Friday, November 29, 2024
9 Books for The Resistance!
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Gifts for "Conspiracy" Buffs
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Monday, November 25, 2024
Critical Thinking, Part 1 - Problem Solving - The Important First Step
The Distracted - Most folks today are distracted by things like their jobs, paying the bills, raising the kids, watching their favorite reality TV show, or playing doodle-jump on their I-Phone. When distracted, it is easy to not notice, or simply ignore, the problems and even dangers that may be lurking around you.The Fear-Bound - Some problems are scary. therefore some people simply refuse to think about those problems. Or they will deny that it could ever happen. Or they will say something along the lines of "If X does happen, we are all going to be dead anyway," and simply refuse to admit there is anything that can be done to deal that problem. In part, this is because modern society teaches people to emote, rather than to think. Our feelings rule us, rather than our reason.The Slothful - Let' face it, some people are just plain lazy. They don't want to do anything that is difficult, uncomfortable, or painful (physically or otherwise). They are addicted to comfort, to good times, to fun, to luxury. These folks don't want to see problems that may disturb their lifestyle of ease, so they don't.The Sheeple - Sheeple look to others to solve our problems for us. Sheeple often don't recognize approaching problems because, to them, that is the job of government, authorities, and other experts. It is not their responsibility, so they rest easy knowing that the Government protects them. Worse, the sheeple blindly follow "official" advice no matter what.Blinded by Ideology - Many people are so brainwashed by their ideology that they refuse to see or accept anything that is contrary to their beliefs. In fact, they often demand "safe spaces" where they will never even be exposed to any contrary opinion or inconvenient fact. Some will even demand that people be "cancelled" for holding different opinions and beliefs.Whistling Past the Graveyard - Some people actually see a problem, but they simply don't know what to do about it. They don't know how to solve it themselves, or they simply aren't motivated to find out on their own. So, they ignore the problem, and hope it simply goes away on its own.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Land Mines A War Crime?
Sunday, November 17, 2024
Give the Gift of Life - First Aid Kits (and Training, too)!
Friday, November 8, 2024
The Resistance Must Continue!
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Changes...
Election Day Reminder: Please Vote
Friday, November 1, 2024
Report: Worldwide Persecution of Christians Increasing
11-1-2024 United Kingdom (International Christian Concern) — A report released last week shows that Christians around the world are enduring increased levels of violence, discrimination, and other human rights abuses.
The Catholic organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) released “Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians Oppressed for their Faith 2022-2024” during an event at the U.K. Parliament. Most countries surveyed saw a dramatic increase in Christian persecution.
The report includes a global and regional analysis of Christian persecution in 18 countries from summer 2022 to summer 2024.
Global powers such as China and India, as well as Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, saw increases in Christian persecution and oppression. For the first time in the report’s 18-year history, Nicaragua is included for its government’s extreme oppression of Christians, specifically the mass detention and expulsion of clergy.
Also included are testimonies from survivors of anti-Christian attacks and details on such events from ACN’s contacts in each country.
Recurring themes in the report include the displacement of Christian communities following attacks by extremist groups, the forced marriage and conversion of Christian women and girls, as well as the kidnapping and intimidation of priests, and the publication of derogatory content about Christianity in school textbooks.
Anti-Christian persecution has been perpetrated by both state and non-state actors, such as terrorist organizations, other groups of religious extremists, and criminal gangs.
The report states that militant Islam was responsible for increased persecution in all six African countries reviewed, indicating that “the epicenter of militant Islamist violence has shifted from the Middle East to Africa.”
It goes on to explain that “Mass migration of Christian communities, triggered by militant Islamist attacks, has destabilized and disenfranchised them, raising questions about the long-term survival of the Church in key regions.”
Authoritarian regimes, including those in China, Eritrea, India, and Iran, increased oppressive measures against Christians in the name of religious nationalism or state secularism/Communism.
“The restrictions included tougher sentencing for alleged insults against state ideology, confiscation of places of worship, increased arrests of clergy and laity, as well as longer periods of detention,” the report stated.
Other highlights from the report include an upsurge in violent attacks on Christians in Pakistan triggered by blasphemy allegations and the detention of more than 850 people under anti-conversion laws in India.
Vietnam is the only country in the report where a slight improvement was noted, largely because of steps taken to re-establish diplomatic ties with the Vatican.
Source: Press release dated October 25, 2024 by International Christian Concern (ICC).
Potential Fraudulent Voter Registration Schemes
AFPI CALLS ON Biden-Harris Administration TO LAUNCH INVESTIGATION Into Potential FRAUDULENT VOTER REGISTRATION Schemes
11-1-2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) is calling for an immediate Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the Field+Media Corps voter registration vendor on behalf of Everybody Votes organization over potential fraudulent voter registration schemes.
In the last several days, thousands of fraudulent voter registrations have reportedly been discovered by local election officials and county District Attorneys in Pennsylvania submitted by Field+Media Corps right at the voter registration deadline.
“Where there’s fire, there’s fire. Thousands of instances of reported voter registration fraud have now been confirmed throughout Pennsylvania,” said Hogan Gidley, Vice Chair of AFPI’s Center for Election Integrity. “The vendor who registered so-called voters is funded by a high-powered left-wing organization. The DOJ should investigate the vendor immediately. In addition, since this is happening in one target state by two national organizations allied with the Left, federal authorities should immediately investigate everywhere these entities are working. Until this happens, each state should flag any voter registrations submitted by this vendor and immediately begin their own investigation at the state level.”
“Submitting fraudulent registrations right at the voter deadline to overwhelm election officials is exactly the kind of scheme that the Department of Justice should be using their force and resources to stop. We commend local election officials for their diligence and applaud county District Attorneys in Pennsylvania for immediately investigating their findings where these fraudulent registrations have been found.”
Everybody Votes is a voter mobilization group that targets Black, Latino, Native American, low-income, and other voter groups likely to lean politically to the Left. While claiming to be non-partisan, it is run by individuals with long-standing connections to leftist non-profits, including the AFL-CIO labor union federation, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, and the State Voices network of liberal state-level advocacy groups.
Field+Media Corps is a media and outreach strategy consulting company with a clear history of funding exclusively by the Left and with past and current leftist clients. On its website, it boasts of supporting the Biden/Harris campaign through its services.
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