We’ve seen competing border visits by the pretender and his opponent.  For some reason they decided that Mr. Biden should visit a segment of the border where the caravans don’t cross.  There is lots of speculation about the stiff gait and slow trudge.  Since the recent actions by Governor Abbott, the caravans have gone west, to sanctuary places.

There’s no telling what is happening in those cities.  That way we’ll never know how bad things are, because they’re reported as “white.”  For  some reason, it seems, those that hate this country have decided to turn it into the third world.  There are heinous crimes being committed and we don’t know the half of it.  Some couldn’t be hidden, and there are already some of the most gruesome crimes being committed against unsuspecting citizens.  Some of the invaders commit crimes so bad, they can’t be reported.  But unfortunately, after having canceled all the policies in place, the pretender needs more power! (s)  

The war in Gaza goes on, and it has to.  There’s no use watching an American spokesman trying to tell us what’s about to happen.  The administration is stomping the brakes, trying to direct Israeli policy from some podium.  Anything you might hear is contradicted almost immediately by the actions of the IDF.  What does it matter when an American official takes the microphone to tell us what’s up?  They haven’t told us the truth about much, as we’re painfully aware.

Dozens of rockets are being fired at Israeli communities out of Lebanon, haphazardly.  If you want to know what’s really going on you have to watch news from on the spot.  According to the Israeli military, they stand poised and ready to take on the terrorists in Lebanon if it comes to that.  We can thank the efforts of the past that the whole region hasn’t gone to war.  Things are dicey, and cool heads are rare.  

The mainstream news is playing up the suffering in the war zone, and in Rafah, the crossing at the Egyptian border.  Drone footage shows the humanitarian supply trucks being mobbed, and driving away in fear, running over people in the process.  A gun went off, and the prerequisite melee ensued.  Lastly, you see dead bodies being carried from the carnage.  

Here at home the usual political strife continues.  Court cases abound against the number one prospect.  This would be business as usual in a third world country.  The panicked administration is liable to do anything to derail this freight train.  All the polls show the pretender losing states he purportedly won last time around.  Never mind the polls.  If there are mail deliveries by semi trucks …

I’m sure you’ve heard, fires are sweeping across the panhandle of Texas.  It’s mostly scrub, but there are ranches and feedlots, and that’s the concern.  In California the snowstorms are piling up.  They’ll have to consult the record books to see if this qualifies, but I’ll bet nobody’s worried about global warming right now.

The war in Ukraine?  The surest way to know it’s not going well, despite all the breast-beating, is the fact that we’re not hearing much about it.  It was a fool’s errand in the first place.  No matter how bad Putin is, this thing should have been solved already.  Except they’re trying to turn it in to a world war, if only we understood that Putin is a bad guy!  Maybe, but that doesn’t demand we lose our ability to reason.  

We’ve got the war in Ukraine, the war in Gaza, the Houthis firing rockets and missiles at commercial vessels, inflation is eating us alive and the border is out of control.  Everyone has seen how bad things can get with inept leadership.  We all hope there’s still time to fix all that has gone wrong.  Hope everyone has a great Sabbath.

Mark

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It’s as if it never happened.  Farmers erupt all over Europe, blocking various well-traveled sites and it’s barely news.  They’ve disbanded, but leaders say they’re ready to resume the protest if announced concessions are not forthcoming.  This whole thing was to be handled quietly.  The photos are dramatic, and if the convoys didn’t dismantle the blockades, it would be ruinous for all involved.  So the farmers got their way.  Surcharges on fuel (to save the planet, no doubt) were quickly and quietly dropped.  They wouldn’t want it to be seen as having to do with their false religion.  But there are tractors blocking roads all over the place and all kinds of remedies.

As if flying to climate conferences, preaching to the choir, is a life that should be funded by us.  Not only that, we should hang on every word, and feel blood guilty for our part in planetary destruction.  Check out this quote:

“For nearly three years, John Kerry has been jet-setting on the international climate conference circuit while sending taxpayers the bill,” PTF Executive Director Daniel Turner told Fox News Digital in a statement. “Today, we begin the process of teaching John Kerry and Joe Biden that they work for the taxpayers. No one should have to waste resources on litigation, but that is our only option since John Kerry thinks he can keep his office off the books.”

Have you noticed?  From global warming dogma to circling the wagons around the first family, there’s an air of self-righteousness in the media that’s hard to take.  They protest over much.  The logic they want us to buy is beyond almost anyone’s ability to accept.

Now they’re threatening to send U. S. troops if money for Ukraine is not forthcoming (See statement by Chris Coons).  They’re also threatening to release illegals unless everything goes their way.  No third-world country on earth allows an invasion like this.  News from the border is nigh unto impossible to watch.  As you know, Texas has exerted State power, taking control and expelling the welcome wagon you-know-who had in place.  Now there are six strands of razor wire, and it’s only re-routed the caravans to points West.  You’ve probably seen reports, people are coming from all over the world.  The media has noticed that many are from China.  How can this be?  The speculation is that they’re coming with the knowledge and approval of the dictator.   

Meanwhile we’re treated to the scandals.  The polls say that Donald Trump is winning in the crucial states.  He’s under criminal indictment in four jurisdictions.  They’ve fired all of the guns at once, and it may have been a terrible mistake.  You’ve heard of “death by a thousand cuts?”  The laws have been tortured to charge numerous crimes at once, with the former president jetting to and fro to appear.  The cases are complicated, and they better hope something sticks.

I guess the confused, bewildered act isn’t standing the test of time in the courtroom.  How these “attorneys” thought they’d be basking in the glory of having brought down the one that everyone on the left despises, is anyone’s guess.  They might have celebrated too soon.

As far as the war in Ukraine, who knows?  It’s a quagmire and the primary objective is to deceive people into opposing camps.  We know Vladimir Putin is not a good guy, but at this point the posturing is getting old.  The whole thing probably could have been worked out through diplomacy.  Anything would have been better than an ongoing war, where we’re a financial participant.  The national debt is beyond comprehension, and they act like they can add to it without consequence.

So Germany is rising to the occasion and projecting its military power so as to guarantee that Europe doesn’t get invaded.  Maybe this wouldn’t be a big deal, but it seems Germany is going back on something that was decided in the aftermath of WWII.  Will Germany be the guarantor of Europe’s security?  That might not be the best solution.

The war in Gaza rages on.  It’s obvious that humanitarian aid was being spent on a labyrinthine infrastructure of tunnels.  The Israelis are manufacturing automatic rifles that can see around corners.  Sounds impossible, if I hadn’t seen it demonstrated.  They’re manufacturing these advanced weapons, replete with cameras and all kinds of technology.  

Hostages are still being held somewhere.  Unbelievable that these terrorists think they’re brave.

Mark

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It might be a good time to risk a peak at the mainstream news.  Even they couldn’t choke down Ms. Willis’ testimony yesterday.  Millions no doubt tuned in this morning to continue to watch the proceedings unfold, only to be told that she wouldn’t be appearing.  What a disappointment!  The Black Panther father who raised her is taking the stand today, after the surprise that there were no further questions for Fani.  They couldn’t take it anymore.  If you saw an extended exchange, you’ll know what I mean.

Mr. Wade appeared the day before.  There’s no need to explain the apparent trouble they’re in.  But it’s just business as usual.  They apparently want so badly to bring down Donald Trump that they think they can withstand the legal scrutiny by being confused, surprised, combative and several other adjectives.  It’s rather comical that they think they will be the ones to bring down Donald Trump.  

Apparently they’re trying to strip him of his empire with the New York court case.  They want all his assets under the claim that he overvalued his empire in order to obtain loans.  Which were paid without default.  Who ever heard of a case where no one was injured, even financially?  The sanctions are severe, but probably won’t stand the test of appeals. They think they can strip him of his wealth by making these claims after the fact.

It’s almost like people sat in a room and devised multiple tacks on which to prosecute the most popular candidate in memory.  They’ll bring him down if it’s the last thing they do!  We’ve lost track, but Trump’s lawyers haven’t.  It’s death by a thousand cuts, but the prosecutors are not up to it as you can see.  Who knows how these court cases eventually turn out.  The media is busy adding up the value of Trump’s assets, trying to figure out what he’ll do if the New York ruling stands.

You know there’s absolute panic among his detractors with government jobs.  He played nice last time, but they have kept using everything they can think of to get rid of him.  He’s still winning, and they’re scared to death about the prospect of him returning to the presidency.

It’s not the only absurdity we’re being treated to.  News from the border is too heartbreaking to watch.  Get ready for a crime wave.  It’s already underway, and we don’t know the half of it.  Who’d have thought that importing millions of desperate people who don’t speak the language would turn out so badly?  To hear Trump tell it, they’re not sending their best.  Have you seen the photos of the perpetrators of police beat-down in Times Square?  Let’s hope these aren’t the average.  

Suddenly we’ve seen an outbreak of mass shootings.  You don’t want to attend a celebration of a sports victory.  Somebody might have a grudge against somebody else.  Gangs will be there, and they’ll be armed.  There’s an article on the Drudge Report about how black people are moving to Africa for a better life.  

It looks like they’re trying to start WWIII in Europe.  When you look at the world now, versus three years ago, there are wars and rumors of wars to be sure. The righteous view is that the U. S. must keep sending countless billions to Ukraine because Putin is a bad guy.  We’ve known that for some time.  Other European nations are threatening to get involved. Tucker Carlson went over and interviewed Putin at length, and everybody’s outraged.  How dare he interview Putin!

Simultaneously we have news that Alexei Navalny has died in prison.  We’ve known that he was a vocal foe of the Russian leadership, organizing protests of one form or another.  If you’ve read anything about Navalny,  you know that the Russian hierarchy has been trying to get rid of him for years. He accused the “regime” in general and Vladimir Putin in particular of rampant corruption.  

We’re hearing that Israel’s troops are going to move into Rafah, the infamous border crossing from the Gaza strip to Egypt.  There are undoubtedly terrorists hiding among the civilians.  There’s no predicting what will happen, but it won’t be pretty.  

We don’t even want to know what atrocities the brave Islamic warriors committed.  But they filmed much of it.  There’s a limit to how much the human mind can take in, and they’ve gone well beyond it.  Hostages are still held, no doubt some being abused.  And the civilized world thinks it can persuade Israel to go easy.  It’s not working, at all.   

Mark           

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We seem to have the next thing to open battle about the border.  The Texas governor has invoked the word invasion, which gives him special authorities.  You’ve seen the video from the border.  Everything is working like a clock.  Until the governor orders razor wire strung, then we have to have federal agents cutting the wire to let the immigrants take advantage of the system they’ve set up.  It looks like a clash.  The Supreme Court ruled that the feds can cut the fencing, but didn’t say a word about Texas continuing to spool it out.  This story is not over.

The FBI has new standards for hiring, and they’re not what they used to be.  Apparently they’re hiring based on DEI standards, so some candidates are not what you’d expect.  Maybe these DEI standards are going to put everybody out of business. 

You’ve heard about the door on the Alaska Airlines jet?  Good thing it blew out at low altitude, or they’d have had a much bigger problem on their hands.  All a company has to do is get on board with the new standards!  If that puts a manufacturer out of business, oh well.  At least everything was FAIR to who ever didn’t know how to put the door on the plane.  

The prosecutions continue against Donald Trump, and he seems to be making the court appearances.  You can follow them elsewhere.  Apparently he stormed out of court when the judge suggested his lawyer could go to jail.  The judge seems to have determined his guilt ahead of time, speaking up as he has.  Apparently Trump’s in trouble for calling his tormentor a nut job.  She’s accused him of assault, but has plenty of her own baggage.  You’d be hard pressed to find a photograph where she looks normal.  She has other, shall we say, eccentricities.  Trump owes money because he couldn’t resist telling the world that she’s a crazy person.  Who, by the way, doesn’t remember when the offense happened.  

It’s hard to picture, especially when he goes everywhere with an entourage.  Her story requires a good bit of imagination, and then doesn’t sound plausible.  But the judge believes her.  It sounds a lot like the Brett Kavanaugh story, in that nobody remembers anything.  It’s the accusation that counts.

Meanwhile we’re supposed to be excited about the next presidential election.  Poor old Joe.  He can’t make a public appearance without embarrassing himself.  Can you stand to watch?  It’s difficult.

The Australian Airline flight attendants are wearing “Free Palestine” buttons.  Don’t they watch the news?  Or maybe they’re not watching i24.  Surely they wouldn’t ally themselves with the crazy monsters who committed the massacre?  Oh, but the Arabs have complaints!  It’s OK to feel sorry for them, but they didn’t receive the upbringing you did.  They don’t have the same thought processes or empathy that westerners do.  Maybe that’s something we should figure out.  People from elsewhere don’t have the same reactions we do.

Truckers are on their way to Texas.  It will no doubt spawn lawsuits galore.  In Canada the courts ruled that the actions they took against truckers were unconstitutional.  And that’s with Canada’s constitution!  We’ll have to see what happens when the truckers arrive at the border in Texas.  Right now it looks like Joe Biden, or his handlers, have decided that the border is the place for a showdown.  Why wouldn’t Americans want millions of these non-English speaking “refugees” squatting everywhere?  It’s being cast as empathy for whoever is crossing illegally.  Since the buses started rolling, it seems everybody’s in the same boat.  Nobody wants unemployed, destitute people who don’t speak the language and are surviving on our dime sleeping on the streets.  In a lot of cases, they’re putting them up in big city hotels.  You think those rooms will ever be the same?

But poor ole Joe doesn’t know anything is wrong.  Why, he’s been the best president in ages!

That’s got to be what they’re telling him.  He’s doing a great job.  No one will ever forget.  It seems like the second coming of Jimmy Carter, only worse.           

Mark

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Lawyers for the Biden administration told the U.S. Supreme Court in their filing that Texas’ “activities have changed the situation along the relevant stretch of the Rio Grande.” They added that the additional barriers in and around Eagle Pass, Texas “further restricts Border Patrol’s ability to reach the river in particular areas.”

The filing comes after the administration earlier this month asked the justices to temporarily allow Border Patrol agents to cut or remove controversial razor-wire fencing that Texas officials placed along part of the Republican-governed state’s border with Mexico to deter illegal border crossings.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-erects-new-border-barrier-dispute-with-biden-administration-ramps-up-2024-01-12/

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The Biden administration has asked the US supreme court to allow border patrol agents to cut through razor-wire fencing that Texas placed along the US-Mexico border.

In an emergency appeal by the justice department, the solicitor general said that fencing installed by Texas’s Republican governor had actually prevented border agents from detaining migrants at the border, and said federal law allows the government to remove it.

Concertina wire fencing was installed on private property along the Rio Grande by the Texas national guard, as part of the state’s contentious efforts to target undocumented immigrants. Greg Abbott, the Republican Texas governor, has made harsh border policies a hallmark of his administration, and has also sent tens of thousands of migrants by bus to Democrat-run cities.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/03/us-mexico-border-razor-wire-supreme-court-biden

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     The pretender is signaling that the U. S. may be “dragged into war with Russia” if Ukraine should lose the war.  That sounds pretty bleak.  Apparently WW III is not too high a price.  Knowing as everyone does now, that there is evidence that payouts have been made, what will be the price of saving the pretender?  Maybe that price is currently being paid.  May it not get worse.

     The scenes from the border cannot be watched with a straight face. They have no idea how to fix it!  Gregg Abbot piloted a law through the Texas Legislature that allows law enforcement to arrest illegal aliens.  But it doesn’t take effect until March, and the administration promises to sue over it.  The Biden doctrine seems to be, if Trump did it, it must be overturned. The Paris Climate Accord?

     It is clear that all the bad guys on earth know this is the time to act up.  The Houthis are shooting at cargo vessels in the Red Sea.  The U. S. has only tacitly responded.  We’re told that nothing happens without Iranian approval.  Lindsay Graham (long categorized as a war-monger) says it’s time to blow Iran off the map.  They’re seen as largely responsible for the current Israeli war in Gaza, though they claim to have known nothing about it.  But the munitions came mostly from Iran.  

     There is more about to break on the details of corruption.  You won’t find a full explanation here, except from an overview.  It wouldn’t do any good to lead the cheering section on impeachment.  If you look at who is waiting in the wings, you almost hope it doesn’t happen.  But then again, it may turn out to be inevitable.  

     You have to be careful about turning any of several news channels.  They’ll bring on some “expert” you’ve never seen before to say something designed to make you furious.  More often than not, they don’t know what they’re talking about.  It’s getting to be impossible to watch anyone spouting the left’s point of view.  Even Bill Maher is sick of it.  He seems to be pushing back against the left’s apparent knee jerk reaction to demonstrate on behalf of the terrorists.  

    Don’t get me started, but there seems to be an inherent conflict.  The left reflexively supports the cause of the “downtrodden.”  How downtrodden are they when they spend every dime on tunnels and rockets in the vain hope that they can overcome Israel?  If an accounting is ever done, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that U. S. aid has been used in the furtherance of terrorism.  They are like nothing you’ve ever encountered in civilized society.  Consumed by hatred.  Nobody talks about it very much, but they can’t wait to die in the furtherance of their cause.  They think they’ll go to Paradise, which is a long way from Gaza.  You’ll have to find out about the rest of their reward elsewhere.  But it tells you something.  They’re not afraid to die.  They think they’ll be rewarded for their atrocities.  Wouldn’t you like to be there when they find out what’s up?

     We don’t know if the pretender will get us into a world war.  He probably would given the time.  But time is running out.  If it comes to impeachment, the party won’t let it happen, unless…  Maybe news will surface that gives them no choice, but even then they’d hate to have it happen.  We don’t know if the pretender will get to the finish line or not.  What will the world look like?  What will the United States look like this time next year?  

     This nation was no accident.  Some bad things happened along the way, no doubt.  But God decreed the existence of the United States long ago.  It’s been the shining light of freedom to the rest of the world as long as we’ve been alive.  But somebody is pushing our luck. 

Mark

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The scenes from the border are unbelievable.  Here they come.  It was bad before, but now it’s even worse.  It’s not like a one time arrival of some group, it’s thousands of people waiting to be signed up for a court date two years out.  Who can stand to watch?  When, in world history, has any nation agreed to such a thing?  Reports come only once or twice a day, but this travesty goes on around the clock.  The pretender says it’s Trump’s fault.  Texas Governor Abbot has declared an invasion, for all the good it will do.  Even talking about the situation at the border is terribly depressing. 

Zelensky appeared at the United Nations this week.  Why, you ask?  To lecture us about global warming?  He’s fixing to start WWIII at our expense and he thinks we’re going to listen to him blather on about global warming?  Something about this whole Ukraine war thing doesn’t make sense.  Why are we contributing many times what the Europeans are?  And they want planes.  Everything we’ve got, military wise, Zelensky needs.  Does somebody think Ukraine is going to defeat Russia?  

He may have queered the whole deal.  It seems he’s irritated his benefactors in Poland, which had contributed money and arms.  Now Zelensky is suing them over a grain deal?  That might be a mistake.  

We knew when we saw the first example of a flash mob that there was going to be trouble.  Now they’re flash-mobbing department stores, high end stores, and stealing everything whether it’s locked down or not.  In some places stores are having to leave their expensive real estate and close.  It’s a trend.  The downtown districts of America are becoming dangerous, if they weren’t already. Big name merchandisers can’t make a go of it if their luxury items are walking out the door.  The thieves always get away.  Social justice, you know.

I don’t know how, but everyone seems to think the pretender is going to run for a second term.  They better cheat even better than last time.  They better hope they don’t win.  They’ve already put the U. S. in a downward spiral, economically and internationally.  With the national debt now at something like 32 trillion, and spending money that doesn’t exist on global warming and the war in Ukraine, it makes you wonder what’s next?  It’s like those in power are in a race to destroy everything.  The Constitution can just take a back seat, they’ve got problems to solve.  At our expense.

We’re going to leave to go to the Feast of Tabernacles next week. The day of Atonement, an annual High Day, begins at sundown Sunday night and we will be conducting a service on Monday.  We have Feast of Tabernacles sites in several wonderful locations and we are looking forward to the celebration of the time when we won’t have to worry about thievery and destruction. We won’t have to worry that we’re being spent into oblivion. It’s a wonderful break when God’s people get together, away from the nonsense. But some of us will still be paying attention. Have a great Feast! 

Mark

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Most of us have found some tranquility.  But that can be interrupted by seeing most any news report.  Much of the time, it’s not even news reports.  It’s someone angrily preaching some woke philosophy.  They’ve got Trump trials lined up for the networks to report on.  Nine person panels take turns giving an inside view, with Trump guilty whether proven or not.  Isn’t it exciting?  

It’s a good thing Trump has been indicted, and is facing trial in four jurisdictions. Now they’ve got all the details to sift through and opine about.  They just can’t be bothered with the news that there appears to be proof the pretender accepted money to tweak U. S. policy as Vice President.  Remember when he boasted about “getting the prosecutor fired?”  Why did he publicly brag about that?  Maybe he knew it would come up sooner or later and was signaling that it was just another day at work for a man of his stature.  Well, it has come up.  

Now there are reportedly thousands of e-mails under assumed names, many of them to his son.  The contents have been described as outlining U. S. policies, and sent in advance of their announcement.  Now back to the Trump charges.

It seems like everything that could go wrong for the country and the world has gone wrong.  We’re shackled to the never-ending embarrassment, and thinking surely this guy isn’t formulating complex policies!  Our border is so overrun, I can’t stand to look.  The Texas Governor Abbott has floated large buoys across the Rio Grande, and the government is suing to make them go away.  So here we go again.  How dare the governor try to secure his state.

When we first heard about it, the busing of illegal migrants to New York and other “sanctuary cities” seemed like a gimmick.  But it’s gone on and on, and now New York is wondering what they’re going to do with all the migrants. 

The United States appears to be under sustained attack from all directions, and we’ve got a pretender who tells stories about how he almost lost his corvette and his cat one time, to people in Maui who have lost everything.  The fire has spawned conspiracy theories as you know.  We hope to live long enough to find out what really happened. There apparently weren’t any sirens, no messages on cell phones.  It’s a complete disaster, with unknown dead and smoldering rubble in what a month ago was paradise.

Thank God the Florida hurricane was not as bad as predicted, but then, what is?  We get run over by things we don’t even believe in.  No doubt people are suffering the aftermath in the hurricane’s path, but it could have been worse.  

Don’t risk a peek at the mainstream news unless you want to be furious in seconds.  They’re  preaching white supremacy on CNN, it’s their main thing.  Aside from attacking Donald Trump from every direction.  Maybe I’m wrong, but I suspect these trials will be an opportunity to make public things the mainstream has not wanted to report.  Just a guess.  These prosecutors who got elected promising to go after Trump legally are probably going to rue the day they decided to go for it over such a thin pretext.

Meanwhile, the world is spinning out of control.  Russia is making overtures to Iran.  We’re on the brink of war with China, and we’ve got a “president” who’s completely out of touch and trotted out to say everything is under control.  But Ukraine is a  quagmire, and we’re firmly on the hook.  Nobody dares mention any who might take the pretender’s place, because the “family” isn’t convinced he can’t continue to run interference for years into the future.

We’ve got a mess domestically and internationally, and we’re worried about satisfying the demands of the philosophy that’s become mainstream.  It looks like the nation that fulfilled God’s promise to Abraham has gone off the deep end, into all manner of hideous persuasions.  May we remain faithful, and sane, as we WATCH this thing unfold. 

Mark

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In trying to construct a sentence, the realization dawned that some subjects are just not fit for discussion.  Many of us will spend the remainder of our lives having to look at and hear about the heroic, historic, brilliant Judge on the Supreme Court.  Many are drawing a connection between some of the worst imaginable behavior, and the record showing that the newly confirmed Justice thinks, and has ruled, that it’s not that big a deal.  Just opening the subject is wretched. But she’s considered it several times and in her wisdom came down easy time and again.

We’ve been treated to a flood of horrific photos and stories out of Ukraine this week.  Two Fox News contributors were killed and another seriously injured.  There are information services and people working behind the scenes for the purpose of developing a narrative.  After what we’ve been through, with the news anchors pretending to believe the nonsense they’re so concerned about, who knows?  So now we’re supposed to suspend disbelief and be seriously informed?

Some things are undeniable.  The destruction of whole towns and villages is obvious, as are the testimonies of those fleeing.  The atrocities?  Apparently there are animalistic Russian soldiers if the stories are true.   When you think that this all might have been avoided, it’s all the more depressing.

It’s been played over and over, that’s how sad the video is.  The reputed world leader was wandering here and there looking for someone to talk to him in a crowded room, and coming up empty.  Just pitiful.  The descent into denials and jocular redirection has begun.  It’s all fun and games to hear the defense team.  Everything’s fine.  But it’s not.

The weeks and months ahead will be painful, for those involved and for all of us who have to suffer through it.  It’s starting to look like mental slippage is the least of the first family’s concerns.  The cat is out of the bag.  There will be revelations we’d rather not have to hear.  But we’ll have no choice.  Eventually it will be everywhere.  But there is an insurance policy.  Inappropriate cackling is something we’ve not seen behind the podium with the Presidential seal.  Nobody but nobody wants that.

We can’t even look at what’s going on with the Southern border.  How can this ever be undone?  There’s been headline news here in Texas, claiming our governor is fixing to bus all the desperate and illegal aliens to Washington D. C.  In the same breath we hear that lawsuits will be filed, and that the governor has no authority to interfere with the operations of the Feds.  Meanwhile…

Eagles are getting thrashed and killed by these “clean energy” windmills.  Whether or not they make economic sense, they’re apparently killing lots of birds.  A wind farm company has just been convicted and fined $8 million for killing eagles. University researchers are trying to solve the problem of knocking federally protected species out of the sky by the do-gooders saving the planet.  Never mind about the construction methods, or where the materials come from.  Forget about the costs involved in the transport and setup of the monstrosities.   It turns out that wind farms get permits that allow for a dozen or more dead birds.  An acceptable death toll for those saving the planet.  But nobody said anything about eagles.  Until now.  But don’t worry, most of them were Golden eagles.  They’re working on it.  Besides, there are all kinds of culprits when it comes to killing birds.  Pesticides and cats are purportedly killing them by the millions.  I doubt cats are killing eagles, in fact it’s probably the other way around, but that’s part of the zealot’s argument.  Saving the planet may not be as simple as they thought.  After all, wind energy accounts for a whopping 3% of national consumption!  Consider the source.  Even that figure has probably been tweaked.

Finally, what’s with this Klaus Schwab dude?  We’re finding out that several current and former heads of state are graduates of his WEF global leadership program.  If you look at the people in high office, from heads of state to university positions, you have to wonder where their loyalties lie.  There are some big names involved in the global leadership of tomorrow, or whatever.  We will be looking at this.  Global leadership, especially with all the diversity and environmental considerations, is something we’d hoped we wouldn’t see.  It’ll be lots of fun when governments are more interested in all the woke sentiments and “saving the planet,” than they are the interests of their own populations.  It’s already firmly established, and it doesn’t sound good.  It looks like this outfit has plans for us that we’re not about to go along with.

Mark

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

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