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Judas Hangs Himself
Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”[a]
Jesus Before Pilate
Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?” But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.
Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus[b] Barabbas. So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?” For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.
While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.
“Barabbas,” they answered.
“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked.
They all answered, “Crucify him!”
“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”
All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”
Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
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In this episode I address the explosion of new information that came out in the Spygate case.
News Picks:
- Here’s what really happened in the spying scandal on the Trump campaign.
- Banks are now freezing monies going to political causes they don’t like.
- This is dystopia, disguised as democracy.
- Democrats are so desperate that they’re trying gimmicks before the election.
Then-DNI Ratcliffe Told Special Counsel Durham There’s Enough Evidence to Indict “Multiple People” in Russia Probe
Ukraine Seeks Meeting With Russia Within Next 48-Hours Over Troop Buildup at Border
Senior Biden Communications Adviser Announces Departure Ahead of State of the Union Address
America’s “Freedom Index” Rating Falls to All-Time Low Under Biden
DC to End COVID Vax Mandate One Month After Implementing It – Mask Mandates Being Removed Everywhere Except Schools
Durham: Clinton Campaign Lawyer Gave Sensitive Trump Data to CIA
Capitol Hill
Russian Ambassador to Sweden Boasts About Putin Ignoring Biden’s Threats
Jim Jordan: They Spied on a Sitting President and It Was Worse Than We Thought
AOC Running Out of Time to Challenge Chuck Schumer’s Senate Seat
Democrats Not Done Fighting Each Other Over Doomed “Build Back Better”
Pelosi Actually Thinks Democrats Can Win the Midterms
Would VP Harris Overturn The 2024 Presidential Election?
House Democrats Introduce Bill to Create $70 Billion “Department of Reconciliation” to “Declare Unconditional War” on Racism
Federal Judge Blocks “Social Cost” Provision of Biden’s Climate Change Scheme
Biden Admin Asks Court Not to Release Dominion Voting Systems Report
Lindsey Graham Predicts Potential SCOTUS Nominee Michelle Childs Would Get 10+ GOP Votes
Culture War
Trump Blasts “Zero” Coverage of Clinton Spying Proof
Brian Laundrie Autopsy Report Released Confirming He Died From Suicide by Gunshot
Conservative Publisher “Heroes of Liberty” Takes Aim at Woke Scholastic
Seattle-Area School Board Defends Offering Racially Segregated Meetings
AOC Thinks It’s “Inevitable” Texas Will Turn Blue
Democrats to Gain 2-3 Seat Redistricting Advantage
Pelosi Tries to Distance Party From “Defund the Police”
PETA Unveils Mosaic of “Tormented” Monkeys and Beagles in “Tribute” to Fauci
Sunday Shows Ignore Explosive Durham Revelation Clinton Spied on Trump
“Let’s Go Brandon” Ad Aired During Super Bowl
Economy
Coinbase’s Super Bowl Ad Crashed Their Site Almost Instantly
CDC Asks Cruise Ships to Report Passengers’ Vaccination Status
Pelosi Blames Inflation on “Low Unemployment”
China Failed to Buy Extra $200 Billion in Exports From Trump Phase 1 Trade Agreement
British Authorities Seize NFTs for First Time in £1.4 Million Fraud Probe
U.S. Blocks All Mexican Avocado Imports Over Cartel Threats
Saudi Arabia Transfers $80 Billion Worth of Shares of State Oil Company to State Wealth Fund
Illinois Has Second Highest Gas Tax in Country and Is Among the Worst States for Potholes
Pelosi Evasive on Extending Congressional Stock Trading Ban to Spouses of Lawmakers
Swamp Watch
Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan Played a Key Role in Russian Collusion Hoax
Pro-Mask Mandate Celebs and Politicians Ignore California’s Mask Mandate During Super Bowl
Hell Freezes as Manhattan Judge Actually Sends Armed Robbery Suspect to Jail
Stephanopoulos Ignores Pelosi’s Reluctance for Congressional Stock Trading Ban During Interview
RNC Sues Bucks County, Pennsylvania for Absentee Ballot Transparency
Jake Tapper Calls Biden’s Rejection of Army’s Damning Report on Afghanistan “Insulting”
Boston Apologizes for “Accidentally” Emailing Out Names of Unvaxxed Employees
CNN Ridiculed for Comparing Joe Rogan “N-Word” Usage to Jan 6
GOP Slams Clinton Campaign After Durham Report Reveals Spying Operation
Penn State Research Comes to Obvious Conclusion Antifa Presence at Protests Greatly Increases Risk of Violence
National Security
Former Chief Software Officer: U.S. Losing Ground to China Due to Pentagon’s Wasteful Bureaucracy
Electromagnetic Gun Labeled a “Serious Weapon” During Expert Range Report
Iran Hard-Liners Thrilled With New Missile
After Houthi Attacks, U.S. F-22s Arrive in UAE
The Origin of America’s Security Obligations in the Ukraine
U.S. Space Force Looks to Its Own Version of the Metaverse
In Information Operations, U.S. Continues to Play Catch-Up
A Look at Russia’s Neo-Covert Operations in Georgia and Ukraine
U.S. Soldiers in Ukraine Withdrawing Amid Warnings of Imminent Russian Invasion
Ukraine’s President Zelensky Invites Biden to Country to “Contribute to De-Escalation” With Russia
Around the World
Canada’s Trudeau to Invoke Emergencies Act
Ukraine Receives Anti-Aircraft Missiles From Lithuania
U.S. Claiming Russia May Create Pretext to Invade Ukraine
Macron Slammed for His Use of Armored Vehicles Against Freedom Convoy Protesters in Paris
U.S.-Canada Bridge to Reopen After Police Clear Protesters
Boris Johnson’s Govt Promises to “Restore to a Smaller State”, Seemingly Remembers He’s a “Conservative”
Lithuania Delivers Anti-Aircraft Missiles to Ukraine
Vienna Woman Stabs Syrian Immigrant Who Was Trying to Rape Her
Germany Warns Russia of Immediate Reprisals if Ukraine is Attacked
Freedom Convoy Protesters Arrested at Ambassador Bridge, Vehicles Towed
Opinion
Charles Love: Who Is Leading BLM and Where Are Their Millions Going? No One Can Say
Kevin McCullough: Take Congress, Fix The Nation, Jail The Criminals
Michael Goodwin: A “Peek” Inside the White House as Bad News Piles up for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Gabriella Hoffman: America COMPETES Act Will Undermine Online Marketplaces
Charles Gasparino: CNN’s Axing of Chris Cuomo – And Then Jeff Zucker – Roils Media Merger
Jason Piccolo: Human Trafficking Happens Every Single Day. Yes, Even During The Super Bowl Weekend
Bob Stefanowski: Connecticut’s Absurd COVID Order Endangers Nursing Home Patients — Again
Cliff Nichols: Is the Canadian Government Starting a Civil War?
Entertainment
Joe Rogan Blasts Justin Trudeau for “Demonizing” the Unvaccinated
Bill Maher Says “Elitists” Have “Pissed Off” Truckers, Guest Defends Freedom Convoy as “Uprising of Everyday Citizens”
Online Outcry After China Censors Gay Content in “Friends”
Crime Surge: Rapper Kodak Black Shot in Leg at After-Party Hosted by Justin Bieber in Los Angeles
Alec Baldwin Dodges Bullet as Rust On-Set Medic Excludes Him From Lawsuit Filed Against Film’s Production Team
New Doctor Strange 2 Trailer Drops During Super Bowl
Puppy Bowl 2022 Winner Recap
Kanye West Goes off on Instagram About Kim Kardashian’s Boyfriend SNL Star Pete Davidson
Sports
Country Star Mickey Guyton Rocked “The Star Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl LVI
Former NFL Star Adrian Peterson Arrested on Domestic Violence Charge
Packers Hope to Make Aaron Rodgers Offer He Can’t Refuse
Joe Montana Says Tom Brady Is “Crazy” to Retire
Biden: NFL Hiring More Black Head Coaches a Question of “Generic Decency”
American Erin Jackson Makes History With Olympic Speedskating Gold Medal at Winter Games
The Rock Gets Mocked After Cringe Worthy Super Bowl Open
Chinese Fans Call American Nathan Chen “Traitor” After Winning Gold in Beijing for Team USA
Major League Baseball’s Spring Training Delayed by Labor Talks
LA Rams Win Super Bowl
Newsmax TV
- Ukraine Wants Meeting With Russia to Discuss Border Troop Buildup
- US: Over 130,000 Russian Troops Now Staged Outside Ukraine
- Biden Promises Ukraine President: Reaction Will Be Swift, Decisive Against Russian Military Action
- Ukraine's Leader Invites U.S. Biden to Visit Ukraine
- Lindsey Graham: Congress Can Do More to Stop Invasion
- Sen. Cassidy Blames Russia-Ukraine Tension on 'Failed' U.S. Energy Policy
- Rep. Rosendale: US Must Focus on 'Invasion' on Its Southern Border |
- Sen. Blackburn: Administration's 'Safe Smoking Kits' Enable Drug Use |
- Fred Fleitz: US Won't Stop Putin if He Invades Ukraine |
- Rep. Mast: No Surprise Clinton Accused of Spying on Trump |
- Rep. Davidson: ‘Right Now Cartels Control the Border’ |
- Rep. Fallon: Working With Cartels 'Akin to Collaborating With Terrorists' |
1. Blackrock's China ties. https://consumersresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Consumer-Warning-BlackRock.pdf
2. Another Texas suit against Facebook: this time, illicit facial recognition invasions of privacy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-sues-meta-over-facebooks-facial-recognition-practices-11644854794
3. This is the hurdle in the Palin trial: "By tying the case so directly to partisan politics, Turkel seemed to be taking a big risk with a jury that seems likely to lean liberal. Almost 87% of Manhattan voters who cast ballots in Nov. 2020 favored Joe Biden." https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/11/sarah-palin-lawyers-new-york-times-libel-conservatives-00008248
4. I kinda like this version of Valentine's Day: it's a day to remember, and whack, your enemies. https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2021/02/the-real-history-of-valentines-day/
5. Sadly, as forecast, Trudeau goes the most authoritarian response to the truckers. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trudeau-unleash-never-used-emergency-powers-act-counter-protests-us-canada-bridge-reopens
*Bonus: Another profitable Super Bowl Sunday. https://sportspicks.locals.com/post/1695158/another-profitable-super-bowl
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Editorial Sun Feb 7th 2021
On Friday, at work in the adjacent suburb of Hallam, a lightning storm resulted in power going down across Hallam. Children at the tutorial centre at 8pm were forced to work from fading daylight across summer of Melbourne. Lights returned fifteen minutes later. Work was done and children got a new appreciation of Zeus. When I got back home, I found the internet was down from wifi, but I had phone data operative. I searched for internet failure and found nothing. I waited until next morning, and found a report of NBN failure the night before. I went to work in the morning. At work I was called by my estate agent who had tried to reset the modem in the share accommodation, without success. I told them of the NBN outage report, with the news that the anticipated recovery was on Monday at 6pm, the fourth day from the failure.
I went home and checked the internet again. Still down, I checked the outage reports, and there were none. Not even at my address. Clearly, the estate agent had not got the landlord to raise the issue with the ISP. There is no reason to believe the internet will be restored on even the fourth day if no one is looking at the issue.
What has caused this outage? Internet gets slow whenever there is a thunderstorm. I live in Dandenong, a suburb of Melbourne. There is no excuse for such poor service.
Editorial Thursday 11th February 2021
Having reported the outage to my landlord’s agent, I queried them as to why no fault was reported on the address a day later, two days later, three days later and four days later. The estate agent raised their voice to me “It is not my job to sit by a phone for a telecommunications company hours on end. I’ve alerted the landlord.”
“Yes, but the telecommunications company needs to know there is a fault or they cannot address it.”
“I take your point but I have told you I have alerted the landlord.”
“Have you advised them to report the fault?”
“They said they will fix it. If they haven’t fixed by the end of working day tomorrow I will see to it. Have a good day, sir”
It wasn’t working on day five, but another member of the share household found mail addressed to the landlord from the telecommunications company and opened it. It said that the company was sending a final warning before cancellation. The company was forced to close their cable service and link to NBN instead. The cancellation was to take place on the 15th February, ten days after they in fact cancelled it. Had the company been called when the ‘fault’ was detected, the problem could have been addressed immediately. The agent has still not apologised to me. Neither is the internet connected after seven days.
My oldest sister sent me a near fifty year old school photo of me. I told her that I had lost all my photos when FB booted me. I have no place for such memories, but I’m thankful she thought of me. I had been booted from FB after Jan 6th for not being a good citizen, as I endorsed Donald Trump for President. I am not uncivilised and never condone violence or racism, but FB booted me. My sister, a left wing loony, said I should go somewhere else where I’m accepted. She suggested I use the library to access the internet. She was taunting me. That is how they behave.
Don't give up on hope. Four years ago Andrew Bolt joined in the campaign against Tony Abbott. He knew the stories were flaky and he knew the source of those stories. But Andrew Bolt repeated the memes and downplayed the serious issues. So that when repeated lies were called truth, Abbott was undercut. But the truth is that Abbott was an effective PM and had successfully crushed an intransigent senate which were desperate to get rid of him before facing election on substantive issues they would have lost. The result was Malcolm Turnbull took all political pressure off the ALP, Greens and independents and surrendered hard fought advances. So corrupt unions are not investigated and probity is not maintained. So that industry suffers under red tape, a bloated public service and a corrupt judiciary drift and the culture wars are not fought. What benefit the surrender? Remember the memes Turnbull spread? Abbott was unpopular with women and so could never win election. Abbott's office never listened to sound advice. Abbott made captain's picks. Yet none of that (all untrue) mattered anyway. Consider the result of the Turnbull campaign against Abbott, and the reason why Bolt supported it for a time. It was not because Bolt is a fan of Turnbull. What now do we credit Bolt's campaign against Barnaby Joyce? Joyce has championed Australia in office and the result will be many blessings in years to come as a hundred dams are completed (despite ALP opposition) and Australia grows. Joyce gets farmers. The family issues related to Joyce are overstated at great cost. There is a tragedy related to what has happened, but it is a personal one. It is a double standard which suits Malcolm Turnbull and, just as with Abbott, will hurt Australia as Joyce gets rolled. Note the Polls, the campaign regarding women's opinion is exactly the same campaign levelled against Abbott. On this issue, Bolt swims in the swamp.
Deputy ALP chief Plibersek has appeared on Bolt Report. She was defending Bill Shorten's claims that Australian Aboriginals were given diseases deliberately by early settlers giving them infected blankets. And claims that watering holes used by Aboriginals were poisoned by settlers. It never happened. Shorten is lying outrageously. However, Plibersek claimed many historians supported Shorten. Which may be true, but it is unprofessional of historians to lie. Plibersek then made the amazing claim that renewable energy production, which is driving up energy prices, is making money for Australia, and not costing it. It explains ALP thinking on economic strategy. By making Australia broke, they give the most to future generations.
I am reading a research article by Matthew C. MacWilliams , University of Massachusetts Amherst, a PhD student. The article was popular among #FakeNewsMedia. Matthew's abstract finishes with "Authoritarian-driven partisan polarization (Hetherington and Weiler 2009), increasing fear of real and imagined threats, and terrorist incidents abroad and at home provided the fuel for Trump’s campaign. And Trump’s message and manner ignited that fuel, propelling him to the Republican nomination for president." Matthew is not referring to Hillary supporters who performed purity tests similar to the ones used by Islamo-fascists. To be fair, HRC may have been behind Islamo-Fascism in some instances, and so there is no reason why her supporters couldn't also use those techniques. Many of so called Trump supporters committing atrocities seemed to evaporate after the election when they were investigated. But even today, journalists like Andrew Bolt put Trump on notice not to have more gaffs like the Flynn as security chief one. Except General Flynn's 'disgrace' was more related to being burned by Russia and nothing to do with Trump or Pence. Apparently, HRC's terror tactics fuelled Trump's campaign. And Trump capitalised on that.
It is interesting to see conservative commentators on the wrong side of the heckling. Akerman, Devine, Blair and Bolt have consistently played a line at odds with a stable Liberal administration, saying they had had leaks. The leaks were clearly orchestrated. Mr Abbott was sidelined by the campaign and he had no choice but to reset it by admitting to a fault that wasn't present but allowed the oppositional allies to remain in fold. The spill motion was not Ruddock's fault, but the size of back bench hostility was untenable and so, despite excellent service, Ruddock lost the whip's position. And it wasn't Ruddock's fault, but the fault of the monkey grinder influencing some dumb back benchers. We have heard what some of those back benchers have had to say on issues and they are not on top of them. They quote some of the concerns of some vested interests and the press loved to inflate the stories and quotes to trash the government.
Following the spill, the government has moved to address the criticism, even though the criticism was misplaced. And some policies will be dumped so as to strengthen the campaign on others. But even so, Bolt got it wrong when he assumed his bigoted position that the knighthood was wrong was behind Mr Abbott's acceptance of criticism. Mr Bolt has never established that the appointment was wrong. It is just the campaign is strong against it. A campaign that was silent when Tendulkar was given an award by Gillard just a few years earlier. Tendulkar was worthy too.
The thing with destabilising campaigns is they don't easily or suddenly stop. Channel 9 news, as well as the others, is still inflating the criticism and lampooning the attempts to right the ship of state. Which is why Mr Turnbull has to resign. Mr Akerman is claiming Mr Abbott has to work much harder to not let the excellent NSW Government founder in March. Akerman's aim is wrong.
On this day in 1493, Christopher Columbus, on board Niña wrote a letter about his discoveries in the New World. He had not sailed to India, where cargo of spice may have made him rich, but thanks to his letter, we have things like a potato, chocolate and corn. And the Americas got horses. And herpes. The resulting trade has not been fair, but an extraordinary blessing which has seen the world grow smaller and much, much richer. Anyone born on that day might have witnessed some terrible things. But all of them would be dead today. And anyone born today anywhere in the world will experience comfort and joys unimaginable to Christopher as he wrote his letter. Worth thinking about as some neo-Nazi socialist protectionist opposes free trade, freedom of the press (with the commensurate opposition to removing bias) and conservative, libertarian economic values.
Also born on this day, 1820, was Susan B Anthony. She opposed Slavery, supported Temperance of alcohol and votes for women. She was a criminal for voting for U.S. Grant for President. Nowadays, Democrats show more respect and use dead people to vote for whom they want elected, but back then, Susan was more honest .. and GOP. These days, we may wonder when it was that things changed, and progressive policy left conservative politics. In the US, the black vote is overwhelmingly Democrat. It comes back to a highly lauded huckster FDR who exploited white Democrat supporters who had used guns to remove aid from black peoples following a hurricane in Louisiana that Hoover had helped. FDR denounced Hoover for giving aid to black peoples and the southern white press lapped it up. The result was black institutions began backing Democrats for their political clout. During the Civil Rights years, JFK ordered a Democrat to let Black kids go to school. FDR was the Democrat exception and did nothing to change Democrat culture.
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Today's reading: Leviticus 15-16, Matthew 27:1-26 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: Leviticus 15-16
The Day of Atonement
Today's New Testament reading: Matthew 27:1-26
Judas Hangs Himself
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Beloved Christian reader, in matters of grace you need a daily supply. You have no store of strength. Day by day must you seek help from above. It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you. In the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God you shall receive renewed strength. In Jesus all needful things are laid up for you. Then enjoy your continual allowance. Never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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