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PRAYER of St. FRANCIS: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

CHARLIE KIRK: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1195882229044285 to hear him explain why he did campus visits.

EVERYDAY HEROES: “While waiting to board our plane, my daughter was being her usual inquisitive self wanting to meet and say ‘hi’ to everyone she could, until she walked up on this man.

“He reached out and asked if she wanted to sit with him. He pulled out his tablet and showed her how to draw with it, they watched cartoons together, and she offered him snacks.

“This wasn’t a short little exchange, this was 45 minutes. Watching them in that moment, I couldn’t help but think, different genders, different races, different generations, and the best of friends. This is the world I want for her.

“In a country that is continuously fed that it’s so deeply divided, I want her life to be filled with moments like this.

“Joseph, thank you for showing my daughter what kindness and compassion looks like. Continue to shine your light in the world.”

Credit: Kevin Armentrou

• https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0qaiXy67PBSxx6z7oACM6eH9g58LWVuoQ3RcFjTxmFBXkXDMq9seZFkxMhKBZXenEl&id=61550561794782

NETFLIX: Let’s make it the new Bud Light. [12:12] – CLICK https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1974023837156294986 to see Elon Musk’s October 3 tweet, which includes a clip that I didn’t see on Benny’s video.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, We bow before You and ask for Your healing touch over our nation. Restore broken places, reconcile divided hearts, and pour out Your mercy upon our land. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

S&G: Leftists: Whites wearing sombreros is offensive. Also Leftists: Men wearing dresses is courageous.

SHUTDOWN DAY #3: [[8:01] – CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1274521427780701 to hear Hillary Clinton sound like a MAGA Republican. Then, CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1588656045447241 for more.

GRAMMY NOTES: Shout out to Army Princess, who was born 42 years ago today.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n8cMW98_i1g to hear about a prison that allows select prisoners to raise kittens.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3YgEDjXzXYg to hear about the only full-time employee at the worst weather station in the world.

EVERYDAY HEROES: “Dear Spectrum Internet, Today your technician Robert came to our home to upgrade our internet and help us start up TV streaming. He walked into a mess. My son, Sailor, is three years old. He was born with two rare brain defects and he is blind. He is unable to communicate his needs, and today has been rough for him. He has been crying all morning. I’ve been trying to soothe him while also meeting the needs of my two year old daughter, cleaning, washing dishes, and doing laundry while my husband works. It’s just been a tough day. When Robert walked in and started talking, Sailor ran to him and reached up. Robert didn’t seem bothered at all and, instead, held my son off and on for the whole 45 minutes he was in our home. He snuggled him close while I folded laundry. It was a huge relief to this tired momma. Robert could have walked in, rushed, and left but instead he saw a need greater than internet and met it. That’s beyond customer service- it’s humanity at its best. Robert deserves a raise… a promotion… something! He’s an asset to your company and I will never forget his kindness. Sincerely, Jessica” ~Credit: Jessica Nash Donnahoo

• https://www.facebook.com/Thingswelovetosee/posts/pfbid0krpKb6KKJu9SdWn8yofR8GW8GRdUjucSEXaSf7eDXpm1iepRK5T2cPwonker17Ggl

ICE: An ICE raid at a Dallas strip club uncovered a massive underground sex-trafficking ring operation. Forty-one illegal aliens were arrested. They include five Mexican felons who have been convicted of assault causing bodily injury, and prostitution.

• https://x.com/Dapper_Det/status/1973403923470770212
• https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-led-operation-targeting-criminal-sex-trafficking-dallas-area-strip-club-results

JOY REID: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1973463173169574367 to hear the clip. Joy Reid’s parents met while attending the university of Iowa. Her father was an engineer; her mother was a professor and a nutritionist. They achieved the American dream. Joy is an ungrateful liar.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Reid

MEDIA: September 11, 2019 lede – “Democrats running for president have said they would support extending government health care coverage to undocumented immigrants – a big shift, since undocumented immigrants currently have little access to federal programs.”

September 30, 2025 lede – “Amid government spending negotiations, President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders are accusing Democrats of demanding free health care for ‘illegal aliens’ in return for their support of a federal funding bill.”

• https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/11/politics/undocumented-immigrants-health-care-democrats/
• https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/30/politics/fact-check-trump-free-health-care-immigration

MILITARY: On Tuesday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that all combat personnel will be required to meet the highest male standard in order to maintain their positions.

“We’re training warriors, not defenders. We fight wars to win, not to defend. Defense is something you do all the time, it’s inherently reactionary and can lead to overuse, overreach, and mission creep. War is something you do sparingly, on our own terms and with clear aims.”

I notice he said “combat” personnel. It reminds me of the time our new pastor expressed disbelief that our youngest was a Marine. As she is only 5’4” tall, he noted she couldn’t drive a military truck. She noted back that her MOS didn’t require her to drive a truck. There are lots of places for women to serve in the military. Combat isn’t one of them.

• https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-instates-highest-male-standard-only-combat-other-changes-declaring-dept-defense-is-over

PHILATELY: October is Stamp Collecting Month. The National Postal Museum reminds us that “a stamp is much more than the physical evidence that postage has been paid. Stamps can be miniature works of art, treasured keepsakes, and rare collectibles.”

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Unite our hearts and heal every division within our nation. Let Your peace rule over us all. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

VIOLENCE: CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1967652574166962188 [1:29] to hear how a nasty Karen treated his 5 year old at Disneyland.

GRAMMY NOTES: Shutdown news from Mama Buzz – “The one priest we have on base here is government contracted, not military, so as long as the shut down lasts, we will have no Masses in the base chapel, not even on Sundays.” Also, the military bank is offering up to three months pay to soldiers to tide them over.

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, You know the wounds we carry. Please replace our pains with peace and our sorrows with joy. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

CHARLIE KIRK: [4:39] – He’s not kidding about being different! LOL

GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN: [14:18] – Maria Bartiromo’s show is always worth watching.

CLICK https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-appropriations.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/cr0917h.PDF to read the Democrats’ bill.

GRACE ABOUNDS THE MORE: This is well worth your full and thoughtful attention. [8:55]

MAHA: Walmart U.S. has announced that it will eliminate synthetic dyes along with 30 ingredients from its in-house brands, which include Great Value, Marketside, Freshness Guaranteed and Bettergoods.

• https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/walmart-ditching-synthetic-dyes-from-its-private-label-food-brands

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Thank you for giving us this leader. Continue to move in his mind and heart. Keep him safe. And soften the hearts of those who hate him for no reason. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

REDUCTIONS-IN-FORCE: On Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration will be moving forward with layoffs.

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is the most powerful person in D.C. during a shut down. Right now, that person is Russ Vought, who has had plans all ready just in case.

CLICK https://x.com/profstonge/status/1973349676117118987 [3:22] to hear what could happen.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/white-house-confirms-layoffs-coming-very-soon-amid-government-shutdown-5923014
• https://notthebee.com/article/fed-budget-director-announces-8-billion-in-cuts-to-green-new-scam-funding-during-government-shutdown

GRAMMY NOTES: The Mascots attend a home school coop for some of their subjects. In science this week, the two older ones built the tensegrity structure that Mama Buzz photographed (above). Wikipedia says its “structural principle [is] based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in such a way that the compressed members do not touch each other while the prestressed tensioned members delineate the system spatially. Tensegrity structures are found in both nature and human-made objects: in the human body, the bones are held in compression while the connective tissues are held in tension, and the same principles have been applied to furniture and architectural design and beyond.”

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensegrity

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VDUpmGU7nQY for a giggle.

EVERYDAY HEROES: Coleman’s telegraph key, watch, and pen are on display in the Halifax Explosion exhibit at Halifax’s Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Coleman_(train_dispatcher)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Museum_of_the_Atlantic

FLORIDA: Soros-backed State Attorney Monique Worrell not only refused to prosecute a 61-year-old man for masturbating in front of children at a park, but also stated publicly that what he did was not illegal. But Florida Statute 800.03 states it is illegal to expose one’s sexual organs in a lewd or vulgar manner. Violating this statute can result in penalties including up to one year in jail and a permanent criminal record.

Worrell also dismissed a case against a man who possessed and shared videos showing rape of infants and toddlers. In the United States, child pornography is illegal under federal law and in all states and is punishable by up to life imprisonment and fines of up to $250,000.

Worrell’s campaign for office received $1 million from Soros’ PAC.

• https://notthebee.com/article/florida-state-attorney-says-that-a-man-pleasuring-himself-at-a-playground-full-of-kids-may-be-wrong-but-its-not-illegal
• https://capitalresearch.org/article/living-room-pundits-guide-to-soros-district-attorneys/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_the_United_States

KAMALA: CLICK https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1971726284343726205 [:18] to hear her drunkenly repeat the lie. The only 21^st century president who won by bigger margins than Trump was Barack Obama.

MAHA: Well worth your time. [8:56] – We The Taxpayers pay for poison in our foods three times. We pay when the government subsidizes the industry. We pay again when the government allows SNAP recipients to buy the poisoned food. And we pay a third time when the foods make people sick. Who benefits? Corporations and the lobbyists and politicians they pay to keep the poison legal here. It’s nauseating how many of these products are legal here, but banned in dozens of other countries because they are known to cause cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and more. It’s enough to make me grateful for the food allergies that forced us to ban most of this stuff from our home back in the early 80s!

NEW YORK: CLICK https://x.com/CRRJA5/status/1971405646307393602 to see what Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney, decided was not worthy of justice. Soros money supported Bragg’s campaign for office; it is also supporting Zohran Mamdani’s.

• https://nypost.com/2025/09/26/us-news/manhattan-da-quietly-drops-case-against-nyc-woman-who-sucker-punched-pro-life-activist/
• https://www.foxnews.com/us/da-braggs-office-drops-case-against-woman-who-allegedly-sucker-punched-pro-life-activist
• https://notthebee.com/article/new-york-drops-charges-against-lefty-who-attacked-a-pro-life-advocate-in-public
• https://www.foxnews.com/politics/soros-family-helped-push-manhattan-da-bragg-power
• https://www.cf.org/news/soros-funneled-37m-to-lefty-groups-backing-mamdani/

POLITICAL THEATER: CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1971674386588397612 to hear Hakeem Jeffries rant about Trump going to a golf event just “four days away from a government shutdown.” [:55] – Dems offered to avert a shutdown if Republicans agreed to increase spending by $1 TRILLION. Trump said, “Hell no.” Dems are just using this garbage to raise money. The shutdown is on the Democrats.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Create in us clean hearts that we may be grateful for having been right and forgiving of those who hate us for it. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

RUSSIA HOAX: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1007243591494184 to hear the Big Fat Lie James Comey told Congress.

• https://www.dailywire.com/news/comey-indicted-for-lying-to-congress-no-one-is-above-the-law

VIRGINIA: Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano is refusing to prosecute Richard Cox even though he violated the terms of his lifetime sex offender status. You will not be surprised to learn that Descano’s campaign for office received hundreds of thousands in Soros dollars.

A dozen witnesses testified in the preliminary hearing, including women who said they saw him naked in the women’s locker rooms in Arlington County‘s Wakefield High School, Washington Liberty High School, and Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center. (The high schools have public swim events outside of school hours.)

One witness said when she and her five-year-old daughter went into the girls’ locker room after swim class, Cox – who identifies as a woman but is still physically male – was standing naked in a shower stall with the curtain open, touching himself.

An Arlington detective also testified she found child pornography on Cox’s phone and children’s gymnastic class schedules for Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center. The Arlington detective testified she also found children’s swimming lesson schedules for Fairfax County rec centers on Cox’s phone.

• https://notthebee.com/article/virginia-officials-let-this-male-access-womens-and-girls-locker-rooms-what-happened-next-will-not-surprise-you-in-the-slightest
• https://wchstv.com/news/nation-world/witness-testifies-in-hearing-for-sex-offender-accused-in-arlington-school-exposure-case-richard-cox-washington-liberty-high-school-wakefield-barcroft-sports-and-fitness-center
• https://capitalresearch.org/article/living-room-pundits-guide-to-soros-district-attorneys/

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1473475260523683 to see Chewy’s imitation of a spray bottle.

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Search our hearts and show us where we need to forgive. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AVE MARIA: [4:24] – Ave Maria (Hail, Mary), Gratia plena (full of grace). Maria, gratia plena. Maria, gratia plena. Ave, ave Dominus (Hail, the Lord) tecum (with you). Benedicta (blessed) tu (you) in (in) mulieribus (women) et benedictus (and blessed), benedictus fructus (fruit) ventris (womb) tuae (your) Ventris tuae, Jesus. Ave Maria!

CALIFORNICATION: On September 23, 2025, Casey Robert Goonan was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for committing a series of arsons and firebombings at the University of California, Berkeley and the Oakland federal building in June 2024.

Goonan acknowledged that these attacks were inspired by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and that he called on others to attack property on Bay Area college campuses in support of Palestine.

Goonan, who has a PhD in “Black Studies” from Northwestern University, identifies with the LGBTQ community. It is unclear at this time if he understands what the theocrats in Palestine do to people like him.

• https://notthebee.com/article/leftwing-terrorist-sentenced-to-19-years-for-firebombing-police-car
• https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/domestic-terrorist-sentenced-more-19-years-prison-firebombing-university-police-car

CHARLIE KIRK: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1244305367384653 to hear him respond to “Trump is a racist.”

DEMOCRATS: [5:00] – How fast can they sink?

HILLARY CLINTON: [6:40] – I knew a police officer who was assigned to her detail two times when she came to his city. He said she had a foul mouth and was demanding and condescending toward him and his colleagues. At one point, she demanded he get her a coffee. He refused, explaining he was on duty protecting her life. She cursed at him!

INDICTED: Former FBI Director James Comey indicted on two counts of false statements and obstruction of justice. Lindsey Halligan, U.S. attorney for the district, said the charges “represent a breach of the public trust at an extraordinary level.”

• https://notthebee.com/article/breaking-former-fbi-director-james-comey-indicted-for-false-statement-and-obstruction-of-justice

MISSOURI: CLICK https://x.com/TomiLahren/status/1970600235329376326 [:28] to see the video. Kudos to the one guy who pulled the kid off the 66-year-old stadium worker. May God have mercy on the ones who stood there filming so they could get clicks on social media.

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15126419/grandpa-beaten-child-concert-Kansas-city.html

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Thank You for this beautiful witness. Bless this revival and make it grown. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

SCIENCE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/25537209052533780 to hear Charlie Kirk make an important point about autism (and other diagnoses). This is especially pertinent this week.

TRUMP ECONOMY: Second quarter GDP showed stronger than expected consumer spending, rising incomes, and lower imports.

• https://notthebee.com/article/the-second-quarters-gdp-has-been-revised-even-higher-im-a-bit-shocked-to-be-honest
• https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/economy/us-gdp-q2-final
• https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/us-economy-grows-3-8-percent-in-2nd-quarter-surpasses-market-forecasts-5920194

VIRGINIA: The Defense of Freedom Institute has filed a federal complaint against Fairfax, Virginia County Schools for its locker room policy. The complaint documents multiple incidents in which a boy repeatedly entered the girls’ locker room at West Springfield High School and watched as the girls undressed and dressed for physical education class. Instead of telling the boy to use a single use bathroom, they told the girls who complained they needed to change faster.

• https://notthebee.com/article/lawsuit-a-group-of-girls-complained-about-a-transgender-boy-in-their-locker-room-the-school-told-them-to-change-faster

GRAMMY NOTES: Beautiful truth.

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please grant each of us THIS kind of faith! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

107 DAYS: [3:32] – Kamala Harris’ new book is out.

• https://www.amazon.com/107-Days-Kamala-Harris-ebook/dp/B0F6Z1MSG5/ref=sr_1_1
• https://nypost.com/2025/09/22/us-news/michael-larosa-reveals-biden-bubble-was-full-of-bullies/

CHARLIE KIRK: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1834367547117543 to hear him stump a college student on abortion.

FACT CHECK: CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1967254605617824038 to hear Jasmine Crockett claim that policing in this country was “born out of slave patrols.” Note that only three of the twelve American police departments established before the Civil War were in slave states – i.e., Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas.

• https://www.oldest.org/politics/oldest-police-department-in-the-us/

HYPOCRITE: CLICK https://x.com/townhallcom/status/1970827219712012564 [:55] to hear Hillary Clinton say, “We have got to stop with the finger-pointing and the scapegoating”, followed immediately by, “Most of that right now, in our country’s history, is coming from the right.”

ICE: CLICK https://x.com/BrendonLeslie/status/1970859241121685589 [1:10] to hear the Gov. Newsom repeat Democrat lies about ICE on national television the night before Joshua Jahn (29) shot up an ICE facility in Dallas. One of his unspent shell casing had “anti-ICE” etched on it. The shooting at the Dallas ICE facility marks the third terrorist attack in just three weeks.

CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1970918084346089759 [2:01] to hear VP Vance’s response to the shooting.

• https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dallas-ice-facility-shooting-suspect-identified-as-29-year-old-joshua-jahn/
• https://notthebee.com/article/update-dallas-ice-shooter-had-anti-ice-messages-inscribed-on-bullet-casings-heres-what-we-know-about-him

LEFTISTS: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1970629249548636653 [:32] to hear a liberal woman report why she now hates somebody. I’m thinking that when a rational, emotionally intelligent, and open-minded individual encounters a “super smart guy” who has a different opinion, he or she asks that person to explain the basis for said opinion then thoughtfully considers both sides.

MEDIA: The Reuters article from November 22, 2013, discusses a study conducted in Norway. After analyzing 48,000 children, researchers found that kids whose mothers had used Tylenol for 28 days or more during pregnancy were more likely to have problems with behavior, communication, and motor skills.

CLICK https://x.com/DGrayTexas45/status/1970615810931728422 [1:50] to hear a supercut of news reports about Tylenol (acetaminophen) in pregnancy.

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/too-much-tylenol-pregnancy-could-affect-development-202900135.html
• https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/too-much-tylenol-pregnancy-could-affect-childs-development-study-finds-flna2d11639183
• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-links-autism-tylenol-vaccines-claims-not-backed-by-science-2025-09-22/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-links-autism-with-tylenol-backs-folic-acid-treatment-2025-09-22/

PANTS ON FIRE: Kamala Harris was 36 years old in 2000. Surely, she can remember the weeks of headlines, angst, and court proceedings following the 2000 presidential election. Hanging chads, anyone?

SAVE YOUR BREATH: [6:13] – I’m guessing we’ve all encountered people like this. It’s freeing to hear a biblical basis for discerning when it’s okay to say no.

SCIENCE: A study entitled “Association of Cord Plasma Biomarkers of In Utero Acetaminophen Exposure With Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Childhood” was published in JAMA Psychiatry (2019, Vol 77 No 2). It reported on research done at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in which umbilical cord blood from 996 births were tested for acetaminophen and its byproducts. Comparing the well-being of the children whose mother had had the highest levels with those that had had the lowest levels showed acetaminophen was linked to a 2.86 times risk of ADHD and a 3.62 times risk of autism.

• https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2753512

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Lord, Show us where we’re pouring into the wrong soil. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.