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Morning "Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?" Ezekiel 15:2 These words are for the humbling of God's people; they are called God's vine, but what are they by nature more than others? They, by God's goodness, have become fruitful, having been planted in a good soil; the Lord hath trained them upon the walls of the sanctuary, and they bring forth fruit to his glory; but what are they without their God? What are they without the continual influence of the Spirit,...

“The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want” (Proverbs 22:14-16).

LONDON (AP) — Terry Jones, a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, has died at 77. He had been suffering from dementia. Jones's agent says he died Tuesday evening. In a statement, his family said he died “after a long, extremely brave but always good humored battle with a rare form of dementia, FTD.” With Eric Idle, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and Terry Gilliam, Jones formed Monty Python's Flying Circus, whose anarchic humor helped revolutionize British comedy. Jones appeared in the troupe's TV series and films including “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and “The Life of...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Music in The Bible) Psalm 94 Psalm 94 1 The Lord is a God who avenges.     O God who avenges, shine forth. 2 Rise up, Judge of the earth;     pay back to the proud what they deserve. 3 How long, Lord, will the wicked,     how long will the wicked be jubilant? 4 They pour out arrogant words;     all the evildoers are full of boasting. 5 They crush your people, Lord;     they oppress your inheritance. 6 They slay the widow and the foreigner;     they murder the fatherless. 7 They say, “The Lord does not see;     the God of Jacob takes no...

The Iranian regime and its proxies are not finished avenging the death of Qassem Soleimani. In predicting their next move, the United States would be wise to consider the religious inspiration for their military strategy.  Iranian action is often viewed through the lens of rational self-interest. Stratfor’s Scott Steward called Iran’s main proxy in Hezbollah a “radical but rational” organization. Others believe the Iranian regime is a practical government concerned with typical things that affect their power and the material interests of their benefactors in Russia and China. That’s a mistake. They may employ logical tactics but they are ultimately...

Hillary is a Neocon warmongering fascist who wants to hand Syria over to al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorists, and provoke war with Iran, Russia and China. Hillary has a decades long record (starting when Bill was Governor of Arkansas) of being totally corrupt and in the pockets of Wall Street, multinationals, arms dealers, foreign governments, special interests, and operating various money laundering and criminal or fraudulent schemes. Hillary has a disastrous Foreign Policy record of voting for the 2003 Iraq invasion and promoting the obvious Bush/Cheney blatant lies, arming terrorists in Libya and turning it into a failed state for ISIS,...

Rumors abound that small groups of Democrat and Republican senators are contemplating a “deal” on senate trial witnesses that end up with Democrats getting their wish to have John Bolton testify in exchange for Republicans calling the scummy Hunter Biden in to soil the Senate chamber. This would be a terrible deal for the President. Yes, there is no real doubt that Joe Biden and his son played a sleazy influence peddling game with the Ukraine while Biden was vice president. Yes, there should be legal consequences for both men, although we can be sure that our utterly corrupt Department...

Joey Kramer says he was forced to re-audition for his role and was held to ‘made-up’ standards not in contractAerosmith drummer Joey Kramer filed a lawsuit against the rest of the band, claiming they’ve unfairly excluded him from rejoining the group ahead of their upcoming Grammys performance and the continuation of their Las Vegas residency. According to the suit, obtained by Rolling Stone, Kramer suffered a few minor injuries last spring that sidelined him just as the band was set to launch their "Deuces Are Wild Las Vegas residency. By the fall, Kramer claims, he was ready to rejoin the...

Electronics are banned from Trump's impeachment hearing. Some senators reportedly flouted this rule, and wore (Apple) smart watches to the proceedings. According to decorum guidelines given to senators before the trial began, electronics are not allowed in the room at all. The rules read "No use of phones or electronic devices will be allowed in the Chamber. All electronics should be left in the Cloakroom in the storage provided." The rules prohibit tools that senators would typically use to connect with the outside world and share information on social media, although it seems likely that Trump himself will be on...

The White House fired back at Trump's impeachers Monday, taking aim at their far-fetched legal arguments and their dishonesty. Trump's lawyers called the Democrats' grounds for impeachment a "made-up theory." They singled out House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff for "lying," violating "basic fairness" and "concocting" the whistleblower complaint. The White House brief is Trump's battle plan for his trial, which begins in earnest Wednesday. The brief also serves as a warning to Democrats that if they succeed in their demand for witnesses, then Schiff will be called to testify about his role in engineering the whistleblower complaint and then denying...

On May 1, 2019, Russian police in Moscow and St. Petersburg arrested over a hundred demonstrators who had made it clear to all observers they were protesting one man: Russian President and former KGB Col. Vladimir Putin. On Jan. 15, 2020, Putin announced that he would send the Russian parliament legislation that would amend the constitution and alter the current senior leadership structure. Putin called the legislation a necessary "reform" that offers "more power to the people." Putin added that he intends to occupy another executive governing position after his presidential term ends in 2024 but is not certain what...

First off, the pair plans to remain at the $14 million waterfront property owned by a billionaire pal on Vancouver Island for the foreseeable future, sources said. From their posh digs, the couple will then begin building their expected commercial empire, now having the freedom to make millions of dollars and sign a raft of deals benefitting themselves and their pet causes. Netflix boss Ted Sarandos — who signed up President Obama and wife Michelle to a production deal — has already thrown his company’s hat in the ring in terms of hiring the couple for work. “Who wouldn’t be...

This is all you need to know about where the Dems stand today. They don't have a single thought or care about law-abiding, hard-working citizens of the United States, they know they have lost that the majority of that vote. They only cater to their base that is anti-American patriotism, anti-Christian, anti 2A, anti-white, anti-traditional family, etc. Whichever of these morons win the nomination, they will have to pivot on this stuff and hope no one brings it up. To bad for them Trump doesn't forget and he has an itchy Twitter finger to remind everyone. Sometimes President Trump doesn't...

As liberal politicians take control of the Commonwealth of Virginia, they are getting a healthy dose of grassroots resistance by legally armed citizens. A massive crowd of 22,000 descended on its state capitol in Richmond, and the Democratic governor overreacted by declaring an inappropriate state of emergency. Unlike the women’s march which left trash all over D.C. after Trump’s inauguration three years ago, this peaceful protest by Second Amendment advocates even picked up the garbage afterwards. The gun groups are motivated, in contrast with media-created protests that quickly fade as the women’s rights march has. Many armed participants at yesterday’s...

Ultimate Fighting Championship legend Conor McGregor on Monday saluted another battler who has overcome the odds. “Phenomenal President,” McGregor tweeted in praise of President Donald Trump. His tweet then inserted the image of a goat, shorthand for “Greatest of All Time.” “Most certainly one of them anyway, as he sits atop the shoulders of many amazing giants that came before him. No easy [feat]. Early stages of term also. Incredible. Congrats and Happy Martin Luther King Jr. day America,” McGregor said.

US cherry growers want level playing field with foreign exporters DETROIT – Cherry growers in the United States have lost a fight to institute tariffs against Turkish dried cherry exporters. The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled Tuesday that the domestic cherry industry “is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of dried tart cherries from Turkey.” That’s despite the the U.S. Department of Commerce’s determination on Dec. 6 that dried cherries were being subsidized by the Turkish government and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. This is of particular concern...

Is this thing still going on?

Well-known CNN personality Jim Acosta tried to intercept Ivanka Trump this week, but was expertly boxed out as her security detail left the reporter in the dust. The network’s chief White House correspondent confronted the first daughter Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland. Ivanka Trump and her father, President Donald Trump, were in the European nation for the World Economic Forum. But instead of asking about the state of the world’s finances, it seems Acosta had a different agenda. The CNN reporter hounded the first daughter and senior White House adviser as she descended a set of stairs, asking her about her...

Democrats including 2020 presidential hopefuls Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang were firing back at Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night, hours after her remarks about Bernie Sanders in an upcoming documentary were published by The Hollywood Reporter. Although Clinton appeared to walk back the remarks Tuesday night, her claims about Sanders – a leading contender for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination who battled Clinton for the 2016 nod – that “nobody likes him” and that “nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done,” were characterized by critics as petulant and potentally divisive for her party. For his part, Sanders...

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler -- one of the impeachment managers prosecuting President Donald Trump -- believes perjury and obstruction of justice need not be impeachable offenses. Or that is what Nadler claimed in 1998, when he was a dissenting minority member on a Judiciary Committee that approved four articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton. Clinton -- like Nadler -- was a Democrat. The full House voted to approve two of the four articles against Clinton -- with five Democrats voting for each of the approved articles. One article alleged Clinton committed perjury in a federal grand jury. "The...