Friday, March 28, 2025

We Can Do All Things Through Christ

This is just a reminder that anything done in the name of Christ is OK. Nobody has ever done anything unethical, dishonest, unwise, wicked, or fraudulent under his name, nor have they ever flaunted their Christianity as a cover for bad behavior [1]. Jesus would never allow his name to be misused [2]. So if someone claims to be a Christian, then their public or political words and actions should not be criticized. To do so is to criticize Jesus [3].

The Bible says so (Philippians 4:13). I don't make the rules.

Notes:
1. I didn't include "illegal" because laws are made by men and often used to oppress true Christians. Therefore, breaking the law in the name of Jesus is OK.
2. Since Jesus knows the end from the beginning, anything a Christian does is according to his plan.
3. What if some Christians don't like what other Christians are doing in the name of Jesus? That's not a question a true Christian would ask.


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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Time to Get Your Year Supply of Excuses Ready

Now that Trump is regularly making menacing statements about annexing Canada and Greenland, it's time to make sure you are stocked up on excuses for supporting him. If you've made it through the lies about the 2020 election, January 6, his court convictions, pardoning J6 insurrectionists, turning the management of the executive branch over to Elon Musk, purging the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense of anyone who might stand between him and illegal or unconstitutional orders, halting humanitarian aid, deciding that he can deport virtually anyone if he wants to, working to nulify the 14th amendment, turning against European allies and increasingly aligning with Russia, threatening the press, universities, and companies that don't align themselves to his will, his on-again-off-again tariffs, and so on, and so on...

...if you've made it through all of that, you may find your short-term supplies of excuses dwindling. And if you think you aren't going to need more, you are kidding yourself. You definitely need to stock up a least a year supply, if not more. You can start small and just regularly add to your supply. Perhaps you think you can just get by with, "I never thought that would happen". A little bit is certainly helpful, but you really are going to need something more substantial.

Probably the most cost-effective way to stock up on excuses is to go to the storehouse of Fox News. They regularly feature excuses that, although not of high quality, will sustain you in a pinch. For example, just recently they had a guest on claiming that Canada has been taken over by Mexican drug cartels. Sure it's stupid, but down the road when the U.S. is taking military action against Canada you are going to need something to justify your support. Other excuse suppliers that you find on social media or in podcasts can also be helpful, but I would recommend comparison shopping by cross-checking with Fox News to make sure that your excuses are of the best MAGA quality.

While you are building your supply of excuses to make it through the short-to-medium term, you also need to start working on your long-term excuses. Generations after you are going to ask, "Why on earth would you do that?" Providing excuses to them is beyond the scope of this post, but I recommend that you start building a story about how it's what God wanted. Few excuses are as durable.


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Tuesday, March 04, 2025

America Needs A Crypto Strategic Reserve So That...

America Needs A Crypto Strategic Reserve...

In light of Trump's announcement last Sunday that a cryto strategic reserve would be forthcoming, can anyone complete the above sentence without using some combination of the following:

...so that Donald Trump can use taxpayer money to prop up assets with no underlying value as a gift to the crypto industry, which spent so much to help get him elected.

...so that Donald Trump can enrich himself and his friends by insider trading and pump-and-dump schemes [1].

...to ensure that countries like North Korea are able to continue to fund their hostile activities.

...so that gullible people hoping to get ahead willingly throw their money away to unknowingly support one of the above.

...in case the United States runs out of dollars [2].

Notes:
1. Somebody made a killing off of Trump's announcement last Sunday. According to Forbes:

Mere hours before Trump made the announcement, an anonymous trader opened a 50x leveraged long position on BTC and ETH with $4 million on margin. As crypto prices surged on Trump’s news, the trader closed the position, netting over $6.8 million in profit. The timing was fortunate, and the bet was structured with little downside protection, making some wonder if it may not have been fortuitous and if the trader had advanced knowledge of Trump’s announcement....To reiterate and put the risk in perspective, the long positions were so highly leveraged that a price dip of merely ~2 percent in BTC or ETH would have liquidated the trader’s entire $4M stake​. Yet, instead of faltering, prices rose precisely when needed.
I'm sure the Trump-loyal SEC and DOJ will get right on that.

2. The United States is the source of dollars. It cannot run out.


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