Truth Counts

Special Judge Susan Worthington: Fingers Around the Neck My vocabulary  - and perhaps the English language - lack sufficient words to describe the decision of the Oklahoma court with regard to Jesse Mack Butler. https://nypost.com/2025/10/22/us-news/oklahoma-teen-jesse-butler-walks-free-after-rape-conviction-sparking-outrage-from-parents/ This is not he-said-she-said teenage spat.  Jesse Mack Butler is a young adult male who profiles as a violent offender and has already established a signature.  He likes to rape and choke his dates into unconscious state.  He has done it twice. He will spend his lifetime repeating the behavior over and over again.  And he will refine his technique and kill one of his victims. Let's revisit the counts: two counts of attempted rape, three counts of rape by instrumentation, one count of sexual battery, one count of forcible oral sodomy, two counts of domestic assault and battery by strangulation, and one count of assault and domes...

Jackass Nation It really doesn't get any better than this:  https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/20/paul-ingrassia-racist-text-messages-nazi-00613608 How many jackasses does it take to run a nation? Quite a few. As a child, my father would admonish his six children, "Just because you think it doesn't mean you have to say it."  Five of the six took it to heart.  I was born without a filter.  That being duly noted, my father took ample time to hone analytical abilities and impart a bit of wisdom.  Who doesn't enjoy spending time with a father who has just read a 300 page book about Chinese history... or who didn't believe that any book in our library should be hidden from the eyes of a prying child? Self censorship as a taught skill, but no censorship in reading selections.  Some of my finest moments with my father were over a plate of street tacos in Oaxaca, Mexico.  So how many jackasses are currently in positions of power in our nation? The jackasses...

Hamas and Negotiations The journalist:  "What is the troop strength of Hamas." The friend answered without hesitation:  "One billion". I understood the sentiment. It is rooted in an understanding of how a Muslim views their place in the greater world; rooted in the concept of Islamic Waqf; and anchored with an understanding of kalam. The classical Arabic name for Syria is Sham.  But also collapsed into the envelope of  Sham are the regions of Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine.  Four regions.  Each one with significant importance which is potentiated when the four are viewed as snapped together. From both a historical and eschatological perspective,  the Islamic sentiment is strong. So we have a puzzle piece regarded as Palestine.  It is a significant Islamic Waqf.  But we also have a geopolitical stronghold with a military flank which has a strong adherence to the word Bitanah.   This line of thought is interwoven into the Hamas Articl...

Islam and the Self-Determination Movements For approximately a month before the "Arab Spring"  I patiently read and the considered the thoughts of individuals on a robust Al-Qaeda forum discussing the imminent uprising in Egypt.  The date had already been set and the general public remained unaware.  But the vibrant geopolitical discussions sent signal which greatly increased my curiosity. The date ( 25 January 2011), and the event at Tahrir Square which followed - had already been set in motion by Mohamed Bouazizi, an impoverished Tunisian street vendor who sat himself on fire.  He became the emblem of a rallying cry across the Arab states.  As I viewed a video of President Zine El Abidine Bin Ali leaving his turf with his aircraft laden with gold, his wife's hair was on fire.  "Get on the airplane, you idiot!"   The president was taking his time bidding farewell to a military general who accompanied him to the aircraft. As a journalist, I am dee...

Short Note I remain unimpressed with our policy "think tanks" and the caliber of thought which is generated. https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/opinion/mamdani-betrays-moderate-muslims-by-palling-around-with-extremists/ Having deconstructed this commentary as I read it, I lack both the time and the patience to break down the thoughts of this author. I don't do "feel good Islam". I do... Islam.  

The Return of the Church to Exclusionary Policies Please view the video: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/church-england-splits-losing-40-million-members-as/ Several years ago I sat in the pew and endured a narrative regarding homosexuality in the church.  The narrative ended with this: "You hypocrite!   First, take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."  Matthew 7:5 The minister skipped the next verse:   "Do not give dogs what is holy: do not throw your pearls before swine.  If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces." He experienced "Swofford Unleashed" in an e mail.  The question was a simple one.  What if there is a fourteen year old boy in the congregation who is being raped by his uncle and told it is "natural"...  and there is no need to feel shame?  You just sealed his fate.   Things shifted....