Paul’s Vision and His Thorn
I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing. I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles. How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less? Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery! Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you? I urged Titus to go to you and I sent our brother with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?
Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening. For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder. I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged.
https://rumble.com/vmqrfn-ep.-1608-an-online-investigator-exposes-a-troubling-connection-the-dan-bong.html
An explosive connection found by an investigator I trust. In this episode I address the disturbing details. I also address latest poll showing Democrats are obsessed with living in fear.
News Picks:
- This Spygate piece from The Federalist is worth your time.
- The tax data about what the rich actually pay.
- Seven ways the Democrats are hiking taxes on the middle class.
- Even Bill Maher has caught on to the “the rich don’t pay their fair share” scam.
- Has AOC’s “tax the rich” dress designer paid taxes herself?
Pfizer Seeks U.S. Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Age 5-11
FBI Executes Search Warrant on Home of Brian Laundrie’s Parents
Judge in Michael Sussman Case Is Married to Attorney for ex-FBI Lawyer Lisa Page
Biden Admin Warns States Federal Debt Crisis Could Trigger Recession
Sen. Manchin Wants Congress to Delay Voting on Biden’s Spending Package Until 2022
Biden Admin to Release Family Units From Del Rio Border Crisis Into U.S.
Capitol Hill
NIH Director Believes Pfizer Booster Shots Will Be Expanded Despite FDA Panel’s Recommendation Against It
Indian Media Claims Kabul Suicide Bomber Was Freed From Bagram Prison After Biden’s Botched Withdrawal
Sen. Cruz Praises Sens. Manchin and Sinema for “Standing Up to the Crazies” in Their Party
Ex-Trump Official says Milley Routinely Exceeded His Authority, Undermined President
Biden’s Entire Legislature Agenda Sits on the Knife’s Edge of Total Failure
Lol: Beto O’Rourke to Challenge Greg Abbott for Texas Gov.
Redistricting Battles Rage Across the Nation
Former Obama Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Demands Accountability on Biden’s Botched Drone Strike
Trump: Border Situation a “Crisis Crisis”
Culture War
Elon Musk Dunks on Joe Biden Following Successful Inspiration 4 Mission
Minnesota Supreme Court Clears Way for Full Reversal of Derek Chauvin Murder Conviction
Chuck Todd: Biden Facing a “Pretty Big Credibility Crisis”
“Joe Biden Taliban” Billboards Put Up Near I-83 in Pennsylvania
Media Mocked for Overhyping Saturday “Justice for J6” Rally
Poll: More White Voters Support Replacing Police in Minneapolis Than Black Voters
BLM to Protest at NYC Restaurant Where Black Women Were Denied Service Over Vax Mandate
Iowa Teacher Proudly Explains How She Circumvents State’s CRT Ban
Ford’s Theater Twitter Account Questions Abe Lincoln’s Legacy
Lib Journos Flummoxed by Biden’s Incompetence
Economy
Charles Gasparino: Still-Young Crypto Industry Could Grow Stronger — If SEC Allows It to Thrive
Bitcoin Falls Below $45k as Global Market Rout Hits Cryptos
Dems’ New Tax Hike Plan Contains Subsidies for Journos
European Stocks Fall to Two-Month Low
GOP Lawmakers Blast IMF Chief Over China Data Manipulation Report
Apple Is Tracking Political Fights Over Texas Abortion Law and Immigration Policy
Amazon Piles Ad Into Search Results
The Economic Week Ahead
Europe Faces Winter Energy Crisis
“Progressives” Now Want a $26 Minimum Wage
Swamp Watch
San Francisco Mayor Says She Violated Her Own Mask Mandate Because She Was “Feeling the Spirit”
NY Times Publishes Puff Piece on Psaki After Bad Week for Biden Admin
Border Patrol Resorts to Hiring Civilians as “Processing Coordinators”
Watch: New Footage Shows an Unmasked AOC Being Waited on By Masked Attendants and Staff Before Met Gala
Terry McAuiliffe Flips on Qualified Immunity, Suddenly Says He Would Not Repeal It
Eric Trump: Durham Indictment Revealed Clinton Bankroll of Alfa Bank Dirt
The Indictment of Hillary Clinton’s Lawyer Is Another Indictment of the Media’s Russiagate Wing
Obama’s Homeland Security Chief: This Border Crisis Sure Seems Out of Control
Families of Jailed Jan 6 Protesters Share Disturbing Stories of Mistreatment by Authorities
National Security
China Adds Powerful New Ship to Its Fleet
Ohio Officials Pushing Back on Air Force Family Support “Report Card” That Placed State in Middle of the Pack
Some in Missouri GOP Are Floating State Gun Law As Template to Fight Biden Vaccine Rule
GM Defense Wins Contract to Build Heavy-Duty Chevrolet Suburban for Use By Diplomats
U.S. Cyber Chief: Government Should Be Prepared to Fire “Cyber Bullets” as Part of War on Hackers
DoD Wants to Know Why Small Businesses Can’t Get Contracts
U.S. Marines Looking For a Few Older People
A Look at America’s New Anti-China Alliance
Around the World
Putin’s Party on Course to Retain Majority in Parliament
It’s Official: Boxer Manny Pacquiao Running for Philippine President
Australian Police Arrest 267 Protesters During Anti Lockdown Rallies This Weekend
Report: Putin Accepts Invitation From China to 2022 Winter Olympics
Britain May Revert to Imperial System as Part of Its Exit From the European Union
Japan’s Population Aged 65 and Older Hits Record High
Macron and Biden to Talk, As Australia Defends Leaving French Submarine Deal
New Photo of Canadian PM Trudeau in Blackface Emerges
Opinion
Rob Jenkins: More Stupid Leftist Arguments
Paula Froelich: After AOC’s Met Gala Stunt, I’m Officially Done With Democrats
Debra J. Saunders: Can’t Recall — What’s Next for California?
Derek Hunter: Democrats Hate You, It’s Time To Hate Them Back
Charles Gasparino: Still-Young Crypto Industry Could Grow Stronger — If SEC Allows It to Thrive
Kevin McCullough: Democrats’ Sick Prescriptions for Killing off Life-Saving New Medicines
David Badiel: The Progressive Left Now Sees Antisemitism as an “Acceptable” Racism
David McGrath: I Knew It Would Be a Disaster, But This?
Entertainment
Chris Rock Reveals He Has Breakthrough Coronavirus Case After Being Vaccinated, Urges Followers To Get Vaccinated
Emmys Promise A “Good Time” After Bleak Year
Twitter Blasts Maskless Celebrities At 2021 Emmys
Seth Rogen Complains About COVID Protocols at the Emmys: “This Is Insane!”
Gillian Anderson Wins Second Emmy For “The Crown”
A Trip To The Real “Mayberry” From The Andy Griffith Show
“Waterboy” Actor And Longtime Adam Sandler Co-Star Peter Dante Accused Of Threatening To Kill Neighbor
Media Wake Up, Realize Comedy Crumbling In Our Woke Age
Sports
Kyle Larson Wins NASCAR Bristol Cup Playoff
Cole Beasley Offers To Buy Tickets For Unvaccinated Fans Who Miss Games Due To Vaccine Mandate
Report: Peyton Manning Has “Spoken With Multiple Broncos Ownership Suitors” About Role As Investor & Manager
Devin Clark Has Teeth Destroyed In UFC Fight By Ion Cutelaba
Before Game Browns’ Baker Mayfield Honors Fallen US Service Member
Gerrit Cole Booed Off Mound As Yankees Fall To Indians
Video: Browns Fans Brawl Before Home Opener
NBA Hall Of Famer Isiah Thomas Blasts NFL “Black National Anthem”: It “Emphasizes Our Separateness”
Newsmax TV
- Rep. Rosendale: Unvetted Afghan Refugees Shouldn't Be Let In
- Gohmert: Biden's Call to Tax the Rich Will Hurt Poor |
- Florida Democrat Joseph Abruzzo Hits Biden on Tax Plan |
- Louisiana AG Landry: Biden Mandate Divisive |
- Dershowitz: 'FBI Work Model Is to Lie to People' |
- Paxton: Del Rio Bridge Shows Border Crisis Worsening |
- Fla. Lt. Gov.: Feds Cutting COVID Treatments 'Power Play' |
- Rep. Steube: GOP 'Reckoning' Coming on Afghanistan |
1. Covid. The insanity of mandating the vaccine for little kids. https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/pfizer-says-their-covid-vaccine-works
2. Legal. Secret court decisions go to SCOTUS. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-1499/180284/20210527092519180_210147a%20Amicus%20Brief%20for%20efiling.pdf
3. Economic. Inflation ate away all the wage gains. https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/inflation-has-turned-15-an-hour-wages-into-a-setback
4. Political. UK gamblers think the Conservatives and People's Party will over perform expectations tonight. https://www.oddschecker.com/us/insight/specials/politics/20210917-canadian-election-odds-over-54pp-of-bets-on-conservatives
5. Cultural. Less overt politics brought some of the fans back. https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/nfl-week-one-tv-ratings-viewers-ravens-raiders-bucs-cowboys-nbc-cbs-fox-espn/
- Bonus: 4th straight profitable week for followers of SportsPicks, where i place my betting picks. https://sportspicks.locals.com/
===
===
===
===
===
===
===
===
===
I saw this in an Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot tv episode. It struck me. I could dedicate it to TMN who isn't a Facebook friend. I do not know the provenance of the number, having tracked it to another youtube video. I will copy the tags. I've forgotten you, I never think of you, The way you walked, the way you talked, the things you used to say. I've forgotten you, I never think of you, I couldn't say for sure today Whether your eyes were blue or grey. I've forgotten you, I never think of you, Your smile, your touch, Which meant so much, Somewhere along the way. I've forgotten you, I never think of you, I changed my mind , my love was blind , Now I've forgotten you. I'm through. I'll never think of you Oh, what a lie! I shall think of you, Think of you, Think of you, Till I die. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgu8nBQmRcM
Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future.
Tony Abbott assaulted in Tasmania by a SSM activist. The man was wearing a Yes badge and walked up to the former PM saying "Can I shake your hand?" The coward then head butted Tony Abbott and said he deserved it before walking away. Abbott did not fight back, as Andrew Bolt did previously. When Bolt did that, the abusers tried to have Bolt charged with violence. AFL backflips over SSM. AFL had changed their initials with a public poster to say "Yes." Only, some 40% of AFL supporters don't feel that way. And although one might support SSM as a concept, the campaign is a turn off for decent people. SSM suicides? According to one strident supporter of the "Yes" campaign, only a "yes" vote will stop 300 suicides a year from youth. But I'm sure, if the statistics are examined, there would not be 10 suicides ever of a school child over SSM. It is just like the Stolen Generation campaign.
Billions lost from AGW waste. And the loss is ongoing. World wide it was some $2.5 trillion a year under Obama. Trump is reeling back the waste. The money is gone forever. It does not contribute to anything worthwhile. It is a lost business opportunity that hits the world's poorest the hardest. Still, the waste is expected to reach over $100 trillion before 2100, and it will not have an effect on world temperature. One day, there will be a reckoning for the hoax.
We need free speech. Those opposing it for political opportunism risk losing their voice entirely.
Turnbull only stays on for further humiliation, before he resigns.
And the Senate kept Flannery in his over paid job? Thanks Shorten. Shorten stands by the corrupt and the inept.
Now that the ALP have brought about the end of the Baby Bonus, their activity will bring about an end to more welfare. We cannot keep what we cannot afford. Eventually, we will lose everything we now take for granted. Who is being cold and unfeeling now?
The left laud the incompetent that are from their tribe.
There are no winners when cultural assets are dissolved.
The devil is laughing
The favour Turnbull is offering Obama and Hillary Clinton masks the nature of the migrants. They are unlikely to be Catholic refugees from Costa Rica
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
Leftwing and the path of evil are entwined. The '60s anti authoritarian youth rebellion culture and peace movement. Well intended in the case of individuals, but exploited by evil. The Soviet KGB in the Cold War manipulated the peace movement to oppose US missions for freedom and democracy. In that time, and earlier, during the Great Game, the lie was spread permitting Jihad in Islam to pursue politics through terror. There is a history of fighting within Islam between Islamic peoples that allows atrocity. The connection with the left is from the sixties peace movement. It was LBJ that showed many young girls that war was cool. But now the West faces terror and she needs to know how to defeat this millennia old machine. The truth is, to defeat terror, ultimately we must be true to ourselves. But for Islam to separate themselves from terror, they need their gutless, impotent leaders to become competent. The mainstream media have not helped anyone, even themselves, in their excusing terror in the name of Islam. Australian Soldiers risk being targeted by terrorists for wearing their uniform at home. Obama promises to fight IS ineffectively by not using good people on the ground. One Liberal Party member Laundy opposes a free vote on gay marriage when previously he supported it. His rationale for his backflip involves an Islamic presence in his electorate. Meanwhile, terrorists in prison have privileges other prisoners don't get.
AGW hysterics are global, and fewer than might be otherwise, owing to their extensive use of flight carbon. Climate Change, the musical, is over. It was the worst AGW hype fest failure since the ill omened '07 Cool Aid inspired by Jim Jones.
In modern times, a dithering Obama has peacefully created a world where moderate Iranians make Iraqis execute former Saddam supporters. No news of Obama asking to hit Iran as he wanted to hit Syria.
In sad election news, it looks like crank Palmer has managed to buy himself a seat in parliament, denying a serious candidate. The result is close, so there will be a recount. Already Palmer has discredited his win claiming the armed services are conspiring .. to let him win. Suggesting he won't improve parliament, but he may make it more watchable.
The Pope has spoken sense, but his angry critics claim it is proof he endorses them. How would Islamics behave if their senior member said the same as Francis? I note one Islamist recently plotted to kill Prince Harry. What would Climate warming believers do if their scientists revealed the truth? We may never know.
1170 – Combined English and Irish forces, under the command of Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke and Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster seize Norse-Gaelic Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, King of Dublin into exile.
1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in Battle of Matthew's Day.
1435 – The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War.
1745 – Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Copeis defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
1776 – Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1792 – French Revolution: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy.
1843 – John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the newly independent Chilean government.
1860 – Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
1896 – Mahdist War: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.
1898 – Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
1921 – A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.
1933 – Salvador Lutteroth ran the first ever EMLL (now CMLL) show in Mexico, marking the birth of Lucha libre.
1934 – A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
1939 – Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by far-right legionnaires of the fascist paramilitary organization Iron Guard.
1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.
1942 – The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the ghetto in Biała Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol.
1942 – In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
1942 – The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
1953 – Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.
1964 – Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom but remains in the Commonwealth.
1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
1965 – The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
1971 – Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
1972 – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation № 1081, placing the entire country under martial law and marking the beginning of his authoritarian rule.
1976 – Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
1976 – Seychelles joins the United Nations.
1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
1984 – Brunei joins the United Nations.
1991 – Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
1996 – The Defense of Marriage Act passes the United States Congress (a vote of 342-67 in the House of Representatives and a vote of 85-14 in the Senate). The law prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriage, while allowing states to adopt any marital definition of their choosing.
1999 – Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
2001 – America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
2001 – Increased racial tensions in Peterborough, England following the September 11 attacks result in the murder of Ross Parker by a gang of ten Muslims in a racially motivated attack.
2003 – The Galileo Probe is terminated by sending it into Jupiter.
2013 – Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
=== Bible Reading ===
=
Today's reading: Ecclesiastes 4-6, 2 Corinthians 12 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: Ecclesiastes 4-6
Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness
and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
and they have no comforter.
2 And I declared that the dead,
who had already died,
are happier than the living,
who are still alive.
3 But better than both
is the one who has never been born,
who has not seen the evil
that is done under the sun.
Today's New Testament reading: 2 Corinthians 12
Paul’s Vision and His Thorn
=== Morning and Evening ===
=
Morning
Evening
=== Bible Quote ===
=== Message ===
===
I am a decent man and don't care for the abuse given me. I created a video raising awareness of anti police feeling among western communities. I chose the senseless killing of Nicola Cotton, a Louisiana policewoman who joined post Katrina, to highlight the issue. I did this in order to get an income after having been illegally blacklisted from work in NSW for being a whistleblower. I have not done anything wrong. Local council appointees refused to endorse my work, so I did it for free. Youtube's Adsence refused to allow me to profit from their marketing it. Meanwhile, I am hostage to abysmal political leadership and hopeless journalists. My shopfront has opened on Facebook.
===
I am publishing a book called Bread of Life: January.
Bread of Life is a daily bible quote with a layman's understanding of the meaning. I give one quote for each day, and also a series of personal stories illustrating key concepts eg Who is God? What is a miracle? Why is there tragedy?
January is the first of the anticipated year-long work of thirteen books. One for each month and the whole year. It costs to publish. It (Kindle version) should retail at about $2US online, but the paperback version would cost more, according to production cost.If you have a heart for giving, I fundraise at gofund.me/27tkwuc (Gofundme finished the fund raiser, 2017)
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August, September, October, or at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows a free kindle version.
The Amazon Author Page for David Ball
UK .. http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B01683ZOWG
French .. http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B01683ZOWG
Japan .. http://www.amazon.co.jp/-/e/B01683ZOWG
German .. http://www.amazon.de/-/e/B01683ZOWG
===
Other Stuff
===
I'm now on MAGAbook to sidestep FB censorship
https://www.magabook.com/register?invite=11673951025fadd3f055eca4.00045664
===
I'm looking for former students to endorse me
https://www.superprof.com.au/write-recommendation-13371374-1cc2cf0f56166c9b04ad4097fc7d0b67.html
===
No comments:
Post a Comment