Trump... the FFJ of Presidents?

Trump denies continuing news reports that "chaos" envelopes his “White House,” saying staff turnover and infighting are “part of the normal course of business.”

"People will always come & go," Trump said in a tweet, later adding: "There is no Chaos, only great Energy!"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 6, 2018

Amid real staff departures, Trump also said that "I still have some people that I want to change (always seeking perfection)," but he did not specify who he might be referring to.

During a joint news conference with the prime minister of Sweden, Trump said he won't have any trouble filling all the jobs that have opened up.

Republicans in Washington have seriously questioned whether they would EVER like to work in the Trump White House.

Trump said, "maybe people don’t want to work for Trump," but "everybody [fallacy] wants to work in the White House." Not only does it look good on a resume, Trump said, but the White House is "just a great place to work; it’s got tremendous energy."

Staff turbulence has been a regular feature of the Trump administration since he took office on Jan. 20, 2017.

Within a month Michael Flynn resigned. Within seven months, his chief staff, press secretary, and two communications directors left.

Long-time aide Hope Hicks resigned.

Trump is looking for his fifth communications director.

Spicer left when Trump brought in Anthony Scaramucci. Scaramucci lasted 11 days.

During a press dinner, Trump joked about the upheaval: "It’s been really another calm week at the White House. We finally have it running like a fine-tuned machine."

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, also speaking the dinner, joked that Trump could attend a Mardi Gras-style parade dressed as "King Chaos." Trump laughed.

Trump claims he will have his pick of "ten top people" for various openings at the White House. However there are few – very few – willing to work for Trump.

"Everybody wants to be there," Trump said [knowing it is not the truth]. "And they love this White House because we have energy like rarely before. OK?"

NOT O.K.

If history is kind to the donald, he will be remembered as the FFJ of Presidents.

Was Jesus a Drag Queen?

Somebody has been "talking out of school." (That's all)

Some material that was taught in Graduate School 50 years ago is being pushed down into upper-division undergrad work (e.g. 300 and 400 series courses).

Some upper-division material from 50 years ago has migrated into lower-division undergrad work (e.g. 200 series).

ONE such example of graduate material is this: "The translations of the Western Bible are, by no means, certain."

So, to the case in point...

Dr. Tat-siong Benny Liew is chair of New Testament studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Ioudaioi is an Archaic Greek word that is commonly [or conveniently] translated to “Jew” or “Judean.”

What the current cognitive equivalent to Ioudaioi may be is, by no means, certain. It is in a class of perhaps 1500 words that are obscure.

The discussion is about Ioudaioi in context and not about Jesus at all!

Citing the multiple usages of Ioudaioi gospel of John, Liew said that Jesus was a “drag king” who had “queer desires,” that the last supper was a “literary striptease,” and Jesus was gender fluid. (That is "a wake up call" about uncertain words and their multiple definitions (most NOT shared in press). Ioudaioi meant different things in different context - and in many cases the context is obscure. The Levant did not have a rich vocabulary of 250,000 words - like the average college grad of today.

Immature minds "don't get it" and run out and 'tattle on the teacher.' They miss the lesson altogether!

“…What we [hypothetically] have in John’s Jesus is not only a “king of Israel” or “king of the Ioudaioi”, but also a drag king,” he claims in his footnoted and referenced writing. “[Christ] ends up appearing as a drag-kingly bride in his passion.”

Repeat: Ioudaioi is an Archaic Greek word that is commonly translated to “Jew” or “Judean.” A “Jew” may or may not be observant while a Judean might even be an Egyptian in residence in the dry steppes south of the Jezreel Valley. Thus there is no ONE definition that scholars can agree on – especially when one considers context.

From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, I recognized "the Bible" as being a collection of folklore. Later I saw it as "a constrained collection of regional folklore, borrowed without interest."

The writers of the Bible borrowed stories from everywhere that they could! Scholars have been aware of this for 100+ years!

“In addition, we find Jesus disrobing and rerobing in the episode that marks Jesus’ focus on the disciples with the coming of his ‘hour’. This disrobing… does not disclose anything about Jesus’ anatomy,” Liew writes. “Instead, it describes Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. As more than one commentator has pointed out, foot-washing was generally only done by Jewish women or non-Jewish slaves.”



ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Cinderella appears at least TWICE in the Bible (Ruth and Esther).

Buddha is a Saint in the Catholic Church!

So, back to the Drag Queen...

“John is clear that Jesus is an Ioudaios [translation uncertain]; what John is less clear about is whether Jesus is a biological male. Like a literary striptease, this episode is suggestive, even seductive; it reveals and veils at the same time.”

An article in the school’s independent student journal called Liew’s interpretations “unconventional.” (And THAT is all!)

But this isn’t the first time scholars and theologians have suggested that Christ was a little (or more than a little) queer.

The “disciple whom Jesus loved,” also known as “the beloved disciple,” also appears in the gospel of John. His/her identity and relationship with Jesus have long been the subject of debate.

Referenced six times in the gospel – yet unnamed – the disciple is often thought to be John the apostle, one of the twelve disciples and the author of the gospel itself. At other times, he’s identified as Lazarus, whom Jesus dramatically raised from the dead.

Whoever he was, some people think the disciple described as reclining on Jesus’ chest at the last supper was his gay lover.

Anglican priest Paul Oestreicher preached that Jesus intimacy with John suggested he was gay. Oestreicher wrote in the Guardian that John “clearly had a unique place in the affection of Jesus,” and that at the end of the gospel “John becomes unmistakably part of Jesus’s family.”

Ostreicher argues that Jesus wouldn’t have been truly human if he’d been devoid of sexuality. And today his relationship with the beloved disciple would be interpreted as gay - by some. The other option - that Mary Magdalene was THE disciple is so outrageous in a misogynistic culture it is reduced to blasphemy! (Simple minds demand simple answers)

There’s something of a literary tradition here. A lost gospel discovered in 1958, known as the Secret Gospel of Mark also goes into homoerotic detail, describing Jesus relations with a “naked youth” who is often identified as Lazarus.

In her Jesus in Love novels, Kittredge Cherry portrays both the beloved disciple and Lazarus as gay, with the former as Jesus’ lover and the latter as his young gay friend.

Reverend Dr. Bob Shore-Goss, openly gay senior pastor and author of Queering Christ and Jesus ACTED UP: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto, says that not only was Jesus gay, but he was most likely versatile: both a top and a bottom. (The more you give, the more you shall receive.)

“He broke the rules of his culture, of heteronormativity,” Shore-Goss said in an interview with Vice. “He subverted masculinities and gender codes in his culture.”

And so the debate (of unknowns) drags on (pun intended).

How Pruitt Blew It

“Not my President” Trump and his chief of staff (John Kelly) phoned EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt following a series of damaging reports.

Before long, Pruitt could be fired - for shedding light on the wholesale kleptocracy of the Trump fiasco.

Sarah Huckabee confirmed that "Trump spoke with Pruitt."

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has broken months of silence about his frequent premium-class flights at taxpayer expense, saying he needs to fly first class because of unpleasant interactions with other travelers.

Reports said the message to Pruitt was that "we've got your back.” (e.g. Trump and Putin)

Trump's support – of sorts - for the corrupt agency chief came up during a meeting with foreign leaders on Tuesday. "I hope he's going to be great." (For a comment on "hope" see Poor Richard's Almanac from 1736 listed as #3 HERE)

Trump’s White House messages of support have never carried much weight and can be followed by an ouster. H.R. McMaster is just one of many recent examples. [Trump would not recognize the truth if it spanked his bare ass with a wet mop!]

Trump’s White House has the following rules:
1. Underlings must be absolutely loyal to the trumpster in the dumpster.
2. The Donald will be (and can be) loyal ONLY to himself (and Putin).

Pruitt’s future in the administration is uncertain.

Mounting questions about his travel expenses, high security costs and the $50-a-night lodging he secured in a lobbyist’s Capitol Hill condo are just the tip of the iceberg.

Apparently, Pruitt also went around the White House to secure raises for two of his staffers. That, the potentate of penny-pinching pikerism [Trump] can not tolerate!

addendum:

A Fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, “is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have.”

Wait, and see...

Some think that I need to be more charitable to the trumpster in the dumpster. In a world of give and take we need to give Trump more, so he can take it.

Pulling US troops out of Syria will save money - AND please Putin.





Trump NEEDS - even CRAVES a military parade!

It's ALL ABOUT trump. Almost always has been, almost always will be...

Living in the shadow... of RUSSIAGATE

Tin Soldier Trump is rusting in the moist shadow of RussiaGate.

Trump spent 5 years in High School!

A Republican strategist suggested that Trump needs to build up his dwindling legal team because a “storm is coming” in special counsel Robert Mueller’s RussiaGate investigation.

Alex Castellanos said: “Look, the president of the United States did this and it was wrong.”

He went on to say Congress, after November’s midterm elections, represents dire consequences for the chaotic Trump presidency.

“And it’s hard to believe then that when Republicans lose the House in 2018, maybe by 40 or 50 seats, that the House is not going to impeach him,” Castellanos said.

Trump’s legal team has been reduced to two or perhaps three attorneys after John Dowd, his lead lawyer, resigned March 22.

Dowd advised Trump not to agree to a sit-down interview with Mueller.

But Trump’s fake bravado brought out his desire to be grilled by Mueller.

After Dowd’s departure, a number of high-profile lawyers, including President George W. Bush’s solicitor general, decided against joining the team.

Trump is now represented by Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow, who have only been around since last summer.

Trump can neither attract nor retain "top" people.

Cosmic Consciousness

97.5% of the time "Cosmic Consciousness" is a huxter selling worthlessness at a premium. Others are not quite so worthless.

"I can't get with any religion that advertises in Popular Mechanics." - Woody Allen

AMORC was founded by H. Spence Lewis and "11 other Freemasons."

Some want to "tour a Masonic Lodge and learn more about the secretive brotherhood." (Most have 'open house' days when the public is INVITED IN for tours! Oh, and there are no secrets. [Well, for those that DO NOT READ and those THAT CAN NOT READ, there are billions of secrets.]

"The founder of AMORC, Dr. Harvey Spencer Lewis (Ph.D., F.R.C.), was a collector of various artifacts with mystical symbolism, some of them from the East. In 1921 he contributed financially to the archaeological excavations at Amarna."

When I taught an AP class in Comparative Religions (stand 'em on their head and they ALL share the same feet), I would say: "There is but one god - Aten - and Akhenaten is his prophet!" (Hint, akhenaten IS moses) Even Freud was onto this in 1939!

And, the Amarna letters are written in Akkadian (the lingua scholastica of the day)



What does ANY OF THIS have to do with the (singular) "Cosmic Consciousness?"

The quest for truth ends in the revealing of the truth (to those with eyes than can see and ears that can hear, etc.). This will come about - if not in this generation, then perhaps the next. Prophecies often fail. Though prophets fail, the profits remain (in the pockets of the huxter).

GRAND AGES - and the MYTHS WE LIVE BY.

21,000 BCE

The Zodiac is a visual means (or device) by which folklore (or an approximation thereof) can be 'remembered' and passed on to another generation by an enfeebled old fart. Not all civilizations share the same symbols for the zodiac - or even the same number (12) that is common in the West.

For example, the Mayan Astrology Chart is divided into 19 zodiac signs.

Wiki Zodiac

But, For H. Spence Lewis and his "popular mechanics" Rosie-Crossers, 12 would do just fine, thank you.

Religions of the Levant are half-astrology - especially the "Bible"! And, I am NOT referring to the KJV. (Which is a "furnishing" in every Masonic Lodge.)

AMORC was onto this in 1915, being rather LATE in the game.

Francis Rosicross is a good start.

The Cosmos is "what we will it to be."

Sentient Beings ARE the awareness by which the "Cosmic Consciousness" can experience itself. In individuals, there is no "self." Each is no more than another pine needle in a great forest.

In Buddhism, sentient beings have consciousness, sentience, or in some context life.

The "time of Adam And Eve" was literally a GRAND AGE!

The GRAND AGE of the Crab is literally chiseled in stone.

Egypt was NOT about Golden Calves, but Sheep!

Which brings us back to AMORC and the obsession with symbolism. (PUBLISHED IN 1912)

What set scholarship back 100 years? WHAT?

Regardless, Amarna put me onto Akkad (or Agade).

The publication of the Glossary of Old Akkadian, was announced in 1952, at the time when volumes I and II of "the Assyrian Dictionary" were being issued. Assyria is like apolitical - not political or "not Syria" for the former. There is a great deal that is "not Syria." China comes to mind. Or maybe even Cambodia!

I hope you are aware that LDS is a copy of Freemasonry...

The first five Latter-day prophets were Freemasons. Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow all were members of the fraternity. All joined while living with the Saints in Nauvoo.

Let's see... LDS, AMORC...

And, Freemasonry copied from Buddhism (as did Christianity)

Folklore and the similarities therein - e.g. Nu-Wa flood and Noah flood - keeps the "Cosmic Consciousness" in the same book - though not necessarily on the same page.

It's all a myth - a simulation of cosmic proportions - even life itself!

See Takuan Soho (1573-1645) and Dream.

Do not rely on stupidity or ignorance to bring you the truth.