You concluded with "We humans know a heck of a lot. And yet we know nothing." A little Oscar Wilde, anyone? "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.'
Such are our flawed, finite human minds! Hence Psalm 2: "The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them".
It's an Awakening of Gods Children. We are in a battle and my Awakening was 25 years ago this month. Its a long long exhausting journey doing the will of God. Its the Narrow Gate and you can only get in if Christ Unlocks it for you. He then locks it back up to keep his children safe from the monsters that want to attack us along the way. We feel extremely blessed and so thankful that we keep it up, tired as we are and I'm now 72. Thank you Dear Savior for loving us and for no reason whatsoever. Nothing special Deb..
As a lot of bioweapons popped up, in 1968, LBG, Crops, Agent Orange, and Vietnam started going off.
Then I found this. It is a dark period of our history the educators don't want you to learn how evil the government was. Indian Schools: The real-life tragedy behind Yellowstone "1923"
“1923” returned after a brief hiatus this past weekend, and while the Taylor Sheridan drama (part of the prolific writer’s Yellowstone universe) is chock-full of power plays and brooding cowboys, one plot-line in this 20’s-set drama stands above the rest.
Teonna Rainwater and the French-Catholic boarding school nightmare that she was trapped in and is currently escaping from. Teonna, played with startling depth and profound rage by newcomer Aminah Hieves, might be a fictional character and ancestor to Gil Birmingham’s Thomas Rainwater, but her story is, unfortunately, very real. Sheridan is no stranger to the lasting trauma of the Indigenous peoples.
His 2016 masterpiece HELL OR HIGHWATER is rife with philosophical musings on land and ownership, and his 2017’s noir-thriller WIND RIVER tackles the harsh realities of healthcare, drug addiction, and the kidnap, sexual assault, and murder of Indigenous women that goes largely uncared about.
“Yellowstone” also encompasses these topics and many more through the series five seasons so far.
But with “1923” his story and presentation is (understandably) the darkest and most “real” that the Yellowstone universe has seen so far, and for good reason.
Boarding schools, such as the one in “1923”, began popping up in the mid-17th to early 20th centuries as re-education camps with a common goal of “killing the Indian to save the child”, attempting to “civilize” the Indigenous.
Their hair was cut. Their language beaten was out of them. Their gods were killed in favor of our own.
The schools were established by Christian missionaries of various denominations and supported wholly by the federal government, spread out through the U.S. but especially in rural areas in the midwest and upper north.
“1923” is set just 5 short years before The Meriam Report of 1928 would be published by the Department of the Interior after a years-long probe into the misconduct of such schools, sanctioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide Indigenous youth with skills and education.
Real progress wouldn’t happen until 1968 and into the 1970s, however.
The schools were still around, but by then they were run by actual Native Americans, effectively removing the white leaders from their positions of power in Indigenous affairs.
From 1819 to 1969 there were over 408 federal schools.
This should hit somewhat close to home for members of Blackwell and Kay County as a Native American boarding school is right in our own backyard Chilocco, just outside of Newkirk.
Speaking to the Journal-Tribune in the summer of 2021, many Chilocco alumni denied any particular knowledge or experience of wrong-doings or abuse at that particular institute, but that does not mean there wasn’t widespread violence at institutes like it or the one in “1923”.
Of the 400+ schools that operated in the U.S. The Meriam Report identified widespread reports of physical abuse, child labor, and unsanitary and cruel living conditions at many schools, specifically mentioned were ones in Kansas and Oklahoma such as the Kickapoo and Rainy Mountain schools in Powhattan and Gotebo, respectively.
While we may never know the full extent of the violence done to Native children during this awful period, it is important that shows like “1923” make sure we do not forget that this brutal history is not as far from us as we may like to think.
When I was 15, I stood in Carnegie Library and looked at all the stacks of books and thought, "How am I going to read all those books?" I was aware that there was so much to learn. Today, I ask for guidance and it comes in some way. It could be a person, an article on the Internet or a book. When I put out a thought about something...I know I will receive an answer. .I learned a long time ago, not to rely on most books. If the world had asked our Creator for the right answers, we would not be where we are today. The only ONE who has the answers is the One who is OMNISCIENT and OMNIPRESENT....and OMNIPOTENT.
A puzzle can be complex, life, quilting you name it. Each must decide what they will believe.
For me the answer is simple, I am an Evangelical Christian, God is the creator, and Jesus Christ is His only son.
Politicians are corrupt critters, for the most part, some seek to be Dictators. We go through this every 4 years for President. We are just now finding out that what we believed of Biden was the Truth. And far worse than we thought. We already debunked Fauci, now we need to hang the mass murderer after a Nuremberg trial, with no delays, and publically. As for Biden, the senile God will decide his fate. Same as He will the recently departed Carter. I went hungry to feed my sons under his 1 watch, which brought us to Reagan, Not a perfect man, and to Trump, who has his flaws. But there is no doubt he will do a better job. Both men have things in common. Both despise communism and Love America. Reagan brought us the Cold War race to prevent war. Trump will do the same in his way, his wars will be of two types, Morality and real war prevention.
Too many Pols want the status quo, Which the majority of America wants to change no more WOKE, CRT, DIE, TRANSGENDERING OF CHILDREN. SMALLER GOVERNMENT. HONEST COURTS.
I WANT ALL BIG BUSINESS BROKEN UP. From AG, PHARMA, and TELCOM, along with eliminating corrupt useless alphabet agencies. Climate crap is used to clean up our toxic lakes, rivers, and farmland which equals better food. NO MORE PAYING FARMERS NOT TO PLANT FOOD AND GRAINS.
We have two defining principles, the first is the Bible as the Founders of the USA wanted and the second is the US CONSTITUTION they created. FEW BOTHER TO GO BEYOND THE 1ST, 2ND, AND 5TH AMENDMENTS. Not even fully understanding the first 10 were all we needed. State laws were corrupted by the ACLU. Since when did we get squeamish about eliminating EVIL WHEN THERE IS DEFINITIVE PROOF? DNA, FILM AND FINGER PRINTS.
Twisted evil people were allowed positions of power.
Why do we let congress give a plea deal to Pharma off the hook for a $10 Billion fine, when they committed a $46 BILLION FRAUD? Illogical.
You concluded with "We humans know a heck of a lot. And yet we know nothing." A little Oscar Wilde, anyone? "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.'
Such are our flawed, finite human minds! Hence Psalm 2: "The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them".
I always love that verse.. It gives me comfort in the battle.
https://youtu.be/yj_UqSdQdmo?si=pn6UAY4hOzXxW2ej
This article is slightly offtopic, but well worth your time to read. Edwin, maybe you could make a standalone post out of it: https://www.kunstler.com/p/forecast-2025-taking-out-the-trash
It's an Awakening of Gods Children. We are in a battle and my Awakening was 25 years ago this month. Its a long long exhausting journey doing the will of God. Its the Narrow Gate and you can only get in if Christ Unlocks it for you. He then locks it back up to keep his children safe from the monsters that want to attack us along the way. We feel extremely blessed and so thankful that we keep it up, tired as we are and I'm now 72. Thank you Dear Savior for loving us and for no reason whatsoever. Nothing special Deb..
16 min. Read: How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic https://www.cnn.com/.../america-bird-flu-next.../index.html
LBJ: It came up under Smithsonian. How the Death of 6,000 Sheep Spurred the American Debate on Chemical Weapons https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-death-6000-sheep-spurred-american-debate-chemical-weapons-cold-war-180968717/ The Dugway sheep incident of March 1968 made visible the military’s covert attempts to test and stockpile millions of dollars worth of chemical weapons
Can you do something with it? Or know who can?
As a lot of bioweapons popped up, in 1968, LBG, Crops, Agent Orange, and Vietnam started going off.
Then I found this. It is a dark period of our history the educators don't want you to learn how evil the government was. Indian Schools: The real-life tragedy behind Yellowstone "1923"
https://www.blackwelljournaltribune.net/articles/12682/view/indian-schools-the-real-life-tragedy-behind-yellowstone-1923
“1923” returned after a brief hiatus this past weekend, and while the Taylor Sheridan drama (part of the prolific writer’s Yellowstone universe) is chock-full of power plays and brooding cowboys, one plot-line in this 20’s-set drama stands above the rest.
Teonna Rainwater and the French-Catholic boarding school nightmare that she was trapped in and is currently escaping from. Teonna, played with startling depth and profound rage by newcomer Aminah Hieves, might be a fictional character and ancestor to Gil Birmingham’s Thomas Rainwater, but her story is, unfortunately, very real. Sheridan is no stranger to the lasting trauma of the Indigenous peoples.
His 2016 masterpiece HELL OR HIGHWATER is rife with philosophical musings on land and ownership, and his 2017’s noir-thriller WIND RIVER tackles the harsh realities of healthcare, drug addiction, and the kidnap, sexual assault, and murder of Indigenous women that goes largely uncared about.
“Yellowstone” also encompasses these topics and many more through the series five seasons so far.
But with “1923” his story and presentation is (understandably) the darkest and most “real” that the Yellowstone universe has seen so far, and for good reason.
Boarding schools, such as the one in “1923”, began popping up in the mid-17th to early 20th centuries as re-education camps with a common goal of “killing the Indian to save the child”, attempting to “civilize” the Indigenous.
Their hair was cut. Their language beaten was out of them. Their gods were killed in favor of our own.
The schools were established by Christian missionaries of various denominations and supported wholly by the federal government, spread out through the U.S. but especially in rural areas in the midwest and upper north.
“1923” is set just 5 short years before The Meriam Report of 1928 would be published by the Department of the Interior after a years-long probe into the misconduct of such schools, sanctioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide Indigenous youth with skills and education.
Real progress wouldn’t happen until 1968 and into the 1970s, however.
The schools were still around, but by then they were run by actual Native Americans, effectively removing the white leaders from their positions of power in Indigenous affairs.
From 1819 to 1969 there were over 408 federal schools.
This should hit somewhat close to home for members of Blackwell and Kay County as a Native American boarding school is right in our own backyard Chilocco, just outside of Newkirk.
Speaking to the Journal-Tribune in the summer of 2021, many Chilocco alumni denied any particular knowledge or experience of wrong-doings or abuse at that particular institute, but that does not mean there wasn’t widespread violence at institutes like it or the one in “1923”.
Of the 400+ schools that operated in the U.S. The Meriam Report identified widespread reports of physical abuse, child labor, and unsanitary and cruel living conditions at many schools, specifically mentioned were ones in Kansas and Oklahoma such as the Kickapoo and Rainy Mountain schools in Powhattan and Gotebo, respectively.
While we may never know the full extent of the violence done to Native children during this awful period, it is important that shows like “1923” make sure we do not forget that this brutal history is not as far from us as we may like to think.
When I was 15, I stood in Carnegie Library and looked at all the stacks of books and thought, "How am I going to read all those books?" I was aware that there was so much to learn. Today, I ask for guidance and it comes in some way. It could be a person, an article on the Internet or a book. When I put out a thought about something...I know I will receive an answer. .I learned a long time ago, not to rely on most books. If the world had asked our Creator for the right answers, we would not be where we are today. The only ONE who has the answers is the One who is OMNISCIENT and OMNIPRESENT....and OMNIPOTENT.
A puzzle can be complex, life, quilting you name it. Each must decide what they will believe.
For me the answer is simple, I am an Evangelical Christian, God is the creator, and Jesus Christ is His only son.
Politicians are corrupt critters, for the most part, some seek to be Dictators. We go through this every 4 years for President. We are just now finding out that what we believed of Biden was the Truth. And far worse than we thought. We already debunked Fauci, now we need to hang the mass murderer after a Nuremberg trial, with no delays, and publically. As for Biden, the senile God will decide his fate. Same as He will the recently departed Carter. I went hungry to feed my sons under his 1 watch, which brought us to Reagan, Not a perfect man, and to Trump, who has his flaws. But there is no doubt he will do a better job. Both men have things in common. Both despise communism and Love America. Reagan brought us the Cold War race to prevent war. Trump will do the same in his way, his wars will be of two types, Morality and real war prevention.
Too many Pols want the status quo, Which the majority of America wants to change no more WOKE, CRT, DIE, TRANSGENDERING OF CHILDREN. SMALLER GOVERNMENT. HONEST COURTS.
I WANT ALL BIG BUSINESS BROKEN UP. From AG, PHARMA, and TELCOM, along with eliminating corrupt useless alphabet agencies. Climate crap is used to clean up our toxic lakes, rivers, and farmland which equals better food. NO MORE PAYING FARMERS NOT TO PLANT FOOD AND GRAINS.
We have two defining principles, the first is the Bible as the Founders of the USA wanted and the second is the US CONSTITUTION they created. FEW BOTHER TO GO BEYOND THE 1ST, 2ND, AND 5TH AMENDMENTS. Not even fully understanding the first 10 were all we needed. State laws were corrupted by the ACLU. Since when did we get squeamish about eliminating EVIL WHEN THERE IS DEFINITIVE PROOF? DNA, FILM AND FINGER PRINTS.
Twisted evil people were allowed positions of power.
Why do we let congress give a plea deal to Pharma off the hook for a $10 Billion fine, when they committed a $46 BILLION FRAUD? Illogical.
Some examples of modern ideas and science and technology that have delivered astonishing human welfare would be welcome.