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SOCIAL ENGINEERING: SOVIET ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCE
THE REVOLUTION IS STILL WITH US: A century ago, the Russian uprising of October 1917 defined the world order we know now, in which the struggle between individual and collective, capital and welfare, identity and authority continues to rage in new and unexpected ways. And though the Soviet state ultimately failed, it nevertheless left smoldering the embers of unrealized utopias and potentialities—visions of life and experience that challenged Western realities of oligarchy, democracy, colonialism, and war.
Art was at the center of these transformations. More so than Thermidor or Tahrir Square, the October Revolution posed the perceptual as political. Changing the way we see and sense could change the way we acted and thought. Forms, materials, making, organizing—these were, and could still be, the elements of a new society. In the essay that follows, scholar Devin Fore unearths radical models of Soviet social organization.
Chronocard from the 1968 edition of Platon Kerzhentsev's Printsipy organizatsii (Principles of Organization) (Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1924).
WITHIN THE CULTURAL HISTORY of selfhood, the Soviet "chronocard" constitutes a very curious artifact. Distributed to the thousands of members of the League of Time, a division within the legendary movement for the Scientific Organization of Labor (not), this tool for autosurveillance enjoined its user to register in its columns such everyday activities as sleeping, working, eating, commuting, attending lectures, relaxing, hygiene, and reading. (The chart also featured a write-in category at the bottom.) Part of a pervasive mania for efficiency and social management in the early Soviet period, the chronocard arrayed the biorhythms of the individual like the timetable of a train. However, unlike practices such as the confessional, diary writing, and other reflexive techniques of the self that were dominant in the West, the end product of the chronocard's quantitative life-logging was never meant to be a stable subject. Indeed, one of the most striking features of the card's method for self-auditing is the utter discontinuity of the events that it records. Once the prescribed block of sleep breaks off punctually at 8 am, life activities begin to flicker all over the chart. A montage of unconnected episodes and encounters, the chronocard presents a manifestly nonidentitarian portrait of the human psyche.
Before founding the League of Time in 1923, Platon Kerzhentsev began his political career working in the grassroots studios of the Proletkul't, where he and colleagues like Stepan Krivtsov and Valerian Pletnev investigated the properties of different group configurations. For the Proletkul'tists researching in these social laboratories, collectivism was not an abstract ideal but a concrete science that had its own laws and analytic instruments. The group engineered communal studios for making graphic art, literature, and theater, and even assembled information collectives to form a kind of distributive organic computer based on a principle they called vzaimoinformatsiia (reciprocal information). One important discovery made during these experiments was that the products of collective labor qualitatively changed depending on the size of the ensemble. Based on this research, Kerzhentsev and his colleagues stipulated that for the purposes of, say, collective artistic creation, studios must consist of twenty to twenty-two people––no fewer, but also no more. Against an ascending current of Soviet gigantomania that equated bigger with better, Proletkul't work demonstrated that a group that was too large was just as disadvantageous as one that was too small, and might even prove to be counterproductive.1
The Proletkul't organizational scientists experimented not just with the size of these collectives, but also with different structural topologies. Kerzhentsev designed flexible organizational schemes for a variety of operations, including education, political deliberation, and, of course, production. To each of these tasks corresponded a distinct social morphology, and each of these configurations, in turn, placed different demands on the abilities and resources of its constituent members. A favorite topic in Kerzhentsev's essays on organization was the principle of reorganization, which he illustrated with reference to Trotsky's Red Army: Established during the Russian Civil War, this military body was at various times also deployed as a labor unit (both in factories and in the countryside) and as an educational institution (to combat rural illiteracy). For Kerzhentsev, each of these emergent properties––war machine, force of production, instrument of enlightenment––could be extracted from the same collective depending on that group's configuration. Why demobilize the Red Army at the end of the civil war when instead it could be continuously reorganized?2
Interrogating the undifferentiated distinction between individual and collective, Proletkul't research into the scale and topology of group design discovered an entire universe of mesoscalar social configurations between these two extremes. (At the present historical juncture, this is an especially urgent lesson for the Left in the United States, which now confronts the painful consequences of having focused for decades on the highest levels of government, while the Right has been strategically targeting school boards and state legislatures and mobilizing regional forces from megachurches to local talk radio.) Each particular assemblage is held together by different forces of affective adhesion, unleashing different emergent capabilities latent in the social group: The leaderless pack, for example, dispels the paranoid identifications of the crowd, but is itself prone to forms of physical contagion (Canetti and Deleuze); the heterosexual couple constitutes a metabolic combat vehicle whose internal hierarchy makes it superior in warfare to the homosexual group, which is fused by lateral bonds (Virilio); and the capitalist enterprise generates, in addition to its concrete material output of commodities, a surplus quantum of energy that can be discharged only in the international arena through imperialist violence (Luxemburg). Every social apparatus generates determinate effects and by-products that are by turns salutary and baleful.
The Proletkul't experiments recognized, too, that the behavior of a collective regularly diverges from the explicit objectives of its members, even when these objectives are held in common by a group of like-minded individuals. So often it is organizational topology, rather than personal intention, that determines the success or failure of a given political impulse. The disjuncture between individual and collective behavior, which marks the disciplinary border between psychology and sociology, cuts both ways: Just as a progressive initiative will fizzle when introduced into a social framework that neutralizes it structurally, so, too, can a selfish motive generate altruistic behavior if put in the right context. The Futurist Viktor Pertsov, who began his career as a secretary in Kerzhentsev's organization, observes in "Individual and Collective" that personal proclivities and tendencies will assume different articulations depending on the social system into which the individual is placed. Thus, Pertsov proposes, a person with a restless character has the potential to become either a vagrant or a traveling scholar, depending on his society.3 Given proper organization, the personal shortcomings of an individual, no matter how egoistic, can be transformed into collective accomplishment. This notion can be found already in Immanuel Kant's essay "Perpetual Peace" (1795), where the philosopher observes that "the problem of the constitution of a state, however hard it may sound, would be capable of solution even by a race of devils, if only they had understanding."4
Photograph from Sergei Tret'iakov's Vyzov: kolkhoznye ocherki (The Summons: Sketches from the Kolkhoz) (Moscow: Federatsiia, 1930).
Aleksandr Rodchenko once noted that a host of divergent capacities are always present in any given psyche. "A man is not just one sum total," he wrote: "He is many, and sometimes they are quite opposed." From this, Rodchenko famously concluded that it is impossible to provide a single, summary portrait of a person, either psychological or physiognomic.5 For him, the self is always a multitude, the individual dividual. The Proletkul'tists were similarly skeptical of the conceit of the internally "harmonious" (i.e., monotonous) self that had underwritten bourgeois ego psychology, and they campaigned instead for the individual to acquire a rich inventory of selves that were maximally discontinuous and conflicted. From the trade union, the guild (artel), and the seminar to the artistic circle (kruzhok), the workers' club, and the amateur theater group, revolutionary society dramatically multiplied the opportunities for organizational interface, and while each of these systems interpellated an additional aspect of individual identity, there was no expectation that these diverse facets would ever achieve a grand characterological synthesis. To the contrary, for the psychoanalyst turned schizoanalyst Aron Zalkind, not's ideal for the "psychology of the future human" was perforce radically discontinuous and dynamic, a self based not on "stagnation" but on "condensation." Anything but harmonious, this subject was a "cold bomb" who, Zalkind explained, could be "either peaceful or explosive" depending on the social field in which she was situated.6 This highly reactive and fundamentally unstable human compound might be reading quietly one moment and agitating fervently the next. The ideal of discontinuous selfhood that is illustrated in the League of Time's chronocard recalls Marx's famous account of communism as a social organization in which it is possible "to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner . . . without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic."7 Each station of the day is a practice, not a personal identity.
In this way, the organizational scientists of Proletkul't proposed a unique solution to political philosophy's seemingly insoluble conflict between necessity and freedom, between social constraint and individual liberty. For them, revolutionary society was to be realized not by subordinating the individual to a monolithic collective, nor by espousing a version of radical autonomy that, to Marx at least, was tantamount to sociopathy (the pseudoliberty of "man as an isolated monad who is withdrawn into himself"8). Rather, they advocated multiplying and diversifying what Viktor Shklovsky later called "unfreedoms" (nesvobody). Forms of objective unfreedom are indispensable for creation, novelty, and personal development; the ossatures of human relationships and labor habits are the "gymnastic equipment" on which the self exercises, Shklovsky wrote in 1926.9 Increasing the number of unfreedoms thus further individuates the subject, transforming an anthropologically underdetermined being into a sheer singularity. While the individual withers under conditions of radical autonomy, she thrives through the intensification and continuous variation (i.e., reorganization) of the connections binding self to world. As Lenin observed in a philosophical fragment on dialectics, it is through a kind of robust and positive intersectionality, not through dedifferentiation and generality, that the individual is able to partake of the universal: "Every individual enters incompletely into the universal, etc., etc. Every individual is connected by thousands of transitions with other kinds of individuals (things, phenomena, processes), etc."10 Here Lenin anticipates the process that Gilbert Simondon would later dub "transindividuation," the mechanism whereby a singularity emerges through an encounter between forces exerted by both organic and inorganic beings within a given sociotechnical milieu. Each additional vector, or what Lenin calls a "transition," diversifies the repertoire of entanglement in the world, further individuating and nuancing the subject in the process. "The more strings the marionettes are allowed to have, the more articulated they become," writes Bruno Latour. And so "the question to be addressed is not whether we should be free or bound but whether we are well or poorly bound."11 The revolution instructs that self-realization comes about not by freeing oneself from bonds, but by multiplying good bondage.
Devin Fore is a professor in the department of German at Princeton University.
1. On the structure of the Proletkul't studios, see Stepan Krivtsov, "Kruzhkovaia rabota" (The Work of the Circle), Proletarskaia kul'tura (Proletarian Culture), no. 3 (August 1918): 21–25; Platon Kerzhentsev, "Metody raboty 'Proletkul'ta'" (The Working Methods of 'Proletkul't'), Proletarskaia kul'tura (Proletarian Culture), no. 6 (February 1919): 18–22; as well as L. A. Pinegina, Sovetskii rabochii klass i khudozhestvennaia kul'tura, 1917–32 (The Soviet Working Class and Artistic Culture, 1917–32) (Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Moskovskogo universiteta, 1984).
2. Platon Kerzhentsev, Printsipy organizatsii (Principles of Organization) (Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1924).
3. Viktor Pertsov, "Lichnost' i kollektiv" (Individual and Collective), in O chem i kak pisat' rabochemu pisatliu (What and How to Write for the Worker-Writer) (Moscow: Khudozhestvennaia literatura, 1931), 47–51.
4. Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay (1795), trans. Benjamin F. Trueblood (Washington, DC: American Peace Society, 1897).
5. Aleksandr Rodchenko, "Against the Synthetic Portrait, for the Snapshot" (1928), trans. John E. Bowlte, in Photography in the Modern Era: European Documents and Critical Writings, 1913–1940, ed. Christopher Phillips (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989), 241.
6. Aron Zalkind, "Psikhlogiia cheloveka budushchego" (Psychology of the Future Human) in Zhizn' i tekhnika budushchego (Life and Technology of the Future), ed. Ernest Kol'man (Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1928), 432–503.
7. Karl Marx, The German Ideology (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1998), 53.
8. Karl Marx, "On the Jewish Question" (1844), trans. Gregor Benton, in Karl Marx: Early Writings (London: Penguin Books, 1992), 229.
9. Viktor Shklovsky, Third Factory, ed. and trans. Richard Sheldon (Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis, 1977), 36.
10. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, "On the Question of Dialectics," in Collected Works, ed. Stewart Smith, trans. Clemence Dutt (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1976), 38: 359.
11. Bruno Latour, Reassembling the Social (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), 216; and Latour, "Factures/Fractures: From the Concept of Network to the Concept of Attachment," trans. Monique Girard Stark, Res, no. 36 (Autumn 1999): 22.


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Dreams and Nightmares - Dec 24, 2022
Seriah is joined by Super Inframan and Wren Collier to discuss dreams, comas, and other altered states of consciousness. Topics include NDE's, astral projection, Robert Monroe, sleep paralysis, sleeping behavior and Parkinson's disease, cultural dismissal of dreams, Joshua Cutchin and "Ecology of Souls", precognitive dreams, Wren's personal experience of a precognitive dream, information sent through time, Super Inframan's personal youth experience, the Taurus symbol, astrology, Seriah's experience receiving his mystical name, Seriah's autobiography, ketamine therapy, DMT and other chemical explanations for NDEs, Near Death Experiences and their variations, Seth channeled material and NDEs, medical investigations of the NDE experience, comas and full-body paralysis, diverse experiences while in a coma state, lucid dreaming and OBEs, post-OBE "drunkenness", unfolding dreams and false awakenings, nested dreams, repetitive nightmares, snake imagery, dreams of school, listeners' and acquaintances' stories of coma experiences, feeling dead but being wrong, time dilation in altered states, alternate lives in altered states, life as an arcade game, video game experiences, movie dreams, "Johnny Got His Gun" 1938 novel by Dalton Trumbo and 1971 film directed by the author about a severely wounded soldier trapped in his body, the Metallica song "One" and the video accompanying it, dreams of departed friends, dreams of people one has lost contact with, instant (dream-free) experience of being in a coma, medically induced comas, morphine dreams, different perceptions of time, coma dreams based on movies, the experience of another entity with the person in a coma, a disturbing listener experience, entities interacting with coma patients, alien abductions and altered states experiences, "Among The Stars And Bones" fictional podcast, Wren handles an ethereal attacker, werewolves and dream experiences, UK series "Room 5", official science's new approach to dreams, doctors as shamans, fictional podcast "Tomorrow's Monsters", napping, the physical/mental/etc. benefits of sleep. Brutal U.S.S.R. sleep experiments, THC and dreams, and much more! This is a fascinating episode, loaded with personal experiences and not to be missed!
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This 3-song collection was recorded over 15 years at the odd times when this weird instrumental pseudo-western music popped out of my brain.
Click the individual song titles above for the story behind each song.
El Bandido - Found in a stash of songwriting demos recorded in 2003.
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Out To Get Them - Recorded for this release in the Red Shed in 2013.
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Wolf Alice Concert Review: A Dazzling and Powerful Homecoming
Singer Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice, an English alternative rock band, performs at Boston's Paradise Rock Club on Nov. 11. By Courtesy of Sofia Andrade
By Sofia Andrade, Crimson Staff Writer
At the start of Wolf Alice's sold-out Nov. 11 show at the Paradise Rock Club, guitarist Joff Oddie told a crowd of "familiar faces" that it felt like a "homecoming." It was the first time the band had been in the states since 2018, but the indie outfit's three Londoners wasted no time in dazzling their Boston audience. This tour comes on the heels of their latest album, the critically acclaimed "Blue Weekend" from this summer. Most of the show pulled from this album and from 2017's similarly-acclaimed "Visions of a Life." The result was a striking set that showcased the band's power over a stunning range of genres.
Kicking off the show with the explosive firepower of their tracks "Smile" and "You're a Germ," the band went on to do what they do best: turn their rich, varied catalog into a dynamic performance. From the heavy, driving force of hard rock songs like "Play the Greatest Hits" to the melodic melancholia and sultriness of songs like, "Feeling Myself," the band's decision to juxtapose songs that showcased their impressive range meant that the crowd was captivated from start to finish.
"Let's all have a dance together, shall we?" Rowsell asked the crowd before breaking out into a supercharged rendition of a sparkling, infectiously-poppy single from their early days, "Bros." Featuring Rowsell armed with her black electric guitar and a stage overtaken by flashing neon lights, the song brought a palpable rush of energy to an over an hour-long performance already bursting at the seams. They followed that electric strat with their latest single, 2021's lovesick ballad "Safe From Heartbreak (If You Never Fall in Love" showcasing an enchanting emotional range. That dynamism meant that even the band's most well-known songs found new meaning in the spaces made between raging guitar solos and soothing synths.
And Wolf Alice sustained that compelling variety throughout the show — a complex mélange of shoegaze, grunge, garage rock, indie, and alternative genres. As proven in their mesmerizing range, the band can do it all. And they reminded their audience of that fact over and over again over the course of the night.
Each of the four members was an integral part of the show's power, but it was Rowsell's voice that tied the show together. "I heard that journeys end in lovers meeting / But my journey ends when my heart stops beating / I'm leaving," she raged in the chorus of "Visions of a Life," her voice almost seeming to break under the pressure of the song's cutting lyrics. Her performance of songs like "No Hard Feelings" and "How Can I Make it OK?" carried a similarly compelling weight, complete with growling, shouting, and impossibly high notes that soared over the crowd. Even in lighter songs like "The Last Man on Earth" — which Rowsell performed with a red rose in her hand — her crystalline voice also shone.
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Marine Corps Marathon Recap
Coach Jerry wrote an excellent report of the Marine Corps Marathon and St. Rita's 5k, here it is below:
I am extremely proud of our performance at the Marines Corps Marathon. It was a very warm and humid day for a marathon, and the course was even more difficult than normal because of the extra distance and turns in Virginia, but that did not prevent our guys from turning in an excellent morning of racing. Jerry Outlaw led the way, finishing 6th in 2:33:14, followed closely by Blake in 8th in 2:33:52, Sean Barrett in 10th in 2:34:02, Graham in 14th in 2:36:34, and Breezy in 76th in 2:55:10. Outlaw ran a superb tactical race, going out relaxed and picking up steam in the later stages, and he went from outside of the top 10 at 20 miles to 6th at the line. For a reason that we've yet to determine, Outlaw did not feel wonderful from the start, and he even considered dropping out in the middle miles, but he hung tough, and showed why he has a great future in the marathon. To my way of thinking, Outlaw is a legitimate contender to make the Olympic Trials in 2020, and as he improves steadily each successive training cycle and continues to fine tune his approach to marathon training, we are going to see some fast times from him in the near future. Blake made an outstanding marathon debut, competing the entire distance, and finishing strong. Blake ran stride for stride with an Army athlete for the final 18 miles of the race, and Blake and the eventual 9th place finisher dueled it out all the way to the tape, with Blake going past him for good up the final hill. Blake has great potential in the marathon, and while his medical school schedule will be an obstacle to his immediate progress, I am sure we will see more from Blake in the this event in the future. Graham had an outstanding training cycle, and I would not have hesitated on October 1 to deem him our top entrant, but he developed a hip issue that prevented him from doing more than a couple of runs in the last 3 weeks. If that wasn't bad enough, the anti-inflammatory he took before the race caused him to have stomach problems that mandated a pit stop on Hains Point, ruining his chance to compete for a top 5 finish. But despite those considerable obstacles, Graham fought all the way to the tape, and produced a very solid time on a difficult day. Graham is a great talent, and we will see some outstanding performances from him in 2017, and beyond.
As impressive as those performances were, to me the big story of the day was Sean's race. As you all know by now, Sean is deploying to Iraq tomorrow, and it took a good bit of negotiating for Sean to obtain clearance from the Marine Corps to even get on the starting line. Despite having his training interrupted by a site visit to Iraq last month and a demanding series of field exercises to prepare him for the daunting challenges he will face overseas, Sean got in a reasonable buildup, and even though he knew his training wasn't ideal, he was determined to take a shot at a top 5 finish. Sean's plan was to go with the lead pack early, bide his time at the back of the group, and make a move when the opportunity presented itself. Sean executed the plan perfectly, and by the time we got across the 14th Street bridge (and I say we because I rode my bike with Sean from the Key Bridge to the finish--and don't think I'm not sore today from the ride), Sean had moved into 6th place, and was well clear of the chase pack. At around mile 22, I thought Sean was ready to take a shot at catching the runner in 5th place, and he was running strong and controlled. And then at around mile 24, seemingly all of a sudden, he was not. The lack of long runs due to weekend exercises and dehydration from the heat conspired to put Sean into a dark place that none of you ever want to experience, and by mile 25 Sean was "seeing black stars" and barely moving. He had built up enough of a gap on his pursuers that I thought he might be able to hold on for 6th place, but the finish line could not come soon enough, and in the last 800 meters Outlaw went by him, followed by another athlete, and by the time Sean turned for the final hill, Blake and his Army travelling companion were approaching fast. I hoped that Sean could hold on, but the hill was too much, and Sean literally walked up it, and it was all he could do to stagger across the line in 10th, completely and utterly spent. I've seen a lot of runners run a lot of races, and I don't know that I've ever seen anyone fight as hard with as little in the tank as Sean did those last 2 miles. I couldn't be more proud of Sean's effort, and I eagerly await his return to competition after he finishes his tour in Iraq.
Not to be ignored in all of the excitement over MCM is the fact that we had some strong performances at St Ritas 5k on Saturday. Amy L ran an excellent 17:20, which ties her for 4th on the GRC all-time list. Amy's performance is particularly impressive because she had a nasty illness earlier this month which disrupted her training. Elyssa ran approximately 18:20 (the results are inaccurate), and she will run much faster in the weeks ahead. For the guys, Ryan ran 15:40, followed by Wertz in 15:42, and Evan in 16:14.
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Work is underway. For today, the flowchart looks like this.
I made 162 pictures in a week. Basically, these are animation pictures. There are almost 1230 pictures in the game right now. This is a lot and it's not the limit. We still have to make branches for girls with the names Pride, Gluttony, Lust.
Bungler News
Everything is going well in this game too. I made 11 pictures in a week. The flowchart looks like this.
Work on the game continues.
This week I decided to add another language to the game — Portuguese. I think we need to expand the reach of the audience.
Our first game, Girls by the Road, is available in Portuguese.
Thank you to everyone who supports us at such a time.


What "hot powers" does a power of attorney confer?
On behalf of Chayet & Danzo, LLC posted in Powers of Attorney on Sunday, October 12, 2014.
For Colorado residents planning their estates, there may be concerns about empowering a representative to make certain legal or financial decisions as needed under certain conditions. While a power of attorney is used to designate such a representative, the type of power of attorney selected affects the types and timing of decisions to be made by that individual.
Certain responsibilities are also conferred by the type of designation selected that must be specifically listed in the document; these are known as "hot powers." These powers can involve financial actions or changes to important estate planning documents such as trusts. The ability of a representative to exercise powers or rights in a partnership must be listed to be effective. Rights to exercise certain fiduciary powers and to disclaim or release property or waive a principal's rights as a beneficiary are all possible hot powers.
Certain hot powers can only be performed by a designated relative, including a parent, sibling, spouse, child or grandchild. This is true even if the powers are listed as being assigned to a non-qualified individual. These hot powers include being able to make a gift, adjust rights of survivorship and beneficiary designations, and make adjustments to trusts. A power of attorney must be notarized to become effective. This document does not eliminate one's own right to make decisions as such action can only be accomplished by conservatorship or guardianship action.
Because hot powers must be designated and because each individual case presents unique circumstances, an individual considering the appointment of a power of attorney could benefit from discussing his or her situation with an estate planning lawyer. While the above information supplies a general overview of hot powers as they pertain to powers of attorney, it is not meant to be construed as legal advice.


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The President Of The United States Has Admitted To Reckless Mass-Murder
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead / Public Domain
President Trump knew that coronavirus would kill Americans and chose to play it down anyway.
President Donald Trump knew the risk that the coronavirus posed to human beings, yet chose to downplay it and work against any public health experts who were trying to contain it.
Some are calling the president's acts 'negligence' when in reality they were probably reckless.
Negligence means a crime has been committed because a defendant failed to recognize a risk or failed to act upon a duty (which may also apply here because Trump owes a duty of care to the American people).
"The difference between recklessness and negligence is that recklessness is conduct that is so obviously dangerous that the person knows or should know that their behavior could lead to harm," Jack Bernstein of the law firm Bernstein & Maryanoff explains.
Trump told Bob Woodward in early February that the coronavirus "is deadly stuff."
The president also told Woodward in March: "I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic."
Here, Trump knew the risk but was indifferent to its consequences.
As Carl Bernstein said on CNN yesterday: "[In these tapes], we listen to him cover up this grave national emergency."
Bernstein continued, "This is one of the great presidential felonies of all time, maybe the greatest presidential felony, and we have the smoking gun tape of the president committing the felony."


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A series of Kaminski essays about 9/11 - what really took place and why.	Read More
The Truth behind the Holocaust and why Germany was destroyed in World War II.	Read More
Kaminski explores the history of the destruction of society through a series of essays.	Read More
We're all trapped in a complex web of mistranslated myth.	Read More
How the deck is stacked
Published: Sunday, 23 September 2018 11:04
What will you say when they come for you?
A man may be personally ever so well off, and yet if his country be ruined, he must be ruined with it.
— Pericles (Thucydides), 423 BC
'A system that does not believe in truth must be overthrown by people who do'
Otherwise we're all just narcissistic robots of use to no one and no thing while killing other people for profit. Failure to repair this swindlers' system has created a species enslaved by attractions that amuse and addict them but simultaneously conceal from them the frauds behind the social extortion within which they live their entire lives, which eventually turn bitter from the pointlessness of their inevitably misplaced efforts.
How do you deal with a government that declares the truth is no defense? You overthrow it, or concede that you are a powerless slave.
Assuming any judge at any time in history can be impartial and immune to the political realities of his time remains a shot in the dark very much dependent on many variables. You may assume to your advantage that your judge is the product of the system that has arrested you, and determined to enforce the will of his employers regardless of what the evidence might prove.
This totalitarian tendency is frighteningly evident in all the countries of Western Europe where courts have ruled, in Alice in Wonderland fashion, that the truth is no defense. Sylvia Stolz is the famous German lawyer who has been jailed repeatedly for simply trying to defend her clients. Judges whose minds are mutilated by this enduring Jewish conspiracy refuse to listen to common sense and hard evidence because their bureaucratic careers depend on them ignoring all the evidence and simply suppressing the truth.
Law abiding citizens nowadays get charged not so much with material crimes like murder but more likely with violations of government restrictions meant to regulate a potentially unruly populace by either curtailing or regulating some of their popular freedoms. Too many of these regulations over time have resulted in freedom being reduced to the condition of a human in an iron lung, unable to breathe without permission from the state.
Your judge is corrupt, your state is criminal, and your odds of being found innocent by conventional means are minimal.
So when that day comes, and you are hauled before a judge for committing some spurious illegality such as Holocaust denial or 9/11 truth, here is some advice about what to say.
Same reason for every problem
When you take the trouble to learn the real history of the world, you will soon run afoul of anti-Semitism laws, because the Jews have taken control of what the public learns about history. Because what they have written is mostly an agglutination of self serving lies that make raping children legal that they must cover up by extraordinary means.
In an obnoxiously booming voice, the judge intones: "By challenging the state's history about World War II, your have been charged with defaming the memory of the dead, and committing hate crimes against the Jews! How to do you plead?"
"Your honor, I submit that Jewish claims about the so-called Holocaust are false, and consequently Jews defame the entire world by insisting they are true. In keeping with the well known legal maxim "the defense for libel is truth", I further submit that I can prove my case about World War II deaths, whereas the Jews — despite a Holocaust publishing industry that has flooded the world with preposterously impossible fiction — cannot prove anything close to the atrocities they have cynically alleged. They have failed to do this in previous trials because they cannot prove their lies or dispute the truth of their debunking without simply telling more lies.
It's not 6 million, it's 290,000. The majority of German labor camp fatalities occurred after allied bombing had cut off supply lines and people died of either starvation or typhus. Internees at the Auschwitz camp had a swimming pool, a dentist and they put on plays. The Germans were much kinder to their enemies than the Jewish allies were to their German prisoners. Contrast these Auschwitz amenities, please, with the way the Americans bombed Dresden into literal rivers of blood or let 2 million German prisoners starve to death in a field in France after peace had been declared.
All the horror stories attributed to America's enemies are really warped reflections of America's own actual behavior against the world — barbaric beyond belief! One cannot help but wonder about the IQ of Americans who support the criminal activities of the American military, activity that U.S. leaders continually lie about, as demonstrated by Donald Trump's current blithering about Syria, where children are apparently killed by U.S. proxies and used in videos trying to blame poison gas attacks on the innocent Syrian president.
And as with 9/11, they're not even convincing lies, which means the American people who support their criminal government's behavior are forced to act even stupider than they already are!
The billions of dollars extorted from nations and peoples around the world thanks to Jewish lawyers and judges bribing legislators and world leaders for Holocaust reparations are based on a projected Jewish homicidal fantasy falsely attributed to the victims of precisely this behavior.
These claims are the product of the classically depraved Jewish imagination, which is hostile to everything but its own sadistic fantasy of wreaking vengeance on the whole world for the pain they have inflicted upon themselves for two thousand years.
360 degree tyranny
You cannot discuss contemporary politics in an authentic way without uncovering excessive and subversive Jewish influence in practically every category of human endeavor.
This control of course begins with the Jewish monopoly on money. This enables them to influence every activity on the planet, and also to record their very biased accounts of these activities and distribute them to the public as gospel. Since they control the bulk of the world's media, the reach of their propaganda dwarfs any other source, and thereby greatly affects both the attitudes of people as well as the operation of the world.
The consensus reality they have foisted on the world is curiously devoid of actual human characteristics, with everything coming down to financial survival in a world of plenty within which the vast majority are stricken by horrific poverty. And ruled by a ruthless overclass who regard most of their fellow humans as . . . cattle.
What makes these kosher depredations more difficult to identify lately is Jewish control of the police. The arrest of Jez Turner in England for shining a light on the private Jewish police force named Shomrim reveals the closeness between the British constabulary and the nefarious kosher influences that have controlled Great Britain for centuries. The Jewish courts slammed Turner into jail as fast as possible and we will be lucky to see him come out in one piece.
Police in the U.S. who are now trained in Israeli terror tactics have in recent years become infamous for murdering innocent bystanders, trashing the wrong addresses and shooting people's harmless pets.
Among the worst are the hundreds of people who have been thrown into jail in Germany over the years for trying to tell the truth about the lies the Jews have told about World War II, as well as other world events, notably 9/11.
Germany has turned into a nation of Jewish controlled robots unable to see the perversion of history that transformed Adolf Hitler from the world's greatest leader into the world's greatest villain. This false history has resulted in the tyrant Merkel, an East German lesbian Communist, inviting Africa to invade Germany at the behest of the Jews, deliberately debauching her own country.
It would seem to be clear by now that all the Western countries have been sabotaged by deliberately harmful immigration politics that make them more susceptible to sabotage and instability, which is just the way the Jews want them . . . just like Palestine, with people living in rubble constantly bombed by Israel simply for the crime of not being Jews.
Debunking Holocaust propaganda
Here's what you say to the judge:
I can prove what I say and you can't prove what you say. Your Holocaust tale is a hoax, constructed to serve as a smokescreen for your colossal crimes, which aim at nothing less than the extermination of the entire non-Jewish population of the world.
You call my actions a hate crime? I call it investigating of a neverending 360-degree conspiracy in which Jews have created a world of their own that basically excludes everybody else on the planet and is totally devoid of any trace of either nature or reality.
Most notable among these restricted freedoms is the need for permission to own firearms to protect oneself and one's family from random acts of violence, which often are generated by our own police. All gun control measures aim to enslave the populace and make it easier to murder government opponents.
Private possession of guns is precisely what has kept America relatively free all these years. Give up your guns and you give up your freedom — followed shortly thereafter by your life.
But rising beyond all that in importance is the ability to say and think what's on your mind without regard to offending someone. This freedom has been profoundly impinged and the blame can be placed at none other than the Jews, who today control every aspect of our lives through their control of medicine, education and entertainment.
Starting with our money, which they graciously create out of nothing and then charge us for it, they control all our media, which means every thought in our head — cradle to grave — comes from them.
All Jewish judges or judges appointed by Jews should step down immediately, and in the case of all the Jewish 9/11 judges should be charged with treason and corruption as well.
People who are sentenced to prison by Jewish judges for political crimes should be immediately released and the judges who sentenced them should be jailed for treason for helping the U.S. government cover up its crimes.
Jewish billionaires totally control U.S. elections with multiple fail safe mechanisms that prevent a genuinely uncompromised person from ever occupying the White House. First, they have more money than anyone else, since they print it out of nothing without government oversight. Or more precisely, they are the government oversight.
Control of the money enabled them to seize control of media, first newspapers, then movies, music and entertainment across the board. Three Jewish men founded the TV networks, Hollywood studios were dominated by Jews, today's universities are dominated by homosexual Communist Jews completing the indoctrinated perversions inflicted on our future generations and sending them out to destroy society.
The religions have all been hijacked by the Jews through control of money and a nonprofit law that exempts them from paying taxes if they keep their mouths shut about the atrocities your government commits on a daily basis.
Determining which aspect of human endeavor has been most profoundly disfigured by Jewish thought is a difficult choice.
Art was the first thing that crossed my mind. As photography gained ascendance in the late 19th century, so painting went mad. Biased reviewers in Jewish publications extolled nonsensical works which today sell for many millions of dollars. This is an even bigger swindle than the progressive income tax, principal bankrupter of most Americans, and of course another Jew invention as well as a prominent plank in the Communist Manifesto. It is far too late when most of these kids not sociopaths really learn to hate the country that nurtured them instead of the miscreant leaders who betrayed them.
The pollution of journalism
The utter Jewish pollution of journalism I really did not learn for real until after 9/11, when 100 percent of mainstream media failed to critique the U.S. government's performance in any way. Instead they swallowed the propaganda without a peep about those phantasmagorical Muslim bandits who "hated our freedoms" and looked the other way when Chertoff sent all those captured Jewish terrorists back to Israel without so much as a parking ticket.
Honest people are dissuaded from running for public office because Jew bankers prevent them from getting campaign loans if they don't sign up to support Israel, as Cynthia McKinney found out when she lost her Georgia Congressional seat. Ever since it has been OK for Americans to sacrifice their children so their CIA can distribute heroin all over the world.
So you're OK with slaughtering innocent people in order to keep your gas prices down and your social schedule from being interrupted, is that right? This is the attitude of a nation that doesn't really deserve to survive, at least with its present cast of criminal characters lying to everyone . . . including themselves.
Defend the people being put in jail by crooked judges for speaking the truth about Jewish perfidy, or the day will come when there is no one left who will remember what freedom ever was.


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Dr. Reena Gupta, MD FACS is the director of the Division of Voice and Laryngology at Osborne Head and Neck Institute in Los Angeles, CA. She is board-certified in otolaryngology and fellowship-trained in Laryngology/Care of the Professional voice. Dr. Gupta specializes in the care of injuries that occur in singers, actors, and other professional voice users. She uses state-of-the art equipment and a carefully-trained ear to ensure accurate diagnosis is established. Treatment is tailored to the diagnosis, with care taken to be conservative and collaborative with the patient.
In cases of vocal nodules or other voice-use related pathology, this often includes voice therapy and other non-surgical adjunctive therapies to speed up recovery. At times, vocal injury requires surgical intervention. Advanced surgical techniques, including microlaryngeal instrumentation and laser technology, are utilized for the most vocally-protective results. These techniques are particularly useful in complicated cases of vocal paralysis, throat cancer, and larynx tumors. Vocal hemorrhage cases may require advanced care and her experience in these cases has resulted in superior vocal results. Her skills have resulted in a quick return to stage for her patients with minimal downtime.
Dr. Gupta has been honored with numerous awards and is involved in many musical conservatories as a guest lecturer and preferred care provider. She is widely recognized as a top voice doctor for professional voice users.
Written by laryngologist and voice surgeon, Dr. Reena Gupta, The OHNI Voice Book empowers the reader with the knowledge they need to protect and preserve their vocal health.
Anthony Evans, a professional singer faces the most difficult decision of his life. Repeated vocal hemorrhages threaten his career, and Dr. Reena Gupta advises him to proceed with a laser vocal cord procedure to try and save his voice.
This episode features a 5-year-old boy from Ventura, California who was diagnosed with a viral condition that causes growths on his vocal cords. He was diagnosed at age 3 and had 10 surgeries in the 2 years since receiving his diagnosis. In search of a new approach, Jagger and his family come to Osborne Head & Neck Institute. Dr. Reena Gupta and Dr. Ryan Osborne decide how to handle the recurring growths that are affecting this young child's ability to speak and breathe.
Dr. Reena Gupta is the director of the Division of Voice and Laryngology at the Osborne Head and Neck Institute. She is an Ear, Nose, and Throat physician and laryngologist/voice specialist who has devoted her career to caring for professional voice users. Her practice is located in Los Angeles, California.
Nodules are thickenings or callouses that form on the vocal folds. They are a result of vocal trauma.
A cyst is a small fluid and mucous collection that develops within the vocal fold.
Laryngopharyngeal reflux is the backwards flow of stomach contents into the pharynx and larynx.
A vocal hemorrhage is blood that has leaked into the vocal fold from an injured blood vessel.
Vocal paralysis is the total absence of movement of a vocal cord due to nerve damage.
A papilloma is a warty growth that occurs on the vocal cords due to infection with HPV.
Vocal atrophy is the thinning of one or both vocal muscles.
A granuloma is an inflammatory mass that grows in the larynx, usually in the back.
Polyps are fluid-filled collections that form on the edge of a vocal cord.
An earlier Voice Case of the Week described a severe vocal hemorrhage, which occurred after a patient choked and coughed while eating.
The follow up to this included a discussion of the consequences of hemorrhages. Small hemorrhages (or bruising) of the vocal fold will lead to injuries if they are not identified.
Treatment has been implemented and follow up will determine if the polyp persists.
This article is a follow up from the severe hemorrhage. It highlights the importance of close follow-up, accurate diagnosis and management, and not simply using steroids when you are hoarse. Had this patient used the steroid treatment that their prior doctor had advised without an examination, permanent injury would have been inevitable. Ignoring hoarseness, as she was inclined to do, would have resulted in a polyp forming, thereby necessitating vocal surgery. It is easy to see where the polyp was starting to form.
After 3 weeks of management and treatment, she is left with a dilated blood vessel, which is what likely ruptured to cause her hemorrhage. There is mild fullness on the edge of the vocal cord but she is not symptomatic from this. Ongoing vocal therapy has resulted in resolution of voice symptoms.
Early treatment of susceptible blood vessels can prevent small and large hemorrhages, thereby preventing long term injuries. The recommendation at this point is to laser treat this vessel, to prevent it from hemorrhaging again. The time she lost to performing from this hemorrhage makes this the most reasonable strategy. Singers find that this preventative measure saves them the stress of wondering if they will hemorrhage again and the accompanying need to miss and cancel performances. It is a safe procedure with significant long term gain, but should only be undertaken by a laryngologist with experience in laryngeal laser surgery. Rehabilitation after surgery includes working with a skilled vocal therapist to optimize healing and ensure there are no behaviors that will precipitate recurrent vessel formation.
1. How can I take better care of my voice?
Caring for your instrument as a vocalist is the best way to ensure the longevity of your career. It is important to become knowledgeable about the voice and how it works. This ensures you can play an active role in your own care.
However, there are a multitude of things that may affect your voice that may be difficult to identify without expert evaluation. Having a laryngologist on your team when you are feeling well is the best way to identify problems early and have a resource when you need one. Your laryngologist should obtain a baseline videostroboscopy, discuss any issues that may be affecting your voice (nasal airflow, allergies and sinus issues, muscular approach to voice, tightness in the neck, etc) and help you resolve them early, before they result in injury.
2. How can I know if I have nodules?
This feared diagnosis is often the reason singers delay evaluation in the first place. The only true way to know this is through videostroboscopy. This advanced endoscopy modality allows for accurate diagnosis of vocal issues when used by an expert laryngologist.
Does your speaking voice sound normal?
Is your singing range normal?
If you answered "yes" to these questions, you probably do not have nodules.
Nodules may result in neck pain and pain with voice use. They will also cause a decrease in vocal range as well as a widened vocal break (passaggio). Vocal fatigue will often also be present. It is typical for singers to have all of these symptoms when they have nodules.
However, there are other injuries that will result in vocal symptoms and warrant evaluation. Any singer who is hoarse for more than one day should seek evaluation with a laryngologist.
3. What should I look for in a voice doctor?
The most important basic criterion that a singer should look for is that their physician is a board-certified, fellowship-trained laryngologist, rather than a "voice doctor," which is a generic term that does not connote any advanced training in voice medicine.
Laryngologists will also have a vocal therapist in their office to ensure optimal care of their voice patients. As vocal therapy is a critical part of voice medicine, it is advisable to make an appointment with the therapist as well. A skilled vocal therapist will identify vocally-damaging behaviors and also work on breathing and muscular issues that may be affecting your voice.
4. What should I know about vocal surgery?
Vocal surgery does not have to be career-ending. Most injuries that are surgically treated result in full recovery of the singing voice.
It is important to select your surgeon carefully, and have them be someone you trust with your instrument. Collaboration with a vocal therapist and vocal coach are vital to rehabilitation as well.
Laryngeal manipulation should only be done by a clinician with expertise in laryngeal anatomy and diseases of the head and neck. Dr. Gupta is a trained head and neck surgeon and has done additional study and training in manual techniques of the head and neck. Through this thorough understanding of anatomy and pathology, Dr. Gupta is able to relieve voice symptoms with manual techniques and medical therapies.
As a singer, your voice is your livelihood. Researching and finding the right doctor to evaluate you, diagnose you, and treat you is the most vital component to your recovery. It is very difficult to find a qualified laryngologist, rather than a general "voice doctor" who truly understands the voice, how it works, and how it responds to injury. Remember, most ENT doctors have little to no training in voice medicine, unless they complete a fellowship in laryngology. We believe it is always in your best interest to get a second opinion. Dr. Gupta has extensive experience in the evaluation and treatment of voice disorders. Most of the second opinions she has performed are found to be misdiagnoses due to inadequate training, endoscopy equipment, or a poor understanding of voice function. We understand that it is often inconvenient, time-consuming and expensive for patients to fly to our Los Angeles office for a consultation, and then fly back again a few weeks later for surgery. We have designed a program to facilitate your experience that will allow you to determine the best options available to you from the comfort of your home.
The first step is to call or e-mail our patient care consultant, and request a preliminary Phone, Skype, or In-Office Consultation with Dr. Gupta regarding your vocal concerns.
Please provide clear, recent close-up photos of your vocal cords. Ideally, this would be accompanied by a video of your stroboscopy. However, we do understand that ENTs do not generally perform this procedure and that you may therefore not have this. Any images you can provide of an exam you have had will help in the consultation.
Dr. Gupta will review your history, physical exam findings, all reports, films and images before your consultation. It is very important that we have all available information prior to your consultation. If you are having difficulty obtaining your records, you may contact us and we can facilitate and/or expedite the process for you. We will need you to sign a release of medical records to our office prior to us contacting your physician or hospital. After reviewing your information, Dr. Gupta will speak with you. This may include vocal task testing; having a song available that demonstrates your difficulty will help. Some singers also choose to have their vocal coach on the call, to allow for more complex task testing. After a completion of a release form, we will arrange this as well. Together, you will come up with a customized treatment plan. For surgical consultations, our Patient Care Consultant will contact you to discuss pre-operative care, costs, recovery, local accommodations and any questions related to your procedure.
The top medical resource for professional voice users seeking quality information and compassionate care.


News: 3 days agoDurant totaled 33 points (12-21 FG, 3-6 3Pt, 6-6 FT), seven rebounds, six assists, and one steal in 38 minutes during Sunday's 113-105 victory over the Clippers.
Spin: Durant poured in a game-high 33 points Sunday, having his way with the Clippers as the Warriors took a stranglehold on the series. He has now dominated the last two games and has put the disappointing performance in Game 2 well and truly behind him. The Warriors will now head home where they will look to secure a place in the second round where they will meet either the Jazz or the Rockets, the later of which hold a 3-0 series lead.


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God uses you as an active partner in the Search for Jesus internet evangelism outreach. You are sharing Christ's "love and steadfastness of hope" (1 Thessalonians 1:3, ESV) with searching hearts every day—around the world. You do this through your prayers and gifts and we are grateful.
A unique aspect of internet ministry is the opportunity to offer spiritual help focused on specific places where a disaster or crisis is stirring fear and uncertainty. Because of the severe economic and political chaos in Venezuela, the Search for Jesus team created a special page to offer Venezuelans "encouragement in Christ" (Philippians 2:1). As a result, more than 100,000 people have visited the special site, and thousands have indicated making a life-changing decision for Jesus Christ.
Others who are already followers of Christ have found reassurance and comfort. One woman wrote, "The situation in our country has affected my faith. … I want to trust Jesus." The stories of God at work through this online ministry to Venezuelans are still in progress. I pray you are blessed by reports in this update from several other parts of the world.
Friends like you are our "fellow workers in Christ Jesus … to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches" (Romans 16:3–4, NKJV) around the world who receive and disciple new believers as a result of the Search for Jesus ministry.
May God bless you,
"This changed my life"
Johan,* who lives in Africa, knew he had drifted far from God. So when he came across one of our Search for Jesus websites, he decided to sign up for the free Know Jesus course, an online Bible study guided by a trained volunteer. He was paired with Michael, a grandfather living in Australia, who would encourage and shepherd Johan through each segment of the study. Johan wrote, "Michael, I don't know how I found myself on this website. All I know is that I am seeking a way of getting back to the Heavenly Father."
It was Michael's first time guiding someone in this way. Weeks later, when he completed the course, Johan wrote, "This changed my life. Your guidance changed my perception of how God looks at us." The words left Michael feeling stunned and humbled to think he had helped make such an impact on Johan's heart. He wept as he continued reading, "God has really used you to bring me back to Him. I'm no longer the same."
Volunteers like Michael from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Spain, Australia and the United Kingdom engage one-on-one with people around the world via the internet. Through his encounter with Johan, Michael realized he was doing real mission work—this online ministry allowed him in Australia to significantly touch a life for Christ in Africa. "Even though I'm not an overseas missionary," he says, "Search for Jesus gives me the opportunity to be one."
In a final exchange with Michael, Johan wrote, "I'm now able to pray to my God with faith. I'm determined never to look back again." Will you pray for Johan and the many others whose hearts God touches through this outreach? Pray also that the Holy Spirit will continue drawing souls to Search for Jesus from all over the world.
Part-time believer
"I consider myself a part-time believer." That's how Jacob,* who lives in the United States, described his spiritual condition after connecting with Barry, one of our trained online volunteers on the PeaceWithGod.net website. When he mentioned being depressed and struggling with anxiety, Barry immediately suggested a resource to help Jacob locate a professional Christian counselor in his area.
Jacob went on to talk about his lack of peace. He also described the way worry and stress can incapacitate him at times. Barry shared some Scripture about dealing with anxiety. More importantly, though, he challenged Jacob to surrender his life to God. "He wants all of you, Jacob, not part of you."
Barry then shared the Gospel with him, explaining what Christ did on the cross in order to give us forgiveness of sins. Jacob prayed, asking God to come into his life and bring the peace that passes all understanding. Then he said to the volunteer, "Thank you. This is amazing. God has spoken to me through you." Barry ended by pointing Jacob to a church referal website developed by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to help people find a Bible-believing, Gospel-sharing church in their area.
He wanted "the joy and unconditional love" of Jesus
Philip,* now in his late 20s, attended Catholic schools as a child and has always had an interest in Christianity. But after his grandfather took his own life, Philip entered what he calls a "dark season." He explored Buddhism, tried Mormon worship, and even looked into joining a group that mixes elements of several religions.
The whole time, though, he kept feeling a tug toward all that Jesus Christ represents. One day, after moving to South Korea to teach English, he was clicking around on the internet when he discovered PeaceWithGod.net. Philip connected with a trained online volunteer named Scott and told him that he wanted "the joy and unconditional love" offered by Jesus Christ. "I am just looking to pursue that fully."
The two stayed in touch for months as Scott helped Philip sort through his misperceptions about God and better understand what the Bible teaches about salvation. He also urged Philip to start attending a Bible-believing church near him in Korea. Philip began to ask questions about baptism, but then suddenly stopped communicating. Scott had no idea what had happened until much later when an email arrived from Philip saying he had been in a serious bike accident. But since then, he had connected with a church, was being discipled there and had received baptism—he even sent a photograph.
Earlier this year, Franklin Graham led an evangelistic Festival in Bangkok. In addition to the crowd at the arena, more than 79,000 people participated via live streaming on the internet, and trained volunteers were available online to answer questions and pray with viewers. A Thai couple (pictured) serving online answered a woman's additional questions about the Gospel, and she gave her life to Jesus Christ. The woman was so excited that she asked to meet the couple who had helped her. The three met later at a McDonald's to talk about follow-up and celebrate new life in Christ.
Pray: Every moment of every day, someone in the world is actively exploring the Gospel through our Search for Jesus ministry. It might be a teen down the street or someone in a country hostile to the Gospel message. To see how many people are exploring the Gospel at a given moment and which countries they are from, visit SearchforJesus.net/pray.
Volunteer: To learn more about how you can volunteer online, visit BillyGraham.org.au/SFJ. (Australia only)
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