A MONUMENT TO CHRISTIANITY IN THE CONGO
There are two Congos in Africa. The better known is the former Belgian Congo, once known as Zaire, now DR Congo (for Democratic Republic), also called Kinshasa Congo after its capital.
The lesser known is the former French Congo, now Republic of Congo, or Brazzaville Congo after its capital. Brazzaville is on the north side of a widening of the Congo River known as the Stanley Pool, while right across from it on the south side is Kinshasa.
It is in Brazzaville that you will find this magnificent monument to Christianity, the Cathedral of Sainte-Anne, with its roof covered in gleaming green-turquoise tiles, huge copper doors, and soaring arched interior bathed in sunlight. The people of Brazzaville are joyously Christian, attending 5pm Mass dressed in their most colorful finery. You’ll see Christianity truly come to life here. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #174 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
IT SURE SOUNDS LIKE ROE V WADE IS DOOMED
[Note by Jack Wheeler: We are republishing this article appearing today (12/02) in the pro-abortion woke left website Vox.com for your enjoyment. It is marvelously Schadenfreudelicious.]
Republican presidents have said for years that they would appoint justices who will overrule Roe. They’ve probably succeeded.
Midway through arguments in a case that could end with the Supreme Court abolishing the constitutional right to an abortion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked a pointed question about the Court’s future: “Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception, that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?
There are early signs Sotomayor is correct that the public is turning against the Court as the Court turns against Roe v. Wade. But during Wednesday’s (12/01) oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, all six of the Court’s Republican appointees appeared eager to push ahead anyway and overrule at least some key parts of the Court’s prior decisions protecting abortion.
SKYE’S LINKS 12/02/21
Oroville CA declares itself to be a sanctuary city for a constitutional republic. If you live in a blue state, should the town you live in do the same?
California Town Declares Independence From "Dictatorship Powers" Of State, Federal COVID Mandates
Uncle Sam, organized crime mastermind:
An inside look at the greatest crime of the 21st century (to date):
A President Betrayed by Bureaucrats: Scott Atlas Exposes The Real COVID Disaster
YOUR NEIGHBORS IN BORNEO
Live on a private houseboat exploring the jungles of Borneo by river and families of Orang Utans will be your neighbors.
To get here, you fly from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta to a small town in southern Borneo, Pangkalan Bun, on the Sekonyer River. You hire your own houseboat called a klotok (shower, nice bed, good warm food and cold beer) and English-speaking guide to take you up river through the jungles of the Tanjung Putting Orang Utan reserve. You’ll see proboscis monkeys, hornbills – and more wild orang utans than any other place on earth.
Spend time among them and you’ll understand how smart and human-like these gentle giants are. It’s an endearing experience never to be forgotten. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #72 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
SHOULD’VE TAKEN MY ADVICE TO DRILL, BABY, DRILL, JOE!
Sarah Palin & Joe Biden, VP Debate, Oct. 2, 2008
It’s curious how certain phrases catch on.
When I took on Joe Biden and Barack Obama in 2008, they used “Hope and Change.” Now, Biden is the inspiration for “Let’s Go, Brandon!”
My slogan was “Drill, baby, drill.” It was true and necessary in 2008, and it’s needed now more than ever. Because “Drill, baby, drill” isn’t just a desire for more oil. It is a call for more of America.
THE FINAL VARIANT
This morning’s (12/01) Washington Post greeted us with this headline: Stricter Coronavirus Testing Being Weighed For All Travelers To U.S. Biden Administration Considering Measures Such As A 7-Day Self-Quarantine And Retesting Several Days After Arrival.
“As part of an enhanced winter covid strategy Biden is expected to announce Thursday (12/02), U.S. officials would require everyone entering the country to be tested one day before boarding flights, regardless of their vaccination status or country of departure. Administration officials are also considering a requirement that all travelers get retested within three to five days of arrival… (and) to require all travelers, including U.S. citizens, to self-quarantine for seven days, even if their test results are negative.”
Or as this morning’s London Daily Mail headlines it: Biden Administration Considers Forcing All Travelers Returning To The US To Quarantine For SEVEN DAYS Even With A Negative Covid Test To Curb Spread Of Super-Mutant Omicron Variant - And May FINE People Who Flout It
Let’s itemize what’s really going on, and see where it will all end up..
SLOWLY, THEN ALL AT ONCE
Are you starting to wonder what, if anything, will be left standing of the life we once called “modern” when Christmas 2021 rolls around? Shopping? Motoring? Working? Mingling? Eating? Sleeping? Waking…? Suddenly, everything is coming apart.
The supply lines are wobbling and many will go down. No stuff, no parts, before long no food. Energy supplies are shaky everywhere. China’s electric grid is going dark from insufficient coal. Russia lacks the surplus NatGas to keep Western Europe warm. Global shortages drive up US oil and gas prices while people lose jobs and incomes over vaccine mandates — meaning families will freeze as the daylight dwindles.
“Joe Biden’s” dark winter is coming on fast.
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AMERICA AT MOUNT RUSHMORE
I took this photo of Mount Rushmore looking straight on from a helicopter – so it may be from an angle you have not seen before. This Thanksgiving weekend, it may be worthwhile to think of these four heroic Americans from a different perspective, to reflect on the almost unimaginable -- in the light of our comfortable lives we live today – challenges they faced and triumphed over to create and sustain our America.
It is worth asking what would they say to us today, what advice and counsel would they give us on how to face and triumph over what unimaginable – to them during their lives – challenges of ours as Americans today.
Look into their eyes. What are they saying to you? Thanksgiving is a time of deep reflection on the meaning of being American. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #173 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
HALF-FULL REPORT 11/26/21
This is an Akhal-Teke horse in Turkmenistan, known for its speed, endurance, and intelligence, considered by many horse lovers to be the most beautiful horse breed in the world. Is this clickbait to lure you in to knowing more about my expedition next May to all Five Stans of Central Asia (Turkmenistan being one where I took this photo)?
No, it’s clickbait for an explanation of why Ivermectin stops the Chicom covid virus of whatever mutation, and why there’s a war against it for doing so.
That’s just one example of why this HFR may be the most informative ever. Read on and decide…