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The Still Hour – Verses and Prayers for Easter Sunday
Today I noticed the first bloom beginning to open. As I peered inside, I thought of Christ’s tomb that was found open, without him inside – as He had Risen.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
Mark 16:1-8
Be not afraid. He has Risen!
🕊️💕
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
5 min
We have
❣️rescued
the seriously wounded, and really brave, F-15 Crew Member/Officer,
from deep inside the mountains of Iran.
The Iranian Military was looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close. He is a highly respected Colonel. This type of raid is seldom attempted because of the danger to “man and equipment.” It just doesn’t happen! The second raid came after the first one, where we rescued the pilot in broad daylight, also unusual, spending seven hours over Iran. An AMAZING show of bravery and talent by all! I will be having a News Conference, with the Military, at the Oval Office, on Monday, at 1:00 P.M. God Bless our great MILITARY WARRIORS! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Amen.
He is risen indeed.
Thank you Harrison.
Amen. Happy Easter to all.
The Game Plan
Sundance @TheLastRefuge2
“Trump will not find perfect solutions. He will find OPTIMAL solutions. We cannot ask for more.
Trump has stood by and watched Perfect murder Good for 8 years – maybe longer. He’s not gonna do it. He’s going to deliver the best outcome possible, and he’s not waiting for us to feel relaxed about it.
Best presidency ever! Just hang on. More winning is coming, but a lot of people are going to scream that it’s all over at EVERY turn.
The best way through this is to define viewpoints, not people, because people will shift as they change position and velocity in Trump gravity.
Bash the neocon, warmonger, and dopey globalist positions – not the people who are going to hold them one moment and come loose from them later.
Trump is Jupiter moving through the asteroid belt. He is going to pull people into his orbit.
A few will get slung off into space, but most will come along for the ride of their lives.
I am ON the Trump Train for good, even if I scream that I want off and can’t take it. In the end, I only want to scream “TOO MUCH WINNING!!!”
Unseen1 @unseen1_unseen
Here is the game plan that the forces against Trump will be using for the foreseeable future.
They will attempt to get you to make the perfect the enemy of the good.
Be it the freedom clowns and spending, the immigration hawks with H1B visas, the peace doves with timing, the cultural warriors with total bans of DEI/CRT, the neocons with war fighting, or the swamp dwellers with draining the swamp.
All of them will attempt to get you to believe on whatever issue is the issue of the day that it doesn’t go far enough or do enough. They will try to make you think that some sub issue of that issue is more important and should be handled first, that since the issue hasn’t been handled yet it won’t be, that we can’t do more than one thing, that so and so is a plant to stop the draining of the swamp, or that because it wasn’t 100% Trump lied. On every single issue, one or more groups will attempt this strategy.
You can’t allow them that power over you. If Trump secures the border and deports 2 million, don’t allow them to reduce that good by them saying well he didn’t deport 2.5 million, so he failed or lied.
You can’t allow them to use the perfect to void out the good in the coming months.
They will try. They already have with the CR and the H1b visa debates. It works, that is why they use it. You have to keep it in the front of your head on everything about to occur that half a loaf or hopefully in most cases 7/8ths a loaf is better than no loaf.
Do not allow them to gaslight you into thinking the good is the enemy of the perfect.
In the real world, most things are never perfect, but if we try real hard, we can get plenty of good accomplished in the coming 4 years.
The purpose and goals of President Trump are plainly visible by his actions and consistent: He is for the benefit first of the common PEOPLE of this country, then of the PEOPLE in the rest of the world. It is validating, even to our battered conservative skepticism.
The methods of his leadership are amazing. I still don’t get HOW he does it, or HOW he is able to get so much momentum going, but every day the momentum is growing. Everyone and every organization has their eyes opened every day — just by watching him. Even those who hate him, are biased against him, and want to see him gone — cannot ignore him. He lives rent free in their head, and they come around to seeing the universal principles by which he is operating. He hammers actions based on truth from one direction, then another, and they cannot mount an organized opposition against him.
President Trump is transparent in his words and actions. He is consistent in what he says, what he does, and what he asks/demands of others. His promises are bold and he keeps them like no other president has. He is making massive, nearly overnight changes, not only in our country, but in the world. It is amazing that he is able to accomplish so much when there are so many snakes in the grass. This second term, he is weeding them out faster and choosing like-minded servants who multiply his effectiveness. No U.S. president has ever faced so much organized resistance and treason than President Trump
He has chosen to use his intellect and every skill he has to do what is right. He has tremendous faith that he can make a difference in this world. He has a confidence and courage such that he doesn’t care what others think, yet a humility to know he has to do it with the help of like minded people. Those people are the “common” people, and he ridicules those who think they are not common.
He believes people are basically good. He believes that God is real. He believes that healthy people are happy people, and they need to be able to create wealth freely for their labor, and have the freedom to spend their money on what is good for them.
He believes the United States, with its Constitutional Republic, is the best environment in the world to enable and give opportunity for people to be happy and prosperous.
He believes that we can be a light for the world, but we must demand that the rest of the world respect us and our right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
He believes the enemy of our country are the stupid, greedy American people who have been selfishly taking advantage of this country; who betrayed the trust and obedience of its people; and who diverted the people’s wealth for their own selfish gain, at the expense of the principles of this country. He’s not going to allow that anymore.
He has cultivated and focused the family of MAGA. Identifying those people whose goodness, industriousness, trust, and obedience have been taken advantage of and abused. He has opened our eyes to this abuse, and to the rights of freedom and self determination that have been quietly stolen from us.
He has rekindled the same healthy distrust held by our founders of government and men with too much power. He has recultivated the desire to reclaim our freedoms and rights, and is empowering us with a hope and pathway to reclaim our spiritual and economic freedom.
He wants the US to be a light of hope on the hill for all people. He will negotiate win/win agreements with those nations and countries who respect us; who respect the principles and intent of our Constitution. If you do not respect us, however, we are not going to let you take advantage of our goodness, or share in our wealth at our expense. If you as a nation are treating your people badly, you are going to be treated less favorably by us, until you show that you value your people as much as we value ours. He believes that nations who treat their people well will also be good economic neighbors with us.
He is convincing those who are very wealthy (most of whom truly earned their money), that the best economic soil in which to build wealth is in a constitutional republic, which supports the ability of the common man to earn wealth in proportion to his efforts. The economic engine of the United States is the human spirit freed to enjoy the fruits of honest labor, and that engine has more natural and raw horsepower than any other governed economy.
The Trump Train seems to be remarkably aligned with universal principles of Truth, which reflect the will and design of our Creator, and are the best standard by which we should live. These same principles were what our country’s founders used to declare independence, and framed into the Constitution of this nation.
Our founders believed that a nation should preserve the right and freedom of an individual to seek, understand, and live by God’s principles. They believed that free individuals working together in humility would make a stronger nation than a government which dictates its will on the people. President Trump professes and seeks to lead and restore this nation back to these same principles.
These principles resonate deeply within all human beings, down to our DNA in every cell, in our spirits, and produce fruit that “miraculously” multiplies. Because we follow universal principles, we see the snowballing acceleration of momentum on day 76 of the 2nd year of the 2nd term of this very stable genius in the history of the kingdoms of this world in the year of our Lord 2025.
AMEN
Amen
Amen.
Amen. God God beat the devil. A blessed Easter to us all.
Amen!
Jennifer Griffin
@JenGriffinFNC
Fox News can confirm that the 2nd crew member of the downed F15E fighter jet has been rescued and he and the members of the rescue team that extracted him from behind enemy lines in Iran are all safely out of Iran. That according to two senior US officials and multiple well placed sources in the region. The Weapons Systems Officer ejected along with the pilot when their F15E Strike Eagle they were flying was struck Thursday night (early Friday local time) in southwest Iran.
The WSO used the SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) training to evade capture, hiding on an elevated ridge after hiking away from the wreckage and putting out an emergency beacon.) US Special Operations rescue forces to include PJs (United States Air Force Pararescuemen (PJs) and many layers of elite rescue forces took part in the complex, layered mission to both find the crew member and also keep the Iranian forces who were hunting the American weapons system operator at bay. There are videos that have appeared from local eyewitnesses that show what appear to have been injured and dead Iranian members of the IRGC and Basij who were looking for the downed American crew member. Fox has learned there was fighting on the ground but no Americans killed during the operation. “It was a very complex operation to retrieve the downed service member,” a well placed source briefed on the operation told me. Many different branches of the US military were involved in the rescue.
Fox News can confirm the A10 Warthog that crashed Friday was involved in providing cover for the rescue teams searching for the pilot. That A10 crashed in Kuwait (first reported by ABC Friday) but the A10 pilot managed to eject safely and was rescued. There was destruction of aircraft which have sensitive equipment on board, I am told, all part of this complex CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) mission.
The F15E was pretty much destroyed on impact. Two rescue helicopters were hit by enemy fire on Friday and crew members onboard were injured by enemy fire but managed to make it out of Iran.
There were a lot of elements to this rescue, I am told.
Cont…
11:47 PM · Apr 4, 2026
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The power of thousands of earnest prayers! God. Thanks for this marvellous protection! Huge shout out to the amazing men and women of the US military!!
DD
There was destruction of aircraft which have sensitive equipment on board, I am told, all part of this complex CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) mission.
https://nitter.poast.org/WarMonitor3/status/2040642770939822539#m
Thank you G-d and the AMAZING US FORCES!
💕🙏🇺🇸
Are you ashamed of God?
Some religious people believe it is more respectful to not spell it out in its entirety.
Thanks for the response. Curious. Do such people do the same with the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior? Or with the Holy Spirit? Do they think there is a Biblical basis for this?
Honestly trying to understand what to me is a very contrary viewpoint.
It’s the origin of YWEH. The Jews believed, and still do, that openly stating the name is sinful.
The new covenant ended all that levitical stuff.
Un-typo’d: YHWH
Yahweh, rendered LORD in english translations.
Thanks for the honest and open reply. It, coupled with some appropriate digging, provides understanding of the practice.
The more you know…
More details of rescue…
This is extremely fascinating news, to be sure, but I sincerely wonder whether it puts these courageous men at risk the next time around, after we provide a blow-by-blow manual of special ops extrication methods.
Besides clicks, what can we possibly hope to accomplish by revealing our secrets to the enemy during wartime? Sheesh! It’s not even over yet..
Why don’t we wait for the bestseller?
Jennifer is Hillary’s BFF, cannot stand her.
I detest her as well. Her perpetual chemo haircut annoys the F out of me.
Ever since I saw Jennifer and Killery yucking it up together on an airplane, it turned my stomache.
Not friends with this administration and especially our Secretary of War.
Glorious news.
Let’s see if this link behaves better than the CBS one.
Iran-US war latest news: US rescues second airman from Iran after ‘heavy firefight’
Missing U.S. crew member from downed fighter jet rescued in Iran, Trump says – CBS News
Yes, confirmed by the President himself in a message on Truth Social:
WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is now SAFE and SOUND! This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because his Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow Warfighters were monitoring his location 24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue. At my direction, the U.S. Military sent dozens of aircraft, armed with the most lethal weapons in the World, to retrieve him. He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine. This miraculous Search and Rescue Operation comes in addition to a successful rescue of another brave Pilot, yesterday, which we did not confirm, because we did not want to jeopardize our second rescue operation. This is the first time in military memory that two U.S. Pilots have been rescued, separately, deep in Enemy Territory. WE WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AMERICAN WARFIGHTER BEHIND! The fact that we were able to pull off both of these operations, without a SINGLE American killed, or even wounded, just proves once again, that we have achieved overwhelming Air Dominance and Superiority over the Iranian skies. This is a moment that ALL Americans, Republican, Democrat, and everyone else, should be proud of and united around. We truly have the best, most professional, and lethal Military in the History of the World. GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, AND HAPPY EASTER TO ALL
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HAPPY EASTER to all Treepers!
the way you feel right now is why Benghazi (9/11/2012) was so deflating and heartbreaking and always will be! As I understand it, Aficom (?) and F-16s out of Taranto Italy were ready to go then ordered to stand down !! American Calvary ALWAYS rides to the rescue, dammit.
The failed “Lone Survivor” (Michael Murphy, Medal of Honor) rescue mission was at least attempted, though it will always hurt, damn.
and Iran Hostage Rescue Mission (4/25/1980) will always hurt me, literally hurt me. I have it on good authority that, just as this rescue mission rained down hellfire on the enemy pursuers, that 1980 commando force was authorized to open up rat-a-tat-tat deadly force if the mob attacked – how I would’ve loved for that to have happened!
I agree with you. I remember when I first heard about Benghazi. I was totally convinced that Obama had lost his bid for reelection by not mounting a rescue operation. But I was wrong, and even worse HRC became the Dem candidate for president and but for Donald Trump would have won the presidency. Unfathomable!
CBS sure hates calling President Trump the President. They used President once at the beginning of the article but after that it is all Mr. Trump.
“WE GOT HIM!” President Trump confirmed
Mr. Trump on Friday
Until Sunday’s announcement, Mr. Trump
Mr. Trump said.
Mr. Trump said the White House’s
In his social media post Sunday, Mr. Trump
Mr. Trump on Saturday also issued another warning
There are only two correct ways to address or report. He is Mister President or President Trump!! Anything else is a not so subtle disrespect or disdain for the office of our President.
FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden, and Trump.
All that disrespect. Some deserve disrespect. Others deserve respect. I’ll let others argue which is which.
But it is, and has been for a long time, standard to reference a president by his name. It is even less likely to reference President initials. But as accepted and even fond ways of referencing presidents, it is not disrespectful to do so.
Biden was senile. Obama was a war criminal neither of them deserve any respect.
I was pleased to see the liberal politicians celebrating this wonderful news. But I jest.
Good morning America, how are ya?
51 and sunny in Tehran
41 and cloudy in Kankakee
God Bless America!
🕊️💕🇺🇸🙏
Sure is taking a truck load of faith for me to get by, but somehow there are blessings every day that restore my faith once again.
Here in western PA it was 80 (!) today and is heading down to 40 or so. God Bless America!
Our country has a pulse again thanks to President Trump and all those who trust him as the Captain of our ship.
My dogs have muddy paws…but somehow, today, that is just not important…the floor, dogs and carpet are washable.
America has a pulse, it was just what in health care, we call “weak and thready”….now its “full and bounding”….
Happy Easter to all and Thank you Jesus, for your sacrifice.
We have many Ruggables. 2 layers with the top layer being able to peel off and thrown in the washer and dryer. Can withstand many many washes before starting to look like they have been washed.
Most of our have a white base. Three Klee Kai’s in the PNW just north of Garbageville-Riot town
32 and Sunny in Minneapolis.
Good morning from WNY. Beautiful day yesterday and today we have 40s and rainy. That doesn’t take away from knowing our servicemen and women pulled off a miraculous recovery with little damage to the rescuers. Praise for God’s blessings on all involved.
It is indeed the day of the Risen Christ. He saves us all from our sins and shines the light of God the Father on all of us.
Have a wonderful day and Happy Easter!
If the mussies don’t holler calf-rope in the next 24 hours, it is going to be cloudy and raining over Tehran.
Good news for our country, our beautiful nation.!
Our missing airman is safe.
Thank you Lord for keeping everyone safe on this extraordinary mission.
❤️🙏🏻
ABC News confirms: Iran used advanced passive infrared detection to shoot down the American F-15. Passive infrared detection does not emit radar signals. It cannot be detected or jammed by American electronic warfare systems. It is invisible to the technology America has spent trillions building its air superiority around
https://nitter.poast.org/allenanalysis/status/2040150758901846445#m
It’s worth noting that this is ABC “news” and should be taken with a grain of salt.
What it amounts to is they got lucky since that is the only plane they shot down with that system out of over 12,000 sorties.
Also, where was that system back in June when we bombed their nuclear sites? You would think they would have had that system around those sites.
ABC is full of it. IR detection didn’t hit the plane – a missile did, one that would be quite visible. It can also be “jammed” – flares, laser, and EW strong enough to fry its electronics.
“Passive Ifrared Detection” = old black and white cmos security camera.
Passive Infrared Detection = 1970’s Technology
More like 1960s tech.
The Army started testing the Chaparral guided missile system in 1967.
It was developed from the Navy Sidewinder air-to-air missile.
Totally passive- an infrared seeker detects the target; once target lock is achieved, it’s “fire and forget” – the missile flies to the target guided by its (primitive) computing system.
No radar. Target early warning was sent through FM radio from a large radar array, such as Patriot or ( in the early days) Hawk located kilometers away from the Chaps themselves.
The shoulder- fired Redeye was developed at the same time. The follow-on, Stinger, is still used today and is lethal against helicopters and slow- moving aircraft. It is also effective against fast movers.
The newest missile tech includes rosette-scan seekers that reject flares, and smokeless rocket motors.
Chaparral was replaced in the 1990s by the Avenger, a system mounted on a HMWV that carries two pods with four Stingers in each, a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) visual acquisition system, and an M2 .50 caliber machine gun with a laser rangefinder.
And, oh yeah, the Soviets had pretty much the same stuff. So, hearing about shootdowns does not surprise me. Frankly, I expected more.
Thank the Lord our people are safe.
How come only that one plane was shot down then using this weapon in this whole war which has been going on for weeks? This story seems to have a lot missing in details.
We are not going to hear details about countermeasures and if they were overcome. Or at least we shouldn’t. Too many will die in the next conflict.
ABC propaganda.
More likely a shoulder fired Russian manpad, or a stinger lifted out of what bRibem left in Afghanistan.
Nice repost of a useless fantasy. The United States has total air superiority.
Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸🇮🇷 A senior U.S. military official just called this one of the most complex special operations missions in American history
The details that are emerging are extraordinary.
Two transport planes got stuck at a remote base inside Iran after the WSO was recovered.
Commanders flew in three replacement aircraft, extracted everyone, and destroyed both disabled planes on the ground to prevent them falling into Iranian hands.
The F-15E went down in a region with significant opposition to the Iranian government.
The WSO may have received help from local civilians willing to shelter an American pilot while their own government hunted him.
The CIA reportedly facilitates exactly this kind of arrangement through a process called “unconventional assisted recovery,” making contact with civilians willing to help vulnerable troops survive.
So the full picture: a pilot ejected, climbed a mountain, was sheltered by locals who risked their lives, evaded for 48 hours while Iran offered bounties, survived a massive firefight at the recovery site, was extracted on aircraft that then got stuck, required three more planes to fly in, and the originals were blown up on exit.
What a story.
Source: NYT
Cont reading (and photos)….
https://twittee.com/MarioNawfal/status/2040650379419959760
Praying that the brave locals who helped the pilot are not punished or killed .
Praying that Iran does not carry out a massacre of innocents as punishment and making an example.
The World According to Ayaan
TWAA: The Gates of Western Civilization
https://www.restoringthewest.com/p/twaa-the-gates-of-western-civilization
Instead of letting history merely happen to us, defenders of liberty must take a proactive role in deciding what we will embrace and reject.
OH CANADA:
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem just signed a “global financial governance agreement” with the Chinese Communist Party. Another betrayal from a NATO ‘ally’.
https://nitter.poast.org/amuse/status/2040652398843002936#m
Just one more thing pushing Alberta towards secession?
The canadian “governement” has been pushing Alberta towards secession for years…
Alberta should be our 52nd State… Cuba should be our 51st…
Our Congress is dysfunctional enough without enlarging it with ex-Canadian representatives!
Wow, Canada is really going all in on being owned by the Chinese. Do they really think the USA is going to let that go much further? Boneheads in charge of that country. Just asking for a slap down by DC.
–“Just asking for a slap down by DC.”–
A slap down from PT is indeed probable. But, Congress, the courts, DC bureaucrats, and lobbyist insiders are too busy slapping down and disrupting the will of our own people and PT to bother with Canadian boneheads.
Tiff? Sounds like a toff.
There won’t be enough of Canada left for the stupid son of a butch 5o govern.
Get Ready For Blue States To Demand Big Bailouts
Feckless blue states are spending like there is no tomorrow, but tomorrow will come, and they’ll be demanding red state money to pay their debts.
Mike McDaniel | April 4, 2026
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/get_ready_for_blue_states_to_demand_big_bailouts.html
Well, POTUS is showing no fiscal restraint – see below.
At least Hegseth has offed a few generals in our top-heavy MIC. More please.
Trump is showing great fiscal restraint. It is the liberal judges that are stopping him from collecting tariff revenue. Thanks for playing.
Too late. Under the Dem administrations the bail outs were huge. NYS where I am, cannot remain financially afloat and hasn’t been able to for a long time, without money from Washington DC. That means all the rest of the country for decades has been paying for the feckless Democrat leadership running the state into the ground with crazy spending and policies. Amazingly the Dems keep hold of the NY government due to voting manipulation from NYC and elsewhere. There just aren’t enough who vote red in NY to overcome the democrats and the Republican Party has pretty much washed their hands of this state. Many local and state elections have no Republican candidate running in them.. I suspect the same is true in CA and IL. NJ and possibly MA.
That is what the Covid money covered. That probably has run out……….
PDJT should move in on Britain’s abandoned North Sea oil patch… they don’t want it but the world does.
Surely that would be seen as supporting the North Atlantic Treat Organization.
We could do it under the auscpicies of the North American Organization
Didn’t you mean the North American Learing Organization?
Britain quit exploring in the North Sea because of climate change orthodoxy!!! Exploration gives off CO2 emissions!!! Oh the horror!! Stupid Brits will freeze for something that will have no effect on the earth’s atmosphere!!!
Exploration gives off nothing compared to utilizing what is found.
There are good graphs comparing energy consumption with per capita wealth.
This is just proof that the goal of Climate Doomers is to force poverty and misery upon us. They are the Doom they are predicting.
So they buy it from Norway. Wonder what happened to that C02? You cannot fix stupid.
Early in Term 2, President Trump suggested cutting the military budget in half if our adversaries did the same. This along with a DOGE goal of $1 Trillion in cuts to waste, fraud, and abuse – to prevent our nation from going off a fiscal cliff.
Now enthralled with the MIC, President Trump has become a big spender like everyone else in DC.
– He’s suggested a $1.5 TRILLION military budget – yet our MIC hasn’t solved our ammunition and missile production problem in over three years. (No surge capacity.)
– Even a hobbled, leaderless DOGE offered $220 Billion in cuts – 22% of goal -which POTUS hasn’t enacted via rescission cuts. All talk, no cuts. Or were they phantom cuts?
Current fiscal status:
– $1.8 Trillion yearly deficit
– $39 Trillon debt
– $1 Trillion yearly interest payments
Is he being influenced by donations for his ballroom and Trump President Hotel / Library?
It’s Easter Sunday and we’re celebrating the incredible rescue of one of our pilots. Save the poo flinging for another time, man.
Happy Easter, getting ready for Mass with some good news on the Iran front.
Well said!
imagine that. A person that calls them-self a Conservative would rather cut military spending so other countries can advance their weapons programs.
you’d fit right in with 50% of the Senate that works against the USA and citizens.
Because we don’t have NATO anymore, we will have to spend that money on our own defense AND sell munitions to the Europeans for revenue to offset the expenditure. You have to spend money to make money.
Take your dour non-commonsensical opinions elsewhere and stop reading Facebook.
Our Military doesn’t ‘make’ money, nor does Our ‘government’, but, it has massive expenses and the money has to come from somewhere; Trump is finding ‘somewhere’ other than tax payers pockets. Balanced commerce as well as a balanced budget, the stuff dreams are made of.
Some call it robbing Peter to pay Paul; others call it balancing the budget.
Hoping Trump is doing it AND keeping US out of bankruptcy; if smaller government and smaller debt is possible I’m counting on him to get US solvent and ready to rebuild.
God Help US
You are pathetic.
I don’t always agree with you cats, but on this you are absolutely correct!
Thanks jj.
Well – worse off – that is money that could be going to healthcare, education, infrastructure, etc.
He is a war president. That’s all.
EDIT: I would be curious to know where that $1.5 trillion – or any of this allocated military spending – is going. Which contractors. Are they major donors to Trump? Are they friends/acquaintences?
Sharing the lie does not morph it into truth, dingdong. It only makes you look like very weak follower.
Healthcare, education aren’t in the Constitution. Defense is.
President Trump is an economy President first and foremost, but Iran was determined to acquire nuclear weapons and hold the world hostage at the least, or unleash those weapons at the worst. If this action is able to remove Iran as a threat, I will be very grateful.
My son served in Iraq. One of the positions there was scraping the bits and pieces of our servicemen’s remains up after an IED was deployed, IEDs supplied by Iran, so families would have something to bury.
Take your toxic lies elsewhere.
The money is being used for national security which is his job. The money is being offset by the policies on tariffs and other means. He said often that he would have to do some things people don’t like in order to ensure the future peace and prosperity of America. He asked for people to stick with him while we go through some bumps in the road first. I am willing to give him a chance because I see it as protecting all of us and making the world better too. He has done so much and if the money needs to be spent on something to keep us safe for now, then so be it. A strong America makes the whole world safer.
I hate to break it to you, but… you are no Master Genius.
Thank you!
I wonder what amount of ‘hubris’ a person would need to even use a screen name of ‘Master Genius’ when they are not even close to a ‘Master Baiter’ ?
More like Master Moron.
Yes… suggested name change for this guy: “DUMB ASS LIBERAL”…
And you are a troll. That’s all!
The money goes to defense contractors, The same ones that took it during Biden.
Well aren’t we the fly in the oatmeal. Shame on you for your nonsensical tirade. His budget was a proposal, it will be negotiated. Ask for more and settle for less. I would rather have a strong fully equipped military than half the population stealing and grifting the same amount.
Maybe he thinks our tariffs will cover it? Wasn’t that the plan?
The plan by our Forefathers was to fund the entire federal government by tariff only…
Go away…guess your hero is the little hand grenade with the bad haircut…
Our “congress” continued funding the cuts offered by DOGE, not President Trump…
Why don’t you just come out and say clearly what you imply – that you can’t stand PDJT winning?
Cut it in half,
increase it by half,
a little of this,
a little of that.
We at least get good value form MIC spending.
Now, if the President was going to increase the trillions wasted funding Democrat politics with fraud, that would be the time to get mad.
IMO there could be very deep cuts to the military budget and our military capability wouldn’t suffer one iota.
There’s an incredible amount of overhead, grift and corruption in the defense industry. If the defense contractors were actually required to operate like normal companies (like automotive, telecom…) the defense budget could be cut dramatically rather than increased.
During covid, the company that I worked for (automotive parts supplier) laid off 25% of the workforce and we didn’t miss them one bit. We cut the prices on our products to a bare minimum and operated on a shoestring budget. In a sane world the military suppliers would be required to work the same way, but they continue to operate in their own universe.
And the price markups on military components is just crazy. I worked in the defense indistry in a former life and saw it all. Mil-spec components are insanely expensive. In Ukraine they are cobbling together drones from commercial off the shelf parts and circuit boards stripped from cell phones… the same drone produced by a US defense contractor using military spec parts would easily cost 5x as much. And everyone has heard of the $500 toilet seats & $150 hammers.
You’re projecting —Biden was a crook who personally raked in millions for political favors. Have you ever wondered why Biden never sanctioned Russian oil in India? That’s because he’s a grifter.
If you don’t like Trump’s military budget, donate money to Chuck Schumer. He still has the filibuster. LOL
Ryan Saavedra
@RyanSaavedra
The fact that the U.S. risked hundreds of lives and billions of dollars worth of equipment to save a single life is terrifying to our enemies.
This tells them that the U.S. has no limits to what it will do to ensure that all threats to America and our interests are destroyed.
Savages hold life cheap.
They fear and don’t understand civilization.
Look what we spent on traitor Bergdahl.
Still infuriating. Obama should be flogged daily.
hanging with piano wire from a scaffold would be more appropriate…
The Taliban demanded two prisoners in exchange for him, but Obama held out for six.
Your comment reminded me of a scene from the Movie “The Young Lions” with Marlon Brando. The Movie is set in WW2 from the German perspective, Brando plays a German officer as the war is closing.
Brando tells a subordinate NCO something to the effect of ” I knew the war was over when I saw the US was shipping birthday cakes to soldiers at the front lines, and I had no gasoline. (quoted from imperfect memory). Sorry couldn’t find the clip. Great movie, worth a watch.
This woman, Zhila (Jila) Sadeghi, who is threatening President Trump on Iran’s state media, holds either a Green Card or U.S. citizenship and travels to the United States frequently. The photo on the right was taken in the U.S. at an airport.
https://nitter.poast.org/ImtiazMadmood/status/2040532338208096410#m
Jack
@jackunheard
What we experienced in the last 24 hours from the Left was nothing short of demonic.
While President Trump was working all day on a critical mission to rescue an American pilot, the left ran a massive campaign pushing the lie that he was dead.
Cont…
They’re shilling for the Persians. As expected. Traitors.
Must admit though, for those who’ve seen the movie ‘The Revenant’ with Leonardo DiCraprio,
I was barracking for the bear.
That’s what the Left does. They are always for the enemies of the US and the American people.
I wouldn’t have a problem if they were actually shilling for the Persians. But that’s not what they are doing. Instead they are shilling for the Mullahs and barbaric Iranian Regime.
Indeed!
The left demonic pundits have been constantly pushing the narrative that Trump is on deaths door. Its been relentless since he took office. The one week he didn’t do an interview for 2 days, they pretended it had been two weeks. Not even kidding. If it’s not that, he has dementia, falls asleep all the time, can’t read, and his staffers never actually see him. But then somehow, he spends all his time playing golf. This people are beyond sick.
Trump was dead?
Or the pilot was dead?
Or both?
Sorry Jack, but when you cram 17 twats into one, who can read the tiny type?
If you click on the tweet, and then open the image in a new tab, you can read the other tweets.
Bottom line, saying that POTUS was ill, on his death bed, etc…
Thsnks.
Dr. Ramin Hassan k!lled in a targeted strike on an underground uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan. He was specialized in control engineering, a field linked to missile systems, nuclear & drone technology.
https://nitter.poast.org/ImtiazMadmood/status/2040521821154324893#m
He knew the risks.
Played with fire.
Suffered the consequences.
He FAFO
I wonder what ‘surrender terms’ Britain will have for PDJT when gb’s KING and QUEEN visit later this month?
USA Territorial rights over Diego Garcia, USA Territorial rights over all USA air bases in Britain, USA rights to drill and extract oil from the North Atlantic reserves off Scotland and England and USA control of britains Nuclear Weapons should be minimum.
BREAKING: Hawaiian Judge Orders Trump Must Return Rescued Pilot Back to Iran
You need a ‘sarc’ font.
Good one! It could happen with Our judicial system now a days. Good byline for the Bee, too.
Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an opinion on being shot down over Iran. Being shot down over Iran is the pilot now having allegiance to Iran and the pilot is therefore an Iranian citizen.
Nice one. Could be true unfortunately.
And being on Iranian soil for 48 hours…
Christ arose! 🙏✝️🙏❤️🫵
Alleluia!
Exclusive Report
Federal authorities just arrested the sister of a NYC council member over alleged bribes tied to migrant shelter contracts. She used to be an aide to Governor Kathy Hochul. Now here’s where things get interesting: a contractor named Garner, who held multi-million-dollar migrant shelter contracts across the city — which I believe were issued by the state — donated $5,000 to Hochul’s campaign ..
https://nitter.poast.org/ViralNewsNYC/status/2039746289533886943#m
Only $5gs? That’s chump change. The real money is in hiring relatives to be board of director members.
Yeah, I bet that money has been laundered out through multiple avenues. All this fraud is intentionally allowed to take place because it allows them to take our tax dollars and kick it back to places it shouldn’t go.
DEPORT TRITA PARSI! @tparsi Revoke his green card and send him back to Iran or Sweden (same place these days TBH).
https://nitter.poast.org/LauraLoomer/status/2040473050924167322#m
@donyadelsouz
13h
Replying to @LauraLoomer @SecRubio @tparsi @NIACouncil @QuincyInst
Trita is a big threat to national security as it is confirmed he’s a regime lobbyist. Iranians have been trying to expose him for years. He and NIAC are sponsors of the no war protests and the propaganda spread all across media and social platforms in favor of the islamic regime.
https://nitter.poast.org/donyadelsouz/status/2040463369493504123#m
The West’s parasite politics
And the great fraud of the contemporary world…
Jack Atkinson 4th April, 2026
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/the-wests-parasite-politics/
A Foolish NATO Was a Big Loser in the Iran War
April 3, 2026
Victor Davis Hanson
https://victorhanson.com/a-foolish-nato-was-a-big-loser-in-the-iran-war
President Trump’s Easter message:
https://x.com/i/status/2040545940742828239
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/04/04/president-donald-trump-delivers-a-holy-week-message/
😉
JONATHAN TURLEY: Kamala Harris backs radical plan to block Trump SCOTUS picks
Demand Justice reportedly needs $3M to start and $15M more if vacancies occur on the nation’s highest court
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-kamala-harris-backs-radical-plan-block-trump-scotus-picks
We can buy SC justices? Well, let’s start collecting donations!
Gotta say, the ROI on Justice Barrett has been pretty poor. Past the sell by date already.
“What’s the market price of a politician?
I don’t know. (Insert big industrial) has never sold one.”
Let’s sell Jackson and Amy Coney Barrett before we start buying others…
ICE detains president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, alleging he hid conviction for attacks on Israelis
DHS alleges Salah Salem Sarsour, leader of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, lied on his immigration forms
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-detains-president-wisconsin-largest-mosque-alleging-hid-conviction-attacks-israelis
Scientists say new injection could reverse heart damage after an attack
https://www.foxnews.com/health/healing-after-heart-attack-new-injection-could-help-reverse-damage
The article references “amplified RNA” which had been in discussion, about a year ago, and not favorably…I think it was in Japan, that researchers stepped forward to raise concerns. The article went back and for, quietly, re. RNA and the ‘amplified rna’…
For now, I am going to hold out for the healing properties of my own body…the ones created by God.
According to the Fox article….”The secret to this treatment is a protein called ANP, which acts as a repair mechanism for the heart, according to the researchers. Normally, this protein is impossible to use as a drug because it dissolves in the blood within minutes, long before it can reach the heart “
Average cardiac output about 5 L/min.
Average blood volume 5 liters.
One issue, injectable medications can take 5 to 10 minutes to reach the systemic circulation and depending on the drug actions, take up to 30 minutes to take effect. Not sure about this one.
also from the article: “To solve this, researchers turned the body’s own skeletal muscles into a sort of factory to produce ANP, using a specialized RNA injection to give the arm or leg muscles a set of instructions.”
Scientists created the destructive mRNA clot shot and now have another shot to fix it? My jury is out on this one, given the controversial nature of the Amplified RNA. When I first heard about the amplified RNA, again, in Japan, researchers were not favoring it.
About a year ago, Dr. Tenpenny was pushing her book, had mentioned that there were over 400 mRNA shots in the pipeline, for a variety of reasons, that were under consideration.
Anything based on mRNA (what is used, isn’t natural) is a huge NO for me.
I dont like mRNA anything at all
I wonder how these people can even get degrees. Those numbers just don’t line up.
And they are recycling the old lies.
It stays in the arm. Remember that one?
Giving a set of instructions is Genetic Manipulation.
They won’t be satisfied until they replace all functions with garbage they invent.
Perfect response.
They lost me when they said “NEW Injection”
Ain’t nothin’ goin’ in my body of Christ!
M.A. Rothman
@MichaelARothman
𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐖 𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐄𝐃 — 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍
Cont…
Wow. Just amazing. Hegseth is exceeding expectations. Eisenhower level planning and leadership.
I believe General Dan Caine is a brilliant strategist as well–so thankful for the brave men that do these missions.
But he has fired all these “qualified” Generals. How is this possible?
The next narrative pushed by the left will be that is was all fake and never really happened… just wait.
Excellent recap.
Eric S. Raymond
@esrtweet
Hello, Europeans. The first thing you need to understand about the rant I’m about to utter is that I’m not MAGA, not a Trumpite, but a libertarian who has in the past nevertheless been strongly supportive of US military presence overseas. Because I want the wars that defend this country to be fought in somebody else’s country, as far away from me as possible with a nice big ocean in the way.
Also relevant: I have a history of having lived in Europe and traveled there extensively. I was at one time bilingual in English and Spanish, and have been passably fluent in Italian and French as well. I could probably still find my way around London and Rome and central Paris reasonably well. So if you’re tempted to tell yourselves that I’m some kind of parochial American hick, abandon that hope.
All that was set-up. So that, when I tell you that almost the entirety of the US electorate, not just Trump supporters, is increasingly fed up with your shit, take me seriously.
Cont reading….
Good gosh. NATO countries have done so much damage that even Mike Pompeo is ready to leave.
How can anyone NOT be MAGA? How can anyone state in any manner or form they do not wish America to be made great again? And how can anyone not support a President who spent what I am sure would have been a beautiful Easter eve playing golf were he not in the White House all day supporting military plans and operations to rescue a downed pilot?
How?
The results of 2-21/2 generations that have been subjected to indoctrination.
Some people make the mistake that it means fully supported PDJT, when in fact it is fully supporting our Nation and PDJT being our chosen weapon.
The rest of the tweet…
All that was set-up. So that, when I tell you that almost the entirety of the US electorate, not just Trump supporters, is increasingly fed up with your shit, take me seriously.
We’ve been cleaning up your messes and keeping the sea lanes open since 1917. And that was for you, not us – we, being very close to resource self-sufficient, don’t need that investment so much. We’ve spent enormous amounts of blood and treasure on keeping you safe. We risked nuclear hellfire on our own cities for nearly 50 years to keep Soviet tanks from rolling through the Fulda Gap.
Even since the Cold War ended, we’ve subsidized your socialist-playpen welfare states and disastrous immigration policies by taking the need to maintain militaries more effective than a sack of wet farts off the table.
Now we’ve come looking for help keeping a bunch of rabid Islamic fanatics from getting nuclear weapons that are a clear and present danger to all of you even more than they are to us, and what do we hear?
“Waah! It’s another Republican president we don’t like, just like the last half dozen of them! So we’re going to sulk in a corner, except when we’re biting at your ankles with crap like airspace restrictions.”
No. No, we’re not going to take this anymore. It’s not just conservatives who have had enough, it’s moderates and people who used to be strong supporters of liberal internationalism.
Our citizen’s willingness to pay higher taxes to protect you was upward-bounded by your gratitude. Now that we know your gratitude has effectively gone to zero, so does our willingness.
Don’t expect this to change if the Democrats take power here. They are much less liberal-internationalist than Republicans now. While they might make mouth noises that soothe you, their overriding concern is the gaping, insatiable maw of their income transfer programs. They’ll sacrifice subsidizing Europe’s playpen socialism to feed their domestic version in a heartbeat. And there is no longer any significant Democratic constituency to argue against that.
In truth, three decades after the Cold War ended there is no American constituency at all for the massive subsidies you get. It frankly surprises me they lasted this long, that we were this patient with your cowardice and your bitchy whining.
This moment has been a long time coming. It’s not Donald Trump sinking the transatlantic alliance, it is absolutely you.
God bless our soldiers. They are the best of us.
—
Toby Keith – American Soldier
I have NEVER liked those berets. I want the old hats back.
It ain’t what you wear on your head that counts… It is what you have in your heart…
JONATHAN TURLEY: Justice Jackson’s ‘Chiles’ dissent reveals narrow view of the First Amendment
Justice Jackson’s lone dissent in Chiles v. Salazar raises fresh questions about her record on free speech and what it could mean if Democrats pack the High Court
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-justice-jacksons-chiles-dissent-reveals-a-narrow-view-of-the-first-amendment
Amjad Taha أمجد طه
@amjadt25
you cannot claim to defend civilization while accommodating those who undermine it. You cannot stand against terror in London and ignore it elsewhere. The UAE draws a line. No ambiguity. No tolerance. When terrorists struck London, we stood with Britain no hesitation, no excuses. When terrorists struck us, parts of the British media turned their fire on Dubai. That is not journalism. That is betrayal dressed as commentary.
The EU, NATO, and leaders like Starmer have mastered a very strange art: condemning those who confront aggression while quietly accommodating the Islamic regime in Iran. The UAE is actually doing the work defending itself, drawing red lines, banning the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Meanwhile, in Europe and Britain, the IRGC and the Brotherhood enjoy the luxury of not even being banned.
Cont…
The EU hasn’t “defended civilization” for quite a few decades – instead they became destroyers of it.
Wow………
Oh, he is a bit arrogant in the first part of his op-ed….but, he did have this to say in the end:
—-
Boris Johnson: Tony Blair is Right. We Can’t Pretend The Iran War is Not Our War Too
Excerpt:
I now look back at that period earlier this year and wonder what happened in UK/US relations. Was it some post-Mandelson chaos?
The Labour Government showed the bollard-like passivity that is the hallmark of the PM and that continued, I am afraid, when the war broke out. We were pathetically slow to respond to the Iranian bombardment of UK bases in Cyprus and Diego Garcia.
More significantly, we failed to come to the aid fast enough of some of our best friends and allies in the world. Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait, the Emirates, Bahrain, Oman – they have all come under highly destructive attacks from Iranian drones.
We have belatedly got four Typhoons up in the skies, shooting down Iranian drones from our base in Cyprus. But as far as I can make out, we still haven’t sent any anti-aircraft defences and we have chosen this moment to run down our naval base in Bahrain, so that the British ships and sailors have all gone home – just when the Bahrainis feel most in need of support.
Worse, when Trump asked for allied help in opening the Strait of Hormuz, Starmer offered that immortal and imbecilic judgment that: ‘This is not our war.’…..
…..But it is a huge long-term strategic mistake for our nation to distance itself from America.
This war could still end well, in spite of current difficulties, with the real prospect of change for the better in Iran. But we would be in a much better position to help, and to prevent further mistakes, if we occupied our traditional position of being a loyal and dependable ally.
I am afraid Blair is right. We should have immediately offered our bases.
We should immediately have offered to help clear the Strait with what ships we have. We would then be better placed to bring this war to an end soon and persuade Trump to declare victory now, because the Iranians would see that the US could actually count on its allies when the going gets tough.
It is a delusion to think we can stick our heads in the sand, as Starmer has tried to do, and it is an absolute delusion to think there is some European-only substitute for Nato.
The transatlantic alliance has been the most important geo-strategic fact of the last 150 years and it relies on a basic principle of mutuality.
Starmer says this is not our war, and it is certainly not one we in the UK would have launched or advised, had we been in the
room from the outset. But we cannot now escape its consequences; and we should remember the sheer scale of the American commitment to us and to our security.
How did we win the Falklands? How did we save Bosnia and Kosovo? With American help – and the Americans certainly weren’t responsible for the genesis of either conflict.
Go to the graves of the thousands of Americans who died on the beaches of Normandy in 1944, kids from Kansas who had never been to Europe before.
Plenty of isolationist Americans said it wasn’t their war. But they helped bring it to an end – and thank God for that.
https://archive.is/SjsqU
Tony Blair has a personal problem in his family he needs to take care of first.
The arrival of the last tanker of jet fuel focused his mind wonderfully.
But far too late.
He missed a lot – including that the Middle East’s eyes are now wide open about the UK and the EU, as seen by the UAE commentary…
Boris is just trying to keep USS Ukraine afloat in the Sea of Ca$h.
He murdered and maimed millions by repudiating the Minsk Agreement.
They can suck up as much as they want, but we have had far more than enough of these parasites. Let them stand on their own feet and pay for their own defense and watch how quickly their bloated social programs go by the wayside. We would actually be doing them a favor by forcing them to sink or swim. And this goes for all of Europe, not just the UK.
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Saint Porphyrios, Bishop of Gaza in Palestine (+ 420)
and
Saint George the Holy Great-Martyr and Trophy-Bearer (+ 303)
please pray for and protect the remaining original Christians in the Holy Land and the Levant, especially the village of Taybeh, from the Evil One and his servants.
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Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Rejoice, Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Orthodox Prayers in Maaloula Aramaic Dialect
https://youtu.be/0gP4mMAayTY+ + +
Saint Porphyrios, Bishop of Gaza in Palestine (+ 420)
and
Saint George the Holy Great-Martyr and Trophy-Bearer (+ 303)
please pray for and protect the remaining original Christians in the Holy Land and the Levant, especially the village of Taybeh, from the Evil One and his servants.
+ + +
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Rejoice, Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Orthodox Prayers in Maaloula Aramaic Dialect
Ryan Saavedra
@RyanSaavedra
Joe Kent promotes Iranian state propaganda that falsely claims the U.S. is trying to kill the second pilot who went missing in Iran after his F-15 was shot down
Cont…
Meh, Joe Kent was a veritable suicide bomb jacket that didn’t explode as widely as expected. He isn’t even worth a bucket of spit.
Asswipe
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 JUST IN: Artemis II pilot Victor Glover just gave this BEAUTIFUL Easter message
“So far from Earth, looking at the BEAUTY of creation.”
Cont and video…
That would be hate speech in Canada.
I offered the comment below on Good Friday: last night I was at the Easter Vigil Mass at a basilica honoring the Virgin Mary, and heard one of the readings (Exodus 14: 10-15), in which The Lord God is clearly fighting a war for the Israelites and killing the Egyptians.
“…At the morning watch
the Lord in the pillar of fire and cloud looked down upon the Egyptian army,
and threw the Egyptian army into panic. He clogged their chariot wheels so
that they turned with difficulty. The Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the
Israelites, for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.” Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the water
may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and chariot
drivers.” So, Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea
returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it, the Lord tossed
the Egyptians into the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and
the chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed them into
the sea; not one of them remained...”
You see, when the anti-pope – or anyone – quotes the Old Testament in a pacifist rant, he runs the risk that an Old Testament reference supporting warfare, here as a legitimate means to gain FREEDOM, will be used to counter his stupid claim that “God does not listen to the prayers of war-makers.”
Here is what I wrote earlier:
Allow me to trash the current anti-pope on Good Friday!
His statements about “God does not hear the prayers of war-makers” together with an Old Testament quotation of Isaiah reminds me of the old saw that quoting the Bible is the refuge of scoundrels.
We can find all kinds of Old Testament quotations, where near genocide is commanded by God/Yahweh.
I can also point out that Jesus Himself used a whip to beat people out of the Temple of Jerusalem, and that the Early Church – finding itself the dominant religion in the last 200 years of the Roman Empire in the West – saw that complete pacifism was a sure path to extinction, and quickly resolved that self-defense and waging war to defend people are quite necessary at times.
Assorted saints have been soldiers, e.g. St. Martin of Tours and Saint Maurice.
Again, we have a quisling pope, who wants to pretend or hint at Conservatism, but ultimately finds himself in a land of contradictions: will he dismiss all security at the Vatican? Will he travel around without a bodyguard with weapons?
Back in Chicago, should the Chicago Police walk around without weapons? Should they never try to save the innocent, so that blood will not be shed by the police?
The idiocy of such prevaricating piety is easy to counter as arrogant and clownish superiority: it demeans the Catholic Church, insults all soldiers protecting Western Civilization from the exterminating lunacy of Islam, and thereby supports that lunacy.
I am reminded of the criticism of European and American politicians trying to make deals with Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini.
The diplomats thought – or tried to pretend – that the trio were politicians like themselves.
No! They were evil sociopaths willing to commit mass murder, and in fact were committing mass murder right under the noses of those diplomats.
Stalin had already killed c. 12 million people before Hitler got going in the 1930’s!
The anti-pope would do well to open his eyes and admit that Iran wants to exterminate all Christians, and his crypto-pacifism will aid the Islamists in doing that!
And even a legitimate pope cannot tell us – and would not tell us! – what kinds of prayers God accepts or rejects!!!
He should read Psalms 😉
Psalm 94 inspired the great German composer Julius Reubke to compose his Sonata on the 94th Psalm!
Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
17
Unless the Lord had given me help,
I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
18
When I said, “My foot is slipping,”
your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
19
When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought me joy.
20
Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—
a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
21
The wicked band together against the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
22
But the Lord has become my fortress,
and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23
He will repay them for their sins
and destroy them for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will destroy them.
A more appopriate Psalm for our era would be hard to find!
Reubke’s great work is given a Cecil B. DeMille performance here by Alma Bettencourt: worth 25 minutes of your time!
Well said!
Thank you! See my comment above!
It leaves me wondering if there would be any message from the Vatican after Iran nuked Tel Aviv.
morning Treepers…………be well
Good morning bjorkdream. Happy Easter; thank you for the beautiful images you search and share with us.
That effort is one of my daily smiles. 🙏❤️🤗
Happy Easter, bjorkdream.
Thank you for this beautiful sunrise this morning.
I hope you have a peaceful, blessed day.
It is easy to see God when you are on the mountain.
He is the same unchanged God when you are in a dark valley.
Hold tight.
Happy Easter to all 🙏🏻
God Bless America-The start of a beautiful Day!
Permission for Soleimani family members to be in U.S. canceled, deportations ordered
“Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living lavishly in the United States. Afshar is the niece of deceased Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. She is also an outspoken supporter of the Iranian regime who celebrated attacks on Americans and referred to our country as the ‘Great Satan.’
Notice her dress? Where is the burka? Where is the morality squad? Seems if your relatives are high enough in the regimen you don’t have to obey Islamic or Iranian laws! I am guessing she will be dressing a bit different when back in Iran.
I was thinking that as well. They are rather Westernized for being women members of the religious autocracy.
And like Western liberals, they forgot the responsibilities that come with the privileges of free speech, freedom of expression and freedom of religious practices that we told our government to grant to its citizens. And green card holders are not citizens.
Dang, the nerve of some people!
War In The Land Of Jesus Shows Us Why Easter Matters
https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/03/war-land-jesus-easter-iran-israel-apostle-paul/
Excerpts:
While Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter, the Middle East — the very place Jesus once walked — is again consumed by war. From Gaza to American and Israeli-led attacks on Iran that have escalated into a broader regional war, the events in the lands that birthed Christianity remind us of humanity’s need for redemption.
Many in the West have grown distant from faith, and Easter is often reduced to a cultural holiday rather than a declaration of truth. But foreign fragility and national anxiety point to something deeper: a world searching for meaning, justice, and peace, yet unable to secure them on its own.
This is what makes Easter more than a tradition or seasonal reflection. It is a moment that confronts each of us with a joyful invitation, a dire warning, and ultimately, a choice.
The message of Easter cuts through the noise of conflict and uncertainty. God has drawn near and He sent Jesus Christ to make a way for reconciliation.
The only question now is whether we will believe it.
BREAKING : Two Israeli commando units — Sayeret Matkal and Unit 5101 “Shaldag” — participated in the rescue of the American pilot near Isfahan, according to the latest reports.
•Sayeret Matkal is the IDF’s elite general‑purpose commando unit with deep‑penetration and hostage‑rescue capabilities. •Shaldag is an Israeli Air Force special forces unit trained for clandestine operations, reconnaissance, and combat search‑and‑rescue missions behind enemy lines.
https://nitter.poast.org/MOSSADil/status/2040739207950278984#m
Hungary’s Prime Minister Orban calls emergency defense meeting after an explosive device is discovered on key gas infrastructure connecting Serbia and Hungary.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2040731496961417237#m
What actually happened
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told Orbán that explosives of devastating power and the necessary fuses were found near a key gas‑pipeline facility on the Serbia–Hungary border, prompting a joint security assessment. Orbán then confirmed the alert on Facebook and summoned Hungary’s Defense Council for Sunday afternoon, emphasizing that this is a life‑line gas route and treating the incident as a potential act of sabotage.
Why this route matters The targeted hub is part of the broader Balkan corridor that still carries Russian gas toward Central and Southeast Europe, including the TurkStream‑linked strands that became more strategic after Ukraine‑related disruptions to other Russian export routes.
For Hungary and Serbia, this pipeline is not just a commercial asset but a geopolitical lifeline, especially as both countries have been fast‑tracking new oil and gas links to hedge against further European‑market disruptions.
https://nitter.poast.org/GlobePulses/status/2040743062310199664#m
This also matters in that this is an attack on a NATO ally.
If it can be proven that Ukraine did this, things get really interesting for NATO.
TURKEY REPORTEDLY AIDING IRAN WITH WEAPONRY
Reports are circulating that Turkey supplied Iran with advanced anti-aircraft and drone missiles, allegedly transported by intelligence-linked drivers to target US and Israeli aircraft. At least two reports suggest the F 15 US fighter jet was not shot down by the Iranian defense system, but was shot down by a Turkish-made shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile. Developing.
https://nitter.poast.org/MOSSADil/status/2040527378560979268#m
There are so many weapons floating around the Middle East, I would not be surprised if Iran had bought the USA’s military equipment when Biden abandoned it after pulling out of Afghanistan. Oil money can buy a lot from the greedy.
Let’s pray for peace on this day of blessings.
Iran didn’t have to buy the abandoned USA Military equipment…
There is no doubt that obama sent Iran, not only pallets of $$$, but arms and ammunition…
More reason to GTFO of NATO
Wouldn’t surprise me one little bit.
Trump announces ‘fraud’ crackdown in Democratic states as arrests begin in California
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/03/trump-vance-fraud-arrest-crackdown-california
The fraud example cited is Medicare fraud. It’s not specific to Blue states and is unfortunately common enough that DOJ has a long-standing unit, the healthcare fraud unit, that focuses on it.
They prosecute cases nationwide, but if you look where they have field offices, you’ll see that southern Appalachian states are disproportionately represented, because that is where a high portion of those frauds occur.
It would be a HUGE miss if they didn’t investigate Red states (e.g. Florida – looking at you, Rick Scott!). Speaking from experience, local authorites here in the South looooove to look the other way from things.
You will gain no traction with this stupidity, sparky. The Guardian? 🤣🤣🤣
Go away master moron.
More in Appalachian states than California, New York, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois? Ok………..
Further evidence of why the corrupt DC District Court with corrupt judges and juries needs to be abolished! Too small and way too corrupt!!!
Golly – you seem to be suggesting that Congress should reduce their vacation time, and actually show up to do some work. You are going to give all those mostly geriatric 70+ olds a severe case of the vapors.
Suspects in Attempted MacDill Air Force Base Bombing Are US-Born Children of Illegal Immigrants: DHS
Federal authorities arrested the siblings’ parents, Qiu Qin Zou and Jia Zhang Zheng, on March 18 after discovering the pair had illegally remained in the country for years.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday that two siblings accused in an attempted bombing outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, in March were born in the United States to Chinese nationals who entered the country illegally. Their parents remained in the U.S. for nearly three decades despite deportation orders.
Federal authorities said the case represents what acting DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis described as “a severe national security threat” tied to illegal immigration and birthright citizenship.
We have in President Trump a leader who faces decades of American decline due to other presidents and congress lacking moral faith and guidance. Inspute of seemingly having most of the world aligned against him,he perseveres. Peehaps, most remarkably he continously calls out faith in God as a moral foundation. We are blessed on Easter to have such a leader.
A GROOMING GANG VICTIM has alleged she was taken into the Houses of Parliament as a teenager to be presented for sexual services to a senior politician. WESTMINSTER FAILED to protect vulnerable girls for years!
https://nitter.poast.org/SeanyBoyy89/status/2040683741413011938#m
Grooming gang victim ‘smuggled into Parliament by abusers and presented to senior politician for sex’
https://www.gbnews.com/news/grooming-gangs-victim-smuggled-parliament-sex-senior-politican