9/11 Was the Government’s Biggest Failure — So Why Do Truthers Think It Was Their Only Flawless Success?

Quick note before I get into it, because today’s the day this actually matters. It’s Patriot Day. Twenty-five years since 2,977 people went to work, boarded a flight, or showed up for a shift, and didn’t come home, and since 343 FDNY firefighters ran up stairwells everyone else was running down. Everything below this gets …

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Highlights of the News with Don Surber: Today includes a reference to a Don Ameche-Wilford Brimley movie.

Another week of crack journalism has passed and the examples simply become fodder for the Surber sarcasm machine. Enjoy!

ITEM 1: Science Alert reported, “Blocking a Single Immune Signal Made Old Mice Act Young Again.”

The story didn’t say if there was a cocoon involved.

America Is In A Slow Motion Suicide

America Is In A Slow Motion Suicide

There was a one-story building next to one of the towers that served as its lobby: “Plop, plop, plop” could be heard inside that lobby. Someone asked “what is that noise?” Answer: “People are jumping out the windows instead of being burned to death. They land on the roof, causing this noise.” 

All the Days of Our Lives

This has been a sad and bittersweet year for us. So far this year, we’ve bid farewell to eight of our long-time ministry friends and supporters, as they’ve gone home to be with the Lord. We don’t get invited to weddings anymore, but there have been far too many funerals. Most have passed away at a ripe, old age. Some have been taken from us too soon.

PART V — Jesus, the New Eden, the Tree of Life, and the Eternal Vocation of God’s Human Family

Jesus is the center of the entire Bible because He answers all three rebellions. He defeats the serpent (Gen. 3; Rev. 12), proclaims victory over the imprisoned Watchers (1 Pet. 3:19–20), and reclaims the nations disinherited at Babel (Matt. 28:18–20; Acts 2). He is the Second Adam (1 Cor. 15:45), restoring humanity’s failed vocation.

The Hard Truth About 9/11: A sobering view from 25 years after.

President Bush at Ground Zero on 9/14/2001: “Thank you all. I want you all to know that America today is on bended knee in prayer for the people whose lives were lost here, for the workers who work here, for the families who mourn. This nation stands with the good people of New York City and New Jersey and Connecticut as we mourn the loss of thousands of our citizens.”

The Coldest Paradise in Recreational Scuba

There are places where the water is warm, the reefs are colorful, and every dive feels familiar. Then there’s Thunder Bay. Hidden beneath the cold, crystal-clear waters of Lake Huron lies one of North America’s greatest collections of preserved shipwrecks, where history is measured not in museums, but in feet of depth. From the beginner-friendly “Oscar T. Flint” at 33 feet, to the towering machinery of the “Montana” at 63 feet, and finally the legendary “Grecian” resting around 100 feet below the surface, few places offer such a perfect progression for recreational divers. The only catch? You have to embrace the cold—but those who do are rewarded with an underwater time capsule unlike anywhere else in the world.

Memphis Belle: Somewhere in Bluff City

Memphis, Tennessee. A cafe. The kind with vinyl booth cushions, all patched up with duct tape. I’m in town to make a speech.

She is my waitress. Her name is on her nametag. She smiles at me after she asks how I want my eggs.

Her teeth are bad. Real bad. There’s probably a story here. I’d wish I knew the rest of it.

Lenin’s Socialism Rewired by Today’s Democrats’ Socialism

There is a maddening repetition in civilization. The national rise-and-fall pattern is the common thread. Mankind never learns; never studies; never accepts reality. Mankind always embraces a delusional blindness. This blind eye excuses, embraces, and enjoys a fancied invincible hubris. The cyclical repetition is amazing. A nation’s “rise and fall” is not Rome’s exclusivity.

How does this happen? Why are citizens complacent regarding their nation’s existence?