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Hekate

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39. The Mid East politics of it are horrible. Jerusalem is sacred to 3 major religions, & the fragile...
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 04:01 PM
Jul 2018

...peace there has been maintained by the secular State of Israel for almost 70 years. In these modern times Christian sects cannot agree among themselves on who gets access to holy sites and when, and never have been able to. When Jerusalem was overrun by Crusaders in the Middle Ages, they slaughtered every man, woman, and child in the city.

But wait! It gets better! While the Ultra-Orthodox Jews refuse to accept the modern State of Israel because God told them in no uncertain terms that he would send a Messiah to found a theocracy, they are glad to accept help from the Evangelical Christian end-timers because reasons, despite the fact the Evangelicals believe all unconverted Jews are going to burn in Hell for eternity. The End-timers believe the return of their Messiah will be heralded by cataclysmic war in the Middle East. When they talk about "restoring Israel to its Biblical boundaries" that would pretty much do it -- just compare a modern map and the map included in many Bibles.

Trump, a man who believes only in himself, is catering to people who have no business in American politics.

That's how a great businessman runs a great business dalton99a Jul 2018 #1
Oh, he's pulling more than numbers out of there. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #5
They converted a consulate and the security cost will be outrageous MattP Jul 2018 #2
And Sheldon and Miram Adelson are Wellstone ruled Jul 2018 #4
Yes - but he's not telling them that. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #6
The cost is minor compared with other embassies. former9thward Jul 2018 #24
It's a TEMPORARY SITE, dude(tte). Just a converted consulate facility. mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #32
No, it is not temporary. former9thward Jul 2018 #33
Thank you for your service! Louis1895 Jul 2018 #3
Listening, and if you believed any of it, you would come away thinking Trump created world peace. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #9
He forgot to mention they will be spending .... CatMor Jul 2018 #7
Of course! Wouldn't fit into his narrative. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #10
He lies for the sake of malaise Jul 2018 #8
He does. And with each lie, his eyes scan the audience to see how it lands. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #11
You noticed. He's like a stand-up comic trying out new punch lines and schticks all the time... Hekate Jul 2018 #28
He is a showman - of the carnival barker variety. A penny vaudevillian telling the world he's larger Solly Mack Jul 2018 #30
Exactly. Applause lines. Punch lines. Get 'em standing up and screaming lines. Can't remember... Hekate Jul 2018 #36
He repeats it often enough, they respond to his satisfaction sooner or later. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #37
I so agree. We are living in dismal times. nt Hekate Jul 2018 #41
Trump never lies!!! dubyadiprecession Jul 2018 #21
Now he's bragging about how he changed the VA for the better - the best it has ever been! Solly Mack Jul 2018 #12
They broke away! Guess they got tired of the bullshit too. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #13
No indoor plumbing, fire sprinkler systems, air conditioning ... lpbk2713 Jul 2018 #14
Exactly! Solly Mack Jul 2018 #16
NO! Breaking news. Ivanka Trump brand is NO more. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #15
He has enough nerve to say "the evangelicals" urged him to build it. nt oasis Jul 2018 #17
He did say that! I laughed but it wasn't a happy laugh. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #18
We'll be laughing in November. Dancing too. oasis Jul 2018 #19
I am hoping!!! Solly Mack Jul 2018 #20
He built it all with only his itty bitty hands DBoon Jul 2018 #22
Of course! His little hands, his Yuge ego, and no one else! Solly Mack Jul 2018 #23
I was at the embassy last month. former9thward Jul 2018 #25
I don't doubt its beauty. I doubt Trump's words, his motives, his intent, his everything. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #26
I understand. former9thward Jul 2018 #27
Yes, I too, along w/ you, doubt everything that rump stands for, don't trust him one bit. SWBTATTReg Jul 2018 #29
He truly is a vile human. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #31
was it needed? onethatcares Jul 2018 #34
I doubt Trump did it for the good of anyone. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #35
thank you onethatcares Jul 2018 #38
The Mid East politics of it are horrible. Jerusalem is sacred to 3 major religions, & the fragile... Hekate Jul 2018 #39
... Solly Mack Jul 2018 #40
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