Yes brother, all the frauds that push global warming, vaccines, Ukraine, diversity, tolerance etc are all from the same evil strain of deviant humans that have taken advantage of the ignorant for centuries. Many are waking up now…we will know soon if we are too late 🤔
Dan’s hunkered down in frigid Wyoming. Tom and his wife are freezing indoors in London. And now Bill tells us he’s shivering in Poitou, France—even “underneath the covers.” Reading their reports, I find myself turning up the thermostat, despite receiving a few days ago from Baltimore Gas & Electric a monthly bill that shattered all its predecessors of the past thirty-five years I’ve been in this house.
Could this be a ploy by BPR to give a boost to its “trade of the decade,” subtly inducing its legions of readers to increase their use of fossil fuels? :)
When lies and untruths take over the conversation, bad stuff happens. Are there any politicians that even know what the truth is anymore? Things that we see with our own eyes are explained away as though we are too ignorant to understand. Stealing is stealing and lawlessness is just that, ignoring the law of the land. It did not just start. The Clintons made lying an everyday event in DC. If a lie fit better than the truth, then tell it. Thugs are treated with respect as they burn and pillage Atlanta. In the old days, citizens would take to the streets and quell the riot. Now they are allowed to go on for days and they are protected from prosecution. What is wrong with this picture. Top secret documents are thrown around like sales flyers and no one is prosecuted. What if those docs had information about Iran, China and Russia that have been in hiding for six years? How much information has been withheld from the public and authorities. Bill has it right. The roof is falling in and we are going to look around and say, what happened? and look like a bunch of clowns! Washington is not a swamp, it is a cesspool full of rot and decay. But, not to worry, we will cook up another pandemic or war or distraction till we are standing in ruin all around. The warning signs are all around. Just sayin'
You blame just one side? You have been deceived. For every person that blames a democrat, there is a person that will blame a repug. Divide and concuer, the oldest trick in the book. You have fallen for it.
Yes Brian, one side demands the freedom to murder babies(it’s their bodies), invasion of mostly third world scum(governments emptied out prisons to go to the moronic States of America) bs social issues creating real racism against Americans, fake media, corrupt education and the list goes on for ever. The other side is just too damn busy working to even bother or care. So your right in a sense that all this insanity is caused by both sides…
No they all believe in "Rules for thee, but not for me". It never gets better. You learn to live with the "new normal". I say Lock and Load, its getting ready to hit the fan. [with sarcasm].
There are politicians that absolutely are all in on your quip about rules. It's just that 90 percent of them are members of the Marxist/Leftist/Democrat Party.
DJ: That means there are only 10% of Republivans that "are pure as the driven snow." Don't think we are going to make it then as a nation much longer. But I'm sure you have a plan to fix that. Both sides are guilty of our current mess. Talk is cheap!
Yes PG, the war has started, with all these psychotic creatures shooting up America to distract the sheep and give the wolves power over our only protections.
The demented democrats/communist make the insanity about the weapons, instead of the mental disorder evil is, as is liberalism...
"Entire Bureaucrats are 90% Scumocrat infested." -- PG V
I could write a book. I can't say too much here, but let's just say I've had to interact with city and county bureaucrats on a daily basis for almost 40 years now because of what my businesses do. Some of my employees have told me I deserve an Academy Award for Best Actor after seeing me in meetings with them lol.
One day I was driving to Seattle when I spotted bumper stickers on the back of a beat up car. The young woman driving looked like an all too typical woke, pacific northwest dope. I've lived here for over fifty years now, so I have earned the right to speak this way. One of the stickers had the symbols on it from different religions, witchcraft ones too. But the other bumper sticker read, "We all ready tried the bible, it is called the dark ages".
Unfortunately, this person (don't know if it was a she/him/he/they... it's Seattle after all), had no clue what she was talking about. Just as Bill has pointed out, the Catholic church took the bible away from the people. They had no access to it except through the Roman Catholic church, where, in many cases, the popes and priests twisted the scriptures until they were unrecognizable. It was about money and power. Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany that primarily said, "you are saved by faith, not by works" Not by paying indulgences. And what do you know, the printing presses had been invented and widely used by 1500. Just in time for bibles to be printed. Please do not think this was a coincidence. God brought the people out of the dark ages by starting the Protestant churches. In time, with each new revival, God brought more revelation, more truth. So here we are at the time of Matthew Chapter 24, Daniel 2 and Ezekiel 38 & 39 and Revelation.
One question I have for Bill. Why do you attend church, as you have mentioned before, if you see yourself as a sinner? I attend church, but 24/7 I see myself as the righteousness of Christ. I am covered by His blood. Not to do as I please, but to do what He pleases to do through me. Do I do this perfectly? Oh, how I wish I did, even so, He sees me as righteous because He sees He's the desire of my heart. I hope you find this too... and the young lady with the bumper sticker on her car.
Let’s not throw stones in your glass house. Most go to church because we know we are not perfect, and hope to repent. Some will make it and some won’t, but not ours to judge…I’m happy to know Bill still has his faith after all these years sleeping with the devils of Wall Street 😊
Bill, I enjoy your short stories and admire your ability to write so well and so frequently. It's hard to find friends who think and read beyond the media noise. Be well.
“Al Gore’s movie, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ came out in 2006. He drew on “The Science” to warn that the world would be a dreadful place by now. The inconvenient thing is: it’s not.” The only inconvenient truth is we are being taken over by the scum of the earth, and the majority of humans don’t know it.
Lots of comments to read and with wildly differing thoughts! One thing I think about a lot, relating to Christianity, is that Israel exists today after a ~2K year hiatus. Anyone that knows their Bible ought to be sobered by that fact, whatever the price of fossil fuels goes to.
I'll tell you a couple of secrets about Israel and oil: In Ezekiel and other prophets, Yahweh vowed that it would be reinstated as a nation; and, many Jews would return -they are His remnant. Daniel was taught by St. Gabriel that "the last kingdom" will be richer than any of the preceding ones -OIL. -Before the Great Indignation of Yahweh is loosed upon the earth.
I suspect Bill would not be so sanguine if his neighbors in, for example, Ireland or even France decided to seize his property because they felt it belonged to them.
Or, on a smaller scale, if they decided to take the contents of his properties for some self-righteous reason or another.
Frankly, I am surprised. One would think Bill would be empathetic toward the Ukrainian's plight.
He has never approved the antics of the pesky so-called indigenous people in Argentina nibbling away at his massive ranch claiming -- like Putin tells the Ukrainians -- that his land is their land.
Thievery by any other name whether in Ukraine or in Argentina
All told, War sucks and we should have sympathy/empathy for most of the Ukrainian people. But to slurp up the narrative that All Things Ukraine = GOOD and All Things Russia = BAD is juvenile, disingenuous and dangerous. The current "leadership" in Ukraine is made up of grifters, liars and enemies. Putin and Russia are doing the world a favor. Feel free to commence clutching your pearls now.
But sheep will keep waving 'ol Blue and Yeller as we get scammed once again. Your comment is proof.
You are being unfair to the vast majority of Ukrainians who are not Nazis, do not launder money or engage in human trafficking but who are being bombarded daily by Russian bombs, rockets and missiles
The minority of Ukrainians who engage the reprehensible, despicable conduct you highlight are gross aberrations of human conduct
However, each day, the media reminds us that these aberrations are common in our country too.
The only major difference is the Ukrainians have a presidential penis piano player and we only have the philandering, whoring, recovering drug addict son of a sitting president along with occasional parades of Nazis in uniform.
Biden in his Nazi speech, with the Nazi black and red background, stated months ago “what we are dealing with is a battle for the soul of our nation.” Biden might have been right. What we are dealing with now truly is a battle for the soul of the nation. The problem is, Biden is on the wrong side of that battle. He promotes extremist gender ideology, obliterates the wealth of the average American, empowers fanatical bureaucrats in Washington, and demonizes his fellow Americans, all while failing to uphold his constitutional duty to carry out the laws of this country and allowing millions of people to flood into this country illegally. Biden’s presidency has been a failure. He’s the tottering, corrupt, intellectually bankrupt face of a radical, broken regime. Wake up America 🇺🇸
DJ: Are you now Steve's secretary? You seem to like to respond a lot for him. My narratives are not false. You think if you say something long enough it will come true. I personally do not want Biden to run again or Trump either.
Steve is fully capable of responding for himself (as he has done--artfully). I referenced Steve's posts simply to make points to you, because like a good liberal, you rarely address the substance of what someone says and you obfuscate, deflect or change the subject entirely.
I will say that we now have like two things we agree on. I too do not want either Biden or Trump to run. Unfortunately, we already aren't going to get our wish.
SL: Maybe it's you that should wake up. Trump was honest, God fearing and never, never did one wrong thing. What a laugh! Don't you watch the real news now and again?
Steve tells it like it is, which means he's wide awake. Why do you deflect and not address what he actually said instead of changing the subject? Could it be that the facts Steve presents don't fit your (false) narrative and (misguided) belief system? I'd love to know what "real news" you watch and read.
Thank you brother Dave, but I rarely reply to some on this site and most liberals in my life, as one thing Americans are finally learning is you can’t fix stupid, so why bother 🇺🇸
Yes my sweet Dorothy, Trump was and always has been a Democrat. Always a whore for money and power. I thought he was changing his ways after seeing what the democratic cult has become, and was willing to fight for change, but due to at least half the republicans and mostly bad advisers, he was doomed. Fact. But Hillary is one of the most hideous humans ever to come close to being placed in power. That my sweet hen is a horrible fact that could have ended our world a lot sooner. Still inevitable, but let’s try to enjoy our time left 😊
I agree 100% with EVERYTHING that you wrote, except the part about my being "unfair." I was only pointing out FACTS, and pointing them out strongly because the narrative we are all drowning in about "Ukraine can do no wrong" is overpowering and pervasive.
And ho, ho, ho - what came out today? PG my friend, you might wanna sit this one out:
TOP "officials" (and a LOT of them) resigning overnight due to fraud and corruption (and obviously hoping to avoid prosecution + KEEP the money), including the pervert Z's right-hand man who was responsible for disbursing the many BILLIONS of dollars we have so foolishly given them.
Also take note if/when you read the story - 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗨𝗞𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗡, 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡.
Please, many of you, STOP blindly buying the LIES we are being told about Ukraine and Russia. For crying out loud people - it's RIGHT IN OUR FACES NOW...
I'm all in for you disagreeing - it's called Free Speech and I once pledged my life for your right to have it. Regarding your conclusion - that's the rub, eh?
Perhaps if we had:
1. Honored spoken and written agreements we had made with Russia over the last 20 years re. NATO expansion.
AND
2. NOT allowed our corrupt CIA to run a coup that installed a pliant pervert as the "president" of Ukraine vs. leaving the DULY ELECTED man in charge back in 2014.
AND
3. Condemned the 8-10 year SHELLING, RAPING and MURDER of Russian-speaking peoples in the Donbas and other regions of Ukraine.
AND
4. Honored the results of valid transparent elections by the resident's in those same areas that showed they wanted to RE-JOIN Russia...
WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS MESS!!
Is Russia in the right? Surely not. BUT - they are acting as a result of OUR inaction, lies and hubris - so there is that.
Further - is it really the responsibility of the US and her TAXPAYERS to stop aggressive acts by and against Countries around the world where we DO NOT HAVE A MUTUAL DEFENSE AGREEMENT (like Ukraine?) It happens all the time in Africa, but nobody there has money to launder or the ability to make it worth while.
Rubber meeting Road (for me at least) - NO. We should NOT be defending the Ukraine from Russia's aggression. Yes, I see parallels to my position with Chamberlain's attitude toward Hitler prior to WWII - but I also see that Putin offered up a VERY SPECIFIC LIST of things that he wanted the West to HONOR AS PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 to the invasion. We basically told him to F off.
If we had agreed to Putin's pre-invasion list, would he have stopped with just the 3 Eastern Regions as he said he would? Who knows. Hypotheticals for events of this magnitude are for fools, dreamers and children.
Note that the list of 6 provisions demanded by Putin near the top of this article are the SAME 6 things he wanted guarantees about before invading. Though I can't imagine WHY as we had already proven over and over that our "word" and our "treaties" were worthless...
No, pgv...I am not a nazi...having read some of your harsh, despotic 'wishes' of how to handle
[exclude] people from this wicked nation--you might look in the mirror and find a surprise !!
I need no curriculum vitae to add my voice on your private facebook site. I don't like you; but, I will be civil [unless you aren't]. I realize you are high strung and led by your...your...prejudices. But, dagnabbit..why did you not address what I was speaking about..Do Better.
PG didn't used to be this way. Headstrong and unwilling to consider alternate opinions/facts, yes - but nowhere near so vile, unhinged and nasty on a regular basis. Gonna pray for him. Obviously something ain't right.
PS - While it is unlikely you and I will agree on more than 40%-60% of the issues (and that's a good thing for Free Speech, which is allowed by our hosts here at BPR), anybody that is willing to type "dagnabbit" is ok in my book...
Whew !! Dude- Your first money laundering ref - only talked about corruption in gov't.
Your site for human trafficing is 4 years old and only sloppily guesses at what the numbers are now. The video of Zelinsky "playing' is just pure fun, during a time b4 the country was invaded. I'll look at the WA Times piece: IF it supports your claim, I may or may not re post.
Bottom line: Seems to me you have judged that entire country and its leaders and found them wanting; it appears your mind is made up -do not bother you w/ facts. You be you.
On the contrary - I welcome facts that can enlighten me and change my mind. So bring me some.
-Agreed on MGT - so because of the messenger we SHOULDN'T CARE about an audit of where all that money has gone? Even a blind pig finds an acorn as my dad used to say.
-Surely the Human Trafficking has gotten smaller in the last 4 years, right? I specifically selected one article out of MANY that had an "older" publish date.
-For the purposes of where our tax dollars have gone, money laundering by the UK "government" is the point.
-Pure fun? THAT'S your idea of "fun?" OK, to each his own.
Friend - I am NOT judging the entire country of Ukraine, not by a long shot. The regular citizens are victims and it sucks that Putin has brought this down on them. BUT - he did NOT act in a vacuum as our "media", "government" and many here would have us all believe.
So about you "bothering" me with facts - I'll wait...
Con't...oh for cryin out loud the WA post piece is MGT blowing smoke. She has no credibility, expertise or right to be in front of a microphone. She's a junior' junior Rep.
To quote that great philosopher that has left us, "Can't we all just get along?"
Without question, there is merit on both sides of this argument, but PG, you have to admit, the scumocrats and Bitch McConnell stonewalling any form of oversight or accounting of where the money is going is more than a little suspect. Given how much I pay in taxes, it pisses me off.
I'm not picking sides (too much anyway) and I don't have have any enemies or hate anyone here. I've actually got very little interest in changing anyone's mind - that ship has LONG sailed. I'm just sitting here in SFL, paying attention, researching, and posting facts and/or evidence.
If some among us can't handle that (or a differing opinion) and immediately revert to the 5th grade, well, that's on them brother...
You are delusional! Putin is not the war monger you, the government and the media treat him as. Do some honest research. He has been lied to time after time , by NATO, by Merkel on the Minsk agreement, as well as other times too numerous to mention. Take your slanted views elsewhere.
Thats great Bill I love hearing stories of others and their adventures. We purchased a home here not far from the Slovenian border. Well I say we, but in reality it was my father in law who purchased the home about 6 years back. It's a roughly 30 year old, in rough shape it was incomplete no facade the interior needed major work, 3 floors, large property at the base of a mountain, lovely area, quite. Neighbours are fantastic, friendly and extremely helpfull. My proficiency in the language is lacking but many here speak english which is a bonus.
We spent time and money here and personal labour on my part completing and improving the old mason home. Cash is what everybody wants, no one, it appears, trusts the government nor the banks and with the adoption of the Euro here, official at the start of the new year, the sentiment is mixed. One woman working at the till of a supermarket made an error in tallying up our bill whereby, she commented, "sorry I was thinking Kuna instead of Euro, I guess Kuna now is just as strong as the Euro". We laughed at the comment but the look on her face was priceless, I guess they know when they're being f....d Doesnt say much from the land I came from. We spent, since the spring of 2022 inundated with reno's until the majority was complete right before christmas. Costs had risen substantialy by mid summer, our occasional get together with expats a couple who are American postponed renovations they had planned on a property, they purchased due to the inceased costs. Infact when I mentioned the bulk of our expenses the husband was shocked and asked, " was that Canadian or Euro"? I told him CAD. his reaction was, damn ! We are looking at double that ! The house we are now in, is night and day difference. Not sure if the expense was worth it, all new triple glazed windows new doors additions, new roof, screens to keep out them pesky mosquitoes all in all we love it and maybe its time to move on now. But hey we have friends, family and people who speak our language.
I believe your correct Starboard, though every time I think about economic calamity the powers that shouldn't be, like to take us to war. The only question and my immediate concern is where?
Unfortunately, a world war is what happened after both world depressions in our last century. I’m thinking this time may be different, and after the world currency change to electronic CBDC, shut the lights off and let folks kill each other….
That was a brilliant summary about "the ignorant masses"! So glad my wife and I saw through the Covid scam. We also see through the climate change, wokeism....you name it. For the life of me, I can't figure out how the radical left gained so much power over the past 10-20 years. I guess we were sleeping while they toiled night and day, implementing their agenda. I fear it is too late in the game to turn the ship around. God help us!
The climate hustle has been very good to many wallets. When I started in the trade of HVAC, manufacturers all claimed their equipment was built to last longer, and it was. Today there's really no need to build things so well, consumers wanting to do their part in saving the planet will replace perfectly good systems for more efficient ones. No one pauses to contemplate the increased carbon released in order to dispose of their old system and build the new. No matter, being Green is the new religion and we must all tithe to the Net Zero church of god.
Thankfully I'm in the priestly order collecting the tithes from the masses for the Net Zero church of god.
While my personal heating and cooling systems date to 1986, simple technology built to last and to date I've changed a $5 thermocouple on the boiler, and a $4 run capacitor in the cooling system. I don't consider myself an apostate to the cause, I routinely suggest keeping things simple and easy to service, but the marketing gods have the ear of the masses, who am I to argue?
I remember when Gore was peddling climate change and some group looked at the energy foot-print of "W's" ranch compared to Gore's residence. You could see Gore's house lit up from the Space Station while Bush who received no Nobel prize had a very energy energy-efficient ranch. I imagine that Gore like Biden are also cooking with the same cancer-causing and asthma irritating gas cook tops.
So the republicans are as sleazy as the democrats.If you believe the republicans work for the people,than you probably think George Bush junior was the great Messiah.I really don't get how blind
people in this country choose to be.They both have royally screwed the people,because they both represent the Elite,and they are just puppets on their strings.
What's not appreciated is that the Christian influenced culture has produced some important advances in civilization notwithstanding the hard work of trying to interpret scripture. Maybe the influence of Jesus on first generation Christians started a catalytic reaction within them that doesn't depend on religious observances to perpetuate.
Wicker and Islam have been the fastest growing religions in America for the past twenty years. Definitely part of the destruction as many leave the church.
Bill, you certainly keep us on our toes. In my opinion that makes for a good teacher. A picture is worth a thousand words. What a great allegory to use the “picture of the Latin Bible.” “I don’t know much, and that I know,” is probably a phrase that has been coined before in some form or fashion. I continually sober myself into reality by pounding my head against the wall reminding myself what a small infinitesimal amount of the world around me I know anything about. Bonner Private Research takes me to a viewing place, a scenic over look if you will, a pinhole panoptic vista not otherwise seen or observed.
Al Gore has made millions of dollars pushing climate change and the actions needed to combat it. IMHO, he is a fraud!
Yes brother, all the frauds that push global warming, vaccines, Ukraine, diversity, tolerance etc are all from the same evil strain of deviant humans that have taken advantage of the ignorant for centuries. Many are waking up now…we will know soon if we are too late 🤔
Dan’s hunkered down in frigid Wyoming. Tom and his wife are freezing indoors in London. And now Bill tells us he’s shivering in Poitou, France—even “underneath the covers.” Reading their reports, I find myself turning up the thermostat, despite receiving a few days ago from Baltimore Gas & Electric a monthly bill that shattered all its predecessors of the past thirty-five years I’ve been in this house.
Could this be a ploy by BPR to give a boost to its “trade of the decade,” subtly inducing its legions of readers to increase their use of fossil fuels? :)
😂❤️
When lies and untruths take over the conversation, bad stuff happens. Are there any politicians that even know what the truth is anymore? Things that we see with our own eyes are explained away as though we are too ignorant to understand. Stealing is stealing and lawlessness is just that, ignoring the law of the land. It did not just start. The Clintons made lying an everyday event in DC. If a lie fit better than the truth, then tell it. Thugs are treated with respect as they burn and pillage Atlanta. In the old days, citizens would take to the streets and quell the riot. Now they are allowed to go on for days and they are protected from prosecution. What is wrong with this picture. Top secret documents are thrown around like sales flyers and no one is prosecuted. What if those docs had information about Iran, China and Russia that have been in hiding for six years? How much information has been withheld from the public and authorities. Bill has it right. The roof is falling in and we are going to look around and say, what happened? and look like a bunch of clowns! Washington is not a swamp, it is a cesspool full of rot and decay. But, not to worry, we will cook up another pandemic or war or distraction till we are standing in ruin all around. The warning signs are all around. Just sayin'
You nailed it!
You blame just one side? You have been deceived. For every person that blames a democrat, there is a person that will blame a repug. Divide and concuer, the oldest trick in the book. You have fallen for it.
Yes Brian, one side demands the freedom to murder babies(it’s their bodies), invasion of mostly third world scum(governments emptied out prisons to go to the moronic States of America) bs social issues creating real racism against Americans, fake media, corrupt education and the list goes on for ever. The other side is just too damn busy working to even bother or care. So your right in a sense that all this insanity is caused by both sides…
So you're saying there's no real difference between them? If that's what you're saying you have been deceived (and fallen for it).
No they all believe in "Rules for thee, but not for me". It never gets better. You learn to live with the "new normal". I say Lock and Load, its getting ready to hit the fan. [with sarcasm].
There are politicians that absolutely are all in on your quip about rules. It's just that 90 percent of them are members of the Marxist/Leftist/Democrat Party.
DJ: That means there are only 10% of Republivans that "are pure as the driven snow." Don't think we are going to make it then as a nation much longer. But I'm sure you have a plan to fix that. Both sides are guilty of our current mess. Talk is cheap!
Yes PG, the war has started, with all these psychotic creatures shooting up America to distract the sheep and give the wolves power over our only protections.
The demented democrats/communist make the insanity about the weapons, instead of the mental disorder evil is, as is liberalism...
I was going to reply to Don with something very similar, until I opened the "Replies" link and saw yours.
"Entire Bureaucrats are 90% Scumocrat infested." -- PG V
I could write a book. I can't say too much here, but let's just say I've had to interact with city and county bureaucrats on a daily basis for almost 40 years now because of what my businesses do. Some of my employees have told me I deserve an Academy Award for Best Actor after seeing me in meetings with them lol.
One day I was driving to Seattle when I spotted bumper stickers on the back of a beat up car. The young woman driving looked like an all too typical woke, pacific northwest dope. I've lived here for over fifty years now, so I have earned the right to speak this way. One of the stickers had the symbols on it from different religions, witchcraft ones too. But the other bumper sticker read, "We all ready tried the bible, it is called the dark ages".
Unfortunately, this person (don't know if it was a she/him/he/they... it's Seattle after all), had no clue what she was talking about. Just as Bill has pointed out, the Catholic church took the bible away from the people. They had no access to it except through the Roman Catholic church, where, in many cases, the popes and priests twisted the scriptures until they were unrecognizable. It was about money and power. Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany that primarily said, "you are saved by faith, not by works" Not by paying indulgences. And what do you know, the printing presses had been invented and widely used by 1500. Just in time for bibles to be printed. Please do not think this was a coincidence. God brought the people out of the dark ages by starting the Protestant churches. In time, with each new revival, God brought more revelation, more truth. So here we are at the time of Matthew Chapter 24, Daniel 2 and Ezekiel 38 & 39 and Revelation.
One question I have for Bill. Why do you attend church, as you have mentioned before, if you see yourself as a sinner? I attend church, but 24/7 I see myself as the righteousness of Christ. I am covered by His blood. Not to do as I please, but to do what He pleases to do through me. Do I do this perfectly? Oh, how I wish I did, even so, He sees me as righteous because He sees He's the desire of my heart. I hope you find this too... and the young lady with the bumper sticker on her car.
Let’s not throw stones in your glass house. Most go to church because we know we are not perfect, and hope to repent. Some will make it and some won’t, but not ours to judge…I’m happy to know Bill still has his faith after all these years sleeping with the devils of Wall Street 😊
Thank you Penny. Spot on...
In a recent rant PGV was termed a “she”. I think PGV is a guy.
Hi Loic -
Yes, that jumped out at me as well. I, for one, have never doubted that PG is a male.
Also, and certainly, I don't see him leaning toward a transition to the other side anytime soon... ;)
Bill, I enjoy your short stories and admire your ability to write so well and so frequently. It's hard to find friends who think and read beyond the media noise. Be well.
“Al Gore’s movie, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ came out in 2006. He drew on “The Science” to warn that the world would be a dreadful place by now. The inconvenient thing is: it’s not.” The only inconvenient truth is we are being taken over by the scum of the earth, and the majority of humans don’t know it.
The so called "elite" always use their so called "expertise"to manipulate the so called "masses".
An independent rational mind is a rare occurrence.
Lots of comments to read and with wildly differing thoughts! One thing I think about a lot, relating to Christianity, is that Israel exists today after a ~2K year hiatus. Anyone that knows their Bible ought to be sobered by that fact, whatever the price of fossil fuels goes to.
I'll tell you a couple of secrets about Israel and oil: In Ezekiel and other prophets, Yahweh vowed that it would be reinstated as a nation; and, many Jews would return -they are His remnant. Daniel was taught by St. Gabriel that "the last kingdom" will be richer than any of the preceding ones -OIL. -Before the Great Indignation of Yahweh is loosed upon the earth.
Didn't they recently discover YUUUUGE Oil reserves under Israel's territory as well as NG offshore? Hmmmmm...
https://mjaa.org/huge-oil-discovery-on-the-golan-heights/
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/energean-discovers-new-gas-off-israels-coast-2022-05-09/
Woodrow Wilson was the worst, most evil man to ever sit in the White House, and that's saying something.
Oh, you must be referring to LBJ, the philanderer that was against the Civil Rights Act before he was in favor of it.
Bush
I suspect Bill would not be so sanguine if his neighbors in, for example, Ireland or even France decided to seize his property because they felt it belonged to them.
Or, on a smaller scale, if they decided to take the contents of his properties for some self-righteous reason or another.
Frankly, I am surprised. One would think Bill would be empathetic toward the Ukrainian's plight.
He has never approved the antics of the pesky so-called indigenous people in Argentina nibbling away at his massive ranch claiming -- like Putin tells the Ukrainians -- that his land is their land.
Thievery by any other name whether in Ukraine or in Argentina
Hi Jimm -
"𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁" you say? Cry me a river brother.
𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟯 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟯 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀?
https://borgenproject.org/10-facts-about-corruption-in-ukraine/
https://sanctionscanner.com/Aml-Guide/anti-money-laundering-aml-in-ukraine-77
https://www.cato.org/commentary/whitewashing-ukraines-corruption
𝗢𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 "𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁" 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗦 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀? 𝗢𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 - 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹, 𝗼𝗻-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗦 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 (𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮!)
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary/commentary-ukraines-neo-nazi-problem-idUSKBN1GV2TY
𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲'𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽-𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
https://borgenproject.org/fighting-human-trafficking-in-ukraine/
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/ukraine
𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹, 𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 "𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿" 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 "𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oua0Puihrkc
https://mises.org/power-market/zelenskys-well-documented-history-crushing-dissent
𝗢𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 $𝟭𝟭𝟬 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗶𝗻 "𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗶𝗱" 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 "𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀" 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽? 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 $𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻+ 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗙𝗧𝗫 "𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼" 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 "𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀", 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/nov/18/house-republicans-call-for-ukraine-aid-audit/
https://mronline.org/2022/11/17/ftx-partnership-with-ukraine-is-latest-chapter-in-shady-western-aid-saga/
All told, War sucks and we should have sympathy/empathy for most of the Ukrainian people. But to slurp up the narrative that All Things Ukraine = GOOD and All Things Russia = BAD is juvenile, disingenuous and dangerous. The current "leadership" in Ukraine is made up of grifters, liars and enemies. Putin and Russia are doing the world a favor. Feel free to commence clutching your pearls now.
But sheep will keep waving 'ol Blue and Yeller as we get scammed once again. Your comment is proof.
Pathetic...
You are being unfair to the vast majority of Ukrainians who are not Nazis, do not launder money or engage in human trafficking but who are being bombarded daily by Russian bombs, rockets and missiles
The minority of Ukrainians who engage the reprehensible, despicable conduct you highlight are gross aberrations of human conduct
However, each day, the media reminds us that these aberrations are common in our country too.
The only major difference is the Ukrainians have a presidential penis piano player and we only have the philandering, whoring, recovering drug addict son of a sitting president along with occasional parades of Nazis in uniform.
Biden in his Nazi speech, with the Nazi black and red background, stated months ago “what we are dealing with is a battle for the soul of our nation.” Biden might have been right. What we are dealing with now truly is a battle for the soul of the nation. The problem is, Biden is on the wrong side of that battle. He promotes extremist gender ideology, obliterates the wealth of the average American, empowers fanatical bureaucrats in Washington, and demonizes his fellow Americans, all while failing to uphold his constitutional duty to carry out the laws of this country and allowing millions of people to flood into this country illegally. Biden’s presidency has been a failure. He’s the tottering, corrupt, intellectually bankrupt face of a radical, broken regime. Wake up America 🇺🇸
Well said, bravo!
DJ: Are you now Steve's secretary? You seem to like to respond a lot for him. My narratives are not false. You think if you say something long enough it will come true. I personally do not want Biden to run again or Trump either.
Steve is fully capable of responding for himself (as he has done--artfully). I referenced Steve's posts simply to make points to you, because like a good liberal, you rarely address the substance of what someone says and you obfuscate, deflect or change the subject entirely.
I will say that we now have like two things we agree on. I too do not want either Biden or Trump to run. Unfortunately, we already aren't going to get our wish.
SL: Maybe it's you that should wake up. Trump was honest, God fearing and never, never did one wrong thing. What a laugh! Don't you watch the real news now and again?
Steve tells it like it is, which means he's wide awake. Why do you deflect and not address what he actually said instead of changing the subject? Could it be that the facts Steve presents don't fit your (false) narrative and (misguided) belief system? I'd love to know what "real news" you watch and read.
Thank you brother Dave, but I rarely reply to some on this site and most liberals in my life, as one thing Americans are finally learning is you can’t fix stupid, so why bother 🇺🇸
Yes my sweet Dorothy, Trump was and always has been a Democrat. Always a whore for money and power. I thought he was changing his ways after seeing what the democratic cult has become, and was willing to fight for change, but due to at least half the republicans and mostly bad advisers, he was doomed. Fact. But Hillary is one of the most hideous humans ever to come close to being placed in power. That my sweet hen is a horrible fact that could have ended our world a lot sooner. Still inevitable, but let’s try to enjoy our time left 😊
Absolutely so, Jimm... Don't forget we have the dept of jokers and the house and senate of clowns. Plus we have a 'high court that has gone rogue.
Hi Jimm -
I agree 100% with EVERYTHING that you wrote, except the part about my being "unfair." I was only pointing out FACTS, and pointing them out strongly because the narrative we are all drowning in about "Ukraine can do no wrong" is overpowering and pervasive.
And ho, ho, ho - what came out today? PG my friend, you might wanna sit this one out:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-rocked-corruption-scandal-wave-top-official-resignations-sports-cars-mansions
TOP "officials" (and a LOT of them) resigning overnight due to fraud and corruption (and obviously hoping to avoid prosecution + KEEP the money), including the pervert Z's right-hand man who was responsible for disbursing the many BILLIONS of dollars we have so foolishly given them.
Also take note if/when you read the story - 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗨𝗞𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗡, 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡.
Please, many of you, STOP blindly buying the LIES we are being told about Ukraine and Russia. For crying out loud people - it's RIGHT IN OUR FACES NOW...
All I can conclude from your remarks is that we should not help Ukraine defend itself from being attacked by Russia. I disagree.
Hi Jimm -
I'm all in for you disagreeing - it's called Free Speech and I once pledged my life for your right to have it. Regarding your conclusion - that's the rub, eh?
Perhaps if we had:
1. Honored spoken and written agreements we had made with Russia over the last 20 years re. NATO expansion.
AND
2. NOT allowed our corrupt CIA to run a coup that installed a pliant pervert as the "president" of Ukraine vs. leaving the DULY ELECTED man in charge back in 2014.
AND
3. Condemned the 8-10 year SHELLING, RAPING and MURDER of Russian-speaking peoples in the Donbas and other regions of Ukraine.
AND
4. Honored the results of valid transparent elections by the resident's in those same areas that showed they wanted to RE-JOIN Russia...
WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS MESS!!
Is Russia in the right? Surely not. BUT - they are acting as a result of OUR inaction, lies and hubris - so there is that.
Further - is it really the responsibility of the US and her TAXPAYERS to stop aggressive acts by and against Countries around the world where we DO NOT HAVE A MUTUAL DEFENSE AGREEMENT (like Ukraine?) It happens all the time in Africa, but nobody there has money to launder or the ability to make it worth while.
Rubber meeting Road (for me at least) - NO. We should NOT be defending the Ukraine from Russia's aggression. Yes, I see parallels to my position with Chamberlain's attitude toward Hitler prior to WWII - but I also see that Putin offered up a VERY SPECIFIC LIST of things that he wanted the West to HONOR AS PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 to the invasion. We basically told him to F off.
If we had agreed to Putin's pre-invasion list, would he have stopped with just the 3 Eastern Regions as he said he would? Who knows. Hypotheticals for events of this magnitude are for fools, dreamers and children.
https://en.as.com/en/2022/03/15/latest_news/1647354699_789222.html
Note that the list of 6 provisions demanded by Putin near the top of this article are the SAME 6 things he wanted guarantees about before invading. Though I can't imagine WHY as we had already proven over and over that our "word" and our "treaties" were worthless...
No, pgv...I am not a nazi...having read some of your harsh, despotic 'wishes' of how to handle
[exclude] people from this wicked nation--you might look in the mirror and find a surprise !!
I need no curriculum vitae to add my voice on your private facebook site. I don't like you; but, I will be civil [unless you aren't]. I realize you are high strung and led by your...your...prejudices. But, dagnabbit..why did you not address what I was speaking about..Do Better.
Ho Torm -
PG didn't used to be this way. Headstrong and unwilling to consider alternate opinions/facts, yes - but nowhere near so vile, unhinged and nasty on a regular basis. Gonna pray for him. Obviously something ain't right.
PS - While it is unlikely you and I will agree on more than 40%-60% of the issues (and that's a good thing for Free Speech, which is allowed by our hosts here at BPR), anybody that is willing to type "dagnabbit" is ok in my book...
How do you do bold text in a substack comment? I haven't seen it before your comment, and was not sure it was allowed or possible. Just wondering...
Ha!!
Hey Tim -
I didn't know either until tonight. Check out the comments under Bill's WEF...RIP.
H/T to SheThinksLiberty --- We're gonna change the world people!!!
𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀!
I’ve found you can create your text input on a separate app. Then copy & paste into substack. That seems to work
Hi Tim and Loic -
Now if we can figure a way to paste images...
Whew !! Dude- Your first money laundering ref - only talked about corruption in gov't.
Your site for human trafficing is 4 years old and only sloppily guesses at what the numbers are now. The video of Zelinsky "playing' is just pure fun, during a time b4 the country was invaded. I'll look at the WA Times piece: IF it supports your claim, I may or may not re post.
Bottom line: Seems to me you have judged that entire country and its leaders and found them wanting; it appears your mind is made up -do not bother you w/ facts. You be you.
On the contrary - I welcome facts that can enlighten me and change my mind. So bring me some.
-Agreed on MGT - so because of the messenger we SHOULDN'T CARE about an audit of where all that money has gone? Even a blind pig finds an acorn as my dad used to say.
-Surely the Human Trafficking has gotten smaller in the last 4 years, right? I specifically selected one article out of MANY that had an "older" publish date.
-For the purposes of where our tax dollars have gone, money laundering by the UK "government" is the point.
-Pure fun? THAT'S your idea of "fun?" OK, to each his own.
Friend - I am NOT judging the entire country of Ukraine, not by a long shot. The regular citizens are victims and it sucks that Putin has brought this down on them. BUT - he did NOT act in a vacuum as our "media", "government" and many here would have us all believe.
So about you "bothering" me with facts - I'll wait...
Con't...oh for cryin out loud the WA post piece is MGT blowing smoke. She has no credibility, expertise or right to be in front of a microphone. She's a junior' junior Rep.
Ahhhh -
THERE'S the rational, courteous and respectful PG we have all come to know and love...
To quote that great philosopher that has left us, "Can't we all just get along?"
Without question, there is merit on both sides of this argument, but PG, you have to admit, the scumocrats and Bitch McConnell stonewalling any form of oversight or accounting of where the money is going is more than a little suspect. Given how much I pay in taxes, it pisses me off.
Hi Dave -
I'm not picking sides (too much anyway) and I don't have have any enemies or hate anyone here. I've actually got very little interest in changing anyone's mind - that ship has LONG sailed. I'm just sitting here in SFL, paying attention, researching, and posting facts and/or evidence.
If some among us can't handle that (or a differing opinion) and immediately revert to the 5th grade, well, that's on them brother...
Wait, wut??
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-rocked-corruption-scandal-wave-top-official-resignations-sports-cars-mansions
You are delusional! Putin is not the war monger you, the government and the media treat him as. Do some honest research. He has been lied to time after time , by NATO, by Merkel on the Minsk agreement, as well as other times too numerous to mention. Take your slanted views elsewhere.
Hi Dale - Agree, but you're barking at a dead horse with this one...
Thats great Bill I love hearing stories of others and their adventures. We purchased a home here not far from the Slovenian border. Well I say we, but in reality it was my father in law who purchased the home about 6 years back. It's a roughly 30 year old, in rough shape it was incomplete no facade the interior needed major work, 3 floors, large property at the base of a mountain, lovely area, quite. Neighbours are fantastic, friendly and extremely helpfull. My proficiency in the language is lacking but many here speak english which is a bonus.
We spent time and money here and personal labour on my part completing and improving the old mason home. Cash is what everybody wants, no one, it appears, trusts the government nor the banks and with the adoption of the Euro here, official at the start of the new year, the sentiment is mixed. One woman working at the till of a supermarket made an error in tallying up our bill whereby, she commented, "sorry I was thinking Kuna instead of Euro, I guess Kuna now is just as strong as the Euro". We laughed at the comment but the look on her face was priceless, I guess they know when they're being f....d Doesnt say much from the land I came from. We spent, since the spring of 2022 inundated with reno's until the majority was complete right before christmas. Costs had risen substantialy by mid summer, our occasional get together with expats a couple who are American postponed renovations they had planned on a property, they purchased due to the inceased costs. Infact when I mentioned the bulk of our expenses the husband was shocked and asked, " was that Canadian or Euro"? I told him CAD. his reaction was, damn ! We are looking at double that ! The house we are now in, is night and day difference. Not sure if the expense was worth it, all new triple glazed windows new doors additions, new roof, screens to keep out them pesky mosquitoes all in all we love it and maybe its time to move on now. But hey we have friends, family and people who speak our language.
If it's safe and you're happy, I would vote that you stay put Mr. Pete. "Things" are apt to get very ugly this year...
I believe your correct Starboard, though every time I think about economic calamity the powers that shouldn't be, like to take us to war. The only question and my immediate concern is where?
Unfortunately, a world war is what happened after both world depressions in our last century. I’m thinking this time may be different, and after the world currency change to electronic CBDC, shut the lights off and let folks kill each other….
There's a disturbing thought. Never imagined that one but I hope your wrong. Although, whats worse?
Hi Pete and Steve -
I'd have to go with the societal collapse and every man for himself as being the worst of the two scenarios.
Yup. Things well and truly suck - BUT - God is on His throne boys. Please never forget that.
He's got this cause He wrote this story, including the ending...
Bill,
That was a brilliant summary about "the ignorant masses"! So glad my wife and I saw through the Covid scam. We also see through the climate change, wokeism....you name it. For the life of me, I can't figure out how the radical left gained so much power over the past 10-20 years. I guess we were sleeping while they toiled night and day, implementing their agenda. I fear it is too late in the game to turn the ship around. God help us!
The climate hustle has been very good to many wallets. When I started in the trade of HVAC, manufacturers all claimed their equipment was built to last longer, and it was. Today there's really no need to build things so well, consumers wanting to do their part in saving the planet will replace perfectly good systems for more efficient ones. No one pauses to contemplate the increased carbon released in order to dispose of their old system and build the new. No matter, being Green is the new religion and we must all tithe to the Net Zero church of god.
Thankfully I'm in the priestly order collecting the tithes from the masses for the Net Zero church of god.
While my personal heating and cooling systems date to 1986, simple technology built to last and to date I've changed a $5 thermocouple on the boiler, and a $4 run capacitor in the cooling system. I don't consider myself an apostate to the cause, I routinely suggest keeping things simple and easy to service, but the marketing gods have the ear of the masses, who am I to argue?
I remember when Gore was peddling climate change and some group looked at the energy foot-print of "W's" ranch compared to Gore's residence. You could see Gore's house lit up from the Space Station while Bush who received no Nobel prize had a very energy energy-efficient ranch. I imagine that Gore like Biden are also cooking with the same cancer-causing and asthma irritating gas cook tops.
So the republicans are as sleazy as the democrats.If you believe the republicans work for the people,than you probably think George Bush junior was the great Messiah.I really don't get how blind
people in this country choose to be.They both have royally screwed the people,because they both represent the Elite,and they are just puppets on their strings.
AGREE!
What's not appreciated is that the Christian influenced culture has produced some important advances in civilization notwithstanding the hard work of trying to interpret scripture. Maybe the influence of Jesus on first generation Christians started a catalytic reaction within them that doesn't depend on religious observances to perpetuate.
Wicker and Islam have been the fastest growing religions in America for the past twenty years. Definitely part of the destruction as many leave the church.
No, Yeshua said: "Will the Son of Man even find faith when He returns"...Big difference.
Bill, you certainly keep us on our toes. In my opinion that makes for a good teacher. A picture is worth a thousand words. What a great allegory to use the “picture of the Latin Bible.” “I don’t know much, and that I know,” is probably a phrase that has been coined before in some form or fashion. I continually sober myself into reality by pounding my head against the wall reminding myself what a small infinitesimal amount of the world around me I know anything about. Bonner Private Research takes me to a viewing place, a scenic over look if you will, a pinhole panoptic vista not otherwise seen or observed.