Brief bullets on men's groups

Photo: Dr. Nicola Fox, Heliophysics Division Director, NASA, Feb. 3, 2022

• An older, long married, friend in Christian ministry, recently met with me and asked me to join his theoretical men's group as unofficial guest theologian. 

• I told him that my default answer to join any men's group would be 'no'.

• Too much of my life has been a 'men's group'. 

(Mysteriously, this has been changing more with my permanently changed appearance)

(And of course, being like a much younger version of Chuck Norris, but with weapons, does not hurt)

• I have double digit numbers of Christian men, that I can discuss men's issues with...

• This even before any discussions with my open-minded, helpful, pastors or anyone @church. 

• I am spiritually accountable.

• But being the swell friend I am, I agreed to assist with this theoretical men's group, and submit to his lead.

• But he will have to realize I have learned, educated, views on certain men's topics.

• Another good friend might start a Christian men's group in another city.

• I pray for his success.

• If married men do not have reasonable and deep fellowship with other men, perhaps they need a men's group.

• If single men do not have reasonable and deep fellowship with other men, perhaps they need a men's group.

•  I do not.

• With God's help, I need to keep improving financially, physically, intellectually and spiritually, by grace through faith alone in the gospel (Ephesians 1-2).

• Post PhD, I am more social.

• Post homecaring for my now deceased Mother, I am more social.

• I am not suggesting whatsoever, that I need to be in a women's group.

(However, I am wondering which would bring more laughs, me joining a men's group, or me joining a women's group?)

Brief on NATO & Ukraine

NATO official website

North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Members

Canada

United States of America

Albania

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia 

Czech Republic 

Denmark 

Estonia 

France 

Germany 

Greece 

Hungary 

Iceland 

Italy 

Latvia

Lithuania 

Luxembourg 

Montenegro 

Netherlands 

North Macedonia 

Norway 

Poland

Portugal 

Romania 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Spain 

Turkey 

United Kingdom

NATO Official:The North Atlantic Treaty Washington D.C. - 4 April 1949 

Cited 

'Article 4

The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened.'

'Article 5

The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area. Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security . '

'Article 6

1 For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France 2, on the territory of Turkey or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer; on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer. 1. The definition of the territories to which Article 5 applies was revised by Article 2 of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of Greece and Turkey signed on 22 October 1951.'

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Opinion

'The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all' 

If indeed some of the Canadian media speculation is correct and President Putin will attempt to reinstate the former Soviet Union and the Soviet Bloc; World War III is an actual, reasonable, possibility. Therefore a nuclear war would be an actual, reasonable, possibility.

I am not predicting either World War III or a nuclear war. Based on my limited reading and listening, a cold war seems more likely to occur.

I would fully support people leaving Ukraine at this point as historically invading forces, especially with totalitarian regimes, often rape and pillage, besides occupying with military force. 

My short reply to a posted laundry question on Facebook today

laundry question on Facebook

Rejected response, I thought of later...

I wash my clothes, but do not launder anything. My morals and ethics would not allow it.

Short Bullets: Talking progress with John the Rage

Photo: New Westminster, trekearth.com, circa 2006 (I have always liked the plane in the background)

• I am not a political scientist, but there is something disingenuous with the Ukraine situation.

• If Ukraine, really, eventually, politically and culturally, belongs in NATO, as a potential western nation; it follows that if Russia invades, NATO would be ethically and morally obligated to intervene.

• We then would have World War III.

• If Ukraine does not belong in NATO, and Ukraine agrees with NATO and Russia on the issue, then Russia would probably back off, and this situation would be largely solved.

• What we have instead is political posturing...

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• Again, I do not formally hold to Red Pill philosophy, see for example: 

Friday, January 28, 2022: PhD: Twitter quote 115/This is necessary/Bonus-Catching some Red Pill problematic philosophy

• Several Red Pill content creators on You Tube, and others on You Tube, review TikTok videos.

• One Red Pill content creator, Taylor the Fiend, calls many of the TikTok videos 'clownery'...

• On TikTok, once I can get past the many questionable 'promotional' accounts, there is actually, some good psychological teaching and even some reasonable, Christian, biblical content.

• There is also quite a bit of Canadian 'trucker' protest content, at present.

• But, yes a lot of TikTok is 'clownery'..

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• My friend and I, John the Rage, now in Calgary, agree, we always want to progress financially.

• But, not in the love of money. 

• 1 Timothy 6:10  New American Standard Bible (NASB) For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

• John and I agree, that true progress in every area of life is by prayerfully being within God's perfect will.