{"id":99763,"date":"2017-04-04T19:34:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T02:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=99763"},"modified":"2017-04-04T19:34:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T02:34:25","slug":"trying-decide-head-ground-zero-downtown-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2017\/04\/trying-decide-head-ground-zero-downtown-seattle.html","title":{"rendered":"Trying to decide if I should head for Ground Zero in Downtown Seattle&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>or head over the mountains and enjoy a more lingering death from fallout:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The worry that POTUS may lead us into an inescapable dead end is mounting. Consider the following potential series of events\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoguePOTUSStaff\/status\/849430608354967553\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1 \u2013 POTUS meets with Xi this weekend in Mar-a-Lago. POTUS insists on isolating meeting from aides who try to reel in his reckless nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoguePOTUSStaff\/status\/849431414969954304\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2 \u2013 POTUS tries to negotiate w\/ Xi re: North Korea from a position testosterone. Xi is put off, China decides to avoid involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoguePOTUSStaff\/status\/849432244192247809\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3 \u2013 W\/O China \"solving\" NK problem, POTUS becomes even more bellicose and reckless toward NK, trying to scare them into submission.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoguePOTUSStaff\/status\/849432681188294656\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 \u2013 Kim Jong-Un becomes (correctly?) convinced POTUS planning military action against their ICBM program, attacks US\/SK. Possibly Japan too.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoguePOTUSStaff\/status\/849434042168750080\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5 \u2013 China decides US was warmongering all along, due to POTUS' bellicose behavior at Mar-a-Lago. Pledges to back NK militarily.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoguePOTUSStaff\/status\/849434702129893379\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6 \u2013 US ends up in war against China, superficially appearing like a victim, but all b\/c POTUS was too incompetent to avoid antagonism.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoguePOTUSStaff\/status\/849435475890909184\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">7 \u2013 All the meanwhile it becomes all too easy to lose sight of the real winner in the scenario:  Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoguePOTUSStaff\/status\/849436095020445696\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Secretary Tillerson: The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ccVPjWTWdX\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ccVPjWTWdX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of State (@StateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept\/status\/849429861408133120\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/feb\/02\/steve-bannon-donald-trump-war-south-china-sea-no-doubt\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">We\u2019re going to war with China in the South China Sea\u2026 no doubt.<\/a> \u2013 Steve Bannon, Trump\u2019s Chief Advisor and National Security Council member.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cnn.it\/2oXheiu\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">White House: \u201cThe clock has now run out\u201d on North Korea\u2019s nuclear program \u2013 CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nothing like a dumb narcissist in doubt of his manhood for getting millions killed.  God grant us protection from lunatics in high office through Christ our Lord.  St. Michael, pray for us and protect us. For the sake of the ten righteous in Sodom, do not let the condemnation our country begs for fall on us, but show us the mercy of Jesus Christ instead.  Mother Mary and St. Joseph, pray for us and obtain deliverance from these wicked men, both in the White House and in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>or head over the mountains and enjoy a more lingering death from fallout: The worry that POTUS may lead us into an inescapable dead end is mounting. Consider the following potential series of events\u2026 \u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) April 5, 2017 1 \u2013 POTUS meets with Xi this weekend in Mar-a-Lago. 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