For As The Lightning Cometh Out Of The East (Inauguration Day, Part One.)

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. ~Amos 5:8-12

Are you fucking kidding me? THIS shit again?!

Last night there was a horde of religious nuts outside of Comet Ping Pong, screaming about pedophilia.

The staff of the pizza joint responded by BLASTING Lady Gaga over the restaurant's loudspeakers and drowning them out.

I'm going to point out again, that not only has this bullshit been debunked but there's a guy sitting in jail right now for showing up with a rifle because he believed in the stupid conspiracy theory bullshit, then shooting some holes in things, then realizing he was wrong just in time for the cops to show up and arrest his ass.

I'm here to tell you these fucking people aren't here out of opposition to pedophilia. I'll bet every last one of them, were their favorite Pastor or Republican politician accused of sexual abuse, they would excuse it, minimize it or think it was a setup. Every. Last. Fucking. One. Of. Them.

No, that's not it. "Pedophilia" is just a convenient scarlet letter to hang on people they don't like, and that's all there is to it. They see some random pizza place, and by extension the city it's located in, as representative of liberalism, multiculturalism, pluralism and sexual depravity.

I should note, these people define "Sexual Depravity" as sex other people are having. Whatever they do, they see as righteous, for no greater reason than it's them that do it. This extends to literally everything, if you ever wonder how these people can be so hypocritical, so shameless, that's why. They literally believe they can do no wrong. Thus, they also believe everything everybody else does is wrong.

It's Gnosticism, and they see themselves as the possessors of the ultimate truth. That's all, don't ever forget that, but as such also don't ever take their bullshit seriously, because it's nothing but bullshit. And deep down, they know. They just hope that you don't.

And they're willing to burn down the world and kill everybody else, to try and preserve this myth they have of themselves.  This is the very essence of the story of the sheep and the goats regarding judgment day. They're on the wrong side, but you can't tell these fucking people that. Well, you can, but they won't listen.

This kind of pseudo-religious horse shit has been the essence of the last five years. I woke up this morning, and this silly bullshit was the first thing I saw when I logged in.

While I was in the shower, Trump left the White House for the last time.

This morning has the feel of the calm after a great storm.

But we made it, didn't we? Most of us, anyway.

Please, today, take a moment at some point to reflect and honor those that did not.

Trump is gone the clock officially runs out in an hour and forty-nine minutes from the moment I type this.

But now, the much longer fight against bullshit, conspiracy theories, insanity and lies begins.

And that's the real fight we all have ahead of us, and don't you forget it.

This is existential, not only for our country but for humanity.

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ~Matthew 24:27