Temptation in the Wilderness

Posted on April 18, 2026 by Muller

I have always felt admiration for Jesus‘ responses while being tempted by Satan during his forty days of fasting in the wilderness. Jesus had just been baptized by John. 

When Satan approached him, three times, suggesting turning stones into bread, suggesting throwing himself from the pinnacle of the temple, and showing him all the lands he could be king of if he just falls down and worship him, Jesus quotes Scripture.

“Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’

Satan then left him while angels came and attended him.”

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The current feud of the Trump administration with the Holy Father reminds me of this Temptation.

Trump claims, in recent days, that the Pope would, by quoting Isaiah and the Gospels, endorse Iran of possessing a nuclear weapon. Really? By someone who had just threatened Iran of annihilation (even ending its two-and-half millennium-old civilization). Deeply insulting.

Then, the picture of Vice President Vance in the Vatican, meeting the late Pope Francis hours before his demise. The horror in the Pope’s face. 

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Opening the Strait – Still a Chess Game

Posted on April 18, 2026 by Muller

When the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared yesterday the Strait of Hormuz was open, an exasperated President Donald Trump tweeted, in a series of posts on TruthSocial, “Thank You!” not just to Iran, but also Pakistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and so on. The Peace President. Beloved by all.

He also berated, once again, Western allies in Nato, the paper tiger. Look for yourself, it’s too tedious to link to each and every tweet by Donald Trump.

But Iran is playing just chess, making smart moves.

Actually, Araghchi wrote, on X,

“In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.”

So, provided the fragile cease-fire in Lebanon holds, commercial vessels can pass, but only through the coordinated route, i.e. the narrow strait between Qeshm and Larak. As was the case before!

If Araghchi can declare, with just a tweet, the end of the blockade, it is highly unlikely that Iran has even deployed any sea mine in the street. That tankers, cruise ships etc. would not dare to pass the 33 km wide Strait is just psychological warfare. Iran has just bluffed, probably.

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A Prayer From Pulp Fiction

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Muller

A fake Christian, a Crusader-tattooted Pete Hegseth, has just used a quote, almost verbatim, from Quentin Tarrantino’s Pulp Fiction of 1994, a fake Bible verse, for a worship service at the Pentagon.

“A fictional Bible verse from the Gospel of Quentin Tarrantino,” one has to let this sink in first.

“Blessed is he who in the name of [charity] camaraderie and [good will] duty shepherd the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to [poison] capture and destroy my brother. And you will know my [name is the Lord] call sign is Sandy One, when I lay my vengeance upon thee.”

This is just another outrageous scandal in the ongoing saga of Donald Trump presidency.

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Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Muller

On Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV quoted Isaiah 1:15,

When you spread out your hands in prayer,
    I hide my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.

Your hands are full of blood!

and probably meant Pete Hegseth who had prayed for “overwhelming violence” at the Pentagon “against those who do not deserve mercy.” That did not go well with Donald Trump.

But then, Trump dared to post, on his infamous platform (called, in Orwellian Newspeak, TruthSocial), an AI generated picture of him as the Savior, offending Catholics all over the world. After strong criticism of even allies he removed that picture later. Stupid is as stupid does.

Trump is not particularly knowledgeable about religious matters. Before Robert Francis Prevost was elected, by the College of Cardinals on May 9, 2025, and the new Holy Father had chosen the name Leo, Trump posted on TS an AI generated picture of himself as Pope.

But instead of blessing (the viewer?) with his right index and middle fingers crossed, Trump erects his index finger in a way Muslim extremists would do, the so-called Tawhid, or oneness of God/Allah. Didn’t he know? Next, Trump may want to become Ayatollah? Or rather Grand Ayatollah?

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A Ship May “Bunk” Into One Of Their Sea Mines

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Muller

MarineTraffic has posted a short clip on X showing ship/tankers currently passing through the strait of Hormuz, see below.

As can be seen, most tankers pass through the narrow strait between the islands Qeshm and Larak, close to Iran’s coast line.

So, Iran only needs to mine the larger part of the Strait of Hormuz it can easily control all traffic now between these two islands.

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