“Fides et ratio.” – “Faith and reason.”
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Last Notes npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch First firepit fire of the season. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch GM! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch We did this play in high school! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Already there. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Nice! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch My recommendation, fwiw, is anything worn before 1900, some things written before 1930. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/cc9623d842c5155c6f2580c0abad5cc9b2d38316cc5dfa7edc6fee30647d4458.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch We have these in our garden. Very careful not to disturb them. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "I used to trust the media to tell me the truth (tell us the truth)! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch My only regret is waiting to long to start. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "Microsoft Minutes" npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/75994dce603f50e6df2d7e0200d39741f51d85ff584fe73999a70ab75faa14e9.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/88bc5548b8512ebbd5fecb0ef866bbaf7b9891d19025cfbc01b54cb0b85679c7.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Myers' "Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God" A collection of quotes that traces some of the known or probable influences of history upon the writing of the American Declaration of Independence. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Just finished listening to this on audible. Great book! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Today In History npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Can you share where you got the plans? npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch After I posted the link, I saw that Amazon no longer has it available, so I apologize for posting without verifying that. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Romans 12:9-13 npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Like all polls, it depends on who you ask and how you ask the question. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch I use this with my hydroponics npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Quote-Unquote npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure. - Thomas Jefferson npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/ec974d3b2c8383525a41fe824be2fccf766d6abcf1bcc4500210547bfc5f1e3e.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch 16 npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "It's raining! It's pouring!" npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Kombucha npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Murder most fowl! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Beautiful! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch It's on my list of things to buy. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Make your own sauerkraut once and you'll never buy store brand again! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/5f4889b68494b1879d1614ab8d85548e7acec4ec3d0ca279eac8231e37dd92d6.gif npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch And yet, the cameras are everywhere. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch When you have that second glass of blueberry mead and things get silly. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch I prefer, "It's only illegal is you get caught." as a model. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "Snitches get stitches." npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "Keep one hand in pocket when working on life equipment." npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Uh-huh! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Uh-huh. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch I have an Ambient Weather Station that is pretty good. I have had to replace the outdoor unit a few months ago as the rainfall mechanism stopped working. Ambient replaced it under warranty with a quick turnaround. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch I do. The truth is, Jesus is God, therefore he is worthy of our worship and praise. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Man, for someone trying to achieve "godhood", you sure are a mean, spiteful, miserable person. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Ah, I see. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Jesus is God. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Good luck with that. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Yes, the U.S. federal government deliberately ordered toxic chemicals to be added to industrial alcohol during Prohibition to deter illegal consumption. Beginning in 1926, the Treasury Department mandated that manufacturers increase the concentration of poisons like methyl alcohol (methanol), kerosene, gasoline, benzene, and formaldehyde in industrial supplies known to be stolen by bootleggers. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch I'm sorry. I haven't been on NOSTR much this week, so I am just now seeing this note. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch I attempted to, but got a "Failed to Zap" message. I used Primal Web and Primal for Android. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/bef5d5c2d0d9f1b3318de9c466e1923b6073d2da5a719a5e93e8ec42610cba68.gif npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch It's Edgar and Johnny Winter! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/e623c9a8675df57bdd9ace18d7451396a188b1ee313aa285192a1a55270f2832.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thought-crime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it." npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/spain-style-blackout-risk-rises-ercot-flags-boston-sized-data-center-loads-tripping-offline npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/4ad46f25db2abfa7c2f5b67f1ecb51b952c44ad916dc1c7edba2e7ac10684ba2.png npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/3ea432ab6ec9f0ea74923132c10d00dc978705d663f208af07bf06373a312902.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education." npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch A garden full of cucumbers, tomatoes, cantaloupes, and blackberries! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "If the world is against the truth, then I am against the world." npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Me🙋 npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Not sure how she plays into your thesis... npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/7e4eae8f414b27e0960aa8720a6c502a5a51913e05303468ada2b0c508f87825.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch It's that kind of day... npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Yes, but those men REALLY LIVED for those 40 years. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch It took a small bit of adjustment but I love it (honey) in my espresso, now. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "If we are too weak to take charge of our own morality, we shall not be strong enough to take charge of our own liberty." npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch The only way to win is to not play (their game). npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qmTWhvWgST0 npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://blossom.primal.net/2793859d1801a5534e9584c60536ae256a7357e9746ad8b86bdace9719a7107e.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch I use it for shampoo-ing hair and beard. Excellent quality soap! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=45dMy_SQmWc&t=505s&pp=2AH5A5ACAdIHCQlPAqO1ajebQw%3D%3D npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Same chrysalis today on the 7th. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Monarch caterpillar chrysalis. Picture taken 5 May 2026. https://image.nostr.build/fc410d8d91d5f71cfe2efa38058cd63c6e2a04d4aa509e04bc7380f2746057bf.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://image.nostr.build/ceaa2fd0128700057897c39e256fa387feb31a3c319a06f0be7cb2cc966fc90a.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch There are advantages over potatoes. No starch, so if you diabetic or pre-diabetic (as I am), they are an advantage. Their drawback is that you can get some wicked gas from them, if you eat them raw. Boiled and mashed, though, they taste like potatoes to me. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Yes, because there are so many deer in this neighborhood that anything edible gets stripped bare. Our garden has a 6-foot fence, which is nothing for a deer to jump, normally, but we also stretch a sun screen across it and the garden boxes may discourage them. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch We've been growing Jerusalem Artichokes (sunchokes) the past few years. Very tasty and nutritious. And, very aggressive growers. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch GM! It's the Lord's Day! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Saying something =\= doing something. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch We were a proper country then! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch I live about 30 miles NW of San Antonio. What's up? npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children may bless their father's name." npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch GM, everyone! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Psalm 2 npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Animals npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch PoW and delicious. Semisweet with a bit of that raw honey tang. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch I just started reading Meditations this week. Wish I had read it years ago. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "I arise today through God's strength to pilot me: God's eye to look before me, God's wisdom to guide me, God's way to lie before me." – St. Patrick npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch GM! Christ is Lord! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Good morning, Sir! npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch HFSP npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it " - Albert Einstein npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Rex Lex, and Slaying Leviathan are good reads as well. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrate. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch This song, from the early 1980s, popped into my head this weekend. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://image.nostr.build/3c1461deb221f67291091f9c35c042b8d80176dabc8542b7fc279381a2a5a7d2.jpg npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/new-us-military-led-group-aided-mexicos-hunt-el-mencho-cartel-boss-2026-02-22/ npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Babylon Bee? npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch Went and tried out the latest addition to the family armory: a Keltec Sub2000 CQB suppressed 9mm PCC. Quiet as a .22, but a bit dirty, especially when you're a lefty. npub18rz2wtwr6vmwwwclx5zp5wqy6c8j8x4s0gnwusg8hmxt3z68n0lshjm3v0 Mitch GM!
