How To Survive Our Second Civil War

Here are some observations and recommendations from Mike Adams of "Natural News":

https://www.naturalnews.com/2019-12-29-ten-things-that-could-ignite-a-civil-war-in-2020.html

After reading this, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. The most amazing thing is that such a discussion would even be NECESSARY in the USA.

Whether these rumblings come from the top or the bottom of the food chain, it should be obvious that our "leaders" have done nothing except fan the flames of discontent. For some time now, the biggest fortunes have been made by "re-inventing" things (i.e., destroying them) and by pitting us against each other. What kind of sick people would do such things to their own neighbors?

Just thinking about it is enough to make one puke.

By the way, here is a brief history of ten sovereign states which helped form the USA. Many of us have never heard of them, and I'm sure there is a good reason for that; namely, someone doesn't want us to know there's more than one way to organize ourselves:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-12-30/americas-sovereign-states-obscure-history-how-10-independent-states-joined-us

Medical Mafia Quote For 12/31/2019

"Being a cancer patient, and watching my doctors get wealthier and I get weaker with every failed 'treatment,' I have concerns that the consistent failure and huge profits for failure are somehow related."

Source - http://professorconfess.blogspot.com/

I hope to never wind up in that particular pit, but every other male and one in three females in the USA will get cancer during their lifetimes.

50 Crazy Numbers

Here are some facts from 2019 compiled by Michael Snyder:

http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/50-numbers-from-2019-that-are-almost-too-crazy-to-believe

I'm hoping that 2020 will see more positive outcomes, aren't you?

Five Trends To Watch

Here are some predictions for the next decade:

1. The central banks pouring money and credit into the financial system in an effort to keep the economy moving forward.
2. The growing number of social ills, sick, and dysfunctional people.
3. Political shifts and polarization are rapidly increasing. - Populism has been growing for several years when combined with surging inequality and discontent people rise-up in protest.
4. As technology and artificial intelligence advance those in power are moving forward using these tools to turn us into pawns.
5. Concern over climate change is on the rise. Sadly, few of those talking about it see cutting waste as a priority.

You can read about them @
http://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2019/12/these-five-top-trends-will-go-on-to.html

I'm not sure I would have picked these particular five, but they appear to make sense.

What do you think?

The Final Humiliation

Q: What could be more humiliating than losing your job to a foreign worker and then having to train your replacement?

https://www.axios.com/trump-att-outsourcing-h1b-visa-foreign-workers-1f26cd20-664a-4b5f-a2e3-361c8d2af502.html

A: Being taxed to pay for more of them to enter the country.

In my previous post, it was suggested that America was over. If we keep doing things like this, it damn well will be.

Is American Over ???

That's the claim made in this essay by Doug Lynn:

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2019/12/29/america-is-over-but-you-knew-that-already/#more-209877

Without question, the USA is evolving ... and some may say "devolving". I'm not sure it's over, but we definitely will never be the same again.

PLEASE - No More Obama !!!

Joe Biden says he would put Obama ad-Dajjal on the Supreme Court:

https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/28/biden-open-nominating-obama-supreme-court/

I think such a position should go to someone with a proven record of wise jurisprudence and NOT to a community organizer who somehow got elected to the White House. The court exists to interpret the law, NOT to conduct experiments in social engineering.

Our Doctor Zhivago Moment

Remember the scene in the movie "Doctor Zhivago" when his in-laws return to their urban home to discover it now has to be shared with a crowd of people they never knew before? Well here is a somewhat similar plan soon to be implemented in Virginia:

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-seek-override-racist-single-family-zoning-virginia

Yes, there is a Bolshevik-style revolution going on in the USA. And just like its Soviet namesake, it will go from bad to worse before it's over (if it EVER ends).

Goldilocks Politics

Here is an interesting observation about the "Overton window":

"Heaven forbid anyone appear too extreme. Our rulers keep discourse safely within the Overton window by allowing debate about the details of what the government does or doesn’t do. However, those who question the necessity of particular government agencies or programs, or government in general, are beyond-the-pale extremists and cast into the Abyss of the Unacceptable, one zip code over from the Abyss of the Deplorable."

Source - https://straightlinelogic.com/2019/12/27/shattering-the-overton-window-by-robert-gore/

Yep, they just keep us moving down the old cattle chute. Funny thing, though - we all get a stun gun to the forehead whether we stay in the chute or not.

Keystone Cop Spies In The UK

I have been watching the old TV series MI-5 (a.k.a. Spooks). The biggest takeaway is that they're incompetent, always getting betrayed by employees and nearly ignorant of pending dangers to the realm until it's almost too late.

Now the same thing is happening at their real-life partner MI-6. They just "lost" sensitive documents which show details inside their HQ:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/27/uk/mi6-headquarters-sensitive-documents-renovations/index.html

You cannot be good spooks if you cannot keep secrets. Period.

The Gospel Of Satan

According to this report, some places in the USA still don't have Internet access:

https://www.al.com/news/2019/12/rural-disconnect-majority-in-some-alabama-counties-dont-have-internet-access.html

I don't see this as a big problem, do you?

Perhaps the real issue here is preaching of the gospel, in this case the gospel of Satan. I'm certain people in the rural counties of Alabama have heard the Gospel of Jesus, but earthly powers now want them to hear the gospel of evil. Once they have Internet access, their kids can watch porn, play violent video games, listen to satanic messages, buy illegal drugs, and learn new perversions.

What do you think?

The Value Of A Life In NYC

According to this report, a human life in NYC is worth no more than one dollar:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-seen-on-video-beaten-in-bronx-for-1-and-no-one-stops-to-help/2250599/

What a city; what a country !!!

The Origin Of Kwanzaa ???

Here is a report from Ann Coulter on the history of Kwanzaa:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/26/ann-coulter-happy-kwanzaa-the-holiday-brought-to-you-by-the-fbi-2/

I am inclined to believe her version of its history, since it agrees with the sort of "divide and rule" shenanigans for which the FBI is well known.

You can read about some of their other crimes here:

https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2013/05/fbi-still-disconnecting-all-dots.html

I don't know whom the FBI works for, but it ain't you and me.

Decline Is Now Inevitable

So says Dennis Meadows, one of the researchers of the report entitled "The Limits to Growth" which was published nearly 50 years ago:

https://www.peakprosperity.com/dennis-meadows-the-limits-to-growth/

Here are some of the report's conclusions:

1. Given business as usual, i.e., no changes to historical growth trends, the limits to growth on earth would become evident by 2072, leading to “sudden and uncontrollable decline in both population and industrial capacity”. This includes the following:

• Global Industrial output per capita reaches a peak around 2008, followed by a rapid decline
• Global Food per capita reaches a peak around 2020, followed by a rapid decline
• Global Services per capita reaches a peak around 2020, followed by a rapid decline
• Global population reaches a peak in 2030, followed by a rapid decline

2. Growth trends existing in 1972 could be altered so that sustainable ecological and economic stability could be achieved.

3. The sooner the world’s people start striving for the second outcome above, the better the chance of achieving it.

Note that "climate change" is not specifically mentioned in the above quote, although 50 years ago they appear to have had something else on their minds - namely human population growth, modernization, and their combined impact on the health of the planet.

Whatever the exact mode of our decline, the basic cause is too many humans. Unless we deal with that fact, our demise IS inevitable.

Maybe that's why the powers that be want a nuclear war with Russia and China, since the result would be nuclear winter and a lot of dead humans.

What do you think? Is that what they're up to?

Is Coal Our Main Problem ???

Many think the prime driver of "climate change" is the burning of fossil fuels, mainly coal. Here is a report that shows the spread of coal burning power plants since 1927:

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/visualizing-every-coal-power-plant-world-1927-2019

But here is a contrasting report by Ellen Brown which claims the biggest polluters are big agribusiness and factory farming:

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-key-to-solving-the-climate-crisis-is-beneath-our-feet/

So ... all we have to do is stop using energy and stop growing food? Or to rephrase, the solution is to re-invent just about everything we do?

Damn, we better get started !!!

By the way, check out my next blog post.

Quote For The Day - 12/27/2019

Here is a belated quote from James Howard Kunstler:

'What is the Democratic Party today? Well, it’s the cheerleading squad for “seventeen” government agencies that add up to the craftily-labeled “intel community,” a warm-and-fuzzy coalition of snoops, false witnesses, rogue lawfare cadres, seditionists, and bad-faith artists working sedulously to hide their previous misdeeds with ever-fresh ones. They’re the party against free speech, the party against due process of law, the party determined to provoke war with Russia. They’re the party of sexual confusion, sexual hysteria, and sexual conflict, the party of kangaroo courts, cancel culture, erasing boundaries (including national borders), and of making up rules for all that as they go along - like the Nazis and Soviets used to do. The ideas and policies they advocate are so comprehensively crazy that their old support of slavery looks quaintly straightforward in comparison.'

You can read the rest @
https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/a-fraught-moment/

You may ask "what about the Republicans?" I have no answer for you, since they no longer appear to stand for anything other than protecting their own paychecks.

The Question We Should Be Asking About Epstein

According to this report, the FBI finally is investigating Jeffrey Epstein and his minions:

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-confirms-maxwell-others-are-under-investigation-epstein-ties

Why now? Why didn't the FBI investigate him while he was alive and using his network to spy on and compromise US politicians and executives, apparently including at least one former President?

On a similar note, why did no one recognize that Bernie Madoff was running a HUGE Ponzi scam, when a simple search of the available records might have revealed he apparently NEVER bought or sold a single share of stock?

Some people seem to enjoy absolute impunity to do whether they want in this country, while the rest of us are subject to arbitrary and draconian laws and regulations. Why is that? Who is running this damn place anyway?

Death Of The Bible ???

What some call "the gay divide" is destroying US churches ... and the Bible along with them. You can read about it here:

https://www.charismanews.com/opinion/74789-the-gay-divide-is-taking-out-churches-is-yours-next

I find it interesting that matters of sexuality (molestation by priests, LGBTQ lifestyles, etc.) are dividing us and destroying the Bible, while prior wholesale violations of the Ten Commandments by our government did not.

I guess that shows what's really important to us.

Whether or not you believe in the reality of Satan, I'm certain he's out there somewhere laughing at us.

By the way, here's a question for those of you who reject the Bible - why then are we supporting Israel? Is THIS the reason?

https://youtu.be/gPLGczT6Hjw

The Hypocrisy Of Wealth

Mid-level millionaires are like the rest of us - they want a wealth tax as long as it does not apply to them:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/23/millionaires-support-a-wealth-tax-as-long-as-they-arent-getting-taxed.html

But I'll have to admit I'm a hypocrite too. If I should win the lottery, I wouldn't want to pay taxes on my winnings, either.

Does that make me a bad person?

Letting The Poor Freeze To Death

Dallas, TX has made it illegal for churches to provide shelter to the poor, even when such shelter would prevent them from freezing to death:

"Chapter 51A of the Dallas Development Code bans overnight shelters within 1,000 feet of a church, school, park, or other entity, preventing places of worship and virtually anyone else from offering aid."

Source - https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/12/23/churches-are-breaking-the-law-on-purpose-to-shelter-the-homeless-in-dallas-this-winter/

This appears to be at odds with Texas's gun-toting, Bible-thumping public image.

If we REALLY had "separation of church and state", such laws would not exist.

If we REALLY were a "Christian nation", there would not be so many poor and homeless in our cities, either.

What do you think? 

Jesus Was Not Born In December

This 27:20 minute video presents many believable proofs that Jesus was NOT born in December:

https://youtu.be/ptlsXtTf6n0

Note that it does not contradict the Biblical story; but it does affirm that our perception of the story's timeline is wrong.

Should we be surprised, considering that Kanye West now appears to be a better evangelist than Pope Francis?

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/upside-down-kingdom-kanye-west-is-preaching-the-gospel-but-pope-francis-is-telling-people-not-to-evangelize

The Pending Destruction Of Iran

You can read about it here:

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/israel-will-not-allow-iranian-forces-to-station-in-iraq-idf-chief/

Do you think this is a good idea? I don't.

The US, Israel, and their "allies" are destroying nation after sovereign nation for their own sordid reasons. I thought aggressive war was illegal.

Oh, I forgot ... it's Iran's fault this is going to happen. It's ALWAYS the victims fault, isn't it?

The Military Uses Of 5G

According to this report, 5G technology is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of modern military weapons:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/hidden-military-use-5g-technology/5697848

So, not only are we paying for corporations and the government to spy on us, now we're also paying to help the US military achieve "full spectrum dominance"? Just great.

There's another aspect of 5G and 6G worth mentioning. It soon will be possible to connect everyone DIRECTLY to the Internet:

https://www.iflscience.com/brain/scientists-connect-human-brain-internet-first-time/

Not only does this possibility eerily evoke images of "the Matrix", it also enables the re-creation of this Biblical event:

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

Acts 2:6 KJV

I think you'll agree with me that the Internet is a creation of Satan, not of G-d. Once Satan gains the ability to duplicate the Pentecost in his own perverse manner, his seductive message will go out to all humanity, and who will be able to resist it? Not many; perhaps none. Those who do will be put to death.

This may be the real motive behind the battle for who will control 5G. It's not only a battle for the world ... it's a war to possess our very souls.

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (And Our Other Holidays, Too)

Here is an excellent assessment of a rather disturbing trend:

Ahh, it’s that time again: reportedly the most wonderful time of the year. You’re back home, no longer in your drafty dorm room eating lukewarm ramen out of a microwaved Tupperware bowl. You’re with your family. You’re surrounded by sleigh bells, carolers, a warm and glowing Christmas tree, gifts on Christmas day.

Well, forget about all that. That’s all a bunch of cultural hegemony and male patrio-fascism. Christmas is not a good thing. Christmas is not Woke. It must be cancelled and forever banished to the dust-bin of history, along with other hegemonic colonial hatefests such as Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day.

You can read the rest @
https://www.thecollegefix.com/the-campus-social-justice-warriors-guide-to-celebrating-christmas/

And here is a similar assessment concerning the Fourth of July:

https://www.thecollegefix.com/the-campus-social-justice-warriors-guide-to-celebrating-the-fouth-of-july/

How is it that our very own schools, colleges, and universities have become havens for anti-American, anti-patriarchy haters of capitalism? I doubt this happened accidentally.

Nor is the phenomenon confined to college campuses. You can find it at the heart of the MSM, including The New York Times:

https://www.thecollegefix.com/professors-tell-new-york-times-to-correct-the-many-errors-in-its-1619-project/

Note well the NYT not only is "reinventing" history, it is doing so in what these professors claim is a demonstrably false way ... and is refusing to corrects its errors. Can you smell the stench of sociocide here? I certainly can.

What or who is behind this trend? One likely candidate is that eternal enemy of Christianity ... the one we call Satan, whose fallen angels and agents wage continual warfare against us:

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 13:7-8 KJV

I find it disheartening that even the Pope seems to be admitting Christianity is on the wane:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-in-christmas-message-says-church-must-adapt-to-post-christian-west-11576930226

Are we to abandon the message of the Gospels and coddle the new generation using whatever message appeals to them, or must we keep the faith to the very end? Jesus Himself gave us the answer to that question:

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

Mark 8:35 KJV

There are many who deny the obvious Christian roots of the USA. Don't believe them, and don't allow anyone to trick you into substituting some post-modern mumbo jumbo for the clear message of the Gospels. We are being tested, and those who turn their backs on G-d and/or take the mark of the beast will fail the test.

Ten Ways The US Has Changed

You can read them here:

http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/this-is-america-10-examples-that-show-how-dramatically-the-u-s-has-changed-as-we-approach-2020

This ain't your Daddy's America, and I know because I was your Daddy's classmate.

Reparations For Illegals ???

According to this report, some loony politicians want us to pay "reparations" to illegals:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/19/reparations-illegal-aliens-2-2-trillion/

Should you elect any of the morons who support such a thing, you deserve everything else they intend to put you through.

What Can We Learn From Sweden

Here is a discussion of the price Sweden pays for migration:

"The disproportionately large influx of people who do not have the educational or language skills to work in the Swedish economy was never likely to help bring about the lowest unemployment in the EU. As previously reported by Gatestone, the small Swedish city of Filipstad exemplifies a place where the influx of non-Western migrants, some of them illiterate, with little or no education, has meant that the unemployment rate in that group is at 80%: they depend for their livelihoods on the municipality's social welfare program."

You can read the rest @
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15081/sweden-migration-price

There is a lesson here for us. The US also is allowing millions of people to immigrate. They may be driving the so-called "unemployment rate" to historic lows, but what is really happening?

1. As robots/AI take over ALL jobs, nothing will be left for anyone. ALL will be dependent on a social safety net which is coming apart at the seams.

2. Not only will corporations no longer need to hire anyone, since they no longer pay any taxes they won't be the ones supporting our growing hungry population.

Clearly, this is a failed strategy - unless it was intended all along to destroy our country. And if that is the case, "our" Congress is either criminally insane or traitorous beyond imagination.

Remember not too long ago when Trump hinted bad things were happening in Sweden? He was right, and the MSM covered up the facts and mocked him instead of telling us the truth. For whom do they work? Certainly not for We the People.

What's the real lesson from Sweden? It's that under the leadership of the "best and brightest" among us, our nations are going to hell in a hand basket.

The Dragon Is Rising

According to this report, China is offended by religious texts and wants them rewritten. This includes the Bible:

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/china-orders-christians-rewrite-bible-21152113

This conforms to the following prophecy:

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Revelation 13:1-2 KJV

Some may argue it's merely a coincidence that China's symbol is the dragon, but consider this:

1. China is now the world's No. 2 economy and soon will be No. 1.

2. China's diplomatic efforts are eclipsing those of the USA.

3. The Chinese "social credit" and surveillance systems soon will be global in reach, powered by their 5G and 6G technology.

4. US corporations, the largest of which no longer owe any allegiance to our country, are bowing down to the demands of Chinese leadership.

Are all these mere "coincidences" at the very same time that Israel is getting ready to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem? I think not.

America's Founders created this country as an engine to bring about the Biblical End Times. And we are about to witness the fulfillment of their hopes and dreams.

Our Dystopian Future

Some day soon you may get to live in a REAL matrix:

http://www.oldthinkernews.com/2019/12/17/trends-to-2030-report-outlines-automated-future/

Instead of being a human utopia, it's more likely to be a continuation of this:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/in-the-2010s-decade-we-became-alienated-by-technology

And when we finally start to rebel against the tech tyrants, we're likely to be killed by the robots they are so feverishly creating:

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/12/article/robots-humble-us-army-in-wargames/

At the dark heart of this expanding living hell is the fact that corporations have established themselves as the only "persons" who really matter. They control most of the world's resources and financial assets; they decide what we see, hear and think; and they're the only ones with the ability to do whatever they want, whenever they want.

And what they want is to own and control everything and everyone. They're even going to make sure we can't shit in comfort:

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/dystopian-toilet-adds-raging-quad-pain-employees-taking-netflix-and-poo-breaks

Now THAT'S really the last straw !!!

There Will Be War

Russian's top general warns that war is coming:

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/russias-top-general-warns-world-21121097

And many in the USA agree with him:

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/5-places-where-world-war-iii-could-start-2019-39372

Ask yourself this - Why are the powers that be in the USA going out of their way to antagonize the Russians and the Chinese and to hobble our own president's ability to make peace? They clearly want WAR, not peace; and We the People seem powerless to do anything about it.

This will not end well.

Playing Jesus

Here's a video game which allows you to pretend you're Jesus Christ:

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/i-am-jesus-christ-lets-21051487

I agree this is blasphemous, but I'm sure that won't stop people from buying it.

What do you think?

Another Horrible Nuclear Idea

Some people continue to extol the "virtues" of small, simple nuclear power reactors:

https://news.yahoo.com/tiny-simple-nuclear-reactor-could-225100257.html

I spent over 25 years in the dark heart of the nuclear industry, and I can testify that this is a HORRIBLE idea !!!

Nuclear reactors CANNOT be made safe, because the human interface will ALWAYS be flawed. You cannot believe the stupid things I have seen people do, and that includes those licensed as Senior Reactor Operators.

In addition, there already is too much nuclear waste in the world, and we have absolutely no meaningful plan for how to deal with it. We don't need to generate any more.

Furthermore, tiny reactors - especially ones small enough to transport by truck - pose a HUGE security risk. Just imagine terrorists making off with one of these and blowing it up in a populated area.

Please don't build these things !!! Forget nuclear power, and let's move on.

Africa In The Crosshairs

According to this report, Africa is experiencing a growth spurt:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/2100-five-ten-biggest-countries-world-will-be-africa

And how is the USA responding to it? By waging war, of course! You can read about it here:

https://theduran.com/the-secret-war-in-africa/

Note well that all the major external players (USA, China, EU, etc.) are making provisions to guard their perceived political and economic interests in Africa ... but that none of them are planning to meaningfully share Africa's wealth with its population.

Should Africa ever acquire the military means to protect its own interests, there will be the biggest war humanity has ever known. And I certainly would not blame them for tossing us all out if they could.

The Republic Crumbles

Here is an excellent analysis of where the so-called government of the USA is headed:

https://tomluongo.me/2019/12/19/coup-becomes-civil-war-trump-impeachment/

Rep. Pelosi has rightly observed that President Trump is not a lawyer.

But one has to ask how a room full of lawyers, all of whom take an oath to support our Constitution, can be so ignorant of its content and intent ... and so contemptuous of its limitations on their power.

I doubt we'll ever recover from this.

Quote For The Day - 12/20/2019

'But as the doom-mongering acquires the rubber-stamped smell of institutionalized illness, it is impossible to ignore that the “woke” are the new “slept”...'

Source - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/03/uns-woke-climate-change-propaganda-insult-science/

That's what happens when science turns into religion and dissent is thereby criminalized.

Gender Dysphoria, Or Autism Spectrum Disorder ???

Now here is a provocative study:

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/quarter-kids-treated-transgender-clinics-may-just-be-autistic-new-study-finds

Poor kids - not only autistic but also perhaps wrongly steered into gender dysphoria.

And if for some as yet unknown reason ASD actually is a result of some vaccination or drug, is this an intentional way of someday culling the human herd? I would not be surprised.

After all, many scientists want most of us to die:

https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2019/11/scientists-want-to-cull-human-herd.html

Does USAF Have Secret Tech ???

This USAF general seems to think we have some super amazing secret technology:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31445/recently-retired-usaf-general-makes-eyebrow-raising-claims-about-advanced-space-technology

Was he forced into retirement because he revealed this, or because he's nuts? Who knows.

By the way, there is an older technology which in theory could transport anyone to anywhere on the earth in less than one hour (38 to 42 minutes). I think I heard about this in high school back in the 60s. Good luck ever building it, though. Read this article, and you'll see why:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_train

Was Jesus A Socialist ???

Here is a satirical take on the title question:

https://babylonbee.com/news/jesus-was-a-socialist-says-man-whos-obviously-never-been-within-10-feet-of-a-bible

Before making up your mind on this subject, you need to consider the following fact:

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

Acts 4:32 KJV

That even sounds like communism to me.

Would the early church have been "communistic" if Jesus were against such a thing?

Yes, We Take Too Many Drugs

Here is an essay in The New York Times about the "other" drug epidemic:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/well/live/the-hidden-drug-epidemic-among-older-people.html

I get the impression they're blaming the patients for this epidemic. Well, they're wrong.

The medical community has been captured by Big Pharma. Too often, if we get to see a doctor at all the remedy offered to us will be some drug or other, or several drugs. It's NOT our fault - this is what the practice of medicine has become in the US.

And take a look at just about any magazine or TV show. Every other page and every other TV commercial will be an ad for prescription drugs.

If you really want to stop this "epidemic", then stop direct-to-the-public ads for drugs and reform US medical education to get doctors to stop prescribing all this crap.

Anything else just ain't gonna cut it.

Ten Self-Evident Truths

Mike Adams has given us ten truths about the powers that be which very well might become part of our next "Declaration of Independence":

1.We don’t believe you.

2. You are all dishonest crooks and horrible people who should never be trusted again.

3. The intelligence community is the enemy of the people and must be dismantled if any American is to ever be truly free.

4. We are not going to voluntarily hand over our guns. You may come try to take them by force, but we will shoot you if you try.

5. We are withdrawing our consent. You are now a rogue enemy government that we finally recognize as the ENEMY.

6. We are never going to vote for establishment candidates ever again.

7. We will not live as slaves, suffering under your tyranny. We would rather die as Americans, defending our liberty and our republic.

8. If we ever get the chance, we will arrest all of you and throw you in prison for as long as you live.

9. We will no longer cooperate with your sham court system, your corrupt FBI and your lawless federal regulators. They are all fraudulent, criminal cartels that have no legitimate authority. You have lost the consent of “the governed.”

10. Your fiat currency financial system and debt Ponzi scheme is a criminal fraud that steals money from the working class. We will no longer hold your dollars and will seek alternatives at every opportunity.

You can read the rest @
https://www.naturalnews.com/2019-12-13-truths-that-we-the-people-have-spontaneously-come-to-realize.html

It should be clear that extricating ourselves from the mess we're in will not be easy. We all hope it can be done without violence, but that's starting to look very unlikely. At the very least, the swamp can be expected to use any means necessary, including violence, to keep hold of the reins of power.

G-d help us.

Monetary Looting

Michael Krieger blows the whistle on the Federal Reserve System's lack of transparency:

We don’t know [what the Fed is doing] because they don’t want us to know, and they don’t want us to know because they don’t want the public thinking or talking about it. It’s at times like these when the totalitarian nature of central banking comes into crystal clear focus. What we have is government via unelected, unaccountable bankers. It’s the opposite of self-government, and understanding this simple fact blows apart all the myths about our so-called democracy and freedom. Nothing of the sort exists in reality, and when push comes to shove, you’re just a peasant living in an imperial oligarchy.

You can read the rest @
https://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2019/12/17/monetary-looting/

The Pentagon is looting us, the Federal Reserve System is looting us, Wall Street is looting us, but somehow it's seniors and other pensioners who are responsible for our monetary woes?

BULLSHIT !!!

Summoning Demons

A book has been published which teaches children how to summon demons:

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/12/17/exorcists-condemn-childrens-book-on-summoning-demons/

What kind of parent would buy this for their kids?

The Arrogance Of Science

Here is a scientist who says she knows how to keep whales healthy:

https://theconversation.com/my-team-uses-crossbows-and-drones-to-collect-bacteria-from-whales-and-the-results-are-teaching-us-how-to-keep-whales-healthy-128529

Here's how I think we can help keep them healthy:

1. Stop shooting them with crossbows and pestering them with drones.

2. Stop shooting them with harpoons and eating their flesh.

3. Stop killing the things they eat.

4. Stop putting plastic, toxins, and radioactive waste into the oceans.

5. Stop drilling into the sea bed in search of oil, gas, and other things humans covet.

6. In short, leave whales and their environment alone.

Capisci?

Big Corps Pay No Taxes

According to this report, the vast majority of large US corporations pay no federal taxes:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/16/corporations-paid-percent-tax-rate-last-year-steep-drop-under-president-trumps-law/

This is not a Trump problem, this is a US problem. Corporations have "captured" their former regulators.

And it is We the People who shall suffer in the end.

USA Vs. The Nazis

Here is a revealing article which compares the USA to Nazi Germany:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52714.htm

While it may be true that our atrocities don't compare to the Holocaust, we definitely have been responsible for a lot of bad things.

If you'd like to know more, I suggest you start with the following book:

https://www.amazon.com/American-Trajectory-Divine-Demonic-ebook/dp/B07HFHJFMP/

Griffin's book may seem repetitive to those well versed in the subject, but it provides a useful primer for those who are not.

Killing The Millennial Worker

Here is something to which we should be paying apt attention:

"There is no doubt that a wave of automation is about to be unleashed on economies worldwide."

You can read the details here:

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/pay-attention-robots-are-killing-millennial-worker

Let's put two and two together:

a. Corporations and their AI/robots are relentlessly taking away all of our jobs.

b. "Our" government continues to increase spending for military, police, and surveillance purposes while cutting social services (see previous post - https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2019/12/guns-or-butter.html).

c. This implies that "our" government's response to hungry, out-of-work people will be to ignore them until they rebel ... and then to shoot them. That's what military and police are best at.

Which presidential candidate, if any, is even CONSIDERING measures to deal with this trend? None I can think of.

If we don't fix this now, it will be too late once all our jobs are gone.

Guns Or Butter ???

Here is a report concerning the reallocation of our national resources AWAY from the military and TOWARD meeting human needs, starting with our own citizens:

https://www.thenation.com/article/pentagon-budget-faith-military/

It should be clear that existing military expenditures provide little or nothing of value for We the People. How much longer are we going to tolerate "our" military being used as muscle to steal the world's resources and to enforce the policies of globalists who don't care squat about us?

Prayer On The Temple Mount

Step by step, the Israelis are taking over control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem:

https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Jewish-prayer-has-returned-to-the-Temple-Mount-exclusive-610781

Ultimately, this will lead to construction of the Third Jewish Temple. Christians believe (at least some of them do) this also will lead to the Second Coming of Christ. Whatever the case, it's going to lead to more bloodshed.

Why is everything G-d does soaked in so much blood?

The UK Election

Here are some weighty claims from Caitlin Johnstone on the smearing of Jeremy Corbin:

A free and healthy society would not work this way. A free and healthy society would view all forms of manipulation as taboo and unacceptable. A free and healthy society would not allow the will of members of one small elite class to carry more weight than the will of anyone else. A free and healthy society would give everyone an equal voice at the table, and look after everyone’s concerns. It certainly wouldn’t tolerate a few individuals who already have far too much abusing their power and wealth to obtain even more.

You can read the rest @
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/someone-interfered-in-the-uk-election-and-it-wasnt-russia-b98700a4a12

I think there's a lesson here for all of us who live in so-called Western "democracies". The elites have FAR too much power, and We the People have far too little.

Following The Chinese Model

US Army is building its own rare earths plant:

https://www.jpost.com/International/US-Army-to-fund-rare-earths-plant-for-weapons-development-610563

Reminds me of the industries controlled by the Chinese government. So now we're imitating them?

Scientific Dictatorship ???

Scientists now are recommending extreme measures to deal with people who refuse to do exactly as they say. Here are three examples:

1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/punishing-climate-change-skeptics-1458772173

2. https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/zdoggmd/75915 (punish anti-vaxxers)

3. https://www.defendevropa.com/2017/news/drug-europeans-accept-migrants/

No scientific theory or social policy is absolute, nor do they represent truth to all people for all time.

And all the above issues can be resolved without punishing dissenters or the public at large. As Thomas Jefferson put it so eloquently in his "Tree of Liberty" letter:

The people cannot be all, & always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. We have had 13. states independent 11. years. There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century & a half for each state. What country before ever existed a century & a half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them.

And NO, I am not promoting violence on the part of the people or the government. Those who promote such views on climate change, vaccination, and immigration must win their arguments in the court of public opinion, not through coercion and violence.

Sad that scientists don't understand that.

Jesus, Mary, And Joseph In Cages

Here is a report about a clever "nativity display":

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/12/08/church-nativity-displays-jesus-mary-joseph-cages-separated-border/

Here are my observations about it:

1. According to these scriptures, Joseph and Mary traveled LAWFULLY to Bethlehem, in accordance with an imperial decree:

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

Luke 2:1-6 KJV

2. According to the laws at the time, it does not appear that Jesus would have been an "anchor baby", since He was of the house and lineage of David and did NOT have to claim citizenship or residency merely because He happened to be in Bethlehem when He was born.

3. King Herod and his minions wanted to capture and kill Jesus because He was a direct threat to their rule, NOT because He was an "illegal alien".

4. G-d protected Jesus, Mary, and Joseph throughout this ordeal. Is He protecting those who cross our southern border? If He isn't, should we?

In other words, although this "nativity display" is cute, it's a gross distortion of the history and principles involved.