wnd--2020-09-04--Black Lives Matter organizer arrested for allegedly assaulting police officers

A Black Lives Matter organizer was arrested in Johnston County , Iowa , on Tuesday .
University of Iowa police arrested the organizer , Matthew Bruce , 24 , and charged him with nine felony counts of assault with intent to injure a peace officer and one count of interfering with official acts .
The assaults occurred during a demonstration outside the university president 's residence .
According to criminal complaints acquired by KCRG-TV , Bruce pointed a laser beam light into the eyes of multiple police officers during the demonstration .
Several officers needed medical treatment following the incident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take presidential race – AFTER Election Day !
When officers approached Bruce and asked him to stop , the Black Lives Matter organizer ran away , according to the report .
He was arrested later that night .
This was the fourth time in recent months that Bruce has been arrested , according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen .
In June , he was accused of vandalizing a police patrol car and later voluntarily turned himself into Des Moines police on first-degree criminal mischief charges .
In July , Bruce was charged with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , two counts of assault of a peace officer and disorderly conduct .
In August , the BLM organizer was again charged with interfering with official acts when he allegedly ordered a group of followers to block off police detectives who were assigned to monitor a protest against a Des Moines City Council member .
On Tuesday , after Bruce 's latest arrest , Des Moines Black Lives Matter asked its Facebook followers to donate to the group 's bail fund .
`` Free all political prisoners .
Donate to the bail fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ links for contributions .
Black Lives Matter groups and supporters have been criticized for bailing out rioters , looters and other individuals committing criminal acts during the nationwide demonstrations that followed the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody .
The Black Lives Matter protests were reignited following the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha , Wisconsin .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

A Black Lives Matter organizer was arrested in Johnston County, Iowa, on Tuesday.
University of Iowa police arrested the organizer, Matthew Bruce, 24, and charged him with nine felony counts of assault with intent to injure a peace officer and one count of interfering with official acts.
The assaults occurred during a demonstration outside the university president's residence.
According to criminal complaints acquired by KCRG-TV, Bruce pointed a laser beam light into the eyes of multiple police officers during the demonstration.
Several officers needed medical treatment following the incident.
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When officers approached Bruce and asked him to stop, the Black Lives Matter organizer ran away, according to the report. He was arrested later that night.
24-year-old Matthew Bruce faces nine charges of assault of a peace officer with intent of injury and one charge of interference with official acts. https://t.co/QrHb45Dzqd — We Are Iowa Local 5 (@weareiowa5news) September 1, 2020
This was the fourth time in recent months that Bruce has been arrested, according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
In June, he was accused of vandalizing a police patrol car and later voluntarily turned himself into Des Moines police on first-degree criminal mischief charges.
In July, Bruce was charged with interference of official acts with bodily injury, two counts of assault of a peace officer and disorderly conduct.
In August, the BLM organizer was again charged with interfering with official acts when he allegedly ordered a group of followers to block off police detectives who were assigned to monitor a protest against a Des Moines City Council member.
On Tuesday, after Bruce's latest arrest, Des Moines Black Lives Matter asked its Facebook followers to donate to the group's bail fund.
"Free all political prisoners. Donate to the bail fund," the post said, providing links for contributions.
Black Lives Matter groups and supporters have been criticized for bailing out rioters, looters and other individuals committing criminal acts during the nationwide demonstrations that followed the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
The Black Lives Matter protests were reignited following the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-04--Grown woman repeatedly punched 12-year-old boy over Trump sign: Police

Police in Boulder , Colorado , are searching for a woman who allegedly assaulted a child during an altercation over a sign in support of President Donald Trump .
The reported crime occurred earlier this week when a 12-year-old was riding his bicycle while carrying a Trump campaign sign .
KMGH-TV in Denver reported the boy was attacked while riding the bike near the intersection of Folsom Street and Glenwood Drive in the city .
The boy ’ s father , Jesse Rosales , told police his son was riding with the sign when the woman turned around in her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You want something to look at ?
” That ’ s when police say the woman became violent , per a report obtained by the outlet .
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Police said the suspect began punching the boy in the back of the head and on his arms with a closed fist .
She also allegedly scratched him .
Per the police report , the woman then attempted to steal the Trump sign , which the child was using as a shield @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boy told police , the woman stared and laughed at him .
In an interview with KMGH , the 12-year-old expressed fear and disappointment at being attacked by an adult over a political sign .
“ I didn ’ t want any conflict , anything , '' the child said .
`` I just wanted to show what I believe in.
” The boy added , “ Just don ’ t attack people , ’ cause what she did to me -- that ’ s not OK. '' He told the outlet he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the president , but never by an adult .
Rosales told KMGH he would like to locate the woman so he can file criminal charges against her .
The alleged attacker was described as a white woman in her late 20s to mid-30s with blondish-brown shoulder-length hair .
The boy said she was riding a gray/blue moped and wearing a tan jacket and blue jeans .
The Republican National Committee issued a statement about the reported attack Wednesday .
The party asked Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden to “ disavow this act @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The statement was also directed at Colorado Democrats .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Police in Boulder, Colorado, are searching for a woman who allegedly assaulted a child during an altercation over a sign in support of President Donald Trump.
The reported crime occurred earlier this week when a 12-year-old was riding his bicycle while carrying a Trump campaign sign.
KMGH-TV in Denver reported the boy was attacked while riding the bike near the intersection of Folsom Street and Glenwood Drive in the city.
The boy’s father, Jesse Rosales, told police his son was riding with the sign when the woman turned around in her vehicle and told the boy, “You want something to look at?”
That’s when police say the woman became violent, per a report obtained by the outlet.
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Police said the suspect began punching the boy in the back of the head and on his arms with a closed fist.
She also allegedly scratched him.
Per the police report, the woman then attempted to steal the Trump sign, which the child was using as a shield.
Prior to the attack, the boy told police, the woman stared and laughed at him.
In an interview with KMGH, the 12-year-old expressed fear and disappointment at being attacked by an adult over a political sign.
“I didn’t want any conflict, anything," the child said. "I just wanted to show what I believe in.”
The boy added, “Just don’t attack people, ’cause what she did to me -- that’s not OK."
He told the outlet he has been attacked before over his support for the president, but never by an adult.
Rosales told KMGH he would like to locate the woman so he can file criminal charges against her.
More Joe Biden voters terrorizing kids... this is becoming far too common of an occurrence. Sick. Boulder police: Woman assaults 12-year-old boy for carrying Trump campaign sign, tries to steal it | FOX31 Denver https://t.co/bbfR3ZSs24 — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 2, 2020
The alleged attacker was described as a white woman in her late 20s to mid-30s with blondish-brown shoulder-length hair.
The boy said she was riding a gray/blue moped and wearing a tan jacket and blue jeans.
The Republican National Committee issued a statement about the reported attack Wednesday.
The party asked Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden to “disavow this act of hatred and violence on a child.”
The statement was also directed at Colorado Democrats.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-05--CNN's Cuomo blames Trump for Pelosi salon visit: 'Maybe she was listening to the president'

We 're really going to go with this defense , Chris Cuomo ?
One understands , it has n't been your best week .
It 's probably not your worst , granted , given you 've just recovered from COVID-19 .
However , audio in which you discussed sexual harassment rumors against you while you were at ABC News with former Trump attorney and apparent confidant Michael Cohen in the most elevated of terms ( `` ‘ I heard he was the Charlie Rose of ABC , used to invite women to the hotel and open up his bathrobe.
’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ f -- -ing guy who ’ s got ta do that ?
” ) ended up being released by Fox News ' Tucker Carlson -- so yes , I 'd say it still qualifies as a rotten workweek .
You 've so far yet to comment or even confirm if it was you on the tape .
Cohen seems to have done that for you , though .
( If I have n't already commended you for this , good choice in friends . )
However , no one cares about him .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ good thinking , too .
At the same time you were having a bad week , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was having a much worse one , a week that would even overshadow that Cohen tape .
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On Monday , Pelosi arrived at eSalon SF at 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time .
San Francisco County 's salons would n't reopen for another day , according to Fox News , and only then would they be allowed to conduct outdoor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , she went inside the salon and had her hair washed and blown out .
Three hours later , she appeared on `` All In with Chris Hayes '' on MSNBC , according to a separate Fox News report .
Sometime thereafter , the video of her visit to the salon , complete with her not wearing a mask , began making the rounds .
You , Chris Cuomo , have been handed a gift .
There but for the grace of God goes someone else .
You do n't have to comment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called you Fredo , you could just let it go and your life would be easier .
Maybe even mention it and say it sounds like a setup to you -- like Pelosi did -- and quickly move the topic along .
You , Chris Cuomo , did nothing of the sort .
As those of us who watch CNN know -- and this is the same with every cable news channel , but it 's especially bad on the official network of delayed flights -- there 's a bit of inter-studio banter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one another .
John Berman , who was guest-hosting Anderson Cooper 's show , ended his broadcast by talking about one of President Donald Trump 's tweets on the matter , according to Breitbart .
You do this more than most , Mr. Cuomo , particularly with your friend Don Lemon .
You can do it with Berman , though , as Wednesday 's show proved .
“ But , consider this , the crowds of unmasked and not socially distanced audience members at the president ’ s speech at the White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ convention or the president ’ s own maskless visit to a hurricane relief center in Louisiana last week , '' Berman said .
`` The state ’ s own guidelines say masks should be worn when in public indoors and out .
So , yes , it is fair to criticize the House speaker , who should have known better .
But it ’ s fair to criticize anyone who breaks the restrictions , guidelines and just plain common sense we all should live by , '' he said .
You were then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something like , `` Hey , John .
How 's the wife and kids ? ''
would have sufficed .
None of that for you , though .
“ Maybe she was listening to the president , who said masks are weakness , who ’ s always encouraging people to take off masks , who held his big speech about how to control the pandemic in front of a crowd that was largely without masks , '' you said .
`` Maybe Pelosi ’ s falling under the influence.
” So several things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I 'm assuming while the CNN host is a busy man , he must have watched Pelosi 's appearance on MSNBC after she got the wash-and-blow .
It was clear from there she was n't `` falling under the influence . ''
If anything , she was more evangelical about wearing masks than ever .
“ What further evidence does anyone need that this president does n't care less about the spread of this virus than to see what he did , ” the speaker said about that Republican National Convention acceptance speech @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no masks , no distancing and the rest .
He slapped science right in the face.
” Do you maybe see the problem here , Chris ?
Anyway , she 's already mentioned who she says the bad influence was .
That would be the salon owner , who she claimed set her up .
“ I take responsibility for trusting the word of the neighborhood salon that I have been to many times , ” Pelosi said when asked by reporters Wednesday about the incident .
“ When they said they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and we can set up that time , I trusted that.
” “ As it turns out , it was a setup .
So I take responsibility for falling for a setup , '' she said .
“ The salon owes me an apology for setting me up . ''
That still does n't explain the lack of a mask , but Pelosi insists it 's because they were washing her hair .
“ I just had my hair washed .
I don ’ t wear my mask when I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Do you wear one when you wash your hair ?
” In a salon ?
If you 're preaching the gospel of the mask , then yes , you do .
The House speaker , in other words , has long believed there 's one set of rules she preaches and another one she practices .
It 's kind of like being a CNN host given to fulminating moral tirades and vigorous defenses of the media who tells Michael Cohen that `` the media is not your friend '' when they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women who do work there say , ‘ Oh yeah , you know , some of these men , ’ and naming me with other guys , ‘ You know , we bumped into each other once in the elevator and he put his hand on my shoulder and he made me really uncomfortable.
’ '' Like you , Chris Cuomo .
At least you could have escaped from this without taking the side of Pelosi saying the salon set her up and excusing it by saying maybe she was being influenced by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possibly be induced to take a bit of responsibility for any of your own hypocrisy .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

We're really going to go with this defense, Chris Cuomo?
One understands, it hasn't been your best week. It's probably not your worst, granted, given you've just recovered from COVID-19.
However, audio in which you discussed sexual harassment rumors against you while you were at ABC News with former Trump attorney and apparent confidant Michael Cohen in the most elevated of terms ("‘I heard he was the Charlie Rose of ABC, used to invite women to the hotel and open up his bathrobe.’ Do I look like the kind of f---ing guy who’s gotta do that?”) ended up being released by Fox News' Tucker Carlson -- so yes, I'd say it still qualifies as a rotten workweek.
You've so far yet to comment or even confirm if it was you on the tape. Cohen seems to have done that for you, though. (If I haven't already commended you for this, good choice in friends.) However, no one cares about him. Letting this go by without comment was good thinking, too.
At the same time you were having a bad week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was having a much worse one, a week that would even overshadow that Cohen tape.
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On Monday, Pelosi arrived at eSalon SF at 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. San Francisco County's salons wouldn't reopen for another day, according to Fox News, and only then would they be allowed to conduct outdoor services. Pelosi did neither. Instead, she went inside the salon and had her hair washed and blown out.
Three hours later, she appeared on "All In with Chris Hayes" on MSNBC, according to a separate Fox News report. Sometime thereafter, the video of her visit to the salon, complete with her not wearing a mask, began making the rounds.
You, Chris Cuomo, have been handed a gift. There but for the grace of God goes someone else. You don't have to comment on it. Like that guy who called you Fredo, you could just let it go and your life would be easier. Maybe even mention it and say it sounds like a setup to you -- like Pelosi did -- and quickly move the topic along.
You, Chris Cuomo, did nothing of the sort.
As those of us who watch CNN know -- and this is the same with every cable news channel, but it's especially bad on the official network of delayed flights -- there's a bit of inter-studio banter as hosts hand off their shows to one another. John Berman, who was guest-hosting Anderson Cooper's show, ended his broadcast by talking about one of President Donald Trump's tweets on the matter, according to Breitbart.
You do this more than most, Mr. Cuomo, particularly with your friend Don Lemon. You can do it with Berman, though, as Wednesday's show proved.
“But, consider this, the crowds of unmasked and not socially distanced audience members at the president’s speech at the White House on the final day of the Republican convention or the president’s own maskless visit to a hurricane relief center in Louisiana last week," Berman said.
"The state’s own guidelines say masks should be worn when in public indoors and out. So, yes, it is fair to criticize the House speaker, who should have known better. But it’s fair to criticize anyone who breaks the restrictions, guidelines and just plain common sense we all should live by," he said.
You were then handed the baton. Here's where something like, "Hey, John. How's the wife and kids?" would have sufficed. None of that for you, though.
“Maybe she was listening to the president, who said masks are weakness, who’s always encouraging people to take off masks, who held his big speech about how to control the pandemic in front of a crowd that was largely without masks," you said.
"Maybe Pelosi’s falling under the influence.”
Oh, Chris.
So several things are at work here. First, I'm assuming while the CNN host is a busy man, he must have watched Pelosi's appearance on MSNBC after she got the wash-and-blow. It was clear from there she wasn't "falling under the influence." If anything, she was more evangelical about wearing masks than ever.
“What further evidence does anyone need that this president doesn't care less about the spread of this virus than to see what he did,” the speaker said about that Republican National Convention acceptance speech.
“Bringing all those people there, no masks, no distancing and the rest. He slapped science right in the face.”
Do you maybe see the problem here, Chris?
Anyway, she's already mentioned who she says the bad influence was. That would be the salon owner, who she claimed set her up.
“I take responsibility for trusting the word of the neighborhood salon that I have been to many times,” Pelosi said when asked by reporters Wednesday about the incident. “When they said they could accommodate people one at a time, and we can set up that time, I trusted that.”
“As it turns out, it was a setup. So I take responsibility for falling for a setup," she said. “The salon owes me an apology for setting me up."
That still doesn't explain the lack of a mask, but Pelosi insists it's because they were washing her hair.
“I just had my hair washed. I don’t wear my mask when I’m washing my hair,” she said. “Do you wear one when you wash your hair?”
In a salon? If you're preaching the gospel of the mask, then yes, you do.
The House speaker, in other words, has long believed there's one set of rules she preaches and another one she practices.
It's kind of like being a CNN host given to fulminating moral tirades and vigorous defenses of the media who tells Michael Cohen that "the media is not your friend" when they're investigating what he dismisses as "women who do work there say, ‘Oh yeah, you know, some of these men,’ and naming me with other guys, ‘You know, we bumped into each other once in the elevator and he put his hand on my shoulder and he made me really uncomfortable.’"
Like you, Chris Cuomo. At least you could have escaped from this without taking the side of Pelosi saying the salon set her up and excusing it by saying maybe she was being influenced by Donald Trump.
Alas, no such luck.
Neither of you could possibly be induced to take a bit of responsibility for any of your own hypocrisy.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-09-04--Black voter approval of Trump hits 45%

Black voter approval of Trump hits 45%

President Trump 's approval rating among likely voters reached its pre-coronavirus high of 52 % on Friday , including an astonishing 45 % of blacks , according to Rasmussen 's daily presidential tracking poll .
Rasmussen had Barack Obama at 47 % approval at the same point in his presidency .
And Obama and George W. Bush were both under 51 % approval on the day they won .
The tracking poll on Friday found 42 % `` strongly approve '' and 42 % `` strongly disapprove '' of Trump 's performance .
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A poll released Aug. 31 by a separate company , Zogby Strategies found one in five likely black voters supporting President Trump .
That 's nearly twice what Trump campaign officials believe is needed to win in November , wrote the Washington Examiner 's Paul Bedard .
He noted the survey was taken after last week 's Republican National Convention featuring many minority speakers .
As WND reported , black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump 's accomplishments for the black community over the past three years in contrast to Joe Biden 's 47 years in Washington .
Among Trump 's successes for blacks are are the lowest unemployment rate ever , the prison and criminal sentence-reforming First Step Act , the `` opportunity zones '' that incentivize investment in poor areas , permanent funding for historically black colleges and universities , and promoting school choice .

President Trump's approval rating among likely voters reached its pre-coronavirus high of 52% on Friday, including an astonishing 45% of blacks, according to Rasmussen's daily presidential tracking poll.
Rasmussen had Barack Obama at 47% approval at the same point in his presidency. And Obama and George W. Bush were both under 51% approval on the day they won.
The tracking poll on Friday found 42% "strongly approve" and 42% "strongly disapprove" of Trump's performance.
For Friday September 4, 2020 National Likely Voter (LV) Job Approval of @POTUS - 52% GOP LV App - 81% Dem LV App - 25% Ind LV App - 52% Men LV App - 51% Women LV App - 52% White LV App - 51% Black Total LV App - 45% ! Other Non-White Total LV App - 57% ! https://t.co/0AUkoKKQg7 pic.twitter.com/kCNgC51ngy — Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) September 4, 2020
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A Zogby Analytics poll on Aug. 26 also had Trump's approval at 52% along with 36% approval among blacks.
A poll released Aug. 31 by a separate company, Zogby Strategies found one in five likely black voters supporting President Trump.
That's nearly twice what Trump campaign officials believe is needed to win in November, wrote the Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard.
He noted the survey was taken after last week's Republican National Convention featuring many minority speakers.
As WND reported, black speakers at the Republican National Convention recounted Trump's accomplishments for the black community over the past three years in contrast to Joe Biden's 47 years in Washington.
Among Trump's successes for blacks are are the lowest unemployment rate ever, the prison and criminal sentence-reforming First Step Act, the "opportunity zones" that incentivize investment in poor areas, permanent funding for historically black colleges and universities, and promoting school choice.


wnd--2020-09-04--Bring our jobs home, bring our troops home

A new report from the Pentagon paints a chilling portrait of the challenge the Chinese Communist Party poses to the United States and the world .
It also shows us how we must respond .
The annual report to Congress , `` Military and Security Developments Concerning the People 's Republic of China , '' details the comprehensive effort the CCP has launched to achieve global superiority through military , economic and information/psychological warfare means .
The 200-page report tells us the CCP seeks `` the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation , '' by which it means to revise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China to global preeminence .
On the military front , PRC has already surpassed the U.S. in shipbuilding with the world 's largest navy , land-based conventional and cruise missile fleet and integrated air-defense systems .
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We learn , `` China is the top ship-producing nation in the world by tonnage and is increasing its shipbuilding capacity and capability for all naval classes . ''
In contrast , the United States largely surrendered its shipbuilding and merchant marine industries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CCP leadership understands something that America 's leaders forgot : Military power flows from economic and industrial power .
While Washington encouraged the offshoring of America 's industries , Beijing appreciates how military might depends on a growing industrial and technological base .
The CCP integrates civilian industries with its military objectives , a 21st century version of People 's War known as Military Civil Fusion , MCF : '' MCF encompasses six interrelated efforts : ( 1 ) fusing the China 's defense industrial base and its civilian technology and industrial base @ @ @ @ @ @ @ science and technology innovations across military and civilian sectors ; ( 3 ) cultivating talent and blending military and civilian expertise and knowledge ; ( 4 ) building military requirements into civilian infrastructure and leveraging civilian construction for military purposes ; ( 5 ) leveraging civilian service and logistics capabilities for military purposes ; and , ( 6 ) expanding and deepening China 's national defense mobilization system to include all relevant aspects of its society and economy for use in competition and war . ''
Here is the key point : `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the PRC 's civilian and military economies , raising due diligence costs for U.S. and global entities that do not desire to contribute to the PRC 's military modernization . ''
That means every American dollar invested in the PRC helps the CCP build its military and techno-totalitarian machinery .
Right now , major Wall Street index providers such as MSCI and FTSE Russell , pension funds , university endowments and other large institutional investors are pouring billions from American investors into companies like the China Communications Construction Company ( CCCC ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Commerce departments for its role in grabbing territory in the South China Sea in violation of international law .
At the same time some of the biggest names on Wall Street – Citibank , JP Morgan and BlackRock – have announced plans to expand in China .
This poses a double threat to the U.S .
In addition to strengthening the CCP , these firms will now be enlisted to push the `` hands-off-Beijing '' line back here – the LeBron James effect .
Beijing leverages the financial interests of American businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses to do its lobbying in Washington .
Just as Beijing employs economic and technological means to achieve its goal of world domination , we can respond in kind .
Cutting off the flow of capital will do more damage to the CCP than deploying another carrier group to carry out freedom of navigation exercises in the South China Sea .
Cutting the CCP off from our technology and industrial assets is a more effective means of hobbling that regime than any other , military or otherwise .
We can put paid to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investment will reform Beijing 's Marxists .
There is now no excuse for anyone from Washington , Wilmington or Wall Street to doubt the CCP poses a serious threat to America and traditional American values .
The solution is not the neoconservative reflex of launching yet another war , this time against the People 's Republic of China .
Quite the opposite : The same way President Trump wants to bring our troops home from endless war in Afghanistan , we need to bring our jobs , our investment capital and our industries @ @ @ @

A new report from the Pentagon paints a chilling portrait of the challenge the Chinese Communist Party poses to the United States and the world.
It also shows us how we must respond.
The annual report to Congress, "Military and Security Developments Concerning the People's Republic of China," details the comprehensive effort the CCP has launched to achieve global superiority through military, economic and information/psychological warfare means.
The 200-page report tells us the CCP seeks "the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," by which it means to revise the international order and "return" China to global preeminence.
On the military front, PRC has already surpassed the U.S. in shipbuilding with the world's largest navy, land-based conventional and cruise missile fleet and integrated air-defense systems.
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We learn, "China is the top ship-producing nation in the world by tonnage and is increasing its shipbuilding capacity and capability for all naval classes." In contrast, the United States largely surrendered its shipbuilding and merchant marine industries decades ago.
This shows us the CCP leadership understands something that America's leaders forgot: Military power flows from economic and industrial power. While Washington encouraged the offshoring of America's industries, Beijing appreciates how military might depends on a growing industrial and technological base.
The CCP integrates civilian industries with its military objectives, a 21st century version of People's War known as Military Civil Fusion, MCF:
"MCF encompasses six interrelated efforts: (1) fusing the China's defense industrial base and its civilian technology and industrial base; (2) integrating and leveraging science and technology innovations across military and civilian sectors; (3) cultivating talent and blending military and civilian expertise and knowledge; (4) building military requirements into civilian infrastructure and leveraging civilian construction for military purposes; (5) leveraging civilian service and logistics capabilities for military purposes; and, (6) expanding and deepening China's national defense mobilization system to include all relevant aspects of its society and economy for use in competition and war."
Here is the key point: "There is not a clear line between the PRC's civilian and military economies, raising due diligence costs for U.S. and global entities that do not desire to contribute to the PRC's military modernization."
That means every American dollar invested in the PRC helps the CCP build its military and techno-totalitarian machinery.
Right now, major Wall Street index providers such as MSCI and FTSE Russell, pension funds, university endowments and other large institutional investors are pouring billions from American investors into companies like the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a state-owned enterprise sanctioned by the State and Commerce departments for its role in grabbing territory in the South China Sea in violation of international law.
At the same time some of the biggest names on Wall Street – Citibank, JP Morgan and BlackRock – have announced plans to expand in China.
This poses a double threat to the U.S. In addition to strengthening the CCP, these firms will now be enlisted to push the "hands-off-Beijing" line back here – the LeBron James effect. Beijing leverages the financial interests of American businesses in its influence operations, using American businesses to do its lobbying in Washington.
Just as Beijing employs economic and technological means to achieve its goal of world domination, we can respond in kind. Cutting off the flow of capital will do more damage to the CCP than deploying another carrier group to carry out freedom of navigation exercises in the South China Sea.
(Regarding those patrols: President Trump asks, why should we bankroll Europe's defense? One might also ask why U.S. taxpayers should protect the sea lanes China uses to supply its industries and multinational corporations use to flood our shores with American-job-killing imports.)
Cutting the CCP off from our technology and industrial assets is a more effective means of hobbling that regime than any other, military or otherwise.
We can put paid to the 40-year-old notion that economic engagement and investment will reform Beijing's Marxists. There is now no excuse for anyone from Washington, Wilmington or Wall Street to doubt the CCP poses a serious threat to America and traditional American values.
The solution is not the neoconservative reflex of launching yet another war, this time against the People's Republic of China.
Quite the opposite: The same way President Trump wants to bring our troops home from endless war in Afghanistan, we need to bring our jobs, our investment capital and our industries home from China.


wnd--2020-09-04--'America's Sheriff' takes on the radical leftists

Last Wednesday , Joe Arpaio , `` America 's Toughest Sheriff , '' and I , `` America 's Toughest Lawyer , '' announced the formation of a new public-interest watchdog whose mission is to promote , protect and fight for the interests and legal rights of the nation 's law enforcement , including but not limited to local police .
By so doing , the American people 's interests will be paramount .
In recent months , our brave law enforcement from all quarters have literally been under attack , with radical leftists looting , burning stealing , maiming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers , as well as innocent citizens .
These radicals are comprised of socialists , communists , African American anti-white separatists , radical Muslims , radicals of the Jewish left , anarchists , atheists and other leftists of all races , sexes and persuasions .
Their obvious goal is to destabilize and take down the creation of our Founding Fathers , and in its place install a Marxist state .
Furthering this Bolshevik-style revolution have been Democratic mayors and governors in many of the nation 's largest cities and states , whose agenda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also remove President Donald J. Trump from office , paving the way for a Democrat socialist/communist takeover of all three branches of government .
In this way , the radical left will be able to consolidate its power and hold over the American people .
The new organization , America 's Sheriff , is nonpartisan , but it is founded to defend America 's Judeo-Christian heritage as depicted in the Bible , where God looks to the counselors and judges to restore the Tarnished City to the Faithful City .
Sheriff Arpaio and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ uniquely situated to protect and preserve the freedoms and liberties bequeathed to the citizenry on July 4 , 1776 , by furthering law and order in these perilous times .
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Using Sheriff Joe 's expertise as a America 's Toughest Sheriff and my pursuit of the rule of law as America 's Toughest Lawyer , America 's Sheriff will take whatever strong and effective ethical , legal and peaceful actions that are necessary to protect and fight for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been trashed , and battle the malevolent forces of the radical left exposing We the People to ever increasing violence and death .
Following the announcement of America 's Sheriff , predictably some leftist haters of the sheriff and me , much more the police , predictably falsely claimed that our mission was racist and anti-Semitic .
This did not surprise us , as the left will use whatever means are available , however dishonest , to justify their evil , nefarious ends to successfully wage their new Bolshevik Revolution .
To call @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a proud Jew and a Christian , as well as a Zionist , is more than laughable .
But I stand by my statements , as I have throughout the many columns I have written for WND , that the Jewish left – a la Karl Marx , Leon Trotsky and in the modern era Saul Alinsky , so bent on not just destroying this country with its Marxist agenda but also the state of Israel – is the biggest threat to Jewry worldwide .
If you need proof , look to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the left in general , George Soros .
He is unabashedly an unapologetic self-hating leftist Jew who collaborated with the Nazis , along with his father , during World War II , by confiscating the hard-earned property of fellow Jews on their way to Hitler 's gas chambers and ovens .
And it is no coincidence that Soros not only donated millions to defeat Sheriff Arpaio 's candidacy for sheriff of Maricopa County , Arizona , in 2016 , but also largely funded the successful elections of many state and local district attorneys @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are anti-law enforcement and support defunding police departments , leaving the citizenry defenseless against the leftist hordes that burn , loot , main and kill at will .
One really `` bad example , '' is a leftist Jew named Larry Krasner , who was elected , with Soros ' money , as the district of attorney for Philadelphia .
Krasner , along with the corrupt leftist Philly mayor , Jim Kenney , and police commissioners Richard Ross , who was later fired over sexual harassment charges , and the now Danielle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of all places to replace Ross ( and is not coincidentally an African American female ) , have engaged in systematic racism against white male Philly cops in general , having them fired or constructively terminated , without due process , over benign private social media postings .
I am currently representing several terminated Philly cops in a suit filed in federal court in the `` City of Brotherly Hate ! ''
– my once-proud birthplace and the home of the Declaration of Independence .
Recently , when my process server sought to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against Commissioner Outlaw , she shouted to her daughter to slam the door in his face .
And , when the process server politely called Mayor Kenney to ask him accept service , this hack leftist politician abruptly hung up the phone .
Such is the nature of the left : no respect for the rule of law , much less law enforcement , which stands in their way of taking total control of the nation under a Marxist state .
So , fellow patriots , rise up as We the People , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America 's Sheriff and Freedom Watch ( www.freedomwatchusa.org ) , as we must now legally and peacefully seek to enforce the law .
And , to do so we must stand up for and take action to defend our brave policemen and other law enforcement officers !
Otherwise , the continued leftist violence , death and destruction will continue unabated , until the republic goes down in Bolshevik style flames .
We are on the verge of losing the great creation of our Founding Fathers !
Join Sheriff Arpaio and me in preventing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week 's radio show with Sheriff Joe Arpaio , which is embedded below , and enlist in and support our fight by going to www.americassheriff.org .
And pre-order my new book , `` It Takes a Revolution : Forget the Scandal Industry !
, '' which can be purchased on Amazon.com , BarnesandNoble.com and through all major book sellers .

Last Wednesday, Joe Arpaio, "America's Toughest Sheriff," and I, "America's Toughest Lawyer," announced the formation of a new public-interest watchdog whose mission is to promote, protect and fight for the interests and legal rights of the nation's law enforcement, including but not limited to local police. By so doing, the American people's interests will be paramount.
In recent months, our brave law enforcement from all quarters have literally been under attack, with radical leftists looting, burning stealing, maiming and even assaulting and killing law enforcement officers, as well as innocent citizens. These radicals are comprised of socialists, communists, African American anti-white separatists, radical Muslims, radicals of the Jewish left, anarchists, atheists and other leftists of all races, sexes and persuasions. Their obvious goal is to destabilize and take down the creation of our Founding Fathers, and in its place install a Marxist state.
Furthering this Bolshevik-style revolution have been Democratic mayors and governors in many of the nation's largest cities and states, whose agenda is to use these leftist radicals to also remove President Donald J. Trump from office, paving the way for a Democrat socialist/communist takeover of all three branches of government. In this way, the radical left will be able to consolidate its power and hold over the American people.
The new organization, America's Sheriff, is nonpartisan, but it is founded to defend America's Judeo-Christian heritage as depicted in the Bible, where God looks to the counselors and judges to restore the Tarnished City to the Faithful City.
Sheriff Arpaio and I, a dynamic duo, are uniquely situated to protect and preserve the freedoms and liberties bequeathed to the citizenry on July 4, 1776, by furthering law and order in these perilous times.
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Using Sheriff Joe's expertise as a America's Toughest Sheriff and my pursuit of the rule of law as America's Toughest Lawyer, America's Sheriff will take whatever strong and effective ethical, legal and peaceful actions that are necessary to protect and fight for the rights of law enforcement, which have been trashed, and battle the malevolent forces of the radical left exposing We the People to ever increasing violence and death.
Following the announcement of America's Sheriff, predictably some leftist haters of the sheriff and me, much more the police, predictably falsely claimed that our mission was racist and anti-Semitic. This did not surprise us, as the left will use whatever means are available, however dishonest, to justify their evil, nefarious ends to successfully wage their new Bolshevik Revolution. To call me anti-Semitic, as someone who is a proud Jew and a Christian, as well as a Zionist, is more than laughable. But I stand by my statements, as I have throughout the many columns I have written for WND, that the Jewish left – a la Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky and in the modern era Saul Alinsky, so bent on not just destroying this country with its Marxist agenda but also the state of Israel – is the biggest threat to Jewry worldwide. If you need proof, look to the biggest financier of the Jewish left and the left in general, George Soros. He is unabashedly an unapologetic self-hating leftist Jew who collaborated with the Nazis, along with his father, during World War II, by confiscating the hard-earned property of fellow Jews on their way to Hitler's gas chambers and ovens. And it is no coincidence that Soros not only donated millions to defeat Sheriff Arpaio's candidacy for sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, in 2016, but also largely funded the successful elections of many state and local district attorneys throughout the United States, DA's who are anti-law enforcement and support defunding police departments, leaving the citizenry defenseless against the leftist hordes that burn, loot, main and kill at will.
One really "bad example," is a leftist Jew named Larry Krasner, who was elected, with Soros' money, as the district of attorney for Philadelphia. Krasner, along with the corrupt leftist Philly mayor, Jim Kenney, and police commissioners Richard Ross, who was later fired over sexual harassment charges, and the now Danielle Outlaw, who was plucked from Portland of all places to replace Ross (and is not coincidentally an African American female), have engaged in systematic racism against white male Philly cops in general, having them fired or constructively terminated, without due process, over benign private social media postings. I am currently representing several terminated Philly cops in a suit filed in federal court in the "City of Brotherly Hate!" – my once-proud birthplace and the home of the Declaration of Independence.
Recently, when my process server sought to serve the complaint for civil rights violations against Commissioner Outlaw, she shouted to her daughter to slam the door in his face. And, when the process server politely called Mayor Kenney to ask him accept service, this hack leftist politician abruptly hung up the phone.
Such is the nature of the left: no respect for the rule of law, much less law enforcement, which stands in their way of taking total control of the nation under a Marxist state.
So, fellow patriots, rise up as We the People, through advocacy and activist groups such as America's Sheriff and Freedom Watch (www.freedomwatchusa.org), as we must now legally and peacefully seek to enforce the law. And, to do so we must stand up for and take action to defend our brave policemen and other law enforcement officers! Otherwise, the continued leftist violence, death and destruction will continue unabated, until the republic goes down in Bolshevik style flames.
We are on the verge of losing the great creation of our Founding Fathers! Join Sheriff Arpaio and me in preventing this from happening!
Listen my this week's radio show with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, which is embedded below, and enlist in and support our fight by going to www.americassheriff.org. And pre-order my new book, "It Takes a Revolution: Forget the Scandal Industry!," which can be purchased on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and through all major book sellers.


wnd--2020-09-04--Haircut for me but not for thee

Haircut for me but not for thee

By now , most have seen the video footage or heard reports of Queen Nancy Pelosi 's day at the salon this past Monday , Aug. 31 .
There are a two or three takeaways that need to be addressed regarding this incident .
The first is obvious – talk about being tone-deaf .
I 'd like to say Pelosi had a lot of nerve , but nerve has nothing to do with .
Pelosi and other leftist royalty are oblivious to the suffering around them .
They just do n't care .
And why should they ?
When the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rules you and I must abide by simply do n't apply to them – whether it 's attending a funeral or having your hair done .
But oblivious is being kind , as Pelosi demonstrated by throwing the salon owner , Erica Kious , under the bus .
Second , Pelosi claimed that she was not to blame for defying a citywide mandate – that instead , it was she who was set up by the salon owner .
However , it was actually a Pelosi staffer who contacted a stylist , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ independent contractor who rents a chair from Kious , who received a text message Sunday night , Aug. 30 .
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`` One of the stylists who rents a chair from me contacted me Sunday night , '' Kious said .
`` A screengrab of the text message she received from one of her stylists , and obtained by Fox News , said : ' I 'll be there at 2:45 tomorrow .
Pelosi assistant just messaged me to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'm quite sure that the text was not a request , like , `` Speaker Pelosi would like to have her hair done .
Would tomorrow work for you ? ''
No , I 'm sure like leftists always do , it was demand .
Pelosi will arrive at X-time – be there .
And the `` tomorrow '' referred to was Aug. 31 .
Why is this germane ?
Well , salons in San Francisco have been shuttered since March and were only notified they could reopen on Sept. 1 for outdoor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Pelosi was walking outside ?
Whether it did or not is immaterial .
Pelosi , who `` represents '' all of San Francisco , should be privy to the local lockdown mandates .
Would n't you think ?
The fact is , all these privileged leftists are cut from the same cloth .
Pelosi just happens to be the national face of the tone-deaf , self-important , privileged aristocracy .
Recall the same callousness of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot , when , back in April , she insisted on having her hair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Her response was typical of a tone-deaf aristocrat : `` I 'm the public face of this city .
I 'm on national media and I 'm out in the public eye . ''
In other words , she and Pelosi are better and more important than the serfs they rule , and by their actions they really think they are .
And that was the end of that , because the stylist did n't question the mayor .
But eSalon owner Kious did not show Pelosi the requisite supplication required of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to share her story with Tucker Carlson of all people .
This can not stand .
As referenced earlier , the spiteful and vindictive Pelosi set out to bury the salon owner .
But this was n't just a shot at Kious alone .
Third and most importantly , this was a demonstration of the power of the ruling class .
Pelosi 's statement was a nationally broadcast warning to any and all who may dare in the future to make a stand against the overlord class .
Listen to an audio version @ @ @ @

By now, most have seen the video footage or heard reports of Queen Nancy Pelosi's day at the salon this past Monday, Aug. 31.
There are a two or three takeaways that need to be addressed regarding this incident.
The first is obvious – talk about being tone-deaf. I'd like to say Pelosi had a lot of nerve, but nerve has nothing to do with. Pelosi and other leftist royalty are oblivious to the suffering around them. They just don't care. And why should they? When the aristocracy wants what they want, the rules you and I must abide by simply don't apply to them – whether it's attending a funeral or having your hair done.
But oblivious is being kind, as Pelosi demonstrated by throwing the salon owner, Erica Kious, under the bus.
Second, Pelosi claimed that she was not to blame for defying a citywide mandate – that instead, it was she who was set up by the salon owner. However, it was actually a Pelosi staffer who contacted a stylist, who is not an eSalon employee but an independent contractor who rents a chair from Kious, who received a text message Sunday night, Aug. 30.
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"One of the stylists who rents a chair from me contacted me Sunday night," Kious said. "A screengrab of the text message she received from one of her stylists, and obtained by Fox News, said: 'I'll be there at 2:45 tomorrow. Pelosi assistant just messaged me to do her hair.'"
And I'm quite sure that the text was not a request, like, "Speaker Pelosi would like to have her hair done. Would tomorrow work for you?" No, I'm sure like leftists always do, it was demand. Pelosi will arrive at X-time – be there.
And the "tomorrow" referred to was Aug. 31. Why is this germane?
Well, salons in San Francisco have been shuttered since March and were only notified they could reopen on Sept. 1 for outdoor hairstyling services only. Did it look like Pelosi was walking outside?
Whether it did or not is immaterial. Pelosi, who "represents" all of San Francisco, should be privy to the local lockdown mandates. Wouldn't you think?
The fact is, all these privileged leftists are cut from the same cloth. Pelosi just happens to be the national face of the tone-deaf, self-important, privileged aristocracy.
Recall the same callousness of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, when, back in April, she insisted on having her hair done when no one else was able.
Her response was typical of a tone-deaf aristocrat: "I'm the public face of this city. I'm on national media and I'm out in the public eye."
In other words, she and Pelosi are better and more important than the serfs they rule, and by their actions they really think they are.
And that was the end of that, because the stylist didn't question the mayor.
But eSalon owner Kious did not show Pelosi the requisite supplication required of all peons. Kious had the nerve to share her story with Tucker Carlson of all people. This cannot stand.
As referenced earlier, the spiteful and vindictive Pelosi set out to bury the salon owner.
But this wasn't just a shot at Kious alone. Third and most importantly, this was a demonstration of the power of the ruling class. Pelosi's statement was a nationally broadcast warning to any and all who may dare in the future to make a stand against the overlord class.
Listen to an audio version of this column:


wnd--2020-09-04--My first novel is out – and the response is visceral

A funny thing happened this past week : My first novel was released .
Not just any novel , mind you .
It 's a romance novel .
A Christian romance novel .
An Amish Christian romance novel .
Yes really .
( Critics may now begin their obligatory mockery . )
The book has done very well so far .
At one point my Amazon ranking for all books was 6,451 , and as high as No .
6 in its specific genre .
The premise of the novel is when a high-powered career woman ( an investigative journalist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Amish .
She stays in the community for many months and comes to appreciate the contrast with her former life .
The things that seemed important before – chasing after the next big story , being immersed in constant drama and violence – fades in significance .
In the end , she converts and remains in the community .
Then something interesting happened .
I started getting emails from readers , and many of those emails had similar themes .
They liked the book and that was nice , but it went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a simpler life , they told me .
They want to be calmer , they told me .
They want to live more sustainably .
They want to retreat from the chaos , the unrest , the anarchy of modern society .
Over and over again , in different words , the same message came through .
I realized this little book tapped into a visceral longing .
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`` I have read probably a hundred Amish novels , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have compare to yours .
WOW !
!
… It has made me realize that much of my anxiety is really caused by information overload .
How by watching less news and setting my electronics aside , I can feel less stressed and anxious .
This book was definitely needed for our current times .
Your story was great and I loved your characters . ''
Another wrote , `` Not only was the story brilliantly written , but I learned so many new things about the Amish lifestyle and community .
Thank @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simplicity .
While reading the book I had to take a step back and reflect more than once . ''
Again and again , readers expressed longing for a simpler lifestyle , one not consumed with electronics , pressure , urban mayhem and other modern issues .
All you have to do is read any recent headline about insane urban violence to understand why .
For those reeling from the events of 2020 , the Amish lifestyle almost seems idyllic by comparison .
It 's not , of course ; but it can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chaos dominates the news ; when looting and thuggery are n't just reported , but celebrated by the mainstream press ; when outright lies about the president are not only being published as truth , but are awarded points for style .
In a piece called `` The Fear of Social Unrest is Everywhere , '' Adam Taggart writes , `` In a year that has experienced a global pandemic , Depression-level job losses , a bevy of large-scale natural disasters from wildfires to Cat 4 hurricanes to derechos , the No .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ from our readers is n't any of these .
Instead , it 's the danger of social unrest breaking out in their local community . ''
[ Emphasis in original . ]
Most people do n't want unrest .
Most people want tranquility .
And that 's why these women emailed me .
As I noted in an earlier column ( `` The mass exodus from cities '' ) , people are pulling up stakes and leaving urban areas in droves .
Without searching very hard – just collecting links as I come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accumulated well over 85 news articles about urban flight , and I 'm adding more every day .
People are saying life is too insane right now .
They want calmness .
They want balance .
In a column entitled `` Cultural Suicide is Painless , '' Victor Davis Hanson notes that to venture into San Francisco right now to venture into a place that is `` lawless , fetid , and safe only for those with private security guards . ''
He adds , `` The story of all Dark Ages is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they do it easily , and the remnants flock to the countryside to preserve what they can – allowing the cities to go on with their ritual self-destruction .
So it has begun to seem this endless summer . ''
It was that word `` countryside '' that caught my eye .
The remnant is leaving the city and fleeing to safer places where they can live in peace and raise their children without fear of Marxist indoctrination .
Having lived in the countryside for 30 years now , we 're seeing this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a racial divide , when in fact it 's little more than an interest in a simpler life .
The modern simplicity movement , for example , was born in Seattle .
Ironically , Seattle is now about the last place anyone can live simply .
One thing is clear .
This massive desire for people to escape urban chaos means they 're not just running away from the city , but running toward something .
It 's a tug .
It 's a yearning .
It 's a deep-seated wish .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it 's a pull .
You see , living away from a city changes people .
There is a direct connection between how hard you work your land , and what you gain from it .
Weather , not anarchy , becomes a favorite topic of conversation .
Four-legged predators take precedence over two-legged ones .
Firearms become necessary to scare away coyotes , not scare away rapists .
People develop new skills – growing a garden , preserving the harvest , fencing a pasture , raising chickens .
Your neighbors are no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become friends and allies who share your peaceful new life .
That 's what I mean by `` pull . ''
So critics may scoff at this new hobby of mine – writing Amish-themed Christian romances – but let me tell you , it 's hitting a chord .
If my main character can find peace and serenity away from urban chaos , maybe others can too .
And no one has to become Amish to do it .
Patrice Lewis is pleased to announce the availability of the complete collection of 52 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 17 years of homesteading experience .
Subjects include preparedness , frugality , rural skills , food preservation , and more .
Click this link for details .

A funny thing happened this past week: My first novel was released. Not just any novel, mind you. It's a romance novel. A Christian romance novel. An Amish Christian romance novel. Yes really. (Critics may now begin their obligatory mockery.)
The book has done very well so far. At one point my Amazon ranking for all books was 6,451, and as high as No. 6 in its specific genre.
The premise of the novel is when a high-powered career woman (an investigative journalist) is placed in witness protection among the Amish. She stays in the community for many months and comes to appreciate the contrast with her former life. The things that seemed important before – chasing after the next big story, being immersed in constant drama and violence – fades in significance. In the end, she converts and remains in the community.
Then something interesting happened. I started getting emails from readers, and many of those emails had similar themes. They liked the book and that was nice, but it went deeper than that. They longed for a simpler life, they told me. They want to be calmer, they told me. They want to live more sustainably. They want to retreat from the chaos, the unrest, the anarchy of modern society.
Over and over again, in different words, the same message came through. I realized this little book tapped into a visceral longing.
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"I have read probably a hundred Amish novels," wrote one woman, "but none have compared to yours. WOW!! … It has made me realize that much of my anxiety is really caused by information overload. How by watching less news and setting my electronics aside, I can feel less stressed and anxious. This book was definitely needed for our current times. Your story was great and I loved your characters."
Another wrote, "Not only was the story brilliantly written, but I learned so many new things about the Amish lifestyle and community. Thank you so much for the lesson of simplicity. While reading the book I had to take a step back and reflect more than once."
Again and again, readers expressed longing for a simpler lifestyle, one not consumed with electronics, pressure, urban mayhem and other modern issues. All you have to do is read any recent headline about insane urban violence to understand why.
For those reeling from the events of 2020, the Amish lifestyle almost seems idyllic by comparison. It's not, of course; but it can seem that way when Antifa or BLM chaos dominates the news; when looting and thuggery aren't just reported, but celebrated by the mainstream press; when outright lies about the president are not only being published as truth, but are awarded points for style.
In a piece called "The Fear of Social Unrest is Everywhere," Adam Taggart writes, "In a year that has experienced a global pandemic, Depression-level job losses, a bevy of large-scale natural disasters from wildfires to Cat 4 hurricanes to derechos, the No. 1 current concern we're now hearing from our readers isn't any of these. Instead, it's the danger of social unrest breaking out in their local community." [Emphasis in original.]
Most people don't want unrest. Most people want tranquility. And that's why these women emailed me.
As I noted in an earlier column ("The mass exodus from cities"), people are pulling up stakes and leaving urban areas in droves. Without searching very hard – just collecting links as I come across them – so far I've accumulated well over 85 news articles about urban flight, and I'm adding more every day. People are saying life is too insane right now. They want calmness. They want balance.
In a column entitled "Cultural Suicide is Painless," Victor Davis Hanson notes that to venture into San Francisco right now to venture into a place that is "lawless, fetid, and safe only for those with private security guards." He adds, "The story of all Dark Ages is that when civilizations finally prefer suicide, they do it easily, and the remnants flock to the countryside to preserve what they can – allowing the cities to go on with their ritual self-destruction. So it has begun to seem this endless summer."
It was that word "countryside" that caught my eye. The remnant is leaving the city and fleeing to safer places where they can live in peace and raise their children without fear of Marxist indoctrination. Having lived in the countryside for 30 years now, we're seeing this firsthand. Critics try to spin this as a racial divide, when in fact it's little more than an interest in a simpler life. The modern simplicity movement, for example, was born in Seattle. Ironically, Seattle is now about the last place anyone can live simply.
One thing is clear. This massive desire for people to escape urban chaos means they're not just running away from the city, but running toward something. It's a tug. It's a yearning. It's a deep-seated wish. It's not just a push; it's a pull.
You see, living away from a city changes people. There is a direct connection between how hard you work your land, and what you gain from it. Weather, not anarchy, becomes a favorite topic of conversation. Four-legged predators take precedence over two-legged ones. Firearms become necessary to scare away coyotes, not scare away rapists. People develop new skills – growing a garden, preserving the harvest, fencing a pasture, raising chickens. Your neighbors are no longer strangers that you distrust; they become friends and allies who share your peaceful new life. That's what I mean by "pull."
So critics may scoff at this new hobby of mine – writing Amish-themed Christian romances – but let me tell you, it's hitting a chord.
If my main character can find peace and serenity away from urban chaos, maybe others can too. And no one has to become Amish to do it.
Patrice Lewis is pleased to announce the availability of the complete collection of 52 Country Living Series ebooklets, representing over 17 years of homesteading experience. Subjects include preparedness, frugality, rural skills, food preservation, and more. Click this link for details.


wnd--2020-09-04--The black horse of the Apocalypse

The black horse of the Apocalypse

Daniel Joseph is president and founder of Corner Fringe Ministries .
Having pastored for over 10 years , his passion @ @ @ @ @ HOPE of the world and seeking to AWAKEN a lost and dying Church , bringing @ @ @ @ @ real repentance through the powerful and inspirational preaching of the Word .

Daniel Joseph is president and founder of Corner Fringe Ministries. Having pastored for over 10 years, his passion is preaching Yeshua/Jesus as the HOPE of the world and seeking to AWAKEN a lost and dying Church, bringing it to a place of real repentance through the powerful and inspirational preaching of the Word.


wnd--2020-09-04--Hiring of NBA coach 'white privilege'? Please

Must everything be about race ?
Can nothing be about merit ?
Can owners of a sports franchise no longer hire the person they believe is best qualified without making it into an issue of race ?
I 'm talking here about the claim of the popular ( and controversial ) sports commentator Stephen A. Smith that the hiring of NBA great Steve Nash to coach the Brooklyn Nets can only be explained on the basis of `` white privilege . ''
To be sure , Smith loves Nash as a person and has the highest respect for him as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is he criticizing Nash , who was a greatly loved player during his long career .
Smith even thinks that Nash will do a great job as coach .
But since Nash has no coaching experience and there are experienced black coaches who were passed over , then Nash 's hiring can only be attributed to `` white privilege . ''
With all respect to Smith 's sporting acumen , his argument is without merit .
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First , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a large percentage of the world 's best basketball players are African American .
Men like Michael Jordan and LeBron James have been the faces of the league for decades , and it is not uncommon to see 10 black players on the court at any one time .
( For those not familiar with basketball , that would mean that every player on the court would be black . )
Second , it is not just black players who are dominant but black NBA studio analysts who dominate the airwaves .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Charles Barkley and others who moved on to TV commenting after finishing their successful playing careers .
Shaq and Barkley are joined by Kenny Smith – the three of them black – to interact with Ernie Johnson ( who is white ) on `` The NBA on TNT . ''
Others who fill in include Chris Webber and Grant Hill , both of them black .
So , viewers are used to enjoying a game dominated by black stars and then analyzed by black , former players .
Where is the white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TV analysts ?
Third , in contrast with some of the other major sports , black NBA coaches have hardly been shut out .
It 's true that the number of black NBA coaches dropped from a high of 14 in 2012-2013 to eight at the beginning of the playoff season .
( That number is now down to five . )
But why must this be judged on race , as if the league has seen an increase in `` white privilege '' since 2013 ?
Would n't it be equally wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ privilege '' since about 70 percent of the players are black ?
To put this in context , the first black head coach in the NBA was none other than the legendary Bill Russell back in 1966 .
Yes , 1966 , just three years after the historic March on Washington and Dr. King 's `` I Have a Dream '' speech .
Yet already , the NBA had a black head coach .
To suggest that Nash 's color was the deciding factor in his hire is to regress by decades .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ owners , who are driven by a desire to win , make money and have a successful franchise , would fire a winning black coach in favor of a losing white coach ?
But Smith is not alone in raising questions .
Writing in Yahoo Sports , Vincent Goodwill noted that , `` At the intersection of relationship , privilege , Black grievances and an ugly history of NBA coaching hires sits … Steve Nash ?
`` On Thursday , theBrooklyn Nets made the stunning hire of a Hall of Fame point guard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a coaching sideline , seemingly a prerequisite for most coaches – especially black coaches . ''
This echoes Smith 's argument , namely , that there were other , black candidates with plenty of coaching experience , yet they were passed over in favor of a white man with no coaching experience .
But what about all the white candidates with plenty of coaching experience who were passed over ?
Do they not count ?
And what about other players – both black and white – who were previously hired as head coaches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dan Feldman at NBC Sports , `` Since the league 's last player-coach ( Dave Cowens with the 1978-79 Celtics ) , 16 people have become NBA head coaches without prior coaching experience . ''
The first of the 16 , Paul Silas , hired in 1980 , was black .
So were NBA greats like Magic Johnson ( 1994 ) , Doc Rivers ( 1999 and still coaching ) , Isiah Thomas ( 2000 ) , Mark Jackson ( 2011 ) , Jason Kidd ( 2013 ; Kidd 's father was black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Derek Fisher ( 2014 ) .
So much for Nash 's hiring being a glaring example of racial favoritism .
To Goodwill 's credit , he wrote , `` It 's clear the Nets made this hire with one player in mind : Kevin Durant .
… '' Durant appears to want Nash , and Nash , revealing coaching has been a secret desire after years of denying interest , wanted in . ''
So , when one of the games top-five players ( Durant ) moves to a new team ( the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relationship with a potential coach , you bump that coach to the top of the line .
All the more is this the case when Nash already had a great reputation as a mentor and teacher .
Surely Smith knows this too .
In keeping with that understanding , Magic Johnson tweeted , `` Last year Steve Nash was working with Kevin Durant at the Lakers facility and I could see that they had a really good working relationship .
With Steve 's basketball IQ , he really knows what it takes for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
More bluntly , and with obvious reference to the criticisms against Nash 's hiring , former player Richard Jefferson tweeted , `` Derek Fisher , Jason Kidd all got jobs right away because of 20 years of HIGH LEVEL BBall IQ .
Please do n't question Steve Nash 's hire or make this about anything else . ''
Exactly .
To read anything more into this is to inflame tensions and divisions at a time when they are already raging out of control .
Not only so , but when false @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true concerns that should be addressed .
( For those who do n't know me , I actually wrote an article in January of this year , agreeing with Tony Dungy that the NFL might be overlooking potential black head coaches . )
Should Nash prove an excellent hire , this proves nothing about whiteness ( any more than Durant 's basketball mastery proves something about blackness ) .
It simply proves to be a savvy business move .
Let 's leave it at that .

Must everything be about race? Can nothing be about merit? Can owners of a sports franchise no longer hire the person they believe is best qualified without making it into an issue of race?
I'm talking here about the claim of the popular (and controversial) sports commentator Stephen A. Smith that the hiring of NBA great Steve Nash to coach the Brooklyn Nets can only be explained on the basis of "white privilege."
To be sure, Smith loves Nash as a person and has the highest respect for him as a basketball player. In no way is he criticizing Nash, who was a greatly loved player during his long career. Smith even thinks that Nash will do a great job as coach.
But since Nash has no coaching experience and there are experienced black coaches who were passed over, then Nash's hiring can only be attributed to "white privilege."
With all respect to Smith's sporting acumen, his argument is without merit.
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First, the NBA is a black-dominated sport, as a large percentage of the world's best basketball players are African American. Men like Michael Jordan and LeBron James have been the faces of the league for decades, and it is not uncommon to see 10 black players on the court at any one time. (For those not familiar with basketball, that would mean that every player on the court would be black.)
Second, it is not just black players who are dominant but black NBA studio analysts who dominate the airwaves. I'm thinking of men like Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley and others who moved on to TV commenting after finishing their successful playing careers. Shaq and Barkley are joined by Kenny Smith – the three of them black – to interact with Ernie Johnson (who is white) on "The NBA on TNT." Others who fill in include Chris Webber and Grant Hill, both of them black.
So, viewers are used to enjoying a game dominated by black stars and then analyzed by black, former players. Where is the white privilege when it comes to hiring NBA TV analysts?
Third, in contrast with some of the other major sports, black NBA coaches have hardly been shut out. It's true that the number of black NBA coaches dropped from a high of 14 in 2012-2013 to eight at the beginning of the playoff season. (That number is now down to five.) But why must this be judged on race, as if the league has seen an increase in "white privilege" since 2013? Wouldn't it be equally wrong to accuse the league of "black privilege" since about 70 percent of the players are black?
To put this in context, the first black head coach in the NBA was none other than the legendary Bill Russell back in 1966. Yes, 1966, just three years after the historic March on Washington and Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Yet already, the NBA had a black head coach. To suggest that Nash's color was the deciding factor in his hire is to regress by decades.
And does anyone really think that these owners, who are driven by a desire to win, make money and have a successful franchise, would fire a winning black coach in favor of a losing white coach?
But Smith is not alone in raising questions.
Writing in Yahoo Sports, Vincent Goodwill noted that, "At the intersection of relationship, privilege, Black grievances and an ugly history of NBA coaching hires sits … Steve Nash?
"On Thursday, theBrooklyn Nets made the stunning hire of a Hall of Fame point guard with two MVPs yet zero days on a coaching sideline, seemingly a prerequisite for most coaches – especially black coaches."
This echoes Smith's argument, namely, that there were other, black candidates with plenty of coaching experience, yet they were passed over in favor of a white man with no coaching experience.
But what about all the white candidates with plenty of coaching experience who were passed over? Do they not count?
And what about other players – both black and white – who were previously hired as head coaches without prior coaching experience?
According to Dan Feldman at NBC Sports, "Since the league's last player-coach (Dave Cowens with the 1978-79 Celtics), 16 people have become NBA head coaches without prior coaching experience."
The first of the 16, Paul Silas, hired in 1980, was black. So were NBA greats like Magic Johnson (1994), Doc Rivers (1999 and still coaching), Isiah Thomas (2000), Mark Jackson (2011), Jason Kidd (2013; Kidd's father was black, his mother white),and Derek Fisher (2014).
So much for Nash's hiring being a glaring example of racial favoritism.
To Goodwill's credit, he wrote, "It's clear the Nets made this hire with one player in mind: Kevin Durant. …
"Durant appears to want Nash, and Nash, revealing coaching has been a secret desire after years of denying interest, wanted in."
So, when one of the games top-five players (Durant) moves to a new team (the Nets) and has a good working relationship with a potential coach, you bump that coach to the top of the line. All the more is this the case when Nash already had a great reputation as a mentor and teacher. Surely Smith knows this too.
In keeping with that understanding, Magic Johnson tweeted, "Last year Steve Nash was working with Kevin Durant at the Lakers facility and I could see that they had a really good working relationship. With Steve's basketball IQ, he really knows what it takes for players to go to the next level."
More bluntly, and with obvious reference to the criticisms against Nash's hiring, former player Richard Jefferson tweeted, "Derek Fisher, Jason Kidd all got jobs right away because of 20 years of HIGH LEVEL BBall IQ. Please don't question Steve Nash's hire or make this about anything else."
Exactly. To read anything more into this is to inflame tensions and divisions at a time when they are already raging out of control. Not only so, but when false charges are raised, they detract from true concerns that should be addressed. (For those who don't know me, I actually wrote an article in January of this year, agreeing with Tony Dungy that the NFL might be overlooking potential black head coaches.)
Should Nash prove an excellent hire, this proves nothing about whiteness (any more than Durant's basketball mastery proves something about blackness).
It simply proves to be a savvy business move. Let's leave it at that.


wnd--2020-09-04--A Soros D.A. turning justice on its head

After reading for years about George Soros and his efforts to influence politics in this country – and others – I thought I 'd seen it all .
But this last week , I realized George and his money was ( is ) much closer to home .
In fact , his money influenced the election of the woman who is now district attorney in my county .
I had n't fully realized it , but now that the person in question is in office and putting her philosophy into practice , I can see what damage is being perpetrated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the police who are sworn to uphold the law .
The person in question is Diana Becton – the first woman and the first African American to be elected D.A .
in Contra Costa County , north of San Francisco and Oakland .
She 's a lawyer and a long-time former judge , but now as district attorney , she has made several major changes in how crimes are charged in the County and how various cases are prosecuted .
Those decisions have made her unpopular with law enforcement officials , many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's been in the news since the summer for two decisions she 's made .
The first to get wide attention was her decision on how to charge the two people who painted over a `` Black Lives Matter '' mural in the street in front of the county courthouse in Martinez on the Fourth of July .
The mural had been approved ; the two people who started painting over it with black paint did that on their own and were arrested .
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But that was n't enough for the D.A.
, so the couple were charged with a `` hate crime . ''
The decision to charge them that way raised a furor in the county and in law enforcement circles – that the two are white brings the issue of racism into the decision to charge them .
While that issue roils the courts in the county , the most recent headline-grabber is Becton 's decision concerning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or if – they are arrested .
She 's told her office and law enforcement officials to consider if the looting was done `` for financial gain or personal need . ''
The only way a sane person can define that is that if the looter is `` poor '' and `` needs '' things , then he should not be charged with 'looting . ''
How about that ?
!
In addition , prosecutors must consider four other factors as they decide how to charge the suspects : • if the looted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time ; • how the suspect entered the business ; • the `` nature/quantity/value of the goods targeted '' ; and • if another law could be substituted for `` looting . ''
A looting charge increases the severity of burglary or theft , can be a misdemeanor or felony and can be punishable by up to three years in jail .
With these new considerations for prosecutors as they decide charges , the whole system of justice becomes flawed .
It 's not surprising that this new policy has raised an uproar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The reaction I 've had from my police acquaintances supports that .
They are not happy and believe these changes have made law enforcement weaker .
Antioch Mayor Sean Wright is quoted as saying that it 's `` irresponsible for the District Attorney to put out that kind of plan … because businesses are being impacted and livelihoods are being destroyed . ''
Antioch Police Officers Association President Steve Aiello told East County Today that this type of policy is `` reckless … because it shows the district attorney 's office is picking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will prosecute versus just following the laws on the books . ''
Aiello raised an underlying point that relates to the whole law enforcement process : `` At what point does our district attorney 's office advocate for the victims ?
If it 's not the district attorney 's office , who then becomes the advocate and safety net for the victims and ensuring restitution is made ? ''
He 's right .
The law is supposed to protect the average citizen .
These changes are making it more a defense of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ignored .
I was astounded to learn that Becton is one of five black female district attorneys who are backed by Soros and who claim the American criminal legal system `` was constructed to control Black people and people of color . ''
They went on to say the system is `` deeply rooted in our country 's shameful history of slavery and legacy of racial violence . ''
They say they have ideas on how to fix the system from within – declining to prosecute minor offenses , overturning wrongful convictions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of racial bias and expunging marijuana convictions .
This is where the `` looting '' guidelines come in – just one step in a plan to `` make the system fairer and more just . ''
Gee – who knew it would be so easy !
Just turn the whole legal system on its head and turning bad guys into good guys .
It really works well if it 's done at the hands of a black D.A .
who got into office thanks to George Soros money .

After reading for years about George Soros and his efforts to influence politics in this country – and others – I thought I'd seen it all. But this last week, I realized George and his money was (is) much closer to home. In fact, his money influenced the election of the woman who is now district attorney in my county.
I hadn't fully realized it, but now that the person in question is in office and putting her philosophy into practice, I can see what damage is being perpetrated on law-abiding citizens, the justice system and the police who are sworn to uphold the law.
The person in question is Diana Becton – the first woman and the first African American to be elected D.A. in Contra Costa County, north of San Francisco and Oakland. She's a lawyer and a long-time former judge, but now as district attorney, she has made several major changes in how crimes are charged in the County and how various cases are prosecuted.
Those decisions have made her unpopular with law enforcement officials, many legal minds and average citizens.
She's been in the news since the summer for two decisions she's made. The first to get wide attention was her decision on how to charge the two people who painted over a "Black Lives Matter" mural in the street in front of the county courthouse in Martinez on the Fourth of July. The mural had been approved; the two people who started painting over it with black paint did that on their own and were arrested.
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Nicole Anderson, 42, and David Nelson, 53, were charged with three misdemeanors involving vandalism. But that wasn't enough for the D.A., so the couple were charged with a "hate crime."
The decision to charge them that way raised a furor in the county and in law enforcement circles – that the two are white brings the issue of racism into the decision to charge them.
While that issue roils the courts in the county, the most recent headline-grabber is Becton's decision concerning how looters should be charged when – or if – they are arrested.
She's told her office and law enforcement officials to consider if the looting was done "for financial gain or personal need."
The only way a sane person can define that is that if the looter is "poor" and "needs" things, then he should not be charged with 'looting."
How about that?!
In addition, prosecutors must consider four other factors as they decide how to charge the suspects:
if the looted business was open or closed at the time;
how the suspect entered the business;
the "nature/quantity/value of the goods targeted"; and
if another law could be substituted for "looting."
A looting charge increases the severity of burglary or theft, can be a misdemeanor or felony and can be punishable by up to three years in jail.
With these new considerations for prosecutors as they decide charges, the whole system of justice becomes flawed.
It's not surprising that this new policy has raised an uproar among many in Contra Costa County. The reaction I've had from my police acquaintances supports that. They are not happy and believe these changes have made law enforcement weaker.
Antioch Mayor Sean Wright is quoted as saying that it's "irresponsible for the District Attorney to put out that kind of plan … because businesses are being impacted and livelihoods are being destroyed."
Antioch Police Officers Association President Steve Aiello told East County Today that this type of policy is "reckless … because it shows the district attorney's office is picking and choosing the types of crimes it will prosecute versus just following the laws on the books."
Aiello raised an underlying point that relates to the whole law enforcement process: "At what point does our district attorney's office advocate for the victims? If it's not the district attorney's office, who then becomes the advocate and safety net for the victims and ensuring restitution is made?"
He's right. The law is supposed to protect the average citizen. These changes are making it more a defense of the criminal, and the average person is ignored.
I was astounded to learn that Becton is one of five black female district attorneys who are backed by Soros and who claim the American criminal legal system "was constructed to control Black people and people of color." They went on to say the system is "deeply rooted in our country's shameful history of slavery and legacy of racial violence."
They say they have ideas on how to fix the system from within – declining to prosecute minor offenses, overturning wrongful convictions, refusing cases from officers with a history of racial bias and expunging marijuana convictions.
This is where the "looting" guidelines come in – just one step in a plan to "make the system fairer and more just."
Gee – who knew it would be so easy! Just turn the whole legal system on its head and turning bad guys into good guys. It really works well if it's done at the hands of a black D.A. who got into office thanks to George Soros money.
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wnd--2020-09-04--The coming post-lockdown Christian world

It only took Jesus three years to turn all of recorded Jewish history on its head .
It took His disciples considerably longer to evangelize the known world , between A.D. 33 and 312 when the emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and began to absorb the Christian church into his Holy Roman Empire .
By the time England was up and running under a monarchy , the Catholic Church had become a formidable power in its own right .
When King Henry II demanded of his friend and confidante , the Archbishop of Canterbury , that he should choose between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ God .
Henry had Beckett murdered on the alter of Canterbury Cathedral .
Pope Alexander III ordered the king to be whipped naked , stretched out over Beckett 's casket on the steps to the palace .
He was .
By this time in history the church 's power was less about God than it was an ability to foment unrest and riots among the peasants against the government .
In short , the Emperor Charlemagne had subdued the Christian church by absorbing it into the government .
In England , the Anglican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Catholic Church in Rome .
In England , the tradesmen emerging middle class was fighting to grow .
Tradesmen were essentially small businesses , which gave them some economic independence from the king .
But the fight was not easy .
The Anglican Church was a creature of the state , and religion was used to keep the tiny middle class from growing more powerful .
But for the Puritans , a new world beckoned : America was wide open , still under the king 's jurisdiction , but far from his henchmen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of America that the Puritans found both economic and religious freedom .
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The churches the Pilgrims founded in America began to reestablish the individual relationship between men and women – and God .
As the new nation grew , so did the churches .
They began to form into denominations of like-minded churches , and a hierarchy emerged within the denominations .
One 's individual relationship with God became of less importance than what one believed about God .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ churches grew into megachurches , not necessarily under any denominational hierarchy .
Small rural churches gave way to somewhat larger churches in the growing cities .
The American church began to focus on outreach : evangelizing the world by sending missionaries into foreign nations .
Fewer churches viewed America as a mission field , despite the people immigrating into the nation .
Local culture began to reflect enclaves of new citizens from foreign nations who brought their own cultural and religious beliefs .
Christian churches accelerated their own decline , as they began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happy .
The real Christian church emerged in the New Testament book of Acts .
This church did n't exist until after the death and resurrection of Jesus , because it could n't .
From the church 's inception as described in Acts , the Christian church was a supernatural entity .
Today 's Christian churches have taught and programmed themselves into oblivion .
Prior to COVID-19 , these churches were already in decline .
The virus only exacerbates it .
Some of those leaving the small-c churches , however , are actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do understand that God is supernatural , and that it is only natural for Him to operate in the supernatural realm , even while in our physical world .
One of the traps modern churches fell into was `` Left Behind '' theology .
It goes something like this : Well , of course things are going to get worse and worse , the Bible tells us that .
When they get really bad , then Jesus comes for us , and we all leave and can watch the world go to hell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Acts had adopted that theology ?
Would there ever have been more than one church established ?
`` Well , have you heard how bad it is in Rome ?
I guess we better just stay here .
After all , things are going to get worse and worse . ''
Might I suggest that the churches we have built and attended are not going to create a Christian world .
But the church that has been emerging ( leaving ) from them is going to create a Christian world , because Jesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Church , and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it . ''
Does anyone else think the gates of hell are even now circling the existing world order , trying to prevent Jesus ' supernatural intervention , which will establish His Kingdom on this earth ?
Here is the real Armageddon Story .

It only took Jesus three years to turn all of recorded Jewish history on its head. It took His disciples considerably longer to evangelize the known world, between A.D. 33 and 312 when the emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and began to absorb the Christian church into his Holy Roman Empire.
By the time England was up and running under a monarchy, the Catholic Church had become a formidable power in its own right. When King Henry II demanded of his friend and confidante, the Archbishop of Canterbury, that he should choose between the king and God, Beckett chose God. Henry had Beckett murdered on the alter of Canterbury Cathedral. Pope Alexander III ordered the king to be whipped naked, stretched out over Beckett's casket on the steps to the palace. He was.
By this time in history the church's power was less about God than it was an ability to foment unrest and riots among the peasants against the government. In short, the Emperor Charlemagne had subdued the Christian church by absorbing it into the government. In England, the Anglican Church went its own way from the Catholic Church in Rome.
In England, the tradesmen emerging middle class was fighting to grow. Tradesmen were essentially small businesses, which gave them some economic independence from the king. But the fight was not easy. The Anglican Church was a creature of the state, and religion was used to keep the tiny middle class from growing more powerful.
But for the Puritans, a new world beckoned: America was wide open, still under the king's jurisdiction, but far from his henchmen. It was in this new world of America that the Puritans found both economic and religious freedom.
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The churches the Pilgrims founded in America began to reestablish the individual relationship between men and women – and God. As the new nation grew, so did the churches. They began to form into denominations of like-minded churches, and a hierarchy emerged within the denominations. One's individual relationship with God became of less importance than what one believed about God.
America continued to grow, and some churches grew into megachurches, not necessarily under any denominational hierarchy. Small rural churches gave way to somewhat larger churches in the growing cities. The American church began to focus on outreach: evangelizing the world by sending missionaries into foreign nations.
Fewer churches viewed America as a mission field, despite the people immigrating into the nation. Local culture began to reflect enclaves of new citizens from foreign nations who brought their own cultural and religious beliefs. Christian churches accelerated their own decline, as they began to focus on keeping their existing attendees happy.
The real Christian church emerged in the New Testament book of Acts. This church didn't exist until after the death and resurrection of Jesus, because it couldn't. From the church's inception as described in Acts, the Christian church was a supernatural entity.
Today's Christian churches have taught and programmed themselves into oblivion. Prior to COVID-19, these churches were already in decline. The virus only exacerbates it. Some of those leaving the small-c churches, however, are actually part of the big-c Church. They do understand that God is supernatural, and that it is only natural for Him to operate in the supernatural realm, even while in our physical world.
One of the traps modern churches fell into was "Left Behind" theology. It goes something like this: Well, of course things are going to get worse and worse, the Bible tells us that. When they get really bad, then Jesus comes for us, and we all leave and can watch the world go to hell.
What if the emerging church in Acts had adopted that theology? Would there ever have been more than one church established? "Well, have you heard how bad it is in Rome? I guess we better just stay here. After all, things are going to get worse and worse."
Might I suggest that the churches we have built and attended are not going to create a Christian world. But the church that has been emerging (leaving) from them is going to create a Christian world, because Jesus said, "I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it."
Does anyone else think the gates of hell are even now circling the existing world order, trying to prevent Jesus' supernatural intervention, which will establish His Kingdom on this earth?
Here is the real Armageddon Story.