Newsweek noted that the Bible passage was a condemnation of Philistines and the Cherethites, historic enemies of the Israelites, dating to the fifth century BC. Ezekiel, the Old Testament book in which it appears, focuses on a demonstrative prophet of the same name who engages in street theater to attract the attention of crowds to deliver his message.
Er, it wasn’t a condemnation of the people groups; it was a condemnation of those who practiced child sacrifice, took bribes, and exploited orphans and widows. It just happened to tie this to the governments of the Philistines and Cherethites, who were known for doing these things.
And I fully believe the allegations in the Epstein files and that Trump was co conspirator to all of it, which is why I say the child sacrifice part sounds like Trump.
The man claimed he witnessed "ritualistic sacrifice" and "babies being dismembered" on a yacht belonging to Epstein in 2000
The entire mar-a-lago mafia is incompetent. If they could be combined into one person, you still wouldn’t be able to find a competent person. Probably because Trump it’s an idiot that has to be the smartest person in the room.
If I understand correctly, the classic dictator approach is to appoint relatively competent underlings in positions of power, as long as they aren't real threats, with most of their aggression spent punching down or squabbling amongst themselves.
By contrast, the idea here seems to be in appointing bumbling nitwits at said positions, such that after they make fools of themselves, they can then be blamed for this or that and ejected like a used diaper.
He wanted nothing but yes-men this time around, so "bumbling nitwit" was basically a prerequisite. The competent evil people are pulling their strings behind the scenes.
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adespoton@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 123d
Er, it wasn’t a condemnation of the people groups; it was a condemnation of those who practiced child sacrifice, took bribes, and exploited orphans and widows. It just happened to tie this to the governments of the Philistines and Cherethites, who were known for doing these things.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 123d
This sounds like all things Trump has done.
And I fully believe the allegations in the Epstein files and that Trump was co conspirator to all of it, which is why I say the child sacrifice part sounds like Trump.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 123d
It's going to be extremely hard to fact check information from the MOST POPULAR FUCKING BOOK OF ALL TIME
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 2 pts · 122d
Which one? Diary of a Wombat? One of the Harry Potters?
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 121d
I believe it's God Needs Money: 2
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 1 pts · 121d
Again? I gave them 20 last week!
ef9357@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 123d
The entire mar-a-lago mafia is incompetent. If they could be combined into one person, you still wouldn’t be able to find a competent person. Probably because Trump it’s an idiot that has to be the smartest person in the room.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 6 pts · 123d
If I understand correctly, the classic dictator approach is to appoint relatively competent underlings in positions of power, as long as they aren't real threats, with most of their aggression spent punching down or squabbling amongst themselves.
By contrast, the idea here seems to be in appointing bumbling nitwits at said positions, such that after they make fools of themselves, they can then be blamed for this or that and ejected like a used diaper.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 123d
He wanted nothing but yes-men this time around, so "bumbling nitwit" was basically a prerequisite. The competent evil people are pulling their strings behind the scenes.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 123d
Grok, copy this homework but change it a little so the teacher doesn't know
devolution@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 122d
What do Hegseth and Melania have in common?
They plaguerize black people way better than them.