The heat and humidity finally broke today, so we decided to drive over to Green Lane Park and do some kayaking. We arrived at just past 10:00 am and found very few people on the water. Two very nice teenage boys grabbed us a kayak, positioned it for launch, gave us our paddles and pushed us off. The lake was serene, with barely a ripple. There were a few other kayakers and a few motorboats with fathers and sons fishing near the shoreline. The quiet was refreshing and needed, as this world spins out of control.
My employer extended the deadline for the jab or exemption request by a week. I get the feeling they are meeting resistance and are feeling the pressure. I won’t submit my exemption request until the last moment. My disappointment and anger over my employer’s coercive mandate has made me tense and irritable. My fuse is short and I’ve been voicing my rage whenever something pisses me off. But with my better half guiding the kayak through the mirror like lake, all the pressure and anger was ushered away. Even the chem-trails weren’t irritating me too much.
We did make a rather odd observation, as this reservoir goes on for miles, with thousands of trees. During the hour or so we were kayaking we only observed 2 birds, a couple hawks circling high above the lake. How could that be. We should have seen or heard hundreds of birds. Odd.
When we pulled into shore and got back on land, we needed to stop at a special bench which I had written about seven years ago – Rock On Tyler.
Tyler, my oldest son’s best friend, died in a tragic car accident eight years ago. As I wrote in that article, 2013 was a really bad year for our family. We weeded around the flowers which had been planted by his mom and dad. We sat on the bench and reflected about when we would come here with our little boys to hike and fish. They are all grown and don’t tag along with us anymore. We both felt a little melancholy. The lesson is no matter how bad things get, we gotta keep livin. We have to keep fighting against the forces of darkness engulfing our world. A couple hours at a beautiful park can do wonders for your outlook. Rock on Tyler.
It is my sincere desire to provide readers of this site with the best unbiased information available, and a forum where it can be discussed openly, as our Founders intended. But it is not easy nor inexpensive to do so, especially when those who wish to prevent us from making the truth known, attack us without mercy on all fronts on a daily basis. So each time you visit the site, I would ask that you consider the value that you receive and have received from The Burning Platform and the community of which you are a vital part. I can't do it all alone, and I need your help and support to keep it alive. Please consider contributing an amount commensurate to the value that you receive from this site and community, or even by becoming a sustaining supporter through periodic contributions. [Burning Platform LLC - PO Box 1520 Kulpsville, PA 19443] or Paypal
-----------------------------------------------------
To donate via Stripe, click here.
-----------------------------------------------------
Use promo code ILMF2, and save up to 66% on all MyPillow purchases. (The Burning Platform benefits when you use this promo code.)
Speaking of anger, here in Norcal I’m seeing more and more of it manifesting itself in traffic. I’m seeing speeds of 60 to 70 MPH on secondary streets in residential neighborhoods. Worse people are blowing through red lights and I’m not talking about judgement calls. They’re blowing through intersections when the lights are red for a full 2 seconds. I know it’s behind the entire Covid freak show and it’s getting damn ugly.
Same here in Central Florida. Anger, ptsd, fear, trauma, drugs, brain fog, blood clots. I shut down my contracting business Friday because I can’t make money working as 1 job in 3 is now a money looser, and no hospital beds are available should I get injured, ( I’m not so sure I would go to the hospital if there was a bed.) I also don’t want to watch people I’ve known for decades die. (Most of my customers got the jab.) 14 dead or injured from shots that I know of, and Many more look injured, and don’t seem to realize it. E.M.T.”s now running most calls without the sirens ? Perhaps someone besides me noticed the noise.
I noticed the noise. I’m 71 now. My wife despite my ongoing pleas, took the 2 jabs. I live to be with her. If she goes before me within the next couple of years, you’re going to see Dormer on steroids.
thats been one of the really puzzling things for me as well. ive seen relatives submit to the injection, even who knew and clearly argued _against_ them and understood what was going on. their explanations for why they ended up submitting were completely pathetic, retarded, gutless things. one couple very close to us, the husband was hip to all this shit even for years now, he knew the score. all through the plandemic he and i could see eye to eye about what was going on. half their kids likewise had their eyes open and adamantly refused this crap, the other half of their kids though were already leaning the wrong way, and when this shit really went underway last year i found they were among those people who subsequently refused to even speak with us anymore as anything coming out of our mouths was somehow put there by trump himself or something, according to them. it goes without saying that they went around diapered up everywhere and were the sort who cheerfully announced their getting injected. anyway, the one kid prevailed relentlessly and got the wife to somehow give in- threats like you wont see your granddaughter unless you are injected… eventually wore her down. the husband stood his ground, even telling his son, if thats the reason you wont let me see my granddaughter, then fuck you, your granddaughter will learn when she grows up exactly who is responsible for her not knowing her grandfather…
anyway.. out of the blue i hear that the husband went and got injected. wtf?
he’s a cancer patient who’s been on maintenance chemo for like a decade and he’s accepted many bone fide experimental drugs over the years thinking that given his condition he’s already living on borrowed time. still he refused these injections because he knoew they offered no benefit (for fucks sake they both even had the cov last year and recovered!!) and knew there was something sinister about them. why did he finally do it?
he says well my wife was upset that the theater they have a subscription to for like 20 years started demanding injections for anyone to see performances, she was very upset that she had to cancel our subscription, so i did it for her.
what the ever loving fuck?
thats the most wild example but ive heard others as well. people who geneuinely know the score and yet somehow sold out anyway. shit like this makes me wonder if there really isnt somethign deeper and spiritual undermining people’s souls and their grounding in reality, separating the wheat from the chaff.
hold your ground no matter what they say about you!
Anon, you should designate a name for yourself and come and post more often. Your post is on the mark, you fit right in here!
There are plenty of people out there, I see no shortage in The Tennesean newspaper, online, where you can comment (I chime in frequently FYI) since I’m from the Middle Tennessee area who claim they or a particular family member were lifelong Republicans and or conservatives. But they felt for the good of those around them, they took the jab. So I merrily point out in that case, either someone is deceiving themselves or has been deceiving you all this time, because Trump has squat to do with it, as was proven at his Alabama rally when he mentioned the vaccine, the crowd booed. It has nothing to do with Trump. If you’re a true conservative, you’re not giving in to the jab.
Your the best quiet Mike. Much respected in my home. We are of the same mind you and I. “Stew Peters has posted medical protocols for the vaccine. “
Kind of you Bob. Thanks.
I and sorry and can relate to what you are feeling. Over half of my family including in-laws have taken the jabs. My wife and two sons haven’t taken it but our oldest son did. I am hoping my wife and two sons will stay firm and not give in. Even if our loved ones make those mistakes just continue to love them and do your best to stay strong and healthy…
Same thing here in Dallas TX. People are angry. Lots of crazy fast drivers and no regard to traffic safety. I am fortunate I can work from home, did pre-covid, and just try to keep my self and family safe.
There is an article I read saying the world is suffering from a collective psychosis
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-03-02-psychiatrist-the-world-suffering-mass-delusional-psychosis.html
Dr Peter McCullough who has sterling credentials but has nonetheless been vocal about the jab as folly, said something similar about the docs and health institutions. He said something to the effect of “you can’t even discuss things with them; it’s like they’re hypnotized or something”.
Cognitive Dissonance. Too difficult to admit they’ve been lied to so they keep the mental charade up.
society was under strain already before this crap came down a year and a ahalf ago. the ruling class has been working ovetrtime to destroy every form of human connection, be it family, culture, community, civic spirit, national identity, religion, friendship, anything… only cheap imiatations of these things mediated by their electronic tablet-universe is allowed,. is it then any surprise that people have gone largely insane? and that word needs to regain its older weight, insane, completely effing crazy, looney tunes, loco, we need stronger words and the old ones have been watered down, but completely insane.
Here in Riverside county, an asshole totally blew a red light from the oncoming lane as I was making a left turn with the turn lane green light. I mean he really punched it; full size pickup would have flattened my Prius and the two of us. Luckily I stomped on the brakes and he missed us with about 5 inches to spare.
What we’re seeing is lots more illegals in stolen cars, IMO.
C’mon man!… You drive a Prius?
My wife just said she had great memories of swimming there as a child, with family from Souderton.
What do these employers get out of attempting to force vaccines? If they would just let everyone make up their own minds, only the Karen’s would be upset. But nobody would be forced to choose between unknown results from a jab and income.
#Outlaw forced vaccines
They are trying to collapse healthcare and weaken the military. For now.
Not employers, the governments of the world are doing that.
MAGA-QTard re-education syllabus:
Communism IS Judaism (ask Jews
AntiFa is a 100 year old Jewish organization
BLM is a Jewish funded and managed project which they turn off and on like a spigot
The mid 20th century holocaust was perpetrated BY JEWS when they starved, brutalized and worked 30-40 million White Christian Eastern Europeans & Germans to death (See Solzhenitsyn & Patton)
Jews genocided the Amish and Mennonite communities of the Soviet Union. They started by saying they were “privileged.” (Kulaks)
Germany SAVED Europe from this very juggernaut of murder and genocide that had just been carried out by Jews in the Soviet Union and we should have helped them
Instead, Jews around Roosevelt & Churchill took us to war AGAINST the will of their own people who had hitherto seen Hitler on the cover of Time magazine TWICE as “Man of the Year” and knew he had produced the “Economic Miracle” of Germany (see Lloyd George)
Germany went from starvation to a space program in less than a decade by getting out from under Jews (see Treaty of Versailles, Weimar degeneracy)
NASA & the Soviet Space program were made possible by German ingenuity
Jews planned to genocide Germans long before the war and continue to, to this day. (Amalek, “Germany Must Perish”)
The All-lies were duped into fighting & dying solely for Jewish power brokers’ gain
And I thought I was crazy.
😂
Finding our happy place and being able to decompress regularly is a good thing but the stress of just watching and waiting continuously for the eventual inevitable worldwide societal implosion that is coming can only realistically be dealt with properly by the supernatural God given peace of heart and mind that surpasses all worldly understanding through a personal relationship by Grace and through faith in God’s only begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, until physical death do we part this current world.
The Nuremberg Code does just that.
https://worldyturnings.blog/2021/07/28/nuremberg-code/
I have also been there many times. Loved the Northside restaurant too. Great craft beer.
Perhaps that’s backwards. Perhaps not. It might be what or how they’ll be penalized for not mandating the full compliance of the jab.
Sounds like a nice day. I’m trying to enjoy this summer as much as possible. Life as we know it this time next year looks to be a guaranteed disaster.
I work for T-Mobile and shockingly they haven’t mandated the jab yet. They surveyed the workforce (~75,000) as to vaccination status. You could say fully vaxxed, partially, unvaxxed or decline to say. Take a guess which one I chose. They haven’t released the results.
The downside is they are making everyone go back to the office 5 days per week next month. We’ve never produced more but apparently the executives egos can’t handle empty buildings and not getting lip service from sycophants all day long.
Best to you and yours. Let’s hope we get an Indian summer.
Give me an Indian summer every year. Winter has lost its charm.
The older I get, the less charm it has. We had a very large (8″) snow storm this past winter and it just about shut everything down. It was pretty to look at the first day, but after 3 days, it was beginning to be a drag.
I will be planting the fall garden in the next couple of days and hope our mid – high 90’s are behind us. Lots of rain this week, so the soil is ripe for getting new seed.
Sorry TN,
I’m Nordic backgound (Danish, Norwegian, German) and love the cold.
In the winter, my average house temperature is 45F.
And I heat with wood.
I can deal with the heat (love the desert), but the cold always calls.
Put a cold tub in by the hot tub (old clawfoot filled with the hose).
Gets a freeze skim every year, but nothing I can’t break by dropping in.
When you can’t take it any more, step out, take a deep breath, and drop in the hot tub.
Does wonders for one’s circulation…
Best of luck on the fall and winter harvests.
ditto here, i love the cold. the older i get i find the summer less and less tolerable, any serious heat and i’m out of energy and just running for shade and cover. but i find a snowstorm to invigorate and inspire, i could walk for hours and hours through the snow. indeed keeping moving when out in the cold is an inspiration in itself! now, being inactive and just sitting there cold and wet sucks, but thats a hint that we arent meant to be living just immobile cold and wet, but moving. once you haul the wood in and feed the stove, well, that fire is very very welcome! i had a finnish friend who used to joke that theres no such thing as bad weather, its just that some people are improperly dressed! hah!
I just put ” and “
My sister’s employer said they will work from home Monday and Tuesday due to the Delta version. Delta only strikes on those two weekdays donchknow.
WalMart has a massive distribution center in the Shannandoah valley. I drove by this afternoon and there were hundreds of trucks. Huge sign facing I81 reads “Looking for technicans to keep our trucks moving”.
There ya go. Just say no to Vax and all Mandates….we control more than we think. Woke America cannot survive with 50% unemployment.
The few birds may be due to the tropical storms heading to the north east,sounds like a day well spent.
Glad you could get some respite. I did by mowing 2.5 acres today and remembering songs from the 60s. One that popped in my mind was Lord Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz. That was after I had said goddammit after running over some crap a few times and realized maybe I need to just chill out and ask God if he’ll just get us through this. I don’t want a Benz. Just want to get the hell out.
I’m in your shoes as far as fed up and pissed off at this country and my job along with fucking stooges. No mandate yet. There are ways around things. It just pisses me off that these may have to be exercised. Wife had hers back when it came out. But being in the medical industry, she goes along to get along.
Since you mentioned ’60s songs, I thought this might be a good place to put this (although Stairway was 1971)…
What If EVH or Eric Johnson Played the “Stairway to Heaven” Solo? (Feat. Eric Johnson)
Interesting. I skipped the technical because I don’t know shit about how music is made. My best friend plays guitar as a hobby and starts talking about it and my eyes glaze over. My take is yes it’s signature Zep song. But the over play of the solos takes it out of the era and clashes with the tempo. Jimmie Page can’t play Eddie. But I will say this, Stevie Ray could laydown some far out Hendrix stuff. People opine about 60s music. Shit the 70s had so many genres that still sound great. A lot of bands that started in the 60s were coming up with their better shit in the 70s. And yes fuck the Beatles.
SRV couldn’t hold Jimi Hendrix’s guitar strap.
Just played over a couple guys playing derivative blues.
He was a sloppy hack in comparison.
Stop doing drugs. Every song SRV covered of Hendrix he did twice as good. Little Wing and Voodo Chile are hands down done better on #1.
Wanna see the best of SRV doing a cover of Hendrix? I believe this is at Austin City Limits (shout out to my friend in Austin who has taken valuable time to give me advice on my business).
Hey Hendrix, watch how it’s done.
WOW! Talent, on loan from GOD… Chip
He was great.
Thanks for posting that. I have seen many Rick Beato videos, but not that one.
Thank you. As a child growing up in the 1960s my mother used to take on summer weekends to Green Lane Park. We lived in Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County. I’ve been living here in Japan for nearly 40 years. Yes, our world is going off the rails. The covid dementia is running rampant here. Thankfully I like in a small city south of Tokyo and only have to go into the city once or twice a week. I have lots of beautiful forests and wild life around me, and my gardening keeps me busy. I enjoy the articles I read here daily. Please check out my YouTube channel: The Kamakura Gardener.
40 years in Japan? Wow. I heard and interview with the former ambassador to Japan, can’t remember his name, that there are 250,000 American civilians working there? I mean I understand having been stationed in Germany in the 80’s that both Germany and Japan are basically “occupied” by the US but I guess I just didn’t know that the numbers in Japan were still that high. Just wow… Chip
I was at the University of Kyushu in Fukuoka for 4 months on a scholarship in 2000. Loved it, but I could not do it for many decades, because the culture is just too different. But good for you, and I think it is so cool that there are people from all over the world gathering here. Like Doug Uncola has said before, this is really our virtual airport bar.
Well, Admin I will add you to my extensive prayer list over this…and if you become a fulltime antigovernment voice I will send a $ kick start and significantly increase my monthly contribution to the Platform on Fire.
5G AND CHEMTRAILS: KILLING BEES AND BIRDS
https://www.conspiracy.theinterferon.com/2021/07/5g-and-chemtrails-killing-bees-and-birds.html
I lost 3 of my 4 hives last year. I’m back up to 4 but, one is dying as the queen appears to be dead and gone.
Lots of bumble bees in the garden all Spring and Summer. Not so the bees, although they have shown up the past few weeks. They are loving the sunflowers.
I have a weeping privet and when it blooms, the buzzing of the honey bees can be heard 50′ away.
Mornin’ mark…..
The reality is in the things that are not seen, ya know?
We’ve had the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, and when Emperor Trump declared war on “an invisible enemy”, he positioned the state to be the arbiter of life and death.
I’m neck deep and belly full of all the totalitarian bullschitt, and been spending a lot of time face to face with local ‘leaders’ (who have passed a mill levy increase, increased both water and sewer rates)….damn freemasons!
They know that I know……the crooks.
Also had a bout with my mom (93 in two months) and a diagnosis of covid along with 22 other residents of the nursing home…….a bit of a confrontation with a doctor in the ER at an out of town hospital…..a bogus story from nursing home director….I could go on.
There is not really any prepping for me. Houses are twelve feet apart, and I’ve made it clear to local polly tickians that when their ineptitude brings an end to the social contract this taxpayer signed on for, I’ll come see them so that they won’t have to worry about being alone.
Zeitgeist 2025……..if that Bible isn’t real, the ole boys pullin this off must’ve wrote it because the fruition of the Secret Destiny of America is coinciding with an end the Age of Grace…..
annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum <—–==== Our founders believed in a god that is NOT my God
Nice!
Morning ordo ab chao,
Sitting here getting ready for my Sunday morning Bible study with four other core couples and three women…best hour of the week…great group…strong leader…and we laugh a lot. About the only regular social time I get. Stopped attending the service…refused to wear a mask…was asked on e-mail not to attend unless I did (this was a while back) and I have a far different take on Romans 13 than the Preacher.
Check this out. I’ll check back with you after I get back:
Mark,
Sadly, my church – of which I am a deacon – has decided to reinstated the mask-o-rama. I, as I did the 1st time, refuse to enable or compromise with a lie. I go in and maintain the lawns and building, but I don’t attend services, meetings or worship team operation where I am required to ‘cover up’. I am weighing resigning my deaconship and even my official membership with the congregation, but I refuse to move on it without a clear mandate from the Spirit. I’ll know it when I see/hear it. After all, it’s not about me.
I will be praying for you to stand firm on the promises of God.
This is where I was dragged to church three times a week (twice on Sunday unless there was a “singing” then three times Sunday.) until I escaped to college.
The “back” door is always open, with a bit of food in the kitchen. I often stopped by when visiting the folks. T
Terrible things are ongoing in the world. I told my husband this morning that if I were still interested in plotting fiction along the lines of Tom Clancy, I would put the insurgency on our border and the abandonment of large numbers of weapons in Afghanistan together and postulate that the biggest grifter to ever claim to be the leader of the free world just sold out his country and everyone who believed in the USA around the world. And, as always, there will be a money trail if only we had a good hunter.
Obama is quite rich now, isn’t he?
Is good to be nobody in nowhere right now. I don’t write nothing except the occasional comment these days.
Like Admin and Avalon and others at TBP who have seen the writing on this platform’s wall, Nick and I are coming to terms with the reality in which we live. We moved out here where there are no other people in sight for privacy, seclusion and protection. We are lucky to be surrounded by a lot of other people who are not in sight who think pretty much like we do, in spite of being a whole lot different.
Because, in a community, it is okay to be different.
We joined a local bowling league (old fogies) and I won the “high game with handicap” prize. 30 bucks!
I think I’ll send Admin a few bucks here in a day or so.
I think everyone here should send him at least a twenty and let him know he’s a way better blogger than a number cruncher.
Thanks, Mag.
I agree; Admin is – like several of the STMs – one of a kind.
Because, in a community, it is okay to be different.
Speaking of which; is anyone else getting heartily fed up with these ‘Anonymous’ assholes? I consider them to be, to put it mildly, on the same level as those lazy pricks who don’t have the consideration or basic community wherewithal to walk 20′ to put a cart in the cart corral in a parking lot. I mean, I’ve just witnessed this morning the bizarre phenomenon of Anonymous commenting on Anonymous, who refuted Anonymous who seconded Anonymous’ comment. All of whom were different people. What a crock of shit. There’s no continuity, no way to recognize the mind behind the posts, no possible way to have even a smidgion of actual ongoing interaction. They are, subtly maybe but true nonetheless, undermining the very thing that makes the comment sections of this site so appealing.
I just can’t understand why anyone even responds to them at all. I refuse to acknowledge them, and won’t even read their comments. If they want to be that obnoxiously Anonymous, well that is exactly wht they get from me.
I’m referring to the actual Anonymouses, not those who put their monikers at the end.
Well, that just came gushing out.
Sometimes, a good gush is the best way to spit something out.
I rarely read Anonymous or Anonymous, though I almost always read Anonymouse and Anon 1 and sometimes even Anonoman (I just made that up… someone should use it.)
I keep “Ghost” because I am feeling more ghostlike than ever. I sense a trip to the graveyard might be required.
I haven’t placed flags or rocks in several months, since I realized the crazy fucks were really going to kill off the useless eaters this time.
You and I both realize this is the final conflict and that this time they have unleashed the hounds of hell.
Only heaven can save this country now. Fortunately, for you and I, the King of Kings already saved us.
(this is the point where tbp’s most annoying anonymous atheist downvotes my comment and lambastes me for believing in the great sky king. Or Stucky, who likes to stir the pot wherever a pot sits simmering quietly.)
Speaking of boiling frogs? I took this image for mygirlmebbe about a week or so after I “poisoned” the pond. LOL…
They were dying all over the place for a while.
It is almost time to dredge the pond and get that crap out of there. She was right… there are better ways to do it, but at least the pond isn’t overrun this year.
I’ll take pictures when we dredge. We burned off the old mattress and box springs and are going to drag the frame and springs with the tractor. I think it is genius. That’s our workaround and we will see if it works like we think it will.
I am having the same sentiments in feeling more ghostlike of late Ghost.
ordo ab chao, TN, Maggie,
I have completely stopped church attendance since the first mask mandate…get all the fellowship I need from the unmasked liked minded small group we attend, and two of the couples in the group have become close friends/preppers, we will back one another up, have off grid communication set up, and exchange prep plans regularly.
I do not want to be around fearful, masked, ‘jabbed’ people at all…Christian or not.
In my state a judge struck down the Governor’s unconstitutional overreach banning church service during the initial con/hoax/gaslighting/power grab…and still they stopped worship…many jabbed up…and all kept their face diapers on…but attended Wally World and Target all the other big box herd gatherings….phhhttt….please.
I have a total and complete disagreement on Roman’s 13 with the leadership of the church…I’M OUT.
Before I retired and moved rural to build a self-sufficient farm/compound (2012 bought the land – 2015 retired) I spent 21 years in a wonderful church that grew from 100 Believers meeting in a gym to 1,500 Believers (most by first time confessions of faith) that built two buildings and a Christian school. I was a Deacon for the last 12 years (it took three attempts to draft me – the only Yankee Deacon as well – and everyone had to understand I drink and was not going to hide that fact…and felt no Biblical compulsion to stop within the word’s guidelines. I thought that would end it yet they still pursued me to become a Deacon. I ran security for the church (handled occasional problem people, taught boys bible study, was on the drama team (played a convincing Satan in the annual Christian alternative anti Halloween play – my wife always said I was a good devil) and mentored one on one. But, that church is too far away…plus its leadership has changed…also too many there now are masked and jabbed and fearful.
That said TN…I agree with your close ‘its not about me’…but I just see the vast number of churches (not all) caving into the government…hiding behind Romans’s 13, and that is caving into the spirit of the anti-christ…and I want nothing to do with that.
mark..
I can’t really take issue with the statement made in the title, but do with much of the rest of it.
There is a big difference between ‘an’ anti-christ, and ‘the’ anti-christ.
The translation he uses for Dan. 11:21-24 reads quite a bit different than a KJV
He points out how the Xiden Admin. was ‘shocked’ (I couldn’t disagree more)
Sorry for chopped answer…..can’t get decent response from me
annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum <—===
the USG is the strongest candidate to produce the AC….right there in the pregnant dome of Isis
mark….
I thought I would get back with you on this thread re the video and my response.
A day or so after posting my response, I came across this very interesting (imo) post over at that skywatch site.
“Dr. Thomas Horn joins Terry James and Pentagon insider LTC Robert Maginnis to discuss how chaos and falling democracies–such as in Afghanistan–were prophesied in the Bible as precursors to Antichrist’s arrival.”
[I would posit that Afghanistan (among others) are propped up ‘democracies’…..propped up by the DC Pagans]
If I was to leave the nitpicking behind, the concept of your video is much the same, it seems.
annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum <—-===
The I AM that I AM is the One that Was. Is. And will be….but first the imposter, soon to come, IMHO
I’m in, even as we may face joblessness here soon due to vaccine mandate. Somehow, other doors will open and God will provide.
Apparently, I still live in the land of the free, here in the Midwest. We have a main sanctuary that for a short while was mask mandated, but had what they term an overflow room, where masks were totally optional. And after that while, no masks were required in the main sanctuary. However, a few people still use the overflow because they have noisy toddlers and don’t want to disturb service.
I believe there is a definite correlation. This area has had extremely heavy chem-trails for several years now, and our insect/bird population has been drastically reduced. This spring I was walking up the lane on my morning walk/talk with God and I saw maybe 5 blackbirds, where I should’ve seen at least 50 or more. Very few bees, flys, mosquitos, spiders; pretty much every species has been effected. Even the sage rat population has been greatly reduced. Some of these losses might seem to be a good thing, but the trend is ominous, to say the least.
Excellent post, sir! Expected to be informed and was not disappointed!
Amen to that, Jim. The other day, a friend who I hold in high esteem, really let me down. It’s not worth getting into all the details but, I was saddened that yet another conservative friend has succumbed to the pressure from the deep state. I thought he had more character than that. It reminded me that I’ve got to start putting some of this garbage aside and live life more simply and keeping in mind that all we have is this day. Tomorrow is another day and it has it’s own troubles.
Solid advice. Thinking about the future is becoming … too much.
Verse 34. – Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. (KJV book of Matthew ch 6)
I know exactly where you are! I grew up on Upper Ridge Rd not far from you. Crazy coincidence.
I lived in Telford and worked in Souderton for 15 years.
Here in Memphis working for Big Purple. Fred didn’t get to where he is today by making stupid business decisions. On any given night in the hub, they’re down by 100’s of workers. I know for a fact it’s so bad that there they daily do a bus run from Cleveland, MS (south of Tupelo) to bring hub folks up, and that’s with excellent pay for part-time box throwing (oops, loading) and/or sorting. Hourly folks working for Fred also get benefits, free college, etc., yet no one wants to work. The salaried folks, and especially the Boeing/Airbus/MD drivers with their powerful union, I feel, would probably tell the big wigs where they can shove their poison vax, and the org sure as hell can’t run with an appreciable cut to those numbers. On top of that, peak will be here in a few months, so now’s not the time to force the jab. We are receiving frequent comm strongly advising us to get the jab though. If they do mandate the jab, I’ll make them fire me and then it’s off to an accomplished labor attorney.
Looks like you had a great time kayaking, I tend about four or so acres, so that’s somewhat of a mental health effort for me, plus there are some nice parks/trails up my way here. I’m now trying to reduce my time spent researching and evaluating the vast amount of doom porn out there, being outside is a positive antidote for that….
Any company with a lot of skilled workers (except hospitals) will have to tread lightly when it comes to the jab. It is difficult to replace a skilled person and the company’s performance can be negatively affected by their loss. I read that Houston is having a nursing shortage and it was just a couple of months ago the Methodist system let 150 licensed nurses go due to their refusal to be part of the medical experiment.
Fayette County here. Went into Collierville today to pick up some flowers for Mama and was surprised to see about 20% of the people walking around without a mask in Wally World. Nobody said a word when I walked in maskless. I do not pay much attention to the communists running Shelby County.
The little farm store where I got the flowers never required masks the last time and the manager told me back then that only one customer ever complained about the staff not donning the diaper.
BTW – Cleveland is south of Tunica, not Tupelo and it is a pretty good commute to Memphrica.
You are kidding right? This is Mississippi? I know exactly the area. I thought nobody would be doing it. Spent a lot of time in MS. As in raised
Shelby County TN has re-instituted the mask mandate. The county is run by the same black folk who ran Memphrica into the ground and made it the 2nd most dangerous city in the USSA. It does not look like the stores are going along with the little downtown dicktaters this time around.
What’s old Judge Joe Brown doing these days? Last I heard, he was running for Mayor or something and got blasted. That was years ago.
Nurses or staff?
Nurses. Almost 1,000 staff refused the jab. They only lost 4% of their staff, but are being swamped with patients and it is affecting their ability to provide quality care.
TNPatriot,
Right you are, fumble-fingered and typed Tupelo, meant Tunica. My bad, thanks for catching it…..
TNpurpleguy
Hey, what company is known as Big Purple?
FedEx
I’m guessing FedEx.
What is the problem with just saying “FedEx” or “UPS”? Jesus…
I used to drive past the ‘purple’ hub all the time, across the street at our Oakhaven hub. the ‘brown’ place. Not from Memphis though. Outta Nashville.
There are few things more heartbreaking than a 21 year old die accidentally. Good way to honor him with this article and with the way you spent the day. Sounds peaceful.
Now, if only we can keep that calmness that exuded from your words in our hearts. I will try to work at it more this coming week, since my heart was full of anger, sorrow, fear and contempt this last week. So thanks for the inspiration.
Amen.
My oldest finished his business marketing degree from his bedroom last spring and got hired right out of the gate by a firm in the city.
They aren’t at the office yet, although there’s no reason not to be, so he’s been working from the same bedroom he did half of his program from.
A few weeks ago he decided he’d had enough. He quit.
It killed his conscience to do it, he’d only been with the company for three months but he was done being cooped up and working on marketing campaigns for non profits that were wasting tax payer money on programs he believed were immoral.
By the looks of it he’s headed to the mountains this fall to work for an outfitter guiding non resident hunters.
It’s brutal work with long days and sometimes difficult clients. But his outlook has completely changed and he feels better about himself and the world around him already.
Wasn’t sure how’d I feel about him making such a 180 with work but the truth is I’m excited for him and I think it will be better for his spirit right now.
Right on!
The young man seeks a conquest.
Let er rip.
Coming of age is always best forged in a crucible!
Best to the young man!
It’s the best time to do something like that. He will be away from the big city and all the BS, getting lots of exercise and fresh air and probably having the time of his life. He has the degree and nobody can take that from him.
A “degree” has a shelf life. If not bolstered by a work experience, it’s not as valuable.
Possibly, but where we are heading, degrees will be essentially worthless.
A young man with a set of entrenched morals. You. Should. Be. Proud.
I am proud. And deeply grateful to God that he has given me such a blessing.
Good for him, and for you. Life is too short and uncertain to chase will o’ the wisps that usually turn out to be empty promises. His recent choices will almost certainly turn out to be far more fulfilling.
Is this 99 or 100?
It was 99. I placed 100, as well.
Just so you know.
Good for him! I mean that sincerely.
AWESOME! My son too has decided to leave the Federal Government over the mandate. He’s a licensed professional engineer (like Dad). Those are hard to replace in dot gov. I could have been stationed anywhere and gotten unlimited promotions with those credentials but I chose where I wanted to live and retire. You should be proud of your son’s adventuresome spirit. No doubt that came from you… Chip
We’ve had similar feelings over here. A spell has been cast and a pall has overtaken the land.
And memories definitely do haunt the empty nest.
We worked and traveled prior to having children but then they had our full attention for the next few decades. Now, I believe the clock may have run out on grands and I doubt I’ll make it to my twilight years.
So no more lullabies or tiny hands reaching up into mine. No more little arms wrapped around my neck when running in from the rain. No more first steps or bicycle rides, or swimming lessons, or “watch me” from around the swing-set. No more overnights, fun camping trips or kid vacations, or games, concerts, dances, proms, or meets.
Today, though, even as the societal decay has become palpable I still feel mostly gratitude. I didn’t realize how great it was at the time. And it really did go by fast.
Thank you for that. We are still in the midst of the child rearing years and I should enjoy those moments more and yell less about spilled milk etc.
Svarga, do your best to enjoy your kids and family life. Lots of parents beat themselves up for not being more loving and understanding after it’s too late. There are no do overs.
Damn Unc, you brought a tear to my eyes. I feel bad for anyone who doesn’t get to experience grandkids. It really is a special gift. I wish you luck in getting grands.
I second what GNL says. It is the gift that keeps on giving.
I love my grandkids more than life itself. No joke.
“So no more lullabies or tiny hands reaching up into mine. No more little arms wrapped around my neck when running in from the rain. No more first steps or bicycle rides, or swimming lessons, or “watch me” from around the swing-set. No more overnights, fun camping trips or kid vacations, or games, concerts, dances, proms, or meets.”
‘Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all ……Tennyson
Having never had any kids of my own, I find myself considering the mad rage I would hold during these times if I did.
School started again across the street from my house. On the second day, I watched a teacher and her aid (the combined weight of the two would easily exceed a quarter ton) march some first graders out the door, down the sidewalk outside the fenced in playground. In single file, after she directed all eyes forward (and called out two for looking around), she showed them their ‘designated play area’.
Next, they were marched into the fenced in area, stopped at the border area and announced “This is the slipper slide. Do we go up the slide, or down the slide?”. After being answered, she moved on to the next one: “These are our monkey bars. They are built to be entered from this end. Do not let me catch you going the wrong way on that overhead ladder”……………..I couldn’t frikken believe it.
And yet I could believe it.
annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum <—–====
"A spell has been cast and a pall has overtaken the land."
Zeitgeist………..I was able to post once on your last thread, give that info a look when you have time.
skywatchtv.com has some really exceptional reading/videos concerning the pagan prophecy on our dollar bill, and the desires/beliefs of some of the founders
It is good to see you here, Ordie.
The pall which has overtaken the land gives me goosebumps.
Off-hand, perhaps, or off the cuff, but poignant and touching nonetheless.
Not off hand in response to;
‘We sat on the bench and reflected about when we would come here with our little boys to hike and fish. They are all grown and don’t tag along with us anymore. We both felt a little melancholy.’
Good for you, Jim. Find that lower gear and chill. It’s all a TV show. Chaos in Afghanistan? Bullshit. Not a single American has died. There are six thousand Army Rangers in Kabul. Getting all the trained liberals and die-hard feminists out of the country. That will save the Taliban the trouble of having to kill them. You don’t think they want those rangers shooting at them, do you? A month from now, this will all be over. And we will be out of Afghanistan. Obama said he would do it, and did not. Trump said he would do it, and did not. Big Tech got it done. The Taliban negotiated the surrender of the Afghan Army on WhatsApp. And we get a hundred thousand illiterate goat herders to soak up EBT and Section 8. Winning. We are just spectators. Your trip to the beach, and now the lake seem to be giving you great perspective. Soldier on.
I just wished VP Biden had negotiated better terms of surrender for Amerika.
Sunk costs, TN. Sometimes it’s cheaper to just walk away
Where did you get the notion that our sewer gov’t does ANYTHING for “better terms” for the taxpaying citizenry of the United States?
Where did you ever get the notion that the gov’t EVER seeks better terms for taxpaying Americans? Silly rabbit
Green Lane Park is beautiful. My brother lives nearby, and I stayed with him for a few months in 2018. Hill Road was one of the crappiest roads I’ve ever driven on.
I remember my father used to mark our entrance into PA (this was even back in the 60s) with an observation about the crappy roads, and they’re still crappy. I commented on this to a friend. She told me that she did some work for PennDOT, and that PA, having more miles of waterways per square mile than any other state makes it the frost heave hell that it is, which is why the roadways are so bad. Makes sense.
Funny, I can ignore all of the daily BS, shit shots ,Biden and Kumella but chemtrails make my blood pressure go off the charts. Don’t mess with my air you evil bastards. Poison the air and we can’t keep on livin’.
That gauzy clouds growing and skim milk colored skies
make me rage or cry or both.
Wise words though to be honest there are days I wish an 50 mile wide asteroid would just end this mess of a planet for it seems to warped and corrupted to ever repair
Careful what you wish for…
I’m glad that you and Dani had a great day, and a good time…Savor it.. I’m not sure how many other great days are ahead..God bless you both.. Enjoy the birds…
Tense and irritable is the wrong road to traverse..
I live in Ringing Rocks, about 10 or so miles from the park. I’ll look for Tyler’s bench.
Thanks for sharing Jim, your pics are lovely and I envy the amazing amount of land you have there in USA. I love open space and always sought my serenity at sea of which your notes reminded me. My good sailing friend of 40 years has hinted that we may get a trip across the Atlantic in a colleague’s fifty-footer and I am relishing the opportunity as I sold my yacht years ago when I retired.
There are no mandates here in Britain and life is almost back to normal except for a few masked people who appear to be the elderly ones. Boris has announced that passports will be required for large venues and public space in October but no details yet as they are all on holiday and are dealing with the Afghanistan issue remotely it seems. The military have stepped up though, thank goodness, as if we left it to our useless leaders nothing would be done.
Stay well and fight the good fight.
Thanks, Jim, best to you and your family.
I went to the local botanical garden and let myself be amazed about blooms I’d never seen before, even in pictures.
I think a lot about those that have gone before and often regret I’d that I didn’t show more patience and understanding than I did with my own. My family used to be a huge clan , but my generation sought opportunity and independence from familial duties more than tribal security , now we’re few and anchorless. This is the curse of modernity. Broken connections, traditions and culture. We all got what we wanted and it turned our not to be so much.
While blacks, illegal aliens, Muslim/African refugees are PAID to breed with YOUR tax dollars…
by you know ((Who)).
been gone from home since 1969 thank you forgive the tears
As our family is gathered in our cozy brick house (big bad wolf and all), we are awaiting the hurricane. Our plans are to just play board games, do some puzzles, play ping pong in the basement and simply enjoy each other’s company. It feels like the calm before the storm, literally and figuratively. Our young daughter provided some perspective yesterday “Well, at least, if we die, we die together”. While true, she was open to more hopeful thoughts when I put the threat into perspective.
I decided to prepare a hearty breakfast for my better half before he woke up with tomatoes grown just 20 feet from our kitchen table. I also put on some upbeat music, which did wonders to lighten our mood, much like time in nature does. Music touches your soul in special ways.
Then, we opened a bottle of champagne to go with breakfast. There was nothing to celebrate today other than the fact that we are alive and together. And that is enough to embrace abundant gratitude.
On the CT shoreline here. Most overhyped storm ever. Won’t have to go shopping for at least a month after hitting Costco’s yesterday.
A day on the water is a wonderous balm. Sometimes I really miss the days of ‘blue water’ and coastal living. I have a couple of quiet lakes and reservoirs where I can go and put the boat in, or fish from shore, always before dawn so I can watch the first rays come over the pines. I don’t get to it nearly as often as I should.
I and the locals have our own losses of young ones that were gone far too early. Fond remembrance coupled with deep sorrow.
And that is what is most important. Not in life, but that is life. My day consists of practically nothing, zero, zip, nada to do with all the hustle, bustle, turmoil, caronaphilia that is so pressingly prevalent to so much of the world. In fact, the only place it gets more than a sentence or two, or more than a fleeting thought, is here. Otherwise I observe and quickly move on to things that are far more interesting and needful.
This is the very reason I chose how I live my life years ago, to remove myself from these idiocies. People either respect my lack of interest, or the conversation ends.
But I have that option. Many – to be honest I believe it is usually because of your past choices/decisions – don’t.
Well, do the best you can and keep your mind settled and peaceful. Remember, true balance is a sphere, not a see-saw.
I also feel calmest when near a large body of water. During a family vacation to the ocean last year, I would always rise early and go for a walk on the beach alone around dawn. I don’t normally get much time by myself to reflect and just be, so those were among the best hours of my vacation. Hearing the rhythmic sounds of the waves feels like hearing God’s breath.
I live in China. Gov called personally to recommend I get the jab (traditional inactivated, not mRNA). They stated specifically I would not be forced. But, all schools, grocery stores, restaurants, malls and other businesses are required (by government) to refuse entry on failure to produce proof of vaccination.
Nice article. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Jim. I needed that, tears be damned. You have a way with words that every man should envy.
Us women, too.
I think this was 100.
I get a prize.
And it was. Excelente!
It was a flanking movement that brought me here.
Hey Jim…if they separate the vaccinated from the unvaccinated you can come to S.C. and go full HSF with me and my family .
Emile Dirkheim describes the break down of the collective content of our existence, the instability of the New Normal, as anomie. It is what you are seeing with the disregard of laws, and social norms.
There’s a stark lesson to be learned in Afghanistan that no one is pointing out. A government consisting of over credentialed Ivy League half-wits, homosexuals, and strong women can’t hold anything, not even for 24 hours, if somebody more determined says boo. Ultimately, all the counterfeit money in the world doesn’t change that. Now look at the makeup of our current government. Any questions?
Jim, thanks for the reminder. We all need that. The fall is coming and it is our most favorite time to go to the island (South Padre). It’s empty most of September, October, and November. Pre Covid we used to park our RV there for a couple of months and visit during the week and go home on the weekends. It’s only a 20 minute drive for us this time of year. While we will not be parking the RV there this fall we will go enjoy it for a day each week. Hard to do extended trips while also trying to homestead even at our small scale. God bless my TBP family all… Chip
I just want to offer one thought, as if I’m the only one possible to think it; You do know that walking away from any job due to any reason, the jab or whatever, is precisely what they want right now. Try and find another job, keep your freedom. I know I didn’t originate this thought.
MAKE them actually fire you. Don’t walk away. Then go to court… Chip
I didn’t actually say that, admittedly; but in my mind it’s what I meant.
By switching jobs from one feudal lord to another, while watching the world burn? Sounds to me like a plan that Cypher would cook up. Will they erase your memory and make you someone famous, too?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings in this article. This weekend I was feeling down. I am usually a cheerful optimistic guy. But I can’t help thinking that we are in so much trouble. There may still be a small window of time to derail or at least slow down this massive coordinated attack on our freedoms and very lives, but I don’t see it happening here in the US. I am retired active duty USAF plus I worked an additional 5 years for the USAF as a civilian. Don’t count on the military saving us. The corruption in the government is beyond belief including both political parties. And even the people who are awake to what is going on – mostly are too self absorbed and/or are passively waiting for someone else to step up. So we can’t count on a grass roots movement. I guess the realist in me is smacking down the optimist in me…? Anyway I have been telling myself and my wife the same thing you said in the title of your article – we have to enjoy our lives now and not take each other or anything for granted. And most of all keep our faith and focus on God.
I’m sure if I kept going down the list of articles I’d find a more appropriate place for this, and I feel quite certain that someone posted this the other day, but it might be time for a 21st century Federal version of this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)
A wonderful, thought provoking piece, Jim. I wish I was there to join up with you two for a brew and burger. TIME-OWNERSHIP! YOU AND DANI DESERVE to experience it. Try it. You’ll like it!