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Lori Beth · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:16 pm Post subject: ~ CV19 ContactLess ~

Bill O'Reilly perfectly nailed it!! Anyone who doesn't understand what is truly going on with this virus needs to read this. This is the truth that the media doesn't report, understandably so. It would cause mass panic but it's still the undeniable truth.
READ & RE-READ/ BILL O'REILLY ON CHINA.
Written by Bill O'Reilly
China’s Bio weapon, and Pelosi.. My wife Angie will tell you that I study history and world events fluently every day. I have studied China for many years. To get answers I need to questions, I call many I know in Washington on Capitol Hill (from my tenure on two Presidential campaigns and Presidential talks) and I ask them for straight up answers to better understand what affects us as a nation.
Well, in 2016 America elected a new Sheriff: Donald J Trump. For decades the Chinese walked all over America but the new President said “not anymore”. Trump literally strangled China’s economy to the point their economy was in its worst free fall ever. Trump negotiated a new 50 billion trade agreement. He had Xi by the proverbial balls. America’s economy was on fire and unstoppable. President Xi Jingping knew he could not beat the USA militarily and he knew any domesticated economic attack would fail as our economy was too strong. He had to act. But how?
Enter the USA democrats led by Pelosi and Schiff. Impeachment. A hoax. A distraction for our people and President. Xi Jingping and his thugs see this. They aren’t stupid. They have very intelligent intellectual thinkers in their government. Now you must understand , the Chinese regime are truly Barbarians. Notice I did not say ALL CHINESE. The Chinese people are a good people. I enjoy my interactions with them.
The communist regime has millions of its own citizens slaving in gulags simply for speaking against the government or openly practicing Christianity. Knowing they could not attack us openly they needed to be coy, like a deceptive fox. In my opinion, I believe the regime released a biological weapon upon the world that doesn’t kill everyone, but kills “enough,” especially the elderly and in-firmed. Back in WW 2 Hitler thought the same way. He got rid of what he considered the useless and rejects of society.
Trumps task force uses models to figure things. Xi used and uses “models” too. China's president figured that if he killed a few of his own (a few hundred thousand to them would be a few out of 1.4 billion people) and spread the virus to other nations (especially to the USA) they would “level the economic playing field” and not have fired a shot.
Losses of his own people were acceptable costs of a new war. When China’s own doctors attempted to sound the warning, they were immediately silenced. In fact one died and another has simply disappeared. Trump and the other allied leaders indeed KNOW this is what happened. They have under reported their own deaths. Trump knows he cannot outrightly seek retribution. His news conference today showed me this when he balked publicly about no outright retribution over Xi’s handling of this and he immediately brought up the “trade deal”. However, Trump wasn’t being weak, he too was now being coy. We know this was a biological weapon. The food market story is bullshit.
Xi knows we know it. Trump also today announced he sent two battle groups of destroyers and other ships to sea several days ago to fight drugs and rogue actors like Iran should they try anything.
I say he did this to show Xi he knows what has transpired (we have the greatest intelligence assets) and that they (the Chinese) should rethink further action. Politics is premier. We cannot overtly attack China for what they have done as we would also suffer greatly. We all know this.
But China has temporarily achieved its goal. America was literally consumed by Trumps phony impeachment brought by the ultra left democrats (supported by democrat rank and file and one Republican Mitt Romney) and Xi Jingping saw an opening. He took it. Xi did what Trump usually does...he walked onto the world stage and threw a grenade into the “room” and left. It exploded in the form of this worldwide pandemic. It brought the USA and the rest of the world to its knees and leveled the economic playing field.
Our economy is now near depression. Xi didn’t fire one bullet. Trump needed to up his game of chess and putting our Naval ships to sea was his next move. He said he is a “war” President. He is.
But now on not one but two fronts. One front is the virus and the other front is the Chinese. While the Saudi’s and Russians are screwing with oil prices they aren’t overtly doing what this pandemic is doing. The drug smuggling story for dispatching the Naval Force is bullshit and the world knows it. I am of the opinion Trump can indeed bring us back from this catastrophe albeit with a changed playing field.
But Trump is a genius in chess and financial matters. He’s become a champ at international politics too. I am sure Trump can once again lead the economy to even stronger strength and greatness the it was . He can do it quickly I’m sure of it. He has proved it. Xi Jingping needs to be sent a message loud and clear. NEVER AGAIN. We need to bring all of our critical manufacturing back from China beginning with our medicines they were recently threatening to withhold. We can do it immediately. Again, another reason for Trump putting to sea such a sizable Naval Force. Sending a clear message.
We all must ride out the next few weeks. Then we and the world pick up the pieces and move on. The democrats who have given Xi this opening wrapped in a bow must pay a heavy price in November as they (the democrats) truly have cost and continue to cost America precious lives by the phony scandals. Nancy Pelosi continues to help the Chinese by her daily shameless attacks upon the President and meddling in stimulus packages as she did this last weekend. Yesterday’s statements she made were truly appalling and the lowest of low. I didn’t think she could go any lower. What a disgrace she is to our nation.
But, Pelosi aside, make no mistake, China must and will be taught a lesson the likes they have never seen before and Trump is the man to pull the trigger.
We the people must teach the democrats the same lesson at the polls. They (the radical wing of the party) are the enemy of a free America. I am certain of it. The entire democrat party of our forefathers is dead. Remember people, Trump indeed tried to warn us all of the Conavirus in his State of the Union Speech. He spoke of it. He said he was on top of it.
After he spoke , Nancy Pelosi ripped up the speech calling Trumps words “a manifesto of lies”. She disgraced the country and all of our fellow honored citizens present in the House Chamber. Well she now has American blood on her hands. She is very majorly responsible for these needless deaths as well as the Chinese. Her and Adam Schiff.
The left and democrats laughed as she tore up his speech. Well, as they laughed the disease he just spoke of in that speech came to our shores. Republicans and Democrats alike are now dying. Your family members and mine. Our grandparents and middle aged citizens alike. Bodies are being loaded in trucks with forklifts in Brooklyn outside of hospitals. No one is safe. Our liberty is for the most part suspended. As we bury our dead (without proper funerals) from this calamity let’s drive the nails into the coffin of the Democrat party as well in November.
It’s time people. Stand up for your rights and your country! Our Liberty and survival is at stake! I am praying for God’s blessing on our nation. But, God also gave us the ability to think for ourselves and it’s time we placed blame for all this death where it belongs: on the doorsteps of Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and Xi Jingping directly. Wake Up America. WAKE UP!
Written by: Bill O'Reilly - copied.
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Lori Beth · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:36 am Post subject:

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Good morning folks...….I hope you slept well.
When you sat up in bed this morning what was going through your mind? As you go through your day what "tapes" run through your head? For many of us, we have a negative tape playing in our minds. This tape can have it's origin in many places. It may be from childhood and from a parent. It may be from a boss, or even a spouse. What does that voice say to you? Does it say that you are never going to be good enough? Does it say that you will never meet a persons expectations? Does it say that you are not smart enough? Does it say you are unattractive? What is this voice saying to you?
If I am describing you, know that you do not have to put up with that voice. You CAN rewrite the tape that is running through your mind. You can replace what is negative with what is positive. You are a child of God my friend! You are somebody, and you have at your disposal an Almighty Father, his Son, and the Holy Spirit who are willing and able to empower you to change. It all starts in your mind though. Take control of it. Start rewriting that tape by getting rid of the negative in your life and replacing it with the positive. Start listening to good lectures, and sermons. Follow that up by reading good affirming books. Get into Gods word. It will tell you who you are and what God wants for you.
Let me leave you with this scripture:
Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
God bless my friends! 🙂
-Tim, Country Wit and Wisdom {fb} - copied.
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Lori Beth · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 6:10 pm Post subject:

~ "Although my memory is fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Saviour" - John Newton.
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Lori Beth · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2022 5:17 am Post subject:

One of those rare trips for me during the pandemic, out and about in public, was necessary these last few days. I had to get out a bit, and noticed something that I hadn’t seen in a while.
Maybe it’s because I wasn’t looking for it prior to this particular venture out from lockdown central. I’ve been pretty isolated, staying home alone for much of this social distancing period. Maybe when I have gotten out earlier, I’ve just been too wrapped up in my own meandering thoughts to pay attention to anything other than staying six feet away from others, keeping a mask on properly when appropriate, and breathing behind said mask in a manner that minimizes the chance of fogging up my glasses. Just try pushing a grocery cart (buggy) down the isle, in the correct direction, with fogged up glasses. It’s a good thing Walmart has those big green arrows and red warnings on the floor. And it was already hard enough reading labels and expiration dates on grocery items before the foggy glasses challenge. Now one has to hold your breath to keep bifocals clear enough to see what killer new preservatives are in our can goods these days. Thank goodness the Rice Krispies and ice cold Bordon’s milk are still relatively safe.
But for whatever reasons, I hadn’t noticed any happiness from the masked people I’ve encountered on recent trips to the grocery, the couple of rare visits to a restaurant, nor on any of my app-inspired pickups at fast food drive through windows. The truth is, I haven’t noticed any emotion whatsoever from behind all of the masks. I’m sure it’s been there, just as my own has been. But because I’ve been operating in such an altered reality, I’ve had to concentrate too much on this act’s script and it’s various new nuances. Being so focused on this novel coronavirus way of getting by in life has certainly stood in the way of former levels of perception that we’ve perhaps taken for granted prior to the pandemic. Sure, the masks on all the faces hide so much of what we previously had as visual cues, but maybe it’s much more than just our masks that’s been keeping us from seeing the personalities we’ve encountered during this dreadful new normal. Maybe it’s us, as individuals, who have allowed ourselves to become much more isolated than is necessary and healthy. Physical and logistical distancing is indeed a valid tool in the fight against this virus unleashed from a lab in Wuhan, China . . . but excess emotional distancing is a mistake that some of us definitely need to work on.
I know I do; especially given the revelation I experienced a couple of days ago.
Oh sure, we’ve kept up with friends and family using the modern electronic devices that allow us to have near unlimited digital communications. And we’ve interfaced with coworkers and business associates, minus much of the usual amount of close physical proximity, of course. But all of the FaceTime and Zoom meetings flowing throughout the world’s information grid does not make up for what we had before. The hugs, handshakes, and high fives that COVID-19 has robbed us of is no doubt at the root of much of our discombobulated emotional balance. Shutting down physically seems to have bled over into conscious and unconscious acts of shutting down emotionally as well. Too many of us have been moving around robotically, getting tasks taken care of as efficiently as possible, given the new obstacles, but completely devoid of what us Southerners were wired for . . . gracious and genteel interactions with all whom we come in contact with. I have been as guilty as anyone. No, I haven’t quit saying thank you, yes ma’am, and no sir. But making an effort to stay socially distant has truncated our human exchanges in almost imperceptible ways, but ways that can only serve to push us toward a colder, more uncaring and unconnected society.
But, I saw a big smile two days ago. And then . . . I saw another one. And another.
Well ok, I didn’t actually see the mouth of this happy young lady positioned with corners held high and teeth shown brightly. No, but I saw it in her eyes. I saw the biggest smile I’ve ever seen without actually seeing the smile itself. She checked me in at a hotel I stay at occasionally for work, and greeted me, treated me, and sent me on my way sporting the biggest smile in her eyes I think I’ve ever seen. And I have no idea why. I’m sure it could be that she recognized me when I approached the desk area, despite the mask I was wearing. Maybe she just remembered that I am a satisfied, regular customer. Although she proceeded to verify my ID and credit card, she had already retrieved the correct reservation and printout, ready for me to sign. And the smile wasn’t just in her eyes. You could hear the smile in her voice and see the joyful bounce in her steps. She was happy and I don’t really know why. But it was quite obvious . . . and a really pleasant thing to see in these trying times.
Maybe she is just a normally happy person. And maybe the older gentleman that handed me a bag of Arby’s from the drive through window a short time later was just a normally happy person too. Because his eyes and his voice revealed a huge smile also, one unable to be camouflaged by the mere presence of a mask covering his mouth and nose. The existence of such a genuine smile, backed with his gracious manner, made the “Thank you, sir!” from me and the “You’re very welcomed” from him flow just as smoothly as it did prior to the time we began dressing in coronavirus regalia. Am I perhaps just finally getting experienced enough operating with a mask and bifocals to begin noticing, and again appreciating, the expressions and emotions of others through the hints left exposed above and below the masks? Am I perhaps getting to the point that I’m again able to spread my focus and concentration on a wider variety of stimuli? Am I just now mastering masking multitasking?
Maybe?
But again the next morning, from the drive through window of Burger King, I was delivered a sausage, egg, and cheese croissant, along with a beaming smile from a middle aged lady that projected expressively right through her COVID mask. I was convinced at that very moment that there was a pattern taking place here. A message was gently being delivered to me via a young black girl, an older white gentleman, and this middle aged Latino woman . . . all within a short, 12 hour span. Despite the reality of the somewhat desperate situation we find our country in, there is a quiet, universal happiness here in the home of the free and the land of the brave. The silent majority is still smiling with each other in a patriotic aura of mutual love, honor, and respect for all and for one another. We are cheering each other on in non-verbal ways, boosting each other’s sometimes sagging spirits, and helping all to hold on to the hope and knowledge we quietly share that “this too shall pass.” I truly believe that’s at least a part of the message that was being conveyed to me during that 12 hour period.
And who knows, maybe my own eyes had a little something to do with those three small gifts of joyful expressions from a trio of random happy souls that I happen to encounter during routine social distancing activities.
Just maybe my satisfaction with seeing the early morning light coming through the trees when I first opened my eyes that morning helped. Perhaps the fact that I’m in good health, was able to get up, get showered, get ready, and go to work had something to do with a happy glow in my eyes. Maybe the hope of a better tomorrow and the knowledge that the right people are on the job did put a little extra light in my pupils. Maybe the thought of getting a haircut real soon, and the chance for a date with a really smart and really pretty girl, brightened my gaze just a little.
And just maybe those three folks saw some of all that in my eyes, and they smiled?
And I’ll bet folks see what’s in your eyes too.
So . . . we all need to work harder at maintaining that open exchange of human emotion. We all need to get back to seeing the good and the happiness inside the core of most people, and them seeing the happiness in our core. A mask should not be a complete impediment to the flow of good and righteous inner feelings for everyone that we encounter who are deserving of our respect. In the big picture, this small adjustment that my own personal attitude and perception needed can perhaps help to cancel some of the damage that haters have been raining on our lives. If more people are able to see the smiles in each other’s eyes, more of us will feel less alone. And we need to make sure that we do our part to let others know that they are not alone. There is so much value in the hope that human outreach provides our collective hearts with.
That simple adjustment I needed to make could indeed help us cancel out the haters . . . if we all just keep supporting each other . . . in however quiet a manner we choose to accomplish this.
So, let others see the smile in your eyes. You saw the light coming through the trees early this morning. You too have a good reason to smile. Be sure to share that smile . . .
. . . even if it is just through your eyes.
Do it today . . . and every day . . .
tec ~ The Easy Cajun ~ July 30, 2020
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