Friday, May 1, 2026

Connecting news stories

At 11:47 a.m. Wednesday, FOX News went to a live report at the World Trade Center memorial to talk about how Prince Charles was visiting the 9/11 site in NYC.

“Charles laid flowers at the National 9/11 Memorial and the royal couple spoke with victims’ relatives, first responders and local dignitaries before traveling to other events midway through a four-day diplomatic trip to the U.S. to mark 250 years of American independence,” reported The Hill.

Only one day earlier former FBI Director James Comey was federally indicted for “threatening President Trump’s life “when he posted an image of seashells spelling out ‘8647’ on his Instagram account last year,” reported CNBC.

“The charges came three days after Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after an alleged assassin ran toward the ballroom where the event was being held. The Trump administration and its allies have accused Democrats of inciting the attack by spreading incendiary rhetoric about Trump.”

All of this comes one week after Trump made headlines when he read aloud before the cameras the Old Testament's 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 from behind the Resolute Desk in what was a first-time event in D.C. called “America Reads the Bible,” supposedly part of celebrating America's 250th birthday.

In that 11-verse Bible passage is this very famous verse: [14] If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

The passage Trump read ends with: [19] But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
[20] Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
[21] And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
[22] And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

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If you type in “trump says 7/11” into YouTube’s search bar you can see videos where candidate Trump “mistakenly” says 7-Eleven instead of 9/11 in a campaign speech from April of 2016.

Trump said ‘New York values’ like those he saw on 7-Eleven make us all love the state of New York. He did not notice his mistake and continued talking.

“On 18 April 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Buffalo, New York, and during his speech, Trump puzzled listeners by referring to the terrorist attacks against the U.S. that occurred on 11 September 2001 as ‘7/11’ instead of ‘9/11,’ ” reported one news outlet.

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Here is an article from last May about Comey’s “8647” seashell image and how he posted it online exactly 8,647 days after 9/11:

For three days at least I've been hearing about this "8647" seashell thing that James Comey photographed in the sand. Today on FOX News it was talked about on and off all day, including a full segment on "The Five" show this evening. Everybody was so lighthearted talking about it, asking, "What does it mean?" in facetious tones.

In an interview I saw with Comey played on FOX, he referred to the sand creation as "letters," when they are obviously numbers. Nobody corrected him.

Meanwhile, listening from my car doing errands this afternoon, the "8647" message was talked about in the exact same lighthearted manner during a full segment devoted to the subject on the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show that has replaced Rush Limbaugh on this particular station. I heard Travis say repeatedly in a kidding tone, "What does it mean?" 

So, what does it mean and why are the media having so much fun with it? Here's a YouTuber's insights:

"Comey's post on May 15th was 8,647 days after September 11th, 2001. Again, I've said a thousand times, you learn about these numbers and you'll realize everything the media and the government is doing is by this numerical code which comes from Kabbalah, a spiritual belief system about how God operates and, again, the authorities are playing God over your life every day with this Kabbalistic knowledge."

At the same time of this ongoing Comey "scandal" for which they're saying he should be investigated by the FBI, Comey is releasing his new crime novel called "FDR Drive." Interestingly enough, when the Mexican Navy vessel lost power last weekend and ran into the Brooklyn Bridge, Pier 17 at FDR Drive was off to the side!