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Both Vice President and President of the USA have cancelled their Christmas vacation trips and instead are staying close to the Capital. Speculation is it is because Biden's health is rapidly failing. BUT what if it is instead to be close to the bunkers, deep survival bunkers? And what of those drones, eh? Oh well, life goes on -maybe. Not to worry it is nothing, noth'n at all, just another isolated incident, as Glenn Beck likes to say. But for Christmas might want to have one's eternal affairs in order, as well as share of our Lord with all we may have opportunity to do so. Could be the gift that keeps on giving.

Hi, The wrath of God is great and fearsome to behold; as is His mercy from everlasting to everlasting.

Perhaps. Perhaps some people are buying additional Bibles, study Bibles as example or simply different versions. Or is there a push by missionary groups to distribute more Bibles? Be really interesting if the number of hits on internet Bibles could be tracked and reported. The few churches that I am familiar with now have QC code on the back of sanctuary seats which open up your cell phone or tablet to Bible, Hymnal, and even the text of the sermon being presented, all in multiple languages. Get five hundred or more people using their cell phones to follow the text of the service and to look at the Bible passages too , and you have an amazing sea of blue lights glowing. Absolutely amazing what is available for good purposeful uses today; all that and the Big Screens too! But are there really more individuals reading, or more intense use by roughly the same percentage of the population? Who Knows? How many Bible have you? How many have been purchased as gifts? Sure is easier to share the word though! Maybe some of those individuals holding their cell phones at restaurants have them open to blessing prayers silently giving thanks to God in the name of Jesus for their food, eh? Hey why not! -Might be a cool way to share too, without being intrusive.

Ah "Big Guy" moved some more merchandise. What a munitions "distributor", Ukraine, Egypt, Taiwan, all in the same month.

Some details from "other" sources show sales to Taiwan as well as the Biden Family Administration exits stage left. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-approves--5b-arms-sale-to-egypt-and--571m-for-taiwan Excerpt: ..." The US State Department has given the green light for the potential sale of over $5 billion in arms to Egypt, the Pentagon announced on Friday. The majority of the sale, valued at $4.69 billion, will be used for the refurbishment, support, and equipment related to Abrams tanks, with General Dynamics Land Systems serving as the contractor. Additionally, the Pentagon outlined other potential sales, including Hellfire missiles worth $630 million and the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System for $30 million."....

Short excerpt from the AP article (story also at Times of Israel) : ..."The sales were announced just hours after congressional Democrats urged the administration not to release a much smaller package of military assistance that had been put on hold last year pending the Egyptian government meeting certain rights-related conditions. The State Department said Tuesday’s sale was unrelated to $130 million in foreign military financing that was frozen in September and remains in limbo."....

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-egypt-cd0660eab74c2f6579fa1b1847889286 USA (Biden Administration) sells billions of dollars worth of military arms to Egypt. Excellent article including the details of the sale and the background. Exiting stage left the Biden family. Would be grand to follow the money on this one.

"BookScan data show that in 2023, 14.2 million Bibles were sold in the U.S., while in the first 10 months of this year sales reached 13.7 million." see https://www.christianpost.com/news/bible-sales-surged-in-2024-but-is-it-a-cause-for-celebration.html

Works for me!

A lot of times a doctor will say they want to see you in 3 to 6 months. It keeps their business running. Unless there is a serious problem perhaps you could wait a year. Hi, Medicare premiums are means rated. Each part has a different premium and the premium adjusts according to your past annual income. You may chose Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans by various health insurance companies, or medicare plus supplemental insurance. It is a real hassle now, far worse than in previous years. I just paid out of pocket for my urgent eye care need rather than have to reschedule while the eye surgeon specialist's office fought it out with Aetna on a Medicare Plus PPO policy. One that used to be excellent, but not so much now!!! Never needed "prior approval" before now. Anyway my own premium for 2025 will jump to approximately four times greater than last year. Surprise on me! Didn't know that one. Plus my wife's will too. Double surprise! Guess we could opt out then get sick and die as another option eh? oh well life is grand, really is. Then one day we finally graduate, perhaps to never have premiums to figure out on anything at all.

Anybody here from West Virginia or have knowledge of it's housing market, real estate in general and the present outlook on electric power generation there?

Anybody here from West Virginia or have knowledge of it's housing market, real estate in general and the present outlook on electric power generation there?

Not to worry; it's Walmart and Amazon preparing to be duking it out in the home delivery of goods race.

False (or errant) conclusion. I have no such "goal". As of today the President elect has the support of 38 of what 435 elected members of the House of Representatives? Houston, we have a problem.

Interesting commentary in that I don't remember calling anyone here nasty for having opinions and outlooks different from my own. I do not make personal attacks on members here. I do share of a view that is often a minority view, least is amongst the Trump loyalists on WCF as of today. HOWEVER only 38 Republicans elected by USA voters, went with the latest Musk -Trump financial plan for this country. More Republicans agreed with the Democrats than with Musk-Trump. This is going to be interesting to say the least. What a contrast in perceptions. The world leaders lining up to kiss Musk-Trump's ring, thinking he is the power the man that will lead them out of the wilderness. Meantime he is shot down by his own political party at home in the USA. Looks like Trump's strategy of trying to be president before he is in office has given all the so called RINOs a clean shot at politically decapitating him before he takes office. If so the Republicans, the stupid party as Senator Simpson used to call us, will engage in a circular firing squad. Going to be an interesting day, a Friday of uncertainty, going into a weekend. The financial markets could be in quite the tizzy. Though I sure hope it is not the case I expect it to be just that. The Republicans snatching defeat from the jaws of victory yet again. Seems it is what we are good at. " The markets hate uncertainty" Could things be more uncertain than they are ending up looking like going into a weekend? And it isn't even day one yet.

I am a Republican, it does get so sad to see elected Republicans forever failing to unite and accomplish what they stand for. They haven't even started as a majority and they are ruining their existing leadership, undercutting their Speaker of the House as a start.

Elon Musk will not want to be speaker of the House, He has enough full time enterprises he needs tend to but to be the puppeteer over a speaker of the house with his hand up the puppet well ego being what it is h could be persuaded. Then where would that leave Vivic? ??? Ah Republicans, they just form circular firing squads. They are the Stupid Party, playing their role up against the Evil Party, each doing their own part in the US political duopoly. It is like watching and reading something from WWE.

Rand Paul floats Elon Musk for Speaker BY ASHLEIGH FIELDS -12/19/24 9:55 AM ET https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5048431-rand-paul-elon-musk-speaker/ Did USA Senator Rand Paul just happen to come up with this on his own today? Just another isolated incident, a US Senator just happening to be getting involved in the workings of the US House of Representatives? I don't think so. A coup underway? Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested Elon Musk serve as Speaker in a Thursday morning post on X following contentious debates over the continuing resolution (CR). “The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . . ,” Paul wrote. ..." “Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . think about it . . . nothing’s impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka ‘uniparty,’ lose their ever-lovin’ minds).” Later Thursday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she would be open to supporting Musk to replace Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a post quoting Paul. “I’d be open to supporting @elonmusk for Speaker of the House. DOGE can only truly be accomplished by reigning in Congress to enact real government efficiency,” Greene wrote on X. “The establishment needs to be shattered just like it was yesterday. This could be the way,” she added. Up Next - The Hill's Headlines — December 19, 2024 -Excerpts from The Hill today.

Need more be said, spend spend spend while claiming to be all about cutting cutting and cutting. How does that compute? ??? Lord "we" the people did ask for leaders didn't we? Sorry about that; very sorry.

Already the infighting! The Republicans never get together for long if at all. They are made to be back benchers, that is about all they are ever good for. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday she would be open to supporting Elon Musk for House Speaker, an idea proposed by other Republicans as Congress faces a government shutdown Friday night. Musk railed against the continuing resolution (CR) negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) throughout Wednesday, helping tank the bill. Johnson is now considering alternative plans with less than two days until government funding runs out and with President-elect Trump now calling on lawmakers to lift the debt limit as part of a spending deal. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5048714-greene-open-musk-house-speaker/ Yet another "coup" attempt underway, though not brilliant, maybe just another turning of the snakes to bite each other.

Hi, Just keep in mind the freedom we each have for nowhere does God say "park your brain". Plus there is great humor, some strong will expressions, God has had placed within his word the Bible too. Paul's perhaps exasperated, but at least emphatic and bold humored statement, - he wished "they would go the whole way" Galatians 5:12 as example. No need to become humorless, nor flavorless, without character, be real not unflavored Jello. Relax and may God bless.

Seems much of the world's nations have economies that are quite fragile right now. Whether friend or foe there is a common need to grow out of debt or grow large enough to handle present debt. Is it better to war to take another's land and people destroying both, or might it be better to invest in those lands and their peoples in order to have a greater portfolio of wealth producing assets? Closing off of cultures, (it's people, businesses and lands) to one's own kind and land only sets up the greater danger of lethal warring over instead allowing for investment in people and lands over all the planet. Free trade lifts all economies and people. Hoarding assets to one's self leads to jealousies and discord, eventually to attacks and counter attacks. Think and make work the following: Come let's sit under the old oak tree and make deals. What's a good deal?- one that works well for you, for me, and for all we each come into contact with as result of our deals completed. Let's grow the world economy making it an ever bigger pie for all to enjoy, instead of slicing up what it is today and having little or nothing to go around.

Hi, following the instructions from God should reduce greatly if not eliminate all gossip; whether it be from your mouth or to your ears. Use the principle of dealing with conflicts with others of the brethren from Matthew 18. Learn it and put it into practical use: If there is conflict go to the party involved first! Say "I have a issue involving you I have need to resolve, please help me to do so now." If a rumor gossip or charge about a saint come so you from lips of another, stop the messenger immediately saying "Stop we need to have (The person being mentioned) present for this so they can hear and deal with this directly. Let's get them right now !" and follow through. Read Matthew 18, study Matthew 18, memorize what you can of Matthew 18, and then boldly in prayer with thinking follow through praying to God for best use of it's command. You will almost immediately have no more rumors, slanders, or gossip coming your way. Plus your own mouth will not let your heart/mind/spirit fall victim to stating any slander. It will choke up first. You will indeed have opinion as well as make judgements; that is necessary for living life other than by being a fool without discernment, but you will have procedure from God at hand in your heart and mind to never be that slander again, nor an enabler of slanderers. May God bless your study and effort to learn and put it into practice.

A little side note on Chinese Drones. Florida banned their use by it's government agencies in the State of Florida back in 2021. Did so in anticipation of problems that may occur with those drones made at a country "of concern". I do think Free Florida acts more and more each day as an independent of federal government State of the States that are united. Praise God for our present governor, and state legislative bodies.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-pounds-yemen-believes-it-paralyzed-all-3-houthi-ports-missile-fired-at-israel/ Excerpt: Israeli military sources said the strikes in Yemen were aimed at paralyzing all three ports used by the Iran-backed Houthis on the coast of the country. All of the tugboats used to bring ships into ports were struck in the Israeli attack, as were power stations. ADVERTISEMENT