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James Goodrich's avatar

Everyday Americans are blessed with having choices to make, this is our free will. Unlike places like China, we carry much more power over our lives. These choices determine the direction we go. If we open the door and push aside what is right, evil is sure to enter our world.

If I were sick and went to the hospital. The doctor prescribes a drug that he knows can potentially harm me, but he is paid. He knows that chances are, I will end up on a machine that forced breath into my lungs, but inevitably I will die, the doctor had pushed God aside. I could have been the best God fearing person in the world but bad things happened to me.

An innocent six month old child who’s parents are coerced into giving their child a vaccine that the medical establishment knows may harm that child, the medical establishment has pushed God aside.

Why do bad things happen to good people? Could it be someone has pushed God aside, and because God gave us free will, God had stepped back. Love, real love is also found with free will. This is the daily battle. When people choose to push God aside evil enters this world.

MRNA injections, glyphosate, remdesivir, pedophilia, solar geoengineering, childhood vaccine schedules, plastics in our water, a courts decision, all decisions that affect us. Others choices can affect us sometimes in horrific ways. Maybe bad things happen to good people because God has been pushed aside.

God only wants our heart. If we give it to Him we have chosen a wise path.

Thanks Drs. Malone for standing up for us and consistently making right choices!

J.Goodrich

MrsMc's avatar

Thanks James. I needed this today.

John Guy's avatar

The Schrödinger equation meme was the best today, first time to see this one.

Big E's avatar

OMG, you brought home the horror of leftism in all its ugly forms.

Idaho is fighting a similar abortion bill as Virginia. The evil never stops! May our midterm votes stop it in both states. Conservatives who value life and America, DO NOT SIT AT HOME! VOTE.

Thank you for the video of dogs herding ducks and the memories of Gonzo, Gizmo, and Robert in the Peaceable Kingdom. We need more of that to restore our souls in these dark times.

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

The lamestream is in full Chicken Little mode now for the midterms. Expect a New York Times blurb urging us to vote for the DSAs (communists) because if Republicans win it will be $50 gas, the Yellowstone polar bears will die off and the Texas glaciers will melt.

Big E's avatar

The only way the left can be right is if we all stay home in fright.

beccar1954's avatar

I saw a clip of some left-wing politician saying how the military with guns will be present at the polls. Let’s hope this scares the lefties enough to make them stay home.

Big E's avatar

Not sure that clip was accurate. We asked Grok.

No. The U.S. military has no plans to deploy armed troops to polling places for the 2026 midterm elections.

Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (the highest-ranking U.S. military officer), stated this explicitly in a letter to Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) in late August 2026. He wrote that “the Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military personnel or Federalized members of the National Guard to polling places during the 2026 elections” and has “no plans to use such personnel to seize ballots, voting machines, or other election-related material.” He also said he has neither received nor anticipates any unlawful order on this.

Election administration and security are the responsibility of state and local officials. Federal law (including 18 U.S.C. § 592) generally prohibits members of the armed forces from ordering, keeping, or having troops or armed men at places where general or special elections are held, except when “necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.” The Posse Comitatus Act further restricts the use of federal military forces for domestic law enforcement.

Concerns have been raised by some Democrats and others about possible federal involvement (including National Guard under certain authorities, ICE, or other agents), and some Trump allies have advocated for it. Messaging from parts of the administration on non-military federal agents has sometimes been mixed or non-committal. However, the military’s top officer has directly ruled out troops at the polls, and no evidence of such plans has emerged.

In short, armed military presence at the polls is not planned and is restricted by longstanding law. Polling-place security remains a civilian/local matter.

Source at https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtMi1jb3B5_d888fde5-5e2e-4bfd-87c4-b04374cc4e3c

LB (Little Birdie)'s avatar

I've been thinking about that phrase "No Pain, No Gain" a lot lately. I mentioned back a few weeks here my husband fell while visiting our youngest in HI (w/o me). I think both he and my son learned some interesting and valuable lessons during the 3 weeks he was incapacitated there. Won't go into details, but it made me think that many people must endure the Very Worst possible scenario at a particular time in their life to finally make the effort to change.

Maybe we as a nation will have to endure some really, really bad SH** before the country as a whole will finally wake up to what we use to have and what we are now undergoing, with the path forward looking grim. Would having a majority of Demoncratic Socialists be that? Do we have to totally fail as a Free Nation to rise from the ashes? Will we end up living decades with a failed dream after only 250 years?

Excruciating pain, extreme hunger, dire consequences for actions and living thru them tend to wake more people up. Some of us see the writing on the wall before, and try with much frustration to turn the tide. We try to warn, cajole, plead, almost beg, but it's personal hurt (suffered by many) that seems to turn lost populations. Will enough gather/fight to overcome the pain of tyranny?

Right now I see a lazy, cushioned, blobby, sick, unhappy country ready to blame anyone but themselves for their condition. We, as a whole appear to have it easy compared to others in this world, but we are and have been a country of overall complacent complainers and non doers, probably in need of a lot more pain to gain.

Brandy's avatar

Unfortunately, not all Americans are lazy complainers. But, as they say, misery loves company, so we will all be brought down by others. Conservatives who love this country need to stay 'awake' and do whatever we can to keep this country free. VOTE and don't let others tell you you are wrong.

Katcatcha's avatar

But the lazy complainers & others with a victim complex are so LOUD... & that draws attention. Marvin Middleclass just goes about life doing what needs to be done to function. No headlines there. New reader's Digest came yesterday, Some GOOD POSITIVE articles. Hope Springs Eternal!

LB (Little Birdie)'s avatar

I appreciate anything Good Positive as long as there is Honest Effort attached. : > )

beccar1954's avatar

People can tune out the complainers. No need to listen.

Jean's avatar

In Maryland my R vote will actually accomplish nothing. We have some of the most disgusting, subversive fed legislators in the nation. Today I put my vote date on my calendar. To let them know there are those of us out here that dont agree with them.

LB (Little Birdie)'s avatar

Hi Jean, same here. Voting for any Republican candidates is futile here in my district, but I am going for the 14 ballot initiatives on the Colorado ballot for the 2026 election.

53rd Chapter's avatar

It just occurred to me that President AOC will look at the budget deficit and compare it to how much money is spent on Medicare and come up with a Canadian-style solution. Unwanted pre-born children and useless eaters that need to be looked after, what could be clearer? Quiet termination. Problem solved.

53rd Chapter's avatar

800,000 people to hear the pope at the site in Paris where many lost their heads in 1793 gives encouragement to this Protestant. The times require of us courage to confront the ubiquitous lies of the left. To recognize that “public education” actually means “teachers’ unions” and that our kids are worth fighting for. When teachers’ unions first emerged, my mother, a retired teacher, reacted in horror, “What about the children?” We are many decades down that road, having sown the wind, now reaping the whirlwind of godlessness and greed. But there is hope, and it’s up to us.

https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/AANRKRx4Vi8oXG3vEbktZbphHp8?reason=invalid_cred

LB (Little Birdie)'s avatar

Absolutely, again as I said, "Will enough gather/fight to overcome the pain of tyranny?"

PS: wouldn't let me see your link as I don't subscribe to Yahoo.

PPSS: I abhor Public Education! Not to say there are Not dedicated educators focused on teaching. They too are being overcome.

53rd Chapter's avatar

It's from a Rod Dreher substack yesterday, "L’Espérance (Hope)"

Science is Political 2.0's avatar

I saw that stupid commercial of the female boxer boxer or whatever she is.. ..

No pain No gain.. take advil. .I was like NO that iS NOT BLOODY WELL HAPPENING.

What pile of crap.. the other one is as stupid is the DermaMend showing huge fat people.. older too falling down on tennis courts. and "bruising themselves" yeah right.. that is a fake A.I commercial. At my age. I have had to save several older people after they fell.. they had to go to the Hospital. Advil and Dermamend did not cut it. I will look that up later. I need to go.

FCinNH's avatar

I have come to believe that the lack of a belief in God and failure to engage in religious belief is a real problem for this country. I also believe that that has happened because life has became so easy for so many in this country. Religion seems to flourish where life is hard, lived on the edge of disaster, where the belief in a Paradise after death is a real goal that makes persevering worthwhile. When life is as good as it is for us, most people will not see Heaven as all that much better than what they have in the here-and-now. It seems as though prosperity will be our demise. The most devote religious people now are Muslims, almost all of whom live in difficult, marginal conditions, where tomorrow's meals and existence are much more tenuous and certainly less generous than here in the West. I think it's also why Christians in the Third World believe more strongly that those in the First.

Julia Pomeroy's avatar

The world, as it is, is not going to last for decades, there is a change coming.

LB (Little Birdie)'s avatar

Change is always coming. What type of change; Who is affected, Positive or Negative, Thoughtful or Calculated. Long term or Short. Change is not the problem, it's who, how, what we do with it.

Julia Pomeroy's avatar

This change is known by several names but they all mean the same - The Tribulation; Jacob's Trouble; The 70th Week. However, the Bride of Christ will not be here to witness this 'change', we just get to see the 'stage' being set.

'We' will have no control once it starts.

James Lord's avatar

AOC was also complaining on the House floor that having her staffer change all the clocks every six months gets expensive, and that throwing away the ones that worked perfectly fine is wasteful.

beccar1954's avatar

The light’s on but nobody’s home.

James Lord's avatar

From Wikipedia: "Ocasio-Cortez graduated cum laude from Boston University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, double-majoring in international relations and economics."

Weird.

LB (Little Birdie)'s avatar

Hmmm, Wikipedia. Hmmmm, Boston U. Hmmmm, College Ed, vs Common Sense?

Queen Lolligag's avatar

What nobody talks about on the left is how the mother is basically used by this evil ideology; once the abortion is performed, the mother is thrown away like trash, figuratively speaking. There is no support, because the act is evil, and every human being knows innately that it is, regardless of what ideology they might buy into. And of course, a murder has been committed as well. A lose-lose situation, on all levels.

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

While profiteering off baby parts

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

All good, Branco on the money as per, and the abortion issue seems to be in need of a concise definition of what is a human being taken from the hands of idiots,that cannot define what is a woman

Mitchell Fleisher MD DHT's avatar

The memes in this Sunday's comic strip are especially meaningful to me as a citizen of Virginia. What Gov. Scambugger and her socialist demonic dumocrat cohorts are proposing as a constitutional amendment is essentially institutionalized murder and a crime against humanity and an insult to God. I fervently pray that their horrific amendment goes down in flames, amen!

James Lord's avatar

Remarkable how that owl blends with the background. I think it's an owl. Or if not, maybe Tolkien's Ents of Middle Earth are real. No, it's gotta be just an owl.

Living as an owl is dangerous, you know. Nature is beautiful, yes, but also hostile. An owl always has to have its head on a swivel.

Jean's avatar

Definitely an owl. Sets a good example for us. Be and stay alert!

Barbara Lekowicz's avatar

James, As do we gun toting Americans!

dennismeek's avatar

I enjoy the Sunday Strip every week, but these Candace memes miss the mark for me.

I don't agree with everything Candace Owens says, and I don't pretend to know exactly what happened to Charlie Kirk. But I've listened to enough of Candace, Baron Coleman, Ian Carroll and others to know they're raising questions they believe remain unanswered. If they're wrong, show where they're wrong. Challenge the evidence. Challenge the reasoning. But mocking them isn't an answer.

The meme showing Candace counting money particularly bothers me. Yes, Candace makes money from her audience. So do Robert and Jill—and I'm one of the people who gladly pays for a Malone News subscription. I don't assume that means the Malones manufacture opinions to make money, so why should that insinuation be a substitute for addressing Candace's questions?

That's especially disappointing coming from Dr. Malone. I began following him during COVID and became a paying subscriber largely because he was willing to question an official narrative when questioning it could get you ridiculed, demonized or censored. He has since written extensively about propaganda, psychological operations and the manipulation of public opinion.

I don't need the Malones to agree with Candace. I just expect the same intellectual curiosity that made me respect Dr. Malone in the first place. Answer the questions. Challenge the evidence. But don't ridicule people simply because they refuse to stop asking.

Dr. Robert W. Malone's avatar

Robert and Charlie were good friends and spoke often. Robert and I both find what she has done to Charlie's reputation and to his widow as repugnant and disgusting.

We watch a dear friend's widow get trashed on the national stage for money, monetization, and clickbait. We watch Candace drag Charlie's name and his organization's reputation through the mud.

Sorry - the questions she poses are silly, the evidence she presents is not only weak, it is also often made up.

Go pound sand.

JGM

Barbara Lekowicz's avatar

JGM, my sentiments EXACTLY!

Jean's avatar

Not to mention the Kirck operation is sorely needed to lead the Zoomers to voting and voting for those most likely to act in their best interests.

Alisa Walterhoefer's avatar

Guess you haven’t seen the independent investigation that just came out. Very obvious Erika is one trashing Charlie’s organization for money. Think you should reconsider your position on Candace. She’s seeking truth.

Dr. Robert W. Malone's avatar

Have you stopped beating your wife yet?

Martha's avatar
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The Virginia Constitutional amendment that is on the ballot goes much further than most people think. It's not merely abortion up to 9 months, but many believe that it will eliminate all guard rails. It says: protect the freedom to make personal decisions about...birth control, abortion... which does not place limits on age, thus, if you have a 14 year old daughter or granddaughter, the current parental consent law will no longer apply, and she will have freedom to obtain an abortion if she chooses, and probably also if a man who is abusing her so chooses.

People do not realize that abortion is often used by those who sexually abuse minors, to hide evidence of the crime. The man will never be charged for the sexual abuse if the evidence (the baby) is gone. And when it comes to "reproductive rights," "freedom" is always freedom, and since there is no age limit in the amendment, freedom would apply to all females, and a female of any age is free to agree to an abortion - whether she actually wants it or not - because when a young person is being abused she may not be "free" to express her true preference whether 14 or 17 and a half, but parental consent will not be a consideration because she has "freedom" under this amendment.

She can also be on birth control without parental involvement or morning after pill without parental knowledge, consent or oversight. Often men purchase the morning after pill for the female, and young women should not be taking the "morning after pill" every weekend or numerous times because the high dose hormones especially on a repeated basis have not been established as safe for an adolescent's health (if they are truly healthy for anyone).

Also, because of "freedom" if the woman has complete freedom, I wonder if normal "informed consent" will go out the window - though already the standard is inadequate. I know a woman who had an abortion who has stated, "I got better informed consent when my dog had surgery than what was provided when I had my abortion." That woman had her abortion in her teens, when clinic staff told her, "Don't worry, you'll have another baby later" but she never did. She never was able to have a child of her own after that which has been a source of grief for her -but now in her 50's looking back, she knows she was not given appropriate informed consent to even consider risks vs. benefits and options.

But with this amendment, it's the woman's complete freedom to decide for an abortion (or any type birth control) and freedom is free, and the health care professionals are totally EXEMPT from any consequences for participating in whatever she decides. So, if they fail to give proper informed consent or something goes wrong - it's a liability shield for any professional who prescribes birth control or provides abortion services.

Voting in a Constitutional amendment is a lot easier than getting rid of later. If you have concerns about this, many conservative organizations and many Christian organizations have concerns about the many harmful effects that will arise from this amendment, and you can get more info from Family Foundation of Virginia, Family Research Council, or Founding Freedoms

Law Center, which says “It will eliminate statutory rape laws for consenting minors,

since the amendment provides an unqualified ‘fundamental right to reproductive

freedom’ to every ‘individual,’ without any limitation on age.” Former Delegate Bob Marshall agreed with that statement, stating that this amendment "effectively nullifies any minimum legal age of sexual consent."

An article from the Washington Stand (a newsletter of Family Research Council says: "Note also that parents would be powerless to intervene or sue adult sexual predators, Planned Parenthood or similar groups from ‘changing’ the sex of minor children.”

As for the third trimester abortion, these are viable infants that would be able to be aborted up to the full 9 months. And while they say that the law "will allow" for regulation of 3rd trimester abortions, it does not say the state WILL regulate those abortions in any way, and in other states that do allow those late abortions up to 9 months, most of the time it is NOT for health reasons, and even when there are so-called health reasons, the abortion is generally not helpful to the woman but since this is now so long, I will write separately about those "up to 9 months" abortions. But just know that there are many non-profit organizations and Christian organizations that say the language of this proposed Constitutional amendment is VERY deceptive and I agree, and the public should be educated before they make the decisions - because doesn't it sound nice and American to say that women should be free to make their own decisions about childbirth and post-partum care and multiple different things where - sure, Americans are all about choice - and sure, doctors and nurses should be free to do as the woman wishes, that sounds nice too - but the nice image is not what this will do, this same amendment will let a 14 year old sexually abused female have an abortion without her parents knowing, because it would be her "choice" when the abuser wants her to hide the evidence via abortion.

Science is Political 2.0's avatar

Sweet memories of Gonzo and Gizmo. :) just preparing for tomorrow. am Ok :-

Terta's avatar

Well worth the price of admission; poignant.

I imagine others digest these offerings in a general AND personal sense. My favorite is the bear “hiding” behind the tree. Mentally, I label the tree “[I'm]plausible deniability” and ostensibly cuddly bear as “progressive-liberal friend [? acquaintance]” with the caption “when confronted with an uncomfortable, but irrefutable truth.” Unsurprisingly they appear to believe their camouflage is SUCCESSFUL!

James Lord's avatar

What the so-called elites have done to Europe/the West....

This recent mini-speech by Afroditi Latinopolou of Greece has probably already been seen by many here. But for those who haven't seen her eviscerate Ursula von der Leyen to her face, it's a real treat.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4UYhL2mlars

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

Man! She is a pistol. Good get there

beccar1954's avatar

That was great! We need eloquent speakers to do the same to our corrupt politicians here.

Garfield's avatar

Something about the Viralhog video made me thing of the dream I had last night about after the mid terms. But it was a beautiful bit of work. I once watched a Healer try to herd the surf north of Long Beach, CA. I will never forget the sight.

Jean's avatar

Thank you for this exceptional selection. So much to react to.

Big positive - Milei. With the shadow of Trump behind him, he's been a meaningful example for his SA fellows and a delightful thorn in the side of the globalists.

Re therapists for the modern-day leftism, not to mention that all too many of the 'therapists' are modern day leftists themselves.

The Mom, dad meme. It is incredibly refreshing to see such exemplary youth. Would a substantial lot look and conservatively think like that.

Chris Wright - so Right!

Your shep (?) and Kitty look like thriving, happy family members. We still miss Gonzo and Gizmo.

Good gardening and Happy trails with Jade!

Paula Mitchell's avatar

I'm so happy attention is being brought to abortion up to birth. We live in a sick, sick world right now!

What about adoption? I know the left would abort just out of spite but, maybe we should start the opposite organization to planned parenthood and offer to pay women to give up their babies to adoption? I'm surprised churches haven't stepped up and offered help or any other people organization to take this on!