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It seems as though that all Trump has to do is merely threaten to send National Guard troops to blue cities for them to finally pull up their bootstrap and finally take their crime seriously. Sounds like a win win.

I hope it plays at many many churches.

The Jan. 6 rioter seen in photos wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" hoodie inside the U.S. Capitol building has been arrested in Virginia on charges stemming from a dog attack.

Robert Keith Packer, 60, was arrested on Thursday "following an investigation into an animal-related incident" that had occurred on Monday in Newport News, a city spokesperson said.

Police told Newport News ABC affiliate WVEC that four people were taken to the hospital with dog bites stemming from the attack.

[He got 75 days for the Jan 6 offense, but has now been pardoned by Donald Trump.]

Federal prosecutors in the Jan. 6 case said that Packer has been a "habitual criminal offender for 25 years with 21 convictions for mostly drunk driving, but also for larceny, drug possession, and forgery." He was incarcerated for several previous offenses, they said.

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Previously in Camp Auschwitz

An image of Packer inside the Capitol, whose sweatshirt bore the name of the Nazi concentration camp where about 1.1 million people were killed during World War II, has evoked shock and disbelief on social media. The bottom of his shirt stated, “Work brings freedom,” which is the rough translation of the phrase “Arbeit macht frei” that was on the concentration camp’s gates.

Packer was among the mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters who unlawfully broke into the US Capitol building on January 6 as Congress was in the process of counting the Electoral College votes and certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s win.

2 teens with murder for slaying of congressional intern in June​

WASHINGTON — DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that two teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder and will be tried as adults for the slaying of a congressional intern — and that a third suspect is still being pursued.

Jalen Lucas and Kelvin Thomas Jr., both 17, were apprehended in DC and charged with fatally shooting Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, in a June 30 drive-by about a mile northeast of the White House.

The three gunmen allegedly unloaded 79 rounds from two rifles and a 9mm handgun at a “neighborhood crew” rival riding a bike, officials said, striking bystanders including Tarpinian-Jachym, who died July 1.

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Re: AI Affirms The Necessity Of God...!

@timewerx,
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction,
Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." Matt. 7:13-14 NKJV

You cannot expect Christianity to be modeled by the masses.

Peter Cereta was lead singer for a good while, then Jason Scheff took over around 1986

Not familiar with that much of their album material,

They had a some big hits in the 1980s. Eg. You're the Inspiration, Hard to say I'm sorry, Will you still love me.

Thoughts on the band?

As someone who consumes a lot of content (from the furthest left commie stuff you can find, to the alt-right type of content)...not because I agree with either of those positions, but merely because I find it interesting to know what makes other people tick...

I've seen a pattern of social media influencers from both wings sharing each other's content.

Just as an example:


If you're familiar with this guy's content...it's not necessarily someone you want to be associated with.

Likewise, if someone's a far-left influencer, praising Marjorie Taylor Greene for "getting it right" on Israel doesn't necessarily send a great message either.

Speaking as someone who feels that criticism of the Israeli government is not only valid, but appropriate, I certainly don't think it does me any favors to have similar criticisms being associated with BOTH the far-left and far-right.

SAVANNAH, Ga. - About 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according to a Homeland Security official.

Steven Schrank with Homeland Security Investigations said at a news briefing Friday that the majority of the people detained were from South Korea.

“This operation underscores our commitment to jobs for Georgians and Americans,” Schrank said. “This was in fact the largest single-site enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security Investigations.”

Schrank said the majority of those arrested were Korean nationals and those who entered the U.S. illegally did so through a variety of means.

“Some that illegally crossed the border into the United States, some that came in through visa waiver and were prohibited from working, some had visas and overstayed their visas,” he said.

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Looks like illegal South Korean's are not safe either.

A 2019 mission in North Korea, which intended to have Navy SEALs plant an electronic device to intercept communications of the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, resulted in an unsuccessful operation that left unarmed North Koreans dead, according to a report from the New York Times on Friday.

The mission, which took place during President Donald Trump’s first term, required the president’s direct approval, the Times reports, and came amid high-level nuclear talks between the US and North Korea.

The Times reports when a North Korean boat, which evidence later suggested were two or three North Korean civilians diving for shellfish, approached in the water during the operation, the SEALs opened fire and killed them. The report also states the Trump administration did not notify key members of Congress.

I hope this becomes a trend. The last time I did a TV interview they shot about 20 minutes worth of footage. So they had plenty for the local news, they ended up putting in information after airing the interview clip or clips, saying I was for something when I never said it. I would have said the opposite if asked. They have a narrative.

News has come that the government of Ukraine wants to ban the Orthodox Church over ties to Moscow. This is not only the Russian Orthodox but also the Ukrainian Orthodox because they are not sufficiently anti-Moscow

Ukraine Gov’t Looks to Ban Branch of Orthodox Church over Ties to Russia


Lord have mercy

Please pray for my son Jakeb. He is having health problems and a migraine. Please pray that he feels better for his appointment and that God heals him and please pray that the doctor will call in our medication today. Thank you so much and God bless you. I ask in the name of Jesus. Carmen

This is worrisome. Folks really need to be skeptical of claims. I often see claims that a certain drink melts fat for weight loss....yeah, right.

Attorney General Ken Paxton Encourages Texas Schools to Begin Legal Process of Putting Prayer Back in the Classroom and Recommends the Lord’s Prayer for Students​

Attorney General Ken Paxton encourages all Texas schools to implement dedicated time for prayer and the reading of scripture, following the enactment of Senate Bill 11 on September 1, 2025.

For Texas students considering how to best utilize this time, Attorney General Paxton encourages children to begin with the Lord’s Prayer, as taught by Jesus Christ:

The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13, KJV)
Our Father which art in heaven...

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Jesus Christ, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – had just been crucified on a cross to his death, but was resurrected from the dead by God the Father on the third day. Some of the women came to the tomb and found it empty. An angel spoke to them and told them to go tell the Lord’s disciples (now 11 of them) that Jesus had risen from the dead, that he was going ahead to Galilee, and there they would see him. And while they were on their way, a plot was afoot to discredit Jesus’ resurrection.


Jesus was about to ascend back to the Father in heaven, so he was going to leave his disciples alone, but not alone because he promised them he would send them the Holy Spirit to live in them and to remind them of all that Jesus had taught them, and to serve as their counselor, comforter, and guide. But physically he would no longer be with them, and so he gave them instructions as to what they should do, as his disciples, in continuing to spread the good news of the gospel, only now to include the whole world.

And we should not take these instructions to be only for the 11 disciples but for all of us who are disciples of Christ via genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ, which requires that we die with Christ to sin and that we now obey our Lord and his commandments. For we are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that we may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called us out of darkness (sin) into His marvelous light (truth, righteousness, repentance, obedience).

And we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and we are to guard against losing our testimonies, and we are to shine the light of the gospel for the world to see. And we are to be the Lord’s witnesses for the truth of the gospel to the ends of the earth. For how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news. But we must make certain that we are shining the true light and that the “good news” we are sharing is the same as what Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught, and not the lies.

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 5:11-14; 1 Peter 2:21,29; 1 John 2:6]

In the power and by the authority of Christ Jesus, we who believe in Jesus Christ, in truth and in righteousness, who are his followers, his disciples, are to go where the Lord sends us, and we are to make disciples of Christ of people of all nations, teaching them to observe (to obey) all that Jesus commanded us. If, by our testimonies, people come to genuine faith in Jesus Christ, and if we are with them in person, we should also baptize them, if possible. But if our ministry is primarily via the internet, we cannot do that.

But we don’t have to be the ones to do the baptizing. Paul stated that Christ did not send him to baptize, but to preach the gospel, and that he baptized very few people (1 Corinthians 1:14-17). And water baptism is not what determines our salvation. It is symbolic of what has already taken place in the life of the believer in Christ, which is about us dying with Christ to sin and us being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness (Romans 6:1-18).

[Matthew 3:13-17; Matthew 10:11-12; John 1:29-34; Mark 10:37-39; Acts 9:15-18; Acts 10:44-48; Acts 18:7-8; Acts 22:12-16; Romans 6:1-7]

And we are to teach them to obey all that God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – commands of his followers under the New Covenant.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Seek the Lord

Based off Isaiah 55
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”

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An Original Work / September 5, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hiring slowdown continues in 1st jobs report since Trump fired commissioner​

The U.S. added 22,000 jobs in August, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure showed a sharp decrease from 79,000 jobs added in the previous month. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, but it remained at a historically low level. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, but it remained at a historically low level.

The U.S. added an average of about 28,000 jobs over three months ending in July, which marked a major cooldown from the roughly 196,000 jobs added on average over the previous three-month period, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data showed.

The jobs report on Friday included a downward revision for the month of June, saying the U.S. labor market had lost 13,000 jobs that month, much lower than a previous estimate of 14,000 jobs added. It marked the first monthly job loss since December 2020.

The Lord Jesus said, “Not every one that said to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven “ (Matthew 7:21). From this, it is evident that entering the kingdom of heaven is not a simple matter; it’s not merely a matter of believing in the Lord. To enter the kingdom of heaven, we must strive to become those who do the will of the Heavenly Father. But what does it mean to do God’s will?

The Lord Jesus said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like to it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself “ (Matthew 22:37–39)
God says, “What this means is that amidst the judgment, chastisement, and trials of God, those who truly abide by God’s will are able to praise God from deep within their hearts, and to utterly obey God and forsake themselves, thus loving God with a heart that is sincere, undivided, and pure; such is a perfect person, and it is precisely the work that God intends to do, and the work that He shall accomplish.”
From this, it is clear that truly doing God’s will involves putting His words into practice and obeying His commandments. Regardless of the circumstances God arranges, even in the face of hardships and trials, one can willingly submit to God’s orchestration and arrangement to live out God’s will. Just like Peter, who worked diligently to be considerate of God’s heart; no matter what difficulties or trials he faced, he willingly obeyed God’s arrangement; even facing death, he was willing to be crucified upside down to fulfill God’s will. Peter was a sincere lover of the Lord, and he was approved by God, and set an example for us.
Now, friends, if you have more insights, please leave a message below and let’s discuss it together.

Mamdani's beliefs are pretty much the goal posts the Democrats have been moving toward. Crime and overall economic conditions are what eventually will cause the party to change course. From a conservative viewpoint it is hard to know just how far they will go before turning around. As people leave New York City and Portland and San Francisco and they implement even more radical policies their funding has to dry up.

Does anyone else notice that the spiritual flow of their life is similar to the seven days God created the heaven and earth?

The hardest part for me is the transition from the rest "day" to the first day where the "darkness" is not yet "separated."

I think early on I didn't know what to do, so work would just keep piling up.

Anyway, coping with invisible bite sensation, no blood though. So it too will pass.

I hope you all have a good week. God bless.

Urges people to stop the 'doom loop' of checking phone apps

Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks explains in a Harvard Business Review video why boredom is essential for reflecting on life. | YouTube/Harvard Business Review

Boredom can play a crucial role in the human experience, according to Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks, who warns in a recent Harvard Business Review videothat avoiding boredom can prevent people from asking deeper questions about life and lead to anxiety and depression.

In the video, titled "You Need to Be Bored," Brooks, who's also a former president of the American Enterprise Institute, frames boredom not as a flaw but as a feature of the human mind. Brooks explains that when people are unoccupied, their brains activate what scientists call the “default mode network.” This process, he said, naturally steers thoughts toward larger questions about meaning and purpose.

“When you think about nothing, while your mind wanders and thinks about, for example, big questions of meaning in your life — what does my life mean? — you go to kind of uncomfortable existential questions when you’re bored,” Brooks said. “That turns out to be incredibly important, incredibly good.”

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Please pray that the doctor calls our medicine in tomorrow. Our normal doctor has been ill and the office is very busy. I ask in the name of Jesus and if it is God's will. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen

So - what do you make of SORTITION?​

It's like having a random jury pool - but scaled up to run the country.
It was how ancient Athenian democracy worked.
Governments sometimes use it today to discuss some issue - and call it a "citizens’ assembly".

4 reasons I like it:

ONE: MORE EQUAL
Everyone has a chance. It's not influenced by wealth, social status, political careerism - etc.
This randomness tends to mirror the overall society more accurately than the rigged political system we see today.
The randomness and scope of everyone in the ballot should mean the whole population stay more engaged with the political life of their State and Nation - as they could be selected in the next recruitment!
It will involve those often excluded in traditional politics.

TWO: LESS CORRUPT
The government recruitment department funds a simple citizen lottery draw.
There’s no need to campaign or raise funds.
This removes the lobbying and corruption of big business - especially Big Oil!

THREE: BETTER DISCUSSIONS
Without the party politics - it should be far less toxic.
Because it is not election based and party-based - the parliament of the day can have a more thoughtful discussion.
They can honestly enquire of experts with less of the sabotaging, dishonest, partisan nit-picking that we see in the media today.
It produces decisions perceived as more legitimate - even by people outside the assembly.

FOUR: STABLE
As the sortition graph proposed for Tasmania shows - new staff filter in gradually over time. There are no sudden shocks to deal with.
Everyday people will be randomly selected, go through a recruitment and procedural training period, and then join colleagues that have been there a few months through to just about to finish their ONE term! The public servants advising them of procedures and resourcing them in the background can be there for longer terms for stability of the system - but even those should have limited terms should they be perceived as having too much influence themselves. (The much dreaded 'Deep State' paranoia.)

I said to ChatGPT
Make a recipe for me!
Include bananas, yogurt and oat
And waited patiently as it wrote

A recipe for bread
Or was it cake?
It provided ingredients
And instructions for bake

I followed all to the letter
Surely ChatGPT could do better
Than myself as a cook
Or whatever I could find in a book

Two hours have now passed
My optimism now cannot last
As my bread sits wet in the pan
Sad and wobbly like a flan

Husband will soon be awake
To see and taste my mistake
What? You ask, have I learned
Use a robot and be burned!