Watch out for coming BIG distraction:

[triron]

Link to tweet

[malaise]

1. Who will be happier

Bibi or Putin? I say the former

[PJMcK]

2. Seth will be the happiest...

...if he turns out to be correct.

(snark)

[malaise]

3. LOL

You made me laugh

[jmowreader]

4. Falwell Jr

According to modern end-times theology, Israel must be destroyed before Jesus will return.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. Don't the Jews of Israel have to embrace Christianity too?

[jmowreader]

14. If they've all been turned into water vapor and CO2, that won't really be a problem

But let there be no confusion here: there are a LOT of people who voted for Trump whose only issue is their desire for the nonexistent Jesus to return. And they will do anything they fucking can to make that happen.

I remember reading a very long time ago that some animal husbandry experts were working very hard on breeding a solid red heifer without any white hairs at all on it. The appearance of such a beast is also a requirement for Jesus to return.

Boiled down to its essence, the people who wrote the Bible were telling their followers Jesus ain't comin' back; to emphasize that they came up with a massive list of shit that will never happen (like a cow without one white hair or the Jews of Israel abandoning their ancient religion en masse)...and now, the people whose entire worldview revolves around this never-gonna-happen event are doing anything they can to try to force it to happen.

And the sick thing is, if Jesus did return he would classify the vast majority of modern Christians as goats.

"But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

"Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

"Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

“Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

[defacto7]

20. Dominionists

[Adsos Letter]

26. Regarding the red heifer...

Gershom Gorenberg, in his book The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount”discussed an American rancher who was trying to breed a perfect red heifer for Israel.

Apparently the sacrifice of a red heifer without blemish is required to dedicate a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem.

[sprinkleeninow]

28. This reply post a mixed bag, but I did welcome it.

Especially the highlighted part.

Scary for the so called 'believers' who may be deceived in their firm stand of having their prepaid ticket to heaven validated.

Also the chaff will separated from the wheat.

Whatever will they do if they hear, "Depart from Me, I knew you not."

[Crash2Parties]

29. They've embraced Trump & Trump is the chosen one, so...

[malaise]

9. No wonder the Con's evangelical goons call him

king of Israel

[bucolic_frolic]

7. CheetoJesus will be happy

from the Orange Glow

[Midnight Writer]

5. That will complete classic GOP trifecta. Tax cuts for rich, exploding deficits, and a senseless war.

[demtenjeep]

8. yup he wants to be a war prez

but too bad he isn't any prez at all

[sandensea]

11. +1

Accordingly, we should fully expect some "incident" on U.S. soil sometime in the near future (God help us).

Unless, of course, someone both very important and incorruptibly patriotic intervenes and says: "No, Mr. President!"

Will we be so fortunate? Or will this be another Dubya debacle.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Cadet Bone Spurs wants to be a war prez. Quelle Surprise!

Cadet Bone Spurs wants to be a war prez.

Quelle Surprise!

[Evolve Dammit]

25. Boy is that the truth! Perfect image by M. Wuerker

[Roland99]

10. And @VP and Sec of Defense just left the WH

Link to tweet

Zeke Miller
✔
@ZekeJMiller
.@VP and @EsperDoD have left the WH after an NSC meeting on Saudi attack/Iran

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. The tRumpanzees all said Hillary would create a war & tRump would not. They hate Bush for Iran War.

[Captain Zero]

15. Putin has to check off on a war.

So far he hasn't. This is possibly set up though as a test of American Jet technology against Russian radar technology. Putin might go for it since shortly after Trump sold jets to SA, PUTIN sold radar to SA and sent technicians to set it up. ANY chance those techs trained latest Russian radar how to identify latest American fighter jets? I'm guessing yes. So where else in the ME is Russian radar updated with those jet signatures ?

[Eyeball_Kid]

21. Putin won the White House without a single casualty.

He doesn't need a war. He can get all he wants from his front man, Trumpy.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. don't forget Moscow Mitch

Putin only paid a few million to McConnell's PAC, plus an aluminum plant, to purchase Senator Moscow Mitch.

[Wellstone ruled]

16. Extensive Story in the

Review Journal yesterday about this. As we all know,Adelson is our unofficial ambassador for Israel affairs.

And Bibi is running way behind in the Election Polls .

[SCVDem]

17. We The People

Do not want another bullshit war!!

We need environmental change which war will only make worse.

Fight each other until doomsday?

Nice plan!

[triron]

18. Like Trump gives a shit.

[spanone]

19. bibi, putin & trump

[StTimofEdenRoc]

22. So you get rid of Bolton, then implement his plan.

Does not mater if we see thru it. half the country will not.

[TeamPooka]

23. I'm not supporting any troops in a mocked up war with Iran.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. CNN - "US 'locked and loaded"

Trump says US 'locked and loaded pending on verification' of attack on Saudi oil field

By Paul LeBlanc, Kylie Atwood, Jeremy Diamond and Sarah Westwood, CNN

Updated 7:20 PM ET, Sun September 15, 2019

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Sunday evening tweeted that the US has "reason to believe" that the United States knows who is responsible for an attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field and the country is "locked and loaded depending on verification" following the crippling strike.

"Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!" Trump said.

On Saturday, coordinated strikes on key Saudi Arabian oil facilities -- among the world's largest energy production centers -- disrupted 5% of the daily global oil supply. Yemen's Houthi rebels took responsibility for the attacks, but they are often backed by Iran.

A day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran for the attack on Saudi oil facilities and argued there is "no evidence the attacks came from Yemen," a senior administration official briefed CNN on information to back up Pompeo's claims.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15/politics/trump-us-saudi-arabia-attack-iran-iraq/index.html

[sprinkleeninow]

30. Why in friggen hell should we anticipate what terms by which we be ready to proceed.

[triron]

31. Drum beats.

The maniac is taking us to the brink to suit his selfish interests and to cover for all his
shit.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. Lewandowski is supposed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this Tuesday

I heard a blip on the news this morning about this (assuming he shows up).

House Democrats Set to Grill Corey Lewandowski in Public

Sam Brodey Congressional Reporter
Erin Banco National Security Reporter

Updated 09.07.19 2:32PM ET / Published 09.07.19 1:37PM ET

Corey Lewandowksi, Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign manager and a key figure in his political orbit, is set to appear before the House Judiciary Committee where he will be questioned in a public hearing on Sept. 17, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. Lawmakers are interested in pressing Lewandowski for more information on the instances of possible obstruction of justice by the president that were outlined in Robert Mueller’s report. Though Lewandowski did not hold a White House job, he figures prominently in Volume 2 of the report, which found that Trump asked his former campaign chief to press then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to curb the special counsel’s investigation.

In August, Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued a subpoena for testimony from Lewandowski, who has publicly said he’d be happy to testify and, as he put it during a Fox News radio interview, “remind the American people that these guys are on a witch hunt, right?"

Lewandowski’s appearance before the committee represents a much-needed win for Democrats, who are struggling to haul key fact witnesses in the Mueller report to the Hill for further questioning. It would be the first appearance of such a fact witness since former White House communications director Hope Hicks testified behind closed doors in June. She repeatedly invoked claims of executive privilege to decline offering answers, and Democrats expect Lewandowski to be an even more evasive and combative witness.

Unlike Hicks, however, Lewandowski will answer questions in an open hearing with the cameras rolling—making him the first Trump associate to do so before Nadler’s committee. The spectacle may inject some life into Democrats’ impeachment investigation, which Nadler and other leaders have made far more explicit over the summer ahead of a crucial crossroads this fall.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-democrats-set-to-question-corey-lewandowski-in-public

[triron]

35. I have little hope he will show.

Guess shouldn't be a Debbie-downer, but seems like the Trumpkins get away with anything.

[Thomas Hurt]

33. Yep, Israel has to exist so Christ can return and lay waste to everything...

while the "right kind" of Christians are sitting at the right hand of God....or something like that.

[rockfordfile]

34. This makes Americans remember the lies of Bush and how much we hate him

The lies. The corruption. Americans already want Trump gone. starting a war for Saudi oil will make it us hate him even more.

[Takket]

36. We refuse to do anything about 50k+ gun deaths every year

But will spend a few trillion on war because someone droned an oil refinery.

THAT’S RATIONAL

I don’t see drumpf getting any support for a military retaliation for this.

[triron]

37. Hope you're correct but not optimistic.