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Pronouns are He/Him. Retired ELCA Lutheran pastor, Sci fi enthusiast, foodie, traveler and now exploring writing.

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So, the "very stable genius" didn't think that complete ineptitude of governance would have any election consequences?

06.11.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By all means, get Scott Adams some Ivermectin and a special diet designed by RFK.

03.11.2025 04:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, that's a given, but Nigeria also has significant Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal deposits, not that this administration has signaled preferential status toward those industries at all.

02.11.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kudo's to the Nobel Prize Committee for nailing it. The prize is awarded to people who have displayed "courage and integrity." It doesn't matter how many conflicts you claim to have ended. What matters are the motivations for your actions.

10.10.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are Miller, Vance, Vought, RFK feeding a mentally declining President (who used to do a reality show) an "alternate reality show" daily to prompt him to do things like speak about Acetemetaphin, blow up supposed drug boats in the Caribbean and to deploy troops? Something to ponder.

06.10.2025 10:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember that comment by Tulsi Gabbard back in May, about considering alternative ways to give Trump his daily intelligence briefing since he didn't read and had no attention span for presentation? Maybe doing it like a Fox new show? Is that what is happening now?

06.10.2025 10:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please let the officers rise as one and recite their oath to protect and defend the Constitution the moment he walks into the room.

28.09.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How do I nicely say this. At the U.N. THE U.N. you embarrassed the nation and world with your rambles. You commanded people not to watch ABC and Kimmel or they would go to hell. Well,.....I AM WATCHING ABC AND KIMMEL... YOU CAN GO TO HELL.

24.09.2025 02:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Okay now this is impressive!

Sound on!

06.09.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4796    ๐Ÿ” 1704    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 139    ๐Ÿ“Œ 110

Let Freedom Ring!

06.09.2025 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I find parallels in that with the current move of gerrymandering of districts to give Donald Trump and the Republican Party a lock on power to advance their "conservative agenda." In favoring this grand fantasy vision, we are watching resources walk away and will be left the poorer as a nation.

02.09.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The "grand vision" put forth and promised by the charismatic pastor never materialized. It collapsed in a heap when the pastor left to pursue greener, more lucrative pastures. The congregation was left with insurmountable debt and eventually closed for lack of resources.

02.09.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On the day the vote took place for the grand vision and plan, those in opposition got up and walked out to show their displeasure. They took with them their pledges and financial support. On a single day $190,000.00 walked away from the congregation. The remaining members voted to mortgage.

02.09.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I once served a congregation whose leadership wanted to mortgage the building in order to advance the "vision" that a pastor had for the congregation. A vocal opposition to mortgaging a building they had already paid for, had their voice dismissed and were locked out of the decision making.

02.09.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excuse me, did you just say "stupid white hippies" and betray your own racial prejudices. You could have inserted any number of ethnic slurs, because I'm pretty sure who is actually demonstrating against your terrible policies are all "Patriotic Citizens who believe in the Constitution."

26.08.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would somebody please just put a letter of resignation in a leather bound folder for him to sign. He never knows what the hell he is signing unless someone explains it to him anyway. Screw the 25th Amendment. Just let him sign and usher him to a memory care unit somewhere.

25.08.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, Target CEO is stepping down. Look at the list of major corporations struggling and you'll see a pattern. If you did away with DEI, consumers decided to shop elsewhere. Turns out if you piss off a diverse population, they will shop where they feel welcome. Who could have predicted that?

20.08.2025 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, yes, he's ranting on most anything that can distract from Epstein. Slavery wasn't that bad? How about pedophilia? Keep on task media. Show us the files or why they aren't being released.

19.08.2025 21:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This would explain a lot.

18.08.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14878    ๐Ÿ” 4407    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1227    ๐Ÿ“Œ 414

Another good reason to push for the release of the Epstein files.

18.08.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

youโ€™re telling me the trump administration was lenient toward someone accused of sex crimes against children? crazy

18.08.2025 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5317    ๐Ÿ” 1434    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 122    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59

Hey Media, I know Alaska and now NATO leaders in Washington to confront Trump are shiny new distractions, but I still want to see the release of the Epstein files.

18.08.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump calls for firing of senior Labor official after job market weakens in July Trump called for the firing of the Labor statistics official after data earlier showed employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, while job gains for the previous two months were largely erased.

The theme in this administration has been to eliminate anyone and anything that does not fit your desired narrative/illusion. Facts, however, are stubborn things and tend to surface again and again whether you want them to or not. www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...

01.08.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You mean like Coke does in Mexico?

17.07.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Powers and Principalities Before the tangents and examinations, a little Pauline context.

merlebrockhoff.substack.com/p/powers-and...

16.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, we all know "criminals hang out with other criminals." We've read the Gospel accounts. That's how Jesus ended up being swept up in a clandestine raid on the Garden of Gethsemane and how he ended up crucified between two thieves. Same logic applied that Sheahan is using.

14.07.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Notice how troops were sent to LA for political theater, but none were sent to Texas to help find the missing people who were swept away in the flood?

08.07.2025 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4062    ๐Ÿ” 1392    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 135    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68

Hey Douchebag Cruz. We USED to have a system of the NWS, NOAA, and Scientists monitoring these weather patterns and systems, and warnings were sent but a system gutted by DOGE, (which you supported,) did away with much of it. Fess up and start governing instead of whining for a change.

07.07.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, my friends, all I am saying is it is a good book, a quick read, and something to ponder in these days.
Find your lane of resistance.
They are all equally dangerous, and will allow you to keep your soul.

06.07.2025 01:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is how resistance to that injustice worked.
Some acted.
Some provided the cover as best they could, within the parameters that they could.
All found ways to hold on to their humanity and integrity in the midst of things with which they could not join, participate in, or condone.

06.07.2025 01:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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