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To protect and to serve. And the judge accepted a plea of no contest for trespassing?

David DeGerolamo

As Russia celebrates ‘Defender Of The Fatherland’ Day, they had an interesting message on the side of the parade’s missiles: “To be personally delivered to Obama.”

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Good message but what kind of exposure and reaction would this statement be if it was made by a white male over 50 years old? The only media reaction would be labeling the man as a racist. More likely, it would be ignored. I believe if it was made by a white adolescent, then the parents would be castigated.

As I said earlier, it is a good message but in the end, it will not have any impact on what is coming.

David DeGerolamo

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h/t 98.9 FM The Answer

There’s a sizable number of those in the Patriot community who believe that restoring Liberty will come to violence and, of those, a great number believe that an insurgency is the way forward.

Insurgencies are often how the disaffected few, be they religious, ethnic, or political/ideological groups, respond to the perceived tyranny of the many.  But the track record of insurgencies is fairly weak; less than 40% of them have succeeded since 1945.  According to Max Boot, insurgent/guerrilla-expert-extraordinaire, of the 443 insurgencies since 1775, only 25% of them were successful.  And since 1945 over 50% of government counterinsurgencies have succeeded.  On its face, that doesn’t say much for the likely success rate of a nationwide insurgency.

What’s much more likely is that we see fragmented secession movements, backed up with credible threats of force on behalf of burgeoning insurgencies.  This is what I see as a much larger trend on a longer time frame, not what’s right around the corner.  We could easily be another ten years out from this scenario, barring any catastrophic events until we get there.  I think this nation’s current trajectory — the Magic Marxist Muslim and all — still gives us three to five years, at least.  (When people are expecting eventual calamity, it’s easy for them to overly simplify things and expect it to happen tomorrow, which is what we see with many in the Patriot-Prepper community. The times are getting dire, but not that dire.)

So we have some time to get acquainted with an academic understanding of insurgencies, what makes them successful, and which model presents the highest likelihood of success.

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Former Mars Hill church Pastor Rob Bell has been raising a lot of eyebrows for his evolving views about Christianity and the Bible.

Bell and his wife, Kristen, recently appeared with Oprah Winfrey on her “Super Soul Sunday” program, where he suggested the Bible is irrelevant to today’s culture.

“We’re moments away. I think the culture is already there. And the church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from 2,000 years ago as their best defense,” he told Winfrey when asked about the Church embracing gay marriage.

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h/t Brian S

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So much for the Republic. I understand that one person’s viewpoint cannot be transferred to represent the national viewpoint. How could one person “transform” the country? Unless its morality is already lost. We are not a moral nation and you have elected immoral leaders.

I am thankful to have found a church that actually preaches the Word of God.

David DeGerolamo