We still don’t know what various governors and mayors will demand by the time of the Feast of Tabernacles.  Having suspected it all along, we’re now hearing that the “numbers” (which of course never lie) are being juiced in Florida and Virginia at least.  The “testing stations” that have popped up all over the state of Florida are reporting that 100% are infected, and there are zero who are not.  It’s doubtful that their numbers are anywhere near accurate, but news anchors are nevertheless using the reported infections to panic everybody into emergency submission.

You know from the reporting that anyone who tests positive is subjected to daily testing, even if they’re not sick or showing any symptoms.  Every time there is a “positive” test result, it is recorded as an additional case in Virginia.  There is a single individual who has accounted for FIFTEEN cases, and that’s been verified according to Laura Ingraham’s reporting on her FOX news program.  There’s also news that Texas has had to alter their “numbers,” after realizing that many sicknesses and deaths had been incorrectly blamed on the virus.  Surprise, surprise!

On the international front, the U. S. is disputing China’s claim to the entire South China sea. U. S. warships are on patrol there to make the point. That’s where things may be headed. The confrontation between the U. S. and China may transition from trade disputes to war drums.  Assuming America survives the incalculable damage caused more by mandates and closures than the virus itself, a coming military standoff with China may well be next.

This update is intentionally short, due to the article that accompanies it.  But we have some additional details.  The local news reported this morning that meetings have determined that the names of both public high schools in Tyler must undergo a change of names.  One is Robert E. Lee, the other is John Tyler.  Now we can’t help wondering if the name of the city itself is not on the chopping block.

Much that we hear and see in the way of so-called “news” is pure insanity.  Even here in East Texas, there is a tendency to give the “mob” its way, maybe thinking that the craziness will be satisfied and life can go on.  But that will not be the case.  You never stop a bully by giving in.  You can bet the mob will be back with more demands.  It’s a vicious cycle that will never end until they are confronted, but nobody wants to stick their neck out, for obvious reasons.  The “cancel culture” will destroy anybody who gets in their way.

But we’re about to take a respite from all of it for the Sabbath day.  We plan to obey the “mandates” of God’s Law, whether or not they run afoul of some power-drunk official, wielding un-Constitutional “emergency powers” to keep everyone safe.  I think you know who wins in the end.  The meantime may try all our souls.

Mark

Source: http://www.intercontinentalcog.org/fridayupdates.php

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