Freedom To Worship?

Not according to Pistol Pete.

I do not normally post on religion for to me it is a personal decision and should stay that way….because I do not care how you choose to worship because it is a personal thing and should stay that way.

We have the freedom to worship as we see fit….well that is not exactly true you must be part of the ‘qualified’ religions…..

The Department of Defense announced on Friday a significant reduction in the number of religious affiliations it officially recognizes. The new list of 31 is down from more than 200 previously recognized traditions that troops could choose from. The list no longer includes atheists, Unitarian Universalists, pagans, or Wiccans, the AP reports. “This decrease in religious affiliation codes is not designed to make any claims on the legitimacy of any faith or religious belief, nor is it intended to provide a list of ‘officially approved’ religions,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement. The move is intended to help chaplains quickly assess the religious composition of their units to allocate resources, he added.

The list creates broad categories of some Christian traditions—Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist—without specifying denominations within those traditions, which can span the theological and ideological spectrum. Service members can choose to identify as “no religion,””other religions” or agnostic. Also included are Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, the Baha’i faith, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Unitarian Universalist Association, which was cut from the list, said in a statement, “This may make it more difficult for our uniformed UUs to access the spiritual care that they need.” The denomination said it is working on a strategic response to support its adherents in the service.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the impending changes in December, saying the number of faith codes had become unmanageable. “Secretary Hegseth is not ‘streamlining’ anything. He is elevating one narrow religious worldview from the top of the chain of command,” said the Rev. Paul Raushenbush, a Baptist minister and head of the progressive Interfaith Alliance. “The First Amendment does not allow the government to create a hierarchy of faiths, and it certainly does not allow the Pentagon to decide which beliefs are worthy of recognition.” Nearly 70% of troops identify as Christian, a 2019 congressional report said. Almost a quarter of troops were listed as other, unclassified, or unknown. “As a member of a minority religion, I think it’s really important that we be counted,” said Irene Glasse, a pagan religious professional and Marine veteran. “It erases us, and so many of us have served so proudly, so well, and so honorably.”

This is such BS….just more of Pistol Pete’s religious crap.

Here is a list of what Pete says are not recognized religions….

Complete List off Faiths That Just Got Dropped From the Pentagon’s Recognized Religions List

This should go to SCOTUS….they may side with Pistol Pete but at least make an effort to right this damn wrong.

Any thoughts?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“leho ergo scribo”

Remembering The USS Liberty–2026

As per my tradition I post on the dastardly attack by Israel on a an American ship, the USS Liberty, the attack killed and injured American sailors….

There is a lot of information in this re-post but if you did not know of this murderous attack by the bastards in Israel then read and learn.

 

USS Liberty–2020

I am also glad to see that I am not alone in remembering this attack…..thank you Counterpunch for keeping the memory alive.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/05/israels-uprovoked-and-unanswered-attack-on-the-uss-liberty/

There is NO excuse for this and Israel has yet to be penalized for this unwarranted attack….Donny has threatened anyone that kills an American then why is he ignoring this violation by those pricks in Israel?

Please take some time to learn of this attack on an American naval vessel.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

News From The Middle East

We have heard all the lies about a ceasefire and apparently Israel does not want any progress on that front for they just keep attacking Lebanon trying to turn it in Gaza…..

Israel said Monday that Iran had launched missiles targeting it, hours after Israel launched airstrikes targeting central and western Iran in response to missile fire from Tehran. The exchange of strikes threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war, the AP reports. Sirens sounded in central Israel, and the government urged the public to seek shelter. Explosions could be heard in central Israel as Israeli air defenses sought to intercept the incoming Iranian fire. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the attack. Meanwhile, the White House did not respond to messages about Israel’s strikes and whether they were done in coordination with the US.

Iranian state television reported the sound of explosions being heard in Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz, and Tehran, without immediately elaborating. A witness in Tehran described hearing at least one large blast somewhere to the west of the country’s capital city. Iran closed the airspace around Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, the country’s main airfield, after the Israeli attack. Sirens sounded across Israel on Monday after its military said a missile launched from Yemen targeted the country, without elaborating. Israel’s rescue services said there were no reports of casualties or impacts from the launch from Yemen.

Israel is using Lebanon as an excuse for Iran and their unwarranted attacks….typical bullshit from these cowards.

Then in an interview on Sunday Donny made one of his BS pronouncements….’never promised no new wars’….

President Trump now says a central theme of his assurances to voters was never actually a promise. In a Meet the Press interview that aired Sunday, Trump rejected the idea that he ever pledged “no new wars,” telling NBC‘s Kristen Welker, “I didn’t promise anything.” He argued that his push to build what he called the “strongest military in the world” undercuts the notion that he guaranteed he’d avoid fighting. Trump insisted he dislikes “endless wars” but cast the current confrontation with Iran as short term, saying, “We’re there for a few months and the threat is largely over.”

Of course that interview did not go well for Donny had to slip back into his accusation mode….and walk out.

On a side note…..

It’s the strange world of international espionage: The US has long understood that Israel is going to do a little spying on America, and it’s acceptable as long as they don’t overdo it. Now, multiple reports suggest they’re overdoing it. The Pentagon has ramped up the counterintelligence threat posed by ally Israel to “critical,” the highest level, reports the New York Times and NBC News. A big factor is the Iran war: Intelligence assessments warn that Israeli agencies have significantly stepped up efforts to monitor top US negotiator Steve Witkoff, Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby, and other American authorities. One senior US official describes Israel’s aggressive moves as “unhinged,” per the Times.

Defense Intelligence Agency report cited by both outlets says Israel’s threat level was recently raised from “high” to the top tier, citing attempts to plant listening devices at DIA headquarters and in a Secret Service vehicle, and spyware found on US defense personnel phones in Israel. It wasn’t clear if a specific incident prompted the upgraded threat level, or if it was a culmination of all of the above. The warnings arrive with US-Israeli military cooperation at unprecedented levels, given the extensive intelligence-sharing and joint war planning against Iran. For the record, the Pentagon declined comment, a White House official called the account false, and Israel’s embassy denied spying on US officials.

It is not bad enough that Israel owns our election process  now they are engaged in massive spying on their ‘ally’ (I use the word loosely for the US is a tool not an ally).

Things are pretty normal in the Middle East….normal for a Donny government that is…..

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“lego ergo scribo”

Last Week At The Sh*t Show–07Jun26

More disgusting stuff from the mind of an idiot.

There is a wealth of silly shit coming from Donny and his merry band of morons…..so it is hard to decide where to begin….

First let us not forget all the waste of time and money Donny is proposing….

Trump has pursued in his second term to reshape the capital’s landscape and the White House itself. He has coated the Oval Office in gold tones, paved over the Rose Garden lawn, proposed a 250-foot “Triumphal Arch,” and advanced a “National Garden of American Heroes” with 250 statues. The most sweeping move so far: last fall’s abrupt razing of the White House East Wing to clear room for a planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom.

The one that made me gag last week was the announcement that the UFC cage might become a permanent fixture….

President Donald Trump said the Ultimate Fighting Championship arena recently installed on the White House South Lawn could remain a permanent fixture after the night of June 14 fights is over.

Trump, in a June 2 video posted on TikTok, compared the soaring UFC arena, known as “The Claw,” to France’s Eiffel Tower, which he said was supposed to be taken down after the 1889 World’s Fair.

“Well, they never took it down, and you know, we’re building something in front of the White House that’s quite attractive to a lot of people,” Trump said in the video. “It’s going to have the big UFC fight on June 14. And I’m looking at it, and maybe we’ll never, ever take it down.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/03/trump-ufc-arena-white-house-claw-permanent/90387950007/

Only a small mind would think this is acceptable.

This story tells it all….remember all those twats that stormed the Capitol and then after their sentences Donny pardons most of them….just how has that worked out?

On the first day of his second term last year, President Donald Trump delivered a mass pardon to more than 1,500 people who were charged with crimes related to the violent riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

An analysis published Thursday by Lawfare associate editor Katherine Pompilio finds that at least 97 of these pardoned Trump supporters have been charged with other crimes, including serious alleged offenses such as grand larceny, fraud, and plots to assassinate law enforcement officials and politicians.

The analysis also documents 14 instances of pardoned Capitol rioters being “charged with sex crimes or crimes related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM),” while “at least six” have been charged with domestic violence.

Some of the pardoned rioters have been charged with more minor offenses, including public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia, and property damage.

The most notable finding is that at least five of the repeat offenders committed crimes after being freed from prison as a result of Trump’s actions, suggesting that his pardon “may have actively facilitated criminal conduct.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/january-6-rioter-pardons

Just proves the point…once a criminal always a criminal.

Recently Donny authorized the release of UFO files to the public and because it is so popular the release is being used in a disturbing way….

When the Trump administration registered the domains Aliens.gov and Alien.gov in March, UFO conspiracy theorists wondered whether they might finally get answers they’d long awaited.

But coming on the heels of the Pentagon’s anticlimactic release of files related to UFOs and extraterrestrial life, the debut of Aliens.gov last week proved even more disappointing: The website was no “Disclosure Day,” but a parody, serving no apparent purpose but to disparage undocumented immigrants.

“THEY WALK AMONG US,” the site declares in large, neon green text. Crawling type then starts to fill the screen: “For 60 years, the U.S. government has kept a closely guarded secret. Aliens have been walking among us, living in our neighborhoods, and interacting with us in our daily lives.”

Along with fake “declassified” labels and a clunky reference to “The X-Files,” the website also features an interactive map tracking “alien encounters,” or purported arrests of immigrants, and asks users to report “suspicious aliens.”

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/03/us/word-of-week-aliens-immigrants-trump-cec

I am surprised that Donny has not tried to link Dems to these so-called ‘aliens’.

Donny’s release of these files has brought about a bunch of conspiracies and rumors…..this one is about the CIA….

Philosopher and author Jason Reza Jorjani recently appeared on the podcast “American Alchemy,” where he laid out a series of allegations tying U.S. intelligence agencies to a covert search for individuals carrying what some believe to be nonhuman genetic markers.

At the center of the story is a claim that platforms like 23andMe and Ancestry.com may have been used to flag a specific genetic variance that certain parties believe points to origins beyond humanity. Jorjani did not mince words about what he says the government’s intentions were. “The CIA wants to hunt them down,” he said, according to the New York Post.

Jorjani traces the information to Lyn Buchanan, a former U.S. Army veteran with documented ties to CIA remote viewing programs during the Cold War, government-backed experiments that explored whether extrasensory perception could be harnessed for intelligence work. Buchanan is said to have connected the initiative to former CIA analyst and UAP researcher Christopher “Kit” Green, although Green reportedly departed government service well before DNA testing companies became household names.

https://eurweb.com/cia-used-dna-data-in-search-for-aliens/

I still say they should be testing the MAGA faithful for this elusive DNA.

Finally judges have said that Donny can destroy the Statue of Liberty if he so desires…

A Trump administration lawyer told a federal appeals court on Friday that, in the Justice Department’s legal view, even a rapid government decision to level the Statue of Liberty would be effectively beyond the reach of the courts. The hypothetical came from Judge Patricia Millett of the DC Circuit as she pressed DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth on the limits of presidential power in a case over President Trump’s controversial White House ballroom project, which has already led to the demolition of the East Wing, per Politico.

“When did it become a fait accompli?” Millett asked of the ballroom. “If this were complete lawlessness by the government … it couldn’t be stopped?” “On these theories, I think that’s right,” Roth replied, adding, per the AP: “I think it would have been improper to enjoin it even on Day 1.” He agreed that not even the Supreme Court could prevent the ballroom from being built, per ABC News. That’s when Millett brought up the beloved structure in New York Harbor.

“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty … nothing can be done?” she queried, per Politico. Roth’s answer: “I think that’s right, yes.” The National Trust for Historic Preservation is suing, arguing that the White House grounds are a national park that can’t be significantly altered without Congress’ OK.

Roth countered that the courts have no business stopping the project at this stage, even if it were later deemed illegal, saying any remedy would have to come from lawmakers and that national security needs outweigh “aesthetic” complaints. Millett and Judge Bradley Garcia (Obama and Biden appointees, respectively) sounded doubtful; Judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee, questioned whether the trust had standing to sue in the first place. A lower-court judge briefly froze construction in March, but the DC Circuit quickly allowed work to resume as the legal fight continues.

How will this sit with the ‘Sunshine Patriots’ in the MAGA movement?

Enough for this Sunday…..as always …..Be Well and Be Safe….

I Read, I Write, You KNow

“lego ergo scribo”

D-Day Remembrance

Today is the anniversary of the assault on Nazi Europe…the beginning of the end (so to speak)….

I will forgo my usual News Dump to re-post this story from 6 years ago….I try to remember those that did all they could to end the tyranny that had afflicted the world.

Not to worry the ‘Dump’ will return next Saturday.

Please take some time and read this from a few years ago….and remember our sacrifices to beat the ‘Hun’…..

D-Day Remembrance

Not many of the veterans of that day left for us to honor….soon there will be none….but we should make it a national holiday to honor those that participated and some gave their all to end the cancer that had grew in Europe.

Please take a few moments and remember those brave souls….

Thank you for your time and attention…..I hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday and as always….Be Well and Be Safe….

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Those City-Owned Grocery Stores

Everyone knows and has felt the bite to the price of groceries….and the mayor of NYC promised to introduce city-owned stores to help bring down the cost of food….

How has it so for?

 

https://time.com/article/2026/05/21/mamdani-city-owned-grocery-stores-east-harlem-manhattan-the-bronx/

 

WE will see how well this idea works for the people of NYC….maybe it could help the rest of the country as well.

Sadly, we probably will not here much about this if it is a success but everything if it fails…..for the MSM does not want a success to become a national morn.

Any thoughts?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

America At 250

We are less than a month away from the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence….a time when the nation should be proud of its history instead of trying to tear it apart…..but that thought is so yesterday.

As the nation approaches its 250th Anniversary, Americans should be entering a moment of pride, reckoning, and aspiration — honoring our founding ideals, confronting our injustices, and committing to a shared, inclusive future. But millions cannot reach that place. They are living in a country where the most basic democratic promise — that no one, not even the president, is above the law — is no longer true. And they are asking a question no democracy should ever force its people to ask: How do you confront injustice when leaders erase the history, hide the evidence, excuse the wrongdoing, and protect the perpetrators?

People are watching January 6 perpetrators not only be pardoned, but now discussed as victims deserving compensation — while others who committed far lesser offenses remain in prison. They are watching families who lost loved ones, officers who were attacked, and judges who were threatened receive no acknowledgment, while those who carried out the violence are elevated. They are watching Epstein victims still seeking closure while Maxwell lives comfortably. And they are watching Congress and the courts fail to check a president who intimidates, retaliates, enriches himself, and bends institutions to serve him.

This is not a moment of national pride. It is a moment of national disorientation. People are trying to live their lives, raise their families, and hold onto hope while watching the guardrails of democracy bend in plain sight. They see a president who rewards loyalty over law, who uses public office for personal gain, who threatens opponents, and who treats institutions as tools for retribution. They see leaders in Congress who enable it, courts that hesitate to confront it, and a political culture that shrugs at behavior that would once have ended careers.

Selective accountability. Truth rewritten. History sanitized. Wrongdoing reframed as patriotism. Victims forgotten. Perpetrators elevated. This is the opposite of the ideals the nation claims to honor.

Power corrupts — not only through threats and retaliation, but through the steady misuse of public authority for personal benefit. In this administration, corruption is carried out in public view: foreign payments and business entanglements that raise emoluments concerns, political loyalty rewarded with pardons, critics targeted with state power, and federal agencies pressured to serve the interests of one individual rather than the nation. This is what happens when power goes unchecked — when institutional guardrails are weakened, ignored, or deliberately dismantled, and the public is taught to expect impunity rather than accountability.

https://thefulcrum.us/democracy/january-6-pardons

There is nothing to be proud about in the displays of ignorance and ego feeding that Donny is calling the 250 anniversary celebrations.

It is a far cry from the 200th anniversary celebrations from 1976….

This anniversary will be remembered for the tacky and infantile displays from a president with the IQ of his shoe size.

It will be disappointing when it should be memorable.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

A Few “Founding” Myths

As with all history there myths that get passed around so much that soon become a fact….but in reality they are still a myth no matter how many times they are uttered.

As a political Historian I feel it necessary to corr4eect a bunch of the myths that we have lived with for generations.

10 myths that we all know and have heard…..

  • The Declaration of Independence wasn’t signed on July 4, 1776. Though the Declaration was adopted by Congress on July 4, the document wasn’t signed by most of the delegates until August 2.
  • Thomas Jefferson didn’t sign the Constitution. Though Jefferson signed the Declaration of Independence, he missed the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia because he was serving as the United States’ envoy in Paris at the time.
  • Neither did John Adams. Like Jefferson, Adams was away from the United States at the time it was signed. He was in London serving as the United States minister to Great Britain.
  • The Founding Fathers didn’t originally want the turkey as the United States’ national symbol. The debate over the Great Seal began in 1776 and lasted six years, involving ideas about religious and mythical scenes. The turkey was not a close contender.
  • The Liberty Bell probably didn’t ring after the Declaration of Independence was signed. Historians say it’s unlikely the bell rung because the steeple that housed the bill was rotted at the time. It’s also unlikely it cracked that day.
  • There weren’t originally 13 colonies. Until 1776, Delaware was legally considered a lower county of the colony of Pennsylvania. It left to become an independent state in 1776.
  • There’s no proof Betsy Ross created the the first American flag. According to National Geographic, the only evidence Ross played any part in designing or sewing the American flag that made its debut in 1777 is testimony from her family. Likewise, there’s no proof Ross didn’t create the flag, and several reasons she may have done so.
  • Neither the Constitution nor the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper. They were both written on parchment, though some early drafts of the documents could have been written on the widely-used hemp.
  • Most of the Founders who signed the Declaration of Independence didn’t sign the Constitution. Only six signed both: George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Read,James Wilson and Roger Sherman.
  • The Constitution doesn’t say “All Men Are Created Equal.” That language is contained within the Declaration of Independence; the original Constitution included provisions such as the Three-Fifths Clause, which counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person to determine representation in Congress.

That will do for now….

Class Dismissed

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Section 224

Section 224?

Buried in the House’s version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released on Tuesday, is section 224, entitled “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.” The provision would arguably do more to intertwine the U.S. military with the Israeli military than the more than $200 billion (inflation adjusted) in military assistance Israel has received from the U.S. since its founding in 1948.

Section 224 lays the groundwork for bilateral research and development, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, licensing agreements, and seemingly every manner of U.S.-Israeli military-industrial complex cooperation. The U.S. and Israel already work together heavily on missile defense, but this provision would greatly expand coordination to seemingly every area of defense tech, including AI, quantum, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber, biotech, and many more. It also proposes “network integration” and “data fusion.” In other words, the U.S. military’s data could soon be the Israeli military’s data.

Is this a good idea?

I know the US is at the mercy of Israeli ash but to give them this much sway over our military is unheard of and unprecedented.

Section 224 would be a different beast entirely. It would fuse the U.S. and Israeli defense sectors in multiple areas vital to the battlefields of the future, like autonomous systems and cyber. It would also bring extraordinary Israeli influence to the U.S. beyond what it already has through the Israel lobby and its robust network of social media influencers. It would give the Israeli government the opportunity to greatly expand one of the most powerful levers of influence in U.S. politics: jobs in the U.S. By expanding or starting new co-production facilities like it already has in Mississippi and Arkansas, the Israeli government could boast of providing jobs on U.S. soil, thereby securing allies among members of Congress who represent the districts where those jobs lie.

The result could well be a U.S. political system even more susceptible to the whims of an Israeli government that seemingly has no qualms about drawing the U.S. into military conflicts in the Middle East.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-us-military/

Israel has way too much power over Congress and the WH…it is time to break this stranglehold and put Israel in its place…..as the problem that keeps the Middle East in flames and allows it to get away with genocide and massive destruction in the name of security.

These twats are expanding their little piece of sand into a mini empire which I am sure we can find in one of their books of myths.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Could This End Donny’s Iran Adventure?

The House has finally voted on the resolution to end this war with Iran….4 Repubs jumped political lines and sided with the Dems….

The House approved a war powers resolution Wednesday that would halt the US military action against Iran, defying President Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long war that has reordered politics at home and abroad. House Speaker Mike Johnson had tried to prevent an outcome that would show the mounting opposition to the war, abruptly shutting down floor action two weeks ago when the war powers resolution was on the verge of approval. But displeasure has only grown as the conflict drags on. The roll call Wednesday was 215-208. Cheers then erupted in the House chamber, the AP reports.

Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Tom Barrett, Warren Davidson, and Brian Fitzpatrick voted with Democrats to approve the resolution, the Washington Post reports.

  • “This reckless and costly war of choice needs to end today,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said earlier in the week. “All we need are a handful of Republicans to join us and we can end this reckless and costly war of choice.” During debate on the House floor, Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “We are trapped in a war that won’t end because an incompetent president launched it thinking of only his own ego while failing to prepare for the consequences. Diplomacy is the only exit from this, not more bombing, not more bluster.”
  • It was the fourth time the House tried to curb the US war against Iran, and the first time the measure passed. The House deadlocked 212-212 in a vote last month.
  • The war powers resolution from the House would not immediately stop the war, but it would provide a symbolic if not legal step against further military action. It now goes to the Senate, where four Republican members last month joined Democrats in advancing a similar measure to curtail the war. The Senate has yet to take a final vote to approve or reject its own war powers resolution.
  • If the resolution made it as far as Trump’s desk, he would be certain to veto it, a move that would take a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate to override, the Post reports.
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Wednesday, testifying at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, that the Iranians would think that the administration’s “hands are going to be tied” if Congress approved a war powers resolution. He said they would think “we won’t be able to do anything to them, so why make a deal?”

Does anyone really think this will end the conflict with Iran?

Donny will find a way to keep this war going if only to fund Israel and keep them crawling to the US for their help.

Do you think think will help end this conflict?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”