CONFUSED OLD MAN YELLS AT NATION FOR AN HOUR
Last night (3/01), a confused political hack from Delaware staged a one-man insurrection by invading the sacred precincts of the Capitol building, hijacking all the TV networks, and yelling that the planet would be destroyed unless we gave him all our money so he could burn it and turn it into green energy.
With the price of gas, homes, and groceries out of the reach of most Americans, Biden began by taking credit for doing nothing to stop Putin from invading Ukraine. And then vowed that he, along with a coalition of “freedom loving nations” would fight Putin until the last Ukrainian.
During his unhinged tirade, Biden revealed a plan to end women’s sports in America, but failed to name one thing that would actually stop Putin. Except locking Vladimir in a room and forcing him to listen to a Biden speech.
A POUND OF UKRAINIANS
Ersatz “president” Joe Biden stumbled through his State of the Union address last night (3/01), flubbing several lines from his prepared text and ad-libbing lines that did not make sense. Here is a list of his biggest mistakes:
- Biden mistakenly says “Iranian people” instead of “Ukrainian people.”
According to his prepared text, he was supposed to say “hearts and souls of the Ukrainian people.”
- Biden refers to “a pound of Ukrainian people”
Biden tried to recover saying Ukrainians were fighting “pound for pound” with “every inch of ‘urnagy'” Urnagy?
CHRISTIANITY IN KERALA
In 52 AD, St. Thomas the Apostle, one of Jesus’ 12 Disciples, sailed down the Red Sea and across the Arabian Sea to the Malabar Coast of Southwest India to preach the Gospel of Christ. He found a receptive audience among the peaceful fisherfolk in the villages along the coast – so receptive he established a series of churches that still exist today. Some remain small and humble, others like the one above rebuilt with soaring glass and stone.
There are many Christian denominations in the Indian state of Kerala, which has the entire Malabar Coast, from the original St. Thomas Syrian Christians to Catholic, Pentecostal, Charismatic and others. Of Kerala’s 34 million people, at least 20% are Christian. Kerala is a place of relaxing beauty and peaceful serenity. The best way to explore it is via a luxurious houseboat along the many canals or “backwaters” dotted with fishing villages and churches. You’ll be warmly welcomed. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #155, photo ©Jack Wheeler)
THE SISTINE CHAPEL OF THE EAST
The Painted Monastery of Voronet was built by Romania’s national hero Stefan the Great in 1488. A UN World Heritage Site, Voronet lies in a remote Carpathian mountain valley in the northeast corner of Romania. The entire church is covered in brilliantly painted scenes of Christian reverence.
The frescoes, with the famous “Voronet blue” made of crushed lapis lazuli, have withstood over 500 winters of wind, snow, and rain. The extraordinary back panel of the Last Judgment is renowned as the East’s Sistine Chapel (as in Eastern or Orthodox Christianity). It’s one of Romania’s many wonders. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #98 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
THIS IS A WATERSHED MOMENT
The most stirring and powerful address was by Ursula van der Leyen,MD, President of the European Commission, the governing body of the European Union. Above is the video of her talk, below the full text. Please consider watching and reading it entire.]
FINANCIAL BLITZKRIEGS CAN WORK!
Russia thought it would roll over Ukraine, but the West’s Financial Blitzkrieg now threatens to trigger the unravelling of Putin’s autocracy. Excellent!
This is new and exciting… We’ve invented a whole new way to wage war! And it might even work.
It only took a day – but what we’ve already learnt about Financial Blitzkrieg is you can’t have half-measures. The West surprised everyone – especially ourselves – with the scale of the weekend financial assault on Russia.
Now Europe and the West should go much further.
BLACK SWAN, IRON JOKER, PAPER BEAR
St. Javelin of Ukraine
And how did Ukraine’s military first get American Javelins? From President Trump, first in 2017, again in 2019, and lastly at the end of 2020. Those 300 Javelins that Xiden said he sent last January were those first authorized by POTUS.
Which is why in his CPAC speech on Saturday (2/26) he stated: "I gave Ukraine the Javelins that everyone is now talking about and millions of dollars of other military equipment—the Obama administration gave them blankets."
POTUS made clear his view on what Putin has done and whose side he is on:
"Joe Biden has turned calm into chaos, competence into incompetence, stability into anarchy, and security into catastrophe. The Russian attack on Ukraine is appalling; it's an outrage and an atrocity that should never have been allowed to occur. We are praying for the proud people of Ukraine. God bless them all."
It is no wonder that this week’s issue of Time Magazine, appearing today (2/28), has this cover:
Yet the subtitle is wrong. It should be, “How Putin Shattered Russia’s Dreams.” Here is why that is the likely outcome of what is happening in Ukraine right now.
KEEPING YOUR SANITY THROUGH UPDATING YOUR ANCIENT PAST
There are (at least) two major qualities from our ancient past that cause us considerable trouble. Taking conscious control of them and training and updating ourselves for our present environment can make a big difference in our quality of life.
One of these is our attraction to high calorie foods. Starvation and famine were dire threats for our hunter gatherer forebears.
Our challenge is to adapt to our abundance by consciously and purposefully resetting our habits from hunter-gatherer auto-pilot eating, and toward deliberate habits that include knowledge of how our current meals will affect our future health and well-being.
The other leftover from our ancient past is our strong bias toward negativity. Jack gave me a video clip from Ukraine as an example of overcoming it.
WHAT’S NECESSARY
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – WITH THE KHAMPAS IN TIBET
October 1987, on an overland expedition across the entire Chang Tang Tibetan Plateau. Here is where you find the warrior nomads of Tibet, the Khampas. Renowned and feared for fierceness, they couldn’t have been friendlier to me when I gave them each what they treasured most in the world – a photo of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, far more valuable to them than gold.
Before, they were suspicious and angry at a stranger intruding upon them. Instantly with gifting the photos, they were joyous and smiling. They had no idea who I was, all they knew was that I was their friend, insisting I sit down and have a cup of yak-butter tea with them. It was the most memorable cup of tea in my life. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #55 photo ©Jack Wheeler)