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We all have a life interest in a frank discussion of issues regarding the likelihood that Iran will get nuked. There is traction to be gained from learning about ancient Israel's singlemindedness during their ancestors' self-sacrifice at Masada, especially considering that if Israel nukes Iran … "that might not quite be the last word in the story." This is to say, that Israel's present-day singlemindedness in eliminating Iran, might have some characteristics similar to the history of Masada. This is because credible commentators have predicted that Iran may be announcing that they are nuclear weapon equipped within a matter of...

Iran has been at war with the United States and Israel for 47 years now. We didn’t start it; they did. But we are finally getting around to finishing it. In the first week of the 2026 action, we demolished over 3000 major targets in Iran, largely succeeding at the goal of decapitating the mullahs’ regime and eliminating their military capacity. Our airstrikes are rapidly wiping out their launch sites, their arms factories, their air force and naval vessels, while making a valiant effort to do all this without causing innocent civilian casualties. (As in any war, there are going...

We need to wakeup Senator John Thune. The Save America Act is America's last Chance. If he could get it passed he would become a hero. This bill is common sense. If the democrats win again, Filibuster is gone. If he loves America, he needs to make this his number one passion. Any ideas to wakeup him up. I mean not to say how bad he is but how to change his mind. Maybe a march for Thune. Real ideas, please. Please pray that God would change his mind.

Integrated Assessment of Iran’s Military and Strategic Collapse By ChatAI March 12, 2026 Overview This assessment evaluates Iran’s ability to sustain military operations and pose a strategic threat under the following conditions: • Decapitation of leadership on day one (Supreme Leader + ~40 top advisors killed) • Destruction of air force, navy, missile and drone launchers • Systematic strikes on nuclear research and weapons manufacturing facilities • Economic collapse due to blocked oil exports and currency devaluation • Massive domestic unrest prior to and during the conflict • Lopsided casualty dynamics (Iranian forces die; enemy virtually unharmed) • Global isolation...

Gemini AI: Here is the latest "Kurd Update": 1. Iranian Preemptive Strikes This morning, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry and the IRGC confirmed they launched joint strikes against "separatist terrorist groups" in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). • The Toll: At least one member of an exiled Iranian Kurdish group was killed and several others were wounded. • Target Locations: Strikes specifically hit the headquarters of the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) near Dekala and Komala party sites in the Zargwez area of Sulaymaniyah. • The Regime's Stance: Tehran claims these groups were preparing to infiltrate Iran "with the support of...

Prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, when American military bases were hosted by the Shah, there was a separate tier of justice, like the difference between Sharia and Rum courts, to which American military criminal justice cases were referred. [The "Rum" (Orthodox Christians) under eastern Muslim governments, were generally governed by their own religious laws in civil matters. They were considered a minority protected under the millet-like system that allowed communal, self-governing ecclesiastical courts, particularly in religious, matrimonial, and inheritance cases, rather than strict Islamic Sharia. A similar system under British occupation was the Irish "Breton Law" courts in which,...

As many of you know, the Pentagon is employing Palantir in Operation Epic Fury. And Palantir's AI platform, AIP, operates on a frontier AI foundation which is a military-adapted version of Claude.Ergo, I submitted all my prompts/questions to Claude.Here are my prompts and Claude's responses. I submitted Claude's responses to Grok for corroboration of accuracy and Grok said Claude was speculative and overly expansive.I thought some of you might enjoy this exchange so here it is (for what it's worth). I do not assume this is accurate. But it is interesting for a variety of reasons. Take it for what...

Genesis 12:1-3 King James Version 12 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Only God would have Israel save Iran from the false prophet’s cult...

A woman named Stephanie Minter was stabbed to death because Fairfax County, Virginia, refused to lock up a violent serial criminal named Abdul Jalloh, who had more than 30 previous arrests, including 4 previous stabbings.How many stabbings does a person have to commit before they get locked up for life?https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/long-criminal-history-tied-to-fairfax-county-bus-stop-stabbing-suspect/4068060/

Pro-Iranian rioters seeking to approach the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq being forced back by Iraqi security forces. New explosions reported in Tehran at mid-morning local time. Iran's Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani saying Israel seeks to split Iran into pieces to weaken Iran as a nation. He described US President Donald Trump as 'the perfect symbol of plunder' Larijani also saying: "America and the Zionist regime burned the hearts of the Iranian nation, and we will burn their hearts too" The Iranian attacks continued mid-morning on Qatar and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The election of a new...

With Bill and Hillary Clinton giving their depositions to the US House Government Oversight Committee over Clinton ties to Jeffrey Epstein a man known as a 'financier' I am certainly reminded of those "Clinton Years" of the 1990's. Those years punctuated by financial questions about the Clinton's from the 'cattle futures' windfall for Hillary to the Whitewater project questions surrounding them and those infamous Rose Law Firm billing records. But in the end it was all for nought as a probe of the Clinton's centered on financial wrongdoing descended into the pit of Bill Clinton's illicit sexual relationships and his...

One of CNN’s most notorious TV egoists surprises viewers every once in awhile by displaying a modicum of common sense in the face of leftist politicians running economies into the mud. His recent repudiation of blue city spending is no exception. CNN host Fareed Zakaria actually ripped how Democrat strongholds like New York City were “out of control, promising more, spending more, delivering less and pushing off fiscal problems to some future day,” in an X post promoting a February 23 segment of Fareed Zakaria GPS. In a stunning display of red-pilling, Zakaria directly called out the newly minted communist...

A Gold Medal Speech Jeremiah 29:11-13 (King James Version) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Unlike the last five Presidents who gave a State of the Union address President Trump spoke his mind and gave a clear picture of what he has...

Intent vs results. I had this conversation with Grok.Me:This person was planning to be a nursing assistant, but they died in a car crash and were not wearing a seat belt.It seems to me that if someone was not wearing a seat belt, they’d probably be very bad as a nursing assistant, because they ignore the most basic of safety instructions.https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/high-school-senior-dies-high-202105021.htmlGrok:The article you linked (and recent reports confirm) is about Olivia Bumbac, an 18-year-old high school senior from Parkway Central High School in Missouri. She died on February 15, 2026, in a tragic high-speed crash on Interstate 64. She was...

The film begins 20 days before the Inauguration of President Donald Trump’s second term, from the viewpoint of his wife, Melania Trump. Melania is in charge of organizing the Inaugural events scheduled for January 20th, 2025, and is deeply involved in everything from the party invitations to the décor of the ballrooms; from her own personal wardrobe, to the layouts and presentations of each ceremonial moment, Melania has a hand in making all of it come together.

Apparently The New York Times has snowflakes for brains as it struggled to find the climate change link in the blistering cold that has gripped the Eastern Seaboard. Times reporter Eric Niiler ran a ridiculous February 7 piece of propaganda disguised as news that was laced with a complete lack of self-awareness: The headline? “What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link.” Niiler floated the possibility that “A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The ‘wobble’ can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.” At least...

Down the Memory Hole. The frenetic stories of the moment in the past have been swallowed up by the waters of Lethe, the river of forgetfulness. We see the DOJ has made a great show of arresting the leader of the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi. The Trump administration has brought the leader of the attack, Zubayar al-Bakoush, to American soil to face justice. "In 2012, Islamist terrorists carried out an horrific attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, murdering four Americans: Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty," Director of National Intelligence Tulsi...

My sister saw Gary Cooper in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as a teenager, so that she became a political junkie.She watched LBJ's "Gulf of Tonkin" speech live on t.v.; she stated that she could tell he was lying because his knuckles were white clutching the podium. History records that it was a false flag operation designed to ensure LJB's election in the 1963 Presidential Campaign, as documented in "Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961–1973" by Robert Dallek.This strategy was repeated in Operation Cyanide, the false flag attack upon the U.S.S. Liberty which nearly resulted in the nuking...

Ephesians 6:12-13 (King James Version) For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. What if the Democrat Communist Party wanted to build America up and be a supporting Party rather than wanting to destroy her. There is no question or hiding the fact anymore, if you want to tear this country apart you will...

Few things better illustrate the laughably absurd levels of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has infected Politico than the accompanying screenshot (as of this writing) of three Politico magazine stories featured on the front page of that biased periodical.The screenshot reveals a trifecta of magazine stories reflecting negatively on President Donald Trump, "Trump’s Greenland Gambit Has Broken Brains Across Washington," "Europe Could Kick Trump Where It Hurts: The World Cup," and "‘They Have This Combination of Grandiosity, Narcissism and Sociopathy’."You don't have to go much further beyond the title of the first Politico Magazine story to see it is the work...