Russia and China are linking up, with a some help from little rocket man.  China held its military parade this week, and they’re claiming to have a laser weapon.  If this is not mere bravado it’ll be a cause for concern.  We live in a time like no other, where technology and politics collide.  

I guess you saw the blowing up of the drug boat.  If you didn’t, check it out.  The danger is we can’t go to war with everybody.  Or maybe we can.  We’ve sent military ships off Venezuela’s coast, we’ll see what happens.

The media is very concerned about the make-up on Trump’s hand.  Imagine how many hands he has to shake.  That gets a little old, when you have to think before you reach.  Years ago I had a similar situation, and it felt like my funny bone was involved.  That’s not Trump’s problem, but some people may just get carried away shaking the President’s hand.  He’s obviously using make up.  I just withheld my hand.

The Catholics are all about some kid they call “God’s influencer,” a blasphemous term if there ever was one.  This kid checked all the boxes, and the Catholics deified him.  They think if they get enough people on board that men on earth can give somebody a boost on their way to heaven.  Wait until they find out that doesn’t work.  Especially a bunch of guys who think they’re holy, making God’s decisions.   How arrogant do you have to be?  They have a new pope, same as the old pope.  They think they get to decide a person’s plight in the afterlife, and they’ve got some kid they are about to send to heaven.  

ICE is showing up at places that have a lot of illegal immigrants, and it’s hurting some businesses.  But Trump’s promise was to get them out.  I guess Americans don’t want those jobs, especially when there are others willing to work for less.  But this is going to be another place all together when Trump gets through. The mainstream is trying to tell us that Trump is violating people’s rights, but they’re violating our laws by being here illegally.

We’re still waiting for round 2 of the talks designed to call off the war in Ukraine.  Meanwhile the Russians are making strides into Ukraine, unleashing some of their largest attacks ever.  Who knows if this is preparatory to the talks, or if they even intend to play ball. Maybe you’ve guessed, I don’t have much respect for Zelensky, but we already know who Putin is.  We hope it gets solved without sparking WWIII, but there’s only so much you can do.  People elsewhere don’t think like we do.  

But we are being blessed now, and thank God.  I hope WWIII is a long way off.

Mark

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The agreements struck at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit are not what onlookers are likely to remember.

It is the striking optics that will stick.

Leaders from some of the most populous, influential and anti-American nations in the world, all sat together; eating, laughing and nodding along to the idea that they should endeavour to work closer together.

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Source: https://news.sky.com/story/china-led-sco-summit-is-a-show-designed-to-rattle-the-west-13422957

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