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In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing
About the dark times.
-- Bertolt Brecht (tr. John Willett)
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Bittersweet Tess
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Bittersweet Tess
@bitsweetTess
Peace is in solitude and books
Katılım Eylül 2023
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@ReedFawell111 I am sure you miss him terribly. do you have a picture?
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@bitsweetTess My last little one was a rescue beagle from the pound, and all he wanted to do is be running with the hounds and the coons and the squirrels. A cunning little devil. With lovable face and eyes. And long floppy ears.
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HAPPY FRIENDSHIP FRIDAY
“He has a right to criticize who has a heart to help.”
—Abraham Lincoln
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@bitsweetTess ☺️ your authentic self Tess. I’d expect nothing less from you. I shall, of course, try to follow your lead. Tell Elliot no mischief from him! 😻
Have a fab weekend. 💜🕊️
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@ninaslostnfound @ClaudiaMes33307 We should swap. I miss high temperatures and little kids. You can have the gloomy weather in the 40s and hang out with Ozzy and Elliot.
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Not sure what's up. But it definitely took it out of me. I'm doing all of the right things, as far as I know. Probably need blood tests for my nutrient levels.
I've awakened feeling weak all week. Only change has been the rise in temps. I do tend to be very sensitive to the sun/heat. I'm hot all of the time. It's only high 80s here but it feels much hotter to me. So weird. Maybe need to increase my estrogen. I drink salted water. Hmmm... I do also simply have a draining day. Toddlers don't let you rest (I'm a nanny)! 🤷♀️
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Lying about Israel controlling US government is just as antisemitic as lying about Israel being a colonial apartheid state. The latter is rooted in Communist critical theory, the former in Nazi rhetoric of Jews being puppet masters. Both result in harassment of American Jews.
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@bitsweetTess @BishopBarron Why am I not surprised to hear that from you? I love your humble and open heart!
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Over the past several weeks, Carrie Prejean Boller has complained that she was removed from the Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty because of her Catholic beliefs, and she has called out myself and other Catholic members of the commission for not defending her. This is absurd. Mrs. Prejean Boller was not dismissed for her religious convictions but rather for her behavior at a gathering of the Commission last month: browbeating witnesses, aggressively asserting her point of view, hijacking the meeting for her own political purposes. The Catholic position on matters of “Zionism,” to which I fully subscribe, is as follows: all forms of antisemitism are to be unequivocally condemned; the state of Israel has a right to exist; but the modern nation of Israel does not represent the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies and hence does not stand beyond criticism. If Mrs. Prejean Boller were dismissed for holding these beliefs, it is difficult to understand why I am still a member of the Commission. To paint herself as a victim of anti-Catholic prejudice or to claim that her religious liberty has been denied is simply preposterous.
Carrie Prejean Boller@CarriePrejean1
Your Excellency, you shared with me through text message to me that my position reflects Catholic teaching, especially that the modern state of Israel is not the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. That is the position I expressed, and yet I was removed from the Religious Liberty Commission. Respectfully, it is difficult not to conclude that this commission does not truly care about religious liberty when a Catholic can be removed for faithfully articulating the Church’s teaching. Asking me to deny Catholic teaching in order to satisfy a political ideology is itself a violation of my religious freedom. As Pope Leo XIII warned, “To recoil before an enemy, or to keep silence when from all sides such clamor is raised against truth, is the part of a coward.” Whether I serve on this Commission or not, my voice will only grow louder for those being persecuted for their faith. I believe this appointment was ordained by God, and I will not abandon my Catholic faith to keep a position on a commission that has abandoned its mission. If my religious freedom is not protected, then no one’s is. Please speak up. Please stand up for Catholics. Be brave, Bishop Barron. The world needs brave men.
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@PapaDino6 Thank you, Papa Dino. It’s still cold here, but I can feel spring in the air! Hope you had a wonderful Friendship Friday as well. 😊☀️💜
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@bitsweetTess Good evening Tess 😘wishing you a lovely restful night 😊💫🌙😁🤗 Hope your friendship Friday was a beautiful Spring start to your weekend 🌼☀️ peaceful dreams later 🤗🕊️
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I don’t think it’s healthy to have a full-blown schizo meltdown about the Jews
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@christopherrufo it’s a sad day when conservatives have to defend their own against conspiracy theories, but here we are
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I think “President Trump makes his own decisions” is a better mental model than “the Jews assassinated Charlie Kirk and are blackmailing the American president”
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@christopherrufo Chuck Norris told me they did just before he died.
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I don't think Israel killed Charlie Kirk
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@ninaslostnfound @BishopBarron I’m a Word on Fire subscriber and patron because I admire Bishop Barton’s moral clarity. I also love buying books from them. God bless this man.
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@silvervisage Shabbat Shalom, Brian. So happy about your spring weather!
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After snow w temps in the teens last weekend sunshine & 65 degrees have arrived.
A wonderful beautiful evening here
Have a happy Sabbath
Shabbat Shalom! 🌿
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@tuits03945036 HFF my lovely friend! Let’s resolve to be kind and hope for reciprocation this weekend
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@studentoflife Happy Friendship Friday to my friend who studies life 😉😁🌻
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@ninaslostnfound @ClaudiaMes33307 That’s terrible, Nina. It seems like you never regained all your strength after that awful sickness!
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@ClaudiaMes33307 @bitsweetTess More tired than I've shared. I may be anemic. My whole body feels arthritic. But I keep moving! Getting out into the sun for a walk soon. 🫂☀️
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Dear God,
Wrap Nina in Your gentle healing light today.
Ease her tiredness and joint aches,
restore her strength and energy,
let the sunshine bring true comfort and renewal.
Grant her clarity, good doctors, quick answers, and fill her heart with peace and hope.
Thank You for her beautiful spirit. In Jesus' Name. Amen🙏🏻
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@ReedFawell111 I miss mine being little and wanting to spend time with me!
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@bitsweetTess He who thinks that he all the time is going about very important tasks, most likely is doing the reverse. What could be more important than opening the eyes of a child.
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@bitsweetTess Word is Kent was a Bernie Sanders guy. A Socialist. He threw gasoline on volatile situation without any proof.
Hate continues & sadly after many decades if not centuries history repeats.
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