Bible Trundle: Brokenhearted – “[God] heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.” Psalm 147:3
YouVersion picked a good verse for me today. Thought it would be a good share. God’s love overcomes grief and suffering IF we let it. Seemed fitting in today’s chaos in the Middle East. So needless. So unnecessary. Psalm 147:3 in the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) reads: “He heals the…
Proverbs 10:17 – A Convergence of Biblical Wisdom and Philosophical Insight
This morning’s YouVersion Bible verse from Proverbs offered me a chance to play with ChatGPT. The verse was Proverbs – ancient wisdom. Wisdom is wisdom, and God endowed all with a mind that thinks and processes information. So, I tried an experiment of examining an Old Testament Proverb with New…
Financial Aid Project in Sri Lanka – Rather Than Give Money, US Secured Financing With Private Loans
This sounds positive. Uses private equity to develop needed infrastructure. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The U.S. announced a $553-million project Wednesday to build a new, deep-water shipping container terminal in the Port of Colombo as it competes with China in international development financing. The project, financed with private loans,…
Recruitment Shortfalls Could Endanger National Security
Lots of headlines recently recognized the obvious causes of recruitment shortfalls. Recruitment efforts within the U.S. military are encountering major problems this year, with several branches struggling to meet their enlistment targets by as much as 25%. This recruiting problem stems from multiple factors, including concerns over obesity, a shift…
China Reports Unnamed Nations Developing Ethnic Targeted Bioweapons
In the dynamic field of bioengineering, which straddles the fine line between groundbreaking innovation and ethical responsibility, recent discourse has been stirred by a bold assertion from China’s Ministry of State Security. Through an announcement on their official WeChat account, the agency claimed that unnamed nations have purportedly developed weapons…
Hamas Unleashes the Dogs of War and All Hellfire Will Rain on Them Now
The latest developments in the Gaza Strip signal a strategic maneuver by Israeli forces. Penetrating at least 2 miles into the densely populated region, the Israeli military seems to be crafting a strategy to corner Hamas in the northern enclave. This move comes in tandem with efforts from the U.S.…
Navigating a World in Conflict: What Today’s High School Graduates Must Know
Upon entering the White House, President Joe Biden confidently announced, “America is back.” However, with rising tensions in regions like the Middle East, Ukraine, and the ongoing cold dynamics with China, the U.S. seems to be spreading itself thin on the global stage. Today’s high school graduates are stepping into…
Antisemitism is on the rise on college campuses
In light of the rising Anti-Semitism on our university campuses and cities passing ordinances, I thought it might be a good time for a history lesson on Anti-Semitism. I previously shared a map with a timeline of the Jews’s presence in the Eastern Mediterranean area aka Israel. The Jews have…
China’s Breakthrough in Hypersonic Tech
Can’t tell whether this story is Chinese fact, fiction, or propaganda. But it does not sound good that Russia and China have developed hypersonics and we are silent. China’s researchers have made a game-changing discovery with a heat-resistant surface for hypersonic aircraft. During tests on a “waverider,” the new material…
Antisemitism, Hamas, and Israel – Jewish Persecution, Krystalnacht, and now Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah
(Interior view of the destroyed Fasanenstrasse Synagogue, Berlin, burned on Kristallnacht, 1938) A historical reminder that the brutality and barbarism by Hamas, proxy for Iran, harkens back to the anti-Semitism of Hitler and Nazi Germany. And here is an incident reminiscent of the violent beginnings of the Holocaust just before…