Chris Christenson

Christian, conservative, model builder, runner, aviation enthusiast, drummer, all things JEEP, Husker fan

[OneManBanned ︻╦╤─ @MADcHATTER5150]

Here is what the left expected to happen during the World Cup: Europeans were supposed to smirk at us. They were supposed to mock our religion and our guns. They were supposed to turn away in righteous disgust at our abundance and free refills and buffet lines and big trucks and big houses. They were supposed to shake their heads at our supposed lack of culture. They were supposed to see a racist behind every tree and under every rock. They were supposed to catch a glimpse of discord and poverty and hate and perpetual ignorance. And they were supposed to leave here hating this country even more so than when they arrived.
But they didn’t.
They fell in love with us. And by “us,” I mean the real, everyday America. They didn’t go to the Met Gala; they went to Walmart. They didn’t dine at the French Laundry; they ate at Waffle House. They didn’t scoff at bigger portions; they consumed them with glee. They weren’t impressed by Priuses; they were impressed by Ford F-150s. They didn’t sniffily order some 25-syllabled cup of pretention from the local fair trade cafe; they drank American beer, listened to American country music, and ate American bar food. They don’t marvel at inner-city legal drug zones; they marvel at the wide open expanses of American beauty.
They love ranch dressing. They love the military flyovers. They love the gas stations. They love the 24/7 business hours. They love the huge American flags.
In short, everything our visitors love about America is everything the left hates about America. The leftists watch this in paralyzing horror. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Foreigners were supposed to return to their homelands and report that America is exactly what Barack Obama, Michael Moore, and Sasha Baron Cohen told them it was.
But that’s not going to happen now. Because our foreign guests realize that everything their "elites" told them about us has been a disgusting lie. Just like everything our "elites" tell us about ourselves is a disgusting lie.
But the most important lesson I hope the Europeans take home with them is this. Patriotism is a moral virtue. It’s good to be proud of your country. And despite what the government, the public schools, the universities, Hollywood, social media, the elite globalists, and both the domestic and foreign media tell us, Americans are proud of their country. And if visiting Europeans can see through the lie they’ve been sold about America, I hope they can see the lie they’ve been told about themselves.
(Source: A.J. Christopher, PJ Media)

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@nmlinguaphile It is awesome! Went with my 11yr old granddaughter and she loved it too!!

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

American citizenship should belong to the children of Americans, not to the children of foreigners who broke our laws to get here.

I've introduced a Constitutional Amendment to end birthright citizenship for foreign nationals. Call your senators and demand they support it: [phone]

[Chris Christenson @cchristenson10]

@SkersNews If (BIG IF) we put it together Iowa, Washington and Illinois for a 9-3 ceiling

[Adam | Faithful Messenger @Adam_FaithfulM]

In 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, there is a small, easily overlooked detail. King Hezekiah of Judah, facing an Assyrian siege, dug a tunnel to bring water from a spring outside the city walls safely inside Jerusalem. The Bible mentions it almost in passing, the kind of administrative note skeptics assume a later writer added for color.

The tunnel is still there. You can walk through it today. Carved through solid bedrock for roughly a third of a mile, it still channels water beneath the old City of David, exactly where the biblical account places it.

But the most striking discovery came in 1880, when a boy wading through the tunnel noticed an inscription cut into the rock wall. Written in ancient Hebrew, it described the moment the tunnel was completed. Two teams of workers had begun digging from opposite ends, hacking toward each other through the mountain. The inscription records the instant they broke through and heard one another's voices through the last wall of stone, and the water began to flow from the spring to the pool.

Consider what that means. An ancient engineering feat, dismissed by some as an exaggeration, turns out to be a real tunnel with a real inscription describing the real day it was finished, matching the reign of the very king Scripture names. The details are not decoration. They are memory, cut into stone by the men who were there.

To the world, the historical books of the Bible are embroidered legend, padded with invented kings and imaginary works. But you can put your own hand on the walls those workers carved, and read the words they left the day their tunnels met in the dark.

The God who recorded the small things faithfully is faithful in the great things too. He is not distant or vague. He acts in real history, in real places, on behalf of His people. And He acts for you. Trust the God of exact and unfailing truth.

Jesus is the Rock, the living water that never runs dry.

[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

86 years ago today, the Battle of Britain began. It is the closest the free world ever came to losing everything.

By July 1940, Hitler had swallowed Europe whole. Poland in 5 weeks. France in 6. Belgium, Holland, Norway, Denmark. The British army had just fled the continent at Dunkirk, leaving its guns, tanks, and trucks behind in the sand. Britain stood completely alone. No America. No Soviet Union. Just one island and the sea.

Hitler's plan was simple. Before German troops could cross the Channel and finish the war, the Luftwaffe had to destroy the Royal Air Force and rule the sky. His commanders promised him it would take four days. Maybe two weeks at most.

Standing against the largest, most battle-hardened air force on earth was a thin line of young men. Some were 19. Some had trained for only a few weeks. Many climbed into their Spitfires and Hurricanes not knowing how to properly fire the guns yet. They scrambled four, five, six times a day. They ate when they could, slept in their boots, and watched friends not come back at breakfast.

At the height of the fighting, a fighter pilot's life expectancy was four weeks. They all knew the math. They flew anyway. Every single day.

Polish and Czech pilots who had lost their own countries flew with them, and fought like men with nothing left to lose, because they had nothing left to lose. Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Americans who crossed the ocean before their own country had entered the war. A few hundred against thousands.

And the impossible happened. Week after week, the RAF refused to break. In September, Hitler blinked. The invasion of Britain was postponed, then quietly abandoned forever. It was his first defeat of the entire war, and it was handed to him by boys barely old enough to drink.

Winston Churchill stood before Parliament and said the words that still give people chills:

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

They called them simply The Few. Most people alive today owe them a debt they will never know they carry.

86 years on, raise a glass to the young men who saved the world from the cockpit of a Spitfire. 🇬🇧

[Chad Prather @WatchChad]

Pray with me
July 9, 2026

O Lord God Almighty,

You alone are worthy of all glory, honor, power, and praise. Before the mountains were born, before the stars were hung in the heavens, You are God. From everlasting to everlasting, You reign upon Your throne, and Your kingdom has no end.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. The whole earth is full of Your glory. The heavens declare Your righteousness, the seas roar Your majesty, and all creation bears witness that there is none like You.

We exalt the name of Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is the image of the invisible God, the radiance of Your glory, the Lamb who was slain, and the Lion who reigns forever. Every knee will bow before Him, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Great are Your works, O Lord. Your wisdom is unsearchable. Your mercy reaches to the heavens. Your faithfulness endures through every generation. You are our refuge and strength, our Shepherd and our King, our Redeemer and our Rock.

We lift our hearts above every earthly distraction to behold Your beauty. Let our worship not be mere words, but the joyful surrender of our lives. May our thoughts honor You, our lips proclaim You, and our hands serve You. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

To You belongs the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. All that is in heaven and on earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as Head over all.

Receive our praise today, not because You need it, but because You alone deserve it. Be magnified in Your Church. Be glorified among the nations. Be honored in our homes. Be enthroned upon the praises of Your people.

We bless the Father, we worship the Son, and we adore the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

In the glorious name of Jesus Christ we pray.

Amen

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@lady_valor_07 All the above for me

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@GitRDoneLarry That sucks! Invite musta got lost in the mail.

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[Crate of Thunder @ThunderCrate6]

Why does Congress keep saving / extending the A-10?

It's not for the money... the A-10 isn't producing an industrial base that fills coffers...

It's not about votes... the military bloc doesn't move the needle in their eyes...

So it must be something else... something less cynical in terms of political calculations. When Big Blue lists assumptions in this battle, I'm sure they often identify that Congress will continue to be a resistance point. But why is that? And if it's a valid, tried-and-true assumption, why can't we seem to even understand it?

Congress makes laws, and it's the law that the Air Force "shall furnish close support" to the Army.

The language in the 1947 Key West agreement is specific: SHALL. Not maybe, not might, not when convenient, and certainly not "can."

Shall. You WILL do it.

Congress is simply enforcing the law as it's written. You WILL do this.

So why doesn't that factor into the discussion?

I would contend that VERY FEW blue-suiters know what the Key West Agreement is, and even fewer have actually read it. It's not required reading, and there's no test on it for advancement in the ranks. But it's in effect just as much as any regulation, and it defines the roles and responsibilities of the services very clearly.

CAS is a fundamental responsibility of the Air Force... always has been.

CAS (and CSAR) is not a pickup game. It's not something that you can dust off the volumes and expect to execute immediately.

Throughout this week, we'll publish a series of discussions that ask some historically-relevant questions, dispel rumors and misinformation about the A-10, and attack the question: what would our wars of the last 40 years have looked like if the Air Force had gotten its way in the early 80s and retired the A-10 before it ever saw battle?

The scenarios are quite striking. Our forces need "an" A-10. I specifically didn't say "the" A-10 only because no airplane flies forever. This one's got an easy 8-10 years left in her, but she'll need a REAL replacement someday. They all do.

And our contention is that the only thing that can replace the Hog, is a new Hog.
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[USS Arizona @USSArizona]

For 250 years, the United States of America has forged ahead through highs and lows. But in our righteous might we have always ensured that our pursuit of freedom never wanes. And as you celebrate today, remember those who paid the ultimate price to ensure our continuing goal of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Happy 4th of July. 🇺🇸#IndependenceDay  #July4th  #America250

[John Rich🇺🇸 @johnrich]

On my tour bus, I just held hands and prayed with Gene Simmons that Jesus would make himself known to him in such a way they he couldn’t deny him. Pray that Gene gives his life to Christ. God’s will be done🙏

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@briannalyman2 What a great series! Thank you for taking time time and incredible effort to share this great story!

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

There’s only One who can save us and save this country, and that’s the Lord Jesus Christ.