The Times article described Trump as a....crypto industry player. You know what that word 'player' means right? It means that he is one of the big investment boys. The article went on to describe how the S.E.C had numerous cases pending against various crypto firms....but when Trump came into office the second time....the S.E.C. dropped every case where the crypto firm had ties to Trump. AI is a money-maker for up-and-coming billionaires....and it is also a 'player' in Bible prophecy and quite possibly the mark of the beast....and it was in essence given to the world with the strong support of the American evangelical who had spent a half century warning of the mark of the beast.
Thursday....December 11....most likely you are already on one side or another....either AI is a great thing....or as those like me....think that it is the ultimate monster! Anyway....Trump sees only one thing here....that we cannot let China take the lead in AI....but what he is doing on this would be unthinkable if it were not already the norm with him. To put it simply....he is using executive orders....and he is threatening....not only in primarying....but threatening to take money away from states that do not do what he wants them to do....which is to stop plans on regulating AI! We on our side....used to be....state's rights people. On an aside to this....if we ever get there....the 2026 primary season....Trump knows more than anyone else in this entire country that if the Democrats would take the House....then there would be immediate impeachments....and multiple investigations....particularly on how much money he is making for himself through many of his actions. He would not want fair primary elections....just like the last time....and he would be threatening again!
I watched an episode of Bill O'Reilly interviewing Franklin Graham. A couple things about it. Rev. Graham....who long ago rejected his own father's advice on being wary of politics....went on and on....(this on immigration)....on how he believes in the law....but he is totally ignorant of how Donald Trump has lived above the law....staying one step ahead of the law.....his whole life. Franklin just has no clue on who Donald Trump really is. I doubt if he has spent an hour reading anything that might inform him of things he does not know....that could change his mind. He then went on about how he feels for people who just wanted to come to America for a better life....and then said that they have to go back. He is 100% on board with Trump's deportation policies....and he said just that....but apparently has no interest in the collateral damage done in Trump's methods. In fact on his Facebook page he posted a picture of Kristi Noem and himself....at a White House Christmas party. It was a Trump rally in Phoenix I believe....in 2017....and the rock music stopped....and Franklin came out.....and gave a wonderful prayer....so wonderful that I shorthanded it and posted on it....and he walked off the stage....and immediately the celebration continued. It was a sad spectacle to witness. Donald Trump uses Franklin Graham.
It was forty years ago at least when I first had the idea to cut out a newspaper article that made a statement such as....'they will have to rewrite the science books'....for something was always being discovered that negated what was previously believed. I never followed through with that idea. Today is only the latest such article....as the journal....Nature....published archaeological findings on an ancient hearth....indicating that man may have been able to start his own fire....much earlier than previously thought. So the news article began it could...."reshape our understanding of human evolution." There will most likely come a day....but it is not necessary....when some scientists find out that....because of some monumental scientific discovery....never expected or even dreamed of....they may have to scrap all of their estimates from carbon dating....and start all over.
December 10.....The Left has its 1619 Project....a revisionist history....and we on the Right have our....2025 Project.....seeking more to change history. The Left focuses on that we are a nation of diversity....and the Right....that we are a nation of....unity in diversity. When I was a youth I had a foreign pen pal. As an adult....traveling around the world...when in Asia....I was excited to meet the different cultures.....but when in Europe....(and Australia)....some of these people may have spoken a different language....but our nations were not just casual friends....we were one almost as much as Alabama and New York are one. Well that has all changed....for we are no longer one....not even with England. They are on their own....and we do not need them....or so we think for now. Trump has divided us. He has to make some kind of 'in your face' news every single day....for if he did not then we would start to think for ourselves....and that would be a problem. Today's poke was Rubio changing the State Department fonts and typeface on all official business back to Times New Roman....and away from Calibri....that Biden's Secretary of State brought in. He couldn't just send out a directive....for he had to have it as part of the war that they want us to think about every day. So the 'West' has divided....and Putin loves it of course....and America has divided....and Putin loves that also. The church though has not come out of or even thought about coming out of the world,
Napolean may have said it....and he may not have....either way it is true...."An army marches on its stomach." The Red Ball Express was a convoy system that supplied the allies with food and fuel and ammunition after D-Day. It is said that future wars may be AI sustained....but its fuel....and its food....is electricity. If that power is lost....or temporarily lost....even if it has back-up power....it could take valuable time to return to full power.
Saturday....The United States Institute for Peace....USIP....is or was a non-profit research and analysis organization that Trump cut the legs out from under. They have a building in Foggy Bottom....with the words....United States Institute of Peace....etched into the granite. Trump just officially changed the name....and on the building....above the permanent name....begins the new name....Donald J. Trump....Institute Of Peace.
A friend of mine....during a casual talk....brought up the subject of making reservations for an event that occurs in mid-March that would require some traveling. My response was some hesitance....because we are definitely going to be in some sort of upheaval by mid-March. Hey....we are friends and we have to be open with each other right? He was being open in not being concerning about where the world is going right now....and I was being open in showing my concern. So he responded...."Special Dog....you have said things like this before." In which I responded...."Well put it in your iPhone....tell Siri to remind you in mid-March that I said there would a major upheaval of some sort by then....so that you can remind me!" So he did tell Siri to do that. Friends....the real mistake....the real error.....is not in errantly believing that surely our Lord and Savior and King must be coming soon....the error that we should always want to avoid most....the error that shows where our heart really is....is in....not....hoping and believing and trusting that our Lord and Savior And King is coming....even soon....to make all things right!
Saturday.....Trump is really infatuated with the scheduled 2026 World Cup in America. This is his opportunity to brag about himself literally in front of the whole world. In his latest 'renaming' gesture....he said the NFL should think about changing its name....for it is the world's game of football....that really uses the feet....and our football uses the hands. That doesn't sound too....'America First'.....does it? Why didn't he tell the world to change the name of their own game?
Friday....December 5....3:30 PM....Trump's Plan For A New World Order....by law the president has to formally declare his overall foreign policy plans at least once during his....(or her)....administration....and he just did that. It is way too early to do anything but give a first impression....which to me is this....that he wants Europe and the Middle East to be on their own.....America Only. He wants complete control of the Western Hemisphere. He wants Russia back in the fold. India continues to get closer to Russia and that is understandable considering that Trump wants relieved of the responsibilities of American power around the world. How will this affect Israel. So far I have not seen any opinion from Israeli newspaper on the Trump foreign policy. This most likely will change as soon as they can get a handle on it. We will need to see which of Trump's advisors were most influential in this paper....if any....because Trump sees himself as the ultimate genius in everything....and tends to choose advisors who would agree with him more than choose them for their experience.
Saturday morning update....The Jerusalem Post weighed in on the above Trump National Security Plan in much the same way that Europe and everyone else has. It did reveal some concern in that Trump said that Israel's security was important....but also said that the goal was stopping endless wars. They apparently are not sure how to interpret this.....so I will help them....it is not 'America First'....it never was just that....and it is not even 'America Only'....although that is closer to the point. The ultimate and underlying goal always has been....'Trump First and Trump Only!'
Coordinating with the above paragraph....the army announced today a major shakeup in commands. Essentially they are....effective immediately....giving defense of all of the Western Hemisphere to a new four-star command. They even displayed the new patch....an eagle perched upon a globe that shows only the Western Hemisphere....and four stars....signifying that it is a four-star command.
We have all seen the ads of computer games where there might be an army of comic figures crossing a bridge....and the game player just dusts them off by the hundreds....swathing side to side the machine gun fire on the screen. In real life....when one can wage a war simply by pushing buttons....even thousands of miles away....then one can come to dehumanize the enemy. There was a better way to stop the speeding boats carrying drugs....but we chose the optics of a game....where you can see the pixilated figures blow up. And there was a better way to deport illegal aliens who were a criminal threat to society....but we opted for the higher numbers of deportations.....even if it had to include women and children and families and hard workers. Psalm 127:1 in the ESV is...."Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain." President Kennedy's speech that was to be given in Dallas on that fateful morning was to quote from that verse....after the president would say this...."The righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength." That presumption is questionable today....and there is no one around to question it.....or if there were....they would not be allowed to question it.
The general consensus is that Russia's military is so depleted that if cannot even outfit its soldiers in the Ukraine with proper armor and weapons....but it has a large....strategic reserve....as they have labelled it....presumably for things other than the Ukraine. Putin said today that Russia is ready to go to war with Europe if Europe wants to go to war. Europe has not had time as of yet to rebuild its military....but would get stronger....the longer Putin waits.
Last week Trump announced that he was voiding executive orders that Biden signed by autopen. Today he added everything else....pardons and commutations. This is one seriously psychologically disturbed individual. It has been ten years of torment to Christians who know who Donald Trump really is....as we not only watch the building tyranny....but watch evangelicals....brothers and sisters that we love....devour the red meat of revenge that they chose over the fruit of the Spirit. God has seriously judged the United States of America and its people by giving them what they really wanted....first in Trump....and then Biden....and then....almost beyond belief....Trump again.
I'm watching 'live' the cabinet meeting....and it is like watching a politburo meeting. There is no intellectual integrity in this presentation. Nothing that is said....due to time constraints...can be challenged. Every cabinet secretary literally praises Trump....one of them actually used the words...."joy and gratitude.' This is a purely politically motivated televised event....the ninth so far. There is no other possible reason for holding a meeting like this. It is propaganda....(in the most negative aspect of that word)....at the most effective level we have ever witnessed in this nation. Honestly folks....this is like a king....who extends his scepter for someone to come in and exalt his majesty.
Note: Noem just aid to Trump this...."We have saved hundreds of millions of lives in the cocaine that you (President Trump) have blown up."
Kristi Noem famously wore a $50,000 Rolex while visiting a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then she had her purse stolen from under her seat at a Washington DC restaurant....and recently she was photographed laughing while wearing a sombrero at a Mexican restaurant.
First of all there is never going to be a legitimate interview with this man......Trump. He's the president....and he has the power to do what he wants. At the end of his first term he had tarmac interviews....with the helicopter so loud behind him that it was absurd to try to take questions. Today it is the doorway between the executive and press areas on Air Force One that he sticks his head out to say something. And here is what he does when someone does get a question in. It's really a nefarious genius. He will first attack the person asking the question....then he will bring up that it is all Biden's fault....and then....and this is the key....he will go on a scattered rant of maybe five minutes or more.....not answering anything....and confusing everything.....and changing the subject....all of which are really talking points for the MAGA people. He is an absolute master of deception.
His mental state was causing concern....even more than usual....and then it was reported that he had an MRI....so the press was curious as to what it was for. He ignored the issue for a few weeks....and then all of sudden said that he was going to release the MRI report? And then it became even more absurd in that he said that he didn't even know what area the MRI was had examined? This is just totally unbelievable. Then the results come in and the MRI was for cardio and stomach checks.....and everything was great. So why....why....would he wait and go through this rigmarole? His personal White House physician is an osteopath physician...with specialties from battlefield emergencies....picked apparently from out of nowhere? They gave him some mental tests....30 questions....he got them all correct. It would be nice to at least have a neurologist's opinion. What does Ben Carson have to say about all of this?
There is controversy about what six people from the Congress said about military personal following orders. One of those six is our congressman here in Western Pennsylvania. I would only start by saying this. There were soldiers at My Lai who refused orders to fire on the mass of villagers in the ditch....and a helicopter crew actually put it's helicopter between the villagers and the one who were doing the firing! And need I add that most of the defense at Nuremberg was that they were only taking orders?
Trump never showed concern over drugs over most of his life as he hobnobbed with the jetsetters who did drugs. The former president of Honduras was convicted in a U.S. court of giving protection to people who transported drugs to America. Trump said that he was 'unfairly treated'....which is the explanation that he has given to other pardons that he issued. His whole defense of his impeachments and other trials was that it was all fake. In reality....none of them were fake. We on our side just believe anything that he says. Remember...he is the one who back in 2015 said that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and would lose none of his followers!
The Times of London is reporting that Christianity is losing members in Great Britain....many of them going into paganism....but that there are some people taking membership in Christian churches. The church there was astonishingly weak there to begin with....so moving into paganism is almost a lateral move....so this is a winnowing of sorts....in which the church getting smaller....but those leaving were never Christian to begin with.
