#George Washington duck

[subpixie420]

Finally got a picture of my neighborhood's famous George Washington duck and his little friend🦆🌲🌼

#taken last night #duck #george washington #nature #ducks #dusk #my photography #subpixie420

[normalize-cringe]

Look. Look at this beautiful creature right now.

#crested ducks are so cute #i want him so bad #i will kidnap him #i have a headcanon that he is trans #his name is george like george washington

[rushpush]

Me: *working*

My Brain: George was riding horses, Martha was riding George

Me: *visible confusion* what?

#george washington #martha washington #what the duck?! #random thoughts in my weird brain #rush-talk #i mean they had sex at some point #not much #but they probably had sex

[antvnger]

THATS SUCH A GOOD ONE!

This is great! I love that one. I hadn’t heard that one before. Thanks, Anon!

#ask scott lang #anon asks #scott lang #ant-man #love me some corny jokes #corny jokes #george washington #ducks #duck #ant man #antman

[olegduckwing]

founding fathers as ducks because I am bored

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

Aaron Burr

George Washington

Alexander Hamilton

John Adams

#now thats what i call a high quality content #amrev #thomas jefferson #james madison #aaron burr #alexander hamilton #george washington #john adams #amrev fandom

[stawpny]

Hii! What are some of your favorite places in New York? I'd like to visit the state one day and I'm curious about what cool places there are besides the city's skyscrapers :D

(happy birthday again!! 🎉)

oooh!

so honestly, I don’t know many places, but I have some cool ones, especially if you like history or exploring

1: Montauk Lighthouse or Montuak in general: Montauk is like the farthest point out east on LI and it’s so pretty. If you like beaches, you should def go. The lighthouse was owned by George Washington too, and you can go inside and see all historical stuff.

2: Psych Centers: I know I’m not allowed to go in them, but it’s cool to walk around and look at all the old buildings. Atleast for me. Fun fact, one of the psych centers on LI was one of the first places were lobotomy’s were available 😍.

3: Fire Island: Also a very beachy area, but it’s a very nice island that kind of borders LI. Has very nice beaches too. (Robert Moses is the one I go to)

4: Port Jefferson: I love going there and the ice cream from that place is bomb. Has some history stuff about them building boats and things about the harbor.

5: Liberty Island and Ellis Island: Both very cool places, visited them twice so far! I love history and if u like history you need to go to Ellis Island. It walks you through the journey of an immigrant from Europe coming into the US from that Island.

6: The Oculus: I’ve been there once and Jesus, it’s pretty big. It has many layers of like a mall-like building and I think a train or subway does down into the building, but idk. all I know that it’s fucking cool and huge.

7: THE BIG FUCKING DUCK: ok, so I’ve never been in it, but basically it’s a huge fucking duck that’s kinda like a mini gift shop but it’s so cute and big ajmwhajanwnw.

8:Nature Trails: Trust, you can pretty much drive anywhere on LI or maybe anywhere else, and you could find a trail somewhere. Especially around lakes or beaches. love walking around especially in the fall.

9: WTC: alright, ik u asked for things other than skyscrapers, but still, the World Trade Center is literally so cool. people seem to underestimate how big those buildings are and the memorial footprints are. Those huge pools of water are very pretty, and I like how they made the memorial different from others so no one would forget.

10: Murals: All over this beautiful state, there are murals EVERYWHERE. especially in the city. I loved walking through China Town or Little Italy seeing all the cultural murals- also, Definitly visit China Town and Little Italy, they are so different but so cool! B)

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okay, so ik all of these are about Long Island/NYC, but those are really all the places I go to😭

anyways, I hope you liked this

thanks for the ask!! <3

#wttt #wttt new york #wttsh new york #New York State #new york city #long island #my fav places

[whyareyouhere66]

Haikyuu Characters as Quotes From My Life

S O

Basically, this chapter is just some of the Haikyuu characters as quotes that me, my friends, and even some of my classmates have said. Yeah, it's simple as that. They don't really make sense *the quotes*, even with context so yeah lol.

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-*-* "Christian Grey may be 50 shades of fucked up- but I'm 50 shades of 'I'm gonna whoop your ass" -Kuroo

-*- *"I think I have a crush on Pennywise." -Tanaka

-*-* "If only men had brains and balls, at the same time." -Kiyoko

-*-* "No Im not gonna eat my cat, I'm not a cannibal." -Nishinoya

-*-* " I look like a warthog and have the personality of a she-devil." -Yamamoto

-*-* "See, I told you Megan, my boobs are getting bigger." -Asahi

-*-* "Do you have gum in your pocket or are you just excited to see me?....I think you're excited to see me." -Oikawa *to Iwaizumi, most likely*

-*-* "Tell me a good song- and we're not listening to the trolls soundtrack." -Ushijima *talking to Tendou*

-*-* "If I write my essay about Fortnite and global warming what will I get?" -Bokuto

-*-* "I once had a guy walk up to me at target and he was like 'wanna buy some ball wash?'" -Terushima

-*-* "Ryan Reynolds is hot." -Ennoshita

-*-* "Jeff Bezos would be a great drug dealer." -Kenma

-*-* "Ugh that's nasty....gonna give us fricking herpes..." -Akaashi

-*-* "HE HAD TWO GLIZZIES" -Bokuto

-*-* "It looks like pennywise could crawl out of that things butthole." -Hinata

-*-* "I just got winky faced by Kahoot." -Tsukishima

-*-* "I'm gonna get fax paper, and make cards that say "we give free bj's" and tape it on peoples doors." -Kuroo

-*-* "If I have to listen to another minute of JoJo Siwa I will lose my mind." -Daichi

-*-* "YOU CLOSED MY DUOLINGO TAB?!" -Nishinoya

-*-* "Can any orgasms so photosynthesis...?" -Kageyama

-*-* "My shoulder is no longer a virgin." -Yamaguchi

-*-* "Don't change, we hate you just the way you are." -Iwaizumi

-*-* "Mom can you leave so I can curse at my friends?" -Sugawara *talking to Ukai*

-*-* "We thought there was cum in the bathroom." -Tanaka

-*-* "I don't like purple, I like ducks" -Hinata

-*-* "The bible is not smut, bitch." -Kenma (I'm sorry if anyone finds this offensive-)

-*-* "Mort I cannot 'move it move it' anymore" -Yamomoto

-*-* "They kill pears- that's why it's so sad. But pineapples stay alive, pears just- die!!" -Bokuto

-*-* "Not gonna lie man but your toes are...dry." -Tanaka

-*-* "That's like going up to a police officer holding up a bag and going, "hey can you step outside for a minute, go down and get some coffee, I should be done in about 15 minutes?" -Kindaichi

-*-* "I swear to god I will turn this- this navy blue van around!!" -Daichi/Ukai

-*-* "Nah he's got little-man-itis." Tsukishima *talking about Hinata, ofc*

-*-* "Don't we have a leader in the real world?" *Bokuto, continue to next quote *

-*-* "Yeah we've got Michael Jackson." -Kuroo *that one was a 2-parter haha*

-*-* "YOU'LL BELIEVE GOD IS A WOMENNNN- is that vodka??" -Nishinoya

-*-* "It's probably like, burnt fire or something." -Oikawa

-*-* "Why do you not like shirtless men." -Tanaka

-*-* "I'm gonna start a petition to make Boston a continent....or maybe New Jersey." -Hinata

-*-* "We've known eachother since the 1800's- we went to Travis Scott concerts with George Washington." -Tanaka *talking abt Yamamoto*

-*-* "Dame cabeza" -Tanaka

-*-* "No one likes Jacobs, Jacobs are ugly and raspy." -Tsukishima

:D

K great, so anyways-

Idk that's all I got rn, y'all got a free glimpse of my strange friends and even stranger school. Hope you enjoyed and adios

edit: holy shit this blew up a lot faster than I expected- thanks so much y’all

#haikyuu #haikyuu x reader #bokuto koutarou #tsukishima kei #kuroo tetsuro x you #akaashi keji #hinata shōyō #nishinoya yu #tanaka ryuunosuke #daichi sawamura #sugawara koushi #kageyama hikaru #oikawa tōru #ushijima #tendou satori

[seadcgs]

he was intrigued, flattered, even---by benjamin's treatment of him, at the dinner. everyone should be offering up their seats to him, damnit! he deserved that much, at least. if not more. he's curious how far the young major's loyalties go, for the cause, and for washington himself----arnold wonders if he could somehow transfer that onto him, too.

if only he could steal him away from that...ruffian, brewster--he'd definitely aired his complaints out to george, about the state of his attire---hardly befitting for an officer in the continental army; the grievances fell on deaf ears, however. of course they did. of course, george wouldn't listen to him---ever since he got back from the field. ever since his leg got all but obliterated, in battle.

arnold had summoned the young man to his tent; he had managed to push himself up enough so that he was sitting, upright---meal tray discarded to his left, and he's half in his uniform; jacket and vest on----doctor be damned; there was no chance he was going to spend another single minute in this humid, smelly tent, trying to recover. men had continued on, with more harm done. he was struggling with getting good leg into his boot, from the angle of how he was sitting---when he saw the tent flap opening out of the corner of his eye and a familiar flash of blonde hair ducking inside.

❝ about bloody time, tallmadge. would you leave washington waiting, like this? ❞ he scowls, leg pounding on the ground to shove the last bit of his boot onto his heel. once satisfied, he turns, shifting himself on the cot again; wincing at the jostle that his braced leg endured when he did. ❝ help me, with this. ❞ gruffly, he leans to grab his other boot, and moves his braced leg down to the floor. ❝ now, benjamin. that's an order. ❞

@pyratezlife is getting a thing from the mighty chin arnold

#pyratezlife #* interactions / pyratezlife . #* threads / arnold & ben. #* test muse: benedict arnold. #[ i cannot believe we're doing this alkjdf #[ arnolds like: hm i wonder if i can get ben in the divorce laksjdflkj ]

[binch-i-might-be]

intermission. I'm having so many thoughts but not in the mind to articulate them

edit: it is no longer intermission. in fact I am back at the hotel room sprawled over the bed and kicking my legs in the air like a little girl. but I refuse to start this list over!

first of all, german really isn't the language for the musical, but they absolutely did the best they could with what they had

with that out of the way, let's get into my scattered stream of consciousness!

the lams is blatant and almost ridiculous. the guy playing Laurens only auditioned for the role so he could make it as gay as possible and I am CERTAIN of that. the homosexual gazing in the first song...... the fucking WAY the other guys and Laurens were whispering to each other when Hamilton first started going off and then Laurens stumbled over as if he was working up the nerve to ask him out. THEY KEEP GRABBING EACH OTHER'S NAPES??? IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO KISS DURING MY SHOT. HELLO

when Washington first showed up on stage I immediately went "YES DADDY" and I am not sorry!

speaking of Washington tho, he doesn't quite have the presence for me at some points. he's not as intense or consistent as Chris Jackson, but Hamilton and him are so very cute so I'll take it!

Hamilton is. SO endearing. I love him so much oh my god he's such a sweet boy he deserves the world. the actor is playing him so much younger than lmm did. he's so GENUINE. with lmm there was always this underlying weariness, he was weathered and snippy and waging a constant battle, but this one??? baby boy. such a little guy. absolute sweetheart

at the end of Aaron Burr, Sir instead of "who's that kid, what's he gonna do" they say. "what's the little one doing". can you hear me weeping

a lot of the jokes are lost or just don't hit. sad!

in helpless not only did Washington fix Hamilton's cravat,,,,, Hamilton showed him his ring all excited and then Washington PATTED HIS ELBOW as he was walking away. I'll never emotionally recover from this

also Laurens hands him the ring. they did make homosexual eye contact then. #lgbtq

when Hamilton asks for Eliza's hand, her father doesn't say "be true", he says "na gut". which is basically like saying "k". sir 😭

one thing that annoyed me a bit was that they used a lot of the formal "you". let them use the casual "you". come on :(

AT ONE POINT KING GEORGE LITERALLY SAID "LOVE WINS". GAY RIGHTS

every time Washington would have said "young man" he says "my son" instead. 5 dead 21 injured

instead of "at the right hand of the father" Burr says "in the lap of the father" and I?????

In Guns And Ships when Hamilton is leaving to rejoin the army he kisses Eliza and then :( he kisses her belly :( just kill me on the spot

oh at the end of Meet Me Inside when Hamilton screams in Washington's face he immediately ducks his head and WHIMPERS? he sounds like he's about to cry!!!! baby boy :(

Hamilton and Laurens are constantly roughhousing. constantly in each other's faces. it is very lgbt

this fucking shredded me. they changed mom/daddy/pa/pops whatever to the german Mama and Papa. not only does Jefferson say "quick, run to Papa" to Hamilton instead of "daddy's calling", this ALSO means that Philip burst into his father's office yelling "Papa if you'd HEARD the shit he said about you". you don't know real pain until you watch Philip die and hear that boy go "Mama". eternal suffering

Burr was good. I liked him! (yes that's all I have to say about him lmao)

my favourite performer was either Eliza or Angelica. they blew it out of the water

I am saddened to report that making out on stage occurred yet again! the people losing their shit over lmm maybe kissing with tongue during Say No To This would have died. I saw. tongues. I SAW them

some songs really do not work in german. the Schuyler Sisters is usually a favourite of mine but oh man does it sound rough. I didn't really understand the lyrics in Helpless but I still liked it because it's Helpless. some translation choices were wild and it took me out of it for a moment! BUT I'm very pleased to say that one line in Alexander Hamilton I was annoyed about, which was "and I simply shot him" instead of "I'm the damn fool that shot him" was changed to "I was his friend and I shot him". better!

"I'm not throwing away my shot" became "I only have one shot" and honestly I can't say I'm too mad about it at this point

"rise up" became "frei sein" ("to be free") which was a bit. ngl. cringe at times haha

Dear Theodosia hit me straight in the nutsack. I was borderline weeping over it. both Hamilton and Burr were so good in that, the text was very well translated, and oh boy does it hit different to hear that in my mother tongue. shit girls my issues came THROUGH on that one

Satisfied might have been my favourite translation out of the whole musical. god was that good. it had slightly different vibes from the original, but that made it so interesting. the imagery used was impeccable, Angelica's actress was AMAZING, and it's just. jesus fuck I'm probably coming back to that later on. genuinely that version made me tear up it was so good

honestly I would say the performers carried the whole thing. they made it work!

that's all for now folks! rest assured, I'll let y'all know if I think of anything else, but yeah! initial impressions and all that :)

#lots of thoughts lots of feelings lots of opinions #i'm glad i saw it in london first but i'm also very glad i saw this one #hamilton #hamilton hamburg #damn i'm beat

[theoverlyenthusiasticwriter]

A list of out of context unhinged things my physics professor has said

"Minus the threat of violence- taxes "

"You take an infant, don't let them play for five years, and congratulations, you've made a psychopath. Good job."

"This is a scientific term so I can say it to you: you already jerk."

"Which is really impressive: I'm much slower in a tree."

"And we have the most useless animal in all of Africa: the cheetah."

"Oh that duck died? Probably deserved it."

"If there's a big accident with like 4 or 5 cops, then there's no speed limit for the next 15 minutes."

"It's only a couple of bucks to fall out of the sky and I highly recommend it. You should fall out of the sky at least once."

"I am convinced of a conspiracy in math class to keep you docile. But I don't know, maybe I'm wrong."

"Could you ever be older than your mom?" Then, very quickly, "Nobody has to die."

"If someone has been a crackhead for ten years, they're basically a professional."

"Huge, HUGE pumpkin (a very quiet, additional wow). I tried to make them bigger and now they're HUGE." (They were not huge.)

"Let me erase any trace I was talking to you about crackheads."

"Would you rather punch someone in the face or get punched in the face? You have to chose one. If you're a pacifist, uh, figure that out."

"What's the greatest villain? Ah, a cyclist."

"I haven't priced this in a long time, but that's 250-400 four locos... I'd be king of the homeless camp for a weekend."

"We operate on the assumption that none of us are magical."

"We are completely and unjustifiably terrorizing France."

"Now, it's you're an elf at Santa's workshop, you just... (Proceeds to spin in a slow circle, with a completely straight face, making entirely too much eye contact) I'm not saying this is a practical explanation as to why Santa's elves don't age."

"Again, (looking around very seriously) not advocating for cannibalism."

"I am a frozen hotpocket, I am a frozen hotpocket, I am a frozen hotpocket. (Spins in a slow cirle) How do you explain that to George Washington?"

"And then my body's like, cool stick-- mmmbleh."

#funny #physics #college

[mybeingthere]

A great photograph of Howard Finster by Margo Rosenbaum.

Born on February 17, 1939, she earned her bachelor’s degree in painting and drawing from the San Francisco Art Institute in California and her master’s degree in the same field from the University of Iowa. In 1966 she married Art Rosenbaum, also an artist and musician. Over the years, Rosenbaum has collaborated with her husband on numerous projects, most notably photographing folk musicians as he recorded their performances.

Howard Finster (1916 – 2001) was an American artist and Baptist minister from Georgia. He claimed to be inspired by God to spread the gospel through the design of his swampy land into Paradise Garden, a folk art sculpture garden with over 46,000 pieces of art. His creations include outsider art, naïve art, and visionary art. Finster came to widespread notice in the 1980s with his album cover designs for R.E.M. and Talking Heads.

Finster was born at Valley Head, Alabama, and lived on the family farm as one of 13 children. He attended school from age six into the sixth grade. He said he had his first vision at the age of three years, when he saw his recently deceased sister Abbie Rose walking down out of the sky wearing a white gown. She told him, "Howard, you're gonna be a man of visions."

He became "born again" at a Baptist revival at the age of 13 and began to preach at 16. He gave the occasional sermon at local churches and wrote articles for the town newspaper, and became a full-time pastor at Rock Bridge Baptist Church in 1940. He later served at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Fort Payne, Alabama, shortly before venturing into full-time art.

Finster began building his first garden park museum in Trion, Georgia, in the late 1940s. It featured an exhibit on the inventions of mankind in which Finster planned to display one of everything that had ever been invented, models of houses and churches, a pigeon flock and a duck pond.

When he ran out of land in Trion in 1961, he moved to Pennville, Georgia, near Summerville, and bought four acres (16,000 m²) of land upon which to build the Plant Farm Museum "to show all the wonderful things o' God's Creation, kinda like the Garden of Eden." It features such attractions as the "Bible House," "the Mirror House," "the Hubcap Tower," "the Bicycle Tower," "the Machine Gun Nest," and the largest structure in the garden, the five-story "Folk Art Chapel." He also started putting up signs with Bible verses on them because "he felt that they stuck in people's heads better that way."

He retired from preaching in 1965 and focused all of his time on improving the Plant Farm Museum. In 1976, he had another vision to paint sacred art. According to Finster, "...one day I was workin' on a patch job on a bicycle, and I was rubbin' some white paint on that patch with this finger here, and I looked at the round tip o' my finger, and there was a human face on it... then a warm feelin' come over my body, and a voice spoke to me and said, 'Paint sacred art.'"

His diverse range of subjects include pop culture icons like Elvis Presley, historical figures like George Washington, Ronald Reagan, religious images like The Devils Vice and "John the Baptist," UFOs and aliens, war and politics. His paintings are colorful and detailed; they use flat picture plane without perspective and are often covered with words, especially Bible verses. Every painting also has a number: God had asked him to do 5,000 paintings to spread the gospel and Finster wanted to keep track.

[uomminecraftsociety]

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

One of the go to bands if you want to look at something to match a certain genre would have to be The Kinks. The Kinks as a band were notorious for coming up with their character studies and so of course finding a character study which would match the mood would be the perfect sad song.

The Kinks had an abundance of decent character studies, but I felt that the character studies all felt short. Some of the best cases were:

• Two Sisters - A song about jealousy with one's siblings and the different personality they hold, which really described the personalities of Ray and Dave Davies in the band. The song ends with too positive of a conclusion to feel truly sad.

• Death of a Clown - About the pain of touring and how one ends up by being drained from it. It is probably the more classically sad songs but the clown theme adds a certain degree of whimsy which doesn't match that.

• Strangers - A rare case of a Dave track, discussing a friend who died from a drug overdose. This probably is the saddest of The Kinks tracks but I would argue is very heavy and verges on the point of depressing.

• Do You Remember Walter? - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society was an album set out to discuss the changing culture of the UK at the time. Despite how great the album is, I feel it misses its goal of discussing the past and ends up by focussing more on one's childhood and the things they miss from it, as found in the opening track where some topics such as "Donald Duck" and "virginity" does seem to match one's childhood more than a certain level of British identity, with other British themed items being more of the childhood nature such as "Desperate Dan" and "the George Cross and all those who were awarded them", more reminiscent of hearing old war stories from parents at the time. Describing it this way, Do You Remember Walter is perfect for the album, with it reminiscing about an old friend who they've grown apart and wondering what their life is like now. This falls into the heavy theme of nostalgia but I feel that the entire album truly matches that theme and I can't pin this all on a single track.

So why Waterloo Sunset? Waterloo Sunset is not really a particularly sad song in itself, just discussing a couple spending their time around Waterloo in London. I decided to test out the sunset at Waterloo at one point, standing on the bridge waiting for the sun go down. Turns out it isn't quite as magnificent as the song leads you to believe, maybe the times have changed or maybe the fine was not in the sense of "fine dining" but rather say that "I guess it was fine" but that is all dependent on who sees it.

I have heard some artists describe Waterloo Sunset as something which brings them back home to London when they are touring and I get that sense often of this sense that homes me as someone from a Londoner myself and brings in a sense of homesickness. Originally though, the song was going to be Liverpool Sunset and was changed after the release of The Beatles' Penny Lane. I think this is a testament to the fact your Waterloo Sunset can be anywhere you want, to anywhere you hold dear, whether that is Caracas, Helsinki, Washington or Wellington, or just Waterloo, you can always miss home.

#uomcsp #waterloo sunset #the kinks #do you remember walter #strangers #two sisters

[knowltonsrangers]

14 or 17 with Washington x reader if you're still doing these of course!

#17: cheek kisses

TURN!George Washington x reader

In a formal setting, they’re more of a fast hello, or a short goodbye. Washington has seemingly mastered them, being able to duck down and steal one before parting, whispering a few reassuring words for the day, then he’s gone.

In no one’s company but your own, they’re a little goofier, a little more fun. These you are a bit guilty to say you love the most, when it’s just the two of you, and you can steal as many as you like.

It’s a moment where nothing was happening. Nothing, not a sound, nor movement to be seen. Sat side by side, arms touching, but nothing more.

“You seem bored,”

His voice sounded exhausted, and you know he should be in bed. George was probably burning his reserve energy, and as much as you begged him to get some shut-eye, he would always wind down with you.

Always.

“No, I don’t think that’s it.”

You insist, foot kicking out a bit to shake the stiff feeling. It’s just been a half hour of small talk, as if you didn’t have a whole week of chatter to catch up on.

Washington would comment that it was typically you who carried the conversation, which would be true. Maybe you were more tired than you thought.

“Well,”

He sighs, large hands coming to his knees, standing with a small grunt, he turns to you, and you think he’s going to help you up.

Part of you is a little sad that he’s cutting this time so short, but you know in your heart that he needs his sleep more than anyone.

“Okay—“

“No.”

Washington shoos your extended hand away, and you blink owlishly up at the man.

“No, what?”

“Stay, stop moving.”

You wished he had been a little more clear, because all of the sudden he’s scooping you up off the couch, your legs coming to his waist in an immediate reaction not to fall.

You feel the laugh that rumbles in his chest, and your arms come to loop around his neck.

“Don’t hurt yourself,”

You joke, and realize that this way, it’s the best for you to see his precious face leveled, as if you were eye-to-eye.

“Hey.”

Some mirth twinkles in your eyes, as you lean towards his face.

“Hello?”

Its a question, because he’s confused but your sneaky grin.

It’s easy enough to snag a good few kisses on his rosy cheeks.

#sul writes #turn amc #turn washington's spies #george washington #turn george washington #turn: washington's spies #george washington x reader

[giftofshewbread]

Why?

Published on: August 12, 2023 by  :Daymond Duck

On Aug. 2, 2023, Anne Graham Lotz (daughter of Billy Graham) wrote: “If I believe what He (Jesus) said about sin, salvation, forgiveness, the love of God the Father, eternal life, His own identity, and all the other big truths (John 3:16–17; 5:17–21; 11:25–26.), then it stands to reason that what He said about His return is equally true. Jesus is coming! The glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, is imminent! (Titus 2:13).

Ann’s statement is right on target, but it triggers questions in my mind:

If Christians believe the Bible is the Word of God, why do so many doubt or ignore what it says about the return of Jesus?

If Jesus is coming back to make this world better (establish peace, justice, and righteousness on earth), why aren’t more Christians excited about it?

If the return of Jesus is our blessed hope, why are so many Christians living without hope today?

If the Rapture of the Church is near, why aren’t more Christians talking about the dangers of being left behind, taking the Mark of the Beast, etc.?

I suppose there are many reasons why (unbelief; complicated subject; scary, etc.), but make no mistake about it, Jesus is coming back ready or not, and the number of people that think we are getting close is rapidly growing.

Anyway, here are some recent current events that seem to indicate that we are getting close to the return of Jesus for His church (Rapture).

One, concerning war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon: on Aug. 1, 2023, Israeli Prime Min. Netanyahu met with Israeli military and security officials to discuss Hezbollah’s actions on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.

They concluded that the threat of war is the greatest it has been in the last 17 years (since the end of the Second Lebanon War in 2006).

Southern Lebanon is part of the Land that God said Israel will get at the end of the age.

Put another way: Hezbollah is occupying part of the Promised Land and will lose it if it starts a third war with Israel.

(More: On Aug. 3, 2023, Israel notified the UN Security Council that the situation on its border with Lebanon is a powder keg. This writer is not aware of the UN doing anything to calm the situation.)

(More: On Aug. 8, 2023, Israel’s Defense Min. warned Hezbollah and Lebanon that Israel is prepared to strike all of Hezbollah’s assets and return Lebanon to the stone age if Israel is attacked.)

(More: On Aug. 8, 2023, it was reported that Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and other nations are warning their citizens to leave Lebanon. It was also reported that Israel is trying to prepare for casualties and damage in the event that they are struck by thousands of rockets in the next few days.)

Two, concerning the coming global famine: on Aug. 2, 2023, Ukraine’s Pres. Zelensky accused Russia of trying to create a global catastrophe by disrupting the global food supply and collapsing global food markets.

Zelensky was referring to the fact that Russia is preventing the shipment of Ukrainian food exports to other nations, causing the price of food to rise and increasing hunger and famine in Africa.

Three, concerning the 2024 elections: on Aug. 3, 2023, it was reported that a man known for shady dealings, George Soros, has given more than $750,000 and created a political action committee (PAC) to convert the state of Texas from Republican to Democrat.

Large contributions like this one are one reason why many politicians do the bidding of globalists instead of the voters.

The politicians have been bought and paid for.

Four, concerning wickedness (as in the days of Noah): on Aug. 4, 2023, it was reported that crime in Washington D.C. has gotten so bad that the Mexican government (home of the drug cartels) is warning its citizens to avoid going there.

Five, concerning the coming economic collapse: on Aug. 4, 2023, Michael Hartnett, a strategist at the Bank of America (based on Congressional Budget Office data), predicted that America’s national debt will rise $5.2 billion a day every day for the next ten years.

(More: On Aug. 7, 2023, Moody’s cut the ratings of ten small to mid-size banks in the U.S. and said it may soon have to downgrade some of America’s largest banks.)

(More: On Aug. 8, 2023, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that in the second quarter of 2023, credit card debt in the U.S. reached $1.03 trillion.)

(More: On Aug. 8, 2023, at the time this is being written, all the oil being used in the world is being sold in U.S. dollars. On Aug. 22, 2023, the BRICS nations plan to announce that 60% of the oil being used in the world will be sold in their new gold-backed currency. Many experts say this will eventually cause the value of the dollar to drop significantly.)

Six, concerning an Israeli normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia that would be a big step toward peace: on Aug. 7, 2023, Israeli Prime Min. Netanyahu said he believes the two nations could achieve some form of normalization in the coming months.

Time will tell.

Seven, concerning the ashes of a red heifer and a rebuilt Temple: on Aug. 8, 2023, it was reported that the Jews are only months away from having a red heifer that is old enough to sacrifice.

It has also been reported that the Israeli government has discretely shifted some funds to prepare for purification services and possibly the construction of a third Temple.

According to the report, very little is being said about this because it is an explosive issue.

Eight, concerning the coming cashless society and tracking all buying and selling: the opponent of Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Austria’s upcoming election accused Nehammer of planning to ban cash and track Austria’s citizens.

Nehammer has responded by announcing plans to push a law that guarantees Austrian citizens the right to make purchases with cash.

FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6).

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.

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Question about Jefferson Davis-if his term as csa president started before Lincoln's in 1861 why did he not face an election in 1864 like Lincoln did? When was the 1st term of Davis supposed to end

Good question!

You're correct in noting that Jefferson Davis took office as President of the Confederate States of America shortly before Lincoln took office. Davis was inaugurated on February 18, 1861 and Lincoln's first inauguration was March 4, 1861. And Lincoln had to win re-election in November 1864 before being inaugurated for his second term on March 4, 1865.

The difference is that Davis was only the "provisional" President of the Confederacy in the first year of the war. After secession began following Lincoln's election in November 1860 (while President Buchanan was a lame duck), delegates from the states that had seceded met in a Constitutional Convention to officially form the Confederacy and choose its initial leaders. While former U.S. Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia was given some consideration as President, Davis (with Georgia's Alexander Hamilton Stephens as his Vice President) was unanimously chosen as Confederate President by the delegates. But events were moving really quickly: Davis was inaugurated in Montgomery, Alabama -- the site of the Confederacy's Constitutional Convention -- just nine days after he was chosen as provisional President.

There was an actual Confederate Presidential election held in November 1861 (the mechanisms of the election were virtually identical to how the President of the United States was elected at the time). Davis and Stephens were unopposed, so they easily won re-election. Davis was inaugurated for what was intended to be his full Presidential term on February 22, 1862 (George Washington's birthday) in Richmond, Virginia, which had been chosen as the Confederacy's permanent capital by that point.

While the Confederate Constitution was very similar to the U.S. Constitution, there were some differences which help answer your question about when Davis's Presidential term was "supposed" to end. The Confederate Constitution limited the President to a single, six-year term*, so had the Civil War continued, Jefferson Davis would have been ineligible to seek re-election for another term, his full term would have ended on February 22, 1868 and he would have been succeeded by whomever had won the 1867 election. But, of course, none of that happened.

(*The single, six-year term for the President of the United States is an idea that has been debated throughout American history and at least sixteen U.S. Presidents have endorsed the idea, including Jimmy Carter. The Confederate Constitution also gave the President of the Confederacy a line-item veto -- a power which nearly every President of the United States has begged for over the years. Congress actually passed a law authorizing a federal line-item veto in 1996 and President Clinton briefly exercised that power that most of his predecessors and successors enthusiastically called for, but the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional.)

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Okay, so I watched Hamilton last night with two friends in Hamburg! It's amazing! Me and one of my friends we started with watching illegal bootlegs in like 2019 and now we were there. And it was in our own language. Crazy!

But here's the things we liked and disliked:

😍 King George is the shopping queen (translation of "he's on a spending spree")

😍 to be honest, king george was the best! He killed it! Better than groffsauce i think (i am very ashamed, but it's true). He's so funny and the way he sings is great! He kind of reminds me of baby daffy duck in the baby looney tunes, the way he spits and talks around his tongue. Amazing dude!

😍 frei sein (be free) instead of "rise up". Love it! Conveys something else but, like good. Their ultimate goal is to be free not to fight in a war (okay, sort of at least) and it goes so well with the whole freedom talk in story of 2night

😍 there is this one cast member who doesn't have a single line on his own. Only chorus. And then in Non-Stop: Ich wäre bewusstlos! (I would be unconscious) instead of "Yo, who the f is this?" Not at all what he says in the original but so so funny out of context, we were laughing so hard.

😍 burr was great! Really, I might be biased, but he was soo good. I saw him as Martin Luther King a few years back and it really fits together perfectly. So great!

😍 Ich will in dem Zimmer sein (I wanna be in the room where it happens). Very clever. I first thought it should be "raum" instead of "zimmer", but no it's perfect. Zimmer = Room. Raum = Space (like the space around you in the metaphorical sense). Pretty cool, whole song amazing!

😍 lams was sooooo gaaaay. Amazing. I was this close to shout: kiss! at them. They kept touching each other in rather ... inappropriate places...

😍 mulligan straight up barks during "my dog is more eloquent than thee"

😍 cabinet battle #2: Dir wurde ins Gehirn gekackt! Somebody shat in your brains instead of "you must be out of your goddamn mind" hilarious

😍 hamilton sobbing at the end of it's quiet uptown. Angelica sobbing at the end of satisfied!

😍 hamilton was so smiley all the time. Very young actor, but very fitting. Strange that he was always smiling (smile more, like wtf burr?) but I would also be always smiling if I were the first german hamilton. But no, he smoked weed. Yes, hamilton says he smoked weed. I dunno when, but I think it was in my shot. Very weird, but funny. Explains the smiles.

😍 burr was in a traffic jam. Ok, not literally. But instead of "I came to say congratulations" in story of 2night reprise he says something like "i got delayed". Funny

😍 Du störst, Burr! You disturb, Burr/You are the worst, Burr!

😍 peggys pigtails

😵‍💫 washington. I don't like him. At all. He doesn't seem wise or like a dad to hamilton. He seems harsh and unlikeable. Bad choice.

😵‍💫 laurens hair in act 1. I don't know what that was, but terrible is the truth.

😵‍💫 auf uns vier legendäre jungs! To us four legendary boys. Yes. That's supposed to be "Raise a glass to the four of us". Not good at all.

😵‍💫 Er wird nie im weißen Haus sein. He'll never be in the white house. Like, did that even exist then? I think not. And "never gonna be president" now vibes differently.

😵‍💫 the fast rap songs weren't translated very well. Guns and Ships wasn't very good. Neither was We know, which I normally really love.

😵‍💫 all three main women seemed like they had a very hard time. Their presence on stage was very subdued, they were easily overshadowed by the revolutionaries. I dunno why. Peggy was cute, but that was it. Angelica seemed to be nothing really. Eliza seemed very quiet and reserved, fitting to her character, but difficult on stage. Maybe also caused by Schuyler sisters questionable translation. Läuft instead of work. I dunno how to transmate it, but it sure as hell doesn't mean work.

😵‍💫 babe, ich will dein badewasser saufen. Wtf, Burr? Babe, I wanna drink your bath water? Instead of I'm a trust fund baby, you can trust me. Very bad.

🤮 es ist leise uptown. Nope. Terrible. Leave it in english, seriously!

❤️‍🔥 brenn/burn! Amazing translation. You destroyed two lives and she sure as hell didn't mean hamilton himself, but herself and maria. Very good! I think it had the best translation. Generally, the softer songs instead of the raps had a better translation, but it's also easier.

😇 very religious? Okay, we sort of took notice because we study religion, but very great.

😇 You are more popular than the messiah at pentecost Washington to hamilton during right hand man. Love it!

😇 We proceed like Moses into the promised land during my shot! Sooo good!

Conclusion: When can I go again? Please, I need to see it again!

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