Random ramblings from an amateur rock-n-roll historian and critic,self-professed bourbon aficionado, blackberry growin', jam makin', sometime tie-die shirt makin', ex hippie wannabe, turned punk rock lovein', blues festival going, middle aged pudgy bald white guy who loves to wear Hawaiian shirts in the summertime and happens to be more Stax than Motown, more Alman Brothers than Skynard, more Stones than Beatles, more NASCAR than Baseball, more freeware than license keys...
"...al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani)has about as notorious a background as any foreign leader on the planet:
That [State Department] warning casually mentions that the “United States continues to designate Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a terrorist group,” without specifying that the current acting president of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, under the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, used to run HTS.Up until late December, the U.S. government was willing to pay $10 million for information about his location, because he was on the “specially designated global terrorist”list.Jolani traveled to Iraq in 2003 and joined al-Qaeda; he was later captured and held at Camp Bucca. In 2011, at the start of the Syrian civil war, he formed the Nusra Front as an affiliate of the Islamic State.But Sharaa had a falling-out with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2013, and the Nusra Front split off."
"Innumerable multitudes without the light of divine revelation, and other multitudes possessing the Bible, but uninitiated into the truths of the "mystery of lawlessness" (II Thess. 2:7), cannot get beyond "flesh and blood" (Eph.6:12). They can see only the human actors upon the stage of history. Wicked rulers, ruthless dictators, tyrants, oppressors, kings, governors, and presidents are, to them, the real and only characters in the great drama of life as it affects the political realm. They have no idea at all of the unseen realm of evil personalities, energizing and motivating their human agents. "The principalities ... the powers ... the world rulers of this present darkness," and "the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places" (Eph. 6:12, R.S.V.) are, so far as they are concerned, mere theological nonentities with which they do not reckon. However, in the realm of human government the unseen personalities of the evil supernatural sphere are just as real and active as their visible human agents..."
"This morning, the New York Times delivered a scoop that affirmed what some in the Middle East had suspected for a while: Ahmed al-Sharaa’s(Abu Mohammad al-Julani) actions have quietly been more pro-American and anti-ISIS than many realized for a long while:"
"On Tuesday, Syria’s minister of information, Hamza al-Mustafa, said Mr. al-Shara (Abu Mohammad al-Julani) had recently signed a declaration of political cooperation with the U.S.-led coalition that combats the Islamic State, also known as ISIS."
"The Syrian leader has been discreetly cooperating with the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS and Al Qaeda since he took control of a slice of rebel-held territory in northwestern Syria in 2016, according to Syrian officials and Western diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with diplomatic protocol."
"Since December, Syrian security forces have been cooperating with the global anti-ISIS coalition, according to Mouaz Moustafa, head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, a humanitarian and advocacy group in the United States."
(Hello!
It's the set up yo!
What would you do
if you wanted to convince someone
you were on their side?
"...what is not being thought about
is the three dimensional chess game
he is playing
six moves ahead of everyone."
Oh just wait,
cause there's plenty more.)
"The world is not awash
in former Islamist terrorists
who turned into
peacemaking statesmen."
(Great point.
Really really great point.
The world is most certainly not:
"awash
in former Islamist terrorists
who turned into
peacemaking statesmen"
In fact?
There has been
exactly
ONE
who has ever
presented himself as such
and he will be
the only one
who ever will
present himself as such.
What more do you
really need to know
other than:
Islamist terrorists
just dont turn into
peacemaking statesmen.
They just dont.)
"But we probably ought to also consider the fact
that ISIS is hell-bent on killing this guy. From Reuters:
"Syria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa,two senior officials said, adding a personal dimension to the leader’s plans to join a U.S.-led coalition to fight the militant group that he has long battled. . . .
(Yeah...Id 100% accept at face value whatever
"two senior (Syrian) officials said"
wouldn't you?
Sarcasm the highest form of humor.)
"Over the weekend, the Syrian interior ministry launched a nationwide campaign targeting IS cells across the country, apprehending more than 70 suspects, government media said."
"The senior Syrian security official said they were acting on intelligence that the group was planning operations against the government and Syrian minority groups. . . .
(This current Syrian government
is the one that uses components of its security services
to go after minority groups.
Welcome to the end times where everything
is upside down and backwards etc.)
"Last week, Reuters reported the U.S. military was preparing to establish a presence at a Damascus airbase for the first time. A U.S. administration official asked that the exact location and name of the base not be published, citing operational security concerns."
gives you a sense of how al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani) survived and thrived
in some extraordinarily dangerous times and places:
Nicolas Pelham:
He’s managed to outsmart
some very smart people.
(And he will continue to do so.
Do yourself a favor
and read the superintelligence links
shown above.
"what is not being thought about
is the three dimensional chess game
he is playing
six moves ahead of everyone.")
"If you look back very early on when he went off to Iraq just before the American invasion and was pretty disillusioned — came back to Damascus, hung out with groups that were looking at trying to spread jihadism across the Middle East, primarily into Iraq to destabilize the American operation —
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:
and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate,
Nicolas Pelham: Absolutely. Yes. He managed to convince them that he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and was on his way to ashisha bar, and they let him go.
"when he’s picked up by the Americans in Iraq, when he’s in Mosul, caught planting explosives. He managed to convince them through his ability to speak an Iraqi dialect, which he picked upincredibly quickly.
In antiquity Nineveh was part of Assyria as was Antioch,
these borders and rulers have moved and change over time,
but both Nineveh and Antioch
were once a part of the Assyrian Empire.
So hes got the whole
wanna be world dictator
like the first one
who ever tried
(Nimrod) thing covered.
So he also has:
Zechariah 5:5-11
Covered!
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork:
"When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi calls him back and tells him that he’s merging his organization into the Islamic State, Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) says no."
"In the jihadist world, once you swear an oath of loyalty, you’re held to that.Somehow, he manages each time
to convince another jihadist group
that he will be their man on the ground."
(Let me give you a lil clue about something:
Cause some people need
a pat on the head
will a ball peen hammer apparently:
Daniel 8:24
24 And his power shall be mighty,
but not by his own power:
and he shall destroy wonderfully,
and shall prosper,
and practise,
and shall destroy the mighty
and the holy people.
Whatever he does
will be successful.)
"There are many who are left asking how to trust this new version of the man who was Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and has gone back to his childhood name of Ahmed al-Sharaa. How can you trust this latest guise?
"He was the one who was sending Saudis and Syrians and Iraqis to blow themselves up at the Assad regime’s security installations.
(Do you honestly think
that mindset has changed?
Pigs go back to their slop
and dogs return to their vomit
is what I always understood.)
"Again, I found it hard to match
that sense of somebody
who would push people
to give their lives for his ideology
(Satan hates humans.)
with somebody
who to me
didn’t come across
as believing in very much
except his own right to rule."
Who does that remind you of?
"somebody
who to me
didn’t come across
as believing in very much
except his own right to rule."
Isaiah 14:13-27
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell,
to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose
that is purposed upon the whole earth:
and this is the hand that is stretched out
upon all the nations.
(It aint just a local event this time around)
27 For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Ez 28:15-18
You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade
you were filled with violence,
and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace
from the
mount of God,
and I expelled you,
guardian cherub,
from among the fiery stones.
17 Your heart became proud
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
I made a spectacle of you before kings.
Nahum 1:14
And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven, and the molten image: I will make it thy grave for thee, for thou art vile.
"Never trust a cheeseburger you can't take the bun off of."
"Never trust a rock-n-roll band that can't play at least five Chuck Berry songs."
"Satisfying more desperate housewives than the spin cycle."
"she's not drunk, she's just mean!"
"swampadelic!!!"
"We self medicate the depression that is a direct result of the obsessive compulsiveness"
"what's crackalackin?"
"Your curse is my blessing"
Quotes from the 09 WC Handy Blues Fest
"We're an army and we're growing"
"Thats award winnin strutin' right there"
"That's shakin' it like the pros do"
"It's just Jimi passin' by"
"I walked in the door and saw hubert and my old lady doing the funky chicken right down in the middle of the floor"
"I spent $500 to save you $300, thats almost half off"
"I hate loud music, blues music and Heat"
"I don't know, that might be Jimi and Stevie"
"I don't buy enough shit to try and talk people down to start with"
"as long as you don't have that 38 it's all cool!"
People Of The WC Handy Blues fest
Ol' Dancin' Couple
Freaky Lookin' Dude
Mother and Daughter
Purple Hat Lady
Old Soldier
Got Grey Hair Now Duse
Subnet.com People
T- Shirt Guy
Quotes from "Porch Night Out"
"...are there any ding dongs left?..."
"...are those the Cheetos?...
"...can a brother get a lil ananimity?..."
"What was I supposed to be writing?..."
"YEAH!!......I'm sorry what?..."
"...there aint no dope on Bowling Green..."
"...somebodys got to drive my fat ass to Philpot..."
"...snapper shit..."
"...18 to 80, blind, crippled, or crazy..."
"...higher than a hippie on a helicopter ride..."
"...Whiskey Dicked..."
Quotes from Bowling Green Trip
Andrew, "Look a trailer with Christmas lights on it". "Thats not a trailer, thats a school bus!, and it doesn't have Christmas lights on it", Dave
Andrew, "Is the computer on?". "No you have to turn it on for it to be on", NA
"Well, it is getting toward wintertime", NA on Big breasted women.
"She wont get horny, she'll just get pissed off", BC
"Now do you want to smoke paper or do you want to smoke...", NA
"I'm squinting, everything s blurry..."Andrew
"I might just gateway across the spectrum", Dave
Overheard in Hancocok County
Criminal Girl, "oh shit, that wasn't the ash can!, that was my purse!!, Preacher Man, "If you go messing around with a skunk, you ought naught be surprised when you end up a little smelly.""If your clean, you aint eating it right", guy eating barbq.Country Boy, "I think those jerks on first shift were trying to poison us."Country Boys' Date, "Well, you didn't have to eat it now did you?"Country Boy, "But it was pizza". Big Guy to Clerk: "look at me, does it look like I want cheese sauce?"Overheard from phone: "Why the hell are you watching that?" Reply "Because it's on." Country Boy, "She got fired for doing some guy in the parking lot. Typical Tell City Chick..." Country Boy, "It done dried!"
Overheard at Work
"Has anybody seen the hemostats?"
"How are you?" "I'm doing well. It's early."
"I aint in any hurry."
"I am the queen of 8:15"
"I don't care if she takes over a Russian satalite with it..."
"I don't know anything, I'm just a suit"
"I plan on being reasonably functional for most of the day"
"I tried to reformat it, but it takes a frigin' act of congress or somethin'..."
"I'm like a brownie at a weight watchers meeting, I'm gone..."
"I'm not their boss, and I'm not their moma..."
"It would help to have your mouse over the link, yes..."
"It's a vortex of evil down there"
"It's not that I'm not listening to you, it's that I am having trouble comprehending you"
"Just click it with your mouth."
"Man, it's fried", "Like chicken..."
"The only thing I'm handy with is a doughnut"
"Why don't you go troubleshoot a Network Printer or something?"
"You are starting to scare me with your new found caffinefreeness..."
"You might not want to mess with me, I have a bladder infection"
Great Music Quotes
"If they wanted to name rock-n-roll something else, they could have called it Chuck Berry", John Lennon."Tune low and play hard", Stevie Ray Vaughn "What do I want a pick for, I got five of them on my hand." Gatemouth Brown "The Grateful Dead should be sponsored by the government -- a public service." Jerry Garcia "Rhythm is something you either have or you don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over." Elvis Presley "Free your mind and your ass will follow." George Clinton
Great Guitarists
Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Tab Benoit, SRV, Pete Townshend, Eddie Van Halen, Pete Anderson, Steve Cropper, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, James Burton, Ron Wood, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, Freddie King, Albert King, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Prince, The Edge, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Slash, Joe Walsh, Joe Lewis Walker, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Kim Thayil, Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Rait, "Gatemouth" Brown, Johnny Winter, Tinsley Ellis, Lightnin Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Tommy Castro, Hubert Sumlin, Tom Morello, Elmore James, Brian Jones, Jeff Beck, Mike Campbell, Steve Via...
Great Keyboardists
Jerry Lee Lewis,
Little Richard,
Johnie Johnson,
Booker T. Jones,
Ray charles,
Billy Preston,
Fats Domino,
Roy Bittan,
Pinetop Perkins,
Bernie Worrell,
Benmont Tench,
Sly Stone
Great Bass Players
Duck Dunn, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Bill Wyman, Jack Bruce, Robbie Shakespear,
Bootsy Collins, Tony Levine, Willie Dixon, Les Claypool, Noel Redding, Flea, Adam Clayton
2 Turtles, (1 released, I think it was a she and she was preggers) 4 Frogs (1 of them a Tree Frog, 1 of them about as big as thr tip of my index finger), 2 salamanders, countless worms and lightning bugs, 1 big ugly lookin' thing with wings on it...
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