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In this episode of the No Pill podcast, I share my recent travel experiences across the United States, covering over 5,000 miles. From Oklahoma to Wyoming and Colorado, I recount the challenges faced with vehicle troubles and the beauty of the American landscape. I also reflect on the vast empty spaces in the country, challenging the notion of overpopulation, and share observations about small-town life, including the economic dynamics in rural Wyoming. Additionally, I discuss the uniquely American experience of visiting Buc-ee's, a massive convenience store chain, highlighting its cultural significance.

Shifting gears, I delve into the complex topic of war, particularly focusing on the recent tensions involving Iran, Israel, and the US. I explore the influence of war propaganda and question the existence and impact of nuclear weapons, drawing on a controversial clip from Tucker Carlson. The episode also touches on the spiritual dimensions of technological advancements and the historical targeting of Christian populations in conflicts. I emphasize the importance of rejecting fear and hate, advocating for peace and understanding in a world fraught with geopolitical tensions.

[00:00:48] Andrew Hoffman:

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the No Pill podcast,   episode 15. We're gonna call this one,   It's Okay to be Antiwar.   And sorry for the   long break between episodes,   a lot of traveling for work, working,   and then a   family vacation. We'll do a little little travel   account here.   I'll go through that, just some observations on, you know, the 5,000 miles I drove through different parts of of The US and just kinda observations and and what's going on,   that I noticed.   And then,   also,   what I've missed is,   you know, hopefully, the entirety of what Donald Trump just called the twelve day war,   with Iran, Israel, and The US for some reason getting involved too.  

I'm I'm not so sure it's over,   but, this is, you know, war propaganda by WPSA. We got we got peace and we've got war and then we've got peace, and,   then there's I've got a feeling there's gonna be some more war going on,   but we will talk about that as well.   And   interesting,   Tucker Crossing clip   where he theorizes,   demonic demonic influence both on   the development of nuclear weapons and on,   directing The US's   wars of aggression. And who exactly   are we targeting?   Seems to be a lot of Christians, so   we'll talk about that as well. I thought that was a very interesting   clip.  

So let's,   I guess, you know, you can skip ahead to the the war stuff if that's what you're most interested in, but I'll talk about   this this travel saga here. So,   I I drive a lot for work within Oklahoma.   You know, been making lots of trips to Bartlesville, Oklahoma   and to Ardmore, Oklahoma   and living in Piedmont, Oklahoma.   If you look at a map, those places are not super close to each other. I also got to Western Oklahoma a lot, little towns like Hobart and Mangum,   and what have you. But,   let's see. About   eight days ago, today is the twenty third of   twenty third of June.  

Let's let's actually back up, no, more than eight days ago. So ten days ago,   I   I left with   my my oldest daughter to take her to visit my parents in Wyoming.   So,   if you remember the Revelations Radio News Days, you know, part of the strategy of moving to Oklahoma   was,   yeah, maybe my parents are kind of tired of Oregon. Maybe we'll get them to move out to Oklahoma too. Well, that did not happen.   They moved to,   a little town in Wyoming, Powell, Wyoming.   Up there, way up north in Wyoming, close to Yellowstone   and close to Cody, Wyoming.  

So, I had not seen their house,   and they they probably would have been willing to to pick my daughter up, you know, somewhere in between and keep her for a few few days, but,   I kinda wanted to see where they're living and hadn't been there yet.   So I   I drove my daughter up there,   Friday and Saturday,   got there Saturday,   and,   stayed overnight, went to their their church,   played some miniature golf,   headed back,   saw an old buddy of mine in,   Casper, Wyoming. That was fun. And then drove all the way back, took Monday off of work. I actually ended up working quite a bit along the road, but, anyway, got back to to good old Oklahoma Monday.   Full week of work, Bartlesville,   Ardmore,   and then left on,   left   eight, let's see, eight days ago. So this was yeah.  

My math was way off. So eighteen days ago   was the first trip. Eight days ago started second trip,   we went.   So this time, I had my youngest daughter and my wife.   We drove to,   basically the Denver area   and met my parents   in that general area, a little up north of there.   Picked my my daughter up from there and then went on a a family trip with some   my wife's sister and her her family and some other,   stayed with some other more distant relatives there. So,   overall,   a good time,   but,   you know,   anyone who's followed the podcast, I I don't have the best,   best fortune with vehicles. And, you know, I don't exactly buy top of the line   cars, so that's I'm sure that's part of it. But,   man, this this,   Ford Explorer that we've had since,   it's like a 2017,   and   we've had it since,   my wife was in a car accident and totaled the, you know, the van we had.  

So   this thing,   we've had it three or four months, and it it feels like it's been in the shop for at least half that   time. But, anyway, we're you know, we told the mechanic we got this trip. It's gotta make it to Colorado and back.   Let's make it happen.   It's oh, yeah. Plenty of time to fix everything.   No no worries. So we're it ended up being, you know, the day before, they're still working on stuff, but, oh, it's it's good to go. You'll you'll be fine. There's some stuff, you know, you should probably do spark plugs and stuff when you come back, but it's it's good to go.   And so we're we're driving along in middle of nowhere, Colorado.  

Make it okay the the first day, stay in a little town called Eads, Colorado,   And then we're we're driving towards Denver,   and it   stopped to to give my daughter just some some snacks in the car, sitting there parked with the AC running, and the car starts overheating.   And it's like, well,   that's not good at all. Hasn't happened before.   And   ask, you know, at a gas station, is there a mechanic nearby?   Oh, there's a tire shop, so we go see the tire shop. They run the codes,   but can't do anything else.   Tells us, if you make it down to the next town, there's a mechanic there.   Go down there. Google gives us bad directions. Don't find it. Decide to to keep on driving,   and successfully made it to where we're going in in Denver without overheating again.  

So my my wife   correctly   was like, we need to get this taken care of. We can't just, you know, we can't have it like this the the rest of the trip.   So I I called around   to mechanics there where we were staying   and kept getting like, oh, yeah. We'll look at it next week or we'll look at it in two weeks or, you know, things like that. Or, yeah, you could drop it off tomorrow. We don't know when we'll get to it, but we wanna run x y z diagnostic test, which will be, you know, hundreds of dollars just just because you brought the car into us. So ended   up you know, it's kinda it's doing okay. We're just gonna, you know, try to try to talk my wife into being okay with with just driving it. So we,   it was last Thursday,   and we were driving from,   up North Of Denver   down to Colorado Springs for kind of the next next part of the trip.  

And   while driving,   you know, normal freeway speeds, kind of stat a little bit of traffic, but, you know, for I 25 in Denver, nothing too crazy,   and it starts overheating again.   Pull over, let it cool down.   Start driving again, and it starts overheating again.   Pull over just   somewhat randomly,   and,   there is a   gas station   to park at.   And right across the street is a Firestone   Auto Care. And so it's like, well, we can, you know, we could try to to get it in over there. So I call over there,   not super encouraging.   You know? Oh, you can't drive it drive it by. We're really busy today. I'm not sure when we'll look at it. But if you wanna bring it over, we'll, you know, we'll we'll try to look at it and at least tell you what's going on. So   it overheated literally from, you know, before I got from one side of the street to the other. So   limping in there. We're sitting in the the little tiny lobby   and, just just waiting for a couple hours,   but they they finally look at it. And what it ended up being was basically   the peep the guys local guys that we had had working on it didn't have the equipment necessary to fix the air conditioning where you I guess there's some sort of vacuum. You suck the hot air out of the system. And if you don't do that,   it can basically get stuck   and prevent coolant from getting into your radiator,   and cause the vehicle to overheat. So that's what was happening.  

They've had that equipment, sucked the air out, and everything was fine,   and they charged us a whopping $29   to to fix it. So it was,   obviously,   I kinda wish it had had it had it fixed earlier and or, you know, before we went, but, what a blessing to have it fixed for that that amount of money. So I continued on our trip to Colorado Springs.   Saw some beautiful scenery. That's the first time I'd spent any time there   in   a place called Garden Of The Gods, which, probably, if you've been in that part of the country, you're familiar with. Very   beautiful   area.  

And then,   our   my in laws were kind enough to offer to,   watch the girls   place called 7 Falls, and it's kind of it's own it's privately owned.   You have to drive, park, take a shuttle up there,   and then it's just an easy paved walking path up to the waterfall,   but very nice area.   You know, some crazy zip lining if you're into that too. But,   so that that was really neat.   You know, just the beautiful   Rocky Mountains.   I'm still kinda partial to the the Northwest stand alone mountains like Hood and Rainier where they're   it's kinda out of nowhere   near sea level, and then all of a sudden there's a giant mountain there. So   but,   but the Rockies were were beautiful in their own own right for sure. So,   just kind of some observations   of   America. You know what I mean? And it's a,   just to obviously, it's still a small snapshot even though it covered a lot of miles.  

Man, there is a lot of empty space.   We drove we took different routes on the on the way back,   but, I mean, Oklahoma,   Kansas,   Colorado,   Wyoming, there is a lot of empty space out there. Texas,   you know, lots of just   open land.   I mean, the idea that the   the entire world is overpopulated   is is just insane and that the only way that you can believe that is if you live in a big city and never leave it. And I mean, yeah, if you're   even,   smaller, more densely populated countries are I noticed this when I lived in in South Korea. There's a lot of empty space there too. I mean, just miles and miles of trees and and no towns or or what have you. So it's it is not an overpopulated world. We are still,   you know, there's   there's plenty of world out there.  

No need to fight   over imaginary lines on a on a map,   but that's a a different story. So a couple observations about small town Wyoming.   It seems like, just from from talking to my parents and hearing just some local anecdotes,   that the whole private equity buying up every veterinary   practice,   I don't think it's quite made it to,   at least to some small towns in Wyoming, which is a good thing. They they were amazed at how cheap,   you know, the vet office was. And, well, we took our dog in, and it was $11,   you know, as opposed   to hundreds of dollars,   that that most people are experiencing.  

So that's that's a positive.   There   there has definitely been   just a   a lot of economic and, I think, intentional forces driving people out of small towns and rural areas into cities.   And then I think there   there might be some   kind of rejection of that and people trying to get back into   to, you know, small town life. But it it's tough if you are, you know, working age trying to find a job to support a family. And the the solution that people in that part of Wyoming seem to do is everybody kinda works for themselves and has, you know, varied, like, one person businesses,   that's that's not the worst way to go. So there's   some, obviously, good tax benefits from from doing it that way   and some kind of just kinda independent and small town and,   you know, we need someone who does x y z and   and I'll fill that need and and make it work. So if you're in an area that still function that way,   appreciate it and and definitely support the people that are are choosing that lifestyle. So,   let's see. So   some other random travel observations.  

First time at a Buc ee's. So this is   maybe the most   American   place I've ever been. So   I I don't know if you can really consider yourself an American if you have not been to a Buc ee's. So it is everything,   good and bad,   about America   wrapped into one gas station convenience store.   And if you're thinking,   how could that possibly be?   Just just consider that,   some of these Buc ee's locations   are   the convenience store portion is is 75,000   square feet.   So you've got,   you you walk in. So we went to the one in Colorado and   had so much fun, we had to stop at the one in Amarillo, Texas as well. So   you walk in, and there is there's literally an entire wall   of beef jerky. I mean, is anything better than an entire wall of beef jerky?  

So it's all, you know, Buc ee's branded. They they get it from the same places everybody else gets their beef jerky from. They just stick it in a Buc ee's bag.   Same thing in candy and what have you.   But they have full blown,   they're they're,   as Mark Zuckerberg would say, they're smoking meats right there in the store. You can get your brisket sandwich or your pulled pork or what have you,   being made right in the store with, I don't know, probably 10 to 15 people just working in that one section.   You can they've got   a fudge shop where they make the fudge in house.  

What else? I mean, there it is massive.   So and fancy bathrooms, you know, I was I was reliably informed that in the ladies' restroom, there is, you restroom, there is,   you see a green light over the stall if it's available, red light if it's occupied.   It's,   you know, it it really has to be seen to be believed. So if you're,   if you're in America somewhere in the somewhere near a Buc ee's and you haven't been, you gotta go. So it's   it is an experience.   So,   and, you know, I thought the gas stations were on a a different level here in Oklahoma,   but but Buc ee's is it's a whole new world. So the Buc ee's Travel Centers.  

So we,   thankfully, had no more   car issues the rest of the trip, made it home safe.   Oh, let's see. Today is Monday, so I made it home yesterday.   Very thankful to be home.   Just in time to watch the Oklahoma City Thunder win the NBA championship.   And I have to say, you know, we went outside afterwards. I was like I told,   told my daughter people would be honking their horns and celebrating and what have you, and there wasn't much of that. Some people shot off fireworks. You could hear those going.   We're not anywhere near Downtown   Oklahoma City where the, where the arena is, but but I I was expecting a little bit more,   just general excitement than there was.  

Same thing at work today, and our   guy that owns a big part of our company owns a little piece of the the Thunder.   So they kinda promote Oklahoma City Thunder stuff at work,   and not a huge amount going on.   They're they're saying, oh, we're gonna, you know,   we're gonna air the parade on the the TVs at at work, which is kind of a nice way of saying, like, we still expect you to be at work and not at the parade. So,   you know, I I kinda thought there'd be a little more sports ball excitement here in in Oklahoma City,   but but I'm I'm glad they won. And all   you,   bitter   Seattle Supersonics fans, I I guess I'm sorry.  

So the   let's see.   We've got that's a a long   account. I think I covered most of what I wanted to talk about.   And just also   travel itself, I mean, it is a totally different experience   to drive in a car   across half the country,   as opposed   to taking a flight. And then you you think back to how different that is from,   riding in a covered wagon or even taking a train, you know, a slow speed, old school train across the country.   And   I I think with the car, in a lot of ways, you do mean you do realize how big everything is,   where that's kinda lost in a in a plane.  

But it's still   disorienting   to a certain extent, and I don't know. You still feel weird after driving for a couple days.   I don't know if jet lag is the the right word. Obviously, you weren't in a jet, but I don't know if we were we were designed to,   experience   the scenery passing at 80 miles an hour for   hours and hours on end. So lots of, lots of empty space out there, lots of dust in Texas,   Oklahoma nice and green.   So, you know, just when you think of Oklahoma as dry and dusty, what you're really thinking of is Kansas and   and Texas,   Oklahoma,   at least for right now, nice and green.  

Glad to be back in in Oklahoma.   So we'll   we'll leave that there, and,   I'm gonna play this Tucker Carlson clip because I thought it was interesting on several different levels.   And then we will talk about the the war stuff.  

[00:21:00] Unknown:

Yeah. No. I was on 02/20/2023,   I was attacked in my bed by a spiritual being and clawed   and left bleeding and scarred. And do I understand what happened? No, of course I don't. I don't really understand anything, but that did happen to me. I don't care if people believe me or not, it did.   And I think it was just   a momentary glimpse of something that's happening at all times,   which is again this war   between forces that we can't see. Not since we dropped the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, the second one in August of nineteen forty five and decided that we were gods and the god himself no longer existed. Since then we have been a secular society and that's why we're now being destroyed in my view. I care about this country and what happened to it after 1945. And it's a very clear demarcation line and seems obvious to me   that nuclear weapons are demonic.  

There's no upside to them at all, and that anyone who claims otherwise is either ignorant or doing the bidding of the forces that created nuclear technology in the first place, which are not human forces, obviously. And let me just ask you this, which I've asked a million people at dinner parties but never in public. What was the moment   we can point to that nuclear technology was invented?   You know, we can we can point to Isaac Newton and say, what happened fell on his head? Or we can, you know, we can point to Albert Hoffman in his lab   messing around with the, you know, ergot bacteria. That's when LSD was made.  

I don't I've never met a person who can isolate the moment where nuclear technology became   known to man.   And so where did it come from exactly? Oh, German scientists in the thirties, really when? Name the date. And I've never heard anybody do that. It's it's very clear to me that these are   these are demonic. I mean, these are evil. Their only purpose is to destroy the innocent, to murder the innocent.   They've only been used once, and in the and, you know, I think there's an interesting ethical debate about their use. Was Truman right or whatever? But if you take three steps back, you could say, well, wait a second.   If you   end up killing, incinerating   tens of thousands of civilians there, that's just a bad thing. Let's let's just be honest. That's just a bad thing. And anyone who does that is gonna pay consequences.  

It's just true. And by the way, the fact the second bomb was dropped on the Christian population of Japan, which was   majority in Nagasaki, in fact, it was sighted in on a church in Nagasaki,   was that an accident?   Why Nagasaki exactly?   And by the way, why has every subsequent   American war resulted   in disproportionately   the deaths of Christians? That would include Vietnam, by the way, where the Catholic population was decimated up to and including Iraq   and Syria,   now in Russia.   Why is it that our use of force   consistently since the end of the second world war has been against Christians? That's been the effect to kill Christians. The bombing of the Balkans in the nineties under NATO. Why is that?  

And I just don't think it's an accident.   Clearly, it's not an accident.  

[00:23:58] Andrew Hoffman:

That clip was put together by someone trying to make,   you know,   make Tucker Carlson look silly because he believes in spiritual things, so they've they spliced a bunch of different parts of the conversation together.   But, you know, I I certainly don't think he's crazy for believing   in spiritual things, quite the opposite.   But I I do   question a few things in there,   but they've   the first one, you know, someone needs to,   tell Tecker about stopsleepparalysis.   Is it .org or .com?   Chris Whitesite   that,   talks about sleep paralysis   and and how to stop it. So if, you know, Tucker, that will never happen to you again if you,   know know the truth about what's happening and,   what's going on there. So,   stopsleepparalysis.org.  

I'm I'm pretty sure that's the website.   So the that was kind of   an aside, but very interesting on the nuclear weapons thing, the idea of them being,   demonically   initiated.   And I think there's a lot of technology   and, you know, technological   advancements, especially kind of these huge jumps out of nowhere that   very much could be,   caused by some sort of, you know,   imparted knowledge from   whether you want to say demons or,   fallen angels,   what have you, that, you know, the the whole idea of of aliens,   you know, they they pretend to be aliens, but this this idea of   spiritual beings,   whether people are in into cult stuff and and find it that way or,   Or, you know, I mean, it's all cult stuff   one way or the other. This is not stuff that happened just if you're,   living your life and   and not messing around with anything spiritual. You don't all of a sudden get, you know, boom, there's here's how you make a nuclear weapon.  

But the   he mentions   German scientists and, well, you know, who exactly came up with it. But there is a lot of occult stuff going on   in in Germany.   You know, anytime there is   war and death, there's a lot of demonic and and occult stuff going on. That was true of Hitler himself, but it was true of,   the whole lot of the the stuff that was going on. You know, the the swastika   is taken from   it's kind of a a reverse symbol of the,   I might mess this up, but you see it all over Korea. You'd think, why are there swastikas? But it's not swastikas.   It's the reverse,   kind of Hindu   type symbol. So   but it's it's spiritual. It's all it's all spiritual stuff. So is there a spiritual war war   in technology and what have you? I absolutely think there is.  

But nuclear weapons themselves,   I'm not so sure there are   nuclear weapons in existence   to the extent that they claim   they're to be. So you you did have bombs that they called nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Killed lots of innocent people.   Tucker makes great points.   You know, Nagasaki where a large Christian population in Japan was, why why did we pick that one?   And then he he goes through a lot of other very interesting examples   of,   US military targeting   Christian populations   and, you know, why why is that exactly? Who's who's buying the US military?   The military industrial complex.  

Very valid and interesting questions.   As far as nuclear weapons go though, and this is admitted, I mean, Hiroshima and Nagasaki   were   were terrible,   but there's no evidence that,   the bombs used were more harmful than   the bombs used in the firebomb of Dresden.   Dresden,   more people were killed,   more damage was done,   and so it's just, you know,   it's history, but it's   even the people in the plains, the Enola Gay,   dropping the atomic bomb,   I'm I'm sure they weren't in on it, but there's no way for them to know,   exactly what technology is behind the bomb they're dropping. They drop and see the mushroom cloud,   big fire,   big damage,   but   what exactly is   a nuclear weapon? Are they actually splitting the atom and somehow capturing that?  

That's all I think is still an open question.   And then with the whole Cold War era, you had this, oh, we've got this new type of nuclear weapon and   and look, here's a test video,   but it's actually   just little tiny models. And you can tell it's fake now looking at it, but people back then certainly   assumed it was real and you did propaganda,   starting with kids in school to get under your desk in case the   the Soviet Union drops nukes on us, you know. They've got nuclear weapons, so we need more nuclear weapons, and they've got better nuclear weapons. So we need even better   and stronger nuclear weapons.  

We've got them. We could destroy the world 30 times over, all this stuff.   So there's a whole lot of justifying   war spending and military industrial complex spending   and,   fear based propaganda   wrapped into the whole nuclear weapons thing? And do I think that   if they existed to the degree that they claim   they exist, that they would there would still have only been two dropped?   No. I don't think so at all.   So now you have this   language of, like, mini nukes and targeted   weapons. It's like, well, wait. What happened to the the stuff that just, you know, destroy the world type stuff?   You're not making those anymore?  

And   it's used to I always use it as an excuse, excuse like, what if this country gets a nuclear weapon? But then,   you know, once they get a nuclear weapon, supposedly, oh, well, you can't attack them. They have nuclear weapons.   Well,   you know, which one is it? Does Iran have nuclear weapons or not?   I tend to think they don't because   I don't think anyone does. But,   leaving that aside, let's just let's say, okay, nukes are totally real   and,   are exactly what   they tell us they are.   And just somehow because our I guess our politicians are so,   you know,   responsible,   we haven't had full scale nuclear war in   the, you know, eighty years it's been possible or seventy years it's been   possible?  

Yeah.   I don't think so.   But let let's say it it is real.   I mean, what what is going on   with Iran? This is   I mean, I'm old enough to remember weapons of mass destruction,   which they didn't claim were nuclear. They just said there's weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and, oh, we need to go into   Iraq because of nine eleven somehow, even though, you know, even in the official story, nothing was related.   So this is this is very deja vu war propaganda.   And if you were   a big Trump supporter, this is very this should be disheartening and eye opening.   And if you are listening to this podcast though,   probably not too surprised at what's going on. And I as far   as, you know,   I I don't believe in good teams and bad teams, especially when it comes to war.  

So, does is Iran a   a great country run by   angels? Absolutely not.   Is Israel a great country run by angels? Absolutely not. And is America a great country run by angels? Absolutely   not. But   if they can make you hate, they can control you. And that's true. It doesn't matter which side they can get you to hate.   If they can get you to hate and dehumanize   other people   in this world,   they can control you.   And if they can make you afraid, they can control you. So what do what then do we do?   And there's there's different approaches out there. You know, there's some people like   MAGA.  

You know, you voted for Trump and this is all your fault. Like, okay. Well,   fine.   But even the same exact people,   I don't I don't think are are claiming,   that things would be different with with Camilla or with the whatever puppet. I mean, that was the whole point, right, right, is that you think you're getting something totally different, but you're not.   And this goes back   to stuff Alex Jones was saying, you know, whether he still says it now, he was saying it twenty, twenty five years   ago, two two wings of the same bird of prey,   two   control arms of slavery incorporated.  

And we did not get   new foreign policy,   you know, substantively   different foreign policy,   and we did not get substantively   different economic policy.   You know, we're not ending the Fed here. We're not ending war. Those things are very much tied together.   Iran,   incidentally,   they do have I believe have a central bank, but it's not tied in with the Bank of International,   Settlements.   Just an interesting side note there. Always a dangerous situation to be in,   when you   do do not buy into the overall   world government,   economic system there. So   am I rooting for Iran?  

No. I'm no. I'm rooting   for peace. You know, it's   anti war.   Part of being pro life is being anti war.   Also anti vaxx. It's all all part of the same thing.   If you wanna be consistent,   those are those are all part of the same thing. But   do I think we should be   afraid? Absolutely not.   And the and I I've kind of toyed with the idea of, you know, what is the best   reaction to war propaganda?   It's you can't just do the opposite.   Right? You can't just like, well,   they're telling me to   support Israel and hate Iran, so therefore I'll do the opposite. And that's,   I'm seeing through   it. Oh, I hate Israel so much,   and Iran's wonderful.  

And I've seen through the war propaganda. No. Not not really. So you're   you're still agitated about it. Can you   ignore   a war   into nonexistence?   I don't know. I I kinda toyed with that idea with Ukraine.   It did not work. Lots of people died,   and   even though there was never   never truly mass grassroots support for the war in Ukraine,   they still spent a whole they still   shipped a whole lot of weapons over there.   A whole lot of our tax dollars are now other places,   you know, and future tax dollars   are owed to the military industrial complex for the war in Ukraine. I   think   Trump's would as of this recording,   he just   I think Trump's   would as of this recording, he just put out   his his, everybody's agreed to a ceasefire even though,   you know, apparently no one's agreed to a ceasefire.  

The war is is over. It's a twelve day war.   You   know, hooray for it. Congratulations,   everyone.   Great war. Great war.   Very hard to believe. I think there is   there's more coming. This is war propaganda by WIPSA,   Trump saying, we're, you know, we're negotiating   sixty days, and then   then, oh, Israel's bombing them. They're sending missiles into Israel which look,   you know, super   impressive except they don't seem to kill all that many people.   And   then The US is bombing nuclear sites and we destroyed the nuclear   weapon sites and that they can never have a nuclear weapon now, except we're not sure what we what we actually destroyed. And maybe they already have the nuclear weapon. Maybe they're hidden somewhere. Maybe Russia will give them nukes. Maybe, you know,   North Korea will give them nukes. Oh, maybe we still need to be afraid.  

And then all of a sudden,   the ceasefire, it's all good. It's all all over.   You know, we can't get a lasting ceasefire in   Israel   and and Hamas   and and Gaza.   You know, that's been going on for   almost a year.   Can't get a ceasefire   in Ukraine, but apparently, we're getting a ceasefire   even you know, I don't remember when the war was declared in the first place, but but anyway, apparently,   the war that   didn't exist   up until Trump said it was a twelve day war,   is is going to to be over. So we can all all rest assured in that.   So there's   the war problem I I don't have a a strong take on what we do. I don't have any ideas on how we   actually,   somehow   avert war.  

I just think we shouldn't be afraid, you   know, even of death. That's a that's a pretty strong   and often   iterated   command in the Bible is do not be afraid. So, fear's   not really an option.   And I would say   hate is also not an option. So   no fear, no hate, and we're supposed to love our enemies.   And those are   enemies as, you know, it's a lot easier for me to love supposed enemies from other countries than to   love enemies,   even, you   know, horrible people in in our own government.   We'd we're supposed to be loving them too. So as as hard as hard as that is to do,   it's   that's what we're called to do. And will it stop   what's going on?  

You know, we we can pray.   But I don't I don't have any silver bullet solutions for for stopping World War three. That's for sure.   Interesting takes from   No Agenda talking about how the   Iran situation   connects to China, and I I do think there there could be something to that.   And and also, I think they have a valid point that   APAC is funded,   you know, to a very large extent by the military industrial complex.   So I I could see the the standpoint of the people that are like, we're doing this for Israel, for Israel, you know, Israel runs everything, the Jews run everything. I see that point of view,   but at the same time,   you know, look at look at where the real money is   and the real power is. And the military industrial complex wants war. And they   Israel is an absolutely   perfect   catalyst   for war   because of the way they,   you know, they the way they behave, what they're doing in in The Middle East, their very existence, all of it is   just ripe for conflict.  

And, you know, the we're not called to to hate Israel. We're also not called to,   hate other countries for for Israel's sake or hate other people for Israel's Israel's sake or hate other people for Israel's sake. So, anyway,   that's enough of my rambling.   Just wanted   to put an episode out. Hopefully, we'll have some some more organized   thoughts,   either later this week or or for sure next week. But,   thanks everybody for   listening,   and thank you for supporting the No Pill podcast.   All of your both financially and,   just words of encouragement, what have you, are very much appreciated.  

I hope everyone's doing well. And, you know, it's   I'm sure the   I'm sure of many things. I'm not a 100% sure there's no nukes, but I'm I'm   pretty sure. So   let's let's   not be afraid of nuclear annihilation.   We I I think we're we're safe and safe in that,   assurance. So   so you   will most likely   still be around for the next No Pill podcast,   even if,   like, this this one, it it takes me some time to put it out there. So I appreciate you very much. Thanks for listening, and have a great week.