The EU mess....continues..."when Communism comes again?" Farage: Von der Leyen Wants to Build ‘Updated Form of Communism’, Advance EU Army Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has warned that an EU under Ursula von der Leyen would “take control of ever single aspect” of Europeans’ lives. “What you’ve seen from Ursula von der Leyen today is an attempt from the European Union to take control of every single aspect of our lives,” Mr Farage said, advising his 750 colleagues in the European Parliament on Tuesday to vote against the German becoming the next European Commission president. “She wants to build a centralised, undemocratic, updated form of Communism where nation state parliaments will cease to have any relevance at all.” “Vote against this nominee and strike a blow for democracy, strike a blow for your citizens. Do it today,” he urged his UK and European counterparts. The warning comes after German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen, the European Council’s preferred figure to lead the most powerful institution in Brussels, delivered a 30-minute speech in the Strasbourg chamber, where she called for half of all EU Commissioners to be women, and pledged to put forward a “green new deal for Europe” which would aim to “reduce CO2 emissions by 2030 by 50, if not 55 per cent”. In oblique criticism of conservative Poland and Hungary, which have been standing down threats of legal action from the EU over the rejection of migrants and other domestic issues, Mrs van der Leyen pledged to defend Europe’s progressive “values”. “This is why there can be no compromise when it comes to respecting the Rule of Law,” the German minister said. Adding that she backed measures to punish countries deemed to have defied those “values”, she said she would “ensure that we use our full and comprehensive toolbox at European level” and fully supports “an EU-wide Rule of Law Mechanism”. But it was the German minister’s mention that the bloc would have to “become more European” in terms of defence, and her praise of the creation of the “European Defence Union” that alarmed Eurosceptics and sovereigntists. On those remarks, Mr Farage warned the chamber that “it is in the aspects of defence that I think that people’s minds should be focused. She’s a fanatic for building a European army but she’s not alone. When it’s completed, NATO will cease to exist or have any relevance in Europe at all.” “Be in no doubt, five years of these people the European Defence Union will be complete. And what is there for defence can also be used for attack. And you as a house will have no control over it,” he added. The Brexit Party leader’s remarks come after Alternative for Germany (AfD) MEP Dr Maximilian Krah wrote for Breitbart London on Tuesday that von der Leyen is “incompetent”, “crooked”, “and she pushes a hard liberal-left agenda, fighting all traditions, from family to military.” Calling the prospective future European Commission president’s candidacy “an affront to the allegedly transparent EU-democracy”, he added: “If anyone in the European Parliament wants to destroy the EU – he should vote for her.” MEPs are set to vote on Mrs von der Leyen’s candidacy Tuesday evening, and if successful, the German politician will take over from Jean-Claude Juncker on November 1st, the day after the UK is expected to leave the EU. After von der Leyen had given her speech outlining her progressive, centralised vision of the EU, Mr Farage remarked: “I have to say from our perspective in some ways I’m really rather pleased because you’ve just made Brexit a lot more popular in the UK. Thank God we’re leaving.” https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/16/farage-von-der-leyen-wants-updated-form-communism/
↑ There was a very controversial Drag Queen Story Hour in St. Mary's County, MD on June 23. (note the name of the county) There was heavy police security hired for the event. One protester was arrested. The St. Mary's County Commissioners are making the library pay for the cost of security. Justice has been served. If you read in the link, the St. Mary's County librarian posted online at a national library association's website: "ways to sneakily fit {LGBT} stuff into current programming." The words "secret librarian advocate operative" were used. http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0...-security-costs-of-drag-queen-story-hour.html One of the sad parts is that we the people pay for the funding of the libraries. What is far more sad, is that too many people have come to think this is OK. Since when is it OK to expose children to drag queens? They think they are simple "Halloween" costumes.
This is what we get when our government has enshrined the freemason principle of personal Liberty over that of God.
QUAKE PANIC Athens earthquake – Powerful tremor strikes Greek capital sending people running into the streets PEOPLE have been seen running out into the streets of Athens after a large earthquake shook the Greek capital. Experts say that the earthquake had a 5.3 magnitude and has caused communication systems to fail. 7 This map shows the intensity of today's quakeCredit: EPA All public buildings in Attica have been evacuated after the earthquake hit at midday today. The epicentre of the quake was 14 miles northwest of the city and had a focal depth of 12 kilometres. There are no reports of injuries or damage currently. This comes as ferocious storms ripped through a tourist region in Greece earlier this month, killing at least seven people. Around 140 others were reportedly injured after gale-force winds rain and freak hail storms struck the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece. 7 Damage is seen on the bell tower of Church of the Pantanassa at the Monastiraki Square https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/95412...ital-sending-people-running-into-the-streets/
Not that this is completely Church related but it is the whole world that is now in the web of planned global takeover by evil.....and perhaps why even the church is playing into the massive immigration plan using "moral" persuasion in order to keep the gates open for takeover.....intentionally done by some while others may be just naive. Just look at what is being protected in the U.S. w/ such House Reps who demand complete openness to new "laws" (Sharia) while attempting to destroy the Constitution and those laws meant for everyone....and doing so through immigration abuse. And the troubles within the EU have been obvious now for years w/o doing anything to protect their own citizens and cultures. And this isn't the first time that Islam has been used to further the goals of totalitarian governments. Political Islam: The Threat To The West Part II – Towards Global Government In the first article of the series, Political Islam: The Threat to the West, the term “political Islam” was defined, why Islam affects everyone including non-believers, and how we, in the united States can begin to counter Islam. Part Two will cover the goal of Islam and how it is used by the globalist to bring about “globalism” or a one world government that consists of unelected bureaucrats who prioritize their own interests or the interests of select groups as a priority while the people are used to support bureaucrats. It is the ultimate form of tyranny. But, the tyranny has to be implemented on a global scale. How better to implement tyranny than use Islam and Islamists to destabilize the society and culture of western civilizations, bring about submission of non-believers to Sharia or accept Sharia as the law, then implement additional “laws” that expound upon Sharia. In other words, global domination of all nations would occur by unelected bureaucrats that use Islam as a “means to the end”. Any time a nation has been conquered by an ideology, outside invasive force, or internal movements, the first thing that usually happens is the destruction of that nation’s society, culture, and history. Islam does not coexist; it dominates. Remember, political Islam affects everyone, including the non-believer. And, Islam does not “build”, it destroys. Because Islam does not tolerate anything but Islam and Islamists have no loyalty to anyone or anything except Mohammed and their god Allah, Islam is the perfect avenue for globalists to use to advance their tyranny. The idea of “multiculturalism” invaded the European nations with a vengeance pushed by globalists to destabilize society. Societies consisting of multiple cultures coexisting without having assimilation into the nation’s societal culture was portrayed as highly desirable while those in opposition were demonized as “xenophobes”, bigots, racists, nationalists, and “supremacists”. And, the best way to destabilize society is massive unfettered, unvetted, importation of individuals possessing a “culture” that is the polar opposite of western civilization. So, the massive invasion of Islamists bombarded Europe as nations’ leaders and globalists opened their arms to embrace an invasion force. As Dr. Bill Warner explains: Europe’s Elite want their citizens to believe open borders and migration from Islamic countries will solve their need for a future workforce due to a shrinking population. I call their bluff. If they need workers, why not get them from the poorer parts of the EU–Romania, Bulgaria, Greece? This isn’t about guest workers. This is about the Left securing a voting block so they can be voted into office in perpetuity. Islam makes for a perfect partner in their endeavor to achieve political dominance. Both conspire to tear down society and rebuild their utopian ideal. What the Left doesn’t realize is when Islam ultimately takes power, as it tends to do, the last laugh will be on the them, just as it was with the Tudeh Party in Iran. In the end, Islam has no loyalty to Kafirs, only to Allah and Mohammed. One can interchange “left” with globalists since their goals are the same – a utopian style of society with a central bodythat “governs” all nations worldwide. With the veracity of Islam to “demand” special status, embrace victimhood, and destroy societies while installing totalitarianism, it is the perfect “partner in crime” against native populations. But, the “left” has operated under the false assumptions that Islamists are their friends, Islam is what Islamists say it is, and Islamists can be controlled once the “left” aka globalists attain dominance. Islamists cannot be controlled. Islam and Islamists dominate, subjugate, terrorize, and implement tyranny. The nations of Europe are littered with “Muslim No-Go Zones”, populated with Islam apologists who shame those who speak out against Islam, and government officials who refuse to punish Islamists that commit horrific crimes against the native population. Those speaking out against Islam or who report upon the atrocities committed by Islamists in the name of Islam, such as Tommy Robinson, are targeted for political persecution and sentenced to jail for engaging in the same activities as the lamestream entertainment media. Individuals, Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, are barred from entry into nations that have embraced Islamists. The governments are forcing Islam down the throats of native populations through intimidation, injustice, and awarding Islamists “special status” to implement globalism. Globalism benefits government bureaucrats, the wealthy elite, and the world banks; it doesn’t benefit native populations. (cont'd below)
(cont'd from above) Understanding this push for globalism through the importation of Islamists, one has to understand “hijrah”. Dr. Bill Warner explains: Hijra is a form of soft jihad and is quite effective for spreading Islam. Al Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki stated, referring to doctrine: “Jihad today is obligatory on every capable Muslim…it is your duty to find ways to practice it and support it.” He then lists 44 ways to support jihad. In #36 Preparing for Hijrah, al-Awlaki quotes Mohammed: “Hijrah does not stop as long as there is an enemy to fight”. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Al Qaeda 9/11 mastermind, said, “the practical way to defeat America is through immigration and “outbreeding non-Muslims”. These jihadists are not creating new ideas. They are repeating 1400 year old doctrine. The bottom line: Hijra is a tactic to pave the way for Sharia. Ultimately, the danger of migration is not that there will be too many unemployed workers draining welfare dollars from the state, but it’s that Sharia supremacists will keep Islamicizing the EU. These guest workers aren’t going home. They have a religious duty to stay and fulfill the doctrine. Their loyalty is to Allah and Mohammed, not to the Kafir countries of the West. History has shown that once a nation is invaded by Islam, it will become 100% Islamic, unless driven out. Globalists befriend Islamists to “invade” their nations in order to bring about totalitarianism under one world government. Islamists pretend to befriend globalists to “invade” western nations to bring about Islamic rule under Sharia. Islam destroys the native culture and history. Look at ancient historical sites in the Middle Eastern nations controlled by ISIS – those sites were destroyed because those sites were an affront to Islam, their god Allah, and Mohammed. Nothing coexists with Islam. Closer to home, the united States has seen extreme anti-constitutionalists push to eradicate American history – calling the founding fathers “terrorists”, advocating for removal of the War of Northern Aggression monuments and statues, lobbying to rename buildings, schools and structures possessing names anti-constitutionalists find “offensive”, pushing God out of the public square, advocating perversions/deviances/sodomite lifestyles as normal, and indoctrinating citizens through brainwashing techniques to reject freedom, liberty and God-given individual unalienable rights. Getting a society to reject its culture, societal norms, and God opens the door to the rise of globalism and conquest by ideology anathema to the human condition of free will, choice and the ability to self-govern. Add to this destabilization by native subversives unfettered illegal alien invasion, open borders policies, and government’s embrace of Islamic terrorist front groups – Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, ISNA, and Muslim Student’s Association, it creates a perfect storm of societal breakdown, destruction of cultural norms, and injustice under the law. Individuals embracing God and Jesus Christ, our Constitution, freedom, patriotism, and way of life, which is a culture of lawfulness, are marginalized, targeted for reprisal, attacked verbally and assaulted, and censored by various entities. Freedoms and rights are usurped by government while various special interest groups use government to force their ideology upon rejectors. Now, if you understand political Islam and the hijrah, you can clearly see how it is being used to bring about globalism. It’s not a new idea; it’s an old one. And, it is one used by Hitler to advance his degranged idea of a Third Reich and Jewish hatred. Even though Hitler didn’t import Islam, he used the ideas of Islam and Sharia, as well as Islam’s hatred of everything not Islamic, to control others. So, the goal is to combat this wave of destruction of nations, particularly ours, in order to implement globalism and rule by Islam because Islam will not hesitate to overthrow the globalists. In the first article, the goal was to encourage individuals to rid themselves of their ignorance by educating themselves on Islam through the use of Islam’s own trilogies. This article addressed the goal of Islam, which is global domination using anyone, anything, everyone and everything, including globalists and nations’ own laws to advance the caliphate. The next article will deal with actions citizens can and should take to push back against the wave of Islamization and globalism. Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media https://thewashingtonstandard.com/p...o-the-west-part-ii-towards-global-government/
Beware the 'Inclusive Language' Minefield https://townhall.com/columnists/bre...are-the-inclusive-language-minefield-n2550314
Voters must demand that this madness be brought to an end. Too much demonic activity going on in libraries today.
British oil tanker fears captured in Iranian waters: https://www.independent.ie/world-ne...ared-captured-in-iranian-waters-38328790.html
Was Organ Harvesting On China's Mind When They Stole The Medical Records Of Nearly 80 Million Americans? The Google - China Marriage Must Be Taken Down For The Good Of The Free World Just days ago, the Daily Mail published this story reporting PayPal founder and President Trump supporter Peter Thiel has requested that the FBI and CIA launch an investigation into google, claiming it had been infiltrated by Chinese intelligence while slamming google's decision to work with the Chinese military while canceling a US Defense Department contract as 'treason'. Just the latest story helping to confirm that the nation of China and the US-based company 'google' are joined at the hip, this July 11th story at the Intercept confirmed an American organization called The Open Power Foundation which was founded by tech giants 'google' and IBM is helping China’s authoritarian government conduct mass surveillance against its citizens. As this story over at Telecoms reports, both IBM and 'google' have swapped their morals for Chinese cash and while we'll argue here that 'google' never had any 'morals', as we'll see within this ANP story, if we think we shouldn't be paying any attention to what is happening in China, we're gravely mistaken. As we'll explore within the next section below, according to this new story over at the Wall Street Journal, for some reason, China wants the medical records of Americans so they hacked the medical records of 80 million of us. And as we've reported previously on ANP, the long unfolding A.I. surveillance state in America is using China as a model. Why such strong ties between US company 'google' and China's military? Treason? From this Daily Mail story. Peter Thiel said that American agencies should ask Google three questions, to determine whether it had been infilitrated by Chinese intelligence services. The questions are: 'Number one: How many foreign intelligence agencies have infiltrated your Manhattan Project for AI (artificial intelligence)? 'Number two: Does Google's senior management consider itself to have been thoroughly infiltrated by Chinese intelligence? 'Number three: Is it because they consider themselves to be so thoroughly infiltrated that they have engaged in the seemingly treasonous decision to work with the Chinese military and not with the US military.' With 'google' and 'big tech' absolutely part of the 'enemies of America within' who are working to destroy national sovereignty while thoroughly pushing the 'globalists agenda', as we had reported back on May 19th in this story titled "With George Orwell's 1984 Here Now, 'Everywhere Will Turn Into China' Tech Expert Warns - As Canada, The UK & EU Fall To Islamo-Fascist Tyranny, Globalists Attempt To 'Submit' America", between the all-encompassing surveillance that has been established across America and the world over the past decade+ to censorship being the 'new norm' to the Orwellian language used by government agencies, the mainstream media and 'big tech', it's easy to see why so many believe that the book "1984" really was an 'instruction manual' to create global tyranny. And with always-spying and forever-surveilling 'google' leading the way towards Orwell's warning unfolding, and google preferring to work with China's military over the US, should google be charged with treason as Thiel suggests? In taking a long look at this previously mentioned Wall Street Journal story (saved at archive), we have to ask, why does China really want the medical records of Americans? We can't help but think they may be preparing to use Americans for organ harvesting following the globalists 'end game' for America. With China clearly helping to establish the global 'surveillance state', even right here in America, if you think China wanting to steal American's medical records for organ harvesting a bit of a stretch, remember, they are already stealing organs from 'detainees' in China according to this June 18th NBC News story. So let's take a look at the theories of what China is up to right now from this Wall Street Journal story. Perhaps China is using commercial espionage to gain a leg up in the global medical-services industry. But recent trends point to an even more unsettling use of the data: China is gathering the pieces needed to create in the U.S. a version of its omnipresent surveillance state. Chinese citizens have long been carefully monitored in all aspects of their lives. In recent years Beijing has supplemented its internal spying with high-tech methods, such as culling data from digitized personal records—including medical records—and surveillance cameras equipped with facial-recognition software. Beijing examines all data passing through popular phone apps, and even looks for “abnormal” electricity consumption among citizens. There’s evidence that China is quietly deploying those same surveillance tools and analytics in America. Consider the presence of millions of surveillance cameras made by state-backed Chinese manufacturers like Hikvision. They could pose a security risk, according to Carolyn Bartholomew, chairman of the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission. The fear is that the cameras could be remotely monitored by Beijing. Accordingly, last year the U.S. government ordered Hikvision cameras removed from sensitive facilities, but untold numbers of cameras remain elsewhere, potentially spying on regular U.S. citizens in addition to traditional intelligence targets. Other goods have sparked similar worries. Chinese-manufactured drones are used across the U.S. for industrial purposes, despite Department of Homeland Security warnings last month that the data they collect can be redirected easily to Beijing. There is even concern that Chinese espionage could target data collected by dating apps. In March, U.S. officials ordered Grindr to shed its Chinese investors for fear that they would tap into the company’s sensitive personal data to spy on or blackmail U.S. users. It takes no great stretch of the imagination to see that Beijing could combine its well-honed espionage tools with the reams of information it has stolen to create a new surveillance network in the home of its most powerful geopolitical rival. http://allnewspipeline.com/Why_Does_China_Want_Our_Medical_Records.php
Things are heating up....yikes! https://www.aol.com/article/weather...ottest-month-ever-recorded-on-earth/23772854/
Beth, In Israel too... Evacuations begin as massive fires break out across Israel Homes destroyed as massive fires reported across Israel, forcing residents to evacuate. David Rosenberg, 17/07/19 13:25 | http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266099 A number of major fires broke out across Israel Wednesday afternoon, forcing some evacuations and destroying a number of homes. Five homes in the central Israeli town of Or Yehuda went up in flames after a fire broke out in the Ramat Pinhas neighborhood, forcing residents to evacuate. Firefighters have been deployed at multiple fronts around the Ramat Pinhas fire in a bid to prevent additional houses from being destroyed. Meanwhile, police have ordered residents out of the neighborhood. In addition, residents from the town of Shavei Shomron in Samaria were also ordered to evacuate as a blaze raged out of control on the edge of town. Firefighters working to contain the blaze have been joined by police units who are overseeing the evacuation of residents. Another fire was reported outside of the town of Aderet, near Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem. Ten firefighter teams have been deployed to bring the fire under control, with air units aiding the efforts. Firefighters have also been deployed to the Check Post Interchange near Haifa to combat a major blaze, which forced road closures in the area. A total of 15 firefighter teams have been dispatched to the Haifa area, and are operating on three fronts. One apartment in the Haifa area was reportedly burned in a separate fire. Authorities say no one was home at the time, and that the fire which damaged the apartment has been contained. Other fires were reported outside of Modi’in, in central Israel; adjacent to Route 40, near the town of Nehalim, just south of Petah Tikva; near Kfar Aviv in the Ashdod area; near Kfar Yona, east of Netanya, and near Route 444 near Sdeh Hemed and Jaljulya. *** If this isn't a sign, I don't know what is. Sodom reaching almost 122 degrees Fahrenheit unprecedented since 1948, the founding of Israel. Israel battles wildfires after record heatwave YAHOO! News 1d A plane extinguishes a fire in the Jerusalem area on July 18, 2019 (AFP Photo/Ahmad GHARABLI) Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel sent teams of firefighters and planes Thursday to contain a blaze near Jerusalem as record temperatures fuelled wildfires across the country. Some 100 fires have been reported in Israel in recent days and "at least three or four areas had to be evacuated," a public security ministry spokeswoman told AFP. The Israel Meteorological Service reported record high temperatures Wednesday, saying Sodom, near the Dead Sea, had experienced a high of 49.9 Celsius (121.8 Fahrenheit) -- unprecedented since Israel's founding in 1948. [Emphasis added.] The ministry spokeswoman said no one had been injured in the fires, which were likely sparked through negligence and amplified by "high temperatures, drought and winds". Twelve teams of firefighters and four planes fought blazes Thursday at Lifta, near a major highway into Jerusalem, she said, adding that it had been brought under control by the evening. *** Edited to add: Last week, there was a bad fire on Maui. The Hawaiian Islands are usually known for tropical temperatures not scorching heat. Heat, wind fuel brush fire on Hawaii island of Maui Firefighters on the Hawaii island of Maui on Friday successfully tamed a large brush fire only to have another blaze ignite ... ABC 7d *** And there was concern of a possible eruption of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii. This is a different volcano from the one that erupted last year, Kilauea which is also on the island of Hawaii. Volcano news: Mauna Loa volcano (Big Island, Hawaii) Earthquakes under Manua Loa during the past week (image: HVO / USGS) The alert level for the volcano has been raised to yellow two days ago. This doesn't mean that an eruption is expected to occur in a near future, but acknowledges that the volcano is currently preparing itself for its next eruption, which will come, sooner or later, but currently without possibility to indicate a specific time frame... earthquakes 11d *** Hundreds evacuated after volcano erupts in southern Peru Source:Xinhua Published: 2019/7/20 15:51:59 | http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1158487.shtml Hundreds of people living near a volcano in southern Peru have been evacuated after it erupted and spread ash on Friday. [40,000 ft (12.1 km) in height] The Ubinas Volcano, the most active in Peru, recorded two explosions since dawn, which spewed ash and affected more than eight surrounding areas. Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra called for the evacuation, describing it as "a major event unlike any we have had in recent years." The Geophysical Institute of Peru forecast that the volcano's activity will escalate in the following days with stronger eruptions and more ash emissions coming. [Emphasis added.] The volcano, which is 5,672 meters high and located in the Moquegua region, saw its more active period from 2013 to 2016.
We are looking at 100 today. Yikes. This morning when I woke up at 6 it was already warm. Very unusual.
Interesting read......on 50th anniversary of Moon Landing: Astronauts and God – Never alone amid the moon’s “magnificent desolation” WASHINGTON. As most Americans celebrate the 50th anniversary of mankind’s greatest achievement – Apollo 11’s “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth” – we should also remember the men of previous NASA missions who paved the way. For Michael Collins, who flew the command capsule to return Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin back to earth. Following their historic walk on the lunar surface. There was also Frank Borman. Apollo, the Bible, and the angry atheist Borman was Commander of Apollo 8. In 1968, his tiny capsule was the first manned vessel to orbit the moon, famously photographing the Earth as it rose over the bleak and cratered lunar horizon. They also gave a dramatic Christmas Eve reading from the Bible’s book of Genesis. Each crew member took turns reading the first ten verses of the Bible’s first book regarding our planet’s creation. Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman. Photo: NASA. This, however, did not sit well with one particular earthling – America’s preeminent atheist, Madalyn Murry O’Hair. The woman Life magazine called “the most hated woman in America.” (Madalyn Murray O’Hair: The Founder Of The American Atheists Who Was Gruesomely Murdered) This ball of secular, perpetual outrage vowed to prevent NASA “from further directing or permitting religious activities or ceremonies and especially reading of the sectarian Christian religion’s Bible, and from prayer recitation in space and in relation to all future space-flight activity.” And so, O’Hair filed a lawsuit against NASA to uphold the so-called “separation of church and state” in an effort to spread the angry evangel of atheism to every spiral arm of our Milky Way Galaxy. One small step for atheism Madalyn Murray O’Hair. Screen capture from the Discovery Channel documentary “What Happened to Madalyn Murry O’Hair?” In O’Hair v. Paine, the District Court ruled that if O’Hair’s draconian hostility toward religion became accepted federal policy, “Municipalities would not be permitted to render police or fire protection to religious groups. Policemen who helped parishioners into their places of worship would violate the Constitution… A fastidious atheist or agnostic could even object to the supplication with which the Court opens each session: ‘God save the United States and this honorable Court.’” Needless to say, the court threw out the case. And the US Supreme Court refused to take it up on appeal. But the lawsuit achieved O’Hair’s desired end: it became NASA policy to nix all mention of God in future space missions for fear of nuisance lawsuits. Astronauts and God – A Christian on the moon Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. Photo: NASA. A year later, as Apollo 11 prepared for launch in late July, astronaut Buzz Aldrin told NASA of his plan to perform a Christian ritual once he was safely settled on the lunar surface. NASA would have none of that after the O’Hair lawsuit. “Keep your comments more general,” a NASA executive told Aldrin. In the hours before Neil Armstrong descended the latter affixed to one of the forward landing pods to plant his boot on the dead lunar surface, Aldrin spoke to mission control in Houston and the millions of souls listening on TV and radio: “I would like to invite each person listening in, wherever and whomever he may be, to contemplate for a moment the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his own individual way.” That said, and outside the watchful eye of the television lens, Aldrin reached for a small, white sack. In his book “Return to Earth,” Aldrin recalled: “I reached into my personal preference kit and pulled out two small packages which had been specially prepared at my request. One contained a small amount of wine, the other a small wafer. With them and a small chalice from the kit, I took communion on the moon, reading to myself from a small card I carried on which I had written the portion of the Book of John used in the traditional communion ceremony.” According to the Book of John: In the hours before Neil Armstrong took his “one giant leap for mankind,” Buzz Aldrin commemorated the sacrifice of the one who redeemed all mankind to himself. A debate in NASA’s early years was whether scientists or US military combat and test pilots would be the first to land on the moon. But NASA chose the latter due to their experience making quick decisions under difficult circumstances. It seems appropriate, therefore, that a combat pilot who had fought in the skies over Korea took holy communion as his first act on the moon. Carved on the marble sarcophagi on the tombs of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery are words that also come from the Gospel of John: Never alone Apollo astronaut Michael Collins. Photo: NASA. In a letter to Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, legendary flyer Charles Lindbergh, who flew nonstop from New York to Paris in 1927, wrote: “There is a quality of aloneness that those who have not experienced it cannot know – to be alone and then to return to one’s fellow men once more. You have experienced an aloneness unknow to man before. I believe you will find that it lets you think and sense with greater clarity.” But Buzz Aldrin’s act of devotion, remembering the Galilean’s sacrifice for the small, blue world rising above him, proved he was never alone amid the moon’s “magnificent desolation.” https://www.commdiginews.com/life/f...amid-the-moons-magnificent-desolation-121096/
Well, here in Eastern Iowa it reached between 95 and 97 yesterday; heat index was between 100 and 110. Last night when I went to bed it was 86 with 90% humidity, and I had the fan in the window blowing on me because it was SO much cooler than the air in my bedroom. (Top floor, OLD house, no air conditioning.) ATT (9:20 CDT) it is 81 degrees with 85% humidity, and I am sitting in front of my computer, two fans blowing on me from different directions, covered in a shimmering glaze of perspiration. (I don't sweat. I'm a classy guy.)
Carol, thank you for these post on international events. I don’t always catch these on the news. It’s scary when you see all these events occurring...but they are. God have mercy....
