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Israel "palestine" 101
Mideast ABC - Introduction
BLOODSHED
'Violence on both sides'? Fair & more accurate is to say that there's so much blood on the Arab Palestinian hands, whether directly on Israelis or on their own civilian population by using them as shields when firing on Israel.
'PALESTINIANS' FORCING TO SHOOT AT CIVILIANS
Though Israel goes through great length to avoid hitting any by stander, the coward criminal 'Palestinians' know very well how so cynically to use their own people as human shields, their favorite ones are their kids.
REALITY CHECK
[To those that think they have an "even handed" view on the middle east by saying: 'They have a good cause but they go wrong about it using violence', ] 'Palestinian' Islamists have in mass murder in itself of non Muslims especially of Jews, a "sacred" goal ( http://pmw.org.il ).
THE CORE = HATRED
This ABC of their bloodshed is rarely an issue on a any public international forum the seeds of he violence: their horrific hate education ( http://teachkidspeace.org ) relentless incitement & glorification of mass murder.
NOTHING BUT RACISM - BEHIND SINGLING OUT ISRAEL'S "RIGHT"
The very singling out of Israel and questioning it's right to even exist, amounts of racism.
Shall we go back to every single country on this planet's past, and 'occupations' claims?
How about the fact that most Arabs' ancestors there, were merely immigrating in the 1880's to Israel - Jews' historic homeland?
ARABS', MUSLIMS' GENOCIDE OBJECTIVES & GENOCIDE BOMBERS, SPELL IT OUT
While all terrorism is not justified and it's totally outrageous, the 'Palestinian' Arab Muslim bombers that target mainly the most crowded unarmed civilians with the clear plan to 'murder as many as possible' is a clear genocide campaign, only reaffirms their statements that declare openly on annihilation.
EARLY HATRED & BLOODSHED
The problem is again hatred that started with first Arabs' attack on Jews there in 1886 Petach Tikva, then through Hitler's buddy the mufti's massacres in Hebron, Safed, etc. in the 1920's.
RADICALISM - ONLY THE ARAB MUSLIMS' SIDE PROBLEM
A. The most "radical Israeli" that his entire radicalism amounts to reorganizing of neighborhoods for security purposes is far more moderate than the average 'Palestinian' that supports genocide bombing on Israeli civilians.
B. While you might find SOME isolated rare (true to the definition or not of) "radicals" among Israelis, they're rejected in mainstream Israel or mainstream Jews, whereas Arab Muslim Palestinian society only encourages these real most dangerous militants and vote for them in high numbers.
DON'T BLAME THE DEFENDER!
And never blame the police that chases down (terrorists) mass murderers.
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Israel
The obvious, or the 'should be obvious'
This is not really all about the Arab Muslim world, who's anti
Israel feeling and action is motivated (not by any feeling to help
fellow Arab Muslims, fact is, the Arab "Palestinians" are persecuted all
throughout the Arab world) by Arab racism (just as the Kurds,
Maronites, Sudanese and other non Arabs suffer from the global
Arabization) & Islamofascism or Islamic-Fascism, the evil ideology
as Tony Blair calls it (just as non Muslims in general, dhimmi or
kuffars, non-believers suffer, global wide, take it straight from the horse's
mouth, the Iranian fanatical Islamic leader Ahmadinejad's call for genocide &
ethnic cleansing on Israel that though has no regional or territorial disputes
with Iran of course, "doesn't belong on 'Muslim land', in the all Muslim middle
east", this anti-Israel facsism still infects most moderate Muslim countries
that blindly refuse entry to anyone with an Israeli passport).
Nor is it about the few neo/old Nazis that hate all Jews
(even those that tell you they hate "only
Zionists").
But this is about the bigotry of
anti-Israel infected in the mainstream.
Jumping to conclusion before knowing the facts
This happens on a regular basis, but a few examples might serve as
highlights if you wish:
The rush into harsh words by UN's Secretary general Kofi Annan
(before he semi-apologized for it) when some UN officials got hurt in the
cross fire between Huzbullah terrorists and Israeli defense forces (Hezbullah
initiated war and invasion 2006), even after realizing that the UN post was used
by the Huzbullah as a tool.
The overwhelming bashing Israel in Arabs' deaths, like the very icon the
"Palestinian" propaganda machine used, as in the Arab kid Muhammad al-Dura
(2002), which we all know by now, was nothing more than staged by Arabs
themselves, and it was Arab shooters that killed that boy.
The rushing media in "blaming Israel" for the death of an Arab family on
Gaza beach (2006), again Israel promised/asked to wait until a full
investigation is complete, that concluded it was the "Palestinian" Hamas' led
mines that brought about that incident.
No matter how many times the media sees the transparency in the fake images
produced and invented by the 'Palestinians', "PALLYWOOD" (http://seconddraft.org/), it seems to
"forget", each time a new case appears.
Demanding from Israel the victim of terror more than from the
perpetrator
The words an anti-Israel 'activist' told me, resonates throughout this
conflict: "I can't expect from the Arabs any better, but Israel/ should know
better!".
In other words, it is part of demanding from the west ever more then from
the Islamic world, when it comes to morality.
The only problem is that it is not presented in this open way, it is
presented as Israel is the "bad" guy, period.
As opposed to endless condemnations by the UN on Israel's self defense,
When was the last time the UN has condemned the very Arab "Palestinian" crimes
on their own people that they try to pin on Israel, like:
Using it's kids as human shields (which Huzbullah, in 2006, picked up very
quickly, copied them in their war on Israeli civilians, using Arab civilians)
and as human bombs?
Legitimizing and even glorifying mass murder and genocide as a 'good holy
act' in their mainstream and official media?
The Lie of "natives" is bought
How many have fallen prey to the powerful sell of "indigenous" Arabs in the
land of the Judea?
The picture of an all out 'Arabs in the middle east', is one of the
misconception misleading clarity of history, never forget that most today's
'Palestinians' have no more than 3 generations "history" in this ancient land of
the Jews.
Absolutely no one has disputed the fact of Arab immigration that saw an
upsurge with Zionists' immigration (the latter only, limited by the British) in
the late 1800.
The fact that the most "Palestinian" - icon of all time: Yasser Arafat
was an Egyptian born fighting for "his homeland" in Israel... is so
classical.
By the same token, it is not well known the fact that over 50% Israeli
Jews are of children of indigenous Jews in the middle east (http://jimena.org/) .
The Global Goliath Islamo Arab power
The very fact that there was so much talk and selecting/picking on one lobby
out of so many different types and different interests - lobbies that operate in
Washington but the utter silence on the enormous Islamo Arab lobby that
basically occupies, threatens, incorporating so many in their anti-Israel racist
boycott, uses oil as a weapon and dictates the international arena, including
the UN, shows you just how great of bully they are.
So is the fear of European nations for unrest by the Arab Muslim
(immigrant) population, (terrorism works!) that effects or rather impairs their
stand on the middle east conflict.
The wrong picture of seeing Israel as the "aggressor" and the
'Palestinian Arabs' as the "underdog"
Question # 1:
Who has more power, the cynical Arab adult shooting behind a kid's back,
behind a woman's squirt, or the Israeli humane soldier facing a terrible
dilemma?
Question # 2
When you see the biased media showing a tank vs. kid, A) do you ever
stop and think what the message is behind it? B) Does this suggest
that the Israeli soldier is really after an unarmed person? C) Did you ever
stop to think that the very fact that you can see the Israeli soldier but you
can NOT see the Arab terrorist makes the invisible much more of a menace?
Nothing more like the situation in Iraq (2003-2007)
demonstrates that you might have the most powerful army in the world, you are
weaker (in many ways) than the invisible coward terrorists hiding among
civilians that has no rules of basic regards for ANY human lives.
Outrageous use of baseless drama language and hollow bombastic
terms on Israel's multi-racial beautiful democracy
Take for example the admission of anti Israel Arabist: Jimmy Carter that
(on December , 2006 - CNN) has admitted that Israel is a great democracy with
freedom and equal rights for all, and that (in an interview to Larry King he
said that) he used provocative words like "apartheid" (only) in order to provoke
discussion.
All those bombastic empty words like "racism' or "apartheid" the
anti-Israel Arab racist propaganda machine is selling, has of course no support
in facts on the ground, there is nothing "racist" about fighting terrorists for
being terrorists, there is nothing "apartheid", especially that they are the
same Arab race and group, Israeli Arabs and "Palestinian" Arabs, with different
identification cards that has nothing but security implications.
Since when is concern for security considered "racism"?
The same "Judenrein - Palestine" that is trying to ethnic cleanse all Jews,
that does not even permit any Jew to live in their 'territories', is lecturing
multi-racial, multi-religion, multi-color Israel, that has all colors and
races from the darkest black to the whitest blond, that has a whopping
20-25% Arabs in it's population, with equal rights and representations in high
offices (and even more rights than Jews, giving the fact that Israeli Jews
are obligated to serve in the army whereas Israeli Arabs are not).
The racism behind "questioning" Israel's right to
exist
Can you name one other country that is subject to even a question of
being 'recognized'?
Why do you think it is?
If you want to talk about history as a supposed reason, 1) Even if you are
a naiive student of 'Palestinian' propaganda in revising history, You don't see
anyone denying the unmistakenly settlers like most European, or American or
Australians right to exist. 2) speaking even about history, for the record:
No matter on which political side you are on, you have no right to deny rights
of a nation to exist, no one can ever erase Jews' history to the land of Israel,
at the same breath no one can claim that there was ever a sovereign
Arab-Muslim "Palestine", in fact, the same nazis or Jew-haters that used to tell
the Jews in Europe: 'Go back where you came from, go to Israel-Palestine',
the ones continue the evil torch of Nazism today ironically deny the Jews
coming back to their original roots-origin.
The dehumanization of Israeli victims
Seeing Israel as nothing but a "tank", is another racist element coming
through, in brushing off Israeli victims as a "side details" at best.
When was the last time the BBC (for example) has shown any drama pictures
of injured Israeli kids at a fraction of the time, passion dedicated to any Arab
kid that was killed (usually) because of an Arab adult's fault?
Can you remember reporters of the mainstream media visiting Israeli
hospitals as much as you can remember them strolling down Arab ones? And Why
not?
Numbers are not the reason, percentage wise you will see time and time
again, Israel loses by far in media's favoritism.
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Scapegoating the Zionists
A facsism that learned to 'blame the Zionists' for Arab Muslims' crimes
It is quite interesting how a massacre by Arab Christians on Arab 'Palestinians' in Lebanon 1982, Sabra & Shatila is so typical of "Arabs kill Arabs" and Arabs blame the Jews...
You see it time and time again, you see it in Lebanon today, you see it among "Palestinians", heck, some lunacy fringe of Arabs even "blame the Zionists" in Iraqi Arab on Arab war.
It is not anymore restricted exclusively to the self inflicted 'Palestinians' that invest their entire energy and resources into that death cult, in teaching how "wonderful" it is to mass murder civilians, that death is far more important than life, and then turn around complaining that their economy is in shambles.
So do they blame (December 2006) for the rise into drug trafficking among Arab "Palestinians" that actually bring it in from Lebanon and from Egypt... Not only is their poverty in this context due loss of employment by Israeli Jews that have been evacuated to accomodate "Palestinians" in Gaza give away, but they blame the very Jews that gave them jobs until now... imagine that. (Jobless Gaza Arabs Miss Jewish Employers, Turn to Drugs, Gaza Arabs, left jobless by the Oslo War and by last year's expulsion of Gush Katif farmers, have turned to drugs that are smuggled from Lebanon and Egypt, the United Nations reports. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=118123)
This blame game, copied from old, darkest pages in human history of 'blame the Jew' is copied/adopted by the wider Arab street, it is actually another crime in the Arab world, the culprit are the usual ones, their leaders, of instilling into them for so long the cult of 'conspiracy theories'.
In this ideology, in that jungle, anything bad that happens to Arabs are always the 'fault of the Zionists'.
You can bet on it that if a mullah says tomorrow that the weather is dominated by the Zionists, rest assured, that literally millions in the Muslim world will actually follow his "belief".
Seriously speaking, Did you know that Iranian mullahs have condemned PEPSI Co. because they figured out that the letter "I" stands for Israel?
All laughs aside, those in the west that buy the notion that Arabs' grievances is so based on Zionists' action (to be honest, it is not what Zionists do but how the Arab press "reports" it or incites the Arab street), should rethink their thinking or non-thinking about (Islamists' war on the west way before any actions by the Zionists, such as the genocide on Armenians in 1915, but more on) Islamists' global vision of a Caliphate, I know it is too scary to think about the truth, but sticking you head in the sand (in this case 'blaming the Zionists') doesn't help you.
In fact, even Al Qaeda's Bin Laden didn't use the "Palestinian" card until later appearances, when he was advised that it was way too much of an important tool to be missing.
The Iranian Islamic revolution's war on the west started in 1979 with a grievance against US' support for the Shah, not a word about "Palestinians", until 'Hitler' Ahmadinejad used them in 2005 so conveniently, in his ambition to be the 'Muslim Messiah' and Islamizing the west.
Nor can most major Islamic massacres attacks - around the globe (like, Indonesia, Russia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, UK, Spain, India, Thailand, Philippines, Somalia, etc.) in recent years - be connected to the "Palestine" issue.
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ABC of the MIddle East Conflict
The Overwhelming wrong "Palestinians"
Good VS Evil Israel VS 'palestine'
'Palestinians' Crimes against Humanity
PLASTINIAN, Plast-inian, The Plastic language of the "palestinians"
The Arab racism of playing Israelis' fear of Arab terror as "racism"
Why the IDF is indeed the 'most moral army in the world
ARABIZATION INC. The all out myth of 'all Arabs being natives in all of the middle east'
Arabs love & ABUSE Israeli HUMANE jails, the even 'Faking Attacks to Earn Matriculation Diplomas
Only Arab Leaders' Fault in Displaced "Palestinians"
Pallywood - Gaza beach 2006, an example of how "Palestinian" Arab Muslims kill their own people & try to pin it on Israel in the most dirty tricks known including fake footage and blatant lies
"palestinian" Muslims' War on Christians - YMCA under attack in W. Bank
'Palestinian' Arab Muslims FIRST class citizens in beautiful democrtatic Israel
Again HUMANE & Super- restrained Israel only attacks terrorists after warning to civilians to evacuate
From the Apartheid Arab regimes vs Israel, the super democracy - diary
Washing Jihadi Crimes via 'Palestinian' Crimes?
'Palestinian' Crimes on their Kids, Child abuse, using them as bombs/shields, indoctrination into the death/hate/murder cult & etc.
What makes a 'palestinian' , 'palestinian'?
Some of Arab Muslims' Massacres, Genocide, Terrorism and Jihad, before Israel was Re-Established
'Palestinian' Fake Images Industry
The never-ending vicious 'Palestinian' Arab tactics to tarnish Israel on their kids back
Put the blame where it belongs: The Arab world's crimes on the "Palestinians" (including "apartheid")
The "Palestinians" = favorite tool by Islamofascism
US Aid to hostile Arab Countries VS Israel's aid to the US
Fascism & Idiocy are a natural part of 'palestinian' Arab Muslim Sick Cult
Israel, Good VS Evil, While Arab "Palestinians" are greedy for higher salaries, Israel takes care of sick Arab children...
The real Ethnic Cleansing, by Arab Muslims of course (past & present)
Hamastan, Hamas for dummies
Arab Muslim ( & even Palestinian) "Goliath" VS Israel "David"
IDF - Humanitarian
The larger (global) problem of:
Arab Racism, Islamism, Arabization, etc.
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Israel MFA records Terrorism
In Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism
Israel's Story in Maps: 2000-2004: Major Terror Attacks
More Arabs in Israel first class over IsraelI Jews second class
Gov´t Allows Arabs To Squat on Jewish Farmland
22:19 Jan 07, '07
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=118929
Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the DOP (Sept 1993)
Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the DOP
Which Came First, Terrorism or Occupation
Terror deaths in Israel: 1920-1999
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=7268
(Their) EDUCATION FROM HELL
Teach Kids Peace VS palestinian Evil parents & Teachers Cruelty on their Kids
Palestinian Child Abuse Slideshow
Guilty Palestinian Teachers/Parents
PMW - Documenting the Horror of "Palestinian" Education and Mainstream Media
Palestinian Car Swarm Watch... that human-beings find repulsive. 'car swarms' are simply more proof of palestinian animalism. the palestinian is truly a sub-human species...
A day after members of Palestinian factions mutilated the bodies of six IDF ... and heinous animalism, is by their CULT rather a pride and "celebration"...
Washing Jihadi CRIMES with the "Palestinian" CRIME? 11) "Palestinian" unique ANIMALISM, the "way" the "Palestinian" savages kill (example: Life & Death in the Jungle )
The Palestinian Problem And then some Palestinian animals go and murder a pregnant Israeli woman and her four daughters and I feel that trying to talk to these people is pointless...
PALESTINIANS CALLED 'FILTHY ANIMALS'
Islamist group CAIR's propaganda jihad Going after Don: Palestinians Called 'Filthy Animals'
Because they (the so called 'palestinians') need a Zoo keeper
'Palestinian' "street justice" system, their crimes on their own people
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Arab Terrorist’s Wife Used Baby to Hide Grenade
Palestinian Children Die as Human Shields for Adult Terrorist Leaders
Human Bombs, Human Shields - The United Nations & Israel
'Palestinian' Horrendous Tactics of Human Bombs
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http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp441.htm
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http://www.aijac.org.au/review/2002/274/int_law.html
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http://www.carmical.net/articles/israel.html
U.S. doctors: Palestinian intifada abusing children
Kids - the main force of the Palestinian Front
Palestinian Children Die As Human Shields For Adult Terrorist Leaders
CRIMINAL USE OF CHILDREN
VICTIM ISRAEL
JR's pictorial - We Should Not Forget
CAT2002 Coalition Against Terrorism
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http://ww.conceptwizard.com/trial/trial.html -Presentation
Righteous Muslims and Arabs
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For me, I think, sometime in my youth, I figured out who I was some of that which makes me – me. Doing the genealogical DNA is an extension of grandpa sitting when I was sixteen.
Grandpa Sam – I’ve mentioned him before, and doubtless will again – was an exceptional character. While mom and dad took grandma Daisy out, I would sit with grandpa Sam and listen to his stories – actually prod him for stories of his origins and travels.
Not wishing to miss a thing, and longing for elaboration on the “tall tales” he told me as a child, I would sit with a tape recorder. I would see decades pass – my oldest children grown – before I would return to those stories, those “tall tales”, only to discover, if anything, grandpa understated the facts.
Grandpa was interesting, it was almost a riddle and too fantastic for a young American to fathom. He told of parents of three nationalities – of twenty-three siblings, of three nationalities – of one father, three mothers and all born in the same community, and each of the children in the same house.
The oldest of my children, a boy and a girl, are named for grandpa Sam – not that it helps understand the riddle. For that, we need the name and location of the town. Having the internet as the source of history has proved superior to having history books.
The family name, is associated with Sokolów, Galicia – a region that was constantly being fought over, or traded off, between 19th century Poland, Austria and Russia monarchies.
Like my Sorb ancestor’s homeland, Sokolów is in a region which was a battleground. It is here that grandpa Sam’s line adopted the name Trauerspiel – Tragedy. Like Shekn, It is a name which tells the story of the region and a people.
Both our family names tell us of the horrors of war. One tells of the refugee, the scared guest, the other of those who remain, and suffered through the deepest tragedy of war. Both reflect the survivors – in a time when surnames became mandatory, the dead received neither name nor marker.
If there had been documents telling of the dead, subsequent wars and the intentional acts of the holocaust have seen them destroyed.
Grandpa Sam was my adopted mom’s dad, so there is no way to use DNA to see into his origins. It is a journey I’d love to take. I guess it is a journey I begin whenever I do the genealogy.
It is also a journey taken whenever there is news of senseless war of choice. How many families, holding their dead, would, if they could, take the name tragedy, or scared, or frightened? Of those, how many are of our making?
This week is Hanukkah; ten days later sees Christmas; and then the new year. A leader who claims to talk directly to a Jewish Price of Peace – one worshiped by millions – and thinks he earns his salvation by murdering those who call the Prince their Profit. Who are you?
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there are about 20 buses or so at the parking lot...
we are supposed to be 'fuging about a thou hurricane victims...
they need volunteers, but i think i am going to do it tomorrow...
i'm scared cause the colisium is right behind my house!!! across the parking lot of course, but then again, the parking lot isn't all that big...
so yeah...just my late night input
I know that there have to be a good amount of summer camps in a 300 mile radius. I know a friend who knows a friend who has connections with a Jewish summer camp (Ramah) in Columbus, GA. Perhaps it's only 300 beds, but there must be many others out there.
Anyone out there have any good camp contacts?
We just got power back this afternoon. I spent the night with Emily and Charlotte where there was power. We distracted ourselves watching "Fiddler on the Roof" (which I was dissappointed we didn't finish.) But it's hard to stay distracted around here...
Rumors were running rampant through town today (I live in Baton Rouge bytheway). There were rumors of riots at malls and s at wal-marts. It was scary for a while. Yes, there were some problems and civil unrest in town. But what may have been theft and isolated muggings were blown up into riots and luting. I'm still afraid of a rise in crime rate... but the rumors are making people panic.
Gasoline is hard to come by. The prices haven't changed... I heard that they've hit $6/gal. in Georgia though. But in Baton Rouge there are long lines at gas stations and it's become a scarce commodity. My family and Em & Charlotte's family were able to fill up our tanks. We've got to conserve as much as we possibly can.
Our church is attempting to get some funds and supplies donated for the effort (probably by way of the Red Cross.) 5 of the 9 churches in our presbytery have been either incapacitated or taken out since the storm. 1 so far is a shelter and 1 more is attempting to set up as one since recently gaining power. I'm not sure if our church is able to set up as one yet if at all. I'm unsure of the electricity issues, space, etc. (I'm not on the session or deaconate so I've no clue.)
New Orleans, or what's left of it, is a hell hole. Almost literally. It's hard to watch the news... maybe it was somewhat blissful to have no electricity... being ignorant of the coverage and scenes if you know what I mean... But as it is... I want to cry for some... I want to smile for the safe... I want to scream at others... New Orleans is hellish... aboslutely hellish. They're desperate... I understand that. Luting food, water, necessities? Fine and good, I won't blame anyone for that. Luting weapons, gold, electronics? Damn fools! It makes me so angry... Sniping rescue-copters at the Charity Hospital!! There's a special place in Hell for people like that. That's not desperation, that's depraved . My brother Daniel put it this way for me when I just lost it... "Face it Jamie, the five tenets of Calvinism are true. Especially the first one!" (The first tenet being the Total Depravity of mankind.) It's true... No, not everyone in New Orleans or in shelters are thugs or criminals. But desperation and dispair will make devils out of lambs.
I encourage you to donate to the Red Cross (www.redcross.org.) Everything is needed, and anything helps. But more than that... PRAY.
The people of Red Cross, FEMA, etc. are doing everything that they can to rescue people. It's just not possible to save everyone in a timely manner. It's not possible to feed everyone in New Orleans. It's just not possible... This is worse than any ist attack could EVER be. Congress appropriated the damn funds to raise the levees... but it got syphoned off for "homeland security". Anyone who says that we didn't see this coming is wrong. They knew building a city in a bowl wasn't a good idea... but it's at the mouth of the Mississippi... (the wisdom in that should be apparent.) But now the whole country is going to suffer. Gasoline has already gone up everywhere. (Sarah has just informed me that it's scarce elsewhere too). Watch prices go up... for nearly everything! Baton Rouge is going to change permanently... I don't know whether it'll be for good or ill. But we need to lean on Christ now. He is our only hope. period.
Keep praying.
All the best,
James
P.S. I realize I didn't hit all points I desired to. But there's just too much to do to sit here and type forever.
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