I’m doing a Goodreads giveaway for Mind Master Chronicles: The Pretender! https://goodreads.com/giveaway/show/399518-mind-master-chronicles-the-pretender The giveaway ends on Nov 19. The book’s release date is Nov 1, 2024.
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Goodreads giveaway for Mind Master Chronicles: The Pretender!
Posted in News, The Pretender, tagged book, Christ, Christian, Draft2Digital, dystopian, ebook, free, giveaway, God, Jennifer Alice Chandler, Jesus, Kindle, Labyrinth, Mind Master Chronicles, new adult, new release, News, Puppet on a String, release date, romance, science fiction, Smashwords, The Pretender, thriller on October 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The Evil of New York’s Proposal 1! Vote NO!
Posted in Thoughts of the Day, tagged abortion, child abuse, Christ, Christian, election, elections, freedom of religion, God, God-given rights, identity politics, Jesus, Jewish, New York, News, parental rights, pedophilia, politics, Proposition 1, sexual exploitation, Supreme Court, tyranny, US Constitutional rights, vote, woke on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The Evil of New York’s Proposal 1! Vote NO!
Proposal 1 coming up for vote in New York is evil. It’s an attack on religious freedom. Many people in the past came to this country to escape religious persecution — to avoid having to choose between their lives and God. One of the major components of the US Constitution is protecting citizens from having to make that choice. Proposal 1 aims to replace a real Constitutional right (freedom of religion) with new rights based on their woke pseudo-religion. The woke aren’t content with their own free will. They are bent on forcing their will on others under penalty of law, if need be. The woke don’t respect other people’s religious beliefs. If you don’t agree with wokeism, you will be made to pay. Don’t want to kill an unborn child? Too bad, no exceptions, according to Kamala Harris. Don’t want your child groomed for pedophilia? Physically mutilated in the name of gender identity politics? Too bad. The children don’t have to have to have their parent’s consent, nor do the parents have the right to know. So after the children are brainwashed by perverted adults, they can be easily conditioned to be exploited by them.
The states think they own your children. In fact, they already think they own everyone who resides in those states. And they want to own everyone in the country, too.
I’ve become convinced it’s not okay to abandon dissenters in woke states to woke tyranny — to woke people, who don’t respect other people’s free will and autonomy. What if residents in places like New York and California can’t just leave? They are fellow US citizens and their and their children’s Constitutional and God-given rights are being stripped away from them. Even more disturbing, what if the Dems take the presidency, the US House and Senate, and thereby pack the Supreme Court with woke justices? Then, they can rule against the states on every decision. Then, there will be nowhere for anyone in this country to run to. Then, we’ll all be in the same position as those in New York. I hope those trapped in New York are able to dodge this latest bid at total woke tyranny! I hope all Christian and Jewish people pray and vote and conscientious objectors vote against this latest attack against our freedom. Vote Republican down the ballot! And if you live in New York vote “NO” to Proposal 1!
https://x.com/Attorney_Cox/status/1847223602359460039
New York Voter Registration deadline – Sat Oct 26 mail postmarked / online/ In-person
One Extreme or Another — The Illegal Immigration Crisis
Posted in Thoughts of the Day, tagged asylum, bureaucracy, Christ, Christian, citizen, evictions, foreign nationals, God, government, humanity, ideology, illegal immigration, immigration, Jewish, legal immigration, Messiah, migrant, News, politics, refugees, shelters, We the People, woke, wokeism on June 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
We need to have representatives that represent the people, not just bureaucrats that push forward their own agendas — constantly forcing the citizenry to engage in behavior against their free will by stacking these bureaucracies with fellow ideologues. They even prevent “We the People” from making even the barest of decisions on our own or from substantially influencing public policy. The laws enforced are about social control, not public safety. It’s become a system of favoritism, not of equal treatment. And yet, even the favorites can’t rely on being treated well from one moment to the next.
I remember when illegal migrants were being put up in fancy hotels. Apparently, those days are over. Sanctuary cities throughout the country are now evicting migrants from shelters after a set period of time. In a way, it makes sense. There should be an acknowledgement that this unrestricted migration can’t be sustained and that a city can’t afford to house a limitless homeless population. But because this is illegal immigration not legal immigration the structure and resources are just not there to smoothly transition people into an independent life. Once these people are evicted, what will happen to them? And once new people come in and find no support, what will happen to them? In other words, there isn’t enough condemnation of the open border policy itself coming from these sanctuary cities. You can’t simply kick people out on the streets and expect them to manage. How exactly do they think they’re going to get back to the border? Back to their countries of origin? And that’s assuming their countries of origin will take them back. Are the migrants even going to be allowed to cross back into Mexico and Canada? I’m not even sure the sanctuary cities want them to leave the United States, but they just don’t want to deal with the ones who aren’t fortunate enough to get adequate jobs and housing themselves. Their attitude appears to be to let someone else bear the cost; have other states and cities’ societal structures torn apart by the lack of preparation and the lack of structure you get from illegal immigration.
Meanwhile, it isn’t as though these migrants have been being treated well since the fancy hotel days. No, I don’t like the sense of entitlement I’ve seen. To my knowledge we’ve never had an immigration period where people came expecting to be taken care of. They used to want the opportunity for a better life, not to have that better life handed to them on the back of the people already living in the country. And still, it isn’t just the citizens of the United States who are suffering here; it’s also the migrants themselves. This is one of the most cynical, disrespectful things I’ve seen done in the name of humanity — encouraging people through demonstrations and promises of reward to debase themselves in order to come here. Where is the sanitation? And how are these people supposed to afford our inflated cost of living by taking on unskilled jobs when at least one of the reasons they were brought here was to drive down wages?
And the woke people who once upon a time, when they claimed to want the migrants in their cities, tried to feed us the line that these were refugees awaiting an answer to asylum requests. But I don’t see a refugee camp or even a recognizable crisis aside from the chaos created by the sheer number of homeless people they compelled to come here. No, these “refugees” are now being treated like intruders, not victims of a crisis. And they are being treated that way by the same people who encouraged them to come in the first place.
Still, this problem won’t be resolved by shoving people out onto the streets. We need to re-establish legal immigration. People need to be vetted before they are allowed to live here. And the free hotel stays and such to entice people to come here need to stop.
And we need to stop electing people who take all of our power of governance away from us, refuse to represent us, and then refuse to take responsibility for the fallout of their decisions.
The Perpetual Attack on the Sensitive Side
Posted in Thoughts of the Day, tagged Bible, book, chapter, child abuse, child-sexual-abuse, Christ, Christian, conditioning, exploitation, God, grooming, Jesus, Jewish, Messiah, News, propaganda, quote, sensitive, sex, sexuality, UN, WEF, WHO, woke, wokeism on June 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The Perpetual Attack on the Sensitive Side
Most people are born with a sensitive side. Society increasingly appears to have a pathological hatred of it. It’s possibly because you need God if you have a sensitive side in order to keep your sensitive side alive. Whereas those who don’t have a sensitive side are convinced that they don’t need Him. And perhaps they don’t want to need Him, and they don’t want others to need Him either. Regardless, there is an open antagonism toward sensitivity in our society. Society has encouraged people to have no sensitive side and forgo attachments.
Our socialization process in the school system seems to be geared toward giving children a “thicker skin.” Having a thicker skin is considered a good thing, feelings are not. But without a sensitive side and attachments people become disposable.
And the attack on sensitivity has never been worse than it is now. Now they are going after children sexually. And sex is a very effective way to destroy a person’s sensitive side. But the UN, the WHO, and the WEF are all pushing for the sexualization of children. There are no good reasons to do this — only bad. Reducing sex to an act of mere physical stimulation reduces the odds of incorporating emotional, mental, and spiritual components to the act. People, especially sensitive people, want more than just physical stimulation. But how can you achieve that experience — sex as a part of love — if it’s been made into only a physical reality?
Physical sex alone also suffers from the law of diminishing returns. Like a drug addiction, over time the high diminishes and you require something additional such as drugs or violence (such as sadomasochism) to keep things interesting. This flies in the face of the argument that training children to engage in sex as a mere physical act is a good thing. In reality, the sooner you start, the sooner you will lose interest. Which brings us to the real reason why there is a push to sexualize children: pedophilia. For some adults traditional sex no longer holds any interest. Only debauching the innocent and the sensitive seems to turn them on. So, they are seeking access to a victim pool. They are looking to normalize it into society. They are trying to convince people that reducing sex to a mere physical act at a younger age is a good thing for children — when clearly it is not. It’s all about insensitive people trying to find stimulation because they are cold and jaded. Because you can’t be satisfied with anything without a sensitive side. And unless you have an irrational aversion to sensitivity and a hatred of God, why would you want to destroy that element in any human being — let alone a child? In the end, by introducing children to sex as an act of mere physical stimulation you are preventing them from experiencing it as an act of love. Children need to spend their formative years learning who they are as a total person, which includes mental, emotional, and spiritual development. Sex at an early age could also potentially kill a child’s sensitive side. We need to stop catering to adults looking for more and more sexual stimulation. It’s gone too far already. But for those who have convinced themselves that sex among children is no big deal, I will submit that this need for stimulation in the adults who advocate for it could still progress even further. What’s to stop torture and murder from coming next?
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
And Jesus called a little child unto Him, and set him in the midst of them,
And said, “Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
“Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
“And whoso shall receive one such little child in My name receiveth Me.
“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
“Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
“Wherefore it thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
“And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
“Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father which is in heaven.
“For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost.
“How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
“And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
“Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.” (Matthew 18: 1-14)
Fournier, Dan. “The UN, WHO, & WEF seek to Sexualize, Exploit, & Decriminalize Sex with School-Aged Children.” Dan Fournier’s Inconvenient Truths, 19 May 2023, https://fournier.substack.com/p/the-un-who-and-wef-seek-to-sexualize?nthPub=501
Geller, Pamela. “EVIL: UN Report Calls for Legalizing Sex Between Adults and Children.” Geller Report, 18 April 2023,
It’s Booming! Part 3: In Defense of Dollar Tree.
Posted in Thoughts of the Day, tagged credit card debt, dollar stores, Dollar Tree, economy, food, food deserts, health, inflation, interest rate hikes, News, propaganda, shrinkflation, woke on May 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
It’s Booming! Part 3: In Defense of Dollar Tree.
A lot of flak has been aimed at dollar stores like Dollar Tree lately. Dollar Tree is set to close some of its Family Dollar stores. The reasons given for the closures vary. Some of the articles say it’s because the acquisition of Family Dollar by Dollar Tree has turned out to be more of a problem than it’s worth. The two stores don’t mesh well together. Still, there are plans to open combo stores where both stores are in the same building. One article I recently read, “Crime magnets, food deserts? US dollar stores in the dock” partially blames lackluster Christmas sales. “Dollar Tree said in March that it planned to close nearly 1,000 of its Family Dollar outlets after poor holiday sales. Discount stores have also struggled with shifts in consumer demand and rising costs.” (Biron, 2024) A different article, “Dollar Tree Raising Some Prices to $7 as 6-Figure Earners Flock to the Discount Store.” said, “Dollar Tree also announced that it is closing 1,000 Family Dollar stores, representing 12% of its total store count. The company also said in the earnings call that it continues to deal with increased theft at Family Dollar, which is only one of many factors behind store closures. As a result, the company has locked up certain products and placed others behind registers.” (Nesbit, 2024)
Either way, it’s clear that the authors of most of the recent articles about Dollar Tree are clearly not fans of Dollar Tree and its ilk. After reading some of these articles, you’d think dollar stores were responsible for the inflation we are experiencing. Most of the authors act like it’s a crime to earn a profit in order to keep your business from bankruptcy and continue to pay your employees. Yes, when Dollar Tree tacked on that additional $0.25 to their prices it did signal that the inflation problem was worse than what the woke media would have you believe. Maybe the propagandists don’t, but I appreciate the position Dollar Tree is in. The business model Dollar Tree had had that worked for years, and they probably expected to continue on indefinitely, no longer works in this high inflation environment. The selling point had been that you could walk into the store and buy whatever you saw there for $1.00 plus any applicable tax. Now that’s no longer possible.
Still, it appears that the propagandists want Dollar Tree to just take the loss — sell the item for less than they can acquire it for in order to hide the fact that there’s an inflation problem. How typical of the woke to steamroll over everything and everyone in order to have their way and then expect someone else to take the pain for it. Heaven forbid they change course when their policies turn out to be a disaster. No, they scapegoat instead.
“While dollar stores use the allure of single-digit prices to bring customers in, they “actually end up costing customers more in the long run,” Sasha Rogelberg said for Fortune. This is especially true for essential products, since “toilet paper, soap, and groceries cost more per unit price at dollar stores than they do as other large retailers.” (Klawans, 2024)
Yes, there are savings to be made buying in bulk — there always has been. It has been a way to get your money to go further. But then, that’s the rub. What if you have to finance your bulk purchases with a high interest rate credit card? Or worse yet, you’ve already tapped out your credit? Then, there becomes a use for a store that sells things in smaller quantities. The problem once again is that it’s not a good thing to be priced out of buying bulk, which can be a way to get financially ahead. But that’s the economic reality we’re in. Some people can no longer afford to invest in a larger quantity in order to gain a discount per ounce or per count. But instead of acknowledging that there is an inflation problem that has led to an interest rate hike on credit, woke propagandists have instead decided to engage in the less than helpful practice of blaming the retailers for not taking the financial loss on themselves by charging bulk prices per ounce or count for smaller quantities. Eventually, undercharging would probably cause them to lose their business since no one is forecasting that the widespread inflationary prices will go back down.
And yet the attack on dollar stores continues with moves even being made to restrict the expansion of dollar stores in some communities. “Critics of these stores, which stayed open during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide essential items and saw swift expansion afterwards, say they attract crime, like shoplifting, are often poorly maintained and push out grocery shops and other businesses. They also say the stores create “food deserts” where consumers have little access to healthy, fresh produce. Supporters say the so-called small box retailers offer a lifeline to low-income families.” (Biron, 2024) The Dollar Tree response was thus: “A spokesperson for Dollar Tree said Chicago’s decision meant it and other small box retailers “will essentially be prohibited from opening new or relocated stores” in the city. The move “will bring more harm than help to the very communities it claims to support by limiting the flexibility to improve stores and provide new offerings to people in these communities,” the spokesperson told Context.” (Biron, 2024)
But the criticism continues … ““This whole thing has exploded,” said Kennedy Smith, a senior researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), which published a report on the “Dollar Store Invasion” last year. As word gets out more about communities that have been successful in controlling dollar store development … others are coming to ask for guidance,” she told Context.” (Biron, 2024) “The closures give communities “an opportunity to re-set the clock and find better ways to ensure that residents have convenient and affordable access to healthy food. With fewer dollar stores, it will be easier for communities to develop or attract better food options,” Smith said.” (Biron, 2024)
Yet, even the author of the “Crime magnets, food deserts? US dollar stores in the dock.” article admits, “there is evidence that the retailers are responding to a genuine demand. The first national survey last year by the non-profit Center for Science in the Public Interest found more than 80% of respondents said the stores helped their communities, were convenient and allowed them to stretch tight budgets.” (Biron, 2024)
But criticism of the dollar store phenomenon persisted in the article: “Broader food access was also highlighted by researchers with UCLA Anderson and the University of Toronto, who found that around one grocery store will close for every three dollar stores that open within a two-mile radius.” (Biron, 2024) And, “In a petition calling for a ban, people in Tangipahoa said they had been negatively affected by the “saturation” of dollar stores, which they said had increased traffic, affected drainage, diminished small businesses and attracted litter and crime.” (Biron, 2024)
The Klawans article is also rife with criticism. “Indeed, while simply shopping elsewhere may seem like an obvious solution, customers “already shopping at dollar stores may not have a choice,” Rogelberg said for Fortune. The “thousands of dollar stores cropping up across the U.S. may seem like a win for shoppers looking for convenience,” but “dollar store expansions have also forced out independent grocers and created food deserts in the areas they occupy.” This means that dollar stores, which are “heavily reliant on cash-strapped shoppers with few options,” have “little motivation to do away with shrinkflation.” (Klawans, 2024)
Still, one woman in the Biron article was willing to work with Dollar Tree in order to remedy the chain’s perceived shortcomings. The article states, “Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, a former commissioner in DeKalb County, Georgia, believes the key to striking a balance between the pros and cons of dollar stores lies in collaboration.” as well as, “Cochran-Johnson drew up legislation to encourage the stores to offer fresh food items, and now many include a cold food section selling milk, cheese and more, she said.” (Biron, 2024)
And yet, you can’t sell those fresh food items for $1.25. So now Dollar Tree is planning to offer items up to $7.00 limit. While most items will still be at the $1.25 price point, others will now range from $1.50 to $7.00. It’s of note that the Klawans article mentions the $7.00 price limit and the shrinking sizes, but neglects to mention that most items will remain $1.25. The Nesbit article mentions, “In the company’s most recent earnings call, executive chairman and CEO Rick Dreiling said the increase was part of Dollar Tree’s “multi-price point strategy” to offer shoppers a more “relevant assortment,” Business Insider reported. He also noted that most of Dollar Tree’s new shoppers in 2023 came from households earning more than $125,000 per year.” (Nesbit, 2024) He also added that “Higher-priced items will include food, snacks, beverages, pet care, personal care and more.” (Nesbit, 2024) Klawans misinterprets the information about the more affluent customers in the following, “And despite what Dollar Tree executives said, statistics show the majority of dollar store customers sit in low-income brackets.” (Klawans, 2024) CEO Rick Dreiling actually said new customers, not all customers.
In the end, apparently Dollar Tree can’t win. When they offer healthier food options for more money the implication is made that the company is catering to the wealthy. If they don’t offer healthier options, the company is a “crime magnet” and a creator of “food deserts.”
It’s also useful to point out that it doesn’t appear that the company is raking in the dough at the $1.25 price point. “The company reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $1.71 billion and a net loss of $998.4 million for fiscal year 2023, Supermarket News reported.” (Nesbit, 2024) Yet, Klawans insists, “The rampant shrinkflation, as in other types of stores, has “resulted in tasty profit margins for both Dollar General and Dollar Tree,” Bill Wilson said for Supermarket News.” (Klawans, 2024) Klawans then seems to contradict himself by pointing out that Dollar Tree is closing stores. “The shrinkflation doesn’t necessarily appear to be helping to avoid other drastic measures; Dollar Tree and its subsidiary, Family Dollar, announced it will close nearly 1,000 stores in the next few years due to a lackluster 2023. While this may help the company, it is “likely to leave a void for Americans with already limited shopping choices,” CNN said. So, which is it? Dollar Tree is a useful resource for the poor and therefore they have a moral obligation to keep their stores open? Or, are they supposedly a scourge that causes “food deserts” by driving out competition? And do we even know there is competition willing to move into these areas? I guess we’ll find out soon if any traditional groceries swoop in to fill that void created by the store closures.
In the end, yes, there is a problem, but the problem isn’t being caused by Dollar Tree.
(Biron, 2024)
Biron, C. (2024, April 22). “Crime magnets, food deserts? US dollar stores in the dock.” Context. https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/crime-magnets-food-deserts-us-dollar-stores-in-the-dock
(Klawans, 2024)
Klawans, J. (2024, March 29). “Why are dollar stores a microcosm for America’s shrinkflation problem?” THE WEEK US. https://theweek.com/business/economy/dollar-stores-americas-shrinkflation-problem
(Nesbit, 2024)
Nesbit, J. (2024, March 22). “Dollar Tree Raising Some Prices to $7 as 6-Figure Earners Flock to the Discount Store.” Yahoo Finance. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dollar-tree-raising-prices-7-201647729.html
Writing Update 7
Posted in Biosphere, Contagion Phase, News, Thoughts of the Day, tagged amazon, Biosphere, book, books, Christian, Contagion Phase, dystopian, ebook, ebooks, Jennifer Alice Chandler, Kindle, News, release, sci-fi, science fiction, update, writing, young adult on April 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Writing Update 7
Tomorrow’s the day! Contagion Phase 1: Biosphere will be released! I have updated the Books Available links page with links to retailers. It will be available in eBook format for $2.99, paperback for $12.99, as well as the Everand subscription service.
If you have Amazon Prime, you can use No-Rush Rewards or Amazon Day Rewards and get Amazon Digital Services credit to buy the Kindle Ebook versions of Contagion Phase 1: Biosphere, Mind Master Chronicles: Puppet on a String, or Break the Leg to Bend the Knee on Amazon. You can get up to $3.00 per transaction, which would pay for any of these Kindle eBooks. [Update: It appears the Amazon No-Rush Rewards policy has changed. You now get $1.00 Amazon Digital Services credit per transaction.] And of course the Mind Master Chronicles: Labyrinth eBook remains free.
Also, currently buying an eBook for $2.99 gives you 9 Kindle Rewards points per book toward the purchase of other Kindle books. Once Contagion Phase 1: Biosphere becomes available on April 29th, it should also net you 9 points for the eBook. As far as the paperbacks go, you can get 10 pts for Mind Master Chronicles: Labyrinth, 15pts for Mind Master Chronicles: Puppet on a String and 12 pts for Break the Leg to Bend the Knee. Since Contagion Phase 1: Biosphere is still in pre-order, points aren’t listed yet. But the going rate is 3 pts per dollar spent on Kindle eBooks, and 1 pt per dollar spent on paperbacks. 300 points equal $3.00 in Kindle Rewards book credit.
In July, I plan on submitting this book and my other three books to the Smashwords store sale.
I am happy to have completed the book and am hopeful it will be an enjoyable read for any readers out there! Meanwhile, the typing up of Mind Master Chronicles: The Pretender (Book 3) is almost complete and it will then enter the some-days-it-seems-endless editing process. After the typing of Mind Master Chronicles: The Pretender (Book 3) is complete, then the typing will commence on the prequel to Contagion Phase 1, which is aptly entitled Contagion Phase 2: Beginnings. The typing and the editing of the two books will occur simultaneously. Happy reading! And if you like any of my books, feel free to leave a rating! I appreciate it! Thanks!
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