Eric @cecbdo

You may already be aware of @NicolasChaillan (former first Chief Software Officer of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, serial entrepreneur who founded 13 companies and built/sold the Ask Sage AI platform for defense/intelligence.) warufo.com is one of his AI-driven projects. Nic consistently portrays his WARUFO.com project (often here on LI as a fast, transparent, AI-agent-built resource for direct access to analyzed primary-source UAP documents (from war.gov/UFO/) —highlighting both its technological creation process and its role in public analysis without hype or conspiracy framing. Content evolves with official releases, always tied back to the files themselves. IMO Nic's use "Non-Human Intelligence" is much more appropriate than "Extraterrestrial Intelligence" given that SETI (Search for *Extraterrestrial* Intelligence) and related techno-signature searches have produced *no* confirmed evidence of *extraterrestrial* civilizations or technological signals despite over 60 years of systematic efforts (since the early 1960s). This outcome is often framed within the broader context of the Fermi Paradox or "Great Silence"—the apparent contradiction between the high statistical likelihood of intelligent life elsewhere in the vast universe and the complete lack of detectable evidence. So, a combined 140+ years of documented lack of evidence for extraterrestrials either existing or visiting makes me less convinced that extra-terrestrial intelligence exists and relatively more convinced by the millennia of documentation including the Bible that supernatural intelligence may be 61% likely. I have a colleague who has told me that "There’s also quite a few 'smart' people out there who are convinced we’re living in a simulation. But the biggest thing is: you don’t know what you don’t know. The unknown knowns and unknown unknowns. Certainly for HUMINT, which is where the vast majority of "alien" evidence is derived. Even IMINT is fraught with reliability issues and affected by our interpretation. If the evidence is out there, it has to be multi-source and reasonably confirmed by technical means." I've told him I agree and I also think that scholars like @RTB_HRoss and the late Dr. Michael Heiser would affirm the need for rigorous, multi-source, technically verified evidence and healthy skepticism toward overconfident claims—whether about simulation theory or extraterrestrial intelligence. However, they would also argue that the emphasis on “you don’t know what you don’t know” (unknown knowns and unknown unknowns) points directly to the Biblical contexts, which conventional intelligence analysis (HUMINT/IMINT) is poorly equipped to address, and that this makes me think military chaplains should be more involved in the AARO Communities of Interest (COI's) as they are also a potential stakeholders in terms of reporting or having information reported to them.

You may already be aware of @NicolasChaillan (former first Chief Software Officer of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, serial entrepreneur who founded 13 companies and built/sold the Ask Sage AI platform for defense/intelligence.) warufo.com is one of his AI-driven projects. Nic consistently portrays his WARUFO.com project (often here on LI as a fast, transparent, AI-agent-built resource for direct access to analyzed primary-source UAP documents (from war.gov/UFO/) —highlighting both its technological creation process and its role in public analysis without hype or conspiracy framing. Content evolves with official releases, always tied back to the files themselves. IMO Nic's use "Non-Human Intelligence" is much more appropriate than "Extraterrestrial Intelligence" given that SETI (Search for *Extraterrestrial* Intelligence) and related techno-signature searches have produced *no* confirmed evidence of *extraterrestrial* civilizations or technological signals despite over 60 years of systematic efforts (since the early 1960s). This outcome is often framed within the broader context of the Fermi Paradox or "Great Silence"—the apparent contradiction between the high statistical likelihood of intelligent life elsewhere in the vast universe and the complete lack of detectable evidence. So, a combined 140+ years of documented lack of evidence for extraterrestrials either existing or visiting makes me less convinced that extra-terrestrial intelligence exists and relatively more convinced by the millennia of documentation including the Bible that supernatural intelligence may be 61% likely. I have a colleague who has told me that "There’s also quite a few 'smart' people out there who are convinced we’re living in a simulation. But the biggest thing is: you don’t know what you don’t know. The unknown knowns and unknown unknowns. Certainly for HUMINT, which is where the vast majority of "alien" evidence is derived. Even IMINT is fraught with reliability issues and affected by our interpretation. If the evidence is out there, it has to be multi-source and reasonably confirmed by technical means." I've told him I agree and I also think that scholars like @RTB_HRoss and the late Dr. Michael Heiser would affirm the need for rigorous, multi-source, technically verified evidence and healthy skepticism toward overconfident claims—whether about simulation theory or extraterrestrial intelligence. However, they would also argue that the emphasis on “you don’t know what you don’t know” (unknown knowns and unknown unknowns) points directly to the Biblical contexts, which conventional intelligence analysis (HUMINT/IMINT) is poorly equipped to address, and that this makes me think military chaplains should be more involved in the AARO Communities of Interest (COI's) as they are also a potential stakeholders in terms of reporting or having information reported to them.

Spiritual warfare in the unseen realm is subject matter of even greater importance than its subset of worldly warfare as understood worldly organizations such as the Intelligence Community in the US or the Department of War.

Eric @cecbdo

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@SeanParnellASW @USPACOM @DoW_AARO You may already be aware of @NicolasChaillan (former first Chief Software Officer of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, serial entrepreneur who founded 13 companies and built/sold the Ask Sage AI platform for defense/intelligence.) warufo.com is one of his

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You may already be aware of @NicolasChaillan (former first Chief Software Officer of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, serial entrepreneur who founded 13 companies and built/sold the Ask Sage AI platform for defense/intelligence.) warufo.com is one of his AI-driven projects. Nic consistently portrays his WARUFO.com project (often here on LI as a fast, transparent, AI-agent-built resource for direct access to analyzed primary-source UAP documents (from war.gov/UFO/) —highlighting both its technological creation process and its role in public analysis without hype or conspiracy framing. Content evolves with official releases, always tied back to the files themselves. IMO Nic's use "Non-Human Intelligence" is much more appropriate than "Extraterrestrial Intelligence" given that SETI (Search for *Extraterrestrial* Intelligence) and related techno-signature searches have produced *no* confirmed evidence of *extraterrestrial* civilizations or technological signals despite over 60 years of systematic efforts (since the early 1960s). This outcome is often framed within the broader context of the Fermi Paradox or "Great Silence"—the apparent contradiction between the high statistical likelihood of intelligent life elsewhere in the vast universe and the complete lack of detectable evidence. So, a combined 140+ years of documented lack of evidence for extraterrestrials either existing or visiting makes me less convinced that extra-terrestrial intelligence exists and relatively more convinced by the millennia of documentation including the Bible that supernatural intelligence may be 61% likely. I have a colleague who has told me that "There’s also quite a few 'smart' people out there who are convinced we’re living in a simulation. But the biggest thing is: you don’t know what you don’t know. The unknown knowns and unknown unknowns. Certainly for HUMINT, which is where the vast majority of "alien" evidence is derived. Even IMINT is fraught with reliability issues and affected by our interpretation. If the evidence is out there, it has to be multi-source and reasonably confirmed by technical means." I've told him I agree and I also think that scholars like @RTB_HRoss and the late Dr. Michael Heiser would affirm the need for rigorous, multi-source, technically verified evidence and healthy skepticism toward overconfident claims—whether about simulation theory or extraterrestrial intelligence. However, they would also argue that the emphasis on “you don’t know what you don’t know” (unknown knowns and unknown unknowns) points directly to the Biblical contexts, which conventional intelligence analysis (HUMINT/IMINT) is poorly equipped to address, and that this makes me think military chaplains should be more involved in the COI's as they are also a potential stakeholders in terms of reporting or having information reported to them.

Thanks for sharing. Here's another "pearl" for today: The LORD's people are called to trust the testimony of Scripture (without physical sight of Him.) This faith, enabled by the Holy Spirit, empowers us for participating in the reversal of sin and death through the risen Christ and advancing His reign through faithful witness.

The most dangerous sentence to the Christian faith isn't, "I don't believe." It's: "I'm afraid to ask." The best conversations begin where certainty ends. We've spent years talking with scientists, philosophers, and theologians who aren't afraid of hard questions. Now we're bringing those conversations to a new podcast. Watch the trailer for our newest podcast The Shift premiering July 16. What question should we ask? youtu.pulse.ly/lpgafaaf2w

@beholdisrael Maranatha!

Another pearl for today: Like He did with Jeremaiah, GOD equips and sends His people today to participate in His redemptive operations: confronting sin and deception, proclaiming truth, and advancing restoration through the gospel, empowered by His presence despite opposition.

Another pearl for today: No one is beyond the LORD's redemption. True knowledge of the LORD comes through turning to Him. This enables His people to participate in GOD's Kingdom now, reclaiming lives and territories from darkness today.

Another pearl for today: Humanity’s fall corrupted creation and brought separation, spiritual bondage, and disinheritance under corrupt rebellious spiritual powers. However, the risen Jesus, victorious over death, breathed the Holy Spirit into His disciples. This was the beginning of His new creation.

@johnkonrad In a truly legitimate Navy, many more Navy officers should be Merchant Marine officers first.

“Godliness makes a nation great, but sin is a disgrace to any people.” (Proverbs 14:34)

America would be more blessed with children if We The People were all the LORD's people. We would be more likely to remember that GOD’s Kingdom is a reality now that has been inaugurated by Christ. His people today should be living holy lives, growing in grace, and participating in the advancement of His righteous Kingdom. This includes having children within Godly marriages, then protecting them and nurturing them in the LORD with the help of the Holy Spirit to be Godly citizens of His Kingdom first, and involved, lawful citizens of the US second. This is how His people should live while we await the full consummation of His inevitable righteous Kingdom.

Another pearl for today: GOD’s Kingdom is a reality now, inaugurated by Christ. His people today live holy lives, grow in grace, and participate in the advance of His righteous Kingdom while awaiting its full consummation.

Another pearl for today: GOD sovereignly judges rebellion (unrepentant humans and corrupted spiritual powers) while rescuing His people.

Another pearl for today: After His judgment on rebellion, GOD is sovereignly renewing all creation. It is already inaugurated in Christ’s first coming and will be consummated at His return—offering present hope and motivation for holy living amid a broken world.

The chart is factually grounded in raw national spending data an obsolete criticism of it centers on interpretation and labeling (“NATO” arrow + “one sided path”), not the underlying numbers. National defense budgets are what drive the “2% of GDP” (and newer higher) targets, and the US has long shouldered the largest share in absolute terms. The chart uses real, publicly reported 2025-aligned figures to make that point visually. Pax Americana delivered decades of relative global stability, open trade, and security that benefited the US and its allies; deterring major wars, enabling economic growth, and projecting power that kept sea lanes safe and adversaries in check. But it’s not sustainable on one-sided terms. Trump’s chart nails the raw reality: the US shoulders ~$980–1T in national defense spending (2025 figures), dwarfing even the largest European contributors like the UK (~$90.5B), France (~$66.5B), Italy (~$48.8B), and Poland (~$44.3B). These are real NATO-reported national budgets driving the 2% (and emerging higher) targets, not the tiny common-fund “subscriptions.” In today’s geopolitical context (with Russia’s war in Ukraine, rising Chinese assertiveness, and persistent threats) this imbalance can’t continue. Allies have ramped up spending and met basic targets in 2025, but fair and reasonable burden-sharing means closing the gap faster in absolute terms, committing to higher goals (like 3–5% trajectories), and delivering reliable political/military support when it counts, not just words. Again, Pax Americana was good for the world, but it ends without reciprocal commitment. Time for allies to act like it or watch the US pivot to a more purely transactional posture that prioritizes American interests more exclusively. The numbers don’t lie; the era of one-sided subsidization is over.

On the subject of makers and takers, "The Maker Versus the Takers" (2020) by @JerryLeeBowyer argues that Jesus did not condemn wealth or productivity (contra socialist/Marxist "liberation theology" readings) but instead distinguished between makers (productive entrepreneurs and workers who create value) and takers (elites who extract wealth through political power, cronyism, oppression, and Temple/state taxation). Bowyer highlights Jesus (and Joseph) as skilled tektons—artisan-craftsmen/builders—who likely prospered from Nazareth's role in regional building/olive-oil booms and a "commercially vibrant" Galilean economy. This portrays Jesus as part of the maker class: a productive, high-skilled worker with reasonable income and influence, not a poor peasant revolutionary. It underscores the book's contrast—Jesus emerged from and affirmed the industrious maker culture of Galilee, not the taker-dominated hierarchies he opposed. americanvision.org/posts/the-make…

Another pearl for today: The LORD's people are GOD’s authorized representatives on earth. His promises enable us to escape the corruption caused by rebellion against Him (sinful desire) and participate in His divine family and nature.

@RapidResponse47 "Pax Americana" was good for the USA and world, but it will end if all our so-called allies don't start paying their fair and reasonable share and start acting like allies when it matters.