Random thoughts, in no order of importance. Just letting the brain wander unchecked. Therefore, you should proceed with the warning that we aren’t going anywhere specific in this post, and there will be no logic to the progression and presentation of ideas.
I listened to a podcast this morning. First, the primary topic was a defining moment for the early Church, when the actions of Christians profoundly impacted the world around them, through their self giving and life saving actions during a time of plague. Many gave up their own lives to save others.
A severe plague hit the Roman Empire from about 249-262. It might actually have been several diseases. Many of the pagan citizens of the empire were abandoning even their own families in fear of getting sick. Some put their loved ones, still living, out into the streets. Others fled the cities, leaving behind family who had been stricken.
There is a letter left behind by St. Dionysius, bishop of Alexandria, whose city lost more than half its population. He says, “Most of our brother Christians showed unbounded love and loyalty, never sparing themselves and thinking only of one another. Heedless of the danger, they took charge of the sick, attending to their every need and ministering to them in Christ, and with them departed this life serenely happy; for they were infected by others with the disease, drawing on themselves the sickness of their neighbors and cheerfully accepting their pains.”
In a book called The Rise of Christianity, sociologist Rodney Stark devotes a chapter on epidemics and their impact on evangelization. First, the way Christians cared for one another would have given them a much higher survival rate, then survivors would have immunity and be able to care for more people.
But imagine the cultural transformation. Your family and friends abandoned you, but Christian strangers took you in and cared for you, at great cost to themselves. These observations are taken from the Hallow app, today’s Easter challenge. Pretty profound thoughts on the power of living out our faith.
An additional thought on this podcast. The introduction includes a statement about the labor of so many medical professionals in a “flurry” to save the lives of their patients, and society coming to a halt, in spite of science, modern medicine, and 21st century technology.
I am not speaking about all healthcare professionals, of course, but I just want to say that I am appalled by the number who did not act in the best interest of their patients. Many, most even, in my opinion, succumbed to the dictates of the government and pharmaceutical companies. The well-being and lives of patients were far from the top priority of the medical profession. That’s all I have to say about that, but I do wish we could stop pretending about what happened and the motivations.
Money mattered. Lives only to a few unusual people who really cared.
On to totally unrelated topics. My husband and I have recently been enjoying British television. We really can understand only about half the dialogue, depending on which show we’re watching. We get most of Fr. Brown, and not even half of Shetland. Volume does not help, and neither does replay. Short of seeing if there is closed captioning, does anyone have any tips for how to understand these various British accents? I really like the shows a lot better than almost everything American.
Next topic. I doubt seriously this applies to anyone who is reading here, but I’m saying it anyhow. Parents, if your son or daughter is involved in the anti-Israel demonstrations and “Palestinian “ support actions on campuses, you need to take drastic action and cut off any financial support. You’re breeding terrorists. The End.
Mothers especially, you are sheltering your kids, and most especially your sons, way too much. Life is hard. If even childhood is so protected that children face no adversity, they cannot find and develop their own strengths and resilience. Teenagers especially must faces struggles, and yes, defeats. Do not pick them up, do not clear the way. Above all else, never stand between them and the consequences of their actions and bad decisions.
You see their childhoods as the short, magical time you have to enjoy them. That’s true. But it is also true that it’s the short time you have to teach them to survive in a brutal world. Your basement when they are in their thirties is like putting your cub in a cage in the zoo. It’s not life.
What you’re doing when they are kids, and especially teens, is determining to a huge extent how successfully they will navigate life. Forever. Parents did not used to be so frantically overprotective. It is not kindness, or responsible parenting.
I have a shirt that says Life isn’t easy. Life isn’t perfect. Life is good.
I like that philosophy. Manage expectations, for you, and for your kids. Teach them to appreciate the little and the big things. Teach them you actually can be okay, and most of the time, even happy, in the face of adversity.
Okay, that’s my disconnected jumble of thoughts for the day. Your turn.
“there will be no logic to the progression and presentation of ideas.”
Joe Biden: “Hold my ice cream cone”.
Pfft….hold my stethoscope!
And muh diaper.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/new-epa-rule-will-bankrupt-small-cattle-ranchers-meat-processors-fallout-5634667?
You reminded me of this.
Crazy that the same day they file suit on the store, joe gets snacks there.
Convenience store chain where Biden bought snacks while campaigning hit with discrimination lawsuit https://www.independent.co.uk/news/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-ap-pennsylvania-joe-biden-black-b2531077.html
Reminds me of the time Thomas Sowell was asked if he was too harsh with people. He said, “No, life is hard. I’m just trying to acquant them with that fact.”
“Life’s tough, get a helmet.” One of my favorite of her lines! “I’m not your Mommy!” LOL!
I’m waiting for the fourth branch of government to turn on the failure of the elected branches to take out Trump’s candidacy,and declare their own government.
I think that they already did that. It’s just not for public consumption. Everything in DC for media consumption is basically the muppet show.
Wow. I can relate to your random thoughts. As a Gen X, former ICU nurse and a mother of two wonderful sons who I raised completely different than most their age, 24 and 22, because I was raised old school. The horrific actions of so called health care professionals still makes me ill.
My granddaughter’s Taekwondo master died around Christmas of respiratory illness.
He refused to go to the hospital for fear of what they might do to him! I don’t blame him.
Told wife I’ll die at home if I must but don’t let the medical mafia monsters get their hooks into me.
Good friend’s husband was pretty healthy. Had to have a minor procedure but hospital would not let him in for it, until they c tested him. I think that test actually gave him the c, seriously the time line was far to suspect. The moment he hit the er he was taken hostage, wife denied access or patient advocate rights. He was calling her panicked from his room, telling her to get him out of there. After that he was pumped full of a cocktail that gave them the excuse to vent and that was it.
Did it to get their 38g c death. It was murder, worse the state legislators gave the doctors, nurses and administrators open ended authority to commit gross medical malpractice for profit. Took a father away from 5 children and his wife, as able bodied as she is. It has been horrific.
Many of the people who participated in this think of themselves as the pillars of the community, they are also the ones that can seriously reason anything. Including what we are getting ready to have coming at us and what has sailed by.
Beyond the pale.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rebeccacharles/p/the-app-that-could-save-lives-hospital?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1ztszv
One mom’s story of how they killed her 28 year old daughter.
Murder by the Medical Industrial Complex. There is no other word for it.
The most grotesque crime against humanity ever conceived and executed.
Mengele was a piker by comparison,and we all know what a monster he was.
I feel the same way.
the health care system will happily kill you, if you let them.
I’ve written many times about my Korean vet surgeon father. The well being of his patients in private practice was everything to him. And they loved him for it.
An inscription in a tiny, tiny book he was presented with after bringing one man back to good health, entitled “The Greatest Thing on the World”, by Henry Drummond.
“It is hard to find adequate words to express our respect and admiration to you for the many, many things you have done to help us. We felt that many of these acts of kindness have come from the fact that you are serving others because of your love for them. We are so pleased that God has given you a part in our lives. We pray that continued success will always be with you. Thank you.”
This was given to him in 1960. How I still have this lovely tome is really a miracle because of the many moves I have made in my life, including one to and then back from Britain.
I remember when I was eight hearing him say that we’d better hope that we’d never have our own version of the NHS in Britain. Do not ask me how I remember this when I’ve forgotten so much. But we have adopted that failing model which not so much treats as it hurries those who seek help off this mortal coil. I know this to be true.
We have lost so much. Including doctors who are imbued with a love for a once noble profession. Doctors whose first duty of care should be to their patients and not to the Medical Industrial Complex which has swallowed whole their profession. Doctors who think for themselves, who are capable of evaluating an illness and researching further if they are perplexed. And who are ready to refer on if they don’t know the answer. Doing so is not an admission of failure but rather an admission that they don’t know everything and will do all they can to get that person to another doctor who might…and therefore is a sign of strength.
And finally somehow we’ve lost doctors who are compassionate, who know their healing abilities come from the Great Healer Himself. And that to me is the greatest loss of all.
My father understood this and served our church as a vestryman for decades.
I am glad he is not here to see that his fearful concern came to pass for the calling he followed. He took his oath seriously and with every patient who came to him ill and worried, he gave all he had to help them to recover.
Oh how I wish there were more like him today.
That there seem not to be is a tragedy and the cost of dehumanizing a once trusted profession.
Your father sounds like an amazing man.
Covid changed me forever. I did not take the shot and I refuse to take any kind of shot now. I shun crowds and concentrate on loved ones. I’ve even stopped attending church. It shut it’s doors to me when I needed it the most.
As for parenting. Parents fear their children now.
Random thought…I grew up on the coast of NC. It was a wonderful place then. I graduated high school in the mid 60’s. I hate what has happened to 90% of our coasts. Over development, crowded and expensive.
Love the Treehouse.
The Crystal Coast is still beautiful.
My hometown and it is beautiful, but so vastly different now. I guess I just hate traveling thru Raleigh. My family is scattered and it is so expensive to visit. My favorite drive-in is closed for the summer too!
Covid changed me forever. I did not take the shot and I refuse to take any kind of shot now. I shun crowds and concentrate on loved ones.
I once read somewhere that anyone over 40 yo who has anyone other than themselves for a doctor has a fool for a doctor.
I’ve even stopped attending church. It shut it’s doors to me when I needed it the most.
They’re all out to get me and then get you
There’s just no tellin’ what these kind of people will do
They’re sayin’ certain things behind my back
I can’t believe you’d listen to those one eyed jacks
I’ve even stopped attending church. It shut it’s doors to me when I needed it the most.
Lindy, THAT was the absolute worst crime of what the monsters did, and I include those in the clergy as some of the monsters. I, for one, will NEVER forget and I will NEVER forgive. The churches, above all and any organizations/institutions should have stayed open and accessible.
Family members died, friends died and colleagues died, with many more now ill from whatever these poisonous shots are doing. Not enough bad karma can come their way to suit me.
“I’ve even stopped attending church. It shut it’s doors to me when I needed it the most.”
God allowed Satan to spread covid so that we might discover which pastors truly were followers of Christ and teachers of His doctrine. Those who shut their church doors revealed their deception. Even when municipalities were enforcing the unlawful dictates, some pastors found a way to continue conducting worship and teaching services, some at cost of their personal freedom.
We are totally in love with British mystery TV and have finished and re run many over a decade or more years. We recommend not giving up on British dialogue, because slowly but surely you begin to understand what they are saying — it’s worth it! We think one of the best and most poignant stories is Broadchurch.
Have to give a shout out to MidSomer Murders. Somethin’ aint quite right in them there villages.
I am always amazed that Barnaby never gets pressured or in trouble for not finding the murderer until 4 or 5 people have been murdered. LOL.
Midsomer – the deadliest county in England! LOL! Great show!
Yeah, Broadchurch is one of my favorites.
Alarming stat about children and smartphones/Tiktok:
No mention of the parents being at fault
A not very popular opinion – but it’s mine nonetheless as popularity is never a thought…children should never have smart phones. When they get to be teenagers, at MOST a simple flip-phone that allows calls in an emergency and zero data/internet.
Further, no computers with free reign on the ‘net – but an extremely strict firewall setting that blocks all social media and all things gulag (not a blacklist, but a whitelist) – and restricted hours. Bored? Go outside and enjoy life!
Any parent that does allow either is allowing the world to teach and mislead their children and are piss poor parents IMO.
It’s my oldest son’s prom night. Really his first one on one date since I discouraged the whole dating thing early on in exchange for hanging out in a larger group of both boys and girls.
I told him he has no idea how stressful this evening will be for his dates father. I told him to shake his hand firmly, look him in the eye and assure him that he will treat her like a lady and with all the respect her father would expect. Here’s hoping they have fun and are safe!
Wonderful advice, Dad.
As the mother of a daughter attending prom tonight… I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
We need chivalrous young men.
Closed captioning for the British tv shows should work. I now use it on all shows and when traveling. Noir and TCM movies incorporate some dialog no longer is use. CC and replay lets me catch up. Enjoy.
Me too, and I love old movies with British actors who “incorporate some dialog no longer in use”, as you say; great use of adjectives and nouns.
Quite a lot to unpack Menagerie. As to British TV, Bennie Hill is my all time favorite, I will ponder even funnier rewind to understand. Best to you and family
Amen to Benny Hill!!!
By the way, I have been watching British television since I was a teenager. I am deaf in one ear and use close captions. It really helps to become aquainted with the accents. I can tell a posh accent from a Scottish or an East ender. The older shows are fabulous. I also watch a lot of history and documentaries. I am an Anglophile.
A what phile?
We could be twins!
Keeping Up Appearances! I have seen every episode several times and am still watching it!! Hyacinth Bucket!
Thank you so much for the history of Christians helping Romans during plague(s). I have not read the The Rise of Christianity but plan to. Your advice to “live your best life” is always on my mind as great advice for my friends and family. Thank you.
In a few years, if not already, we are going to need English english-American english translations.
Regarding Brit accents, there are many, like we who have southern, Boston/New England, Philly, New Yawk, and that’s just the Eastern US, I found if I can imitate the accent, I can decypher what is being said. Including Asians (Chyna, India…)
Maybe find a couple youtubers with CC and start imitating them?
Just a thought.
If you’ve missed out on the Hightiders, you have missed a treat. It’s like old english. It’s an area as far east as one can go in NC other than Portsmouth island off the coast. Lots of history there.
I love watching The Coast show. It is an engrossing travel trip through the many islands off the coast of England Ireland, Scotland and Wales with great masted sailing ships, trips to tiny Fair Isle, and many more. It’s also about the people and history of those who live there.
The first season, 2nd episode, explained the mysterious, illusive green ray seen above the setting sun as it disappears below the horizon. It’s a wonderful wholesome show! I love the views of the wide blue and marvelous ocean islands.
Thank the Lord for shows that highlight the beauty of this world and the sturdy people that He has made who inspire respect and hope in us.
A quite lovely pair of young folks there with a very respectful attitude.
I had to turn on the Closed Caption feature to understand him. I don’t know but he either has an accent that I’ve never before heard, or he may have a bit of a speech impediment (or simply underdeveloped speech) which is just enough to mask some of his attempts to pronounce certain complex vowel sounds. It sounds similar to some speech I have heard in very young pre-school males when our own children were pre-school and some friends and neighbors kids were in our backyard all talking to each other.
That was truly lovely, and thanks for posting, MoPar. I’m crying now! 🙂 God bless the USA, Treepers, and all patriots to our beloved country. Help us, dear Lord, to preserve, protect and defend this country and its Constitution. Please protect our President Donald J. Trump and his family. Amen!!!
Another thought: I think of President Trump as our flag under fire. Still standing straight as they continue to bomb him. Keep protecting him, dear Lord. Help us to be his strength.
Jesus always went away in solitude to speak to his father in heaven. I try to do that, in my small little apartment, my sanctuary. I think of how I have changed in the last four years. I’ve been leaning into the lord a lot, praying every day, reading his word to guide my life. Trying with great success, to shut out the noise of all the crazy out there. I think about the cross. That is my guide. I take everything to the cross. My peace has increase exponentially because of my submission to the lord. I pray for all the innocents in this world who are caught in the throes of demonic situations and all those who are living under oppressive govts. I think about the strength of Donald,trump. Truly an amazing moment in history. My friends here at CTH, are an amazing group of intellects, and everyday people who show love and understanding in these dark times. Bless all of you.
Thanks Menagerie.
My take-away: Taking good care of other’s makes one happier and healthier.
Adversity makes you stronger. Life is full of adversities.
Thank you, M
We, too, like the British mysteries and turn on closed captioning to watch any British show. It helps smooth the patches we can’t understand, so we can sit back and enjoy the show without missing anything. Many American movies now use low, mumbled dialog as an artistic trope, and we use closed captioning for them too–TV on our own terms.
Judge a doctor on the amount of drugs they try to remove from your daily weekly routine. Stand strong in the face of this tyranny and when someone tells you to get on the boat or head into battle do not be afraid for God is with us. Remember this is just a blip in a eternal life. Raise up your spirit have fun enjoy your family and friends. End of the day we win,win,win and keep on winning because we are have Almighty God on our side. And I ain’t no ways near tired…
You can remove lethargic. 😂😂😂😂. all we do is win win no matter what. Have fun they hate it
My beauette and I haven’t watched TV of any sort for many years but we love getting DVD’s from the library and watching
British shows. Our all time favorite is “Doc Martin” and have watched all the seasons and about ready to go back and watch them again. Another show we just finished watching is “The Detectorists”. These shows have great scripts, actors and mostly good values.
Thanks for posting this blog Menagerie and we feel the same way about the so called “wonderful doctors and nurses” who
murdered our mothers, fathers and grands ALL for the sake of MONEY. May their conscience haunt them forever.
Loved Doc Martin! My late husband had his bedside manner, though he was American.
One of my favorites!! So funny and so human!
We are watching the final Doc Martin episode of Series 10 tonight. It will be a rather sad, nostalgic goodbye to a fabulous story and community.
I’m rewatching Poirot with David Suchet for the umpteenth time. Really great shows never go out of fashion.
The umpteenth plus a few more for us, Mims. Sir David Suchet was born for the role…egg shaped head and all!!
I liked the detectorists. Unlike most of what one sees on the screen the underdog characters were like able and they probably don’t get the credit they deserved for their performance
Very understated comedy.
Doc Martin is a treasure
Thank you for the post!
We are sitting here at a cottage we bought nearly 25 years ago.
We could not afford it then, but took on the challenge with a look to the future.
A future we had no idea of .
Instinct and a “ challenging upbringing “ demanded that one prepare.
Although having no formal religious background, we were raised by a loving, gentle, kind and extremely strong grandfather.
As a direct result of his influence we are now in a position to “ play it forward “
Our family are by the Pacific Ocean, the wood insert fireplace is a blazing.
The family gather here, enjoy the gifts of nature, as we watch the tides change, and the vagaries of the ocean.
The grandsons are “ different animals” here in nature.
Just yesterday we watched a pair of local otters “ making babies” not thirty feet from us.
Upon finishing, off they frolicked into the Pacific.
Thank you for your cheery outlook, and insightful writings.
Cheers!
We really can understand only about half the dialogue, depending on which show we’re watching.
I find earphones most helpful. Everyone’s audio discrimination fades especially if you spent a lot of time in LOUD environments. Harleys. Light aircraft. Rock concerts. Farm machinery. Fireams back when we never used ear protection.
Ah yes, excellent idea, noise canceling the best!
If a student is dedicated and intelligent enough,
they will find a way to fund their own education.
Ben Carson writes in one of his books the story
of how he was able to succeed and receive his
education. He worked multiple jobs while becoming
a neurosurgeon. Physical labor, blue collar jobs.
College is just a party degree for many.
I cannot call the protests for calling for the end
of the War in Vietnam bad. A lot of their actions
against returning troops were disgusting.
I still believe they were instrumental in helping
end the war.
I cannot call the protests to end the Apartheid
in South Africa bad. They shed a light the subject.
They were instrumental in helping end apartheid.
These protests ….truth and then history…will reveal much.
Freedom of speech is under attack.
I can say that now-with certainty.
We are walking a fine line. This appears
to be another ploy for our government to place
more restrictions on our 1st amendment.
If a student is dedicated and intelligent enough,
they will find a way to fund their own education.
I’m not sure that is true today. Because of gvt meddling in the market place costs have increased beyond all reason.
They days of school during the day and a night job paying tuition and living expenses are behind us.
Not everyone can afford a Rolex, either, but to go into debt for one is foolish.
To demand that someone else pay for it, is evil.
Not suggesting otherwise. Get a paying job and save for your tuition.
Trades are crying for people that are willing and able* to due the work.
*There was a young lady who was going to be a pipefitter until handed a 48″ steel pipe wrench….
As for Covid.
I was a victim of what I now
call Covid Incarceration during
my 30 plus days in the hospital.
The nurses could have refused to work
under the conditions placed on them by the
government, but I believe that most
stuck it out because the care of patients
was truly their calling.
The nurses were the reason I didn’t
wind up climbing the walls in the
single cell prison I was placed in.
That ending to S Africa apartheid ain’t working out too well now. And Dr. Ben Carson for VP.
I like Ben Carson too, but Harriet Hageman has a little more fire and political experience.
More like a MacDaddy malignant narcissist from my perspective!
IMHO, in the current situation, there is one requirement for PDJT’s VP, which is pre-eminent to all others.
Will the nominee SO terrify the enemies of PDJT, that they will abandon any moves to remove him from office, knowing that THIS person would move up?
Now, that one quality strongly implies, if not actually guarantees they would be loyal to PDJT and MAGA, and obviously would be capable of stepping into POTUS spot, if needed.
And, frankly I believe that just as PDJT is the ONLY one, for POTUS, there can ONLY be one, for VP.
Trump/Lake 2024
Let the retribution, begin!
By their words and deeds will you know them.
Thanks for your leadership Dutch.
The “protesters” during the Vietnam war didn’t end squat…they did help usher in a negative change to our country’s social mores. If you delve deeply enough, you’ll find that many of those “protesters” are now part of the Fourth Branch of Government…the very ones that are threatening your 1A.
Regarding South Africa…look at the condition of the country now…enough said.
No matter how one feels about the descendants of “Ukraine”…what you’re witnessing now is a global anti-white, pro-islamist supremacy mindset.
There are multiple enemies to Christianity…be intelligent about whom to defeat first.
Good job!
Your observations are right on the money.
Regarding: “Parents, if your son or daughter is involved in the anti-Israel demonstrations and “Palestinian “ support actions on campuses, you need to take drastic action and cut off any financial support. You’re breeding terrorists. The End.”
Do you really believe Jesus would support what the Israelis are doing to women and children? Roughly half of the population of Gaza are (or were) minor children. Do you not realize that some of those Palestinians are Christians? In spite of claims to the contrary, some 20% of the people of Gaza are (or were) Christians who lived alongside their Islamic neighbors. Meanwhile, there are Jews who spit on Christians in the West Bank. Since when is supporting mass murder… genocide, really… not “breeding terrorists”? And by the way, there is a fair amount of evidence that the Israeli government was behind the creation of Hamas as a way to undermine the Palestinian Authority. It’s an old game called Divide and Control.
I would have thought that Covid would have taught people not to trust any narrative that is being pushed by governments and their lackeys in the media. At the very least, people should be concerned that the leader of a foreign country feels like he can demand that the US government uses force to silence those who are opposed to the mass murder of women and children, the First Amendment be damned.
Return the hostages or their corpses and then we can determine what role the Israelis might have played.
My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was a Jew.
The Creator of the Heavens and the Earth chose the Jewish people as His own special treasure, and unconditionally gave them the land of Israel.
The Lord God promised to bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse them.
In the End Times the nations of the world stand against Israel and are harshly judged by God.
The Lord called Israel the apple of His eye.
I am not about to poke the All Powerful Creator of the universe in the eye with a sharp stick.
Doesn’t mean that the human government of Israel is always right.
But it does mean that those who want to take from the Jews what the Lord Himself gave them, are totally wrong.
No, sorry… that’s the fallacy… the Jews and Christians are different.
Heck, the Jews crucified Jesus!
Think about that first. No knee jerk support for Israel…. after all, Muslims are also related to Jews. Heck, they are more related than us Europeans.
Agree about the Gov. of Israel and Palestine. IMHO, both are outright terrorists. The war in the Middle East has NOTHING to do with religion, that is the fallacy they Western Powers want you to think.
It has everything to do with politics… again, nothing about religion. All about ethnicity. Which is different. As a Christian do NOT get dragged into it.
They should learn to Turn The Other Cheek! A problem that’s has been in that part of the World for over 2000 years…. heck, Jesus himself mentioned that.
The Romans carried out the crucifixion that my sins required.
I crucified Christ.
So did you.
So did everyone who ever lived.
The Lord Himself promised the land of Israel to the Jewish people, whom He Himself called the apple of His eye.
It is not possible to be a Christian and hate the Jews, because you are then hating Christ.
Disagree with the government of Israel, sometimes, sure.
I disagree with my own government a lot.
But I will not tell the Creator of the universe that He had no business in giving a piece of land, which He created, to a group of people that He chose and created.
And, the war in the Holy land is a war of Good vs. Evil, which means a conflict of God against Satan and his minions.
God already decided that He is on the side of Israel.
I have decided to be on the side of God.
And by the way, there is no government of Palestine, because there is no nation of Palestine.
God warned against dividing the territory that He gave the Jewish people.
I won’t be so conceited as to think that I know better than the Creator of the universe.
Amen.
My feelings about what occurred on October 7 have nothing to do with the religion of the perpetrators or the victims. Although I do not consider Islam to be much more than a combination of a con artist’s hoax with an amount of Satanic intent thrown in.
Be nice….
Let’s stick to the Root Cause.
Follow the money.
IMHO, the problems in the Middle East stem from the British in the 40s… and they were already owned by the Globalist CABAL that is causing things today.
Please leave your opinions of religion close to your vest because it’s a very personal thing (Note that I’m not giving you my opinions) and it renders us busy about Shining Objects while the People With Money are causing all kinds of havoc.
We need to be strong and together here. Not split over how many angels fit on the head of a pin.
Peace.
Good grief. You are talking to yourself because you aren’t reading what I said. It’s like I said, “There are many mountains in Tennessee” and you berate me for not talking about Kathmandu.
I made a very specific and limited comment on October 7. You do not get to use that to pronounce some imaginary meaning of mine on the whole Middle East issue.
We’re talking past each other.
I think I see tonys point and maybe agree with some of it.
Recently, at a family get together, my idiot sister-in-law said something like “I stand with Palestine”, somewhat in jest, but half serious, even though she has no idea what shes talking about. Shes an admitted liberal, but I dont think she even knows what that means because I know some of her views and they arent liberal. Shes clueless.
Anyway, as soon as she said that, it hit me. Not that she is wrong for taking the position on the side of Palestine, BUT THAT SHE IS TAKING A POSITION AT ALL!
This age-old conflict is being weaponized in order to DIVIDE people. Divide and conquer.
Dont let them create an Overton Window and make you think you have to take a position within their created set of boundaries.
Its similar to the just and righteous fight against communism after the second World War being weaponized into an issue to create and support the military industrial complex.
Its similar to the War on Terror of the early 2000s being weaponized into a way to create and support the Fourth Branch, the intelligence/surveillance state.
Dont even get my started on Russia/Ukraine.
These “conflicts” are being weaponized, if not outright manufactured entirely, in order to nudge people to take a position, a stand on one side or the other, so that we are divided and more easily controlled.
Even as a Christian, and knowing the Bible talks about having Israels back, I resist the urge to state broadly “I stand with Israel”, because I believe that is falling into their trap. The Bible talks about “wars and rumors of wars”. I believe we have been getting a very large dose of “rumors of wars”.
I will not stand with anyone who will not stand with God.
The Lord Himself stands with Israel, though it is a bumpy road they travel.
I will stand with God and His people, both Jew and Christian.
Everything Val said – line for line- (except the last 2 sentences) is straight from the Bible, God’s Word.
Your comment – not from the Bible.
You’d be better off, as would all, to read your Bible more.
See? You are following a Shiny Object.
Besides, as a Roman Catholic, it’s The Catechism first, the New Testament is second.
The Old Testament, is interesting yes, but not something I would follow.
FOLKS, stop the discord…. I find it disconcerting that so many otherwise conservatives, have a 3rd rail when it comes to anything to do with Israel.
Stop it… discussions like this sow discord… while the Globalist Cabal -who likely owns Bibi and Hamas- gets away with murder.
That’s a pathetic comment. I suggest you take your own advice and stop with the diarrhea of the mouth, particularly where God’s Word is concerned. You are extremely misguided, based on His Word, which you give second place and then totally disregard. You religion is yourself. Pathetic.
Stop it? Please provide your credentials. We, the rest of us here, fail to see your right to tell us to stop it.
I will tell you, in response to the comments you’ve made to me, that you are not nearly as smart as you think you are, and your condescension is wearing. Stop it now.
Menagerie-
I consider all of us pretty smart.
And I am NOT condescending.
Please don’t attack my ability, just as I don’t question yours.
As I wrote earlier… this post has fallen into the fallacy of Israel being the 3rd rail of American politics.
I’m done with this post.
We should all band together and not allow us to be Divided and Conquered.
Perhaps you ought to note that I’m also getting some upvotes…
I think you started the discord, and now you want us to stop disagreeing with you.
No.
The Bible is very clear that the Jewish people are chosen by the Lord as His special treasure, and that He Himself gave the land of Israel to them, unconditionally.
NOWHERE in the Bible does the Lord rescind His love or His promises to the Jewish people.
To believe otherwise is to call the Lord a liar.
Just like any government on earth, Israel is run by fallible humans.
I don’t agree with everything any government does.
But I will stand with my Lord, Who loves the Jewish people and the nation of Israel.
I won’t pick and chose whatever parts of Scripture I want to follow.
That would be the same as saying that I know better than God, and that He isn’t competent to be God.
That’s the attitude that got Satan in trouble.
The palestinians voted for Hamas!! They cheered the rape and torture of the jews.. they tolerated the building of the tunnels instead of schools .. no other muslim country wants these animals..
And Californians “voted” for Gruesom Loathsom..
And Americans “voted” for FJB.
QED.
Israel/Palestine, none of them are right.
Wrong. Israel is RIGHT. It’s THEIR land given to them by God thousands of years ago and AGAIN by the Brits and the United Nations in modern times. END OF STORY. The fictional “nation” of Palestinians are squatters pretending to own the land. NONE of their Arab neighbors want them and will let them in. Jordan let some in decades ago and learned not to make that mistake again. If you can’t see the difference between these two people and can’t tell right from wrong you are really screwed up. It’s not a matter of your compass being “off” it’s more like you have NO moral compass at all. Amazing! BILLIONS of dollars given to those people and they (Hamas and Fatah) spent it on weapons and underground tunnels bunkers. The leaders build mansions and have luxury apartments all over the world. But they let their own people live like rats. It’s like Haiti versus the Dominican Republic. Same island, two different governments and mindsets. One is a living hell and the other a place people WANT to visit. When was the last time you vacationed in Gaza?
That’s funny. My opinion is that the government and media are pushing the Palestinian perspective, and I very much agree that any narrative pushed by those entities is not to be trusted.
Whoa!
I am sorry but I have to chime in here.
The Pro Palestinian anti Israel riots are another strong effort for destabilization.
M is 100% correct. If your kids are doing any of this crap cut them off.
This is not about any conflict, religious or political or anything else. It is brats trying to destabilizing our society.
And what’s worse they do not truly understand any of it.
Besides if they keep it up the poor darlings may end up homeless like that squad member’s daughter. /
You are correct, there is no narrative that should be trusted. But the protests are not really about the conflict on the other side of the world. It is about what is brewing here.
I really believe lots of things, but let’s play your oversimplified game. First, I believe that Hamas can end this today by releasing all hostages. Second, the “Palestinians” elected Hamas. And then they cheered slaughter, rape, torture, and many have participated in the treatment of the hostages.
Finally, the actions of these imbeciles who will never have the brains God gave a goose on college campuses have not one damned thing to do with “Palestinian” lives, Christians in the ME, or anything relevant. They are calling for genocide of the Jews, they are threatening Jewish citizens here. They are terrorists.
I’m afraid it’s not so simple.
Hamas is like race baiters like Al Sharpton. They foment racism because that gets them more business.
The Nuts in charge of the Gov. of Israel play into their hands, see? Whether it’s an ingrained knee jerk reaction or they willingly also see value in continuing the war, I don’t know, but either way they will not “Turn The Other Cheek”.
I actually saw that Iran is the grown up in all of this. They “warned” Israel and then allowed Israel to “respond”. Sort of kabuki… but the Iranians were smart enough to stand down and not involve their proxies to attack Israel. By “turning the other cheek” the Iranians prevented an escalation into WWIII while Israel will in the future thing a lot more carefully before attacking Iranians.
After all, Iran and Israel don’t have a beef like Hamas and the Israeli Right Wing -politicians.
We should NOT bring religion into this… this is about ethnicities and power grabbers -and the absolute stupidity of the British in the 40s and 50s.
We should get our noses out of it, none of our business… sorry.
But yes, anyone calling for genocide, or anything… they are either paid rubble rousers or plain stupid.
As in the Ukraine… follow the money… someone is funding Antifa, BLM, Pro-Palestine, Ukraine… they are the same CABAL.
Don’t get dragged into it. Please don’t.
Your response does not relate to mine at all. I’m lost as to how it has anything at all to do with the points I made. If you disagree, well and good. But you aren’t speaking the same language.
My response is to where the discussion has gone.
Just remember, Manuel is NOT from Barcelona.
Tony: no one cares to hear your diatribes. Have you noticed that you’re getting ZERO or 1 thumbs up?
Your thoughts stink. They’re stinking up the place. Move along, Achmed.
John…. you might look again.
My point if proven by the reaction of many, like you, who blindly follow the actions of the Government of Israel based upon your faith.
This is why I complained to Menagerie about this thread.
The USA, I country that I adopted with Eyes Wide Opened, not a country into which many of you just were born into, is a nation based upon the division of Church and State.
I do not knee jerk support the current Governments of Israel and Palestine. I believe both of them are doing a great disservice to their citizens.
I write this not because of religion, but just a simple observation.
I agree with Menagerie that the kids going out there, complaining about Israel and supporting Hamas, are simply clueless.
My point is that they are being funded by people with no interest in ever fixing the issues of the Middle East. Most likely they are the ones that are behind the conflict… and, I posit, they are the same…
So, perhaps, instead of calling me name and engaging in ad hominem attack – “diatribe” – you might want to pause and READ what I wrote.
In science we have one motto: “all it takes is one observation to invalidate a law”.
You want mob rule. The logic of your previous post is based upon ad hominem attacks, appeal to authority and and ridicule… all of which are logical fallacies.
I suggest you read up on Formal Logic and if you have a counter argument that is cogent and and addresses the points that I’m making:
Global Money is behind the Middle East chaos.
Global Money is behind the Governments of Israel and Hamas.
Global Money is behind the chaos in Ukraine.
Global Money is behind the American and Western Deep States.
Global Money is behind the Antifa, BLM and the kids out on the streets on support of Hamas.
Religion has nothing to do with the chaos in the Middle East.
Blind support for Israel is a tool to split conservatives in the US.
Religion should not be reason for support any regime in ANY nation.
There… if you can make a cogent counter argument, that doesn’t start with God or Religion, then go for it.
Tony, you bring up many different things in your comments but I want to address one of your assertions. You wrote The USA . . . is a nation based upon the division of Church and State.
This simply is not accurate.
The people who came to America from Great Britain and Europe were Christians of different denominations escaping religious persecution. They came to America for religious freedom, the liberty to live, speak, and worship according to their faith and the traditions of their church (denomination). God, our Creator and Providence, as revealed by his Word in the Old and New Testaments, is the ultimate authority and we are his servants. This is why we are One Nation Under God and our country’s motto is In God We Trust.
Faith and the American Founding is an excellent essay on what is the heart of America.
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2011/02/faith-and-american-founding.html
I hope this essay will give you a deeper insight into America and the spiritual battle being played out in the world and in every person.
Yay!
Well said!
We do not have a division between Church and State.
We have a Constitutional protection of the Church against the State, and a Constitutional protection against the State mandating a particular religion.
Nowhere is there a prohibition of people of faith acting on their faith, as long as it does not prevent someone else from practicing their own faith.
“My point is that they are being funded by people with no interest in ever fixing the issues of the Middle East. Most likely they are the ones that are behind the conflict… and, I posit, they are the same…”
FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS!
“Global Money is behind the Middle East chaos.
Global Money is behind the Governments of Israel and Hamas.
Global Money is behind the chaos in Ukraine.
Global Money is behind the American and Western Deep States.
Global Money is behind the Antifa, BLM and the kids out on the streets on support of Hamas.
Religion has nothing to do with the chaos in the Middle East.
Blind support for Israel is a tool to split conservatives in the US.”
They are playing us all for fools!
If I saw Jew fighting a Hamas terrorist on the street, am I going to help the Jew? Yes! Sure, of course!
But that aint whats going on here.
Wake up, people, we are being DISTRACTED.
The USA is literally being invaded as we speak, on a daily basis, and they have got us talking about how much money to send to Ukraine, whether it should be a gift or a loan, and meanwhile we are sending billions to Israel AND GAZA!!!! Funding both sides!
I’m sorry……”play into their hands, see?” So when Hamas lobs rockets into Israel for years, yes years, they did turn the other cheek.
The Iranians prevented an escalation? Maybe because they know Israel can wipe them out essentially.
They are old testament. You sound as if you are new.
ABSOLUTELY 💯💯💯!!!
TY!
And further, take your “do you not realize” superiority and try it on someone else. I am just as well read as you.
When you say “mass murder of women and children” are you referring to October 7 ?
In your logic, a Jew spitting on a Christian deserves to have their baby put in a microwave alive and the parents be- headed? Wow!! I’d hate to hear what you think about jaywalking…
President Trump stated: “I am not the President of the World, I am the President of the United States”..
We wholeheartedly agree. We’ve voted five times for Trump to be POTUS.
The people of Israel, mostly European Jews, and the people of Palestine, mostly palestinians…. are good people. But their leaders on both sides are horrendous. Just as FJB and the Oligarchs and Globalist Bankers in London.
We are not taking sides, period. Sorry, but let them figure it out. We should not stick our noses in that morass.
We ought to be taking care of ourselves first.
The kids complaining againt or for Israel/Palestine have NO clue. They are useful idiots, that’s all.
Agree 100%
Funny, Mr. Trump has only run for President three times, yet you voted for him five times?
Hamas = muslim brotherhood.
“Do you really believe Jesus would support what the Israelis are doing to women and children? “
Did God allow the destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom to be destroyed, killing or exiling all Jews, including women and children, in 722 BC & 586 BC?
Do you believe that God is sovereign over all and can allow/disallow all things according to His purposes?
Your statements reflect a total lack of knowing just who God is.
So timely – I was just reading about Bishop Belzunce during a plague in Marseille. He was beloved before the plague, but as it raged on he retreated to his high-walled palace with provisions. The people were so angry he abandoned them, they stacked up corpses against his walls and even flung some over the walls, assuring the Bishop’s infection.
That’s what you got then when you shuttered the Church.
If God is with us, who can be against us?
Obama and his Gang.
I was surprised at Kristi Noem bio-text about killing animals. I suppose she knows that will cause a complete jetison from the VP contest but probably the fact that the SD native population has already sent her packing makes it kind of a non-issue anyway. I hope DJ Trump wins in November and that KNoem is free from scandal (related to her good looks and men she has associated with) and that she finds a place in a good role in the new administration. She is 100% better than a lot of wannabees like Nikki Haley and others.
Even my favorite Politician and true sage in American politics and social directions, (Sarah Palin) should be considered in some important role in a new Trump administration. But then its a long way to November. Prayers up
BTW, related to the general topic, both ladies are family people and as such they can only give their best guidance, the rest is just character and God’s will. My mother passed just last year and it was a big loss for me but I’m still ‘above ground’ and trying my best to live the good life in every way.
On farms and ranches animals are put down when they are a danger to others.
IIRC,it was a mere puppy.It was never given the time to properly train for hunting. It was put down for killing CHICKENS. As a former farm owner,I would have tried to find a rescue to take the puppy….I was NOT impressed by her Rambo actions…
Was not impressed with her before, am not impressed with her now.
She’s a professional politician,…yuck!
Per Kristi’s text, the dog was 14 months old. That’s young but not a puppy. Per the AKC that equals about an 18 or 19 year old human. Old enough to be drafted and fight and be killed in war. I won’t judge Gov. Noem because neither I nor anyone commenting here or on social media was there to experience what she saw and what she had learned in her farm life. Most farmers I’ve seen comment on this do not condemn her and say that is quite often the only way to guarantee an end to the canine’s attacks on livestock.
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/how-to-calculate-dog-years-to-human-years/
15 human years equals the first year of a medium-sized dog’s life.
Year two for a dog equals about nine years for a human.
And after that, each human year would be approximately five years for a dog.
If you have a farm and a dog gets a taste of killing chickens the dog will not stop.
👍 👍 . Truth.
Respectfully, as a former farmer and breeder of hunting dogs that is not always the case. The dog could have been re-homed. I would have taken the dog with NO reservations. Dan Lussen a hunting dog trainer has written a very good response to her lack of training the dog. Sorry, I’m not IT savvy to post a link but he can be goggled. She killed her goat because it ” stunk” ??? Sounds like a loose cannon to me…
I lost about 1/3rd of my hearing due to a congenital birth defect so being ablt to hear television shows has always been a challenge for me. A few years back I put closed captioning on and I now cannot watch TV without it. It’s been so very helpful particularly for watching movies where the diaglogue is often hard to pick up. Not every show on television has CC available but if you choose the “CC on” option on your TV if it is available you will see the captions. Most tv sets also allow you to adjust the size of the captions (font size) and placement on the screen so as to make them as unobtrusive to what you are viewing as possible. Highly recommend closed captioning.
I had a medium sized poster in my workshop that my kids saw every time they entered. It was a photo of John Wayne and the lower caption read, “Life is hard, it’s even harder if you’re stupid”.
Our family had a poster that said ‘Your lack of planning is not my emergency’.
We had “Yes, the World DOES owe you a living, you just have to work hard to collect it.”
and a picture of a man wearing a barrel.
Spot on! God Bless!
Love British mysteries.Miss Marple,the old Sherlock series.So many to enjoy.
As for kids,I feel like parents idolize their children.They can’t be disappointed,or sad.They aren’t teaching them to deal with feelings of anger.How to channel emotions.How to be a good sport a good loser.Not everyone gets a trophy.
Cell phones are teaching kids how to be sneaky at an early age.Once they have seen it,innocence is lost.
They need to be taught that even parents have a higher power to answer to.Yes the Lord loves you,but he is also to be feared.A little healthy fear,never hurt anyone:-)
The medical community is still killing patients, willfully. This is being enforced through the licensing authorities. There are proven cures for cancer, rapid cures. But they involve medications which provide no windfall profits to the pharmaceutical companies, and so treatment with these medications is prohibited, on the pain of losing the physicians license. Ivermectin and Fenbenzadol are successful in killing the cancer quickly, but it is difficult. nearly impossible to find a physician who will treat. There license is more important to them than your life.
My puppy came with worms and while using cheap Walmart bags that split i contacted some of her poop. she had roundworm and hookworm. after trying to get deworming medication through my primary and clinec care and was gaslit by both, i decided to deworm myself using fenbendazol. found a dose calculator on line and did the conversions between miligrams and grams. this came to about 5 doses in the bag of pellets i bought. i measured 5 doses in half a cup plus an ounce. i had mobile poop on day 2, so positive for worms. i had my fourth dose today and am feeling alot better. sleeping alot which is part of healing. waiting on medical establishment put vital organs at risk. the doctors said they were concerned about my liver. pribably valid but not the poibt with other vital organs in jeopardy. so glad i did not wait. i developed a rash before dosing that is either the worms (my opinion) or fungal. the clinic dr prescribed antifungal but could not do hookworm blood test. primary had my fecal sample tested for 4 bacteria, gardia and cyto..(two water parasites) she did not order any blood tests. i am looking for a new primary.
fenbenzadaol has a recipe with clrcumin for cancer. people have been deworming themselves and their lifestock since dewormers became available. it is more complicated than the deworming.
if you drink alot or daily, it is wise to go dry for a month prior to using dkwormer and stau dry for both rounds.
i resisted all attempts to inject me with the clot shot. i took the test once but insured the swab never contacted my skin. my paibter had the clot shot then shed it on me and a coworker. i was very sick for two weeks, used quercetin, zinc, antibiotic and prednisone prescribed by former primary who died. (cancer)
Too often these days this is the case:
Medical license = ability to bill insurance companies and government and collect large fees
Yes some medical professionals are honorable and try to adhere tightly to the Hippocratic Oath.
I came across a comment online from a man whose 14yo daughter had decided she was a boy and was dressing the part. Dad said, “You know sweetheart, I’ve been feeling more and more like a woman myself. We’ll do this together.” Dad went whole hog. Beautiful skirts and blouses, shaved legs, stockings, heels, excellent wig and makeup. Once he got the outfit together he insisted on taking Daughter to school and proudly walking her to class. Daughter (dressed as a boy) was appalled. “Dad, please. Stop.” Dad put his foot down. “We’re doing this together. Everyone will understand.” After three days, Daughter decided she wasn’t as serious about her boyhood as she thought. Things got back to normal overnight.
What a great story. Thanks for sharing.
Yep. It’s one for the books. When I read it the first time, after I got over the laugh it gave me I thought, “Man, that guy really loved his daughter to embarrass himself that way. He put his pride aside and got down to business in a way that he knew would set his daughter straight or she would go on alone into the darkness. Remember what Jesus says about a man’s enemies becoming those of his own household.
Yikes…. I don’t think I could have done that.
There is indeed a MAN. Likely a better MAN than me.
For sure, a MAN of big cojones. I would have died of embarrassment.
I sure hope he got his money back by returning those clothes. According to my wife, those clothes aren’t cheap.
I could tell by the way he wrote the report of his experience with his daughter, Dad had a great sense of humor. No doubt Daughter knew he was putting her on, big time, and he was not about to quit until Daughter quit first. He swallowed his pride. The daughter finally swallowed hers, too. Situations like that are paradoxical. Both Dad and Daughter knew Dad was playing a big joke. Funny. But dead serious. That’s life.
Strict calendarization will say that I am a Baby Boomer but I don’t feel that way. 15 years after the end of the war is a long time to wait to have a “welcome home” baby, and my father was not old enough to serve in WWII anyway. However I was born when Eisenhower was President, 6 weeks before 1960.
To this day, I still don’t know whether he voted Democrat or Republican, or even if he voted at all. But he did raise me with what I consider traditional conservative values. Truthfulness and fair dealings, hard work, and no free rides. TANSTAAFL, as some might say.
And sometimes the lessons were harsh, but I am forever grateful for the values he instilled in me, and many times by example in the way he lived.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen him in person; he passed one month after 9/11, but I still think about him all the time.
Love you Pop, wherever you may be hanging out, and thanks.
Your life sounds like mine, but my Dad went to Korea.
He would never talk about it. All he would say was it was bad. My thoughts are random also. Plus it sounds like I’m about 4 weeks older than you. Lost my Dad 15 years ago and not a day I don’t think about him and how much love he put into everything he did. I miss him any try to follow in his footsteps. God Bless
My 😍 favorite…
I live in Montana, so we were out of “quarantine” pretty early on. I never stayed home. I went out somewhere every day. Grocery store, park, somewhere. I never, ever wore a mask. By about June, most people were out and about, but most were wearing the hateful face diapers.
I was at a store, and this older woman I knew only to say hi to once in a while was also shopping. She was sidling around the edges of the store, trying to stay unobtrusive, clearly afraid of offending anyone, until I caught her eye. She saw me unmasked, and gestured at hers. I said “I am NOT afraid. Take it off.” She looked at me with such gratitude it was terribly sad. We chatted for a few minutes. She told me she lived alone and had been so lonely when they locked us down. She was so beaten down.
I threw my arms wide and she just fell into them. I hugged her for quite a while. She was just so lonely and broken. And all I could think was how terrible it was that the fear of death, which no Christian soul should fear at all, had caused people to come to this.
I had other episodes where I saw people I knew and refused to keep my distance, including one elderly mentally challenged man I had known for years. People GLARED at me when I hugged him. It was scary how people acted. But I just didn’t care.
I am so grateful I didn’t give in to the fear, because a couple of months after I hugged the mentally challenged little old man, he died. I would have to live with regret forever if I had mistreated him by refusing his hug. Thank God I did not.
I went somewhere just about every day too, even if it was just for a ride. The day they said we needed to stay home, I went a bunch of the stores still open.
Might have been dumb, I don’t know. I just know that I smelled a rat the whole time.
Not dumb.
You had discernment, a gift given by the Lord!
Me too and not dumb at all! As Val said, you were blessed with the gift of discernment!
During that time I always thanked the supermarket employees telling them how much seeing them working every day (and I never saw a one get sick and miss work) lifted my spirits.
Beautiful person!!
Thank you for saying that! But really, I was just doing what the Spirit moved me to do. God is good.
Stories…
I’m in Orange County, CA, so we quickly told our Commie Gov Loathsom Gruesom to take a hike…. and even our Costco stopped the masks by June ( or July ).
We were stuck home during Christmas because Washington State was locked down… but we went to WA the next year for Christmas. I recall, walking on the streets of Poulsbo, outdoors, in the cold and most of the idiots were masked but every so often we’d run into some unmasked people, we’d make eye contact, smiled at each other and greeted…
A few smart souls.
But my mom passed away… just thinking about what we all went through…
I don’t want to sound unChristian here… but I sure hope The Devil takes the People Responsible for this and puts them into the deepest recesses of Hell for eternity.
I just can not forgive them -even if it costs me some time in Purgatory.
Montanan, also.
Glad we were liberated so quickly, too.
Found myself not invited to gatherings (given by folks I used to consider friendly,) due to my unvaxxed status. Not surprised, as they were over-educated Leftists.
But it’s best to know the truth about someone, even if it is sometimes painful.
I figure the pandemic was just another of the Lord’s winnowing processes.
Bless you for showing that lady love and compassion!
❤️
And I have no idea about the British accent. I only know I was able to watch Monty Python episodes more than once in order to fully appreciate them!
“Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition..”
🤣 🤣
ROTF comedy
Closed captioning is my only savior for British entertainment, which is better than most US.
Also agree with you on training your children. My nephew has four 20-something adult children who can’t hold jobs for more than a week in his home while he and his wife struggle to make ends meet. He was adopted, so he doesn’t have the heart to change the locks on them apparently.
This (besides the adoption) scenario is playing out by the millions all over the country, I believe. They have to give and to receive tough love. But no one cares what I think.
We too love British TV. Subtitles are a must and really help. Enjoy
I use closed caption for the Brit shows which is about all I watch. Shetland is awesome. I have since found out my ancestors came from that area.
We’ve been a BritFans for forever, and we watch British shows every evening, because we’ve purchased every set we love. When we landed at Heathrow one year, and the Customs Agent asked why we were there, I declared it was to see EastEnders, live. Luckily for me, he had a great sense of humor. (BTW, no one gets on set.) Sadly, PBS does not run nearly as many British shows as they once did, and neither does the BBC. (You can pay for various extras but they won’t have everything.) Thus, we have Open All Hours, Shetland, Hinterland, Midsomer Murders, Keeping Up Appearances, Vera, Fawlty Towers, Lovejoy…the list goes on. We just buy what we love. As for the various speech patterns, well, it’s just something you get used to…wait till you get to the Scottish Highlands…and please, do try to see Hamish MacBeth; Robert Carlyle and the entire case, are magical, if somewhat idiosyncratic. Yes, closed captioning does help, since there are so many different regional “accents”, but immersing yourself probably will help. Enjoy!
One of my most favorite Brit shows is “All Creatures Great and Small”. The original series, that ran from 1978 to 1990, starring Christopher Timothy and James Hardy.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075472/
We’ve recently been watching ALOT of Britbox and PBS series. We’re also so used to closed caption that we use it on everything we watch now. If you have a chance and you like close caption, Tri Astrid in Paris, it’s fantastic.
Try a sound bar with the TV. Mine has different settings, stereo, mono, music, movie, spoken word.
We love Brittish shows. They seem to be less “shove it down your throat” regardless of what it is (gay agenda, climate change, etc) and also less graphic.
I can understand the accents with no issue but hubby has problems. He understands Spanish accents where I have issues.
My heritage is brittish/scottish, his is spanish/Mexican. I find that interesting.
What is the name of the podcast, if you don’t mind sharing?
It’s on the Hallow app. Today’s episode of the Easter challenge. It’s called Early Christians and the Plague.
Soundbar is key.
Most of these flat screens dont produce good audio by themselves, especially when it comes to spoken dialogue. A sound bar helps immensely, and it doesnt have to be the top of the line expensive one, anything is better than the TV speakers.
Menagerie – Great points all. Sheltering your 30 yo children is like buying drinks for an alcoholic. its not caring, its harming.
On British TV, I wholly recommend Doc Martin and Keeping Up Appearances. The accent is an acquired taste – although given their conduct of late, I can fully understand the underlying circumstances leading to the separation of 1776.
~El
Love ‘Keeping Up Appearances’ 😀
My mother turned me on to Keeping Up Appearances in the 1980’s. I’ve watched it a gazillion times. Never fails to get me laughing.😂 Mothers heritage was English/Scottish and there were 3 sisters. It was like watching their clones on TV…
Have been watching British mysteries for years. Scots are impossible to understand. Go closed caption. It’s the only way. Foyle’s War is especially good.
As for the medical industry my dad has been really sick since shortly after covid started with multiple different problems. One day I tried to explain to him that the doctors were not looking out for his best interest.
I explained to him how the doctors got paid more depending on how many Covid vaccines they gave you. He just wouldn’t believe that.
To The Manor Born is the best British comedy series ever. And relatively easy to understand
Loved that show, and the others that came with it on Sunday nights on the local PBS outlet: Good Neighbors, Are You Being Served, and the great Fawlty Towers.
Parents, don’t send your children to progressive colleges and universities. Consider Hillsdale: https://www.hillsdale.edu/
Mama, don’t let yer children grow up to be libtards,…
Teach them responsibility, morals and such!
Hillsdale is very competitive. Most applying won’t get in. Search Newman society, conservative colleges list or yaf conservative colleges list
Cannot say much for British television with the exception of Doctor Who.
Used to be good show in its own right. At least until the BBC butchered it with wokeness just the same as Disney and all are doing on the other side of the pond to everything else.