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CLIMATE HOAX: The UK government is considering a new climate law so, of course, the people who want it passed are shrieking again about how “we’ve got a small window left and the next five years are make or break.” Whatever. In 2010, Al Gore said the Ice Caps would melt in 5-7 years. They are still fine.

JUSTICE: All-In podcast [36:30] – CLICK https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1837947127009280081 [3:24] to hear the part where Kelly dismantles all the lawfare cases against Trump.

PRIVATE CHARITY: CLICK https://x.com/margommartin/status/1838346566299480305 [:20] to see Trump give $100 to a young mother of three to help with the grocery bill. Dems went nuts. “That’s illegal!!” Yeah … kinda like it’s illegal that the Dems are ignoring multiple Supreme Court orders to stop “forgiving” student loans.

Also, Trump is a genuinely generous man who has done this kind of thing all his life. Remember when the Clemson football team was scheduled to visit the White House when the chefs were gone because Congress had shut down the government? Trump ordered in from McDonald’s to feed the team.

By contrast, remember what happened when Congress shut down the government under Obama and the White House gardeners went home? They photographed the produce in “Michelle’s” famous organic garden rotting on the ground and tried to blame it on Republicans.

VOLTAIRE: French philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778) wrote more than 20,000 letters and some 2,000 pamphlets and books. He was also a successful playwright.

As to the first part of the meme, it would be impossible to know all he wrote, much less said. However, his hostility to Christianity was such a pervasive part of his life that he ended every letter to friends with “Ecrasez l’infame” (“Crush the infamy” – i.e., the Christian religion). And in 1764 he wrote, “The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart” and “We are living in the twilight of Christianity.” (Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary, 1764).

As to the second part of the meme, Voltaire died in Paris, so it’s no stretch to think the second part of the meme is also true. Sixteen years after his death, a Bible publisher in Ferney, France, had obtained and was using not only the printing presses Voltaire had used, but also the paper he had made. Also documented is that, 58 years after his death, Voltaire’s former home in Geneva, Switzerland, was being used to store Bibles and Gospel tracts belonging to the local Evangelical Society.

GRAMMY NOTES: Say “Yes!” to the mug. LOL

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jUoqBdJVg9o to hear some fabulous Reagan moments!

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wTl2F2ltcnk for something I did not know.

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2024: I heard Vivek Ramaswamy talking with Jordan Peterson. He said he doesn’t see our political divide as Democrats vs. Republicans or Elites vs. We the People. He sees it at Bureaucrats vs. People Who Make Things. There is a lot of truth in that.

FALSE GODS: Try it! It really is … and so appropriate too. Golden calves … green aliens in silver ships. Same author.

FRENCH REVOLUTION: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OtvB-48ElhY to hear an extraordinary event that predated the end of Robespierre’s Reign of Terror by just ten days.

SODA: The Heart Association’s recommendation for daily sugar intake is 25 grams for women and 36 grams for men. One 12-ounce can of Dr. Pepper has 40 grams of sugar. If you drank one can of Dr. Pepper every day for 8 weeks, you would have consumed 4.9 pounds of sugar.

KAMALA: CLICK https://x.com/iAnonPatriot/status/1837562838052638923 [1:16], n’kay?

WALZ: CLICK https://x.com/theblaze/status/1837551492170948649 [:07] to hear Tampon Tim finally say something that is totally true. “We can’t afford four more years of this.”

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ytXalJph4qY for something I did not know.

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ASSASSINATION: CLICK https://x.com/HumanEvents/status/1836846789195952139 [1:39] to hear Rep. Matt Gaetz share some scary info he got from an agent at Homeland Security.

BORDER: [5:05] – Tomi Lahren says the Biden-Harris administration is still flying illegals into our country and dumping them into communities like Springfield, Ohio.

KAMALA: CLICK https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1836763825493758303 [:45] to hear how a President Harris will save us from World War III by just being a woman of color!

LIFE: [3:57] – Incredible. One minute to do a 180.

MEDIA BIAS: Funny thing how headlines about Democrat criminals don’t feature their political affiliations. Case in point: “Mayor of Atlantic City and his wife are indicted for allegedly beating their daughter.” Mayor Small and his wife, the superintendent of the Atlantic City School District, are Democrats. They have been indicted for beating their 15 year old daughter. If true, the details (which include punching the kid in the face and hitting her in the head with a broom until she lost consciousness) are appalling. Yet, somehow, ABC News did not feel it necessary to mention their political affiliation until paragraph 10 of the story.

OPRAH: LIVE [11:58] – Why should we care what the coastal elites think? A middle class couple asked Kamala directly, “What would you do the make life affordable for people like us?” Kamala isn’t saying it out loud, but she is more of a Leftist than Biden, so we can be sure her real economic plans are more of what she and Biden have been doing – i.e., increasing regulations, decreasing energy production, reducing tariffs, and increasing taxes.

Trump has been very clear about his plans – i.e., reducing regulations, increasing energy production, boosting tariffs, and cutting taxes. All of these will bring down inflation and allow businesses to create new jobs. I think it’s a no-brainer, which says a lot about people who think Kamala will somehow fix what her administration has done to us.

PELOSI: CLICK https://x.com/semafor/status/1836516099166273928 [2:23] and decide for yourself if this woman has lost her tunes.

SPRINGFIELD, OH: LIVE [1:28:23]Vivek Ramaswamy booked a room that holds 250 with another room for 100 in case there was overflow. Two thousand people wanted to come to his town hall. Two thousand! “We’ve never agreed on anything in this country. But we should be able to talk about it. My two ground rules are honesty and respect.”

TRUMP: CLICK https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1836752381456814197 [5:10] for a simple but powerful message. “Democrats are right. Trump is causing division.” (H/t Mindful Webworker)

WALK AWAY: [11:27] – I don’t follow the music scene, so I’d never heard of Cherie Currie. It didn’t matter. Her testimony was so compelling that I couldn’t stop listening.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ucxseaVcues for something I did not know.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_WtpXLUJA0U for a funny story.

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CASTR-UDEAU: [11:20] – The posture and expression of the guy in the brown jacket at 5:00 is hysterical.

CATHOLIC: “I don’t have a definitive opinion about the claim that Catholic saint Padre Pio (or some version of him) often existed in two places at once – an alleged miracle called “bilocation.” But per the most popular interpretation of quantum physics, individual atoms can and do exist virtually in many places at once – a phenomenon called ‘superposition.’” – Michael Guillén, Phd

MOST DANGEROUS JOB: Tree trimming is traditionally listed as the #1 most dangerous job in the United States with an average on-the-job death rate of 80 per year. There are about 80,000 tree trimming businesses in the U.S., with estimates of total active work force ranging between 52,000 and 289,000. The death rate is somewhere in the .04% range.

But in reality, the most dangerous job is POTUS. In all of U.S. history, there have only been 46 of them. Four have been killed, making the death rate approximately 8% … about 200 times that of tree trimmers.

TEAMSTERS: Check out what Harris has done to alienate members of the Teamsters Union! For 30 years, they’ve endorsed the Democrat candidate for president. This time, their first poll of members voted 60% Trump vs. 34% Harris. The second voted 58% Trump vs. 31% Harris. This year, the Teamsters Union is declining to endorse either candidate.

TRUMP! on GUTFELD!: [39.36] – Worth watching. Funny and endearing. The story RFK Jr. tells in the third clip is a must see. I think Trump is right. If he doesn’t win, the USA is doomed.

THEY ARE NOT LIKE US: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1606527953542762 for a quick lesson.

GRAMMY NOTES: [30:32] – Wow. I never thought about my negative thoughts chaining the person I was stewing about in my mind. I knew the thoughts were bad for me. I knew they were displeasing to God. And I’ve been working to break into them and switch to prayer. But wow. As she was talking about what a lousy nurse that woman was, I was thinking, “Yeah, I had some nurses like that! They really hurt me with their crappy attitudes and slipshod care.” Now I am feeling so convicted.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0vrJ5st0k9g to hear a guy with true self awareness.

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ABC: Since moderating the “debate”, David Muir has seen his show’s viewership drop by 12%. He calls it “polling noise.” I call it “well deserved.

CHICOMS: The FBI has successfully disrupted malware that a group of Chinese hackers had installed on some 200,000 consumer devices in the United States and elsewhere.

FRIENDLY EX MUSLIM: [11:15] – Wow. I had no idea.

IRAN: Iranian hackers stole private campaign information they stole from the Trump campaign and tried to pass it off to Biden. If Iran wants the Dems in the White House, all the more reason to vote Trump.

LEBANON: One day after Hezbollah pagers exploded, their walkie-talkie blew up. At least one of the radios exploded during a funeral for the Hezbollah terrorists who were killed in the pager attack.

RASMUSSEN: [15:18] – Trump is winning Independents by double digits.

S&G: A year ago, transgender influencer, model, and Mariah Carey impersonator “Suellen” Carey made headlines when he/she celebrated his/her marriage to him/herself with his/her 400,000 Instagram followers. He/she called the “sologamous” wedding “the happiest day of my life.” Alas, fairy tales don’t last. After ten sessions of “couples” therapy (alone), he/she is calling it quits.

The Mirror reports him/her confessing, “Even commitment to oneself can have its challenges, such as dealing with the expectation of being perfect for yourself all the time. I realised I was putting a lot of pressure on myself and that sometimes left me exhausted. I understood that even in a marriage with ourselves, it’s important to accept our imperfections.”

TRUMP: CLICK https://rumble.com/v5fblwd-kjp-has-freakout-over-peter-doocys-trump-assassination-attempt-question.html [1:28] to hear KJP’s “I’m so offended” answer to Peter Doocy’s question, which she called “incredibly dangerous.”

VANCE: CLICK https://x.com/theblaze/status/1836171443870077236 [3:06] to hear the former combat correspondent continue to school jerknalists who aren’t doing their jobs. Who do you want representing us with hostile world leaders – the two men who take questions every day from the most hostile media on the planet or the two weenies who are too scared to take questions from their lapdog media allies?

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uJOZrdwWTgY to see two very good kitties.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o0F9VzG27LI to see a very good horse.

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Sin Sick Souls

From Napolitan News Service, who sponsored the poll:

The desensitization of some Americans following the second assassination attempt of former President Trump is alarming. Seventeen percent (17%) of voters believe America would have been better off if former President Trump had been killed in last week’s attempted assassination.

That figure includes 28% of Democrats who say that America would have been better off if Trump had been assassinated. Another 24% of Democrats were not sure. Fewer than half (48%) of Democrats could bring themselves to say that America would not be better off if the opposing party’s candidate for president had been assassinated.

Scott Rasmussen, president of RMG Research, said “It is hard to imagine a greater threat to democracy than expressing a desire to have your political opponent murdered.”

Despite two assassination attempts in two months, just over half of all Democrats (51%) don’t see a need to increase Trump’s security detail. Among all voters, 62% think Trump’s security should be increased and 32% disagree.

Forty-nine percent (49%) of Democrats think it’s at least somewhat likely that Trump himself or the Trump campaign was involved with the assassination attempt, with 21% saying it was very likely.

Fifty-two percent (52%) of Republicans think it’s at least somewhat likely that the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign was involved, with 28% saying it’s very likely.

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Fake News

The abortion-related death of Amber Nicole Thurman (28) is being blamed on Georgia’s heartbeat abortion law and, of course, on Donald Trump. But it’s a lie. Thurman died because her greedy abortionist couldn’t be bothered to provide quality care.

Shortly after Georgia enacted its heartbeat law, Thurman discovered she was pregnant with twins. She didn’t want them, but was past the deadline. So she drove to North Carolina for a scheduled, surgical abortion. Arriving late for her appointment, the clinic told her they’d given her spot to someone else.

Then, they handed her abortion pills, but neither scheduled a follow up visit nor checked on her progress by phone. She was 9 weeks along. The babies died in utero, but the drugs failed to induce labor, so their little bodies remained inside her body to rot.

She became severely ill and was hospitalized for severe acute sepsis. The hospital administered IV fluids, antibiotics and blood pressure medication for two days before the doctors decided she needed a hysterectomy. She died on the table. There is no evidence her surgery was delayed due to the heartbeat law.

According to FDA statistics, the most common cause of death following the use of mifepristone is sepsis. In many states, women can get the pills in the mail with nothing but a virtual consultation with (“the caring health professionals”) at Planned Parenthood and no establishment of care at a local OB/GYN or hospital.

The Left keeps telling their sheeple that Trump is killing women by denying them medical care for miscarriage. The law prohibits killing unborn babies once their heartbeats can be detected. It certainly doesn’t prohibit removing the remains of dead who have no heartbeats. (Duh.)

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What Pope Francis said

Once again, our current pontiff has caused confusion and consternation among the faithful. I just want to remind y’all that a pope’s teachings are only infallible under very specific, very defined circumstances. This one doesn’t even remotely qualify.

CLICK https://x.com/MLJHaynes/status/1834519918907150455 to hear him. My cousin speaks Italian. She listened to this and says it is an accurate translation. I understand what he was trying to say here, encouraging young people to dialogue, not argue about religion.

But he was wrong when he said, “Every religion is a way to arrive at God.” He was not only wrong; he was going against the clear teaching of Jesus Christ, which has been preserved by the church He founded.

What the Bible says –

John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'”

Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

John 3:36 “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

1 John 5:12 “Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

John 10:9 “I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

What the Roman Catholic Church teaches –

According to the declaration Dominus Iesus (On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church), “the Church’s constant missionary proclamation is endangered today by relativistic theories which seek to justify religious pluralism, not only de facto, but also de iure (or in principle)“.

It is clear that it would be contrary to the faith to consider the Church as one way of salvation alongside those constituted by the other religions.

– Issued in 2000 by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) as prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine for the Faith

Also,

This perverse opinion is spread on all sides by the fraud of the wicked who claim that it is possible to obtain the eternal salvation of the soul by the profession of any kind of religion, as long as morality is maintained. Surely, in so clear a matter, you will drive this deadly error far from the people committed to your care. With the admonition of the apostle that ‘there is one God, one faith, one baptism’ may those fear who contrive the notion that the safe harbor of salvation is open to persons of any religion whatever.;” – Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos, 1832

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They’re eating the cats

Matt Walsh on the viral meme and facts regarding “They’re eating the cats” [11:03]. – Below, please enjoy my complete collection of “They’re eating the cats” memes. (H/t to Bob and Mindful)

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2d AMENDMENT: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vH5K1o6Ettw to hear a refugee from Communist China stop the debate.

LEBANON: On September 17, some 2,800 people were injured when their pagers exploded. Eight more were killed. Most people injured in the mass pager explosions sustained injuries to their hands. The exact reason for the rash of exploding pagers is unclear, but many (most? all?) of the injured were members of Hezbollah. If Mossad did this, kudos for ingenuity and restraint. Talk about your “surgical strike.”

SHRILLARY: Just one day after the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Her Royal Bitterness got on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow and said, “The press needs to create a consistent narrative about how dangerous Trump is. He is a danger to our country and world.”

And, as she resurrected the Russian election interference narrative, she suggested that people who engage in wrongspeak should be civilly or criminally charged. Bless her heart. Just never you mind that silly First Amendment thing or that it was she and her campaign who financed the Russia! Russia! Russia! hoax.

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO: CLICK https://x.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/1835327025919185163 [5:12] to hear J.D. Vance freak out Dana Bash. She accuses him. He objects. She says, “I don’t want to talk about that stuff.” Then she yammers while he’s trying to talk and interrupts over and over. He stays calm. It’s beautiful.

On Monday, Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that the wave of bomb threats against the town of Springfield, Ohio, have all been hoaxes. “Thirty-three threats; Thirty-three hoaxes,” DeWine said during a press conference in Springfield. “I want to make that very, very clear. None of these had any validity at all.”  He also noted that some originated from one specific foreign country, but declined to name it.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for Bash to apologize to Vance for blaming him for the bomb threats.

THEY’RE EATING THE CATS: Nick Freitas said, “This week, the Left is saying, ‘Nobody is eating anyone’s pets. This means we are one week away from, ‘Why do you care that people are eating pets?’ and three weeks away from, ‘Why eating pets is a good thing’ and ‘Refusing to eat pets is white supremacy.‘” He’s off by a couple of weeks. I saw the headline above in my “Recommended For You” feed yesterday.

KAMALA BUCKS: Her plan for fixing the economy is to encourage people to care about their lawns.

VANCE: This is his first public statement following the second assassination attempt. [3:22] – I have never stopped speaking to anyone because they got a COVID shot or voted for a Democrat. I cannot say the same for some of my former friends and estranged relatives. For me, this problem isn’t new. It started way back during GW Bush’s presidency when people cut me off because I supported the war in Iraq. For my theater major daughter, it began even earlier she enlisted in the Army halfway through her senior year. Her peers and professors, people who had been close to her, known and admired her for three and a half years, cut her off dead. They didn’t talk with her about her decision. They just stopped talking to her. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep on saying it until I die. We are not like them.

WISCONSIN: On Monday, a judge ruled that RFK Jr. may not withdraw his name from the state’s ballots. According to Wisconsin statutes, once a candidate files valid nomination papers, they must remain on the ballot unless they die.

WOKE UP: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KclB0C2zWmg to listen to a Democrat who has taken the red pill.

GRAMMY NOTES: When Mama Buzz was about 4, I accidentally walked in on her while she was using the toilet. She shrieked, “Get Out! I NEED my primacy!” This still cracks me up nearly 40 years later, because she is still really into being first born.

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