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Me: "May I please have the package insert for the flu vaccine?"
Rite-Aid Pharmacist: "Why?"
Me: "So I can read it."
P: "Which one?"
Me: "The one advertised with the little banners on every aisle."
P: "I will print you the information sheet."
Me: "No, that's not the same thing."
P: "What do you want to know? I can tell you."
Me: "I would just like to read the whole thing before I consider getting one...side effects, contraindications, effectiveness, ingredients like mercury."
P: "I don't think I have any. Let me check. (checks) Sorry, I can't give you one until the box is empty, because it has to stay in the box. And there isn't any thimerisol in the single dose flu shot any more. I can print you the information sheet."
Pharmacy co-worker with big smile at me: "Hi, I found one." (hands insert to me)
***
Here are some things in the insert not on the store's sheet:
1. The single dose vial contains mercury at ≤1mcg (This is called a "trace amount" by the industry.) The multi-vial contains 25 mcg.
2. People with egg allergies are contraindicated.
3. "Safety and effectiveness have not been established in pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under four. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. This vaccine should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed. It is not known whether fluvarin is excreted in human milk."
4. "Fluvarin has not been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential, or for impairment of fertility."
5. "Antibody response is low in the geriatric population."
6. "Serious reactions, including anaphylactic shock, have been observed."
7. "There are no data to assess the concomitant administration of flu vaccine with other vaccines."
8. "The vaccine has been associated with an increased frequency of Guillain-Barre syndrome."
9. "In some studies, fluvarin protected up to 50% of subjects."
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No one needs a #Flu shot!
(It unalived my mom…)
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“Civilization is not the buildings, the planes, or the code. It is the quiet, invisible work of keeping things from breaking, and we have spent a generation treating that work as a cost to cut.”
Four systems that hold modern life together broke in 48 hours. Not one of them was attacked.
On Friday the 13th, the FAA stopped every departing flight in the United States. It was only the second nationwide ground stop since 9/11. No hackers. Old switches and routers in a network nobody had replaced simply got overloaded and gave up.
The day before, Microsoft 365 went down across 74 countries and stayed down for over 24 hours. Email, Teams, Copilot. Hospitals, schools, police departments, banks. The cause was a network configuration change.
Friday morning, Claude went dark worldwide. Then Workday went down on payday, locking workers at some of the country’s biggest retailers out of their pay and their hours.
Meanwhile the real attacks keep coming. Hackers are getting in through the very security gateways companies bought to keep them out. In Ukraine, power plants are being hit so often that repair crews cannot finish a shift.
And the man who built the chips that every AI on Earth runs on lost his company in a week.
People keep asking what is going on. Is it sabotage? Is it coincidence? Is it a sign?
The honest answer is quieter, and worse.
For thirty years, we built everything to be efficient. Fewer people. Fewer backups. One cloud, one vendor, one login, one genius at the top.
Every layer of slack we removed showed up as profit. Every one of those layers looked like waste right up until the day it was the only thing holding.
We did not build a fragile world on purpose. We built a world that runs perfectly as long as nothing goes wrong, and called that progress.
Now hardly anyone alive fully understands the systems we depend on. The people who built them retired. The people who maintain them were cut. The ones who remain are told to move faster.
So the world does not collapse. It flickers.
A ground stop here. An outage there. A founder gone. A power plant dark. Each one fixed in hours, each one explained away and forgotten by morning.
But every flicker teaches the same lesson, and almost nobody is learning it.
Civilization is not the buildings, the planes, or the code. It is the quiet, invisible work of keeping things from breaking, and we have spent a generation treating that work as a cost to cut.
The question is not whether the lights will go out.
The question is whether anyone will still remember how to turn them back on.
@ParCar12 @realjoshuareid Red sky in morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors delight.
Interesting metaphor. Should help just about anyone understand.
I like the way he thinks.
@DataRepublican Roadtrip. Avoid big cities if you can? Praying for your safety and travel mercies.
What the…
This is almost unbelievable. But it's true.
The 1986 vaccine law that gave vaccine makers immunity from damages their vaccines cause... ordered the government through HHS to report to Congress every two years on what it had done to make childhood vaccines safer.
First report due: December 1989.
When was the first report filed?
HHS admitted in court it never filed one.
Not once.
In forty years.
That same law gave manufacturers protection from lawsuits, even when their products caused "unavoidable" injury. Of course *that* part of the law was followed from the very start.
Because of deep flaws in this 1986 law, Vaccine Safety Research Foundation is working to repeal it.
Check out the petition at the link to sign--and consider sharing.
https://t.co/xzkNogszzM
Bless the LORD, oh my soul…
Good morning from beautiful Galilee.
I am going through some rough times, realizing how overwhelming and frustrating the bureaucracy can be for an Israeli who founded a U.S.-based ministry.
Add to that the constant tension in our region, which forces me to ask myself more than once a day: Do I have a contingency plan for this situation or that one? If I leave the country and war resumes, will I be able to return? What about our tour groups? What can I commit to in the near future? Am I addressing the trauma I carry, or am I simply suppressing it further?
But then peace and quiet come when I open the Scriptures.
“Be still, and know that I am God.” - Psalm 46:10
“The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” - Exodus 14:14
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.” - Proverbs 3:5
“Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” - Psalm 37:4
Yesterday, I recorded a new episode of Explore the Bible with Dr. Rick, and our topic was faith.
Faith is active. When things around us aren’t going well and our circumstances are difficult, our faith must be put into practice. That is when we must ask the Lord to work and trust Him, even when we cannot yet see what He is doing.
When I interview people and hear their stories of faith, it often brings me to tears.
“But without faith it is impossible to please Him.” - Hebrews 11:6
So here are my two cents for you this morning: When you look around and see the wicked springing up and the workers of iniquity flourishing, remember the difference between the temporary and the eternal.
They may flourish now, but they will be destroyed forever!
“When the wicked spring up like grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed forever.” - Psalm 92:7
God cannot be mocked.
“Bless the LORD, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
• Psalm 103:1–5
Let’s command our souls to bless the Lord. In Hebrew, “Bless” is in the imperative form. It is a command directed to the soul.
Perhaps that is because we are so often inclined to be ungrateful, unhappy, and forgetful of all His benefits. Sometimes we need to tell our own souls what to do: Bless the Lord! Remember His goodness. Remember His faithfulness. Remember all He has done.
Have a blessed weekend!
Awaiting His soon return,
Amir
@GrowingUpRetro We switched over to mayo when I was in middle school. I remember thinking it was weird but then realizing it was better because you get a more toasted texture.
The possibility that a good thing may later be corrupted is not an argument against doing the good thing in the first place.
A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a panel discussion at a conference with Dr. Andrew Walker, a professor at Southern Seminary. During our exchange, he made an argument against Christian nationalism that I have heard repeatedly from Baptists and, unfortunately, even some Presbyterians.
The argument goes something like this: Whenever the civil government gets involved in matters of religion, the church inevitably becomes corrupted. You end up with nominal Christianity, apostate churches, and people who call themselves Christians simply because their nation is Christian. Therefore, the civil government must not officially acknowledge Christ or seek to uphold the Christian religion.
For Baptists, this argument is often tied to their doctrine of regenerate church membership. Only regenerate people can properly be called Christians, and since a nation is made up of both believers and unbelievers, you cannot have a Christian nation.
So I asked Dr. Walker a simple question.
“Are churches Christian?”
Of course, the answer was yes.
Then I asked whether Baptist churches, even those committed to regenerate church membership and opposed to Christian nationalism, had ever fallen into nominalism, corruption, or outright apostasy.
Again, the answer was yes.
Well, now we have a problem.
If your argument against a Christian nation is that it might produce nominalism and apostasy, but your own model has also produced nominalism and apostasy, then you haven’t actually made an argument against Christian nationalism. You’ve simply identified a problem that exists under both systems.
In other words, refusing to have a Christian nation doesn’t protect you from the very thing you’re warning us about.
Dr. Walker then asked me what system I proposed that would prevent these problems.
My answer was simple: I don’t.
And that’s precisely the point.
I’m not proposing a utopian political system that will guarantee the perpetual purity of the church. No such system exists. As pastors, we have a duty to guard both the peace and purity of Christ’s church, but we are never promised that our churches will be free from hypocrisy, corruption, or apostasy on this side of glory.
The question is not whether a Christian civil order can guarantee perfect results. The question is whether the civil magistrate has a duty to acknowledge Jesus Christ as King and govern according to His righteousness.
And if he does, then the possibility of future corruption is no excuse for present disobedience.
Consider King Josiah.
Josiah instituted sweeping religious reforms. He tore down idols, destroyed false worship, and used his civil authority to restore the public worship of the true God. Yet those reforms did not permanently secure the faithfulness of Judah. Apostasy returned.
Should Josiah have refused to act because a future generation might undo his work?
Should Hezekiah have left the high places standing because some future king might rebuild them?
Of course not!
The possibility that a good thing may later be corrupted is not an argument against doing the good thing in the first place.
And yet this is precisely the argument being made against Christian nationalism.
We are told that if the government acknowledges Christ, supports true religion, and restrains public idolatry, the church might become corrupted.
Well, look around!
America has spent roughly two centuries moving away from its earlier forms of public Christian establishment toward an increasingly secular civil order. Has this protected the purity of the church?
Hardly.
We have liberal Protestant denominations that have abandoned the authority of Scripture. We have churches openly celebrating sins that Scripture condemns. We have Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, prosperity-gospel charlatans, and every conceivable form of religious heresy flourishing under a government that increasingly refuses to acknowledge the lordship of Christ.
@SirCensorLot Grok : Overall in the 119th Congress (as of mid-November 2026), the Senate has confirmed roughly 600+ civilian nominations (including around 56–57 Article III judges) plus tens of thousands of military ones, with further judicial action prioritized in the remaining session.
"To inherit a free nation is among the rarest blessings that any people in history have ever known. To DEFEND that freedom is among the hardest and highest obligations." - President Donald J. Trump
@AttorneyF_ If this were on a physical book on my table or shelf, it would probably have a dog-ear or permanent bookmark. Ouch and thank you.
@farmingandJesus Smart for you to keep politics out of it. Jesus changed the world by changing the person who is willing to be led by Him.
@CynicalPublius Honest question here. What if you have a Senator who has been there a while and apparently doesn’t have enough connections to make a difference. Not necessarily rino, but not effective. Bring in a new one and hope they do better?
😳
How can a Texas County have more ballots in an election than adult citizens that live there?
When the Democrats to decide to steal an election and go into the "ballot manufacturing process" here's how it works:
1) They keep names on the official "Registered Voter Rolls" not purging them each 30 days by comparing to the US Postal Change of Address Database as required by Texas Law Code.
-People that have moved out of their last registered address, out of town, county, state, country and/or dead
THIS becomes the pool of names from which they draw to create ballots...they estimate how many ballots they will need to vote to get their Democrats elected.
How do we know this: It is public record. We call and go by to visit spot checking these people and verify they don't reside at the address with neighbors, family members and associates.
2) Once a county election commission determines to cheat, they estimate the number of ballots they will need to manufacture from this list of illegally registered voters. For instance, in Harris County Texas, over 600,000 illegally registered voter names are on the list with the valid voters and that list has not been purged in 6 years or more. THIS is Harris Counties "credit account" for ballots they can vote any way they wish.
Think of the ways this can be done:
-a candidate can pay to win
-a political party can pay to win
-BOTH political parties can negotiate certain races to each win
-a political special interest can pay to make sure a candidate loses or wins
Imagine you as candidate that knows about this and you get a phone call or visit in person as voting starts or on Election Day or even a day or two after and they tell you:
"You're awfully close, but, the other side offered $100,000...if you want to win it's $250,000" and you strike a deal to pay them and this can be spread out over several entities, individuals and govt contracts, consulting, donations and on and on.
Pirates are clever and they take their secrets to the grave. That is why they had to kill pirates and did so publicly. Think about that.
3) As Mail in Ballots arrive, this ballot manufacturing machine begins in earnest. You see, by design, mail in ballots Do NOT fit into the ballot reader scanning machines. THIS gives them the excuse of having to "RE-VOTE" for each and every mail in ballot. It is the RE-VOTING that is the fraud and they simply RE-VOTE them as they wish and also MANUFACTURE the ballot votes too of the ILLEGALLY Registered Names they have chosen.
4) So the fake manufactured ballots are voted and the election wraps up and individual races are declared. If a candidate balks at the election results, they can pay for a recount and must pay per precinct for that recount.
WHO performs the recount?
Oh, you're gonna love this one...
The exact same corrupt people that created the illegal ballots are ordered by the judge to recount their very own fraud. Sometimes, they have cheated so sloppily, they do find a difference and race totals change even to the point of changing the outcome. Sometimes, this is because they paid and the illegally voted ballots are adjusted up and down.
THIS is mostly done with MILITARY MAIL IN BALLOTS which are held back and arrive later than Election Day. THIS is the election fraudsters treasure chest and last minute monetization gold mine to make even more money throwing an election.
4) When the County finally certifies an election (meaning, all offers are in to throw certain races and accepted and ballot manufacturing is done to support this fake manufactured outcome) they turn it over to the Texas Secretary of State officially as the county certified election.
The Texas Secretary of State, you would think, would be chosen by the VOTERS of TEXAS and beholden to ONLY the VOTERS of TEXAS. But, alas, NO.
The Texas SOS is APPOINTED by the Texas Governor.
When someone appoints you, who are you loyal to?
If the VOTERS appoint you, you are far more likely to be loyal to those VOTERS.
Ever notice that Texas SOS appointees don't last long.
Do you understand why now? The pressure is insane if you have a Governor who is involved in the election fraud...can you imagine? What if you were appointed and in the first election you preside over as SOS you spot the obvious fraud and the governor tells you:
"this would be so disruptive to the state it would destroy lives and destroy our economy...businesses wouldn't have confidence in Texas any longer...So, we better find a way to just 'cool this down' and 'settle this out quietly."
But, next election cycle, similar things happen and next, and next...after about 2 - 3 years, you'd realize you are PART of the TEXAS ELECTION FRAUD MACHINE yourself and retire or be retired with a really nice package...wouldn't you. You'd want OUT.
GO look at Texas Sec of State under Greg Abbott and get back to me.
Have you figured out how the RINOs got in power, got in bed with the Democrats and NO actual Republican agenda items actually get done in Texas with majority in every state office, the Texas House, Senate, Lt Gov and Gov office?
And, now...here we are.
YES, they are all in on it. Corruption on both sides.
The act of YOU going to the polls and voting is nothing more than confidence trick to make you think your vote matters. And, in some races where a corrupt faction isn't paying to win or blackmailing to win...your vote does matter. But, for the most part, these corrupt pirates are running the show.
https://t.co/AimXkqStmD fought for a bill for 6 years in the House and Senate in Texas that would allow the Texas Attorney General to launch an investigation into the County election fraud. You see, the corrupt Texas Supreme Court had ruled that the AG could not "pierce the county veil" for such an investigation.
We got that law passed and it went into effect September 1, 2025. This spring 2026, Texas AG @KenPaxtonTX launched the first election fraud investigation into Harris County Election Fraud ever in Texas history from his office. I was in the meeting with him when he ordered investigation with his Texas Ranger Captain. Picture included in this post.
The Texas Ranger Captain reports by Texas Constitution directly to the Texas Governor @GregAbbott_TX , like all law enforcement in Texas.
Prove any assertion from this thread factually wrong.
I dare you.
It is not an "elephant in the room" situation.
It's a damn herd of MASTODON that is so big
and has been here so long
and you are so used to them
that you can't even see them
because they are the forest
you can't see for the trees.
Milton Friedman: “I am in favor of reducing taxes under any circumstances, for any excuse, with any reason whatsoever, because that’s the only way you are ever going to get effective control of government spending.”
@Franklin_Graham It’s not R vs D. It’s globalism vs sovereignty (and of course good vs evil). His fight is our fight and we need a miracle. PRAY
@Sassafrass_84 He started speaking out about the Plandemic early on - brought on a lot of specialists and asked a lot of questions. Has also been outspoken about globalism, again with receipts. Add his vocal faith and there you go - targeted for truth.
@data_republican I trust God, also. I find myself thinking about the intervention prayers of Abraham and of Moses. As Christians we are made righteous by Jesus blood. Are there enough of us here to make a difference? Are we out of time? ⌛️
@BiblicalBeauty @albertmohler We all need to be praying for the President. Yes, to be filled with the Spirit and learn to love life that way. If you have ever experienced it, it can be hard to forgive especially when you and those you love (including our country) are still being
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