Matt Cates, ThD 😏

WHAT WON’T FIT IN MY BIO: Catholic Christian. Studied Psychology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, & Pharmacology; attended Nursing School. Eventually ended up in Radio where I wore many hats, including News Director at 2 stations. Served on SAG-AFTRA’s SF/Northern CA Local Board of Directors, and - while not a Veteran myself - its National Military Personnel & Families Support Committee; now retired. Wide range of interests, including Reading, History, Music, Science, Philosophy, Economics & Politics (I belong to no Party; on a graph, I’m slightly right, slightly libertarian). Proudly supporting @The_USO and #WoundedWarriorProject (@wwp). Nothing personal, but I rarely answer my #DM 🚫msgs. Too many try to pitch me goods or services — or themselves — that way. If you’re in my notifications or we communicate often, that’s different. Oh, and I won’t knowingly follow minors back unless I know their parents. 🤷‍♂️

The Cry of Separation: "At three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' (which means 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?')" — Mark 15:34 (Jesus was quoting Psalm 22 - In Jesus’ time scripture was not numbered so the first line was stated and everyone would know which scripture was being referenced. He was fulfilling prophecy) This was written by King David around 1000-1047 BC: a millennium before Jesus - and crucifixion did not even exist at that time. Fragments found in the Dead See Scrolls in 1947. Psalm 22 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
and by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Israel.
In you our fathers trusted;
they trusted, and you delivered them.
To you they cried and were rescued;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame. But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
All who see me mock me;
they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
“He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;
let him rescue him, for he delights in him!” Yet you are he who took me from the womb;
you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.
On you was I cast from my birth,
and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
Be not far from me,
for trouble is near,
and there is none to help. Many bulls encompass me;
strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
they open wide their mouths at me,
like a ravening and roaring lion. I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax; 
it is melted within my breast; 
my strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death. For dogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers encircles me;
they have pierced my hands and feet
I can count all my bones—
they stare and gloat over me;
they divide my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots. But you, O Lord, do not be far off!
O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
Deliver my soul from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dog!
Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen! I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,
and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he cried to him. From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
May your hearts live forever! All the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
shall worship before you.
For kingship belongs to the Lord,
and he rules over the nations. All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
even the one who could not keep himself alive.
Posterity shall serve him;
it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn,
that he has done it.

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I suppose this is as good a time as any* to remind some of you that “#allah” is not the *name* of the #Muslim god. “Allah” is translated into English as “lord,” and Arabic-speaking #Christians use “Allah” in the same way English speakers use “Lord” or Spanish speakers pray to “Señor.” My dear Wife is Antiochian Orthodox in a parish with a sizeable Arabic-speaking contingent; they worship Christ as God the Son of God the Father in union with the Holy Spirit (something Muslims would never accept), and use the word “Allah” in its correct sense. (*I mentioned this on another platform, and was immediately accused of being in a “cult.” 🙄)

For God so Loved that Pale Blue Dot… ✝️

WHAT WON’T FIT IN MY BIO: Catholic Christian. Studied Psychology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, & Pharmacology; attended Nursing School. Eventually ended up in Radio where I wore many hats, including News Director at 2 stations. Served on SAG-AFTRA’s SF/Northern CA Local Board of Directors, and - while not a Veteran myself - its National Military Personnel & Families Support Committee; now retired. Wide range of interests, including Reading, History, Music, Science, Philosophy, Economics & Politics (I belong to no Party; on a graph, I’m slightly right, slightly libertarian). Proudly supporting @The_USO and #WoundedWarriorProject (@wwp). Nothing personal, but I rarely answer my #DM 🚫msgs. Too many try to pitch me goods or services — or themselves — that way. If you’re in my notifications or we communicate often, that’s different. Oh, and I won’t knowingly follow minors back unless I know their parents. 🤷‍♂️

I’ve lived through some terribly turbulent times in our nation and in the world. Vietnam almost tore this country apart. Watergate was a severe wound. The Manson murders shredded the fabric of our culture. 9/11 was shocking. The COVID pandemic and ensuing political madness were bitter and disgraceful. I now feel, however, that the disturbing malaise poisoning our current world is in many ways worse than all of these other events. It is literally as if the world has spun off its axis, never to find balance again. I’ve never been more concerned about the future of the human race. And the worst part of all of it, is that it’s predictable, and therefore preventable. Everything that’s wrong is staring us right in the face, and half this country simply will not join us in fighting and fixing it. It’s infuriating and depressing and maddening.

The only functioning thing in America close to a bullet train is in Florida and it was completed for 1/5th the cost of what the 10+ year 10B over budget incomplete shit show in California

🚨 FAKE NEWS ALERT: Leftists are DESPERATELY spreading propaganda that President Trump is HOSPITALIZED It’s a TOTAL LIE They’re even using a video of DJT being released from the hospital in 2024 after being SHOT IN BUTLER to push their claim DON’T BELIEVE THEIR BS. President Trump has been in the West Wing of the White House practically all day, which has been confirmed by media outlets all across the aisle.

@PolitiBunny Loved WKRP: During my Radio days, we’d watch it & compare notes the next day — it was too true to life. 🤣🤣🤣

Five shows to get to know me: 1: Supernatural 2: Rick and Morty 3: The Great British Bake Off 4: WKRP in Cincinnati 5: American Horror Story

@BillAckman @X You are welcome

Mo will have no meaningful rejoinder to this… Because none exist.

This is the sad reality of the feckless Republican Congress John Thune is even more of a snake in the woodpile than Paul Ryan was. Hard to believe that is even possible.

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Morning y’all, this has me rolling🤣🤣🤣

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Remember when you directed @NASA to devote its efforts to making Muslims feel good rather than to space exploration! I do, @BarackObama.

“Tucker reads the symptoms well enough. It is the remedy he reaches for that gives cause for alarm. He watches the Arab Gulf states project confidence onto the world stage and mistakes what was renounced for what was retained. The skylines are real, the sovereign wealth funds are real, the global ambition is real. What he gets wrong is what produced them. Tucker sees this vitality and attributes it to Islamic identity, to some civilizational coherence the secular West has abandoned. He has the causation exactly backwards. The Gulf states are thriving precisely because they retreated from Sharia, not because they embraced it.” Tucker Carlson: You've praised a culture of genocide and terror. dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…