Why *not* go to war based on vibes? I mean, TFG was elected based on the *vibes* that the strongest economy in the developed world was actually in the midst of a recession that was all Biden and Harris' fault.
I'm going down next week to see Linus! By which I mean, I've been co-opted into giving my parents a hand with getting their home ready to go on the market. There's a lot of house, two of them, and a Linus.
What a dark day. I am in quite the funk this evening. Aside from the obvious events of the day, I got less than an hour of sleep because my hound is sick and I had to keep letting him outside. The little sleep I did get included a disturbing dream where I attended the funeral of a friend who passed away a few weeks ago. This whole day has been surreal.
FOUR more days and I will have something for pain. I am a MORAN and forgot about February being a short month. At least the NP ordered me some clonidine to get my blood pressure down so that I don't have a fucking stroke in the interim.
Suffice to say that the rage and indignation regarding very recent current events are making a very bad situation considerably worse.
'I was terrified of the rapture as a kid. [...] If my parents were gone too long? Rapture. If I got to church and the parking lot was empty? Rapture. If I forgot to say my prayers before falling asleep? Rapture.'
...
'Hear me when I say this: I do not want anyone’s end-times theology (Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or otherwise) driving military and/or geopolitical decisions that will cost who knows how many lives. History is littered with the wreckage of leaders who believed they were accelerating God’s plan.'
...
'For most of church history, Revelation was read symbolically, pastorally, as resistance literature under empire and not as a literal newspaper timeline for modern geopolitics. That doesn’t mean everyone who believes in a rapture is dangerous. It does mean that when that belief hardens into a conviction that we can or should help God along through military might… we are in dangerous territory. When you believe war might trigger Jesus’ return, war stops being an unspeakable tragedy and starts looking like a catalyst. And once that shift happens, human beings become chess pieces in a cosmic end-times board game.'
...
'Believe whatever you want about the timing of Christ’s return. That’s your right. But once that belief starts shaping military rhetoric, influencing command structures, or justifying geopolitical escalation, it is no longer just theology. It is policy. And policy costs lives.
'As a kid, I was scared Jesus would come back before I got to grow up. As an adult, I’m scared of leaders who think they can make him come back by lighting the world on fire.
'Those are very different fears. But they come from the same root: a theology that mistakes speculation for certainty and apocalypse for strategy.'
If it were, it wouldn't have been effective at what the author was trying to do. Which wasn't tell the future, but criticize their present without getting killed for it.
https://substack.com/profile/155629765-sterwonk/note/c-223174848
Why *not* go to war based on vibes? I mean, TFG was elected based on the *vibes* that the strongest economy in the developed world was actually in the midst of a recession that was all Biden and Harris' fault.
‘Brady Bunch’ house, used in exterior shots for the popular sitcom, gets LA landmark status
https://apnews.com/article/brady-bunch-house-los-angeles-e5a3e901fb8e4b90aa35560cdb4b719b
I'd write a song about Pam Bondi but I can't think of anything that rhymes with 'subpoena' 🤪
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"hyena"?
"drag queen, ah"?
"Where's Tina?!" -------------------------> 😃 (any excuse to listen to this again)
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"Mick Jagger / Tina Turner - State Of Shock / It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (Live Aid 1985)"–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wyuwJP-u9Q
The Tribunals will try themselves
Mike declares jihad.
𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 "𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯"
https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2029217169481806186#m
Well, I can think of 160 children who have no religion at all now.
Whereas our true and godly religion gives us the latitude to kill them, eh, Mike?
You listening, Dearborn? Sheesh.
Evan Dando, frontman for The Lemonheads, is 59 years old today. Here's the band in 1994 playing "Rudderless":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n4CK7baJys
Here's Evan in 2009 covering Suzanne Vega's "Luka":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87j-lClJb4U
Dignity Personified!
The words 'class act' don't do Pickled Pete justice.
'Crass act' please.
You spelled Violence Cuck wrong.
I'm going down next week to see Linus! By which I mean, I've been co-opted into giving my parents a hand with getting their home ready to go on the market. There's a lot of house, two of them, and a Linus.
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ALPf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F804ce4b6-42c7-4669-9fbf-2d8ba8eaacbc_4032x3024.jpeg
I want to give him a hug.
He loves hugs :)
Just looking over tonight's proposed line-up...
Still not sure about Dale Carnegie squaring off against Mayor McCheese in that nude salsa match.
Hopefully Carnegie fixes his plumbers crack this time...sheesh
Make sure STEVE brings the Mazola® oil this time.
Hamburglar turned us down cold.
Can we still get Spiro Agnew (or maybe Hogan Gidley) to officiate?
He's not returning my calls.
Dear gawd, It did some sort of a presser-like object earlier.
davidrlurie
@davidrlurie.com
· 3h
Someone needs to remind Trump that the "warfighters" are conducting a "special military operation."
https://bsky.app/profile/davidrlurie.com/post/3mgb4zpwogc2e
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
· 3h
Trump's face is drooping and his eyes are closed
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgb6egvz3b25
What a dark day. I am in quite the funk this evening. Aside from the obvious events of the day, I got less than an hour of sleep because my hound is sick and I had to keep letting him outside. The little sleep I did get included a disturbing dream where I attended the funeral of a friend who passed away a few weeks ago. This whole day has been surreal.
I hope your hound is feeling better! And you both can relax tonight.
My condolences to you for the loss of your friend. (HUGS)
This sounds like a nightmare.
I hope you and your hound can cozy down tonight and get some rest and comfort.
Yay, my new LEGO set is here!
Ferrari F2004 & Michael Schumacher
Oooh weee :)
Is Pammy Jo subpoenad again???
By the REPUBLICANS this time. Need a distraction from Droopy Don and Pickled Pete.
I think she is.
Should be fun to hear the show.
The Dow!
Henlo.
Budgie just had dinner.
She made veggie chicken nuggets and a spring roll. She put both of them with hoisin sauce, and they were tasty.
She is watching The Weeknight.
Now i want hoisin sauce.
It is pretty good. They give it to you with moo shu vegetables.
I know. Usually put it on egg rolls. :)
Baked BBQ Chicken Legs and Brussel Sprouts with Caesar Salad here...
Neat :)
That sounds SO good!
Thanke thanke thanke :)
Hello darkness my old friend...
FOUR more days and I will have something for pain. I am a MORAN and forgot about February being a short month. At least the NP ordered me some clonidine to get my blood pressure down so that I don't have a fucking stroke in the interim.
Suffice to say that the rage and indignation regarding very recent current events are making a very bad situation considerably worse.
I wish you strength.
Please take care of yourself, Skepti. If that means you need a break, do so. HUGS.
Please put on some music you enjoy, watch a movie, drink something you like.
Turn the mood a little happier, if you can.
I am working on that at this very moment.
'When War Becomes Prophecy'
-- 'What happens when military power starts quoting Revelation.'
https://therealjoesmith.substack.com/p/when-war-becomes-prophecy
'I was terrified of the rapture as a kid. [...] If my parents were gone too long? Rapture. If I got to church and the parking lot was empty? Rapture. If I forgot to say my prayers before falling asleep? Rapture.'
...
'Hear me when I say this: I do not want anyone’s end-times theology (Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or otherwise) driving military and/or geopolitical decisions that will cost who knows how many lives. History is littered with the wreckage of leaders who believed they were accelerating God’s plan.'
...
'For most of church history, Revelation was read symbolically, pastorally, as resistance literature under empire and not as a literal newspaper timeline for modern geopolitics. That doesn’t mean everyone who believes in a rapture is dangerous. It does mean that when that belief hardens into a conviction that we can or should help God along through military might… we are in dangerous territory. When you believe war might trigger Jesus’ return, war stops being an unspeakable tragedy and starts looking like a catalyst. And once that shift happens, human beings become chess pieces in a cosmic end-times board game.'
...
'Believe whatever you want about the timing of Christ’s return. That’s your right. But once that belief starts shaping military rhetoric, influencing command structures, or justifying geopolitical escalation, it is no longer just theology. It is policy. And policy costs lives.
'As a kid, I was scared Jesus would come back before I got to grow up. As an adult, I’m scared of leaders who think they can make him come back by lighting the world on fire.
'Those are very different fears. But they come from the same root: a theology that mistakes speculation for certainty and apocalypse for strategy.'
Look, it’s people discovering what it means to elect Christian nationalists.
One of my college roommates was raised to believe in the rapture, and would freak out if she arrived home from school and nobody else was there.
"No one knows the hour, not even the son, but only the Father." - Jesus, in Mt. 24:36
Revelations is a fever dream of ergotamine poisoning...
If it were, it wouldn't have been effective at what the author was trying to do. Which wasn't tell the future, but criticize their present without getting killed for it.
Why Not Both?
I’ve gotten negative reactions from more than a few people by saying that.
It's origin really isn't the problem.
The Israeli far right doesn't believe in it, but any useful idiot...
Jews have no Heaven or Hell, do they?