On the brink

 

Credit: Mheidegger

The situation at the Horn of Africa is even more complex than I imagined. 

Note that Eritrea has switched sides in the Ethiopian conflict, from backing the government of Abyi Ahmed against the rebel TPLF to backing the rebels instead. Despite Eritrea´s reputation as a pseudo-Communist authoritarian regime, the United States recently lifted the sanctions against its ruling party, probably to lure the country into an alliance against the pro-Iranian Houthis in Yemen. 

The Saudis also back Eritrea, while Israel prefers Abyi, and so do the United Arab Emirates! All four are supposed to be US allies against Iran. And in neighboring Sudan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are on opposite sides in the genocidal civil war...

I´m old enough to remember when the West supported Abyi Ahmed, even giving him the hotly coveted Nobel Peace Prize, but it seems the man may no longer be our prime "asset" in this part of the world. Who is? Does anyone know? Do we even *want* to know?  

Fighting in Ethiopia threatens renewed civil war, destabilising the Horn of Africa

Good genes?

 

The rather notorious Sydney Sweeney, who is often compared to Marilyn Monroe, is actually her cousin! Well, kind of. She is Marilyn Monroe´s "ninth cousin, once removed" through a 17th century ancestor. LOL. Good genes, huh? 

I could probably find some illustrious "cousins", too, if I could go back almost 400 years. Since I *may* have Basque ancestry, how about Augustin de Iturbide, Che Guevara, Simon Bolivar and Francis Xavier, who according to all-knowing Wikipedia had some good genes from Euskal Herria... 

Sydney Sweeney shares ancestry with Marilyn Monroe

The Luciferian impulse

 

Something´s wrong when a self-awoved Satanist sounds more rational than...I don´t know...anyone else in the United States in 2026? Note that the Satanist was simply reciting the usual American message of individualism, rationalism and secularism. Oh, and the article seems to confuse the Church of Satan with the Satanic Temple...

City council member hails Satan in Iowa 

Starship Troopers

 

But surely this is against YouTube´s terms of service...?

Pentagon official says Hasan execution will be live-streamed

Varningen

 

Credit: SriVanaja Puja Store

Från vår ofrivilliga grannblogg. Jag brukade uppfatta Trump och trumpismen som "varningen, snarare än lösningen", men numera verkar Trump mest bara vara en varning...mot sig själv. 

Donald Trump måste störtas, men...

Mittens rike

 

Enligt T.H. försöker SD inte ens vinna över Centerpartiet...

Om SD:s nye migrationspolitiska talesperson

The Jane Doe situation

 

Conservative gadfly John Nolte on the Cornell Seven, et cetera. For information purposes.

Did Jane Doe consent to group sex?

Cornell frat bro claims Jane Doe sodomized him

LOL

 

Trump wants the Nobel peace prize again...

Experts are always wrong

 

But what does this mean for the impending AI apocalypse? Will it be "software" only ("only") or is it postponed until humanity can build a megagolemish hardware structure to power the would-be AI overlords? Either way, I don´t think the joke at the end of this presentation (before the AI ads!) was very funny...

But sure, it would be ironic if humanity is saved from the Matrix (and the insanity of our oligarchic elites) by sheer limits to growths. Maybe experts *are* always wrong. 

Wednesday

 

It´s become something of a tradition on this blog to post pics of Ganesha on Wednesdays, so here we go again. This is Gemini´s take on Maha Ganapati, Ganesha as the supreme deity.