Someone recently said that I was bitter that Trump had lost. Far from it. I’m bitter because he won.
In any event, when we see evil manifest itself on such a grand, patent scale, it drives many to despair. Speaking for myself, it drives me to introspection. (Hey, scratch a Greek, find a philosopher.) And my philosophical, introspective self tells me that things are not always what they seem.
One of the things that has stuck me since early November, is that nobody on the Left is acting like they won. That’s because they didn’t. I won’t bore you with the details as I’ve already documented them several times over the past several weeks. Since then, my suspicions have only hardened. Folks, the Democrat Party and their RINO/cuck allies are bat-shit crazy. And this time it’s not because Trump merely drives them to distraction (he does) but because they’re absolutely terrified of him. Otherwise, why would they try to force the Vice President to invoke the 25th Amendment? Or impeach him for a second time?
These are not the actions of people who have a grip. After all, he’s going to be gone next Wednesday, isn’t he?
Well, they are not acting like he’s going to be gone. Which leads me to two and only two conclusions: 1) he’s not going anywhere, or 2) they’re amping up their outrage because he’s got the goods on them. Me personally, I’m torn. I can easily envision a scenario in which Trump leaves town on or about the 20th with all the information he needs to guarantee his and his family’s safety. Can’t say I blame him. In any event, the absolute treachery of the Republican Party is nothing less than Caesarian (as in Ides-of-March Caesarian). As Brutus, Cassius and Casca would later find out, Caesar’s assassination didn’t work out so well for them did it? (Hint to McConnell, Murkowski and Sasse.)
Anyway, it’s a spiritual struggle we’re undergoing. I no longer fear the Great Reset, however these miscreants do fear the Great Reveal.
For a more elevated view of what is really going on, I direct y’all to The Vortex. I gotta hand it to Michael Voris, nobody says it better. (You’ll see where I came up for the title for this particular blog post.)
Please watch.
Thank you George, comforting and inspiring video.
You’re welcome Tanya.
As much as I agree with Voris, I wish I didn’t have to use his material, his default position being “the Catholic position is the correct one”. So why do I do so? It’s because his product is so slick and attractive –as well as cogent and rational–that I have little choice. His words were indeed comforting.
It’s too bad that there is no Orthodox alternative like the Vortex (that I know of) which we could resort to.
Anyway, we find our friends wherever we can.
I’ve had my issues with Elon Musk over the years but you gotta give credit where credit is due. He is appearing to be the tip of the spear in the Great Pushback against the Tech Oligarchy:
https://www.helleniscope.com/2021/01/12/elon-musk-begins-the-pushback-many-people-unhappy-with-big-tech/
Good on him.
Musk is ok since he is doing business in Texas these days.
And then I gotta take my hat off to Angela Merkel:
https://www.helleniscope.com/2021/01/12/merkel-and-other-world-leaders-support-trump-against-big-tech/
Both courtesy of Nick Stamatakis of Helleniscope.
This is the first rational thing I have read/seen since November 3, 2020. I am so grateful to have been pointed toward this blog (told to take it with a grain of salt. It is more like a drink of water in the dessert!!
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Martyrdom takes many forms. Sometimes it means separation from friends and/or family. Sometimes it means the loss of a career. Sometimes it means being mocked and humiliated. And yes, sometimes it means losing one’s very life. May God give us the grace to accept the martyrdom that may be chosen for us. Fight the good fight my friends. The gates of hell will not prevail.
We’re with you, my friends.
Amen, Mikhail.
George, the third disquieting alternative is that ~ they like any inflamed emboldened unrepentant and unchecked mob are simply in a destroying frenzy much like Portland mobs but more suavely and with a legal elitist veneer. They want to humiliate and disempower not just DJT but anyone who supports his values, as you have seen by the unrelenting verbal abuse of DJT and his supporters on late-night shows and news 24/7. The impulse to destroy and demean drives them. Spiritual darkness for sure. I don’t sense the fear of DJT or his supporters which might make us feel better. Wish I could see it as you do and hope you are right.
On the other hand, perhaps because of the evil in their own hearts and desire to harm us, they like Stalin project onto us what is in their hearts and fear us irrationally. We Orthodox on a good day do not have the desire to destroy or humiliate them, just to awaken them into the much lovelier world of Christ and to stop them from harming others and themselves.
Well, the media has a far different attitude toward the Portland gang. In 2019 one of the Antifa tried to blow up an ICE facility in Washington where there was about 1,000 people. He was killed before he could do anyway, but the Media spin is the white nationalist like the Boogaloo did all the violence when Democratic politicians bail out people during the summer would they do that for white nationalist. George like me has to put up with the double standard on violence versus the right and left. In fact while some splinter group here thought of assination. The Chaz/Chop bunch which were on the left killed two teenagers over an agrument. A death is a death.
St. James hits the nail on the head
3 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. 2 For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a [a]perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3 [b]Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. 4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of [c]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [d]nature; and it is set on fire by [e]hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the [f]similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? [g]Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.
Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and [h]self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Pride Promotes Strife
4 Where do [i]wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and [j]war. [k]Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 [l]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
I think we (as in Orthodox and conservatives) have spent the last 4 years not preparing for an eventual reality of the situation we are in now. Myself definitely included. I think we all just assumed that the swamp would be drained and that “goodness” would prevail.
This has not been the case. If Trump lays out a Hail Mary, that would be great, but, I think we need to start settling into the reality of what is to come.
This feels different than the Obama presidency and I think it’s going to be much worse.
We need to start coming together and forming communities with people of a like-mind. Like I mentioned in a previous post, building Orthodox communities. We’ve lost 4 years so it’s time to start planning now I guess.
What are your thoughts Gail & George?
We are actually in the process of trying to do that specific thing. In a week or so, we’ll be interviewing the the man who is heading the operation. The land has been acquired.
Were you the one who mentioned the podcast in another post? Could you please give more information about other Orthodox people coming together to form communities?
We’re working on it now. I promise it will be soon.
Who is “we” and what are you “working on”? You mentioned a podcast, I’ve asked twice for the name, and you continue to be obtuse. Can you please share the name of the podcast? If you are unwilling to do that, and you continue to be obtuse about responding, then it’s going to be hard to think there’s any credibility in what you are talking about here.
I never said anything about a podcast. Someone else mentioned it. I am working on a PROJECT. When we are ready to share something with the blog, we will. It will probably be within the next few weeks.
Feel free to move on if delayed gratification is a problem for you.
I’m the one who mentioned the podcast. Look up Orthodoxy First on YouTube, the video I was referencing is called Civil War, it is episode 15.
If I remember right, the specific part about the conversation is towards the end, though, all of it is worth listening to.
Also, I think this may be a separate “plan” than the one that Gail is working on. Though I could be wrong.
The project I’m involved with has to do with setting up an Orthodox community along the lines of the Benedict Option.
Same. At least the one referenced in the video. I believe one will be in Montana and the other in West Virginia (but location pending). They are planning on releasing the info more in February once the bishop has given his stamp of approval to start mission parishes
Ah nice. Looking forward to it!
Hopefully, very few thought we were on the verge of draining the swamp. Even assuming Trump was right about the election (and I assume he was), Dems held the House, though losing seats.
Rome was not built in a day. And Trump is one man, as was Barry Goldwater. Yet Goldwater was followed by Reagan and Reagan followed by Trump. That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
The Demsheviks have a razor thin, unstable majority in both chambers and will shortly control the presidency. All of this is ill gotten gain through fraud and half the country cannot be convinced otherwise given what they’ve seen with their own two eyes. Hell, 45% of Republicans support storming the Capitol, according to one poll, regardless of who spearheaded it, invited it or exploited it (and it was a gentle correction given the offense of stealing an election). And Trump’s approval is still close to 50% according to Rasmussen.
We knew the country was controlled by an oligarchy called the Liberal Establishment which coopted much of the Republican Party. They make all their money on professional wrestling, so to speak. We are no worse off now, and arguably much better off, than we were under Obama/Biden.
We are better off, thanks to Trump, because there is now an Activist Right where there was no such creature before. Imagine conservatives occupying state capitols, much less the national capitol, under Obama. Trump hasn’t radicalized conservatives, he has simply activated them. Heretofore they had been a sleepy silent majority. Now they are armed in the streets.
They are silent no more.
And attempting to silence them and repress them is the perfect prescription for the movement to grow in number, power, conviction and volatility.
Trump rode high for four years despite a “Resistance”. Let’s see how high Biden/Harris can ride with a true “Subvert and Sabotage” Revolt on their hands. Internationally, the wind is still at our backs.
But a word of caution:
Real Orthodox government is monarchy. It is only insofar as a politician or movement advances the agenda of Christian Nationalism that we should support them. And even then, we should not place our hopes in politicians but only on Christ. That is to say, perhaps we should vote a certain way or donate a certain way but we should not allow ourselves to become emotionally attached to movements and outcomes. This is not because a movement or outcome is not worthy. It is because dispassion is a virtue:
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” – Ephesians 6:11-17
Well, the left opposes this because it attacked politicians instead of small businesses. The left during the summer burn and looted small businesses which is ok while attacking politicians is not. Also, it was a small group of people according to the FBI that plan this before Trump’s speech.
“…the left opposes this because it attacked politicians
instead of small businesses”.
Big Business and Politicians oppose it for the same reasons.
Gail, George you all should think about setting up a Monomakhos page on Gab and MeWe
Another silver lining of the Trump presidency is perhaps the final divorce of the cucky Country Clubbers from the people.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/12/the-gop-corporate-divorce-is-a-blessing-for-the-partys-future/
The Great Reveal will have many aspects to it.
George, Trump won in Newport Beach California. Folks in Newport Beach have higher incomes than the National Review staff does. In fact I was just censure on City Journal for saying that not all rich people are leftist. Trump won some precincts in Beverly Hills. Many millionaires own small businesses. In fact yu have brought into the City Journal argument that rich peoples are all RHINOS or Leftists.
I don’t want to come in and be disagreeable; we can disagree in charity. But I just don’t see what seems so obvious to others.
Maybe President Trump does have both compelling evidence that the election was stolen and of Democratic/deep state wrongdoing. But he doesn’t seem to be acting as if he does.
If he has clear proof of a stolen election, why did his lawyer decline to present evidence on the merits in so many cases? In Wisconsin on Dec 12, they declined to present factual evidence and agreed to the state’s stipulations of facts. In Michigan in Nov, they filed suit against the Sec. of State and let a week go by without even formally serving the defendant or submitting anything; when the judge threatened to dismiss for failure to prosecute on Nov 17 they dropped the suit. In Pennsylvania on Nov 20, they dropped the fraud charges and told the court they wouldn’t be presenting factual evidence.
It would be one thing if they didn’t need fact evidence because the legal arguments alone were getting results, but they weren’t. It’s been lose after lose on those grounds. And some of these judges (like the one in Wisconsin above) were President Trump’s appointees.
Maybe the problem was that there wasn’t a real investigation that could turn up enough hard evidence. But President Trump is still in office and controls the Dept. of Justice. There’s already an election fraud unit, local AUSA’s offices, subpoena power. Do we have to conclude that after four years, President Trump has so little control over the DOJ that he can’t get any of his own appointees there to so much as open a real investigation into compelling claims of organized election fraud? That seems unbelievable to me.
I don’t think Presidents are dictators or able to push through anything they want; I realize there are institutional limits and internal resistance by pre-existing bureaucracy. But the Presidency is worth *something*, surely? If a President can’t get his own people to really take on an organized election-rigging that turns them all out of office, what is even the point of being President? Donald Trump has been able to do things that the existing bureaucracy and establishments of both parties didn’t want before; why not here?
One argument against Donald Trump’s nomination was that he would mismanage things enough that the causes associated with him would be left worse off after four years. I’m not sure I entirely agree even now, but it seems like that argument can at least make a decent case. Right now there’s a backlash against the populist right generally over the Capitol riot that has been, and will continue to, justify all manner of surveillance, exclusion, and crackdown. However unfair or excessive, it’s happening.
Maybe that riot was a false flag operation, planned to discredit President Trump and his supporters. Even still…the Capitol was still breached by a mob on President Trump’s watch. If President Trump were the kind of savvy player he’s billed as, couldn’t he have prevented it or at least not walked right into the trap?
If there’s any trap of his own, isn’t it past time to spring it? If President Trump actually has the goods on deep state plotting and malfeasance, why would he sit on it so long? Wouldn’t now be a good time to reveal it?
I think the Trump Administration has some real accomplishments. But it also has a lot of misplayed hands and outright loses, and everything since election day has only served to make the causes most associated with the Trump Administration worse off than they were on Nov 2. I don’t see any sort of master plan in the last couple months, and don’t see much chance that President Trump has good cards that he’s still not played. You might pretend you don’t have pocket aces for a while, but you still play them rather than lose the pot.
So maybe the left and others fear President Trump, but I don’t see it. They might fear a wilier version of Donald Trump who picks up his basic coalition but manages it better, and want to prevent that. They might simply be pushing their advantage. They might be genuinely outraged by what happened on Jan 6 and acting from that anger. But if President Trump had the ability to wound them, he would have already struck. I don’t know what else he could possibly be waiting for. It looks to me like he played and lost.
And that’s, in the long run, fine—there’s not going to be a paradise in this world, nor a triumph of the good before and without Christ. But it seems to me like the intense connection so much of the Christian church (broadly speaking) made with President Trump was neither prudent on the level of practical politics, nor prudent on the level of keeping hoe focused on Christ rather than more earthly saviors.
You are being perfectly acceptable, St Louisan, and I appreciate it.
I don’t want to come in and be disagreeable; we can disagree in charity. But I just don’t see what seems so obvious to others.
Maybe President Trump does have both compelling evidence that the election was stolen and of Democratic/deep state wrongdoing. But he doesn’t seem to be acting as if he does.
If he has clear proof of a stolen election, why did his lawyers decline to present evidence on the merits in so many cases? In Wisconsin on Dec 12, they declined to present factual evidence and agreed to the state’s stipulations of facts. In Michigan in Nov, they filed suit against the Sec. of State and let a week go by without even formally serving the defendant or submitting anything; when the judge threatened to dismiss for failure to prosecute on Nov 17 they dropped the suit. In Pennsylvania on Nov 20, they dropped the fraud charges and told the court they wouldn’t be presenting factual evidence.
It would be one thing if they didn’t need fact evidence because the legal arguments alone were getting results, but they weren’t. It’s been loss after loss on those grounds. And some of these judges (like the one in Wisconsin above) were President Trump’s appointees.
Maybe the problem was that there wasn’t a real investigation that could turn up enough hard evidence. But President Trump is still in office and controls the Dept. of Justice. There’s already an election fraud unit, local AUSA’s offices, subpoena power. Do we have to conclude that after four years, President Trump has so little control over the DOJ that he can’t get any of his own appointees there to so much as open a real investigation into compelling claims of organized election fraud? That seems unbelievable to me.
I don’t think Presidents are dictators or able to push through anything they want; I realize there are institutional limits and internal resistance by pre-existing bureaucracy. But the Presidency is worth *something*, surely? If a President can’t get his own people to take on an organized election-rigging that turns them all out of office, what is even the point of being President? Donald Trump has been able to do things that the existing bureaucracy and establishments of both parties didn’t want before; why not here?
One argument against Donald Trump’s nomination was that he would mismanage things enough that the causes associated with him would be left worse off after four years. I’m not sure I entirely agree even now, but it seems like that argument can at least make a decent case. Right now there’s a backlash against the populist right generally over the Capitol riot that has been, and will continue to, justify all manner of surveillance, exclusion, and crackdown. However unfair or excessive, it’s happening.
Maybe that riot was a false flag operation, planned to discredit President Trump and his supporters. Even still…the Capitol was still breached by a mob on President Trump’s watch. If President Trump were the kind of savvy player he’s billed as, couldn’t he have prevented it or at least not walked right into the trap?
If there’s any trap of his own, isn’t it past time to spring it? If President Trump actually has the goods on deep state plotting and malfeasance, why would he sit on it so long? Wouldn’t now be a good time to reveal it?
I think the Trump Administration has some real accomplishments. But it also has a lot of misplayed hands and outright loses, and everything since election day has only served to make the causes most associated with the Trump Administration worse off than they were on Nov 2. I don’t see any sort of master plan in the last couple months, and don’t see much chance that President Trump has good cards that he’s still not played. You might pretend you don’t have pocket aces for a while, but you still play them rather than lose the pot.
So maybe the left and others fear President Trump, but I don’t see it. They might fear a wilier version of Donald Trump who picks up his basic coalition but manages it better, and want to prevent that. They might simply be pushing their advantage. They might be genuinely outraged by what happened on Jan 6 and acting from that anger. But if President Trump had the ability to wound them, he would have already struck. I don’t know what else he could possibly be waiting for. It looks to me like he played and lost.
And that’s, in the long run, fine—there’s not going to be a paradise in this world, nor a triumph of the good before and without Christ. But it seems to me like the intense connection so much of the Christian church (broadly speaking) made with President Trump was neither prudent on the level of practical politics, nor prudent on the level of keeping hoe focused on Christ rather than more earthly saviors.
St Louisian, the President did not “provide evidence in court” because his lawyers were prohibited from presenting that evidence. There is a difference between having no evidence and not being able to present evidence. The difference is as wide as an abyss.
The tumult, angst and controversy is not because Trump would not concede but because there was abundant prima facie evidence that there was widespread and persistent fraud. And because he could not get his day in court.
This is a sorry spectacle, not merely because the evidence was overwhelming but because it sets a horrendous precedent for the future. Leaving aside the fact that the GOP is committing suicide, it makes America a one-party state. Hence banana republicanism.
In addition, your assertion that presidents aren’t dictators is a nullity as he has never acted as a dictator. He always acted within the confines of our constitutional system. As for his executive orders, they are part of the same system.
Sir,
-I provided three specific examples of opportunities the President’s lawyers had to present evidence. On each of these occasions (and others) they were not prevented from presenting it, but voluntarily declined to do so. I don’t know what else to say about that. I’ve read the court transcripts of them doing so.
-As to dictators, my point was that I understand that President Trump is not one, i.e. that it was never realistic to expect him, or any president, to be able to enact his entire agenda. I just expect him to have enough sway to have the DOJ investigate electoral fraud extensive enough to swing three states. If he can’t do that then we have a government in which the President is not even chief executive in any real sense, it seems to me.
“If he can’t do that then we have a government in which the President
is not even chief executive in any real sense, it seems to me.”
Recent events suggest that this is precisely what you have.
St Louisian: as lawyers for a plaintiff, they did not present all of the evidence ahead of time because in doing so, they ran the real risk of having their evidence leaked to the defendant(s), allowing them time to destroy and/or manipulate their own case.
There are other reasons: specifically that given the fact that the President’s case had national security issues implications, i.e. that they knew it was rigged because of their intel and that they didn’t want to burn their sources, his lawyers had another reason to withhold evidence.
It’s important to remember that the President was on one side while the Deep State was on the other. He had the goods on them but in spilling them out prematurely, it could burn intel operations.
It’s that simple.
That’s utter uninformed nonsense George. Courts in eight venues heard evidence and none of them found what was offered even slightly convincing. Trump’s lawyers in two states affirmatively told the judge they were not alleging fraud. It’s easy to talk big on YouTube, in unsworn lege hearings or God forbid in an agenda driven blog, but it’s quite another to put your law license on the line and tell a judge you have evidence of fraud when you don’t.
Since you obviously didn’t even investigate what actually happened in court, I’ll presume the entirety of this blog post is equally well grounded in fact.
I doubt that. It depends upon if who did this is stupid enough to do it on Biden’s inauguration or at state capitals according to the FBI report, but the Dems still also have the summer riots which most people didn’t buy since they lost some seats in the house, I mean Dems. In fact even in liberal California, Riverside, San Bernadino, Orange, San Diego still voted against the left wing prop 16 for affirmative action and the split roll prop 15 also left wing to get rid of businesses having prop 13. Its just the Republican party doesn’t yet appeal to conservative or moderate Democrats that voted against these measures.
https://amgreatness.com/2021/01/16/are-big-tech-and-big-government-overplaying-their-hand/
From a statistical analyst working on Georgia and Pennsylvania data. There are a number of such accounts. Courts simply would not allow the cases to move forward.
A perceptive account…
To answer your question, Misha: yes, they are overplaying their hand —massively overplaying their hand.
This will all be evidence in due time. The question however is whether this will make any difference. If it does not then our days as a constitutional Republic are over.
That’s a huge concern for me. However, one almost as huge a concern is the political suicide that the Republican Party is committing because they are going along with this charade.
Recently, I contacted my Representative, both Senators, and the chairman of the Tulsa Country Republican Party, informing them that I was leaving the GOP and why I was leaving that Party. I did this via snail-mail. One of my Senators got back to me within 72 hours via e-mail. (I did not put my e-mail on the typed letter so I’m rather impressed how quickly they put two and two together and matched my e-mail to my letter but that’s beside the point.)
While the letter started out OK it quickly degenerated into boiler-plate talking points about how the President’s lawyers did not provide evidence (totally arguable) and that it’s not up to the Congress to decide how States run their elections. (Highly debatable: the Constitution states flatly that only the Legislatures of the various States can decide election laws.)
Anyway, it’s clear that this Senator (one of the most conservative) did not want to deal with this issue. I imagine he’s heard from tens of thousands of constituents and like many elderly country-clubbers, he just wants to be left alone. I can’t say that I blame him. Still, if the GOP won’t step up to stop this massive fraud –and worse, try to defenestrate Sens Cruz and Hawley for raising objections–then what good is an opposition party for?
In any event, the question remains whether the Oligarchy will pay a price for their overplaying their hand? In time, yes. But the handwriting is already on the wall for the Republic as far as free and fair elections are concerned. As for the GOP, stick a fork in it, it’s done.
George,
Yeah, that’s the thing that galls me. GOP won’t defend its own. I changed my registration to Independent today.
They couldn’t stare down Trump but they stared down the Republican Establishment.
Trump needs a braver party.
Well, I got my twister account temporary suspend since I was answering Kevin Williamson of National Review that the capital riots had many that were professional people not white rash. You can disagree on what they did but they were not lower income people. Also, because Williamson is pushing his book big white ghetto that rural whites in Kentucky or West Virginia need tough love. Well, I said what about blacks in Mississippi that are poorer than whites in either West Virginia or Kentucky as a whole. That Mississippi is still poorer than West Virginia. Williamson can always get away with making fun of lower income rural whites. Nancy Pelois daughter also got suspend once for being nasty to Rand Paul. Twitter is a coward platform. By the way Klette Kellar, an Olympic swimmer was in the crowd but he didn’t do anything violent.
https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2021/01/13/into-the-heart-of-the-capitol/
Sober words from a delightful and wise man.
Beautiful!
This is an inspiring place in an otherwise dismal
web. I may not comment often, but I never miss an
issue, so to speak.
Thank you George and Gail for getting to the heart of
the matter and I would be remiss if I did not thank
the all the posters who add much to the discussions.
I have learned a lot about Orthodoxy and machinations
of the powers that be. Thank You!
As if things are not chaotic enough in the world and in the church, we have this little gem from the EP:
“The pandemic changed our social life, our daily life, our participation in the life of the Church. All this time we are shocked by the sufferings of countless of our fellow human beings and are impressed by the self-sacrifice of doctors and nurses. That is why it is unacceptable, in the face of so many victims and so much pain, to have people who deny the reality of the pandemic, who consider it a fabrication of “various circles.” It is even more provocative when such views are expressed by Christians, often by clergy, who self-proclaim to be defenders of a God of their own. New Testament affirms that whoever does not love man, cannot love God.
They are indifferent to the protection of fellow human beings. The rejection of the mask and all precautionary measures does not arise simply from ignorance but from the necrosis of love within them. Science, when it opens auspicious prospects for the future of mankind, is a gift from heaven. Our faith certainly is not affected when we follow the instructions of experts. Nor do the restrictions on participation in the Services diminish the importance of the Church and what is conducted in it for the life of the faithful. Protective measures are not directed against the Church. They protect the faithful, who, like everyone else, are just as vulnerable to the virus.”
“Of course I will get the vaccine. Besides, I think this is required based on my age. I am close to 81, so I belong to the age group that needs to be vaccinated. But it is not only a matter of necessity or choice, but also a responsibility to fellow human beings. That is why I hope that a large part of the world’s population will soon be vaccinated for the spread of the deadly virus to stop. Of course, until then, we must all strictly observe the protective measures so as not to mourn more victims.”
Interesting how a man who purports to believe in science is so ignorant of the same. The main transmission path is long-residence-time aerosol particles (< 2.5 μm), which are too fine to be blocked by masks, and the minimum-infective dose is smaller than one aerosol particle.
Bartholomew is a man of contradiction. He advocates the love for man while demonizing the defenders of God.
He is woefully ignorant of Scripture, as well. The greatest commandment is: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” This is not prefaced with “only if there is no pandemic.”
The second greatest commandment is: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” If I don’t wear a mask, or expect someone else to wear a mask because I know they don’t work, then I am loving my neighbor as myself.
If masks were effective, California, who has the strictest mandates in the country, would not be suffering as they are today. The morgues cannot handle the number of victims (or so they say).
Cynthia, Kevin Williamson is one of the reasons that The National Review is no longer readable. He and his ilk are like trustees in a prison, whose job it is to snitch on the inmates. He is a preeminent example of what a cuckservative is.
And you are right: his hypocrisy is outrageous. He has no compunction whatsoever about criticizing poor whites for their dysfunctions but he says nary a peep about the defects in other minorities.
Gail, if I may add to your critique of the Ecumenical Patriarch: if he loved his fellow man, he would never had acted the way he has towards his fellow Orthodox brethren. Beginning with Ligonier and ending (so far) in Ukraine, his actions have riven the Body of Christ in ways that will not be healed.
And to all I say this: the idea that this is a Greek/Slavic divide is specious. Divisions within the Greek-speaking churches have arisen because of his egregious actions.
Yeah, and Mississippi not West Virginia is the poorest state. I told Williamson this several things that blacks in MS have a 30 percent rate versus 15 percent for whites in Kentucky or West Virginia,, but NR still talks about tough love for rural whites in his book the Big White Ghetto.
Also, the Olympic swimmer is getting spit upon by his fellow swimmers. Years ago most of the swimmers were mainly republicans now they are Democrats. The guy was just in the capital building drinking water not even fighting with the cops.
He is merely mimicking the stance of his good friend, Francis of Rome. In fact, Francis took it one step further and proclaimed that the failure to receive the vaccine is immoral!!!
If ‘failure to receive the vaccine’ is immoral,
what does he call ‘refusal of the vaccine’ ?
If his understanding of Orthodoxy (no – Christianity) is as profound
as his understanding of Science and Logic, it would explain a lot.
The non-sequiturs in this drivel almost beggar description.
The judgemental finger-wagging and pointing are ludicrous.
Like the Democrats, he thinks people who disagree with him are
not wrong because they are mistaken but because they are bad.
Well, there you have it. Looks like they voted to impeach. They sure can get a collective fire under their ass with bull***t like this, but they couldn’t take decisive action to shut the borders down to protect 400,000 American lives at the beginning of last year.
F*** them all.
Good action from Texas fighting censorship: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/ag-paxton-leads-multistate-coalition-lawsuit-against-google-anticompetitive-practices-and-deceptive#.X_9z-XAX41U.link.
I continue to be surprised by those who think our (appropriately counted) votes don’t matter. Grateful for our Governor and AG for as long as we have them.
I am very disappointed with Crenshaw. I thought he had a bright future…but he just destroyed his career.
Seems the WEF young global leaders website has been scrubbed. Couple months ago Crenshaw and Gabbard were easily found there.
https://www.cnbcafrica.com/wef/2019/03/15/here-are-wefs-young-global-leaders-pushing-boundaries-and-changing-the-world-in-2019/
Don’t be surprised by Dan Crenshaw or Tulsi Gabbard, both are working for the globalists.
Twitter, Facebook: $51 Billion Combined
Market Value Erased Since Trump Ban
https://www.theepochtimes.com/twitter-facebook-51-billion-combined-market-value-erased-since-trump-ban_3656442.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2021-01-14-2
Bite Back Better…?
Is everybody cancelling their Amazon accounts?
I have. An well as my personal Twitter and Fakebook accounts as well. (Not that I was all that active on them.)
I’ve switched to Parler, trying to get on Gab and Telegram. On Signal so far.
Bravo! I’m proud to say that I never had an active Facebook or Twitter or Instagram account. I may join Gab and Parler as a symbolic gesture. I just got Signal. I am compiling all the things I repeat order on Amazon so that I can find other merchants…then they are history.
Someone just sent this to me about Signal. Does anyone know if it is accurate?
https://yasha.substack.com/p/signal-is-a-government-op-85e
They Twitter and Facebook ban me. I didn’t say anything violent. They do do censorship.
A TV program I used to really enjoy, NCIS, New Orleans has become a non-stop BLM-woke propaganda machine and totally unwatchable.
Michael,
You ain’t seen nuthin yet!
It’s a shame, Michael. So far Blue Bloods has not. I am grateful now whenever anything honoring family values remains. Happy today with real life ~ Aaron Rodgers snd Green Bay ? have no screenwriters!
NOLA has been pretty PC all along with the make up of the team. Including blacks, gay, Arab, disabled, etc. I expect the lead charcter will soon come out and transition into a trans Asian woman.
Fortunately (for me), I don’t watch television;
so “I got plenty o’ nuttin” to see…
an I don’t need to pay no stinkin BBC tax neither!
Horror headline: Bill Gates is the largest owner of farmland in the US
Come the Great Reset, no-one will own anything and we’ll all be happy;
all except poor Bill and people like him who will own everything.
Imagine the responsibilities they will have to bear, the sad thin Morlocks.
How unlike the carefree life to be enjoyed by we fat, succulent, Eloi… 🙁
Another horror headline: 23 elderly people in Noway die shortly after receiving pfizer vaccine
Here’s one from the Moderna vaccine:
Shawn Skelton COVID from Oakland City, Indiana
https://brandnewtube.com/watch/moderna-covid-vaccine-adverse-reaction-update-from-shawn-skelton_kshFT7td7wnTRSv.html
CDC response:
https://eu.courierpress.com/story/news/2021/01/12/covid-vaccine-moderna-side-effects-cdc-doctor-symptoms-shawn-skelton/6646047002/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/genius.com/amp/Ray-stevens-obama-budget-plan-lyrics
Ray Stevens. Just insert “Biden” for Obama.
Check this out before it is censured.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFntHpk1uok&feature=you
My parish, St. George Cathedral in Wichita, Ks has been using a Facebook feed to broadcast Divine
Liturgy and some classes. This week Facebook took the feed down. Were able to get it restored for now. This being The Feast of St. Anthony, the sermon was on his prophecy: “The time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad they will attack him saying, ‘You are mad! You are not like us!'”
Fr. Paul made references to many historical and current events including the Soviet’s in Russia putting those who resisted them in psychiatric hospitals and AOC going all Pravda wanting to reign in the news media, etc.
He also made reference to homosexual marriage being wrong.
We also has 26 young folks from a Bible College west of Wichita visiting.
George, a better potential Archon? Aaron Rodgers on the hypocrisy of politicans on COVID (and his donation):
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2021/01/16/watch-packers-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-shreds-politicians-covid-hypocrisy-n2583241
Have you ever seen him happier than at the end of the game yesterday? Go Pack.
Have We No King But [Kaiser] ?
https://www.newsbreak.gr/politiki/168013/neo-komma-me-archigo-ton-giorgo-tragka/
A new political party, headed by journalist George Tragas is starting in Greece.
Here is an extract from their opening press notice to say what they are for:
‘ Our Greece is enslaved to German-occupied Europe and is threatened with “mutilation”. The political and media establishment of the place consciously offends our Orthodox faith and our traditions and have led our society to debauchery and subjugation.
We live in an age in which the pace of the Nation and the future of our children in the coming decades depend on us . It is time for the people to build their own embankments and roadblocks in the pursuit of neoliberalism and ethnocentrism.
So I call you, to become a FOUNDING member to write together
the history of resistance to the “invaders” of globalization… ‘
[Google translation]
Seems like the resistance is spreading…