Dan’s hunkered down in frigid Wyoming. Tom and his wife are freezing indoors in London. And now Bill tells us he’s shivering in Poitou, France—even “underneath the covers.” Reading their reports, I find myself turning up the thermostat, despite receiving a few days ago from Baltimore Gas & Electric a monthly bill that shattered all its predecessors of the past thirty-five years I’ve been in this house.
Could this be a ploy by BPR to give a boost to its “trade of the decade,” subtly inducing its legions of readers to increase their use of fossil fuels? :)
When lies and untruths take over the conversation, bad stuff happens. Are there any politicians that even know what the truth is anymore? Things that we see with our own eyes are explained away as though we are too ignorant to understand. Stealing is stealing and lawlessness is just that, ignoring the law of the land. It did not just start. The Clintons made lying an everyday event in DC. If a lie fit better than the truth, then tell it. Thugs are treated with respect as they burn and pillage Atlanta. In the old days, citizens would take to the streets and quell the riot. Now they are allowed to go on for days and they are protected from prosecution. What is wrong with this picture. Top secret documents are thrown around like sales flyers and no one is prosecuted. What if those docs had information about Iran, China and Russia that have been in hiding for six years? How much information has been withheld from the public and authorities. Bill has it right. The roof is falling in and we are going to look around and say, what happened? and look like a bunch of clowns! Washington is not a swamp, it is a cesspool full of rot and decay. But, not to worry, we will cook up another pandemic or war or distraction till we are standing in ruin all around. The warning signs are all around. Just sayin'
One day I was driving to Seattle when I spotted bumper stickers on the back of a beat up car. The young woman driving looked like an all too typical woke, pacific northwest dope. I've lived here for over fifty years now, so I have earned the right to speak this way. One of the stickers had the symbols on it from different religions, witchcraft ones too. But the other bumper sticker read, "We all ready tried the bible, it is called the dark ages".
Unfortunately, this person (don't know if it was a she/him/he/they... it's Seattle after all), had no clue what she was talking about. Just as Bill has pointed out, the Catholic church took the bible away from the people. They had no access to it except through the Roman Catholic church, where, in many cases, the popes and priests twisted the scriptures until they were unrecognizable. It was about money and power. Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany that primarily said, "you are saved by faith, not by works" Not by paying indulgences. And what do you know, the printing presses had been invented and widely used by 1500. Just in time for bibles to be printed. Please do not think this was a coincidence. God brought the people out of the dark ages by starting the Protestant churches. In time, with each new revival, God brought more revelation, more truth. So here we are at the time of Matthew Chapter 24, Daniel 2 and Ezekiel 38 & 39 and Revelation.
One question I have for Bill. Why do you attend church, as you have mentioned before, if you see yourself as a sinner? I attend church, but 24/7 I see myself as the righteousness of Christ. I am covered by His blood. Not to do as I please, but to do what He pleases to do through me. Do I do this perfectly? Oh, how I wish I did, even so, He sees me as righteous because He sees He's the desire of my heart. I hope you find this too... and the young lady with the bumper sticker on her car.
Bill, I enjoy your short stories and admire your ability to write so well and so frequently. It's hard to find friends who think and read beyond the media noise. Be well.
“Al Gore’s movie, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ came out in 2006. He drew on “The Science” to warn that the world would be a dreadful place by now. The inconvenient thing is: it’s not.” The only inconvenient truth is we are being taken over by the scum of the earth, and the majority of humans don’t know it.
Lots of comments to read and with wildly differing thoughts! One thing I think about a lot, relating to Christianity, is that Israel exists today after a ~2K year hiatus. Anyone that knows their Bible ought to be sobered by that fact, whatever the price of fossil fuels goes to.
I suspect Bill would not be so sanguine if his neighbors in, for example, Ireland or even France decided to seize his property because they felt it belonged to them.
Or, on a smaller scale, if they decided to take the contents of his properties for some self-righteous reason or another.
Frankly, I am surprised. One would think Bill would be empathetic toward the Ukrainian's plight.
He has never approved the antics of the pesky so-called indigenous people in Argentina nibbling away at his massive ranch claiming -- like Putin tells the Ukrainians -- that his land is their land.
Thievery by any other name whether in Ukraine or in Argentina
Thats great Bill I love hearing stories of others and their adventures. We purchased a home here not far from the Slovenian border. Well I say we, but in reality it was my father in law who purchased the home about 6 years back. It's a roughly 30 year old, in rough shape it was incomplete no facade the interior needed major work, 3 floors, large property at the base of a mountain, lovely area, quite. Neighbours are fantastic, friendly and extremely helpfull. My proficiency in the language is lacking but many here speak english which is a bonus.
We spent time and money here and personal labour on my part completing and improving the old mason home. Cash is what everybody wants, no one, it appears, trusts the government nor the banks and with the adoption of the Euro here, official at the start of the new year, the sentiment is mixed. One woman working at the till of a supermarket made an error in tallying up our bill whereby, she commented, "sorry I was thinking Kuna instead of Euro, I guess Kuna now is just as strong as the Euro". We laughed at the comment but the look on her face was priceless, I guess they know when they're being f....d Doesnt say much from the land I came from. We spent, since the spring of 2022 inundated with reno's until the majority was complete right before christmas. Costs had risen substantialy by mid summer, our occasional get together with expats a couple who are American postponed renovations they had planned on a property, they purchased due to the inceased costs. Infact when I mentioned the bulk of our expenses the husband was shocked and asked, " was that Canadian or Euro"? I told him CAD. his reaction was, damn ! We are looking at double that ! The house we are now in, is night and day difference. Not sure if the expense was worth it, all new triple glazed windows new doors additions, new roof, screens to keep out them pesky mosquitoes all in all we love it and maybe its time to move on now. But hey we have friends, family and people who speak our language.
That was a brilliant summary about "the ignorant masses"! So glad my wife and I saw through the Covid scam. We also see through the climate change, wokeism....you name it. For the life of me, I can't figure out how the radical left gained so much power over the past 10-20 years. I guess we were sleeping while they toiled night and day, implementing their agenda. I fear it is too late in the game to turn the ship around. God help us!
The climate hustle has been very good to many wallets. When I started in the trade of HVAC, manufacturers all claimed their equipment was built to last longer, and it was. Today there's really no need to build things so well, consumers wanting to do their part in saving the planet will replace perfectly good systems for more efficient ones. No one pauses to contemplate the increased carbon released in order to dispose of their old system and build the new. No matter, being Green is the new religion and we must all tithe to the Net Zero church of god.
Thankfully I'm in the priestly order collecting the tithes from the masses for the Net Zero church of god.
While my personal heating and cooling systems date to 1986, simple technology built to last and to date I've changed a $5 thermocouple on the boiler, and a $4 run capacitor in the cooling system. I don't consider myself an apostate to the cause, I routinely suggest keeping things simple and easy to service, but the marketing gods have the ear of the masses, who am I to argue?
I remember when Gore was peddling climate change and some group looked at the energy foot-print of "W's" ranch compared to Gore's residence. You could see Gore's house lit up from the Space Station while Bush who received no Nobel prize had a very energy energy-efficient ranch. I imagine that Gore like Biden are also cooking with the same cancer-causing and asthma irritating gas cook tops.
So the republicans are as sleazy as the democrats.If you believe the republicans work for the people,than you probably think George Bush junior was the great Messiah.I really don't get how blind
people in this country choose to be.They both have royally screwed the people,because they both represent the Elite,and they are just puppets on their strings.
What's not appreciated is that the Christian influenced culture has produced some important advances in civilization notwithstanding the hard work of trying to interpret scripture. Maybe the influence of Jesus on first generation Christians started a catalytic reaction within them that doesn't depend on religious observances to perpetuate.
Bill, you certainly keep us on our toes. In my opinion that makes for a good teacher. A picture is worth a thousand words. What a great allegory to use the “picture of the Latin Bible.” “I don’t know much, and that I know,” is probably a phrase that has been coined before in some form or fashion. I continually sober myself into reality by pounding my head against the wall reminding myself what a small infinitesimal amount of the world around me I know anything about. Bonner Private Research takes me to a viewing place, a scenic over look if you will, a pinhole panoptic vista not otherwise seen or observed.
Al Gore has made millions of dollars pushing climate change and the actions needed to combat it. IMHO, he is a fraud!
Dan’s hunkered down in frigid Wyoming. Tom and his wife are freezing indoors in London. And now Bill tells us he’s shivering in Poitou, France—even “underneath the covers.” Reading their reports, I find myself turning up the thermostat, despite receiving a few days ago from Baltimore Gas & Electric a monthly bill that shattered all its predecessors of the past thirty-five years I’ve been in this house.
Could this be a ploy by BPR to give a boost to its “trade of the decade,” subtly inducing its legions of readers to increase their use of fossil fuels? :)
When lies and untruths take over the conversation, bad stuff happens. Are there any politicians that even know what the truth is anymore? Things that we see with our own eyes are explained away as though we are too ignorant to understand. Stealing is stealing and lawlessness is just that, ignoring the law of the land. It did not just start. The Clintons made lying an everyday event in DC. If a lie fit better than the truth, then tell it. Thugs are treated with respect as they burn and pillage Atlanta. In the old days, citizens would take to the streets and quell the riot. Now they are allowed to go on for days and they are protected from prosecution. What is wrong with this picture. Top secret documents are thrown around like sales flyers and no one is prosecuted. What if those docs had information about Iran, China and Russia that have been in hiding for six years? How much information has been withheld from the public and authorities. Bill has it right. The roof is falling in and we are going to look around and say, what happened? and look like a bunch of clowns! Washington is not a swamp, it is a cesspool full of rot and decay. But, not to worry, we will cook up another pandemic or war or distraction till we are standing in ruin all around. The warning signs are all around. Just sayin'
One day I was driving to Seattle when I spotted bumper stickers on the back of a beat up car. The young woman driving looked like an all too typical woke, pacific northwest dope. I've lived here for over fifty years now, so I have earned the right to speak this way. One of the stickers had the symbols on it from different religions, witchcraft ones too. But the other bumper sticker read, "We all ready tried the bible, it is called the dark ages".
Unfortunately, this person (don't know if it was a she/him/he/they... it's Seattle after all), had no clue what she was talking about. Just as Bill has pointed out, the Catholic church took the bible away from the people. They had no access to it except through the Roman Catholic church, where, in many cases, the popes and priests twisted the scriptures until they were unrecognizable. It was about money and power. Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany that primarily said, "you are saved by faith, not by works" Not by paying indulgences. And what do you know, the printing presses had been invented and widely used by 1500. Just in time for bibles to be printed. Please do not think this was a coincidence. God brought the people out of the dark ages by starting the Protestant churches. In time, with each new revival, God brought more revelation, more truth. So here we are at the time of Matthew Chapter 24, Daniel 2 and Ezekiel 38 & 39 and Revelation.
One question I have for Bill. Why do you attend church, as you have mentioned before, if you see yourself as a sinner? I attend church, but 24/7 I see myself as the righteousness of Christ. I am covered by His blood. Not to do as I please, but to do what He pleases to do through me. Do I do this perfectly? Oh, how I wish I did, even so, He sees me as righteous because He sees He's the desire of my heart. I hope you find this too... and the young lady with the bumper sticker on her car.
Bill, I enjoy your short stories and admire your ability to write so well and so frequently. It's hard to find friends who think and read beyond the media noise. Be well.
“Al Gore’s movie, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ came out in 2006. He drew on “The Science” to warn that the world would be a dreadful place by now. The inconvenient thing is: it’s not.” The only inconvenient truth is we are being taken over by the scum of the earth, and the majority of humans don’t know it.
The so called "elite" always use their so called "expertise"to manipulate the so called "masses".
An independent rational mind is a rare occurrence.
Lots of comments to read and with wildly differing thoughts! One thing I think about a lot, relating to Christianity, is that Israel exists today after a ~2K year hiatus. Anyone that knows their Bible ought to be sobered by that fact, whatever the price of fossil fuels goes to.
I suspect Bill would not be so sanguine if his neighbors in, for example, Ireland or even France decided to seize his property because they felt it belonged to them.
Or, on a smaller scale, if they decided to take the contents of his properties for some self-righteous reason or another.
Frankly, I am surprised. One would think Bill would be empathetic toward the Ukrainian's plight.
He has never approved the antics of the pesky so-called indigenous people in Argentina nibbling away at his massive ranch claiming -- like Putin tells the Ukrainians -- that his land is their land.
Thievery by any other name whether in Ukraine or in Argentina
Thats great Bill I love hearing stories of others and their adventures. We purchased a home here not far from the Slovenian border. Well I say we, but in reality it was my father in law who purchased the home about 6 years back. It's a roughly 30 year old, in rough shape it was incomplete no facade the interior needed major work, 3 floors, large property at the base of a mountain, lovely area, quite. Neighbours are fantastic, friendly and extremely helpfull. My proficiency in the language is lacking but many here speak english which is a bonus.
We spent time and money here and personal labour on my part completing and improving the old mason home. Cash is what everybody wants, no one, it appears, trusts the government nor the banks and with the adoption of the Euro here, official at the start of the new year, the sentiment is mixed. One woman working at the till of a supermarket made an error in tallying up our bill whereby, she commented, "sorry I was thinking Kuna instead of Euro, I guess Kuna now is just as strong as the Euro". We laughed at the comment but the look on her face was priceless, I guess they know when they're being f....d Doesnt say much from the land I came from. We spent, since the spring of 2022 inundated with reno's until the majority was complete right before christmas. Costs had risen substantialy by mid summer, our occasional get together with expats a couple who are American postponed renovations they had planned on a property, they purchased due to the inceased costs. Infact when I mentioned the bulk of our expenses the husband was shocked and asked, " was that Canadian or Euro"? I told him CAD. his reaction was, damn ! We are looking at double that ! The house we are now in, is night and day difference. Not sure if the expense was worth it, all new triple glazed windows new doors additions, new roof, screens to keep out them pesky mosquitoes all in all we love it and maybe its time to move on now. But hey we have friends, family and people who speak our language.
Bill,
That was a brilliant summary about "the ignorant masses"! So glad my wife and I saw through the Covid scam. We also see through the climate change, wokeism....you name it. For the life of me, I can't figure out how the radical left gained so much power over the past 10-20 years. I guess we were sleeping while they toiled night and day, implementing their agenda. I fear it is too late in the game to turn the ship around. God help us!
The climate hustle has been very good to many wallets. When I started in the trade of HVAC, manufacturers all claimed their equipment was built to last longer, and it was. Today there's really no need to build things so well, consumers wanting to do their part in saving the planet will replace perfectly good systems for more efficient ones. No one pauses to contemplate the increased carbon released in order to dispose of their old system and build the new. No matter, being Green is the new religion and we must all tithe to the Net Zero church of god.
Thankfully I'm in the priestly order collecting the tithes from the masses for the Net Zero church of god.
While my personal heating and cooling systems date to 1986, simple technology built to last and to date I've changed a $5 thermocouple on the boiler, and a $4 run capacitor in the cooling system. I don't consider myself an apostate to the cause, I routinely suggest keeping things simple and easy to service, but the marketing gods have the ear of the masses, who am I to argue?
I remember when Gore was peddling climate change and some group looked at the energy foot-print of "W's" ranch compared to Gore's residence. You could see Gore's house lit up from the Space Station while Bush who received no Nobel prize had a very energy energy-efficient ranch. I imagine that Gore like Biden are also cooking with the same cancer-causing and asthma irritating gas cook tops.
So the republicans are as sleazy as the democrats.If you believe the republicans work for the people,than you probably think George Bush junior was the great Messiah.I really don't get how blind
people in this country choose to be.They both have royally screwed the people,because they both represent the Elite,and they are just puppets on their strings.
What's not appreciated is that the Christian influenced culture has produced some important advances in civilization notwithstanding the hard work of trying to interpret scripture. Maybe the influence of Jesus on first generation Christians started a catalytic reaction within them that doesn't depend on religious observances to perpetuate.
Bill, you certainly keep us on our toes. In my opinion that makes for a good teacher. A picture is worth a thousand words. What a great allegory to use the “picture of the Latin Bible.” “I don’t know much, and that I know,” is probably a phrase that has been coined before in some form or fashion. I continually sober myself into reality by pounding my head against the wall reminding myself what a small infinitesimal amount of the world around me I know anything about. Bonner Private Research takes me to a viewing place, a scenic over look if you will, a pinhole panoptic vista not otherwise seen or observed.