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We are trying again, friends. Instead of another robo dwarf hamster, we picked out a black bear hamster. And they look like miniature bear cubs! I'm borrowing this picture from the internet until I can capture a photo of ours. Life is planning. And it's also taking care, nurturing and loving God's creatures. We need your help. Any name suggestions for a girl hamster?

What makes life good? A question that hopefully prompts countless replies from you. We had a productive weekend. Busy cleaning, prepping, organizing, and working hard outdoors under gorgeous skies. We relished joking around and laughing with the kids. Cuddles, smiles, hugs and never enough I-love-yous. Last week, another high school connections on the books. This week, a field trip to learn from an expert geologist. And two special evenings planned to be among dear friends. Pumpkins, yellow, orange and red leaves, smoke-tinged air, and apples and cinnamon float gently through my mind, circling, warming, enticing. Yes, there are challenges (hello Latin!), grief (the hamster passed), frustration (where’s Durham?), the mystery (what was with the flag?)… We keep living as best we can, loving each other and loving the Lord most of all. God has called us, Dear Friends, to bear witness to His abounding glory in these oh so very unique times. Life is good.

We noticed that the American flags at the venue had no stars...

Please share your thoughts about Trump's rally tonight in Youngstown, Ohio 👇🏻 https://rumble.com/v1iy869--president-donald-trump-rally-live-in-youngstown-oh-91722.html

• Boise Pride “Postpones” controversial LGBT “Drag Kids” event after loss of major sponsors. Residents are not happy and continue to call for the event to be cancelled completely. Representative Tammy Nichols, suggested organizers of the event would be guilty of multiple crimes if children were performing in or in the presence of sexually obscene action • Serbian police banned this year’s EuroPride march • Montana health officials adopted a rule on that permanently prohibits people from changing the gender on their birth certificates GEOPOLITICS • As reported by Be Reasonable, Deputy President William Ruto is confirmed as the winner of Kenya's contested presidential election. Ruto ran as a "hustler," a populist who support "Kenya First" and says the "deep state" was against him CULTURAL • The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has reversed its decision to grant George Floyd a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug conviction IMMIGRATION • FL Gov Ron DeSantis (R) sends two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard as part of program "to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations" • TX Gov Greg Abbott (R) has been sending illegal immigrants from his state to liberal places such as NYC, Washington DC and Chicago ["We do have a plan to stop this process, and the plan begins with the Biden administration finally securing the border," said Abbott] DEEP STATE • Mike Lindell to sue Biden administration, FBI over seizure of phone [regardless of your opinion of the man, this is wait and see where this goes] • Charles McGonigal, the top FBI official who investigated Trump's Russia links, is being investigated over ties to Moscow. An explosive new report claims he had multiple engagements with an aide to Kremlin-linked oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska was sanctioned by the US Treasury for "malign activity" and "attempting to subvert western democracies, and malicious cyber-activities" • The FBI paid for Russian disinformation (Danchenko) to frame Trump as revealed in a court filing by Durham that was unsealed by a Virginia federal court • Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion probe is nearing its conclusion. Trump wrote of the report: "The public is waiting 'with bated breath" for the Durham Report, "which should reveal corruption at a level never seen before in our country" [supposedly only Merrick Garland will have the authority to release the findings to the public or not] HEARTWARMING • Amazon delivery driver Kevin Rivera is congratulated by a Long Island community for selflessly risking his life to help a family of 6, including a baby, evacuate from their burning house • Ted Nobbs, 83, and his brother Geoff, 79, a pair of long-lost brothers who were separated as children in 1945 are to be reunited for the first time after 77 years and 10k miles apart • An Englishman has organized a replay of a school football match after 50 years of feeling guilty for scoring "foul" goal. Graeme Jones admitted to shoving a goalkeeper who had the ball in his hands, “ten yards” over the goal line in the dying seconds of a match to earn a “dubious” draw in September 1972. Jones said he was determined to “put right a wrong” DISCOVERIES • Scientists say new treatments for the most severe form of skin cancer could be developed now that they’ve made a major breakthrough, discovering a way to inhibit a key growth enzyme in melanoma. When Glutaryl-CoA Dehydrogenase, (GCDH) was inhibited in tumors they weren’t able to survive long term. Potentially this is because it’s a key source of “food,” but also because it trigged a protein called NRF2 to acquire an ability to suppress cancer. GCDH deprivation is now being theorized as a potential treatment, both through targeting pharmaceuticals in the case of a GCDH-inhibitor, or as a dietary intervention

MEDIA • MSNBC Katy Tur admits that nobody trusts MSM and wonders out loud whether she is doing more harm than good: “People don’t trust us. They don’t believe us, and it makes me wonder if this job - as I’m currently doing it - is effective, but if it’s doing more harm than good" • CNN cancels Don Lemon’s primetime show, "Don Lemon Tonight" • Emmy Awards viewership all-time low; down 19% from last year. Also down 41% when compared to the 2018 show • The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds law banning tech companies from censoring viewpoints • MO Sen Josh Hawley (R) questions Facebook executive and gets him to admit that FB has coordinated with the Biden Admin to censor constitutionally protected speech and that he had access to user data POLÍTICA • Democrat LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl was served with a search warrant at her Santa Monica home amid an ongoing public corruption investigation. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department confirmed it was also serving search warrants at other locations including the home of LA County Civilian Oversight Commissioner Patricia Giggans, as well as the LA County Hall of Administration, Peace Over Violence Headquarters, and LA Metro Headquarters • LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva asked CA AG Rob Bonta to open an investigation into Democrat Supervisor Sheila Kuehl being tipped off that a search warrant was going to be served at her home • A campaign to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell appears to be gaining momentum as residents are feeling increasingly fed up with rising crime and the mayor's jet-setting lifestyle • Former NY Gov Andrew Cuomo launches an ethics complaint against NY AG Leticia James • Former NV deputy AG Tudor Chirila Jr who is connected to the notorious Mustang Ranch brothel, was arrested for the murder 19-year-old Nancy Anderson in Hawaii 50 years ago • Judge James Plowman kicks George Soros-backed, 'biased' Loudoun County prosecutor Buta Biberaj from a case surrounding the dad of a girl who was raped by a boy in a school bathroom 2nd AMENDMENT • Ohio school teachers and other staff at educational institutions across the state will now be allowed to carry firearms on campuses, including inside classrooms, after House Bill 99 came into effect this week [It allows school districts to decide independently whether teachers can be armed] MEDICAL • Johnson & Johnson in Australia has reached an $204.8 million class action settlement over defective pelvic mesh implants given to Australian women in what is the country’s largest ever product-liability settlement LIBERTINISM • "Operation Fall Haul II" in Polk County Florida led to 160 arrests of sex workers and those who solicit their services. Among those arrested in the operation were two Disney employees, a state corrections officer, several teachers and a deputy police chief from Georgia. At least two sex trafficking victims were discovered during the operation, and there could potentially be more • "Operation Protect the Innocent" produced 141 arrests made by a five dozen law enforcement agencies targeting internet crimes against children • Damian Williams, the US Atty for the Southern District of NY, announced that Efrain Grandados-Corona was sentenced 212 months in prison in connection with trafficking three victims. Five additional defendants in this case were previously sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Williams said, “... These sentencings send a clear message: those who prey on women and children to sell them into sexual slavery will be prosecuted and punished to the full extent of the law” • Amber Parker, the teacher who told students not to “judge” pedophiles for “wanting to have sex” with children has been fired by the El Paso ISD school board • AZ Dept of Education Superintendent Kathy Hoffman is facing a lawsuit for advertising links to chat rooms where minors discuss sex and gender with adults present, and without parents necessarily knowing • SCOTUS temporarily blocks ruling that required Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ student group

Good News – September 16th, 2022 highlights COVID • Three hospitals in California, Saint Agnes Medical Center, Community Regional Medical Center, and Clovis Community Medical Center, face lawsuits alleging they treated patients with the controversial antiviral drug remdesivir without receiving informed consent, using a protocol which two attorneys allege led to wrongful death • The US Navy rolled back order, "Trident Order #12," which punishes SEALs who remain unvaccinated due to their religious beliefs [not all the unvaccinated SEALs have been allowed to go back to work] • Denmark is announcing that vaccination is no longer recommended for healthy individuals under age 50 [vaccination recommendation remains for "at risk" and healthcare workers] • A lawsuit, one of the first in the United States, brought by John Paul Beaudoin against MA Gov Charlie Baker, the public health examiner, the chief medical examiner, and additional medical examiners, brings forth evidence that over 50 cases of deaths the state coded as covid-19 deaths were in many cases strongly linked to recent covid-19 vaccination • New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern drops most covid-19 rules. All Government vaccine mandates will end on Sept 26, including those for new arrivals in the country [Employers can continue their own mandates] • UK medical journal The Lancet has suggested the US could have created the covid virus. While mentioning the secretive laboratory located just miles away from the "ground zero" of the pandemic, it said independent teams have also not yet investigated US labs. Authors argued the country's National Institute for Health, responsible for carrying out research into some of the world's deadliest pathogens, had resisted disclosing details of its work. Even when discussing the possibility the virus emerged naturally from an animal, the Lancet team said this may be in a creature located "outside of China" • After a second lawsuit was filed by ICAN (Informed Consent Action Network) [to obtain data from v-safe] the US District Court for the Western District of Texas the court has ordered the CDC to produce the first batch of over 19 months’ worth of data collected from tens of millions of v-safe participants between December 14, 2020 and July 31, 2022 by September 30, 2022 ELECTIONS • A new study, posted on The Social Science Research Network, by nine health experts from major universities showed that the covid-19 vaccines are 98 times worse than the virus, and mandatory booster vaccination in college is “ethically unjustifiable” • Florida registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by 260k • DE judge Vice Chancellor Nathan Cook ruled that a new vote-by-mail law enacted earlier this year is unconstitutional and that voting by mail cannot be used in upcoming November election [Cook upheld the state’s new same-day voter registration law] • Police body cam footage implicates former Tarrant County [Texas] Democratic Party chairwoman and candidate for Tarrant Co Judge Deborah Peoples, and the director at The Peoples Group Stuart Clegg, for ballot harvesting [For the first time in 56 years, Tarrant County, Texas went “blue” in the 2020 election] • The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to remove a guidance that allowed clerks to add missing information on absentee ballot return envelopes (a process called ballot curing) • The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission for their alleged illegal use of the National Mail Voter Registration Form • Jason Schofield, the Republican Board of Elections commissioner of Rensselaer County (NY), was arraigned on an indictment charging him with unlawfully using the names and dates of birth of voters to fraudulently apply for absentee ballots for 2021 elections in his county

President Trump on possibility of his indictment: “I don’t think the people of the United States would stand for it… If it happened, you’d have problems in this country the likes of which perhaps we’ve never seen before. They’d have big problems. Big problems.” @GeneralMCNews

Q: What do you think of maritime law and filing the paperwork for sovereignty? A: I understand the appeal, and some interesting points are made. However, once I started digging into it, things got a little sketchy. My personal opinion is that this is not something we will see manifest via a President Trump administration. Please proceed with caution, conduct an exhaustive research and pray extensively. I would also encourage you to re-read our Constitution, follow the Ten Commandments, and live by Matthew 22:37-40. Q: Do you believe the earth is flat? A: I do not. In the twelve years I have been aware of this theory, I have not found evidence to convince me it’s flat. I have no quarrel with anyone who believes the earth is flat, and I have always been willing to discuss and consider possibilities. However, it’s regrettable those who do believe the earth is flat state others are anti-God because we don’t share their personal view of the earth. Right now, I think the focus should be on salvation for the lost. Our priority should be prayerfully, faithfully asking God’s help in defeating our enemies; then we can re-visit the flat earth theory. Seems reasonable, right?

FWIW - Upcoming Trump rallies https://www.donaldjtrump.com/events/

Hey friends! I understand some pizzazzy caricature is sending direct messages to some of you. I promise I ain’t that sparkly. Also, I’d most likely be reaching out to ask if you have any cookie recipes. Gotta appreciate them making me look like a nice person though. Must be one of those hyperintelligent bots 😃