Eyes West

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT … that energy extraction strategy alone would have put Papadopoulos in opposition to the interests of Obama, Clinton, Turkey, Qatar and ultimately Iran and Russia. Clinton/Obama/Alexander Downer all were involved in the rival…

Forever Wars

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT VDH on the Syria pullout Rogerjb comments: God, are these Forever Wars in fact going to last forever?  Syria is a country of no significance to American interests.  But neocons are happy to…

Who Is Right And Who Is Wrong? — Take Two

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Democrats cannot gain power without lying, cheating, and stealing. Republicans cannot maintain power without prosecuting Democrats. Who is right and who is wrong? Democrats make war. Republicans prosecute war. Who is right and…

It’s The Culture, Stupid

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT It’s not the economy.  The economy is downstream from politics and politics is downstream from culture. You let your populace see that there are two laws, one for a few insiders and another…

A Dharma Gap

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT It’s just so transparently hypocritical to have one standard for a person you are investigating and an entirely different standard for yourself when you are the one who’s enforcing the law. Dharma is…

Forgotten Treasure: The COCOMs

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT My idea at the moment is that this post initiate a series on the serendipitous presence and powers of the US Combatant Commands (COCOMs). While everyone — well, every American — knows the

What A Man Does

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT A man does everything he can think of doing, this side of evil, to make happen what he wants to happen.  That is what a man does. All my life I have tried…

And The Womb Cries Out

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Précis Historically, the behavior indicated is called hysteria.  The word implicates womb-bearers.  It describes behavior usually, though not only, observed of women. Reason for hysteria?  It is a question of protection.  Women are…

To Emancipate Democrats

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT In 1865, Americans emancipated Democrats’ slaves.  Until now, we have not emancipated Democrats from their desire to enslave. Now we are doing that. It is hot, dirty, and dangerous work.  It is war…

Four Presidents And A General Discuss Affairs Of State

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT DATELINE: The White House 27 September 2018 Transcript: POTUS Debriefs Three Presidents And A General Present: POTUS Trump, POTUS Washington, POTUS Lincoln, POTUS Roosevelt, General of the Army MacArthur, SecDHS Nielsen, CoS Kelly…

Preach The Gospel, Fill The Churches

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT One visits the dentist to have work done on one’s teeth.  One visits the grocery store to obtain comestibles.  One visits the police station to report a crime or suspicion of one.  One…

Bill McRaven: The Showboating Admiral

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Yesterday, Admiral (Retired) William McRaven, delivered of himself a taunt to POTUS Trump: put me in solidarity with John Brennan, remove my security clearance. There is a trend among senior military leaders, whose…

The Freak Show Goes Midtown

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Back in the day, larger circuses and carnivals featured The Freak Show.  It was on what they called The Midway, resident among shooting galleries, hoops for gold fish bowls or stuffed animal toys,…

Freedom -> Theology -> Religion -> Culture -> Politics

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT To start his famed biography of Christopher Columbus, Admiral Of The Ocean Sea, Samuel Eliot Morison establishes the context of Columbus’ career: Europe dispirited, dissolute, bored and generally lacking in get up and go.…

Damno Ecclesiis: Child And Adult Human Traffickers They Are

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Today the inimitable Sundance made a point with clarity of language I did not have when, four years ago, I condemned ecclesial aide and comfort to criminal entry upon The United States of…

Artificial Intelligence, National Sovereignty, And War-Fighting Capability

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT This essay is a spread of observations launched against idolators, those who claim for something status it lacks, who claim ultimacy for something not ultimate, who seek to extract money and prestige from…