It's Sunday

 

What's the over/under for them faking Trump's death and then having him "rise from the dead" three days later?  Easter's coming up, and Trump's getting pretty decrepit.  They should hurry if they're going to do it this year.

It's Sunday

 

No plan, no prep

 

It's just more and more likely their only plan is Armageddon, egged on by Pete Hegseth, Stephen Miller, and all the other Christian nationalist nutjobs.

Good God

Lindsey is desperate to crawl up Trump's ass further than anyone else.  And the shit he's spewing here proves where he is.

Really.  Listen to the whole thing.

Disgusting.  And if the Dems can't make hay out of that, they are utterly useless.

Rabid insanity.

He doesn't hear himself because he's so far up Trump's ass his ears are clogged with shit.

That's because he's up Trump's ass full of shit.

Armageddon, baby!

JFC.  

It's Sunday

As war in the Middle East enters its second week, U.S. military officers are holding “prayer meetings” at the Pentagon and telling soldiers that the war on Iran is a religious war mandated by God and intended to bring nearer the day of the “rapture.”

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Even before soldiers started coming out and talking about the lectures from Christian nationalist commanders, top officials in the U.S. government were employing appeals to Christian nationalists to grow support for an eventual attack on Iran. High up on that list was Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who told the press that Iran is run by “religious fanatic lunatics.”

  People's World

And we're not, eh?

[T]he Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), says it is receiving emailed complaints from U.S. soldiers who say they have been told by superior officers that the war against Iran is intended to “cause Armageddon.”

MRFF said it has received numerous emails from U.S. service members who say they were told the war with Iran is meant to trigger Armageddon, which, according to Christian fundamentalists, will be a feature of the “end r/>
times.”

[...]The report in MRFF, picked up already by various media outlets beyond those normally associated with online conspiracy theories, explained that the commander had told the unit that Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.”

[...]

Top civilian officials in the government [...] have clearly joined the effort.

Last month, Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, told right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson that it would be “fine” if Israel took “essentially the entire Middle East” because it was promised that land in the Bible.

[...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, like Christian nationalists in the U.S., is deeply involved in using religion to justify war. He referenced the Torah recently to compare Iran with an ancient biblical enemy of the Jews, the Amalekites.

The “Amalek” are used to represent evil in some Jewish religious traditions, but are used by right-wing politicians in Israel today who compare them with modern-day Iranians.

Christian nationalists, eager for the end of the world, are running this show

“This morning our commander opened up the combat readiness status briefing by urging us to not be “afraid” as to what is happening with our combat operations in Iran right now. He urged us to tell our troops that this was “all part of God’s divine plan” and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ. He said that “President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” — MRFF active duty NCO client, writing on behalf of themself and 15 other unit members [including at least 11 Christians, one Muslim, and one Jew].

MRFF has received over 200 calls from more than 50 military installations across all the services since Saturday reporting similar disturbing pronouncements from their Christian zealot commanders.

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The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations.

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MRFF clients report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times” as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation.

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[T]he Iran war has been sanctioned by the fundamentalist Christian nationalist version of our Lord and Savior and the New Testament in specific order to bring about the end of the world and usher in the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ.

[...]

Any military members seeking to take advantage of their subordinates by advancing their blood-soaked, Christian nationalist wet dreams upon the flames of this latest non-Congressionally sanctioned attack against Iran, should be swiftly, aggressively and visibly prosecuted for numerous violations of the military criminal code known as the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

  Military Religious Freedom

But they won't be.

The new American ethos: punch 'em while they're down. 

"Death and destruction from the sky" sounds very Armageddon-like.  I don't think that's a coincidence.

Apocalypse preppers

Years ago I read an article about climate disaster and how the wealthy and politically connected have already decided there's no going back, so they're simply working to amass all they can now in the hopes of protecting themselves.

I've been searching for that article ever since with no luck. Today, however, this article showed up in my news feed.

Excerpt:

Here was a prepper with security clearance, field experience and food sustainability expertise. He believed the best way to cope with the impending disaster was to change the way we treat one another, the economy, and the planet right now – while also developing a network of secret, totally self-sufficient residential farm communities for millionaires, guarded by Navy Seals armed to the teeth.

  Guardian

Read it. Really.

The important conclusion to draw is not that the whole shebang is going to collapse - that's inevitable, and it could be sooner than later at the rate we're going. The important thing to understand is that many of the people at the top of the economic/political pyramid don't give a shit if you survive or not. What's important for them is to keep you divided against each other so they can maintain their privilege and power.

So, if you have descendants you care about, when you vote, choose the people who are showing you (not telling you) they maybe give at least a little shit about humanity, about feeding, clothing, educating and securing the health of the masses. Because if you are here, no matter how you see yourself, you are most definitely not the elite (no matter what some conman might tell you). You are somewhere on the scale that defines the masses, and that means your children and their children will be also.

There will be protests

Senior U.S. officials have said Trump is likely on Wednesday to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital while delaying relocating the embassy from Tel Aviv for another six months, though he is expected to order his aides to begin planning such a move immediately. read more: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.826990

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A senior Fatah official told Haaretz that "the Palestinian Authority is interested in carrying out marches of rage and protest, but there's no intention to break the rules or lead to a frontal confrontation with Israel like the one that took place during the Second Intifada."

  Haaretz

Hopefully the protesters agree.

Twenty-five former Israeli ambassadors, academics and peace activists on Monday expressed their opposition to Trump's potential unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. "We are deeply concerned by recent reports that President Trump is seriously considering the announcement of his decision to unilaterally recognize Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel," a letter to Trump's Mideast peace envoy Jason Greenblatt said. read more: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.826990

The State Department has warned American embassies worldwide to heighten security ahead of a possible announcement Wednesday by President Donald Trump that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

The warning — delivered in the past week via two classified cables described by State Department officials — reflects concern that such an announcement could provoke fury in the Arab world even as Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner works to advance long-stalled peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

  Politico

So maybe it's just as well we don't have ambassadors in some Arab countries now.  They can't get killed.

What was it Jared was supposedly doing in the Middle East?  Something about brokering peace between Israel and Palestine, wasn't it?  I hope he at least got his own personal business deals made.

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

$10,000 Hardly Seems Enough

A nationwide manhunt is underway in the US for an “armed and highly dangerous” suspect who robbed 16 high-end guns and may be plotting an act of mass violence targeting government officials.

The suspect, Joseph Jakubowski from Janesville, Wisconsin, allegedly broke into the Armageddon Supplies gun shop on Tuesday and made off with at least 16 firearms including “high-end handguns and rifles” according to police.

He fled the scene, set fire to his car and has not been seen since.

  RT

Armageddon Supplies.

"Basically, he's angry at all government officials, whether it's the president or local officials or whether it's law enforcement. He basically has a dislike for anyone that has authority or governmental power. We consider him to be armed and highly dangerous."

That's a pretty safe bet.

Since the incident began, investigators have responded to well over two hundred leads and still are working on approximately seventy of them.

[...]

Police also released a video which allegedly shows Jakubowski mailing a 161-page manifesto to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, just a few hours before the gun store burglary.

The letter seems to be addressed to the president and Jakubowski can be heard saying “Ya’ll have no idea what’s about to happen,” just before he sticks stamps to his letter.

Armageddon?