How Helene Affected The People Of Appalachia

Herschel Smith · 30 Sep 2024 · 11 Comments

To begin with, this is your president. This ought to be one of the most shameful things ever said by a sitting president. "Do you have any words to the victims of the hurricane?" BIDEN: "We've given everything that we have." "Are there any more resources the federal government could be giving them?" BIDEN: "No." pic.twitter.com/jDMNGhpjOz — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 30, 2024 We must have spent too much money on Ukraine to help Americans in distress. I don't…… [read more]

TSA Will Save Us All

BY PGF
2 years, 8 months ago

TSA agents find sword inside oblivious traveler’s cane.

The Transportation Security Administration said a traveler at a Boston airport security checkpoint was shocked to learn his cane contained a sword.

TSA New England tweeted a photo showing the sword cane that had been brought to Logan Airport by an oblivious passenger.

“Oblivious?”

Honestly, Mrs. TSA Security Clerk, how very befuddling; I thought it was a walking stick, not an M4.

And:

Joe Scarborough says TSA can not detect ‘ghost guns,’ can’t stop them from getting on airplanes. Susan Rice nods in agreement.

Carmine isn’t happy as he remains on the hunt for that elusive Glock 7.

 

Fasting For Both Spiritual Purposes and For Lean Times Ahead

BY PGF
2 years, 8 months ago

In dependence upon Him, fasting is one thing Christians do to draw closer to Holy Father God. And fasting can help prepare your body as the potential end of the times of plenty approaches.

Fasting with prayer is a marvelous way to seek God, especially with problems far beyond your scope of ability to accomplish alone. Examples include Ezra 8:22-23 and also Nehemiah chapter 1, the prayer Nehemiah made to God while fasting. Fasting shows God that you’re serious (1 Corinthians 7:5, Joel 2:12).

“19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.” – Mark 2:19-20

The Bridegroom, having left to be seated at the right hand of Power, we fast.

It won’t always be this way. The amount of food available today is not even close to normal. These are very clearly the good old days. Fasting can help you prepare for lower caloric intake while improving your overall health. When you get hungry or have sugar withdrawals or toxin dumps (explained briefly below), take this time to pray. Fasting is not simply eating less. Fasting is for seeking the Lord while drawing nigh to God, cleansing your hands from sin, and purifying your heart; that He may draw nigh to you (James 4:8).

Several things happen when we fast. Since the ingestion of nutrients means good health, seldom used immune system functions kick on with a lack of food input. In the long run, this makes you healthier to have these immune responses already up and running before times of stress or shortage. Mankind has been accustomed to short periods without food, and some people continue to in many regions. Our bodies are anthropologically tuned not to eat for short periods, so fasting for a day, say 3 or 4 times a month, can cause natural body weight normalization. Also, if you suffer sugar withdrawal during fasting, the most common symptoms are emotional distress or sadness; this condition can mean that you are sugar dependent. Cut the sugars out.

You don’t want sugar withdrawal, and so-called toxin dumps the first couple of days of a stressful event. That’s when you need to be alert and at your best. Other health benefits include clearing and natural maintenance by our bodies, including the lower GI and colon. Fasting gives much-needed rest and relief to major organs, especially the Kidneys and Liver, while not ingesting preservative-laden foods and other poisons. You may experience toxin dumps or, as some call it, detox or cleanse effects as your organs begin to dump toxins into the bloodstream. These can be hard on you if you don’t recognize what’s happening, but your organs will appreciate it as they get cleaned out. Some symptoms might be awareness problems, dizziness, sadness, and general sluggishness. This is pretty normal the first few times you try it. Your gut needs a rest, and your organs need a break from the chemicals; you’re getting healthy; keep going as your body recovers from years of abuse.

There are a couple of ways to do it. You might try going from supper to supper the next day the first time you do it. You can also go from supper to breakfast two days later, 36 hours or so. A 24 hour fast is more manageable because in the morning and during the day, you see the light at the end of the tunnel, which is supper. But, going a whole waking period without eating, which is the 36 hour fast, is very healthy. For most people, Juice Fasting, intake of fruit and vegetable juices, is not preferred. Water is the way to go as you depend entirely upon God and take in no sugars.

Some things to do include; busying yourself with light physical activities especially walking or low impact aerobics. This will simulate the exertion levels of historically food-gathering people. When you eat again, go slow. Eat something light, and don’t overeat. Eat fruit or some vegetables, something healthy and full of water value and electrolytes. Wait a few hours before eating again. They say your stomach shrinks even in one day, so this is a chance to recalibrate your total food intake levels during meals and in general. Speaking of water value, we get more moisture from our food than we realize. Drink plenty of water while fasting; you should drink much more water than you may be accustomed to having.

Some things to avoid include fasting for the first time on a workday, as your alertness may be lacking. But you do get used to it after a time or two. Don’t use laxatives of any kind; this is counterproductive. Make your body work to get used to it. Also, allow your body to recover naturally if you’ve had a poor diet. Don’t fast if you have challenging exercise or labor planned. This could be dangerous the first time or two, which is another reason you should make yourself used to fasting before you have to by no choice of your own. Watch your attitude and anger as low blood sugar could cause you to say some things to loved ones that you might regret.

Don’t tell anybody you’re fasting, which may be hard to do if you have children. In that case, fast with your wife, as the head of her in Christ, you can declare a fast. Your children won’t bother you about not eating if you get them a pizza or something they like. You can also get them involved and used to skipping a meal or two.

“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.” – Matthew 6:16-18

Your Father, which sees all things even in secret, will reward you openly. While fasting is an excellent time to go tell people about salvation through Jesus Christ.

We could say that this isn’t medical advice, but we don’t care if you consult your health care provider first or not.

New Gun Regulations

BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 8 months ago

I was discussing this with Len Savage today and no one knows yet the extent of this.  I was speculating that it will declare 80% lower receivers to be illegal unless serialized.  Len thinks that’s just the beginning.

The Biden administration will come out with its long-awaited ghost gun rule — aimed at reining in privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up at crime scenes — as soon as Monday, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

[ … ]

For nearly a year, the rule has been making its way through the federal regulation process. Gun safety groups and Democrats in Congress have been pushing for the Justice Department to finish the rule for months. It will probably be met with heavy resistance from gun groups and draw litigation in the coming weeks.

Another reader on this same discussion thread was speculating that they will require that uppers and lowers be serialized the same, making it illegal to purchase uppers and lowers separately.

We’ll see.  Either way, this is as obvious an infringement as could be imagined.

So that’s the way it happens.  Completely without Congress, if you want to make something illegal, you just declare it so, sort of like Trump did with bump stocks.

He set the standard, so all of you Trump sycophants have no room to complain about this upcoming ruling.

Fourth Circuit: A Person Has The Right To Come To The Door With A Gun

BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 8 months ago

Dean Weingarten summarizes the ruling.

  • The mere possession of a firearm by a homeowner is not sufficient to justify the use of deadly force by officers.
  • There is a right to come to the door with a firearm.
  • Officers must identify themselves as officers to gain qualified immunity.
  • Mere verbal announcement, without visual confirmation, is not sufficient to gain qualified immunity.
  • Sufficient precedent exists for officers to be aware of their duty in these situations.

 

It’s a weak ruling in my opinion, since the officer should have been charged with murder.  But at least this should trickle down into behavior – or at least one would hope so.

It’s yet another case of a cop shooting a homeowner INSIDE HIS OWN HOME when the officer was standing OUTSIDE THE HOME.

The cop is a murderer.

Off the Shelf Hunting Rifle (300PRC) ELR 3000 Yard Attempt

BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 8 months ago

From reader Ned.  That’s fine shooting in my book.

Bird Flu In The News

BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 8 months ago

Are you a bit puzzled reading articles like this discussing the affect of Avian flu on wild ducks and geese?  Do you understand yet why you can’t find chicken at the store?  Listen to this.

There are two schools of thought on things like this.  One school says, “Well, it’s been a mighty strange several years now, hasn’t it?  A bat got AIDS and passed the virus on to humans in a market which all the world got, they had something called Agenda 21 where the richest men on earth plus health professionals and former military generals talked about pandemics just before all of this hit, there is mass migration from South of the border which threatens to crash the American system, the masked the servant class for two years, war is happening in Eurasia, and now they’re saying C19 was just a rehearsal and the real pandemic is coming which will kill half of the world.  Guess we need to continue to listen to the experts.”

Then there is the other school of thought that says, “Something very foul is afoot.”

US Combat Cutlery of the 20th Century

BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 8 months ago

Amicus Brief Supports Gun Owners Of America’s Bump Stock Case

BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 8 months ago

David Codrea.

“David Codrea, Scott Heuman and Owen Monroe lawfully owned bumpstocks.1 They relied on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (‘ATF’) repeated express approval of so-called bumpstock-type devices,” a friend of the court brief filed Wednesday in the United States Supreme Court by attorneys Alan Alexander Beck and Stephen D. Stamboulieh explains. “Despite the ten-plus years of approval, the ATF reimagined and redefined terms in an unambiguous criminal statute to outlaw bumpstocks under penalty of prison, fines, and loss of Second Amendment rights.”

Good.  Stephen Stamboulieh is a friend of TCJ and a highly successful lawyer and one of the good guys.  Glad to see this.

AR-15 Poetry

BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 8 months ago

Oh, I wouldn’t worry too much about him.  He’s a soy boy from the inner city who wouldn’t know how to pick stalls, doctor a dog or horse, grow produce, or string a barbed wire fence.

I can do all of those things, and calculus too.

Rex Reviews The Primary Arms SLx 3x MicroPrism ACSS Raptor

BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 8 months ago

BLUF: He likes it.


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