G Ruggles Jr

Micah 6:8

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

Girl in St Lucia with an umbrella

[Flopping Aces @FloppingAces]

The Democratic establishment deserves a slow clap here.

Really. Bravo.

They spent years building the perfect little political terrarium: NGOs, activist salaries, university grievance factories, donor cash, media protection, blue-city patronage, “equity” rackets, and taxpayer-funded do-gooder laundromats all humming along under the sacred banner of “Our Democracy.”

Then they looked at the radicals crawling around inside and said, “Surely these people will remain manageable.”

Absolutely brilliant, guys.

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries now look like substitute teachers trying to take attendance during a prison riot. The donors are sweating through their custom suits. The consultants are pretending this is just a “messaging challenge.” The media is polishing the same old turd and calling it “youth energy.”

No, champ. This is not youth energy.

This is the bill.

You told them America was evil.
You told them capitalism was theft.
You told them police were the enemy.
You told them borders were immoral.
You told them every institution had to be “decolonized,” “reimagined,” or burned down and rebuilt by people with sociology degrees and untreated rage.

Now they believe you.

And worse, they want promotions.

That is the humiliation. The party bosses thought they were renting radicals by the hour. Turns out the radicals thought they were being trained to run the place.

Democrats built the hive, fed the hive, defended the hive, and called anyone who noticed a conspiracy theorist.

Now the hive has the keys.

Enjoy the buzzing.
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[VAN MUTOKA @vanmutoka1]

« Dans le passé,
le monde était dur,
parce qu’il était gouverné par les intelligents.
Les intelligents forçaient les stupides à apprendre,
et cela était difficile pour les stupides.
Mais aujourd’hui, ce sont les stupides qui gouvernent le monde.
Et c’est quelque chose de juste,
car les stupides sont bien plus nombreux.
Maintenant, les intelligents apprennent à parler de façon à être compris par les stupides.
Si le stupide ne comprend rien, c’est le problème de l’intelligent !
Autrefois, les stupides souffraient.
Aujourd’hui, ce sont les intelligents qui souffrent.
Mais le nombre de ceux qui souffrent diminue chaque jour,
car le nombre d’intelligents diminue jour après jour. »Mikhaïl Jvanetski

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

No shit.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Trump:

I will be honest—I think I'd be the greatest communist in history.

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Seems like Ukraine found a way to defeat Moscow’s thick web of air defenses. Second Moscow refinery bombing in three days.

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

@Stultis_TheFool @HistoryBoomer Two things can be true but not these two things.

[Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | @ChuckPfarrer]

JUSTICE: A Swedish court just approved the transfer of the shadow fleet vessel Caffa (IMO 9143611) to Ukraine. The ship was accused of hauling stolen Ukrainian grain pillaged from Russian-occupied territories. This is legal accountability for looting occupied land. Precedent set.

[Jew in a Canoe ✡️🇨🇦 memoir now available! @WillieHandler]

A Jewish man in his nineties goes to confession. He confesses to the priest that he is having relations with a woman in her twenties. The priest says, “But you are Jewish. Why are you telling me?” The man says, “I’m telling everybody.”

[Splice Today @SpliceToday2022]

"Amazingly, there’s no prohibition on using live guns with blanks on film productions. Quentin Tarantino staunchly defends the practice." https://t.co/cJpIRfAAS4

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

@DonaldAche28809 @ShauneScott4 @Sachinettiyil He was born in this country.

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

@okanepeter @Sachinettiyil Nothing Catholic about your comment but you should keep policing the faith of others. Lot of good that will do you.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

Let me be honest. I wanted to stay Muslim so badly.

Not even because of God at first, but because of the life attached to it.

My dad’s businesses were waiting for me. Signed and ready.

My mom’s community. Doctors, lawyers, politicians. Connections everywhere.

Success was laid out in front of me.

There was even an arranged marriage lined up. A doctor. Beautiful future. House. Wedding. Stability.

All I had to do was say one sentence:

“Yeah, I still believe.”

That was it.

Keep the money.
Keep the family approval.
Keep the life.

But here’s what ruined it for me:

I could not unsee Jesus.

Once I really read the Quran and compared it to the Gospel, I couldn’t force myself back into pretending.

And honestly, knowledge becomes heavy at that point.

Because I didn’t leave Islam to rebel.

I left because I could not betray what I believed was true.

No business opportunity, no relationship, no comfortable future was worth denying the King who gave His life for me.

So yeah, my life would have been easier if I stayed.

But when Jesus says, “I am the way,” you don’t answer with, “But the other path feels safer.”

You pick up your cross and walk.

[dale @dale37844138]

@KonstantinKisin Might want to talk with this guy, Raymond Ibrahim; scholar/historian/author/speaker; @RaymondIbrahim5 .

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

@CahillCarla @KonstantinKisin White people didn’t create slavery. Get a clue.

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

@Rfg1184445 @KonstantinKisin How did the word “slavery” come into being? Where did that word come from?

Step 1 - Grow a brain.

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

What if the west isn't the villain they told you it was?

We’ve spent years accepting accusations about racism, intolerance, and slavery without challenging the bigger historical reality:

The societies most condemned today are also the ones that led the world in ending slavery, expanding rights, and building the most tolerant nations on earth.

That’s the conversation nobody wants to have.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, man, this verse used to mess me up.

Jesus on the cross saying, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

As a Muslim, I used to think: how does God feel forsaken by God? That sounds like weakness. That sounds like a prophet in pain.

But then I dug deeper.

And I realized Jesus was not speaking randomly. He was quoting Psalm 22.

That entire Psalm, written by King David centuries before Christ, is a prophecy about the crucifixion:

“They pierce my hands and feet.”
“They divide my garments among them.”
“All who see me mock me.”

In Jewish culture, quoting the first line of a Psalm pointed people to the entire passage.

So Jesus was not crying out in confusion.

He was declaring fulfillment.

He was saying: “This is that.”

And at the same time, He was carrying the full weight of sin, shame, abandonment, and suffering for humanity.

Every moment humanity has cried out, “God, where are you?” Christ stepped into that pain Himself.

That is not weakness.

That is intentional.

That is prophecy unfolding in real time.

That is the King bleeding on purpose so humanity could be brought near to God.

That is the Gospel.

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

@erikboderek @PUB_001 @Glenn_Diesen *of the sort

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

@erikboderek @PUB_001 @Glenn_Diesen No she didn’t but if she really was that capable, she should be president. But it’s not true. She didn’t do anything or the sort. This is just more MAGA horsesh!t.

[G Ruggles Jr @zaphod77]

@shadowcrewtroll @SunTzu6908 @BohuslavskaKate Congress sanctioned Russia. Trump dragged his feet implementing them and then reluctantly went along.