Its obvious, at least to the rest of the world, that the DOJ/FBI are a left wing Dem Party political weapon and the USA is turning into a totalitarian regime.
The GOP leadership needs to take action…
D-Day has just passed… who would have thought that this soon in our lifetime the communist Leftists would destroy everything that the Greatest Generation fought and died for.
“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”
I tried to email you two or three days ago, but it seems it never went through because your inbox is full and I’m not sure what other email you have, so I decided just to “send” it here instead.
I was encouraged to hear on the blog that you are working on communicating more gently. However, in this instance, you made accusations that were refuted, and it really seems that the Christian response in this instance is to apologize to those you have offended. Some of the other women are basically telling Karen, “We all get our feelings hurt sometimes, get over it,” but that isn’t the issue here. When there has been a genuine offense, we don’t simply decide we’ll do better next time.
Our primary relationship is as brothers and sisters in Christ. Agreement in the minutia of politics is so far secondary. Karen in particular is in a spot with little Christian fellowship, living with unbelievers, unable to drive, a widow–I’m not saying to treat her with kid gloves, but certainly to treat her with basic compassion, and when she has pointed out that an assertion about her was erroneous, to apologize.
I had heard that all the excess clothing is becoming a problem for land fills all over the place. I always try to recycle to Goodwill, or use old items for rags.
I didn’t know that the parties could censure their members for not supporting the party platform. I knew there could be consequences in terms of being chosen for choice appointments, but apparently there is more. Who knew?
We got our new puppy today! He’s a cream colored Dachshund we’ve named Teddy. And he’s sooo much different than Samster. When Samster was a puppy he would take off running after the pet store owner’s cat, skidding around the corner on the floor. Teddy is a complete cuddle bunny. And he’s more like a toddler waddling from place to place. We took him outside and he was wandering through the mint like it was an Amazon rain forest. Now for all the potty training and other realities that come with puppydom. :–)
That’s what I’ve heard, Mumsee. I have simplified my clothing substantially over the past few years. It helps that my work clothing is a uniform of sorts. I wear white shirts and khaki pants (no buttons allowed) 5 or 6 days a week. As I became accustomed to the simplified uniform for work, I thought why not do it always. So I now wear simpler clothes and have fewer of them . And I also realize now how unconsciously stressful clothing (and hair styles) had become.
Peter linked to an interesting looking story a day or two ago. It’s about a new solution Gov. Abbot was trying for border control. Putting something in the river… I was busy at the time and meant to go back and read it but got distracted. Now I can’t find it anywhere! If anyone remembers where it was just point me in that direction. :–/
With the evidence of reporting on Russia collusion hoax, Kavanaugh hoax, Covington, Biden family business, Ukraine impeachment, etc., the corporate media should be asked about couching lies in lies, not truth in lies https://t.co/C9X3H4HxYX
This clown wins multiple awards and he's one of most dishonest persons in corporate media. None of his colleagues or anyone on the left ever criticize him. Who are the powerful people backing him that others in his 'profession' are afraid of? https://t.co/dghF6Ym4lE
Tillis is a uni-party member, like the rest who kneeled down to the pervs and Dems.
NEWS: NCGOP votes to censure GOP Sen. Thom Tillis at this weekend’s Republican Party convention. Adds the following paragraph to this resolution: “Does hereby censure Senator Thom Tillis for his blatant violations of our party platform.” #ncpolpic.twitter.com/9X4qVsGPn8
“fast fashion” is a serious issue. Clothes are dumped after only a season of wearing lead to garbage dumps full of textiles which take far too long to decompose and pollute water and air
Clothes are made first for high end stores who sell at a high price. Once the season is over, leftovers are sold to a chain discounter like Marshalls, from there it goes to independent bargain stores in poorer neighbourhoods and flea markets, finally its donated to goodwill or value village. Whatever doesn’t sell there is baled and shipped to West Africa where it’s bought by the bale and the purchasers hope for saleable material. The overproduction and its mass shipments to West Africa has undercut local textile producers; normal the first industry in the industrialization/modernization process.
Tychicus – the FBI is just doing its job. To say its left wing is ludicrous given its history of repressing anything hinting of the left.
Party discipline in the US is extremely loose compared to elsewhere. But mess with people’s right to conceal carry and suddenly people get interested in censure. I honestly don’t understand why concealed carry without a permit is a good idea. America regulates the right to vote but not the right to a gun.
Youtube has an insanely tight algorithm. WWII historians will self-censor to avoid using the term Nazi. War footage from Ukraine is constantly blurred. Once you trigger the algorithm for whatever reason and there are a lot of reasons apparently, your video is banned until you will appeal. It’s a private company and has a right to set its own standards. A lot of documentaries are self-censored on Youtube but then a link is given where you can view it elsewhere uncensored (of course it’s a paid subscription). Peterson isn’t the first and won’t be the last – it’s how the internet works; a site judges what’s appropriate for their site. Not much different than how other private media operate – they control what gets printed or viewed.
😂 America regulates the right to vote but not the right to a gun.
Ummm not really. Voter ID anyone?? Oh heck no that would be racist!
We have many regulations concerning gun rights. It’s just that our government would rather control legal owners and not the criminals. Honestly they want us to believe if they put stricter measures in place we will be safe from guns? No. We will be unarmed and the government and the criminals will be the only ones armed.
The FBI is not doing the job for the American people. They are an appendage of the left.
– A former FBI agent testified before Congress Thursday saying that the FBI manipulated data to make domestic terrorism linked to Jan. 6 seem like a nationwide phenomenon instead of an isolated incident.
The revelation came as part of a hearing held by the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government where FBI whistleblowers testified before lawmakers about abuse and politicization of the FBI. They also testified about backlash they received, even losing their jobs as retaliation for refusing to toe the narrative established by FBI leadership.
Biden following the footsteps of Zelenskyy??And we have sent him what…75 billion so far? Doesn’t Biden’s connection cause concern for anyone??
OPINION Published December 7, 2022 11:56pm EST
Good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight. So you remember when Russia invaded Ukraine in February? And at that time, our leaders told us this wasn’t some faraway conflict in Eastern Europe. This was our war. “No military should ever be allowed to invade a sovereign nation,” they told us. Iraq and Afghanistan obviously not included in that rule. The invasion of Ukraine could not stand because it was a matter of first principles. But more than that, it was a world historic moral battle that we were obligated to join.
It was very clear. Vladimir Putin was pure evil. He was Hitler reborn. The Ukrainian president, Zelenskyy, was his mirror image. He was saint-like – self-denying, brave, honest, very handsome. And Zelenskyy was fighting for the very same ideals that our country was founded on. A number of news outlets, including CNN and the L.A. Times, compared him to George Washington. So they told us that with one voice month after month, no disagreement allowed. Not surprisingly, it worked. Americans fell hard for President Zelenskyy.
They all did. Even in rural areas that voted against Joe Biden, you saw Ukrainian flags hanging from mailboxes. To many people, it felt like World War II again. The good war. A battle against tyranny abroad for the sake of freedom and democracy at home. Well, the better part of a year later, it’s getting harder and harder to believe any of this. Whatever you think of the war in Ukraine, it is pretty clear that Zelenskyy has no interest in freedom and democracy. In fact, Zelenskyy is far closer to Lenin than to George Washington. He is a dictator. He is a dangerous authoritarian who has used a hundred billion in U.S. tax dollars to erect a one-party police state in Ukraine. And that’s not an overstatement.
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY IS – AND SHOULD BE – TIME’S PERSON OF THE YEAR
Over the past two years, Zelenskyy has banned opposition parties. He’s shut down critical media by force. He’s arrested his political opponents. He has sent soldiers into churches. Zelenskyy’s secret police have raided monasteries across Ukraine, even a convent full of nuns, and arrested dozens of priests for no justifiable reason whatsoever and in clear violation of the Ukrainian constitution, which no longer matters. And in the face of this, the Biden administration has said nothing. Not one word. Instead, they just continue to push to send Zelenskyy more tax dollars. So naturally, Zelenskyy has become much bolder. Why wouldn’t he?
Last week, he announced his plan to ban an entire religion, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and to seize its property, all for being insufficiently loyal to his regime. And he said it out loud.
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: We have to create such conditions when any people dependent on the country-aggressor won’t be able to manipulate Ukrainians and weaken Ukraine from within. First, the National Security and Defense Council instructed the government to submit to the Verkhovna Rada, a draft law on making it impossible for religious organizations affiliated with centers of influence in the Russian Federation to operate in Ukraine.
A free country does not ban a major religion just because it’s not fully on board with the political program of the people running the country. But Zelenskyy is doing that and his cabinet is now devising ways to punish Christians for practicing their banned ancient religion in Ukraine. Quote, “Personal economic and restrictive sanctions will be applied to any Christian caught worshiping in unapproved ways.” Now, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is more than a thousand years old. With the full backing of the Joe Biden administration and the US Congress, Zelenskyy has decided to ban it. So here’s the response of one bishop to the news.
EASTERN ORTHODOX BISHOP: We brothers and sisters walk with God! Do not be afraid! There are people who want to stop our church and orthodox faith! The God will stop these people! Brothers and sisters, these people are starting to fight against God! They have started a war against God! And Heaven! They are not real Ukrainians! Our Ukraine is a blessed and faithful Ukraine! And the whole Orthodox Ukraine
You’re not allowed to send soldiers into churches. You’re not allowed to arrest dozens of priests because they refuse to bow before you. You’re not allowed to ban whole religions. So most of the US media, most have just ignored this. Some have made excuses for it. “Oh, he has to do this because there is a war.” But there’s no justification for this whatsoever. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is not Russian, it’s Ukrainian. It has no connection to the Putin government. It has, in fact, officially denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine. So once again, there is no justification for destroying and banning this church. And yet Zelenskyy’s many celebrity backers in the West have said nothing about it, and they should know better.
In May, George W. Bush, the great defender of Christendom, met with Zelenskyy on a Zoom call and afterward, described him as “the Winston Churchill of our time.” A man who should be praised for his, quote, “commitment to liberty.” So where’s George W. Bush on this question now that his friend, the George Washington of Ukraine, has banned a form of Christianity in that country? Well, George W. Bush has been silent as well. So have many purportedly Christian members of Congress. They’re backing Zelenskyy, no matter how many Christians he arrests, no matter how many churches he seizes.
LINDSEY GRAHAM: To the Ukrainian people, you can expect the Congress to be there with you in terms of supporting your efforts to maintain your freedom.
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: Everything that we can do to be helpful to them as they fight for their freedom.
CHRIS COONS: I think the history of the 21st century turns on how fiercely we defend freedom in Ukraine.
JAKE SULLIVAN: We will continue to provide military equipment so that Ukraine can defend its territory and its freedom.
NED PRICE: The United States will continue our unwavering support for Ukraine as it defends its freedom.
MITT ROMNEY: And let’s get the job done so that we can save lives in Ukraine and defend the cause of freedom.
JOE BIDEN: The free world had no choice. America could not stand by. The American people did what they always have done: defend freedom around the world.
Every single person you just watched has campaigned. Many of them make a habit of campaigning, Lindsey Graham, ladies and gentlemen, in Christian churches in the United States. Will a single Christian leader say anything to them about this? You are funding the destruction of Christianity in Ukraine. “Oh, but it’s the cause of freedom.” Really?
The reality is that Ukrainians cannot listen to media outlets that criticize the Zelenskyy government because they’ve been banned. They cannot play music from Russian singers. No, this is not in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. This is in the democracy of Ukraine that we support. They can’t play music from Russian singers. They can’t vote for an opposition party because they’ve all been shut down. And now their churches are being raided and their priests arrested.
So the fact that our leaders are calling this freedom tells you a lot about what they’re planning here. Of course. Why would you defend this? Because you approve of it. For its part, Ukraine’s defense ministry has stopped pretending this is about freedom. They’re just happy they’re getting paid and they’re finally crushing any opposition in their own country. And that’s why Ukraine’s military is now using your tax dollars to produce choreographed dance videos for social media consumption. Sort of like the COVID nurses. Here’s one of them.
It’s just a grotesque postmodern psyop, and anyone who’s fallen for this is brain damaged. This is the same Ukrainian defense ministry that lied about the “Ghost of Kiev” and the sailors who cursed out the Russian ship. Now they’re just having fun. Because they’re beating the real enemies, which of course, as always, are domestic. And Time Magazine is fully on board with this. They just informed their four remaining readers that Zelenskyy is the “person of the year.” And the media chorus is in full scream. Jon Meacham, the purported historian at MSNBC, believes that Zelenskyy is really a lot like the Pope.
JON MEACHAM: Zelenskyy is being fired by the best fundamental impulses in human nature, which is to stand, to defend, to articulate, to fight back. And I think it’s also important to remember that he is a performer. That’s where he started. John Paul II was a performer. Ronald Reagan was a performer. Winston Churchill understood the means of the media of his time. He understood the power of radio. Franklin Roosevelt understood radio. It’s not coincidental that great leaders understand.
Great leaders. So if they’ll defend a man who shut down opposition media, arrested his political opponents, arrested priests, sent the army into monasteries and then banned a religion, if they’ll defend all of that and call it liberty, they’ll defend anything.
NJ — the point is simple, the Republicans argue for rules and regulations for one right yet no rules and regulations for another right. It’s bizarre to say the least especially since it does say “well regulated” in the right to bear arms.
Carlson has no clue how the Orthodox Churches relate to the government. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is the state church for Ukraine, approved by the Patriarch of Constantinople. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is part of the Russian Orthodox Church, the state church of Putin’s Russia. Its loyalty is to Russia not Ukraine. All other churches – Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic and various Protestants – are free to worship along with Muslims (Tatars) because they are not political. It’s specifically the Ukrainian Orthodox Church which is the problem.
Given the current situation in Ukraine some limitations of press and speech are to be expected. The UK in WWII banned certain political parties and censored radio broadcasts. Ukraine should have elections in October but they might be postponed. Zelensky would easily win anyway. He’s considered a centralist and more of a pan-European than a nationalist. His opposition is to the right and far more nationalistic. Carlson can whine and complain but there’s little opposition to Zelensky in Ukraine except those who think he’s being too moderate in his position against Russia.
HRW, Of course Zelensky could win, because by “Ukraine” you mean only those regions who voted for him to begin with. Those were pretty much the only ones allowed to vote. It will be a hollow victory if Russia is still occupying Crimea, Donbas and other areas. Those people would not vote for Zelensky. But then again, maybe those areas will no longer be widely considered part of Ukraine at all before long.
I thought the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was granted its independence from the Russian Orthodox Church by the Orthodox church in Constantinople in 2014 after the coup. At least that’s what I remember reading last year.
Wandering Views 
Trust in our government is all but gone.
Its obvious, at least to the rest of the world, that the DOJ/FBI are a left wing Dem Party political weapon and the USA is turning into a totalitarian regime.
The GOP leadership needs to take action…
D-Day has just passed… who would have thought that this soon in our lifetime the communist Leftists would destroy everything that the Greatest Generation fought and died for.
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“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”
Samuel Adams
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Hey AJ,
I tried to email you two or three days ago, but it seems it never went through because your inbox is full and I’m not sure what other email you have, so I decided just to “send” it here instead.
I was encouraged to hear on the blog that you are working on communicating more gently. However, in this instance, you made accusations that were refuted, and it really seems that the Christian response in this instance is to apologize to those you have offended. Some of the other women are basically telling Karen, “We all get our feelings hurt sometimes, get over it,” but that isn’t the issue here. When there has been a genuine offense, we don’t simply decide we’ll do better next time.
Our primary relationship is as brothers and sisters in Christ. Agreement in the minutia of politics is so far secondary. Karen in particular is in a spot with little Christian fellowship, living with unbelievers, unable to drive, a widow–I’m not saying to treat her with kid gloves, but certainly to treat her with basic compassion, and when she has pointed out that an assertion about her was erroneous, to apologize.
Thanks,
Cheryl
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I had heard that all the excess clothing is becoming a problem for land fills all over the place. I always try to recycle to Goodwill, or use old items for rags.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jun/05/yvette-yaa-konadu-tetteh-how-ghana-became-fast-fashions-dumping-ground
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I didn’t know that the parties could censure their members for not supporting the party platform. I knew there could be consequences in terms of being chosen for choice appointments, but apparently there is more. Who knew?
https://news.yahoo.com/ncgop-votes-censure-republican-u-191154031.html
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We got our new puppy today! He’s a cream colored Dachshund we’ve named Teddy. And he’s sooo much different than Samster. When Samster was a puppy he would take off running after the pet store owner’s cat, skidding around the corner on the floor. Teddy is a complete cuddle bunny. And he’s more like a toddler waddling from place to place. We took him outside and he was wandering through the mint like it was an Amazon rain forest. Now for all the potty training and other realities that come with puppydom. :–)
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oops. wrong thread.
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I believe a lot of the clothes donated to goodwill etc, end up there.
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That’s what I’ve heard, Mumsee. I have simplified my clothing substantially over the past few years. It helps that my work clothing is a uniform of sorts. I wear white shirts and khaki pants (no buttons allowed) 5 or 6 days a week. As I became accustomed to the simplified uniform for work, I thought why not do it always. So I now wear simpler clothes and have fewer of them . And I also realize now how unconsciously stressful clothing (and hair styles) had become.
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Peter linked to an interesting looking story a day or two ago. It’s about a new solution Gov. Abbot was trying for border control. Putting something in the river… I was busy at the time and meant to go back and read it but got distracted. Now I can’t find it anywhere! If anyone remembers where it was just point me in that direction. :–/
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Newsmax has it still. Look for newsfront and then more. Yesterday.
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They also have a happy story of four children being found in the forest after forty days from a plane crash.
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I tried
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Thanks Mumsee. I found it.
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It’s nice when stuff banned by YouTube and Google can be accessed on free sites that don’t censor people who deviate from the liberal group think.
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Truth.
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As Debra mentioned….
Tillis is a uni-party member, like the rest who kneeled down to the pervs and Dems.
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“fast fashion” is a serious issue. Clothes are dumped after only a season of wearing lead to garbage dumps full of textiles which take far too long to decompose and pollute water and air
Clothes are made first for high end stores who sell at a high price. Once the season is over, leftovers are sold to a chain discounter like Marshalls, from there it goes to independent bargain stores in poorer neighbourhoods and flea markets, finally its donated to goodwill or value village. Whatever doesn’t sell there is baled and shipped to West Africa where it’s bought by the bale and the purchasers hope for saleable material. The overproduction and its mass shipments to West Africa has undercut local textile producers; normal the first industry in the industrialization/modernization process.
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Tychicus – the FBI is just doing its job. To say its left wing is ludicrous given its history of repressing anything hinting of the left.
Party discipline in the US is extremely loose compared to elsewhere. But mess with people’s right to conceal carry and suddenly people get interested in censure. I honestly don’t understand why concealed carry without a permit is a good idea. America regulates the right to vote but not the right to a gun.
Youtube has an insanely tight algorithm. WWII historians will self-censor to avoid using the term Nazi. War footage from Ukraine is constantly blurred. Once you trigger the algorithm for whatever reason and there are a lot of reasons apparently, your video is banned until you will appeal. It’s a private company and has a right to set its own standards. A lot of documentaries are self-censored on Youtube but then a link is given where you can view it elsewhere uncensored (of course it’s a paid subscription). Peterson isn’t the first and won’t be the last – it’s how the internet works; a site judges what’s appropriate for their site. Not much different than how other private media operate – they control what gets printed or viewed.
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😂 America regulates the right to vote but not the right to a gun.
Ummm not really. Voter ID anyone?? Oh heck no that would be racist!
We have many regulations concerning gun rights. It’s just that our government would rather control legal owners and not the criminals. Honestly they want us to believe if they put stricter measures in place we will be safe from guns? No. We will be unarmed and the government and the criminals will be the only ones armed.
The FBI is not doing the job for the American people. They are an appendage of the left.
– A former FBI agent testified before Congress Thursday saying that the FBI manipulated data to make domestic terrorism linked to Jan. 6 seem like a nationwide phenomenon instead of an isolated incident.
The revelation came as part of a hearing held by the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government where FBI whistleblowers testified before lawmakers about abuse and politicization of the FBI. They also testified about backlash they received, even losing their jobs as retaliation for refusing to toe the narrative established by FBI leadership.
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-biden-wants-to-give-trump-death-sentence-for-documents-gop-rep-says
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Biden following the footsteps of Zelenskyy??And we have sent him what…75 billion so far? Doesn’t Biden’s connection cause concern for anyone??
OPINION Published December 7, 2022 11:56pm EST
Good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight. So you remember when Russia invaded Ukraine in February? And at that time, our leaders told us this wasn’t some faraway conflict in Eastern Europe. This was our war. “No military should ever be allowed to invade a sovereign nation,” they told us. Iraq and Afghanistan obviously not included in that rule. The invasion of Ukraine could not stand because it was a matter of first principles. But more than that, it was a world historic moral battle that we were obligated to join.
It was very clear. Vladimir Putin was pure evil. He was Hitler reborn. The Ukrainian president, Zelenskyy, was his mirror image. He was saint-like – self-denying, brave, honest, very handsome. And Zelenskyy was fighting for the very same ideals that our country was founded on. A number of news outlets, including CNN and the L.A. Times, compared him to George Washington. So they told us that with one voice month after month, no disagreement allowed. Not surprisingly, it worked. Americans fell hard for President Zelenskyy.
They all did. Even in rural areas that voted against Joe Biden, you saw Ukrainian flags hanging from mailboxes. To many people, it felt like World War II again. The good war. A battle against tyranny abroad for the sake of freedom and democracy at home. Well, the better part of a year later, it’s getting harder and harder to believe any of this. Whatever you think of the war in Ukraine, it is pretty clear that Zelenskyy has no interest in freedom and democracy. In fact, Zelenskyy is far closer to Lenin than to George Washington. He is a dictator. He is a dangerous authoritarian who has used a hundred billion in U.S. tax dollars to erect a one-party police state in Ukraine. And that’s not an overstatement.
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY IS – AND SHOULD BE – TIME’S PERSON OF THE YEAR
Over the past two years, Zelenskyy has banned opposition parties. He’s shut down critical media by force. He’s arrested his political opponents. He has sent soldiers into churches. Zelenskyy’s secret police have raided monasteries across Ukraine, even a convent full of nuns, and arrested dozens of priests for no justifiable reason whatsoever and in clear violation of the Ukrainian constitution, which no longer matters. And in the face of this, the Biden administration has said nothing. Not one word. Instead, they just continue to push to send Zelenskyy more tax dollars. So naturally, Zelenskyy has become much bolder. Why wouldn’t he?
Last week, he announced his plan to ban an entire religion, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and to seize its property, all for being insufficiently loyal to his regime. And he said it out loud.
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: We have to create such conditions when any people dependent on the country-aggressor won’t be able to manipulate Ukrainians and weaken Ukraine from within. First, the National Security and Defense Council instructed the government to submit to the Verkhovna Rada, a draft law on making it impossible for religious organizations affiliated with centers of influence in the Russian Federation to operate in Ukraine.
A free country does not ban a major religion just because it’s not fully on board with the political program of the people running the country. But Zelenskyy is doing that and his cabinet is now devising ways to punish Christians for practicing their banned ancient religion in Ukraine. Quote, “Personal economic and restrictive sanctions will be applied to any Christian caught worshiping in unapproved ways.” Now, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is more than a thousand years old. With the full backing of the Joe Biden administration and the US Congress, Zelenskyy has decided to ban it. So here’s the response of one bishop to the news.
EASTERN ORTHODOX BISHOP: We brothers and sisters walk with God! Do not be afraid! There are people who want to stop our church and orthodox faith! The God will stop these people! Brothers and sisters, these people are starting to fight against God! They have started a war against God! And Heaven! They are not real Ukrainians! Our Ukraine is a blessed and faithful Ukraine! And the whole Orthodox Ukraine
You’re not allowed to send soldiers into churches. You’re not allowed to arrest dozens of priests because they refuse to bow before you. You’re not allowed to ban whole religions. So most of the US media, most have just ignored this. Some have made excuses for it. “Oh, he has to do this because there is a war.” But there’s no justification for this whatsoever. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is not Russian, it’s Ukrainian. It has no connection to the Putin government. It has, in fact, officially denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine. So once again, there is no justification for destroying and banning this church. And yet Zelenskyy’s many celebrity backers in the West have said nothing about it, and they should know better.
In May, George W. Bush, the great defender of Christendom, met with Zelenskyy on a Zoom call and afterward, described him as “the Winston Churchill of our time.” A man who should be praised for his, quote, “commitment to liberty.” So where’s George W. Bush on this question now that his friend, the George Washington of Ukraine, has banned a form of Christianity in that country? Well, George W. Bush has been silent as well. So have many purportedly Christian members of Congress. They’re backing Zelenskyy, no matter how many Christians he arrests, no matter how many churches he seizes.
LINDSEY GRAHAM: To the Ukrainian people, you can expect the Congress to be there with you in terms of supporting your efforts to maintain your freedom.
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: Everything that we can do to be helpful to them as they fight for their freedom.
CHRIS COONS: I think the history of the 21st century turns on how fiercely we defend freedom in Ukraine.
JAKE SULLIVAN: We will continue to provide military equipment so that Ukraine can defend its territory and its freedom.
NED PRICE: The United States will continue our unwavering support for Ukraine as it defends its freedom.
MITT ROMNEY: And let’s get the job done so that we can save lives in Ukraine and defend the cause of freedom.
JOE BIDEN: The free world had no choice. America could not stand by. The American people did what they always have done: defend freedom around the world.
Every single person you just watched has campaigned. Many of them make a habit of campaigning, Lindsey Graham, ladies and gentlemen, in Christian churches in the United States. Will a single Christian leader say anything to them about this? You are funding the destruction of Christianity in Ukraine. “Oh, but it’s the cause of freedom.” Really?
The reality is that Ukrainians cannot listen to media outlets that criticize the Zelenskyy government because they’ve been banned. They cannot play music from Russian singers. No, this is not in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. This is in the democracy of Ukraine that we support. They can’t play music from Russian singers. They can’t vote for an opposition party because they’ve all been shut down. And now their churches are being raided and their priests arrested.
So the fact that our leaders are calling this freedom tells you a lot about what they’re planning here. Of course. Why would you defend this? Because you approve of it. For its part, Ukraine’s defense ministry has stopped pretending this is about freedom. They’re just happy they’re getting paid and they’re finally crushing any opposition in their own country. And that’s why Ukraine’s military is now using your tax dollars to produce choreographed dance videos for social media consumption. Sort of like the COVID nurses. Here’s one of them.
It’s just a grotesque postmodern psyop, and anyone who’s fallen for this is brain damaged. This is the same Ukrainian defense ministry that lied about the “Ghost of Kiev” and the sailors who cursed out the Russian ship. Now they’re just having fun. Because they’re beating the real enemies, which of course, as always, are domestic. And Time Magazine is fully on board with this. They just informed their four remaining readers that Zelenskyy is the “person of the year.” And the media chorus is in full scream. Jon Meacham, the purported historian at MSNBC, believes that Zelenskyy is really a lot like the Pope.
JON MEACHAM: Zelenskyy is being fired by the best fundamental impulses in human nature, which is to stand, to defend, to articulate, to fight back. And I think it’s also important to remember that he is a performer. That’s where he started. John Paul II was a performer. Ronald Reagan was a performer. Winston Churchill understood the means of the media of his time. He understood the power of radio. Franklin Roosevelt understood radio. It’s not coincidental that great leaders understand.
Great leaders. So if they’ll defend a man who shut down opposition media, arrested his political opponents, arrested priests, sent the army into monasteries and then banned a religion, if they’ll defend all of that and call it liberty, they’ll defend anything.
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NJ — the point is simple, the Republicans argue for rules and regulations for one right yet no rules and regulations for another right. It’s bizarre to say the least especially since it does say “well regulated” in the right to bear arms.
Carlson has no clue how the Orthodox Churches relate to the government. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is the state church for Ukraine, approved by the Patriarch of Constantinople. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is part of the Russian Orthodox Church, the state church of Putin’s Russia. Its loyalty is to Russia not Ukraine. All other churches – Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic and various Protestants – are free to worship along with Muslims (Tatars) because they are not political. It’s specifically the Ukrainian Orthodox Church which is the problem.
Given the current situation in Ukraine some limitations of press and speech are to be expected. The UK in WWII banned certain political parties and censored radio broadcasts. Ukraine should have elections in October but they might be postponed. Zelensky would easily win anyway. He’s considered a centralist and more of a pan-European than a nationalist. His opposition is to the right and far more nationalistic. Carlson can whine and complain but there’s little opposition to Zelensky in Ukraine except those who think he’s being too moderate in his position against Russia.
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HRW, Of course Zelensky could win, because by “Ukraine” you mean only those regions who voted for him to begin with. Those were pretty much the only ones allowed to vote. It will be a hollow victory if Russia is still occupying Crimea, Donbas and other areas. Those people would not vote for Zelensky. But then again, maybe those areas will no longer be widely considered part of Ukraine at all before long.
I thought the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was granted its independence from the Russian Orthodox Church by the Orthodox church in Constantinople in 2014 after the coup. At least that’s what I remember reading last year.
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