Bill Detty

The NCO wrote to the [Military Religion Freedom Foundation] that their commander “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

So now we’re hearing that some military commanders are straight up telling subordinates that the Iran war is ordained by God to bring about the Armageddon. Yeesh.

(h/t Tom Sullivan digbysblog.net/2026/03/03/i...)

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So we’re supposed to believe that we Iran because Israel said “Let’s you and him fight“?

It probably goes without saying, but just in case: they don’t attack iran like this unless they know there *aren’t* nukes.

People who don't know Khomeini and Khamenei were two different people, and that not every Muslim recognizes Ayatollahs should not be allowed anywhere near the government, let alone start foreign wars.

Seriously? You won’t vote for someone with a Spanish name? What the hell kind of Democrat are you?

With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

NEW: Ring has introduced "Search Party", a horrifyingly dystopian feature nominally designed to turn all of the Ring cameras in a neighborhood into a dragnet that uses AI to look for, in their commercial, a cute lost dog.

With Ring, US consumers are actually building a surveillance dragnet.

Your Ring camera is an ICE agent

Don't feel great about seeing "dirty jew" in an ad at the Super Bowl and also don't feel great about the proposed solution being "wear a blue post-it note."

"We have to keep the Super Bowl, which is a quintessential American event. Football - that kind of football - is ours" Kelly continued. "They call it American football. And the halftime show and everything around it needs to stay quintessentially American, not Spanish, not Muslim, not anything other than good old-fashioned American apple pie. There should be a meatloaf, maybe some fried chicken, and an English-speaking performer. That's what the Super Bowl should be."

Can we take a moment, while we’re all making fun of Megyn Kelly, to make fun of her suggested Super Bowl menu? Meatloaf? Cold, soggy KFC? Why not wings in a crockpot and an assortment of veggies and chips with ranch dressing and/or French onion dip?

Had a particularly vexatious dream last night where somehow Donald Trump was personally involved in font management at the big ad agency I worked for.

I was a designer at an ad agency back in the 1900s, and font formats and organization back then were annoying enough without outside involvement.

What do you mean, there’s no Super Bowl red carpet?

Granted I’m biased but I actually don’t think that looking like a lesbian should justify summary executions.

Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.

Say bad things are bad.

Our friend Patsy, of a newly-opened bakery: “They’ve got all kinds of artesian bread.”

It’s the kind of movie that starts off with a 35-ish Greer Garson dressed and made up as a fresh young deb of maybe half that age.

It’s the kind of movie that takes pride in how obvious it is that every scene, interior or exterior, is shot on a soundstage under blatantly artificial studio lighting.

I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.

We used to have a cat who we usually just called Zoe but on special occasions we’d roll out the whole thing, which was Zoetta Francesca Louisa May Kittycott.

Once again, it’s not too early to plan out your cooking process so thanksgiving dinner gets to the table and onto plates while the cooked food is still hot and the salads are still chilled.

Not like I’ve ever managed to do that, but it’s a goal to keep in mind.

what kind of country is this, where dangerous radicals can throw sandwiches at our brave secret masked torture police with impunity

I’m sure I’m way too American in all the ways that stereotypically irk Brits to not get on Andy Partridge’s bad side.

I remember 30 years ago having to show ID when I wrote a check to a store—is that what Trump’s thinking?—or has he somehow gotten the idea that using a supermarket affinity card is connected to legal ID?

Skylar, our late black cat.

Today’s a good day to share black cat pics. This is Skylar.

Everyone should be angry about injustice. Not just those experiencing it.- Mikki Kendall

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

“I don’t want them to have to even think about DIYing.” = “They’ll fuck up the house all over again if I don’t stop them.”

Somebody in this home-reno show we’re watching said of the homeowner, “He’s pretty handy,” which in this case appears to mean that he has a bunch of power tools but doesn’t know how or when to use them.

My customary Halloween phone wallpaper, featuring a tightly cropped photo of a lovely Bengal cat, lit from below.

October 1, time for the traditional Halloween wallpaper.

First tv Christmas ad of the season: balsamhill dot com, 25 September 2025, 3:24 pm.

Screencap from News Nation coverage of the Charlie Kirk memorial. A chyron bears the text “Bagpipers play ‘Amazing Grace’” under a “Breaking News” banner.

“Breaking News”