Daniel Penny: Vigilante? - 12/10/2024

I'm going to try and keep this short and sweet today.

I remember in high school, we discussed the famous and tragic New York story of a woman named Kitty Genovese. She was supposedly raped and murdered in Queens in the 1960's. All kinds of people were said to have hear her screams and cries, but nobody had the decency to intervene. If anything would inspire a vigilante, it's stories like the tragic Kitty Genovese story. Not to digress...

Charles Bronson in "Death Wish".

Remember Charles Bronson in Death Wish? No there was a vigilante. He went looking for bad guys and meted out violent, permanent justice in ways that the police and justice system wouldn't, didn't, or couldn't. He took the law into his own hands.

I don't believe that has much resemblance to what Daniel Penny did. If there is resemblance, it is in that the justice system failed to remove a menace, Jordan Neely, from endangering society. Neely had reportedly been arrested 42 times. In one incident I read about, he broke a woman's eye socket in a literal random act of violence. The police and the courts failed to remove a menace from society, and he continued menacing, right up until his own behavior brought about his own avoidable death.

Daniel Penny innocent. The jury did the right thing...

Daniel Penny didn't go out looking for trouble. He intervened when a menace was engaged in menacing. Jordan Neely was aggressive and threatening, people were scared, Penny stepped up. He didn't look for a violent, serial threat, but he found one. He's a hero, but the way Alvin Bragg and New York have treated him, I'll be shocked if anyone ever steps up again.

...unlike this political activist disguised as a prosecutor.

Black Lives Matter is trying to incite violence and destruction by making this a racial issue. Never mind that two Black guys helped Penny restrain Neely. Never mind that a mixed race jury found him innocent UNANIMOUSLY.

The message from Alvin Bragg, AOC, BLM? Somple: Give us more Kitty Genovese, less Daniel Perry.

Where We Go From Here - Republicans (fourth and last in a series) - 12/4/2024

Hey, you dysfunctional Republicans: get your shit together!

So you won. Now comes the hard part. What are you going to do to make even more Americans than the ones who voted for and supported Trump and the Republicans this past November think the election benefited them? Was better for our country? If they had it to do over, they'd have voted Trump/ Republican, too? Winning is hard, but it is a beginning. The really hard stuff comes after the winning.

1) I see lots of talk of jettisoning non-MAGA incumbent Republicans in Primaries. It seems like a great idea, right up until the person you replace them with has to win in that state or congressional district. If those incumbents are RINOs, is it because the state is purple and the only path to election there is a more moderate, Democrat-lite kind of Republican. If so, the outcome is liable to be a Democrat-heavy candidate winning against your chosen replacement. Maybe you were better off with the RINO? I think the GOP need to put more effort into expanding the reach of the Republican party, not to shrink it through purification.

2) Keep promises. This begins with deportation. Be methodical and systematic with our deportation strategy. Deportation of millions will take years, maybe a decade. And it will cost a lot of money. Put ALL the effort into deporting all illegal immigrants who already have been screened and for whom deportations orders are already in place. Add in those who commit violent, drug, and other serious crimes, gang members, or serial criminals since they got here. Lastly, all the known criminals for crimes in their country of origin. Put 100% of the effort into these groups for the foreseeable future before even considering deporting anyone else.

3) Give Scott Presler an important role in organizing the GOP ground game for 2026 and 2028 on a national scale. Many of the existing local GOP organizations are a bunch of old farts who want to win future elections with past strategies. Voter registration, voter turnout, and ballot harvesting better than the Democrats is what it will take to beat the Democrats. Scott Presler can train the GOP ground army. Let him. Find 49 or more additional Scott Preslers, so there's at least one in every state.

4) Find ways to make minorities know the GOP is THEIR PARTY and is there for them. This means engaging minorities. Listening to them. Working WITH them to address the issues that matter to them. Don't be like damned Democrats who presume to know better and to know what's best for minorities, then keep them on a treadmill that goes nowhere, election cycle, after election cycle, after election cycle. You may find some of the concerns and issues minorities have are different for yours or traditional GOP constituent issues. Those issues and concerns are as important, or perhaps even more so, than your own are. If the engagement is sincere and productive, some of the minorities may find they have more in common with us than they would otherwise have thought, but were told by Democrats and the Democrat propaganda media it wasn't so. Prove those Democrats and propagandists wrong by our deeds, not just by us using the kind of empty words Democrats have placated and pacified them with for decades. Actions speak louder.

5) Continue to use and expand on non-traditional media: podcasts, live streams, social media, X-spaces, etc. Legacy media is a dishonest, government and Democrat propaganda operation and will bring NO new voters to the GOP. Let the Democrats have it. They can circle-jerk on CNN and in the lying NY Times all day and all night, telling each other how fabulous they are and singing Kumbaya, each with their hands busy in their nearest neighbor's pants. We've already abandoned trust in legacy print, broadcast, and cable sources, why throw them a lifeline?

6) Focus on enabling business to create jobs and to create an environment where hard workers from all walks of life can amass substantial wealth. People with good jobs making good money will remember who enabled them.

Where Do We Go From Here - Democrats (third in a series) - 12/3/2024

Here's some unsolicited advice for the Democratic Party and Democrat leadership in the wake of Trump's stunning return to the White House:

1) Stop letting Trump and Trumpism define your party's identity. "Who are you?" "We're not Trump! We're not like Trump! We resist Trump!" What I hear is you're nobody. You're nothingness. You're emptiness. Resistance ain't existence. "Whatever he's for, we're against, and what he's against, we're for." That's meaningless, empty nonsense.

2) Intersectionality has driven you further and further left, so much so that you're calling what used to be the center "extreme" and "far right." Get a goddamned moral compass instead of throwing your compass away every time some small faction within your ranks shrieks that where your compass points makes them sad, or makes them feel or look bad. Move rightward toward the center or prepare for eternal obscurity.

3) Identity politics, DEI, and really stupid economic policies lost you the working class. You probably disagree because some douchebag propagandist on TV told you it ain't so, but it is.

Edison Police evicted this lawyer from an Edison City Council Meeting. He had the audacity to defy their new rule banning the display of the U.S. flag. Put another way: Tell me you're un-American pieces of shit without telling me you're un-American pieces of shit. Thank you. Yes, you are un-American pieces of shit.

4) I know "America First" belongs to that other guy who you hate, but the shit your leaders say and do says y'all hate America, hate what it was and hate what it is. Find a way to be sincere and love our country. You realize what an indictment it is of your party that when we see a flag flying proudly and instantly know it's one of us and not one of you. You disagree? The fucking city of Edison, NJ has banned display of the U.S. flag at city council meetings. Do you know how fucked up that is to have elected Democrats think that banning the American flag is the right thing to do.

5) Find leaders who want my vote and the votes of people like me. Quit with the vilification of all of us who disagree with you guys, and listen to us and our concerns. You need new leaders. Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jefferies, the squad, Pelosi, Swalwell, and Schiff from California will keep us divided and at each other's throats.

6) Quit with the un-American bullshit of stacking the Supreme Court, eliminating the Electoral College, and all the rest.

7) To the rank and file Democrats who may see this, the one thing I advise more than any other thing? Change the fucking channel. The lying propagandists you salivate over daily are in large measure what got us here. Change the fucking channel. Please. The shit you're watching and listening to is the problem.

I know you won't listen to any of this, but somebody had to say it.

Top Reasons Why Harris Lost (second in a series) - 11/29/2024

Of course, Trump doesn't win if Harris doesn't lose. Looking at the loss in isolation, as much as possible, why did she lose? Could she have won? I don't know. Why she lost though:

1) The Democratic Party's policies have gotten to be whack-job left over the last few years. The economy and immigration are the practical issues they needed to adjust course on, but on social issues, they've gone kucoo kucoo. Un-correctable. I won't recount them here, but they have gone too far left on every damned issue. They disconnected themselves from everyday, average American people (of every race and every ethnicity).

2) The Democratic Party's nominee was, is, and will always be a far left politician. She demonstrated an inability to articulate and sell a more moderate agenda. Why? Because it's not who she is. Kamala Harris is looney left.

3) The Democratic Party's nominee, Kamala Harris, is NOT intellectually up to the job of President. She hasn't got the work ethic required, either. She's not articulate enough. She can't think on her feet well enough. At no point in her lifetime was there, or will there ever be a time when she's got what it takes to be a President of the United States.

4) Joe Biden should have dropped out sooner, sometime in 2023, setting the stage for a genuine Democratic Party Primary. He didn't.

5) Kamala ran a horrifically bad campaign. What were they good at? Pissing away a billion plus in donor money. Pretty much nothing else. As a bit of an aside, it sounded to me like she was drunk... a lot. She was a historically bad candidate and she ran an equally bad campaign.

"Tee minny tee-queelas?"

6) Lawfare. Democrats bet the house on destroying Trump, running a bunch of absurdly convoluted scams to break him criminally, legally, financially, and politically. They failed. There was a backlash in the form of support for Trump.

7) The left's echo chamber lied to all Democrats: Democrats in office and Democrats watching at home on TV. They lie day after day, after day, ad nauseam. CNN, MSNBC, WaPo, NY Times, Axios, Vox, ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and NPR. They lie. So much so that Democrats who live in their echo chamber of lies believed what they were told. Like all of it, even polls that intentionally misled them about the state of the race.

7a) The echo chamber that is legacy media is dying. Along with the government bureaucracy at the federal, state, and local level, and most of leftist infested academia at every level, but especially in our universities, there a a nearly complete disconnect with the rest of us (who are not on the left). Rather than engage us to understand why, we are dismissed as uninformed, misinformed, misguided, uneducated fools.

8) They played ONLY to their base. Picking up on the dismissal and disengagement in the preceding (7a), it is worth noting that it never dawned on me, not even once, that Biden or Harris wanted my vote or the votes of people like me. Instead, they tried to conjure opposition votes by vilifying us. What was our reaction? "Fuck me? NO. Fuck you!" I guarantee you, I am not the only one who was repulsed by the way we were carried on about, nor was I the only one who responded that way. Point me to even one appeal by either Biden or Harris in 2023 or 2024 to enlist my interest in their candidacy or agenda. Didn't happen. Instead, I was given fascist treatment. Yeah, I was. "Fuck me? NO. Fuck you!"

9) A bullet grazed Trump's ear, and Trump jumped up bleeding, pumped his fist and said, "Fight, fight, fight!" Democrats, Biden, Harris... they had NOTHING to answer that. Hoping we would forget it was never going to work.

Top Reasons Trump Won (first in a series) - 11/29/2024

The election is several weeks past now. Except in Commie-fornia, of course, where the counting of mail in ballots will continue until the maximum number of election results are overturned. But, Commie-fornia's cheating aside, it's time to look at the election and reflect on why Trump won and Harris lost.

In case you hadn't heard, Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential Election.

Trump won because:

1) Despite every Democrat and press attempt at demonization, vilification, and demagoguery, people knew we were better off under Trump than under Biden, and a Harris presidency promised to be a continuation of the Biden presidency. Simply put: people were better off under Trump, knew it, and voted for a return to better times.

2) Backlash against the lawfare and dirty tricks of the establishment, the Deep State, the Biden Administration. Crossfire Hurricane, Mueller, two bogus and frivolous impeachments, and then the Jean Carroll, Leticia James, Alvin Bragg, Fani Willis, and Jack Smith cases all pointed to one thing: political hit jobs. I realize New York Times readers, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN viewers, and NPR people think those things were all legit, but for many, many people like me, it was a weak hand that Democrats overplayed. They overplayed the hand by a mile. Let's not forget the scumbags, oops, I mean the "51 former intelligence officials" who said the Hunter Biden laptop had "all the earmarks of Russian disinformation."

3) Trump supporters have been unwavering in their loyalty. All the aforementioned in 1 and 2 did was galvanize support. I think what they didn't get is we did not and do not see the Deep State (I do not give a fuck that Democrats call this a conspiracy theory. Tell it to the 51 former intelligence officials and Peter Strzok) as honest, fair, or impartial. Trump support was strong. They can't understand it, because they live in an echo chamber that not only mischaracterizes Trump, but also Trump supporters.

4) Backlash against all the name calling and insults levied at Trump supporters. From Hillary's deplorables to Biden's garbage, and all the nasty points in between, people are smart enough (well some are, some of you really are stupid motherfuckers) to realize half of Americans aren't Nazi and fascist. I think the name calling didn't just turn some people off, it turned some people around.

5) Better policies. Period. I'm not even going to elaborate. His opponent in the end doesn't even seem to have had policies. That makes it pretty easy for Trump's policies to be better. And they are.

6) Two assassination attempts. "Fight, fight, fight!"

7) Trump work ethic. He outworked Biden, then Harris, and both by huge margins. He went anywhere and everywhere. He was on TV, podcasts, in barber shops, and he rallied his ass off. Even when Harris finally started to campaign, he was doing easily more than twice the work that she was.

8) McDaniel ousted. Republicans / Trump replaced worthless, establishment RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, and unlike 2020, were prepared and proactive against Democrat attempts at dishonesty in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, etc.

9) J.D. Vance. The U.S. Marine and U.S. Senator was a home run of a running mate choice.

Next up: Some reasons Kamala Harris lost.

It's Hard to Put Into Words - 11/25/2024

It's hard to put into words how angry I am at the left:

The politicians, from Biden and Harris on down to the activists in 'blue' city and state governments.

The un-elected bureaucrats - in D.C. and everywhere else. The establishment. The Deep State. "51 former intelligence officials." All manner and sort of (Lt Col to you) Alexander Vindhman, etc., etc., etc., types in every agency we have.

Weaponized government agencies, turned loose on Trump, his inner circle, and supporters. Four absolute BULLSHIT cases, not to mention a joke of a civil suit in New York. The Trump-deranged prosecutor Alvon Bragg in New York wants to hang his misdemeanors farcically conjured into felonies, bending the law like a pretzel to achieve a desired end, over Trump's head until he's an 82 year old ex-President.

The press: print, online, broadcast: the weaponized propaganda arm of the Democratic Party.

Let's not forget the leftist, activist scumbags at big tech: Facebook, Google, what was formerly Twitter.

Last, but not least: rank and file Democrats, especially the brainwashed, Trump-deranged fools, and they are everywhere. Completely lacking in judgement, or any type of measure or balance, these idiots belive everything their propagandists tell them, and call everything that contradicts it 'misinformation.' When the misinformation turns out to have been accurate, they NEVER, NOT EVER, admit they were duped. Instead, they scream and yell and call us names. "BUUUUUUUT TRUUUUUUUMP!!!!!!!!"

I'm feeling no fondness, kindness, kinship, or desire for unity. These pieces of shit have since Hillary in 2016 called me deplorable and irredeemable. I've been called a racist, a homophobe, and every kind of bigot. I've been called a threat to democracy. A fascist. A Nazi. "Say no to hate." Hate who? I don't hate nobody. At least I didn't used to. After the last 9-10 years, I'm not so sure anymore.

Now Trump is re-elected, and guess what? If you're any one of the above, it's your fault he was. It's on you. Own it. And when Trump goes to war with all of the above, and I hope like hell he does, a whole bunch of you had it coming. YOU HAVE IT COMING.

Trump the Disrupter Picks Some Cabinet Doozies - 11/14/2024

Trump is a disrupter. Let's start with 2016/17. Trump was new and let establishment people recommend staff for him. It was a disaster to him and his movement. The whole D.C. establishment worked, sometimes in shadows, other times in broad daylight, to thwart his agenda and protect the gravy-train status quo. People he was told could be trusted proved to NOT be trustworthy, many times feeling more qualified due to their experience than Trump to make decisions, they went behind his back. They attacked him. They leaked. Sometimes they told truths they had no authority to tell, other times they lied.

As Trump's candidacy advanced this time, I have advocated repeatedly that he clean house. And I mean clean house. Dee Oh Jay, Eff Bee Eye, See Aye Eh, etc., etc., etc.

This time around Trump knows he can't trust the scum in D.C. None of them. All the shrieking and wailing about his picks is because they know they'll have a harder time throwing shade, roadblocks, and law-fare at him to undermine his Presidency. All the right people hate these new picks. The more they hate them, the better I feel about them. My support of Trump was specifically a repudiation of the D.C. establishment and the status quo. My happiness is inversely proportional to their unhappiness. I'm pretty happy.

Matt Gaetz seems to be the highest lightning rod of the bunch. I'm not a huge fan, OK? But I like the pick, if for no other reason than it's Trump's big middle finger being pointed at the Dee Oh Jay and Eff Bee Eye.

I like Tulsi Gabbard at Dee En Eye. I hope the first thing she does is find out who put her on a terror watch list and outs them. The Gee Oh Pee traded warhawk Liz Cheney for Tulsi. Well played. Well played indeed.

I like the Pete Hegseth pick at Dee Oh Dee. A SecDef who isn't a slave to the Military-Industrial complex is a breath of fresh air. I suspect he will yank out the woke by the roots and get our military back to focused on it's core business, warmaking and war deterrence based on strength.

I love Tom Homan as border czar. Love him.

I love the Zeldin, Wiles, Noem, Radcliff, and Stefanik picks.

It's D.O.G.E. time!

For me the most interesting, in addition to Gaetz, are Elon and Vivek and their new Department of Government Efficiency. Clean the house, fellas. Some departments need a trimming badly. Others need to be eliminated, totally. And please, while you're at it, find out where all the "lost and missing" money goes. It ain't lost, it's stolen or hidden. I know you know that.

People who ignore history are damned to repeat it. With these picks, Trump is doing his best to ensure his first term was a learning experience that allows for MAXIMUM DISRUPTION in his second go-round. 

Fuck D.C., they have it coming. Let it rip, Mr. President. It's a whole new ballgame.

Post Election Thoughts, Some Quick Hitters - 11/12/2024

Mail in voting: I get that mail in voting is here to stay. Deadlines and processes need to be adjusted to make it work. Accepting mail in ballots received a week after the election? No. Accepting mail in ballots after Election Day with no postmark? No. I'm not a huge fan of drop boxes, either, but a mail in cutoff of 5 business days before Election Day, and making either early voting or drop box locations available afterward makes more sense to me.

Counting in AZ.

Still counting?: The only acceptable reason to be still counting today, one week after Election Day has passed is to do a recount in a race that was/is too close to ensure confidence in the outcome. Looking at you, CA, AZ, and PA. You should be embarrassed and ashamed.

Speaking of AZ, it's time to stick a fork in her. She's done.

Time to put Kari Lake on the bench, permanently: Kari Lake is articulate and attractive. She has also proven, hopefully for good, that the people of Arizona don't want her as their Governor or Senator. It's time to accept reality, Ms. Lake. You're done. That's why there's a fork in your back.

Trans agenda: The trans agenda hurt Democrats. Trump's advertising on the issue was devastating among some groups very important to Kamala Harris' chances. We can and must treat trans persons with love, kindness, decency, and respect AND at the same time recognize that genetic boys don't belong in girl's locker rooms or in girl's/women's sports competitions. Gender reassignment for minors is child abuse, and any action to advance gender reassignment of a minor without parental consent should be a crime and subject to criminal and civil punishment. This agenda is but one example of a political movement going too far. I saw an exchange from CNN where this guy went nuts because another panelist said Americans rejected boys in girls locker rooms and sports. How dare he misgender these 'girls'! Dude, you're the problem. When you wonder how she lost, look in the mirror.

Immigration and deportation: A couple of thoughts on immigration and deportation based on some stuff I read this morning and from my own thinking. Where and how to do deportation, and how to fund it? Start with the 1.5 million plus already slated for deportation by the Biden Administration. Add in any and every person here illegally who is guilty of violent crime, human, or drug trafficking. Plus, add in all those known to have criminal records from their country of origin. How to pay for it? Lemme put it this way: how much are we paying to pay for flights for immigrants, for housing for immigrants, for health care for immigrants, for food for immigrants, for cell phones for immigrants? Take the money from there and eliminate expenses associated with these deportees permanently. Should families be separated because a father or mother faces deportation? Not necessarily. As I've heard the incoming border czar, Mr. Homan say himself, we can deport the families together. Finish building the wall, please.

Eric Ericson's Letter to Democrats. Better Than Mine Was Yesterday? - 11/8/2024

Another "Dear Democrats" letter. A good one.

Eric Ericson, a conservative media personality from Atlanta, posted this letter on X this morning. I'm disappointed in myself that I failed to mention the deception of the party in power and their state run media complex. Worth a look.

Dear Democrats,

You lost, in part, because your side of the aisle engaged in a cover-up of the sitting President’s cognitive decline. His staff, Cabinet Secretaries, members of Congress, and senior members of the press with access to Biden told everyone he was fine. They lied, and Biden got exposed on a debate stage. If you are not willing to hold your own side accountable for engaging in a coverup of the President’s decline, don’t expect Republicans to take you seriously about holding Donald Trump accountable.

In 2008, I launched an effort to find, identify, and drive from politics those people who were leaking damaging information about Sarah Palin to the press from inside the McCain campaign. Nichole Wallace herself told me my effort pushed her out of Republican politics.

It would help if you guys did the same thing now. Your own team lied to you all and to the American people about Joe Biden. Those people set you up for failure on Tuesday night. Before you blame Americans for rejecting you, maybe identify and oust the people who made that rejection possible. They are both in politics and the press.

If you are not willing to clean up your side, don’t expect Republicans to clean up theirs. It was not our side complicit in a coverup of historic proportions. It was the voices in the press who assured us Biden was better than ever and the Democrat politicians and appointees who hid him, excused him, and deflected for him.

To rebuild trust, perhaps demand accountability. People can’t trust a party that says the economy is fine when they’re also saying the president is fine and everyone can see with their own eyes that he is not. 

https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/dear-democrats

To My Democrat Friends (and former friends) - 11/7/2024

Many of you can't understand how it is I, or we, meaning our country, could elect someone as detestable as Donald Trump. Please read this very carefully. I mean this without animus or any form of gloating.

Yes, I voted for Donald Trump. He was not my first choice, but the GOP had a primary, and Governor Ron DeSantis didn't make the cut. Before I get to explaining my choice, there is one important thing I'd like to remind you of:

According to the New York Times right now, 6:10 p.m. EST, November 7th, Vice President Kamala Harris has 68,238,944 votes. Also according to the Times, in 2020 Joe Biden received 81,284,666. That's a difference of 13,045,722 votes. Some votes are still coming in, but it is safe to say she received at least 10,000,000 less votes in 2024 than Joe did in 2020. So, before you blame us Republicans and conservatives (oops, too late, you already have blamed us), be honest with yourself. 10 million votes didn't just magically appear in 2020 or disappear in 2024, did they? It's not my fault your party decided against a real, competitive primary process. Don't blame us for that shit.

Ok, so you've asked, "How is it I/we could possibly vote for such a horrible human being as Donald Trump?" The answer is in 3 parts:

1) I don't believe he's a rapist. I'm not going to argue it, I'm just saying I don't believe either the accuser nor the Prosecutor, Judge, or Jury. I don't believe them. I also don't accept that he's a felon. We'll see what the judge does later this month, but until sentencing, whether or not he's a felon remains to be seen. I don't care that you're already convinced, I'm not. Alvin Bragg took misdemeanors and contorted the law to suit his purpose. The judge was as far from even handed in rulings and jury instructions as is legally possible. 

Trump has his flaws, the biggest are in a tie between his mouth, his ego, and his thin skin. Yes he is far from perfect. I saw a friend post a comparison to Jesus a couple of weeks ago on Facebook. I didn't respond. If I did, the response would have simply been, "I'm not picking a church, I'm picking a President." But, along the same lines, I'm quite sure Jesus would object to the left's primary sacrament, abortion. Don't even try and tell me abortion isn't what energizes many, many women (and some men) on the left. I'm having a hard time imagining Jesus in a pink pussy hat protesting for more abortion rights.

Bottom line, I don't get my news where you do and I don't see Trump as perfect, far from it, but I do not see the Hitleresque demon that many of you do. I do not see that. Sorry. Last thing to mention on Trump and the election: did any of you Democrats watch his Joe Rogan interview? I think he came across very well. His humanity and humility came through. I'm guessing that very few of you watched. Who'd watch Hitler, right? Made up minds don't seek to be changed.

2) I do not support hardly any of the Democrat progressive agenda. Before I get into the candidate herself, I just don't buy the left's agenda. Immigration, economy, crime and safety, abortion (I was pro choice, pro life in my own life, but you went so far with it I can no longer say I'm in line with you at all), the list of disagreements is top to bottom.

I  don't hear even attempts at persuasive arguments for the things I disagree with. The advocacy is always the same: demonize me for disagreeing rather than making an argument to persuade me to agree. Fuck that. To put a bow on it, I DO like most of Trump's policies. I can separate his unlikable personality traits from his policies. You can't, I know. Sorry.

3) Joe Biden has dementia. How in the hell do you think I would have supported him? Kamala Harris talks in cliches and flower phrases, but says nearly nothing of substance. She was running for about 100 days, hid for the first 50, tried to make her case for 3 or so weeks, and spent the last 10 days attacking me, people like me, and our candidate as fascists, threats to democracy, and all kinds of stuff. She came across to me as an empty suit. The fact that she ducked Joe Rogan should be all you need to hear. Her failure to clearly articulate her agenda, and her unwillingness to be candid in any moment on the campaign trail left me feeling like she is an insincere, dishonest broker. How in the hell would you expect me to support her?

Honestly, I came to believe that whoever is pulling demented Joe's strings, which I know to you having unelected, hidden power brokers run our country YOUR way is fine, for me isn't okay, would pull her's. I became and remain convinced, had Kamala won, those same puppeteers hidden in the shadows would remain in charge. Not if I could help it!

To summarize, it was the Democrats who disappeared from 2020 who failed to elect Kamala Harris in 2024. For my vote it was a matter of not hating Trump like you do, not agreeing with her policies (which she failed to even try to persuade me on), liking Trump's polcies more, and lastly, my belief that Kamala Harris was an extremely weak candidate, the weakest I remember in my lifetime. She ran a lousy campaign. I'm not voting my country down the shitter because you don't like him and you might be mad at me.

To my friends who I am aware consider us Trump voters to be uneducated and stupid: Get over yourselves. Or don't. I really don't give a fuck.

Now What? A Day One To Do List for the 47th President - 11/6/2024

 

Trump elected 47th POTUS

Trump won. Now what? On day one, I hope Donald Trump will:

Pardon Hunter Biden.

Pardon all J6 people who were not specifically convicted of violent crimes or active participation in a conspiracy to stop the Electoral College process.

Permanently remove the security clearances of every one of the 51 intelligence officials who conspired to interfere with the 2020 Presidential Election. No exceptions.

Fire Jack Smith.

Fire the entire upper echelon of the DOJ,  FBI. intelligence community, and State Department. The entire unelected and unaccountable D.C. bureaucracy has to go.

Reinstate all the Executive Orders re: immigration that Joe Biden eliminated when he came into office.

Begin deportation of all illegal immigrants who have committed crimes since ingressing our country illegally. Also locate and deport the illegal immigrants who had violent criminal records in their home country before entering the US illegally.

There's more to do, but day one is a pretty busy one.

A Realignment? - 11/5/2024

An interesting thought came to me when I saw that the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire (LPNH) endorsed Donald Trump last night. There is a massive realignment going on, a shift unlike any before in my lifetime. How significant is the realignment?

Realignment

We've already seen, columnist and former right wing stalwart, Bill Crystal had gone over. Add Liz Cheney and a long list of other Neocons, and you see a big separation between Trump Republicans and the establishment.

As business has shifted away from factories toward high tech, so has the Democratic Party become owned and controlled by same.

Democrats have become the party of war, free speech crackdown, and punitive use of the D.C. bureaucracy to punish opponents.

Meanwhile, in addition to the Libertarian endorsement I mentioned above, Trump was endorsed by Elon Musk, who is a hero for preserving free speech at the former Twitter.

Last night, Joe Rogan, who previously had been opposed to Trump, also endorsed. Getting to actually speak to him, and also after conversing with Elon Musk about the election, Rogan came forward with a late endorsement.

Tulsi Gabbard, as recently as 2019, was a Democratic Party candidate for the Presidency. She's fully enlisted in Trump's camp.

Bobby Kennedy Jr. (RFKJ) was a Democratic Party candidate as recently as this past spring. He and his running mate, the impressive Nicole Shanahan, are fully on board with Trump.

What do Elon Musk, LPNH, Joe Rogan, Tulsi Gabbard, RFKJ, and Shanahan have in common?

None of them, not a one, are far right. None of them is a far right extremist.

Florida as Election Bellweather - 11/2/2024

Florida Results Will Foretell the Rest of the Story

Look no further. Here in Florida lies the answer. I'll make it short and sweet. Florida's results will come in early, and if you watch Florida, you'll have a good idea what to expect in te rest of the country.

If Harris wins FL by ANY Percentage: If Kamala Harris wins Florida (she is NOT going to win Florida), Trump and his supporters can fuggedaboudit. It's over. It means Kamala Harris will be the 47th POTUS.

If Trump wins FL by about 4% or less: It will be a long night for Trump and all the swing states will be in play for Harris. Advantage: Harris.

If Trump wins FL by only 5-6%: It will be a close election nationwide. The results will hinge on obscure districts in swing states that may not be done counting till Thursday or later. Coin toss.

If Trump wins FL bu 7-9%: Trump will win the election, but it will be close, long, and drawn out. Advantage: Trump.

If Trump wins FL by 10% or more: It will be a blowout for Trump nationally.

I'll be watching Florida Tuesday night. Sometime between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m., numbers will be rolling in from the panhandle. I'll have my popcorn, a few sweet snacks, and a nice cup of cappuccino. It's going to be a long night, but I'll already know: Florida will tell the story.

Election Integrity, Jenna Griswold Edition - 10/31/2024

I don't know how or why she did it, but the Colorado election boss, Jenna Griswold published the passwords for their voting machines. "Oopsie." Moving on, can the election be certified?

CO Secretary of State Jenna Griswold. When I saw her picture I thought she was Monica Lewisnky.

Bear in mind, Griswold fought tooth and nail to keep Trump off the Colorado ballot. She is a partisan, activist hack. I think she's also the official who sent 30,000 voter registration reminders to non-citizens, just one more among several egregious election 2024 Colorado faux paus.

How badly does the public release of the passwords compromise the integrity of the Colorado election? Is there a forensic audit that can be done to determine who, if anyone, may have accessed early voting or voter registration data, and more importantly, determine if the data was manipulated? Is there time enough left to zero out the machines and re-scan every ballot? Can Jenna Griswold be trusted to be the one who puts the Colorado genie securely back in the bottle?

You would think, after all the hoopla over 2020, some of it real, some of it Memorex, that election 2024 would be administered in a way that eliminates all questions of process and personnel integrity. Unfortunately, publishing voting machine administrator passwords isn't it.

Joe Biden "Garbage" Comment - 10/29/2024 - 2

This is a rare evening blog post, but I can't not post it. You want outrageous? I'll give you outrageous.

President Joe Biden has responded to the insult comedian's tasteless and offensive joke at Trump's New York Trump rally this past Sunday. The comic made a stupid joke about Puerto Rico's solid waste disposal problem. Shame on the rally organizers for entertaining the crowd with an insult douchebag comic.

But good old Joe, he responded. Before I go further, don't lose sight of the disparity: one guy is an insult comic. Not a member of the Trump campaign, the other guy is the President of the United States. Here is what Biden said:

Joe Biden tonight called us, we Trump supporters of all colors and religions, garbage.

"Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. The only garbage I see floating out there is his (Trump's) supporters."

This coming from the motherfucker elected supposedly to heal and unite us.

Mr. Biden, there are more than 80 million Trump supporters. We are Hispanic. We are Black. We are Asian. We are Pacific Islanders. We are Native Americans. We are White guys. We are Christians. We are Muslim. We are Hindus. We are Jews. We are women. We are men. We are veterans. We are cops. We are firemen. We are Ambulance crews. We work in factories. We volunteer at the local food bank. I give you credit for not insulting one of the groups that comprise us. Instead, you called us ALL garbage.

Does Joe hate us that much, hate Kamala that much, or both? My guess is both.

Hey grandpa, maybe it's time for you to shut the hell up. Just a thought,

 

One More Week, Quick Hitters - 10/29/2024

The election is just a week away.

Bad Puerto Rico Jokes. Donald Trump has had quite a good run up towards the finish line. After an incredibly successful visit with Joe Rogan on Friday, he did a rally at Madison Square Garden. If you think back to the RNC Convention, which was held just a few days after the first assassination attempt, at that time Joe Biden was still the presumptive Democratic Party nominee. Trump turned this rally into in effect a second convention, this time where the opposition is the un-democratically nominated Vice President Kamala Harris. I watched some of it. The turnout was epic in the heart of deep blue New York. I thought the Hulk Hogan appearance was kind of dumb, but other than that, of what I saw, it was pretty good. I didn't watch all of Trump's speech. He talks too long for me and I've heard enough of his rallies and interviews that I don't need an hour and a half or two hours more. What I didn't see was the comic who made jokes about Puerto Rico being piled up with garbage. The guy is an insult comic (who I've never heard of), apparently along the lines of Don Rickles. He was a dumb choice as a speaker, and he shouldn't have made that joke. Puerto Rico does have a garbage problem, but what the fuck? It's almost as if the guy was intentionally trying to damage Trump. For the record, Trump didn't say it. None of Trump's surrogates, handlers, or advisors said it. it is a nothing-burger as it relates to Trump, except to people who hate him already, and they won't move the needle. They're already there.

Puerto Rico is a beautiful place, with beautiful people.

Madison Square Garden Nazi Nonsense. Speaking of Madison Square Garden, Democrats and Democrat media realized that Kamala Harris can't or won't articulate a defense of the Biden/Harris Administration's record, nor is she able to articulate her stance on issues, which very often would require her to explain why what she says she's for and against now are 180º out of what she ran on in 2019 and how she voted as a Senator. So Democrats have settled on "Nazi, fascist, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, threat to democracy, etc." I'm more pissed at my friends from the other side than at the evil assholes pushing these things. How dare you sit there and let YOUR party call me a fucking racist and Nazi and everything else without objection! How dare you! I'm not going to argue why we're NOT Nazis. Why should I? Your candidate is failing, so you support this? Fuck all the way off.

Vacuous leftist politicians and media hacks, bereft of ideas and a viable way forward for Harris, have decided calling Trump Hitler and his supporters Nazis is their best way forward.

 

Trump on The Joe Rogan Experience. I laugh when I see lefties describe the Trump Joe Rogan episode as a demonstration that Trump is incoherent and all the rest. He was personable, engaging, and displayed a broad spectrum of interests and opinions. I found his description of the first trip to the White House in 2017, especially his reverence for Lincoln and the Lincoln Bedroom, and also his admission about the hiring of staff, which he concedes was his biggest mistake first time around, to be very interesting. The whole thing was worth the time if you want to understand who the guy is as opposed to the vilified and bastardized guy the leftist press would have you believe.

Google's Joe Rogan squelch. Google was up to their public opinion manipulation tricks again yesterday. The Trump episode of the Joe Rogan podcast was up to around 33 million views, and Google took action to push it from atop search results for anyone who searched YouTube for it. You'd think something that has 33 million views would naturally rise to the top of query results, but since it's been helpful to and positive for Trump, and since Google is staffed with a high number of lefties, they tried to put a kebash on it. That's bullshit. I read yesterday that after being swamped with complaints, they took the kebash off it, but as of this morning I still had to hunt and scroll down for it when I searched. It's up to 37 million + views, by the way.

Kamala on Joe Rogan? The Harris Campaign has said they can't work a three hour sit down with Joe Rogan into her schedule, and that she doesn't have time to travel to his studio. They've asked him to fly to her somewhere and to do a one hour show. I hope he declines. It's his show and he does it his way. If she wants to do a one hour show, there are more than ample sycophants out there who will softball her and allow her to word salad rather than answer questions candidly for an hour. If the schedule really is a problem, rearrange it. It's the Harris campaign's fault this is a problem. Maybe she shouldn't have ducked Rogan until she realized that 30+ million people watched Trump on it, and how incredibly helpful it has been for Trump.

Nevada judge 3 days rule. A judge in Nevada has ruled that mail in ballots WITHOUT A POSTMARK, that are received UP TO 3 DAYS AFTER ELECTION DAY must be counted. Lemme walk you through this with some hypothetical numbers. Election night, it is reported that Trump is up by 15,000 votes. We query voting records and we can see all the registered voters across the state who have not voted. We've got 2-1/2 days. How can we find 16,000 more votes? Hmmmm... You do the rest...

Mini Post, YCMTSU - 10/28/2024 - 2

A gunman in Chicago shot an Orthodox Jewish man who was walking to synagogue this past Saturday. Here are some facts I found interesting.

First, the shooter was allegedly calling out "Allahu Akbar" in conjunction with the shooting. Chicago authorities have NOT charged him with a hate crime.

I'm no cop or DA, but 1 + 1 = 2. How their math comes up with something else is confounding.

Second interesting fact. The gunman is an immigrant from northern Africa. There's one teeny, weenie little bit about the shooter I didn't tell you. Can you guess what it is? I'll count to five...

1... 2... 3... 4... 5...

Times up. Yep. You got it. Good guess. The shooter entered the U.S. illegally via the southern border a year and a half ago.

Chicago Suntimes story

Democrats Have Crossed My Rubicon - 10/28/2024

Democrats used the Trump rally in New York yesterday to self-identify and proclaim themselves, by their words and actions, to be evil, vile, hateful scum.

Short and sweet: Democrats used the rally in New York as a chance to call Trump Hitler again, and to liken all attendees to Nazis.

I am not going to argue that he's not or that we're not. Neither will I ague that the Earth is round. Trump isn't Hitler, we're not Nazis, and the Earth isn't flat.

If you are a Democrat or some other kind of never-Trumper, and you think Trump is Hitler, and his supporters, including me, are Nazis, I don't want you in my life. You are a fucking stupid, Trump-deranged douche bag. If this applies to you, I do not care who you are. If you think I'm a Nazi, why am I in your life, anyway? Fuck off and go away NOW. Get away from me and stay away.

If you are a Democrat or some other kind of never-Trumper, and you don't think Trump is Hitler or his supporters are Nazis, but you're ok with this kind of rhetoric, regardless of how it smears me and other decent people like me, please go fuck off with the Trump deranged lunatics I discussed in the previous paragraph.

If you are a Democrat or a never-Trumper who dislikes the "Hitler" and "Nazi" rhetoric, and you're staying quiet about the whole thing for fear of catching shit from your Trump deranged leftist friends, grow some stones, would you? It's not "just politics", ok? Half the fucking country is being scalded by fake allegations of racism and hate, and by whom? By scorched Earth, Trump-deranged, partisan hacks, assholes, and morons. Shame on you for not saying, "Hey, wait a minute..." 

I'm not going to dignify the Hitler, Nazi stuff with an argument protesting the allegations. I'd rather have every single person, NO EXCEPTIONS, who believes or is ok with it GONE FROM MY LIFE. If that means you, goodbye and good riddance.

Trump on Joe Rogan, Kamala Harris? Not As Much - 10/26/2024

Donald Trump was on The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast last night.

More than 90%, probably at least 95% of the electorate have already decided who they are voting for. Of the remaining 5% or so, they ought to watch the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast with Donald Trump on it last night. I watched about half of it. It was not like a press conference, or even a long form interview. It was a conversation between two guys. It is about 3 hours long. The fact that it wasn't Trump's first event of the day, and that he flew to Michigan to do a rally afterward is nuts.

Trump wasn't straightforward in some answers, tariffs, for example, but he wasn't evasive, either. It was a three hour conversation, not a White House Press Conference. So, Trump was talking at length and weaving his thoughts in along the way.

As I reflected on it, I thought that of recent Presidents, Clinton, G.W. Bush, and Obama would all, each in their time, have been excellent interview subjects in this format with Rogan, had the vehicle existed at that time. I couldn't possible see Joe Biden doing it successfully, due to his dementia. Neither can I see Kamala Harris doing it. Three hours of word salad subject evasion would be unwatchable.

Harris has been invited on The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast, but according to her campaign manager yesterday, it isn't possible due to her campaign schedule. According to Youtube, as of this morning, 8.4 million people have viewed the Podcast. I think it's on Spotify, too. I'm no sure how many views there are there, probably a lot more. For her campaign to NOT take advantage of that kind of exposure is crazy. Simply crazy.

Reuters Harris No Joe Rogan Story 

I recommend you watch or listen to some of it yourself. If you're one of the few who hasn't made up your mind, it may help.

Trump on Joe Rogan (youtube)

Trump on Joe Rogan (Spotify) 

Kamala Harris, My Opinion - 10/24/2024

I'm not so sure what's going to happen a week from next Tuesday, but I'm getting a sense Vice President Harris will lose. Note that I said Harris will lose, NOT that Trump will win. That's probably a post unto itself, but read into it what you will. I think she will lose because she's a terrible candidate, the worst I have ever seen. How has it come to pass, despite the dubious means by which she came to be the nominee (a political coup d'etat to unseat Biden after the debate disaster), it's interesting to see, it looks like she will possibly, perhaps likely lose, but why?

 

Kamala Harris: From "Joy" to "Trump is Hitler" in 3 months.

1) Not Yet Ready for Primetime - Will she ever be? Don't matter. This is the only shot at it she'll ever get. Kamala Harris, despite protestations about her stellar resume, simply wasn't tested at each step along the way. She glided into jobs in with her motor in second gear, never having to open up the engine and develop driving skills. Her race, gender, and progressive ideology greatly increased her desirability as a candidate for everything from her first jobs as a lawyer, to D.A., to Senator, and Vice President. I think back to 2019 and how badly she fared as a Presidential candidate. She didn't stay in it. She failed at EVERYTHING she did as Veep. Yeah, she did.

2) Abysmal Off the Cuff Speaker - She is perhaps the worst impromptu speaker I ever heard. Word salad. Circular logic that never actually touches the question. She doesn't touch it tangentially. She doesn't touch it directly. She talks forever. Talks around it. Above it. Below it. A little to the right. A lot to the left. It reminds me of the Billy Preston song: "Will it go round in circles?"

3) She Has to Keep Her Actual Positions on Issues Secret, Too Radical - She's the furthest left candidate we have ever had atop a major party ticket. She's so far off the port side from the middle, the 11 mile horizon blocks her from view better than a setting sun. When she tries to pretend to be middle or centrist, it doesn't come off as honest, or genuine, natural. Why? Because it's not honest, genuine, or natural. I used the word earlier, "pretending". She is pretending to be someone and something she just ain't. She won't tell us the things she's going to do because we, and I mean a large majority of Americans, not just Republicans, will NOT like or support them. She's a socialist, damned near a commie, if not an actual commie.

For those three reasons she can't make a case for the policies she will pursue and execute as President. Instead, she's running the same kinds of tired, leftist, bogus tropes about Trump we've heard for three election cycles now. The latest is Hitler and fascist stuff. Aided and abetted by an activist, dishonest press corps, she's back to "Trump is Hitler, Trump is a fascist, and only I can save you from him." Give it a rest, Kamala. Give it a fucking rest. He's already been President, and he didn't do any of the stuff you're saying his election threatens us with.

I watched some clips from CNN today via YouTube, and after her disastrous town hall last night, it sounds to me like they're preparing their audience for disappointment. Lefties, don't be pissed at us or Trump. Be pissed at the people running the Democratic Party who installed an un-ready Kamala Harris as nominee. Blame a media complex that has misled you about the polls. Don't blame me. I tried to tell ya. Joy ain't enough. Trump is Hitler ain't, neither. (I know the grammar is bad. Did it on purpose. Live with it.)

Late addendum afterthought: She doesn't work hard enough on the campaign trail, either.

Post Hurricane and Reunion: Election Quick Hitters - 10/21/2024

I've been busy with moving out of our condo, two hurricanes, and my annual USMC reunion, so I haven't had a chance to post here. A few things about the upcoming election:

CBS editing and reworking Kamala's answers for her interview (the edits were egregious and make 60 minutes more an in-kind campaign donor than news organization) may not be criminal, but ought to be. If the fucking show don't end with "Paid for by the committee to elect Kamala Harris", then what they did ought NOT be allowed unless noted as campaign matter, as opposed to journalism. CBS has no integrity. None. People who watch and trust CBS are gullible and stupid. No, not stupid, fucking stupid. You're fucking stupid if you trust CBS. Yeah, you.

Merrick Garland suing states to stop them from cleaning up FILTHY election registration rolls tells me they plan to cheat and he plans to assist them.

I don't trust most polls, but the ones I give most credibility to seem to have moved to Trump in the last month. I'm still not sure if he can get beyond the margin of cheating or not.

Kamala Harris' campaign is a joke. "What you gonna do about this?" "Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump." "What do you think about that?" "Trump Trump Trumpety Trump." "And finally, what makes you qualified?" "I am not Trump."

Trump is outworking Harris by at least a factor of two, maybe three. I don't give a rat's ass what MSNBC or CNN told you.

Do you believe Kamala Harris really worked at McDonald's? I don't. I think she's lying about it.

Trump's McDonald's campaign stunt, on the other hand, was an instant classic and incredibly genius marketing. If you don't recognize it as such, you're fucking stupid. Go back to watching CBS, it'll make you feel better.

Trump is outworking Harris, doing so here at the Mickey D's drive-thru.

Hurricane Schmuricane - F*ck Them Deplorable Bastids - 10/4/2024

Asheville is the epi-center of a national disaster

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the epi-center of failed leadership.

I saw all kinds of leftist bullshit double-talk today about FEMA not having enough money for hurricane relief. I also saw credible reports of FEMA blocking non-FEMA entities from entering devastated areas to provide relief.

Let's talk about the issue of FEMA not having the money. Arguments against FEMA's being broke point out DHS and FEMA moneys in the hundreds of millions has gone to sheltering and other costs of the Biden/Harris immigration disaster. Arguments in FEMA's defense either say the money came from a different bucket where it wasn't FEMA moneys used, or where it was FEMA money, that it doesn't count, because it came from a different line item in FEMA's budget.

Money is money. I have been consistent on this. The Biden/Harris immigration disaster is a national embarrassment. Maybe I could talk all about that some other time. Right now the point is we have 15 or 20 million people here either illegally or through some kabuki twisted law bending by the Biden/Harris Administration to try to hide the real magnitude of the problem from us. All these people here illegally are costing us a lot of money. Who's getting gift cards, cell phones, being put up in hotels, flown around, etc., not to mention who's in jail or been deported or whatever. Don't even try to tell me it hasn't cost us a shit-ton of real money. I don't care what bucket it was in or what line item it was on. I do not care. If the people  who are telling us they don't have the money hadn't precipitated an avalanche of illegal migrants, and winked at a deluge of other legal *wink-wink* immigrants, then all the money it cost might be available. That's it. They're here because of the Biden/Harris Administration's policies and they are costing us money we don't have to help hurricane victims. Goddamned Vice President Harris first was talking about $750 to help families affected by Helene. Now it's almost up to $900.

Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been lying about it, but the goddamned FAA and DOT have been blocking private relief flights and vehicle passage into affected areas. Even Elon Musk, who is offering to provide Starling Internet connectivity in affected areas has had his trucks turned away. Many, many reports of private entities trying to help who are being shut out. It's a grave and mortal sin, once again being committed by the Biden / Harris Administration. Three reasons come to mind why they would do this, one legit, maybe, and the others not so much. Let me start with those.

1) Money. Private interests raise their own money which then can't be awarded and controlled by the Biden / Harris government. Imagine a church helping out! OMG Noooooooo! Can't have that. Churches might not respect gender affirmation or pronouns or abortions or something. NFW. Can't have that.

2) Bad PR. All those non government types get in there, who knows what will leak out? People will surely come to criticize the ineptness and inadequacy of the Biden / Harris Administration's response a mere 30 days from a Presidential Election. Noooooo!

3) The only potentially legit reason, so that relief efforts are well coordinated and good command and control is applied to them., Well, that sounds good, but you've got incompetence at DHS, incompetence in DOT, incompetence in HHS... in the Biden / Harris Admin, there is incompetence everywhere. This points back again to #2, bad PR. Lemme add a #4.

4) The people in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida are a bunch of white redneck pricks who are liable to vote for Trump. Do you think the Biden / Harris Administration gives two shits about them. Hell no they don't. Hey, if Biden / Harris get lucky, maybe a bunch of them redneck Trumptards won't be able to vote and Kamala will win a swing state. Why would I even think or type that? Wrong question. The right question is, "Why in the hell WOULDN'T I?"

While I'm at it, I saw a post on X by Secretary Antony Blinken this evening. He was talking about the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon and how his department was giving something around $175 million to relief aid to Hezbollah... oops, hopefully Lebanon, but honestly we all know it more likely winds up in the hands of Hezbollah.

For good measure, I heard the portable energy units that might be used to repair the power grid? Oops. Sorry, you deplorable, redneck Trumptard insurrectionist bastids, they're not available, as they're in Ukraine. Ukraine needs them they got a war and all.

Quick Hitters on a Thursday - 9/26/2024

 Harris Interview

I heard quite a few excerpts from the Kamala Harris/Stephanie Ruhle interview. Kamala Harris is and will be a train wreck for our country. Again and again she talks in circles, saying little, but trying to sound smart. There was a Saturday Night Live skit a little over 40 years ago, I remember a line, or at least the way it went. It had pirates and it was something like: "We are manly men and we do things in a manly manner as only a man could be expected to perform them." Well, listening to the thing yesterday, substitute "holistic" for "manly" and that exactly how she talks. Oftentimes, she brings to mind a line from Talking Heads" "You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything." She almost always reminds me of a kid who didn't read the book trying to bullshit his or her way through an oral book report.

And when she does say something of substance, it usually falls into one of two categories for me. First, it makes me think she simply isn't smart enough to be President. I'll stop short of calling her "stupid" or "dumb", but I am comfortable saying that she's NOT smart enough to be President. Sorry if you don't like it. I said what I said. It's not about gender of skin color, it's about grey matter. Grey matter matters.

Note that Stephanie Ruhle, who interviewed Kamala Harris, doesn't feel it's important that the VP answer questions. After all, she's not Trump and that's ALL that matters.

Biden / Harris Administration Weaponization

The Biden / Harris Administration is ruthless in pursuing it's "enemies" by any and all means. This week we learned that the SEC is investigating the Elon Musk purchase of Twitter, which is now called "X". Elon's crime: enabling free speech and giving voice to those of us opposed to Biden, Harris, and their awful policies and agenda. Biden / Harris even have the FAA slow walking Musk's Space X programs.

We also learned this week that the Justice Department is targeting New York Mayor Eric Adams. Adams, you may recall, publicly criticized Biden / Harris immigration policy. That's a no-no and WILL be punished.

Assassination Teams Here to get Trump

Donald Trump, paraphrasing here, said if Iran  If they were successful in a leading Presidential candidate's assassination, if he was president he'd level Iranian cities. I have to agree. Before I heard the Trump comments, my thinking is and has been, if we learn with certainty that Iran is behind assassination squads, they need to be SEVERELY punished militarily. I don't mean some symbolic missile attack, I mean punishment that will hamper their military, infrastructure, and economy for a decade or more. And if they were successful in getting Trump, their entire government needs to be eradicated from the face of the earth, permanently. I said what I said.

Trust in Government

My trust in the U.S. government is at an all-time low. I simply do not trust our elected government. Neither do I trust the un-elected bureaucracy. But least of all is my trust in our three letter agencies. Exactly which three letter agencies do I speak of? Easy enough. All of 'em. I don't trust none of 'em. My distrust extends in many cases to local governments, especially as it relates to lawfare against Trump and crooked elections. You want me to think elections are ok? Well, someone other than the cheating governments, crooked elected officials, and our dishonest press corps is going to have to convince me otherwise. So far I haven't seen none of that.

Israel vs. Hezbollah

Let me put it simply: On an early Sunday morning in October, 1983 Hezbollah killed 241 U.S. military personnel while they slept. 220 Marines, 18 Sailors, and 3 Soldiers. As far as I'm concerned, the more terrorist scum Israel eliminate, the better. All of them is the right number.

"Who's next?" - 9/22/2024

"So I wanna thank you all for being here, and now uh... who am I introducing next?" Joe Biden looks confused, and perhaps frustrated. After a pause, blurts out: "Who's next?"

After another short pause a woman's voice comes on the PA and introduces the Prime Minster of India, Narendra Modi.

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "Who's next", Joe. Wake TF up!

 

Hindustan Times Story on Biden Gaffe 

Joe Biden is NOT running our country. Gaffes like this are why he's kept hidden from us most of the time. I will not be persuaded to forget how the press (remember when Morning Joe called him "The best Joe Biden ever"), and Democrats, including and especially Kamala Harris lied to us again and again about his cognitive health.

These same press, Democrats, and Kamala Harris make a living calling Trump a liar and meanwhile they themselves lie, lie, lie, and lie again. The "best Joe Biden ever" can't remember where he is, what he's doing, or who he's introducing. None of that matters, right, because "Trump is a liar." And who can forget the un-democratically nominated Harris, installed by political coup d'etat, as they cry out in unison, "Trump is a threat to democracy."

The gaslighting of Joe Scarborough, Karin Jean-Pierre, Kamala Harris, and others may work on willful, useful idiots on the left, but it ain't working on me. A President by Committee of un-elected, unaccountable, anonymous bureaucrats and power brokers is totally un-democratic and absolutely unacceptable. That's your "threat to democracy."

Rewriting History and Telling (anti-Trump) Lies - 9-21-2024

I could probably write a long, long piece about several different topic to make this point. I think of Jan 6th, 2021, when Trump sought National Guard troops in case the protests got out of hand. Several insubordinate military officers ignored him due to optics. Trump asked people to march peacefully and patriotically. Democrats and the media, sorry for the redundancy, will say and stop at nothing to keep alive the lie that none of that happened, or mattered, or changes their narrative of the days unfortunate events in any way.

I'm going in a different direction, though, the old Democrat standby: "Trump-Russia collusion". Over dinner recently, a dear and wonderful family member casually mentioned the danger in a Trump Presidency is because of his "relationship with Putin." I graciously declined to engage due to the nature of the gathering and my fondness and respect for her. It was wrong place and time, and futile, anyway, to wade into a full on debate. Then, just yesterday, I saw a post on X about Trump's secret meeting with Putin in 2018. I'm not going to look any of this up. Lemme go from memory:

The 2016 Trump-Russia collusion story was a Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party hoax, financed and perpetrated to swing the election to the evil, diabolical even, witch-bitch herself, HRC. It didn't work, but it was used very effectively by Democrats and the Deep State to undermine Trump's first term in office. Eat a big fat turd with your coffee while you watch Morning Joe and listen to NPR if you think since I think there's a Deep State it makes me a conspiracy theorist.

Trump and Putin photographed at so-called 'secret meeting'.

Did the Russians meddle? Sure. They bought some Facebook ads. How much would a goddamned Facebook ad shape your vote? Me neither.

Let me bring up a couple of very inconvenient facts, Democrats:

Russia/Putin annexed Crimea. Who was President when this happened? President Barack Obama, Joe Biden VP. It did not happen while Trump was President.

Russia/Putin invaded Ukraine. Who was President when this happened? President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris VP. It did not happen while Donald Trump was President.

Here is a comprehensive list of countries Russia invaded during the Trump Presidency: "0". None. zero. Zip. Nada.

Getting back to 2016, and then. to Trump's so-called "secret" meeting with Putin in 2018. Yeah, they met. Helsinki, I think. And I think the reason, if I recall correctly, was for Trump to confront Putin about 2016. If it turns out the meeting was to prevent a Russian excursion into Ukraine or somewhere else while Trump was in office, good for Trump. The military industrial complex has its fingers so deep into the political establishment (looking at YOU, Democrats), Trump NOT having any wars on his watch became and remains very good reason they want to stop him, defeat him.

I get you don't like him. But I'm tired of the lies and dishonesty. Here's a short list of Kamala Harris/Democrat lies going around now. How many have you bought into, Democrats?

• Project 2025
• National Total Abortion ban
• "Very fine people" hoax
• Trump dictator Day 1
• Afghanistan withdrawal disaster Trump's fault
• Kamala never said she would ban fracking
• Trump rally goers bored, leave early
• Police died Jan 6th
• "Bloodbath" hoax
• Trump will outlaw IVF
• Kamala won't take away guns
• Trump's "relationship" with Putin
• Trump incited Jan 6th crowd
• Biden/Harris no US troops in combat zones