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Humble yourselves William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-29-24
Jajs f knxm btzqis’y ljy hfzlmy nk mj pjuy mnx rtzym xmzy.
Otms Vznll
Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
James 4:10
Who Art In Heaven. These words I think have a very deep meaning. They remind us of the homeland we have abandoned, of the citizenship we have lost. In the parable of the young man who left his father’s house, went off the rails and was reduced to living with pigs, the Word of God shows us human wretchedness. That young man did not find his one-time happiness again until he had realized his moral degradation, had looked into his own heart and had pronounced the words of confession. These words almost agree with the Lord’s Prayer, because the prodigal son says: “Father I have sinned against heaven and against you” (Luke 15:21).
He would not confess to be a sinner against heaven if he were not convinced that the homeland he had left at the time of his going astray were not in actual fact heaven.
By this confession of his he makes himself worthy once again to stand in the presence of his father who runs towards him, embraces him and kisses him. The conclusion is this: To return to heaven there is only one route and that is to admit one’s sinfulness and seek to avoid it. To make the decision to avoid it is already to be perfecting one’s likeness to God.
St. Gregory of Nyssa from On the Lords Prayer
Faith in the rationality William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-28-24
Lyqfpi csyvwipziw fijsvi xli Psvh, erh li ampp pmjx csy yt.
Neqiw
Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: The preservation of peace and the improvement of the lot of all people require us to have faith in the rationality of humans. If we have this faith and if we pursue understanding, we have not the promise but at least the possibility of success. We should not be misled by promises. Humanity in all its history has repeatedly escaped disaster by a hair’s breadth.
Edward Teller
Jason Palmer and Conscious Capitalism
By Bob Small
Democratic presidential candidate Jason Palmer is a proponent of “conscious capitalism”, whose tenets are higher purpose, stakeholder orientation, leadership and conscious culture.
The proponents of this philosophy believe in “elevating humanity through their efforts”, unlike regular capitalism which just believes in the elevation of one’s bank account.
What he calls “Palmer’s Pillars” are Conscious Capitalism, People First, The New Talent Economy and Modernizing the US Government. Under each are numerous subsections. One example found under Measure the government like a business says
This campaign and its team find it astonishing that our federal government does not track its finances according to GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). We don’t even have a national Balance Sheet. Basic advances in modern accounting should be implemented so that we can compare investments to expenses and get much, much better at how we spend taxpayer money.”
Under section 6, entitled Liberation we have
“If we want to build a bright future we must acknowledge the darkness in our past”.
Under People First in the immigration subsection says “This will require a complete rewrite of our nation’s immigration laws to be more like the laws of Australia and Canada. “
He states that he believes capitalism is the world’s best economic system”.
He is a proponent of the Right to Start movement which “is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that fights to expand entrepreneurial opportunity for all”.
Other insights can be found at
3 Questions for Presidential Candidate Jason Palmer
Jason Palmer for President 2024 – BBC Interview 11/22/23
There are more interesting ideas than we have room for here.
Joseph Michael Palmer is a 52-year old living in Baltimore. His resume includes stints at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Kaplan Education, Microsoft, and New Markets Venture Partners. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Virginia. At last count, he was on the ballot in six states.
Fatigue is the best pillow William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-27-24
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Fatigue is the best pillow.
Benjamin Franklin
Biden Seeks Civil War To Appease Chinese? — Texas has placed razor wire barriers on the Mexican border against the wishes of the federal government. The Biden administration is demanding they remove it.
Why did Texas have to secure the border which should be a federal job?
Why is Biden opposing them? Why is he making threats?
What if Texas ignores Joe, as Gov. Greg Abbott says he plans on doing?
Does Biden order federal troops in to remove the wire? What if there is resistance? Shooting?
Big wars have started over smaller things. That kind of turmoil here would give an excuse to cancel the election and certainly clear the board of whatever China wants to do.
It frankly seems that the President of the United States is working for Beijing.
By the way, federal law indisputably prohibits the border crossings that are occurring. Texas is not the one in the wrong.
Biden Seeks Civil War To Appease Chinese?
Magnolia Women’s Center Open House — Magnolia Women’s Center will celebrate its opening 9 to 11 a.m., tomorrow, Jan. 27, at 7811 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia.
It’s the first pregnancy care center in a neighborhood with four abortion clinics within 20 minutes from it.
It features complete fluency in Spanish, close public transportation and education for men and women.
Its executive director is Melissa Aguilera.
Spineless GOP Rejects Border Bill
By Joe Guzzardi
A spineless House of Representatives just gave Americans a big, in-your-face middle finger. In the invasion’s third year, the southwest border surge continues relentlessly. Eight million illegal aliens plus one and a half million gotaways from more than 150 nations continue to lawlessly surge the border in willful defiance of United States law. The invaders have brought death and destruction with them — -death via the fentanyl they’ve trafficked in, destruction to the communities both large and small in which they’ve settled, and senseless homicides. Although the House has legislation that could end the border crisis, HR-2, the Secure Border Act of 2023 which it passed in May, and despite House Speaker Mike Johnson’s insistence that border security be included in any bill that might provide President Biden with more Ukraine funding, nothing changes.
To date, the U.S. has sent $133 billion to Ukraine for humanitarian and military aid. In December, Biden urged Congress to pass a $110 billion aid package that included $61.4 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel in its war against Hamas. Biden also seeks funding for Taiwan. Facing a government funding deadline, Johnson kicked the border security can down the road. Instead of demanding HR-2, the Speaker settled for a Continuing Resolution with a vote that included 108 weak-kneed Republicans who joined with Democrats to keep parts of the government open until March 1 and other sections until March 8. The final vote: 314–108.
Among the Republican nays were many who are, at least publicly, vocal about the dire need for border enforcement: Speaker Johnson, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer, Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement Chair Tom McClintock, Chairman, House Committee Chair on Foreign Affairs and Chairman Emeritus and House Committee on Homeland Security Michael McCaul, and Nancy Mace, National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs Committee member. Although Johnson, Jordan, Comer, et al appear solid on security, exasperated voters wonder if they’re squishes disguised as patriots. The House’s most conservative members, thoroughly disgusted with Johnson, threaten to remove him and set off another bitter round of votes to replace him. Johnson’s unconvincing excuse that enforcement legislation which includes HR-2 would take too much time, and that the border catastrophe must be addressed correctly — -he provided no details.
With the November election only nine months away, and with polling showing that not only Republicans but Democrats and Independents all express deep dissatisfaction with Biden’s immigration agenda, Johnson should use the few weeks his enforcement cave-in bought him to get busy. Johnson must take a firm stand and make his and his fellow Americans’ positions clear that if H.R. 2 is not included in the supplemental foreign aid package, the House will not approve another CR that would fund the same disastrous, illegal border policies at the FY 2023 open border level. House Republicans, even with a slim majority, have the power of the purse, and with that leverage can end Biden’s sovereignty-busting immigration vision. Either in a comprehensive FY 2024 budget bill or included in the supplemental Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan foreign aid package that the president demands, HR-2’s border reforms must be included.
This marks the third time since the current fiscal year began on October 1, 2023 that Congress has failed to pass a budget. Assuming HR-2 is included in March — -an assumption only the most optimistic can embrace — -five months will have elapsed or, expressed differently and based on Customs and Border Protection statistics, more than one million illegal aliens will have been processed and released into the interior. Americans want the border sealed shut and interior enforcement returned to protect the public from criminals that have literally walked into the nation, unvetted, and rarely pursued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
With a terrible Senate bill in the works that could keep the alien invasion going, the nation’s message to Johnson and House Republicans is simple and direct — -no more sell outs!
Joe Guzzardi is a Project for Immigration Reform analyst who has written about immigration for more than 30 years. Contact him at jguzzardi@ifspp.org
Spineless GOP Rejects Border Bill
Drop The Charges Against Assange
By Bob Small
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5), who could not be described as ideological bedfellows but they found a cause that unites them. It’s the freeing of Julian Assange and both are co-sponsors of H.Res.934 which would do so.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regular journalistic activities are protected under the First Amendment and that the United States ought to drop all charges against and attempts to extradite Julian Assange, the bill reads.
The chances of this even being debated on the House floor, though, are slim to none and “slim’s left town.”
That Paul A Gosar (R-AZ-9), and the eight others introduced the bill shows courage in a when too many act like the townspeople in “High Noon”
Among others, his lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, says “His life is at risk (if extradited) and I am not exaggerating this.”
In a January 2021 trial, Judge Vanessa Baraitser said “Assange should not be sent to the US, citing a real and “oppressive” risk of suicide, “
The Independent, in a tribute to John Pilger, quoted his last published piece “We are all Spartacus if we want to be.
This article also quotes Assange’s wife, Stella, who called Pilger a “consistent ally of the dispossessed”.
Assange’s father John Shipton, was recently in Brazil, promoting a movie about his son,
In May 2023 “Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in London that the journalist’s continued imprisonment was “shameful.” “
Even GOP Presidential Candidates have opinions on Assange, with Vivek Ramaswamy saying that Assange, like too many to name, is another one of our imprisoned heroes.
Liz Piazza Seeks Pa 165th Seat — Liz Piazza, the Republican seeking to unseat Democrat incumbent Jen O’Mara in the 165th District Pennsylvania House, was introduced, last night, Jan. 25, at the monthly meeting of the Springfield Republican Party.
She is a grandmother and small businesswoman who has had a long-stint in Delaware County government.
She will be a big improvement.
Especially concerning legislation relating to crime and safety, which gets us to the next item.
Township Commissioner Jeff Rudolph says Springfield has been experiencing an inordinate amount of car break-ins. The perpetrators are being arrested and they are found to be residents of New York and northern New Jersey.
Rudolph said they are illegal immigrants who have been recruited by a criminal organization.
He says the operation has one person going through unlocked cars and leaving valuables at the curb to be picked up by a partner.
He says locking the car doors at night is a strong deterrant.
GOP Chairman Mike Puppio said the almost 70-year-old township building on Powell Road will soon be renovated. He said there is no need to replace the functional building although the police department is expected to get an expansion.
Liz Piazza Seeks Pa 165th Seat