of pandemics, anti-christ, death, and exit interviews

“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them” (Matthew 7.16-20).

Americans represent 4% of the world’s population, but 20% of reported corona virus cases. One might argue, as some do, no doubt, that this is the result of reporting: under-reporting in other parts of the world, and accurate reporting here in the good ole’ US of A. Really? That’s going to be your “defense”? You’re going to claim American honesty and accuracy in reporting from the current immoral regime?
 
My God, we are in deeper shit than I thought.
 
Oh, I can buy the bit of under-reporting elsewhere. But accurate reporting here? With Caligula in charge? The “Misinformation Man”?
 
Here is just a taste of the coronavirus poop our reporter-in-chief has fed us over the past two months.
 
“We have it totally under control.” [Caligula, Jan. 22]
“We're in great shape in our country. We have 11, and the 11 are getting better.” [Caligula, Feb. 10]
“You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country.” [Caligula, Feb. 25]
“It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.” [Caligula, Feb. 27]
“Anybody that needs a test, gets a test. They’re there. They have the tests. And the tests are beautiful.” [Caligula, March 6][1]
 
Remember this bit?
 
Caligula claimed that the virus was “an unforeseen problem.” that “came out of nowhere.” [March 6]
“We’re having to fix a problem that, four weeks ago, nobody ever thought would be a problem.” [March 11]
“It’s something that nobody expected.” [March 14][2]
 
Hmm? Funny. His intelligence community was warning him. “Lights were blinking red.”
 
Don’t believe your eyes or ears, Orwell? Consider this.
 
“Late last year — long before most people had heard of the new coronavirus now sweeping the globe — scientists in Germany sprang into action to develop a test for the virus that was causing an unusual respiratory disease in central China.
 
“They had one by mid-January — and labs around the country were ready to start using it just weeks later, around the same time that Europe's most populous country registered its first case….
 
“The numbers are remarkable: As confirmed cases in Germany passed 71,000, the death toll Wednesday was 775, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. In contrast, Italy has reported almost 106,000 infections and more than 12,400 deaths, while Spain has more than 102,000 cases with over 9,000 deaths.”[3]
 
 
The crap Caligula has been feed us is not “misinformation.” It must never be called anything so banal. It is far more sinister and lethal. It is authoritarianism style disinformation. Plain and simple. People, many people, were always going to die as a result of the pandemic. But Caligula’s instinctual lying and natural ineptitude—relying on his putrefying gut rather than reason--will prove deadly to tens of thousands of Americans. Even if we accept the bit about reporting, it likely means that with 4% of the world population, America will still end up with 3 or 4 times that percentage of infection—remember, we are weeks, or more, from the peak of infection and death. The virus that goes by the name tRUMP, is far more deadly than that that goes by the name of Carona.
 
MAGA, my ass.
 
How, in God’s name, is the evil fool still in office? For the life of me, I can’t understand how, in responding to surveys, so many Americans say that they think Caligula is doing a good job with the pandemic. His performance has been disastrous. Surely the high marks he has received for such deep deception and pathetic performance is one of the great miracles of our time, ranking right up there with Moses’ parting of the Red Sea and Jesus’ walking on water.
 
Actually, as too many American “Christians,” have become members of the great leader’s cult, these are bad examples. Said “Christians” might actually mistake my sarcasm for genuine compliment toward the loathsome little man. He has, indeed, waged war and overcome American “Christianity.”
 
“And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, ‘Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?’
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him… And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
If any man have an ear, let him hear.[4]”
Good Riddance to American “Christianity’s” decades long reign of blasphemy.
 
But there are better similitudes for Caligula’s miraculous self-preservation. For example, it seems that we would be better off looking to the miracles of John the Revelator’s beastly anti-Christ, who
 
“Deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast.”[5]
 
His survival is miraculous. His principle supporter, the prince of darkness, is strong.
 
Oh, and while we’re on the subject of anti-Christ… I used to wonder what it is about them that makes them so charismatic, makes their slight-of-hand, their sorcery, their deceptions so effective. But the present anti-Christ that occupies the Whites House has dispelled my wonder. It isn’t about this anti-Christ’s charisma at all. It is about the society that he inhabits. The anti-Christ is simply a reflection of the society in which he slithers. He is one of the peoples’ own. He pipes a song that the people were already humming to themselves. Anti-Christ and people are one, and the same.
 
And one more teeny, tiny thing, if I may… It is incorrect to speak of “the” anti-Christ. There are many more than one of them. And more than ‘incorrect,” it is downright dangerous to think of such men and women as those who rhetorically deny the existence or power of Christ. An anti-Christ is known by his or her works/fruits, not by their rhetoric. Rhetoric is cheap, as James reminded us.
 
By any objective measure, Caligula’s “works” are anti-Christ. He fruits, deadly poisonous.
 
He would be pleased to hear this, obviously. The thin-skinned insecure little man doesn’t care to be criticized or questioned. He becomes incensed when reporters question him about his “works.” Just imagine how he is going to feel about the life exit interview that Jesus will someday conduct with him. Somehow, I doubt that he will be able to lie, gaslight, bluff, or bully his way through that interview.
 
How many women did you sleep with “consensually”?
How many women did you sleep with forcibly?
How many lives did you destroy with your corrupt business practices?
How many lies did you tell?—oh, never mind, I see that your tally sheets of lies were already filled before you even took the office of president.
How many closet racists did you empower and give voice to by your own irresponsible, false, and hateful racist rhetoric?
How many children did you psychologically scare for life due to your immoral immigration policies?
How many refugees did you murder by sending them home to be killed?
How many people did you kill in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic because of your initial lies about its seriousness—lies that flowed from your concern with your own image rather than of saving lives?
 
Well, on and on it will go. It won’t be pretty. Hope he likes bottomless pits.


[1] Source: “11 to 100,000: What went wrong with coronavirus testing in the U.S.,” Kelly, Cahlan, and Samuels, washingtonpost.com
[2] Source: "Analysis: Trump says the pandemic crisis was 'unforeseen'--but lots of people foresaw it," Daniel Dale, cnn.com
[3] "Mass testing, empty ICU's: Germany scores early against virus," Frankk Jordans, Associated Press
[4] Revelation 13.4-9
[5] Revelation 13.14

“Do you look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised in immortality, and this corruption raised in incorruption, to stand before God to be judged according to the deeds which have been done in the mortal body?... do ye imagine to yourselves that ye can lie unto the Lord in that day, and say—Lord, our works have been righteous works upon the face of the earth—and that he will save you? (Alma 5.15, 17)