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"TRUMP IKS RIGHT ABOUT MAI-IN BALLOTS" - Cal Thomas / @CalThomas / August 11, 2020 / https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/08/11/trump-is-right-about-mail-in-ballots [AS I SEE IT: I just voted in person at my local library this past Tuesday. They had all kind of precautions in place and I never felt that my health was threatened. I would hope the majority of Americans would stand up against the ruse of mail-in-ballots and simply GO to their polling center and vote in person. There is just too much danger of fraud and abuse in our elections otherwise. - Stan]
A United States Postal Service mailbox stands in Manhattan Aug. 5, 2020, in New York City. USPS is under increased scrutiny from politicians who are warning that the agency is not prepared to handle the tens of millions of mail-in ballots that are expected to be sent for the November election. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
I begin with a personal story to make a greater point. Two weeks ago, I mailed an 8-by-10-inch envelope from a Miami post office to an address in New York state. The postage was correct, as was the address and ZIP code. One week passed and the recipient emailed to say the envelope had not arrived, so I mailed another one. Last week, he wrote to say that the second one had arrived. A few days after that he wrote again to say the one mailed earlier had finally been delivered after a 10-day delay. Normally, a first-class mailing would not have taken more than three business days.
Multiply my experience by the 100 million that could be expected from an all-mail-in election and the problem should be obvious.
President Donald Trump has said the potential for fraud with all mail-in voting is enormous. While he has said absentee ballots are safer, the New York Daily News reported: “Systematic failures at the state Board of Elections and U.S. Postal Service resulted in nearly one in 10 absentee ballots cast in the June 23 primary being invalidated.” That comes out to 84,000 out of nearly 319,000 ballots cast.
Many Democrats claim the fear over mail-in ballots is misplaced, but the evidence proves otherwise and in close elections, especially presidential elections, a few votes either way in key states can decide the winner.
In the 2018 congressional election, officials in Broward County, Florida, had trouble finding 2,040 ballots. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported: “The county’s eternally beleaguered Supervisor of Elections, Brenda Snipes, said they either misplaced, misfiled, or mixed in [the ballots] with another stack.”
The Associated Press recently reported: “Hundreds of thousands of applications for mail-in ballots that a voter-advocacy group sent to voters in Virginia had the wrong return addresses, adding another complication for state election officials who are already hard-pressed to pull off a smooth election in a pandemic.”In Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative election integrity watchdog firm, reports, according to the Western Journal, that “universal mail-in balloting resulted in one out of every six ballots being ‘undeliverable’ in a recent primary … over 223,000 ballots bounced because the addresses were incorrect or outdated.”
“CBS This Morning” ran a small test on mail-in ballots. The program set up a P.O. box and sent 100 mock ballots to it. A few days later the show sent 100 more. Only 97% of the first batch arrived after a week and 21% of the second batch had not arrived after four days. The show stated the obvious, that in close elections such incidents could make a difference.
Then there is the possibility of fraud. During the 2018 election campaign, the New York Post reported, “Homeless people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row were bribed with cash or cigarettes in exchange for bogus and forged signatures in a ‘large-scale voter fraud scheme,'” according to state prosecutors.
There are many other examples of voting problems in several states. Republicans are mostly opposed to universal vote-by-mail. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., claims the process invites fraud and cites over a thousand voter fraud convictions and a study showing that 28 million mail-in ballots are unaccounted for over the last decade.
For these reasons, mail-in balloting should be limited and thoroughly checked. Voters can practice all the things medical experts tell us to do and vote in person. It is a civic duty and a privilege. It will also help reduce errors and fraud and improve the credibility and acceptance of the results.
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Cal Thomas is a syndicated columnist, author, broadcaster, and speaker with access to world leaders, U.S. presidents, celebrities, educators, and countless other notables. He has authored several books, including his latest, “America's Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers and the Future of the United States." Readers can email him at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.
(C) 2020 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.
PRAISE GOD for the continuing recent successes againstISIS ! Pray that coalition forces will be able to fully destroy the leadership and infrastructure of ISIS .
PRAYER ALERT:
URGENT
*That the Corona Virus outbreak may finally be contained and it's victims effectively treated. [P.S. - YOUR BLOOD can help someone specifically recovering from the cornavirus. Please consider donating blood as I have!] today's Happy Thots (: First time in history we can save the human race by laying in front of the TV and doing nothing. Let's NOT mess this up! // You know the world is upside down when you go to the bank and someone wearing a mask and gloves isn't tackled by security. // I never thought the comment, "I wouldn't touch you with a 6-foot pole" would become a national policy, but here we are!
*That the ongoing riots in America's cities will not lead to people being hurt and businesses - esp. those recovering from the pandemic - to not be destroyed by agitators.
*That the ongoing riots in America's cities will not lead to people being hurt and businesses - esp. those recovering from the pandemic - to not be destroyed by agitators.
*Pray for U.S. Pastor David Lin in China (see "Something Serious Is Happening In That Dark Place" - Tony Perkins, Washington Watch, April 09, 2019; https://www.frc.org/updatearticle/20190409/something-serious)
*Pray for Leah Sharibu is a courageous Nigerian Christian teen girl held captive by Boko Haram. The Islamic militia is threatening to kill or enslave her because she won't renounce Jesus Christ. Pray that the UN will intervene in her release. [2/13/19 – This day marked ONE YEAR since her kidnapping.
6/9 - Thank you for your prayers for my co-worker, Brandon. He surprised me by showing up for 2 long work shifts this past weekend. He looked great though he said he's still on the mend (8 months after his horrific motorcycle accident.
6/9 - Thank you for your prayers for my co-worker, Brandon. He surprised me by showing up for 2 long work shifts this past weekend. He looked great though he said he's still on the mend (8 months after his horrific motorcycle accident.
ATTENTION!
PERSONAL UPDATE: 7/15 Note my latest entry in the JOURNAL section on the right side of this page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?=tEyFevaOoAs4
8/14 - PRAY for the President and others in leadership (1 Tim. 2:1-3)
Jacob Velazquez Audition on America's Got Talent 6-30-20;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?=tEyFevaOoAs4
Heavenly Father,
I pray that you will guide President Trump to seek YOU with all his heart, mind, soul, and strength. May he act with wisdom and strength against those whose actions would bring harm to this nation and the world now and for generations to come. I pray that you would strengthen his marriage and deepen the love he and his wife Melania share. Pray that you give them wisdom to speak into the life of their son Barron. Please protect him and his family and others in our leadership from physical harm that any might seek to do against them. May all that our President does bring honor and glory to YOU and cause him to draw in closer relationship with you. I ask this in the powerful name of Jesus Christ, Amen. P.S. - I highly recommend your reading "The Faith of Donald J. Trump." The copy I read is in my public library. It really helps us understand our 45th President better.
The above is a picture of the First Family on Mother's Day.
Can you believe how Barron has grown? Wow!
Can you believe how Barron has grown? Wow!
*For President Trump to have discernment as he works on the challenges facing the country.
*For President Trump as he works to maintain law and order in this country, esp. in light of the on-going rioting in many cities.
*For God to guide the attorney general and the Department of Justice as they seek to identify and prosecute instigators of violence and crime in the rioiting going on.
*For the Lord to be with those in law enforcement, protecting them and giving them strength as they serve.
*For healing and recovery for those who are ill and for an end to the COVID-19 outbreak.
*For God to be at work through the president as he focuses on issues of national importance.
*For guidance for President Trump as he works on a variety of issues, that God’s will would be accomplished through him.
*For God’s will to be accomplished and for His name to be glorified and honored.
*For President Trump as he works to maintain law and order in this country, esp. in light of the on-going rioting in many cities.
*For God to guide the attorney general and the Department of Justice as they seek to identify and prosecute instigators of violence and crime in the rioiting going on.
*For the Lord to be with those in law enforcement, protecting them and giving them strength as they serve.
*For healing and recovery for those who are ill and for an end to the COVID-19 outbreak.
*For wisdom for the Coronavirus Task Force as they work to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
*For wisdom for the president and administration officials as they continue to lead in the midst of the pandemic and the ongoing economic impact that comes as a result.*For God to be at work through the president as he focuses on issues of national importance.
*For guidance for President Trump as he works on a variety of issues, that God’s will would be accomplished through him.
*For God’s will to be accomplished and for His name to be glorified and honored.
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Be Prepared TO ENGAGE WITH THE PC CULTURE:Go to:"Tactics" -
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"Don't Argue the Exceptions - Beating Bad Arguments For Abortion and Transgenderism" - by John Stonestreet, Breakpoint.org, May 25, 2017;
http://breakpoint.org/2017/05/breakpoint-dont-argue-exceptions/
"Don't Argue the Exceptions - Beating Bad Arguments For Abortion and Transgenderism" - by John Stonestreet, Breakpoint.org, May 25, 2017;
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"TRUMP IKS RIGHT ABOUT MAI-IN BALLOTS" - Cal Thomas / @CalThomas / August 11, 2020 / https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/08/11/trump-is-right-about-mail-in-ballots [AS I SEE IT: I just voted in person at my local library this past Tuesday. They had all kind of precautions in place and I never felt that my health was threatened. I would hope the majority of Americans would stand up against the ruse of mail-in-ballots and simply GO to their polling center and vote in person. There is just too much danger of fraud and abuse in our elections otherwise. - Stan]
I begin with a personal story to make a greater point. Two weeks ago, I mailed an 8-by-10-inch envelope from a Miami post office to an address in New York state. The postage was correct, as was the address and ZIP code. One week passed and the recipient emailed to say the envelope had not arrived, so I mailed another one. Last week, he wrote to say that the second one had arrived. A few days after that he wrote again to say the one mailed earlier had finally been delivered after a 10-day delay. Normally, a first-class mailing would not have taken more than three business days.
Multiply my experience by the 100 million that could be expected from an all-mail-in election and the problem should be obvious.
President Donald Trump has said the potential for fraud with all mail-in voting is enormous. While he has said absentee ballots are safer, the New York Daily News reported: “Systematic failures at the state Board of Elections and U.S. Postal Service resulted in nearly one in 10 absentee ballots cast in the June 23 primary being invalidated.” That comes out to 84,000 out of nearly 319,000 ballots cast.
Many Democrats claim the fear over mail-in ballots is misplaced, but the evidence proves otherwise and in close elections, especially presidential elections, a few votes either way in key states can decide the winner.
In the 2018 congressional election, officials in Broward County, Florida, had trouble finding 2,040 ballots. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported: “The county’s eternally beleaguered Supervisor of Elections, Brenda Snipes, said they either misplaced, misfiled, or mixed in [the ballots] with another stack.”
The Associated Press recently reported: “Hundreds of thousands of applications for mail-in ballots that a voter-advocacy group sent to voters in Virginia had the wrong return addresses, adding another complication for state election officials who are already hard-pressed to pull off a smooth election in a pandemic.”In Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative election integrity watchdog firm, reports, according to the Western Journal, that “universal mail-in balloting resulted in one out of every six ballots being ‘undeliverable’ in a recent primary … over 223,000 ballots bounced because the addresses were incorrect or outdated.”
“CBS This Morning” ran a small test on mail-in ballots. The program set up a P.O. box and sent 100 mock ballots to it. A few days later the show sent 100 more. Only 97% of the first batch arrived after a week and 21% of the second batch had not arrived after four days. The show stated the obvious, that in close elections such incidents could make a difference.
Then there is the possibility of fraud. During the 2018 election campaign, the New York Post reported, “Homeless people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row were bribed with cash or cigarettes in exchange for bogus and forged signatures in a ‘large-scale voter fraud scheme,'” according to state prosecutors.
There are many other examples of voting problems in several states. Republicans are mostly opposed to universal vote-by-mail. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., claims the process invites fraud and cites over a thousand voter fraud convictions and a study showing that 28 million mail-in ballots are unaccounted for over the last decade.
For these reasons, mail-in balloting should be limited and thoroughly checked. Voters can practice all the things medical experts tell us to do and vote in person. It is a civic duty and a privilege. It will also help reduce errors and fraud and improve the credibility and acceptance of the results.
[italics and colored emphasis mine]
Cal Thomas is a syndicated columnist, author, broadcaster, and speaker with access to world leaders, U.S. presidents, celebrities, educators, and countless other notables. He has authored several books, including his latest, “America's Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers and the Future of the United States." Readers can email him at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.
(C) 2020 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.
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PRAYER MATTERS:
"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against
the disorder of the world. - Karl Barth
the disorder of the world. - Karl Barth
"Prayer is inviting God into a seemingly impossible situation and trusting/resting in His love and grace to accomplish His perfect will in His perfect time and for His greatest glory. Intercession is one of the great privileges AND responsibilities for EVERY believer."- Stan
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“INTERCESSORS ARE THE RUDDER” – A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT - Wanda Alger, June 28th, 2017; https://www.getamericapraying.com/blog/I was recently given a word by my good friend, Bill Yount. His word greatly encouraged me as an intercessor. Working for Intercessors for America
James 3:4 talks about the power of a small rudder to steer a large ship. In this scripture about the power of our tongue, consider the power of prophetic intercession! In the Forerunner Commentary on this verse we read, “…rudders manipulate the course of immense ocean vessels with a slight movement of a pilot’s hand. Since it is underwater and aft, the rudder of a ship does its work UNSEEN. A passenger is ignorant of its movements most of the time. Yet, when it is in proper working order, the rudder holds more power over the ship than the wind. The wind will blow, toss, even destroy the ship’s rigging, but the rudder guides the ship exactly where it directs.”
This is God’s promise to the intercessors in this hour of national turbulence. Don’t stop praying! Your prayers have great power to turn the ship! Continue praying, interceding, and discerning the workings and movements of the Holy Spirit, being faithful to God’s commands. As we come together to declare God’s faithfulness, this nation will, once again, head in the direction that God intends. Don’t give up and don’t give in. Regardless of the winds of adversity and the fires of the enemy, God’s people have a power that cannot be matched. Let us join in faith and continue to pray and speak of God’s faithfulness in order to bring God’s people and this nation into the fullness of God’s plans. Note this additional encouragement from God’s word:
Colossians 2:15 – “He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him” (ESV).
Psalm 33:8-11 – “Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. The Lord foils the plans of the nations; He thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.”
Wanda Alger, IFA Field Correspondent
PRAY FOR AMERICA : THANK GOD for His many blessings on America AMERICA America "but instead "God be merciful towards America
PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS: 1) Pray for President Trump and his advisers, that they would select Godly leaders at the federal level who will be accountable to do an excellent job (or be fired!) ; that he would seek God's wisdom and be enabled to lead our country effectively in the years ahead; and 2) Pray our leaders at every level of government will Spirit-filled, leading us with Godly wisdom and integrity; that they will only pass legislation and enact policies that will benefit Americans today as well as future generations and NOT do any lasting harm.
SUPREME COURT: PRAY that the justices will only hand down decisions that are Constitutionally sound and in the best interests of our country now and for future generations.
World-Wide Prayer Requests:
PRAISE GOD for the continuing recent successes against
*For believers in Syria
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Praying Through the Open Doors World Watch List for persecuted believers:https://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/pray/monthly-prayer-calendar/
Kirti: An unshakeable faith in INDIA; Kirti* came to faith in Christ after God healed her in a worship service. Because she and her husband left their village’s Hindu faith,
they faced severe persecution. Eventually, their community brutally tortured and killed her husband—forcing Kirti and her children to flee to a safe house. Now, incredibly, Kirti has gone back to her Hindu village to be a light for Christ, even to the people who killed her husband. “My village wants to chase me out,” she says. “The people often threaten to kill me. I pray for the salvation of my village.”
August 14 - Pray for Kirti’s needs to be met—raising her children without a husband is extremely difficult. They must survive day to day.
*Representative name or photo used to protect identity.
*Representative name or photo used to protect identity.
STANDING STRONG THROUGH THE STORM - OpenDoorsUSA.org
At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.- 2 Tim. 4:16
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO SUFFER
The Apostle Paul knew exactly what it was like to be alone, to be deserted by all who called themselves “brothers” and “sisters.” A former colleague who has done considerable travel among the persecuted says, “It is hard to believe that Christians are the largest persecuted group in the world today. But it is even more difficult to believe that this is so seldom mentioned in our gatherings and church services. More Christians know the names of their favorite actors than their fellow believers who are in prison.”
He continues, “With every trip something in my heart breaks as I hear the echoes of suffering:
I remember the echoes of an Egyptian mother as she shared how her young boy was stuck in a haystack because she refused to deny Jesus.
I remember the sounds of weeping as fellow students in Indonesia
I remember the cries of anguish as we walked from church to church that was burned to the ground on the island of Lombok
I remember the tears of Rebecca in Iran
I remember the voice of Pastor Daniel in Vietnam
I remember the fear of Grace from Sudan
Oh, I remember the cries of Caleb in Eritrea
And I remember the tears of Joy in the southern Philippines as she shared how her fiancé was shot to death in their church in Mindanao .
But, most all, I remember the deafening sounds of silence every time I return home.
RESPONSE
How can I be silent today? How can I not speak on behalf of those who suffer? How can I desert those that belong to the same body that I belong to and who desperately need the encouragement of my intervention?
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