.
And the world would be a better place.
Hahahahahahah!!
Quip O’Day – Thursday January 27,2022
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn’t been asleep.– Wilson Mizner
GLOBAL WARMING UPDATE – – Coldest Air In Over A Decade To Hit Miami, Florida
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2022/01/global-warming-update-coldest-air-in.html
https://coldclimatechange.com/what-would-a-mini-iceage-look-and-feel-like%EF%BB%BF/
If your interested in a little brevity:
Larry, can’t wait until Leenie sees this!
Leenie, can’t you just picture him with a shiny disc on his head? 😂
Where is Leenie? Didn’t see her yesterday.
Hi Grandpa!!!!! I’m here! Trying to be more circumspect. As you know, I can tend to be feisty! ( having my husband/editor see what I’m thinking of posting!!!! It’s good to have a second “editor” when you internal editor goes Kooky!!!! ❤️
See reply to “Right to reply” below…(my editor isn’t here right now…)
Dear Sweet “Feral” kitty “Cat!” (Just renamed you for you and me!)
I can picture him with 2 shiny discs on his head! Can you think of anyone with that wit, that charm, that wicked sense of humor????
What a delight!
Mungrel comes to mind, plus other anonymous mischievous souls. 😉
Groucho will do in a pinch. He’s probably their role model 😂
Good night, sweet Feral “kitty” Cat!! Leenie!!!
We will be the last of our generation to enjoy the natural world. Future generations won’t know what it is.
“On the website for Good Meat, consumers can scroll through a detailed description of the process for making cell-based meat, which involves selecting animal cells to produce, feeding them a growth medium of nutrients in a bioreactor so they grow and divide, and harvesting them to become finished products. The site also explains how cultured cells can become meat products by growing them on a natural scaffolding, 3D printing them into shapes, using extrusion to improve the texture, and molding them into a desired form.”
https://www.fooddive.com/news/food-tech-explain-marketing/606401/
Dear RtR, Never going to happen!!!!! As long as Moms cook for their kids and the kids love the food and learn to cook it for their kids and so on and so on…
Remember your mom’s meat loaf? Your Grandma’s spaghetti sauce? Hell, your grandma’s meatballs?
In case none of you have heard about it, Cuisine at Home is one of the best cooking magazines out there! So many fun and innovative recipes. One day, when My kids were young, I asked, “What do you want for dinner?”
“Chicken!”
Okay, chicken Kiev? chicken piccata? Chicken Marsala? Chicken with noodles?
”MOM! Can you just put salt and pepper on the chicken and pit it in the oven???!!!
A steak is a steak! A hamburger is a hamburger! (Okay, I give on the hotdog debate, but I love me a good Chile hotdog!)
Fake meat, engineered food, GMO modified food.
Oh my, Leenie!! My British husband has always been a firm NO on hot dogs. But the other night we joined our daughter and her three at her home for hot dogs, and she served Hebrew Nationals, my fave. And then a miracle!!!
All of a sudden guess who craves hotdogs? Wow! Bonus is they are cheaper than other meats (for the moment…Sundance just alerted us that hot dogs are going up in price, because of course they are. I love a good chili dog as well. Nothing better. Yum!
Betsy, 😂. There are hot dogs and there are HOTDOGS!!!!! Hebrew National and Nathan’s!!!!! I know they are not “good” for you but oh, boy are they good!!!!!! All things in moderation!!!!
On the UT page click “show more” under the video and then scroll down to the next to the last song for the Canadian Railroad Trilogy. It’s my most favorite of Gordon Lightfoots songs. I had the great pleasure to see him back in the 70s, early 80s in the Universal Studios outdoor theater – and he played this song!!! I was overjoyed.
A perfect analogy…. secrets and grooming similar to
Ped o phile behavior
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10449589/Clay-County-school-suit-update.html
Thanks for posting!
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. And prayers up for all political prisoners, for Julian Assange, for the Jan.6 prisoners in DC, for Pastor Pawlowski.
Amen.
Good night all. This trucker is headed for the sleeper. Dinner done. Ate out of the larder in the truck. Paperwork needed for tomorrow’s run ready. Vitamins taken.
After a week out I’m looking forward to home time.
Tomorrow I hit the three stops here in Missouri and go home. And if I get home and take care of business at the terminal early enough , I’m taking my Lady to Red Lobster for dinner.
Sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite.
And if they do, hit them with a shoe
Until they’re black and blue
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Now I lay me down to Sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to Keep
If I should die before I wake
I Pray the Lord my soul to Take
And when I wake dear Lord I pray
Bless and guide me through the day.
good night all
❤️
Good night ms Idaho.
bless your heart
thank you
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.