Witchcraft Is Real

Witchcraft Is Real –The Bible says most will shun the narrow path and blithely dance down the broad highway to Hell.

This truth is obvious in the 21st century.

Lies from authorities are routinely exposed but most bellieve them anyway.

Poison fills our food supply in the name of profit.

Murder is celebrated.

Institutions created to alleviate misery have been shown to be scams for theft, and worse.

An interesting Reels on Facebook is Craft to Christ, by a former witch who now follows Jesus.

Witchcraft is real, she says.

The hexes, spells and chants don’t bother us but witchcraft is real.

The hexes and such are just ways of using words to make people believe truth is lies and wrong is right.

People can be destroyed by words.

Those in charge are doing just that.

Without grounding anyone can be led to accept evil as good.

Parents can become convinced to use their child’s college fund to sterilize them.

Woman can be led to think that the child they carry is no is different than a fingernail to be clipped.

And that “my body, my choice” is in their interest.

Witches run our schools and universities and courts and entertainment.

Those who stand against them are viciously attacked.

For those who do, here is Psalm 27

 1The LORD is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the defense of my life;

Whom shall I dread?

2When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,

My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

3Though a host encamp against me,

My heart will not fear;

Though war arise against me,

In spite of this I shall be confident.

4One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the LORD,

And to meditate in His temple.

5For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;

In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;

He will lift me up on a rock.

6And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me;

And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy;

I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

7Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice,

And be gracious to me and answer me.

8When Thou didst say, “Seek My face,” my heart said to Thee,

“Thy face, O LORD, I shall seek.”

9Do not hide Thy face from me,

Do not turn Thy servant away in anger;

Thou hast been my help;

Do not abandon me nor forsake me,

O God of my salvation!

10For my father and my mother have forsaken me,

But the LORD will take me up.

11Teach me Thy way, O LORD,

And lead me in a level path,

Because of my foes.

12Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries;

For false witnesses have risen against me,

And such as breathe out violence.

13I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD

In the land of the living.

14Wait for the LORD;

Be strong, and let your heart take courage;

Yes, wait for the LORD

Paranoia Around Election Day

Paranoia Around Election Day

By Bob Small

Paranoia strikes deep

Into your life it will creep

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For What it’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield

So we were having our small but hardy band of the Swarthmore GOP Committee meeting on Oct 13, on the second floor of Swarthmore Borough Hall. We noticed we were without chairs, so we went to the first floor where we borrowed the chairs that had miraculously ended up on the first floor. We discovered “The Delco Dems Election Protection Training” going on. That led to my trying to discern why the Delco Dems need “election protection” in the first place.

According to the Delco Dems they are now doing some of these sessions virtually! Out of an abundance of caution, no doubt. They are doing these sessions to ensure every vote is counted.

In an article carried by SpotlightPa it is noted that “no police officer … shall be within one hundred feet of a polling place”

A proposal by State Rep. Malcolm Kenyetta (D-Philadelphia) would replace “police officer” with “law enforcement officer”. This will probably not be passed before the election.

Lastly, a Department of Homeland Security Official, one Heather Honey (love that name!), said “there will be no ICE presence at polling locations for this election.”

LWV (aka League of Women Voters not League of Women Vultures as someone had alleged)along with ACLU Pennsylvania and Common Cause Pennsylvania have also started to ride the “Election Protection” train.

If you visit, Philly Election Protection Training w/Popular Democracy, you’ll see that the term “non-partisan” is used. We suspect they mean both old and new Democrats. We challenge you to find any mention of an independent or, heaven forfend, a Republican organization. Forget any Green, Libertarian, or SWP representation.

In Swarthmore, for instance, the minority Republicans are more likely to be the victims of attempted “intimidation” rather than the majority Democrats.

But there’s a narrative that the Legacy media wants us to believe, so….

Paranoia Around Election Day

Alternatives for PA Governor

Alternatives for PA Governor

By Bob Small

If you saw Pennsylvania’s Oct. 8 gubernatorial debate, you pretty much know the choices being offered by the two major parties. If you missed it, it’s available on YouTube among other venues.

If you decided on either Tracy Garrity or Josh Shapiro, you can stop reading.

If you want to see what the alternative parties or independents have to offer, stay tuned.

And staying tuned leads us to s Ken Krawchuk of the Libertarians who is the only other candidate on the ballot.

His website is here: www.kenk4pa.com

Ken is a graduate of St. Joe’s in Physics, the Abington Citizen’s Police Academy, and a long-time member of Toastmasters. He and his wife have three daughters and four grandchildren,

In the issues section, he lists 10 points, and devotes six pages to data centers.

He points out that most of the decisions around data centers are controlled by the Municipalities Planning Code created almost 60 years ago. He feels that the final decision should always be decided by the affected towns.

Full disclosure: We have known Ken for almost two decades and, while we disagree on many policy issues, we wish he would have a realistic chance to be Governor.

For other Candidates, we go to politics1.com, which lists some of the more prominent ones, if you can say write-in candidates are prominent.

Full Disclosure again. We spent years trying to work with the Pennsylvania Green Party. For my part, I decided, due to the upper leadership — the local Greens were some of the best people I’ve known – to leave to retain my sanity.

Hopefully, I succeeded.

Whenever we, or any other Pennsylvania political party, went signature gathering, we included both the Gubernatorial and Lieutenant Governor candidate on the same Petition!

However, the 2026 Green Petition Drive had each candidate on separate petitions!

So the Pennsylvania Green Party candidates will not appear on the ballot because while the lieutenant governor candidate had the required2,500 signatures, a judge ruled he could not appear on the ballot himself.

Going any further will make my head explode!

The SWP (Socialist Worker Party) which describes itself as the “Peace” Party has nominated one “Tony Lane” as its candidate. See SWP campaign kicks off in new Pittsburgh headquarters. T

SWP has other PA. Write-in Campaigns, according to Politics1.com.

Lastly, there is Independent James Moore who has some good ideas on his over written website.

See also Write-in candidate for Pennsylvania governor on …

Alternatives for PA Governor

LM Leaf Blower Ban Not Working Out Well

LM Leaf Blower Ban Not Working Out Well

By Bob Small

Lower Merion, last November, became the first municipality in Pennsylvania to ban gas-powered leaf blowers.

“Air pollutants released by gas leaf blowers include benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter, all of which can have negative impacts on one’s health,” it explained.

Replacing these with electric-powered leaf blowers, however, has been found to be prohibitively expensive.

Also, many note “that the technology for equivalent electric leaf blowers is not quite fully developed yet. “

And Lower Merion is “considering spending $83,000 on more staff to keep up with the volume of reported violations. “

There have been “437 complaints”. The ban depends on “resident reporting”.

Can you say Oceania?

Big Brother (and sister we are sure) is certainly watching.

Lower Merion officials say this policy has created “tremendous stress”.

The proposed upgrade would make the Lower Merion Administrative Clerk full-time and add $48, 000” to the 2027 budget. Hiring “a season code compliance officer for 22 weeks of the year would add an additional $35,000”.

These upgrades would be necessitated due to enforcement of the Gas Powered Leaf Blower regulations.

To see the exact wording of these regulations, go to Gas Powered Leaf Blower Regulations

Besides Lower Merion, Haverford and Radnor are considering Gas Powered Leaf Blower regulations. Swarthmore regulations have been postphoned for further review.

See also

Lower Merion Leaf Blower Ban: 437 Complaints, New Costs

And https://freerepublic.com search Lower Merion gas leaf blower ban

LM Leaf Blower Ban Not Working Out Well

Vietnam Wall Replica Coming To Delco

Vietnam Wall Replica Coming To Delco — Motorcyclists will escort the Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica mobile wall will be though Delaware County, Pa., tomorrow, Oct. 6.

The two-hour procession starts about 9:30 a.m. at the Delco Veterans Memorial in Edgmont then proceeds down West Chester Pike to Route 320 to Baltimore Pike to Rote 352 where it meanders through several municipalities before reaching the Aston Community Center, 3270 Concord Road.

There it will be erected and remain through Oct. 11.

All motorcyclists are welcome for the procession.

Hat tip Joe Dychala

The Data on Data Centers

The Data on Data Centers

By Bob Small

While on our first getaway in a decade we spent a weekend in Jim Thorpe in Carbon County earlier this month.

As everywhere, I picked up some local papers. As everywhere, the headlines screamed DATA Centers!

One concerned a town hall attended by about 20 including one Suzanne Northropp, who opined “I don’t know who thought this was a good idea.”

This seemed to be the general consensus.

Meanwhile, in my previous city of residence, Mayor Parker is in the process of signing “an executive order to create a task force to establish guardrails for any potential data centers in the city.”

According to this Axios article there are already eight operating data centers in Philly. There are also two proposed sites, one in the neighborhood of my misspent youth, the NE Philly Airport.

There is enough opposition that it requires another article to give them full justice. The campaign is called No Data Centers in Philly, though it may need to be retitled No more Data Centers in Philly.

Now, where is our incumbent Governor on this. Well, Josh Shapiro has been all over the place.

In June of 2025, he said, in Berwick. “I’m here to announce that Pennsylvania has landed the largest private sector investment in the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” Since then, he’s caught the zeitgeist of the moment, but, as Jael Holzman says, “  I have not seen any example where a politician is adequately, …..capturing the sheer anxiety and angst around AI data center development.”

Just recently, the Governor is catching up to the previously stated position of his GOP opponent.

On Aug. 18, signed this order restricting data centers.

One thing it does it prohibits any state agency from signing an non-disclosure agreement related to a Data Center project.

Also, according to this article, 76 percent of registered Pennsylvania voters would oppose a data center in their community.

See also Where Shapiro and Garrity stand on Pennsylvania data …

Log Cabin Republicans Drop Trans

Log Cabin Republicans Drop Trans

By Bob Small

The national gay and lesbian oganization, the Log Cabin Republican announced, Aug. 20, they are no longer including any of the initials such as TQ&. They were returning to their initial mission when they were founded in 1977.

“We are an LGB advocacy organization,” it said.

LCR President Ross Hemminger said they would return to matters “ involving sexual orientation, including marriage, adoption, military service, equal treatment under the law, and religious liberty. “

This articles also stresses that LCB organizations have to “distinguish sexual orientation from gender identity rather than treating them as interchangeable concepts”.

Of course, everything is seen as political.

The Independent opined “The move aligns with the rollback of transgender rights since President Donald Trump returned to office”, which, in theory, makes sense. But could it have just as much to do with the transitions of minors, which many of us see as akin to child abuse.

The Human Rights Campaign, among others, is critical of this move. Delphine Luneau, a HRC spokesperson, said, “Sacrificing one part of a community in the false hope that it will somehow protect the rest of it has never worked throughout history”.

It’s questionable whether TS is part of the same community or a separate one.

For historical context consider whether the Black Panthers and The Young Lords could have coalesced into one organization.

One more quote from David Hemminger: “The transgender movement has ceased focusing on adults at all — nearly all of their efforts and those of their aligned special interest groups focus on minors”

However, the National Stonewall Democrats accused the LCR of “throwing trans people under the bus.”

Log Cabin Republicans harks back to the GOP founding in 1856 toequate homosexuality with “polygamy and slavery”.

My belief is that our society has evolved and that what occurs between “consenting adults” is, generally, their business.

See also

Conservative Gay Rights Group Ends Support for Trans …

Log Cabin Republicans Drop Transgender Rights from …

Sarah E. Hunt ️ on X: “As a former board member of Log 

Log Cabin Republicans Drop Trans

Lynn McGrane, R.I.P.

We just returned from the viewing for our good friend Lynn McGrane at Sacred Heart Church in Manoa.

Marilyn “Lynn” Rose McGrane died suddenly, Aug. 28, at her home in Malvern, Pa.

She was 76.

She lived on Windsor Circle in Springfield from 1984 until 2022, and grew up in the Manoa section of Haverford Township..

Lynn graduated from Cardinal O’Hara High School and got a bachelor’s degree in art/art history from West Chester University

Her mark, however, was made in retail. She was hired by the legendary Mary Tate at Philadelphia’s John Wanamaker and ended up being general manager of its Wynnewood store if our memory is right.

Wanamaker’s was acquired by Woodward and Lothrop in 1986 and Lynne would eventually manage that company’s store in Washington D.C.

The corporate shuffling of department stores continued and she would go on to manage stores in Boca Raton. Fla. and the Bloomingdale’s in King of Prussia.

She was known for her very creative employee motivation programs.

Lynn sponsored fund-raising events in partnership with numerous charitable organizations. She served on the PAFA advisory board for fashion merchandising. She lectured at Drexel University Department of Fashion, Design and Merchandizing on branding and contributed to the publication of a text book for the Fashion Design Industry.

Lynn enjoyed traveling, cooking and baking.

And she could make a great Martini.

She also loved gardening and pets.

Especially Siamese cats and Pekinese dogs.

Nothing, however, mattered more to her than caring for the people she loved.

She was the daughter of the late James J. and Marie (née Dybicz) McGrane.

Lynn was the dear sister of Judith McGrane, James J. McGrane (Louise), Edward F. McGrane, Christopher J. McGrane, and the late John E. McGrane (Sharon); beloved aunt of James, David, Allison and Michael McGrane.

She is also survived by great-nieces and nephews, cousins and her close circle of friends for 55 years, Terri DiGiorgio, Catherine Fitzgerald, Kathy Reichel and Kathleen Coyne.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are requested to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, https://stjude.org/donate/  or Tunnel to Towers Foundation, https://t2t.org/donate/ or to ASPCA, https://www.aspca.org/ways-to-give.

To send flowers or plant a memorial tree in memory, please visit Donohue Funeral Home’s flower store.

Lynn McGrane, R.I.P.
Lynn McGrane and a friend at her home on Windsor Circle, Springfield,.

District 12 Defeat And Complacent Republicans

District 12 Defeat And Complacent Republicans

By Bob Small

We’re approaching the time when portents are seen in every primary, as though each one is “casting the runes”. (Just saw “The Winter’s Tale at Swarthmore Player’s Club second stage).

The last Democrat elected in Pennsylvania House District 12 was Patricia Carone in 1998. This is not a portent of upcoming elections, more like time for a change in one District. To quote the article, from neighboring Rep .Aaron Bernstine.

“Special elections aren’t typically indicative of a district. Very low turnout and those types of things,” Though

As of May of this year, Democrats have flipped 12 state legislative seats in special elections across the country since President Trump took office in January 2025. However, this fits a pattern of off-year elections.

Eugene Depasquale, Democrat Party chair said “it sets the stage for this November’s midterm elections.” However, Sam DeMarco, former GOP Chair of Allegheny County GOP concluded “Democrats didn’t win HD-12 as much as Republicans lost it”. By the way, Butler County is where Donald Trump was shot during his last campaign.

James Markley, another GOP Spokesperson warned “This needs to be a wake-up call for Republican voters.” By the way, Trump won this District in 2024 by 18 percentage points.

Chris Borick, Lehigh University Political Science Professor, said “I always put cautionary signs next to special elections.” Democratic voters mentioned the “Democratic Socialists” which may be the gift that keeps on giving,

istrict 12had been GOP since 1999 and previously both parties had stretches in power. Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 12. This election was decided by 87 votes.

See also Pennsylvania House District 12 (General Election)

District 12 Defeat And Complacent Republicans

Mystery Candidate in Pa CD 7

Mystery Candidate in Pa CD 7

By Bob Small

The confirmed candidates from the major parties for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional Distrct are are Republican Incumbent Ryan Mckenzie and Democrat challenger Bob Brooks. The Aug. 3 deadline date passed without any selected Green or Libertarian candidates filing.

Yet there’s an Andrew Tupone who’s collected signatures and says he’s running as a Green.

However Green Party Co-Chair Timothy Runkle said, “We have a brand and a reputation to protect that this person doesn’t represent.”

Tupone has previously been both Democrat and Republican.

Long-time election law Lawyer Larry Otter said, “I’ve been doing this for 30 years,” “I’ve never seen this variation before.”

Runkle added “Unfortunately, the Pennsylvania election law permits this type of foolishness, and those in the parties who wrote it are the greatest hucksters “

Currently the 7th District includes all of “Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties, and parts of Monroe County. “This was a District where the PA Supreme Court got involved and redrew the boundaries in 2018. This was the Congressional District infamously described as  “Goofy kicking Donald Duck. “

Not only are the Greens objecting, but one of Tupone’s former parties is also objecting. “

The Democrats are alleging issues with many of the 9,460 signatures Tupone collected and, like the Green Party, accusing him of paying out-of-state people to help collect them. “

See also

Green Party sues to remove Pennsylvania candidate from …

Mystery Candidate in Pa CD 7