Rob

Jesus is King of Kings, Trump is my President. Army Infantry vet, AATW, Mil-spouse to AF retiree, semi-retired bartender. IFBAP 100%, spare me from porn/crypto?

[Rob @infvetma2fl]

Lila tidied the teacups and then sat on the porch to observe the sunset. Follow your heart and intuition at this moment.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐕𝐃𝐇: 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐅 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔.

Victor Davis Hanson just did what no one in legacy media will do. He looked at the Iran war empirically.

The verdict isn't close.

Iran — 𝟗𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, the largest military power in the Middle East by every measure, feared by the Gulf monarchies and Europeans alike — has just suffered one of the most lopsided asymmetric defeats in modern history.

Hanson: "𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵."

The scorecard:

Iran has lost 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — possibly 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 — in a half-century of investment in missiles, drones, submarines, and capital ships. Gone.

Their command and control is "𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳." Nobody — not the theocracy, not the IRGC, not the political class, not the army — knows who's actually in charge. They're afraid of each other. They're afraid to look soft. And they're afraid that cutting a deal means "𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦."

Meanwhile, the American left spent one day calling Trump a warmonger and a "𝘏𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦." The next day, after he announced negotiations, they called him a "𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘰" — a Neville Chamberlain, a Jimmy Carter.

Hanson nailed the pathology. They don't analyze the war empirically. They analyze it politically. In his words, Tom Friedman and Bill Kristol "𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱."

𝟏𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 are in that theater right now. Risking their lives to make sure Iran never puts a nuclear-tipped missile on Tel Aviv, London, or eventually Chicago. And half the political class is 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 because of who's in the Oval Office.

Read that again.

And the losers don't stop at Tehran.

𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚: no more Venezuela. No more Latin America. No more Middle East. Assad is gone. The drone pipeline with Iran is severed. Bogged down in Ukraine, bleeding over a million and a half casualties.

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚: took 80 percent of all Iranian oil. That pipeline is now contingent on the United States. And Beijing just watched America broadcast to the world that it's about to mass-produce a half-million to a million drones. Any fantasy of crossing 110 nautical miles to take Taiwan just got a lot more expensive.

𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞, in Hanson's words, is "𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳." We asked them for bases and airspace. That was it. Spain closed its embassy in Israel — "𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵." France wouldn't let us use its airpower or clean up H-z-b in Lebanon, its own post-colonial responsibility. Italy wouldn't let our bombers land in Sicily. The United Kingdom — the nation that built the Royal Navy — "𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳" to protect its own base in Cyprus.

Turkey, a NATO member, is openly siding with Iran and threatening a NATO partner, Israel.

Hanson's verdict: "𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖, 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺." Going forward, the United States will pick and choose which NATO members are actually worth the alliance. The rest are "𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦."

And the Strait of Hormuz? The left spent two weeks shrieking that closure would end the world. Reality: it carries 𝟐𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 of world oil, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝟖𝟎. The Saudis are expanding their Red Sea pipeline. The Emirates are expanding theirs. A pipeline across the desert through Jordan to Haifa is on the table. Within a few years, the Gulf "𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯." Their leverage becomes their liability.

If the war ends in two or three weeks, Hanson estimates seven months to economic recovery. Then comes the realization.

Iran is not threatening the Middle East. Iran has no ballistic missile threat. Iran has no immediate path to a nuclear weapon. Iran has no military. Its command and control is wiped out. Its population is stewing.

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭."

Not the next day. Not the next month. But within months — or within two years, like the Soviet Union — regime change.

This war was fought on Western American terms. No Fallujah. No house-to-house in Taji. No villages in Afghanistan where you can't tell friend from enemy. The asymmetry — by design — was total.

The 24-hour news cycle will keep shrieking. The Democrat-media borg will keep cycling through whichever narrative hurts Trump most that morning.

But the map has already been redrawn. 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬.

[best of better call saul @bestofsaulgood]

The complete chronological watch order for the Breaking Bad universe goes like this: 

1. Start Better Call Saul.
2. Get to Season 6, Episode 9.
3. Start watching Breaking Bad.
4. Get to the end of the series.
5. Watch El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
6. Restart Better Call Saul from Season 6, Episode 10 and continue to the end of the series.

[✞🎀TrumpGirlOnFire 🔥 @TrumpGirlOnFire]

This is the speech every High School Principle should give. If they did, America would be a much better place.

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

🔥NEW: Clarence Thomas — full remarks on progressivism, its foundations, history, and impact from his appearance at University of Texas at Austin:

“Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Mao were all intertwined with the rise of progressivism, and all were opposed to the natural rights on which our Declaration is based.”

"Many progressives expressed admiration for each of them shortly before their governments killed tens of millions of people."

"It comes as no surprise that the progressives embraced eugenics... It was only a small step for Wilson to resegregate the federal workforce."

"It was only another step for the government to launch sterilization programs on those deemed by the experts of the day to be unfit to reproduce."

“European thinkers have long criticized America for remaining trapped in a Lockean world, with its weakened, decentralized government and strong individual rights. They say our 18th-century Declaration has prevented us from progressing to higher forms of government."

"But we were fortunate not to trade our Lockean bonds for the supposedly enlightened world of Hegel, Marx, and their followers. Fascism, which after all was national socialism, triggered wars in Europe and Asia that killed tens of millions."

"The socialism of the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China proceeded to kill tens of millions more of their own people. This is what happens when natural rights give way to higher-good notions of history or progress, or, as Thomas Sowell has written, the visions of the anointed."

"None of this, of course, was an improvement on the principles of the Declaration. Tocqueville's Democracy in America is largely about how America owed its superiority over Europe to its conscious decision to reject central planning and administrative rule, root and branch."

"Progressivism, in other words, is retrogressive.”

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is being praised nationwide for dropping this TRUTH on leftism and "progressivism"

"Progressivism seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence, and hence our form of government. It holds that our rights and our dignities come not from God, but from government."

"It requires of the people a subservience and weakness incompatible with a constitution premised on the transcendent origin of our rights."

You NAILED IT, Justice Thomas! 🇺🇸

This guy is the true GOAT.

[Oren Barsky @orenbarsky]

Oh wow,
Hitler His/Her

Absolutely brilliant.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

Take a look at this.

[Ojike Uzoma @Xtopher_Uzo]

Catholics come in.. It's Story time..

Once upon a time, in October 13th, 1884.
Pope Leo XIII had just finished celebrating Holy Mass in the Vatican.
As he turned from the altar, he suddenly stopped, frozen in place.
His face grew pale, his eyes fixed on something unseen.
For nearly 10 minutes, he stood motionless in complete silence.
Those nearby thought he had fallen ill.
But something far greater was happening.

When he finally came to consciousness, his face was trembling, his body weak.
He whispered softly, “What a horrible vision I have seen.”
He explained that he had heard two voices.
One gentle and filled with love - the voice of Christ.
And the other, harsh and full of hatred - the voice of Satan.

Satan sai:, “I can destroy your church.”
Jesus replied: “You can? Then go ahead and try.”
Satan said: “I need more time and more power.”
Jesus asked: “How much time? How much power?”
Satan answered: “About 75 to 100 years. And greater influence over those who will serve me.”

Jesus responded: “You have the time and the power. Do with them what you will.”
In that terrifying moment, Pope Leo XIII saw visions of the future.
The church under attack, evil spreading across nations, and countless souls turning away from God.
He understood that humanity was entering a great spiritual battle, one that would test faith for generations.
He went to his private study, took pen and paper, and wrote a prayer - a Heavenly shield for the church against the powers of darkness;

He wrote....
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray.
And do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

The prayer was ordered to be said after every Mass - a spiritual weapon for the faithful and a reminder that our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers of darkness.

Even today, more than a century later, the words of Pope Leo XIII echoes through the ages, reminding us that the Church will stand and that Christ has already won the victory.

May the Lord deliver us from every snare of the evil one.
May he strengthen his Church, renew our faith, and help us stand firm in the truth of Christ.

Through the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, may light always conquer darkness in our hearts, our homes, and in our world.
Amen.

[Rob @infvetma2fl]

I’ve seen just about every single one of these

[Trucker Dan @TruckerDanUSA]

Florida is a special place. So many weird news stories come out of Florida! These should.

[🇺🇸Lady Vet @CoVet_81]

“You’re bringing that they/them energy” 😂
Thought he was going to start crying 🤣
Love Kaitlin, she says it straight and doesn’t hold back. 🔥

[Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000]

https://t.co/auApDD6FRf
The mainstream media refuses to show you this.

Mass graves in Nigeria filled with Christian coffins.
• More than 100,000 Christians slaughtered since 2009
• 18,000 churches reduced to ashes
• 7,000 killed in 2025 alone
• 32 Christians murdered every day
• Over 100 churches destroyed each month
• 15 million Christians driven from their homes
• Hundreds of Christians kidnapped and enslaved

All at the hands of Muslim terrorists of Boko Haram, ISWAP, and Fulani militants.

[@Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 @Chicago1Ray]

HERO 🚨

Nick Shirley is finding so much fraud in CA, that they wanna pass a law that bans him from finding it

Shirley is right over the target... he's put off going to (IL) to go back to (CA)

Hit that like button if you appreciate what this young man is doing for the country

[Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy]

Dear Pope Leo,

Instead of visiting mosques and meeting Islamic leaders in countries like Algeria…

Go to Nigeria.

Go see the millions of Christians being massacred by violent Islamists. Pray with them. Show solidarity with them. Care for them.

Sincerely,
Christians everywhere

[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

*The Corruption Jesus Christ Died to Expose...*

Someone told me recently — “Do you know there’s something that happened in the temple that most people never fully explain?”

I thought I knew the story.
*Matthew 21:13 (NKJV)*
*“And He said to them, ‘It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you have made it a “den of thieves "*

Jesus walks in… flips tables… calls it a den of thieves… walks out.

End of story.

But wait—no. That’s surface-level thinking. That’s what we’ve all been told. The real thing? It goes deeper… much deeper.

Den of thieves” wasn’t just about stealing—it pointed to a system… a hiding place where corruption was normalized under the cover of religion.
That’s what He was confronting.

You see Jerusalem was the center of everything.

Every Jewish man—no matter where he lived—had to come.

Egypt. Babylon. Greece. Didn’t matter.

And when you came, you didn’t come empty.

Two things were required: – Temple tax
– Sacrifice

Simple? Not really.

The trap started at the gate…

You couldn’t use Roman money.

Why? It had Caesar’s image—considered idolatry.

So what happens?

You’re forced to exchange your money.

And guess who’s waiting right there? Moneychangers.

Charging fees.

Every. Single. Time.

You haven’t even started worship—and you’re already paying.

Then comes the sacrifice…

Maybe you carried your lamb from home.

You kept it clean. Protected it. It mattered to you.

But now?

The priests inspect it.

And suddenly—there’s a problem.

A spot. A mark. Something “not right.”

Rejected.

Convenient, right?

Because right there… temple vendors are selling approved animals.

At their price.

You’re tired. You’re far from home. And Passover won’t wait.

So what do you do?

You pay.

You have no choice.

So who was behind all this?

The high priestly family.

The house of Annas… with Caiaphas in office.

This wasn’t random.

This was a system.

Controlled. Structured. Profitable.

A religious monopoly.

Every worshipper that stepped into Jerusalem? Passed through their hands.

Then Jesus walks in…

And He doesn’t ignore it.

He doesn’t adjust to it.

He doesn’t preach around it.

He flips it.

Tables flying. Money scattered.

This wasn’t just “passion.”

This was exposure.

He shut down a system.

A system that made money off people trying to meet God.

Think about that.

Now ask yourself—

Why did they really want Him gone?

Was it just doctrine?

Just theology?

No.

He touched their money.

He exposed their control.

He disrupted their power.

And men don’t tolerate that.

The tension didn’t start at the cross.

It started the moment He interfered with their system.

From that point?

It was no longer discussion.

It became a decision.

Jesus didn’t just cleanse a temple.

He confronted corruption.

He exposed manipulation.

He revealed what happens when men use God… to build systems that serve themselves.

And let’s be honest…

Would He find anything different today?

Or would He still be flipping tables?

*To Be continued...*

*Selah*

[David M. McIntosh @DavidMMcintosh]

Illegal immigrants killed 13,000 Americans in 2024.

The total number of homicides in the US in 2024 was 20,162.

That's 64% of all murders.

[Rob @infvetma2fl]

@Headshok1962 Def Leppard!!

[Promethean Action @PrometheanActn]

Trump exposes the British-run Strait of Hormuz extortion racket, rolls up Iran's financial pipeline from Dubai to London, and forces Britain's military chief to confess the Empire has no war plan. @SJKokinda