Ukrainians beginning to win?

     "Ukraine has been pummeling Russian oil sites and warehouses that are part of Russia's military supply chain. In 2026 Ukraine has achieved an 8-1 casualty ratio. This could create a window of opportunity for peace talks. But Russia is preparing a move which may include 30,000 new (more) troops from North Korea. (What a shame for men who never volunteered for war.) 

WORLD magazine

     "Starting in 2022, both sides have intensified their tactics. Russia's drone and missile strikes nearly killed 300 civilians and wounded another 1,800. Destruction of Ukrainian energy and heating capacity set conditions for a brutal winter. Russia's economy suffers from inflation and high costs of war. 

     "The supply of Ukraine weapons is dwindling, and America's involvement in Iran adds to the problem. The Senate passed a bill in August to impose sanctions against Russia. If approved, the bill includes extreme measures against Russia's economic machinery, oil and natural gas. America runs a charity in Ukraine. 

     "In Washington, William Taylor notes that 'Putin is still the biggest obstacle to peace. When he finally concedes that too many Russians have died, the economy is too weak, and Europe and the U.S. are against him...he will lay aside the might of the Russian military.'" 

Views isn't convinced Vladimir Putin will ever give it up. He is placing images of Joseph Stalin all over the nation. Stalin was born in Georgia with a very long name and became Russian dictator from 1924 to 1953. Stalin was a Marxist. Russia controlled numerous nations in its Soviet Empire. He welcomed America's help in stopping Hitler's invasion; then he tried to force the U.S., England and France out of Germany, where we/they were sent to restore civilization.* Russia then built a large wall around its German territory (apparently to keep Germans from escaping for freedom. Gun men saw to it.) Putin has nukes which his military wants him to use. Doesn't he want to be remembered, like Stalin?    

* That's when I and many others were drafted. 

     Turley, conclusion

Is reason itself cancelled?

     "One of the greatest triumphs for free speech came in the Supreme Court's 2023 decision that a Christian could refuse to provide service for a same-sex marriage. Justice Gorsuch wrote, 'the framers designed the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to protect the freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think.' The justices believe this is among our inalienable human rights.  

     "We are living in a time of rage. America was born in rage. It was rage that fueled the Boston Tea Party. The judiciary must stand in defense of our natural rights. Especially, it is during such times that we must stand as a people to prevent extremists of any ideological bent from politicizing or destroying our constitutional judicial system. Those establishment figures trying to cancel the Court today are delusional - not foreseeing that they will undermine their own freedom and security. 

     "The history of canceling courts is a history replete with unhappy endings. Courts are by necessity one of the first targets of revolutionaries. Following the Revolution that brought Bolsheviks to power in Russia, one of their first decrees was the 'Abolition of Existing Legal Institutions.' Soon after came the establishment of the infamous People's Courts. In revolution after revolution, newly established courts carried out the purported will of the people with terrible consequences. 

     "In an age of rage, it is too often reason itself that is canceled." 

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In the Beginning

   Jonathan Turley part 2

     Surprise. "In our beginning, there were few professional standards governing the American court system. Our 'experiment' began with courts openly biased. Judges and justices routinely ran for political office and openly engaged in political commentary from the bench. This would change with the first law schools: William & Mary in 1779. The first independent law school, Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1784. Quickly, the partisanship in the courts came to be absent of political associations. 

     "Today, what the Right and the Left call partisanship is actually deep and good faith jurisprudential differences on both ends of the Court. This was also the case when the Court had a liberal majority. During the years of the Warren Court in the 1950s and 60s, when conservative precedents were overturned in large numbers and conservatives were often outraged, there were virtually no calls to pack or eliminate the Court. The attack on the Court is disconnected from its voting record. 

     "Some 44 percent of cases are decided unanimously. Including 8-1 and 7-2 margins, that figure jumps to over 60 percent. Liberal justices refuted claims that the Court is a partisan institution. Justice Kagan rejected claims that the conservative majority is in President Trump's corner. The enthusiasm for packing or eliminating the Supreme Court is based less on voting records and views of the justices...than on Senator Warren's 'widely held public opinion.' 

     "On both ends, judicial restraints can be frustrating, even infuriating. And sometimes the Court can get things wrong. Consider the attacks on free speech that came to a head during the Biden administration. Government, academia and corporations created the largest censorship system in our history. There was an aggressive campaign between 2020 and 2024 to curtail free speech on the Internet and elsewhere, labeling it 'disinformation,' 'misinformation,' 'Malin formation,' or 'hate speech.' Those standing for free speech were dismissed as members of a 'cult of the Constitution.'" 

Tomorrow: Cancel the Court, lose your freedom and security

Across the country, protesters have dragged around makeshift guillotines as they call for "revolutionary" changes to our constitutional systems. The French Revolution is a reminder of how revolutions devour their own. Even more unnerving is the increase in calls for radical changes - elimination or packing the Supreme Court, trashing the Electoral College, and cancelling the U.S. Senate - by establishment figures on the Left. - Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College. 

Why We Shouldn't Cancel the Supreme Court 

Jonathan Turley, professor at George Washington University Law School. Views this week will summarize his speech at Hillsdale...what we all must know. 

     "Today's attacks on American judiciary harkens back to 'The Terror' in revolutionary France. Mobocracy - the Founders sought to avoid by designing our constitutional order. The Constitution, including the independent court system, were to protect God-given individual rights. 

     "There is a radical movement in the U.S. with chilling parallels to the French Revolution: eliminate or pack the Supreme Court. This is a litmus test for Democratic presidential candidates. Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Ro Khanna have embraced it. Gavin Newsom claims 'nostalgia' for the Court is not working. The Democratic Socialists of America call for dissolving the Supreme Court and eliminating the U.S. Senate. Strategist James Carville said, 'If Democrats win the presidency and both houses of Congress on day one they should expand the Supreme Court to 13.' 

     "Sen. Elizabeth Warren characterized the Court as illegitimate because it renders decisions against 'widely held public opinion.' Former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell said, 'the Court defies the will of the people.' U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - of presidential interest - asks why we even have a Supreme Court. 'How much does the current structure benefit us?' Buttigieg's Court would have 15 justices operating like the Federal Election Commission, with party loyalists voting the party line. 

     "Our non-partisan, independent judiciary serves two purposes: it plays a vital role in preserving the separation of powers, which prevents government power from being concentrated in one place. And it stands as a bulwark in defense of minority rights. It performs these essential roles without being threatened by the political branches - Congress and the executive branch."

Tomorrow: Court system corrections

Islam born about 600 a.d. 

What do they believe?

     Non-Christians wanted a religion. They believe in the Old Testament's torah, Psalms, the Gospel (we'll come back to that) and Muhammed, their final prophet of God. An after life awaits...if their good deeds exceed their bad deeds. Yes, the afterlife, the last judgment...paradise or hell. 

     Muslims have five pillars: worship, faith, daily prayer, fasting and pilgrimage to Mecca (where some get crushed in the crowds). They have laws, banking and finance. There is welfare for men and women. They are concerned about the environment, religious festivals, holy sites, Mecca (Islam's founding in 610 C.E.), Medina (Saudi Arabian holy city) and Jerusalem. Why do we have two Medinas in America? 

     There are Shia and Sunni Muslims, although major issues are supposedly the same. Some war against other religions. Which group struck on 9/11?

     They believe Jesus was a revered prophet and messenger of God, but not the Son of God, or having any divinity. They believe Allah revealed the Gospel to Jesus as a divine scripture. But the original revelation has not been fully preserved, and canonical Gospels are considered humanly authored accounts written in later years. 

     Most Muslims don't believe the Qur'an refers to the gospels written by the New Testament apostles. 

     Finally, Muslims believe in Adam, Moses, Abraham, etc. But they have little interest in Jesus, born of a virgin. And who died on a cross and rose again to make a way for those who trust and obey. Good deeds may please the Lord, but no one enters heaven based on good deeds alone. 

     Any Muslim readers? We care for you and more importantly, Jesus - Son of God - loves you. But He will whisk you off to hell - as He has done to numerous relatives of mine - if you don't find a Bible and go to your knees in repentance and in new faith. I'm surprised that Satan waited 600 years - after Jesus lived, died and rose again - to create this enormous false religion. 

  

The religion that killed

2,977 Americans and 

over 6,000 others since 

then due to 9/11 injuries 

     My daughter in Ohio called me in Florida while the mass murder was underway. I had worked the night shift "guarding" our hospital. She woke me up. We all need to be awake to the truth behind this massacre. Today, many Americans don't worry about the truth, especially those 25 years ago, not yet born, or otherwise not connecting the dots.

      

     NYC Mayor Mamdani, a U.S. citizen for only eight years, attended Friday's 9/11 observance, despite requests from many New Yorkers not to attend. When he had a chance to address an audience, he spoke of his mother in New York that morning. Truth: She wasn't even in the USA that day. 

     We saw him laughing it up with New York Rep. AOC. Interesting: Mamdani is friendly with like-minded Muslims, while AOC is a communist considering the presidency in 2028. Muslims and communists are joined to destroy our nation of faith, family and freedom. If they succeed, they will turn on each other. 

      Muslims are waiting for Muhammed, who is to appear out of nowhere and lead the world. Meanwhile, they are murdering people in Africa, and we don't know where else. People without protection. 

     Let's look at Islam, 2 billion people, second largest religion in the world, and growing. They say their faith was revealed by prophets. They acknowledge Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. Okay. They claim that Islam is the complete form of faith, and final revelation. Is it?

                                     Come back tomorrow. 

 Who Has the Power? 

     The U.S. is not done with those who hated us on 9:11, 25 years ago. Their like-minded followers aren't done with us. In the beginning: "There was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. - Romans 7:23, repeated in Revelation 12:7." 

     Truth the Muslims don't know: "Our struggle is against powers of the dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in heavenly realms." - Ephesians 6:12. 

     "Jesus Christ is in heaven with God's angels, authorities and powers." - 1 Peter 3:22. "Christ is the image of the invisible God; by him all things were created by him and for him." - Colossians 1:16. "He made a public spectacle of powers and authorities, triumphing by the cross." - Colossians 2:15. "The Son is sustaining all things by his powerful word." - Hebrews 1:3. 

     "Nothing in creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ. - Romans 8:38. "The rider on a white horse whose rider is called Faithful and True, with justice he judges and makes war." - Revelation 19:11. 

     "The Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels." - 2 Thessalonians 1:7.  

     These verses and many others crush the world of Islam and other falsehoods. God hasn't destroyed them and other misbelievers, yet. He is calling the worst of them to be saved. Over the years many Muslims have come to Christ. We believers follow God while the world remains troublesome.