For people worried about the coin shortage: “The Federal Reserve continues to work with the U.S. Mint and others in the industry to keep coins circulating. As a first step, a temporary cap was imposed in June 2020 on the orders depository institutions place for coins with the Federal Reserve to ensure that the supply was fairly distributed. Because coin circulation patterns have not fully returned to pre-pandemic levels, caps were reinstated in May 2021. We continue to closely monitor orders and deposits from depository institutions as well as U.S. Mint production. The U.S. Coin Task Force, which was formed in July 2020 to identify, implement, and promote actions to address disruptions to coin circulation, continues to meet regularly until coin circulation normalizes”, according to the Federal Reserve (https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/why-do-us-coins-seem-to-be-in-short-supply-coin-shortage.htm).

 

     Now if you want to talk about something that can have a major impact of world economy, you won’t have to look any further than what the transportation industry used every day: Gasoline and Oil. When you have a problem in the oil industry, it can affect a huge amount of other industries, but more important, lives are at stake. Remember the fuel crunch of the late 1970’s? (https://www.history.com/topics/1970s/energy-crisis) Fast forward to the present time and see a headline pop out of the news cycles that talk about fuel shortages happening in countries that are fuel efficient. That can be pretty scary feeling considering how depended out country is on foreign sources. For about a week, they’ve been talking Fuel shortages in the U.K.? If you think this can’t / won’t happen in the United States, you need to talk with the long-haul truck drivers. https://nypost.com/2021/09/21/uk-fuel-crisis-could-cause-turkey-shortage-ahead-of-holidays/

 

“In the gas market, inventories are 5% below the pre-pandemic seasonal average in the United States and 15% below average in Europe. Front-month gas futures prices have risen 140% in the United States, more than 500% in Europe, and more than 600% in Northeast Asia, compared with the same time last year. On the oil side, U.S. commercial petroleum stocks are 5% below the pre-pandemic seasonal average and commercial inventories across the OECD are also around 5% below the 2015-2019 seasonal average.” (https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/worldwide-energy-shortage-shows-up-surging-coal-gas-oil-prices-kemp-2021-09-24/)

 

     Several things affected should come to mind when (not if) this happens in the next quarter or in January / February:

  • Transportation (yes, even Electric Vehicles)
  • Food (fast food to grocery stores)
  • Water (Portable drinking water tanks and waste trucks)
  • Emergency Services (Police, Ambulances, Fire Trucks)
  • Medicines (Over-the-counter to prescriptions)
  • Materials (Metals, Wood, Plastics, Fabrics, ect…)
  • Jobs (food delivery drivers to truck drivers for starters)
  • Manufacturing / Production Facilities
  • Most Utility companies (Electric, Water, Natural Gas)
  • Hospitals / Clinics / Doctors / Nurses / Practitioners Offices

 

    Now you should be asking who all do you know that would be affected by this scenario? Children, Elderly, Disabled / Handicapped, or just someone who has limited or next-to-no income? Churches and charity organizations should be monitoring this possibility very closely over the next several months, although it won’t take that long to feel the effects. In my humble opinion, the effects would be felt almost instantaneous. The fear of missing out on having food and medical for family members and loved ones will be the driving force of a lot of people, especially those who are already struggling to get the things needed on a daily basis. 

 

    Unfortunately, there will be those nefarious people who will use this moment of weakness to drive up the black market and make a few extra bucks from people panicking for what they need. This will be a serious motivational tool for crime to go up as well. Stealing, racketeering, riots in the streets like we’ve seen last summer courtesy of groups like Black Lives Matter and Antifa. If you think that was bad, what do you think will happen when you have the working people riot who can’t go to work and provide for their families? Can you blame them for raiding a local grocery store? Sure, they could probably go onto state food assistance, but who’s going to pay for that when people can’t pay their taxes because they can’t go to or find work? What if their only job was at a store that got raided by a group of rioting shoplifters who decided to burn the place down? Mom and Pop business won’t stand a chance in the big cities. 

 

     This is some pretty heavy, serious stuff the think about. This is why I am telling you all to get prepared now for what is possibly coming. Stocking up of canned goods and learning how to grow a garden isn’t a bad thing. It shouldn’t be looked upon as Taboo. My parents and grand parents knew how to do this for their families. It was part of their way of life. These are valuable skills that could save a generation. Your family is worth saving and that is why I try to warn people of what I see as a possible outcome in the near future. We have become so energy dependent on foreign sources that it can and will cripple our economy to the point of a grinding halt if we aren’t prepared by bracing for the impact. For those of you who don’t know, it will be a massive culture shock to you and your loved ones, but there are very important steps you can do to reduce the size of impact it will have on your lives. Think of everyday items you need today and start stocking up. Find medicines that are over-the-counter that could be a substitute for a prescription that doesn’t cause harmful side-effects, start stocking up on foods that have a longer shelf date, find alternative ways to have electricity or invest in drinking water filter systems.

 

     Study up on things that teach you how to grow your own vegetables and hunting. If you can, find someone who is living off the grid and make friends with them. Find someone who is able to find alternative ways to communicate, such as Ham Radio (I am KF5UUV) or CB Radio (truckers use them often), and study up on plant-based medicines. Aloe plants work wonders on burns and cuts. My grandmother used to cup up an Aloe plant leaf and put it on my road rashes after I crashed my bicycle and skateboard as a kid. Whenever I have an asthma attack and don’t have my inhaler, I try using the steam method: take a bunch of steaming hot water in a sink or a boiling pot, put a tall over your head and breath in the steam. If I didn’t have that option, then I would try to find a mind plant and inhale the scent to relieve my symptoms. One of the reasons why I love being around mint plants.

 

     You would be amazed at all the natural remedies that you would not only save money on, but don’t need a prescription either. Please remember that I am not a doctor or medical professional of any type, I am just someone who was lucky enough to be from a family that knew a thing or two about survival and they didn’t know any other way to live during struggling times. The men in my family history had strong military backgrounds and the women in my family had strong survival / healing backgrounds. I am nowhere near what they were, but that is because I didn’t go through what they did, but I think that my time is coming soon with everything else going on in our country. 

My thoughts on the current political climate:

  • For cheap, reliable energy, you can always depend on our Congress for it. Term limits and voting them out is what makes it renewable.

 

  • If Congress won’t put restrictions on California representative Maxine Waters for doing the same thing that a certain political party and RINO’S accused former President Donald Trump doing on January 6th), what makes you think they’re going to be able to do it against Iran?

 

  • Used to, they would fire somebody for not doing their job. Nowadays they award them the presidency and vice-presidency.

 

  • This Presidential Administration really knows how to draw a line in the sand. Just look at the southern border.

 

  • Joe Biden can’t join the mile high club without falling up the stairs. His wife can’t join the mile-high Club because Joe forgot what plane she was on when she dressed up as a sexy stewardess.

 

  • Republican Senator Mitch McConnell can demand all he wants as long as China approves it. Just ask his wife.

 

  • Republican Senators Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney could make the perfect love child that would end up as a poster child for Unity with the Democratic party.

 

  • Is term limits are good for the presidency, Governors, State Representatives and Senators, then shouldn’t members of Congress follow suit as well? I got more respect for those having served who actually keep their word about term limits and honor them. No matter what side.

 

  • If a company wants our tax dollars to bail them out, they should open up their accounting books and let us, the American people, decide after seeing how they run their business.

 

  • The art of compromise is called serious negotiations. The art of offering special treats is called bribing. There is a fine line and you should never confuse the two.

 

  • Special interest groups have their place located in the garbage dumps outside of Fort Pelosi.

 

  • If adding Washington DC as a state would make things better for everyone, then let’s do the same for Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, Chicago, Illinois, San Francisco, California, and everywhere else Antifa is still occupied. Hey, it’s “just an idea”.

 

  • If teachers don’t want to go back to school and do their job in these bigger cities, send them packing. Blame the unions and hire new teachers who really want their chance to work. If the unions complain, tell them to speak to their Union reps about it.

 

  • Celebrities should be held to the same standards as the average Joe or Jane Doe when adding comments or statements on their social media platforms. That is, unless, they are willing to admit that becoming a celebrity has dumbed them down. I don’t know about you, but I would play dumb as a doorknob if I got paid millions of dollars a year.

 

  • If threatening cops is the new standard, then I’m glad I’m old school. Police have a hard enough time as it is walking into every situation understanding the possible outcomes. But if you have to ask for police protection to go incite a riot, you probably shouldn’t be demanding to defund the police. I also find it funny that those people who cried “defund the police” have 911 on speed dial whenever somebody hurts their little feelers.

 

  • If attacking the very people that keep you safe and help you sleep better at night, then I have to ask what are you really doing to make the world a better place? It’s the same logic as sucking your thumb to keep your hands from roaming down into your pants. You know they have professional help for that sort of thing, right?

 

  • Every leader in these activist groups that hate America already know two things: 1) Marxism only works for the leaders. Unfortunately for the followers, there’s only one of those at a time and it’s a lifetime term. 2) The followers will make the products while litterally living like slaves, but capitalism is the greater evil.

 

  • If Black Lives Matter really cared about the people, then what about all these black communities that got destroyed because of the riots that BLM members caused? I am sure some of that money the group raised would have helped out there. Surely the self-proclaimed Marxist leader, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, didn’t spend all that money on the mansion she recently bought in an all exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood where the vast majority of residents is white? I guess the money run short after bailing out all the rioters.

 

     Seems to me most people want accountability until it’s them that’s being called-out on the carpet. That includes elected officials, all these activist groups, and the people who just like to start or stir s***. We all want to feel special and we all love our 15 minutes of fame. Unfortunately some now figured out that are 15 minutes of fame can be easily reached when our feelings get hurt. So we have to go out and destroy someone else’s property to show how angry we are. We have to go threaten a neighborhood to get a court case verdict to swing a certain way. We bribe our elected officials who think they have any weight in the matter to swing a decision one way or the other or else they get canceled.

 

     It used to be that being the good guy was a good thing, but now you can risk doing the right thing and lose your job, your reputation, your respect from the community, and in some cases your identity. When a fireman can send $25 to a guy’s self-defense fund and it causes his entire department to be investigated, you know there’s something majorly wrong. Yet nobody talks about it on social media because they’re too damn afraid they will be next. Too many people have been afraid for so long and yet they hide in the room, they barely even speak out on social media, or they just don’t talk about it at all. And it’s a shame too because a lot of good people are being affected, not just those who are the targets, but their immediate family, the people they associate with, and their neighbors.

 

     So what’s the easy thing to do? Force them to leave the neighborhood and go into hiding. Yeah nobody wants to talk about it, so they just discarded like trash. If they can’t work, they can’t provide for their family, which means their kids don’t get the proper education, and their friends don’t get to hang out. The business’s lose their great employees, the organization’s lose their excellent members, and lives get ruined. All for what exactly? For them having a simple opinion that is different than what the agenda being pushed? Some businesses even fire their employees because they don’t want that type of environment. The way I see it, if you don’t push an agenda, there won’t be any pushback. Just like any other social media, if you don’t like what I say keep on scrolling. We used to live and let live, whatever happened to that?

 

     Great ideas come from those who aren’t afraid to think outside the box, who aren’t afraid to push the limits without hurting others, and who are not willing to take “that can’t be done” for an answer. Being fueled by curiosity can take your passion to a whole new level and even make it game-changing. It is okay to follow what is right in your heart while guided by your morals and principles. Those pushing an agenda believe that being silenced is not an option, but can’t the same thing be said about those who don’t want to be pushed over?

 

     It’s one of the reasons why I don’t watch the news anymore. Yeah, I keep up with what’s going on, but I don’t sit there and watch it like a smooth brain, crayon eating moron. I try to know the difference between what is being said on the mainstream media and what is not being said. I pay more attention to what’s not being said because that’s usually the real truth to the agenda. It’s like telling the difference between sugar and salt.

     Hello America and welcome to another exciting edition of the shit show we call, Bravo Sierra With Big John! Yes, I am your host, Big John and I sincerely hope you are doing very well in this period of time. No, I’m not being sarcastic, nor deceptive, I’m just being what is best for the situations we are all experiencing right now call for. Just in case you haven’t heard, The United States House of Representatives approved House Resolution 51 today to make Washington D.C. the 51st U.S. state (https://rsbnetwork.com/featured/house-approves-bill-to-make-d-c-the-51st-state/?fbclid=IwAR3FZW69v4q4hsEywuSP5GIM1mKkIA-ygpN0gfBlnKwTawMDopn1m5Npv98). The vote passed strictly along party lines with 216 Democrats voting in favor of the bill, and 208 Republicans voting against the bill. The bill will be sent to the Democratically-controlled Senate. Democrats will likely gain two Senate seats and one House of Representatives seat if the bill became law, increasing the Democrats’ majority in the U.S. Senate from 50-50 to 52-50. The Democrats’ majority in the House of Representatives would increase from 218-212 to 219-212. “Statehood for the District of Columbia is about showing respect for our democracy,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. 

 

     Yes, we have a multitude of activities going on behind the backs of the American people and no one in the Mainstream Media cares an ounce to shed some light on it. It’s all a big cover screen to them as they tell us there’s nothing to see here, just go about your day. Yes, my friends, life is all roses and peachy. Can’t argue about it, even if you have the facts on your side to prove it. They won’t listen, so why bother wasting perfectly good energy on a bad ending? So then I guess that’s why Alternative news sources are making their way into the spotlight and ratings are going up. People want to know the truth, not what the Mainstream Media tells them is the truth. CNN and NBC are notorious to slanting “the truth” as if it’s just fat on a piece of lean steak. Hey, for the record, I don’t mind eating the fat and meat together! It’s a steak, for God’s sake! If it doesn’t digest right, then I won’t eat it anymore. It’s my decision, it’s my life. I’ll make the decisions on what I think, feel, and touch on if you don’t mind, thank you.

 

     There’s an old saying in the military that says “it doesn’t matter what the source is just as long as the intel is accurate!” Personally, I don’t mind looking up, reading, or watching alternative news sources as long as the facts are correct. I am tired of Opinion Shows, but I don’t mind hearing someone else’s point of view as long as it’s legit with facts and not full of BS. That includes NewsMax, Epoch Times, or in some cases, social media. For kicks and ideas, I may even take a gander at what the folks over on QAnon have to say because sometimes I get a little bit of a glimmering hint of what else is going on in the shadows of politics. Yes, QAnon, you heard of them by now, I’m sure. I’m not a follower, I’m more of a seeker, if you willl, but I have this suspicion about them folks. I can’t prove it, and I hope I am wrong, but I get the feeling those folks at QAnon are similar to those on the extreme left. They are telling us what we might or would like to hear on QAnon, but leading us further down the road when their predictions / dates don’t go as they say. In other words, once an event date they claim is going to happen, but it doesn’t, they kick the can down the road farther in hopes no one will call them out on their misleading’s. Honestly, this all sounds too familiar, with a twist of Propaganda flavoring to it. Yeah, it’s like Bolsheviks.

 

    Led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup against Russia’s ineffectual Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and within two days had formed a new government with Lenin as its head. Bolshevik Russia, later renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was the world’s first Marxist state. Lenin was drawn to the revolutionary cause after his brother was executed in 1887 for plotting to assassinate Czar Alexander III. He studied law and took up practice in Petrograd, where he associated with revolutionary Marxist circles. In 1895, he helped organize Marxist groups in the capital into the “Union for the Struggle for the Liberation of the Working Class,” which attempted to enlist workers to the Marxist cause. Hmmm, come to think of it, where have we heard something like this happening before?

 

     Anyway back to what I was saying, In December 1895, Lenin and the other leaders of the Union were arrested. Lenin was jailed for a year and then exiled to Siberia for a term of three years until 1900 when he went to Western Europe and continued his revolutionary activity. It was during this time that he adopted the pseudonym Lenin. A couple years later, he published a pamphlet titled “What Is to Be Done?” (https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/) which argued that only a disciplined party of professional revolutionaries could bring socialism to Russia. In 1903, he met with other Russian Marxists in London and established the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party (RSDWP). However, from the start there was a split between Lenin’s Bolsheviks (Majoritarians), who advocated militarism, and the Mensheviks (Minoritarians), who advocated a democratic movement toward socialism. These two groups increasingly opposed each other within the framework of the RSDWP, and Lenin made the split official at a 1912 conference of the Bolshevik Party.

 

    Bolshevik, Russian for “One of the Majority”, or Bolsheviki, member of a wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party, seized control of the government in Russia (October 1917) and became the dominant political power (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bolshevik). The group originated at the party’s second congress (1903) when Lenin’s followers, insisting that party membership be restricted to professional revolutionaries, won a temporary majority on the party’s central committee and on the editorial board of its newspaper Iskra. They assumed the name Bolsheviks and dubbed their opponents the Mensheviks (“Those of the Minority”). Although both factions participated together in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and went through periods of apparent reconciliation (about 1906 and 1910), their differences increased. The Bolsheviks continued to insist upon a highly centralized, disciplined, professional party. They boycotted the elections to the First State Duma, also known as Russian parliament, in 1906 and refused to cooperate with the government and other political parties in subsequent Dumas. Furthermore, their methods of obtaining revenue that included robbery among other activities, were disapproved of by the Mensheviks and non-Russian Social Democrats. 

 

     In 1912 Lenin, leading a very small minority, formed a distinct Bolshevik organization, decisively (although not formally) splitting the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party. His determination to keep his own faction strictly organized, however, had also alienated many of his Bolshevik colleagues, who had wished to undertake nonrevolutionary activities or who had disagreed with Lenin on political tactics and on the infallibility of orthodox Marxism. No outstanding Russian Social Democrats joined Lenin in 1912. The Bolsheviks became increasingly popular among urban workers and soldiers in Russia after the February Revolution (1917), particularly after April, when Lenin returned to the country, demanding immediate peace and that the workers’ councils, or Soviets, assume power. By October of that year, the Bolsheviks had majorities in the Petrograd (St. Petersburg) and Moscow Soviets; and when they overthrew the Provisional Government, the second Congress of Soviets (devoid of peasant deputies) approved the action and formally took control of the government. Immediately after the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks refused to share power with other revolutionary groups, with the exception of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries; eventually they suppressed all rival political organizations. They changed their name to Russian Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) in March 1918; to All-Union Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) in December 1925; and to Communist Party of the Soviet Union in October 1952. 

 

     Another major update that happened this week was with the former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, case as the Jurors came back with the guilty verdict on all three charges: second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-jury-reaches-verdict-george-floyd-death-live-updates/7298158002/). Judge Peter Cahill revoked bail and told Derek Chauvin to report back in eight weeks for sentencing as the former officer sat silent and was handcuffed and taken into custody. George Floyd’s brother was sitting with his head bowed and his hands folded in front of his face in prayer before the verdict was read. As each verdict was read, his hands increasingly shook and his head nodded up and down. With these charges, Derek Chauvin faces 12 1/2 years or 150 months in prison under sentencing guidelines for a first-time offender. But, the prosecution argues there are aggravating factors that require a longer prison term. That means Chauvin may face longer than that sentence. Ahead of a verdict, some stores were boarded up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the courthouse was ringed with concrete barriers and razor wire, and National Guard troops were on patrol. 

 

     During the case, Jurors in the trial of Derek Chauvin were told to follow the law in determining whether he is guilty of any of the three charges against him, even if they do not agree with the law. The jury was also instructed to consider all the evidence they heard and saw during the trial, and disregard anything they may have heard or seen elsewhere about the case (https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20649702/pages/juryinstructions04192021-p3-normal.gif?ts=1618938451225). Proof can be established through facts, which can be proven by direct or circumstantial evidence. Direct evidence includes what witnesses see. Circumstantial evidence includes what people extract from other facts. Derek Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, which took place on May 25, 2020. George Floyd was arrested for allegedly using a fake $20 bill at Cup Foods in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He resisted arrest and was restrained on the ground by the former officer along with two other officers. Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck and back. After approximately nine and a half minutes, George Floyd was taken away in an ambulance. He was not breathing and was soon declared dead. Prosecutors argued in the trial that the former police officer killed George Floyd while the defense said the death was caused by his drug use and health history, including an enlarged heart, with carbon monoxide poisoning as a possibility. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide by law enforcement restraint, with drugs and that his heart conditions listed as contributing factors. 

 

     Now, in what many would consider and call out as instigating a riot, 82-year-old Democratic Representative Maxine Waters of California called out for street violence if the jury didn’t vote for Derek Chauvin guilty of murder (https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2021/04/20/gop-leader-vows-action-after-dem-calls-for-more-active-protests). The longtime Democratic lawmaker was seen and heard calling for Minneapolis protesters to get “more confrontational” if a jury decides ex-cop Derek Chauvin did not kill George Floyd, and that call for street violence is being defended by the Speaker of the House. The California Representative showed up Saturday (4/18) night in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where she called for protesters to “stay in the streets” and “fight for justice” in their effort to punish racist law enforcement authorities for, in her view, blatantly killing minorities. With a swarm of reporters and protesters around her, she told the media there will be consequences if Derek Chauvin is acquitted of killing George Floyd or even if he is found guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter. He deserves to be found guilty of first-degree murder, she said. “We’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active. We’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they mean business,” she said.

 

    What is funny about what she did though, is that her comments didn’t go unnoticed at the trial, either, where defense attorneys brought up her comments to Judge Peter Cahill and suggested jurors likely heard her statement. The judge denied their motion for a mistrial, however, and said jurors have been instructed to avoid watching the news. The lawmaker’s comments were not helpful, he also said. “I’ll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal,” the judge stated, “that may result in this whole trial being overturned.”  In an eye-opening example of irony, it was reported on Monday that Representative Waters had requested police protection when she landed at Minnesota-St. Paul Airport for her trip to the protests (https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/04/19/documents-show-maxine-waters-requested-police-escort-before-screed-advocating-for-violence-n2588144?1911). You heard that right. The woman who is calling for the defunding of the police across the nation, had to ask for Police Protection so she didn’t get hurt.

 

    Representative Waters flew from Dulles International Airport to Minnesota-St. Paul International Airport on Saturday, April 17, just days ahead of a verdict in the George Floyd, Officer Derek Chauvin trial. That night, Waters went to meet with protestors and demanded a guilty verdict for Chauvin “or else.””If nothing does not happen then we have to not only stay in the streets but we have to fight for justice,” she continued. “I am very hopeful and I hope that we are going to get a verdict that is guilty, guilty, guilty and if we don’t, we cannot go away.” Republicans are condemning Representative Waters’ comments as incitement and calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to act, including the Republican Leader and Representative of California’s 23rd District in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, who said “Chairwoman Waters’ actions are beneath the dignity of this institution. They raised the potential for violence, directed lawlessness, and may have interfered with a co-equal branch of government. I just introduced this censure resolution to hold her accountable.” (https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1383944906637414406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1383944906637414406%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fkatiepavlich%2F2021%2F04%2F19%2Fdocuments-show-maxine-waters-requested-police-escort-before-screed-advocating-for-violence-n2588144).

 

     Ken Buck of Colorado tweeted out “Maxine Waters violated state curfew to encourage violence in Minnesota. Why hasn’t Speaker Pelosi condemned this rhetoric?”. In other words, California Democratic Representative Maxine Waters did the very thing in this situation that her Democratic colleagues and sympathizers said that former President Trump supporters did in Washington D.C. back on January 6th during what they like to call “Insurrection”. I knew it would be only a matter of time before these accusers would do the same thing. However, I am sure that “Nance”, along with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will look the other way on this because it doesn’t fit their narrative of the agenda they are trying to push down our throats. Back on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked by reporters if Representative Waters was inciting violence. “No, absolutely not,” Nancy Pelosi replied, and there was no need for he to apologize for what she said. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has vowed to “bring action” if Pelosi fails to punish Representative Waters for her comments.

 

     Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has herself been punished by Democrats for her past comments, has introduced a resolution calling for Representative Waters to be expelled (https://allongeorgia.com/chattooga-local-government/filed-congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-resolution-to-expel-maxine-waters-for-inciting-black-lives-matter-terrorism/). That effort would likely fail in the Democrat-controlled House, however, but Representative Greene is pushing back after Democrats took away her committee assignments and tried to remove her from office. This one goes with GOP Leader, Kevin McCarthy, resolution he shared on his twitter account (https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1384595746297679873/photo/1). He said Chairwoman Waters’ actions are beneath the dignity of this institution. They raised the potential for violence, directed lawlessness, and may have interfered with a co-equal branch of government. I just introduced this censure resolution to hold her accountable.” As they say in the broadcast business, “Stay Tuned…”

 

     Finally, there’s this little tidbit of information that might be interesting for those who find humor in irony. With all the talk of Black Lives Matter along with Antifa being heavily influencing and blended in with the crowds threatening to riot in Minneapolis, Minnesota should the Derek Chauvin case verdict not go the way they prefer, the leader of Black Lives Matter, who claims to be a self-taught Marxist, recently bought a house in Los Angeles, California for only $1.4 Million dollars (https://nypost.com/2021/04/10/marxist-blm-leader-buys-1-4-million-home-in-ritzy-la-enclave/). Yes, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, the leader of Black Lives Matter and a self-described Marxist, recently purchased a $1.4 million home in an exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood where… are you ready for this?… the vast majority of residents are WHITE! The home, which features three bedrooms and three bathrooms, is nestled in Topanga Canyon and has a separate guesthouse on the property, according to Dirt, a celebrity real estate blog which reported the transaction (https://www.dirt.com/gallery/more-dirt/politicians/black-lives-matter-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-lands-topanga-canyon-compound-1203374803/).

 

     The property, which is about a 15 minute drive from Malibu beaches, features bamboo floors and vaulted ceilings, according to the listing. My question is where did she get the money? I’m not one to tell someone else how to spend their money, but for as a UCLA and USC graduate, married about five years ago to social activist (and amateur boxer), turned co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto, a non-profit organization that is supposed to be for helping Black people isn’t doing what they are claiming to be fore. Black Lives Matter created the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag in 2013 in response to George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin. Since then, the largely decentralized movement has been at the influential forefront on issues of police brutality and racially motivated violence against Black people, particularly in the wake of George Floyd’s killing last summer that sparked massive protests across the United States and around the globe. The leader published “When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir” in 2018 (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250171085). She also signed a multi-platform deal with Warner Bros in October (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-10-15/black-lives-matter-patrisse-cullors-warner-bros-production-deal), although it is not clear how much she is paid by BLM since their finances flow through a complex web of for-profit and nonprofit corporate entities. So I have to ask, who is really benefiting here? Is it the Black Communities in which are struggling or is it Patrisse Cullors? You make that decision yourself. I got a feeling I already know the answer.

     Good evening America how are you doing this fine week? Well I tell you what I know a lot happening the past few weeks in it’s just hard to keep up with everything is going on, but we have to do our best. I know that I’ve been so busy with things that have been popping up in my life and family emergencies among one of them. I do appreciate your patience and your understanding about having to suddenly change when or where we do Bravo Sierra with big John. And I say it this way because I know last week we didn’t get to do it on Thursday night so that we try to do on Sunday and Lily at the last minute that is changed into. However we went had released the Talking points that I was gonna go over on the shows so if your a partner of the big John show, then you would have already seen it and got to read it.

 

     Which brings me up to my next talking point now, there’s been a lot of questions and speculations that is come to my attention about the show and about the TBJS Radio Network. Let it be known that I have no plans on stopping what were doing at the TBJS Radio Network, nor do I have any plans on stopping the show. I still do my weekday show plus this weekly show because I love doing it. And I have things that I would like to address that happen each week that I know I am not alone in. I know that my life has been hectic the past few weeks and his resulted in me having to make sudden changes and programming interruptions. However one thing I have not done is missed the opportunity to be honest when 100% with you. I am not gonna stop being a 100% honest with you,  So believe me when I say that I love doing this weekly show.

 

     I do plan on having guests on the show as well as I do on my daily show. So with that being said to the question of me getting bored doing this show, the answer is a big fat resounding “NO”. I’ll do this show because I know that there are people who listen and who want to know what I have to say. I’ll do it as long as I got listeners just like you who are interested and my phone is always open during the show when anyone wants to call in and have a dialogue on the air about what I say or my opinions are. Those of you who don’t know, the phone number is (918) 708-TBJS {8257}. You can also text me using that number as well. It’s not a cell phone, it’s a landline. So please feel free to express your opinion anytime during the show. I just ask that you keep it respectable and without trying to push any agenda. I try not to be pushy on any agenda.

 

     Something else that got me last week, without going into any details, is that I was accused of trying to manipulate a music chart. I am not gonna say what the name of the chart was calm but I will say that I had replied back to them via email and they didn’t like my response because I was speaking the truth on how we do things at the TBJS Radio Network. Whenever someone tries to accuse me of doing something, I always ask for proof and if they cannot provide that proof, that I know that their claim is absolutely bupkis. We also made some programming changes that were linked to that chart after informing directly that we wish them luck in their future endeavors. Believe me, it felt like a big load was taken off my shoulders as well as it freed up our Sunday schedule a bit for more opportunities. If the chart is carried by over 80 stations, but yet cannot get nearly half of those stations to air the chart show, then that should tell you all you need to know about it’s acceptance. That’s all I say on this.

 

     I cannot express enough how thankful I am to those in the radio industry who reached out to To me and offered the kind help. I’ll never be able to repay them for it, but I would try as soon as I get back on my feet and get back onto a terrestrial radio station. See to me, radio is a family and many of us family members have been laid off during the pandemic. Unfortunately, many of the big corporate radio owners will not be hiring back the wonderful talent that they have laid off for various reasons. Unfortunately, this industry has been butchered and bastardized by corporate greed, major egos, and Bravo Sierra among the ranks. I would love to see a lot of these wonderful talented people get back on the air doing what they do best, but you won’t see it at the corporate level as much. There are a lot of mom and pop radio stations that do hire live in local talent if they can afford to. Most of them will do Radio shows that are owned and operated by big corporate radio stations like premiere radio or Westwood one. The problem is that iHeartRadio owns premiere radio. Westwood one is owned by Cumulus media. Those 2 big companies, I heart and cumulus, are inching ever so closer to artificial intelligence. IHeartRadio has actually bragged about using it to program a lot of their stations. That makes it sort of difficult for these newer artists who don’t have big money pushing them to be heard, much like what’s coming out of Nashville today. 90% of what comes at a Nashville is not music, it’s not country music.

 

     That’s why I will stick with Red Dirt or Texas Country because that is real organic music. There’s a lot of unsigned independent artists who don’t get heard. That’s why TBJS Radio Network would rather play them because they sound better and it’s more organic. If you ask me, that’s what music is supposed to be. Music is not supposed to be stuck in a time loop, structured and organized to the point to where it sounds way overproduced, and the audio is not supposed to be highly compressed. Unfortunately you can’t tell a lot of the big name record labels that because that’s exactly what they want to do because they call it radio friendly. And while I’m on the topic of radio, Is it too much to ask for a radio DJ to introduce the guest she or he is talking to as they’re entering the remote break? I’ve heard two remote breaks so far from up local station that really needs to have their PD sit down and talk about how to handle a remote break. Irks me to hear when a Radio DJ does not introduce the person who they are talking to. You lose your listener that way. I could go on, but it isn’t my job. Wish it was though…

 

     For people who get upset that I don’t respond to their mass emails: Please note that I consider mass emails as spam, advertising promotion, e-newsletters that I didn’t sign up for, or annoying junk mail. Most of the time, that automatically gets sent to my spam folder and I don’t check those unless specifically looking for something I need. So if you wish to actually have my response, I recommend you speak to me in person, direct call, or text my cell phone if you have it. Using mass mailing services like mail chimp or some other third-party service isn’t something I normally answer to, no matter who you are. I usually can determine which service you use because it’s in the email code / language. I hardly ever sign up for email newsletters. So in other words, if I wanted your emails, I would have signed up for them.

 

     Constantly bombarding me with your emails just to get my attention won’t work either (see reasons why above). In fact, why I’m having to explain this blows my mind, but unfortunately, it needs to be said. This goes for those who constantly re-send me their information as if I’ve never read, seen, or heard what they already sent me. If you have been monitoring anything that I’ve been doing on social media, website, or listening online, you know that I stay pretty busy behind the scenes. However, if those who keep bombarding me with their emails were to look, read, or listen closely, you may get the answer you are looking for. It’s not that hard to figure out, but so many don’t pay that much attention to details. Even those who say it is “their jobs to get the information”.

 

     You may not get the answer in the timely manner you demand, but you will get the answer when I can give it after consideration. If you don’t want my consideration, then the answer 99.99% is going to be “No”. Otherwise, if you pay close attention in accordance to your method of communication to me, you might already be getting the preferred answer you so desperately want. I’m not trying to be a jerk, I’m just letting you know out of courtesy so you won’t be upset if I don’t respond to your emails. If my response really is that damn important to you, the please for once, consider my feelings about your methods of communication when using mass email to reach me.

 

     I have been alone at home most of the day and I’ve come to realize that is not necessarily a good thing. When I’m alone and not feeling sick, my mind starts going through ideas. Take the following for example:

  • You know, it doesn’t have to be your blood that you’re selling. There are meth-heads that will fight for the last remaining bite of sushi thrown away in a dumpster behind convenience store.
  • A half cup filled with a slushy and cigarette ashes is a bargaining tool for hookers without mouthwash who need to clean their mouths in between clients.
  • If you’re bored or you just don’t have the money for entertainment, you can always check out the latest MMA style fighting outside of your local bar or “no-tell” motel / hotel around closing time. Either way, there’s going to be some guy getting knocked out over a woman by another guy. Except on those rare occasions when it’s a free-for-all!

Here’s something else that I think about when I’m home alone or just sitting around for too long, I swear, sometimes I just want to cry… You think something is working out right only to find out it isn’t. Can’t a guy get a break? Who does one have to sleep with to make it ahead instead of losing or just breaking even for so long? I feel so used and burnt-out on staying positive. I had a lot of hope once, but not anymore.

  

     On to a more national level, If the City, State, or Federal Government wants to “Defund the police”, then they should provide the exact same training that is necessary to the average person who lives within their area. In other words, what defund the police actually means is taking away the level of proper training needed to do the job of protecting the people in whom which each and every police officer is sworn to protect. The training is determined by the city council, the people who elect the officials, and the people of the community themselves. How protected do you want to feel? That depends on the level of training you want in your police officers. The more training you have, the better you can protect yourself, your family, friends, community… It’s not rocket science. It’s common sense. I wish colleges, universities, vo-tech, and schools could hand out diploma’s in common sense. It would be awesome if these places would provide training in survival / self-defense and teach the United States constitution as well. I’m thankful for my parents who were able to teach me skills and common sense.

 

     The next great revolutionary move that American people can do is to force term limits for congress members. Fair trade: No voter ID at polls in exchange for Term Limits (or vice versa). More than 100 companies signed a letter condemning efforts to pass laws that may make it harder for people to vote. The companies, which include Amazon, Ford, Apple, and Google, among many others were published a two-page statement in the New York Times yesterday. The companies said they “oppose any discriminatory legislation or measures that restrict or prevent any eligible voter from having an equal and fair opportunity to cast a ballot.” Legislation that activists and Democrats say is designed to disenfranchise Black voters was enacted in Georgia last month. Republicans argue that Georgia’s law actually expands voting access. They claim that similar legislation is needed in other states to guarantee “election integrity.” According to the Brennan Center for Justice (https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-march-2021), 361 bills with provisions that restrict voting rights have been introduced in 47 states. Earlier this month, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell lashed out at businesses who have criticized Georgia’s new voting law, saying that “there will be consequences” if they keep acting like “a woke parallel government” (https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/05/mcconnell-corporate-america-woke-parallel-government-479042).

 

     But, hey it’s okay because a group of Democratic lawmakers plans to introduce a bill to add four seats to the United States Supreme Court (https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/apr/14/us-supreme-court-expand-democrats-congress). Progressives have been pushing to expand the supreme court, after Donald Trump’s three appointees that were added to the judicial body was thought to be shifted to the right. Republicans and many Democrats oppose proposals to increase the number of Supreme Court seats. Republicans and many moderate Democrats have opposed the idea of expanding the court, or what they sometimes call “court packing”. The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, said the idea of expanding the court was “a direct assault on our nation’s independent judiciary and yet another sign of the Far Left’s influence over the Biden administration”. Biden has not taken a clear position on expansion. In the past, he has said he is “not a fan” of the idea. President Biden last week created a commission to study a possible Supreme Court reform. Discussions over reforming the court have taken on new urgency in recent months as the court is poised to address key questions on voting rights, reproductive rights and environmental protections. 

 

    And I’ll say this last but not least, I just want to say thanks to everybody for all their prayers what I asked on social media. I can’t go into great details right now but I will say this that it’s not my health. Although I’m not going to say my health is all that great with all the activities that are going on right now. There’s a lot of things going on behind the scenes that are not just with what we do here, but also family issues as well. And I wish I was took fix some of it and make it better, but I’m just a mortal man I can’t do anything but pray at Hope. So again I thank you all who have prayed and kept us in your thoughts and prayers when I asked on social media. Right now I can’t see anything, but I will eventually. I do ask that you please continue to keep my family in your thoughts and prayers at night when you pray to the big man upstairs and let him know that we sure could use his help. Meantime God bless you and your family and thank you so much for letting me be able to just get this off my chest and perhaps just doing that will make me feel a little bit better on the inside. I just know you’re not alone, because I too, keep things bottled up inside me probably more than I should.

 

April Fools Day Fun Facts!

  1. April Fools’ Day (sometimes called All Fools’ Day) is celebrated every year on April 1st by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes.
  2. The jokes and their victims are called April fools.
  3. People playing April Fool jokes expose their prank by shouting April Fool.
  4. Some newspapers, magazines, and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in small letters.
  5. Although popular since the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in any country.
  6. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (1392) contains the first recorded association between April 1st and foolishness.
  7. The custom of setting aside a day for the playing of harmless pranks upon one’s neighbor is recognized everywhere.
  8. Some precursors of April Fools’ Day include the Roman festival of Hilaria, the Holi festival of India, and the Medieval Feast of Fools.
  9. In 1508, French poet Eloy d’Amerval referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally “April fish”), a possible reference to the holiday. In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish errands on April 1st. In 1686, John Aubrey referred to the holiday as “Fooles holy day”, the first British reference. On April 1, 1698, several people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to “see the Lions washed”.
  10. In the Middle Ages, New Year’s Day was celebrated on March 25th in most European towns. In some areas of France, New Year’s was a week-long holiday ending on 1 April. Some writers suggest that April Fools’ originated because those who celebrated on 1 January made fun of those who celebrated on other dates. The use of January 1st as New Year’s Day was common in France by the mid-16th century, and this date was adopted officially in 1564 by the Edict of Roussillon.
  11. In The Netherlands, the origin of April Fools’ Day is often attributed to the Dutch victory at Brielle in 1572, where the Spanish Duke Álvarez de Toledo was defeated. “Op 1 april verloor Alva zijn bril.” is a Dutch proverb, which can be translated to: “On the first of April, Alva lost his glasses.” In this case, the glasses serve as a metaphor for Brielle. This theory, however, provides no explanation for the international celebration of April Fools’ Day.
  12. In the UK, an April Fool joke is revealed by shouting “April fool!” at the recipient, who becomes the “April fool”. A study in the 1950s, by folklorists Iona and Peter Opie, found that in the UK, and in countries whose traditions derived from the UK, the joking ceased at midday. A person playing a joke after midday is the “April fool” themselves.
  13. In Scotland, April Fools’ Day was traditionally called ‘Huntigowk Day’, although this name has fallen into disuse. The name is a corruption of ‘Hunt the Gowk’, “gowk” being Scots for a cuckoo or a foolish person; alternate terms in Gaelic would be Là na Gocaireachd ‘gowking day’ or Là Ruith na Cuthaige ‘the day of running the cuckoo’. The traditional prank is to ask someone to deliver a sealed message that supposedly requests help of some sort. In fact, the message reads “Dinna laugh, dinna smile. Hunt the gowk another mile.” The recipient, upon reading it, will explain he can only help if he first contacts another person, and sends the victim to this next person with an identical message, with the same result.
  14. In England ‘fool’ is known by different names according to the part where it is celebrated. If you are fooled on this day you may be known as ‘noodle’, ‘gob’, ‘gobby’ or ‘noddy’.
  15. In Ireland it was traditional to entrust the victim with an “important letter” to be given to a named person. That person would then ask the victim to take it to someone else, and so on. The letter when finally opened contained the words “send the fool further”.
  16. In Poland, prima aprilis (“1 April” in Latin) is a day in which many jokes are told; various hoaxes are prepared by people, media (which sometimes cooperate to make the “information” more credible) and even public institutions. Serious activities are usually avoided. This conviction is so strong that the anti-Turkish alliance with Leopold I signed on April 1, 1683, was backdated to March 31st.
  17. Danes, Finns, Icelanders, Norwegians and Swedes celebrate April Fools’ Day (aprilsnar in Danish; aprillipäivä in Finnish). Most news media outlets will publish exactly one false story on April 1st; for newspapers this will typically be a first-page article but not the top headline.
  18. In Italy, France, Belgium, and French-speaking areas of Switzerland and Canada, April 1st tradition is often known as “April fish” (poissons d’avril in French or pesce d’aprile in Italian). This includes attempting to attach a paper fish to the victim’s back without being noticed. Such fish feature prominently on many late 19th- to early 20th-century French April Fools’ Day postcards.
  19. In India, there have been numerous references to April Fools’ Day in both cinema and popular literature and people are jovially associated with the date. In Indian cinema, Bollywood’s movie April Fool (1964 film) along with its title song is also evergreen. Similar examples may be looked for in other art & craft related fields.
  20. As well as people playing pranks on one another on April Fools’ Day, elaborate practical jokes have appeared on radio and TV stations, newspapers, web sites, and have been performed by large corporations. In one famous prank from 1957, the BBC broadcast a film in their Panorama current affairs series purporting to show Swiss farmers picking freshly-grown spaghetti, in what they called the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest. The BBC were later flooded with requests to purchase a spaghetti plant, forcing them to declare the film a hoax on the news the next day. With the advent of the Internet and readily available global news services, April Fools’ pranks can catch and embarrass a wider audience than ever before.
  21. April Fool’s Day is not an official holiday.
  22. A Joker, Court Jester, or Jokester have become the images associated with April Fool’s Day.
  23. Some people spend a lot of money and time planning elaborate jokes.

 

     However, it’s never a good idea to be the fool or “act a fool” when it comes to God, especially when we are so close to one of his special days. As I’ve mentioned during my day show, “The Big John Show”, there were some teens that stole vat of holy water from a Catholic church up in Lincoln, Nebraska (https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/3-teens-stole-vessel-of-holy-water-from-church-in-lincoln/article_152ed7e5-d640-52b6-8116-608bdd439771.html). The police took a theft report this week involving a vessel of holy water. Officers said three teenagers stole the vessel last weekend during a Mass in the gym at St. Michael Catholic Church. The theft was caught on video, which they hope to use to track down the teens. The church estimated the loss at $200. One can only hope the teens will either get caught or do the right thing and turn themselves in. Something can be said when a crook or whoever does something wrong and confesses. It’s a beautiful thing that we have that opportunity to confess our sins. We still have to work on not continuing those sins, but nobody is perfect. We are only human and are born to it. 

 

     Luckily, we all have a loving God who believes in us, if you are in Christian Faith. Many religions reference to asking for a gods mercy or forgiveness whenever we do wrong or something that might seem offensive to whatever deity that person chooses to worship. Eventually, our conscious will get us to do that very thing. That is, if we have a conscious. Even though we may not be taught that something isn’t right, sometimes we get that feeling inside of what is wrong, or that something is wrong, but we need to make it right. Even if we aren’t the one who did the wronging, sometimes we are called to be the person to correct the mistake or right the wrong, so to speak. The same can be said about Jesus Christ, who came to earth, only to die on the cross for all of us to be forgiven of our wicked sins. It was during this time almost 2000 years ago that he did that very thing. Unfortunately, many people seem to forget that. We’ve all heard the stories, read the verses in the Holy Bible, or watched shows and movies that portrayed the last several days of Jesus’s walk on earth, leading up to his crucifixion and miraculous resurrection, but what about the backstory of all the decorations and rituals? How about the designs and colors? A lot of Christians don’t feel comfortable discussing that.

 

   The meaning of Easter is Jesus Christ’s victory over death. His resurrection symbolizes the eternal life that is granted to all who believe in Him (https://biblehub.com/john/14-6.htm), as said in John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”. The meaning of Easter also symbolizes the complete verification of all that Jesus preached and taught during His three-year ministry. The earliest recorded observance of an Easter celebration comes from the 2nd century, though the commemoration of Jesus’ Resurrection probably occurred earlier. If He had not risen from the dead, if He had merely died and not been resurrected, He would have been considered just another teacher or Rabbi. However, it was the most important part in his final days was how His resurrection changed all that and gave final, irrefutable proof that He was really the Son of God and that He had conquered death once and for all.

 

     However, Easter did not always symbolize Christ’s resurrection from the dead and the meaning of Easter was quite different than what Christians celebrate today. For example, the feast day of Easter was originally a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. It was normally celebrated in early spring to honor the pagan Saxon goddess Eostre, the Germanic goddess of dawn who is celebrated during the Spring Equinox (https://www.religioustolerance.org/easter1.htm). On the old Germanic calendar, the equivalent month to April was called “Ōstarmānod” – or Easter-month. The evidence for her as an actual goddess people worshipped is a bit uncertain. She’s mentioned in the writings of an 8th century monk known as Venerable Bede, who reported that pagan Anglo-Saxons in medieval Northumbria held festivals in her honor during the month of April.

 

     When the early missionaries converted the Saxons to Christianity, the holiday, since it fell around the same time as the traditional memorial of Christ’s resurrection from the dead, was merged with the pagan celebration, and became know as Easter. The meaning of Easter was also changed to reflect its new Christian orientation. Today, the meaning of Easter, for million of Christians, is that of honoring and recognizing Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, and His glorious promises of eternal life for all who believe in Him. Modern Hebrew has readopted the Aramaic word “Pascha” to mean the Christian celebration of Jesus’s resurrection, not the Jewish Passover. In almost every other international language, the holiday is called by some permutation of “Pesach,” the Hebrew word for the Passover holiday/sacrifice. During the period of history marking the birth of the Christian church, both Hebrew and Aramaic were used in the Galilee, where Jesus’s ministry was based. In Aramaic, the holiday is called “Pascha.” The Hebrew word “pesach” is a noun, but it can also be inflected as a verb to mean, depending on the biblical context, “skip over” in a physical sense , or more spiritually as “spare”

   

     Historically Easter is not the first instance of a pagan ritual described by Bede that is now imbued with Christian meaning. Also in “The Reckoning of Time,” Bede describes the Anglo-Saxon Pagans’ “Mōdraniht,” ( translation to “Night of the Mothers”) that was held on December 24th, or Christmas Eve. Many Christians are uncomfortable in acknowledging the Easter holiday’s pagan name. Others are taking a more philosophical approach and making a valiant effort to rebrand it. Meanwhile, Christians around the world observe Easter with prayer and feasting on a traditional meal, but have you noticed that each year it’s on a different day? As I mentioned earlier, Christmas Eve is on December 24th, the night before Christmas Day on December 25th, but why is Easter always on a different day and sometimes a different month? Well, to answer that would require a little bit of math. You see, The reason Easter changes each year is because it is based on a ‘Pagan’ solar calendar. Easter occurs on the Sunday after the first full moon occurring after the Spring Equinox. 

 

    Fixing the date on which the Resurrection of Jesus was to be observed and celebrated triggered a major controversy in early Christianity in which an Eastern and a Western position can be distinguished (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Easter-holiday). The dispute, known as the Paschal controversies, was not definitively resolved until the 8th century. In Asia Minor, Christians observed the day of the Crucifixion on the same day that Jews celebrated the Passover offering—that is, on the 14th day of the first full moon of spring, 14 Nisan of the Jewish calendar. The Resurrection, then, was observed two days later, on 16 Nisan, regardless of the day of the week. In the West the Resurrection of Jesus was celebrated on the first day of the week, Sunday, when Jesus had risen from the dead. Consequently, Easter was always celebrated on the first Sunday after the 14th day of the month of Nisan. Increasingly, the churches opted for the Sunday celebration, and the Quartodecimans (“14th day” proponents) remained a minority. The Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed that Easter should be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox (March 21). Easter, therefore, can fall on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25.

 

     Most of the symbolism around this holiday actually comes from the pre-christian Pagan celebrations of the Spring Equinox. For example, we paint Easter eggs with bright colors at this time of year. The bright colors are a reflection of the spring flowers blooming and egg itself may be linked to chickens’ return to laying after the long winter months where chicken’s lay very few, if any, eggs. The Easter rabbit symbolizes fertility. We all know that bunnies get pretty busy if you know what I mean, so they are a perfect animal to symbolically represent the fertility of springtime. It makes sense that the chosen date to represent the rebirth of Jesus was based around a time(the Spring Equinox) that was already being celebrated for light and life. The use of painted and decorated Easter eggs was first recorded in the 13th century. The church prohibited the eating of eggs during Holy Week, but chickens continued to lay eggs during that week, and the notion of specially identifying those as “Holy Week” eggs brought about their decoration. The egg itself became a symbol of the Resurrection. Just as Jesus rose from the tomb, the egg symbolizes new life emerging from the eggshell. In the Orthodox tradition eggs are painted red to symbolize the blood Jesus shed on the cross.

 

     Finally, I’ll leave you with this little bit of funny facts:

  1. One of the oddest Easter customs was lifting, or heaving, practiced in the Victorian period (mid-1800s). On Easter Monday (the day after Easter), a man could take hold of and lift any woman off the ground and kiss her. On Easter Tuesday, ladies got their turn to lift and kiss any man. The practice fell out of favor when people began to object to being lifted.
  2. Easter in medieval times involves throwing an egg in churches. The custom would start with the priest throwing a hard-boiled egg to a choir boy. He who catches it would then toss it to another, and so on. Upon the clock striking 12, whoever holds the egg wins and keeps the egg.
  3. Traditional clothing for Easter includes pastel colors and floral prints. It signifies the onset of Spring. The trend suggests that people spend around $3.3 billion on Easter clothes.
  4. A traditional feast for Easter include eggs, chocolate, sweet bread, ham, and lamb.

 

Happy Easter to everyone! May God Bless You In The Days To Come!

    – Big John

 

     I’m glad I to be a member to a group of people that believed sticks and stones can break my bones, but words won’t ever hurt me. We don’t push our way of thinking onto others unlike the minority of people being heavily promoted when they eat Tide Pods and smear Gorilla Glue in their hair or to red solo cups and attaching it to their lips after watching other people do it. Nor do I have the urge to set up a Go-Fund-Me account to ask people to help me for the surgery get the glue out of my hair. Some things, you just don’t do after observing other people do it and seeing the results. Some people just aren’t born stupid and had better parents than others who had common sense in the matters of health and well being.

 

     We also don’t care if you are fond of a historical time in our nations history because it seems happier than the moment we are currently experiencing. Who can honestly say the people of our past would want to live in our present? We don’t know that because that is just like asking our great-great- grand children if they would like to live in our current time. We have to believe the struggles we make on a day-to-day basis is to make our children’s future better. Did you know there was a time when lead (https://www.webmd.com/children/news/20070815/lead-poisoning-and-kids) and mercury (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mercury-and-health) was considered “safe” for our children? Guess we can say “science” scored big on that one, huh? Well, eventually, it did after doing more intense research.

 

     I realize that most women who put on a bra each day run risk of contracting something that might not be pleasantly expected, such as rashes or other forms of irritation (including mental / attitude) because of a chemical inside the manufactured piece of cloth, plastic, or metal. Take for example, Formaldehyde and polyurethane (used to glue layers of fabric together in the bras), those are pretty dangerous chemicals in high doses to have direct contact on the skin (https://www.davisenterprise.com/forum/opinion-columns/shouldnt-we-find-out-if-our-bras-are-slowly-killing-us/). Even though those are risky, most women still buy the products that they are contained in from manufacturers in other countries (*cough* China *cough*), probably because they are cheaper would be my guess. It doesn’t help that certain big chain box stores are promoting / selling them without questioning the manufacturing practices. However, women still buy them, most likely out of some sort of necessity or fashion (as my guess). There is research showing worldwide statistics on breast cancer is that it is highest in cultures where women wear bras. There are some fashion styles and articles of clothing where going braless is encouraged or required. Did you know there are some countries / populations that do not wear undergarments of any kind? Where are the people who are offended by that? My point is this: why is it okay for one form of fashion that is possibly deadly on some levels better by today’s society standards than something as historical and lavishing as a bit of clothing from a historical period of time?

 

     Let me take it one step into a darker mode: It is perfectly acceptable for sexual attire that is designed to be warn in the form of “fun in the bedroom (or basement)”, but there are those who insist on wearing it outside in public, including in front of young children. Hey, if you want to get dressed up in a leather outfit and whip / spank someone who is handcuffed / tied down with a gag ball in their mouth, I’m fine with that as long as it is among consenting adults. Yes, I know women like Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Ga Ga, and whoever else gets a free pass because they are “Celebrities” who have to try getting the attention any way they can because it’s a “show”. Well honestly, I get more of a show whenever I used to go to the strip clubs and it was cheaper (among other little benefits), but why is that different when it comes to fashion? It’s seen on almost every TV network, sporting events, video games, online, magazines, ect… Why is all that acceptable, but not wearing a historical dress that covers everything from head to toe dating from a historical period that reflects a cultural heritage offensive (https://screenrant.com/bachelor-tayshia-clare-men-condemn-chris-harrison-dale/)? Personally, I don’t think it has anything to do with race at all. It’s more of controlling the narrative of society.

 

     Most entertainment that we consume will have people wearing clothing in some form of fashion statement. Perhaps we should stop wearing clothing all together or maybe switch over to wearing uniforms? That might solve the issues that a minority seems to be screaming about. If I had a choice, I would go naked instead of wearing a uniform, I mean I’ve already done that for the U.S. Army. Speaking of which, I’m sure that the uniforms worn by all our military soldiers are offensive to either a group of people or culture somewhere around the world. Are we going to demand that the women and men of our armed forces to go naked? Then again, wouldn’t that be offensive to somebody or culture? 

 

     The cancel culture mentality is getting obscene with their demands. You can call it “Wokeness”, “Race Training”, or whatever, but it is just another word for Censorship. I, along with many others like-minded, consider Censorship obscene. It comes in all shapes, forms, and sizes sugar coated with decency and usually with the sales pitch phrased as “the right thing to do”. I’m not going to sit here and tell you it is wrong for you to think that way, but to force your way into my way of living is not only unacceptable, it is an infringement on the rights bestowed to each person by God and the United States Constitution under the First Amendment. If I don’t want to watch Madonna shake her wrinkled, pruned-up, dental floss covered crotch, scooting across the stage of a sporting event, then I can turn off the show by watching something else while she is on. The same goes for J-Lo and soon to be Lady Ga Ga. However, if Cher wanted to, maybe (thank God for plastic surgery and class).

 

     It makes no sense to me to have a minority group of like-minded individuals who are quick to point out the so-called “Cultural Insensitivities” of the majority because they don’t agree with their ideals. In other words, the Cancel Culture has got to go, preferably back into their mothers basement until they get a clue on what it means to be alive in a time where division needs healing. This whole idea of making someone conform and pay for their sins of wearing a simple costume or dress in a picture is about as stupid as the day is long (and this time of year it’s getting longer). Whatever happened to repentance and forgiveness? Then again, why should someone have to apologize for being human and living in the moment? What part of time is acceptable to live in peacefully? Apparently, as of now, it wasn’t before or after the Civil War. Come to think about it, maybe similar like it is today, but a bit reverse, hmmm?

 

     Here’s my suggestion to all those who are in the cancel culture movement that are “peacefully” and “whole heartily” attempting to re-educate the public on how to live our lives under a communistic ideal using a propaganda method of dispensing social justice by shaming people in the name of racial integrity: STOP SEGREGATING THE PEOPLE! Do you not understand by your own actions, you too, are dividing this country into groups? Yes, you are! It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out. If you need help, just ask, I will be happy to assist in you by pointing out what you are doing is no different than making people where uniforms with the scarlet letter on them. Always saying to other people “oh, you must be one of them…” You, by your own actions, your words, are not helping the situation already hurting this nation, at all.

 

    If you don’t have anything better to do, then I recommend having a heart-to-heart with Jesus Christ to determine your life path on this planet as a productive member of society in the way our heavenly father, God, could have designed for you in the beginning. If you don’t believe in God, any gods, or a supreme being of any kind, then that might be something you want to consider, among other questionable life choices you may have made in your past. Humans, in the past during one time or anther in their individual lives, have always fallen to their knees realizing either a philosophy or religion. By religion, I don’t mean an organized or government / society mandated structured belief system. I strongly urge against any and all cult or cult-like activities as well. I spiritual kick to the head might be what is needed in your case.

 

     So before you carry on with the rest of your day (or night), perhaps you should spend a few moments of your “time” to reflect on the periods of your life that you enjoyed the most and think about what actions you did or said that might be considered “insensitive” or “offensive” to those around in your geographical area in this current environment. I’m willing to bet you did something that could (and would) be considered offensive to someone today, right now, in this particular moment that we seem to be sharing now. How would you feel if someone threw that back up in your face? The past is the past and last time I check, we were supposed to be moving toward the future where it is brighter for ALL of us.

 

     Don’t you think it’s getting pretty bad when people have to put up with this kind of radicalism at work? Coke-a-Cola, in there infinite wisdom, has decided to become the “Woke-a-Cola”, as I like to now call them (https://www.rt.com/usa/516114-coca-cola-race-training/). The soft drink giant has reportedly implemented mandatory training course via a social media website, Linked In, called “Confronting Racism, presented by Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility:  Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism”. After getting some backlash, the course has been removed from Linked In, but the book can still be ordered if you want to know how much of a racist you are (https://www.robindiangelo.com/publications/). The course promised to address “white privilege – the relative immunity white people (people of European origin) enjoy relative to the challenges people of color face.” One eleven-minute segment of the course, entitled “Understanding what it means to be white, challenging what it means to be racist,” has reportedly become mandatory training for Coca-Cola employees (https://youtu.be/FRWfS0SmNqw).

 

     Woke-a-Cola is jumping of the division cliff with this one. From what I understand, it’s not only upsetting white people either with this crap. For example, one slide in the course explains that becoming less white is to:

  • be less oppressive
  • be less arrogant
  • be less certain
  • be less defensive
  • be less ignorant
  • be more humble
  • listen
  • believe
  • break with apathy
  • break with white solidarity.

Clearly, the message here is that whiteness conveys oppression, arrogance, certainty, defensiveness, ignorance, lack of humility, inability to listen, inability to believe, apathy, and is imbued with white solidarity. It does not get any more racist than that, folks. Another slide proclaimed:

  • “In the U.S. and other Western nations, white people are socialized to feel that they are inherently superior because they are white.”
  • “Research shows that by age 3 to 4, children understand that it is better to be white.”

Glaringly absent from these claims is any sort of reference or footnote to back them up. The training ends with a slide instructing viewers to: “Try to be less white”.

 

     Another form of intrusion when it comes to free independent thought is when members of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the Committee on Energy and Commerce along with a talk show host, Soledad O’brien (https://matteroffact.tv/about-soledad/https://matteroffact.tv/about-soledad/), has to have a meeting yesterday (2/24) on how Conservative voices need to be silenced on cable and satellite platforms (https://energycommerce.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-on-fanning-the-flames-disinformation-and-extremism-in-the-media?fbclid=IwAR3hg3vO1oseh_YNH6NZg_SPTVtLKSVgz-qAj7pz-lizOjfpwCXmr_yqW7A). WOW! No real surprise about this. It stems from a letter sent from two Representatives to cable and satellite providers explaining why they need to remove Conservative news channels, such as Fox News, OANN, and NewsMax, from their lineup (https://eshoo.house.gov/sites/eshoo.house.gov/files/Eshoo-McNerney-TV-Misinfo%20Letters-2.22.21.pdf). The left / Democrat’s attack on having a “fair and balanced media” is pleading their case for removing Fox News, OANN, and Newsmax from cable and satellite providers. So if there is any Conservative voice or point of view, it’s wrong and doesn’t need to be seen / heard on a distribution platform.

 

     They are actually having a “hearing” to discuss how these networks (among other sources online) oppose their ideology. This smells of the Fairness Doctrine (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fairness-Doctrine) that goes against the first amendment. These are people who have nothing better to do than to hide what they do, cover it up by pointing out what you do, and blame you for doing what they have been doing all along. Your point of view is wrong and they are the victim. I love the fact that Federal Communications Commissioner, Brendan Carr, wrote a letter calling on his FCC Colleagues to join him publicly denouncing this attempt to stifle political speech and independent news judgment (https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-370165A1.pdf). He went on to say “Debate on matters of public interest should be robust, uninhibited, and wide open. More speech is better than less. Yet the concerted effort by Democrats to drive political dissent from the public square represents a marked departure from these First Amendment norms. A newsroom’s decision about what stories to cover and how to frame them should be beyond the reach of any government official, not targeted by them. To the House Democrats that used their official letterhead to launch this inquiry, I would say this: Your demand to know the ‘moral principles’ that guide a private entity’s decision about what news to carry cannot be reconciled with bedrock principles of free speech and journalistic freedom.”

 

     I guess it’s okay for sources like CNN to make up a truth in their eyes about their favorite players in the Democratic Party or leftists/Marxist movement, MSNBC won’t even cover what is actually happening unless it fits their narrative, and sites like Facebook or Twitter are playing right along “in the surge of deliberate mis-information, false claims, and pushing for division in this nation”. I guess we could just skip them and watch RT (https://www.rt.com/) for possibly more reliable news. Whatever happened on the First Amendment? This sort of thing is the reason we have it to protect free speech. In case you don’t know what the First Amendment says, it states: “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” (https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/). I hope Congress remembers that, especially Republicans and Independents who believe that Americans support a more Conservative way of life. It’s like everything they have wanted to do since former President Obama left office is now being slammed down on Americans. The Cancel Culture, Extreme Leftists, power-hungry Democrats, and RINO’s have been pushing for a Marxist movement and are hellbent on making America fall. It makes me nervous when I think about who controls what speech is acceptable and what isn’t. 

 

     Ladies and gentlemen, what I’m about to say may come as a shock to you, your family, and friends, but in my humble opinion, we need to leave each other alone. Just mind our own business, keep out of where we don’t belong, and quit starting problems by pointing your righteous bony fingers at those who aren’t bothering you. And yes, we NEED an intense and very detailed investigation on the 2020 election, especially since the United Supreme Court REFUSED to hear the case in the five states in question of obvious foul play. No matter the outcome, we still need it to put in the  integrity back into the election before 2022!

     Well here we are once again gathered around the speakers, perhaps in my case this microphone, but the fact is we are together again and that’s why I love being with you because you. We get to hang out together, we get to express opposing ideas, and different opinions. The best part about it is that we do not do it out of anger or hate toward each other. That’s what I love about hanging out with you on these Thursday nights or Sunday nights if you’re listening to us on the replay. Hey, we must not forget about those who were listening on-demand because without our partners, we wouldn’t be able to do what we’re doing right now. I just would like to say, without a shadow of a doubt, you are the best part. I love this show and my daily show that is on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. central time on the TBJS Radio Network, “The Big John Show”.

 

    Over the years in my radio broadcasting career, I have poured my heart and soul into this industry, or business if that’s what you want to call it, and I’ve had a rollercoaster of a time. We’ve had some highs, some low’s, and then there are times where we just went under, but there have been some times where we have flown sky high to the moon, so to speak. I’m always interested in doing creative things that I hope you’ll enjoy listening to on the air. Even when I was on terrestrial radio, I always did The Big John Show along with another three, four, or even five hour show for the past 10 years now. To be successful in this business, you have to be a hard worker, sometimes harder working then the other players in the game. Working long hours behind the scenes, stressful deadlines, constant changes, and without mercy against your competition. You cannot take anything granted, this includes the people that you talk to on interviews, the phone calls, or the people you meet up in the streets. Because one day that can all disappear without any warning.

 

     As morbid as it may sound, my goal is to do what so many have done already and that is to die behind the microphone. That is the great way to go in this industry, crazy or morbid as it sounds, but if you really truly love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. And if you really love your job, then you’ll probably think or feel the same way. A good man who has done so much for this industry passed away just yesterday morning. His name was Rush Limbaugh. I know a lot of people don’t like conservative talk on the other side or they don’t want to listen, but the guy tried to make things happen and to bring attention to the conservative thought or movement, if you want to call it that. What the guy did is one thing that not very many people will probably understand as most of those who are in the radio business. I’m not talking about your podcasters or those who live only been on internet radio their whole time, I’m talking about people who actually fought to stay on terrestrial radio. Those people who really struggled to make sure that each show was as best as it could possibly be.

 

     Rush Limbaugh, some would say, actually saved AM radio. Yeah, there was a lot of talk radio personalities before rush Limbaugh, but there was a time back in the mid-to-late 90s when AM radio was considered to be taking its final breath, if you will. Rush Limbaugh was a voice that people started tuning in to AM radio again. AM radio is great for distance, but not so good when it comes to sound quality of highly compressed, overly produced music. When it comes to using your voice on AM radio, then you could have no problem being heard over a vast distance. Try listening to AM radio signals at night and see how many you actually can pick up that are halfway across the country, literally. AM radio, in my eyes, is a very wonderful and exciting frontier. Even though it’s been around for decades, possibly a century, AM radio still is a very vital tool in radio broadcasting, especially for news and information. FM radio is very awesome when it comes to music or other produced audio pieces.

 

    It is my belief that AM radio is still very young and not in its prime yet, but maybe I’m just a little too nostalgic. FM radio is very nice and so is HD radio on the FM band. Problem is HD is still young and it is still got its kinks. However I’m sure it’ll be worked out as technology advances, but as long as you still have to pay a yearly license to be able to broadcast on an HD platform (https://hdradio.com/broadcasters/licensing/), it will not expand as well as am or FM signals. And I say this because you have to pay a yearly or biannually fee because it is patented and I think that is wrong. I’m all for capitalism, but I’m not for leasing a platform because that is stunting the growth of the future in an industry that I love. I understand paying the Federal Communications Commission license fee to use the airwaves, I just don’t like, nor do I feel it would be good, the idea that we have to pay a license fee to broadcast HD radio signals on FM or AM (https://hdradio.com/all-digital-am/) because one company has got the patent on all HD radio signals recognized by the Federal Communications Commission. In other words to use an HD transmitter, you have to pay for a license fee to this company. It’s not a software issue or free maintenance throughout the year, you pay a fee. So that’s like double-dipping and that’s only stunting, or hurting, the purpose of radio.

 

     I’m all for free radio and I think free radio is great. And by free radio, I mean picking up the airwaves on a receiver that is being transmitted by a mom-and-pop old as well as corporate radio stations. Hell, I even love the idea of Low Power AM and Low Power FM radio, also known as Part 15 Broadcasting. Don’t get me wrong, there are some big broadcasting companies that do good jobs, but it seems the bigger they are, the more cutthroat and careless they get about their workers / employees. In radio, I think you can get too big and that should be where you fail. Radio was supposed to be local and unfortunately, there is several big companies that own as much as they can in so many markets it really hurts, not only the quality of what goes on the air, but it makes it stagnant reputation in that market. Now I know what I speak is not really interesting to a whole lot of people, but it’s still important enough to be shared with you because of how you get your information.

 

     You see when you get a national radio show put on a local station, you eliminate a local voice on your radio station in that local Market. Yes, it is bragging rights for a on-air talent to say he or she is in so many markets across the country, or around the world, but you also eliminate the chance for a local voice or opinion to be heard. That hurts what radio is supposed to be, particularly as it is described per FCC regulations (https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/public-and-broadcasting#PUBLICINSPECTIONFILE). The FCC wants so much percent of the local, the requirement for you to own a radio station is to contribute, to what the market in which you are license to needs or to serve that market better. That’s why you have to have so many Public Service Announcements or local interviews in what they call a “Public Inspection File”. This is a public file that is about local charities or organizations that are doing things and are mentioned, people interview on the air, or that the station participated in without financial gain or profit. You’re supposed to serve your market because that’s why the FCC allows you to have a license for in said market.

 

     Obviously you were not going to care what happens in Los Angeles California if you’re in Miami Florida. Unless it’s something on a grand national scale or something so horrific, you really don’t care what the local weather is on the opposite side of the country. You don’t care about local politics if you’re not in that area or you don’t care about the businesses that are closing if they’re not in your area. It’s different if you are listening to that station online because you are hearing it from that particular point of contact, even though some have the capabilities to block their local advertisements and play regional or national advertisers in the spot break, but that’s a whole other topic for another time. Basically, you don’t want to hear advertisements from that part of the country on your radio do you? Even though, radio stations need advertisers to stay in business and that’s important.

 

     Just like any business needs people that have money to come in and buy their goods or services so they can stay in operation. That goes for online radio stations like the TBJS Radio Network, shows like the Big John Show, or Bravo Sierra with Big John, we all need advertisers or sponsors willing to take a risk on us so we can continue doing what we do. We have listeners that might want to hear about your products, goods, or services as well. When that doesn’t happen, we have to move to alternative means of cash flow. That’s why I asked for partners to join The Big John Show and in return, we offer features that unlock on our websites, among other hidden offers. If a station can get local advertisement from local businesses, that makes radio shows sound even more local. I think that’s kind of where a lot of these national syndicated shows gets confusing because they’re national shows that allow local advertisers as well as the big-name advertisers to be heard during their time slots. Therefore if you hear local advertisement, you might think that show is more local in your neck of the woods than really sitting in a concrete building somewhere around Los Angeles, California.

 

     If you enjoy the show, that’s not a problem to you and there’s a lot of really good shows that I listen to on national stage,but then you also have to realize that those national voices don’t really care about what goes on Main Street in your town, your county, or even in your state unless it is a huge event. So where do you go to get your local news or information? You could listen to your local radio station and sometimes they may offer a local morning show or afternoon show and then that’s it. A lot of mom and pop radio stations can’t afford having a full staff if they’re in a small town like here in Southeast Oklahoma. So they subscribe to a major media provider who will give them top and bottom of the hour news, important news breaks, or they’ll work a partnership deal with the local TV channels to get the weather and news information. When you deal with a major news outlet, you’re going to get there spin on a news story and again it’s not going to be local. When you work a deal with a TV station that’s in your market, you might get a local news story here in there, but chances are if you’re like in our neck of the woods in Southeast Oklahoma, you’re going to get a lot of news about Northwest Arkansas that really is not relevant to your geographic location.

 

     So again you’re stuck trying to find out the news for your area. Yes, granted you could possibly work a deal with a local reporter or two or your local newspaper if you have one, but a lot of them don’t have time to go on the air. And what do you do if they have a point of view that’s different than yours or what you want to project out from the local radio station? There’s a lot of things you got to put in perspective and if you really want to share accurate information, you really have to go to the source and it really gets tough if you’re already stuck at one location, you can’t leave, and there’s nobody else to help you. The reason why I’m telling you all this is because I want you to understand the chain of information and how it works. Or how misinformation can easily be produced on a local level. If you get it wrong, you could cause a mass panic or worse. And if you get it right, then maybe half of the people paying attention will really care. That is nothing against the listeners or anyone else that don’t pay attention to current events, but those who rely on their local media for updates on current events or rely on a source for current events and information, they have to live up to a standard or the bar that was raised for them to hurdle so that way they can continue that relationship with their listeners.

 

     The same could be said about television, but unfortunately in my experience, there’s so much more wrong with television when it comes to miss information and persuasion then there is a radio. In television, you’ve got audio and visual signals or subliminal messaging. And that can cause some confusion. Have you watched the Super Bowl halftime show in the past 10 years? Have you watched the news on the mainstream media or have you watched most ballgames in the past eight or nine months? You see a lot of messaging there in basketball, baseball, football even with all the kneeling. Yeah, you don’t see or hear that as much in radio unless someone actually mentions it. They, granted what you don’t mention could be just as harmful as what you do mention, but that’s where the personality has to make that decision and bare all cost should he or she do it wrong. You have to remove the agenda and just report the facts so the person listening, or watching if it’s television, can decide for themselves. Those are the days that we, as a society, so desperately hurt for. In my opinion, we need to go back to those days to where we just report the facts and forget about the opinion people. If the opinion supports or has the support of all the facts, then okay I suppose you could roll with that. But when you have more opinion than facts, that is not a good thing. That results in what you have in places like CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CNBC, all these major news places including ABC, NBC, CBS too.

 

 

    Hello America, comrades, Patriots, neighbors, friends, family members, and everyone else in between. How are you doing this week? Is that a question that deserves laughter as a response or do you think that I’m just placating you said you’d think it’s a just a normal Pleasant tree that will just nod your head to? Well, honestly, I really want to know how you are because your mental state of mind is very much needed as well as appreciated during these times that we’re going through. And believe me, we are going through some interesting times because of everything that is happening, especially since January 20, 2021. What’s interesting is that everything we have been used to for the past year (if that’s a phrase that can be used) is getting unraveled top down, left to right, inside and out. Kinda sounds familiar doesn’t it? It does to me and I think honestly we’re living through President Obama 2.0. We’ve lived through it before for eight years and we may live through it again for up to another four years.

 

     Although I don’t think it’s going to last that long. For a multitude of reasons and if you’ve been listening to the show for a while, then you kind of know the possibilities that could be unfolding in the very near future. I’m not hitting anything from the group known as “Q Anon” (https://qalerts.app/) or from any Prophet that claims to know things that might be happening soon regarding former President Trump. I’m not knocking on anyone’s spiritual belief or ideology, but I do question what is being said by the these and many other sources on how they get their information. In the military, there’s an old saying: “It doesn’t matter what the source is as long as the intel is accurate.” Former President Ronald Reagan also use to say “Trust, but verify!”. That’s what I think we need to do here, especially during the next 100 days to four years. There is so much information out right now that keeps piling on top of the other and it’s getting harder and harder to sift through what is right and what is, well,…. Bravo Sierra.

 

     Social Media, along with the Mainstream Media, is an absolute cesspool of misinformation. Many people love it, they swim, bath, or cover themselves in it from head to toe. Some will baptize in it like it’s the new gospel from the Heavenly Father, himself. It’s the missing gospels in the good book, it’s the final chapters of the book of Revelations in the King James Version of the holy bible. Well it maybe the “plan” but it’s not the gospel of Jesus Christ, my dear lord and savior. Having a plan is one thing, but teaching or preaching it out is another. Again, I’m not tearing down someone’s believe system or trying to bash in their thoughts. I’m using the lenses that the military and former President, Ronald Reagan, used that still keeps the Bravo Sierra from pouring into the food supply. I think we all could use a little clarity right about now since it’s the Mainstream Media’s job, but they have been turned into the communist party’s propaganda machine. Honestly, I can’t believe there are so many business’s that pay to advertise on their networks, newspapers, or online services. Some of the junk being spewed out there is so obvious that it’s garbage that anyone with a half of a brain can tell what it is.

 

     I know you’ve heard of a group called “Q Anon”, an organization that uses codewords and phrases that someone posts to it’s followers on their website along social media telling them of a secret effort that is going to change the government, returning the power to the people. Not like a coup or revolution. Damn sure not an “insurrection” that we’ve been talked at for weeks now, but seems months. As the Democrats, Leftists, or Communist Agenda that’s being the driven is pulling us to a “Global Reset” (https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset/) thanks in part of COVID-19 being used as a tool, Q Anon speaks of a “Great Awakening”. Somehow, on a strange note and to their credit, it seems to have some of what is posted to become reality. If you go to Q Anon’s website, it states that “Q is a United States Military Intelligence operation, working hand-in-hand with the President of the United States. Some could easily argue that Donald J. Trump was hand chosen years ago by the United States Military to aid them in this critical and historic operation. Q is not a single person, but a team of high-ranking persons with “Q” level security clearance, executing operations that have been planned for many years (the plan). Some of the objectives are: A) A massive information dissemination program meant to 1) expose massive global corruption and conspiracy to the people. 2) Cause the people to research further to aid further in their “great awakening”. B) Root out corruption, fraud and human rights violations worldwide. C) Return the Republic of the United States to the Constitutional rule of law and also return “the People” worldwide to their own rule. In short, the Q operation is the greatest criminal sting and anti-treason/sedition event in world history. It certainly does appear that we as a country are lawfully living out The Declaration of Independence once again.”

 

     I got to stop right there and say that I, too, agree that it seems as if America is getting set up for another battle ground. Honestly I can see, feel, and somewhat believe that there is something bubbling underneath what we think to be the Joe Biden Administration. We can call it the Biden / Harris Administration all day long, but I don’t feel like it’s going to be Biden Administration much longer. After the election happened on November 3rd, I knew that this was a rigged election because the way the some states stopped counting the ballots (because some polling stations shut down for the night), the way the sudden rules changed without going through the proper legislative channels and procedures. I mean really, who does that? Or in the words of Joe Biden, “Com’on man?”. Then as we made our way closer to January 20th, there was more evidence and more things popping up from a variety of alternative sources that proved to be accurate, helping connect the dots. Things began to hit warp speed January 6th as more details, videos across social media platforms and websites started popping up revealing characters at play, Capitol Building Police Officers not doing their jobs, and what happened leading up to the deaths of Ashli Babbitt, a 15 year former Air Force veteran along with Capitol Police officer who died of “medical emergencies” during the riot, including Brian D. Sicknick (13 years on the USCP). Others who died include Benjamin Philips, 50, of Ringtown, Pennsylvania; Kevin Greeson, 55, of Athens, Alabama; and Rosanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Georgia. The three were on the grounds of the Capitol when they experienced their medical emergencies (https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/capitol-mob-deaths/index.html).

 

     It seemed to just go speed up a lot more between January 6th of January 20th. Those little things that I’ve noticed such as why did Joe Biden not get to ride in Air Force One right before the inauguration on January 20th? By the way, according to Town & Country, you can charter that same jet he did use to fly to the inauguration right now (https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/travel-guide/a35297942/joe-biden-inauguration-jet/). According to FlightRadar24, the internet service that shows real-time commercial aircraft flight information on a map, the Biden party (around 13, including the president elect ) was able to enjoy it all on January 19 for a mere 28 minutes, which is the flight time from Wilmington-New Castle airport to Joint Base Andrews in Washington D.C. at a whopping cost of $15,000 to $20,000 per hour, depending on repositioning requirements. Another question I have is why after the inauguration did the soldiers turn their back as Joe Biden walked by and later drove by in the motorcade? Why are marines who are guarding around the White House and the Capitol building not saluting Joe Biden And another video showed his wife, Dr. Jill Biden (emphasizing the doctor title as she reminds everybody), trying to shake the hand of a marine but the Marine wasn’t extending his hand out. You see there’s things like that that tell me they don’t recognize this as a legitimate presidency.

 

     Multiple video’s taken by the media and civilians on their smartphones. I know this sounds like a crazy conspiracy, but trust me when I say if a Marine, Army soldier, or someone from the Navy, Air Force, Space force, or even the Coast Guard did not salute the United States President on any other Administration, you better believe they were going to be reprimanded severely. And another thing too, why are the soldiers staying in Washington D.C. until March? There’s been several reports that say the soldiers have been ask to stay in Washington D.C. until then. However Oklahoma (https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/members-of-the-oklahoma-national-guard-to-return-from-d-c) has asked their National Guard soldiers to come back home while at Request Of Secretary Of The Army & U.S. National Guard, New York Governor Cuomo deployed an additional 542 members of New York National Guard To Washington, D.C. to support U.S. Capitol Security (https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/request-secretary-army-us-national-guard-governor-cuomo-deploys-additional-542-members-new-york).

 

     Again, why would that be needed? Surely it’s not to guard the empty parking garage or camp out in the cold spaces that aren’t occupied at night to make sure someone doesn’t take the place, is it? We’ve seen, read, or heard about that fiasco over the disrespecting of the troops by removing them from the warmth inside the buildings to the parking garage. 5,000 guardsmen and women brought in to protect Joe Biden’s inauguration were forced to take shelter in an underground parking garage after they were told to vacate the building. The move garnered intense backlash after it was revealed the soldiers were forced to sleep on the ground in freezing temperatures and had just one bathroom as well as one power outlet to share. Thankfully, Former President Trump let them come into one of his hotels in Washington DC as a show of support for the troops (https://www.oann.com/president-trump-offers-his-d-c-hotel-to-national-guard-troops-who-were-kicked-out-of-capitol-building/). Once the media got wind of the situation because some troops posted pictures and video on their social media, boy did that blow up. Immediately the Biden Administration quickly changed all that back and Nancy Pelosi had to fix it quick, fast, and in a hurry too. It’s unclear who gave the initial order, but some Republicans are pointing the finger at Nancy Pelosi who has remained silent on the issue. Meanwhile, several state governor’s have ordered their troops to return home. Right now, there are GOP lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are demanding answers as to why the National Guard is still maintaining a heavy presence in Washington, as normal government business resumes. (https://nypost.com/2021/01/27/gop-lawmakers-demand-answers-on-national-guard-presence-in-dc/)

 

     Again, this all points back to something bubbling underneath. Why must this administration feel the need to cut hundreds of thousands of jobs related to the Keystone XL pipeline and the southern border wall to disrespecting the very soldiers who they called up from across the country to protect their fourth-point-of-contact? Who does this and thinks it is okay? I’ll tell you who, it’s the same people who are trying to get rid of the leash on their necks because they got it in their minds that they know what’s best for you. They know how you should live, think, eat, sleep, pray, how to talk, where you can walk, and at what times. These are the same people who work for us as elected representatives of the people. That’s why I’ve said it all along, they are preforming a “Reverese Insurrection”. They overuse that word just like the mainstream media. President Trump didn’t cause an insurrection on January 6th, it was people in the Democratic Party who support a Leftist / Communist agenda backed by Chinese money who helped cause election fraud because they wanted the “orange man” (A.K.A. Donald Trump) out of office. Although I did like the idea that he did open up officially, “The Office Of Former President” (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/office-of-the-former-president-trump-florida/). I have to admit it was pretty sly and I believe a mocking to Joe Biden’s “Office of President-Elect” that he had before the inauguration.

 

     Another thing I’ve been seeing social media posts about and that I mention somewhat earlier was about Prophet Kim Clement. Kim Clement was serving as the senior pastor and spiritual leader of House of Destiny (https://www.houseofdestiny.org/our-heritage/), which describes itself as “an online church family.” The website says “Many have asked, or may be asking, who is Kim Clement?” says Clement’s website, and describes him thus: “He is not really an evangelist, or a pastor, or even a missionary, although he has worked in all of these areas. … Many have called him prophet, but to simply call him a prophet is not even enough because of the unfortunate stigma attached to that title. Part of the journey to understanding Kim Clement is a lesson in understanding the uniqueness of his destiny. He is not a doom and gloom prophet with an apocalyptic forecast every three years; instead, he is a voice of hope to those who need it the most. He is able to paint a picture of destiny that inspires instead of frightens those who catch a glimpse. He has found a way to define again what it is to be a true prophet.” But the real question is who was Kim Clement? Many of his followers have called him prophet, but to simply call him a prophet, they say, is not even enough. The website adds that “Part of the journey to understanding Kim Clement is a lesson in understanding the uniqueness of his destiny. He was not a doom and gloom prophet with an apocalyptic forecast every three years; instead, he was a voice of hope to those who needed it the most. He was able to paint a picture of destiny that inspires instead of frightens those who catch a glimpse. He found a way to define again what it is to be a true prophet. He, along with his wife Jane was the founder of the House of Destiny church.”

 

     Many people are “holding the line” to what Kim Clement said back on April 4, 2008 during a church service in Seattle, Washington. Even his own daughter in a YouTube video is saying she personally believes that the prophecies that her father said that night in church is coming into play right now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6175yIyaHE4). Kim Clement prophesized that night “God has made a promise about a generation and a people soon that shall say “how did it control us for so long?”  And yet discovered, Egypt has already trodden upon it, they don’t even know, but I will take my Nation, America, those that have sought after answers. The corruption in the pharmaceutical – you shall be exposed. And God shall bring about in this Nation a plan for health insurance that shall not be perpetrated by the democrats or by the republicans. This shall be something that shall transpire because of a sudden change because I command it. It is a disgrace, says the Spirit of the Lord, that politics are swayed by this one things. Therefore, watch as I move in these next two years and I show America how strong I am and prove Myself in the political arena. I shall be your President, says the Spirit of the Living God! And they shall say, “but now there is a second President, how can we have two presidents?” An unusual thing, isn’t it, says the Spirit of the Lord? Why would it be that one with a double mind would stand up and face the people? No, they shall say “we have two presidents, what do we do now?” Fear not, for God said, as I promised before this is My Nation and I will change things according to the time and season and I told you now in Spring I will expose and reveal things that have been hidden so that My Nation can move into this next election and to the next phase with victory and honor and glory, says the Lord of Hosts! I prophesy America, I prophesy America:  You are a light, salt, joy, you are a light, salt, joy.”

 

     Kim Clement goes on to say “I declare this upon this Nation: Great great prosperity again, oil prices that shall change rapidly, and when the new source of energy suddenly unfolds, people will say “oh God, how, how, how did we miss it, it was so easy!”  At the right time, and the time is now, says the Spirit of God. Now, I want you to think seriously about the recent events that have unfolded and how this could be mixed in with the posts that Q Anon has made in the past. When you combine the two, it is easy to see how the recent events could trigger what is coming next. Two different sources of intel that when combined could combust into a major explosion that could very well cause a massive change to our nation. Some people believe in the Prophecies that Kim Clement said while others, possibly more militant minded, believe Q is someone who works in the high intelligence ranks leaking vital information in codes and cryptic phrases. You want to hear something a bit more off? Research a man by the name of John Titor (https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/john-titor-time-traveler-predictions-story). He’s a time traveler who’s a soldier from the not-so-distant future that also has talked about the coming Civil War in the United States that resulted in World War III. He was from the year 2036. What started out as a fax to Art Bell’s radio show turned into a whole other thing. There’s a Reddit where you can discuss and click on links to news articles about stories that people swear he predicted (https://www.reddit.com/r/JohnTitor/). I did my research on John Titor after first hearing about him. John Titor is supposed to be alive and living with his family down in Florida last I heard. However, by family, I mean the younger version of himself and his parents. Being a soldier from the future doesn’t leave you much opportunity as you might think, Very limited. If you watched the movie Terminator, you would know this already. However, there are some VERY interesting things he did say that have somewhat come to pass and his timeline is slightly off, just like Q Anon’s and Kim Clements. 

 

     Folks, I can’t tell you what to believe right now because that’s not my job. Just like it’s not the Mainstream Media’s job, but they insist on pounding into your brain that they are right. Why, well the same reason why “good guys win, bad guys lose, and as always England prevails!” Or so they would make you believe. Yes, I barrowed that line from “V for Vendetta”, which by the way is an good movie. Interesting note, the same guy who played the head boss in that movie also played in “1984”. Another great book and good movie! Something you might want to watch / read before the Jackboots come kicking in your door. LOL, just kidding…. or am I? Have you seen the new bills that are being talked about on Capitol Hill? We will cover that next week. Including a bill that will make Washington D.C. the 51st state (https://gellerreport.com/2021/01/democrats-introduce-bill-to-make-washington-d-c-the-51st-state.html/). It’s going to be less desired to say it best. We got to make sure and do all we can constitutionally to make sure America prevails over the next four years. God bless you all and may GOD BLESS AMERICA!

     Good evening all, how has your assimilation process been going? Are you compliant yet? Have you been obedient in service to the Chinese doctrine? Are you being a good little worker like you are supposed to be? You better be careful because if your defiance is noticed, it could mean you will do without the necessary nutrition and resources your family needs to make it through this Dark Winter! You should be in AWWW at the majestic power that was on display in downtown D.C. Boots trembling, your bodies overloaded with anxiety from the propaganda of the Mainstream Media, and your tongues should be tenderized by the constant chattering of your teeth due to the fear in your minds. My gosh, what ever will you do to survive the overpowering performance of a soulless act? I know I have seen such a bland ceremony on display, but where? Hmmmm…. Oh yeah, I remember in places like CHINA, NORTH KOREA, RUSSIA, & IRAN!

 

     The news media was so focused on Washington D.C. as the location to a giant eruption of protesters they hoped to take place during the Presidential inauguration, also known as the Change of Power. The elected officials (new and those who should have termed out decades ago) are so worried that they need to have the security of thousands of troops (I love everyone one of them) to protect them from a few angry people? Okay, more like about 80 million, but who’s counting? Anyway, these people were elected to represent us, the American people, who voted them into their respected office. Granted, I do not condone violence of any kind (thank God for wrestling), but I can’t help but laugh when I hear than they want these troops for protection against the people who voted for them to be in their offices. Some people may not have voted for that specific person in the respected office, but still may have participated in the voting process (rigged or un-rigged TBD Friday at SCOTUS rumored).

 

    If said election is determined either way, I just find it hilarious that Madam Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi) wanted 50 Caliber weapons on top of light-armored vehicles for tomorrow’s event (see video 32:14 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4DVjZ0tXC8). I do have a question for if the folks are so worried about Biden having protesters riot in the streets, then why didn’t he have some of those military troops around him at his speech in Delaware the day before? Yeah, he’s got Secret Service watching out for him, but come on, you know the thing…. Seriously, he’s having his Inauguration done virtual. Now, here’s my “thing”, and I say it plainly as possible: I know the media is so heavily focused on Washington D.C. as a target of riots. If I was a betting man (for the record I am not), the media, I believe has got it all wrong. In my humble opinion (not worth a damn to anyone, I know), these “riots” doesn’t have to happen in Washington D.C. Nor do they “have to” happen in places like Oklahoma City, Little Rock, Austin, Sacramento, or Atlanta. They just “have to” happen. This big “insurrection” as the media calls it (by the way, they need a dictionary BOOK and not anything Wiki-related), is happening, per definition, in reverse.

 

    So please, Mainstream Media and Social Media, Shut The Front Door, and in this case, don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you when it comes to your arrogant “analysis” of the situation at hand. No, I’m not expert, I’m just a regular John Doe who is tired of your bias, your false indoctrination tactics of coming together, and true lack of patriotism. Researching history will teach you that what you are doing is wrong on so many levels. You have made a life choice and I strongly recommend you sit back and study those decisions before you, too, are devoured by the cancel culture, from which you have not only created, but fosters, cared for, and manipulated as a weapon of mass destruction in terms of knowledge, human will, and love.

 

     I do not have pity for you, nor for them. I will continue to pray to God for America’s health, resurgence, and cleansing of all bad things you bring to her. She is a great and wonderful country, for whom I am proud to call my home. She is the greatest nation on earth. Her bones are as strong as the United States Constitution, for which you so desperately try to wreck. I miss the days of facts in the news, the honor in an agreement out of respect for all sides, and I still cherish the heart of the American Dream. You may call me crazy, and you may even think I’m over in the deep end, but my friend, have you looked in the mirror lately? Have you taken a good, hard look into those eyes you see in the reflection? Can you live with yourself knowing that in one way or another you have help cause this mass hysteria that we call “Political Analysis?”

 

     It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that any analysis is only as good as the person analyzing the data. Their biases create a blur, in turn muddy up the waters, so to speak. Seems to me there are too many of those in the news and influencing the winds of change over in D.C. It’s like they don’t care if the water is so muddy as long as their bellies are heavy from the food trough. In other words, greed, slick tricks in backroom deals, and a few pats on the back all make it worth their while. I wouldn’t even say that gossip’s their trade, I’ll leave that for the TMZ. No, my friends, this is not “the end”, but just a “reboot” of an era of 12 years ago (at best). My fear, and I say it again, it doesn’t “have to” happen in Washington D.C., nor in any state capitol. It can happen anywhere. It just has to happen. What “it” will be is up to the American people.

 

     We live in a new age where now it’s okay to put a pillow maker out of business, punish those who think opposite of you, have Social Media tell you what you should publish, and get your ass kicked by the mainstream media, who by the way, tell you what to think. It doesn’t help that we have social media companies like Facebook and Twitter along with server farm companies like Amazon’s AWS to silence us, but thank the good Lord above there are more alternatives that we can be heard on, for now, while they last. If they can kick sites like Parlor off because they don’t act like publishers (under the guidelines of Section 230), then who’s the next social media platform that goes? Why even have social media then if that is going to be the case? I knew something was up when the United States Congress wouldn’t take out Section 230 out of the last clustered Stimulus Bill passed back in December.

 

     Truth is there are people and officials in congress who want to push us down, want to hold us back, and keep us from overthrowing them out of their seats they we, the people, elected them for. That’s why I am saying it’s a reverse insurrection, instead of removing a government, it’s the government removing the people. It’s not going to end well because we let one rigged election happen now. We did! It only takes one rigged election and that’s it, game over, man. We’re done and it’s all because we trusted our elected officials to do what is right by us, the American citizens, but we get screwed blue, tattooed, and Bar-B-Que’d over the deal. It’s not even our deal and what makes it worse is that we only got $600 out of it. Yeah, that’s all we, the people of the United States of America, are worth to those making $174,000.00 annually all year around, plus whatever tips they make when the wheeling and dealing is done. We got screwed people, we got screwed. Conservative voices are targeted and we can’t get any help from those we elected. Good night, America. Nice knowing you. Hello United States of Communist China, how may we service you today?

 

     Don’t believe me? Watch them! Watch them closely as they will let you. Watch them as close as you possible can because I guarantee you that it won’t be any closer than what they did to the voting inspectors down in Georgia. They had to watch from across the room and couldn’t verify which ballot was for who. This is what we got, America. A rigged election, a phony inauguration, and four more years of the Obama Era. Even if they did remove Joe Biden from office, you are stuck with Kamala Harris when she moves up and guess who moves up right along with her? Nancy “I’ma drunk-a-holic, ice cream slurpin’, out of touch with reality of the American people” Pelosi. Mark my words, America, we are not out of the woods by any means. Not unless we can completely remove the maniacs from the helm, it ain’t going to be no smooth sailing at a $15 an hour job. No sir, madam, whatever vernacular you want to choose, we are talking economy wrecking, ball busting, socialist system in play. Social Media was just a taste of the cold flavor that we are having to deal with here. Welcome to the Mob-scene, it’s great that are participating. Here’s your trophy, now pay taxes on that. 

 

     You have no idea how close I really am to just flipping my daily show to all talk because there is too much going on that keeps me up at night and I try my damnedest to keep it all bottled in during my four hour air shift. I ain’t got enough time to tell it all like it is during “Bravo Sierra with Big John”. One hour is not enough. I have friends that tell me they would listen if I would switch over to a talk format on my daily show and I’m like, really? Why would you do that? They tell me because I have a different perspective that a lot of other people don’t have and it’s good to hear different opinions and voices who understand a lot of the topics of the day. I tell them, I don’t know, I already have my hands full of doing everything behind the scenes for TBJS Radio Network. I don’t know, maybe I will one day and see who all listens. Can’t be any worse than what I get doing “Bravo Sierra with Big John”. So maybe we’ll see soon, I don’t know. I feel like I can do it, but it’s all about who will listen, if anyone. It’s not like I make any money out of this deal, it’s the fact that I don’t want to lose all the listeners we have now. I would like to think that there are at least thousands of other people like me who are just sick and tired of being lied to and treated like dirt. It makes no sense to me why anyone would claim to do this out of the kindness of their heart and still be as sleazy as ever and screw us over like they are. It makes no sense, what-so-ever.

 

     Now that President Biden and Vice President Harris are established in the Whitehouse, it’s time to move on. Unfortunately, somebody let Joe Biden get behind the desk and he sent out a lot of Executive Orders, about nine of the 17 were repealing a lot of what former President Donald Trump did in his four years in charge. One of the early ones was getting us back with the Paris Climate Agreement (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/paris-climate-agreement/). He made sure it was one of the first ones signed, sealed, and delivered. Others included:

 

     Another Executive order called “Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation” (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-preventing-and-combating-discrimination-on-basis-of-gender-identity-or-sexual-orientation/), sets the policy saying “Every person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love.  Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports.  Adults should be able to earn a living and pursue a vocation knowing that they will not be fired, demoted, or mistreated because of whom they go home to or because how they dress does not conform to sex-based stereotypes.  People should be able to access healthcare and secure a roof over their heads without being subjected to sex discrimination.  All persons should receive equal treatment under the law, no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation.”

 

     It didn’t stop there either, he also stopped constructing the wall on the southern border with a new Executive Order called “Proclamation on the Termination Of Emergency With Respect To The Southern Border Of The United States And Redirection Of Funds Diverted To Border Wall Construction”  (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction/) that states “by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), hereby declare that the national emergency declared by Proclamation 9844, and continued on February 13, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 8715), and January 15, 2021, is terminated and that the authorities invoked in that proclamation will no longer be used to construct a wall at the southern border”. Plus they will plan to redirect funding and repurposing the contracts. Killing jobs isn’t off the list either as “the process of developing the plan shall include consideration of terminating or repurposing contracts with private contractors engaged in wall construction, while providing for the expenditure of any funds that the Congress expressly appropriated for wall construction, consistent with their appropriated purpose”.

 

     Speaking of killing jobs and possibly wrecking some economies, the burden is lifted somewhat for those who with Federal Student Loans with pausing payments (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/pausing-federal-student-loan-payments/). Yes, that is correct. “At the request of President Biden, the Acting Secretary of Education will extend the pause on federal student loan payments and collections and keep the interest rate at 0%. Too many Americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities and to provide for their families. They should not be forced to choose between paying their student loans and putting food on the table.”  So I guess there is a silver lining for some out of this change.

 

    Guys, Gals, what ever the correct vernacular is for the moment, I am angry. Not at Joe Biden winning and being President, I am still so upset that our 2020 election hasn’t been fixed yet. I don’t see anyone taking the 2022 or later elections seriously if the scam isn’t corrected. What are we doing here? Really, I want to know exactly what is the plan to get this fixed as soon as possible. No one in their right (or left mind) will be able to accept the election results, nor take any of the election stuff seriously. It’s odd that no one in the legal court system will hear about it with all the evidence that has been found. Since November 3rd, a large amount of evidence has been found, affidavits has been signed, witnesses have come forward risking their reputations, and yet the majority of judges on the Supreme Court will hear it. Why? Ask yourself, why won’t they take five minutes to hear the opening statements? If you can’t trust the elections, you start to see the framework of the United States Constitution crumble and I don’t like it one single bit. All I want is to see the evidence that Joe Biden won the presidency legally with no dead voters, no illegal voters, and no fake votes! The machines NEED TO BE CHECKED! My fear is that now that Maricopa County, Arizona finally agreed to getting an election audit (https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/20/maricopa-county-supervisors-respond-subpoenas-arizona-senate-demanding-election-material-so-senate-c/4222085001/) after Joe Biden got sworn in, the machines are wiped. What good will that do us then? In fact, what good is going to come from any of this now once the damage is already done…

     Hello America, Friends, fellow countrymen and woman, patriots, and sympathizers! How’s the week been treating you? Oh all right, forget the week, how has the new year been treating  you? It feels more like the year 2020 version 2.0 Beta to me and we keep getting our heals dug into the dirt trying to slow down this momentum so we can steer it back onto the road before we wind up in the ditch before we get too far down. Believe me, we can’t get much worse before the bottom comes up at us and then it’s when the fits hits the shan. You think I’m kidding now, but this year is going to live up to it’s numerological number, that is if you study Numerology (https://www.glynishasyournumber.com/numbers.html). Yes, this year, 2021, is in the year of “5”. How do I get that number? Well you at 2+0+2+1 to equal thee number “5”. The number “5” means it’s a year for freedom, fun, adventure. If a person does not live for the adventure, their lives can become way too dramatic. People who are categorized as the number 5 live path are the natural detectives and celebrators of life. They also have a hard time settling down and have a fear of being trapped or smothered in a relationship. A little word of advice for those involved with a “5″: give them plenty of space! I’m not talking about the 6 feet away kind either.

 

     To put in into perspective, last year was 2020, which adds up to be a “4” year. In a “4” year, it’s all about security and home. Guess where most of us spent the majority of our time? Yeah, at home depending on our geographical locations. People who are categorized as “4” are often intensely cerebral and need to find ways to calm their minds. Well, again, we were at home and trying to keep calm. Easier said than done, those folks should avoid the tendency to overthink everything, otherwise great ideas live and die in their heads, and nothing actually gets done. Maybe that’s what Congress is really filled up with? Maybe Congress is another word for the number “4” in Numerology? We all had our ideas of what we would rather be doing besides sitting in the house doing nothing really entertaining right? Good ideas just gone to waste. I hope not, but I’m sure I had some good ideas that I didn’t get to do. However, rebelling against my government wasn’t on my bucket list, but sure did seem that a lot of folks did make it happen during the summer. I honestly think it’s kicked in to the next phase right now. Here’s a thought, what if it’s not about removing a sitting President, but the People who are supposed to be represented by Congress? In other words, what if by removing a President, they really are unseating we, the people? 

 

     The word, Insurrection (noun) means “an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government,”  per Merriam-Webster dictionary (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insurrection). Wouldn’t that include any desperate attempt by members of congress to overthrow a sitting president in the administrations final days after a questionable election for political gain while wasting the needy taxpayers dime during a science-backed pandemic? Really think about it and let it processes for a bit while listening to what I am going to say tonight. I have to be very careful what I am about to tell you because I do not want anything to get lost in all of the information that I’m about to lay out for you. It also Those of you who’ve been following my show Bravo Sierra with Big John, you know that I have been laying out the tracks of what is to come. Anytime I have posted anything online, on social media, and my website, I have always made sure to show the proof as well as highlighted on my blog for those of you who want to see it. Well I’m going to tell you may even be hard to believe, much less hear. I’m not so worried about if you’ll understand, I’m more worried about how you may react. By the way, There is a very BIG RUMOR that Apple is going to do an update on all phones to shut off an upcoming emergency broadcast system. If that is the case, my advice is to turn your auto update toggle off. I must also add that I’m:

1. Glad that I don’t use Apple products;
2. Glad that I have my Technician License for Ham Radio;
3. Glad that I have $20.00 in my pocket;
4. Glad that I don’t live in the major urban cities right now.

 

     Under Section 332 of the Insurrection Act, the use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority is allowed (https://policy.defense.gov/portals/11/documents/hdasa/references/insurrection_act.pdf). I’ll say it again, the use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority is allowed. “Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion”, that is according to the Insurrection Act. In Section 3333, it goes on to say “The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it

 (1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or

(2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws. In any situation covered by clause (1), the State shall be considered to have denied the equal protection of the laws secured by the Constitution.”

 

     For those of you who have been listening for the past couple of months you remember meet referencing to what president-elect Joe Biden once said about a dark winter coming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjOEHA_rXnQ). A lot of people say Joe Biden has been lying to us this whole time, but in fact he’s been telling us the truth and some ways. For example he said a dark winter is coming and he wasn’t lying about it. He said that he’s going to ask or maybe mandate that we all wear a mask for a hundred days at least. He also said that if him and come all over can’t come to make a decision or get on the same page, he would suddenly “fake an illness” and would step down as President. He’s also made mention that it would be a Harris/Biden Administration. What part of all this do you think he was joking about? He said this several times on news outlets in the mainstream media. And here’s a real shocker, have you heard them mention the past few weeks about it domestic terrorist bill? You can’t tell me that we didn’t expect this to happen. Just look at all the evidence laid out for you on cell phone video of people who were there at the Capitol last Wednesday. DC police at Capitol Police we’re letting the so-called protesters come into the property and inside the Capitol Building without any hesitation or resistance. Many were arrested when it was all said and done. I posted video on my Facebook page that shows the police letting these people come marching in and in one video they were holding the door open. Someone had this planned and told the police to let them in. The question is “who?”

 

     Since then there have been many reports that there is alternative actions that are taking place involving president Trump, including trying to impeach him using the 25th Amendment. With only a few days left in this Administration, why go through all that effort to impeach the president? Well tonight I hope they answer at least some of that with some of the evidence that I have seen that is literally laid out before you across all forms of media. It also would make sense why Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, and possibly other social media platforms erasing President Donald Trump or any reference to him. They have blocked him, they have suspended his accounts, and a lot of his followers have been penalized with the loss of their own followers. What we are seeing right now is the silencing of the conservative mind, voice, and thoughts. Don’t believe me, did you witness the purging of many conservatives on social media like twitter, facebook, and reddit? 

 

     On Friday (1/8), Apple gave Parler 24 hours to mitigate the “planning of illegal and dangerous activities” occurring on its service or face expulsion. Google has also suspended Parler from its Google Play app store. On Saturday (1/9) afternoon, Apple banned Parler from its App Store after the platform failed to introduce a moderation plan to protect public safety. Amazon on Saturday kicked Parler off its Web hosting services. Parler, a social network favored by conservatives (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-parler-aws). Amazon’s suspension of Parler’s account means that unless it can find another host, once the ban takes effect on Sunday Parler will go offline. In an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Trust and Safety team told Parler Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff that the calls for violence propagating across Parler violated its terms of service and that Amazon is unconvinced that the service’s plan to use volunteers to moderate such things will be effective. “Recently, we’ve seen a steady increase in this violent content on your website, all of which violates our terms. It’s clear that Parler does not have an effective process to comply with the AWS terms of service,” the email reads. “[W]e cannot provide services to a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages or incites violence against others,” the email reads. “Because Parler cannot comply with our terms of service and poses a very real risk to public safety, we plan to suspend Parler’s account effective Sunday, January 10th, at 11:59PM PST.”

 

     Fortunately, Parler did have another server farm that is helping them get back online. My hope is that it happens soon! As a bonus, Parler is suing Amazon accusing its Web hosting service of violating antitrust law by suspending its account (https://www.newsmax.com/headline/parler-sues-amazon-takedown/2021/01/11/id/1005119/). In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Parler said Amazon’s decision to effectively shutter its account was “apparently motivated by political animus” and “apparently designed to reduce competition in the microblogging services market to the benefit of Twitter.” Parler is seeking a court order requiring Amazon to reinstate its account, and blocking it from suspending services it had contracted for. It is also seeking unspecified triple damages. As for all those business’s that backed out of helping them, I’m sure that was motivated by someone who also believed that free speech is a free right as long as they agree with what is being said. Again, you can suspect that Amazon had something to do with the fact that the popular online forum, Reddit, also used that excuse when they yanked out the sub-reddit for President Donald Trump. How do I know that? Because Reddit uses Amazon’s AWS server farm to host their site (https://lookup.icann.org/lookup and type in “reddit.com”).

   

     However, I appreciate the gallant effort of Florida State Representative, Randy Fine, in a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis the other day (1/12) demanded the state divest from tech giants Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet (Google) due to their suspension of President Donald Trump’s social media accounts and their moves to shut down social media platform Parler (https://twitter.com/VoteRandyFine/status/1348989286054572034/photo/1). He pointed out what a lot of us have been saying and thinking that “If the President of the United States can be silenced by these companies, then so can anyone,” , in his letter which called for “the immediate divestment of any Florida-held equity and debt” in the companies. One step further, he posted his letter on both, Facebook and Twitter, from his iPhone. He also intends to introduce legislation that would “forbid any state or local government from conducting any business with these companies, effective July 1st of this year. No Facebook, Twitter, or Google advertising by Florida governments; no use of any Amazon services by any Florida government; no purchases of Apple or Android devices by any government agency.” Unfortunately, I haven’t seen much more of this type of tactic used from more officials, but I fear this will not be the last. 

 

     Similar to certain people in power trying to erase any and all trace of the current President in power, the Pentagon announced last Friday (1/8) it is moving forward with plans to rename military bases named after Confederate leaders by appointing four members to lead the effort (https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/pentagon-moves-forward-with-renaming-of-bases-named-after-confederate-leaders/). Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has appointed Sean McLean, a White House associate director, Joshua Whitehouse, a White House liaison to the Defense Department, Ann Johnston, acting assistant secretary of defense for Legislative Affairs, and Earl Matthews, who is principal deputy general counsel for the Army. All four will serve on the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America. The commission is mandated under a $740 billion defense policy bill that went into effect when Congress voted on New Year’s Day to override Trump’s veto. President Trump has argued in the past that stripping Confederate names from military bases means washing away history. Meanwhile, Joe Biden supports removing the names. So I guess this means that my last duty post, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, will be renamed to something else. Erasing history shouldn’t be in the plans, but does that mean that I never served in the United States Army if they change the name? Something to thing about….

 

     As if New York wasn’t already a place I wouldn’t recommend right now, Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said in a radio interview that the state of New York fined the city of New Rochelle and confiscated vaccines, because officials in New Rochelle had allowed emergency responders to receive the coronavirus vaccine (https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/ny-hospital-under-investigation-for-illegal-use-of-covid-vaccines/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow). Mayor de Blasio and New York’s Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo have lately been butting heads over the prioritization of vaccine recipients. Governor Cuomo placed recovering addicts in residential facilities first on his list in late December 2020, ahead of vulnerable elderly people and front-line emergency responders. The mayor went on to say that there were over 125 vaccination locations planned. However, de Blasio added, vaccine distribution was entirely contingent on the approval of the state of New York. Shortly thereafter, on January 6, Mayor de Blasio announced his plan to vaccinate members of the NYPD. A mere hour later, however, Governor Cuomo put a stop to this idea, stating: “Police who are not health care workers are not yet eligible” (https://twitter.com/NYCPDDEA/status/1347234042329133059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1347234042329133059%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lawenforcementtoday.com%2Fgov-cuomo-shuts-down-mayor-de-blasios-plan-to-roll-out-vaccine-to-nypd-officers%2F). So let that continue to fester into something that I still don’t want any part of. If you ask me, it looks like the bromance between the Governor of New York and the Mayor of New York City is having a bit of a tiff right now. So be it and leave me out of it. They deserve to eat each other for what they have been doing to the fine folks of that state and region. Let them continue to deteriorate in their offices and maybe the folks will get their freedoms back.

 

     And just in case you needed another reason to kick Nancy Pelosi out of their chair as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the over-priced ice cream highness said that pro-Trump rioters who breached the Capitol on last Wednesday, January 6th, “chose their Whiteness over Democracy” (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-capitol-rioters-whiteness-democracy). I kid you not. This woman, if you can still call her that after their recent bill on vernacular terms in the House of Representatives (https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/532518-house-introduces-gender-neutral-language-in-new), said “It has been an epiphany for the world to see that there are people in our country led by this president, for the moment, who have chosen their whiteness over democracy”. Of course, Nancy Pelosi is expected to again lead the House through a round of impeachment for the president in connection to the riot in the Capitol. The impeachment document says Trump “willfully made statements that encouraged — and foreseeably resulted in — imminent lawless action at theCapitol”. However, Majority Leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, noted the Senate is in recess until January 19th. So, yeah, I don’t see any more impeachments going on and why should they? President Trump only has a small amount of days left before the term ends? That’s why I think there is more to this story.

 

      Another story out of that mess in the Capitol, The U.S. attorney for District of Columbia has opened a federal excessive force investigation into the shooting death of Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Trump supporter who was shot and killed during the Capitol riot. In a video of the incident that I have downloaded and seen shows an unidentified police officer shooting Ashli Babbitt as she appears to attempt to climb through a broken window in a barricaded hallway at the Capitol building. She was an Air Force veteran that lived in Southern California, but flew to the nation’s capital for the Trump rally like so many others. However, that isn’t the only death that happened as opened a homicide investigation into the death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died due to injuries sustained “while physically engaging with protesters” (https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1348000131463970817). The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating Sicknick’s death as well. Three other people died due to medical emergencies during the siege. At least 13 people have been charged in federal court for their roles in the deadly breach of the Capitol for crimes ranging from interstate threats against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. 

 

     On another trick or “prank” as some call it, the State Department is investigating after its website suggested President Donald Trump’s term would end this past Monday evening (https://okcfox.com/news/nation-world/state-department-investigates-website-prank?fbclid=IwAR2fSOm0uZmUo2uYkP8YP3Igy9h8qXa2CjgueQX35HsYjQbu-ylRl_sfoko). The change to the department’s bio page for Trump, which displayed the text “Donald J. Trump’s term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00” , created an internet buzz. Two people familiar with the incident say the department is investigating exactly how it happened. While the department hasn’t ruled out the prospect that the entry was the work of a disgruntled employee, they have yet to reach any conclusions. The page has since been removed, but the damage was already done, so to say. 

 

     In closing tonight, I’ll say this: For the people who really want to bash a guy on the way out the door, that really shows content of your heart and your character. This should be your moment to gloat, but when that pendulum swings back your direction in a very short time, your cries will fall on deaf ears and the comments you make will only be read by the blind. Rejoice in these moments and comments you make because your time is just as limited on this Earth as the next person. And the platform that you use is just as un-resourceful as the wickedness in your heart. If you are so easy and quick to judge, be prepared to be treated as such. America, know where we’re going by remembering where we we’ve been. Last year was very trying for 90% of us. It’s not something I personally want to go back to again. We need grace, patience, and most importantly, we need the almighty God to watch over us all. He is the only one who can make it all better. Ask for his help, and he will guide us through all this. Keep the faith…