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God's 4-H Club

Most Americans have heard of 4-H (Head, Heart, Hands, and Health), which is a youth development program administered under the auspices of both the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. I recall they had a 4-H club in the high school I attended in my home town in Central Illinois, which, like 4-H clubs all over America, provided educational opportunities for young people aged 8–18 related to agriculture, healthy living, science and technology, and civic engagement.

Well, that sounds terrific...especially in a highly agricultural area like Central Illinois. But my oh-so-cool friends and I had absolutely zero interest in what seemed to us like a total snoozer—a boring club full of nerdy farm girls.

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Separation Anxiety

I've been teaching English in Taiwan since 1992, and in my early years here I worked for a woman who operated a branch of a chain of language schools where I taught children's classes in addition to adult conversation classes. She also ran a private kindergarten where I was regularly pressed into service teaching children between the ages of three and six.

One rite of passage I witnessed regularly occurred when a very young child was left at the kindergarten by his or her mother for the first time. Many children, although they may have been a bit timid or anxious initially, got through it in fine fashion. By lunchtime they would be running around and playing with the other kids, and seemed none the worse for the experience.

For others, however, it was a very different story. Some children would be so traumatized by their perceived abandonment that they would scream and wail for hours on end at volumes belying their diminutive size, impervious to any attempts by teachers or other children to interact with or comfort them in any way. In some cases, this continued until mom returned at day's end to pick the child up, only to continue unabated the next day. I remember one little girl who screamed all day for two solid weeks—I think she finally just wore herself out.

Sooner or later, the kid finally begins to realize that (a) crying accomplishes nothing, (b) the people at the kindergarten are nice, (c) there are some cool toys to play with and some fun activities to be part of, and (d) that yes, mom really will come back.

I suppose it's a natural part of growing up.

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6/30/2026 — From the "One Reason" Department...

Just in case there were any lingering doubts in anyone's mind about the fact that Trump's efforts at negotiating a meaningful peace agreement with Iran that would prevent them from developing a nuclear weapon is not working, the following declaration from Iranian state media just might do the job.

That declaration from Iranian state media claims that Iran has "no choice but to obtain the atomic bomb." The statement goes on to explain that Iran must "absolutely reach nuclear deterrence" before further negotiations can be conducted. It says that Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons is necessary to eliminate "the military option for the occupation and partitioning of Iran."

In other words, now Iran is telling Trump that, rather than abandoning their nuclear ambitions as previously "promised," things have suddenly shifted to the point where Iran is claiming that they absolutely must be allowed to develop nuclear weapons in order to protect their country from those who would seek to occupy or partition it. (Drum roll, please...)

Suddenly the most maniacally evil regime on the planet needs nuclear deterrence for their own protection, didn't ya know.

Is it just me, or do I detect the distinct odor of a paradox here?

Iran needs to develop a nuclear weapon
to prevent Donald Trump from preventing
Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

Try saying that three times quickly. =8@

Well, it looks like it's time for Trump to threaten to blow Iran to kingdom come again—just like last time.

And the time before that...

I can certainly sympathize with other Trump supporters who are desperately trying to view the situation with Iran in something resembling a positive light for the president, but it is admittedly getting harder with each passing day. I take no joy in saying it, but it appears to me that Iran has learned how to play Trump like a Stradivarius, and I have a sneaky feeling this will continue in one form or another until they finally succeed in developing a nuclear weapon with which to destroy Israel. Or at least attempt to destroy Israel, that is.

And I say that because they never will—see Ezekiel 38–39 for details.

Speaking of which... There is only one reason reason for believers to feel good about the current quagmire involving Trump and Iran, and it is this:

• The closer Iran gets to a nuclear weapon, the closer we are to Gog-Magog.

• The closer we are to Gog-Magog, the closer we are to the Rapture.

Not to sound overly simplistic or anything, but it really is pretty much that simple. So as Trump plays his divinely ordained role and Iran plays theirs, that is the one reason this whole blustering debacle doesn't bring me down.

It reminds me how close
we are to getting brought up.

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