No doubt everybody has seen it. The things you have to do to save the planet! It did make a good visual though, people pushing their battery cars in the snow. Elon Musk is something akin to a genius, but surely he knows that battery technology is no good in sub freezing temperatures. Who doesn’t know this? We have tremendous respect for his achievements in sending rockets to space and the opportunities for communication that governments can’t easily stop. But he might have stopped thinking about winter and Teslas too soon.

No doubt these battery cars are wonderful under ideal conditions. But sometimes you need transportation, which is why a battery car is a status symbol. It has to be a second or third car, unless you’re a true fanatic. Nevertheless, the endless harangue over “clean energy” continues to plague us. The windmills are frozen, useless. The solar panels? It’s winter. Somehow I don’t remember warnings about energy outages when I was a kid. Now they’re warning that people should unplug their appliances, because the grid is under strain.

But they’re having their elite meetings in Switzerland. As if anything they decide will matter if you know who is re-elected. The shadow of Donald Trump hangs over the meetings at Davos. Amazonian witch doctor or whatever, no amount of whooshing on people’s foreheads is going to solve the world’s energy problems. Facepaint or no facepaint. Does the world really have an energy problem, or are these slick talkers just blowing smoke and getting richer by the panic they create?

There’s a full court press on TV news. They hate the prospect of another Trump presidency, or more accurately, fear it. They’re scared to death. If he does a fraction of what he’s promising in his campaign speeches, they should be. Seems to me he tried to play nice the first time around. It could be that they’ve misjudged him. That’s what they’re afraid of.

Oh no! What if the deep-state is dismantled. Call it what you want, but events over recent years proves it exists. They fear Trump, and they fear us. Maybe that’s why the border is wide open and they’re giving away the farm. Cell phones, accommodations, we can’t give them enough. Is it true that a replacement is going on? Are we destined to be a minority in our own county? One that God ordained and blessed abundantly.

The carnage continues on i24. You can’t watch much. Your heart can’t take it. What are we supposed to do? You watch little children tell their stories. You see civilians walking around the scene of the festival the terrorists crashed and tell you what happened where.

If the comments I’m reading are any gauge, people have had about enough. It’s clear that the pretender is not forging policy. In fact, long-standing American policies to do with Israel and the hostile surrounding nations have put this administration at odds with its base. You see all these demonstrations? Shutting down freeways and bridges. What are these people doing here?

Are we going to squander our blessings? If you read the Old Testament, it looks like the United States is what was promised to Abraham. We’ve got a Constitution that has been copied elsewhere, but is unique in the world. Nobody has the kinds of freedoms and protections that the American citizen has under the Law. Maybe some of these people blocking traffic ought to get a clue, or go home.

Mark

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I bet you thought you’d never see Donald Trump getting interrogated by CNN.  Obviously, it was a ratings play that CNN desperately needed.  But it didn’t go well for CNN or the girl asking the questions.  Watch it if you can.  Reports are circulating that the network ended the town hall nearly a half hour early, and no wonder why.  The crowd was extremely vocal in Donald Trump’s favor.  Can you even imagine the headset chatter while this was taking place?  There must have been gnashing of teeth behind the scenes.  Now some of the familiar faces are angry.  How dare CNN, of all places, give Donald Trump the forum to outwit them and draw laughter at the same time?  It was probably one of the biggest audiences for CNN in some time, and Trump made the network and the host look unprepared.  The left gets so unabashedly embarrassed that their only retort is to cancel the guy.  They obviously can’t compete.  So they brand Trump’s wit a pack of lies, and that’s all they’ve got.  I’m having a hard time getting over the fact that he told the female lawyer  she wasn’t his type during a deposition.  That’s brash, and wonderful.  

You can’t escape the border crisis.  The government is telling us they’ve got it under control.  Mayorkas is trying to explain through that idiotic grin, but the pictures tell a different story.  Last night Governor Gregg Abbott appeared with a story of officers using  concertina wire to block the entry of hordes that had already crossed the Rio Grande.  Why hasn’t this been going on all along?  Is there a border there, or not?  Reports claim that everybody is getting free cell phones and being released with notices to appear, ten years from now.  Meanwhile, where would they like to go?  Sending them to New York, Chicago or Detroit turned out to be more than a gimmick.  It’s a headache for “compassionate” Mayors, but at least they’re not in Texas anymore.  

But apparently Title 42 (remain in Mexico) has expired, and we have no , border.  Here comes South America.  What on earth?  Let’s argue about trannies, shall we?

There have been revelations this week that would lead any sane person to change their identity and try to escape to some unlikely paradise.  But it’s going to be a slow motion train wreck instead.  It’s in black and white now, but you wouldn’t know anything if dependent on mainstream outlets.  Shell corporations all over the place, shuttling payments from one to another before finally reaching their intended destination.  Yeah, there’s nothing to see here.  It’ll take forever, and the agencies and corporations will run interference for the duration.  We’ve known things for years that would have changed outcomes, but somehow they never come to fruition.  This money for nothin’ looks bad, but escape hatches are being mapped out, and who knows what they’ll try to make us believe.  This should be good.  

Meanwhile we’re treated like a bunch of imbecilic automatons by those who would inform us. You’re probably talking back to your TV too.  Who can stand it?  These talking heads tell us what to believe and how to look at the devastation being wrought.  The pretender shows up with that squint to read some statement, and the mainstream breathes a sigh of relief.  Maybe everybody will back off now.  

It seems that the mounting evidence may have been underestimated.  But who knows?  Some sweetheart pleading out of lesser charges, maybe a pardon of all family members.  We’re already off the charted map, and the powers that be seem to have an agenda.  America is being overrun, deceived at all costs and spent into oblivion over global warming.  People are starting to get irritated.  May America withstand the onslaught of non-sense, and survive to be saved. 

Mark

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Rep. James Comer, Kentucky Republican, said Mr. Biden’s ballyhooed trip avoided any encounters with the actual chaos of the border, instead delivering a “staged version” of the border to the president that hid the realities communities are facing.

Migrant encampments that had plagued El Paso for months, and which spurred an emergency declaration by the city’s Democratic mayor, were cleared just before Mr. Biden’s visit.

And Homeland Security’s migrant processing facility, which had been bursting, was quickly cut to below its 1,000-person capacity, Mr. Comer said, citing news reports.

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On New Year’s day, 30 prisoners escaped from “el Cereso 3” after a group of armed men attacked the prison and some of its guards.

Sunday’s attack resulted in a total of 17 deaths; ten custodians, and seven prisoners, along with 13 injured. Hundreds of Mexican Army soldiers and the Mexican National Guard are looking for escapees.

On Sunday, another two gunmen were killed by Mexican officials after being chased from the jail into the Juarez outskirts. They were chased in connection to the prison’s attack.

Monday was a violent day in Juarez, too, that left five other gunmen killed after they attacked members of the state police. Two other officers were killed, which makes 26 people dead since the prison’s break on Sunday.

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The court ruled on Tuesday that Title 42, which for the last two years allowed the government to expel migrants who might otherwise qualify for asylum because of the COVID-19 pandemic, must remain in place.

The decision is a win for Republican officials who opposed lifting the rule, and is a reprieve of sorts for the Biden administration, which had faced growing questions from lawmakers about whether it was prepared to handle the influx of migrants that was expected to follow the end of the rule.

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Much is being made of the transfer of illegal aliens to northeastern destinations.  Is it a gimmick or might it expose the hypocrisy of the bleeding hearts?  They seem to have certain philosophies that are for other people and other places.  Never mind the MILLIONS that have poured in since the border was opened.  What are they going to do about the dozens sent to Martha’s Vineyard?  Put them on buses and send them somewhere else, that’s what.  It’s one of the quickest turn-a-rounds you’ll ever see.  The State of Texas can’t send the trespassers back across the border, but they can certainly send them to other states that seem to want an uncontrolled southern border.  

The very idea!  The governors of Texas and Florida using human beings as political pawns!

The same individuals that vouch for an open border are flabbergasted that human beings are being transported to places with no way to take care of them.  This is Florida’s and Texas’ problem!  Not any more.  Apparently Governor Newsom wants the other governors charged with kidnapping!  Chicago and Martha’s vineyard?  They can hire buses too.  That’s just what they’re doing.  

We’re being led to believe that Ukraine is winning the war with Russia.  Word is that Russian soldiers are raiding the closets of civilians so they can escape undetected.  Ukrainian forces are driving them out, dejected and miserable.  Trouble is, nothing is left behind but ruined buildings and rubble is everywhere.  Next we’ll be hearing about some new Marshall Plan to rebuild Ukraine.  What?  You don’t care about people?   We’ve sent so many billions to Ukraine we’ve lost track.  Maybe that’s what they were counting on.  Ukraine is be counted among the most corrupt nations on earth.  It has to be saved at any cost.  

Switching to the Middle East, there’s been a rash of bank robberies in Lebanon.  It turns out that depositors are threatening violence to get at their savings.  The public supports these robberies, as the robbers are just trying to access their own money.  The banks have enacted rules that prevent people from accessing their savings.  The public is none too happy.  The currency has lost 90% of its value. 

There was trouble in the American financial markets this week.  FedEx is predicting a worldwide recession, if not worse.  It lost 25% of its value this week.  All the big corporate names fell dramatically in value.  My Dad often said that he believed that the end-time chain of events might well be set off by a worldwide depression.  

Interest rates are rising, killing off the housing boom.  The government is spending money like there’s no tomorrow.  We’re being scolded for loving our country and freedom.  Trump friends and allies are being raided, and Trump himself has so many investigations and lawsuits hanging over his head you have to wonder how he sleeps.  Whenever he appears at a rally, he’s as confidently optimistic as ever and promising the problems will be fixed.  He’s also railing against the Deep State, green energy and the politicization of Federal law enforcement.  

The mainstream is particularly upset if anyone should question the last presidential election.  Never mind that every presidential election has been questioned, and the winner called illegitimate. There’s no shortage of video proof but now it’s a serious crime, like terrorism.  That’s right.  If you question government or media authority you might be a terrorist!  We knew that things were going to get silly, but this is ridiculous!  

We can’t seem to get away from the horrific crimes being committed on an almost daily basis.  It’s no secret that the perpetrators of these hideous crimes shouldn’t be out walking the street.  In most cases these most visible and heinous crimes are committed by criminals that have a long rap sheet and wouldn’t have been freed to commit more crimes in previous years.  America’s big cities are starting to look like places we’d never want to visit.  We see homeless encampments on the streets of once clean and orderly cities.  Now there’s mayhem.  Isn’t progress great?  

How bad will it get where we are?  That depends where you live.  We know that before there’s Divine intervention that humankind on earth is at risk.  Meanwhile, there’s a precipitous decline in the Western nations.  There’s all kinds of worry over Europe’s energy situation with winter on its way.  Are governments going to “cap prices?”  They’re going to pick up the difference between what people would have paid and the prevailing prices?  Europe is at odds with Russia over fuel.  They might should have thought of that before going totally green.  But it’s not over.  We’ll be lectured mercilessly about how much they care.  Then we’ll be told what we must do!  Nah.  Thanks anyway.  

Mark

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It’s a rare day when even the mainstream news contains something to celebrate. The re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister of Israel definitely falls into that category. The previous election saw the former president send his top election consultants to make sure Netanyahu lost. You may recall how awkward the relationship between the Obama administration and Israeli leadership had become. The Iran “deal” was a major complication, as were nearly all of Israel’s policies toward its neighbors.

Recent months have seen all manner of accusations leveled against Prime Minister Netanyahu. American news sources have accused him of accepting gifts from foreigners, and all kinds of corruption in Israel’s domestic affairs. Just over a month ago the primary flagship publications that drive public opinion in the U. S. and around the world carried ominous reports of impending indictments and criminal charges against the Prime Minister. Israelis elected him in spite of all that, and likely plenty else that went on behind the scenes. It’s almost as if a parallel scenario is playing out in that tiny bastion of western civilization in the Middle East, eerily similar to what we’ve seen in American media and agencies of law enforcement. And with nearly identical results!

There is little doubt that EU leadership is severely disappointed with the outcome. For months if not years they’ve bought into the media hyped expectation that both President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu would be defending criminal indictments, ejected from office and staring down the barrel of a lifetime of incarceration. It looks as though the detailed articles derived from anonymous sources; the dark suspicions passionately embraced by most media organizations were all for naught. All their hopes and dreams are collapsing, despite the fact that they’re clinging to the faint possibility that somehow their darkest predictions will yet be born out.

This time last week the recently confirmed attorney general William Barr was one of the most respected legal minds on earth. Since he dared release the results of one of the most intensive investigations of all time he’s called a political hack, doing the bidding of President Trump by everyone who hoped for impeachment and prosecution. That’s what they’ve lined up to say on all the mainstream networks. The man was a straight arrow, beyond any hint of ill repute only a few days ago, now he’s the enemy of every former “intelligence” official demanding our beliefs line up with their false narrative.

Have you noticed that these two and three letter words manage to confound famous people with brilliant minds? First it was that two letter monster “is.” Now we’re subjected to all manner of confusion over the word “spy.” The definition was widely understood without argument last week. Now however, it has connotations that baffle even those in the business. We’ll have to break out the dictionary or thesaurus to find that “secret surveillance” with the use of informants, electronic interception and wiretaps is widely known as “spying.” Meanwhile we’re subjected to expressions of mysterious confusion on the faces of all the usual suspects. They just can’t understand!

The scandal of enormous proportions that broke today revolves around news that the Trump administration considered transporting some of the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens assailing our borders to those wonderful cities that have warmly embraced sanctuary policies, protecting foreign criminals from detention or deportation by federal immigration agents. On its face, the idea would appear logical. But, no. The mainstream media is beside itself with outrage.

Why wouldn’t those who want open borders be thrilled to have thousands more foreigners in their “sanctuary” cities? They’ve called our President and all of us racist for expecting a secure border. The critics don’t believe in borders. And they love diversity! Why wouldn’t they be thrilled at the prospect of welcoming bus-loads more illegal aliens to enrich their own culture? It looks like the President may be prepared to test the authenticity of their boundless compassion. This should be good.

We’re betting you’re sick to death of the twists and turns of so-called Brexit. British Prime Minister Theresa May is still negotiating with members of Parliament, hoping to forge an outcome they can claim to have fulfilled the results of the referendum. It has been almost three full years since that fateful vote that saw a majority of the British people vote to become sovereign once again. They’re still waiting. It became clear quite some time before that that the EU was heading into serious trouble. Not only do they now have millions of “migrants” in their midst, they’ve got economic troubles that may be insurmountable. Problems that will intensify once Britain finally pulls out, and may prove ruinous if any other member should follow suit.

It’s still an open question as to whether western civilization can survive the onslaught of socialist/communist propaganda and mass migration embraced by many world leaders and nearly all mainstream media, academia and multi-national corporations. But the ongoing battle is a lot more enjoyable than it was just one week ago! Have a great Sabbath,

Mark

P. S. We’re looking forward to the onset of the Spring Holy Day season, beginning with the observance of the Passover (Lord’s Supper) the evening of Thursday, April 18, the Night to be Remembered Friday evening and the First Day of Unleavened Bread on the Sabbath, April 20th. These events will be observed in local congregations in the U. S. and around the world as well as here at HQ.

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