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9/11 AND THE RELIGION OF SLAVERY

[TTP:  Since 2001 we have posted a 9/11 article to remind folks to Never Forget. New York, itself, seems to have forgotten the horror that was wrought there that day, but our enemies have not changed their intentions, merely their tactics – as we see a communist Muslim running for Mayor there today. So, once again, let us be reminded of the fundamental character of our enemy revealed in this article written in 2017.]

Stefan The Great defeating the Ottoman Moslems January 10, 1475
Stefan The Great defeating the Ottoman Moslems January 10, 1475

Zagreb, Croatia. I have just completed my expedition through Hidden Eastern Europe, primarily through much of the Balkans. It has been a historical lesson of sobering immensity.

Today is the 16th anniversary of the most evil attack on America in our history. More morally evil than Pearl Harbor, which was an act of war targeting US military personnel (of the 2403 deaths, 68 were civilians). 9/11, by contrast specifically targeted civilians on purpose. 2,977 innocent human beings were slaughtered by Moslem terrorists, of whom 2,508 were civilians.

The (more…)

THEY MURDERED CHARLIE KIRK AND THEY MUST PAY

This may be the hardest column I’ve ever written, one where I’m so angry that it’s hard for me to put my words into a sequence that’s both coherent and not profane.

They murdered Charlie Kirk yesterday.

They shot him dead because he dared to exercise his right as a human being to speak freely – contrary to what Democrat senators insist, our rights do not come from government but are endowed within us by our Creator.

So, this was not merely a crime against one man, or against his beautiful family, but against both this country and our God. (more…)

THE PAINTED CHURCHES OF THE TROODOS MOUNTAINS

church-of-kykkos-monasteryFor 500 years, from Ca. 1000 to 1500 AD, the Byzantine Christians on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus labored with love to decorate the interior of their humble churches tucked away in hidden valleys of the Troodos Mountains.

There are a total of 10 such churches which are today a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The one you see here is the church of the Kykkos Monastery, with its extravagantly painted vaulted ceiling preserved immaculately for centuries. Christianity remains very much alive in these mountains. Come here to be awed yourself. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #235 photo ©Jack (more…)

TIM KAINE’S CONSTITUTIONAL BLASPHEMY

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) this week warned the American people that a Trump nominee for a State Department position was an extremist, cut from the same cloth as the Iranian mullahs and religious extremists.

Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “All men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our governments.”

It was a line that should be familiar to any citizen — virtually ripped from (more…)

APPEALS BOARD RULES UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS INELIGIBLE FOR BOND HEARINGS

ice_gatorsA federal immigration board said Friday that immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally are ineligible for bond hearings while they challenge deportation proceedings in court.

The decision, rendered by Judge Keith E. Hunsucker at the Board of Immigration Appeals, affirms a previous July order from Todd M. Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who told ICE officers in a memo that such immigrants should be detained “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.

Lawyers say the policy will apply to millions of immigrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border over (more…)

THE GOLDEN ELEPHANTS OF DZANGA BAI

golden-elephantDeep in the African rain forest where the Central African Republic, Cameroun, and the Congo come together, there is a swampy clearing of mineral and salt-rich mud where hundreds of elephants come to soak in the mud to absorb the minerals, turning their skin golden.  Other forest animals congregate here as well – buffalo, sitatunga and bongo antelope.  In the mountains nearby, there are an uncountable number of gorillas.  The clearing is called Dzanga Bai by the native Ba’aka Pygmies who live in small encampments in the forest.

We conducted our Gorillas and Pygmies expedition here in 2012.  It was (more…)

THE JUDICIAL COUP IS COLLAPSING

Late last week NBC ran a “news” story featuring a dozen disgruntled federal judges whose rulings against various Trump administration policies have been stayed or overturned by the Supreme Court.

These lower court judges, none of whom had the courage to allow NBC to name them in the article, bewailed the failure of SCOTUS to provide sufficient justification for ruling against them.

It’s blindingly obvious, however, that the real issue they are whining about is the Court’s refusal to countenance their usurpation of the President’s Article II powers and frustrate implementation of his agenda.

 

Upon assuming office, the President (more…)

THE GREATEST DEMOCRAT FEAR

screenshot-2025-09-10-at-4-01-18%e2%80%afamPresident Donald Trump’s greatest achievement within six months was simply ending illegal immigration as we had once known it — without “comprehensive immigration reform” or any other rhetorical trickery.

It remains difficult to find, much less deport, the 10 to 12 million illegal aliens who entered in the last four years.

Those who helped break the law, by design or indifference, now believe it was moral to destroy federal immigration law but immoral to uphold it.

And it is still unclear whether former President Joe Biden’s handlers deliberately sabotaged their own border for political and demographic purposes out of sheer (more…)

A KYRGHIZ EAGLE HUNTER

kyrghiz-eagle-hunterA Kyrghiz eagle-hunter doesn’t hunt for eagles to eat.  He hunts with an eagle he has trained from infancy to hunt food for his family.

Female eagles adapt to training the best and are fierce huntresses.  Retrieved as a young chick from their mother’s nest when she’s out hunting, it takes one or two years to train them.  The eagle the hunter is holding is age six.  When they are too old to hunt at around age 20, they are released back into the wild, where they can live free for up to age 50.

That would be among the (more…)

LONE STAR AMERICA

lone-star-america-2[This Monday’s Archive was originally published on December 27, 2006. Our situation is vastly worse now after The Treason of Biden organized an invasion of illegals in the tens of millions, and the Dems with their treasonous judges doing everything to block Trump’s efforts to remigrate them. Here’s a history lesson that couldn’t be more relevant today.]

TTP December 27, 2006

I’m in a small town called St. Francisville in an obscure part of Louisiana.  Visitors who come here stop briefly to gaze at the nicely preserved 19th century homes on its main street before hurrying off to the area’s principal attractions nearby – magnificent ante-bellum plantation mansions like Rosewood, the Myrtles, or Oakley where Audubon stayed and painted many of his birds.

Almost no tourists pay any attention to a flag that flies in front of the courthouse along with the stars and stripes and the state flag, nor have any idea what it symbolizes. (more…)

FLASHBACK FRIDAY – ON THE MATTERHORN SUMMIT AGAIN WITH MY SON

jw-bw-on-matterhornWhen my son Brandon turned 14, he asked me, “Dad, you climbed the Matterhorn at 14. Could we climb the Matterhorn together now that I’m 14?” It was 1998 and I was 54. I didn’t think I could do it, but his request meant more than the world to me, so I agreed. Each with our own bergführer guide, he breezed up, but it was a real struggle for me.

He made it, my guide didn’t think I could, so after summiting, Brandon came back down to get me. We climbed the last 500 feet together. Thus here we both (more…)

HALF-FULL REPORT 09/05/25

 

On TTP Wednesday (9/03) in RFK Jr Over The Target, you read:

“Tomorrow, Thursday (9/04), Kennedy will testify at a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee.  We’ll see who’s in Big Pharma’s pockets by those who have a temper tantrum towards him. (more…)

THE BARBARY APES OF GIBRALTAR

These are the only wild monkeys in the entire continent of Europe. Originally from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and named for Moroccan Berbers, they stowed away on various ships of Portuguese, Spanish, and Arabs centuries ago and made themselves at home on the Rock of Gibraltar.

Although locally called apes as they are tailless, they are a kind of monkey called a macaque.  There are some 300 living on the Upper Rock today in five “troops.” Originally looked after by the British Army under an Officer of the Apes, their health and population is now managed by the Gibraltar (more…)

DURK PEARSONS DEFENSE STRATEGY

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Durk and Sandy

[Note by Jack Wheeler: I’ve been taking Durk & Sandy’s personal life extension formula since we mixed it up in their home lab, put it in bags and took it by the spoonful as they didn’t have an encapsulation machine. That was in the 70s before I got Durk on the Merv Griffin Show and he became famous. I’ve been taking this formula every day for 50 years.]

In this issue of Live Long & Prosper, here’s the story of how a pioneer in life extension science designed Lifeshield™ to help the body protect itself.

Durk Pearson, one of the pioneering voices in life extension science, spent much of his career focused on one central question: How can we give the body its best chance to defend itself naturally? His answer led to the creation of Lifeshield™, one of the most potent antioxidant multivitamin formulas on the marketplace.

 

The Problem Durk Saw

Durk & Sandy recognized that modern life places constant strain on the immune system. (more…)