Israel struck back at Iran, after being warned about the slightest incursion.  Where it goes from here, we’ll have to wait and see.  News reports say Israel bombed the city of Isfahan, home to a military base and the Natanz nuclear facility.  Whether that’s the end of it, we don’t know.  Iran’s strike against Israel apparently did little damage and didn’t kill anyone.  Not that they didn’t try.  It was an onslaught of drones and missiles, and Israel had help intercepting them.  Even from Jordan.

If you listen to the rhetoric coming out of Iran, they’ve got a lot of big talk about their capabilities and what they might do.  I learned a long time ago that this ilk is prone to a lot of chest-pounding talk and here you see it. Let’s hope that’s all it is.  This is the first time in all these years that Iran has attacked Israel, and they better be careful.  Not that Israel needs another front, but Iran would be making a big mistake.

Three years in, we’ve got troubles we never considered.  More people than ever have breached our Southern border, and the administration is powerless to do anything about it.  They need legislation!  Really?  After 240 years we need a new law to protect our border?  Who ever heard of such a thing?  No nation on earth would allow what’s going on.  It’s almost as bad as what’s happened to Europe with Muslims flooding in.  

We’ve got Muslims as it is, and they’re acting up.  “Death to America,” they chant.  What on earth are they doing here?  We’ve got Muslims in Congress who hate what we stand for, and the very idea that we’ve got idiots screaming Death to America is beyond the pale.  It’s hard to believe they’re not being hustled to wherever back home might be.

Apparently Congress has approved more money for Ukraine.  News from the war zone isn’t exactly encouraging.  The idea that Ukraine is going to defeat Russia is crazy talk.  Putin might be a bad guy, but that doesn’t justify putting vast sums into Zelensky’s hands.  He’s made the rounds, demanding help.  You’ve got to wonder if we’re protecting some of the graft that Ukraine is famous for.

When Trump says we’re like a third-world country, maybe he’s right.  We’ve lost count of the number of indictments.  According to the best legal scholars, they’re flimsy.  Seems like they’re keeping him in court, fending off law fare, so he can’t campaign.  But he’s got his own jet, and will be able to give speeches, as long as he doesn’t violate the “gag orders” that have been issued against him.  Apparently they want some excuse to throw him in jail, but it doesn’t appear to be working.  The more they pile up false accusations, the more popular he becomes.  All their phony indictments may turn out to have been a huge miscalculation.

We’re gearing up for the Passover and Days of Unleavened bread.  Nearly everybody has helped out, and our place looks beautiful.  We’re hoping for a good crowd, and are pretty sure everybody will enjoy themselves.  

God has blessed us, all Americans for that matter.  Why would we squander the peace and security we’ve been given with defiance?  It doesn’t make sense.  

Mark

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Can you imagine the absolute panic as Trump’s tormentors encounter one setback after another?

We’re not going to follow every twist and turn of the legal cases, but none are looking too promising for those that fear what will happen if he should win the next presidential election.  Not that he didn’t win the last one, but maybe it’s for the best.  After all, the whole country has seen gas prices double as the pandering continues.  We’ve got to save the planet?  What about China and India?  Aren’t they on the same planet?  Trump is out talking about what he’ll do if re-elected, and you can bet those currently running the show aren’t listening.

Electric cars aren’t catching on.  They have to give rebates and special deals to sell them at all.  Not that some of them aren’t nice, it’s just not there yet. Maybe someday, but not today.  Meanwhile, gas prices have doubled and you don’t need me to tell you about inflation.

It seems as if the vaunted departments with which we’re all familiar are running interference.  Jail time for the lady who sold the diary?  Does that mean it will never come out?  The January 6, defendants are still rotting in jail, waiting for justice if there is such a thing on this Earth.  

We’ve got conflagrations that should never have happened, but could get worse. Iran, now able to finance terrorist organizations, is riding high. War has overtaken the Middle East, and our leaders are pandering to the supporters of the guilty parties. They’re screaming “Death to America” in Dearborn, Michigan, and none dares denounce it.  What, and deprive the pretender of a segment of his support?

Zelensky still has hat in hand, warning that without more assistance Ukraine will lose the war.

French President Macron has made statements indicating that he’s willing to commit troops.  It’s like they’re in a race to get another worldwide war started, and they don’t have any time to waste.  

But the dominoes are not in place, yet.  These events could lead to further developments that would be ominous, but the main players of Bible prophecy are not yet visible.  Not that they couldn’t show up at any time, and if the U. S. keeps going down this road things may come together sooner than we think.

It seems like our leadership doesn’t have our best interest at heart.  We’re being invaded along the Southern border, and all we get is rhetoric.  The “newcomers” are sleeping on the streets, under bridges, you name it. They’ve turned over whole hotels, with bills being paid by the government.  That means us.  All they can do is throw up their hands and pass out debit cards and court dates that we might not live to see.  You mean, we have no right to secure our sovereign border?  Who ever heard of such a thing?  

The eclipse passed directly overhead in Tyler, the moon all but obscuring the sun.  It was an incredible sight that we’d never seen before and probably won’t again.  There was a partial eclipse when I was in grade school, but nothing like this.  As the moon came directly between earth and the sun you could actually see the flames licking out beyond the perimeter.  They said animals would freak out, but there are horses in the pasture below the office, and they just kept grazing.  We were amazed as it got dark, and all the security lights came on.  What an eerie sensation to have it get dark in the middle of the day, and then it was a regular afternoon.  It puts things in perspective. 

Mark

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