Possible lessons from the Collapse of the Soviet Union
This article may give insight to what Americans can expect when our way of life begins to fall apart. It gives first hand accounts of the situation in Russia after the collapse of the USSR, and suggests that perhaps it will be worse in America, and why, or maybe not. Worth reading, prayerfully.
Exodus 33: An amplified, imaginary conversation
Moses to God: I have favor with You, You know me… Now, whatever you are doing in in MY life, do it in all these, the rest, the entire Body of Christ, as well!
God: I will bless you, be with you forever, and give you peace.
Moses: No, thats not good enough. It must be for everyone, even the weakest, most distracted and foolish believer. They all must come into Maturity, and fullness and oneness with Christ! This is what Jesus came for! This is the desire of the Son! His prayer! To be with them, forever, and them to be where He is, on the throne.
God: Ok.
God is looking for leaders who will not settle for being personally blessed, but will contend and not rest until all that they have, is also given in measure to the Body.
Musicians who teach others how to play, and to come into the presence of God, instead of settling for being in the limelight (such as that is, to whatever measure of influence and fame they may have), but will teach ‘the secrets’ of whatever it is that God has blessed them with. The practical, day to day stuff that works for them, and also imparting the more ephemeral (seemingly) activity of the Holy Ghost. Mantles, etc.
That is just one example, but it is far far far more than this. To have a heart, that we would contend for everyone to come into maturing, and to have the very indwelling Presence of God, and not just His blessings. Altho, I want those, too!
Counterfeiters, Chinese vs American, Voter Intimidation
I was watching CNBCHD, breifly, to get my Ubuntu display to center properly. For some reason, when I reboot, I have to go to the HDMI display from the STB, let it align, and then switch back to the VGA display that I have coming out of my laptop, which is tucked away out of sight.
Anyways, I fairly well refuse to watch Mainstream News, like Fox, and CNN, etc, but I got a brief glimpse, and so here is the latest outrage on the truth, that China is responsible for 90% of fake goods.
And I am thinking, what, is this worse than counterfeit money, fake food packaged as ‘safe’, fake relationships, fake news, fake Jesus, fake leaders telling fakey lies, like Health Care ‘reform’ bills written by insurance companies, and Financial ‘reform’ bill written by the top 6 banking instututions to get subsidies from the govt, and to drive their compeitors out of business, sold to us as bills to ‘reign in’ evil corporations…..
And the too-do about New Black Panther voter intimidation, and I am thinking, gosh, this is nothing compared to the voter intimidation done daily in this nation by the states, the locals, and the federal govt.
Talk to some 3rd party candidates some time, and hear the stories about how they forced to jump thru all these hoops. And, people have gone to JAIL, iirc, for something as simple as having out of state people canvassing for you.
I want reality. America is currently living in almost complete delusion, and I can at times be fearful at how dramatic the wake up call may be.
I personally want to wake up from all delusion, myself!
Food Review: Kroger 100% Natural Cereal
I bought this in a fit of sugar cravings, and I was really physically drained from lack of sleep. Full Disclosure.
The consistency is not good. It did not hold together well once the milk hit it, and it was kinda grainy or something.
I didn’t like it. I don’t recommend it.
As a plus, however, it was only $1.84, and it does NOT have any HFCS. Remember, nothing says ghetto like High Fructose Corn Syrup.
My typical desktop
That’s vim with some books of the Bible open on #1, #2 is for Various Apllicatations, #3 is Web, ie, Google Chrome, and 4 is ussually an open terminal for this or that.
AWN is my main panel there, on the bottom, and I have a smaller regular Gnome panel on the top with some utilities, like Gnome Timer Applet.
The 4 Desktops Effect is from Compiz, which is MORE than just eye candy, but very productive. Mouse in top left exposes the 4 virtual desktops, and top right exposes all the open windows. So, I can get around, yo!
Thats DockbarX providing window management in the bottom AWN panel, and I have Compiz tweaked to remove the Title Bar from mazimized applications for maximum screen space.
If Google Chrome had a shortcut for showing the Address Bar in F11 Full Sceen Mode, Chrome would be F11, but, alas, it does NOT, amazingly!
Ethnic Groceries in North Indy Fishers, Indiana
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Cooking Weekend
So this weekend I cooked:
- Pizza (2) w/ onions, orange peppers, diced Jalapeños, home made red sauce, Mozz medalions, and some Feta. MMM!
- Aloo + whatever they call chickens, in a spicy masala, using my spices aquired on a recent trip to the Big City, including an experiment using citric acid for replacing lemon, or sour. Very nice, altho, it also repurposes nicely as a high colonic.
- Sandwich Bread, using buttermilk and 1/3 whole wheat, very nice.
- Chocolate brownies, but no dulce la leche this time, as I had no sweetened condensed milk handy. They tasted great, anyways.
- And my kid showed up to help finish off the brownies and the Aloo Stuff.
- Yay! Next time, I will take pics, I promise.
Runkeeper is awesome
Just a quick plug for Runkeeper, a smart phone based logger for tracking your runs/walks, bike rides.
You select your activity, wait for the GPS to lock, hit start, and while your running, it tells you how fast you are going, how far, and the elevation. Plus, it has Google Maps built in, so you can watch your progress on the map. Then when you are done, it uploads to the Runkeeper site, and does all sorts of useful graph-fu, like average speed, distance this week etc.
I liked it so much, I actually plunked down the $20 for the more advanced Activity Reports functions, but the Free Version is very nice, and useful, too. I also want them to stay in business!
It has some social stuff built in, but obviously, that is going to be a factor in the amount of adopters close to you, geographically.
I use it on my Moto Droid, and it has really helped for watching my progress, and gives me little incentives to attain reachable, quantifiable milestones.
Like, I know that last month I did 30 miles of running and walking combined. With 10 days left, I saw that I could DOUBLE my monthly miles if I walked and ran a bit more.
So, I have seen it pay off already, cause I am very close. Very close, now with about 5 days left. If I can get over this minor pulled triceps thingee. Gotta remember to stretch, stretch, and stretch some more!
Command and Control Center
Recently revamped
How does America’s Business Community View the Free Market?
U.S. Chamber of Commerce gives Ron Paul an F for being anti-Free Enterprise. Ya know, cause he doesn’t support subsidies and stuff. Like the Obama ‘Stimulus’.
It is time for the sham to be exposed. Folks, once again, you want smaller, more effiicient government to pass a decent country along to your kids? Your enemy is not so much that Kos-readin’, Global Warmin’ myth beleiving, Liberal/Progressive/Democrat, it is Big Business.
