May 23, 2026
The Ruling Class
Timothy Birdnow
Pollster Scott Rasmussen finds the ruling elites hate democracy.
Yes, a huge majority say Americans have too much freedom and think they should be ruling the country. Oh, and they are fine with cheating to keep control.
Worse still are the "Politically Active Elites," members of that same elite class who engage with politics daily. In what may be the most alarming polling result I've ever seen, 69% of these Politically Active Elites would rather see their side cheat to win than accept the judgment of voters.
That is not merely offensive. It is a direct affront to the core American ideals of self-government, political equality and freedom. It’s a scandal that they play such an important role in driving the nation’s political dialogue.
This is true of both Republicans and Democrats. No wonder we feel we have a Uniparty; we do.
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Proud Boys, Oathkeepers Have Records Expunged
Timothy Birdnow
Donald Trump had commuted the sentences of the Proud Boys and Oathkeepers for the J6 self-guided Capitol tour, but now the D.C. Court of Squeals, er, Appeals, has ordered their records be expunged.
Jamie "Rat-Kin" Raskin was beside himself, demanding the courts not allow the DOJ to ask for the case to be dismissed. They were about to do just that and so the court acted now to pre-empt the matter.Ratkin doesn't understand that the courts have no authority over the DOJ; it's separation of powers.
The great setup that was J6 is ending with a whimper. And Trump has set up that relief fund for victims of this lawfare, which has Democrat heads exploding and a fair number of Republicans to boot.
History will show that this was always a hoax. America has been chock-full of hoaxes for some time now. I suspect history will recognize that some day.
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Gone Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard is out.
She cited her husband's cancer as the reason for her exit, although rumors have been swirling for months that Trump was dissatisfied with her performance.
This NDT article theorizes it was because of a disagreement about the Iran war.
Anyway Gabbard is out.
There have been rumors swirling that she was on her way out. She backed Joe Kent, that guy who came out trashing Trump, for instance. He had been sort of a protege' to her.
I never thought she was that great to begin with so am not overly concerned she's gone. Problem is finding someone who will be loyal and capable of doing the job. Oh, and being confirmed by the angry RINO's in the Senate who have apparently declared war on Mr. Trump.
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Let's Be Frank
Timothy Birdnow
What the media is leaving out of Barney Frank's obituary.
How RACIST to say Frank's life is being Whitewashed!
But it is so. This deals with the sex call ring Barney's boy toy ran out of his apartment in D.C. But there's more than just a call boy ring; it employed underage boys, even children. It was a massive pedophile scandal involving many others. In point of fact it was undoubtedly the genesis of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
Frank never paid for that. His lover said Barney knew full well it was happening but Congress just let him off with a slap on the wrist (he was at least hoping it would be on his bare bottom) and the media tossed it down the memory hole as soon as possible.
At any rate Frank is probably in the 'tarnal flames about now. If he's not he's cooling his scorched heels in a most unpleasant purgatory.
Frank and the way he was allowed to continue his reign of error shows that evil had penetrated Washington, that our government was evil and a dark, satanic force was at work in the citadel of power.
Let's remember Frank as a cautionary tale, not as a hero.
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In the Shadow of the Scenario (Or How I Learned to Quit Worrying and Love Climate Change)
Timothy Birdnow
This was written by Anthony Watts:
Scientists Spent 20 Years Scaring Our Kids with a Climate Model They Knew Was Flawed
For nearly 20 years, a hidden assumption inside a climate computer model has been scaring the hope for a good future out of your children.
Last week, the scientists behind it finally admitted what critics had been saying all along: The most-often-used climate scenario was implausible. It was never going to happen.
more...
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Mangione Wins Big in Court - Again
The Left has created a two tiered justice system and this article proves it. Luigi Mangione (no, he's not an Italian plumber but rather the guy who shot United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson) is going to walk thanks to a liberal judge who just dismissed the evidence against him.
From the article:
Altoona, Pennsylvania, police unlawfully searched Mangione’s backpack without a warrant while questioning him at a McDonald’s in December 2024 over UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder that month in New York City, New York Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro said in a Monday ruling. The prohibited evidence includes a gun magazine, cellphone, passport, wallet and computer chip.
How, pray tell, could police expect to find ANYONE if they couldn't search their personal effects? The fact is when you are in a public place you never do have Fourth Amendment protections, haven't had them for decades thanks to a series of Supreme Court rulings over the years. It's why cops just search your car if you get pulled over, no warrant, no problem.
The dopey judge did allow the admission of a journal found in the backpack after Mangione was brought into the station. (What makes that different than the stuff found on the scene?) I would point out there was probable cause; a crew member at the McDonalds recognized him and called the cops.
The article continues:
"As [an officer] approached the table where the backpack was, he asked [Mangione] if there was anything in the bag they needed to know about,” Carro said, summarizing the police encounter. "Defendant responded that he was ‘just going to remain silent.’ [Officers] then proceeded to search the defendant’s backpack.”
The details of the search do not fit any "exigent circumstances” that would legally allow a warrantless search under the Fourteenth Amendment, Carro ruled.
I don't know about the laws of New York but here in Missouri if you are in a public place and cops ask to look in your bag you don't have a choice - and you aren't getting off on that technicality.
I suspect this next part is a flub by the writer, but this sounds like some of the judges they are appointing these days. Katanja Brown Jackson anyone?
The details of the search do not fit any "exigent circumstances” that would legally allow a warrantless search under the Fourteenth Amendment, Carro ruled.
I believe judge Carro means the FOURTH. As far as I know Luigi Mangione was never a slave.
At any rate a Biden judge has already taken the death penalty off the table for no good reason except this guy killed a capitalist, and we all know they have it coming, right? I fear justice is not going to be served here. I wouldn't be surprised to see Mangione get off with ten years, out in seven.
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Another New Phenomenon that isn't in the IPCC
Timothy Birdnow
So we knew absolutely nothing about this. Question: how does this impact climate? It was not factored into the IPCC reports, after all.
Hokkaido University
Summary:
Mysterious red auroras spotted over Japan were found reaching astonishingly high altitudes, even during space storms considered relatively mild. The discovery suggests hidden solar activity may be stronger than scientists realized — with potential consequences for satellites orbiting Earth.
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Beefeaters
Timothy Birdnow
Let's chew the fat, shall we!
Why is this "surprising"? Any diabetic knows this.
Suck on that Vegan prudes!
You do still have to worry about cholesterol, of course, but beef is just fine.
I've long known that and that's why I eat a lot of beef. It's especially important since I am on a very low sodium diet; meat, especially the fattier cuts, can be seasoned with garlic and onion and pepper and made quite palatable without the addition of salt. And it does not spike the blood sugar. IF I had a cholesterol problem and blocked arteries it would be different of course, but I am blessed in having clear veins, even if I do have heart problems.
There's a reason why British Yeoman Warders of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress are called Beefeaters! They ate beef for a good reason.
At any rate if you are diabetic go nuts; feast on the fleshiest, most delicious steak or that wonderful hamburger smothered in mushroom and onion. You earned it.
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May 22, 2026
Abiogenesis
This from Dr. Lyle Hancock:
A great challenge I tried to quantify (and failed) is when lightning strikes the primordial soup and produces both left hand and right-hand amino acids in equal numbers and in the same space, somehow the left and the right had to be separated and isolated such that they didn't come in contact and annihilate each other. All proteins of life on Earth comprises left-hand amino acid molecules. Since DNA didn't exist at the time to provide instructions to form a cell membrane to separate the two, I can't imagine how any non-symmetric process separated the two such that they would remain isolated long enough to become the very base building blocks of all life on Earth.
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Albrexit
Timothy Birdnow
Hopefully the 51st U.S. state!
FTA:
Premier Danielle Smith says Albertans will be able to vote in the fall on whether they want the province to hold a binding referendum on separating from Canada.
In a pre-recorded speech broadcast Thursday evening, Smith said a question will be added to a provincewide referendum in October that will ask, "Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?”
Smith said a vote in favour of separation doesn’t trigger the process, but will instead allow Alberta to start a legal process required to hold a binding referendum.
There had been a petition circulating to press for a vote to secede from Canada and a Court of Kigs judge (that would be a good name for a whiskey) suppressed it. Apparently Madam Smith was triggered by the court ruling and so is attaching this to a referendum that, if approved, will lead to an independence referendum. So typically Canadian - have a vote to decide if you are going to have a vote.
So what happens if Alberta does secede? The Dominion of Canada is likely to add so many herefors and wherefors and the like that the whole thing will collapse of it's own weight. The only logical course for the Albertans is to apply for annexation to the U.S. I doubt they will ever be an independent country. Canada will see to that.
Alberta is most dissatisfied with Mark Carney and his leftist agenda, particularly his Gang Green-ous policies that are preventing oil-rich Alberta from accessing their own province's wealthy.
Well, they are welcome here, and two Conservative Senators would be most welcome in these United States, as well as the oil. Granted, the whole thing might shift back to Bidenism, but adding them would certainly be a boon to us. After all, the Democrats are talking about making Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. into states so as to tip the balance of power - why shouldn't we do likewise? Alberta would be Trump country.
We'd be even more oil-rich than we are now, I might add.
Canada never made sense as a nation, and it's whole existence is predicated on their not being Americans. Nothing more binds them together. It's amazing the whole rotten structure has lasted as long as it has.
And I suspect if Alberta leaves the Dominion then so too will Quebec, which has long sought to do so. Quebec never did belong in Canada anyway; it is a Franco culture in a large Anglo one and has always demanded special privileges.
So Canada will probably break up. British Columbia would likely become a nation of it's own too, and Ontario will dominate the remains as Saskatchewan and Manitoba lack the population that Ontario has. So we may well get three separate countries out of secession, and the only good one will join us in the states. Canada will slip from a fourth rate power to a tenth rate power (not that anyone would notice) and the U.S. would just get stronger.
I'd like to have the Yukon Territory too. That would just be fun.
It's going to take a long time, but Brexit didn't happen overnight. The British are still fighting over it. Albrexit is an idea whose time has come.
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I can't say I'm in favor of it. Canadians aren't the same as we Americans are, when it comes to "Liberals" and "Conservatives," and they don't have the same ideas as we do regarding our Bill of Rights, especially the first two Articles thereof. Yes, it would be nice to have the oil, but I'd not at all want to trust them where it comes to fitting into our politics. Leave 'em where they are, who they are.
And for Heaven's sakes, let 'em keep that stuff they call "bacon!"
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Very true Dana but Alberta is more like an American state than a Canadian province; far, far more conservative than the rest of the country. I think we could integrate them fairly well.
I wouldn't want the rest of Canada. It would hand the Democrats a permanent majority.
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Putin Says He Will Support Cuba
Timothy Birdnow
With what? Rocks?
How can Putin project any kind of power in the Western Hemisphere at this point?
Russia can't even take tiny Ukraine.
Putin is saying this to bolster his street cred while knowing Cuba is toast. He only came out now because it's too late and he figures he can at least get on record saying he condemns the U.S. actions.
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Terri Garr in Schlitz Commercial
Timothy Birdnow
As I recently posted, Schlitz beer is done, going out like th Etzel. But here is something you all might really like, at least fans of Terri Garr:
She starred in a commercial for Schlitz beer back in the Sixties. Enjoy!
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Oh my! I was never wild about Schlitz, but I'd take Terri any day!
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Wisconsin WAS Paying SNAP to Illegals
Timothy Birdnow
Did anyone doubt it?
We've been bribing aliens to come and stay for years now.
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Young Man Get's Throat Cut: Who's to Blame?
Timothy Birdnow
No details given on the race of either, nor of any motive. How much you want to bet the victim is white and the attacker not so much?
I suspect the attacker may have sported a head covering and had Muhammed somewhere in his name. The fact the police refused to give any information out about this speaks volumes. In America, some are more equal than others and white males are about as low on that particular totem pole as you can get.
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UAE Half Done Building OIl Pipeline
Timothy Birdnow
Good news!
I knew this had been an ongoing project but it was often stalled during more peaceable times because it was not needed. But since Iran closed the strait it became clear the UAE needed to finish this.
This will mean UAE port cities will flourish as tankers will pull up to them in the Gulf of Arabia to take on oil rather than cruise through the strait. This will mean Iran will not be able to impose a toll. This will be a prime target for the Iranians in the coming months, rest assured, if Trump doesn't take out all of their mid-range capabilities.
The idea of building a canal to cut off Hormuz has long been floated, but it would require crossing the mountains - which would mean locks - and those huge supertankers couldn't do it. The pipeline is easier in that the big tankers can offload oil there and another can pick it up on the opposite side. No muss, no fuss.
The new pipeline is halfway there.
At present the UAE has reactivated an old pipeline capable of moving about one and a half million barrels a day. That is woefully inadequate. The new pipeline will more than double this amount.
Twenty percent of the world's oil moves out of the Persian Gulf. Iran is holding all this hostage
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Talk of Economic Malaise Greatly Exaggerated
Timothy Birdnow
This is interesting; a new Fox poll suggests Trump and Republicans are in trouble over the economy.
From the article:
Polling by Fox News shows public sentiment on President Donald J. Trump’s economy is souring, with 77 percent of voters now describing the economy as being in bad shape, up from 73 percent last month and 71 percent a year ago. Only 23 percent view it positively, the lowest share in more than a year. Trump’s overall economic approval rating now sits at 29 percent, down from 34 percent in April. Inflation is his weakest area, with approval at only 24 percent—a drop from 35 percent in January. Even Republicans give Trump’s economic performance majority disapproval, at 51 percent, while among independents and Democrats, disapproval stands at 85 percent and 96 percent, respectively.
How can this be so? Inflation has not spiked,
unemployment is down over the last five year trend, wages are up, the stock market is up. In fact, the Dow just
hit a new record high. And while gas prices are up the cost of gasoline STILL is well under what it was during the Biden era. Yes, inflation has risen from 2.2% to 3.8% but that is a temporary spike caused by rising gas prices, and that is still well below the inflation rate under Joe Biden, who drove inflation all the way up to 9% at one point.
And we are expected to have more people traveling this Memorial Day that at any other time in history, which shows people have the money and are not feeling particularly worried about the economy.
The whole "affordability crisis" is a hoax, a psy-op, a gaslighting scheme. The public is doing very well, by and large, and the economy is strong no matter what people THINK. So why do they think it? Largely because they are being told there is an affordability crisis, that's why, and because most people have the memory of a gnat and have forgotten how much worse it was under Biden than now. All they know is gas prices are up and groceries haven't come down that much, but that was to be expected; we have to have DEFLATION for that, and deflation is even more destructive in many ways to inflation. It locks up lending. If you need to borrow money you will have to turn over your first-born to get credity in a heavily deflationary cycle.
That's why there was the whole "free silver" movement in the last nineteenth century. Farmers in particular were being creamed by tight credit; farmers always have to borrow, especially if there is bad weather and they are facing a poor crop. They couldn't get loans. So the Populists came along and promised to have some good old fashioned INFLATION and to do that they wanted to go off the gold standard and to a bimetallic standard, thus increasing the money supply. Increase the money supply and you increase inflation, thus ending the cycle of deflation. (BTW you get pay CUTS under deflation rather than raises. We were perilously close to deflation over the last year and that's why wages haven't gone up as much as we would like.)
Democrat William Jennings Bryan co-opted the Populist Party platform and gave his immortal "Cross of Gold" speech in which he likened the gold standard to the crucifix upon which the American People were being crucified. It made his name immortal but in the end all Bryan ever did thereafter was give variations of that speech. He didn't become President. (He DID become Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson and resigned in disgust at Wilson's determination to get us into WWI, but that's another story.)
At any rate we've been in a low inflationary period since Biden, and we've only had the inflation we have had because Congress has continued to blow vast sums of money, leading the Fed to be forced to print more or risk deflation and a lockup of capital markets.
Still, this is indeed a golden age, as Trump asserts, in many ways and our economy is certainly robust enough. But the media nad the "influencers" on Tik Tok and the other social platforms keep repeating the lie that the economy is in shambles.
I remember the George H.W. Bush re-election. The economy was fine but the media began repeating endlessly that we were going into a recession. This went on for months. Eventually we had a small recession as investors got spooked and Bill Clinton was able to capitalize on that "the worst economy in history". Or as Al Gore said "everything that should be down is up, and everything that should be up is down". Yes, and his hindquarters were up and speaking while his central nervous system was down where the aforementioned body parts were supposed to be.
The media can indeed create a recession out of whole cloth, just by talking the economy down. Bush Sr. was to obtuse to realize that was what they were doing - or too beholden to the old guard Republicans.
At any rate I do not believe many of the polls we are seeing these days. Case in point; a Rasmussen poll I posted about recently said the public solidly supports Democrats over Republicans where it comes to immigration. That is beyond at odds with reality; if Americans are truly that nuts our country is finished. No, I think it was a problem with the way the poll was run, with the algorithms. All pollsters use the same algorithms and when one changes they all change.
And always at this juncture before an election people are not telling pollsters what they truly believe but are often ranting just to feel better. That will change as the election nears and they actually start THINKING. Now it is all emotional bloviating.
We always see the Left doing fine in polls at this point; the polls tighten considerably as the election nears. Part of that is the pollsters don't want to be caught being that far off at election time so the public stops listening to them (and consultants stop hiring them.)
At any rate I think we are in better shape with the public on this issue than Fox News or the rest want to admit. Fox is showing their colors here, methinks, by spreading doom and gloom now. This is intended to try to force Trump to get in line with the GOP Establishment thinking, which of course dominates Fox. (Look at the board of directors there - Karl Rove and the other BUshites).
So chin up! We aren't doing as bad as they claim. At least I certainly hope not.
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Biden's Weaponized Lawfare Took all My Money and All I Got was This Lousy Tee-shirt!
Timothy Birdnow
Another RiNO betrayal in the U.S. Senate.
So those whose lives were ruined, who were bankrupted, by the Biden DOJ which weaponized the law to punish political enemies are just supposed to like it or lump it then?
This is yet more proof there is a uniparty that values it's own power and privilege over doing what is right.
It must be understood that this fund was created to compensate all victims of lawfare.
J.D. Vance explained:
"Republicans can apply for it. Democrats can apply for it, If Hunter Biden wants to apply for this particular fund, he is welcome to."
And it is money that was awarded PERSONALLY to President Trump by the IRS in compensation for their leaking of his tax documents. Trunp could have kept it but he didn't.
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Senate Passes War Powers Resolution
Timothy Birdnow
The Senate voted to implement the War Powers Act, with the recently deposed Bill Cassidy casting the deciding vote to demand the Trump Administration withdraw from Iran. Cassidy had previously opposed any pullout. (Goes to show he's just a petty douchbag who cares more about screwing Trump for not supporting him than about the good of the country.)
Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Also voted for the measure. All three of these turncoats need to be primaried and removed from office.
Had Rand Paul just voted present the measure would have failed. Rand Paul is a fool, unable to differentiate a threat from any other policy.
Collins and Murkowski are just scumbags and idiots.
John Fetterman (D-Penn.), voted against it. Three Republicans, Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) were absent. I'm very disappointed with Tuberville;he is a good Senator and should not have missed this vote. Cornyn and Tillis were no surprise - they also are scumbag idiots.
Every serious political thinker knew Cassidy would flip as soon as he reached lame duck status, and he's going to remain a thorn in Trump's side until the next Congress. Ditto Cornyn. Tillis has been nothing but a thorn poking at the tender flesh all along and now that he's leaving Congress of his own volition he's going to really screw the American People. Next Year can't come soon enough.
Democrat Senator Chris Murphy justified it this way:
"Peace negotiations are stuck and so day after day after day grocery prices climb, gas prices climb.”
What kind of deal does he think we'll get if we remove all leverage? I mean, that is the stupidest thing a leader could say. We only have negotiations at all because of the threat of American power being exercised. Take that away and Iran will declare victory. We'll lose support from all our Gulf allies, and a number of others, who will realize American cannot protect them and will make a deal with Iran. I would add Murphy wasn't concerned when gas prices were higher than now under Joe Biden solely because of the Green movement and Biden's kowtowing to climate alarmism. Nor did he care about grocery prices back then.
He has zero alternative - just "must stop Trump".
One must ask, why are the Democrats and the fellow-traveler Republicans so hell-bent on ending this? If it is such a quagmire wouldn't that serve the Democratic interests? The American People would turn against the GOP and hand a landslide to the Democrats come November. And there is no way they are doing it out of principle and love of the American People. Covid and Green Energy and illegal immigration have shown the Democrats don't care so much about the public as about their political power. So they think ending this war will increase their political power. That means...
They know what Trump is doing is going to work. They've known it all along. They fear it because it will make Trump a war president, a VICTORIOUS war president. They fear that more than most things.
And certainly if we are not in a shooting match at the moment then it's not American lives they worry about. We aren't losing any right now. They should prefer the negotiations. But they complain about the negotiations and they complain about the military actions when those are ongoing. What they do not do is offer any constructive alternatives.
This measure will go to the House where it will be debated. Logically it will die there (we hope) but who knows? Mike Johnson should do what Schumer did with the impeachment of Mayorkas (Biden's Homeland Security Secretary); simply refuse to even allow it to come to the floor for a vote. I think he can do that. If not he's going to have to make it perfectly clear if any Republicans defect he's going to bring the Wrath of the Most High down on that person. This is too important.
The War Powers Act has never faced judicial scrutiny; no time like the present to settle that matter!
IF Tillis and Cassidy and the rest are so worried about all this why do they not start working on a declaration of war? That would solve any legal matters involving this. Naturally the Democrats wouldn't let it pass, which is why Trump didn't ask for a declaration. Also, it would bring Congress into the loop, and as we know from the Iraq War and other military ventures Congress cannot be trusted with this sort of information; they leak. Secrecy in war is absolutely vital.
Personally I wish Trump would not have paused the military operations against Iran. Iran is biding it's time, waiting for just this sort of reaction from the Quisling Congress. They know the elections are coming and all they have to do is hold on until them, with the GOP losing popularity over high gas prices every day. Democratic control of Congress means the end of any military action. And of course the War Powers Act could end it even sooner. They know this, which is why they keep stalling.
I wonder if Trump isn't waiting because of a technicality. I suspect he hopes to be able to say "the WPA no longer applies because there was too much time between hot actions". This way he'd have a justification to take it to SCOTUS right away. He doesn't want to argue the Act itself as unconstitutional (that may well not break his way) but the application of the Act. He may be looking for solid legal ground.
I don't know but time is not on our side here. We need this wrapped up soon so the economy can recover and the post-war boom will shatter the Democrats. Oh, and we will rid the world of a real danger to everyone, not just us.
To win a war you have to break the will of the enemy, make them FEEL defeated. The IRGC has yet to feel defeated, largely because we have yet to unleash the full might of our military on them. Until that happens they will jerk us around. There is no negotiated peace deal coming, at least not one Iran will honor. The only way that happens is if we destroy their infrastructure and bankrupt the whole country. I hate that it has to come to that but the Iranian theocracy set the rules of engagement that way. We have to play by their rules.
At any rate every Republican who voted with the Democrats needs to be punished in some way. Not sure how to do that to the retirees (willing or otherwise) but certainly that broad up in Alaska and the Maine-iac can be hurt through political pressure. But they must be punished one way or another. They require some squeezing.
If fools and children lead a nation that nation suffers. The Bible says that a nation gets the leadership it deserves, and that is why for so long we've had such horrible leadership. America got what it asked for. But we had enough righteous people in this country that God raised up a champion. Sadly he's fighting even against our erstwhile "friends". Rather like Nehemiah, who had to fight a lot of his own people to get the wall of Jerusalem rebuilt.
this is Man's work, and yet so many in Congress are silly children.
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