Why not equality right now?

timon_phocas comments on Feb 3, 2021:

I am reminded of a story from Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago. Secret police came and evicted a family of kulacks (rich peasants) from their prosperous farm. They took them by train to a river in Siberia, then they took them down the river to a howling wilderness. They threw them off the boat with a handful of tools. The family worked hard and gradually prospered. Years later the secret police came down the river again. They shouted at the farmers, "We exiled you here years ago with nothing because you were kulacks. And here you are kulacks again!" Enforced equality doesn't work because it contradicts human nature.

Imagine being a child in 21st century. Scary....

timon_phocas comments on Feb 2, 2021:

Yep. We've gone from Wonder Woman, to "I wonder if that thing is a woman?"

DO YOU KNOW THAT REAL ALIENS SWIRL AROUND US NOW?

timon_phocas comments on Feb 1, 2021:

So you're saying Joe Biden was replaced by a pod person? That explains a lot...

TESLA Motors collects more from government (tax-payers-money), than it receives from car sales.

timon_phocas comments on Feb 1, 2021:

Every business Musk started, with the exception of PayPal, depends on the government either as either a subsidizer or a customer. Solar City depends on tax breaks for solar panel installation and laws forcing utilities to buy the electricity produced. Tesla depends on federal and state tax breaks for every vehicle sold. The Boring Company really only has governments as its customer base. SpaceX got its start from a NASA contract, and depends on NASA and Space Force launch contracts. If Starlink works out, it will be the first time private monies ever contributed a major profit stream to any of these companies. That does not mean Musk is not brilliantly innovative. It means he knows where the least costly source of money is.

Katie Hopkins: A request. And thank you - YouTube

timon_phocas comments on Jan 31, 2021:

Oh no! Not only GatewayPundit, but the Daily Mail and now Katie Hopkins are saying the same thing about seasonal flu stats. My oh my, are they all lying because GatewayPundit said it first?

[rumble.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 30, 2021:

I see no corroboration in any other news outlet.

US Media Compromised by Communist China (The New American Video) [youtube.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 30, 2021:

Hmmm, I saw an article yesterday about Israeli plans for a decapitation strike to cripple Iranian nuclear facilities. I saw them a lot during the Obama administration.

The Proud Boys have been targeted by the FBI since the Capitol riots and I'm under the impression ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 30, 2021:

Antifa were the favored thugs of Leftists all through 2019/20; beating anybody they thought was defenseless and ideologically convenient. In 2020 BLM gutted city centers all across the country, and they were favored, too. From my reading, Proud Boys were started as a farce by by some comedian in Hollywood. The MSM Press quickly glommed onto them as the Right Wing equivalent of Antifa, portraying them as Nazi or KKK thugs. I guess they needed a Right Wing threat to balance the increasingly unpopular left wing riots. Do the Proud Boys have a right to exist, to protest, to demand changes? Certainly. Do they have a right to riot and destroy property? Hell no. I still don't know who incited just what actions at the Capitol on January 6. I do know that it's being used by Democrats as the Reichstag Fire of this generation.

"'Bomb-making manuals' found in home of Proud Boy who stormed US Capitol" [telegraph.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 30, 2021:

So what? When I joined my Recon platoon back in 1978 my platoon commander told me to buy a copy of the "Anarchist Cookbook" because it had useful info on explosives. He was a former Combat Engineer Officer so he knew what he was talking about. Three teams per platoon, three platoons and a headquarters per company. Four companies per battalion. Four Recon battalions in the Corps. Whole lot of copies of the "Anarchist Cookbook." And that doesn't count the Combat Engineer battalions. Or the Army. Or other services. That kind of info is actually pretty common. Anyway, back in 1978 I went down to the local Pickwick Books and ordered one. When it came, the sales clerk said she couldn't understand why people read that stuff, but that the store sold copies every week. My copy's still around the house somewhere. The US had a rash of radical bombings in the late 1960s. There was also a rash of bomb lab explosions. It's pretty easy to make something that will go bang. It's very hard to make it so it will only go bang when you want it to. And it's very hard to keep it stable. That's why all those communist radicals kept blowing themselves up in the 1960s and 70s. We're not having an epidemic of explosions. It's not for lack of information.

Critics who called Trump authoritarian are silent on Biden's Executive Order spree- ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 29, 2021:

I'm thinking that this might be the pattern of Slo Joe's administration, just like Obama's. This way the Congress doesn't have to have any contentious legislation to debate. What does change will be snuck into the Omnibus Budget bill at the end of the year.

This won't do anything [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 29, 2021:

I think they'll make it easier for institutional investors to shut down individual investors. Then they'll trumpet it to the skies as protecting the 'little guy.'

Holy Shit! Think it couldn’t get any worse?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 29, 2021:

I just waiting for VA medical to make them mandatory...

[rumble.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 28, 2021:

I have checked both conservative and liberal news aggregator sites and seen no confirmation of this video's assertions.

How's Biden doing?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 27, 2021:

So far Biden seems like an equal opportunity shafter. He promised a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants. What he delivered just shortened the current process from 11 to 8 years. He promised he would stop fracking and then promised he wouldn't. What he delivered was a freeze on new fracking licences on federal land. It doesn't stop fracking, exactly, and it frustrates both sides. He said he would recognize Palestine. What he delivered was saying the US ambassador to Israel would cover Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza strip. This formulation frustrates Israel, Fatah and Hamas all at once. I'll give it this, it's efficient (if frustration is your goal). So I'm not impressed, but perplexed.

VictorDavisHanson coninues to speak Truth [amgreatness.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 27, 2021:

Wow, in **1984** Orwell coined the term, "doublethink." Ignore previous positions, the current party position is always right. I guess it's EngSoc forever!

Biden Pledges to Replace All Federal Vehicles With US-Made Electric Models

timon_phocas comments on Jan 27, 2021:

That will work so well in Montana, or any of the Rocky Mountain states, for that matter. To say nothing of Alaska. I don't think it will work well anywhere in rural America. It makes a good soundbite. It sucks as policy.

The Left's Election "Reform" Proposals Are Bad Policy And Unconstitutional: Hans von Spakovsky ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 25, 2021:

And if they get their way we will complete our transformation to what Vladimir Putin termed "managed democracy " We'll have presidents, governors, legislatures and elections. But the outcomes will be predetermined and we will be a one party state for the foreseeable future.

TownHall: Tom Cotton, merely a graduate of the Army’s Ranger School.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 25, 2021:

AUDIO: On Hugh Hewitt, former commander of Ranger Regiment slams Salon for attacks on Sen. Tom Cotton. “I don’t know Senator Cotton. I mean, I’ve looked at a lot of his statements. And to your point, to my knowledge, he’s never claimed to have been in the Ranger Regiment, or one of the Ranger battalions. He’s always clearly stated he was in the 101st and the Old Guard. And he was a graduate of the Ranger school. So I think, and this is not the first time it’s come up.” You can be a graduate of the Ranger School and not be a member of the Ranger Regiment. In fact, lots and lots of people are. Plus: ” I think, you know, if you really want to understand this, there’s one Ranger Hall of Fame, and that Ranger Hall of Fame is comprised of two different groups of people – people that served in the Ranger Regiment and the battalions, and people that are Ranger qualified. So clearly, the Rangers who created the Ranger Hall of Fame believe they’re both inside that umbrella.”

Leftists write a history depicting Trump as a Nazi, with the goal of discrediting all republicans.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 25, 2021:

Howdy @jaymaron, Fine summary. Democrats got us into the Vietnam War. Nixon extricated us from that unholy, stinking mess. All while being relentlessly pilloried. Nixon's arms airlift to Israel was awesome. He realized there would be howls of outrage for a single planeload of ammo, so he decided to go big and make it an object lesson in American power. Nixon's 72 win over Mcgovern is also instructive. Traditional Democrat voter groups stayed home or voted for Nixon, something that happened in 2020 and then was mysteriously reversed in the dead of the night.

Have you read about the likely continuance of the military and the insurrection act?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 25, 2021:

This seems delusional. It's not gonna happen.

Essential viewing! Absolute FLAMES from Rand Paul as he DESTROYS fake new "journalist" George ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 24, 2021:

They go absolutely apoplectic when you bring up election fraud. They deny it exists. Then they deny it's widespread. Then they deny it altered the outcome of the election. All in apoplectic tones. Sounds like they feel guilty.

HUNDREDS OF VETTED SOLDIERS TEST POSITIVE FOR CV19!!! Nancy Pelosi demanded "manned machine gun ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Tested positive for COVID? Using what test? Was it the notoriously unreliable PCR test? How many amplification cycles were used?

The Obama-Biden Libya Debacle Is Still On Going, this is what can happen when you let delusional ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 24, 2021:

What Obama and Hillary did to Libya was the most irresponsible statecraft I've seen in generations. They already saw what happened when Bush II kicked over Saddam's Iraq, they spent eight years condemning it, and then they went and did it in Libya. They crapped all over the country and then walked away from their unholy mess! They should be in prison for that.

[rumble.com] Watch: Marines Refuse To Salute Joe Biden

timon_phocas comments on Jan 23, 2021:

My understanding is that you don't salute indoors unless you are under arms. It's been a long time, so I may be wrong.

Meanwhile in Russia Alexei Navalny: Hundreds detained in protests across Russia [bbc.co.uk]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Putin called it "managed democracy." We have one now, so we can expect more of this in our own country.

I think this pretty close to the money.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Media is supposed to reflect society. Now media think they **are** society. Back when they reflected society, they charicatured it but still respected it. Now they think their little bubble is the only thing they have to pay attention to. Anything contrary to their comfortable little bubble is repellent. But they don't reflect society any more.Their movies are propaganda pieces, and flailing in the market as a result. They don't make television people want to watch. Their news programs are increasingly ignored. They live in an electronic virtual Versailles. In the meantime, the rest of us get up in the morning and do the work of the day.

The Living Truth Daily Devotion WHO HE SAYS HE IS “Now some teachers of the law were sitting ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 20, 2021:

When modern medicine cures a paralytic the person still can't walk. We have to teach the patient to walk all over again. Simply standing up is a complex act involving many muscles in coordinated, memorized partnerships. Often muscles and joints are stiffened into contractures and have to be massaged into position. It can take months of physicial therapy. When Our Lord heals, however, all function is instantly restored. Amazing. "... for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me." John 5:36 NASB

A 1968 MGB GT in Mineral Blue.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Howdy @Stratslinger, Yeah, the MGB GT was an object of my youthful yearnings, too. I've got a 93 300 ZX, and there are Honda Civics and, yes, Ford Fiestas that can run rings around it. Amazing what they can get out of engines now.

Biden's 47 years of accomplishments.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Let's not forget Joe's other 'accomplishments.' Before Joe Biden changed the law, if you were desperately ill and had to declare bankruptcy, you could still keep your house. Now, thanks to Joe, you can not only be desperately ill and bankrupt, but you can also be homeless, too. . Let's also not forget Joe's perfect batting average in geopolitics. He's been wrong on every national security issue since 1973.

Many conservatives warn that America is becoming a communist state. But is that really the case?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Let's see, fraudulent elections, nascent one-party rule, ideological monocultures in news and entertainment media, same monoculture in the educational system. Interlocking relationships between media, industry and government. People and organizations being ideologically purged from media access and jobs. They've locked down our capitol like it was the Forbidden City or the Kremlin. Razor wire fences are everywhere and they're backed by a garrison of 26 thousand troops with orders to use lethel force. Hey, teach the Guardsmen to goose-step and it could be Rome in the 1920s.

Turns out, a major concern among officials in Washington DC is they’re afraid to trust the massive...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Howdy @Edgework, The US military is a self generating subculture. Soldiers' families tend to beget more soldiers. Worked that way in my family. Soldiers, even in places as 'blue' as Maryland and New Jersey tend to be more conservative. So the most ideological administration in American history won't trust its Guardsmen. And why not? The radicals wouldn't protect Trump if they made up the National Guard.

Psalm 40: David's Life - Chuck Missler.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Howdy @eschatologyguy, Thanks for this video. Chuck Missler's dive into the Psalms was something I really needed.

NRA declares bankruptcy, plans to incorporate in Texas [news360.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 16, 2021:

To paraphrase Davy Crockett, New York can go to hell, the NRA's going to Texas!

The only prophecy I know of any book anywhere of a leader crapping in his "pants" out of fear.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Speaking of Biblical references to nether parts, my friends and I christened this section of 1st Samuel as the 'book of hemorrhoids.' 1st Samuel chapter 5: 1¶And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. 2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. 6¶But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. 7And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god 8They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 9And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

Question: Why is it that the left wants our coal mines closed down and us to be forced to buy solar ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 16, 2021:

It's back to Alice's Wonderland of climate change. From the man who brought you Solyndra... I can hardly wait.

What do you do?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Howdy @WayneHawthorne, They make their money selling ads. There's usually a small statement saying 'click here to continue'. If there's not, I skip the article. No biggie.

Study indicates lockdowns have increased deaths of despair- [zerohedge.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 16, 2021:

I know my county (Weld County, Colorado) announced we had exceeded 2019's total of suicides by June of 2020.

"U.S. says Capitol rioters meant to 'capture and assassinate' officials - filing" [reuters.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 15, 2021:

"Chansley has spoken openly about his belief that he is an alien, a higher being, and he is here on Earth to ascend to another reality,” they wrote.

Elle: AOC claims she almost died in the Capitol Riot and that she feared 'white supremacist' ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 14, 2021:

Sure, and Hillary claimed she was under fire by snipers in Bosnia... AOC is a coward and a fabulist. She doesn't mind urging on leftist rioters, she glories in it. But being in a panic room with Republicans is unbearable.

Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 14, 2021:

Nice image. Very dramatic. Thx

Acts17Apologetics: Muslim Imam Beaten to Death for Converting to Christianity On November 30th,...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Those who resist to the death will receive a crown of life. Bless his memory and witness.

McConnell supports impeaching Trump [citizenfreepress.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 12, 2021:

McConnell evudently sees an impeachment as an opportunity to purge Trump from the Republican Party. If he does that, then I'm leaving the Republican Party. My wife already has. We won't be the only ones.

US Special Forces has infiltrated Antifa, praise God! The USA, the chief among the "strangers, the ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 12, 2021:

Kaiser Wilhelm II famously said that God has a special angel who keeps watch over drunkards and Americans. I think he said that because however foolish or naive we were, we always seemed to prosper. But America was a churchgoing nation back then, a nation of believers. In Deuteronomy Moses spoke of a mountain of blessing and a mountain of curses. Blessings for following God's laws and curses for disobeying them. One of the first curses was being placed under harsh taskmasters. We are getting our harsh taskmasters.

Another billion less [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 12, 2021:

Jack Dorsey wants power, not another few billion dollars, so does Zuckerberg

Handing Government the keys to social media would make things far worse- [thefederalist.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 12, 2021:

Howdy @SpikeTalon, I remember a discussion about the Standard Oil monopoly and the government's attempt to muzzle it. Standard Oil lost their monopoly control when Texas oil fields, which Standard Oil didn't control, came on line. So it was the market, not the Interstate Commerce Commission, that tamed Standard Oil. I scream bloody murder about the ideological purge led by tech monopolies. Our options are almost as limited as Kansas farmers in their struggles against the Union Pacific. Again, it was the automobile, not the Interstate Commerce Commission, that provided the options. I'm sure somebody wants to make money in the conservative marketplace. It just sucks waiting for them.

Facebook DELETES account of Iran’s Press TV news network with 4 million subscribers 12 Jan, ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 12, 2021:

Zucker the schmucker just loves despotism, doesn't he...

Parler shut down. Slug next ?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 11, 2021:

Parler had millions of subscribers. It was too big of a competitor to tech titans' information monopoly.

Disturbing... LOL I know people who would say burn all children [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 11, 2021:

A Pavlik Morozov for our time. Like Horst Wessel, Pavlik Morozov was a legend crafted almost entirely out of Party lies. Pavlik supposedly reported his father to Stalin's secret police to be shot. Pavlik was in turn murdered by his family. He became a martyr for the communist party, a victim of petty bourgeois ideals of the family. Interestingly, a statue of Pavlik was placed in front of the KGB headquarters where it stood until the fall of the Soviet Union. A true child of the left.

If you voted for Trump or support him,now is the time to cancel your account with Amazon.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 11, 2021:

Already happening in my house

Is free speech dead?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 10, 2021:

I am thinking I will first switch to a VPN provider. Then I need to search out someone who understands the dark web so I know how to get to servers there. I think they will be the last to go down. It is a sign of our times that we have to camouflage ourselves among thieves, terrorists and pornographers to find islands of free speech.

CHINA CALLS BIDEN “A NEW WINDOW OF HOPE.” Says it all. [zerohedge.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 10, 2021:

Well, they've chipped in to buy a new president. Let's see if they've already gotten him neutered.

The Lost Tribes Of Israel?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 9, 2021:

Lost tribes, did their Garmins lead them astray? Happens to me a lot... and finding a USB port on a camel...

Jake Angeli, Capitol rioter in horned helmet, arrested by Feds [nypost.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 9, 2021:

Good, charge and prosecute him. Punish to the full extent of the law.

I have a simple question.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 9, 2021:

Howdy @Naomi, I think the economy will replay Obama's economy. High stock markets, low employment, miniscule growth. They'll blame it is on Trump, of course. They've promised higher taxes and more regulation. If they keep their promises about the Green New Deal, energy prices will skyrocket, just like they did in Germany. This is particularly sensitive in America because we've used cheap energy to overcome continental distances ever since the age of railroads. They've already begun a comprehensive purge of conservative voices on the internet. We'll have to see if they'll even allow conservative sites to remain on the internet. Maybe we'll all end up on the dark web.

Zimbabwe eyes mining profits to compensate White farmers. [google.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jan 9, 2021:

I deeply hope the farmers finally receive justice.

What was brought up in the following article should be shared far and wide.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 7, 2021:

Howdy @SpikeTalon, The whole concept of a "Republican Riot" sounds oxymoronic, like June and Ward Cleaver throwing Molotov cocktails. I am suspicious of all those pictures of rioters with Confederate flags. I don't see those at the Trump rallies. Never. It's just too over the top to be real. I remember being appalled at the brawls at early 2016 Trump rallies. Then I read about the Clinton organizer who was hiring thugs to incite them. There are videos on this site of police escorting Antifa busses to hotels in D.C. I don't know, maybe they're in D.C. for a Girl Scout Cookie drive. Or maybe they're part of an information operation. The problem is we live in separate information worlds. If it's thoroughly investigated AND found to be a propaganda operation AND all the angels in heaven swear that to be true, it will still never be reported in the news media.

Now what?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 6, 2021:

Howdy @Admin, The Dems and their media arm will construe this as insurrection and try to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish any conservative gathering.

I guess the South rose again. Cue someone telling me this is a Democrat...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 6, 2021:

Just like Jeff Davis, Pierre Beauregard and Nathan Bedford Forrest, staunch Republicans all!!

Christian terrorism in DC right now.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 6, 2021:

Christian terrorism? How many people died? How many buildings were torched? How many bombs went off?

🆘 The Speech that doomed Jack Ma to escape China or end in prison (马云 Jack Ma missing.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 6, 2021:

He was really shaking the tree there. Looks like he displayed too much independence.

I'm looking for anyone over 18 who knows English to fill-out a 20 question survey on Childhood ...

timon_phocas comments on Jan 1, 2021:

Knows English? Counts me out ..

[greenwald.

timon_phocas comments on Jan 1, 2021:

If Julian Assange had given himself up to civil authorities he would have been sentenced to a few years in prison and been out by now. Instead he spent 7 years in an Ecuadorian Embassy cubbyhole and now almost two years fighting extradition. Flight from prosecution only enhances penalties. Bo Bergdahl and 'Chelsea' Manning were both under oath to the US Army. They both betrayed their oaths. They were both tried, convicted, served minimal sentences and are now free. Why would Julian Assange receive harsher punishment than they did?

Really?

timon_phocas comments on Jan 1, 2021:

My son is an ICU nurse assigned to a COVID ward. So I can't say it isn't a problem. But there's also a world of difference between frenzied politicians urging that we incinerate the country in order to save it and the clinical reality of it.

Educators and agitators fight the foibles of classic literature, push for a pulling of the ...

timon_phocas comments on Dec 31, 2020:

Homer composed his epic poems about a muscle-powered warrior society. Does anyone with two functioning neurons expect them to be sensitive feminist celebrations? Homer composed works extolling heroic warriors. That's evil because because they were white European warriors. Meanwhile, just down the road from Mt. Rushmore, the largest sculpture in in world is being carved depicting Crazy Horse. He's in full war regalia and mounted on a charging horse. But that's OK, because he's not European.

Why Is Solar Energy Getting 250 Times More In Federal Tax Credits Than Nuclear? [forbes.com]

timon_phocas comments on Dec 28, 2020:

Because Hollywood made a movie about evil nuclear power plants and a beautiful actress was one of the leads. Of course it was pure scientific sewage, but a pretty actress counts for more than mere engineering

Santa's not prejudiced, he even stopped at Justin Trudeau's this year:

timon_phocas comments on Dec 25, 2020:

Does this mean old Kris Kringle missed Biden's basement?

How important is Christianity to the future of the Western world?

timon_phocas comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Even unbelievers among the Founding Fathers felt Christianity was important as transmitter of moral values, and therefore important to citizenship.

GOOGLE has fallen! I found an article in THE GATEWAY PUNDIT about an attack on a Proud Boy and ...

timon_phocas comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Amen brother.

China launches first Long March 8 from Wenchang spaceport [spacenews.com]

timon_phocas comments on Dec 24, 2020:

I saw pictures of grid fins (like those on the Falcon 9) that were being tested on earlier rockets. Like so much else in Chinese space efforts, it's been planned for for a long time.

Should pedophiles be allowed to have "child" sex robots?

timon_phocas comments on Dec 23, 2020:

The tough part will be convincing your wife it's really a Resusci Anne CPR practice doll... "No honey, I wasn't kissing the doll. It's called 'Rescue Breathing!'"

Why I will not accept Joe Biden as president Unwillingness to accept election result grows out of...

timon_phocas comments on Dec 23, 2020:

This truly is the "winter of our discontent" and Mr. Gingrich has eloquently summarized the reasons for it.

Are we witnessing the beginning of the end for FOX News? [redstate.com]

timon_phocas comments on Dec 21, 2020:

If one news outlet is CNN and the other news outlet is a CNN imitation, why bother watching the imitation?

[theblogmire.com] Will we get it back in 2021?

timon_phocas comments on Dec 20, 2020:

If Election Fraud is allowed to stand, we'll never have a free election again.

My community is doing OK despite the pandemic.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 19, 2020:

We just called down to our favorite restaurant, the Cracovia. It's a wonderful Polish/Eastern European cuisine place. They're a family business, not a franchise. Sadly, they're only open for take out. Sixty miles is a bit long for carry out mushroom soup. Hopefully they'll survive these crazy, contradictory COVID regulations. My wife is anxious to get her birthday dinner. I took one of my boss's trucks in for a smog check, where we were informed that it was an "emissions test." The boss and I were commiserating about election fraud. A couple of younger guys were there, smiling at our comments. I thought we might have trespassed some social convention and apologized. They said it was ok, they felt the same way. And so did the mechanics. Our church is humming along nicely. Caring people who've read the end of the book. They know who will win in the end (even if this inning is going badly). So yes. We're doing fine in my neck of the woods.

(admin) BIG TECH and BIG MEDIA are trying to STEAL the Election! Dont let them do it! Big Rally in ...

timon_phocas comments on Dec 19, 2020:

I thought it was a typical, Joe 'foot-in-mouth' gaffe. We've since learned it was a Freudian slip. How sadly prophetic.

Should some research topics be banned or results censored?

timon_phocas comments on Dec 19, 2020:

Should be. German universities had schools of racial studies based on Darwinian theories. Josef Mengele received a PhD in anthropology from the University of Munich and a cum laude medical doctorate from the University of Frankfurt. His published research was within the mainstream of academic thought at the time. His degrees were not revoked until the 1960s. Just saying this to illustrate that university research can produce utter, hateful nonsense. And have it rapturously received.

Well friends, I might be absent from here for a day or so, had to go to the hospital.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 19, 2020:

"Had I been by myself when that happened, I would have died most like" Rabbis tell me 'coincidence' is not a kosher word. I pray His hand will continue to be on you.

THOUGHT THEY COULDN’T GET ANY CRAZIER?

timon_phocas comments on Dec 18, 2020:

I remember reading autobiographies of Gulag inmates across the Communist block. Thieves and violent criminals were the trustees. People arrested for thought crimes were the underclass. We're halfway there.

What a bummer!! I was not aware Walter Williams passed away.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 17, 2020:

A great man indeed. May his memory be a blessing.

Do you have a "line in the sand" regarding political or social change?

timon_phocas comments on Dec 16, 2020:

I believe we are the victims of massive coordinated fraud. The news media, ostensibly the guardians of a free society, have rapturously endorsed the fraud. Entertainment, sports, education, and corporations have all enthusiastically claimed their part of the collectivist message. We are segueing into soft totalitarianism. The hard edges are emerging, however. There are demands that Trump supporters be punished for our thought crimes. BLM and Antifa, the Red Guards of this Cultural Revolution, are more explicit in word and deed. They all demand that every voice but their own be silenced. Not every institution has surrendered, nor is every voice silenced. I will invest time and resources in these institutions and people Every totalitarian movement hates religious faiths. They are independent moral authorities and totalitarians can't stand that. My faith has withstood many persecutions. As the saying goes, the Church is an anvil that has worn out many hammers. And as my Savior said, the gates of hell shall not withstand it. Otherwise, I will try to be like Benjamin the Donkey in Orwell's **Animal Farm**. I will conform to the minimum necessary to get by and hope for better days.

First looks at Hayabusa 2's asteroid samples [bbc.co.uk]

timon_phocas comments on Dec 15, 2020:

I am intrigued by the gas it captured. That seems unexpected.

So ... How Much Do You Want to BET that the NEW Vaccine WON’T Work on This One?

timon_phocas comments on Dec 14, 2020:

The Corona virus causes the common cold. We don't make vaccines for the common cold because the Corona virus mutates too quickly.

A weird conversation with my wife.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 14, 2020:

Howdy @govols, Christianity isn't meant to be a solitary pursuit. I think your wife needs to to be encouraged by other Christians. If church isn't possible or comfortable, try a Bible study with some like minded women.

Daily in Christ by Dr.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 14, 2020:

I would like to add just a bit to this message of hope. Our English language has changed the meaning the word 'comfort' over the centuries. It has lost some meaning. 'Comfort' means to soothe, cheer up, console. Its Latin roots 'con fortis' meaning, 'here (or together with) strength'. So the Comforter does not just bring solace, but strength.

Pope Francis and the Vatican enter a "global alliance" with Mastercard, Visa, Bank of America, the ...

timon_phocas comments on Dec 13, 2020:

We'll, Pope Francis might be Catholic, but he seems to be only vaguely Christian.

[vancouverisawesome.com] Cultural Appropriation what a load of crap ?

timon_phocas comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Western literature begins with cultural appropriation. Homer, a Greek, speaks as a Trojan for roughly half of the Iliad. Not only that, but he speaks with the voices of the gods (lese magisty indeed). It doesn't stop there. Livy speaks in the voices of Carthaginians. Shakespeare write in the voices of the French, the Scots, the Danes, and more. James Fenimore Cooper wrote in the voices of Indians the French, the English. It goes on and on. Cultural appropriation is so vast, so nebulous a concept that it is impossible to define or enforce.

Living Truth Daily Devotion ...

timon_phocas comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Especially in these days. Thy will be done, oh Lord, Thy will be done. Not my fondest hopes. Not even my most idealistic dreams. Thy will be done, my King and my God.

is this normal? [medium.com] Six Dead from Pfizer Trials: Shares Down, Pfizer CEO Makes a Killing

timon_phocas comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Six out of forty-three thousand tested. For it to be even one percent there would have to be four-hundred deaths.

Do you consider this website to be "far right"?

timon_phocas comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Far right. Hmmn. But then again, we're all accused of being Nazis, which is also spurious nonsense.

I wonder why msm isn’t carrying this story? [egyptindependent.com]

timon_phocas comments on Dec 11, 2020:

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is a new kind of vaccine. Old vaccines use dead virus or parts of dead virus to identify the virus to your body's immune system. Newly alerted, the body then initiates an immune response the next time it encounters an active virus. Doing this requires industrial sized labs to culture, kill, filter and prepare doses. It's difficult, painstaking, and time consuming. That's why vaccines take so long to develop. The yearly flu vaccines are epidemiologists' best estimates of what will be appearing in a year to 18 months. The Pfizer vaccine takes a different approach. It is essentially a virus to fight another virus. It 'infects' healthy cells and makes them produce parts of the COVID virus which they expell into the body. These fragments are identified by the body's immune system. So these RNA vaccines skip the whole 'industrial size labs' step and get your body to do the work instead. Vaccines have never been trouble free. Early polio vaccines (using weakened polio virus) sometimes caused polio. The vaccine rushed thru in 74-75 caused some serious, sometimes fatal, reactions. Yet mass vaccination has been a public health triumph. When was the last time you saw people dying of diptheria or mumps or polio?

I like this.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Howdy @Satch, We like free speech here. Welcome aboard!

Sockboy at it again [thepostmillennial.com]

timon_phocas comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Don't allow it dear friends. Down here it's causing a last gasp struggle for the republic. We may never have another free election.

Starship SN8 Soars for Groundbreaking Test Flight from SpaceX Boca Chica [youtube.com]

timon_phocas comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Several firsts in that flight. Amazing achievement. Of course, if it was NASA they'd be in the middle of a three year structural definition to a five year feasability study.

World events may appear to be growing more and more hopeless, but no worries, God is in control ...

timon_phocas comments on Dec 7, 2020:

We commemorate the advent of our Savior this time of year. He didn't come into a world of Jeffersonian Democracy. Roman Emperors were military dictators pure and simple. They just had some trappings of the old Republic to maintain the pretense of continuity. God put His only begotten Son into this world. His church and Holy Spirit are in this world. He paid the price for this world and He's coming to redeem it. In the end, it doesn't matter who the president is.

I’m thinking that Pennsylvania is going to become a Major Thorn in Biden’s .

timon_phocas comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Howdy @BayOWolf, There are some Republicans with spines there. Amazing what a few good people can accomplish.

Hi everyone, I’ve been AWOL for sometime now.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 6, 2020:

Jump right it. The water's fine.

Biden won fair and square.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 6, 2020:

There was no dog. It didn't bite you. It's not my dog You kicked him first. You'll never prove it in court.

How many witnesses/ videos/ affidavits/ etc.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 4, 2020:

Howdy @Serg97, We tolerated the Tammany Hall machine for over a century. After all, it was just New York City. We've tolerated the Chicago Machine for over 60 years. After all, it was just Chicago. Little by little it metastasized under the rubric of, 'it's always free and fair as long as liberals win'. And now we're supposed to accept it as a national mandate for Joe Biden.

Starship may hop to km as soon as Friday.

timon_phocas comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I think it's the most complex maneuver a rocket has ever attempted. So many things can go wrong. Succeed or fail, it will make for spectacular videos. I hope and pray for success.

"This may be the most important speech I've ever made...." [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Dec 2, 2020:

From your lips to God's ears, Mr. President.