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Vérité 5/16/2022 My late wife lived outdoors and off the land as much as possible—year round—that’s tough here in Montana. She preferred her cowhide-bound Bible (and all her other books to be hard copies)—it was very few Kindle ebooks for her. She stubbornly stuck with her paper and pens for the important stuff long after……

Why Our Governments Never Last… (In Case You Have Wondered)

A tribal chief is a politician or he doesn’t remain chief. That has always and everywhere been so, likely a reflection of human DNA. In poor tribes, a chief works with the tribesmen; the arrival of economic surplus, changes that. Surpluses generally follow the application of technology and/or slave labor. Chiefs extort economic surplus to……

Are We Going To Survive Government Meddling With The Food Supply?

Yes, we need to eat more than just plants Some days you just have to wonder if the federal government is trying to kill us. Food has been in the news of late and none of it good: “Michelle Obama’s” School Lunch program has been such a success with school districts and students everywhere that a……

More Common Core Mischief: Re-Writing the Second Amendment

Common Core approved texts attempt to translate our rights No kidding: In a textbook approved by Common Core for use by students studying for the Advanced Placement (AP) history exam, the Second Amendment is defined this way: “The Second Amendment: The people have the right to keep and bear arms in a state militia.” Another book that received……

Historical Anecdote Of The Day – Cyrus The Great

The Tale of the Tomb of Cyrus the Great “..I am Cyrus, king of all, the great king, the mighty king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four corners of the earth…”  – from a clay cylinder known as ‘the cylinder of Cyrus’ narrating the story of the conquest of……

Dave’s Quote Of The Day – Wisdom Of The Ancients Edition

“Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.” -Marcus T. Cicero c. 106-43 BC, Great Roman Orator, Politician

The Passing Of Mister Kalashnikov

A bit of a belated posting on my part but one that should not pass without being noted. He died last Thursday. Not sure I’d get too teary eyed at his passing, but I do admire the vision and intellect of Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov. His father was a victim of Stalin’s terror, but in WWII……

A Simple Question…

“Quo Vadis?” was a famous book and 1951 movie set in Emperor Nero’s Roman reign. The translation: “Where are you going?” is answered for Rome by today’s historians but hangs unanswered over today’s America, It is past time that is given more thought; arrival at an unexpected destination unprepared can be costly, as Nero learned at the price of……

Has America Jumped the Shark? Thoughts on the Fourth of July

237 years after a group of renegade, intellectual, business men hand-copied a scrap of a letter that would become known as one of the greatest anti-tyrannical documents in human history, tacked the copies all over Philadelphia, and sent it far and wide through thirteen British colonies on the continent of North America, we, their heirs……

Egypt Returns To History

Egypt made Biblical history and thanks to archeology, we know something of its glory days. It was still important when its Queen Cleopatra caught a famous Roman. Since then, Egypt has mostly languished, an exhausted remnant of a glorious past and a relic of the days of Islamic conquest. But over the weekend of June……

Obama Surrendered in the Neverending Holy War

I don’t know about the rest of America, but here in flyover country, my part at least, the holiday parties just past are every Muslim’s nightmare – grilling ribs, pork steaks, tenderloin and more while enjoying local microbrews (or Irish whiskey) and playing fetch with a cute and charming four-legged tyrant (his sister just watched).……

Back to the Catacombs? Not Yet

This is part three to In the Beginning, There Were Catacombs and After the Catacombs: Spreading Christianity. For a variety of reasons which are different depending on who is writing the history and what details are considered important, mounting tensions among Christians in various parts of western Europe exploded once a couple people very publicly……

Pre-Conclave Silly Season Stuff

It’s a good thing I didn’t give up church gossip and intrigue for Lent. 🙂 When one is Catholic and knows the least bit about church history and human nature, not necessarily in that order, one realizes that all is never quite what it seems, that there is more than one side of the story……

Obama and His Pilgrims

I was wondering how Obama’s group of merry men might have made an impression at the first Thanksgiving, so, I’ve taken it upon myself to stand in Samoset’s shoes.

RESTORE THE FOUNDATION FRIDAYS – John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg – (1746-1807)

Peter Muhlenberg was born at Trappe, Pennsylvania, on October 1st, 1746. His fathers name was H.M. Muhlenberg, who was the founder of the Lutheran denomination in America. He and his two brothers were sent to Germany for their formal education. He entered the Lutheran ministry and had charge over three churches in America. Two in……

Kirk Cameron’s Monumental Movie Project

Super Powers have risen and fallen. History has shown all nations go through times that are good and bad. The nations who were able to correct their course before they went off a cliff are far and few between. In order to restore any nation you have to diagnose when or where that nation started to……

Franklin Schooled Paine In The “Age Of Reason”

Franklin Schooled Paine In The “Age of Reason” Posted on April 10, 2012 Since the humanist left tirelessly labors to indoctrinate us with the narrative that we were not founded as a Christian nation, (yes I’ve read the individual quotes by some founders), often worshiping at the alter of Thomas Paine’s “Age of Reason” as a……

The Jews Are Being Tested Again…And So Are Christians

The Jews have  always been tested and many have failed their test, especially in prosperity and peace. The testing of WWII led to a world-wide declaration of: “Never again!” and to the Allies’ conscience-assuaging (and treachery-laden) sponsorship of the nation of Israel in a leftover bit of the Ottoman Empire under British control. But “Never” is……

Ron Paul Needs A Lesson in the History of Islam

By Thom Paine – the Independent Realist – Ron Paul seems to think that 9/11 was caused by America. He says the motivation for the attacks came from America being in the Middle East, specifically in those countries like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and others which support terrorists and terrorism. I say the motivation for……