When I was young and naive I believed there were large groups of people that would rise up and crush any type of tyranny that threatened America. That was a time when I blindly trusted life here would simply work out for the good. I don’t feel that way anymore. A life spent being free is a daily fight. I’ve come to realize it’s not others I need to rely on.
🤔 the cost of liberty is reliable sidearm, an accurate long gun and a reloading bench. Vigilance is good, necessary but unless you’re prepared to do something more than watch … you won’t have liberty.
I grew up in a little, but I have since realized historic town in the early Anthropocene (long ago) with literally one black resident, who everybody respected and tried to help out. Attending a private high school one of the student’s favorites was the black maintenance man, Joe who was a genuinely nice man who smiled a lot. In college I heard Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech, and shrugged thinking “makes sense to me” and always acted accordingly. Also in college the Progressive Young Blacks organization sold me a ticket for their “basket of Booze” drawing and in my Redshanks Scots-Irish phase won! They were great folks and I liked them all! In grad school I had one friend, a fellow grad student and black Libyan who I pitched in and helped with field work for his MS Thesis, when he needed a local, who could both be a field safety buddy and perhaps deal with other locals. The other day my wife and I went to a favorite restaurant where we used to live, a very articulate black student type making money delivering food explained how the restaurant had survived by converting to a kitchen for hire stocking the essentials and serving carryout for other franchises. We had had conversations with Corey, arguably the most creative casual dining manager we have ever known, who coincidentally is black, so this was no surprise.
I am not bragging about any of this. I am only saying that I, as many in my generation, was brought up to treat human beings as human beings. I could go through a list like this for other ethnic groups as well. I also suspect most of you in your 70s can list similar experiences. I am close enough to Charlottesville to notice what happened there and was frankly puzzled. But now hearing that the SPLC was acting as the fireman going out to start fires to put out to stay in business makes it all make a great deal of sense. I, frankly, think we have lived to see King’s dream come true and we are richer for it. Now it’s time to acknowledge this and move on without forgetting the lesson learned.
Pleased you had good interactions - I suspect that’s the story for most folk who are part of the boomer generation. But king’s vision espoused in the "I have a Dream" speech is being actively opposed, most often by American blacks.
I was appalled in the late 90s when I started hearing about segregated dorms - segregated at the request of American blacks, segregated graduation, etc.; we have congressional black caucus in our national assembly’s - I’m waiting for the Congressional WHITE caucus to be formed.
Black "leaders," loud voices, demand reparations for something that happened over 150 years ago but I’ve never heard one of these loud voices ever express thanks to the families left behind who lost loved ones fighting to end the abhorrent historical practice of slavery. I want to know why I or anyone should give an iota of credence to these voices who joined a party that just a generation or two earlier demanded that they drink from separate fountains, sit in the back, don’t eat with white folk and go to school elsewhere.
No, the “Dream" of 1963 a half century later was diluted by ideas that gained a foothold in the democrat party where it was fostered and then festered.
Your and Scott's interactions with blacks were a bit different than mine. Growing up in a small town of 15000 in Illinois there were very few blacks in town and they mostly lived, literally, on the other side of the tracks in a pretty crappy area. By the time I graduated HS and matriculated to the U of Illinois I had had only a handful of interactions but nothing ever negative, just what I had "heard". I was leery but most agnostic regarding individual blacks and interacting with them. . . until. One night after studying for hours at the underground library I started walking out and ascending the stairs to ground level with 10# of books in my arms to find the stair system blocked-- no other way out. Here were all these huge and tall black guys standing in a continuous line with fists in the air, chanting, 9pm middle of the week, 1970. I weighed about 138. I tried to wind through this massive wall and was pushed back like a gnat.
I will forever remember that.
THIS event was the start of what I recall as a long downturn in relations between white and black America. A lull it seemed for a while in the following 20 years in which race relations were at an all time high, was followed by a truly big downturn of hatred against whites with unjustified antagonism pumped by mass media. Legacy media has strategically used events, few as they have been, over the last decades to amplify ANY hatred from whites while minimizing that displayed / acted out by blacks.
I will forever hold mass media, foreign interference, the Black Caucus, the SPLC, black celebrities and rappers, Hollywood, MOST black Congress people and their rabid white, liberal accomplices responsible for the terrible situation of racial unrest over these decades.
It is encouraging to note CBS' recent rejections of non-objective narratives and a newly found penchant for truth. Only by righting the ship of false propaganda can our country be returned to some semblance of normal.
So much depends on where and how one is raised. My mom never said anything at all about black people so I had no idea what prejudice even meant. We lived all my growing up years in El Paso TX and Los Angeles and San Diego CA. But in 3rd grade I spent some time in WV with my aunt and her family. I was invited to a classmate's birthday slumber party and my aunt wouldn't let me go and I was heartbroken and asked why, she whispered "she's black." I didn't understand why that was a problem. Evelyn was the sweetest girl in the whole school. And that was my first experience with that type of thinking.
However, because of where my growing up years were spent, and many bad experiences, there WAS a whole lot said within the family about illegal Mexicans and the border. Not against all Mexicans (we had many close and dear friends who were Hispanic) but specifically the "type" coming across illegally. And there is a type. I've said it before, will say it again, there was nothing good coming across illegally back then - and it's only worse now and no longer just Mexicans. It was exceptionally rare that anything good came across illegally and that doesn't appear to have changed. I don't think that makes me a bigot but maybe to others it does.
So prejudice really depends on where and how you were raised, and what your experiences were.
The upper Ohio Valley and the Appalachians are still heavily Scots-Irish and culturally different. If you are a coal miner in, say a roof fall or a steel worker rescued from one of many perilous situations found in a mill whether white or black you don't really care about the color of the guy who dug you out or otherwise saved you. I once had to take an 80 Hour Underground Miner's
Training Course and was paired with a fellow hillbilly, who happened to be black. We did get along well and I hope the rest of his working life went as well as mine. He was amused when the mouth to mouth resusitation exercise came up, but I didn't give a damn because it was a necessary skill we would both be better off knowing.
I know slavery has been grossly over simplified to a blacks only institution. The first four slaves exported to the colonies were … Irish and one center in Britain that exported a large number of slaves and indentured servants was … Aberdeen exporting a large number of poor Scots from the streets. My family was truly Scots Irish they never lived in the Plantations, but as their last home was in southern Galloway Scotland and there is ample evidence that they crossed the narrow end of the Irish Sea as opportunity called, but of course I have never been offered reparations. One can argue that many Brits became indentured servants and were only slaves for a term, but it was disgustingly easy for an owner to get that term extended. And some of the biggest slave owners were black skinned themselves. We see grifters of all colors exposed with regularity these days but the real grifters are those like LBJ and generally the Democrat Party who cater to the grifters and also endeavor to hold blacks back. The real winners are those who wake up free in the land of opportunity and take advantage of their intelligence and freedom to succeed. I have followed several black conservative podcasters and enjoyed observing their success. One from Denver, George A.A. has a white buddy, who is also a podcaster. A question to him arose very recently “where is George”. Turns out George also renovates and sells houses and has been too busy working that job for about a month. Grifters will be grifters, but that young man, who looks quite African, is admirable and will never be a grifter!
And by the way I highly recommend George A.A. on youtube as I am sure he will be back.
You want an interesting history of slavery in (the) America(s) look at the history of Romani (Gypsy) in the earliest years: Romanichal (British), Gitanos/Gitane (Spanish/french), etc - long before Africans were bought and brought to the New World.
SR Miller, imagine living in the margins where you're not accepted by the blacks nor the whites.
When my husband enlisted in the service, he was torn by not knowing which bathroom to use! He had been told by the whites in his community that he wasn't like them so he figured that he needed to go in to the Black/Colored bathroom 🚻 only to be told by a black elderly man to get out of the bathroom because he didn't belong there. ‼️🤷♀️🤷🤷🏻♂️
Yes, I can imagine it. Even forced to live on the sidelines, the shadows, those be my sideline/shadow and I’m NOT sharing.
The racial fusion of skin tones and cultures over the past 150 years: Asians/chinese, blacks/freed slaves, Irish (culture and numbers), etc etc etc. The most welcoming societies being those of western origin - may also be its doom with the latest round of "immigrants".
No real memories of folk who didn’t "look like me" living in New England, S Florida during integration (mid-late 60s) I was forced to change from the "white" middle school where I met my first girlfriend 🤣 to the closer "black" s hook - funny thing is we were still mostly segregated: whites went early hours, black students went afternoons (the more things change the more they stay the same {shakes head}.
High school/college years in northern VA was back to mostly folk that looked like me with pockets of black students who mostly kept to themselves suburban area west of D.C. [I looked up the school last year, Herndon High, and it’s now become a mostly Hispanic student school - have my thoughts on why that is.
Now I live in a small city in western Montana, going on 4 decades, and the racial composition has become a little less pasty colored. It’s possible my church has been a good reason for that as we have a huge delegation of Congolese refugees/immigrants as part of our congregation - blessed change in color in the church: skin tones AND clothing colors and patterns {sigh}. We had one fella a last month or so who came in dressed in a cultural outfit - eye popping blue (I hope they don’t westernize too much).
How about this poster I saw many years ago: "Life is a test. It is only a test. If this were your actual life, you would have been given better instructions."
I have always been confused/disinterested with the rhetoric. My life has always been "get a job'. God has blessed me in that. The public rhetoric never matched what I observed or what we were told to observe. We human beings have consciousness.
MUST-SEE: Trump Calls For 2020 Election To Be Completely Overturned In Wake Of SPLC Revelations!
That Means ALL Actions of Biden Admin Were Illegitimate!
Rep. Andy Ogles was adamant when asked if the Southern Poverty Law Center bears responsibility for the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The Tennessee Republican connected the dots between the SPLC’s long-running smear campaign against conservatives and the fresh Trump DOJ indictment exposing the group’s fraudulent operation funding the very extremists it claimed to oppose.
Charlie rightly called out the SPLC for years, exposing them as the real hate group. They kept attacking him anyway, right up until his death.
The group deceived donors, hid payments through shell companies, and used the resulting “reporting” to justify its bloated budget and political hit lists.
Those scavenger birds have gotten organized, and a little presumptuous. I recently saw a cluster of them in the road, gathered around the remains of an unfortunate opossum. Two of the birds, one at either end of the cluster, were directing traffic around the dinner gathering with their wingtips. They even had whistles, for goodness' sake. No consideration for those commuters late for work or appointments.
I jokingly call turkey vultures the state bird of Florida since we have so many. I once had one bounce off the windshield of my car. A group were feeding on some fragrant delicacy on the shoulder of the road. As I approached at highway speed all except one took off and flew AWAY from the road. One (probably a government school educated bird) flew into the path of my car and bounced off the windshield. It didn’t end well for that bird.
Speaking of that, recall a PM drive in to Baltimore with a car repeatedly cutting me off. Finally let my car slowly and gentally run into it. Driver hopped out and came up to my closed window. Turned the air blue. He went back to his car and drove away. One vulture sent packing!
After Charlottesville, I remember videos of locals saying that they saw buses arrive and a mixture of leftist and Nazis would get out, implying they were all part of the same group. Does anyone know if that is true? Also, I think many protesters were there simply to protest the coming removal of the statue of Robert Lee.
I am pretty sure ZeroHedge had articles about that. I definitely remember many articles about the SPLC going back many years. I just used AI search to find some. It seemed very reluctant to show any. Only when I specifically asked if it could find any from 10 years ago did it give me one result:
can you find any from 10 years ago?
Finished
Yes, ZeroHedge published articles referencing the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as far back as 2016.
One notable example is a September 2016 article titled "The Dow Zero Insurgency", originally from New York Magazine and referenced by ZeroHedge, which discussed the SPLC in the context of political bias and its influence on government narratives. The piece highlighted how the SPLC contributed to the 2009 DHS Rightwing Extremism Report and the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) "Modern Militia Movement" report, both of which labeled conservative and libertarian groups as potential domestic threats.
Additionally, internal discussions at ZeroHedge around that time critiqued the SPLC’s role in shaping federal policy under the Obama administration, accusing it of promoting a partisan agenda under the guise of civil rights advocacy.
In an almost evenly divided state, 49% republican 51% democrat, and a vote with just a 1.5% victory, Virginia will now have 10 of its 11 congress members democrat. Is this just the same old case of taxation without representation? In Ma. there are 0 republican reps but upwards of 40% of people voted for Trump. With this “work around” which is “legal theft” of a citizens most basic civil liberty, how can we call this a representative republic?
A representative republic is a form of government where citizens elect officials to make laws and decisions on their behalf, rather than voting on policy directly. It combines democratic principles (popular voting) with republicanism (rule by law and constitution), ensuring elected officials are accountable to the electorate while protecting individual rights against majority rule.
PLEASE GO LOOK UP KEN CUCCINELLI, former AG in Virginia and I know him and worked on his Gubernatorial campaign. I knew he would KNOW what was going on.. he knew all the details: the Judge in TAZEWELL who has blocked the certification of "BOGUS" MAP ELECTION. The day I voted I realized that it was UNCONSTITUIONAL.. and emailed all my friends and asked Ken Cuccinelli as did a lot of other people on his UTUBE site to please weigh on this.. and he posted on X. about Tazewell county Judge who has blocked it.. and on Monday .. the MAP "vote" has been fast tracked to VA SUPREME COURT for oral arguments. MOST LEGAL SCHOLARS agree it will blocked or overturned.
Did you see the color coded maps showing the counties Yes vs counties No?
It’s a repeat of similar maps of Trump Yes vs Trump No - the great preponderance by acreage of VA said no while the heavily urbanized collectivized county’s voted for.
Sadly, we’re gonna be seeing this get worse and more worse as time passes, as our urban areas continue to grow and rural America loses bodies. At some point the rural folk are gonna become the vassals of the entitled city dwellers.
The problem these days it is likely Mass like MD has joined the State Compact that agrees the State will give all its electoral votes to the party (Dem) that wins the popular vote. Voters be damned.
In the six New England states there is not one republican member of the House. So not one republican citizen that lives in New England has true representation in the House of Representatives. This must be fixed.
In the 1700’s and the revolution Boston and Massachusetts were called the cradle of liberty. Now with Maura Healy and Mayor Wu it’s the cradle of tyranny! It’s such a corrupt one party state. The republican leaders here get their donations, have their offices, fly around, buy things, and play to lose. The republican mayoral candidate, Bob Krafts son, dropped out of the race, I think on purpose, so mayor Wu ran unopposed. Many races are like that, democrats run unopposed.
We can’t call it a representative government anymore which why we need a step change. And I think I have the right one. How? Easy. Separate spending from funding. Elected politicians can and should propose spending BUT ONLY citizen taxpayers should APPROVE FUNDING . I.E. distribute decision making across the entire taxpayer population . This will tend to put a hard stop to fraud and waste if given the help of DOGE. Every taxpayer must assign their tax dollars for or NOT for each spending bill proposed. Make a bill obtuse and unintelligible? No problem. Just say “no you can’t use my tax dollars for that.” Budgets then shrink or swell based on performance and the will of THOSE who actually fund the government. If everyone with skin in the game (ie taxpayers) did this, graft and political manipulation would approach zero. Nothing focuses the mind, sharpening the senses more than having one’s own hard work stolen and misused. And nothing would do more to unite Democrats and Republicans than everyone getting the governance they want TO THE EXTENT THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. Note: non-contributing citizens and non-citizens ARE NOT allowed in this assignment. Why? Because they get their say when they vote for or lobby their representatives who propose the spending. But if they aren’t actually paying taxes for government services, then they shouldn’t get to fund the government! This is the step change needed in our constitution! And would do a great deal more to secure our God given rights than all the pontificating party politics or all the useless dumb ass protesting.
My favorite is vultures sitting over an ill vulture. Perfect rendition of how psychopaths treat their buddies and how quickly Swalwell was dispatched from office.
Let’s not forget the hoax that out of Duke a few years earlier that ruined the lives of the lacrosse players
Then in 2019 the media hoax involving Nick Sandman on the capitol mall.
The self defense shooting during the Wisconsin riots
The brown (well, tan?) on black self defense shooting in Florida.
The self defense shooting in Missouri (police officer pinned in his vehicle)
And so, so many more
C’ville is/was just one example.
It may be good, necessary for freedom of the press (which fortunately includes even those w/o a journo degree), but FREEDOM also necessitates responsibility; a republic needs a responsible press, a free and fair responsible press
It seems as if all the hoaxes (I still burn with recall of the Duke Lacross hoax that was so obviously a hoax.. at least to my observation) were stepping stones to the greatest hoax of all time that left millions dead and/or crippled for life.. the great "If you get the shot, you can't give the 'virus' to others" hoax, followed by the "If you only get this 'booster', it will give you extra protection from the 'virus'" hoax and ad infinitim.
We've been progressively played by the Progressive Globalist Cabal. I was fortunate that I did not HAVE to take the "vaccine" (no travel needs, no government job, etc) & just KNEW "Covid" itself was a hoax.. a nefarious test of some kind. This world we live in is one I have little to no trust left in. TRUST is EARNED. This world has certainly NOT earned trust. It probably will NEVER regain my trust and I'm disappointed in that.
Totally awesome.. :) John my son who graduated from UVA in 2008. His wife graduated from GMU in 2004 and they lived there for 6 years while John worked on B.S in Engineering and double major in ancient history. SO WE ALL SPENT A LONG IN C-VILLE. I sent him your funny "Shtificaiton" Utube post and he laughed .. he is a too serious person. I guess when you live in Madison county, Charlottesville, one develops a thick skin and sense of humor. He did not comment extensively on the "INCIDENT" and I didn't either because having been there and lived there.. (John and Karla) we knew it was B.S. that simple. UNLESS you go to UVA campus and see Charlottesville.. you would know that is was total HOAX for sure. now it has come out SPLC.. I call that the southern version of ACLU .. THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND :) ROFL. yeah. uh huh..
«Marcuse’s mission was to dismantle American society by using diversity and “multiculturalism” as crowbars with which to pry the structure apart, piece by piece. He wanted to set blacks in opposition to whites, set all “victim groups” in opposition to the society at large. Marcuse’s theory of victim groups as the new proletariat, combined with Horkheimer’s critical theory, found an outlet in academia, where it became the basis for the post-structural movement - Gender Studies, LGBT/”Queer” Studies, African-American Studies, Chicano Studies, etc. All of these “Blank Studies” brazenly describe their mission as tearing down traditional Judeo-Christian values and the accepted traditions of Western culture, and placing in their stead a moral relativism that equates all cultures and all philosophies, except for Western civilization, culture, and philosophy, which are “exploitative” and “bad.”»
One thing that’s is woefully missing from the discussion of the SPLC is who’s related to who.
Lest we forget our history, the KKK was (still is in my mind) the military terrorists branch of the democrat party, created out of the wreckage of The (Un)Civil War in order to control those opposed to democrat power in The South. It terrorized (lunched) not just uppity neeegros who didn’t know their place but also white folk who opposed them.
So when you see that panel showing the flow of resources from Democrats -> SPLC -> KKK all you’re seeing is democrat funding democrats- or, more realistically, modern American leftists funding modern American leftists. And don’t let the MS Media try and convince you that KKK is full of MAGA supporters - ask yourself what this comical group espouses as its principles and then ask which political ideology in America espouses the same. You could also ask which political "party" is denying a voice to thems that preach hate and which party openly welcomes hate and anti-Americanism.
The truth needs to be broadcast nationally by the mass media not only about the premeditated chaos by SPLC but also the Truth about the Covid chaos. Never happen!
So many, so apt! Got to admit, the depth of depravity of the SPLC surprised me.
In my book, would like to see both DeSantis and Mike Lee join SCOTUS. Just wish we don't need to loose our two superstars to get there.
The Charlottesville affair was particularly offensive. Remember being pretty timely aware of the truths of the matter asserted (absent the role of the SPLC). Probably thanks to Mark Levin. The thing is, its pretty likely SPLC donors will agree with SPLC actions as they learn of them. NP!
Re Spawnburger, as she pulls out her portfolio of preplanned actions to be executed! Its a shame VA doesnt evidently have a recall procedure.
Hello, everyone! I have a question for people who might be able to explain this to me, because I don't understand something. Glyphosate is poisonous to our bodies and our foods. Why did President Trump authorize the increase production of glyphosate as a herbicide. Isn't that completely the opposite of what we are trying to do to heal our bodies and minds? I'm just really confused and I want to understand. P.S. as always, great Friday Funnies!! Thanks, doc!!
It’s because American farmers are hooked on glyphosate and China produces most of it. They could cause a food shortage here by cutting off the supply. Unfortunate that farmers aren’t switching to regenerative agriculture fast enough.
My conclusion...the vast majority of 'big farms' (ie., Big Ag) whether family owned or corporate, are raising corn, wheat, soy. Those use glyphosate and the vast majority of their 'crops' go to feed cattle and create gasoline. Not really edible for human consumption. They do this (and win Big) with the gov't subsidies. The small, independent farmer is slowly being decimated and swallowed up by these monster soil de-pleaters.
Now the independent land owners also have to deal with the take over by Big Tech for their gargantuan AI buildings.
Steve Cortez, if you’re reading this, pls know I appreciate your input with every fiber of my being.
My hubs went off the reservation a few years ago & began listening to legacy news, every night, and CBS Sunday Morning.
Once I noticed just how often they lie, and how often they highlight libs and denigrate conservatives at every possible moment, I can’t not see it.
I often ask myself how THEY can’t see it. How can ___ (fill in blank with whatever newscaster, anchor, writer, producer) look at him or herself in the mirror. How can they lie and how can they give platform to libs all. of. the. time?
I am so happy to read that at least ONE person— YOU— knew better and tried to DO better. I’m sorry you lost your job over it but I am delighted that you stood up to them.
Dear Friends - haven't commented in ages, but my husband and I follow all of your wonderful stories and comments - you all help us keep sane in this mad, mad, mad, mad world.
Specific to today's article and to repeat something from years ago:
First we overlook evil.
Then we permit evil.
Then we legalize evil.
They we promote evil.
Then we celebrate evil.
Then we persecute those who still call it evil.
Sadly my husband and I both learned very early on about the Big Business of Poverty Pimping and if you follow the money, you always find the same, tattered, sad truths of the dark side of human nature. Our blessing and curse is free will.
After 73 trips around the sun, I just realized that a quote from British MT Ivor Thomas, in "The Socialist Tragedy" from 1951 eloquently captured this: "Socialism is bound to fail because it offends the best elements of human nature and panders to the worst." Exact same principle at work here!
An example of God's enduring patience - I envision him looking down on us from Heaven Above, just shaking his head, muttering the same line George Burns used in the 1977 movie "Oh God!": "I gave you a world and every thing in it. It's all up to you."
In a dialogue between God and the protagonist Jerry Landers (played by John Denver):
Jerry Landers: How can you permit all the *suffering* that goes on the world?
God: Ah, how can *I* permit the suffering?
Jerry Landers: Yeah!
God: I don't permit the suffering. You do! Free will. All the choices are yours.
"You can love each other, cherish and nurture each other, or you can kill each other. Incidentally, 'kill' is the word. It's not 'waste'. If I meant 'waste', I would have written 'Thou shalt not waste'. You're doing some very funny things with words, here. You're also turning the sky into mud. I look down, I can't believe the filth. Using the rivers for toilets, poisoning My fishes. You want a miracle? YOU make a fish from scratch. You can't. You think only God can make a tree? Try coming up with a mackerel. And when the last one is gone, that'll be that. Eighty-six on the fishes, goodbye sky, so long world, over and out."
I've been listening to that giant swooshing sound of the Great Cosmic Toilet for over 7 decades. The question I ask is whether I'll be around for the final flush.
Accused of Funding Hate Groups, Southern Poverty Law Center Has History of Targeting Christians...
The indictment is the latest development in a long record of the SPLC using its “hate group” designation against Christian organizations, a pattern that produced real-world violence, a nationwide Catholic surveillance program, and the systematic exclusion of Christian ministries from donor platforms.
When I was young and naive I believed there were large groups of people that would rise up and crush any type of tyranny that threatened America. That was a time when I blindly trusted life here would simply work out for the good. I don’t feel that way anymore. A life spent being free is a daily fight. I’ve come to realize it’s not others I need to rely on.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
🤔 the cost of liberty is reliable sidearm, an accurate long gun and a reloading bench. Vigilance is good, necessary but unless you’re prepared to do something more than watch … you won’t have liberty.
I grew up in a little, but I have since realized historic town in the early Anthropocene (long ago) with literally one black resident, who everybody respected and tried to help out. Attending a private high school one of the student’s favorites was the black maintenance man, Joe who was a genuinely nice man who smiled a lot. In college I heard Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech, and shrugged thinking “makes sense to me” and always acted accordingly. Also in college the Progressive Young Blacks organization sold me a ticket for their “basket of Booze” drawing and in my Redshanks Scots-Irish phase won! They were great folks and I liked them all! In grad school I had one friend, a fellow grad student and black Libyan who I pitched in and helped with field work for his MS Thesis, when he needed a local, who could both be a field safety buddy and perhaps deal with other locals. The other day my wife and I went to a favorite restaurant where we used to live, a very articulate black student type making money delivering food explained how the restaurant had survived by converting to a kitchen for hire stocking the essentials and serving carryout for other franchises. We had had conversations with Corey, arguably the most creative casual dining manager we have ever known, who coincidentally is black, so this was no surprise.
I am not bragging about any of this. I am only saying that I, as many in my generation, was brought up to treat human beings as human beings. I could go through a list like this for other ethnic groups as well. I also suspect most of you in your 70s can list similar experiences. I am close enough to Charlottesville to notice what happened there and was frankly puzzled. But now hearing that the SPLC was acting as the fireman going out to start fires to put out to stay in business makes it all make a great deal of sense. I, frankly, think we have lived to see King’s dream come true and we are richer for it. Now it’s time to acknowledge this and move on without forgetting the lesson learned.
Pleased you had good interactions - I suspect that’s the story for most folk who are part of the boomer generation. But king’s vision espoused in the "I have a Dream" speech is being actively opposed, most often by American blacks.
I was appalled in the late 90s when I started hearing about segregated dorms - segregated at the request of American blacks, segregated graduation, etc.; we have congressional black caucus in our national assembly’s - I’m waiting for the Congressional WHITE caucus to be formed.
Black "leaders," loud voices, demand reparations for something that happened over 150 years ago but I’ve never heard one of these loud voices ever express thanks to the families left behind who lost loved ones fighting to end the abhorrent historical practice of slavery. I want to know why I or anyone should give an iota of credence to these voices who joined a party that just a generation or two earlier demanded that they drink from separate fountains, sit in the back, don’t eat with white folk and go to school elsewhere.
No, the “Dream" of 1963 a half century later was diluted by ideas that gained a foothold in the democrat party where it was fostered and then festered.
Your and Scott's interactions with blacks were a bit different than mine. Growing up in a small town of 15000 in Illinois there were very few blacks in town and they mostly lived, literally, on the other side of the tracks in a pretty crappy area. By the time I graduated HS and matriculated to the U of Illinois I had had only a handful of interactions but nothing ever negative, just what I had "heard". I was leery but most agnostic regarding individual blacks and interacting with them. . . until. One night after studying for hours at the underground library I started walking out and ascending the stairs to ground level with 10# of books in my arms to find the stair system blocked-- no other way out. Here were all these huge and tall black guys standing in a continuous line with fists in the air, chanting, 9pm middle of the week, 1970. I weighed about 138. I tried to wind through this massive wall and was pushed back like a gnat.
I will forever remember that.
THIS event was the start of what I recall as a long downturn in relations between white and black America. A lull it seemed for a while in the following 20 years in which race relations were at an all time high, was followed by a truly big downturn of hatred against whites with unjustified antagonism pumped by mass media. Legacy media has strategically used events, few as they have been, over the last decades to amplify ANY hatred from whites while minimizing that displayed / acted out by blacks.
I will forever hold mass media, foreign interference, the Black Caucus, the SPLC, black celebrities and rappers, Hollywood, MOST black Congress people and their rabid white, liberal accomplices responsible for the terrible situation of racial unrest over these decades.
It is encouraging to note CBS' recent rejections of non-objective narratives and a newly found penchant for truth. Only by righting the ship of false propaganda can our country be returned to some semblance of normal.
So much depends on where and how one is raised. My mom never said anything at all about black people so I had no idea what prejudice even meant. We lived all my growing up years in El Paso TX and Los Angeles and San Diego CA. But in 3rd grade I spent some time in WV with my aunt and her family. I was invited to a classmate's birthday slumber party and my aunt wouldn't let me go and I was heartbroken and asked why, she whispered "she's black." I didn't understand why that was a problem. Evelyn was the sweetest girl in the whole school. And that was my first experience with that type of thinking.
However, because of where my growing up years were spent, and many bad experiences, there WAS a whole lot said within the family about illegal Mexicans and the border. Not against all Mexicans (we had many close and dear friends who were Hispanic) but specifically the "type" coming across illegally. And there is a type. I've said it before, will say it again, there was nothing good coming across illegally back then - and it's only worse now and no longer just Mexicans. It was exceptionally rare that anything good came across illegally and that doesn't appear to have changed. I don't think that makes me a bigot but maybe to others it does.
So prejudice really depends on where and how you were raised, and what your experiences were.
The upper Ohio Valley and the Appalachians are still heavily Scots-Irish and culturally different. If you are a coal miner in, say a roof fall or a steel worker rescued from one of many perilous situations found in a mill whether white or black you don't really care about the color of the guy who dug you out or otherwise saved you. I once had to take an 80 Hour Underground Miner's
Training Course and was paired with a fellow hillbilly, who happened to be black. We did get along well and I hope the rest of his working life went as well as mine. He was amused when the mouth to mouth resusitation exercise came up, but I didn't give a damn because it was a necessary skill we would both be better off knowing.
I know slavery has been grossly over simplified to a blacks only institution. The first four slaves exported to the colonies were … Irish and one center in Britain that exported a large number of slaves and indentured servants was … Aberdeen exporting a large number of poor Scots from the streets. My family was truly Scots Irish they never lived in the Plantations, but as their last home was in southern Galloway Scotland and there is ample evidence that they crossed the narrow end of the Irish Sea as opportunity called, but of course I have never been offered reparations. One can argue that many Brits became indentured servants and were only slaves for a term, but it was disgustingly easy for an owner to get that term extended. And some of the biggest slave owners were black skinned themselves. We see grifters of all colors exposed with regularity these days but the real grifters are those like LBJ and generally the Democrat Party who cater to the grifters and also endeavor to hold blacks back. The real winners are those who wake up free in the land of opportunity and take advantage of their intelligence and freedom to succeed. I have followed several black conservative podcasters and enjoyed observing their success. One from Denver, George A.A. has a white buddy, who is also a podcaster. A question to him arose very recently “where is George”. Turns out George also renovates and sells houses and has been too busy working that job for about a month. Grifters will be grifters, but that young man, who looks quite African, is admirable and will never be a grifter!
And by the way I highly recommend George A.A. on youtube as I am sure he will be back.
You want an interesting history of slavery in (the) America(s) look at the history of Romani (Gypsy) in the earliest years: Romanichal (British), Gitanos/Gitane (Spanish/french), etc - long before Africans were bought and brought to the New World.
SR Miller, imagine living in the margins where you're not accepted by the blacks nor the whites.
When my husband enlisted in the service, he was torn by not knowing which bathroom to use! He had been told by the whites in his community that he wasn't like them so he figured that he needed to go in to the Black/Colored bathroom 🚻 only to be told by a black elderly man to get out of the bathroom because he didn't belong there. ‼️🤷♀️🤷🤷🏻♂️
that is a shame.
in many respects. . . I had never heard of "blacks only" bathrooms while growing up.
Yes, I can imagine it. Even forced to live on the sidelines, the shadows, those be my sideline/shadow and I’m NOT sharing.
The racial fusion of skin tones and cultures over the past 150 years: Asians/chinese, blacks/freed slaves, Irish (culture and numbers), etc etc etc. The most welcoming societies being those of western origin - may also be its doom with the latest round of "immigrants".
No real memories of folk who didn’t "look like me" living in New England, S Florida during integration (mid-late 60s) I was forced to change from the "white" middle school where I met my first girlfriend 🤣 to the closer "black" s hook - funny thing is we were still mostly segregated: whites went early hours, black students went afternoons (the more things change the more they stay the same {shakes head}.
High school/college years in northern VA was back to mostly folk that looked like me with pockets of black students who mostly kept to themselves suburban area west of D.C. [I looked up the school last year, Herndon High, and it’s now become a mostly Hispanic student school - have my thoughts on why that is.
Now I live in a small city in western Montana, going on 4 decades, and the racial composition has become a little less pasty colored. It’s possible my church has been a good reason for that as we have a huge delegation of Congolese refugees/immigrants as part of our congregation - blessed change in color in the church: skin tones AND clothing colors and patterns {sigh}. We had one fella a last month or so who came in dressed in a cultural outfit - eye popping blue (I hope they don’t westernize too much).
Armor up America
Thank You , and we each have a lifeline of support from THE MOST HIGH,
amen
Aging is the final test.
The optimist says, I've got a good feeling about all of this.
The pessimist says, I've got a bad feeling about all of this.
Both are true.
There is your choice in this matter.
Both will manifest....what the thought patterns generate.
And like Mom used to say, Youth is wasted on the young! Haha.
My brother, who’s an electrical engineer, had a picture of a mushroom cloud with the caption “the final test is the only one that matters”.
Soon afterwards we all will be Steak and mushrooms "Well Done"!
How about this poster I saw many years ago: "Life is a test. It is only a test. If this were your actual life, you would have been given better instructions."
I have always been confused/disinterested with the rhetoric. My life has always been "get a job'. God has blessed me in that. The public rhetoric never matched what I observed or what we were told to observe. We human beings have consciousness.
Ditto ‼️
I have been blessed 🙌 by the fact that my parents trained me to have a good work ethic.
By having that trait, I was never afraid of losing a job because I was sought out by employers.
MUST-SEE: Trump Calls For 2020 Election To Be Completely Overturned In Wake Of SPLC Revelations!
That Means ALL Actions of Biden Admin Were Illegitimate!
Rep. Andy Ogles was adamant when asked if the Southern Poverty Law Center bears responsibility for the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The Tennessee Republican connected the dots between the SPLC’s long-running smear campaign against conservatives and the fresh Trump DOJ indictment exposing the group’s fraudulent operation funding the very extremists it claimed to oppose.
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2046970578620309609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2046970578620309609%7Ctwgr%5E928cd4b3e15c994bff946ebf9603c29610aa2d33%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fwatch-gop-rep-declares-splc-absolutely-culpable-charlie-kirk-assassination
Charlie rightly called out the SPLC for years, exposing them as the real hate group. They kept attacking him anyway, right up until his death.
The group deceived donors, hid payments through shell companies, and used the resulting “reporting” to justify its bloated budget and political hit lists.
https://banned.video/watch?id=69eb9e8ea06c6ab7161e8962
Accused of Funding Hate Groups, Southern Poverty Law Center Has History of Targeting Christians...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/accused-funding-hate-groups-southern-poverty-law-center/
I never could understand why anyone gave credence to the SPLC. Their rhetoric was so obviously biased that anyone that was looking could see it.
One word: Money 💰
Those scavenger birds have gotten organized, and a little presumptuous. I recently saw a cluster of them in the road, gathered around the remains of an unfortunate opossum. Two of the birds, one at either end of the cluster, were directing traffic around the dinner gathering with their wingtips. They even had whistles, for goodness' sake. No consideration for those commuters late for work or appointments.
I jokingly call turkey vultures the state bird of Florida since we have so many. I once had one bounce off the windshield of my car. A group were feeding on some fragrant delicacy on the shoulder of the road. As I approached at highway speed all except one took off and flew AWAY from the road. One (probably a government school educated bird) flew into the path of my car and bounced off the windshield. It didn’t end well for that bird.
Amazing how many “bounce off,” then blame the driver and file suit. As if they’ve learned how to work the system in their favor.
Speaking of that, recall a PM drive in to Baltimore with a car repeatedly cutting me off. Finally let my car slowly and gentally run into it. Driver hopped out and came up to my closed window. Turned the air blue. He went back to his car and drove away. One vulture sent packing!
Priceless
Next time be on the look out for those somewhat snug metal ID tags on left legs.
It'll be a hint at who is funding them and giving GPS .Gov co-ordinance to road kill.
After Charlottesville, I remember videos of locals saying that they saw buses arrive and a mixture of leftist and Nazis would get out, implying they were all part of the same group. Does anyone know if that is true? Also, I think many protesters were there simply to protest the coming removal of the statue of Robert Lee.
TOTALLY PAID PROTESTORS..
Every protestor in every protest for at least the past ten years has been paid it’s a whole business
I am pretty sure ZeroHedge had articles about that. I definitely remember many articles about the SPLC going back many years. I just used AI search to find some. It seemed very reluctant to show any. Only when I specifically asked if it could find any from 10 years ago did it give me one result:
can you find any from 10 years ago?
Finished
Yes, ZeroHedge published articles referencing the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as far back as 2016.
One notable example is a September 2016 article titled "The Dow Zero Insurgency", originally from New York Magazine and referenced by ZeroHedge, which discussed the SPLC in the context of political bias and its influence on government narratives. The piece highlighted how the SPLC contributed to the 2009 DHS Rightwing Extremism Report and the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) "Modern Militia Movement" report, both of which labeled conservative and libertarian groups as potential domestic threats.
Additionally, internal discussions at ZeroHedge around that time critiqued the SPLC’s role in shaping federal policy under the Obama administration, accusing it of promoting a partisan agenda under the guise of civil rights advocacy.
ZeroHedge SPLC 2016 articles archive
In an almost evenly divided state, 49% republican 51% democrat, and a vote with just a 1.5% victory, Virginia will now have 10 of its 11 congress members democrat. Is this just the same old case of taxation without representation? In Ma. there are 0 republican reps but upwards of 40% of people voted for Trump. With this “work around” which is “legal theft” of a citizens most basic civil liberty, how can we call this a representative republic?
A representative republic is a form of government where citizens elect officials to make laws and decisions on their behalf, rather than voting on policy directly. It combines democratic principles (popular voting) with republicanism (rule by law and constitution), ensuring elected officials are accountable to the electorate while protecting individual rights against majority rule.
PLEASE GO LOOK UP KEN CUCCINELLI, former AG in Virginia and I know him and worked on his Gubernatorial campaign. I knew he would KNOW what was going on.. he knew all the details: the Judge in TAZEWELL who has blocked the certification of "BOGUS" MAP ELECTION. The day I voted I realized that it was UNCONSTITUIONAL.. and emailed all my friends and asked Ken Cuccinelli as did a lot of other people on his UTUBE site to please weigh on this.. and he posted on X. about Tazewell county Judge who has blocked it.. and on Monday .. the MAP "vote" has been fast tracked to VA SUPREME COURT for oral arguments. MOST LEGAL SCHOLARS agree it will blocked or overturned.
Did you see the color coded maps showing the counties Yes vs counties No?
It’s a repeat of similar maps of Trump Yes vs Trump No - the great preponderance by acreage of VA said no while the heavily urbanized collectivized county’s voted for.
Sadly, we’re gonna be seeing this get worse and more worse as time passes, as our urban areas continue to grow and rural America loses bodies. At some point the rural folk are gonna become the vassals of the entitled city dwellers.
The problem these days it is likely Mass like MD has joined the State Compact that agrees the State will give all its electoral votes to the party (Dem) that wins the popular vote. Voters be damned.
In the six New England states there is not one republican member of the House. So not one republican citizen that lives in New England has true representation in the House of Representatives. This must be fixed.
It really does need to be fixed!
So true and quite sickening- they rule in Md
In Maine, ALL the delegates go to the candidate who won the plurality. Let's hear it for New England! Hard to believe freedom started here.
In the 1700’s and the revolution Boston and Massachusetts were called the cradle of liberty. Now with Maura Healy and Mayor Wu it’s the cradle of tyranny! It’s such a corrupt one party state. The republican leaders here get their donations, have their offices, fly around, buy things, and play to lose. The republican mayoral candidate, Bob Krafts son, dropped out of the race, I think on purpose, so mayor Wu ran unopposed. Many races are like that, democrats run unopposed.
We can’t call it a representative government anymore which why we need a step change. And I think I have the right one. How? Easy. Separate spending from funding. Elected politicians can and should propose spending BUT ONLY citizen taxpayers should APPROVE FUNDING . I.E. distribute decision making across the entire taxpayer population . This will tend to put a hard stop to fraud and waste if given the help of DOGE. Every taxpayer must assign their tax dollars for or NOT for each spending bill proposed. Make a bill obtuse and unintelligible? No problem. Just say “no you can’t use my tax dollars for that.” Budgets then shrink or swell based on performance and the will of THOSE who actually fund the government. If everyone with skin in the game (ie taxpayers) did this, graft and political manipulation would approach zero. Nothing focuses the mind, sharpening the senses more than having one’s own hard work stolen and misused. And nothing would do more to unite Democrats and Republicans than everyone getting the governance they want TO THE EXTENT THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. Note: non-contributing citizens and non-citizens ARE NOT allowed in this assignment. Why? Because they get their say when they vote for or lobby their representatives who propose the spending. But if they aren’t actually paying taxes for government services, then they shouldn’t get to fund the government! This is the step change needed in our constitution! And would do a great deal more to secure our God given rights than all the pontificating party politics or all the useless dumb ass protesting.
"We didn't just listen to the music. We engineered our hair to endure a category 5 hurricane."
Sadly, the list of talented 1980s hair metal rockers forced into early retirement by receding hairlines is long.
My favorite is vultures sitting over an ill vulture. Perfect rendition of how psychopaths treat their buddies and how quickly Swalwell was dispatched from office.
Great analogy
👍
It reminded me of families waiting for their elderly, well-off relatives to kick the bucket. No contact until the end.
It is how sociopaths reveal themselves.
C’ville wasn’t the only hoax.
Let’s not forget the hoax that out of Duke a few years earlier that ruined the lives of the lacrosse players
Then in 2019 the media hoax involving Nick Sandman on the capitol mall.
The self defense shooting during the Wisconsin riots
The brown (well, tan?) on black self defense shooting in Florida.
The self defense shooting in Missouri (police officer pinned in his vehicle)
And so, so many more
C’ville is/was just one example.
It may be good, necessary for freedom of the press (which fortunately includes even those w/o a journo degree), but FREEDOM also necessitates responsibility; a republic needs a responsible press, a free and fair responsible press
It seems as if all the hoaxes (I still burn with recall of the Duke Lacross hoax that was so obviously a hoax.. at least to my observation) were stepping stones to the greatest hoax of all time that left millions dead and/or crippled for life.. the great "If you get the shot, you can't give the 'virus' to others" hoax, followed by the "If you only get this 'booster', it will give you extra protection from the 'virus'" hoax and ad infinitim.
We've been progressively played by the Progressive Globalist Cabal. I was fortunate that I did not HAVE to take the "vaccine" (no travel needs, no government job, etc) & just KNEW "Covid" itself was a hoax.. a nefarious test of some kind. This world we live in is one I have little to no trust left in. TRUST is EARNED. This world has certainly NOT earned trust. It probably will NEVER regain my trust and I'm disappointed in that.
Totally awesome.. :) John my son who graduated from UVA in 2008. His wife graduated from GMU in 2004 and they lived there for 6 years while John worked on B.S in Engineering and double major in ancient history. SO WE ALL SPENT A LONG IN C-VILLE. I sent him your funny "Shtificaiton" Utube post and he laughed .. he is a too serious person. I guess when you live in Madison county, Charlottesville, one develops a thick skin and sense of humor. He did not comment extensively on the "INCIDENT" and I didn't either because having been there and lived there.. (John and Karla) we knew it was B.S. that simple. UNLESS you go to UVA campus and see Charlottesville.. you would know that is was total HOAX for sure. now it has come out SPLC.. I call that the southern version of ACLU .. THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND :) ROFL. yeah. uh huh..
Grievance is political currency. When the grievance coffers run low, the hustlers will need to gin up their own.
$3 million is a bargain when exchanged for perpetual claims of victim status.
Once again:
«Marcuse’s mission was to dismantle American society by using diversity and “multiculturalism” as crowbars with which to pry the structure apart, piece by piece. He wanted to set blacks in opposition to whites, set all “victim groups” in opposition to the society at large. Marcuse’s theory of victim groups as the new proletariat, combined with Horkheimer’s critical theory, found an outlet in academia, where it became the basis for the post-structural movement - Gender Studies, LGBT/”Queer” Studies, African-American Studies, Chicano Studies, etc. All of these “Blank Studies” brazenly describe their mission as tearing down traditional Judeo-Christian values and the accepted traditions of Western culture, and placing in their stead a moral relativism that equates all cultures and all philosophies, except for Western civilization, culture, and philosophy, which are “exploitative” and “bad.”»
Andrew Breitbart, Righteous Indignation, Ch. 6
Once you see it you cannot unsee it
Oh, my, loved the Dorothy take. Very clever!
One thing that’s is woefully missing from the discussion of the SPLC is who’s related to who.
Lest we forget our history, the KKK was (still is in my mind) the military terrorists branch of the democrat party, created out of the wreckage of The (Un)Civil War in order to control those opposed to democrat power in The South. It terrorized (lunched) not just uppity neeegros who didn’t know their place but also white folk who opposed them.
So when you see that panel showing the flow of resources from Democrats -> SPLC -> KKK all you’re seeing is democrat funding democrats- or, more realistically, modern American leftists funding modern American leftists. And don’t let the MS Media try and convince you that KKK is full of MAGA supporters - ask yourself what this comical group espouses as its principles and then ask which political ideology in America espouses the same. You could also ask which political "party" is denying a voice to thems that preach hate and which party openly welcomes hate and anti-Americanism.
The truth needs to be broadcast nationally by the mass media not only about the premeditated chaos by SPLC but also the Truth about the Covid chaos. Never happen!
So many, so apt! Got to admit, the depth of depravity of the SPLC surprised me.
In my book, would like to see both DeSantis and Mike Lee join SCOTUS. Just wish we don't need to loose our two superstars to get there.
The Charlottesville affair was particularly offensive. Remember being pretty timely aware of the truths of the matter asserted (absent the role of the SPLC). Probably thanks to Mark Levin. The thing is, its pretty likely SPLC donors will agree with SPLC actions as they learn of them. NP!
Re Spawnburger, as she pulls out her portfolio of preplanned actions to be executed! Its a shame VA doesnt evidently have a recall procedure.
Take good care and much continuing success!
Hello, everyone! I have a question for people who might be able to explain this to me, because I don't understand something. Glyphosate is poisonous to our bodies and our foods. Why did President Trump authorize the increase production of glyphosate as a herbicide. Isn't that completely the opposite of what we are trying to do to heal our bodies and minds? I'm just really confused and I want to understand. P.S. as always, great Friday Funnies!! Thanks, doc!!
It’s because American farmers are hooked on glyphosate and China produces most of it. They could cause a food shortage here by cutting off the supply. Unfortunate that farmers aren’t switching to regenerative agriculture fast enough.
Thank you!!
Our gov is,hooked on our,farmer feeding the world
Big Ag forced farmers to grow GMO wheat/grains.
My conclusion...the vast majority of 'big farms' (ie., Big Ag) whether family owned or corporate, are raising corn, wheat, soy. Those use glyphosate and the vast majority of their 'crops' go to feed cattle and create gasoline. Not really edible for human consumption. They do this (and win Big) with the gov't subsidies. The small, independent farmer is slowly being decimated and swallowed up by these monster soil de-pleaters.
Now the independent land owners also have to deal with the take over by Big Tech for their gargantuan AI buildings.
This is all a plan to control.
The White House explanation is pretty straightforward: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-an-adequate-supply-of-elemental-phosphorus-and-glyphosate-based-herbicides-for-national-security/
Thank you for putting this article up. I have a better understanding, now 👍
Steve Cortez, if you’re reading this, pls know I appreciate your input with every fiber of my being.
My hubs went off the reservation a few years ago & began listening to legacy news, every night, and CBS Sunday Morning.
Once I noticed just how often they lie, and how often they highlight libs and denigrate conservatives at every possible moment, I can’t not see it.
I often ask myself how THEY can’t see it. How can ___ (fill in blank with whatever newscaster, anchor, writer, producer) look at him or herself in the mirror. How can they lie and how can they give platform to libs all. of. the. time?
I am so happy to read that at least ONE person— YOU— knew better and tried to DO better. I’m sorry you lost your job over it but I am delighted that you stood up to them.
Thank you.
Dear Friends - haven't commented in ages, but my husband and I follow all of your wonderful stories and comments - you all help us keep sane in this mad, mad, mad, mad world.
Specific to today's article and to repeat something from years ago:
First we overlook evil.
Then we permit evil.
Then we legalize evil.
They we promote evil.
Then we celebrate evil.
Then we persecute those who still call it evil.
Sadly my husband and I both learned very early on about the Big Business of Poverty Pimping and if you follow the money, you always find the same, tattered, sad truths of the dark side of human nature. Our blessing and curse is free will.
After 73 trips around the sun, I just realized that a quote from British MT Ivor Thomas, in "The Socialist Tragedy" from 1951 eloquently captured this: "Socialism is bound to fail because it offends the best elements of human nature and panders to the worst." Exact same principle at work here!
An example of God's enduring patience - I envision him looking down on us from Heaven Above, just shaking his head, muttering the same line George Burns used in the 1977 movie "Oh God!": "I gave you a world and every thing in it. It's all up to you."
In a dialogue between God and the protagonist Jerry Landers (played by John Denver):
Jerry Landers: How can you permit all the *suffering* that goes on the world?
God: Ah, how can *I* permit the suffering?
Jerry Landers: Yeah!
God: I don't permit the suffering. You do! Free will. All the choices are yours.
"You can love each other, cherish and nurture each other, or you can kill each other. Incidentally, 'kill' is the word. It's not 'waste'. If I meant 'waste', I would have written 'Thou shalt not waste'. You're doing some very funny things with words, here. You're also turning the sky into mud. I look down, I can't believe the filth. Using the rivers for toilets, poisoning My fishes. You want a miracle? YOU make a fish from scratch. You can't. You think only God can make a tree? Try coming up with a mackerel. And when the last one is gone, that'll be that. Eighty-six on the fishes, goodbye sky, so long world, over and out."
I've been listening to that giant swooshing sound of the Great Cosmic Toilet for over 7 decades. The question I ask is whether I'll be around for the final flush.
Blessings to you all.
Accused of Funding Hate Groups, Southern Poverty Law Center Has History of Targeting Christians...
The indictment is the latest development in a long record of the SPLC using its “hate group” designation against Christian organizations, a pattern that produced real-world violence, a nationwide Catholic surveillance program, and the systematic exclusion of Christian ministries from donor platforms.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/accused-funding-hate-groups-southern-poverty-law-center/