False Christian teachings, trends….
As autumn falls in the flashing splendor and fading light of a dying season, we are invited, with the inevitability of the seasons, to face an inevitable fact: We, too, must die. No matter how commonplace this truth, it is still brutal in its brevity. How one understands it, however, makes all the difference—and good poetry is a good start for understanding anything. And a haughty, triumphant poem it is, John Donne’s 1633 sonnet “Death, Be Not Proud,” to speak thus to Death:
In Austria, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Vienna, Salzburg, and other cities after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown to deal with what it describes as a surge of COVID-19 cases. Austria’s lockdown, which follows a so-called “lockdown on the unvaccinated,” will start on Monday for an initial 10 days before government officials reevaluate it, meaning that people can only leave their homes for certain reasons, including going to the doctor, buying groceries, or exercising. Starting Feb. 1, Austria’s government said it will make vaccines mandatory for everyone. On Saturday, many waved Austrian flags while carrying signs with slogans such as “no to vaccination,” “enough is enough,” or “down with the fascist dictatorship.” Authorities said that in Vienna, the crowd surged to about 35,000 people.
If there is violence, Chaney said, Kenoshans are better prepared this time. After the last riots, the town also saw a massive post-riot gun-buying spree. “You have the God-honest right to keep a gun in your home. If someone crosses that line, you have got the right,” Chaney said. One armed Kenosha resident said that he dreads the thought of any potential violence in his town, although he is prepared for it. Gun owner Terry Weidig said that after the Jacob Blake riot, many Kenoshans and nearby people bought so many guns and ammunition that they was almost impossible to find.
In December 2020, Ken Paxton’s office, along with 47 other attorney-generals and the Federal Trade Commission, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. “The states’ investigation revealed that Facebook protected its monopoly by identifying competitive threats and either absorbing them through acquisition or neutralising them through exclusionary conduct,” Paxton said in a press release. “The law enforcement action filed today exposes its illegal conduct and should ultimately restore competition in social networking for the benefit of millions of users in Texas and the United States as well as businesses that advertise on Facebook.” …Murdoch said the digital ad market—dominated by Google and Facebook—was subject to manipulation and that companies and consumers were being overcharged for its services.
In the following 6 minute video, Huckabee talks about the consequences of elections, referring to the 2020 presidential election. He opens by discussing the Rittenhouse trial, then he gets into national matters created by the Biden administration that are affecting all of us. [From Huckabee’s site] Mike Huckabee BREAKS the mystery of why the country is in a tailspin! Here’s a dose of truth America needs.
“Consumers are now seeing a double hit to their pocketbooks, with everyday expenses like rent and gas rising, while the big holiday shopping season is going to get more expensive,” says Vivek Pandya, lead analyst, Adobe Digital Insights, in the report. Although prices remain high, Adobe expects e-commerce to account for at least 25 percent of the overall holiday sales. Shoppers headed to the market early by almost a month this year, mainly due to supply chain constraints that many fear might lead to products going out of stock. In October, shoppers saw over two billion out-of-stock messages online.