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Pastor John Hagee is a heat-seeking missile that views current developments in the Middle East as a prelude to the End of Times. Pastor Hagee, a staunch Armageddonist who has been fulminating against Iran for many years, has the ears many conservative...
by Bill Berkowitz
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 09:07 AM PDT
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Weren’t their some primaries today? I have seen no diaries, did I miss them?
by ShockTheMonkey
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on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 08:28 PM PST
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“Israel exists. And Palestinians must have a homeland, too. It doesn’t matter who got there first.” Colbert L. King, THE WASHINGTON POST in THE SACRAMENTO BEE, 11/14/23 Political and religious viewpoints aside, the 2023-24 war in Israel/Palestine...
by Gregg Matson
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on Mon Feb 12, 2024 at 11:49 AM PST
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Israel shoots down Iranian missile in first space war battle In a startling first that few people seem to be aware of, Israel shot down an Iranian missile in space. That missile was launched by the Houthis in Yemen, who have been lobbing...
by Rusticana
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on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 09:33 PM PST
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Just what we need — U.S. military commanders gleefully proclaiming the Israel-Hamas war Jesus’ will! No matter what the differing opinions I’ve seen among the community here about the Israel-Hamas war over the past week, I think there is one thing we can all agree on — fundamentalist Christian commanders and NCOs in our military can’t be going around...
by ChrisRodda
229 comments
on Fri Oct 13, 2023 at 11:21 AM PDT
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Some millennia ago, some ape-like creature looked in a still pool of water, saw its reflection and thought, “Wait a minute – that’s me!” It showed other ape-like creatures this trick, and soon there was a whole tribe of “people,” who recognized...
by soupbone60
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on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 06:24 AM PDT
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Just when you thought Cheeto Mussolini was going to get boinked, the damned world ends. Getting through hump day is going to suck, especially for all the Christofascists who will remain conspicuously un-raptured late on Tuesday. For those of you with a...
by ruleoflaw
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on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT
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Rabbi Arnstein is about peace. Peace of the soul. This article is about pushing your fear button. Local conservative online news puts out an article about the FBI holding nuclear drills in Houston. Nuclear attack drills start in Houston under the FBI...
by iarnstein
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on Wed May 03, 2023 at 05:10 PM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Despite fears of the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war — recently, Vladimir Putin ominously announced a...
by TomDispatch
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on Mon Apr 10, 2023 at 06:42 AM PDT
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Armageddon President Biden this week blurted out what many may have thought was an unintended gaffe. In an unguarded moment speaking with donors at a New York fundraiser, the president spoke of Vladimir Putin’s threat that nuclear weapons were an...
by vjr7121
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on Sat Oct 08, 2022 at 05:38 AM PDT
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It came to me last night. It was terrifying. Dahlia Lithwick alluded to it during her segment on MSNBC. But she didn’t say it all out loud. She merely said that the recent SCOTUS rulings had no basis in law, they were just predetermined outcomes in...
by liberaldad2
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on Fri Jul 01, 2022 at 01:38 PM PDT
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Ever since the 2020 election, my brain has terrorized me with two very vivid nightmare scenarios. The first is that Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle will conceive a child, prompting God to finally snatch our universe out of Her kid’s...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Tue Jun 07, 2022 at 01:32 PM PDT
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Over the years, many have envisioned the End of Times. Religious leaders, writers, filmmakers, televangelists, have all offered one version or another of how the world will end. The marketing of end-of-the-world-prophesies has resulted in daily...
by Bill Berkowitz
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on Fri Sep 17, 2021 at 07:32 AM PDT
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“It’s like Armageddon.” That’s what my mom said to me the other day. I’m concerned. Maybe it isn’t “like” Armageddon. Maybe it is Armageddon.
by lafosner
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on Thu Aug 27, 2020 at 01:36 PM PDT
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In these troubled, interesting, complicated times it is easy to forget sometimes about what matters most in the world- preventing a nuclear doomsday scenario. After all, if there were to be a nuclear war none of the other issues we find so important...
by xil
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on Sun Aug 02, 2020 at 02:37 AM PDT
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There comes a time every year- round about October- when you're busily going about your day, minding your own business, and then, suddenly... you hear it. Softly. Playing from a radio somewhere in the distance: I don't want a lot for Christmas There is...
by SquireForYou
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on Mon Jul 13, 2020 at 10:09 AM PDT
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In a few months, in the middle of a pandemic, in the wake of nationwide protests over systemic police brutality and racial injustice, the United States faces a presidential election which will be a true inflection point as to whether the nation will or...
by Jericho
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on Wed Jul 01, 2020 at 05:13 PM PDT
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I want to get some feedback on a topic I’m researching for my book on religion: the degree to which some Christian fundamentalists may be actively working to trigger the apocalypse. I’m not going to get into the weeds here (keep your sighs of relief to...
by Dan K
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on Sun Feb 16, 2020 at 10:20 AM PST
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Today is the day of impeachment. Most of what you read will be focused on what happens today. We’ll hear all of the rehearsed talking points, speeches, indignation, outrages, and tweets galore. I will acknowledge these stories (and comment on them...
by prophetofpan
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on Wed Dec 18, 2019 at 07:53 AM PST
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You didn’t know how deep the rabbit hole really is did you? We now have Trump proclaiming that the people of Israel view him as the king of the Jews. It really amazes me, this bizarre alliance between Israelis and the Evangelical right wing in the U.S....
by pollwatcher
35 comments
on Wed Aug 21, 2019 at 07:55 AM PDT
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