FOOD NOTES

Pears and cheese go so well together.

Can't believe some people are just discovering the mixed drink known as the dark and stormy, consisting of rum and ginger beer. I've known of dark and stormies ever since I read about them in a novel 13 years ago.

Thinking about making a grilled cheese, bacon and onion sandwich this weekend. 

MEDIA-RELATED STUFF: PRAISING AND COMPLAINING

Mainstream media, Bill C-18 is the least of your problems. How about the fact that on the second segment of an hour long newscast you had a story about Madonna and a story about menu anxiety.

Enjoyed the episode of "The Dose" on CBC last night about hydration. Thoughtfully bringing up an issue and discussing it using logic and facts. Too bad virtually nothing else CBC broadcasts is like that half hour.

Also liked the episode of "Laugh Out Loud" Saturday night with James Mullenger talking about what it was like to be an Englishman living in New Brunswick.

CBC must be pretty hard up if one of the segments on "As it Happens" is previewing a program that plays clips from their archives. 

BEST BURGER POSSIBLE

The following is the best burger I could make right now using ingredients I currently have around the house.

Toast the buns.

Then, put grated cheese on the meat.

Then add a teaspoon of my buddy's homemade spaghetti sauce.

Then add a teaspoon of jerk sauce.

Add a couple hot peppers.

Add a slice of onion.

Add a slice of tomato.

 

MUSICAL WANDERINGS: THE ABILITIES OF CURRENT POP STARS

Didn't think Rihanna could sing until I heard "Lift me Up."

Similarly, I didn't think Katy Perry could actually sing until I heard her sing Carol Burnett's closing theme on her ninetieth birthday special.

Here are Lady Gaga's best piano playing moments. 

A FEW DX CATCHES

Picked up 93Q Syracuse Sunday night after midnight with CHR.

Picked up WBEE Rochester Monday night with country.

Picked up WXXI-FM Rochester Monday night with classical music and anncr. 

TURMEREC'S IMPORTANCE

Turmeric and black pepper

have each been associated with several health benefits. Combined, however, the health- promoting properties of these two ingredients are

amplified exponentially.

Why do you need black pepper with turmeric? To put

it simply, turmeric contains a compound called curcumin, which is responsible for most of its powerful health benefits. Likewise, black pepper also contains an alkaloid known as piperine, which has also been shown to have medicinal properties that are thought to be therapeutic in the treatment of many conditions. Curcumin is poorly absorbed by the body on its own. Pairing it with piperine, however, can significantly boost its absorption and allow the body to use it more efficiently.

One study conducted by the Department of Pharmacology at St. John’s Medical College in India even found that administering the two together increased the bioavailability of curcumin by 2,000 percent. When combined, these two ingredients can come with some serious benefits, ranging from decreased inflammation to better digestion and beyond.

Benefits may include.

• Decrease Inflammation. Black pepper and turmeric can have a powerful impact on inflammation. In fact, one study published in Oncogene actually tested the anti-inflammatory properties of several different compounds and found that curcumin was among the most potent. In addition to enhancing the absorption of curcumin, piperine has been shown to boast its own set of anti-inflammatory effects as well. A 2009 animal model out of Korea actually found that piperine was effective at reducing several markers of inflammation in rats with arthritis.

• Contain Cancer-Fighting Properties. In recent years, the use of turmeric and black pepper for cancer has been heavily researched. Although current research is limited mostly to in vitro studies, studies suggest that curcumin could help block the growth and spread of cancer cells while still preserving the viability of healthy cells. Similarly, piperine has been shown to help kill off cancer cells and prevent tumor formation in test-tube studies, with some research indicating that it could be beneficial in the treatment of colon cancer.

• Using turmeric and black pepper for arthritis can be an effective way to manage pain and treat symptoms right at the source. This is because, in addition to having antiinflammatory and anti-arthritic properties, turmeric and black pepper have been shown to act as natural pain relievers as well. For example, an animal study published in the Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine demonstrated that piperine is effective at treating pain in rats after just two hours, even when used in lower doses. Another study out of India also found that administering turmeric to postoperative patients helped significantly decrease pain and fatigue compared to a placebo.

The list goes on, and there is more to come.

From the Scriptures for America Dragon Slayer Newsletter, 2023, Vol. 4. 

PEDOPHILE JAILED FOR FLASHING KIDS AT PLAYGROUND MAD AT SELF FOR NOT WAITING TILL PRIDE PARADE INSTEAD

Babylon Bee

 

Pedophile Jailed For Flashing Kids At Playground Kicking Himself For Not Doing It At Pride Parade Instead

WORLDVIEWS

Jun 26, 2023 · BabylonBee.com

 

SEATTLE, WA — A man sitting in state prison for exposing himself to kids at a local playground is kicking himself that he didn't just wait and do it at a pride parade instead.

 

"Man, I'm so mad at myself!" convicted sex offender Lester Carlyle said in an interview with reporters earlier this week. "I'm sitting here serving time for lewd conduct toward minors; I should have just waited until June and then I could have exposed myself in front of tons of kids with absolutely zero consequences and their parents would have cheered me on!"

 

Carlyle said he didn't realize all he needed to do to escape legal trouble was throw on a feather boa and whip out his genitals in public in a pride parade.

 

"Dagnabit, I'm such a newb. Look at those other guys, waving their bait and tackle around in front of kids without a care in the world! If only I'd grabbed a pride flag that day I went to the park I might be eating lunch on the front lawn of the White House instead of in this dank jail cell!"

 

Carlyle said he plans on coming out as gay as soon as he gets out of jail and will be attending as many family-friendly pride events as possible. State leaders in Washington declined to comment on the matter, directing reporters instead to the state's "It's not criminal pedophilia if it happens during the month of June and the person doing it is queer" policy. 

PRIDE MEMBERS STATE THEIR AGENDA, "WE'RE COMING FOR YOUR CHILDREN."

Townhall Media

 

Hide Your Kids: Pride Members State Their Agenda, 'We're Coming For Your Children'

Sarah Arnold

June 25, 2023 10:30 AM

 

 

A group of progressive New York City Pride members sparked outrage after revealing the Left’s radical agenda it has in store for children.

 

The extreme activists were unafraid to hide their plan to indoctrinate minors through their LGBTQ propaganda, something Republican leaders have warned the country about.

 

“We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children,” the activists chanted while stomping through the streets.

 

Play video

 

The march included adult males dressed in minimal women’s clothing and women baring their exposed breasts, at a Manhattan park where families frequently go.

 

Others can be heard yelling, “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re not going shopping.”

 

 

Some signs read: “Groom Cissies” and “Drag isn’t for Cissies.”

 

The grooming of children didn’t stop there. Several marchers handed out pamphlets that promoted another event aimed at defending “Drag Story Hour” and “LGBTQ and gender nonconforming youth.”

 

“A small group of right-wing extremists has targeted DSH NYC events. We encourage parents to bring their kids and defenders to come dressed in rainbow colors or other festive gear to create a welcoming, celebratory atmosphere and drown out the voices of a few detractors,” the pamphlets read.

 

"This movement grooms minors to have mastectomies and castration and fuels a multi-billion dollar medical child abuse industry," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tweeted. "Pass the Protect Children’s Innocence Act. Let kids be kids."

 

"This is what EVIL looks like…." Graham Allen tweeted.

 

“Remember that thing they said they totally are not doing?” Former Trump-attorney Jenna Ellis pointed out.

 

Hide Your Kids: Pride Members State Their Agenda, 'We're Coming For Your Children' (townhall.com)

 

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CFTR TORONTO FROM FORTY YEARS AGO

The station's all-news format turns 30 years old this month, but here's an aircheck of the historic station from ten years earlier in its top forty days.

Wonder which program was bleeding into the 680 frequency and was it from 670 WMAQ Chicago or Montreal's 690 station?

Steve Gregory in for the late Gary Bell. 

MEDIA-RELATED STUFF

Bet the story about the meteorologist who had to quit due to PTSD over people not believing in climate change is fake.

95.5 Belleville, why mention it being National Beatles Day when you don't play them?

Google News has local items, but Bing News has a wider variety of national items.

CJBK LONDON NOVEMBER 16, 1977

It just recently went off the air after many years, but here's an aircheck of London's CJBK from a weekend several decades ago.

Didn't think London was the kind of place where people went to lunch at a strip club. They later advertise the same place as good to go with your date at the end of an evening.

Didn't know Cleveland used to have an NHL team.

POP STARS SINGING IN THEIR ANCESTRAL LANGUAGES

Here's Selena Gomez singing in Spanish.

 Remember Sarah Conner, the German pop star who had a fairly successful hit in North America in the mid-00s? Well here she is with one of her more recent songs in German.

Going a bit more rock for a moment, here's South African Seether with a song in Afrikans.

Here's Lukas Graham with a Danish birthday song. That's one happy birthday girl!

Here's Zayn Malik covering an Arabic pop song.

And, last but not least, in light of what I said about her the other day, here's Nelly Furtado singing in Portuguese.

If there's a track of Haim singing in Hebrew out there please let me know.

RADIO-RELATED STUFF: QUINTE REGION RADIO NEWS AND DX LOCATION

Picked up Warm 101.3 Rochester last Friday night with John Tesh and commercials including for CBD shop.

Cool Mix 97 had some Father's Day songs Sunday. Too bad there was no anncr to tell us the titles or artists.

Was somewhat taken aback but not entirely surprised to learn Loyalist College has suspended its radio broadcasting program. When I've listened to 91x the last while there's been next to nobody on the station. 

ALL ABOUT FREEZIES

I used to love them as a kid, but I had no idea the frozen treat in a plastic wrapper went by so many different names or, indeed, any idea of its history until I checked out the Wikipedia page. 

MUSICAL WANDERINGS: MOSTLY CURRENT HITS

The reason the Britney Spears-Elton John remake of "Tiny Dancer" is a hit is because you can hardly hear Britney.

The Luke Colmes cover of "Fast Car" sucks. He sings it with no feeling and could he not have at least changed the gender?

Saw on YouTube Bebe Rexha is supposed to be releasing an Albanian song. Wish Dua Lipa and Rita Ora would do the same.

The thing about Nelly Furtado's whole "Loose" era was it was so alienating. First, she has her breakout album "Whoa Nelly" which featured songs you'd expect a 21 year old to sing. Then came her next album, which contained songs reflecting on her life, appropriate for someone who's just entered the stage of motherhood. Then, with "Loose", she takes this bizarre whorish hip-hop turn. 

CELEBRITY WHACK

I have a feeling if Megan Fox's boys decided not to dress like girls they wouldn't get supper ever again.

Alice Cooper, become an actual Christian. Real Christians don't produce Marilyn Manson videos. Acts 2 38

Justin and Hailey Beeber, find a church that will actually root you in Christ and His ways instead of just playing around.

Likewise, Selena Gomez, start truly being a Christian. Get rid of the manipulation and self-obsession.

Alyson Stoner, of course you grew up to be pansexual. What you describe of your childhood are the same types of experiences a lot of lgbt people have had. Begin a true relationship with Jesus Christ, if you don't already have one, and allow Him to transform and redeem your sexuality. 

Demi Lovato, I pray the whole Christianity thing a few years ago was a false profession. You've been leading life on your own terms for many years now and basically making a public hash of it. It should be pretty obvious Christ is the only One who can save you at this point.

EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW (AND PREACHERS WERE AFRAID TO TELL YOU) ABOUT GUN CONTROL-PART TWO

Everything you wanted to know (and preachers were afraid to tell you) about Gun Control by Pastor Pete Peters (part 2)  INTRODUCTION            The Christian God of the Bible once made an appeal through His faithful prophet Isaiah sent to a sinful, dying, soon to be a conquered and enslaved nation. Come now, and let us reason together... Isaiah 1:18            This treatise concerning what you should know about gun control is not just an attempt to reason from statistics, history, opinions or even the Constitution of the United States, but to ultimately reason from the Word of God, the Bible, the highest of all laws and ultimate authority for any and every man who has installed Christ as King above all rule and authority. (Ephesians 1:21)

KNOW THE PATTERN, HISTORY, AND LAWS OF GOD REVEALED IN THE HOLY BIBLE OPPOSE GUN CONTROL. The Bible has much to say concerning weapons, war, and self-defense. Perhaps none has are clearer and more pertinent to the issue at hand than Luke 22:35-36:            And He said to them, 'When I sent you out without purse and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?' And they said, 'No, nothing.' And He said to them, but now, let him who has a purse take it along, likewise also a bag, and let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one.'

Note the words, "LET HIM WHO HAS NO SWORD SELL HIS ROBE AND BUY ONE." Are these words not every bit as much a common as, Love your neighbor, or turn the other cheek? Yet, how often have you heard them in a sermon? How often have you heard them explained in the present-day Judeo-Christian church world. For most the answer is NEVER.            In the days of Jesus the weaponry consisted of such items as spear, bow and sword. The sword of that day would have been the nearest thing to a handgun of our day. It could be carried on the waist, rapidly drawn from its scabbard, and used for personal defense or deadly offensive purposes.             IT WAS A LETHAL WEAPON, equivalent in our time to a pistol, a rifle, a machine gun and, yes, an assault rifle. When you carried a sword, you were as well armed as any member of Caesar's swat team.            Some may say this command was only for the Apostles, yet, Jesus told them to teach us, .. .to observe all that I commanded you; ... (Matthew 28:20)            A Christian who does not own a firearm and/or does not resist gun control disobeys the will of His Lord, Jesus Christ, who has clearly instructed him to purchase a major lethal weapon of the day. The Bible has stories of assassinations, murders, and war deaths numbering in the multi-millions all with swords. Then Jesus Christ, prior to his departure, tells the Apostles to BUY A SWORD. Naturally, this doesn't fit modern concepts of Christ and Christianity and we will address why shortly, but suffice it to say, a Christian without a gun is disobedient to the intent of those words in Luke 22:35-36.            I Timothy 5:8 says, But if any one does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

How can a Christian man provide safety for his wife and children if he disobeys the words of Christ and does not buy a modern-day equivalent of a sword? It is his ultimate responsibility, not the government's, to do the providing. Without a firearm one is in the same shape as the soviet citizen.            Alexander Solzhenitsyn, in his book, WARNING TO THE WEST said, "We the dissidents of the U.S.S.R., have no tanks, no weapons, no organization. We have nothing. Our hands are empty."            I Corinthians 10:6 and Romans 15:4 explain that the Bible   history of Old Testament times was written for our learning and instruction. This means we are to learn from the story in I Samuel  chapter 13. In reading it you will find God's people Israel (the actual forefathers of those White Christian minutemen at Lexington Green) oppressed and conquered by the nation of the Philistines. Guess what the Philistines thought was best for Israel? Yes, that's right, sword  control. I Samuel 13:19-22 tells the story well.            Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said 'Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.· So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his goad, whenever they had to sharpen the edge of the goads, of the mattocks of the forks, and of the axes, and to fix the goad points. So it came about on the day of the battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.            Jesus Christ himself made and used a weapon against evil men. This may sound incredible, even blasphemous to some, but it shouldn't, for the story is right there in the Bible.            And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers seated. And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the moneychangers, and overturned their tables;         John 2:14-15

Note from these verses that Jesus made a whip-like weapon, a scourge. Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary defines a scourge as "the instrument used to inflict severe pain." Note that He used this weapon against men. (Space does not allow us to go into detail to explain what these money­changers were really doing, but it was not too unlike our modern-day fractional reserve banking and Federal Reserve Act.  For more on this, we recommend our CD #159, "The Unmentioned Sin of America" for a $5.00 offering).            These examples and the command to buy a sword will no doubt seem strange and even un-Christian, un-Scriptural to many, for many have been taught a distorted Gospel and another Jesus Christ.            KNOW THE BIBLE HAS BEEN DISTORTED AND PERVERTED WITH ANOTHER JESUS BEING TAUGHT TO THE PEOPLE.             I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you, and want to distort the gospel of Christ.                               Galatians 1:6-7

The story goes of three blind men who jointly visited the local zoo. While there they were allowed to examine an elephant. One man felt his trunk, the other its legs, and the other its tail. When asked to describe what they found, the one who had handled the trunk said it was a snake. The one who examined the leg said it was a large tree and the man who touched the tail said it was a rope.             That is the state modern Christians are in. They have only heard small, select portions of the Bible, and as a result, have a completely distorted idea of what the Gospel of the   Kingdom of Christ is about.            They have heard only about a lowly, gentle Jesus. After John3:16 they have heard about love, forgiveness, turn the other cheek, and they are like the ignorant blind men while confidently thinking they know what Christianity is all about.

Once in a lecture to a sizable group of Christians, I passed out pen and paper asking each to briefly describe God. The    answers were, God is love, God is merciful, God is just, God is understanding. Why did I not read about God is a God of wrath, God is a jealous God, God is a God of vengeance, God is a God of war? These descriptions of our God are also in the Bible. The answer is that a distorted Gospel had been preached to them.            The fact that the gospel has been distorted in America is self-evident when one compares modern-day theology with that during the War for Independence. Many so-called Christian  leaders are helping to disarm Americans. The following excerpt from a current newspaper article illustrates this point.            Compare such an article to the following excerpt on the War for Independence from pages 290-291 of the history book, The Light and The Glory:

Nor were the exhortations of their ministers confined to words. These men did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line.     During the battles of Lexington and Concord, Chelsea's minister, Philips Payson, captured two British supply wagons single-handedly. John Craighead raised a company of militia from his    parish and himself led them off to join Washington in New Jersey, where it was recorded that he 'fought and preached alternately.' So numerous, in fact, were the fighting pastors that the Tories referred to them as, 'the black regiment," and blamed them for much of the resurging zeal of the Colonial troops. One of the most colorful examples is what happened in a staid Lutheran church in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia, one Sunday morning in 1775. The thirty-year-old pastor, Peter Muhlenberg, delivered a stirring sermon on the text,            "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." (Ecclesiastes 3:1).            He reached the end of his sermon and said a solemn prayer-and then continued to speak. "In the language of the Holy Writ, there is a time for all things. There is a time to preach and a time to fight." He paused, and then threw off his pulpit robe to reveal to the startled congregation the uniform of a colonel in the Continental Army.  "And now is the time to fight!" he thundered and then he called out, "Roll the drums for recruits!" The drums rolled, and that same afternoon he marched off at the head of a column of three hundred men. His regiment was to earn fame as the 8th Virginia, and Muhlenberg was to distinguish himself in a number of battles, rising to the rank of brigadier general, in charge of Washington's first light infantry brigade.

In light of this change, consider the following quote taken from the treatise, "Why Many Ministers Preach Pure Marxism":  Many today are amazed to find that the majority of the ministers in their community are on the other side when parents and concerned citizens are opposing subversive forces in their schools. This is true of the fight against sex education, which condones promiscuity and refuses to include morality in its teachings.  The majority of the ministers are for it! This is also true of the fight to restore Bible-reading and   voluntary prayer in our public schools-the majority of the community's ministers are against it. In many communities this also includes rabbis and Catholic priests.  But it is especially true of the majority of the Protestant ministers, particularly the younger ones. What has been happening to many of our clergymen over the past 40 years? What happened to the younger and middle-aged ones in the divinity schools? ...Every American concerned with this problem should read the story of Karl Prussian, who spent 26 years of his life in the Communist Party and who was offered a scholarship by the Party to attend Union Theological Society in New York City to be made a Methodist minister while he was still a devoted Communist. Karl Prussian served as a volunteer agent for the FBI during the last 12 years of his membership in the Communist Party and he is today devoting his life to openly exposing the Communists and warning the American people of the aims and tactics of these enemies of our nation.            KNOW HOW TO ANSWER FROM SCRIPTURE THE OBJECTIONS AND DISTORTIONS THAT PROMOTE GUN CONTROL AND CHRISTIAN PACIFISM.             When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness by the adversary He always countered with an answer from Scripture. Following are objections to the general theme of this treatise with appropriate  answers.

Objection:       Jesus said we are not to live by the sword. Answer:          This statement was made by Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane after Peter tried to stop His arrest by swinging a sword and cutting off the ear of a slave of the high priest. (Matt. 26:52). Notice, Peter had a sword in keeping with the command of Christ (Luke 22:36, 38), but he misused it by trying to interfere with the foretold arrest and crucifixion of Christ. The point is, a Christian is not to live by the sword. Christianity is a way of life wherein a  disciple is to endure and suffer a wrong, go the extra mile, forgive, petition, pray. It is not a militant, aggressive lifestyle of one living by the sword.            It is true a Christian is not to live by the sword, but it is equally true he is not to live without one. The actions, petitions, prayers, and long suffering of our forefathers are evidence they did not live by the sword but their refusal to lay down their guns showed they also refused to live without the sword. Objection:     Jesus said to love your enemy and turn the other cheek. Answer:         Jesus did teach this in Matthew 5:38-44 in the     Sermon on the Mount and we should consider each verse in light of the rest of the Scripture. First of all, it should be understood that a key to understanding the meaning of Matt. 5:38-44 lays with Matt. 5:17, Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; …  Although the ceremonial laws added 430 years after the time of Abraham (Galatians 3:17) were fulfilled and eliminated by the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ (Galatians 3:15-25), the Laws, Statutes, and Judgements codified by Moses and existing even before that with Abraham obeying them (Genesis 26:5) were not done away with and exist even today. At the time of Christ that law had been twisted and perverted by the Pharisees (Mark 7:13).            "You have heard that it was said, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." (Matthew 5:38) This was from the law and is  explained in detail in Leviticus 24:18-20. "And the one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life. And if a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has    injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him." Note this has to do with serious civil matters involving the inalienable rights of life, liberty, or property. This applied to judicial matters but not to one's private conduct involving pride and honor as the Pharisees had taken it to mean. Matthew 5:39 covers this area.  But I say to you, do not resist him who is evil; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.            Here Christ is not addressing that which involves a judicial rule but rather that which involves private conduct. It was not to be one of revenge or pride motivated conflict. The slap on the cheek was an insult and a challenge rather than a damaging blow. It was similar to the dueling day of New Orleans, when a man took his glove and slapped his opponent across the cheek with it, challenging him to a duel. In such a case the teaching here is to humble yourself and not engage in a conflict. This was not dealing with a damaging body blow or the taking of life, liberty, or property. AH: The rest of this article is available in the Scriptures for America Dragon Slayer newsletter, Vol. 4, 2023. To receive it, email preacher@sfaw.org or call 307-742-7582.