Category: Comment O’ The Day

I have to admit that I didn’t come up with this.

“You may not agree with him, but you have to admit he is taking a stand.”

From a relative

I have no particular Christmas thoughts today.
We are in a such a unique holiday season as a family and community and our country .
We are more separated from each other to a greater degree than we have experienced before. World chaos, insecurity, illness, job loss have also increased our separateness.

But our parents/ grandparents went through very difficult times of separation during war, lack during depressions, unstable times.
I look at old photos and try to imagine how they coped – which they did well – or we wouldn’t have turned out as well as we are!
I wish I had asked my mom how she did it. But she shared enough with me and lived it out daily –
I think this is what she would say..

1. Have faith in God- He is not surprised or unprepared for what you are going through
2. Pray -about what you should do, strength for coming days, patience when you don’t see how or why He is working it out and pray for other people who have a worse situation than you do
3. Enjoy small things
4. Be kind
5. Walk in the rain with your friend
6. Bake
7. Sing, even when you can’t carry a tune
8. Keep busy- there is still something else to do
9. Go watch the sunset and take hundreds of pictures
10. Pray again

Jesus left his throne in heaven to become one of us – to share in our human condition, at a time as chaotic, desperate, and confusing as ours.
He came to be with us – Immanuel
He is beside you in the hospital room, at the table as you try to help your child with math, in the store trying to find enough provision for your family, at your job as you face new challenges
Just pray and ask Him. He is with us.

Q: What is the plain English meaning of the phrase “judicially cognizable interest”?

A: States can’t prevent other state’s executives and judiciaries from rigging the election into a selection.

“OKAY, I’M SICK AND TIRED OF THIS AND I WANT TO CALL IT OUT RIGHT NOW: I don’t want to hear a word about Trump’s tone. I don’t want to hear a word about how he crossed a line.
I DON’T WANT TO HEAR A WORD.
Listen to me: On one side we have the left, who is running a barely alive candidate, and a woman with all the appeal of week-old fish and no accomplishments she can point to.
Add to this they almost didn’t run a campaign, AND went to the point of not having offices in most cities.
For months now, I’ve been looking at this and going “They have a coup planned. The fix is in.” And everyone told me oh, no, I was seeing things.
Tonight we watched states called for Biden before votes were counted, while states that Trump has a solid lead in, stop counting.
And if you need help seeing what’s before your eyes, the left has for weeks now claimed Trump was going to attempt a coup. How many years have you known they accuse you of what they’re doing? What are you? Stupid?
Look, they are tainted by the previous failed coups, tainted by (most if not all of them) accepting money from Xi, and FYI China ALWAYS arranges for extra compromise for security, honeypots being their favorite, tainted even by association with Epstein. A second Trump term means a good chance that they go down hard and don’t get up again.
ALL OF THEM from the left politicians to the so called “tech lords” are fighting for their lives.
They’re cornered rats. There’s nothing they won’t do.
And all we have against them is Trump.
Stop calling Trump names. Put on your big boy or girl pants.
They’re fighting for their lives. And we are too. Because — look at Venezuela — socialism kills.” —Sarah Hoyt

“I once had a friend who grew up in China ask me why so many Americans watch the news. Confused, I asked, “What do you mean?”
She responded, “Well, in China no one watches the news because we all know it’s propaganda. I guess Americans haven’t figured that out yet.”
Among the moments that changed my paradigm on life – this was one of them.” -Jamie McIntyre, senior defense and national security correspondent for the Washington Examiner.

“Ohhhh. Now I see. They ask the same question, over and over again, hoping to catch him misspeak out of frustration, then edit the interview with selected clips, that present him in the worst possible manner, to further damage his chances of being re-elected; To affect the outcome of the election.”==Robal

“Whitmer is so bad that she became the first Governor since the Civil War to be a target. The irony it’s her own side that hates her.” –Steve R

Paul’s comment on a post deserves its own post

WHAT IS GASLIGHTING?
The term originates in the systematic psychological manipulation of a victim by her husband in Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 stage play Gas Light, and the film adaptations released in 1940 and 1944. In the story, the husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment and insisting that she is mistaken, remembering things incorrectly, or delusional when she points out these changes.

The play’s title alludes to how the abusive husband slowly dims the gas lights in their home, while pretending nothing has changed, in an effort to make his wife doubt her own perceptions. The wife repeatedly asks her husband to confirm her perceptions about the dimming lights, but in defiance of reality, he keeps insisting that the lights are the same and instead it is she who is going insane.

We are living in a perpetual state of gaslighting. The reality that we are being told by the media is at complete odds with what we are seeing with our own two eyes. And when we question the false reality that we are being presented, or we claim that what we see is that actual reality, we are vilified as racist or bigots or just plain crazy. You’re not racist. You’re not crazy.
You’re being gaslighted.

New York State has twice as many deaths from Covid-19 than any other state, and New York has accounted for one fifth of all Covid-19 deaths, but we are told that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has handled the pandemic better than any other governor. But if we support policies of Governors whose states had only a fraction of the infections and deaths as New York, we’re called anti-science and want people to die. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy?
No, you’re being gaslighted.

We see mobs of people looting stores, smashing windows, setting cars on fire and burning down buildings, but we are told that these demonstrations are peaceful protests. And when we call this destruction of our cities, riots, we are called racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy?
No, you’re being gaslighted.

We see the major problem destroying many inner-cities is crime; murder, gang violence, drug dealing, drive-by shootings, armed robbery, but we are told that it is not crime, but the police that are the problem in the inner-cities. We are told we must defund the police and remove law enforcement from crime-riddled cities to make them safer. But if we advocate for more policing in cities overrun by crime, we are accused of being white supremacists and racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy?
No, you’re being gaslighted.

The United States of America accepts more immigrants than any other country in the world. The vast majority of the immigrants are “people of color”, and these immigrants are enjoying freedom and economic opportunity not available to them in their country of origin, but we are told that the United States is the most racist and oppressive country on the planet, and if we disagree, we are called racist and xenophobic. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy?
No, you’re being gaslighted.

Capitalist countries are the most prosperous countries in the world The standard of living is the highest in capitalist countries. We see more poor people move up the economic ladder to the middle and even the wealthy class through their effort and ability in capitalist countries than any other economic system in the world, but we are told capitalism is an oppressive system designed to keep people down. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy?
No, you’re being gaslighted.

Communist countries killed over 100 million people in the 20th century. Communist countries strip their citizens of basic hman rights, dictate every aspect of their lives, treat their citizens like slaves, and drive their economies into the ground, but we are told that Communism is the fairest, most equitable, freest and most prosperous economic system in the world. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy?
No, you’re being gaslighted.

The most egregious example of gaslighting is the concept of “white fragility”. You spend your life trying to be a good person, trying to treat people fairly and with respect. You disavow racism and bigotry in all its forms. You judge people solely on the content of their character and not by the color of their skin. You don’t discriminate based on race or ethnicity. But you are told you are a racist, not because of something you did or said, but solely because of the color of your skin. You know instinctively that charging someone with racism because of their skin color is itself racist. You know that you are not racist, so you defend yourself and your character, but you are told that your defense of yourself is proof of your racism. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy?
No, you’re being gaslighted.

Gaslighting has become one of the most pervasive and destructive tactics in American politics. It is the exact opposite of what our political system was meant to be. It deals in lies and psychological coercion, and not the truth and intellectual discourse. If you ever ask yourself if you’re crazy, you are not. Crazy people aren’t sane enough to ask themselves if they’re crazy. So, trust yourself, believe what’s in your heart. Trust your eyes over what you are told. Never listen to the people who tell you that you are crazy, because you are not,
you’re being gaslighted.

Sophocles said: “What people believe prevails over the truth.”
And that’s what the media are trying to exploit.

Comment O’ The Day—

“The irony is that famine weakens the general health. The young become weak as the old. The hale develop debilitating conditions. The Four Horsemen never ride separately but together. People knew this once.”

 ‘Instead of Coronavirus, the Hunger Will Kill Us.’ A Global Food Crisis Looms. 

NAIROBI, Kenya — In the largest slum in Kenya’s capital, people desperate to eat set off a stampede during a recent giveaway of flour and cooking oil, leaving scores injured and two people dead.
In India, thousands of workers are lining up twice a day for bread and fried vegetables to keep hunger at bay.

And across Colombia, poor households are hanging red clothing and flags from their windows and balconies as a sign that they are hungry.
“We don’t have any money, and now we need to survive,” said Pauline Karushi, who lost her job at a jewelry business in Nairobi, and lives in two rooms with her child and four other relatives. “That means not eating much.”

The coronavirus pandemic has brought hunger to millions of people around the world. National lockdowns and social distancing measures are drying up work and incomes, and are likely to disrupt agricultural production and supply routes — leaving millions to worry how they will get enough to eat.

American Overseas

“This crisis has clearly distinguished the two parties and their attitudes towards America. With the people hurting, many sick and dying, many others with the stress of having lost their jobs, businesses, or livelihood, President Trump has stepped up and done his best to help. Whether he has always said and done the exact best thing is problematic–there is no perfect human. But he has put forth an unrelenting effort to help the American people through these hard times. That’s what good people do.

On the other hand, the Democrats and MSM have done nothing but play politics. They have incessantly criticized everything the President has done, Pelosi has twice delayed needed financial assistance to Americans, the Democrats have unfailingly served as lackeys to defend our enemies, denounced the President for not being prepared with enough tests, masks, ventilators, etc., while never once lifting a finger to help….I think one can be excused if one does, indeed, think that Pelosi and the Democrats do not care about the American people, but only care about using this tragedy to take down the President. THEY LOVE THEMSELVES FAR MORE THAN THEY LOVE AMERICA!!

In a crisis, good people with character rise above the petty and mundane things like politics to help their fellow man. Uncaring, selfish human scum with no character use a crisis to benefit themselves–looters in a storm. If the American people, collectively, have any character at all, they will re-elect Donald Trump in November and massacre the Democrats. If Biden and the Democrats win, it says only that, at this point in history, the American people are a sorry, debauched group of people who will probably end up as a Third World sh*thole nation. Some parts of the country, like the part Pelosi represents, already are, which is the only reason she is in Congress in the first place. Sh*thole nations elect sh*thole people.”

Top Ten Surprising Consequences of Covid-19 Hysteria:

1: Democrat governors rediscover Federalism.
2: Wanna-be totalitarians can’t help but unmask themselves.
3: Trump gets a daily platform to smack the media around (watched by millions).
4: The CDC is exposed as just another dysfunctional .gov agency.
5: FDA, same as above.
6: WHO, same as FDA, CDC.
7: The US media is in China’s pocket.
8: “Models” are completely useless except to frighten citizens.
9: We now know Nancy Pelosi has two $24,000.00 fridges.

And the 10th most surprising consequence of the Covid-19 hysteria?
Donald Trump was right about China the whole time, and everybody who didn’t know it before knows it now.

I’ve commented before on how left-liberals believe that a claim of incompetence is a valid defense against charges of malfeasance AND legitimate grounds for reelection.

See Hilary’s claim that having no clue that a private server was a security breach qualified her to be president.