I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me. Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. – Psalm 120:1-2
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd – Flannery O’Connor
It’s Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled – Mark Twain
Facts don’t matter when you’re morally right — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
We are never defeated unless we give up on God – Ronald Reagan
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing – Edmund Burke
This Blog is dedicated to exposing the lies, hypocrisy, and double-standards run amok today.
Evaluating the Iran War
We now enter the third month of a conflict not yet ended satisfactorily. How do we objectively evaluate success or failure to this point? First, without a doubt, six weeks of bombing with minimal resistance from Iran had a significant impact on their military capability; although, the exact extent of that degradation is not yet…
Doomsday Predictions are Forever
Beware: doomsday theories are seductive. In 1798, Thomas Malthus, an economist influential in his day argued (in “An Essay on the Principle of Population”), the world had insufficient farmland to feed a growing population. He predicted population growth, then just under one billion world-wide, would be reversed by disease, famine, war, or calamity. Malthus, made…
The Iran Propaganda War
The US and Israel began a war on Iran February 28, three plus weeks ago. Immediately upon its commencement, the propaganda war, perhaps the more important war, began. In comparison, the Vietnam war began in earnest with a troop buildup in 1966, but for several years following, the American public remained supportive or disinterested. The…