A View From the Nest Weekend Edition 3/22/2015


 

 

 

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Economist: The American Fiscal House Is Ready to Fall

Some pretty dire testimony before Congress was reported by CNS News: ” Economist Tells Congress: U.S. May Be in ‘Worse Fiscal Shape’ Than Greece.” The U.S. has a $210 trillion “fiscal gap” and “may well be in worse fiscal shape than any developed country, including Greece,” Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff told members of the Senate Budget Committee in written and oral testimony on Feb.


Why the 14th Amendment can’t possibly require same-sex marriage

Does the U.S. Constitution require same-sex marriage? No, the U.S. Constitution requires the Court to leave this issue to the states. If you believe otherwise, then amend the Constitution. Tweet to @Frank_Turek The Supreme Court is about to decide if the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution requires the states to redefine marriage to include same-sex relationships.


From the Cuckoo’s Nest

What where they thinking?

The Embarrassing Result of School Lunch Reform – TheCollegeConservative

In all cheesy school movies, there is in the inevitable scene where some kid yells “Food Fight!” and, before anyone knows it, the entire cafeteria is filled with flying gobs of food.


Tail Feathers

Other news and views from across the cyberscape

Confirmed: Reality TV Model’s Accused Murderer Is An Obama DREAMer, Was Slated For Deportation

U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Thom Tillis have confirmed that a 19-year-old gang member accused of murdering four people, including a former reality TV model, was granted amnesty in 2013 even though he was slated for removal because of a 2012 drug possession charge. Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez is the suspect in question.


There are FOUR fake colleges in California set up just to let immigrants stay here ILLEGALLY


Conservative Student Group Commits ‘Act of Violence’ for Defending Christian Values, Refusing to Participate in LGBT Sensitivity Training

A conservative student group at The George Washington University faces punishment, including the loss of its funding, for refusing to engage in LGBT sensitivity training on campus. The students are now being condemned and attacked on campus by those who claim they’re committing an “act of violence” for standing up for their members’ individual rights and Judeo-Christian values.

I wonder how those same LGBT community groups would respond if they faced a loss their funding if they did not attend a Christian sensitivity training course? Why is it that only those who disagree with a POLITICALLY correct position are somehow hateful but those who disagree with a long-held societal norm are not? Doesn’t the demand for the ouster or the defunding of a long-standing organization or business qualify as intolerant? After all the only reason they are being protested or targeted is because those who are targeting them disagree with their viewpoints.


6.5 Million Social Security Numbers Exist for People Over the Age of 112


The Looney Bin

Crazy but true stories

The evolution of shower dangers: from hot water to just too much

The EPA is in the news for wanting to monitor how long hotel guests spend in the shower, which one critic says is not a new idea from the federal agency. “We’ve seen this movie before,” says Bonner Cohen of the National Center for Public Policy Research.


If You Drink Coffee From Pods, You May Want to Reconsider

“I don’t have one. They’re kind of expensive to use,” John Sylvan told me frankly, of Keurig K-Cups, the single-serve brewing pods that have fundamentally changed the coffee experience in recent years. “Plus it’s not like drip coffee is tough to make.” Which would seem like a pretty banal sentiment, were Sylvan not the inventor of the K-Cup.

I get a big kick out of all these environmental loons who strain at gnats to swallow camels. Now I do not know how it is where you live but tiny plastic cups are not a HUGE problem since our landfills are being filled everyday with HUGE PLASTIC garbage bags of stuff. Every retail store in America hands out millions of plastic bags every day oh how I pine for the olden days of paper bags.

However, this non-problem was starting to take care of itself through the market since reusable K-cups were invented and being used, so much so that Keurig designed a second generation brewer that would only take K-cups to continue the use of these expensive coffee pods.


The Duck Pond

Where you find all the QUACKS

If You Wonder Why Businesses in Your State Are Struggling Next Year, You Can Blame This

You may not realize that air quality has improved dramatically over the past few decades. A careful review of the science shows that EPA’s current ozone standard of 75 ppb (parts per billion) protects public health and air pollution continues to decline with today’s more efficient and environmentally conscious manufacturing and cleaner fuels.


Court to lesbian couple: Fatherhood can’t be contractually erased

A lesbian couple in New Jersey may be forced to share parental rights with a sperm donor they used to conceive their 1-year-old son. Sheena and Tiara Yates are appealing a September court ruling that awarded visitation rights to a private sperm donor they hoped would have no relationship with their child.

Things are bound to get worse as families are becoming even more fractured as courts, and not biology, decides what constitutes a parent, or for that matter a family.

As hard as they try a man-made contract does not negate the laws of nature and of natures God. You see to reproduce you need a FATHER and a MOTHER. Two mommies can not have a baby nor can two daddies. In order for them to reproduce they need a third member of the opposite sex to procreate. The introduction of that third-party into a marriage which is supposed to be between two people opens up the door to all kinds of legal issues both now and well into the future.

Let’s see what happens when the infant child of three parents gets old enough to decide for themselves whom they consider to be their ACTUAL parents. Will biology or contracts rule the day?


In a companion piece there is this:

Regulating the ‘marketplace of children’


The Last Word

Commentary on the news from a Conservative Christian viewpoint

Sin Killed the American Dream

The American Dream used to include thoughts of retirement, where one could live off the fruits of a lifetime of toil and enjoy family, friends, and maybe a bit of travel to see the world. Now, many of us have absolutely no thought of ever stopping, and will be in the workforce until no one will pay us anymore.


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Let everyone keep watch on his neighbor, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbor will go about saying evil. Everyone will make sport of his neighbor with deceit, not saying what is true: Jer 9:4-5a(BBE)

Watch out! Beware! Take extra caution! Be on alert! All the warnings were present! The alarm was sounded! Many took the advice and prepared for the arrival of the day. Many did not heed the warning and the day caught them unaware.

On that day everyone needs to keep watch on their neighbors, co-workers, brothers, sisters and other family members, because they do not know who might be trying to trick them. The day is noteworthy for spawning tricksters of all shapes, sizes, and ethnicity. No one is safe from the scheming deceivers. The only thing you can do is arm yourself with as much truth and understanding as possible, so that you do not get tricked into believing a lie. Of course the best tricksters are the ones who make the absurd sound believable, and thusly succeed in deceiving their intended audiences.

As tempting as it was to post a practical joke on April fools day, I decided against it. I am not the best practical joker there is and I have a hard time keeping a straight face when attempting to mislead someone. Therefore because I know my limitations I felt it best to not take up the age old practice of tricking my neighbor.

That being said, the day did not pass by uneventfully though, in fact the biggest April fools joke of all time has been played on an unsuspecting public. The unlearned, and unprepared where swept along in the trickery without even the slightest hint that something was not right. To them everything looked normal, and sounded good.

Considering the planners of this great April Fool’s joke have been working on the plan for a long time. They patiently waited and planned. In fact the whole process took more than 8 years to formulate and execute. But execute they did and they pulled off the greatest practical joke ever– the best April fools joke ever in the history of tomfoolery.

Like any other April fools joke, some find it hard to believe. Some even get suckered into believing the joke to be real. Those who play such practical jokes get a delight out of fooling as many people as possible. After all a great April fools joke has to be believed by many. So it is this year, but instead of it being an April fools joke, it is in fact, reality.

Really! It’s true! There is no denying the facts. The reality is, the joke is not a joke at all. The events actually took place and will be written in future history books. You can fact check this post at Snopes.com and find the information to be 100% true. What are you saying Al? Are you saying that the April fools joke was in fact not a joke at all but truth masquerading as a joke?

You could say that. If it were not so serious, and were it not in fact truth, we would all be enjoying a great laugh at the brilliance displayed by those who set this April fools joke in motion. Some might even wish they had thought of it themselves. But only a few can stake claim to devising such a brilliant, yet deceptive joke. Once I reveal to you how even you may have been stumped, you will stand shamefaced and embarrassed that you actually fell for it.

I am well aware that there will be those who will refuse to believe this joke is actually a joke. They will insist that it is in reality-true. But like any good jokester knows, the best joke contains elements of truth mixed in with the deception making the unbelievable believable. And for that I have to give the originators of this great April fools joke kudos. They really did take the time and spared no expense to make sure they got all the details worked out. And indeed they did.

The best way to catch someone in a practical joke is to make sure you spring it on them when they least expect it. The pranksters did just that. In fact the joke was initiated long before April 1st thus avoiding the day when most people would be aware and suspecting some tomfoolery.

So how was this practical joke pulled off?

By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive unsuspecting people. Romans 16:18 (GW)

The joke was pulled on the American people November 2008 when many were deceived by flattering words and smooth talk and voted for today’s President. The joke is now on all of us. I guess we could say we are all April fools.

But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness. Isaiah 40:31 (BBE)

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