The Morning Rant

TYRANNY CREEPS IN ON LITTLE CAT FEET

And I'm not talking about Kinzinger, whose buffoonery is already a national embarrassment. The level of historical ignorance of this twitter rando is astounding. He apparently has no idea how tyrannies are imposed. Totalitarianism doesn't come in all at once. Darth Vader doesn't suddenly show up one day and take over. Rather, it is imposed incrementally, step by step, inch by inch, and they will keep pushing and pushing as much as they can, especially if they meet no resistance.

Because each step, when viewed in isolation from all of the others, doesn't seem so bad. A certain population needs to be deloused? Why not? Delousing is a good thing, right? Who wants to live with dirty people? And anyone who suggests the government is not going to stop there is immediately condemned as a nutjob and a conspiracy theorist who is against public health.

And in a subsequent tweet, he said "Russia is tyranny. Venezuela is Tyranny...However, SIMPLY withholding federal funds to encourage behavior for the purpose of ending a deadly pandemic is most assuredly NOT tyranny."

...SIMPLY withholding federal funds to encourage behavior for the purpose of ending a deadly pandemic is most assuredly NOT tyranny.

...SIMPLY mandating vaccinations without exceptions to encourage behavior for the purpose of ending a deadly pandemic is most assuredly NOT tyranny.

...SIMPLY publically shaming the unvaccinated to encourage behavior for the purpose of ending a deadly pandemic is most assuredly NOT tyranny.

...SIMPLY mandating a system of vax passports to encourage behavior for the purpose of ending a deadly pandemic is most assuredly NOT tyranny.

...SIMPLY setting up a system of interstate check-points to encourage behavior for the purpose of ending a deadly pandemic is most assuredly NOT tyranny.

...SIMPLY setting up a new, federally-funded vaccine police force to encourage behavior for the purpose of ending a deadly pandemic is most assuredly NOT tyranny.

...SIMPLY moving the unvaccinated to "hospitality camps" to encourage behavior for the purpose of ending a deadly pandemic is most assuredly NOT tyranny.

Public health is the public excuse for every kind of injustice and deprivation of liberty. Because the unvaccinated aren't a threat to society, They are, however, a threat to authority.

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Prayer Requests:

10/22 - Pookysgirl asks for prayers for Pooky, as he is going in for extensive neuropsychological testing for 4-8 hours on Oct 27, so he could really use prayers today. He’s had issues with similar testing in the past, so prayers for calming and peace would be appreciated.
11/29 update – The results were not what they were hoping for. Pooky did not get any specific diagnoses but got put into 4 different “unspecified” categories. He sees his therapist and his med manager within the next month, and hopefully they can help them understand the diagnoses and any medication changes. This news has been very difficult to handle.
12/14 Update – Yesterday morning, Pooky’s mental health team had a conference call and decided that Pooky needed to be evaluated immediately. Pookysgirl took Pooky to the local VA (1.5 hours away) and he was admitted to the psych ward. He will probably be out by Christmas. Please pray that they get all the logistics figured out and this his meds can be properly adjusted.
12/20 Update – Pooky came home Friday (12/17). His med adjustments seem to be working well.

11/4 – Tonypete asks for prayers for his dear friend Beth’s daughter Dominique who is 36 years old and has been diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. It has already spread to her liver and appears to be very aggressive. Please pray for a remission and for her doctors’ skill. Failing that, prayers for a Holy Death.
12/17 Update – Dominique passed away today. May her memory be eternal.

12/20 – Bluebell requested prayers for Tami’s family (husband, daughter, son and his wife and their baby boy) at the death of Tami (from natural causes).

12/25 Toad-O asks for prayers for his wife and her extended family. A recent CT scan revealed a large growth on his wife’s liver, about the size of an orange, along with several smaller lesions. There is also a growth on her spine. A biopsy has been scheduled on 1/3 to determine if either of these growths is malignant. He prays they are not. She just lost her older brother to cancer in October.

For Healing:

11/3 – MammaBonita is asking for prayers for her father who is 84 and having kidney failure.
12/8 Update – It looks like her father will be starting on dialysis soon, hopefully the kind that he and his wife can manage at home.

11/9 – Weak Geek asks for prayers for his father, who is recovering from surgery. He is out of intensive care but drops into bouts of defeatism. Also prayers for WG’s sister, who is on site and therefore shoulders the brunt of this burden.
12/14 Update – Weak Geek asks for continued prayers for his father, who is still recovering from intestinal surgery. He’s in a nursing home now. Your prayers are working; he beat back pneumonia. This will be his first Christmas without his wife. Prayers for comfort will also be appreciated.

11/24 – commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid requests prayers for healing and no surgery required (20% odds) for a medical problem he is experiencing.
12/25 Update – There has been some improvement, though slow. And he thanks the Horde for their thoughts and prayers!

11/28 - Ladyl asks for complete healing for Hattie, a 3 year old who is undergoing multiple complex surgeries for a congenital skin condition. Brad, a middle-aged man diagnosed with colon cancer who may end up with a colostomy bag needs prayers as well, that his physicians find the best possible solution and cure his condition. And DR, a 65 year old man who also requested prayers for an undisclosed situation.

11/28 – JerseyDevilRider requests prayer for his son’s best friend, Ben (age 24), who has been hospitalized and diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. They think the Crohn’s disease treatment he received caused the problem. It causes this issue in 1% of those who use that treatment. He has been started on chemo.
12/15 Update – Ben came home last week. He is still very weak and thin, but doing better. He is still on chemo but at least his month long hospital stay is over. Please continue to keep him in your prayers.

12/8 – Mammabonita asks for prayers. She just had a lesion removed from her ear that might be melanoma and she has to go back for further surgery.

12/8 – CC requests prayers for his friend, Dave (the best friend a man could ever have) and Dave’s wife Michelle. Pray for remission. Pray for strength. Pray for Michelle’s heart so she can bear this burden as his caretaker.

12/16 – Probably Not Tacitus requests prayers for his dad who tested positive for Covid. The family is quarantining, as well as the young college student who rents a room from them. They have obtained prescriptions for HCQ and Ivermectin, and they may be able to get monoclonal antibodies too. But they would appreciate your prayers for healing.

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Romans 8:26-27
[26] In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. [27] And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

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