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The Last Time Saturn and Neptune Were Conjunct

Posted on June 23, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Tiananmen Square Massacre (June 4, 1989) This protest by Chinese students in Beijing has been effectively wiped out of the Chinese consciousness by the Communist authorities in the intervening years. But not everyone has forgotten. The “Tank Man” image (above) … Continue reading →

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When a Book Shines a Little Light into the Darkness

Posted on June 10, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Truth Lies in Twilight: The Prophecy (2025) Ellie has been discussing this prophecy on and off for a couple of years. She finally sat down and wrote about it. What’s surprising is the amount of detail she can recall after … Continue reading →

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How the Chinese Snuck Up on the World’s Chat Apps

Posted on January 29, 2025 by cdsmiller17

DeepSeek (January 10, 2025) They say that the Chinese have ingenuity. What they also have is the ability to spy on western industries and ‘borrow’ ideas (and even computer programs). The chosen icon for the DeepSeek app is a whale. … Continue reading →

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The Chinese Showed Us “The Way” 600 Years BCE

Posted on August 12, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Tao I don’t claim to know everything (or anything) about Taoism, but Wikipedia has a long passage about it. Tao (or Dao) can mean way, road, channel, path, doctrine, or line. The Tao is a natural order that enables all things to exist … Continue reading →

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He Says It’s for Peace in Ukraine

Posted on July 13, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Victor Orbán (May 31, 1963) It’s always a little disconcerting when you start to realize that some world leaders are younger than yourself. This man is slightly younger than my ‘baby’ sister, Elizabeth. In the last few days, he’s been … Continue reading →

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Is This Comet a Harbinger of Our Future?

Posted on May 25, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Halley’s Comet (May 25, 240 BC) My daily calendar reminded me of this event. To show you what went on, here’s the speculative chart. The inconjuncts pointing at Mars would be active for the whole day. Mark Twain joked that … Continue reading →

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Hindsight Allows an Alignment of Spiritual Knowledge

Posted on May 2, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Building the Roads to World War Three Hal Lindsey, in his book The Late Great Planet Earth, describes the events that will play out before the second coming of Christ. I read the original book in the middle-to-late 1970’s, and … Continue reading →

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Adverse Weather Phenomenon is Nothing New

Posted on July 24, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Yangtze River Floods (August 18, 1931 – peak) We tend to think that climate change is a recent thing. It’s not. This image from Wuhan, China in 1931 shows the extent of the flooding that occurred there. Upwards to 4 … Continue reading →

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Fake News? Should We Believe “Anonymous” Sources?

Posted on March 24, 2023 by cdsmiller17

2019/2021 Canadian Election Interference by China It’s hard to know who to believe anymore. My cousin, John Miller, is a respected journalist. He has a blog page called The Journalism Doctor. You should read it sometime. He laments the laziness … Continue reading →

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It Makes a Change from Tracking Santa’s Progress

Posted on February 20, 2023 by cdsmiller17

NORAD (May 12, 1958) NORAD has been in the news lately, shooting down balloons and other aerial objects. That wasn’t its original intention: it was intended to help North America have an early warning against Soviet planes entering our airspace, … Continue reading →

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