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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✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, July 10, 202
Thank You, Jesus 🕊
God morning, Dan. Monday made better by knowing our living Saviour loves us this much!
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Good morning, Lorrie🤗 Mondays without Spurgeon?
Heaven forfend!!
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Just the way a lazy afternoon should be spent…tea and company in the garden😊🌿
Motnin’ jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Good morning, G
Mornin’, ‘Woo darlin’ . . . 🙂 Long day, going to bed now. . . Henry McCinna was good to me tonight—gonna’ sleep like a baby.
Good morning, Treepers. On to Monday. Love this bench, Jay 1776. I can imagine sitting here just like this.
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Doing it Right 😊
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Good morning, Mr jay. A bittersweet bench this morning. The thoughts this gentleman must be thinking…I’m right there with him.
Hoping you won’t mind…wanted to share this one.
Orinoco flow – Sail Away
Enya
Obviously.. love this one also..have it on my playlist 🤣👍
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Morning, Jim💕 I love Enya. Seeing that photo made me think of her song straight away.
New Age music. Love it! Thanks, Bet. 🙂
So welcome, dear friend💕
(Please give little Tink a hug from me…and take one for yourself💕 If she won’t stand still for that, a loving pet or stroke will do😊)
As she’s matured (I think she’s about 7 or so now) Little ‘Tink has grown a lot more affectionate. For about the past year of so she joins me when I’m having my customary morning coffee. So, I now have this tiny little bit of a kitty sitting by my chair expecting to get head rubs.
Fresh Bustelo and a kitty to pet every morning . . . What a nice way to start the day. 🙂
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Afternoon, Patience darlin’ 🙂
Good (hot) afternoon, my man Garrison.
Grass cutting was a killer🥵
Downed two taaall glasses of water.
But, its done ✅ 🥳
Every cockle of my heart is warmed💕 What a team you two make🤗
‘Tink has definitely become a one-man kitty. Or, to put it more accurately, I’m definitely her person . . . 🙂
Cats do the choosing I learned long ago. She has good taste🤗
Stunning 🤩
Morning Betsy.. love this pic..I’m on the bench watching the sailboat 😀👍
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Look to your left…or right…I’m sitting there with you, my friend😘
It’s a challenge — but isn’t life grand?! Such beauty if we just choose to see! 💕👍
Oh amen, girl🙏🏻 It’s a choice many times what we focus on in this old world, even for just a moment.
Maidin Mhaith Betsy I’m imagining the treats that will be set on those tables
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Well I’m certainly hoping so!!😂 A nice cheesecake perhaps? I see forks…
All of our lovely cats have disappeared!! We can’t have that!!
In honour of Leon…
Circumstantially, I see the bookshelf has a bench appropriate for our Bench Monday…
..a bench only a cat could lie on😎
I miss Leon too.
We’ll pick up where he left off, Allen. Never forgotten. We can do no less.💕
Betsy, our cat Andy surely does that for us!
Makes me smile, SouthernHeart🤗 Love his name💕
I must say every cat who adopted us did the same for us.
The last post I remember that Leon posted was a cat in the rain looking into a window. The wording confused me , but it was something that seemed to mean it’s over.😪
I wish I could remember it. Patience…💔😿
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
…suddenly…
I could (and will some time) go back to May to find it. Even maybe April.
Sounds about right.
And Rush too! RIP El Rushbo 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Prayers of concern today for our other recently missed neighbours in the branches. Thinking in particularly of Stevie🙏🏻, Joe12pack and his Kerry🙏🏻, and Social Validation (aka CR)🙏🏻 with his terrible back pain and and the inhuman medical cabal he has to deal with who won’t help him.
Right there with you. ✝️
-Keeping a positive outlook; as I have my share of not chatting here.
I always lurk (every day),
but it depends on available time.
It varies, I know.
Coffee cake, apple cake 😋
Oh I am SO in!!!!!!! Yum, Mr jay. I’ll be right over!😍😍😍
Good morning❣️
Coffee cake with almond slices on top
Coffee cake with sweet cheese filling
Nectarine slices
Strawberries
-please
He’s thinking of the coffee kake his wife was baking as he left to walk his pet pig 😂
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Unless the pig had other ideas😎
Wife gave it to the pig 😂
😂😂😂!!!
WP’s
Good morning, silent reader. Thank you for continuing to repost these lovely devotionals.
Good night Betsy.
That is untrue. It contradicts the Gospel of John.
As John clearly says and the footnote points out:
One of the best things about “music mining” on the ‘net is coming across real gems. I did this just a few minutes ago, in fact. Someone made a Youtube post of a 60’s Dave Brubeck Quartet performance on San Francisco’s KQED. This video catches the original Brubeck Quartet at the top of their game—this is truly great 60’s “progressive jazz”. Even better, in case you might be interested in a music history lesson, is an interview with Brubeck himself talking about his music. Good stuff. Enjoy, Treeper friends . . .
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Thanks for posting that. I haven’t heard that in over 50 years. My dad was a Dave Brubeck fan and jazz fan along with the big band music. I spent many days in my youth listening to Dad’s Dave Brubeck and Stan Kenton albums.
It’s funny, but after the first few notes I knew exactly the piece they were playing, as if the last time I’d heard it was yesterday, not over 50 years ago.
🙂 You’re welcome, Patty. It never really grows old, does it?
You are so right about rummaging around in YouTube music videos. I always look at the suggested list of videos along the right hand side of the screen as I listen to my selection.. often there are gems there… either songs by the same or similar artist{s} or other versions of teh same song by various singers or groups. Or sometimes other songs from the same genre
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Good morning, Garrison💕 Jazz was something I came to appreciate much later in my life. Dave Brubeck is the one I always think of first when I think of that genre. Nice!
Mornin’ Bet. 🙂 I started college in ’62 ($150 semester tuition, $10 textbooks). “Take 5” was constantly playing in the cafeteria. I thought it was pretty cool.
You’ve reminded me of the time when I was buying my books at the Co-Op on the main Drag. I’m sure I never paid such a low price for any of mine. Ditto tuition.
I always tried to buy used textbooks = $10 +/-.
With pertinent passages marked in yellow highlighter😎
What a great rendition…wonder if this was before or after the DBQ “invented” the college concert.
🙂 My guess is that this early 60’s. Didn’t the “college concerts” start in the late 50’s? Interesting question.
10 July
Gary Kildall
(1942-1994)
American computer scientist and entrepreneur who created the CP/M operating system, dies at 52
10 July
Satoru Iwata
(1959-2015)
Japanese video game designer, President and CEO of Nintendo (Nintendo DS and Wii), dies of cancer at 55
10 July
Owen D. Young
(1874-1962)
American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), dies at 87
Sad…
Gary Kildall was the genius behind the operating system
…. and yes, Bill Gates made his money from theft.
wonder if gary died a suspicious death
10 July 2022 Monty Norman [Noserovitch], British big band singer, songwriter (False Hearted Lover), and film composer (James Bond Theme), dies at 94
10 July 2019 Jerry Lawson, American a cappella singer and arranger (Persuasions – “Under the Boardwalk”), dies of Guillain–Barré syndrome at 75.
10 July 2014 Tommy Ramone [Tamás Erdélyi], Hungarian-American rock drummer and bassist (Ramones), dies of bile duct cancer at 65
Rockaway Beach
10 July 2014 Charlie Haden, American jazz double-bassist (Liberation Music Orchestra; Quartet West), dies at 76
First Song (For Ruth)
10 July 2010 Bishop Walter Hawkins, American gospel music singer (Edwin Hawkins Singers; Love Center Choir), dies of pancreatic cancer at 61
Marvelous
10 July 2007 Rod Lauren, American rocker (“If I Had a Girl”), commits suicide at 66
If I Had A Girl
10 July 2006 Bill Miller, American jazz pianist and arranger (Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr.), dies of a heart attack while on tour at 91
One For My Baby
10 July 2005 Frances Langford, American singer (I’m In The Mood For Love), entertainer (Armed Forces Hour; USO tours), actress (All-American Co-Ed; Born To Dance), and philanthropist, dies of congestive heart failure at 92
I’m In The Mood For Love
10 July 2002 Rosco Gordon, American R&B pianist, singer, and songwriter (“Booted”; “No More Doggin'”), dies of a heart attack at 74
Just A Little Bit
10 July 1999 Helen Forrest [Fogel], American big band, pop, and swing jazz singer (Artie Shaw; Benny Goodman; Harry James), dies of heart failure at 82
You Made Me Love You
10 July 1996 Louis Gottlieb, American musician (The Limeliters), dies at 72
There’s A Meetin’ Here Tonight
10 July 1994 Lex Humphries, American jazz drummer (Sun Ra Arkestra), dies at 57
St Louis Blues
10 July 1994 Charles “Lefty” Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
Album: The Right Side Of Lefty Edwards
10 July 1991 Gerome Ragni, American playwright and songwriter (Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical), dies of cancer at 55.
160+ works currently held by ASCAP/BMI
Hippie Life
10 July
George Gershwin
(1898-1937)
American composer (An American in Paris, Porgy And Bess, Summertime), dies from a brain tumor at 38
Rhapsody In Blue
Ray Stevens
We are the government
We need leaders with wisdom and understanding. Otherwise, I fear it is all vain talk…
Proverbs 9:9,10 KJV
“Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.”
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”
Sound of Freedom | Official Trailer – #1 Movie in American now
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2023/07/sound-of-freedom-official-trailer-1.html
Thanks to the free advertising from the ac stunts
Everything they do turns around and bites ‘em
Love it
Pray for Jim
That guy is a warrior
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A couple of days ago, I sent a text to a long-ago friend who is now a hollyweird libtard. He is in the movie biz.
my text said “have you seen sound of freedom yet”. I purposely asked because i knew he was a lib, and wanted to see what he’d say (assuming he would not have seen it).
his response: “nope, never heard of it” (i think he was lying through his teeth that he hadn’t heard of it).
so i wrote back “wow, i’m very surprised. it’s a true story of child trafficking and it’s doing really well since it opened just a few days ago.” then i provided a link to it from the studio’s site.
he wrote back several excuses (i am out of the biz now; i just do DJing; hard for me being a parent to enjoy a movie about things like that). and then, the final comment from him: “to be honest, i really have a hard time with jim caviezel and his views”!!! can you believe that??!!!!! wow!!!
so here’s a libtard claiming he never heard of it, but all of a sudden is an expert on the views of jim C.
so i wrote back “i know what you mean. being a daughter of a WWII vet who fought overseas at age 18 for our freedom, it’s hard to watch our country collapsing in real-time. and all i know about jim C is that he is a Christian, so not sure what you mean by his views.”
HE NEVER WROTE BACK.
these people are such hypocrites. he obviously can’t handle the truth, and a responsible parent should make it a point to watch.
needless to say, many years ago he turned from friend to acquaintance. me thinks that’s the last i heard from him.
He knows, Slowcobra…..
I think you are right betsy, and if anything, i hope he now knows that i know he knows 🙂
Ha!!! I suspect he does…and is probably a bit embarrassed by it.
Stories like this are unfortunely very common
So many friends
Not so much as lost
But just put aside
Don’t lose the friend
Just wait for another time
Put down a few crumbs here and there
Then wait , some day the opportunity will come
You can help the poor lost soul
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Thanks molonlabe… i agree, but this particular friendship i have been nursing for years. We’ll see what happens.
I had one like…A good one…dumped by him because he detested President Trump…and he’s British!!!! Go figure.
The Garden at Bellevue by Edouard Manet
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The Lords Prayer
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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. Amen.
The Monet family in their garden at Argenteuil by Edouard Manet
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Psalm 91:1-4, 14-15.
In you, my God, I place my trust.
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You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
Say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
In you, my God, I place my trust.
For he will rescue you from the snare of the fowler,
from the destroying pestilence.
With his pinions he will cover you,
and under his wings you shall take refuge.
In you, my God, I place my trust.
Because he clings to me, I will deliver him;
I will set him on high because he acknowledges my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in distress.
In you, my God, I place my trust.
God morning, dear mo 😊🍀💕
Handel’s “Love in Bath” seems to suit this Manet summer scene very well I think…
(The entire playlist for this most joyous work is in this link)
Good morning Betsy
That does fit perfectly
I have headphones on and listening in the garden.
Headphones are better than earbuds .
Good music makes the day go by nicely
Nicely done my friend
Gotta give Handel some looks for sure , maybe later tonight when sittin down.
He did one called “Messiah
I think
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And you’d be right. Agree about headphones. A whole work can be changed in an instant listening through them. Sir Thomas Beecham always brought the most out of the works he conducted, even transcribing for orchestra the majestic organ works of Bach to a level even more powerful.
Enjoy your day in your wonderful garden, my friend…
Here is another summer piece from the Swede Hugo Alfen. One of my favourites which I’ve posted before.
His wonderful “Midsummer Vigil”
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Fishing by Edouard Manet
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Powerful Post, MO !!! 💚💚💚
Real Food for Thought. !!! 🥺
Hope and Pray you are well !!!
HAVE A BERRY BLESSED DAY. !!! 💜💙❤️
In the Garden by Edouard Mane
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Good morning Treepers
Have a great morning
Get out and play
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In the garden
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Good morning, Molonlabe.
-In the garden
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+church+sister+in+the+garden&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:bf358360,vid:qIkU8fWqzxw
And a happy good morning to you MO.. hope you have joyous day ..🍀🍀🍀👍
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Morning Jim
It’s good so far
I can relate to betts pic
right above us here
I got two of the stats covered
Old folk
Old dog
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The picture above looks like the back road I’d take from my village into the town of Llangollen. What I always called “The Scenic Route”.
Mornin’ all!
Mornin, WeeWeed!
New song;
bud lite in Vermont
Morning, Patience and Ma 🌿💕🌿
You clever thing you…outstanding!!
Good morning, Besty❣️
🤗🌷!!!
Morning, WeeWeed😊 What fools these hypocrites make of themselves.
Morning Bett and WeeWeed
But Bett
Isn’t it fun fun watching their companies do a nose dive . The owners don’t care though , they got plenny money . It’s the people under the owners that get hurt by this.
Everything they do
turns to doo
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That’s the problem, mo. If they were only ones paying the price of their appalling hubris, we could all experience the schadenfreude.
But it never is like that, is it…
Verse of the Day for Monday, July 10, 2023
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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”
Proverbs 9:10 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
Good morning, Miss Lady!🤗🌻
Sweet feathered friends to welcome the day, singing their praises to our God who made them💕🙏🏻
AMEN GOES RIGHT THERE, BET !!! ❤️
Sweet Betsy, here is one for you and all Treepers:
Psalms 104:12. 12 The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
Amen and Amen, Sis !!! ❤️
So tiny and yet so loved by God !!!
HAVE A BERRY BLESSED DAY !!! 💜💙❤️
💕🤗🙏🏻!!!
Good morning my dear sweet friend
have a joy filled day
come what may
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Young woman in the garden by Edouard Manet
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Psalm 16:8-11
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I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand,
I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:
my flesh also shall rest in hope.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy;
at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Morning, MO !!! LOVE THAT PSALMS !!! 💙
Listening to Julie Green who is reminding us
We are Children of the Most High God !!!
So comforting considering the extent of evil
in the world today !!!
Peaceful time in the Garden is most welcome !!! ENJOY !!! 💚
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Hello, poet duchess 💌
Hey, Patience !!! Have been waiting for you !!!
How you be ??? Hope and Pray all is going well !!!
Sending * BIG HUGS * to you !!!
and Angels to Assist !!!
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I 🐝 busy til now. Phew!
All is good, thanks.
How’s you doin😎?
Monday is good. No?
Thanks for the
… hugs and assistants; wow!
duchess, I have a favor to ask. It may seem silly, but it’s really kinda important.
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Pray that Ma’s cucuzzi survive and thrive.
The beautiful leaves are spotted and dying. 😩
– We need them to make the annual summer soup (slurp).
Also, we need the many flowers to grow into the long zucchini.
Ma has planted them every year (for at least sixty) from the previous year’s seed.
P.s. Since Ma can’t anymore, I do the planting
Most definitely – Will Do !!! Love You Both !!! 🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️
I ask you to ‘Take Authority over the Plants’
SPEAK and BREATHE LIFE into them !!!
God did – and You can, too!!! 💖💖💖
Some info and suggestions here..
https://thegardenprepper.com/what-causes-white-spots-on-zucchini-leaves/
Thanks… they’re rust color
not white or powder mildew.
-Sigh
https://gardenerspath.com/how-to/disease-and-pests/common-zucchini-diseases/
RUST COLOR IS A FUNGUS !!!
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
NO NEVER !!! This gave me goosebumples, Bet !!!
I have been in this fight for oh so many years !!!
❤️ 🧚🏻♀️ ❤️ 🧚🏻♀️ ❤️ 🧚🏻♀️ ❤️
Duchess, I’m sure, like many here, you remember our warrior friend Down Under who has done the same. I pray for him and his continuing fight against those everywhere who abuse and destroy our children. God strengthen and bless those who He uses or enlists to expose it all🙏🏻💕
YES !!! Great Group of Prayer Warriors Worldwide
have been in this fight since Roe V Wade. !!!
God turned His back on America and other
nations worldwide because they were killing
His Creation !!!
God returned His love to America when that
heinous ruling was reversed !!!
Now – the fight goes to the states where
the most evil among us operate so we
continue to pray for the little ones !!!
The enemy wants to exhaust us –
ain’t gonna happen – NOPE !!!
LOVE YOU, GIRL !!! And all of those
who pray for the Unborn daily !!!
❤️ 🧚🏻♀️ ❤️ 🧚🏻♀️ ❤️
He has them all in the palm of His loving hand for eternity💔–>💕🙏🏻
Amen and Amen !!!
Not tired duchess
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Keep up the good fight
We must
NOPE, MO !!! Got my Boxing Gloves on daily !!!
And of course – My Prayer Warrior Armor !!!
Miss Stevie
And others…I noted their absence above…way above🙏🏻
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PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Streamed on: Jul 10, 7:20 am EDT
LIVE WITH JULIE: WHAT ALL BELONGS TO A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH GOD
JULIE GREEN MINISTRIES
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Oh AMEN!!!!!
Whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. – 1 John 3:22
Perhaps you have heard someone say, “I actually am of two minds about that,” whatever the topic is. Or, similarly, “I have half a mind to [take some kind of action].” Both are indicators of a double-minded person. When the apostle John wrote his epistles, he was in his later years. He had been with Jesus, seen Him crucified and risen, been part of the faithful who had taken the Gospel beyond Jerusalem, and was serving as the Bishop of Asia Minor from Ephesus.
He spoke to those to whom he wrote letters as a loving parent speaking to “his little children,” and his primary emphasis was on love.
John had recorded how Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments (John 14:15) and “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another” (John 13:34).
Today’s verse says you will receive what you ask of the Lord if you keep His commandments. How is your love quotient? Doing what pleases God is the second half of what is expected of you. There are many more verses on doing what pleases God. Psalm 147:11 says, “The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love,” and Hebrews 11:6, “Without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
The bottom line in pleasing God is to have an intimate, close, worshipful, and trusting relationship with Him.
As you pray today, ask God to show you where you might need improving in “keeping” and “doing.” The Holy Spirit will surely guide you. The result will be a settled mind. Then pray for the judges across the nation to recognize that there are laws higher than those in their volumes of cases and judgments and that a relationship with the Supreme Law Giver is essential to rendering justice for the nation.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
A mighty Amen, Poyeema. Contrary to what power judges believe they have, theirs is nothing compared to that of Almighty God, the Father of us all🙏🏻
Peonies in a vase by Edouard Manet
Royal Choral Society: ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from Handel’s Messiah
OH…OH…OH !!! PERFECT POST !!! ❤️❤️❤️
Just when I think. your posts cannot get
any better – you post THIS !!!
Sending * BIG HUGS * to you !!! Angel Delivered !!!
Please let me know you have received them !!! 🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️
Got the hugs my friend
You give good hugs
☘️🍀☘️
Maybe, cause they are Angel-Powered !!! ☺️
🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️
‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from Handel’s Messiah
Brings back great memories every year !!!
Still gives me goosebumples !!! 🥺
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Oh so beautiful!
July 10
Morning
The disciple is not above his master. Matt. 10:24
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. John 13:13
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. Matt. 10:25
If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. John 15:20
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world John 17:14.
Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. Heb. 12:3, 4
Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Heb. 12:1, 2
Forasmuch … as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind. I Pet. 4:1
Evening
My son, give me thine heart. Prov. 23:26
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Deut. 5:29
Thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Acts 8:21
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Rom. 8:7, 8
They … first gave their own selves to the Lord. II Cor. 8:5
In every work that [Hezekiah] began … to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. II Chron. 31:21
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Prov. 4:23
Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord. Col. 3:23
As the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men. Eph. 6:6, 7
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. Psa. 119:32
Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/07/0710.html
A short story…well, short-ish…
A few weeks back when we were suffering from triple digit temperatures, Chris read on our local internet notice board of a woman who lived not far from us whose A/C was old and broken and she couldn’t afford to repair it. Same with her window units.
As we had an efficient fan, he notified the poster he would take it over, which he did. He gave this woman his phone number and told her he would check later to see how she was and would help her with shopping if she wished.
On Friday he tried to reach her again (twice but no answer…left another message).
Within a few minutes the woman who posted the original SOS for her neighbour got in touch to tell him that a local A/C firm had also picked up on her plight…
…and installed a whole house A/C for her…NO CHARGE!!💕
There ARE good people in this world. They are the America which still exists for whom profits take a back seat if they can help someone in terrible need.
That’s the community we live in. God bless the owners of this firm who stepped up for this lady in her most desperate hour🙏🏻💕
PRAISE GOD !!! Oh, what a Marvelous Testimony !!!
Thanks so much for sharing, Bet !!! ❤️❤️❤️
Isn’t it amazing, my friend? Doesn’t it do your heart joyous good? It did ours🤗
Most definitely, Bet !!! 😃
just like you always say, betsy… you never know whose life you’ve touched. God bless chris.
It’s the ripple effect
Wonderful update
Thanks Bett
☘️🍀☘️
It is that, mo. So happy to be able to post that uplifting story😊
Thank you, Slowcobra.💕 He has always thought of others and keeps a weather eye out for those he might help.
But this A/C firm?? My eyes started leaking…
Oh…. now, where is that box of tissues..,,, oh well the roll will do.
((((((((((❣️ ))))))))))
Each brings what each has to give; Chris had a fan, a car and a phone.
-and a caring and loving heart.
Just beautiful, Besty.
Whatever is to hand💕
That’s awesome Betsy! Best PR / advertising that a business could do.. They will get a far better return on their “investment” than any amount of regular advertising could ever achieve.
They will, GB. So many stories of greed and meanness these days, it was a gift to me to be able to put that wonderful story in our Tree. Such wonderful people we have in this large small part of Texas💕
WAITING FOR GOD
Some say we will all live to see the day
When pain and suffering will go away
When heartaches and headaches cease to be
When love flows freely for the world to see
We’ve been battered and tattered for so long
By an enemy we thought was so strong
We prayed for You to come to our rescue
To derail their plans and set them askew
Downtrodden we’ve been with no end in sight
We refuse to bow to this foregone fright
We will not back down until we succeed
In fighting the good fight and we are freed
At each turn the enemy seems to win
Attacking our values and faith akin
Now it is the children that he assails
Our moral fiber we prefer prevails
We have been patiently waiting for You
What with Your Almighty Hand You will do
We are confident You have had enough
And with the enemy You will be tough
By the Power of the Spirit living in me
I command the Warring Angels Assembly
To take their positions around the world
And unleash their mighty power unfurled
By the Power of God scripted in them
The enemy army they will condemn
No enemy power can win this fight
When God’s Angel Army puts them to flight
D01: 07/10/2023
Wow
Duchess
Gonna be another day
I must say
Have to save the whole thread
After what I just
read
This is better than your hugs
And they be real real good
☘️🍀☘️
You funny guy !!! Nothing gets past you !!!
🤣 🤣 🤣
Have to say – You and Bet are my inspiration
and Patience is in my Mental Fan Club !!! 🙃
Something you. say – something you do
makes the words flow smoothly anew
I cannot sleep until they speak
from the pokey pen of this Geek !!!
Comprehende’ ??? 💚💚💚
Getting kinda windy😋
Amen!
You know, duchess, for quite a while I have seen things happening which indictate to me that He is working in incremental ways every day to awaken people who have been blind to the horrors inflicted on this country and elsewhere. So many but none more despicable or heartbreaking than what is happening to our children.
More now understand this spiritual battle and are standing to fight. We hold the advantage of having chosen Almighty God as our rock and strength, our Heavenly Commander in Chief in all things🙏🏻
What a magnificent poem, dearest friend. You never ever disappoint. Love ya loads!! 🌷😘
We serve an Awesome God, Bet !!! ❤️
And yet, people keep asking WHEN is He going to do something !!!
He has been doing many things – people just have no eyes to see
or ears to hear !!!
Did Moses know He was going to part the Red Sea ???
He just knew God was going to do something spectacular !!!
And yet – many saw themselves as doomed !!!
Stories abound of what God did in a magnificent way !!!
Fire in the Furnace – David in the lions den –
Elijah and the Army of Angels !!!
When God brings one down – He raises up another !!!
Look what President Trump was able to do even with
the jackals biting at his heels !!!
Man cannot save this broken, evil world – BUT
GOD CAN – and Oh, Boy – is it going to GLORIOUS !!!
And there will be no doubt it was He who did it !!!
WATCH WHAT GOD DOES !!! 😃
Hello God- Dolly Parton
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Dolly Parton – World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)
Dolly Parton – Don’t Make Me Have To Come Down There (Official Audio)
OH NOES – SOWEEEE !!! 🙃
The Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil by Edouard Manet
Wayfaring Stranger | The Tabernacle Choir & The Piano Guys
MIDDAY PRAYER
ANYBODY HEAR FROM GRAMPS ???
Nope, but waiting.
They got a flat tire – but could not replace it
until this morning – so stayed overnight
somewhere 35-40 miles from home !!!
He left MO a message last night –
all. I know at this point !!!
Sending Angels – 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️
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WATCH WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR THE MEDIA, BET !!!!
🤣 🤣 🤣
Can’t wait!!!!!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
What will guide a Post-Reset World Order…?
https://rumble.com/v2z8biy-love-after-a-gret-reset-cruelty.html
PURE EVIL – GOD WINS !!!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
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.
Amen. Amin🙏🏻
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Prayers for several concerns and situations in life.
http://www.saintgregoryoutreach.org
I keep this one bookmarked, Sepp I’m so glad to see you repost it🙏🏻💕
The Most Sarcastic Comedian Of All Time. Bob Zany – Full Special
Dry Bar Comedy
Sad trivia. I checked to see if the three were still open:
Kmart store closings 2022: Just three Kmarts remain after new round of closures
11 Apr 2022
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2022/04/11/kmart-store-closings-2022-final-stores/7274962001/
For now, Kmart stores in the continental U.S., continue to operate in Westwood, New Jersey (still exists: 8AM – 10PM); Bridgehampton, on New York’s Long Island (still exists: 9AM – 7PM); and Miami, Florida (still exists: 10AM – 6PM).
Both Sears and Kmart were owned by Sears Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2018 and narrowly escaped liquidation in early 2019. They were sold to their longtime investor and CEO, Eddie Lampert, who has kept them alive on a shoestring budget under the company name Transformco.
Together, Sears and Kmart have closed more than 3,500 stores and cut about 250,000 jobs in the past 15 years.
Of course, malls are dying, too.
thank you for that winston.
When I was taking a marketing class at university in 1971 at UT, I chose as my subject for a paper Sears, and why they needed to update their marketing strategy to, shall I say, move with the times.
It seemed to me that unless they did, what we have seen happen to them would be unavoidable.
So I was 50 years before the time…
I miss mall and department store shopping. On-line shopping is such an isolating experience by comparison.
We have a very nice indoor mall in Tupelo with department stores. Also a lot of strip malls all in the same area.
☘️🍀☘️ lunchtime
Time for lunch
Anyone want to join me
Gotta cook it first
No
Ok
I’ll eat ‘em both
😋
Yes please!
(Although I note I am a teensy bit late….next time😉)
GEEEEEE…late for breakfast and now for lunch. !!!
Can’t win – One of these days – POW in the kisser !!!
That was a stupid thing to say – Take it back – OK
YUM…YUM…YUM !!! 💚🧚🏻♀️💚🧚🏻♀️💚
You are NOT alone dear Betsy…😘😀👍
🇺🇸💪😀👍
I know I’m not, Jim. For those of us who knew those times I suspect there are millions wishing my friend… sigh…😔
Totally agree.
The peace and quiet that once was.
Am hoping the Lord has a sense of humor…posting this upthread to avoid any irreverence given the dignity of the prior posting…but I have always liked this rendition:
LOVE THIIS, AGGIE !!! Thanks for posting !!!
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Beautiful footage of the Volcano in Iceland erupting today.
Think his battery just ran out, but you can scroll back thru.
Awesome! Thanks for posting this!
Live one. Still going strong.
EVENING PRAYER
TippyTopPatriot
God Is ALWAYS Right On Time…
Do you ever feel like the storm you’re facing will never end, or wonder why God is waiting so long to answer your prayers?
Do you ever feel like the storm you’re facing will never end, or wonder why God is waiting so long to answer your prayers?
In God’s timing, the sea parted, the giant fell, the fire didn’t consume, the lions didn’t eat, the walls crumbled, the sun stood still, the storms were calmed, the multitudes were fed, and the sick were healed. When God shows up, He works beyond our finite abilities, and He gets all the glory through our testimony.
God is never early, and never late…He is right on time. Today, trust that He is working all things together for good, and that He will deliver you in His timing. He has already won the victory!
https://tippytoppatriot.substack.com/p/god-is-always-right-on-time?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
MAYBE JUST MAYBE
Been thinking much of this and that
Not really sure of where we are at
Why this flirtation came to be
What is going on tween you and me
Fascinating to think of what fun it is
To banter back and forth in the whiz
Of getting to know me you and you me
Of wondering what in the world will be
Virtual hugs and smiles unseen appear
To taunt us daily and yet to hold dear
Imagining what the real would be like
For a brawny beau and a little tyke
The flowers paintings and songs oh so sweet
Have really dost become a daily treat
Silly poems come in a moment’s time
Funny how they rip roar and somehow rhyme
What is it that percolates in the mind
Unabated unassigned undefined
Is it the mystery that fascinates
These two mimes and avangarde advocates
The novel remains and is unwritten
Of these two fools obviously smitten
The game is on and the winner unknown
As each conceals lest their cover blown
Are you sitting comfortably right now
A song so pertinent and yet somehow
Still a quirk of the imagination
That feeds and fuels the fascination
Out there somewhere you reside and strive
Under God’s protection you live and thrive
To make your life worthwhile and true blue
You need to remember why God made you
You have a divine appointment unique
That takes you soaring from peak to peak
What is it that daily just spurs you on
From the hither here to thither yon
Who are you and what is it you have done
That sustains you and sturs you so to stun
The birds and the bees you can co-command
As if by God’s Hand was perfectly planned
There is a reason for this gift of grace
Properly peculiar to your private place
Only God knows why he planted your there
And why He put you out there somewhere
What is the reason for this confusing rhyme
And why is it suddenly I am out of time
Maybe because there is no solution
No ready release or resolution
Maybe just maybe it is time to rest
And to thank you for being my guest
Maybe just maybe time will reveal
What is hidden in the heart to unseal
D01: 07/06/2023
Justin Hayward: Are You Sitting Comfortably
Justin Hayward – Celtic Heart
Lyrics:
Oh my dreams are so high, but my life is so low
Show me the way, which way to go
Your love is so strong, and your love is so fine
I’ll follow your step, I’ll follow in time
And you dance, you dance, you dance on the breeze
You fly through the skies, you ride on the seas
Oh my hopes are so high, but my life is so small
Give me the strength to answer the call
And you dance, you dance, you dance on the breeze
You fly through the skies, you ride on the seas
Everybody can dance.
And my fears are so high, and my life is so frail
Bring me your faith, and we shall not fail
Let us give to the world the strength of our love
Let us give to the world the power of love
Everybody can dance, oh let’s dance
On through the night, on through the sky
Everybody can dance, everybody can dance
We’ll carry our dreams to the highest of highs
You dance, you dance, you dance on the breeze
You fly through the skies, you ride on the seas
Your love is so strong and your love is so fine
I’ll follow your step, I’ll follow in time.
Good Evening,
Heard this song today Pet Shop Boys ~ West End Girls
It brought back memories of my English fren and her late hubs. She played it a lot at their parties. Lol
It’s the anniversary of his recent passing.
A man full of life. Miss him. RIP.
Hope you like it, Duchess, I do.
Hey, DG !!! How are ya ???
I have heard this song but not any of the others they have done
so had to do a little research…
Pet Shop Boys Greatest Hits 1985 – 2019
I’m good. Been into the ice cream, I mean a LOT ( not frozen yogurt mind you). Had some at the stroke of midnight last nite
Gonna get fat and I’m really not too concerned, until my clothes don’t fit…Loose dresses will be my go-to…Hee hee
You okay ?
YES – I am good – except I need some Rocky Road Ice Cream –
and some deep dreamy sleep !!!
These nightly poetic trysts are driving me crazy !!!
I hope I do not write one about ice Cream tonight – lol
HAVE A BERRY BLESSED NIGHT !!! 💙💜❤️
Here Duchess,
Dreamy tune…Would love to see him live, in concert- I LOVE HIM
Dope Lemon 🍋🍋🍋
I can see why you like him – relaxing –
speaks to you – doesn’t it ???
Sweet Dreams, DG !!! This song will help !!! 😃
🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️ 🧚🏻♀️
LOL
BRUTALLY BLUNT – YOU ARE !!! 🤣
Pentatonix – “I Just Called To Say I Love You” – OFFICIAL VIDEO
Talking Cat Asks To Be Let In! https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/svg/1f638.svg TALKING CAT COMPILATION
Entrance to the Port of Honfleur by Claude Monet
Orleans – Still The One
OH – OH – OH – Love the Ships !!! 💚💚💚
And. the song, too – Of course !!! 💙💙💙
You sure are a Spoiler – and.
Immma lovin’ it !!! ☺️
Fishing Boats at Honfleur by Claude Monet
Dance with Me
Monet – Beautiful – Touches my heart !!!
Love…Love..Love the Water !!! 💚💙💚💙💚
Of course – I will dance with you !!!
All night long – with a short break
to write my poem – Mkay???
BTW…Did you like the poem above ??? 🥺
love the poem duchess .
cant take my eyes off it
☘
Portrait of Lina Campineanu by Portrait of Lina Campinean
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli
You can keep it – My present to you !!! ☺️
So hap hap happy you like it – worth the wait ???
Time for pie and ice cream – and – Sweet Dreams !!!
Sending Angels 🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️ to watch over you !!! 💙
Sailing Boats at Honfleur by Claude Monet
Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk
Por una Cabeza – Carlos Gardel
SPOILER – YOU ARE !!! 🙃 💙
Are you free Tuesday Afternoon ???
Tuesday Afternoon – The Moody Blues & The Colorado Symphony.wmv
Most beautiful venue ever! Red Rocks on a summer evening, the best.
Question The Moody Blues Live At Red Rocks
The Moody Blues – I Know You’re Out There Somewhere – RR
That is the best of two worlds….. seamless!
-I’m up
Amen and Amen
Amen
Amen.
Amen…
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Woman in a Blue Dress, in the Garden of Saint Cloud by Renoir
Leonard Cohen – Dance Me To The End Of Love
Oh, My – * Killing Me Softly. with His Song *
And – * Lady in the Blue Dress * –
What a Charmer you are !!! 💚💚💚
Killing Me Softly With His SongRoberta Flack
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him, to listen for a while
And there he was, this young boy
A stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
He sang as if he knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn’t there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me
He was strumming my pain
Yeah, he was singing my life
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Songwriters: Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox. For non-commercial use only.
What an exciting find.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/kentucky-man-finds-over-700-civil-war-era-coins-buried-in-his-cornfield
Good evening all.
Thought I might inject a little reality here concerning the lies about wildfire severity.
Tony Heller has been fighting back against the lies our government and press have been putting out about this subject for a long time.
Climate Fact Checkers | Real Climate Science
The vast majority of recent fires are also started by humans, and the Heartland statement made no mention of “wildfires.” There were discrepancies in the way the number of fires were counted, but there is no discontinuity or discrepancy for burn acreage. The Heartland statement was correct, and the Politifact fact-check was completely false.
The kind of people I listen to on climate.
(12) Wide Awake Media on Twitter: “Geologist, Professor Ian Plimer, utterly demolishes the human-induced “climate emergency” fairy tale in three and a half minutes: “[Six of the six] great ice ages started when we had more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than now. We have 0.04% of that gas in the atmosphere…… https://t.co/4fDDymJhuM” / Twitter