Generally when you’re trying to sneak up on somebody, it’s best not to do it in plain sight. If you’re a kitten, you might not have learned that lesson yet. We humans smile and think they’re cute when they do this; but if we were bugs we wouldn’t think so. This would really put a twitch in your antenners.
Yup, that’s what day it is tomorrow. Patty and me, 40 years of wedded bliss and still going strong–we give God the thanks for that.
We met 40 years ago, working at The Bayshore Independent in Keyport, NJ. Once a week, at least, we got our supper from the Keyport Fishery. And it’s still there! The man who owns it now must be a genius, because he’s kept everything–including the high quality of the food–just the way it was. So tomorrow we shall dine in style.
We both agree, those 40 years seem like they went by like a shot. That must mean we enjoyed them.
Anyhow, don’t be too surprised if this blog’s a little slow tomorrow.
So when is a Christian school not a Christian school?
When it’s in Canada.
The Battle River School Division, an arm of the government of Alberta, has ordered the Cornerstone Christian Academy to “refrain from reading or studying any scripture that could be considered offensive to particular individuals” (https://answersingenesis.org/religious-freedom/canada-forces-government-speech-and-bans-bible-verses/). The pagan authorities singled out I Corinthians 6:9-11 and Galatians 5:19-21–verses pertaining to God’s laws against sexual immorality, and the individual’s redemption from such sins by the grace of God–as scriptures that must not be read or studied in a Christian school.
“That could be considered offensive to particular individuals”–what does that mean? You can only study scriptures that can’t be considered offensive to anyone? Does that description fit anything ever published? I mean, they’re banning the whole Bible, aren’t they?
This has been going on since the pagan Roman authorities demanded that Christians sacrifice to the emperor as a god. It is the same thing.
God forbid that we as Christians knuckle under to this: because it would mean the corruption of our faith and the poisoning of our souls. I don’t know what would happen to the school if they resisted the government, but I do know that they must.
And for those of you who think, “Oh, that’s Canada! That could never happen here,” I need but two words:
President Hillary.
This headline from The Australian quickly caught my eye:
“Temperature readings plunge after Australia Bureau of Meteorology orders end to ‘Tampering'” (http://www.cfact.org/2017/08/07/temperature-readings-plunge-after-australias-bureau-of-meteorology-orders-end-to-tampering/)
And suddenly it’s about 10 degrees (Centigrade) cooler in Australia.
Gee, why were the readings so high? Because “smart cards”–we’ve told you to beware of that word “smart” when certain people use it–“filter out the coldest readings.” Well, that would do it. The low temperature readings simply “vanish from the record.”
It’s sort of like deleting the outs from your batting average: always makes it go up.
Anyway… toldja, toldja, toldja so! It’s a fake, it’s a scam, it’s a hustle, it’s a power grab!
Really–how many times do these people have to be caught lying and cheating before the world catches on?
This is not a satire. I only wish it was.
The state of Illinois is going bankrupt, having beaten even California in the race to fiscal oblivion. The Chicago Public School District is on the hook for $850 million in interest on a $500 million loan. And those are the good things that are happening in Illinois.
To celebrate the glorious results of public policies conceived and executed by off-the-wall liberals, the governor and legislature of the state of Illinois have decreed Aug. 4 “Barack Obama Day.” (http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/barack-obama-day-illinois-holiday-438732933.html) Because Ol’ *Batteries Not Included “dedicated his life [to going on vacation] to protecting the rights of Americans…” and (get this!) “building bridges across communities.” The only “bridges” ever built by this person–sorry, all the nouns that really fit are not suitable for publication here–were the kind that made it easier for looters to get to their victims.
There was not a single vote against this holiday in the legislature, not even one. Well, you know what happens to people who say “no” to Obama. “You’re a racist, you’re a racist, yaaaah!”
But then maybe Illinois deserves a Barack Obama Day.
Maybe there should be a rule that your state can’t have a Barack Obama Day until it goes bankrupt.
Source: New Dinosaur, Same Old Poppycock
The most important business of this blog, and all of us who take part in it, is to proclaim the glory of God and the lordship of Jesus Christ. That’s why the first thing I post every day is a hymn.
O Worship the King, sung by the Pilgrim Mennonite Mission Choir–a hymn that never fails to move me, and I hope it’s one of your favorites, too.
Our cat Peep likes to swat Patty’s glasses off the night-stand. Isn’t that cute?
Buster liked to bat the shade until it snapped up with a loud clatter. Henry used to lick my wife’s eyelids.
Well, they want what they want when they want it…
Hi, Mr. Nature here, with a thrilling tale from our kitchen.
Yesterday Mrs. Nature was making supper when she suddenly screamed. “What’s going on out there?” “It’s in my pants! It’s in my pants!”
Sure enough, it was a big bug crawling up her leg inside her pants–our cats were totally fascinated–and then it fell out on the floor. She thought it was a praying mantis at first, but it was just a harmless katydid. Relying on camouflage for protection, these move slowly and their leaf-like wings make a nice safe handle by which to pick them up and release them outdoors.
If you turn up the volume on this video, you can actually hear some katydids in the background. It’s one of the sounds of summer, katydidding away at night. It’s some of God’s stuff, and a joy to listen to.
And Australia is now making its move in the ongoing Ninnie Derby, coming on fast!
See if you can follow this chain of reasoning.
*The BBC publishes a list of its top salaries, and only one person on it is a woman. PM Theresa May is dismayed.
*In Melbourne, Australia, in response to the “gender gap” at the BBC, which is on the opposite side of the world from Melbourne, a “vegan cafe” called Handsome Her will now charge all male patrons–if they have any–an 18% “man tax,” plus they will always seat women first. This, babbles the owner, is a way of “making men stop and question their privilege.” (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4176712/men-tax-pay-more-melbourne-cafe/)
Gee, it sure looks to me like the ones with the “privilege” are those who get coddled and praised and allowed to piss all over whoever they decide has been “oppressing” them: ordinary white men have the privilege of being blamed for everything, paying for everything, and being hated for everything.
But then what kind of hop-toad is going to go into a vegan cafe in the first place?
Is there a technical term for a man who takes pleasure in getting abused by lesbians? (And don’t say “Yeah–a Democrat!”)