Caption: He is Risen!
The New Testament describes Jesus rising from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. This event is considered the foundation of Christian faith and the hope for a new life in Christ. The Bible speaks of both a physical and spiritual resurrection. The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ is at the heart of the Christian faith. The Bible also speaks of a general resurrection of all people at the end of time, with different outcomes depending on their faith and actions.
Bullet Points:
** Never have sexual intercourse with somebody crazier than you are. (Pro Tip)
** Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. – Smith
** Seven women including women of color/colored women (WOCs) took a flight in Blue Origin’s “Flying Penis” for ten minutes. They paid a lot for the ride – they were passengers, not “crew” in all respects, and I don’t see anything wrong with the stunt. They’ll get plaques, keep their flight suits, and display them in their mansions. Gayle King, one of the seven rich women, compares herself to Astronaut Alan Shepard and discusses the event as seminal and heroic. Not heroic. It’s a publicity stunt, and while the ten-minute ride must have been thrilling, it wasn’t anything beyond that. And another note on space tourists.
** JD Vance: “UK will be the first Islamist country with nuclear weapons.”
** Prepping – There is the “rule of three” passed around: three hours of shelter, three days of water, and three weeks of food. They don’t mention arms and ammunition. Or the importance of a “useful” knife, which makes them sound silly to me. And — only three hours of shelter? If it’s a cold night and hypothermia is nipping at you, you might want more than three hours of shelter. I wonder who these educated idiots are.
** Nobody has ever found a cave painting of a salad…more on the war with cows here.
**Unemployment in China – Get the popcorn, sit back, and watch. I have a friend living in Asia who used to have a factory in China. We were talking about this on the phone. Many of those factories that will be idle belong to Taiwanese companies. Since not paying workers is a crime in the workers’ paradise, he predicts that they all boarded flights back to Taiwan when this drama began because the PRC would have incarcerated them. No orders from the US, no payments to companies, and they fold. He thinks that the business owners have already fled, and I’m not saying he’s wrong.
** VDH on Maine’s insurrection.
** For the historical record: If you are a citizen of El Salvador and you are in El Salvador, you’re home. End of discussion.
How Strong Should the Dollar Be?
A strong dollar makes US exports less competitive and imports cheaper, handicapping American manufacturers by discouraging investment in building factories in the United States.
The deep unhappiness with the prevailing economic order is rooted in the dollar’s persistent overvaluation and asymmetric trade conditions. The dollar is traditionally a safe-haven currency for investors in the event of war or crisis, and it has slumped in recent days over concerns about Trump’s trade policies.
Foreign companies and governments use it to buy oil, aircraft, and other goods at dollar-denominated prices. The strong dollar tends to make US government bonds attractive to foreign investors, giving the United States an almost unlimited capacity to borrow.
European Budget Cuts
They slashed the Navy’s budget…
IRAN and the United Nations
Wasn’t the UN designed to keep rogue terrorist barbaric nations such as Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon? If they can’t do that, what good are they?
Pedo Joe Biden’s easing of Trump-era sanctions and unfreezing of Iranian assets) provided Tehran with critical time and money for uranium enrichment as well as funding for its terrorist proxies against Israel. The cold-blooded murders of Jewish men, women, and children on October 7, 2023, underscore the consequences of submitting to the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism and its repeated goal of destroying the planet’s only Jewish state.
Iran’s unhindered development of nuclear fuel began long before the JCPOA went into effect in 2015. As noted above, international efforts to curb the country’s uranium enrichment program have been in place since 2003. During this span of 22 years, Tehran has violated (among other agreements) six U.N. Security Council resolutions insisting that it suspend its nuclear enrichment program. In 2003, Iran possessed approximately 160 centrifuges for uranium enrichment; as of 2023, that number had increased to 12,994. Despite being unable to produce any fissile material in 2003, by 2013, Iran possessed seven tons of low-grade enriched uranium capable of being transformed in several months into weapons-grade material.
The Iranian state has no incentive to dismantle its nuclear program. It never faced significant penalties for its repeated violations of sanctions. Chalk it up to geopolitical cowardice and grease spread in the right places.
Iran continually declares (or re-declares, since it never removes declarations) war against the United States of America (The Great Satan) or Israel (The Little Satan). The political community just sluffs it off as “those wacky ragheads are at it again.”
Hostilities are not only allowed to occur, but also to persist indefinitely. We’ve seen USAID money flowing to almost every terror organization in the world since DOGE started looking. Much of that money was blocked, some was clawed back through the banks, but the damage was done, and from an American perspective, it was almost all self-inflicted. The unimpeded strengthening of Iran’s nuclear capabilities over more than two decades is merely a symptom of a diplomatic ethos that disregards reality in favor of ideology.
Trade, Tariffs, and the Law
Start with VDH
Suppose the mainstream media are as unhappy as they say about a president using tariffs to negotiate better bilateral trade deals with other countries. In that case, they need to take their complaints to the Democratic Party. It is the same Democratic Party that voted to transfer the power to lay tariffs from Congress to the executive branch with the 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (RTAA).
Even a query to left-leaning Google AI yields agreement, responding that:
”The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934 does not limit its use to emergencies only. It grants the President the authority to negotiate and enter into bilateral trade agreements with other countries, allowing for reciprocal tariff reductions. While the Act can be used in times of crisis or economic emergencies, its primary purpose is to facilitate trade liberalization and reduce trade barriers.”
…and…
“The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934 (RTAA) delegated Congress’s power to set tariffs to the President. This act authorized the President to negotiate bilateral trade agreements and adjust tariff rates, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, without requiring further congressional action.”
…and…
”Beyond Emergencies: The Act’s use extends beyond emergency situations. It’s a mechanism for the U.S. to promote trade liberalization and foster better economic relations with other nations.”
“Historical Context: The Act was passed in 1934 to address the protectionist trade policies of the time, which had led to trade wars and economic hardship.”
The U.S. House of Representatives website agrees:
“The act not only gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt the authority to adjust tariff rates, but also the power to negotiate bilateral trade agreements.”
The RTAA’s original provisions remain in effect today as the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). Moreover, regarding the “constitutionality” of presidents using the RTAA or TPA for nearly a century. I don’t recall once hearing anyone in the press question the constitutionality of any of these past presidential acts:
” Biden Administration Ratchets Up Tariffs on Chinese Goods”
–New York Times. Sep 13, 2024
“Biden unveils fresh China tariff hikes”
–Yahoo. Dec 11, 2024 (five months ago)
“Biden raises U.S. tariff rate on certain Russian imports to 35%”
–Reuters. June 27, 2022
“Obama imposes tariffs on Chinese tires”
–NBC News. Sep 11, 2009
“On March 5, 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush placed tariffs on imported steel.”
-Wikipedia
“On Wednesday, the Clinton Administration imposed retaliatory 100 percent tariffs on $520 million worth of European exports to the United States.”
-March 5, 1999
Even though the legality of the RTAA and TPA have stood for 91 years, it’s funny how the legality or constitutionality of laws like the 1798 Alien Sedition Act, 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act, or Congress handing explicit trade powers to the White House isn’t called into question or even mentioned for decades or centuries until Trump, the “lawless president,” becomes the latest one to use them.
*** Easter Special***
Judge Boasburg News
(The Swamp, Washington, DC) On Saturday evening, US Chief District Judge James Boasberg (District of Columbia) ordered the Catholic Church to “effectuate the return” of a demon that had been “exorcized without proper judicial due process” earlier in the week to the body of an innocent child.
The demon, known colloquially as Molech, presented himself in the child as a half-man, half-bull, Minotaur-like figure with a belly made of fire, and was quickly identified by the Holy Catholic Church as one of the demons of Solomon and Molech is generally regarded as one of the 72 most powerful demons in the bible.
Based on this designation alone, leaders of the Catholic Church and the parents of the unidentified child authorized the exorcism of Molech. Still, that process has now drawn the ire of Judge Boasberg, who noted that the Church and the parents failed to provide proper legal notice to Molech before his eviction.
Lawyers for Molech, hired by the Church of Satan, quickly filed suit demanding that Molech, an Ammonite God to whom child sacrifices were made, be released from hell and returned to the body of the innocent child until the court can rule on the validity of the exorcism.
Attorneys for Molech commented that “just because Molech is a terrifying warrior among demonic beings, who is keen to wage a new war against God following Satan’s first failed attempt, it doesn’t mean that the US Constitution doesn’t protect him and that he should be denied his day in court.”
US Senator Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] has requested that medical authorities stop his breathing and all brain functions so that he can “die” and visit hell to meet with Satan to arrange the return of Melech to the “world of the living” and into the body of the innocent child.
When reached for comment, Satan, otherwise known as the devil, or the prince of demons, very much welcomed a visit from Van Hollen or any other member of Congress to hear their arguments for Molech’s return.
In related news, Satan also requested a visit from former senator and twice-failed presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the “very near future” to discuss her plans for all of eternity.
Identify the Armor:
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3
There are many like it.
4
Don’t be too fast with this one. Read the hint, as it’s an unusual tank with its own distinct identity and name. It had a diesel engine from the M60, a German transmission, a gun from the M60A1, and an extended hull.
Parting Shot
You have to be of a certain age to appreciate this.
End
JD seems to have forgotten Pakistan and its nuclear weapons. Has Iran’s centerfuge technology reached 1942-45 levels yet? Shocking that with all that effort they are, like the former USSR was at one time, only a few years away from nuclear weapons. It sure is convenient for our “best ally” with whom we have no treaty of alliance.
Paskistan has a historic relationship wherein they aid in the production. Is that still true?
Well, since Iran has bought centrifuges from Germany then, yes, they’ve surpassed 1945 levels.
RE: The reported comment from Satan concerning Hillary’s future:
A meme I saw and stole:
Hillary sitting in Hell complaining to Satan,
“You promised me I would be President!”
Satan reply’s: “You promised me that you had a soul to sell”
MSG Grumpy
Well said.
Identify the Armor::
1. First version of SU-76 with roofed casemate
2. Cruiser Mk IV
3. Terrex 2 IFV
4. Egyptian Ramses II T-55 upgrade
Well done.
He is risen indeed!
I believe the idea of the rule of threes, that you only LAST 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, 3 minutes without air, and 3 seconds without ammo.
I read your blog every day and appreciate your views on things,
He is risen!
Ed
Happy Easter! He is RISEN!
Yes, the ‘Rule of Threes’ for survival is just to remind you of priorities. You can last 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without shelter, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food.
Ah. Space Invaders. Just way cool. And my grand kids actually love it
The training your grandchildren receive may save us all when THEY arrive.
If SMOD a.k.a. Wormwood doesn’t get us first.
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And on that happy thought, Blessed Easter to all here!
VDH nails it as usual! Re the ‘womyn’ astroturf…errr…astronauts, meh… Ignore them and they’ll fade away.
** Never have sexual intercourse with somebody crazier than you are.
They expect you to talk to them and ‘listen’. Sad fate.
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Iran. Take out their nuclear facilities now, not next week. Us, Israel, or both. Get it done.
I well remember, back in my wilder, younger, days, waking in the morning after a night of revelry, seeing who I had gone home with, and being pleasantly surprised that I hadn’t woken up dead.
For you Sir!
https://youtu.be/qFF-aPuNJy4?si=NrSKpd6RKgwbEHh8
Exactly!
I married her.
But she had the good sense to leave me.