THE POPE IS DEAD

 Either this Pope (or a dark skinned one from Africa?) are the last one.  Supposedly, Nostradamus predicted this:

The death of the pope is just one of a plethora of Nostradamus's grim predictions for 2025.

The mystic predicted that 2025 would see European powers clash with England, devastating the country and spawning new 'foes'.

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Nostradamus also expected 2025 to bring pioneering advances in medicine but that England will be faced yet again with the plague, as well as battle devastating wars.

'When those from the lands of Europe, see England set up her throne behind. Her flanks, there will be cruel wars. The kingdom will be marked by wars so cruel, foes from within and without will arise.'

Many also believe the oracle has predicted the return on the 17th century plague in the words: 'A great pestilence from the past returns, no enemy more deadly under the skies.'

In an even more worrying prediction, he suggested next year would see a 'fireball from the cosmos' devastate the earth.

'From the cosmos, a fireball will rise, a harbinger of fate, the world pleads. Science and fate in a cosmic dance, the fate of the Earth, a second chance.'

Though it is possible human extinction will result in the Earth's 'second chance', and that the earth will recover from people's exploitation of resources.

He also anticipated that climate change might cause natural disasters in Brazil, home to the Amazon rainforest.

He went on: 'Garden of the world near the new city, In the path of the hollow mountains: It will be seized and plunged into the tub, forced to drink waters poisoned by sulphur.'

Nostradamus had prophesied that an extended war through 2024, like the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, would come to an end next year when the armies are spent.

AZ IN SERIOUS DROUGHT

 Bishop Koyle said it would start there and spread to the Midwest:

https://www.azfamily.com/2025/04/10/arizonas-current-long-term-drought-among-worst-record/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7FnFrDelvYlY3jheXlgxx9oQRpFAW63kyFYuBg-iU75rP5AisSrlV0DP0R2g_aem_eUpLVWMjM7ZoIqqahXNCSA#1i9wxuwied93g9jgcei24q0ox5t0scx3wm

THIS WILL HIT THE PACIFIC AND WIPE OUT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

 I expect this will happen in the lifetime of a guy that is now in his late 60's

https://youtube.com/shorts/jW4GJRa0bzo?si=RqbqeBHz7m5jozCw

Now is the time for change and introspection.

COOLEST INVENTION I HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE

 A co-worker recommended this:

See How a Device Called BedJet is Helping Couples Fight Less, Rest More, and Enjoy Bedtime Again.

Enjoy!

JOSEPH SAID THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COME NORTH

 I love this guy.  He explains how it will happen:

https://youtube.com/shorts/2KBWJQoClLw?si=uCsp3oWZDdzIyI5m

Welcome to your future...

THE PHAROAH OF THE EXODUS

 It starts getting really good at the 13 minute mark.  Up to that point, it is just background information:

Tomb of the Exodus Pharaoh: What Was Found & Why You Don't Know About It!

Enjoy!

PROOF THAT THE EARTH IS NOT FLAT - IF YOU TRUST A GREEK MATHEMATICIAN

 So many confused people out there.  I tire of trying to explain how a liquid (non-solid) like water will form a perfect sphere in zero gravity.  And then there is this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/HzEQTYutHU0?si=nFCN90rU2tQUas01

Great illustration.

MISSOURI SMACKING THE CHICOMS DOWN - A CHILLING BODING FOR OUR FUTURE

Well, this makes a chilling precedent:  seizure of assets over unpaid debts.  

What the prophecies state will happen is that after the Irresponsibles take over next election cycle or finally finish off their Responsibles mortal enemy, the dollar will tank and the Chinese will declare fraud on the American fiat currency system and then will find it within their legal and moral purview (let alone, the "Might Makes Right" mentality), to come in and seize most, if not all of America (at least from Californication to Denver).

For every (political) action, there will be an equal and opposite reaction:  aka blowback:

Attorney General Andrew Bailey Secures Historic $24 Billion Judgment Against China for Unleashing the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Home 9 Press Release 9 Attorney General Andrew Bailey Secures Historic $24 Billion Judgment Against China for Unleashing the COVID-19 Pandemic.

JEFFERSON CITY Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey secured a historic $24 billion judgment against the Chinese Communist Party for unleashing the COVID-19 pandemic — six times more than the previous largest judgment in Missouri history.

“This is a landmark victory for Missouri and the United States in the fight to hold China accountable for unleashing COVID-19 on the world,” said Attorney General Bailey. “China refused to show up to court, but that doesn’t mean they get away with causing untold suffering and economic devastation. We intend to collect every penny by seizing Chinese-owned assets, including Missouri farmland.”

The Federal court ruled that Missouri “has established this claim of damages through evidence satisfactory to the court,” proving that China caused and exacerbated the COVID-19 pandemic, harming Missourians. The ruling follows former Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s 2020 lawsuit against the Chinese Communist Party for obstructing the production, purchase, and export of critical medical equipment, including PPE, during the pandemic.

Missouri will now move to collect the $24 billion judgment and, if necessary, will work with the Trump Administration to identify and seize Chinese-owned assets — a critical step in protecting Missouri’s economy and national security.

A full copy of the judgment can be read here.

ONE INTERESTING GATE

 This is why I love history:

The Gate

This story I share in commemoration of the anniversary of the organization of the Relief Society. 

It was early summer, 1916, near Tabiona in eastern Utah. The ward relief society president, Esther Wagstaff, decided she wanted to pay a visit to those sisters who lived across the River who had been shut in by winter snows and bad roads. She asked one of her counselors to go with her, Elena Dorothy Lambert Michie. The two of them climbed in the wagon and began their ministering journey of love and duty. 

 As the day progressed, they traveled from sister to sister making their visits. Each time they came to a gate to someones property, Sister Michie would climb down, open it, wait for Sister Wagstaff to drive the wagon through, and then she would close it and climb back up in the wagon. Now, for a pioneer woman in her sixties that’s a chore, especially for one suffering from severe vericose veins. Elena or ‘Grandma Lena’ as her family referred to her, said, 

 Well, we turned homeward, and of course, there were the gates to go through again, but we didn’t talk of that.  I just climbed out of the wagon and opened each gate as we came to it, and when Sister Wagstaff had driven through I closed the gate again and got back into the wagon.  As we neared the last gate Sister Wagstaff said, “Hasn’t this been a satisfying day?  It has been so good to visit these sisters.”

 I said, “Yes, it’s been a wonderful day.  Now if we just didn’t have to open anymore gates!”

 To our amazement, the gate just ahead of us opened by itself.  The heavy piece of two by four that went from the gate into the gate posts moved by itself and the gate swung open.  I had dragged it open a few hours before.  Sister Wagstaff drove through.  One of us said in a whisper, “Let’s watch and see if it closes.”  We both turned around and watched as the gate swung shut and was fastened.

 I just can’t tell you how we felt.  I guess it was a miracle right before our eyes.  Those gates were heavy.  You know how they were made, poles and two by fours and barbed wire.  Well, we had done the best we could to do our duty.  Maybe our guardian angels were there to help.  I just don’t know.

The Lord once said, “I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you to bear you up.” (Doctrine and Covenants 84:88) And so they are!

Source: : https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/KWCF-4V5

THE PAY OF AN ENGINEER

 Remember the story of the engineer who asked for a payment of $10,000 and justified it as $1 to turn the screw and $9,999 to know which screw to turn?

Well, that famous engineer did exist, his name is Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923)

Once, their paths crossed with those of Henry Ford.

At Ford's River Rouge plant, there was a technical problem with a large generator, and the plant's electrical engineers couldn't figure out where the problem was.

Ford himself turned to Steinmetz for help.

When the "little giant" arrived at the factory, he refused any help and demanded a notebook, a pen, and a cot.

He spent two days and two nights in the factory, listening to the noise of the generator, while performing countless strange and complicated calculations.

Then, abruptly, he demanded that they bring him a ladder, a tape measure, and some blackboard chalk.

With considerable effort (given the hump and shoulder dysplasia he suffered from), he climbed the ladder until he reached the top of the generator.

Then, using the tape measure, he calculated a precise point on the surface of the enormous machine, where he made a mark with chalk.

He then climbed down the ladder and told the skeptical engineers surrounding him that they would have to remove the side plate, disassemble the generator coil, and remove 16 turns of wire, starting from the exact spot where he had made his chalk mark.

When the corrections were made, to the engineers' amazement, the generator was back to working perfectly.

Ford subsequently received a bill for ten thousand dollars, signed by Steinmetz of General Electric.

The famous American businessman returned it, acknowledging the excellent work done by the brilliant engineer of European origin, but respectfully asking for a more detailed invoice (ten thousand dollars was an astronomical sum at that time!).

Steinmetz complied with the request, returning the invoice, to which he added the following detail:

- Chalk mark on the generator: $1

- Know where to dial: $9,999

Total to pay: $10,000

The bill was paid. Silently, without protest, and without further delay.

The anecdote appears in a letter from Jack B. Scott to the editor of "Life" magazine, published on May 14, 1965. His father, Burt Scott, had been an employee of Henry Ford for many years.