Those destroying the UK lay wreaths for those who paid the ultimate price for the UK. Repulsive.

Signal boosting on this for Sergeant Kevin Lloyd, who I did two deployments with. A record correction package has been sitting on the Naval Board of Corrections for over a month. It would update his record to reflect that he’s dying from an instrumentality of war, which would ensure his family receives full benefits as if he were killed in combat. Because of the government shutdown, that package still hasn’t been approved. This Marine is on his deathbed because of cancer directly related to burn pits. @SenTedCruz and @RepLuttrell, you represent this Marine and his family. He’s in his final hours. Move heaven and Earth to make sure his family is taken care of, because I know you’ve already seen the messages my brothers have left on your phone lines. Stop talking about it. Be about it, for once.

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It's my birthday tomorrow. Another rotation around the sun 🌞 Normally I don't get a thing for my birthday, (except a card from Peter and the kids) This year, for my birthday, I'd really appreciate donations via our butcher's website to help us afford to buy toys for the local charities' Christmas toy drives and we would like to be able to provide meat packs again this year for the Christmas hampers. Last year we helped 64 families with some generous donations to help us help them and this year there will be more. I normally don't tell people that we have been donating since we started trading because it's just something we do, not for praise but because we want to help others. So, I figure, it's my birthday, so if you'd like to give me a gift, it will be a gift that keeps on giving. Alternatively, if you buy from our butchers' website or tallow skin care website some of the proceeds will go towards our Christmas drive 🙂 The links to both are in my bio or in the comments. P.S. I would like to say getting older sucks but I don't have time to sit down and think about it sucking 😂 Gotta Keep on keeping on ~ Joe Dirt

…well said Robert, well said.

Say this Yoseph!

In the wake of our reporting that Stanford, EU, UK, Brazil, and Australia are involved in a secret global censorship effort, Australian @SenatorAntic took to the floor of the Senate to demand answers. Why is Australia's top "eSafety" censor demanding total global censorship?

RE: Dishonorable Generals and Admirals As we see US military generals and admirals anonymously slithering to the press to dishonorably voice their petulant disapproval of Pete Hegseth’s entirely necessary reforms in the Department of War, I think now is an excellent time to explain to civilians how this is all actually supposed to work. Once upon a time, every senior officer and NCO knew what I am about to say, but apparently that is no longer true. So for everyone’s benefit, I’d like to describe, step-by-step, how an honorable, senior, U.S. officer or NCO deals with orders they disagree with: 1. First, determine if it is an unlawful order. Basically, for an order to be “unlawful,” it clearly and unambiguously needs to violate the Constitution or the Law of War (which includes stuff like the Geneva Conventions). An example of a clearly unlawful order is: “Go kill those innocent civilians and chop off their ears for my trophy case.” Every US military member, from privates E-1 to four-star generals, is obligated to ignore such an order and report it to the superiors of the person giving the order. This is a tough call, as you may face court martial and have to defend yourself, but it is the right thing to do, 100% of the time. Part of military bravery is having the guts to ignore unlawful orders. 2. But here is the thing—you better be damned sure that order is “unlawful.” Merely disagreeing with an order does not make it “unlawful.” So let’s move to Step #3 when you are dealing with a LAWFUL order with which you disagree. 3. When you receive a lawful order with which you disagree, you have an ethical obligation to tell the person giving that order WHY and HOW you disagree. (If you do this 99 times without results, you are still obligated as a professional to do it that 100th time as well). Explain to your boss in calm, dispassionate terms why you disagree with the order and precisely what negative results you believe will accrue by following that order. 4. A good military boss will listen intently to what you have to say, and may in fact change his/her lawful orders based on your input. However, they may also say: “I hear you, I understand your concerns, but you do not have the same big picture that I do, and you need to follow my order as written.” 5. If you are the subordinate and you get that latter response, you need to adopt that order AS YOUR OWN, AS IF IT WAS YOUR OWN PERSONAL ORIGINAL ORDER and carry it out to the fullest extent possible. That means you never, ever, EVER say to your subordinates “Well the Old Man told us to do this and I totally disagree with it, but we have to do it anyway.” A good leader NEVER does this. Instead a good leader tells his/her subordinates “Here are my orders, here is why we are executing these orders, and I expect you to execute them with precision and enthusiasm.” 6. Whatever reasons your boss told you are why the order needs to be followed, you need to adopt that same rationale as if it originated in your own brain, and you need to enforce the order with the same enthusiasm as if you dreamed it up yourself. 7. Then, execute the order zealously and do everything in your power to make sure that order is successful. 8. And if you cannot do #3 through #7 in good faith, your ethical obligation as a senior leader is to go to your boss’ office, slam your rank down on his/her desk, and officially resign from service. Anything less is the mark of a gutless coward. This was once a very, very BASIC principle of military leadership. However, somewhere along the way in the hateful, neo-Marxist miasma of the Obama/Biden Administrations, this concept of basic military honor was lost. Instead of having senior military leaders who follow lawful orders from their chain of command, we have star-wearing cowards who think they know better than the Constitutional will of the American people they are obligated to serve, and feel it is OK to undermine their Constitutional leadership by wailing emotionally to an unethical press. This is a disgusting, despicable trend that must be reversed. Instead of senior leaders who do their duties, we now have a significant number of senior military leaders who anonymously crawl on their bellies to a dysfunctional press that hates the will of the American electorate, all in an effort to ignore and overturn the lawful authority of their Constitutionally-elected leadership. When this happens, this is not so much a betrayal of the elected leadership as it is a betrayal of YOU, the American People. This is a horrific crisis in military leadership the likes of which the US military has not seen since Benedict Arnold. We must identify and eliminate these cowardly uniformed traitors lest our Republic fail due to their malfeasance. To that end, I applaud Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Sean Parnell and the rest of the DoW team for forcing our senior uniformed leaders to fulfill their duties, and fish or cut bait. So the next time you read an anonymously sourced article from senior military leaders undermining our Constitutionally-elected leadership, realize that those anonymous sources are betraying their oaths and their duties as military officers, and give their opinions the zero weight those opinions deserve. Finally, give thanks to the team of Trump and Hegseth for ripping out this evil rot by root and stem. Our national survival depends on their success. OUT * * *

Two can play at this game: BREAKING: America’s careerist generals get rocked by CAREER-ENDING news as the Secretary of War exposes that they’ve “lost the trust of the troops” after years of grandstanding, micromanagement, and losing actual wars. And it gets so much worse for the generals… “It was a massive waste of lives… If they ever had us, they lost us,” one current infantry officer told The War Department Review, referring to the generals’ obsession with PowerPoints and “climate of inclusion” briefings while readiness collapsed. During the tone-deaf presentations, senior leaders lectured on pronouns and PowerPoint fonts instead of lethality. The generals leaked to The Washington Times — a paper they assumed would protect them — but it only confirmed what most of the force already knew: even conservative media is tired of the same failed brass whining about “respect” after losing every major conflict of the century. According to multiple sources, numerous high-ranking officers pointed to Hegseth’s speech — where he demanded fitness, focus, and accountability — as a “turning point” in how they perceived his “leadership style.” Some described it as “embarrassing” because it forced them to look in the mirror. Several of these sources claim Hegseth “operates with a captain’s mentality,” focused on fundamentals like discipline, standards, and truth — which, apparently, are beneath the dignity of men who spent 20 years managing PowerPoint wars from air-conditioned tents. “Across the services, we are bleeding credibility,” one former flag officer admitted, “because it turns out our stars didn’t come with results.” Another added, “It seems like it’s all about one guy here — and that guy is finally holding us accountable.” “Leadership-wise in the building, the only chaos is coming from people finally realizing their mediocrity has an expiration date,” said one Defense insider. “For the first time in decades, bad generals are nervous — and good soldiers are relieved.” The same insiders revealed that Hegseth keeps a tight circle of warfighters and reformers, trusting those with courage over those with tenure. “My understanding is that he surrounds himself with combat leaders and people who actually believe in victory,” said one senior official. “It’s refreshing. The bureaucracy doesn’t know what to do with that.” Hegseth isn’t sinking — he’s draining. And for the first time in a generation, the swamp he’s draining wears ribbons. The longer he stays, the stronger the Republic gets. It’s time for the career class to retire in disgrace. Please retweet and ❤️ if you felt safer when generals were scared of losing wars — not their parking spots.

Joseph of Arimathea took down a corpse. Hands still sticky with blood. Skin already cold. Touched death. Held it. Wrapped it. Became ceremonially unclean for Passover. For a dead man. Here's what most Christians miss about the burial of Jesus: Joseph was a wealthy man. A member of the Sanhedrin. A respected Jew. And Passover was 3 hours away. The holiest day of the year. But he climbed Golgotha anyway. Jewish law was clear: Touch a dead body = unclean for 7 days. Can't worship. Can't celebrate. Can't enter the temple. Joseph knew this. He'd spent his entire life following these laws. But Jesus was still hanging on that cross. Picture it: The crowds are gone. The soldiers drunk. The women weeping. Joseph approaches Pilate—the man who just murdered his Lord—and asks permission. "Can I have the body?" Pilate grants it. Now Joseph has to actually DO it. He walks to Golgotha. Blood-soaked dirt. The smell of death. Three crosses against the sky. Jesus in the middle. Still. Finally still. Joseph climbs the ladder. Grabs the first nail. Pulls. Feel the weight of that moment. God's body in your arms. The blood isn't dry yet. It stains his expensive robes. His hands. Under his fingernails. He can taste the iron in the air. This is what obedience looks like. Messy. Expensive. Permanent. Nicodemus shows up. Another secret disciple. Another Sanhedrin member. He brings 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes. That's about $150,000 worth of burial spices in today's money. Two wealthy men. Two cowards until now. Finally brave when it's already too late. They work fast. Sabbath is coming. They have maybe 3 hours. Wrap the body. Pour the spices. Seal the tomb. The sun is setting. Joseph is now officially unclean. Can't celebrate Passover tomorrow. Can't enter the temple for a week. Think about what he just gave up: His ceremonial purity. His Passover celebration. His reputation (everyone saw him bury a "blasphemer"). His position (the Sanhedrin won't forget this). His safety (Romans might come for disciples next). All for a dead man. But here's what most Christians miss: Joseph didn't do this expecting resurrection. He did it expecting NOTHING. Jesus was dead. Gone. Finished. This wasn't faith in resurrection. This was love for a corpse. That's the part that wrecks me. Joseph touched death—literally—knowing it meant giving up everything. Not because Jesus promised him anything. But because Jesus deserved honor even in death. Modern Christianity wants clean obedience. Safe obedience. Obedience that doesn't cost you Passover. But Joseph shows us something different: True discipleship gets your hands dirty. You want to follow Jesus? Then stop avoiding the messy parts. Stop waiting for clean opportunities. Stop demanding that obedience be convenient. Joseph climbed Golgotha when everyone else went home. He wrapped a corpse when he could've stayed clean. He missed the holiest day of his life to honor a dead "criminal." He risked everything when there was no visible reward. That's not religion. That's worship. The twist? Three days later, that tomb was empty. Joseph gave his grave to Jesus. Jesus left it empty. Forever. Joseph thought he was burying God. He was actually setting the stage for resurrection. Your messy obedience? God's using it too. Even when you can't see it. So here's the question: What are you avoiding because it's too messy? What obedience are you postponing because it's inconvenient? What grave are you unwilling to give? Joseph of Arimathea held death in his arms. Got blood on his hands. Missed Passover. Lost his reputation. And earned his name in all four Gospels. Religion says "stay clean." Discipleship says "get dirty." Joseph chose discipleship. What are you choosing? —TBM

Let me explain to you what Candace Owens is doing: Candace is trying to coax those who are bound by the gag order in the Kirk assassination case (which is normal for cases of that magnitude to ensure a fair trial) to violate the gag order. This could trigger a mistrial. If it does, she will say that a mistrial occurred because "the case fell apart" due to there being "too many holes" when, in reality, SHE will have caused the case's collapse due to procedural violations. When she is then threatened and possibly charged with witness tampering and obstruction, she will claim she is being "censored" and that *THEY* are trying to "shut her down" for "asking questions." This ends with no justice for Charlie Kirk and all eyes on Candace Owens, which is precisely what she wants. This is all transparently a grift and it is time that everyone stops being afraid to call it what it is.

Brilliant research. A simple look at the maths shows that the social security deal was never going to add up. Taxes on ten years of a median wage of circa $80,000 is $20,000 p.a. or $200,000. The pension over the next 17 years assuming median age of death of 84 is $510,000 before free health, pension supplement’s and housing costs. Instead of stealing Australians wages with superannuation, why doesn’t the government stop foreigners from accessing our pension. It’s completely unsustainable and unfair to Australians.

I sit in Parliament listening to these ministers, and it’s all just so depressing - the vast majority of them have never run a business, and it SHOWS. You would not believe how bad it is. They think ‘work’ means turning up to an office between 9 and 5, answering a few emails, and going home at the end of the day. Nice lunch break, few coffees away from the desk, probably a smoking break or several. It doesn’t - not for the millions of men and women who actually create the wealth that funds the state. Running a small business isn’t a job. It’s a way of life. It is life. It’s 24/7/365. It’s relentless. You are the accountant, HR department, compliance officer, cleaner, marketer, and customer service team - all in one. There’s no sick pay, no safety net, and no taxpayer-funded pension waiting for you. Holiday? Good luck. If you do manage to get away, it’s checking the phone all day, every day. Wife/husband obviously getting pissed off. We’ve all been there... It’s all on you. Every invoice chased, every tax deadline met, every bit of red tape navigated is on you. And if you make one mistake, one error, one small slip-up, the state comes after you - in a relentlessly efficient manner that is never afforded to us when we ask questions of it. Most MPs have no idea what that feels like. They just don’t. We’re going to see more of this in the budget I’m sure. More hurt. More pain. More tax. They don’t get it. They don’t understand that when a small business owner gets hit with another tax, it’s not absorbed by a ‘budget’ - it’s taken straight out of their family’s pocket. There is no ‘deficit’ in the business world - that’s called going bust. And they certainly don’t understand what real risk looks like. Politicians can vote through a policy on Monday and forget it by Tuesday - a small business owner lives with the consequences of that policy for years, decades. The MP monthly salary is safe. It always has been. In the public sector before, and in the public sector after - if not that, some charity/NGO funded entirely by the public sector. GET A REAL JOB. If MPs actually spent a week running a small firm - paying suppliers, tackling VAT, navigating health and safety law, sorting out HR issues, chasing clients for payment, trying to expand while staying compliant with everything from GDPR to local planning regulations - they’d legislate very differently. I can promise you that. They’d realise that most of Britain’s problems could be solved by the state doing less, not more. Cutting tax. Simplifying regulation. Slashing back the HRification of the country. Trusting people who actually produce things to get on with it. Instead, we have a political class that talks endlessly about ‘growth’ while brutally punishing the only people capable of delivering it - especially going after the family businesses/farms, which is a particularly spiteful policy decision. Small business owners are people who work harder than almost anyone in Parliament could imagine - and who are treated worse for it. Britain’s small businesses don’t succeed because of politicians, they survive in spite of them.

I told you a million times. I am Egyptian, I know what happened to the Jews of Egypt. I know what it looks like when a Jewish community is systematically targeted, excluded, and demonized until they have no choice but to flee with their suitcases in hand. I told you, what is happening to Jewish communities across Europe and America today is a chilling echo of what happened in Egypt. And just as Western leaders stood by in the 1950s and watched the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the Arab world, they are standing by now, offering little more than silence. It is a profound, isolating despair to shout this warning and be met with the same global indifference. I have been warning of this since at least 2019. Everything that once happened is happening all over again, this time in the West. We are repeating one of history's darkest patterns, and my faith is crumbling because of it. One day, we will point to cities like London and New York and say, "There was once a thriving Jewish community here", just as we now speak of the lost Jewish world of Alexandria and Cairo. What a tragic and shameful failure.

I have a huge favour to ask… Can we all help @CherylWroteIt finally reach 200k followers? She is truly one of a kind on this platform, overflowing with insightful knowledge and consistently sharing important and thought provoking takes and she's also a dear friend. I am not exaggerating when I say she deserves to have a million followers by now. Unfortunately, due to repeated coordinated attacks on her account, including groups literally dedicated to suppressing her reach (yes, really), her growth has stalled for months. So please, follow, share, and let us help her break this curse once and for all. 🙏

Paul murdered Christians and thought God loved him for it. He was certain. Righteous. Committed. And he was serving his religion the entire time, not God. How do you know you're not doing the same thing right now? Paul was breathing murderous threats. Not thinking them. Breathing them. Murder was the oxygen in his lungs. He dragged Christians from their homes. Watched them get stoned. Held the coats of the men throwing rocks. And he called it righteousness. "I am a Pharisee." "I am righteous." "I am serving God." He completed the sentence. And he was wrong about everything. Then God knocked him off his horse. A light from heaven. Brighter than the sun. At noon. He fell. Not knelt. Fell. And a voice said: "Saul, why do you persecute me?" Saul, the man who was certain about everything, asked: "Who are you, Lord?" Because he didn't know. The man who thought he knew God didn't recognize His voice. Jesus said: "I AM Jesus, whom you are persecuting." There it is. I AM. The same name God gave Moses. And Saul realized: everything he thought he was Pharisee, righteous, servant of God, was wrong. It blinded him. For three days, Saul sat in darkness. No food. No water. Just grief. Not for his sight. For his identity. Because "I am Saul" became "I am nothing." "I am righteous" became "I am a murderer." "I am serving God" became "I am His enemy." Everything he built died on that road. On the third day, God sent Ananias. A Christian. One of the people Saul came to arrest. And God said: "Go to him. He is my chosen instrument." Not "he was my enemy." Not "he's trying to change." "He IS mine." Present tense. New identity. Complete replacement. Ananias said: "Brother Saul." Not terrorist. Not murderer. Not enemy. Brother. Because that's what he was now. Not because he earned it. Because God said so. And scales fell from his eyes. He could see. But what he saw wasn't the same. Before: heretics who needed to die. Now: brothers who needed to be loved. Before: I am a Pharisee. Now: I am His. Same man. Different identity. Different master. Different everything. Paul spent the rest of his life being persecuted by the people who used to follow him. Beaten. Stoned. Imprisoned. Shipwrecked. He lost everything. And he said: "I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ." Not "I added Jesus to my life." "Everything is loss." The old identity. The old righteousness. The old certainty. All of it. Gone. Because when you meet I AM, everything else becomes scales. Here's the question: What are you certain about right now that you're completely wrong about? What identity are you clinging to that needs to die? Paul was certain he was righteous. Certain he was serving God. He was wrong about everything. You're certain about things right now. About who you are. About what matters. How do you know you're not just as wrong as Paul? You don't. Until you get knocked off your horse. Modern Christians want conversion to be easy. A prayer. A decision. A moment. They want to keep their identity and just add Jesus to it. "I am successful, plus I go to church." "I am independent, plus I pray sometimes." That's not conversion. That's consumerism. Real conversion is what happened to Paul. You get knocked off your horse. You go blind. You sit in darkness while everything you thought you were dies. And then God rebuilds you. Not as an improved version of yourself. As something entirely new. Paul didn't say "I am a Pharisee who believes in Jesus." He said "I am His. Everything else is garbage." Not addition. Replacement. Not "I am who I was, plus Jesus." "I am His. Nothing else matters." Your problem is the same as Paul's. You're defining yourself by something other than God. "I am successful." "I am independent." "I am right." "I am a good person." And you're certain. Just like Paul was certain. But certainty doesn't equal truth. Paul was certain. And he was murdering Christians. What are you doing right now that you're certain is right? Stop adding Jesus to your life. Stop keeping your old identity and just becoming a better version of it. Let it die. Let "I am successful" die so "I am His" can live. Let "I am certain" die so "I can see" can begin. Because that's the only identity that survives. Not what you built. Not what you accomplished. Not who you thought you were. Just: whose you are. Paul was a murderer who met God. And God made him an apostle. Not because Paul earned it. Because God said: "You are mine now." And Paul spent the rest of his life proving it. In prison. In chains. In persecution. "I am His. Everything else is loss." That was enough. Is it enough for you? Or are you still Paul? Still certain? Still blind? Still serving your religion instead of God? Get knocked off your horse. Sit in the darkness. Let the scales fall. Before you run out of time. Follow @SlayStupidity for more on identity, conversion, and what it costs to let the old you die. Not theory. Scars.

NEWS UPDATE Here’s something remarkable that went almost unnoticed earlier this year. Papua New Guinea has officially amended its constitution to declare itself a Christian Nation, with an overwhelming vote of 80 to 4. The amendment adds a declaration to the preamble of the Constitution: “We acknowledge and declare God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit as our Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe, and the source of our powers and authorities, delegated to the people and all persons within the geographical jurisdiction of Papua New Guinea.” Christianity will also now be reflected in the Fifth Goal of the Constitution, and the Bible will be recognised as a national symbol. In a world drifting fast from truth, it is deeply moving to see a nation publicly acknowledging the triune God as the foundation of its identity and authority.

Hey NZ, Spot the Problem??? Another day… another Diwali event. And there’s @chrisluxonmp again...dot on the forehead, selfie in hand, bowing before foreign gods. He’s falling… and failing… because no leader can stand tall while kneeling to false gods. Let’s be clear - God said, “You shall have no other gods before Me.” This is not diversity. This is disobedience. This is not inclusion. This is idolatry. The sad thing...Luxon knows better, than to be doing this! The tragedy is...these same politicians who happily honour other gods, ignore, mock, or completely shun Jesus Christ. They’ll light a Diwali lamp… wave a Ramadan flag… march for Pride… but won’t even mention Jesus Christ when Easter or Christmas comes around. And we wonder why our nation’s falling apart? Why things are tough for Kiwis right now? Why Luxon’s falling in the polls? Because when you remove Christ, everything else collapses. You cannot govern with blessing when you reject the One who blesses. You cannot call on God's protection while rejecting His presence. God will only defend this land when He alone is Lord of it. Your family will only be blessed, when Jesus Christ is restored to His rightful place in this land. Christmas is coming...the season to declare the Name above every name... and you can bet Luxon will stay silent again. The best thing Luxon could do before he’s gone burger - is to repent, admit the error of his ways, and put Christ back at the centre of this nation. Chris...return to Christ. It's your only hope of leaving a lasting legacy. It's your only hope of turning NZ's economy around. 🇳🇿 One Nation. One God. Jesus Christ! “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” - Psalm 33:12 No Christ, No Blessing - It’s That Simple!

Labor Premier @JacintaAllanMP now wants to remove the safeguards around government assisted suicide that they promised in 2017 were essential for protecting vulnerable people. If they were essential in 2017, why are they no longer necessary? This is typical of the radical left: they sweet talk us into a less extreme version of their ultimate plan and once we acquiesce to that we're screwed.