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37 Executions in Saudi Arabia, home of “the religion of peace”

If you believe in freedom of speech, then I hope you will listen to the argument I am presenting.

The news from Saudi Arabia today is that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the execution of 37 citizens.  Like all executions in “the kingdom” they were publicly conducted beheadings, though one of the victims was crudely crucified.  Several of the dead bodies were raised high by cranes for the people to better behold.

Executions in Islam’s holiest state have increased notably in recent years.  So-called “crimes” worthy of such an end include homosexuality, sorcery, and reading the Bible.

This is the real “religion of peace.”

To say I’m an Islamophobe is not listening to my argument.

Saudi Arabia is synonymous with Islam.  In fact the kingdom is called “home of Islam.”  Two of the religion’s holiest cities, Mecca and Medina are there; the latter where the Islam’s founder, Mohammad, lived and died.  Every years millions of faithful Muslims attend the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, an event that is a must for every Muslim in the world to attend at least once.

The government of Saudi Arabia is run not by a constitution, but by the Koran.  Women are second-class citizens in Saudi Arabia.  Non-Muslims are as well. Violate a jot or tittle and you’ll be brutally beaten.  Commit a bigger sin and off with your head.

I personally think it’s disgusting to know that our government is friendly with Saudi Arabia and many U.S. corporations do business there.

I also think it’s stupid to call this cult the religion of peace.

Social Security, Medicare are set to go broke, and sooner than you think

In 16-years Social Security will be insolvent, which means we’re probably 15 years away from Congress deciding that it’s a crisis.

Currently Social Security provides income to about 67 million Americans.  About 47 million of them are over age 65, and the majority of the rest are (supposedly) disabled.

If nothing changes, the Social Security Trust Fund will be financially upside-down by 2035.  This means the program would be forced to impose across-the-board cuts of 20 percent to all beneficiaries.

By that time, some parts of Medicare will already be unable to cover the full cost of benefits.

The official Social Security and Medicare trustees’ report, released Monday, shows that the trust fund for Medicare Part A, which covers hospital and nursing home costs, will be insolvent by 2026.  Medicare Part B, which covers routine medical care like visits to the doctor, and Medicare Part D, which covers prescription drugs, are on more solid footing and will remain solvent “indefinitely.”

Insolvency is not the same as bankruptcy. By 2026 and 2034, respectively, Medicare and Social Security will not have enough money to pay the full cost of their obligations, but that’s not the same as saying they’ll have no money at all.

Tragically, no one on Capital Hill wants to address these looming issues.  President Donald Trump has promised not to touch Social Security while he’s in office, while Democrats are popping off about “Medicare for all” which would pile on huge new obligations for an entitlement program that is already sinking.

More troubling news: in 2017 there were 2.8 workers for every Social Security recipient. That’s down from 3.3 in 2007, and way down from the 5.1 workers per beneficiary that existed in 1960.

Georgia’s Heartbeat Bill, Stacey Abrams, and the Lies of the Pro-Abortion Democrats

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” Genesis 3:1

We should never be surprised when pro-abortionists use crafty rhetoric to trick people into believing that good is evil and evil is good.  Such is the case with yet another liberal democrat politician.

Sunday on MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” 2018 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said the Georgia “fetal heartbeat” bill, that would ban abortion as soon as a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat, was “evil.”

While discussing a potential Hollywood filming boycott in Georgia should the bill becomes law, Abrams said, “We have to be a state that is not only friendly to businesses we have to be friendly to the women who work in businesses. You should not have to worry about you ability to controlling your bodily autonomy because the governor has pushed such an abominable and evil bill that is so restrictive. It’s not only bad for morality and our humanity, it’s bad for business.”

Abrams, who lost her bid for governor to pro-life Republican Brian Kemp, criticized pro-life lawmakers and the heartbeat bill during a rally in Dalton, Georgia, according to the Times Free Press.

“HB 481 is evil, and it exists because it was a campaign promise. It exists because it was a political stunt,” Abrams said.

Georgia House Bill 481, the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (L.I.F.E.) Act, would ban abortions on an unborn baby after their heartbeat is detectable, around six weeks. It would allow exceptions for rape, incest and threats to the mother’s life. In addition, the bill would allow parents to claim unborn babies as dependents on their taxes and include the unborn baby in census data. It also would allow mothers to collect child support for pregnancy and delivery costs from the father prior to the baby’s birth.

It passed a final vote Friday in the House, and now is headed to the governor’s desk for his signature.

“It is dangerous,” Abrams told reporters. “I think it is scientifically insupportable. I know it will cause harm to women, especially to those women who face the highest rate of maternal mortality already. We know that we will lose doctors. We will lose jobs. And I believe it is purely a craven exercise designed to fulfill a political promise.”

What Abrams meant by “scientifically insupportable” is not clear, but it’s generally medically accepted that an unborn baby’s heart is beating by six weeks of pregnancy, though research by the University of Oxford suggests the heartbeat may begin as early as 16 days after conception.

Abrams’ claims that the bill “is dangerous” is ridiculous.  She ignores the fact that the bill would protect human lives by banning abortions.  In fact, if enforced, the legislation would end almost all abortions in Georgia and save countless unborn babies’ lives. Legalized abortion also does nothing to help prevent maternal mortality.

And now the Hollywood liberals–a group of characters both filthy rich and filthy immoral–are stomping their collective feet like snot-nosed pre-schoolers who didn’t get their way: they’re threatening  a massive protest to boycott the state and take their millions in movie and television productions with them.

In March, a federal judge blocked Kentucky’s new heartbeat bill. In January, a judge also declared Iowa’s heartbeat law unconstitutional. North Dakota and Arkansas passed heartbeat bills several years ago, but federal courts struck down their laws as well.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals said the following about its ruling on the six-week abortion ban: “Because there is no genuine dispute that (North Dakota’s law) generally prohibits abortions before viability — as the Supreme Court has defined that concept — and because we are bound by Supreme Court precedent holding that states may not prohibit pre-viability abortions, we must affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the plaintiffs.”

There is more hope that the U.S. Supreme Court may consider an abortion ban, but it is difficult to say if it would for certain – especially after Chief Justice John Roberts recently sided with the liberal justices on an abortion case.

Muslim State Rep Accuses Christian Rep of Islamophobia For Quoting Bible

It’s a brand new day in America–and not necessarily a good day for authentic Christians and observant Jews.

As the Muslim enclaves of America grow larger (as a result of immigration, fertile wombs and proselytization) more from their religion are being elected at the state and federal level.

Emboldened by their political power the Muslim politicians are doing what their predecessors have done throughout history: take an unyielding stand for their god and mow down anyone who stands in the way.  Indeed, their holy book says,

“Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure,” (Quran 61:4).
“Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who disbelieve do battle for the cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo! the devil’s strategy is ever weak,” (Quran 4:76).

As for multiplying their populace via many babies, the founder of the Palestine Liberation Movement (PLO), Yassar Arafat, once smugly said, “The womb of the Arab woman is my strongest weapon.”

Christianity remains the largest religion in America, but as the number of authentic followers of Jesus levels off, and the Jewish population remains flat, Islam will likely be the second largest religion in America by 2040.

So here’s the story.

Pennsylvania’s first female Muslim lawmaker in the General Assembly accused a Republican colleague of Islamophobia.

“Jesus, you are our only hope,” Rep. Stephanie Borowicz prayed, as she opened the legislative session. “At the name of Jesus, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess Jesus, that you are Lord.”

Borowicz delivered the prayer shortly before Movita Johnson-Harrell — the first Muslim woman elected to the General Assembly — was sworn in.

Johnson-Harrell said the prayer was “highly offensive to me, my guests, and other members of the House.”

In a statement published by the Pennsylvania Capital Star   , Johnson-Harrel said she was elected “to help build bipartisanship and collaborations regardless of race or religion to enhance the quality of life for everyone in the Commonwealth.”

A number of Democrats, including House Minority Whip Jordan Harris, accused the Borowicz of weaponizing her religion to “intimidate, demean and degrade” Johnson-Harrell.

“Let me be clear. I am a Christian. I spend my Sunday mornings in church worshiping and being thankful for all that I have,” Harris told PennLive.com. “But in no way does that mean I would flaunt my religion at those who worship differently than I do. There is no room in our Capitol building for actions such as this, and it’s incredibly disappointing that today’s opening prayer was so divisive.”

(Just wondering if Mr. Harris is one of those Sunday-go-to-meeting-only type “Christians”).

So you tell me, how much does this prayer offend you?  As you know, I’m a Jewish guy who believes in the Torah, Prophets, Writings, and the Gospels.  I think this prayer lines up with God’s Word perfectly.

“Jesus, I thank you for this privilege Lord of letting me pray God. That, I, Jesus am your ambassador today. Standing here representing you – the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Great I Am, the One who is coming back again, the one who came, died and rose again on the third day. I’m so privileged to stand here today. So thank you for this honor, Jesus.

“God, for those that came before us like George Washington in Valley Forge and Abraham Lincoln who sought after you in Gettysburg and the Founding Fathers in Independence Hall – Jesus – that sought after you and fasted and prayed for this nation to be founded on your principles and your words and your truths.

“God forgive us. Jesus we’ve lost sight of you. We’ve forgotten you, God, in our country. And we are asking you to forgive us, Jesus. Your promise in your word says if my people who are called by name will humble themselves and pray and seek your face and turn from their wicked ways that you’ll heal our land. Jesus, you are our only hope.

“God , I pray for our leaders – Speaker Turzi, Leader Culter, Governor Wolf, President Trump. Lord, thank you that he stands beside Israel unequivocally Lord. Thank you that – Jesus – that we are blessed because we stand by Israel and we ask for the peace of Jerusalem as your word says God.

 “We ask that we not be overcome by evil and that we overcome evil with good in this land once again. I claim all these things in the powerful, mighty name of Jesus, at the name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that you Jesus are lord. In Jesus name Amen.”

Some Pennsylvania Democrats were totally triggered by the prayer.  Democrat Rep. Margo Davidson (who claims to be an evangelical Christian) shouted “objection” near the end of the lawmaker’s prayer. She said the prayer should have been more “inclusive.”

2040 is only 21 years away.

New Age YouTube Stars Say, “No More Children”

It’s actually one of the weirdest videos I’ve ever seen on YouTube.  I’d say it’s hilarious, except for the fact that the New Age mother-daughter hosts of this channel are serious–about talking to Greek gods, pulling energy out of thin air, eliminating children, and demonizing moms.

The duo, Lynn and Jamie McGonagill, are promoting the Lightworkers Healing Method, a system of “angelically-guided energy healing with the goal of aligning us with our own soul’s life purpose,” according to their website.  The Method “improves the present by working with higher-dimension guides, angels, and lightbeings, as well as both our past and future lives, in a unique and powerful process.”

The McGonagills are seen in this video, and others,  wildly reaching up above their heads as if they are stirring the air and sewing imaginary quilts or something.  Often the daughter’s eyes are glazed over as if in a trance. According to an explanation on YouTube, the women believe that they are working with their “intuitive channels.”

“Because gravity is real, intuitive channels fall down when we don’t hold them up. We are repeatedly lifting up our intuitive channels so they get out of the soup of confusion, fear, and untruth that is rampant in human society. We do this so we can hear god,” the McGonagill’s claim.

Lynn McGonagill often repeats the questions “For who is the message? Why do you ask?” as she raises her hands, and Jamie is frequently heard affirming her mother’s assertions with the statement “That’s true.”

At one point the begin talking to the ancient Greek god, Pan.

“[Pan] has given an edict that there is to be no more parasitism inside the nature realms,” Lynn McGonagill states at one point. “With Pan’s recent edict, inside the nature realms, parasitism is now considered a crime of treason against the nature realms.”

By the end of the episode, McGonagill contends that the earth is too crowded and suggests abortion over childbirth.

“Friends, we have enough humans on the planet. We don’t need any more humans,” she states. “It is not okay for women to have babies, and stop contributing to the process under the pretense that they’re doing a good thing by staying home and raising children.”

“We don’t need children. If you find yourself pregnant, there are options, and you can have an abortion,” McGonagill continues. “No babies. Cut off the baby factories. We have 7.5 billion humans on the planet—that’s too much.”

She asserts that the “ideal amount” is under one billion humans, to which Jamie replies, “that’s true.”

“Women who have babies and stay home to raise them should not be viewed as doing a good thing. It’s not a good thing,” McGonagill opines. “It’s completely not what the situation calls for at all. I’m sorry; find another way to contribute and be valued.”

You know what else is sickening. These women are a part of a much larger organization that has thousands of adherents.

One look at this video and I think you’ll agree with me: these woman are either certifiably nuts, or under the spell of Satan.

“That’s true!”