I asked a 90 year-old yesterday "What's the secret to a long life?"
She said "Think happy thoughts."
And she elaborated that this means taking a break from the news at times.
Marakesh π
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Christ Follower β’ Truth Seeker β’ Freedom Lover #GovtIsTheProblem #JesusIsKing
Just saw this today, but still true.
Unfortunately the American Revolution just exchanged one ruler (King George III) for another (the U.S. government). True self-government would mean YOU really govern yourself. Let's wake up and stop falling for the deceptions...
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#voluntarism #anarchy #libertarian
The US #GovtIsTheProblem
> "Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise."
--Thomas Paine, *Common Sense* (1776)
And not only the palaces of kings but also the halls and buildings of governments.
#voluntarism #anarchy
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Someone told me in that in the prisons in Bahrain they don't feel an obligation to feed you. It's on your family or friends to make sure you get to eat. π³
> "The American Revolution was not only the first great modern revolution, it was a #libertarian revolution as well."
--Murray Rothbard
https://tinyurl.com/bd6d4ypb #USA250 #4thOfJuly
> "...all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. **But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.**"
-The American Declaration of Independence
Happy #4thOfJuly #USA250
Happy #4thOfJuly #USA250Hebrews 12:14 NIV
[14] Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.


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Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
Was reading this passage today and it struck me that it is a type and shadow of Jesus:
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Israel's purpose was to bring about the Messiah, and in that they succeeded:
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The word translated "dwelt" there, referring to Jesus, literally means in Greek "tabernacled" or "lived in a tent".
> The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
--John 1:14
> "So all the work for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was finished. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses."
--Exodus 39:32
> The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of #America.
I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.
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> It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty.
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> It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.
-- John Adams, letter to his wife Abigail (July 3, 1776) π
#USA250
> βWhich is better β to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?β β Rev. Mather Byles (1706-1788)
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> "Byles feared a government of 3,000. Today, the feds employ close to 3 million." β Andrew Napolitano
The US #GovtIsTheProblem

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July 4, 2026 - LewRockwell
βWhich is better —Β to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?β — Rev. Mather Byles (1706-1788) ...
The United States of America is 250 years old.
America itself is far older.
Don't confuse the nation or the geographical entity of America with the gang that rules over it.
I don't believe in women voting.
I also don't believe in men voting. π
Except in private organizations.


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It is important to change our political culture, which treats "democracy," or the "right" to vote, as the supreme political good.Original article: ...
They only disclose what doesn't make them look TOO bad, and the really bad stuff only gets revealed many years later, if at all.
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The US #GovtIsTheProblem
I rag on its government all of the time, but I love my country!
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DZmy9CgB0_5/ God bless America!
"A good man loves his country, but hates his government." -Thomas Paine, attributed
I've seen a few banners hanging up on freeway overpasses that state "She was 13".
My assumptions are that these relate to allegations that #Trump engaged in pedophilia.
Perhaps the deep state is prepping people for when they move to dump Trump.
However, I also find the argument of somewhat convincing that if #Israel had compromat on Trump, they would have released it by now to keep him in line regarding the #Iran War.
What's a hidden talent you have that not many people know about?
#asknostr