What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?
The 5 following things bring me a great deal of joy, on a daily basis . . . and in no particular order:
Corazón lleno; panza contenta 😊
The Fisher of Mensis
What book could you read over and over again?
“I was born in southern China in 1962, in the tiny town of Yellow Stone. They called it the Year of Great Starvation.”
In 1962, as millions of Chinese citizens were gripped by Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards enforced a brutal regime of communism, a boy was born to a poor family in southern China.
Chen’s family, once respected in the village of Yellow Stone. Now, were among the least fortunate families in the country. The Chens belonged to the landlord class, despised for their “capitalist” past. Grandpa Chen couldn’t leave the house for fear of being beaten to death; the children were spit upon in the street; and their father was regularly hauled off to labor camps, leaving the family of eight without a breadwinner.
Da Chen, the youngest child, seemed destined for a life of poverty, shame, and hunger. But winning humor and an indomitable spirit can be found in the most unexpected places.
Colors of the Mountain is a story of triumph, a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love. The young Da Chen is part Horatio Alger, part Holden Caul-field; he befriends a gang of young hoodlums as well as the elegant, elderly Chinese Baptist woman who teaches him English and opens the door to a new life. Chen’s remarkable story is full of unforgettable scenes of rural Chinese life: feasting on oysters and fried peanuts on New Year’s Day, studying alongside classmates who wear red armbands and quote Mao, and playing and working in the peaceful rice fields near his village.
Despite this background of poverty and danger, Da Chen grows up to be resilient, tough, and funny, learning how to defend himself and how to work toward his future.
Da Chen’s story is both captivating and endearing, filled with the universal human quality that distinguishes the very best memoirs. It proves once again that the concerns of childhood transcend time and place.
Colors of the Mountain is a classic story of triumph over adversity a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love, and a welcome introduction to an amazing young writer.
By the final pages, when he says his last goodbyes to his father and boards the bus to Beijing to attend college, Da Chen has become a hopeful man astonishing in his resilience and cheerful strength.
Colors of the Mountain: A Memoir by Da Chen (cf., 粉碎四人帮)
11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are so ·slow to understand [hard of hearing; spiritually]. 12 By now you should be teachers, but you need someone to teach you again the ·first lessons [elementary truths; basic principles] of God’s ·message [revelation; oracles]. You still need ·the teaching that is like milk [milk]. You are not ready for solid food. 13 [For] Anyone who lives on milk is still a baby and ·knows nothing about [or is unskilled/inexperienced with] ·right teaching [or the message about righteousness]. 14 But solid food is for those who are ·grown up [mature]. ·They are mature enough […who through practice/exercise have trained their faculties/senses] to know the difference between good and evil.
Hebrews 5:11-14
Expanded Bible
Warning Against Falling Away
What Olympic sports do you enjoy watching the most?
Oppression Olympics is a characterization of marginalization as a competition to determine the relative weight of the overall oppression of individuals or groups, often by comparing race, gender, socioeconomic status or disabilities, in order to determine who is the worst off, and the most oppressed. The characterization often arises within debates about the ideological values of identity politics, intersectionality, and social privilege. The term became used among some feminist scholars in the 1990s. The first potential recorded use of the term as a way to theorize comparing oppression was by Chicana feminist Elizabeth Martínez in a conversation with Angela Davis at the University of California, San Diego in 1993. Martínez stated: “the general idea is no competition of hierarchies should prevail. No ‘Oppression Olympics’!”
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The two Olympic sports I most enjoy watching are “Oppression Olympics” and “Victimhood Grievances.”
Hahaha! 😂
🎟 🍿¡¡¡DISFRUTARSE!!! 🤡 🎞
Factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), also known as fabricated or induced illness by carers (FII), and first named as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) after Munchausen syndrome, is a mental health disorder in which a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems in another person, typically their child. This may include injuring the child or altering test samples. The caregiver then presents the person as being sick or injured. Permanent injury or death of the victim may occur as a result of their caregiver having the disorder. The behaviour may be motivated by the caretaker seeking sympathy or attention.
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because the time will come when people will not ·listen to [put up with; endure] the ·true [sound; healthy] teaching but will ·find many more [gather around themselves; accumulate] teachers who ·please them [meet their needs/desires] by saying the things ·they want to hear [their ears itch for].
·Remember [Know] this! In the last days there will be ·many troubles [L difficult/terrible times], 2 because people will love themselves, love money, ·brag [boast], and be ·proud [arrogant]. They will ·say evil things against others [speak abusively; or blaspheme] and will not obey their parents or be ·thankful [grateful] or be ·the kind of people God wants [holy; pious]. 3 They will not love others, will refuse to ·forgive [reconcile], will ·gossip [slander], and will not control themselves. They will be ·cruel [brutal], will ·hate [L not love] what is good, 4 will ·turn against their friends [be treacherous/traitors], and will ·do foolish things without thinking [be reckless]. They will be conceited, will love pleasure instead of God, 5 ·and will act as if they serve God [L having a form/appearance of godliness/piety] but will ·not have his [or deny his/its] power. ·Stay away from [Avoid] those people. 6 [L For] Some of them ·go [sneak; worm their way; talk their way] into homes and ·get control of [captivate; gain influence over] ·silly [vulnerable; or idle] women who are ·full of [or burdened with (the guilt of)] sin and are ·led [swayed; controlled] by ·many [all kinds of] evil desires. 7 These women are always ·learning [or seeking out] new teachings, but they are never able to ·understand [arrive at] the truth fully. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres were against Moses [C the traditional names (not found in the OT) of the Egyptian magicians who opposed Moses; Ex. 7:11], these people are against the truth. Their ·thinking has been ruined [minds/thoughts are corrupted/depraved], and they ·have failed in trying to follow the faith [or are teaching a counterfeit faith]. 9 But they will not ·be successful in what they do [or get much further], because as with Jannes and Jambres, everyone will see ·that they are foolish [their folly/ignorance].
2 Timothy 4:3; 2 timothy 3:1-9
Q. Would You Rather Party with Trump or Biden? 🍾
A. Umm, neither! 💸
Proverbs 23:1-5
In a face-off between Trump or Biden (cf., The Difference Between Pharisees and Sadducees – Ecclesiastes 1:9) … Jesus is the lesser of three evils!
Mark 10:18-19
ARE YOU MORE POOR OR LESS RICH TODAY THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO? 🤣 🤣 🤣
Which aspects do you think makes a person unique?
An individual’s EQ (Emotional intelligence, also known as emotional quotient – the term was coined by Psychologist Daniel Goleman, PhD, in his 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ) is arguably the principal aspect of any person’s personality that contributes to their individual uniqueness.
Being emotionally intelligent means being in tune with your emotions and the emotions of others — being able to identify, manage and even anticipate how you or someone else may feel.
“To put it plainly and simply, emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, understand, comprehend and manage emotions,” Dr. Tworek explains. “EQ refers to how you recognize and respond to the emotions of others, as well as how you manage your own emotions and understand how they may be perceived by others.”
ClevelandClinic.org
CASE IN POINT:
Despite however emotionally •TRIGGERING [irrational] you may find the exercise to be for yourself . . . still do your very best to try and channel your INNER-CHAMPION by permitting yourself the INALIENABLE-DEMOCRACY to TAKE NOTICE of Oprah Winfrey’s •COP-OUT [flimsy; low I.Q.; rickety] response to Raven-Symone’s HIGHLY INTELLIGENT statement, “I’m Tired of Being Labeled” . . . “I don’t label myself. What I really mean by that is I’m an American,” Raven-Symone said. “I don’t want to be labeled gay,” . . . “I want to be labeled a human who loves humans.”
Raven told Oprah. “That was my way of saying I’m proud of the country. … My mother and people in my family have taught me to keep my personal life to myself as much as possible. I try my best to hold the fence where I can. But I am proud to be who I am and what I am.”
“I’m tired of being labeled,” Raven-Symone told Winfrey. “I’m an American; I’m not an African-American. I’m an American.”
Raven-Symone’s High EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient) statement caught Oprah unprepared (cf., “Fail to prepare; prepare to fail”), as Winfrey took a moment to try to process the actress’ HIGHLY INTELLIGENT comment, while completely shutting-down; and subsequently resorted to saying, “don’t set Twitter on fire!” 🔥 🔥 🔥
¡Lol! 🤣
Raven-Symone INTELLIGENTLY articulated that she doesn’t “know where my roots go to; I don’t know how far back they go. I don’t know what country in Africa I’m from. But I do know that my roots are in Louisiana. I’m an American, and that’s a colorless person, because we’re all people. I have lots of things running through my veins.”
👏👏🏆Spoken as a true CHAMPION!🏆👏👏
Q: ¿POR QUÉ TENEMOS QUE SUFRIR?
A: POR CAUSA DE la avaricia y corrupción, la situación política en algunos países resulta en mucha guerra y muerte. Los con profundas convicciones espirituales SUFREN persecución A CAUSA DE la obediencia a sus creencias.
¡Amén! ¡Gloria, aleluya! ¿Podemos conseguir un testigo?
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www.gospeltractandbible.org
On Sunday, Sheriff Dar Leaf sent the following letter to House of Representatives’ Chairman of the Judiciary Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Dear Congressman Jordan,
My office is investigating criminal acts related to elections in Barry County, the State of Michigan, and the United States. I am in possession of evidence involving voting machines. Additionally, I have recently received a· subpoena from Prosecutor D.J. Hilson of Muskegon County for my file. D.J. Hilson worked with the Michigan Attorney General to bury the Muskegon fraud investigation that was initially reported by the Muskegon local clerk. Not one person was charged related to the Muskegon fraud despite confessions, and physical evidence. Considering this, I am going to provide portions of my file to Congress for immediate review and investigation.
My office has come into possession of evidence that foreign nationals have accessed electronic voting machines in Michigan and other states. This evidence demonstrates that electronic voting machines and electronic election systems used for elections in Michigan and throughout the United States are not secure and an immediate investigation is needed by Congress.
I have evidence in my file of Serbian foreign nationals entering our election system while the votes were being counted, and prior to certification. The election vendor, Dominion, hired these Serbian employees and disclosed in emails that they are not able to provide backgrounds on these individuals due to law in Serbia. It has only been a mere 25 years since conflict involving Serbia. Therefore, the United States has allowed a scenario where potentially Serbian military criminals are running our elections and remotely entering our election equipment.
en-volve.com
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility. I call upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR.
Assigned in 2009 to an Army unit in Iraq as an intelligence analyst, Manning had access to classified databases. In early 2010, she leaked classified information to WikiLeaks and confided this to Adrian Lamo, an online acquaintance. Lamo indirectly informed the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command, and Manning was arrested in May 2010. The material included videos of the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike and the 2009 Granai airstrike in Afghanistan; 251,287 U.S. diplomatic cables; and 482,832 Army reports that came to be known as the “Iraq War Logs” and “Afghan War Diary”. The material was published by WikiLeaks and its media partners between April 2010 and April 2011.
Manning was charged with 22 offenses, including aiding the enemy, which was the most serious charge and could have resulted in a death sentence. She was held at the Marine Corps Brig, Quantico in Virginia, from July 2010 to April 2011, under Prevention of Injury status—which entailed de facto solitary confinement and other restrictions that caused domestic and international concern—before being transferred to the Joint Regional Correctional Facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where she could interact with other detainees. In February 2013 she pleaded guilty to 10 of the charges. The trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013, and on July 30, she was convicted of 17 of the original charges and amended versions of four others, but acquitted of aiding the enemy. She was sentenced to 35 years at the maximum-security U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth. On January 17, 2017, Obama commuted Manning’s sentence to nearly seven years of confinement dating from her arrest in May 2010.
From March 8, 2019, to March 12, 2020 (except for a week from May 9 to 16), Manning was jailed for contempt and fined $256,000 for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?
When I was five, I wanted to be a DAD (to MY OWN CHILDREN, when I grew up), OF COURSE! 🔮
However, I would have been contented to settle for becoming virtually ANYTHING 🔮 BESIDES a DEGENERATE ✈ INFLUENCER (e.g., P. Diddler & Client-Associates ✈) when I grew up. 🤔 💭 😲 🤫
HAHAHA! 😂
The FBI–King suicide letter or blackmail package was an anonymous 1964 letter and package by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) meant to blackmail Martin Luther King Jr.
“your last name calls to mind only the type of King such as King Henry the VIII and his countless acts of adultery and immoral conduct lower than that of a beast.”
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So much for a DEFENDER OF THE FAITH:
Q: ¿POR QUÉ TENEMOS QUE SUFRIR?
A: POR CAUSA DE la avaricia y corrupción, la situación política en algunos países resulta en mucha guerra y muerte. Los con profundas convicciones espirituales SUFREN persecución A CAUSA DE la obediencia a sus creencias.
¡Amén! ¡Gloria, aleluya! ¿Podemos conseguir un testigo?
www.tratados.org
www.gospeltractandbible.org
What’s something most people don’t understand?
MATH is something most people do not understand:
Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe. The laws of nature are written by the Hand of God in the language of mathematics. God is known by nature in His works, and by doctrine in His revealed Word.
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei
Q: ¿POR QUÉ TENEMOS QUE SUFRIR?
A: POR CAUSA DE la avaricia y corrupción, la situación política en algunos países resulta en mucha guerra y muerte. Los con profundas convicciones espirituales SUFREN persecución A CAUSA DE la obediencia a sus creencias.
¡Amén! ¡Gloria, aleluya! ¿Podemos conseguir un testigo?
www.tratados.org
www.gospeltractandbible.org
What was the best compliment you’ve received?
The best compliment I’ve ever received was given to me by el presidente Abraham Lincoln during his first lecture on “Discoveries and Inventions” (before the Young Men’s Association of Bloomington, Illinois) wherein he referred to my ancestors as “Indians” and “Mexican GREASERS” while acknowledging the fact that we had already “·been trodden upon” gold “for centuries” [existing on our own lands prior to him stealing it all during his 1849 (cf., San Francisco 49ers) CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH‘S “Manifest Destiny” ]. And “yankees, almost instantly, discover gold in California,” after we had already existed there “for centuries.”
To be fruitful in invention, it is indispensable to have a habit of observation and reflection; and this habit, our steam friend acquired, no doubt, from those who, to him, were old fogies. But for the difference in habit of observation, why did yankees, almost instantly, discover gold in California, which had been trodden upon, and over-looked by indians and MEXICAN GREASERS, for centuries?
On April 6, 1858, Abraham Lincoln gave his first lecture on “Discoveries and Inventions” before the Young Men’s Association of Bloomington, Illinois.
El ladrón no viene sino para hurtar y matar y destruir; Por sus frutos los conoceréis. ¿Acaso se recogen uvas de los espinos, o higos de los abrojos?
Juan 10:10; Mateo 7:16
Reina-Valera 1960
David Jacks (18 April 1822 – 11 January 1909) was a powerful Californian landowner, developer, and businessman. Born in Scotland, he [illegally] ·emigrated to [occupied] California during the 1849 Gold Rush, and soon [illegally] ·acquired [occupied] several thousand acres in and around Monterey, shaping the history of Monterey County in the first decades of American possession. He is also credited as being the first to market and popularize Monterey Jack cheese. He was born David Jack, but took to spelling his last name “Jacks” once in California.
After several years working as an army contractor in Brooklyn, where he reputedly met Captain Robert E. Lee, Jack read about the 1848 finding of gold in the Sierra Nevada. In November of that year he sailed with an artillery regiment to California, arriving in San Francisco in April 1849. Having invested in revolvers Jacks made a $4,000 profit upon landing in San Francisco, and then took up a job at the city’s Customs House.
In 1850, Jacks moved to Monterey, initially taking up a job in the store of a fellow Scotsman, James McKinlay. By 1852 Jack had been elected Treasurer of Monterey County and began purchasing land in the area.
David Jacks married Maria Christina Soledad Romie (1837-1917) on April 20, 1861, in San Luis Obispo, California and produced nine children, with only seven surviving childhood. Maria was born in Oaxaca, Mexico on June 9, 1837, the daughter of John Frederick Romie (1801-1849) and Maria Magdalena Frohn (1801-1886), who emigrated to Mexico from Germany in 1835.
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When you live close to the Sun,
You realize how HOT it is out there!
Hijo de la Prudencia
In June 1874 Henry Cerruti, in the employ of Hubert Howe Bancroft, interviewed Dorotea Valdez, whose father was Juan Bautista Valdez, a member of the Portola expedition. Dorotea lived in a pueblo, which she asserted was illegally obtained by Jacks. When Cerutti asked her if she knew him, this is what she said:
wikipedia.orgSeñor Jacks is the owner of the pueblo. In my opinion he is a very mean man, a cunning rascal, and pious hypocrite. He is such a miser that he even denies his own wife and children the comforts of life. At the present time, Jacks considers himself a millionaire. But as soon the railroad begins to operate, many foreigners will come to settle here. Rest assured that is when Señor Jacks will receive the punishment he deserves. All we want is for some clever lawyer to take the pueblo land away from him. The American authorities sold land that did not belong to them in order to pay off the debts. This is land that nobody had the right to give away because it rightfully belongs to every man woman and child who was born in our town. When the pueblo owned the land currently owned by David Jacks, people could just go out and gather the wood they needed. Our horses and cattle could graze everywhere and nobody bothered them. Ever since this evil man obtained possession of our land, he has placed fences everywhere. Even the famous well where the pirates landed in 1819 is surrounded by a fence. Señor Jacks is a natural born enemy of everything related to our history. He even tried to gain possession of the crops by the bridge. There is a live oak tree near those crops and it is under that very tree that Fr. Junìpero Serra said his first mass on June 7, 1770.
Finalmente, si una persona pecare, o hiciere alguna de todas aquellas cosas que por mandamiento de Jehová no se han de hacer, aun sin hacerlo a sabiendas, es culpable, y llevará su pecado.
¿Cómo decís: Nosotros somos sabios, y la ley de Jehová está con nosotros? Ciertamente la ha cambiado en mentira la pluma mentirosa de los escribas.
Levítico 5:17; Jeremías 8:8
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Juan 10:10; Mateo 7:16
Reina-Valera 1960
P.S.
Don’t include me in y’all’s LatinX monolith!
It don’t make us kinfolk just because we’re skin folk!!!
Q: ¿POR QUÉ TENEMOS QUE SUFRIR?
A: POR CAUSA DE la avaricia y corrupción, la situación política en algunos países resulta en mucha guerra y muerte. Los con profundas convicciones espirituales SUFREN persecución A CAUSA DE la obediencia a sus creencias.
¡Amén! ¡Gloria, aleluya! ¿Podemos conseguir un testigo?
http://www.tratados.org
http://www.gospeltractandbible.org
Who is the most confident person you know?
Elfego Baca is by far the most confident person I’ve ever known.
Advertencia contra la apostasía
11 Acerca de esto tenemos mucho que decir, y difícil de explicar, por cuanto os habéis hecho tardos para oír. 12 Porque debiendo ser ya maestros, después de tanto tiempo, tenéis necesidad de que se os vuelva a enseñar cuáles son los primeros rudimentos de las palabras de Dios; y habéis llegado a ser tales que tenéis necesidad de leche, y no de alimento sólido. 13 Y todo aquel que participa de la leche es inexperto en la palabra de JUSTICIA, porque es NIÑO; 14 pero el alimento sólido es para los que han ALCANZADO MADUREZ, para los que por el uso tienen los SENTIDOS EJERCIADOS en el DISCERNIMIENTO del BIEN y del MAL.
Hebreos 5:11-14
Reina-Valera 1960
El ladrón no viene sino para hurtar y matar y destruir; Por sus frutos los conoceréis. ¿Acaso se recogen uvas de los espinos, o higos de los abrojos?
Juan 10:10; Mateo 7:16
Reina-Valera 1960
History has produced a montage of flavorsome firebrands like Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Lenin and Chairman Mao. But Elfego Baca is not one of them. Elfego’s gentle manner, directness, and few words exude a level of confidence that is still unparalleled today.
What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?
He pointed to his head and said, “That’s prime real estate, Luca. Don’t let ’em squat there rent free!”
Author unknown
The most effective strategy I’ve discovered for overcoming self-defeating •NEGATIVE EMOTIONS [subjective; irrationality] is to redirect my valuable time/energy toward •OBJECTIVE FACTS [rational; empowering]:
The FISHER of MENSIS 