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from Mangledman:

It seems the madness is not going to let up any time soon.  It seems like many people are sharing the same sentiment about more lawlessness, and nobody going to jail yet.  The eating and drinking, working and playing, and buying and selling continues.  Watch and Pray, the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.  I have become a SUCKER in the last couple weeks.  I went back across the state line to the state of my birth, the land of Lincoln, ILLINOIS-the sucker state! I don’t know when they stopped calling it that, but it was IN MY HISTORY BOOK!  A very rural community on the edge of town.  After 3 years, the Mrs. and I paid $200 to have a home again, and we are starting to renovate an Ooold house that needs tons of work.  Hip replacement last August has me feeling able to do lots more.  It is quite maddening, to know how to do all kinds of things, and the only thing holding one back is gettng past the pain.  I ran the pain meds until they quit working, and the doctor would switch again.  I just hit 4 decades of this the first of June.  Finding a good Doctor after the opioid crisis is now an exercise in futility.  No one ever expects to ever go down completely, but a few of us were meant to understand these things.  I wouldn’t wish this life on anyone, and time on my feet allows me to build something else.  I had enough tools, of the primitive kind to rebuild after an EMP or some such grid down scenario, that I could run at least 3 crews of 4-5 people.  With limited income, and 0 transportation there was no way to store several garages full of tools.  So starting over seems futile some days, when one cannot choose which days I will be up and moving for more than an hour.  I have been trying to accomplish about three hours a day, some days only on 20 minute intervals.  But hey, any accomplishments are better than none at all.  My best therapy is still running a shovel.  I found I could make 3-6 times minimum wage when I was a teenager.  Yes, this old house might be just the test.  I bid a job with my oldest before he passed, and we averaged $18 an hour, but it it wasn’t something I could keep up with long at all.  I could still bid well, and maintain decent money.  I have accomplished a lot, but I have also been down quite a bit.  For someone who was blessed with the miracles I have seen, the degradation of being down almost 1/5 of life, I have still accompliahed a few things.  GOD IS GREAT!!  The journey continues.

Bondo’s News of the Week- In Links 7-6-19

Relevant news, appropriate headlines from the real deal

State Of Emergency Declared After 7.1 Quake Rocks Southern California; Massive Aftershocks Shake Towns

portland’s mayor supports antifa

Bombshell: Portland police claim Mayor Wheeler ordered stand down during violent Antifa riot

WATCH: Elderly Man Beaten With Crowbar, Another Has Head Split Open By Antifa While Trying To Help ‘Gay Man In Sundress’

Ohio school scrubs 92-year-old Ten Commandments plaque after atheists complain

Female athlete alleges retaliation by coach because her mother complained about transgender policy

attacked by antifa for aiding a gay man in a sundress

Teen Vogue Says Patriotic Anthems Are Racist, Tells Their Young Readers to Think of America’s Crimes on Fourth of July

Gallup: American pride hits new low for women, liberals, millenials

Rent Is Becoming Unaffordable For Many U.S. Workers

Armstrong: An explanation of the Inverted Yield Curve

When President Trump Was Asked About The Epidemic Of Human Feces On Our Streets, Here Is How He Responded…

fighting morality and religion on the schoolhouse

Hispanic pastors tour border facility lambasted by AOC and say they are ‘shocked by misinformation’

Mexico deports 33% more migrants after deal with US

Where Do Most Immigrants To The US Come From: The Surprising Answer

Oyster fishermen dredging up “100 percent” dead oysters

Look At This Map – It Shows Devastating Crop Losses Are Literally Happening All Over The Globe

global crop disruptions

Mexico murder bloodbath spirals out of control reaching all-time high with 94 killings every DAY

European Power Grid in Serious Trouble

UK breaks up Polish human trafficking ring- then falsely claims it is “largest ring ever broken up in Europe”

Tommy Robinson convicted for journalism again- supporters face off with police

French priest defrocked for abusing Scouts in landmark case

Miley Cyrus’ new video features graphic sexual images of drag queens, fanged vaginas, subliminal phrases praising promiscuity

Scooter Braun feud is part of Taylor Swift’s instinct for victimhood

CNN Admits 2020 Democrats’ “Voters, You’re All Wrong” Strategy Is The Dumbest Ever

DEVELOPING: Reluctant Witnesses in FISA Abuse Investigation Agree to Talk to Inspector General Horowitz at the 11th Hour

All Is Not Well In ‘Deep-State’ World

Biden warns Democratic rivals he’s got ‘all this information about other people’s pasts’

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agent provocateur

When I was a young Bondo, there was a young man at our church who seemed to perpetually get under the skin of the adults. My mother, who was always kind and considerate, confided to me one day that just the very sight of this kid aggravated her. I could tell this bothered her.

There are people who on a subconscious, personal level that we don’t readily perceive, provoke negative emotional responses. Personality conflict. “Just not my kind of person.”

We used to refer to this phenomenon as someone “pushing your buttons.” Our family, friends, and those who know us well will push our buttons. Whether for revenge, mischief, motivation, frustration, or some other reason- those who know how to annoy us will. And we often reciprocate. It’s wrong, but fairly common in normal relationships. We are imperfect people, after all.

I myself have reached a point in my life where I am able to practice ideas like acceptance, forgiveness, and context. I still get aggravated with people for sure, but I am able to quickly “let it go.” Live and let live.

I hear people from time to time express a sincere desire to do physical harm to someone- such as wanting to hit them, beat them up, or worse. I rarely get those feelings- which I tend to chalk up to age and maturity rather than some great display of character on my part.

That is why it bothered me recently when I had such an urge. I was watching a video of a speech  by US Rep. Ilhan Omar. As I watched, the tone of her voice, the expressions on her face, and her overall attitude made me feel like I wanted to slap her across the mouth.

There are other people in the news and on social media that have this effect on large groups of people. Right now you will see this sort of phenomenon surrounding Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Colin Kaepernick, and Jussie Smollett, among others. Did you ever wonder why two freshman representatives, a former second-rate football player, and a third-rate actor push our buttons? Because it is by design. They are professional button-pushers. 

They are agent provocateur.

These agents do NOT provoke us because they are constantly on TV and the internet- they are constantly in our face because they provoke us. On that subconscious, primal level- you want to slap them across the mouth. Or worse.

Their purpose is to make you angry. Their mission is to distract you. They are here to STEAL YOUR JOY!

Colossians 3:21- Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

This is the spiritual war. If they can piss you off, they win. That is the purpose of the agent provocateur. Anger leads down the road to more and greater negativity, like hate and violence. Fear pushes out love.

Matthew 5:44- But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

The villain is a powerful tool. If they are outrageous and offensive enough, they can completely overwhelm you emotionally, steer your focus away from the target, and cause you to defeat yourself.

There are also variants and reversals of the provocateur. They use people who are on “our side” to try to embarrass, shame, and ridicule your beliefs. Remember Tim Tebow? They tried to create a disingenuous, laughable caricature out of someone who was proud to display his beliefs, in order to cause you to be ashamed of Christians. 

How about Kim Davis? You may remember her as the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples on religious grounds. In a country of over 300 million people, with tens of thousands of licensing authorities, there were hundreds of clerks who objected to issuing these licenses. But the focus fell on the solitary clerk Kim Davis. Why?

Because she is a provocateur. She dressed old-fashioned and frumpy. She was the caricature of the extremist Salem witch trials looking intolerant pious bitch. She angered the gay marriage supporters, and deterred Christian defenders. 

If AOC makes you angry, she wins. If you you spend long hours mad about Kaepernick disrespecting the flag- mission accomplished.

They are controlled slaves, put in place to spread negativity and lies. They should be pitied.

Matthew 6:14-15 ¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: ¹⁵ But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

The agent provocateur has one purpose. If you are not provoked- they lose. Again.

a moral and religious people

In the brave new meme world, amongst the dizzying array of attention grabbing images, jokes, and historical quotes- one simple paragraph recently caused me to stop and ponder:

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. – John Adams

This is not a quote or commentary about the new Country’s founding document. It is, rather, an analysis of the human condition:

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.

What is the Constitution? It is a framework for the rights of citizens and the role and limits of government. It is all that because we agree that is what it is; we voluntarily consent to live within the framework as written.

At the end of the day, it is a piece of paper, with words written long ago. It does not speak. It does not hand out money, appear on TV, or knock on your door when you have been bad. It is a contract, adhered to by a moral people, who understand the benefits and privileges guaranteed by the voluntary participation in the system it provides.

I think everyone who is a law-abiding citizen understands this. It is the second part of John Adams quote that I think doesn’t get as much thought, and the part I think is becoming more and more relevant each day:

It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

There are those who argue that the Constitution is out-dated, that much of it is no longer relevant in the modern world, centuries after it was written. It did not foresee many issues that have arisen since it’s creation.

That it has become wholly inadequate.

Have the enumerated inalienable rights and limits on government in the Constitution lost relevance?

Or are we no longer a moral and religious people?

If we have lost the moral elements of our society, we have become “any other.” Our Constitution IS inadequate if that is the case. We can see the signs of this more and more.

What would then be an adequate system if we can no longer live under the Constitution?

An immoral people do not seek justice, they seek power. They do not seek law, they seek an advantage. They do not care about the rights of others, but ignore them. They are governed by tyrants, dictators, and anarchy.

Who are “we the people” now?