Random ramblings from an amateur rock-n-roll historian and critic,self-professed bourbon aficionado, blackberry growin', jam makin', sometime tie-die shirt makin', ex hippie wannabe, turned punk rock lovein', blues festival going, middle aged pudgy bald white guy who loves to wear Hawaiian shirts in the summertime and happens to be more Stax than Motown, more Alman Brothers than Skynard, more Stones than Beatles, more NASCAR than Baseball, more freeware than license keys...
"Experts said the depiction of sources and vetting in the report
could pose problems for the U.S.’ information sharing relationships,
and undermine the FBI’s recruitment efforts."
'Questions about the Trump administration’s
willingness to declassify typically sensitive material
predated Barr and the IG report.
In February 2018, Trump cleared the release of the so-called “Nunes memo”
over the objections of his deputy attorney general at the time, Rod Rosenstein,
and FBI Director Chris Wray,
who argued that certain information in it should have been redacted."
"Suffering is a part of our lives. Most people at one time or another experience physical illness. Hunger is frequently endured by a large percent of the world’s population. Poverty is widespread. Still others suffer at the hands of people, either in difficult marriages, or with abusive parents, or oppressive masters. As a result of greed and corruption, the political climate in some countries produces much bloodshed and war. Those with deep spiritual convictions have to suffer persecution because of their obedience to their beliefs. Millions of people around the world suffer daily. Why? What is the reason?
Suffering came into this world in the beginning because of sin. It is a continual reminder of man’s sinful condition (Genesis 3:16-19; Romans 5:12). Pain, trouble, and sorrow became an everyday part of man’s existence, because of his disobedience. Since sin is in this world, suffering is a part of life. We cannot, in this earthly life, expect to see the complete eradication of disease or the end of suffering. We are all subject to it regardless of status or nationality.
Many people suffer unnecessarily because they abuse their bodies, or do not take proper care of them. If we indulge in smoking, drinking, taking drugs, and intemperate living, we are making excessive demands on our bodies. Consequently, our bodies, and even our minds, may break down under these stresses. It is sin to abuse our bodies (1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 6:18-20).
There is much suffering, however, that comes upon the human race over which we have no control, and it comes unbidden to the rich and poor alike. No one, no matter how good a person he is, can be assured that he will be exempted. Job, the great example of suffering, was commended of God as a perfect and upright man. Consider the misery he suffered, losing his health, wealth, and family, and even his wife turned against him! God was glorified through his suffering, and He would like to be through yours. Read Job, chapter 1.
A person is not necessarily sick, blind, maimed, deaf, deformed, barren, etc., because he or his parents have sinned. At one time the disciples asked Jesus after meeting a blind man: “Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? (John 9:2). Jesus replied, “Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him” (v.3). Later, Jesus healed the man. In some cases the barren woman suffers unjustly. She is despised and rejected because of superstitions and cultural stigma. Her condition does not indicate a curse from God, and she need not despair. In this case, as well as in all requests to God, let us always remember that He knows what is best for us.
God does not intend to punish, but would rather like to refine us through this type of suffering. Actually, we can gain spiritual enrichment through such experiences. Suffering brings out the “real” or inner man and reveals our makeup. Many have found that by accepting difficulties and troubles their hearts have become softened. The humility this brings opens our mind to our dependency on God and His purpose for us. Then we can understand that, through suffering and difficulties, He intends to draw us closer to Him. Joseph was sold as a slave by his own brothers. Rather than being bitter about this, he let God work in him. He filled a great place in God’s plan. Later he told his repentant brothers, “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive” (Genesis 50:20). He was blessed in his submission.
The suffering we experience tends to make us think about ourselves. We may feel alone in our problems and think no one understands. The burdens we have may seem greater than what others have to bear. It is easy to indulge in self-pity and become bitter, but the example of Joseph shows us how God can bless us as we submit to Him.
Rather than despairing, we can allow our suffering to be turned to the glory of God. Once we are resigned to our lot and can humbly say, “Lord, Thy will be done,” God can speak to us. There are many instances where people have thanked God for taking them through the valley of suffering because it has caused them to stop and think. They then realize there is more to life than to fulfill their own desires, pleasures, and pursuits. Many testify that they have found the Lord through suffering. Then, when they must face death, they can joyfully say with Paul, “Death is swallowed up in victory. The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:54, 56-57).
Suffering will be the eternal lot of all those who reject Jesus (John 12:48). However, those who are willing to suffer for Jesus in this life will enjoy the rewards of eternity with no suffering at all (Revelation 21:4). By humbling ourselves to accept God’s way for us and repenting of our sins, our robes can be washed white in the blood of the Lamb. Those who are redeemed in this way can obtain the heavenly reward (Revelation 7:13-14).
Suffering would teach us to be more sympathetic to others. We may make little effort to visit or pray for the afflicted, until we have experienced suffering ourselves. “That we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God” (2 Corinthians 1:4).
Jesus, who once lived on this earth in a body like ours, understands us and our sufferings well. He can sympathize with us beyond the capacity of any human being. He knows our pain and our troubled heart. When Jesus witnessed the grief of His friends at the death of Lazarus, He was so touched in His heart that He groaned within Himself and wept (John 11:33-35). He gave Himself to suffering for the eternal salvation of humanity. If He, being the perfect Son of God, accepted this, then we should be willing to also endure affliction. True followers of God willingly accept adversitysince they are servants of Him, who is their example. A vision of Jesus, His love, and His sacrifice, causes them to consider, “Why should we be spared suffering?”
Even though we may have to suffer extensively, we can find a rest in accepting what God has allowed to us. God is the Master Planner-with every trial He has promised to provide for our keeping. When the apostle Paul was able to accept his difficulty or handicap, he was able to be a happy and useful person. He prayed three times, asking God to remove the thorn from his flesh, but God answered, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). Similarly, as we completely surrender to God and accept our suffering, God’s strength sustains us. When we accept God’s plan for us in suffering, it brings forth an expression of thankfulness that blesses our hearts and witnesses to those around us."
The other makes people smile, laugh and sleep better.
So go ahead, preach all you want about the devastating effects of alcohol.
But don't ever mention tobacco in the same sermon.
Oh lord no.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
“If you take a look at what the Founding Fathers were concerned about, it was the interference by foreign governments in our political system that was one of their gravest concerns,"
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), a senior Judiciary member,
said on CNN's "State of the Union" program Sunday.
"Nixon's behavior didn't fall into that range. So, in that way, this conduct is more serious.”
"U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this month that the threat posed by the Islamic State had shifted from the Middle East to West Africa after the militant group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, killed himself in Syria during an operation by U.S. forces in October. The Islamic State is “outpacing the ability of regional governments and international partners to address that threat,” Pompeo said."
Revelation 13:3
"One of the heads of the beast appeared to be fatally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world was astonished and followed the beast."
Daniel 7:7
“After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.
It's different from the other beast because it's not a county.
The other three beast are the US, China and Russia.
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Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.
Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.
“The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.
“And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’
“After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
“After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.
Pearls and swine bereft of me. Long and weary my road has been.
I was lost in the cities, alone in the hills.
No sorrow or pity for leaving, I feel, yeah.
I am not your rolling wheels – I am the highway.
I am not your carpet ride – I am the sky.
Friends and liars don't wait for me, 'Cause I'll get on all by myself. I put millions of miles under my heels; And still too close to you, I feel, yeah.
I am not your rolling wheels – I am the highway.
I am not your carpet ride – I am the sky.
I am not your blowing wind – I am the lightning.
I am not your autumn moon – I am the night… the night.
Yeah!
I am not your rolling wheels – I am the highway.
I am not your carpet ride – I am the sky.
Well,
I am not your blowing wind – I am the lightning.
I am not your autumn moon – I am the night... the night.
just dumbfounding to me that people can't see this.
"Our nation is being torn apart.
Truth is questioned."
"Some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia and it's security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and that somehow, for some reason, Ukraine did, this is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves."
(From Dr Fiona Hill's testimony.)
Matthew 24:3-4
The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying,
“Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming,
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
This is prophecy. It's being fulfilled as we speak. Winds always denote a time of turmoil or strife in the bible. Multiple instances. Not gonna list the references they're there.
I used to say not that long ago, "the four winds are thought to be", forget that, they are. They are: China, Russia, The US, and Radical Islam. Radical Islam you might be saying? That is different than the others. ("It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns." Daniel 7:7 )When these four are equal in power and strength, the angels mentioned in Revelation 7 will release them and the seven years (or so many think) of tribulation will begin, denoting the start of the end times. Also during this time? The two witnesses from Revelation 11 will appear, also denoting the start of this period of tribulation."
The four winds are being level right before our eyes.
Preacher friend of mine last night said the same exact thing Dr Hill did.
"Our country is being torn apart."
Trust me.
It was this guys plan all along.
It was inevitable that the four winds prophecy would be fulfilled.
Lucy honey?
Why are people is such shock?
Their book is being proved true right in front of them.
"The four winds are being leveled. Get ready spiritually, it's all that can save you."
"This is the important subplot lurking beneath the scandal headlines — that in leaving Ukraine vulnerable to Russia in order to strong-arm Ukraine into carrying out his own self-interested corrupt designs, Trump retreated from the United States’ posture of siding with Ukraine in a broader battle between liberal democracy and illiberal authoritarian kleptocracy."
(illiberal authoritarian kleptocracy, sounds about like us these days)
"This scandal is all about disinformation — about getting news organizations to treat disinformation seriously, to create a miasma of doubt around Russia’s 2016 sabotage and an aura of corruption around Biden.
Indeed, as former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon has admitted, the way to create this sort of aura is to get the mainstream media to cover such allegations, no matter how discredited, to introduce them into the mainstream discussion and get them treated as representing one side of a good-faith political dialogue."
Matthew 24:3-4
As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.
The religious wrong (my new name for the religious right) would stone her to death and then go to a right to life meeting convinced in their own self-righteousness.
It's the truth.
Yet she was an instrument for Gods will.
Hebrews 11:31
By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe,
when she had received the spies with peace.
James 2:25
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?
My god?
My god uses alcoholics,
sex addicts,
unconventional cannabis using freaks :-),
secular music,
whatever he chooses,
to make his points.
Psalm 115:3
Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever pleases him.
Colossians 1:16
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
"All things."
Not some things.
Not, this, but not that.
"All things."
The speaker at the last man up meeting I attended had it so right on so many fronts.
God is a supernatural God.
The redeeming atoning blood of Jesus is supernatural in nature.
To deny the supernatural is to deny this.
He said people is his church at first didn't want him to minister to youth because of his past,
drug use, trouble with the law etc.
I'd argue, he is exactly the kind of person that should be ministering to youth.
Holding somebody's past against them is what toxic people do.
It's not the least bit Christlike.
He made such a great point, about how church members today just expect people to walk through the doors already perfect, or at least similar to them in nature, instead of understanding people will come in whatever shape they are, and slowly work toward becoming a better Christian..
Matthew 21:28-32
“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
“‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
“Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The first,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
People need to be reminded
“Truly I tell you,
the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you."
not to be so smug in their own self-righteousness.
It is the very thing Christ taught against.
I heard it preached :
"God doesn't do that anymore."
Thats biblical?
You can support that with scripture?
No. No you can't.
Plain and simple.
That dog just don't hunt.
Just because a preacher says it?
Doesn't make it so.
Hebrews 5:11-14
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
"it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.
In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers,
you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s wordall over again. "
I'm not uncomfortable anymore telling people the elementary truth of God's word.
The fact of the matter is this,
God always chooses to use the people you would least expect him too.
It's how he works.
(to many examples to list TBH)
Isaiah 55:9
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
So?
When that woman of ill repute finally gets up the courage to come to your church?
And you walk in for service on Sunday morning?
And shes sitting on your pew?
In your spot?
How would you respond?
Trust me, I already know how 99% of the people I ever attended church with would respond.
It's not that hard to figure out.
(trust me the woman of ill-repute knows how you would respond too,
it's a big reason shes cant muster up the nerve to be at your service on Sunday)
My point is this.
Careful. She could be the next Rahab.
The fact of the matter is you just don't know that shes not.
Not to mention, you don't own judgement to begin with.
known for forty plus years they were always full of shit.
But now days they just seem to be admitting it right to your face and not caring to do so.
"Party of Law and Order"
I love how the party of "Law and Order" (or so they have always liked to present themselves)
wants to reveal the whistle blowers identity even though the law allows for them to remain anonymous.
Seems like they're only about "Law and Order" when it suits you if you ask me.
And the whole issue is irrelevant anyway.
Three or four witnesses with first hand knowledge of events have already collaborated what the whistle blower said anyway.
"Party of Original Intent"
Every supreme Court justice put forth in my lifetime by the GOP has espouses a position of "Original Intent" as it applies to interpreting the constitution. Funny how that doesn't seem to apply nowadays with the Constitutional provisions concerning impeachment. It's like they don't believe in the entire system of checks and balances set up by our countrys founders.
Dear Execustive Branch:
The legislative and judicial are co-equal branches of government.
The legislative has oversight responsibilities on the executive.
It's like most the country needs a civics class.
"Party of a strong national defense"
Our adversary is waging a war against an alley.
(Russian separatist fighting in Ukraine).
So?
If you're the party of "strong national defense"?
Why in the fuck would you hold up military assistance chasing after debunked conspiracy theories with your personal attorney running a shadow diplomatic front against political rivals?
I always knew (as did my dad)
they were full of shit.
Just because you've convinced the populace of something doesn't make it so.
Your republic is crumbling in front of your own eyes.
It's being attacked from within.
We are at war and were loosing.
If you don't think encouraging foreign interference in domestic elections is an impeachable offense?
Then what is?
This kinda mindset is contributing the the republics demise.
I told my son years ago the Russians and the Chinese knew they couldn't take us on militarily.
Not yet anyway.
Four winds leveling anybody?
Revelation 7:1
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth,
holding back its four winds
so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
"There is an emerging divide between career diplomats on one side and the senior State Department leadership team on the other, with the rank and file reportedly grilling Pompeo's deputies about the lack of transparency and the secretary’s unwillingness to defend former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch from a Rudy Giuliani-orchestrated smear campaign. State Department employees are reaching out to Congress on their own initiative, registering their worries about leadership and policy issues directly to lawmakers."
"Never trust a cheeseburger you can't take the bun off of."
"Never trust a rock-n-roll band that can't play at least five Chuck Berry songs."
"Satisfying more desperate housewives than the spin cycle."
"she's not drunk, she's just mean!"
"swampadelic!!!"
"We self medicate the depression that is a direct result of the obsessive compulsiveness"
"what's crackalackin?"
"Your curse is my blessing"
Quotes from the 09 WC Handy Blues Fest
"We're an army and we're growing"
"Thats award winnin strutin' right there"
"That's shakin' it like the pros do"
"It's just Jimi passin' by"
"I walked in the door and saw hubert and my old lady doing the funky chicken right down in the middle of the floor"
"I spent $500 to save you $300, thats almost half off"
"I hate loud music, blues music and Heat"
"I don't know, that might be Jimi and Stevie"
"I don't buy enough shit to try and talk people down to start with"
"as long as you don't have that 38 it's all cool!"
People Of The WC Handy Blues fest
Ol' Dancin' Couple
Freaky Lookin' Dude
Mother and Daughter
Purple Hat Lady
Old Soldier
Got Grey Hair Now Duse
Subnet.com People
T- Shirt Guy
Quotes from "Porch Night Out"
"...are there any ding dongs left?..."
"...are those the Cheetos?...
"...can a brother get a lil ananimity?..."
"What was I supposed to be writing?..."
"YEAH!!......I'm sorry what?..."
"...there aint no dope on Bowling Green..."
"...somebodys got to drive my fat ass to Philpot..."
"...snapper shit..."
"...18 to 80, blind, crippled, or crazy..."
"...higher than a hippie on a helicopter ride..."
"...Whiskey Dicked..."
Quotes from Bowling Green Trip
Andrew, "Look a trailer with Christmas lights on it". "Thats not a trailer, thats a school bus!, and it doesn't have Christmas lights on it", Dave
Andrew, "Is the computer on?". "No you have to turn it on for it to be on", NA
"Well, it is getting toward wintertime", NA on Big breasted women.
"She wont get horny, she'll just get pissed off", BC
"Now do you want to smoke paper or do you want to smoke...", NA
"I'm squinting, everything s blurry..."Andrew
"I might just gateway across the spectrum", Dave
Overheard in Hancocok County
Criminal Girl, "oh shit, that wasn't the ash can!, that was my purse!!, Preacher Man, "If you go messing around with a skunk, you ought naught be surprised when you end up a little smelly.""If your clean, you aint eating it right", guy eating barbq.Country Boy, "I think those jerks on first shift were trying to poison us."Country Boys' Date, "Well, you didn't have to eat it now did you?"Country Boy, "But it was pizza". Big Guy to Clerk: "look at me, does it look like I want cheese sauce?"Overheard from phone: "Why the hell are you watching that?" Reply "Because it's on." Country Boy, "She got fired for doing some guy in the parking lot. Typical Tell City Chick..." Country Boy, "It done dried!"
Overheard at Work
"Has anybody seen the hemostats?"
"How are you?" "I'm doing well. It's early."
"I aint in any hurry."
"I am the queen of 8:15"
"I don't care if she takes over a Russian satalite with it..."
"I don't know anything, I'm just a suit"
"I plan on being reasonably functional for most of the day"
"I tried to reformat it, but it takes a frigin' act of congress or somethin'..."
"I'm like a brownie at a weight watchers meeting, I'm gone..."
"I'm not their boss, and I'm not their moma..."
"It would help to have your mouse over the link, yes..."
"It's a vortex of evil down there"
"It's not that I'm not listening to you, it's that I am having trouble comprehending you"
"Just click it with your mouth."
"Man, it's fried", "Like chicken..."
"The only thing I'm handy with is a doughnut"
"Why don't you go troubleshoot a Network Printer or something?"
"You are starting to scare me with your new found caffinefreeness..."
"You might not want to mess with me, I have a bladder infection"
Great Music Quotes
"If they wanted to name rock-n-roll something else, they could have called it Chuck Berry", John Lennon."Tune low and play hard", Stevie Ray Vaughn "What do I want a pick for, I got five of them on my hand." Gatemouth Brown "The Grateful Dead should be sponsored by the government -- a public service." Jerry Garcia "Rhythm is something you either have or you don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over." Elvis Presley "Free your mind and your ass will follow." George Clinton
Great Guitarists
Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Tab Benoit, SRV, Pete Townshend, Eddie Van Halen, Pete Anderson, Steve Cropper, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, James Burton, Ron Wood, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, Freddie King, Albert King, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Prince, The Edge, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Slash, Joe Walsh, Joe Lewis Walker, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Kim Thayil, Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Rait, "Gatemouth" Brown, Johnny Winter, Tinsley Ellis, Lightnin Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Tommy Castro, Hubert Sumlin, Tom Morello, Elmore James, Brian Jones, Jeff Beck, Mike Campbell, Steve Via...
Great Keyboardists
Jerry Lee Lewis,
Little Richard,
Johnie Johnson,
Booker T. Jones,
Ray charles,
Billy Preston,
Fats Domino,
Roy Bittan,
Pinetop Perkins,
Bernie Worrell,
Benmont Tench,
Sly Stone
Great Bass Players
Duck Dunn, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Bill Wyman, Jack Bruce, Robbie Shakespear,
Bootsy Collins, Tony Levine, Willie Dixon, Les Claypool, Noel Redding, Flea, Adam Clayton
2 Turtles, (1 released, I think it was a she and she was preggers) 4 Frogs (1 of them a Tree Frog, 1 of them about as big as thr tip of my index finger), 2 salamanders, countless worms and lightning bugs, 1 big ugly lookin' thing with wings on it...
