Ọya

Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one bungler destroys much good.
— Ecclesiastes 9:18

Trump’s war is messing with the fallout from Trump’s tariffs, which is messing from the fallout from Trump’s war on clean energy

No one needs a king — even the Bible warned against it. The 20th Century at least succeeded in getting rid of most of the monarchies. Time for Britain to come into the modern world.

It’s only a special relationship when 🇺🇸 needs a favor, it seems. Otherwise it’s tariffs as usual.

Iran war widens, threatening to engulf Lebanon The war over Iran engulfed more of the Middle East and beyond on Monday as Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah responded to the killing of Iran's spiritual leader with its first attack on Israel in more than a year.

The war over Iran engulfed more of the Middle East and beyond on Monday as Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah responded to the killing of Iran's spiritual leader with its first attack on Israel in more than a year. n.pr/3OLviwE

MN’s U.S. Attorney ordered to appear at contempt hearing Tuesday over violations in immigration cases The judge said he called the hearing for the U.S. government to explain why they shouldn’t be held in contempt

A Minnesota federal judge has ordered the state’s top federal prosecutor and ICE officials to appear in his courtroom Tuesday to explain why they should not be held in civil or criminal contempt for what he alleges are repeated court violations.

Ogles doing ogles things

1. We do not know the motive of the shooter. The man who shot at Trump was after attention.
2. The man who murdered MN legislators WAS motivated by politics, and I didn’t hear any Dems calling for reprisals against all Repubs.
3. It’s easy to start a cycle of violence. Not easy to end one.

Russia 'deliberately targeted' Poland's airspace, Sikorski says "Last night, Poland's airspace was breached 19 times by drones manufactured in Russia. The assessment of Polish and NATO air forces is that they did not veer off course, but were deliberately targeted...

⚡️Russia 'deliberately targeted' Poland's airspace, Sikorski says.

"Poland's airspace was breached 19 times by drones manufactured in Russia. The assessment of Polish & NATO air forces is that they...were deliberately targeted," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.

Prince Harry's visit to Wellchild

Trump loses appeal and must pay E Jean Carroll $83m in defamation case – live Federal appeals court upholds defamation judgment against Trump, rejecting the administration’s argument that he’s protected by supreme court immunity ruling Intent on vindication after spending four months in prison last year, Peter Navarro asked a federal appeals court on Sunday night to force Donald Trump’s justice department to explain why it would not defend his 2022 conviction for defying a January 6 committee subpoena. The request to the US court of appeals for the DC circuit is fraught for the department as it would have to confront the appearance that it quietly dropped the case in order to shield Navarro after he was tapped as a senior adviser to the president. Continue reading...

Trump loses appeal and must pay E Jean Carroll $83m in defamation case – live

🤥 Johnson just officially retracted his claim that Trump was an FBI informant. (per WaPo 🗞️ 9/7) 🙄

Harry & Meghan looking at each other with a prayer for blessing, protection, & guidance as they start another week.

Harry in uniform with the prayer of St Patrick: Christ shield you today Against wounding Christ with you, Christ before you, Christ behind you, Christ in you, Christ beneath you, Christ above you, Christ on your right, Christ on your left, Christ when you lie down, Christ when you sit down, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of you, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of you, Christ in the eye that sees you, Christ in the ear that hears you. Amen

Prayer for Meghan O Lord, surround her with your love; protect her with your might; defend her from all enemies; and give her success, joy, and peace today and for evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Harry & Meghan with the words of the blessing from the Book of Numbers The Lord bless you and keep you: The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Numbers 6

Prayers for Prince Harry & Meghan #HarryandMeghanAreLoved
#MeghanSussexIsLoved #PrinceHarryIsLoved #GoodKingHarry

The LORD shall preserve you from all evil;
it is he who shall keep you safe.
The LORD shall watch over your going out & your coming in,
from this time forth for evermore.
—Psalm 121

a cartoon of spongebob and patrick on a roller coaster that says destination crazyland . Alt: a cartoon of spongebob and patrick on a roller coaster that says destination crazyland .

They’ll not even be able to report soon.

The Trump administration isn’t just “to the right.” It’s a white nationalist comfort zone. And they’re trying to pass it off as business as usual.

Check this out…

'Let No One Believe the Lie That Zelensky Could Have Avoided War by Spurning NATO' It's time to bury this myth for good, argues Derrick Wyatt

🔴‘Let No One Believe the Lie That Zelensky Could Have Avoided War by Spurning NATO’

It’s time to bury this myth for good, argues Derrick Wyatt

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/22/r...

Whoopsy

Meghan & Harry walking holding hands with the prayer O Lord, we thank you for your many blessings on Meghan & Harry, and for their recent victories. Now as they start another week, continue to protect and defend them. Guide them in all their decisions; give them wisdom and strength for all they undertake; and with your might deflect and expose the attacks of all their enemies. Let love surround them and their family, and make them bold in action and powerful in effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Close up of Meghan’s face in profile with the prayer Christ shield you today Against wounding Christ with you, Christ before you, Christ behind you, Christ in you, Christ beneath you, Christ above you, Christ on your right, Christ on your left, Christ when you lie down, Christ when you sit down, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of you, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of you, Christ in the eye that sees you, Christ in the ear that hears you. Amen St. Patrick

Harry in formal black suit & bowtie with the prayer Gracious and holy Father, Give him wisdom to perceive you, intelligence to understand you, diligence to seek you, patience to wait for you, eyes to behold you, a heart to meditate on you, and life to proclaim you, through the power of the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen St. Benedict

Pic titled Affirmation for Harry & Meghan of them in a group hug with children with the words: The angel of the LORD encompasses those who fear him, and he will deliver them. Taste and see that the LORD is good; happy are they who trust in him! Fear the LORD, you that are his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing. The young lions lack and suffer hunger, but those who seek the LORD lack nothing that is good. Psalm 34

[PLS RP]
Prayers for Prince Harry & Meghan #HarryandMeghanAreLoved
#MeghanSussexIsLoved #PrinceHarryIsLoved #WithLoveMeghan

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
—Jeremiah 29

Waves on a beach with these words superimposed: Litany for Sussex Enemies For the Firm, that whatever evil they attempt for Meghan & Harry will utterly fail and expose them, Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer For royal reporters, ‘experts’ and ‘journalists’ of the Toxic British Press, who deal out untruths, twisted narratives, and innuendos that they may receive their just rewards, Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. For any members of the Royal Family who wish or try to do them ill, that whatever they wish for the Sussexes will rebound on themselves, Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. For other family members, and the online trolls, who sow the wind by creating & spreading lies, slurs, and calumny, that they may d reap the whirlwind, Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Collage titled Affirmation for Harry and Meghan showing screenshots of attacks on Harry & Meghan from British media & other trolls, with these words: The Lord, your God, is in your midst,
    a warrior who gives victory;
he will rejoice over you with gladness,
    he will renew you in his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing     as on a day of festival.
I will remove disaster from you,
    so that you will not bear reproach for it. I will deal with all your oppressors
    at that time. —Zephaniah 3

Picture of the Sussex family from their 2024 Christmas card with the prayer: Circle them, Lord. Keep hatred out, keep love within. Keep fear out, keep joy within. Keep worry out, keep peace within. Keep darkness out, keep light within. May you stand in the circle with them, today and always. Amen

Harry & Meghan with the blessing from Numbers 6: The Lord bless you and keep you, etc.

[PLS RP]
Prince Harry & Meghan are loved
Prayers for their enemies
#RoyalFamily #KingCharlesTheCruel #ToxicBritishMedia

You shall tread upon the lion and the adder;
you shall trample the young lion and the serpent
under your feet…
I will protect him, because he knows my Name.
— Psalm 91

Migrants can't answer back.

They have no voice.

So they make the perfect scapegoat for the pent-up rage of the angry, self-loathing far right who can unite around this issue.

In addition it gives the media something to write about in the long summer recess.

That is what is really going on here.

Electricity bills are skyrocketing throughout the country.

Donald Trump and House Republicans haven’t lowered costs, they are raising them.

You deserve better.

Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

NEW:

A member of the Trump DOJ’s “Weaponization Working Group” is a lawyer who compared the Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust.

“These prosecutors are evil people," said Jonathan Gross. "They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

www.npr.org/2025/08/22/n...

Gaza latest: Famine declared in Gaza City A famine has officially been confirmed in Gaza City and the surrounding neighbourhoods by a UN-backed, globally recognised system for classifying food insecurity and malnutrition. Follow the latest be...

BREAKING: A famine has officially been confirmed in Gaza City and the surrounding neighbourhoods

news.sky.com/story/gaza-l...

Noel Clarke loses libel case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation High court rejects actor’s claim that accusations against him by more than 20 women were false and part of a conspiracy

The Guardian has successfully defended a libel action brought by the actor Noel Clarke over an investigation by the newspaper in which he was accused of sexual misconduct by more than 20 women.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Oh, I can to all day! This is an immense genre. Here’s a white dude trying to pick a fight with an Asian man. Dude tries his best to back away and avoid the violence, but the racist white dude just would. not. leave. it. alone.

2025 Message ✨

Waves on a beach with these words superimposed: Litany for Sussex Enemies For the Firm, that whatever evil they attempt for Meghan & Harry will utterly fail and expose them, Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer For royal reporters, ‘experts’ and ‘journalists’ of the Toxic British Press, who deal out untruths, twisted narratives, and innuendos that they may receive their just rewards, Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. For any members of the Royal Family who wish or try to do them ill, that whatever they wish for the Sussexes will rebound on themselves, Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. For other family members, and the online trolls, who sow the wind by creating & spreading lies, slurs, and calumny, that they may d reap the whirlwind, Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Collage titled Affirmation for Harry and Meghan showing screenshots of attacks on Harry & Meghan from British media & other trolls, with these words: The Lord, your God, is in your midst,
    a warrior who gives victory;
he will rejoice over you with gladness,
    he will renew you in his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing     as on a day of festival.
I will remove disaster from you,
    so that you will not bear reproach for it. I will deal with all your oppressors
    at that time. —Zephaniah 3

Picture of the Sussex family from their Xmas 2024 postcard with the verse from Psalm 17: Keep them as the apple of your eye; hide them under the shadow of your wings.

Harry and Meghan seen through trees with the words: The LORD himself watches over you; the LORD is your shade at your right hand, So that the sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; it is he who shall keep you safe. The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time forth for evermore. Psalm 121

[PLS RP]
Prince Harry & Meghan are loved
Prayers for their enemies
#RoyalFamily #KingCharlesTheCruel #ToxicBritishMedia

You shall tread upon the lion and the adder;
you shall trample the young lion and the serpent
under your feet.
— Psalm 91

BREAKING: U.S. layoffs have surged to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

What century is he living in? Leningrad? This is the historian who wants his views to be reflected at the Smithsonian museums.