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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Craig Muhonen » Thu Sep 18, 2025 8:58 pm

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:salutes: :salutes: :salutes: Thank You Bob for paying tribute to Charlie Kirk :clap: in "Free Speech". Millions around the world are also paying their respects. It is unfortunately the "Hot Topic" going into the future for us, as conservatives, and he will be missed.
His loving wife has taken up his quest.
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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Craig Muhonen » Sat Sep 20, 2025 9:27 am

:salutes: :salutes: :salutes:

THIS IS THE HOUR TO AWAKEN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJzJdXpQVhc


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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Craig Muhonen » Sat Sep 20, 2025 4:26 pm

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DANIEL CROSS
"IF ONE VOICE CAN BE STRUCK DOWN IN PUBLIC AS A WARNING, DO YOU REALIZE
IT WAS MEANT TO INTIMINDATE EVERY OTHER VOICE THAT DARES TO SPEAK".


"Do you not remember the blood of the Martyrs before us,
has always been the seed of the Church".


This is Prophetic. :!: :!: :!:
Charles means, "Free Man", and Kirk from Scotland means, "Church".

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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Craig Muhonen » Sat Sep 20, 2025 9:03 pm

:salutes: :salutes: :salutes:

Everyone in the world should wake up in the morning, before they talk to anybody, and say to God, "THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE, SO I CAN DO SOMETHING FOR YOU".
Think what a change that would be for the good.
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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Craig Muhonen » Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:32 pm

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Charlie Kirk was shot at 12:23.
John 12:23: "Jesus replied, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified'".
They Know Not What They Do.
"If you kill a good person the goodness increases. A good person is good when he's alive, and his death brings more goodness. You can kill the messenger, you can't kill goodness.
In an evil world, truth is very powerful, so powerful that it frightens them".
Rabbi Mannis Friedman.



President Trump was shot at 6:11.
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Fight, Fight, Fight.


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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Craig Muhonen » Sat Sep 27, 2025 9:11 pm

:salutes: :salutes: :salutes:

I flew Don Dusatco's hang glider once, and then he said, "get back to work", because he was my plumbing boss.
The TAF showed the world how to do it, with a loop and a flare, and when they took Chuck Yeager for a ride he said, "that was the flyingest flyig that he'd ever done". :thumbup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnK562bCxw

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The black spot on top of Ajax and thinking, ' now I've got to get back down without breaking my ankle and getting Clintons truck back down without crashing. A two and a half hour drive and hike up for an 8 minute flight down the rainbow.
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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Craig Muhonen » Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:49 pm

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Can't stop now, and I can't get enough of these guys that I met in 74'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aImP-FX8fM


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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Craig Muhonen » Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:00 am

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TWO OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN.

I Can Read Your Mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRMf3wKBCPo

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:srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl: :srofl:


YOU KNOW WORDS HAVE TWO MEANINGS,
YOUR HEAD IS HUMMING AND IT WON'T GO,
IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW,
THE PIPER'S CALLING YOU TO JOIN HIM,
DID YOU KNOW,
YOUR STAIRWAY LIES ON THE WHISPERING WIND.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8z6iqeiOIU

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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Thu Oct 09, 2025 1:14 pm



Two excellent songs. And the videos were very well done. Thanks for posting them.    :thumbup:

Alan Parsons Project wrote: 
Don't let the fire rush to your head

Led Zeppelin wrote: 
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
    :
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on

Actually, I think there's a slight logical contradiction in that last Led Zeppelin quote. It would be better to say: "in the short run there's still time to change the road you're on". The phrase "there's still time to change" implies that there will be an end to that time to change. In other words, the opportunity to choose another path is of limited duration and will eventually go away. That's inconsistent with it being "in the long run".

Also, when people make mistakes, the best time to correct them is immediately. It gets harder and harder for people to change paths as time goes on.

Of course, song lyrics are often written more for how they sound than for their stellar logic, and "in the long run" does sound better than "in the short run". That's why it's less than ideal to use song lyrics as guides in life.

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Re: Hawks & Larks

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Fri Oct 10, 2025 2:16 pm

Craig Muhonen wrote: :salutes: :salutes: :salutes:

THIS IS THE HOUR TO AWAKEN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJzJdXpQVhc


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There are some excellent quotes in this video:

We have chosen Comfort over Courage
Silence over Truth
Compromise over Conviction
And now we reap the bitter fruit of what we have sown


However, the video has been classified by YouTube as being "AI-generated":

YouTube wrote:⚖️ Disclaimer

This video is an AI-generated narrative created for educational, inspirational, and commentary purposes. It is not an official statement and should not be taken as factual reporting. All references to characters, events, and speeches are fictionalized for storytelling. Content is shared under Fair Use for commentary, analysis, and teaching.

How this content was made
Altered or synthetic content
Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated. Learn more


This was also mentioned in the comments:

@dmitryostrovsky5763, 3 weeks ago wrote:FAKE A.I. VIDEO FAKE CHANNEL. THIS IS NOT THE POPE SPEAKING IT IS AN A.I. STOLEN VOICE PRINT BY FOREIGNERS WHO TRY TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOU TUBE.


Also, the video only has 630 views at the time of this posting. That seems like a small number for what appears to be an important speech.

So, I have to say, that I'm at a loss as to whether this was a real speech by the Pope or not. I'm not declaring it to be a fake, I'm just saying that I can't tell if it's real or not.

This is another big part of the problem with AI. It is robbing us of the ability to know fact from fiction. It empowers people to do great things, but it also empowers people to do terrible things. I truly believe that AI is the biggest threat that humanity has ever faced.
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