How to Play the Solo to "Money" by Pink Floyd - David Gilmour Solo Lesson

This is what has been occupying my time.

Is America Dead?

Is America Dead?

It's not that we're physically dead. What died are American ideals and freedom. Americans no longer seem to be able to intelligently disagree with one another without resorting to personal insults. We can no longer intelligently disagree without being "fact checked" by a strongly partisan "'independent' fact checker." We are no longer allowed to express ideas that are different from what the side that wields the power believes. It's killing comedy and it's killing music. I never thought that I would see this happen in America by an American company. It has also started trickling out into "real life." Now, if you disagree with a certain race of people, you become automatically racist and are worthy of death… or worse. In fact, if you disagree with something that seems absolutely nonsensical to you, you are automatically a racist and probably a spy for Putin. Wait! You are definitely a racist and a Nazi and are probably a spy for Putin. You are ESPECIALLY a Nazi if you agree with Donals J. Trump giving Israel back to the Jews. After all, ignorance is strength! Whoops! I used punctuation. Punctuation is also now racist, Nazi, and probably a secret code that transmits messages in code directly to Putin. The new norm is to run all sentences together in one long paragraph. I suspect that using more than one space between words makes you at least suspect and carriage returns probably put you on the direct path to the electric chair or at least put your name on a list for a re-education camp. So, where do we go from here? Considering all things that are occurring: A fence around the White House Riots, burning and looting being called "mostly peaceful protests" A mostly peaceful protest being called a "violent insurrection" Refusal to allow evidence of election tampering to be heard in the courts A clearly unfit leader being installed in the White House It makes you wonder if a larger, hidden group put "1984," "The Animal Farm," and "Fahrenheit 451" together and used them as a playback? Of course, rather than burn books they just put everything on the internet where words can be changed at will. This isn't just occurring on Facebook. It is occurring on the Mount Vernon site where America's first leader's records have been changed. It occurs on Wikipedia if someone doesn't like what they have read. It is occurring all over the internet anywhere public and historical information exists. Gone are the days when people went to libraries to look up information on a subject. There is no need to burn books. They and their librarians are obsolete. Where will this lead? It's not unreasonable to assume that some sort of dictator will be put in place. Of course, it may not be a single man but more likely a corporate "person." Perhaps the corporate "person" will be comprised of members of the boards of all corporations? Or maybe it WILL be a person. Perhaps the Antichrist mentioned in the Bible? Maybe it won't be a person at all. Maybe a machine with advanced Artificial Intelligence? The answers aren't clear at this time. All we know is that something looms on the horizon.

 Goodbye,  America

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What do you have when one party classifies the other party as "domestic terrorists."  That's what we have now.  Nearly half of Americans are suddenly labeled domestic terrorists because we didn't vote for "their guy" and we committed the offence of questioning some highly unusual votes that came in for Biden.  A sitting president was removed from social media and his supporters are being silenced and being kept from communicating with one another on every major social media site.   When a conservative opened a site, Parler, and invited the silenced Trump supporters over, Amazon took away their server because,  evidently now, disagreeing with the Democrats is now "domestic terrorism."  Freedom of speech is now a thing of the past. 

Trump took his evidence to court, and there WAS evidence,  but the courts refused to look at the evidence.   This angered the people who wanted a fair election.   If the Democrats won fair and square,  why do they fear the courts looking at the evidence?

If the election had been proven fair, those who voted for Trump would have been sad but would have accepted that Biden won.   Yeah,  a few overexcited rabble rousers broke a window at the Capitol, one tried to walk off with Nancy Pelosi's podium, and one, *shudder* committed the heinous offence of putting his feet on Pelosi's desk.  Other than that,  I haven't seen evidence of anything else.  Oh, one guy did commit the ignorant act of hurling a fire extinguisher and evidently killed a police officer.  Those who committed VIOLENT acts need to answer for their crimes but I hardly think that putting your feet up on a desk qualifies as violent.   Even so, this is being labeled a "violent act."

The left had BLM protests where there was burning, looting, raping, killing, and turning over cars.  This was labeled "mostly peaceful protesting."  How does what happened at the Capitol even remotely compare to the violence of a BLM protest?  It doesn't but you're being told that it's WORSE than a BLM protest. 

From "1984": "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.  It was their final, most essential command."

This is what is happening in the U.S.  They're telling you to believe the opposite of what you see and hear.  

Biden tells us that he wants unity but orders 25,000 American troops to Washington, D.C. to insure that nobody says that he didn't win the election "fair and square," something that has never been done in America.   Does this sound like any other country?  Yes, communist countries.   Goodbye,  America.   You were great while you lasted.

God is In Control

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Ephesians 6:11-13
King James Version
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

We are definitely fighting the rulers of the darkness of this world now.  It's not just here in the U.S.  This evil is affecting the whole world.   Pelosi and the Democrats are treasonous traitors who are going along with the unseen powers who want to rule the world and promoting this bad cold virus as a "killer virus" just because it kills a low percentage of sickly people like any other bad cold or flu virus does.

Our leaders have been lying to us,  manipulating us, and bankrupting us "for our safety."  They have used peoples' fear of the virus to strip us of our rights and to sell us toilet paper.   [pause for laughs]  Have no fear, everything is in God's hands.

Colossians 2:13-15

King James Version

13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

God through President Trump has made the Democrats so mad that the crooked ones have exposed themselves.   Most of the swamp of evil, these powers and principalities in the U.S. have not only exposed themselves but bragged about their evil openly in the last several months.   Their lies about Trump during the phony, one sided impeachment hearings, for instance,  showed just how corrupt our government has become.  Their lies and intentional exaggerations and hypocrisy about the protesters on the 6th exposed even more and it showed that some Republicans in our government are crooked as well.  We can also see that people besides the politicians have also become corrupt.  Some FBI and CIA agents exposed themselves as playing politics rather than doing their jobs according to the law.  I have seen similar problems in the UK as well.   God has made a show of them openly now... even of those whom we thought would stand up for the truth but were inwardly ravenous wolves, but fear not the wolves.

Matthew 10:28

King James Version

²⁸ And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

We can see now that it is time to put on the full armor of God and prepare for spiritual battle.

Ephesians 6:11-18

King James Version

¹¹ Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
¹³ Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
¹⁴ Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
¹⁵ And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
¹⁶ Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
¹⁸ Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Love, Hope,  Peace,  and Christ be with you, 

Cal-el 

Freedom and Change

Freedom and Change

This is Independence Day,  yet,  I hear some people talking about change.   These people are willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater for this change.   They have forgotten,  or don't care, that there are some very good and important things that they're about to throw out.

My ancestor,  George Washington,  was the first president of what we now call the United States.   He had a vision that all men would be free under the constitution, regardless of the color of their skin.  He tried to gain support but received little.  He received so little that he feared that the issue would tear apart the newly organized nation.   He couldn't even get his wife behind him at the time, but I digress.

Brave countrymen fought and died for the freedoms that we now enjoy.   Too many of you have been too quick to simply give them away.   This troubles my heart.  Are you aware that, even today,  some countries would arrest you and/or kill you for speaking out against injustices brought about by a new law or existing laws that are the opinion and actions of the State?  It's like being on Facebook and posting an unpopular opinion and being sent to Facebook jail or having your profile "killed" by them.  Even now,  there are people rioting, looting,  and killing to try to take those rights from you.   Don't dare speak against them or you may be sent to this virtual jail.   Don't dare speak out against these villains in public or you may be jailed in real life or have your reputation destroyed and be jailed or killed in those unamerican cities.

You know what?  It is TIME to risk our lives and reputations to stand against this evil that have gained a stronghold in this land.  Yesterday,  president Trump gave a signal to all Patriots that it is time for them to act.  I am acting on this day to give a rallying cry to those who would defend our great nation and its constitution.  We are a Christian nation despite what atheists would have you believe.   We are ONE NATION UNDER GOD.  It is time to act to prevent them from spreading more of their lies against God and Christ which have deceived so many of our young.  We ARE NOT one nation under perversion, self-pleasure, and the giant spaghetti monster.  We serve a LIVING GOD who will help us defend His name and this country from this creeping infestation that threatens all of our country's values.  Already,  some people are afraid to speak their minds.  I say STAND UP and let them hear your thoughts.   STAND UP and take back our freedoms.   STAND UP and be counted amongst the many who have been silent for too long and WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.   Take back our streets.   Take back our cities.   TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK and KEEP America great!  We were once a nation of discipline.   We were once a nation of freedom.  We were once a nation where you could walk on the streets, even at night, and not fear being attacked by lawless individuals.   We could speak our minds and engage in debate with them without anger and violence.   I'm reminded of Dr. Martin Luther King,  Jr. who led his people in peaceful protest and gained the hearts of people of all colors and inspired the acceptance of all people that we see today.

Our enemy doesn't want you to see that acceptance.   They want you to believe that this is a pre-60s world in which we are living.   They want to stir up old hatred.  They want to divide us and conquer us.  STAND UP and KEEP them from tearing apart this great nation.  STAND UP for the Constitution.   STAND UP for freedom.   STAND UP for the president and every other God fearing American!  the time to STAND UP is NOW on this GREAT DAY that honors the day that THIS COUNTRY won its FREEDOM from FOREIGN GOVERNMENT!  The Second Ammendment wasn't written for nothing.   STAND UP and be counted as one of those who is willing to FIGHT for our freedoms.  POP your fireworks, SPEAK OUT for our Freedoms,  SHOW THE WORLD that YOU'RE a Proud American who WON'T be deprived of your Freedoms!  Enjoy this Independence Day of 2020 as a FREE AMERICAN!

6,500 Corona Virus Deaths Already?

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6500 deaths from the coronavirus. That sounds like a lot, right? That's 6,500 people in the whole world. If you look at what that means, it's 6,500 people out of 7.8 billion. Not so large now, right? You also might consider what the coronavirus is. It's the virus of the common cold. Sure there's no cure. Nobody has found a cure for the common cold because there are so many variations of the viruses that cause the common cold.

See, if you toy with the words and numbers, you can make something like the common cold sound scary. You take the number of people infected and leave out the 7.8 billion. You push the word “deaths” and “virus” leaving out the fact that it's the virus of the common cold and use them together in the same sentence as frequently as possible. Now you have people scared. They're panicking and running to the stores to clean out the shelves, stocking up on, of all things, toilet paper. Now that people are really scared, you keep pushing scary words and the small number of the 6,500/7,800,000,000,000 or however many people have the common cold (which will increase as the cold spreads) and it will sound even scarier.

Oh NO! There are 8,500 deaths from it now! Last week it was only 6,500. That's still only 8,500 out of 7,800,000,000,000 or 8,500/7,800,000,000,000ths. How fast does the common cold spread? Pretty fast, I would say. They say that this strain spreads faster, so let's say that this week it's 11,000 cases. 11,000/7,800,000,000,000 is still a very small percentage, but you still publish the 11,000 and not the 7,800,000,000,000. Now you have people hoarding canned goods, bleach, toilet paper, and anything else they think will help. People are starting to fight in the aisles over hand sanitizer and all of the other goods. That was fun! Let's have some more fun. Let's make sure that it's all over the airwaves and the internet and get the politicians in on it too. Great! Now people are starting to shoot each other and riot in the streets! That's more like it! What else can we do that with?

EA stock price for the last month

I hope you see where I'm going with this. Well, where I went. Now things are ripe for taking guns from the population, instating Martial Law, and anything else we want that we can scare you about. We've scared you enough to keep you inside your houses, in your basements, and in your fallout shelters. Fantastic! People won't walk outside and talk to their neighbors and see that everything is alright. They will be interested in buying new technology to keep themselves entertained inside. Large screen televisions, video games, and new interactive technologies are flying off the shelves, even at the ridiculous prices we're asking for them.  Our stock is rising at an incredible rate.

Who knew people were that gullible. Let's do some more.  People are now buying guns and ammo, not only to protect their toilet paper but to protect themselves from people who are panicking over the cold.   So it goes on and on. Scaring people to keep them inside by keeping the scare hype going and raking in the profits, posting hype articles and memes to keep people scared. Scaring them within an inch of their lives so we can rake in more profit. Relax, people. Don't fall for the hype.

More Than Words

More Than Words

https://youtu.be/UrIiLvg58SY

Nice soft rock song, isn't it?  The harmonies are beautiful. The melody is beautiful.  The guitar part is beautiful. That's great! Now I want to tell you about another way to look at the song.

Rev. Laura's title of her sermon got me thinking.  Jesus DID ask us for more than words. Just take a look at this verse.

1. 1 Timothy 5:3-16 King James Version (KJV)

3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.

4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.

10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.

16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

I know that it was long but it tells us something very important.  We are to take care of widows.

Now, look at this verse.

James 1:27 New International Version (NIV)

27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Ah, so we're to take care of orphans, too.  Is that all? Someone else wanted to know the same thing.

Luke 10:25-37 New International Version (NIV)

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Footnotes:

Luke 10:27 Deut. 6:5

Luke 10:27 Lev. 19:18

Luke 10:35 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2).

You can see that Jesus calls us to action, not just words.  Yes, words are important to receiving salvation but he didn't expect us to stop there.  Now, listen to this song again and imagine that Jesus is singing to you.

https://youtu.be/UrIiLvg58SY