Remember when Ginsburg married two men back in 2014? I wonder where she is anyway. It sounds like she will be a no show for the SOTU address. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6649803/Opera-singer-52-husband-arrested-raping-man.html
No, their children are grown and have children of their own. Since he didn't mention anyone else I'm assuming it was just him and his wife taking a quick winter vacation.
She's recovering from surgery to remove a tumor from her lungs. She's not attending the SOTU (State Of The Union address) because she's giving addresses at two different colleges that day and needs to rest afterward. It's not required for all the Supreme Court to attend the SOTU and in fact, unofficially, I think that there are at least two or three who don't show up, kind of like the "designated survivors" who can continue the work of the Supreme Court while the rest of the government is reconstituted in case of a major attack or, someone like, I don't know, Nancy Pelosi should pick up an AR15 from under her desk and start picking away at the Republicans in the crowd. Sort of a street-theater demonstration of the need for arms control in America.
This man does not realize it, but he is a living Jesus. A single dad fosters terminally ill children that no one else will take — despite battling cancer himself. https://twitter.com/i/status/1091713601969311747 I saw this story right afterwards. Dear God, send us the strength and love to fight for the lives of our children. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...est-killed-terminally-ill-cfcee-a8481311.html
Hey look, more non enforcement of unconstitutional gun laws that were passed in WA. https://www.krem.com/article/news/p...1639/293-beb89b25-cce3-4150-821e-2e6a6c1b7c2b Washington sheriffs voice opposition to I-1639 Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich called I-1639 unconstitutional in a Facebook post on Thursday and said "there is nothing to enforce." Author: Megan Carroll Published: 5:35 AM PST January 31, 2019 Updated: 12:57 PM PST February 1, 2019 SPOKANE, Wash. — Chelan County Sheriff Brian Burnett joins a handful of law enforcement agencies to voice concerns about Initiative 1639, which places stiff requirements on the sale and ownership of semi-automatic rifles. "On Dec. 31, 2018, the start of my third term as Chelan County Sheriff, I swore an oath, 'That I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Washington and will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office of sheriff to the best of my ability,'" Burnett wrote on Facebook on Thursday. Burnett then said on Facebook that he is in agreement with a Jan. 1 statement from the Washington State Sheriffs Association expressing opposition to I-1639. He also posted a letter he wrote to The Wenatchee World voicing his opposition to the initiative during election season. "As your Chelan County sheriff, I am committed to serving the citizens in a way that both protects their Constitutional right while being both fair and impartial while upholding the rule of law," Burnett wrote. Initiative 1639 – approved in November – raises the age to purchase a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21, calls for enhanced background checks and requires buyers to complete a firearm safety course. The initiative also holds gun owners accountable if someone uses their firearm to harm themselves or others. Stevens County Sheriff Brad Manke joined many other sheriffs throughout the state on Friday to announce he would not enforce I-1639. A Facebook post from Manke reads: "As you are well aware Initiative 1639 was voted into law by the voters in the State of Washington in the last election. This law is highly debated and is being contested on mulitple fronts. It will be the position of the Stevens County Sheriff's Office that we will not take enforcement action (make custodial arrests or issue citations) on alleged violations of this law unless imminent danger exists to the publicI join the 73% of Stevens County voters who voted against this initiative." Douglas County Sheriff Kevin Morris also released the following statement on Friday: "In response to the numerous requests for comment by the media and citizens of Douglas County see the following; I understand the multitude of concerns, questions, and uncertainties raised by the recently passed initiative, I-1639, which alters the existing gun laws throughout Washington State. As the Sheriff of Douglas County, my highest priority is protecting our community and safeguarding the rights of all residents I was elected to represent. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has a proud tradition of common sense policing, a perspective we will continue to apply in our operations as it relates to I-1639. As Sheriff, I believe strongly in the rules, laws, and constitutions of our State and Nation. These rights form the bedrock of our great Country. Initiative 1639 is currently being challenged through the formal legal process. While the Courts work to determine the legality of the law, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will continue their work as they always have. We believe in creating enforcement priorities to ensure that we address the most serious problems affecting our residents. We are committed to addressing the opioid epidemic, mental health concerns, and violent crimes, all of which are serious concerns for our strong community. On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Douglas County voters elected me to this distinguished post, placing in me their confidences and support. It is now that I ask you to continue to trust me and the distinguished deputies of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office to work tirelessly in protecting your safety and rights. Our first priority is now, and will continue to be, protecting the citizens of Douglas County. Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich called I-1639 unconstitutional in a Facebook post on Thursday. In a thread on the SCSO Facebook page, Knezovich was asked his stance on I-1639 and if he planned on enforcing the law or not. Knezovich said that other sheriffs are "grandstanding" by not supporting it. "These other sheriffs are purely grandstanding when they say they won't enforce 1639 because there is nothing for us to enforce," he wrote in a response. Knezovich cited the fact that he thinks the law is being challenged in court and his belief that it is unconstitutional as the reasons why there "is nothing for me to enforce." RELATED: Spokane County Sheriff calls I-1639 'unconstitutional on the state and federal level' The National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation have also filed a joint lawsuit challenging the initiative. Benton County Sheriff Jerry Hatcher also wrote in a letter that I-1639 as written is “non-enforceable,” while Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner wrote that it “appears to violate the 2nd Amendment.” Benton County is located in south-central Washington and includes the cities of Richland and Kennewick. Wagner announced that he would not enforce the initiative in a Facebook post on Wednesday night. That post has been since been shared hundreds of times and has more than 100 comments. The post reads: Upon being sworn in as the Adams County Sheriff, I have sworn to uphold the United States Constitution as well as the Washington State constitution to the best of my ability. I have a duty to serve those in my community and protect their rights under the constitution. As of now, I-1639 appears to violate the 2nd amendment of constitution of the United States. Let it be known that I, the Sheriff of Adams County Washington and those employed by my office, will not enforce I-1639 as it is currently written. I support and agree with other Sheriff’s from across this state that have taken similar action. Those who live and reside in Adams County have made this very clear in how we voted this last election with an overwhelming percentage against I-1639. Hatcher wrote a letter on Wednesday that he posted to the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. The full letter reads: As Sheriff of Benton County, I feel it my duty to address the concerns brought to me by the citizens of this great country regarding Initiative-1639. Let me clear, I have worked closely with all the Chiefs and Sheriffs in Benton and Franklin Counties and the Benton County Prosecuting Attorney on I-1639. We unanimously feel without clarification the intiaitive is written as non-enforceable. In addition, I stand with the other Sheriff’s (sic) across the state in opposing I-1639. As your Sheriff, I have sworn to uphold the United States Constitution and the Washington State Constitution. Thereore, until the legality of I-1639 is resolved, I have instructed my deputies to take no enforcement action as it pertains to I-1639. Deputies will document such matters. However they will take no enforcement action. Wagner and Hatcher join The Lewis County Sheriff's Office and Republic Police Chief Loren Culp, who announced shortly after the November election that they wouldn't enforce the new law. In November, Culp proposed that his jurisdiction become a “2nd Amendment Sanctuary City” on the police department’s Facebook page. Culp said the proposed legislation would “prevent federal and state infringement on the right to keep and bear arms; nullifying all federal and state acts in violation of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article 1 Section 24 of the Washington State Constitution.” The term “sanctuary city” often describes a local government that does not use its own resources, such as local police departments, to enforce federal immigration laws.
I have been thinking about this off and on over the last few days because I read a book recently that spoke about the pagan religions and the oracles they used for divination and worship and how these demonic forces were reported to speak through them. All this died out after Christ defeated Satan and the followers of Jesus were able to send them packing with a simple word or two in His name. Has anyone thought about how easily demonic forces could use technology such as this to actually speak to people? Forget about something mundane like code that writes itself. Even a phone could be used. In fact, my brother experienced this in a supernatural way with electronic devices when we were kids. A person has to at least (in most cases) be a willing participant in some manner to invite these demons to use them. A machine? No permission needed.
That is a really good point. Didn't they have to shut that AI robot Sophia off because she started saying creepy things?
They had created a new language that people did not understand and were talking to each other supposedly. FB had 2 of them that they shut down. Now it could very well be a viral marketing campaign knowing FB but considering the state of the world it would not surprise me in the least. I expect that at some point these oracles will make their return because the world has become increasingly pagan and the restrainer either is now or will be removed.
Another thing to consider is that in many cases priests like Father Ripperger tell us that people saw visions of these events because they are supernatural. They are manipulated by demonic forces to see and hear things that are not always apparent to others who are there as well. Multiple people may be present like at Fatima and the miracle of the sun but not everyone necessarily witnessed it. There are accounts of exactly that happening. Not so in this case. It would be apparent to anyone who is present because these are inanimate objects capable of being manipulated into speech and who knows what else. In fact, we are being conditioned into accepting it now with devices like Siri and Hey Google etc. When they just decide to start talking to us out of the blue will people even be bothered by it? What about when they tell us something they couldn't possibly know like most litmus tests priests use for demonic possession cases? Our own personal oracles at the ready.
When Mary Foresaw An Attack On The Sacraments The remarkable story behind Our Lady’s prophecies from Ecuador Jane Stannus 2 February, 2019 Statue of Our Lady of Good Success in Quito, Ecuador Over 400 years ago, Our Lady prophesied attacks on the Sacraments of the Church It was 5 am, January 24, 2018; the cobbled streets of Quito were still dark and deserted when fireworks began to shoot up from a church on la Plaza Grande, right next to the presidential palace. Lenin Moreno, President of the Republic of Ecuador, was awakened by the sound of explosives and sent out security to investigate. From her hilltop above the city, the 98-foot winged Virgin of the Apocalypse looked on with heavenly calm. The pyrotechnicians were standing on the roof of the 400-year old Convento de la Inmaculada Concepción, which stands on the corner between the presidential palace and the Archbishop’s residence. In the street was gathered a small group of Catholics carrying statues and banners, about to begin the first of nine dawn processions in preparation for the feast of Our Lady del Buen Suceso de la Purificación on February 2nd, known in English-speaking countries as Our Lady of Good Success of the Purification. On learning (with relief, no doubt) that the fireworks were in honour of Our Lady, the President sent good wishes to the procession; it soon moved off, singing hymns and the Rosary in Latin and Spanish. Each day of the novena, collecting passersby and stray dogs on the way, the procession would wend its way through the hilly Quiteño streets to a different religious house or church: one day the Franciscans’ startlingly opulent Baroque church at the Convent of San Francisco, another, that of the Oblate Fathers who have charge of the 20th-century neo-Gothic Basilica del Voto Nacional (built as a national memento of Ecuador’s 1874 consecration to the Sacred Heart by Garcia Moreno and Archbishop Checa y Barba); yet another to that of the Carmelite sisters, who remained hidden behind the grille but sang joyfully, accompanied by an organ with a slight wheeze. At each destination, the religious joined the faithful in prayer to Our Lady of Buen Suceso for the Church in this time of interior upheaval and the renewal of the religious orders. After a short homily, the procession would return through the orange Andean dawn to the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, home to the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Buen Suceso and the incorrupt body of the visionary to whom she appeared, Mother Mariana de Jesús Torres. The life of Mother Mariana de Jesús Torres was recorded by Fr. Manuel Sousa Pereira, OFM, among others. Mariana was a Spaniard who came to Ecuador in 1575 with a group of Conceptionist nuns, sent to found a convent in the New World. Only a young girl at the time, Mariana was already a mystic, favoured with visions, especially of Our Lady and Our Lord. In one of these visions she was asked to offer herself as a victim soul in reparation for the sins of the 20th century. In those days, the Blessed Virgin said, the devil would launch a particularly vicious offensive via Masonic sects, which would gain political power. Corruption would spread, destroying the innocence of children in particular. The sacraments would be targeted: the children of Catholics would no longer receive Baptism and Confirmation as a matter of course, and the dying would be denied Extreme Unction out of ignorance or negligence. The Holy Eucharist would be profaned, stolen from churches, “cast upon the ground and trampled upon with filthy feet.” The Sacrament of Matrimony, “which symbolizes the union of Christ with His Church,” would be attacked by laws doing away with marriage and promoting a life of sin, and the consequent immorality would result in a dearth of religious vocations. As for the Sacrament of Holy Orders, Our Lady said, the devil would labour with assiduity to turn priests away from their vocations and would corrupt many of them. “These depraved priests, who will scandalize the Christian people, will make the hatred of bad Catholics and the enemies of the Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church fall upon all priests.” Our Lady told Mother Mariana that in those difficult days, persons who invoked Her under the title of Our Lady of Buen Suceso would receive special graces and be under Her particular protection. She promised that, when all seemed lost, she would intervene to save the Church. Our Lady asked Mother Mariana to have a statue made of her under this title, holding the Infant Jesus as well as the crosier of an Abbess and the keys of the convent, and to have the bishop anoint the statue , thus installing her as Abbess “for the consolation and preservation of my Convent and for the faithful souls of that time, an epoch when there will be a great devotion to me, for I am Queen of Heaven under many invocations… This devotion will be the shield between Divine Justice and the prevaricating world…” With the approval of Bishop Salvador Ribera, a sculptor was hired. When the work was almost done, the sculptor absented himself temporarily in search of materials, only to discover on his return that the statue had been miraculously completed. It is said that the paint on the face and hands has never needed restoration. On February 2, 1611, Bishop Ribera solemnly anointed the statue with holy oil, granting it the title of Maria de Buen Suceso de la Purificación. In 1991, Archbishop Antonio José González Zumárraga received permission from Rome to carry out the canonical coronation of Our Lady of Good Success as Queen of Quito. In 1906 Mother Mariana’s tomb was opened, and her body was found to be incorrupt. The diocese of Quito initiated her cause for beatification in 1986. The postulator for her cause, Monsignor Luis Cadena y Almeida, was director of the Archbishop’s archives in Quito and has written several books about her life and prophecies. Mother Mariana’s remains are preserved inside the convent. She lived into her seventies; today she occupies a glass casket, a tiny and impressive figure. Also preserved in the convent are the incorrupt bodies of nine other Conceptionist nuns; rumour has it that the sisters refer to them lightheartedly as “the sleeping beauties!” Usually the miraculous statue is kept enthroned as Abbess behind the grille. However, during the nine days before the Feast of the Purification on February 2, it is placed in the sanctuary, and the church is busy from morning till night with Quiteños and pilgrims alike come to pay their homage. The dawn procession on the feast day is attended by thousands. The Child Jesus once told Mother Mariana, “My beloved Mother, like a luminous star, will shine over [this convent] in all times. She will be its strongest support, its impenetrable wall, and she will always give it good success…” The convent has indeed stood in its current location since its foundation in 1577, in spite of wars, revolution, and fire: a symbol of hope for the Conceptionists, for the Church, and for all those who have put themselves under Our Lady’s protection. https://catholicherald.co.uk/commen...ory-behind-our-ladys-prophecies-from-ecuador/
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 02.17.2018 "You are well aware through these Calls that the elements will be increasingly altered, telluric movements will be violent, and these will arise from one end of the Earth to another, going hand in hand. The inversion of the poles will be among the final events that this generation will experience." Now isn't that interesting!? I have also wondered if, regarding the 3 Days of Darkness, any of that as well as sacramentals urged for that time could at all be figurative? And yet, blessed 100% beeswax candles are exactly what they are.
People of China's movements tracked by their govt. from last March (2018) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ocial-credit-from-planes-trains-idUSKCN1GS10S from last September (2018) https://www.news.com.au/technology/...e/news-story/6c821cbf15378ab0d3eeb3ec3dc98abf during their New year travels (2019) and the betrayal of the priests http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2019/01/catholic-priests-in-china-feel-betrayed.html
