Some men are just lucky
While I think it was foolish for this man to give his cell phone to a stand-up comic performing live it’s very clear that this man is extremely lucky.
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How DARE Biden Make Us Look Bad. The Sin of Pride Squared
Posted: December 3, 2024 by datechguy in Blame Biden Administration, culture, media, politics, UncategorizedTags: biden pardon, Hunter Biden, joe biden, media template, nevertrump
There have in fairness been the rare Democrat voice objecting to the pardon of Hunter Biden although we have also gotten defenses of the pardon from the View and this gem from MSNBC because, well it’s MSNBC:
and there is this at the Bulwark (via hotair)
But for me the big thing is this:
Yep, that’s the real problem, it makes these Never Trump guys look bad.
and as Professor Jacobson notes there is something that they find even worse….
That’s why the Democrats are angry. They’re not angry that Joe Biden pardoned his son. They’re not angry that he lied about it for years. They’re angry that they feel that this had given an advantage to Trump. That’s what the anger is about on the Democrat side, and the Never-Trump side. It’s complete anger that they feel that Joe Biden has handed Trump a potential victory, and that’s what they’re upset about.
What does it come down to? The sin of Pride, pride to keep from consequences, pride in that “we’re better than Trump” and pride in thinking the only problem with corruption is it embarrasses them.
There is a reason why Pride is the 1st of the deadly sins, because it excuses so many others.
I Don’t Recommend or Support People Choosing Sin…
Posted: November 30, 2024 by datechguy in cultureTags: trump derangement syndrome
…but I will say this. I suspect the gene pool will not suffer greatly from the removal of these women from it:
Echols said she had “been wanting to be child-free for a very long time” and is planning to get a bilateral salpingectomy with an endometrial ablation—when the lining of the uterus is destroyed. Her doctor approved the procedures earlier this month.
“The next four years will go in the way of the Christian nationalists if what I have seen and heard and experienced is to be believed,” she said. “Anyone who has…taken a look at the social tirade Donald Trump encouraged and employed during his years in the office knows that this is the time to prepare and be prudent for what could yet come.”
“I’d rather be safe than sorry,” she added.
Frankly I think surgery over an election not going your way is much crazier than shouting at a lake but at least these people sterilizing themselves are adults who are of age.
I wish them all the luck in the world.
A Happy But Sad Story of Black Lives Actually Mattering (plus a warning)
Posted: November 28, 2024 by datechguy in cultureTags: black lives matter, pride, thankgiving
Saw this at Instapundit when I woke up at 2:30 AM for no particular reason:
Here is the full tweet:
King Randall conducted a social experiment by posting two videos. In one video, he said he would vote for Kamala, and in the other one, he said he would vote for Trump. When Trump supporters who followed him saw the Kamala video, they didn’t cancel him over his beliefs and still pledged to continue supporting his community work. But, when Kamala supporters watched his Trump video, they went bonkers and became hostile towards him. The video went viral & Trump supporters all over the country bought gifts to send to his school. When your people ask what the difference is between the two sides, THIS IS IT.
Apparently Elon Musk noticed it and tweeted about it and the packages and donations to his boys school keep coming.
This King Randell gentleman runs a school for boys that serves the black community in Georgia and teaches these kids useful skills in a place with one of the highest crime rates in the country and he gets results. The stats speak for themselves:
- 86% improvement in reading comprehension
- 82% of students proficient in General Contracting
- 91% improvement in school grades
- 93% of students proficient in basic auto repair
- 99.99% of student less likely to be repeat offenders
Think about that last stat, what program that serves kids in trouble has a recidivism rate of .01%?
And yet the Democrat left which made George Floyd a saint and insists they believe black lives matter wanted to cut off donations because of a video of him supporting Trump, and others question if he should accept either cash or items donated by Trump supporters.
Bottom line, the Biblical virtue of charity (love) is all about helping the other
The sin of pride, is all about affirming oneself.
When your religion is Christianity you understand this.
When your religion is politics you don’t
But before you congratulate yourself on your righteousness remember this warning from C.S. Lewis:
He must be made to feel (he’d better not put it into words) “how different we Christians are”; and by “we Christians” he must really, but unknowingly, mean “my set”; and by “my set” he must mean not “The people who, in their charity and humility, have accepted me”’, but “The people with whom I associate by right”
And Christ’s parable of the Pharisee and the publican:
“Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity – greedy, dishonest, adulterous – or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.
But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted
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