November 17, 2017

Media Admits To Central Role In Mass Shootings


I am surprised this article was allowed, so that is why I gave full credits and presented it exactly how it appeared, because these are the type that end up disappearing for myriads of reasons. It appeared on social media on the 17th of Nov, 2017 prior to the following days' WSJ edition on the 18th (Saturday).

This is what we've been knowing the whole time. Our politics and media are so evil that they only care about statistics and proof; so they create chaos, literally, simply for facts. That is one major difference between wisdom and knowledge. Same thing when a city won't install a stop sign until there have been at least 3 fatalities in a given location. Do you believe media and government actually are concerned for you? They are actually not allowed to. Ideals are un welcome. Some of you think this is stupid but my faith is only in Jesus. People will help you for a little while but as they say, all good things come to an end. But God and perfection last through eternity.



How Not to Cover Mass Shootings

The often sensationalistic media attention given to perpetrators is central to why massacres are happening more.

By Ari N. Schulman
Nov. 17, 2017 1:02 p.m. ET

ILLUSTRATION: DOUG CHAYKA

It isn’t your imagination: Mass shootings are getting deadlier and more frequent. A recent FBI report on “active shooters” from 2000 to 2015 found that the number of incidents more than doubled from the first to the second half of the period. Four of the five deadliest shootings in American history happened in the past five years, and 2017 already far exceeds any previous year for the number of casualties.
Though we seem to be plunging ever deeper into a dark night, researchers now have a far clearer view of a key factor in the violence. A long-standing theory has matured into a body of evidence that can no longer be dismissed: The level of attention paid to mass shootings is central to why they keep happening.
The idea that some crimes might be self-spreading, like a disease, was proposed as early as 1890, when the French sociologist Gabriel Tarde labeled murders copying Jack the Ripper “suggesto-imitative assaults.” For mass shootings, the effect was well known among researchers by the early 2000s, when a wealth of information allowed forensic psychiatrist Paul E. Mullen to conclude, “These massacres are acts of mimesis, and their perpetrators are imitators.”
But the research has solidified in just the last few years. In 2015, a pair of studies analyzed databases cataloging nearly all U.S. mass shootings. They produced the first comprehensive statistical evidence that shootings occur in clusters rather than randomly across time.
One of the studies, led by mathematician Sherry Towers of Arizona State University, used a contagion model previously applied to analyze viral videos and terrorist attacks. It found that the likelihood of a mass shooting is significantly higher when another mass shooting has recently occurred. The period of increased probability lasts, on average, for 13 days, the study found. (Notably, Dr. Towers did not find a contagion effect for shootings in which three or fewer people were killed.) The other study, conducted by Fresno State criminologist Jason Kissner, employed a different statistical modeling technique but also found an increased likelihood lasting for a similar period.
Media pressed in a day after the Dec. 14, 2012 killing of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. by a lone gunman. PHOTO: ERIC THAYER/REUTERS

These findings are not yet conclusive. A study published in July by criminologist Adam Lankford and psychologist Sara Tomek, both of the University of Alabama, claimed that the clustering effects were not significantly different from random variation. The question of whose modeling technique is more accurate remains open. Dr. Lankford believes that the copycat effect is real, but he argues that only specific documentation of how mass shootings were inspired by previous ones can prove it. Researchers have begun to construct better accounts of the kind that Dr. Lankford favors, systematically compiling evidence that particular mass shooters praised or studied prior shooters. In 2016, psychologist Peter Langman published an astonishing chart showing the web of influence extending out just from the 1999 Columbine shooting. To follow just one thread: The Columbine shooters were described as “martyrs” by the 2007 Virginia Tech Shooter, who was in turn admired by the 2008 Northern Illinois University shooter, who was in turn closely studied by the 2012 Newtown shooter, who was in turn referred to as “godlike” by the 2015 Umpqua Community College shooter.
Some of the most significant research has come from a journalist, Mother Jones reporter Mark Follman. In a pair of 2015 articles, Mr. Follman outlined the extensive evidence for the copycat and contagion effects, tracing 89 deaths to copycat shooters who directly cited Columbine as inspiration.
This work has led to some perceptible changes in media coverage. Cable news hosts Anderson Cooper, Megyn Kelly, and Lawrence O’Donnell have all stated their commitment to avoid glorifying shooters. In a segment last month on NPR’s Morning Edition, the hosts reported on the Las Vegas shooting without using the perpetrator’s name. Government officials have made a point of not repeating shooters’ names in press conferences following the Orlando nightclub shooting, the Umpqua shooting, and this month’s Sutherland Springs shooting.
Kelly McBride, vice president of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, has for years criticized calls for media restraint in such coverage. But this year, she and Poynter endorsed a set of best-practice guidelines specifically aimed at avoiding the contagion effect. They include naming the perpetrator only when necessary, avoiding potentially glorifying images and eschewing superlatives such as “deadliest ever” to promote coverage. Reached by email, Ms. McBride said, “As researchers have surfaced more sophisticated ideas about contagion, I’ve worked with them to ensure that the recommendations dovetail with sound journalistic practice.”
But restraint remains the exception rather than the norm. The Poynter guidelines have received limited attention, and there is little evidence that they have changed reporting practices. Top editors and standards officials at media outlets aren’t doing much to address evidence of the contagion effect.
Last year the Washington Post blogger Erik Wemple asked various publications to respond to the idea of following the TV news hosts by not identifying the Orlando nightclub shooter. Editors from the Post, the Huffington Post and the New York Times all demurred (though the Huffington Post said it was limiting the use of his name and photo). None of them addressed the contagion issue. When NPR Standards & Practices editor Mark Memmott noted the radio hosts who had refrained from using the Las Vegas shooter’s name, he cited only concern for listener feelings as a reason for doing so.
An NPR spokesperson declined to comment for this article, and CNN standards editors did not return requests for comment. A spokesperson for the Wall Street Journal said, “We believe our primary obligation is to inform. We believe in the crucial importance of accuracy, especially in fast-moving situations, as well as sensitivity towards victims.”
Disputes remain among researchers about how journalists should change their approach. An open letter signed by 149 researchers in October, spearheaded by Dr. Lankford, asks only for restraint in using the names and images of shooters, with no limit on other details; they stress the need to thwart a would-be shooter’s desire for notoriety. Others focus on sensationalist accounts of the crimes themselves. By email, University of North Carolina sociologist Zeynep Tufekci bemoaned the replaying of “films of panicked people with gunshots in the background...essentially, a snuff film made exactly so it would be played on loop,” and play-by-plays of shooters’ methods.
A further problem is the adversarial approach that advocates often take, telling members of the media, in effect, how to do their jobs while castigating them for chasing after audience numbers. Many journalists understandably resent such challenges to their professional integrity and see the advocates as censors who want to suppress difficult truths.
In 2015, when a gunman who killed two people in Roanoke, Va., broadcast video of the act styled like a first-person-shooter video game, the New York Daily News published the images on the front page. Gawker’s Sam Biddle answered critics of the cover by praising the paper’s bravery. In a Los Angeles Times piece last week, senior editorial writer Michael McGough briefly pointed to questions unanswered by studies of the contagion effect before dismissing calls not to name shooters as “moral preening.”
The press has long understood that there is a complicated balance to strike in reporting on matters such as suicide, national-security intelligence and the details of bomb-making. As the latest research and the spate of recent killings suggest, we urgently need to have the same sort of conversation about mass shootings.
—Mr. Schulman is the editor of the New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology and Society.

Appeared in the November 18, 2017, print edition

November 9, 2017

Target is closing a dozen stores — here's the list

Target is closing a dozen stores — here's the list
Target plans to close 12 stores, even as the retailer doubles down on the brick-and-mortar shopping experience.
The stores are set to shutter on February 3, the Star Tribune reported. A spokeswoman told the news outlet that the 12 Target locations across the US experienced "several years of decreasing profitability."
Target has opened 32 stores this year and plans to open 35 new locations in 2018, the Star Tribune reported. It's also investing heavily in revamping the design of its stores, with plans to refurbish 1,000 of its 1,8000 stores by 2020.
In the US, more than 6,300 store closures have been announced so far this year, including 1,430 RadioShacks and more than 800 Payless stores.

Here's the list of locations where Target stores will close:

  • Hastings, Minnesota
  • Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Harper Woods, Michigan (at the Eastland Center)
  • Hutchinson, Kansas
  • Benton Harbor, Michigan
  • Slidell, Louisiana
  • Lauderhill, Florida
  • Matteson, Illinois
  • Romeoville, Illinois
  • Baltimore, Maryland (in the Mondawmin Mall)
  • Macon, Georgia
  • San Antonio, Texas (Far East location)

November 6, 2017

Realities of Psalm 22 Prayers.Christian's Paying The Price. You Can't Manipulate God!

King David and God Discuss Things, Paying The Price, and You Can't Manipulate God! A Look At Realities of Psalm 22 and No-Nonsense Prayers
By: Michael D. Tobin
Nov 6, 2017

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I've been hearing a bit about this lately. It's hard to put a %'age on it but many believers either pretend they don't know about 'the price' and are afraid to teach on it, or they have heard of it, but just don't care. And then there are those who warn and try to encourage others before they go through 'the price' until they're blue in the face. Personally; I had my skepticisms, worries and knowledge of 'the price' for about 28 years. But now I am in the dark, dank realities of it and praise God in advance, through it all because... well, just because.
But if you invite me to speak to your congregation I will tell you of prices I've been paying and have paid as a believer since 1989 although my story will pale in comparison as I include the price Jesus paid on the cross, and we should be forever grateful that Jesus paid it all, finished it all and even told us that these things He did, we shall do even greater. We will endure trials and tribulations, but Jesus endured every sin ever committed and ever will be along with all the punishment, all in one day. What we see as a price is merely trials and tribulations, that will all come to an end, followed by eternity in paradise with God and all His angels, mansions, golden streets and pure Heavenly opulence. Imagine that. More on greater things in a minute.
Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?" In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school .... the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW." Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. Are you laughing? Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
HEBREWS 12:1-3 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be weary and faint in your minds.
AND THIS, TAKEN FROM A 38 YEAR OLD SERMON BY W.A. CRISWELL titled, "A Price To Pay", given to the graduating class of The First Baptist Academy Bible Institute, on May 20, 1979, also aired on two radio stations, KRLD, a maximum 50,000 watt station heard throughout TX and the mid-west, with transmitters in Garland, TX. and their college station, KCBI, a big thing back then. Now, you are listening to me, a former AM radio station dj and news director, throughout the universe on the world-wide web. But I digress. Listen to what W.A. Criswell says back in 1979 about this, 'price' we as believers must pay:
"In a moment, in a miraculous moment, Satan showed our Savior all of the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And Satan said, "All this will I give You, if You will bow down and worship me" [Matthew 4:8-9]. That is, "Don’t die, don’t go to the cross, don’t suffer, don’t pay the price. I’ll give it to You if You will just compromise and bow down and worship me.
Or, look again, in the sixth chapter of the Book of John. After the Lord had wrought that wonderful miracle of feeding the five thousand with five loaves and [two] little fishes [John 6:9-13], they came, John says, by force, to make Him a king [John 6:15]. That is Satan again. When they saw the might and the power of this Lord Jesus from Nazareth, here is a man that could lead armies to world conquests. Why, if one of the soldiers was slain, He could raise him from the dead. He could raise the dead, and He could feed a vast army with just a few loaves and just a few fish. And they sought to make Him general, king, emperor, all of which would have meant no suffering, no death, and no cross. Had the Lord acquiesced, we would have been yet in our sins, and Satan would be ruler over all God’s creation.
The Lord Jesus, contradicted, spit upon, despised, outcast, numbered with transgressors, executed like a felon and a malefactor, dying the death of an executed Roman criminal: paying the price [Matthew 27:29-38, 50]. And thus, the author of the Hebrews uses the example of our Lord to encourage us [Hebrews 12:2-3], for the Christian faith and the Christian pilgrimage is always like that: every inch of the pilgrimage is contested by Satan. He draws a line, like General Travis drew a line in the Alamo. He draws a line, and he dares us to cross the line. Every inch of the Christian life and pilgrimage is contested by Satan.
It’s a strange thing. God said to Joshua: "I have given you the land of Canaan. Every place on which your foot shall set, I have given it to you for an inheritance. Now cross this Jordan and inherit the Promised Land" [from Joshua 1:1-11]. So, the children of Israel crossed the Jordan to inherit the Promised Land [Joshua 3:14-17]. And what a strange thing God does: He gives them the Promised Land. It’s their inheritance forever, but every inch of it they have to conquest and conquer. There were giants there [Numbers 13:33]. They lived in walled cities [Numbers 13:28], which terrified these who never looked upon such fortresses. They had to fight for every city and every acre of ground and every field and every hill and every mountain and every meadow. That’s the way God does with His people. It’s a strange thing. It’s the same and identical contest and contradiction and fight in the Christian pilgrimage."
So fast forward now to our problems we have today. The problems I have. Don't listen to other experts who say as Believers, we should be millionaires, blessed, controllers: you know- 'the head and not the tail?' Yes those are Biblical concepts and examples that were descriptive to certain of Biblical patriarchs and others of the prophets. But what about 'the price?' What is the price now? How much and for how long? Those two questions are beside the point, until it has been paid and we have overcome however many seasons or period of times or personal anguishes, struggles, setbacks, disappointments; basically, trials and tribulations.
What did Hebrews 12:1-3 say? A. We are surrounded by the whole world staring at us. (Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,) B. We must lay aside every weight and sin. C. We have to have patience. (let us run with patience the race that is set before us,). D. We must continuously keep our focus on Jesus and we must continuously consider what He did for us. (Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself,) And Finally, if we DON'T do these things, the Bible tells us we will be weak and useless. ( lest ye be weary and faint in your minds.)
So who is the one many preachers call the biggest complainer in the Bible? A lot of people think David was a complainer because of the word complaints was used, but they fail to consider that David never once practiced complaining, which is what many preachers peddle today as the technique of getting what you want from God. Others say go to Mary the blessed Virgin because she will make Jesus listen. But let's go to Psalm 22 and you will be shocked on what David learned about the future from one simple time he went to God for help. And I'll show you what happens when we cry out to God, complain or what have you. But bare in mind, that David was having a conversation with God. He began with a complaint. Then God interjects with a kind-of, "funny thing you mention that, David. Here's what's going to happen to me!" And the conclusion of the dialogue is David praising and glorifying God, because suddenly he is encouraged as he sees that God has his back, God understands, and David knows he will come out of his despair. And you can take it from me, that this has actually happened to me quite a few times over the past couple decades I have been consistently following God. And next time you cry out to God, know that you don't have to nag Him. He listens and He always answers. There is no formula, tactic or technique with God. We merely SPEAK to Him. Whether it be out of exhaustion, fear, anxiety, anger or calm; HE UNDERSTANDS.
That was then and this is now: The Full Armor of God
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:


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November 3, 2017

K-Mart/Sears 50% Christmas Holiday Savings Near YOU? See The Closings List.

50% Christmas Holiday Savings Near YOU? See The List.
Michael D. Tobin
Nov 4, 2017

(THERE ARE NONE IN MY STATE CLOSING BUT THERE ARE IN MANY OTHER STATES BUT I KNOW MANY WHO ARE STRUGGLING AS I AM, AND CAN SURE USE THE SAVINGS, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL BY NOW. SO I SURE HOPE AND PRAY THIS HELPS OR YOU CAN SHARE WITH OTHERS. MORE SAVINGS MEANS MORE FOOD ON THE TABLE AND MAYBE EVEN MORE TO HELP OTHERS. READ ON FOR DATES AND SPECIFIC STORES IN ALL THE STATES WHERE THEY WILL BE HAVING PRE-CLOSING SALES. HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH AND NEW YEAR! )

Sears, Kmart announce plans to close several stores by 2018



Updated: 2:24 PM PDT Nov 2, 2017



http://www.kcra.com/article/cash-starved-sears-is-putting-everything-on-sale/13144331

In a statement issue on the company’s website, the Sears Holding company plans to close at least 45 Kmart stores and 18 Sears stores.
The closures are expected to take place in January 2018.
The company issued a statement:
Sears Holdings continues its strategic assessment of the productivity of our Kmart and Sears store base and will continue to right size our store footprint in number and size. In the process, as previously announced we will continue to close some unprofitable stores as we transform our business model so that our physical store footprint and our digital capabilities match the needs and preferences of our members. The company on Thursday, November 2 informed associates at 45 Kmart stores and 18 Sears stores that we will be closing these stores in late January 2018.
Through Thanksgiving weekend, Sears will offer up to 50% off everything and Kmart will offer up to 40% off everything.
Sears previously announced it is bringing back the Wish Book, an iconic holiday catalog that it hasn't published since 2011.
Sears and Kmart have been losing billions of dollars and closing stores for years. Their parent company, Sears Holdings, hasn't turned a profit since 2010 and warned earlier this year there was "substantial doubt" that it will be able to stay in business.
By the end of this July, Sears Holdings had only 1,250 stores left in the United States, down from 3,400 at the start of 2006. It has announced additional plans to close stores since then.
Shoppers attracted by sales may have trouble finding what they want. Vendors have pulled back shipments to Sears and Kmart, concerned that they won't be paid if the company files for bankruptcy.
Even Whirlpool, which got its start selling appliances through Sears in 1916, is ending sales of its Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid and Jenn-Air appliances at Sears.
Sears CEO and primary shareholder Edward Lampert has publicly complained about vendors "trying to take advantage of negative rumors about Sears to make themselves a better deal." He said that a "wave of dire predictions about our company's future has done harm to our business."
But Sears issued a statement Tuesday disputing an article in the The Wall Street Journal that claimed many vendors were refusing to send products to Sears and Kmart, calling the story "yet another rehash of inaccurate assertions and negative speculation about Sears Holdings and its future."
"We continue to have strong relationships with over 50,000 vendors and suppliers," the company said.
Still, Sears Holdings disclosed Monday that it had borrowed an additional $60 million from a group of companies controlled by Lampert. It has borrowed $200 million from those entities in just the last month. All the borrowing is guaranteed by liens on Sears Holdings properties.
SEARS HOLDINGS CLOSINGS LIST:  
 “Sears Holdings continues its strategic assessment of the productivity of our Kmart and Sears store base and will continue to right size our store footprint in number and size. In the process, as previously announced we will
continue to close some unpr
ofitable stores as we transform our business model so that our physical store
footprint and our digital capabilities match the needs and preferences of our members. The company on
Thursday, November 2 informed associates at 45 Kmart stores and 18 Sears stores that we will be closing these stores in late January 2018.
“It’s important to note that these stores will remain open to serve members during the holiday season. Eligible
associates impacted by these store closures will receive severance and will have the opportunity to apply for
open positions at area Kmart or Sears stores. Customers can use the store locator function on our web sites to
find the location of their nearest Kmart and Sears stores. Liquidation sales will begin as early as November 9 at
these closing stores. Following is a complete list of the impacted stores.”


 FORMAT STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE
Kmart 7200 Us Highway 431 Albertville AL
Kmart 1214 E Florence Blvd Casa Grande AZ

Kmart 26996 Us Hwy 19 N Clearwater FL
Kmart 6050 Highway 90 Milton FL
Kmart 901 Us 27 North Sebring FL
Kmart 156 Tom Hill Senior Blvd Macon GA
Kmart 144 Virginia Ave South Tifton GA
Kmart 1203 Cleveland Road Dalton GA
Kmart 3101 East 17Th Street Ammon ID
Kmart 1006 N Keller Drive Effingham IL
Kmart 2606 Zion Road Henderson KY
Kmart 230 L Roger Wells Blvd Glasgow KY
Kmart 501 Marsailles Road Versailles KY
Kmart 1300 Us Hwy 127 S Frankfort KY
Kmart 41601 Garfield Road Clinton Twp MI
Kmart 200 Capital Ave Sw Battle Creek MI
Kmart 2125 S Mission Street Mt Pleasant MI
Kmart 1547 Highway 59 South Thief River Falls MN
Kmart 2233 N Westwood Blvd Poplar Bluff MO
Kmart 16200 East Us Hwy 24 Independence MO
Kmart 1400 S Limit Avenue Sedalia MO
Kmart 3901 Lemay Ferry Road St Louis MO
Kmart 1130 Henderson Drive Jacksonville NC
Kmart 1292 Indiana Avenue St. Marys OH
Kmart 14901 Lorain Avenue Cleveland OH
Kmart 2830 Navarre Road Oregon OH
Kmart 4475 Mahoning Ave Austintown OH
Kmart 1249 North High Street Hillsboro OH
Kmart 3382 Birney Plaza Moosic PA
Kmart 2830 Gracy Center Way Moon Township / Coraopolis PA
Kmart 3319 North Susquehanna Trail Shamokin Dam PA

Kmart 22631 Route 68 Clarion PA
Kmart 1815 6 Ave Se Aberdeen SD
Kmart 530 Donelson Pike Nashville TN
Kmart 560 South Jefferson Avenue Cookeville TN
Kmart 1806 N Jackson Street Tullahoma TN
Kmart 4520 W 7 Street Texarkana TX
Kmart 4715 Nine Mile Road Richmond VA
Kmart 300 Towne Centre Drive Abingdon VA
Kmart 3311 Riverside Drive Danville VA
Kmart 2315 Wards Road Lynchburg VA
Kmart 111 Division St North Stevens Point WI
Kmart 800 Grand Central Avenue Vienna WV
Kmart 1287 Winchester Avenue Martinsburg WV
Kmart 301 Beckley Plaza Beckley WV
Sears* 1701 Mcfarland Blvd E Tuscaloosa AL
Sears* 5111 Rogers Avenue Fort Smith AR
Sears* 4201 N Shiloh Drive Fayetteville AR
Sears* Fiesta Mall Mesa AZ
Sears* Greeley Mall Greeley CO
Sears* 8020 Mall Pkwy Lithonia GA
Sears* 1709 Baytree Road Valdosta GA
Sears* Berkshire Mall Lanesboro (Pittsfield) MA
Sears* 7885 Eastern Blvd Baltimore MD
Sears* 1200 Us Rt 22 Phillipsburg NJ
Sears 2999 E College Avenue State College PA
Sears* 300 Lycoming Mall Circle Pennsdale/Muncy PA
Sears* 2334 Oakland Ave Indiana PA
Sears 4000 Sunset Mall San Angelo TX
Sears* 4600 S Medford Dr Lufkin TX
Sears* 754 S State Street Salt Lake Cty UT
Sears* 114 Southpark Circle Colonial Hts VA
Sears 1400 Del Range Blvd Cheyenne WY
*The Sears Auto Center at this store will close in early December 2017. The store itself will close in late January 2018.

October 30, 2017

Heaven, Hell, Halloween, The Reformation & Salvation







Heaven, Hell, Halloween, The Reformation & Salvation

By: Michael D. Tobin
Oct 30, 2017

Link to audio, The Formal Cause of the Reformation & the authority of Scripture: An Interview with R.C. Sproul and John MacArthur on Legonier Ministries Oct. 30, 2017 http://renewingyourmind.org/2017/10/30/the-formal-cause-of-the-reformation

Link to audio/visual, What Was the Reformation All About? from Ligonier Ministries Oct 30, 2017 https://reformation.ligonier.org/

Link to article 100 years later, Balfour Declaration divides Israelis, Palestinians
Mike Smith AFPOctober 30, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/news/100-years-later-balfour-declaration-divides-israelis-palestinians-024108335.html

Hell: Luke 16:19-31 The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
(Also in John 5:39-47)

19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Matt 5:19a Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Heaven: Matthew 22:1-14 The Parable of the Banquet (Kingdom of Heaven)
(Also in Luke 14:15-24)
1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

Halloween: Link to Fortune Magazine article/video, Americans Will Spend a Terrifying Amount On Halloween This Year By Chris Morris October 27, 2017 http://fortune.com/2017/10/27/american-halloween-spending-2017/?utm_campaign=fortunemagazine&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&xid=soc_socialflow_facebook_FORTUNE

Salvation: Acts 4:1-12 Peter and John Before the Council
1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 nd when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Link to article, Little Richard Rejects 'Omnisexual' Past: 'I Want to Be Holy Like Jesus'
10-25-2017
CBN News http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/entertainment/2017/october/little-richard-rejects-homosexuality-i-want-to-be-holy-like-jesus


I desire to respond to disaster sites sharing the love of Jesus at hurricane, tornado, fires and other disasters as a Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplain, as I've been one since 2003. I pray to be able to renew my passport and have one for my 31-yr old son who wants to be in missions and ministry with me. Visit my podcast, Michael Tobin Show at, https://www.spreaker.com/show/michael-tobin-show_1 .
So would you please help me respond to natural disasters as a BGRRT Chaplain by purchase of my book, Making America Righteous-Again: From Bitterness To A Delight at, "Making America Righteous-Again: From Bitterness To A Delight" Kindle Edition
by Michael D. Tobin Sr. (Author) 
Please select link here for download here, and proceeds also go to feed Downtown San Diego's homeless:
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October 11, 2017

Fire's Coming You Gota Get Out! California

Fire's Coming You Gota Get Out! California Fires
By: Michael D. Tobin
Oct. 11, 2017



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PODCAST AUDIO MICHAEL TOBIN SHOW
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Northern California fires: What we know, and what we don’t http://www.kcra.com/article/northern-california-fires-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont-wednesday-night/12810611

Whole towns evacuated as Northern California firestorms grow; at least 21 dead. All residents of Calistoga & Geyserville ordered to evac as firefighters braced for tough fight overnight on numerous fronts of the fires. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fires-northern-california-20171011-story.html

Apocalyptic Drone Video Shows Postman Delivering Mail to Ravaged NorCal Homes http://ktla.com/2017/10/11/postman-delivers-mail-to-razed-california-homes-in-apocalyptic-drone-video/

And, ...All Evacuation Orders Lifted as Containment Increases on Canyon 
Fire2.

http://ktla.com/2017/10/11/nearly-all-evacuation-orders-lifted-as-containment-increases-on-canyon-fire-2/


I desire to respond to disaster sites sharing the love of Jesus at hurricane, tornado, fires and other disasters as a Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplain, as I've been one since 2003. I pray to be able to renew my passport and have one for my 31-yr old son who wants to be in missions and ministry with me. Visit my podcast, Michael Tobin Show at, https://www.spreaker.com/show/michael-tobin-show_1 .

So would you please help me respond to natural disasters as a BGRRT Chaplain by purchase of my book, Making America Righteous-Again: From Bitterness To A Delight at, "Making America Righteous-Again: From Bitterness To A Delight" Kindle Edition
by Michael D. Tobin Sr. (Author) 

Please select link here for download here, and proceeds also go to feed Downtown San Diego's homeless:
https://smile.amazon.com/Making-America-Righteous-Again-Bitterness-Delight-ebook/dp/B01A1JPHUC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506202912&sr=8-1&keywords=Michael+D+Tobin





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October 7, 2017

Join Me Sunday 0730AM PacTime For NRA'S VP Wayne LaPierre LIVE Coverage PT1

Join Me Sunday 0730AM PacTime For NRA'S VP Wayne LaPierre LIVE Coverage PT1
By: Michael D. Tobin
Oct. 10, 2017






(THERE WAS ABOUT A 4-MINUTE DELAY AT ABOUT THE 20-MINUTE MARK BUT I HAD IT CORRECTED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ACCURATELY WHERE THE DELAY BEGAN. SORRY ABOUT THE ISSUE IT HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME WHENEVER I MENTION CRITICAL SUBJECTS DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE TO SENSORS. VERY AGGRAVATING. AS SOON AS I MENTIONED ROCKEFELLER'S THE CONNECTION WAS BROKEN. OTHER TIMES IT WAS PRETTY FASCINATING SUBJECTS THAT CAUSED YOUTUBE TO GET THEIR UNDIES IN A WAD. )

Watch NRA’s Wayne LaPierre take on the Feinstein, Schumer anti-gun circus, this Sunday on Face the Nation.

Here is a link to Sean Hannity/NRA VP Wayne LaPierre interview re NRA advocating 'bump-stock' regulation. October 5, 2017https://www.nratv.com/home/video/wayne-lapierre-fights-for-freedom-on-hannity#

https://home.nra.org/joint-statement
(FAIRFAX, VA) - The National Rifle Association today issued the following statement: Oct 5, 2017

"In the aftermath of the evil and senseless attack in Las Vegas, the American people are looking for answers as to how future tragedies can be prevented. Unfortunately, the first response from some politicians has been to call for more gun control. Banning guns from law-abiding Americans based on the criminal act of a madman will do nothing to prevent future attacks. This is a fact that has been proven time and again in countries across the world. In Las Vegas, reports indicate that certain devices were used to modify the firearms involved. Despite the fact that the Obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions, the National Rifle Association is calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law. The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations. In an increasingly dangerous world, the NRA remains focused on our mission: strengthening Americans' Second Amendment freedom to defend themselves, their families and their communities. To that end, on behalf of our five million members across the country, we urge Congress to pass National Right-to-Carry reciprocity, which will allow law-abiding Americans to defend themselves and their families from acts of violence."

WE COMFORT WITH THE COMFORT WE'VE BEEN COMFORTED WITH

WE COMFORT WITH THE COMFORT WE'VE BEEN COMFORTED WITH
By: Michael D. Tobin
Oct 7, 2017


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By: Michael D. Tobin
Oct 7, 2017

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1 Thessalonians 5:8-11 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

2 COR 1:3-7 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

Proverbs 13:11-13 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. 13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

I want to share with you a short clip from Ps Greg Laurie he did in 2009, long before one of his son's died in a traffic accident. And he has since then actually lived out in real life the principles he shares, and by all means, applies to all of us.
and then continue with 2 short clips I recorded yesterday before concluding with a tremendous confirmation of today's who-what-when-where-why and how in America and the church. And conclude with a few words by Rev Billy Graham released in a Newsmax article back in October 5, 2013

I just got around to reading the following blog yesterday, by evangelist Mario Murillo which he wrote a day before yesterday, which is when I recorded the two short videos I played at the beginning of this podcast. He is one of the few who I notice is almost always sharing the same things the Lord has been dealing with me about. I mentioned two of his same scriptural references and thoughts from the first part of his blog, and have yet to cover the rest in this podcast I'm doing now. But one thing's for sure, those who are truly prayer intercessors are getting the message around the world, titled, "WHAT IS GOING ON. WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT."

"Rev. Billy Graham Prepares 'Perhaps … My Last Message' "
By David A. Patten | Saturday, 05 Oct 2013 07:12 PM
Rev. Billy Graham said in 2013, "...non-believers can (absolutely) find hope, because all people have sinned and come short of God's glory (Romans 3:23). But the Bible also tells us that God our Savior desires all people to be saved and to come into the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:4 NKJV). Real hope is found only in the God of hope. To demonstrate this to mankind, He sent His only Son to earth to bring redemption to people's souls. God stands by ready to grant salvation to all who believe in Him. 'For God so loved the world that He gave His only [Son], that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life' (John 3:16 NKJV). Do not miss the importance of this wonderful phrase 'in Him.' When we step into an airplane, fasten our seat belts and the wheels leave the runway, we have placed our physical being and our complete faith not only in the aircraft, but in the pilot and crew. When we receive salvation offered to us by Jesus Christ, we are committing our entire being—our physical, emotional, and spiritual life -- to Him because we put our faith in Him -- in everything He has said, done, and promised.
"Rev. Billy Graham Prepares 'Perhaps … My Last Message' "




I desire to respond to disaster sites sharing the love of Jesus at hurricane, tornado, fires and other disasters as a Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplain, as I've been one since 2003. I pray to be able to renew my passport and have one for my 31-yr old son who wants to be in missions and ministry with me. Visit my podcast, Michael Tobin Show at,  https://www.spreaker.com/show/michael-tobin-show_1 .

So would you please help me respond to natural disasters as a BGRRT Chaplain by purchase of my book, Making America Righteous-Again: From Bitterness To A Delight at, "Making America Righteous-Again: From Bitterness To A Delight" Kindle Edition
by Michael D. Tobin Sr.  (Author) 



Please select link here for download here, and proceeds also go to feed Downtown San Diego's homeless:
 https://smile.amazon.com/Making-America-Righteous-Again-Bitterness-Delight-ebook/dp/B01A1JPHUC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506202912&sr=8-1&keywords=Michael+D+Tobin

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Censored Files Series ep1 "New Indie Music, Words Without Knowledge, and Ukraine": 1st aired, Feb 12, 2022. Censored on Feb 16, 2024

 Censored Files Series ep1 "New Indie Music, Words Without Knowledge, and Ukraine": 1st aired, Feb 12, 2022. Censored on Feb 16, 2...