>>22715238PB

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_complex

You are so right anon, thx

God complex

For the Doctor Who episode, see The God Complex.

Not to be confused with Playing God.

=A god complex is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility.[1]

The person is also highly dogmatic in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they were unquestionably correct.[2]

Someone with a god complex may exhibit no regard for the conventions and demands of society, and may request special consideration or privileges.[2]

God complex is not a clinical term nor diagnosable disorder and does not appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The recognized diagnostic name for thebehaviors associated with a god complex is narcissistic personality disorder(NPD). A god complex may also be associated withmania or a superiority complex.

The first person to use the term "god complex" was Ernest Jones (1913–1951).[3] His description, at least in the contents page of Essays in Applied Psycho-Analysis, describes the god complex as belief that one is a god.[4]

Jehovah complex

Jehovah complex is a related term used in Jungian analysis to describe a neurosis of egotistical self-inflation. Use included in psychoanalytic contributions to psychohistory and biography, with, for example, Fritz Wittels using the term about Sigmund Freud in his 1924 biography[5] and H. E. Barnes using the term about George Washington and Andrew Jackson.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_complex

It seems Germany has never gotten over this, since Hitler.

Female senator office slams claims of 'relationship' with high-powered military officials: 'Scandalous lie'17:21 EST, 4 March 2025 (Who’s giving ProPublica information?)

Republican Senator Joni Ernst's office is slamming reports she had inappropriate romantic relationships with two top military officials who lobbied her Senate committee.According to a report from ProPublica, Major General Christopher Finerty had a relationship with the Iowa senator, which her office has denied as 'slander.' Finerty has been embroiled in scandal after a recent report from the Air Force inspector general found he hadmultiple inappropriate and 'sexual' relationships with women who worked on Capitol Hill. (Isn’t that normal with the perves in DC?)

The names of the women were redacted in the report and it is not clear if Ernst was named.Ernst’s relationship with Finerty was confirmed to ProPublicaby two sources with ‘knowledge of the investigation' but has not been independently confirmed by DailyMail.com.

His alleged relationship with Ernst raised ethical concerns according to ProPublica because Ernst sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The committee oversees the Pentagon, and she is one of the most powerful voices on the hill when it comes to the military. The ProPublica report also alleged Ernst previously had a romantic relationship with a legislative affairs official who worked for the Navy. It cited three sources familiar with the relationship which took place around 2019.

Neither the senator nor the two officials were married at the time and Senate rules do not ban lawmakers from romantic relationships with lobbyists or advocates.

‘The fake news media is clearly too busy gossiping to report the real news that Senator Ernst is focused on cutting waste at the Pentagon,’ a statement from her office stated. ‘Her vote and work in the Senate are guided by the voices of Iowans who elected her and her constitutional duty alone. Any insinuation otherwise by tabloid “journalism” is a slanderous lie – full stop,’ it continued.

ProPublica's report states that 'ethics experts' say 'such relationships can create a conflict of interest, and other lawmakers have been criticized for such behavior in the past.' (Everyone is comped in DC) The senator’s office declined to comment beyond the statement provided to ProPublica.

The 41-page report detailing the inspector general’s investigation into Finerty was first completed in September 2023, but it was shared with Congress and the public this year in response to a records request.

The investigation was first launched in response to a complaint filed in January 2023 which accused Finerty of ‘unprofessional and inappropriate relationships with multiple women.’

While much of the report and the names of the women were redacted, it stated that testimony and documented evidence such as texts indicated that Finerty ‘engaged in sexual, inappropriate, or unprofessional relationships with five women.’

‘The text messages contain explicit sexual content and photos showing an intimate, cyber sexual relationship with an enlisted member,’ the report read.

The release of the report documenting Finerty’s behavior with the women was first reported by Politico in late January.

In response to ProPublica,Finerty’s lawyer also released a statement, but declined to say whether he had a relationship with Ernst while lobbying for the Air Force.

‘The IG report found no evidence suggesting anything remotely approaching either conflict of interest or undue influence involving General Finerty and anyone on Capitol Hill,’ the statement read.‘Further, the IG report found no law, rule, policy or guidance prohibited any of General Finerty’s relationships. Any suggestion to the contrary would be defamatory,’ it continued.

Ernst is the first woman combat veteran in the Senate. The 54-year-old served in the Iowa Army National Guard during the Iraq War and has played a crucial role in the congressional oversight of the Pentagon and allegations of sexual misconduct in the military.

Just before the report was released, Ernst also played a crucial role in the Senate confirmation of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after throwing her support behind the embattled nominee. (that’s the best the democrats can do, try harder?)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14461501/joni-ernst-accusations-inappropriate-relationships.html

6 Mar, 2025 15:21

Trump begins CIA cuts – NYT

The firing process has reportedly started with the agency’s newest employees

The administration of US President Donald Trump has begun cutting CIA staff as part of a broader effort to downsize government agencies, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing sources. The first dismissals reportedly targeted officers hired within the past two years,many of whom were still on probationary contracts.

According to sources familiar with the situation, several recently hired CIA employees were summoned to a location away from the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, where they were asked to surrender their credentials without prior notice.The firings have reportedly led to anxiety among remaining CIA staff, with some employees allegedly avoiding calls from security out of fear they may be next. (WTF, the CIA that goes around the world demolishing countries and leaders, and having people killed get anxiety attacks? That wouldn’t have been hired if they had those symptoms.)

A CIA spokeswoman confirmed to the New York Times that certain recently hired officers had been let go but did not specify how many. She signaled that thedismissals were performance-based, as did several unnamed officials who spoke to the outlet.

The reported firings come amid Trump’s efforts to cut government ranks as part of a drive to eliminate wasteful state spending, bureaucracy, and corruption – a campaign spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under billionaire Elon Musk. During the first cabinet meeting of his second term, Trumppledged to “cut down the size of government,” arguing that federal agencies had become “bloated” and “sloppy.” On February 11, he signed an executive order on workforce optimization, mandating large-scale reductions across government agencies and limiting hiring to essential positions.

The report also follows a federal judge’s ruling that cleared the way for CIA Director John Ratcliffe to fire employees at will. In late February, Judge Anthony J. Trenga ruled on a lawsuit brought by officers dismissed after Trump’s order to cut diversity programs in government agencies.That decision effectively granted Ratcliffe the authority to remove any CIA employee for any reason without the right to appeal.

The Trump administration has previously cracked down on the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington’s primary mechanism for funding political projects abroad, firing some 2,000 employees and putting nearly all remaining staff on leave. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report,Trump is also preparing an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education, which he has repeatedly criticized as a “big con job.”

https://www.rt.com/news/613820-cia-trump-staff-cuts/

>>22715491

Isn't Ernst working on her own DOGE committee and report.

Having a affair with others is not forbidden, especially in DC, when almost all them do it.

Why doesn't ProPublica report on the orgies and sex parties in DC. Oh that would mean democrats would be involved too, can't have that.

6 Mar, 2025 20:46

Trump envoy calls for Russia-US ‘reset’

Diplomatically isolating Moscow is no longer a viable strategy, Keith Kellogg has said

US President DonaldTrump plans to “reset relations with Russia” and withdraw from an “endless proxy war” in Ukraine, his special envoy Keith Kellogg has said.

In a speech at theCouncil on Foreign Relationson Thursday Kellog claimed “the need to reset relations with Russia, to secure Americans’ vital national interests and ultimately to stop US entanglement in an endless proxy war” define Trump’s approach.

“The continued isolation” of Russia “is no longer a viable or a sustainable strategy and is certainly not a responsible approach diplomatically,” the envoy added.

Instead, Kellog said, Trump will use “sticks and carrots on both sides” to bring Kiev and Moscow to the negotiating table. The administration will “aggressively” apply leverage, such as “the seizing of frozen Russian sovereign assets to rebuild and rearm Ukraine.” (that is highly doubtful)

Trump halted the flow of billions of dollars of US military aid to Ukraine this week, in an attempt to force Kiev to change its position to talks.

Following a disastrous meeting in Washington with Zelensky last week Trump accused the Ukrainian leader of attempting to secure US support for a protracted conflict with Russia, rather than seeking peace.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed on Wednesday that Zelensky has been “sabotaging and undermining” Washington’s efforts.“It’s a proxy war between nuclear powers – the United States, helping Ukraine, and Russia – and it needs to come to an end,” the top diplomat said.

Relations between Russia and the US are warming. High-level talks in Riyadh last month marked the superpowers’ first diplomatic engagement since Washington broke off contact in 2022, after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict.

In 2009, then-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also famously attempted to reset US-Russia relations, in a failed initiative perhaps best summarised byWashington’s use of the Russian word for ‘overload’ on a symbolic red buttonshe presented to Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

https://www.rt.com/news/613840-trump-envoy-russia-reset/

6 Mar, 2025 21:02

Kremlin responds to Polish PM’s ‘arms race’ call

Donald Tusk has called for the EU to escalate its military buildup in order to outpace Russia

Moscow will not engage in an arms race with the EU, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said. He was speaking after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged the bloc to ramp up its military spending.

Tusk on Wednesday accused Moscow of starting a new arms race and insisted that Western Europe must respond. “The war, the geopolitical uncertainty and the new arms race started by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin have left Europe with no choice,” he stated on social media.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Peskov saidit was regrettable to hear such statements. “They will not win against us because we will not play with them; we will be busy ensuring our own interests,” he said.

“We regret the confrontational, even militaristic, statements coming from Warsaw and Paris, which show that Europe has yet to adjust to the new dynamic between Moscow and Washington,” Peskov said. He didn’t rule out, however, that European leaders would eventually “feel which way the wind is blowing.”

The Polish prime minister further claimed that“Europe must be ready for this race, and Russia will lose it like the Soviet Union 40 years ago,” arguing that the EU would arm itself faster than Russia.(KEK, they don’t have any more arms for Ukraine, how is the EU gonna ramp up since Russia has ramped up production for at least 5 years now?)

Tusk’s comments follow statements by French President Emmanuel Macron during an address to the nation on Wednesday claiming that Russia poses a threat to the EU. Macron urged the bloc to boost defense spending and suggested extending France’s nuclear umbrella to other EU countries.

On Tuesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed a massive defense spending hike. As part of the 'ReArm Europe Plan', the bloc would spend about $840 billion on defense – double total EU defense expenditures in 2024.

The European leaders’ calls come as US President DonaldTrump’s administration has recently signaled a major policy shift, urging European nations to take the lead in their own defense, as well as in supporting Kiev.

Last month, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said that Washington intended to refocus its military priorities on countering China,warning the EU not to assume that American forces would remain in the region indefinitely.

Moscow has rejected accusations that it poses a military threat to Europe, condemning Macron’s remarks as “highly confrontational.” Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Western claims of an imminent Russian attack as “nonsense” and accused European leaders of inflating the threat to justify higher military spending.

Putin earlier reiterated that Russia has no interest in being drawn into an arms racebut stressed that Moscow would take all necessary steps to safeguard its own security and that of its allies.

https://www.rt.com/news/613837-poland-eu-russia-arms-race/

6 Mar, 2025 18:41

Russia strikes foreign mercenaries in Ukraine – defense ministry

Foreign fighters have been targeted by overnight bombardment, officials in Moscow have claimed

Russian forces have struck a detachment of foreign mercenaries in the Ukrainian town of Krivoy Rog, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said in a statement on Thursday.

A detachment for foreign fighters was reportedly staying in Krivoy Rog, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s home town, on Wednesday night when an overnight strike hit a local hotel, according to the Telegram channel RVvoenkor.

The channel, which is run by Russian volunteers and military correspondents,claimed that hotels in the city have reportedly been systematically used by Kiev to house military units, and have been regularly targeted by Moscow’s forces.

In video footage of Ukrainian rescue operations posted by the channel, blown out floors and concrete debris can be seen.

In an X post onThursday morning Zelensky confirmed that members of a foreign organization, including US and UK citizens, had checked into the hotel before the strike.

Last month, Russia struck foreign and Ukrainian troops in the high-end Bristol Hotel in Odessa. The establishmentwas being used by “Ukrainian commanding officers” and “foreign mercenaries,” co-chairman of the council on integrating Russia’s new territories, Vladimir Rogov told RIA, citing local sources.

The Russian Defense Ministry regularly reports on successful strikes against foreign mercenaries and military advisors in Ukraine.

In early 2024 the ministry said that nearly 6,000 foreign mercenaries had been confirmed killed fighting for Kiev since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022.

https://www.rt.com/russia/613831-russia-hits-mercenaries-ukraine/

Sundance is right about everything he reported.

Everyone behind President Trump has to retain pretenses, or there’s going to be a big shit-hitting-fan moment, when a frustrated Trump spills the beans about the USA level of control in the Ukraine v Russia operation.Knowing the USA/UK/NATO/CIA and Western Intel are conducting the offensive military operations, you can only imagine how those “proxy war” control agents are freaked out about Trump and Putin talking to each other.

6 Mar, 2025 20:43

Trump planning major NATO shakeup – NBC

The US may choose to defend only those member states that meet the bloc’s defense spending targets, the media outlet claims

The US could decide to only defend those NATO countries that actually meet the bloc’s spending requirements, four former and current officials have told NBC.

Such a policy would mark a major departure from a core article of the military bloc, which states that an attack on any NATO member is to be treated as an attack on all of them.

A similar principle would apply to joint military exercises and American overseas deployments, the report said. Washington could choose to prioritize drills with those NATO partners that meet the defense spending targets and also reposition its forces in Europe according to the same criteria.

The administration of President Donald Trumphas previously signaled that it was planning to reduce its military presence in Europe. The president also recently urged the EU to take the lead in its own defense and to bear the brunt of any future security guarantees for Kiev.

Last month, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said that Washington intended to refocus its military priorities on countering China. He also warned the EU nations that they should not assume the presence of US troops on the continent will be indefinite.

Some senior US officials contacted by NBC denied that the mutual defense clause – Article 5 – could be affected by any policy changes. Senator Chris Coons, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Defense, said that Trump’s nominee for the NATO ambassador’s position, Matthew Whitaker, “gave very reassuring answers” on the administration’s commitments to Article 5.

Trump has repeatedly criticized NATO members that fail to meet the bloc’s current defense spending threshold of 2% of GDP. The president floated the idea of raising mandatory defense spending by members to 5% of GDP, though none – including the US – currently meet that threshold. According to NATO estimates, 23 bloc members met the 2% threshold as of 2024, with just five, including the US, coming in above 3%. Poland was the only member to spend more than 4% of GDP on defense.

https://www.rt.com/news/613841-trump-major-nato-shakeup/

Trump loves freakin out NATO and the EU, but you know what would freak them out even more, invite Russia into NATO, make them a member, they would probably pay 5% of GDP just to get Europe off his country’s backIn order to be a “Peace maker”, you need to shake things up. KEK

Reminder: Alexander Stubb is the Finnish President

President Macron Tries to Position France as Replacement Head of NATO in Support of Ukraine

March 6, 2025 | Sundance1/2

Previously French President Emmanuel Macron refused to commit to putting French troops together with U.K troops on the ground in Ukraine.Politically in France, Macron is on the ropes.

Obviously, such a direct commitment of troops into Ukraine would put tenuously positioned Macron in an even worse position. However,putting French technical support systems into place to replace the withdrawn U.S. targeting system just sounds better.

So, as the optics of French politics present, yeah, yeah, that’s the ticket – Macron goes that way.

Stepping into the spotlight Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday that Russia was “a threat for France and Europe”, that the Ukraine was already a “global conflict” and that he would open a debate about extending the French nuclear umbrella to allies in Europe.

Macron also said that he plans next week to hold a meeting of army chiefs from European countries willing to send troops to Ukraine after any eventual peace deal with Russia.Macron told the people of France that his nation needs to be ready if the United States is no longer by its side.

Russia Responds –MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian officials and lawmakers on Thursday poured scorn on French President Emmanuel Macron for saying that Russia threatened Europe and cautioned thatsuch talk could lead the West towards the abyss of a new world war.

[…] the advance of Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024 and U.S. President Donald Trump’s upending of U.S. policy towards Ukraine and Russia and demand for a peace deal to end the war have triggered a crisis among European powers who fear the United States is turning its back on Europe.

“Such an erroneous analysis leads to fatal errors,” said Konstantin Kosachev, a senior Russian senator, who said Macron had mistaken Russia’s reaction to the enlargement and aggression of the U.S.-led military alliance towards Russia.

“Macron maniacally imposes on his citizens, allies and the entire world a completely false concept of what is happening –‘the Russians are coming!’ Such false conclusions and false suggestions lead to the abyss.”

Russia and the United States are by far the world’s biggest nuclear powers, with over 5,000 nuclear warheads each, followed by China with about 500 and then France with 290 and the United Kingdom with 225, according to the Federation of American Scientists. (more)

“One ping Vasilli“… Keep in mind, President Trump has withdrawn “intelligence sharing,” the targeting systems used by the elements in control of Ukraine warfighting. {GO DEEP} This move is essentially leaving Ukraine naked to the possibility of Russia taking advantage of this moment of strategic vulnerability.

However, 36 hours later and Russia is not attacking.

All of this is very interesting.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/06/president-macron-tries-to-position-france-as-replacement-head-of-nato-in-support-of-ukraine/

>>22715818

2/2

First, President Trump and President Putin have talked personally via phone.

Second, President Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, spent over three-and-a-half hours in a face-to-face meeting with President Putin {Go Deep}.

• Witkoff discussed the intentions of President Trump with President Putin, following the phone call between Trump and Putin.

• President Trump has paused the long-range “targeting systems” being used by Ukraine.

•President Putin is not taking the opportunity to attack.

• Putin is restraining himself.“One ping only Vasilli“… can you see it?

Put those points all together and you see a picture of peace being discussed by Trump and Putin, and a potential ceasefire being opposed by Zelenskyy (Ukraine), Starmer (UK), Macron (FR) and the EU leadership.

Yesterday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio publicly said, “for the past three years the U.S and Russia, two nuclear powers, have been in a proxy war.” This is the U.S. Secretary of State saying this on television.

The EU nations are assembled in Brussels today to discuss how to finance a larger EU military.

The U.K is willing to support continued warfighting efforts in Ukraine.

France wants to keep supporting Ukraine warfighting efforts.

German leadership is now proposing changes to their constitution to enable them to spend and assemble a larger military.

It’s a little bit remarkable. Germany is talking about assembling a larger military to support a move throughNATO ally Poland putting German troops into Ukraine to fight Russians.

Stop me when you realize this sounds a lot like EU history repeating.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/06/president-macron-tries-to-position-france-as-replacement-head-of-nato-in-support-of-ukraine/

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Bessent Strikes Competent, Combative Tone in Major Economic Address From New York.

NEW YORK, New York – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took the stage at the storied Ziegfeld Ballroom, recently repurposed from its original cinematographic roots into an event space stacked to the gunwales with art deco features and, this morning, bespoke suits and club ties.

Bessent’s on-the-record address to the 790th meeting of the Economic Club of New York, an historically nonpartisan though establishment members’ club, was delivered against the backdrop of global tariff spats and an economy that increasingly feels like it needs a shot in the arm—whether that takes the form of tax cuts for the middle class or otherwise.

Bessent’s opening remarks felt explicitly designed to reassure markets and those in the room.

The art deco renewal of the ballroom, once a movie theatre.

“It is a privilege to be here both as a member of the Trump Administration and of the Economic Club of New York,” the Treasury Secretary began, reminding the audience of his many years in the same seats they occupied. For non-economics heads (such as yours truly), it was deeply in the weeds, as he laid out the “three pillars of the America First” economic agenda:

1. Reversing Financial Regulatory Overreach;

2. The International Economic System;

3. A 2025 Sanctions Regimen.

OVERREACH.

“At Treasury, we will lead a comprehensive and assertive effort across the Administration to empower our nation’s banks to finance the economy’s pursuit of job growth, wealth creation, and prosperity for all Americans,” he began, adding: “The 4,000 community banks operating nationwide in every county in America are one of the most important reasons for U.S. economic outperformance in recent decades.”

INTERNATIONAL.

“The United States also provides reserve assets, serves as a consumer of first and last resort, and absorbs excess supply in the face of insufficient demand in other country’s domestic models. This system is not sustainable,” said Bessent, adding: “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American Dream. The American Dream is rooted in the concept that any citizen can achieve prosperity, upward mobility, and economic security,” to some wilful misunderstanding by online Democrats, who confuse the word “cheap” with “affordability,” rather than having a lack of quality – a dig at China.

SANCTIONS.

Bessent gleefully tore into the Biden government numerous times in his remarks, especially on the subject of Russia, Iran, and Ukraine.“

A major factor that has enabled the Russian war machine’s continued financing was the Biden Administration’s egregiously weak sanctions on Russian energy, stemming from worries about upward pressure on US energy prices. In a craven political move, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan raised the Russian sanctions on the way out the door in January. What was the point of substantial US military and financial support over the past three years without commensurate and fulsome sanctions support?”

https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis-post/133648/

>>22715895

2/2

CHINA.

Bessent rightfully dismissed the decades-long and decades-old free trader shibboleth that asserts maintaining unfettered trade with Communist China will make the Asian power more democratic, free, and a less hostile nation. Indeed, the precise opposite has happened. China is, today, even less democratic and more authoritarian. Its regional ambitions—especially the drive to reacquire Taiwan—have intensified as a result of the West’s enrichment of her.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET SCORES.

One of the most important points raised by Sec. Bessent came during the question-and-answer segment with Larry Kudlow, wherein he took aim at Washington’s over-reliance on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) method of fiscal scoring, which he contends does not adequately take into account economic realities.

Trump’s Treasury Secretary notes that the CBO will score a 1.8 percent baseline GDP growth per year in a 10-year window, whether you raise or cut taxes, calling the analysis “reductionist.”

MIBA!

Tellingly, Bessent spent a significant part of his speech addressing the Islamic Republic of Iran, which many in Washington, D.C. are starting to assert was somehow involved in one or both of the Trump assassination attempts during the campaign.

“We will close off Iran’s access to the international financial system by targeting regional parties that facilitate the transfer of its revenues. Treasury is prepared to engage in frank discussions with those countries. We are going to close Iran’s oil sector and drone manufacturing capabilities,” Bessent said. The National Pulse has previously reported that President Trump’s enactment of the first maximum-pressure sanctions regime against Iran during his first term crippled the Iranian economy.

“We have pre-determined benchmarks and timelines,” Bessent explained. “Making Iran Broke Again will mark the beginning of our updated sanctions policy. Watch this space. If economic security is national security, the regime in Tehran will have neither.”

The message especially resonated with the more Republican parts of the audience, who could be heard muttering, “MIBA!” in response.

COMPETENCE.

Bessent’s speech was clearly designed to flex his competence, reassure the economic world’s movers and shakers that he is a steady hand, “one of them,” but certainly acting at the direction of the President at almost every juncture.If a “healthy balance” between MAGA’s more bludgeonsome instincts and economic surety was the goal, Bessent understood the assignment.

https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis-post/133648/

Bannon had Bessent on for a year and a half before Trump was elected, he is really a brilliant man, and has studied a rarely known part of Economics, it's called "Historical Economics" that goes back through centuries and see's what worked and what didn't work. I'm not big in economics, but his videos were fascinating to me.