Truth is the first casualty of war. Considering propaganda, censorship, and control as factors that blind us from the truth, We The People are left guessing about the real reason/s for the war with Iran. Questions abound in the political corners of the internet, that crown jewel of hypertensive FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt). We are bombarded daily by experts who tell us this or tell us that, but, the bottom line is, do any of them, or us, really know why?

One thing is for sure, confusion rules the land.

Please allow me to show you just how confusing it can be.

President Trump (March 2): “Our objectives are clear. First, we’re destroying Iran’s missile capabilities… and their capacity to produce brand new ones — pretty good ones they make. Second, we’re annihilating their navy… Third, we’re ensuring that the world’s number one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon… And finally, we’re ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders.”

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Paul and Fauci... again?

Senator Rand Paul had Dr. Anthony Fauci before a Senate committee to testify about Fauci's actions, etc, during the Covid crisis. Fauci took the 5th over 100 times. And he might face consequences for that.

I guess the Senator, and others with him, are not going to let this all fade away and Fauci creep into history, without a reckoning. I don't know which side, if any, I agree with, but I am kind of enjoying seeing the 'doc' get called out and some of his thoughts exposed. Drop Site News had this to say:

A Senate investigation conducted by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) revealed that Anthony Fauci kept a diary throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, in which his observations often directly contradicted his public messaging about the virus. The junior senator from Kentucky released Fauci’s entries from December 2019 to December 2022 in a thread on X over the weekend. On January 26, 2020, roughly two months before the American public entered quarantine, Fauci wrote, “Now we know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier,” referring to the Wuhan market at which many speculated COVID-19 originated.

Dog Days of Summer

You might have heard the hottest days of summer referred to as the dog days of summer … but where did this term come from? It turns out they come from an ancient belief about a star – the brightest star in the sky – Sirius in the constellation Canis Major. Sirius is also called the Dog Star. And the ancient Egyptians believed that when Sirius rose at the same time as the sun, the double whammy of Sirius and the sun caused the hot weather. Voila. Dog days!
According to the National Weather Service:
The “dog days of summer” is a phrase used to describe the hot and humid days of summer. It can be traced back thousands of years to the days of the Roman Empire. It refers to the dates from July 3 through August 11, which is 20 days prior and 20 days after the star Sirius rises and falls in conjunction [sharing the same spot in our sky] with the sun. Sirius was known as the “Dog Star,” because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog).

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