A View of the Midland-Sanford Flood

 Norma Boeckler's basement was totaled. She went to a relative's home. Now she is back organizing the repairs. The video below is dramatic and sickening.

The Plans Were Known in Advance, Counter-Measures Are Appearing

The best way to win a battle (apart from never firing a shot) is letting the other side win for a time. One explanation of the Battle of the Bulge is this - we wanted the Germans to come out of their fortress and attack. That was the best way to defeat them, so they were enticed by our apparent ignorance. They came out with everything they had and almost reached the gasoline supplies. That exposed their flanks and they were cut off.

First Amendment, Bill of Rights, US Constitution

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

I know Nimzovich a little better. In chess, which is like war, every attacking move is also a weakness. The ones burning the cities are not new - they were present years before, working on plans to do this. Their plans were intercepted and counter-measures were prepared.

When the "losers" fall back even more, feigning weakness, the attackers go all out and lurch forward. I expect that a wealth of evidence has already been gathered, far more substantial than those ephemeral plans easily denied. The evil has manifested itself, with many politicians involved - sometimes through their children - and they can be charged with terrorism.

Patriots were very impatient. They wanted big arrests a long time ago, but the top floor of the FBI and many Justice parasites had to be removed. Although many known criminals seem to be free, the well informed Americans and their friends around the world are getting their news from a variety of sources not owned by the Big Six who control all news in the US - Disney, etc. CNN and MSNBC are the funniest news satires of all time. They remind me of That Was the Week That Was, a classic TV news satire. But I move around the Net for real news.

The corrupt do not like people thinking for themselves. That is why synodicrats control their news and budgets, confusing threats with management. They even dominate blogs so that only their self-inflating "news" gets out.

We know the salaries and benefits of Congress and the President of the US, but we do not know what Harrison, Schroeder, and Pope John make. How many Thrivent dollars ease their lives with luxuries too rich for those who actually work?

I see a parallel too impressive to ignore. The fall of the Deep State is also the end of the Deep Synod. They were not incensed at having their congregations shut down for an extraordinary length of time. They did not have the balsam to argue their First Amendment rights for freedom of worship. Instead they cowered in their plush offices, drawing down their synod endowment funds to stay afloat.

Deep Synod - they will gladly work with ELCA for the right price.

Activating the Roots and Flowers

Sunday I had the strangest experience in cutting roses for the altar. Veterans Honor roses were showing their first major display of flowers. I had the vase ready with water and cut the first, giant rose and long stem.




"Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh."

Stems are heavy and dense - blooms are light, but on this rose, the flower was top-heavy from the weight of the rose. That is more of an end of season experience, when the rains have balanced with the weather to have the best possible outcome. I look at the 2017 photos and hope for another extended fall.

 No insecticides, no problems. Beneficial insects protected the 2017 roses. Six roses decorated our classic Town Car, whose flat hood made a perfect table and background.

The roses were especially large and at their peak of blooming. Later the Military Gardening Group gathered to clean the garage, so I brought out the roses for Ranger Bob to take to his step-father's grave, a veteran honoring another veteran with Veterans Honor roses.

PFC observed, "You have spent 10 years improving the soil." Indeed, my last job in the autumn of 2019 was to put Peat Humus (Stinky Pete) around the base of each rose. I repeated the peat when I planted the new roses this spring. The autumn leaves so eagerly removed by my neighbors were poured and blown onto the garden. The fall rains soaked the leaves into their place and formed an organic blanket over the soil, a place where earthworms and microbes could frolic and be fruitful. So much work to be done all winter, so many contributions from our cul-de-sac.

In cutting the flowers I activated their growth impulse, increasing the roots and promoting new buds to form. I gave PFC the book on fungus among us, so he would learn the value of letting the design and engineering of the Creator do its work.

The ladies of Letha enjoyed getting roses on Mother's Day. One put her branch of six roses on Facebook. Others stop as they leave for work, rolling down their windows to thank me, grinning. I tell them, "You deserve it!"

We ended our work day with Ranger Bob needing an auto part ordered on Net. We had a big laugh about our house being one stop shopping:

• income tax help, 
• wholesale books, 
• book recycling,
• discount auto parts, and 
• free roses for everyone.

 Pink Peace