Michael A

Cuba’s Failed Communism Led to Protests

30 Jul 2021 Michael A

After taking power in 1959, Castro quickly adopted measures to transform the Cuban economy into a planned and centralized body. …Hundreds of thousands of Cubans lost their land, property, and businesses when Cuban communist revolutionaries confiscated private property. …In Cuba, the failures of an overambitious centralized planning economy also brought about widespread famine from shortages of basic goods. In 1990, 20 years after Castro’s takeover, Cubans resorted to eating cats and dogs to survive. Crime became rampant as people struggled to survive. People waited in long lines at state warehouses to get rations of fundamental food items like eggs. [Search Venezuela at YouTube, and you will find similar problems from socialism / communism]

Naomi Wolf on Censorship, Vaccine Passports, and the Reversal of ‘My Body, My Choice’ – Epoch Times

30 Jul 2021 Michael A

Wolf, a longtime liberal and former adviser to the political campaigns of both Bill Clinton and Al Gore, breaks down the dangers she sees inherent to vaccine passports and a “scary marriage” of government, big pharma, and Big Tech censorship. “We’ve reached a kind of digital Stalinism,” Wolf says.
Wolf is the founder and CEO of DailyClout.io, a platform helping people engage in the democratic process. This episode was filmed at the FreedomFest conference in South Dakota.

How the Left Has Used COVID-19 to Bankrupt the United States – Epoch Times

29 Jul 2021 Michael A

…Without COVID-19, President Joe Biden would never have been elected, of course. So, for the left, the virus defeated former President Donald Trump. COVID-19 is now the gateway to the left’s utopian agenda of multitrillion-dollar climate policies, hyperregulation of the economy, the rebirth of the welfare state, and a radical redistribution of income. Under Trump policies, we had one of the most robust financial and economic expansions on record, especially regarding minority advancement and historic reductions in poverty. The entitlement state was in retreat as income growth and record job openings pushed millions of people out of the welfare state into work. If the left truly cared about the plight of the poor, they would have celebrated. Instead, the results showing tax cuts, deregulation, and laissez-faire policies work made liberals miserable….

The Consciousness of Sin in the works of J. Gresham Machen

28 Jul 2021 Michael A

J. Gresham Machen (1881–1937), a leading Reformed theologian, argued in many of his works that the “consciousness of sin” was foundational to Christianity. This video explores why Machen considered it so important. Works quoted: Christianity and Liberalism (1923) What Is Faith? (1925) The Christian View of Man (1937) [A 13 minute video preceded by bulleted highlight points]

Dr. Voddie Baucham, on CRT, Intersectionality and the Gospel

27 Jul 2021 Michael A

Dr. Baucham explained the shady process by which the SBC got CRT and Intersectionality approved at their convention; he explained cultural Marxism and its parts, including CRT and intersectionality; he explained the Dallas Statement, written by a panel of prominent Christian pastors to warn of cultural Marxism…the main point: cultural Marxism is opposed Christianity, the Christian worldview, and the gospel; it is unbiblical and it is wrong to try to incorporate it into Christianity [the SBC’s actions are leading sheep astray]

First Federal Agency Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine – Epoch Times

27 Jul 2021 Michael A

The Department of Veterans Affairs will require its health care employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first major federal agency to implement such a mandate. “We’re mandating vaccines for Title 38 employees because it’s the best way to keep Veterans safe, especially as the Delta variant spreads across the country,” Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said in a statement. Title 38 personnel, who include doctors, dentists, and registered nurses, will have eight weeks to get fully vaccinated. Fully vaccinated means getting both Pfizer or Moderna shots, or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab. If employees refuse, they could be fired.

Protestors Against COVID Restrictions Labelled ‘Anarchists’ by NSW Police Chief – Epoch Times

27 Jul 2021 Michael A

New South Wales (NSW) Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has labelled protestors who attended the massive July 24 Sydney rally against COVID restrictions “anarchists.” Fuller revealed that police had received over 10,000 tip-offs regarding individuals involved in the protests and that 57 people had been charged, while 250 were fined. Officials and police in NSW and Victoria have taken a hard line against the event. The commissioner addressed reports of a potential follow-up rally online and issued a blunt warning, “Can I just put this warning out now to everyone? We will be heavily policing that event.”

Protests Rage Across Europe as Lockdown, Vaccination Mandates Start – Epoch Times

25 Jul 2021 Michael A

Anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine-passport protests erupted across Europe on July 24, according to media photos and videos. Thousands upon thousands of demonstrators came out in London, Dublin, Paris, Rome, Athens, and other cities across Europe, according to footage and news reports. The demonstrations in France appeared to be the most tense, with riot police firing tear gas as clashes erupted in central Paris. …France’s Interior Ministry said that about 160,000 people partook in the protests on July 24—sharply up from 114,000 the previous week, Reuters reported.

California Is Experiencing a Crime ‘Tsunami’: Sacramento DA – Epoch Times

25 Jul 2021 Michael A

According to a Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released in 2021, four major cities in the state have encountered an increase in homicide and car thefts. Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, and San Francisco are experiencing such heightened crime, following a drop in violent crime in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Data provided by PPIC shows that in 2020, Los Angeles reported a 40 percent homicide increase from 2019; Oakland reported a 36 percent increase. San Francisco and San Diego both reported increases from 41 to 48 percent and 50 percent to 55 percent, respectively.
…“Michael’s killer is on death row because he’s a horrific, not just serial, killer [but] his history was atrocious,” Schubert said. “Now, we have a legislature that even though the jury has recommended a certain sentence wants to pass a bill that he can petition to get out.”

Our Thorn – J. R. Miller

25 Jul 2021 Michael A

The apostle Paul spoke of his thorn and why God gave it to him in the following verses: 2 Corinthians 12:7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” In his 5 minute devotional, J. R. Miller provides details about Paul’s meaning in the aforementioned verses; Miller’s words will be useful in your daily walk with Christ

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