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For Christian American readers of this blog:
I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them. We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.
The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!
A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:
"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."
Thanks Jack!
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has stood -- often
bare-chested -- at the helm of Russian politics since 1999, rotating
between the presidency and the prime minister's office.
But before his fast rise to power, Putin spent most of his life far out of the limelight.
With
Putin at the center of several global crises, from Syria to Ukraine,
The WorldPost takes a look back at the leader's surprising past. 1.
Vladimir Putin grew up in a communal apartment shared by three families
in St. Petersburg (then known as Leningrad), and he says he remembers hunting rats in the stairwell. The building on St. Petersburg's Baskov Lane where Putin spent his
childhood is shown in this April 2002 photo. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky,
File) 2. Putin's grandfather worked as a chef at Lenin’s country house and later cooked for Stalin several times. Vladimir Lenin (1870 - 1924) at home. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 3. He earned a black belt in judo when he was 18 and still practices the martial art, which he describes as a life philosophy. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a judo training in St.
Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei
Druzhinin, Pool) 4. Putin loves spy novels, once remarking “what amazed me most of all was how one man’s effort could achieve what whole armies could not.” Vladimir Putin (L) and EU Commission President Jose Barroso read
ancient books at an exhibition in Mafra monastery on the outskirts of
Lisbon, 26 October 2007. (MIGUEL A. LOPES/AFP/Getty Images) 5. He joined the KGB straight out of university and spent the 1980s helping the Soviet secret police recruit people to spy on the West. Vladimir Putin attends a meeting when he was chief of the Russian
FSB (formulary the KGB) in Moscow, Russia 1999. (Photo by Laski
Diffusion) 6. Putin loves his pet dogs and even brings them along to political talks, some suggest to scare fellow world leaders. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pets a rescue dog during his
meeting with Russian rescue workers in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence
outside Moscow, June 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool) 7. He is fluent in German, but not very confident in English. Vladimir Putin welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks in
St. Petersburg, Russia, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Anatoly Maltsev, pool) 8. Putin and his wife announced their divorce in 2013 during the interval of a ballet. Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila walk before watching the ballet
at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, June 6, 2013. (MIKHAIL
KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images) 9. Putin has two daughters but their lives are kept a total secret. They attended college under assumed names and their professions and countries of residence are not known. Vladimir Putin with his wife and daughter Katya, spring 1985, from the Putin family album. (Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images) 10. He is an Orthodox Christian and has expressed his faith in controversial terms, for example by placing same-sex marriage on a par with belief in Satan. Vladimir Putin crosses himself as he attends the Orthodox Christmas
service at the Holy Face of Christ the Savior Church in Sochi, Jan. 6,
2014. (AP Photo/Maxim Shemetov, pool)CORRECTION: A
caption in this story described Jose Barroso as the former President of
the EU Commission. Barosso is currently EU Commission President.
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The building on St. Petersburg's Baskov Lane where Putin spent his
childhood is shown in this April 2002 photo. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky,
File)
Vladimir Lenin (1870 - 1924) at home. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a judo training in St.
Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei
Druzhinin, Pool)
Vladimir Putin (L) and EU Commission President Jose Barroso read
ancient books at an exhibition in Mafra monastery on the outskirts of
Lisbon, 26 October 2007. (MIGUEL A. LOPES/AFP/Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin attends a meeting when he was chief of the Russian
FSB (formulary the KGB) in Moscow, Russia 1999. (Photo by Laski
Diffusion)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pets a rescue dog during his
meeting with Russian rescue workers in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence
outside Moscow, June 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
Vladimir Putin welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks in
St. Petersburg, Russia, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Anatoly Maltsev, pool)
Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila walk before watching the ballet
at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, June 6, 2013. (MIKHAIL
KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin with his wife and daughter Katya, spring 1985, from the Putin family album. (Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin crosses himself as he attends the Orthodox Christmas
service at the Holy Face of Christ the Savior Church in Sochi, Jan. 6,
2014. (AP Photo/Maxim Shemetov, pool)CORRECTION: A
caption in this story described Jose Barroso as the former President of
the EU Commission. Barosso is currently EU Commission President.