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“A Great Way to End Things” (Luke 2:22-40) Our text today is the story of Mary and Joseph presenting the infant Jesus at the temple and the reactions of Simeon and Anna. As we will see, what happens in this story is “A Great Way to End Things.” And that applies not only to the persons involved but also to us. A great way to end things. The first thing it ends is Mary’s time of purification. Reading again the opening verses of our text: “And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they...

Private donors who’ve contributed millions of dollars to the Black Lives Matter organization have come foreword to ask, where did all the money go? And, while the answer remains unknown, we know for sure that the money isn’t going to the supposed victims BLM claims to fight for, and now the donors and local chapters are getting pissed. The far-left organization went from being a group that most Americans rejected into one of the most beloved brands of the Democratic Party. ... BLM became so powerful that it could turn hundreds of thousands of “mostly peaceful protesters” out into the...

On April 30th, AstraZeneca and Oxford University announced a “landmark agreement” for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. The agreement involves AstraZeneca overseeing aspects of the development as well as manufacturing and distribution while the Oxford side, via the Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group, researched and developed the vaccine. Less than a month after this agreement was reached, the Oxford-AstraZeneca partnership was awarded a contract from the US government as part of Operation Warp Speed, the public-private COVID-19 vaccination effort dominated by the US military and US intelligence.Though the partnership was announced in April, Oxford’s Jenner Institute had already...

15 minutes of Jovan Hutton Pulitzer who possesses too much common sense and sheer intelligence. We posted him before a couple weeks back on FR but it faded. Now it emerges as the definitive solution to uncovering the fraud in the 2020 election. Gist of the video: * Ballot artifacts tell the real story. * Ballots & BALLOT SCANNED IMAGES (BSI) owned by American people, kept intact for 22 months. * Courts conjure up technical nonsensical reasons why ballots can't be examined. * Mail-in ballot processing leaves definitive technical irrefutable evidence. 1. Mail-in Ballots go through a machine. 2. Machine...

vigilante2 sent me a link to this video. https://youtu.be/U6aM7WHm-NA The cursor in this screenshot at the 2-second mark points to a plume of smoke. If you watch for that plume in the video you will see it appear and move across the screen. A second later the explosion cloud appears. We live in interesting times.

Another pro-Trump rally/demo being held in Nagoya , Japan as I write . There are been others in Osaka and Tokyo .

President Donald Trump's call for lawmakers to raise the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000 has divided Republican senators.

It's a simple question. If the worst imaginable comes to pass, should Trump attend Biden's inauguration ? Would attending the inauguration and shaking Biden's hand legitimize the shameful, sordid, and stolen election of 2020? If I were Trump I'd leave Washington in his helicopter the morning before the inauguration. There should absolutely not be any semblance of continuity and transfer of legitimate power. I would not give Biden or Harris or the democrat party or the media the satisfaction of any sense of legitimacy. I can already see the iniquitous smugness of the media throwing everything in Trump's face. This...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump $2000 + $2000 plus other family members. Not $600. Remember, it was China’s fault!

Which of your favorite politicians, "advocates," or media people meet the DSM-5 criteria for sociopathy (ASPD)? Only three of seven required! 1 - Doesn’t respect social norms or laws. They consistently break laws or overstep social boundaries. 2 - Lies, deceives others, uses false identities or nicknames, and uses others for personal gain. 3 - Doesn’t make any long-term plans. They also often behave without thinking of consequences. 4 - Shows aggressive or aggravated behavior. They consistently get into fights or physically harm others. 5 - Doesn’t consider their own safety or the safety of others. 6 - Doesn’t follow...

Welcome to the weekend.... The Guide To What's Really Going On Here And Now Got a book in front of me. "The Art Of The Comeback" Donald J. Trump Lets give you the Top Ten Comeback Tips from Trump... Perhaps this will help us all to better understand the situation on the ground with President Trump right now who I sense is in political campaign mode working to keep up his popularity and viability for the days ahead...whatever those days may hold.... Coronavirus Tyranny In Republican Led Idaho "I, along with Aaron and Jill, were also arrested for "trespassing" at...

Why the Fear of a Forensic Audit? There’s a very easy way to resolve all of this. It’s what all of the Trump and Republican lawsuits have been requesting since November 4. We need full forensic audits of all the machines used in the six metropolitan areas where counting was stopped and ballots were dumped. We also need a full bipartisan examination of the paper ballots and machine reports of those votes. Every American should want to know that our voting system is secure. But the Democrats, the elected officials who approved the voting machine contracts and who conducted the...

MURRAY, Utah — A woman in Utah says she was told not to return to a Salt Lake County business for asking an employee to wear a mask. Nicole Taylor says she wanted all-season tires put on her car. So, she went to Jeffery P. Davis Automotive in Murray.(snip) After the tires were put on her car, Taylor says she went to pay, and noticed the receptionist wasn’t wearing a mask. “She was coughing,” said Taylor. “I had a mask on. I asked her if she could put a mask on while I paid. I even offered to give her...

Texas and Florida are bucking Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on distributing the vaccine, choosing to focus more on vaccinating vulnerable populations. Texas announced on Monday that it was breaking with CDC advice on who should receive the vaccine in early rounds of vaccinations. The CDC had recommended that after nursing home residents and healthcare workers, states should prioritize the elderly and workers deemed essential in sectors such as agriculture and education. While Texas is still in the beginning round of vaccinations going to healthcare workers and long-term care facilities, it will prioritize the most vulnerable to...

TAMPA, Fla. - A North Port man was arrested after he allegedly tossed golf clubs from his van at other cars, then assaulted an FHP trooper who ended up having to use a stun gun on him. Troopers say they received a complaint this afternoon about the driver heading northbound on Interstate 75, throwing golf clubs from his work van near the Sun City Center Boulevard exit. When a trooper caught up with him near Fowler Avenue and pulled him over, they say the driver – later identified as Jonathan Edward Day – got out of the van clutching a...

Here is my latest email to President Trump: Dear Mr. President, It's time to start declassifying. Start slowly and accelerate every day until they all cry "Uncle". . .Uncle Sam, that is ;) Please email him with your support.

DAYTONA BEACH — A Florida woman told authorities that she fatally shot her boyfriend in self-defense on Christmas Eve when he raised a tomahawk over her as she was lying in bed. Jill Fritch told deputies that she grabbed a gun and shot Troy Sorrell late Thursday out of fear that he was going to attack her with the tomahawk with a 2-foot handle.

The wheels on the nation's buses aren't going round and round very much these days. Demand for bus travel has fallen by more than 80 percent during the pandemic as public health authorities urge people to avoid travel where possible. That is raising concerns about the potential long-term damage to an essential transport method for millions of lower-income Americans even as air travel has shown signs of picking up since the Thanksgiving holiday period. And those who have to take the bus, for whatever reason, are finding fewer options, and often higher prices as a result.

JUST IN: Three people are dead and three more are injured after a shooting at a northern Illinois bowling alley, police say

Francis to Cardinal: “There Was No Room for You in Hell”"The Pope has been a big brother, the greatest support,” Perugia Cardinal Gulatiero Bassetti said during the TV show A sua immagine.Bassetti, the President of the Italian Bishops, spent weeks between life and death in ICU after he had contracted Covid-19. Every day, Francis informed himself about Bassetti’s health condition.When Bassetti finally recovered and was able to answer the phone, Francis told him, “Do you know why you survived? Because there was no place in hell for you.”