Steph Zim

Wife, Homeschool Mom of 10, Church of Jesus Christ, No Common Core. Surprised when someone follows me, like I have anything to say? Politics are a hobby.

[Steph Zim @sfz1973]

You are the trip I did not take,
You are the pearls I did not buy,
You are my blue Italian lake,
You are my piece of foreign sky.

You are my Honolulu moon,
you are the book I did not write,
you are my heart’s unuttered tune,
you are a candle in my night.

[Steph Zim @sfz1973]

@BlackBlessedLDS This is completely normal. Especially with a toddler.

[Steph Zim @sfz1973]

@nosoup4knowles Frankly I was surprised when they hired her in the first place.

[Robert Bortins @TheRobertBshow]

You don't have a degree in teaching a child to talk, but you did it.

You don't have a degree in teaching a child to walk, but you did it.

Education is just parenting, parenting can be difficult, but the rewards are endless.

This is what homeschoolers have discovered.

[yannispappas @yannispappas]

America is the most powerful empire. Yet, it has not annexed another sovereign country since 1898. It’s arguably the most morally constrained in history. No previous hegemonic power with military superiority exercised so little direct annexation during its period of dominance.

[Steph Zim @sfz1973]

This should be a no-brainer for Idaho, unfortunately other conservative states have lost this fight. We cannot assume this measure will fail. We must fight it with everything we have.

[Western Civ Maximalist @brian_lenney]

Idaho, this November...

There's an initiative headed for your ballot that's basically locked in at this point.

A group of leftists turned in something like 110,000 signatures recently (way more than they needed). Here's what's actually in it: legal abortion up to fetal viability, that's about 24 weeks. And after that too if a doctor calls it a "medical emergency" (it never is). Which is a wider category than "life of the mother," the standard under the current ban.

Vote no. That's the ask.

There's nothing complicated about it.

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

Aid people hate this question: after decades and trillions of dollars, which African country became rich because of foreign aid?

[Steph Zim @sfz1973]

@1000HolyPlaces I think I just had the privilege of being 1,000!

[Hank Smith @hankrsmith]

The United States of America is a miracle in the history of the world. A little time overseas is all it takes to see what a glorious place we call home.

Proud—and grateful—to be an American.

[Hank Smith @hankrsmith]

“Here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before”

- Ronald Reagan

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: A German soccer fan who flew to the USA but was fearful about coming because of news about criminals and people being mean...

...breaks down into TEARS, live on air saying he has FALLEN IN LOVE with America after a random man named "Bob" in Boston gave him a ride home after he was stuck at a game with no way back to his hotel

The German soccer fan's name is Sebastian, he said after meeting Bob, he extended his entire trip.

He said leaving America will hurt worse than watching Germany get knocked out of the World Cup.

"I fall in love with America. I'm sorry, it's just so emotional. Americans are not rude... if we are together, we can achieve great things."

THIS IS THE AMERICA I KNOW!!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Hank Smith @hankrsmith]

Everything I cherish in my life has come from two blessings: living in the United States of America and being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

My country and my covenants.

Happy 4th, my friends! 🇺🇸

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Threatening to use the power of government to confiscate and redistribute the wealth of others is fundamentally unAmerican.

Pass it on if you agree.

[Steph Zim @sfz1973]

@1000HolyPlaces Absolutely beautiful!

[Brent Money @brentmoney]

“We are NOT a Christian nation!”
“Separation of church and state!”
“Benjamin Franklin was a deist!”

On this date, June 28, 1787, Benjamin Franklin delivered his famous “Prayer Speech” at the Constitutional Convention.

This is the one where Franklin, amid deadlocks and frustrations in the Convention, implored the delegates to begin sessions with prayer, acknowledging human limitations and seeking divine assistance. Here is the full transcript (from James Madison’s notes and standard historical sources, with minor spelling normalizations for readability):

Mr. President:
The small progress we have made after four or five weeks close attendance & continual reasonings with each other—our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ays, is methinks a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the Human Understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running about in search of it. We have gone back to ancient history for models of government, and examined the different forms of those Republics which having been formed with the seeds of their own dissolution now no longer exist. And we have viewed modern states all round Europe, but find none of their Constitutions suitable to our circumstances.
In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings? In the beginning of the Contest with G. Britain, when we were sensible of danger we had daily prayer in this room for the divine protection.—Our prayers, Sir, were heard, & they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance?

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and byword down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing Governments by Human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.
I therefore beg leave to move—that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of this City be requested to officiate in that service.

[Mat Nuclear @MatNuclear]

Israel made peace with Egypt in 1979, and hasn’t attacked it since.

Israel made peace with Jordan in 1994, and hasn’t attacked it since.

Saudi Arabia never attacked Israel, and Israel hasn’t attacked Saudi.

Maybe Israel just defends itself against enemy belligerents.

[Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo]

Do people need reminding that the Democratic Socialists are communists? They didn’t want to use the c word for branding purposes.

[Steph Zim @sfz1973]

@frgtr46052602 @NormieUtah They decided to stay "Mormon" when most of the women's groups changed to Latter-day Saints. It was a very conscience decision on their part. Tells you everything you need to know.

[Steph Zim @sfz1973]

@NormieUtah A sister-in-law added me to the Facebook group at the very beginning. I immediately knew who they were but stayed for the comic relief. They're anything but funny now.

The fact that they decided to stay "Mormon" tells you everything there is to know

[Willis Eschenbach @WEschenbach]

Here's one of Michael Crichton's very finest quotes, especially applicable to climate "science":

"I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science.

I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you’re being had.

Let’s be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right ... In science, consensus is irrelevant."

Best to everyone,

w.

[Steph Zim @sfz1973]

@1000HolyPlaces @politicalmath I'm the same, but the other books I've read have been really good!