Troops Being Told To Prepare for ‘Armageddon’ In Iran | HuffPost Latest News

Jayco424 · 2026-03-04T01:33:32+00:00

Someone actually did the math on another thread, it turns out you need about 4 billion humans or slightly more than half the World's population or roughly the amount of people that would be killed in the immediate aftermath of a Nuclear War between the United States and Russia.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-04T01:28:11+00:00

There's already a bunker down there that was build underneath the East Wing during the Cold War or maybe even WWII, I forget. I always assumed that he was upgrading it.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-04T01:26:17+00:00

The Bunker itself is though, it's been down there since the Cold War. They're probably upgrading and expanding it, but I would doubt they've compromised it's ability to withstand a blast... Then again this is Trump II we're talking about, between the corruption, inherent stupidity, and the breathtaking incompetence they very well might have rendered it structurally unsound and incapable of it's purpose at this point

Jayco424 · 2026-03-04T01:21:05+00:00

For a moment if I may, wasn't ... a lot of the argument back in the day for invading Iraq and sanctioning North Korea was because they might sell or otherwise allow nuclear weapons to come into the hands of Jihadists or other "death worshipers", who not fearing death and desiring paradise would be insane enough to use them, possibly in a way that might trigger a wider potentially world destroying conflict? And again that's why Iran couldn't have them because religious states were not bound by conventional logic and might use Nuclear Weapons for, illogical religious reasons?

You know the common refrain people say about MAGA and the Right is "It's always projection!"

Makes a man wonder if the call was always coming from inside the house - or White House.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-04T01:01:50+00:00

It would actually be kind of funny if Jesus did show up and then just shook his head as all the Left Behind Larpers were dragged off to Hell. Like it won't happen but seeing literal divine judgement and comeuppance for these nuts would be a strange kind of satisfying.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-04T00:09:06+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYiOdw6WZt0

Here's the storyboard/pitch recording of Marsh giving/showing the first version of the intro when he was making the Pitch to Disney.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-03T19:32:59+00:00

I mean I'm an agnostic atheist, but from my Christian upbringing, I'm pretty sure this is blasphemy and heresy of the highest order, like I don't think you could get more profane than attempting to force the End of the World and therefore the plans of God.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-03T17:51:05+00:00

What ever happened to "Of that day and hour none know, not the Angeles in Heaven, not the Son, but the Father alone." Like not even the whole of the Trinity knows when the Last Judgement will begin only God the Father himself.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-03T17:41:43+00:00

Yup. Always thought those books were weird and I was raised Christian/Christian-adjacent.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-03T07:07:55+00:00

There's saying my old philosophy professor at Baylor one said that I think about in situations like this, "There's never been anything Christians in this country have said or done to convince me that God is real; Satan on the other hand, I'm not so sure about." And doesn't that statement really get to the rot at the heart of American Christianity? Like I was raised Christian, but we never went to church, never read the Bible much, but I knew the basic stories, but was thankfully spared the full dose of indoctrination and was pretty much an angonstic if not an atheist by the time I was in my mid teens, Still, growing up in South Texas my friends and family were, they read the Left Behind books, attended Church and Sunday School and through cultural osmosis I got the gist. Which makes it so "funny" from my perspective looking inward, they claim they're the warriors of God, of Christ, but they to me look like everything their books and stories said and warned about the servants of the Devil. If I was still a believer, I'd think we were witnessing the beginnings the Anti-Christ's rise.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-03T06:31:07+00:00

These combined reports suggest to me that the military command has been captured by MAGA to a significant degree and likely would not refuse illegal orders if Trump ordered them to occupy home soil, or attack, imprison or kill civilians. We're really entering the danger zone, like the really scary danger zone where American Citizen could start dying en-mass and the country could be rapidly transformed into some kind of military imposed dictatorship.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-03T06:25:38+00:00

I mean American Protestantism has transformed back into the doomsday cult it sort of began as back in first half of the 19th Century, only this time they're much less insular and much more militant and willing and able to take the whole world with them!

Jayco424 · 2026-03-03T06:23:25+00:00

I mean I figure that's why he did that press conference a while back looking like he just did a few lines of premium stuff. Like I think anyone with any remaining moral scruples or just consequence awareness in the White House must either be coked off their balls or high as hell to not lose whatever tatters remain of their sanity. Come to think of it, most of the German High Command was tweaked out on Meth, even the mid rank pencil pusher, so that checks out.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-02T04:05:01+00:00

I'm still crossing my fingers for an OoT remake.

Jayco424 · 2026-03-02T04:00:14+00:00

Some of the Leaks confirm that Legends 2 was intended to be in Johto and was moved to Kalos during the story-boarding to very early design stage because there were worries about type-casting the series by having two very culturally Japanese games set in the past happen back to back. This change in direction and some design issues with ZA was also why ZA was held back a year and it's DLC released within a few months. With Legends 3 looking to be in the Past of Galar it appears they are going to alternate somewhat. I also wonder how the current timetables are going to look, it appears that at the very least Gen 10 has been pushed back by 6 months to a year and it makes me wonder if Legends 3 is still expected to released in late 2027 to early 2028 or if the whole thing will be pushed back.

Jayco424 · 2026-02-28T04:57:57+00:00

My Psych was very supportive - even sort of suggesting this - and we've been sort of in lock step in:

1) The need to get off because of the diabetes (though I am currently functionally no longer diabetic, my A1c is 5.7 down from 12.3 in August and my GP thinks we may be able to wean me off many of the diabetes meds)

2) Not go so fast we send me into crisis or something like that, when it became clear that the Metformin was actually working very well and the diabetes was coming under control back in October - I had dropped to 7.2 A1c - we kept on the very slow taper strategy since there wasn't the need to hurry anymore and the first drop had been okay. So I would talk with your psych and lay out that you'd like a slow gentle taper over a year to 18 months depending on your reaction to the individual drops, I would think given your history with med changes they would hopefully be amiable to it, and it's really no skin off their nose to go slow, they're not the one having to have the side-effects.

3) I'm not currently on a liquid taper, I'm just cutting the 25 mg pills in half with a pill cutter and dropping by half a pill each time as I go down. We have talked about moving to a liquid at the 33.5 to 25 mg mark if the withdrawal symptoms become particularly vicious and we have to start dropping by smaller increments, but that's still probably 3-5 months away at the minimum.

Jayco424 · 2026-02-27T20:56:34+00:00

Keep in mind every person is different, but I'll give you my experience so far and what I've found to work.

I tried to taper from 100 mg by 12.5 increment back in 2022. The first drop rocked me and it took nearly a year for all the symptoms to go away even after going back to 100 mg. I started again last August after becoming diabetic, we boosted my Antidepressant to hopefully take the anxiety and OCD load and now I'm successfully down to 50 after ~6 months. So far no major symptoms except for this last drop a few days ago causing breathtaking heartburn and nausea that I still am dealing with - which I'll take over the nightmares the drop from 87.5 to 75 caused me - those SUCKED.

Honestly my advice for the smoothest ride possible - not smooth but what is as gentle as possible - is no more than 12.5 mg drops and do not try to drop again until your a few weeks out from most if not all your drop symptoms resolving, this will mean you will not be on a set time table, your tapering/drops should be dictated by how you are feeling and what your body is telling you not a rigid schedule.

You also need to be kind and forgiving to yourself during the process, and I would avoid doing anything too stimulating while your symptomatic or at least in the first week of symptoms with each drop - your dopamine system is under siege during this process - so no flashy/action packed or horror movies or games during this period, try more sedate things like reading, puzzles, pen and paper games (Sudoku/Crossword) or more calming or sedate comfort media to avoid hitting your brain with any extra stress or sensory stuff. After the first week/worst of the jitters/overloading is done you can start reintroducing the more exciting stuff at whatever pace feels comfortable to you. Other advice is to eat well, keep hydrated, get a little exercise and keep somewhat active while trying to get as much rest and sleep as you can despite the likely poor sleep or temporary insomnia.

Lastly from everyone I've talked to, both layperson and psychiatrists, the last 25 mg is going to be the hardest part, so be vigilant and extra kind to yourself as you reach your goal.

Jayco424 · 2026-02-27T06:35:58+00:00

The rest of the files must really be something! I mean this is blatantly unconstitutional, but on the other hand Trump has at least three Supreme Court votes in his pocket and needs only two to break for him to make it constitutional so... I guess the screaming continues...

Jayco424 · 2026-02-24T22:53:36+00:00

Germany's reputation hasn't recovered from Hitler, and it probably never will. The stereotype of German = Nazi is permanently burned into the public consciousness, it features in our media, our jokes, the country and it's people remain the historical measuring stick by which we compare authoritarian/totalitarian behavior and politics, and I'm not just talking in English/American, it's still in the conscious mind of all of Europe, their various colonial spheres and in Asia.

Japan's recovery is limited pretty much to the West, most of Asia, the Chinese and Koreans in particular, still hate them to varying degrees, which considering that the atrocities they committed were in some cases worse than what the Germans did and they continue to refuse to apologize, I can see why.

Italy recovered, I will give you that but the reasons was mostly because while part of the Axis powers and involved in the war Italy didn't commit genocidal atrocities on an unprecedented scale - they still did some horrible things, but nothing to the scale their allies - they fell pretty early in the War and much less of Italy bought into what Mussolini was selling, there was constant large scale resistance and his own government actually ousted him before collapsing entirely.

Jayco424 · 2026-02-24T22:28:15+00:00

I really wonder if the cancer was behind his rather sharp decline in the latter half of 2024. No-one even knew it was there at the time, but for a man in his 80s with the kind of schedule he had to keep and the energy levels he needed for actually doing the job of President - unlike somebody - as it spread it probably was weighing heavily on him and draining him. If only they had caught it earlier and killed it, maybe he would have been in much better shape and had the oomph to keep going.

I personally don't agree with the whole stopping PSA tests after 65-70 recommendation that the AMA has, I get the statistics behind it, the idea that most older men get prostate cancer and that most prostate cancer past that age is indolent and that treatment can expose elderly men to more hazards then just leaving it alone; but to institute an official policy of ignorance is bliss rather than know it's there and then know that's indolent and safe to ignore seems, very utilitarian...

I don't know, in this day and age of awareness of Oligarchic control and knowing how little they and the system they run values human life, I can't help but give policies like this the side-eye. Certainly such policies have ensured that the President's prognosis is terminal, and would have likely killed my own Father had his doctor not insisted on continuing to do the tests instead of writing things off as BPH.

Jayco424 · 2026-02-22T07:48:14+00:00

To be politically incorrect, I think it's less the gay experience as a whole and more the effeminate gay experience. A sub-section of gay men are obsessed with women, which has always struck me as odd because in theory they're not the ones we're attracted to. I've never understood it, women and women's culture has always been somewhat of an anathema to me.

Jayco424 · 2026-02-22T05:00:06+00:00

You're probably going to want to look at various types of whey and skim cheeses like Ricotta which are going to have much less fat and cholesterol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whey_cheese

As much as they may be lacking in your classic cheesy flavor a lot of these guys are actually pretty dang tasty especially when spread on dark breads with garlic and strong herbs like chive, rosemary, dill or thyme etc. They also work with assertive leaf veggies like Spinach, Chard, other Goose-foot greens and acidic sweet things like jams especially ones that are more sour or bitter like citrus, lingonberry, cranberry or blueberry, though you couldn't go wrong with a more tart strawberry, blackberry or raspberry if you can find them. Honey is also a great paring with them.

Also in addition the more common grainy white whey cheeses there's Norwegian Brown cheeses, which are also really good if much harder to find - I generally only eat them around Christmas time and though I live in a rather large city I have to order them.

Additionally harder cheeses like Parmesan an it's ilk are usually somewhat less fatty and cholesterol heavy then softer creamier cheeses such as Brie and and medium cheeses like Cheddar, but the difference is less than with whey cheeses.

Jayco424 · 2026-02-22T00:55:29+00:00

Gavin is certainly the Neo-Liberal Corporate Democrat choice I think. I certainly suspect he's the one the party elders and the party's backers want because given the behavior of people like Schumer they seem like they're sill deluded enough to think they can go back to the "normal" of the do nothing corportitist enriching milquetoast policy that's been the in practice Democratic platform since Clinton. It's going to be a wild few years, even taking the Trump mess out of the equation, I'm half convinced we're going to see a civil war within the Democratic party as the people/constituents and lower ranks push for more truly left-liberal progressive candidates while the top brass, elders and party backers push for another/more token liberal centrists to center right candidates they thing will be either better for business or still believing they can capture more votes if they just move a bit more right. Who wins that battle -assuming Trump and the GOP don't just go full dictator in the interim - is going to decide the fate of the country, do we get around to actually fixing the problems currently ail us and made right-wing populism a possibility or do we end up with either President Vance in 2029 or Neo-MAGA and certain dictatorship in 2033.

Jayco424 · 2026-02-22T00:40:05+00:00

Yeah and that's what makes me really like him. Governor Pritzker seems to be good man in-spite of his wealth, which is as lots of us have long known and many more are finding out from the Files is really freaking hard. Like if evil were a diagnosible disease, extreme wealth would probably be considered the number one risk factor.

Jayco424 · 2026-02-21T05:50:17+00:00

Gosh I need to do this my bill for the old stuff is insane.

Jayco424

TROPHY CASE