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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, October 27, 2021 C-7 news that a Optimist," coming. and He in- Churi, which just You good an af- Chu- gov- reg- 3D tech- regula- says him. new reg- big of reg- past cool for happen Scia- invested small car. taxi. than "Goes safer, this as excit- Elon hopes traffic by new bureaucrats' actually longer — equipment you do five "It's al- delaying who some- neu- sometimes regula- they're invent- control T V Neura- play- thinking. par- may communicate think Rick founded test But the blocked a would 1,000 detecting Lonsdale. Hillenmey- which can- may the be 10 "Competition a.m. government, compete com- govern- competi- and ex- Lonsdale. even than and Me Hucksters, Became lecturing us about "following the science" have opted to ig- nore the science. Who needs science when it conflicts with political ideology? If ever there were a policy that lifted all boats, it was the Trump tax cuts. The Biden tax policies to "soak the rich" threaten to capsize the econ- omy. And that will hurt the poor the most. The question is: Do they even care? Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at Freedom Works and a co-founder of the Commit- tee to Unleash Prosperity. He served on President Trump's Economic Recovery task force. eryone a flood was coming, but no one paid him any heed. Jesus said the inhab- itants of Noah's day paid no heed to No- ah's warning until the flood swept them away. God in his mercy, intervened to alter the course of history. Without a course correction, the future birth of Jesus was in jeopardy. So, God washed the slate clean, and started over with eight people. Sadly, humans are slow learners. It didn't take long for God to notice humans are hardheaded and stubborn. Bible his- torians estimate it only took a few hun- dred years after the flood for humans to defy God and build the Tower of Babel. Once again, God intervenes and gives us a chilling insight into the future. 'And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. And the LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one lan- guage, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them' Gen 11:5 -6. 'In the Year 2525' opens with an intro- ductory verse speculating a grim future: 'In the year 2525: If man is still alive: If woman can survive: they may find.' The story unfolds at 1,010 -year inter- vals from 3535 to 6565. In each succeed- ing millennium, life becomes increasing- ly sedentary and automated: thoughts are pre-programmed into pills for people to consume, eyes, teeth, and limbs all lose their purposes because of machines re- placing their functions, and marriage be- comes obsolete since children are con- ceived in test tubes. For the final three millennia, the tone of the song turns apocalyptic: the year 7,510 marks the date by which the Second Coming will have happened, and the Last Judgment occurs one millennium later. By 9595, the Earth becomes complete- ly depleted of resources, with the narra- tor uncertainly speculating that this re- sults in the death of humankind. The song ends after 10,000 years. By that time, humans have finally become ex- tinct. Jesus told his disciples of the perilous times people will go through before his Second Coming. He references the time will be just like Noah's day, characterized by lawlessness, immorality, and godless- ness. By then the unregenerated world is so depraved and devoid of God, he inter- venes again lest humanity perish. Humanity is on a downhill slide to self-extinction. Sound too farfetched? Jesus says, 'And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short,' Mt 24:22. The stock market is at an all-time high while prices are skyrocketing, and in- flation is eating away at the dollar. We are told that peace and utopia are right around the corner. Paul tells the Thessalonians that the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. When they say, Peace and safe- ty; look for sudden destruction and they shall not escape. Is this the calm before the storm? People who heed the Bible's warning are told to 'watch.' The return of Christ will be so sud- den that Matthew and Mark warn us to 'Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is com- ing — in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morn- ing —'lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 'And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch! ' Jesus has given us hope and a way out. 'Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man' Luke 21:36. I urge you to never cease from praying and always be watching. There is no oth- er way out of the year '2525' except up! thirds of the semiconduc- tors or chips found in iP- hones, computers, and cars. We cannot afford to have a hostile adversary like Com- munist China control a lead- ing maker of chips. Neither can we afford an aggressive China's breeching of the first island chain that runs through Taiwan and serves to restrain Beijing. There is little likelihood of a shooting war between Communist China and Amer- ica over Taiwan. President Xi is stoking national fervor on the mainland to consolidate his hold on power. But Beijing is testing the U.S. will as part of its long- range objective of replac- ing the United States as the world's leading superpower. If we do not respond appro- priately, such as conspicu- ously displaying American strength in the South China Sea, China will step up the pressure on Taiwan. These are the times that test a nation's will. Taiwan President Tsai has often ob- served that there is no rea- son to declare Taiwan's in- dependence because it is already independent. De- fending its prerogative to de- termine its own future free of Chinese coercion is in Amer- ica's national interest. And it is in keeping with our ideals as well. What we do will be noted closely by friends and allies as well as adversaries around the world. Lee Edwards is a leading historian of American con- servatism and the author or editor of 25 books. Court Report FELONY Pike County Circuit Court Adam James White charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a lev- el 6 felony, count II possession of a con- trolled substance, count III maintaining a common nuisance-controlled substanc- es, a level 6 felony, and count IV posses- sion of paraphernalia. Levi Jacob King charged with operat- ing a vehicle after being an habitual traf- fic offender, a level 6 felony. Patrick J. Taylor-Gerber charged with count I operating a vehicle with a sched- ule I or II controlled substance or its me- tabolite in person's body, count II posses- sion of paraphernalia and count III oper- ating a vehicle while intoxicated, prior, a level 6 felony. Joshua M. Brenton charged with count I domestic battery committed in the pres- ence of a child less than 16 years old, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of marijuana. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANORS Pike County Circuit Court Seth Michael DeWeese charged with criminal mischief. Dravon L. Burnett charged with pos- session of marijuana. Robert W. DeWeese charged with do- mestic battery. Sara L. Garland charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II pos- session of paraphernalia. Ashley Nicole Maxfield charged with driving while suspended, prior. CIVIL Pike County Circuit Court Citibank, N.A. sues Eric Brewster on complaint. Synchrony Bank sues Shanetta Bowl- ing on complaint. Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. sues Janice P. Duncan and Paul D. Hulfachor on complaint. Kaylee Hill sues Shane Elenbaas for dissolution of marriage. SMALL CLAIMS Pike County Circuit Court Trinity Ambulance Service sues Bill Langschield Majestic Care of Fort Wayne on complaint. Joseph O'Brien sues Nicole Gallegos and Jason Martin on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike County Circuit Court Dorothy M. Ocean charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Ryan J. Beadles charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Austin J. Montgomery charged with distracted driving. Brendon M. Micik charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Michael L. Jackson charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. James East charged with speeding, ex- ceeding 70 mph. Sierra S. Keller charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Brayton D. Blackburn charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Gurdip Sanotra charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Collin R. Rothgerber charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Ashlina Paulotte charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Sydney S. Dunbar charged with speed- ing. Tommy L. Williams, Jr. charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. John C. Pinnick charged with driving while suspended. Shellie J. Wickham charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Macy M. Wilson charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Anthony D. Collins charged with lit- tering. Logan C. Wineinger charged with lit- tering. Kyle R. Swartzentruber charged with failure to possess hunting license while hunting. Cheyenne J. Kennedy charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Quinton L. Baldwin II charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Breanna M. Davis charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Samuel I. Crow charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Dillon R. Phelps charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Hunter M. Strange charged with speeding. Daniel L. Richardson charged with driving while suspended. 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