Principle 18 of 286. Census-taking, the lesser of two evils.

When the guest is an occasionally sweary comedienne, one doesn’t exactly expect the line “… And so I was baptised by Alexander Menn shortly before his assassination” to be dropped in.
But then again, it’s the Delingpod.

https://delingpole.podbean.com/e/abi-roberts/

Croatian Member of the European Parliament Mislav Kolakušić gives President Macron some tips for France’s newly-commenced rotating presidency of the Council of the EU (the body set up to represent member states’ governments).
Kolakušić is a former judge and is able to speak like this because he’s an Independent.

On-message police like calling themselves “Crown servants“ lately to suggest that they are a cut above civil servants and have no duty to serve the public.
They enjoy being called “officers” and dubbing the plebs “civilians”.
They don’t like being reminded that they are constables, not least because that proper title indicates that they have their powers and duties in trust from the people locally, not from the Crown.

https://t.me/awarriorcalls/234484

No Bible study today, as my fellow deacon has fallen ill and I have to take the service for him tomorrow.

“Babylonians playin’ tricks,
Remove dem from your playlist.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrcOIFHHqv8

In lieu of a Bible study by me today, I heartily recommend this sermon by a guest invited to address the congregation pastored by Matthew Trewhella in Michigan, whose book I recommended last week. It’s a continuation of our theme last week, of where Christian obedience to government ends.
Thanks to Nathan for the tip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLlvk4fC1E

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‘Because it’s a joint resolution, it does not need Gov. Spencer Cox’s signature to become law, and Cox does not have the power to veto it. The Utah Legislature gave itself the ability to overturn local health orders by joint resolution in SB195, also known as Utah’s COVID-19 “endgame” bill, which was signed into law last year.’

Anglo-Saxon societies began tolerating this when they had new curricula imposed over the past decade that majored on producing “resilient” six-year-olds. In the Common Core variant (USA), it transpired that this meant “training them to cope with the distress of senseless tasks”.

https://twitter.com/pdubdev/status/1484634303426228224