SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC

 

John Prine:

ARE WE GREAT YET?

 

The more you know about the Christian Nationalist heading our Department of Defense, the more sickening it is:

"At the Pentagon's monthly worship service yesterday, the Secretary of Defense stood up, told military leaders what they hear in worship should "inform" their war decisions, and then read a prayer calling for "great vengeance and furious anger" on Iran. He said the prayer was called "CSAR 2517," standing for Combat Search And Rescue, and was based on Ezekiel 25:17.

It wasn't.

It was from the movie, Pulp Fiction. Specifically, it was the speech Samuel L. Jackson's character recites before executing an unarmed man. Tarantino wrote those lines himself.  

They are not in any Bible. They are in a Quentin Tarantino movie. 

The actual Ezekiel 25:17 has one sentence. The rest, including "the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men," was invented for a 1994 film about hit men eating hamburgers.

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

The Secretary of Defense [War] read a fictional hit man's execution speech to bless an actual war."

The service was reportedly the second in a row that Hegseth used violent verses and messaging in discussing the war in Iran: 

“Grant this task force clear and righteous targets for violence,” he prayed last month.

What the Christians' Savior, Jesus, ACTUALLY preached:  

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9).

What the Secretary of Defense did was quote a Hollywood movie's words about violence and killing as scripture, and he ignored the actual words of his Savior, Jesus Christ.

Are we great yet?

AND IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY

BREAKING NEWS (See below):

Here's all the chaos Trump has caused across the world so far this week:

"- Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is furious at Trump over deaths of Mexican nationals in ICE custody and the Cuba blockade.

- Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, is upset with Trump’s treatment of the Pope.

- Canada’s PM Mark Carney’s party won big in an election in a refutation of Trump 

- Trump’s pal in Hungary, Viktor Orban lost in a landslide 

- Saudi Foreign Minister has declared that  “The era of relying on the US has ended.”

- Europeans are planning a “European NATO” without us

- Europeans are planning a post-war Strait of Hormuz effort without us. 

- China’s President says the world order is “crumbling into disarray” thanks to Trump's insanity (he’s right)

- Gallup finds the world views China’s leadership more favorably than the US under Trump." --Democratric Underground

And Trump is at it again. Now he's pretending that he's Jesus's "special friend." In addition to his malignant narcissism, Trump apparently has a messianic complex that impels him to force us all to see him as Jesus Christ's chosen and most favorite Christian. 

Imagine how the Evangelical MAGAs would have reacted had former Presidents Barack Obama or Joe Biden published this sort of blasphemy themselves on social media! But it seems that even blasphemy is not a bridge too far for those who support the convicted felon and adjudicated SA/rapist who partied for decades with child sex traffickers and rapists, Epstein and Maxwell.

This is the weird, surreal America we now live in, where a certifiable POTUS advertises to the world his mental disorders:

Yes. I wish that, too!

BREAKING:

Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids 

Because Jesus's best friend and Anointed One would be proud to see Trump make innocent children and babies suffer because the Pope dared to speak out against Trump's war mongering and anti-immigrant administration.

Has there ever been a more disgusting and indecent human being than Trump? 

Dear P.E. Readers,

 

The POTUS is a very sick, deteriorating man. How much longer will America keep up the pretense that Donald Trump is sane?

IMO, anyone still supporting this pathetic clown is as unstable as he is.

In the span of two hours last night, Trump went from attacking the Pope to declaring himself the Messiah. Thank gawd he didn't wear a tan suit, though! 

 After Criticizing Pope, Trump Posts Image of Himself as a Jesus-Like Figure 

The image, posted on Truth Social, appeared to be A.I.-generated and depicts the president as a divine leader healing the sick.

In any other country, if its leader published this garbage, his fellow countrymen and women would demand his stepping down for reasons of insanity.

Why does the Republican Party still keep this lunatic in office? Maybe the GOP leadership is as non compos mentis as Trump is?

"The president of Iran tagged Pope Leo XIV on Twitter (X)." Trump did that:

PS. On the defeat of Trump/Vance-backed authoritarian Viktor Orban:

"Orbán’s defeat capped a week of failure for Vance and Trump, a sign of Trump’s own diminishing power that may end in a midterm defeat as humiliating as Orbán’s. Trump, despite his bluster, looks smaller and more isolated than ever."--Eric Christiansen

EPIC LOSERS:

 

For our friend skudrunner (and Dave M.)

 

It's been a busy weekend at the goat farm.

We worked both Friday and Saturday because of 4 new kids and a doe who's ready to kid today.

But I had time to read some postings on social media and thought this one hit the mark:

Vance didn't get a deal.