Don't Let Hunter's Plea Deal Distract From the Real Biden Problem: Ukraine
- By Josh Hammer
In today's America, it sure is nice to be a Biden.
Presidential prodigal son Hunter Biden's transparently sweetheart plea deal consummated this week with his daddy's Justice Department encapsulates, in many ways, the two-tiered system of justice that conservatives have been decrying at least since then-FBI Director James Comey let then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton off scot-free for her infamous email server because, in his words, "no reasonable prosecutor" would have brought the case. After a five-year Department of Justice criminal probe, which was rocked in recent months by an IRS whistleblower coming forward to sound the alarm on the feds' all-too-predictable kid-gloves treatment of Hunter, the ex-crack addict and foreign influence-peddler will escape jail time and avoid any punishment at all (other than a two-year probation period) for having brazenly lied on a federal firearms background check form.
Hollingsworth Receives NGU's Hemphill Award for Denominational Service
- By Billy Cannada - NGU
Dr. Gary Hollingsworth, recently retired executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, received the Paula and Ken Hemphill Denominational Service Award from North Greenville University (NGU) during the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting.
The long-time Baptist pastor and leader was honored during NGU’s alumni and friends dinner on June 13 in New Orleans, LA. More than 140 people attended the event at Mulate’s Original Cajun Restaurant.
Will Patriots Continue Making Small Sacrifices?
- By Robin Itzler - Editor of Patriot Neighbors
One reason Marxist Democrats could eventually take over the United States of America (and they are on their way with centralized state voting) is because many conservative and Republican Patriots won’t make long-term small “sacrifices.”
Yes, Patriots attend protest rallies, sign petitions, applaud speakers at meetings, and write checks, but will we continue avoiding companies that promote woke?
In February, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred told teams that players should NOT wear pride rainbow-themed caps or uniform patches. Even with suggested restrictions, 29 of 30 Major League Baseball clubs held pride-related events in 2023.
Hayley’s Happenings #2
- By W.H. Lamb
Observations by Hayley Lamb
(Translated From “Dog” by W. H. Lamb)
Hello again to everyone. My name is Hayley Lamb, and you can see my picture at the top of this article, where I’m sitting in front of MY house. This is my second article for this newspaper that I’ve written. My Uncle Boomer used to write a lot for The Times Examiner before he decided to cross over the “Rainbow Bridge” back in 2015. He was into unimportant stuff like politics, but he also wrote about really relevant and important things like chasing cats and squirrels, riding in his Grampa’s car, keeping big birds out of our yard, and making sure that the mailman didn’t come onto our property. He even ran for the office of “Dog-In-Chief” way back in the dark time of 2012, before I was born (but he lost). He did belong to The National Anti-Cat Society, just like I do. He was a real cat hater/cat chaser, so I know from whom I got my “anti-cat” propensities.
Congress is Catching Up to the Power of Artificial Intelligence
- By Eagle Forum
AI is the New Arms Race
The excitement and fear of bots have existed for decades. From vacuum cleaners and washing machines in the 1950s to self-driving cars and automated surgeries in today’s world, robotics have, in many ways, made our lives easier. At the same time, movies and books have introduced themes of robots becoming self-aware and eradicating the human race. The reality lies somewhere in between ultimate convenience and total domination. Artificial intelligence (AI) is truly the Wild West right now and Congress is struggling to move fast enough to legislate important boundaries.
'Bidenomics' Is a Marketing Term
- By Veronique de Rugy
Politics is sometimes little more than marketing. As evidence, behold the sudden use of the term "Bidenomics" by Democrats to describe administration policies of the past few years. Indeed, what's being branded as "new" is nothing but the same old program of big spending, big regulations and big cronyism. The only difference is that it's on a much bigger scale.
The administration will need all the marketing it can get to sell these ideas, especially to a public that's been giving it approval ratings in the thirties. But no marketing effort should distract us from the economic realities of the past two years.
Post 214 Flag Retirement Ceremony
- By Tony A. Dunn
200,000 Babies Saved Since Pro-Life Dobbs Decision: Senator
- By Ben Johnson - The Washington Stand
As the nation approaches the first anniversary of the Supreme Court decision returning abortion to democratic control, national leaders celebrated the birth of tens, or hundreds, of thousands of unborn children saved by pro-life laws.
Although precise estimates vary, “the best guess that we have is about 200,000 children were born this year that would not have been born” apart from the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, said Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) at a news conference Tuesday. “That’s 200,000 kids. That’s 200,000 smiling faces on playgrounds. That’s 200,000 silly songs, starting in kindergarten. That’s 200,000 families that will be blessed with looking in the eyes of a child.”
Lunar Recession and the Age of the Earth Part 5
- By Charles Creager, Jr.
There have been several efforts by Old Earth proponents to try to defend a 4.5-billion-year-old earth from laws of physics. Most responses to the lunar recession issue found on anti-creationist websites are little more than copy and paste jobs from other anti-creationist web sites. There is a common argument based on a paper written by Kirk S Hansen in 1982.
Governor's Vetoes Don't Touch Hundreds of Millions in Earmark Spending
- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
When it came to reining in lawmakers’ spending on their favored local projects for the upcoming fiscal year, Gov. Henry McMaster used a veto butter knife on earmarks totaling more than $709 million.
In his annual written veto message released Tuesday, McMaster vetoed just six out of 515 state budget earmarks approved by lawmakers for the fiscal 2023-24 fiscal year that starts July 1. The six projects totaled $1.5 million – a fraction of 1 percent of the overall $709.4 million in earmarks, The Nerve found in a review of House and Senate earmark lists overwhelmingly approved last week by the Legislature.
Gloo Launches New AI & the Church Initiative
- By Christian Newswire
The initiative includes a $25 million investment fund to accelerate responsible AI innovation in the faith ecosystem
BOULDER, Colo. -- Gloo, the leading technology platform dedicated to connecting the faith ecosystem and releasing its collective might, announced a new effort, the "AI & the Church Initiative" to empower the Church to responsibly navigate and engage the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI). The AI & the Church Initiative includes multiple components including collaborative funding, events, resource hubs, content, and participation in a cross-industry working group for the responsible use of AI in ministry.
NGU Hosts Upstate Homeschool Expo
- By Billy Cannada - NGU
From robotics coding to ballet demonstrations, the 2023 Upstate Homeschool Expo had something for everyone.
More than 1,000 students and parents attended the Homeschool Community of the Upstate event, hosted by North Greenville University (NGU), in June.
“We love seeing the homeschool community enthusiastically engaging with our local homeschool educational resources,” said Carrie Knepper, board co-chair for the Homeschool Community of the Upstate. “It’s not every day that they get to talk to staff from these organizations in person and make those connections.
The Power of the Biden Name
- By Gary Varvel
On June 11, 2023, Douglas Wavle of Taylors, SC went to be with his Lord
- By Press Release
Doug was born and raised in Syracuse, NY, the son of Clesson and Marion Wavle. While living in Syracuse he worked for Marine Midland Bank.
In 1969, Doug moved to Lilburn, Georgia, where he worked as programmer analyst for MSA. It was here that he met his wife, Pat, and they were married in 1970. In 1975 he answered an ad for a position at Bob Jones University and the family moved to Greenville. Doug worked in the IT department until his retirement, 36 years later.
A Black Plan for Mike Pence
- By Star Parker
Mike Pence is trailing former President Donald Trump by some 50 points in national polling.
It's no great revelation that the former vice president needs some major breakthroughs to be considered a serious and viable candidate for 2024.
But all is possible, and here is one approach.
I call it the Pence Black Plan.
Putin’s June 22 Security Council Meeting on Ukraine
- By Mike Scruggs
A Review of Ukraine’ s Recent Counteroffensive
Prigozhin’s Strange and Alarming Rebellion
On Thursday, June 22, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin held a videoconference with the permanent members of the Russian Federation Security Council. This first part of this videoconference was available to the public and reviewed Ukrainian losses of equipment and manpower and other factors since the June 4 beginning of Ukrainian counteroffensive operations.
The following list of members attending should give readers a view of many of the most powerful national security leaders in the Russian Federation:
Once To Every Man And Nation Comes The Moment To Decide
- By W.H. Lamb
Note: A version of this article, under a different title, was published in The Times Examiner on April 13, 2020. Our “national situation” is even more precarious now than it was then. Those who deny that are either grossly uninformed, deliberately blind, or are in the camp of the collectivists.
I’d venture a guess that most readers of this beacon of truth called The Times Examinerknow at least some of the words to James Lowell’s (1819-1891) great 1844 poem—a 90-line masterpiece titled, “The Present Crisis”. It was first published in 1845 by The Boston Currier, written as a protest against the impending war with Mexico and as a condemnation of the then existing evil institution of slavery, which had been incorporated into the new Republic of Texas in 1836. In 1896, Garrett Horder (1841-1922), an English hymn writer, took Lowell’s epic poem and condensed it into the shorter but more familiar hymn—“Once To Every Man and Nation”-- that most Christians have always known. Both versions contain inspiring, beautiful, yet quite troubling ideas which have “pin pricked” my thoughts for decades. To a certain extent, Lowell’s words still stand as a “two edged sword” ready to condemn those of us alive today with their thrust into our complacency, as lines #26 through #30 eloquently proclaim:
Rainbow Umbrellas, One of the Reasons to Raise Greenville County Taxes?
- By James Spurck, Publisher - Opinion
County Councilmen Accusing Each Other of Grandstanding and Playing Politics
The iconic English nanny Mary Poppins would be proud of Greenville County. What became her famous nostalgic symbol may soon become Greenville’s colorful tax burden among other budgeted items. This past Tuesday, June 6th, the County Councilmen gave their approval for second reading of the proposed budgets for 2024 and 2025, which received some reductions at this meeting.
I will be the first to admit that when it comes down to the actual details of the budget, I am no expert, and I would not even dare try to get into those details and sway my readers one way or the other. And it sounds impressive that Greenville County has not raised taxes in 28 years, despite our property taxes saying otherwise. So, while everyone else is arguing the financial details, let us consider observable factors seen at this meeting that may provide some insight into what is going on behind the scenes.
SC Sen. Lindsey Graham to Speak at an Iowa Townhall Meeting for Life
- By Press Release
Post Roe: Is Protecting Life Now a State Matter?
WASHINGTON -- Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Bob Vander Plaats, president of The Family Leader, Mayra Rodriguez, former Planned Parenthood director and whistleblower, along with Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, will host a townhall event in Des Moines, Iowa to discuss the role of federal and state policymakers in the wake of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Official Statement – Greenville County Council Budget Vote
- By GCRP
The Greenville County Republican Party (GCRP) has received many questions and concerns from county and precinct leaders, who represent the voters of Greenville County. GCRP has met with several county council members and gathered substantial information on the proposed budget. We have prepared a letter for each precinct leader and officers of each “District” to send to their respective council member ( see sample letter HERE ).
GCRP’s stance on the proposed budget has remained the same throughout the past weeks since this tax increase was first revealed publicly. We believe there hasn’t been transparency or enough information given to the general public. The majority of Greenville County voters are a definite “NO” to any tax increases without seeing a substantial need and the details of such.
Democrats Tell Pharmacies: Refusal to Stock Abortion Pill Is ‘Unacceptable’
- By Ben Johnson - The Washington Stand
Dozens of Democratic members of Congress sent a letter Thursday pressuring Walmart, Kroger, Costco, Safeway and Health Mart to carry the abortion pill mifepristone, stating their caution in not yet becoming federally certified to distribute the life-taking drug is “unacceptable.”
“Your pharmacies have been able to start the certification process since January but have not done so, despite letters from numerous governors and senators inquiring about your failure to do so,” wrote more than 50 Democratic members of the House of Representatives Thursday. “Your companies have a responsibility to consumers and communities to address this issue as soon as possible.”
The Democrats' Messaging Problem
- By Gary Varvel
Did Professionals Test an Experimental Ideology on Your Body?
- By Eagle Forum
Have You Been Injured By Transgender Affirming Procedures?
- Are you the victim of medically negligent gender-affirming care?
- Were you convinced you were a different gender from your biological anatomy by a therapist, counselor, doctor, or educator?
- Were you a minor (under the age of consent for medical procedures) when a professional prescribed for you to take life-altering medications?
- Have you experienced side effects from puberty blockers?
Republicans Must Be the Party of Small Business
- By Stephen Moore
A recent Wall Street Journal lead story reported that "Republicans and big business broke up." The amount of corporate donations to Republicans was cut sharply in the last election cycle to a lower amount than in nearly a decade. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has backed many Democrats running for Congress in close and competitive races, which puts the GOP slim majority in jeopardy.
The writing is on the wall: Corporate America is increasingly aligning itself with liberal Democrats, not Republicans.
An Open Letter to Vladimir Putin and the Russian People
- By Winston McCuen - South Carolina
As a private American citizen, I write on behalf of patriotic Americans who desire - not war and death - but lasting peace and open trade and friendship with the Russian people and their government.
I write to you over the heads of the current American regime, which is unelected and illegitimate and lawless and warmongering and ideologically mad.
Christian College Cancels Promise Keepers Event Over Stance on Biblical Marriage
- By Jones Literary
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Belmont University, a private Christian college in Nashville, announced last week it had canceled an event to be hosted by Promise Keepers after the men's ministry released a statement reaffirming its support for the Biblical, biological, sexual identity of male and female, man and woman, in the context of marriage.
Belmont representatives cited a conflict in values.
Promise Keepers is hosting a series of events this year, titled "Daring Faith." Events are scheduled for Houston, Memphis and New York City, with additional stops in other cities across the country. Among these stops was Belmont University.
The Last Days of Camp Douglas
- By Mike Scruggs
Confederate POWs Marched Out Singing “Dixie”
Captain Tom Quirk and nine Morgan scouts.
Official records of POW deaths during the Civil War on both sides indicated that about 49,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in 150 Prisoner of War camps. The major statistics are broken down in last week’s article, Union and Confederate POW camps in the Civil War.
Author Lonnie R Speer, however, in his 1997 book, Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War; covering statistics from 96 Union and 117 Confederate facilities which housed POWs during the war, found 30,218 Confederate deaths and 25,796 Union deaths, bringing the total to just over 56,000. According to Speer, 15.5 percent of the Confederates prisoners died, a ratio 29 percent higher than the slightly more than 12 percent of Union prisoners that died. Speer’s statistics may even be conservative. Speer has only the 4,454 official deaths for Camp Douglas, but historical on-site estimates from Confederate prisoners in the last days of Camp Douglas and modern counts indicate there are at least 5,600 Confederate graves at or near Camp Douglas. In addition, about 400 bodies of Confederate soldiers were recorded as shipped to their families at home. George Levy in his 1999 book, To Die in Chicago; Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas 1862-1865, has a whole chapter, “Lost in Chicago,” on the missing Confederate dead.
Most Americans Say Transgenderism is 'Morally Wrong': Gallup
- By Ben Johnson - The Washington Stand
The American public is increasingly rejecting the LGBTQ agenda, as a series of new polls show a growing majority of Americans agree that attempting to change your gender is “morally wrong,” that only two genders exist, and that women should not be forced to compete against men in sports.
A total of 55% of Americans believe “changing one’s gender” is immoral — up four points from 2021, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. Only registered Democrats became more likely over the last two years to consider transgender identity morally acceptable.
Men Of “Harlech” – Will You Heed Me?
- By W.H. Lamb
“Men of Harlech in the hollow, Do ye hear the rushing billow,
Wave on wave that surging follow battle’s distant sound?
‘Tis the tramp of Saxon foemen, Saxon spearmen, Saxon bowmen,
Be they knights or hinds or yeomen, they shall bite the ground!
Loose the folds asunder, flag we conquer under!
The placid sky now bright on high, shall launch its bolts in thunder!
Onward! ‘Tis the country needs us, he is bravest, he who leads us,
Honor’s self now proudly heads us, freedom, God, and right!”
(Words by Mark Rutherford, from the film, Devil’s Brigade).
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