Timothy Birdnow

Rats deserting a sinking ship.

NYT columnist suggests Biden’s ‘decline’ and possibility of ‘health crisis’ risk Trump win in 2024
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They know Biden will lose. It's unfair to Joe; all he did was what they told him to do. But he was always there as the fall guy. I think he was too stupid to realize that.

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So Hunter Weiner Biden is being charged with a gun crime. Interesting.

First, I find it interesting because he's being charged WITH A GUN CRIME and not over the corruption and bribery that is the meat of his illegal activities, or with the drugs. Democrats hate guns and if they have to take him out they would love to do it with a criminal gun charge. I would add Biden would get 25 years for essentially exercising his Constitutional right to a firearm.

So they assault the Second Amendment in the process of charging the Weiner Hunter.

Second, we must ask what this will do, and consider the timing. This will tie up multiple witnesses, who will be prevented from testifying before Congress. This is the key here; Kevin McCarthy just announced an impeachment inquiry and BLAM! Hunter gets charged by Weiss. The two cannot possibly be coincidental; there are no coincidences in politics. No, it was designed to kneecap any investiagions by the House as part of the impeachment inquiry.

It will also gin up support for 10% Joe, the Big Guy. Continuing with an impeachment inquiry will appear to be beating u on a senile old man. (I suspect Biden has actually been manuevered or outright told to play the senile old man in order to divert attention away from his Adminstration's policies and make America feel sorry for him. It c ertainly helped Biden during the 2020 campaign, especially the debate where squishy moderates thought Trump mean for going after Abe Simpson there.)

Of course nothing can tie a gun charge to Joe Biden.

BUT I suspect this is a shot across the bow for Captain Peachfuzz; they are letting him know they can and will take him out if they must. This is their way of saying to Biden he had better obey if they tell him to quit. They can let Hunter off the hook if needed, or not. And they can go after him as easily as Hunter.

Another point; this will be tried either in California or D.C. What are the odds of Hunter being convcted in either place? Pretty slim. And if Hunter IS convicted Joe can simply pardon him.

Any way you look at this it means the Democrats win. This was and is a way to short-circuit the House investigations and immunize the Biden family as long as they continue to play ball.

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Diane Kimura

UST IN: US National Debt is now up a massive $1.5 trillion since the debt ceiling "crisis.”

Over the last 3 months alone, the US has added $500 billion PER MONTH to the national debt, on average.

Over the last 5 years, US debt is up a whopping 54%.

Meanwhile, YTD interest expense just passed $800 BILLION.

The US just released their latest budget report for August.

CBO estimates now show a $2 trillion deficit next year.

Spending is simply out of control. Taxpayers are supporting a bloated, corrupt, and inefficient government ruling class and corruption targeting lawful citizens while we are forced to support the 6 mil illegal immigrants who have entered the US since Jan. 2020. That number will be closer to 8 - 9 mil by this time Biden leaves office.

These numbers are so large it’s hard to believe.

This is a crisis.

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We all knew it.

Canada’s mass grave hoax is another irreversible lie of the cultural Left
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The Left can't tell the truth. They are forever libeling normals.

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Diane Kimura

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Diane Kimura

The CIA has a venture capital firm that invests in some of the most important startups in the world.

You might know the CIA for being spies, secretly overthrowing governments, or collecting intelligence around the world that helps keep Americans safe.

In-Q-Tel is the venture capital arm of the CIA. The CIA created In-Q-Tel in February 1999 with $28 million in venture capital.

The goal was to tap into the private sector's tech expertise and deliver new commercial technologies to the CIA more rapidly. In-Q-Tel does that by investing in cutting-edge technology firms. In-Q-Tel has invested in companies like Google, Palantir, Stoke Space, and Swarm Technologies which was acquired by SpaceX.

The CIA keeps most of their investments private, but they have made over 300 investments with over 100 exits.

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James 1:7-8 : "But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.”

I've been asked of late why I put so little faith in House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The passage from the Book of James explains why.

McCarthy is a double-minded man. He frequently plays both sides of the issues. See here and here and here for a few examples. McCarthy's "business as usual" debt ceiling deal, for example, showed he's of a double mind.

I would remind everyone that McCarthy was a supporter of Donald Trump until he wasn't. He blew with the wind on that. See this. McCarthy urged Trump to resign over the J6 self-guided Capitol tour, for instance, showing he's not a fighter nor a very bright man.

The fact is the Freedom Caucus resisted McCarthy's elevation to Speakership precisely because they knew him to be vacillating.

And McCarthy was besties with Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor, both of whom lost all the respect from the GOP and even their own constituents. They called themselves the "young guns". If you can judge a person by the company they keep then McCarthy is a Neocon - as were both Cantor and Ryan.

I would remind you of what McCarthy said about the impending indictments of Donald Trump. He specifically states Americans shouldn't protest a Trump indictment.

Yes, this might have been sound strategy to avoid giving the Biden junta an excuse to circumvent the Constitution and stifle free speech. But it bespeaks a cowardly man afraid to take a stand against a very dangerous move by political rivals.

McCarthy just doesn't have enough spine.

McCarthy also has ties with people like Frank Luntz and he attended the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

so he's one of the internationalist types. Anyone who deals with Klaush Schwab and the WEF is my enemy.

I would point out that we've seen his ilk in times past and inevitably they betray us when push comes to shove. Paul Ryan is a prime example. Mitt Romney. John McCain. John Boehner. The list is very long and I could spend hours on it.

McCarthy has only done a reasonably good job because he's had a sword of Damocles hanging over his head. At any time any member of the House can declare the Speaker's seat open and remove him.

But Mr. McCarthy will have to show his allegiance to his true masters, the WEF and the Ruling Class. Conservatives are simply an irritant to him he must appease for now.

McCarthy was funded by a group of RINO donors to infiltrate and destroy the MAGA wing, according to Rolling Stone.

So I do not trust him. He serves two masters and he will love one and despise the other. History teaches us that the one he will love will be the one who can most benefit him - and that will be the Ruling Class. He'll end up despising us for taking the bread from his mouth.

The only way McCarthy is going to be faithful is if we make him. Mark my words.

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Richard Cronin

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Heels Heavenward Harris goes off the deep end:

https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-pearl-habor-911-comparison-jan-6-speech-2022-1

I caught that yesterday. She is a vile, despicable waste of human skin. Who died on Jan. 6? only a protester, shot dead by a cop.

When Pearl Harbor was attacked America lost 2403 people. On 911 we lost 2996. And there was massive amounts of property damage. In both cases we were attacked by a foreign power.

But the January 6 self-guided Capitol tour? I think one person could have paid for all the property damage without breaking their bank account, and the only death was Ashli Babbitt, a veteran and unarmed protester. Oh, and the cop who shot her was just promoted to captain.

Not only is Harris a fool, she's a nasty, hateful fool.

She dishonors the memory of those who died  in the attacks, just spits on their graves.  It dishonors our military. It dishonors our first responders.

She should  be censured by  Congress. And the GOP needs to play her comments over and over to let the whole country see what vile people are running this Administration.

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I didn't think McCarthy had it i n him.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/speaker-mccarthy-expected-endorse-impeachment-inquiry-president-biden/story?id=103114626

"Today, I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden," McCarthy said at the U.S. Capitol. "This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather the full facts and answers for the American public," he added.

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Diane Kimura

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Joe Biden just gave six BILLION dollars to Iran, in  addition to six terrorists held in U.S. custody, in return for six Iranian-Americans being held hostage by the Islamic republic.

I wouldn't think even this junta in D.C. would be that crazy.

Not only will this six billion be used to fund terrorism in the Middle East (and possibly even to attack us here) but it will only encourage more kidnappings. And it sets six terrorists loose.

Even Mitt Romney, the idiot, sees this is a bad idea.

I think instead of releasing terrorists we should sent Iran Biden, Harris, Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler, and Schiff. Shoot; I'm for giving them even more of our Democratic lawbreakers, er, makers.

To paraphrase Lenin "America will sell us the rope with which we will hang them."

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I suppose these Marines ought to count themselves lucky; they could have been assigned to do it in San Francisco...

Marines were ordered to pick up human feces before they were allowed to leave Kabul: ‘Degrading and ridiculous’
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I suppose the Biden DOD has a new mission; they order the troops to storm the fecal hill!

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I've been arguing with a liberal and this was inspired by him. Liberals are always so pure of heart and angry (except for the pure of heart part, but they believe they are).

The Angry Man

9/12/23

He was a young man, healthy, ruddy, and tan
standing arrow straight as he valiantly defended the gate
pure of heart, pure of mind
he left everyone behind
seeking what he could not find

He was true and he was proud
he eschewed the lowly crowd
he knew better even without facts
warding off all their attacks
his life a crusade of selfless acts

demanding more than any could give
he fought so hard he forgot to live
He knew the enemy when it was seen
he fiercly fought it, scrubbed it clean
the slightest bit he found obscene
the years they passed in his crusade
he slew them all with his holy blade
always conquering but never a victory
he never realized it was contradictory
his life sped by fighting others iniquity

The ruddy young man ramrod straight with the tan
turned ashen gray, bent of spine, feet of clay
but still every day in his obstinate way
he blamed everyone else and swore they would pay
he still trudged into the fray

Now a geriatric, he was palsied and sick
his legs wobbly and weak, his feet just like a brick
he had lost all his youth, burned the whole candle wick
and he wondered why
he had to know before he'd die
was it all just a trick

who was it that ruined his life
who was it that slipped in the knife

for the first time without fear he knew the enemy near
and he looked in the mirror
the view was quite clear

it was so plain to see that the enemy had always been he

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Carlos Velazquez

This post will be misunderstood, and I will get "flamed" as they used to say in the early days of the internet. Comments are always welcome as long as they are civil and do not violate my "family friendly" page requirement. See pinned post. Also, if commenting please read this post carefully. Thank you.

First a disclaimer: I think "anthropogenic global warming" or "climate change" has been blown up way out of proportion and the elite statists are, as always, looking for new crises with which to create alarm, confusion, and fear to get people inured to their increasing demands for control of society through "environmental" laws and regulations by unelected bureaucrats.

That said, two things are true which we earthlings will eventually have to deal with.

(1) Using fossil fuels long buried underground means we are transferring hydrocarbons and their related gaseous effluents, such as CO2, from below the surface of the Earth, where they have been for thousands of years, to the atmosphere. That cannot be denied. The question is where do they go? They go into the atmosphere and are absorbed in the oceans. Green plants need and use CO2. More CO2 should mean increasing greenery and forests. My concern is, as a trained engineer, have we reached STEADY STATE regarding the balance of the emission of CO2 and the use by plants and absorption rate of the oceans? And, if not, do we know how much more CO2 the oceans can absorb without deleterious effects?

(2) Forgetting about CO2 for the moment, just the fact that humans need and use energy does not negate the reality that energy used for work always generates waste heat. The 3rd Law of Thermodynamics cannot be repealed or avoided. What does this mean? Every time we drive our cars we are adding heat to the atmosphere. For example, braking creates heat so the inertial energy of the moving car is converted into heating the brakes which are cooled by the atmosphere. And that's just cars. Every industrial process and almost all human activity produces waste heat. What's the issue? The issue is that the HEAT BALANCE of Earth's atmosphere is like a delicate dance between the energy the Earth receives from the sun and the energy it radiates back into space. The Sun sends energy to Earth in the form of sunlight. This energy contains heat, which warms the Earth. When sunlight reaches Earth, some of it is absorbed by the surface, like land, water, and vegetation. This absorption warms the Earth's surface. The Earth, like any warm object, emits heat in the form of infrared radiation (heat radiation). This outgoing heat energy tries to escape into space. Again, from my engineering training, in order for the Earth's temperature not to continually increase, there has to be a STEADY STATE or heat balance situation.

Bottom line: I am NOT an alarmist or claiming this is an immediate crisis. However, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and Physics in general, are inexorable and unforgiving. It may be centuries before any serious effects result from adding more heat (and CO2) to the atmosphere than what the Earth radiates (or absorbs) and by that time you and in will no longer be here on Earth. As Christians commanded to be good stewards of God's creation, I think those issues should not be ignored, or worse, let the statist, tyrannical, elites hijack them for their malevolent purposes.


I do not disagree Carlos.

Indeed, fossil carbon is something that does not exist in our atmosphere at present, so it does change the balance of gases to a nominal degree (granted that degree has been 0.01%). But it is a long-term issue.

But there is a more pressing one.

Water vapor is by far the most important greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. And what are we doing? We have been pumping water out of deep aquifers, fossil water that has been there for millions of years. I remember years ago Roger Pielke Sr. discussed that on his blog. It concerned him a heckuva lot more than co2.

He had a point.

Your point about heat pollution is also salient. Heat is never destroyed; once created via a change in physical state - be it chemical or radiological or whatnot - heat is the most randomized form of any energy we produce. So we ARE warming the planet. Granted, our very bodies do too. But there is no way to take heat out of the system except to let some substance absorb it, and that is only temporary.

Ideally we would find a way to put this heat to work for us. Take it out of the system and apply it, recycle it as it were.

And of course the Urban Heat Island Effect is an example of heat pollution. I know; it is often associated with blacktops and other heat-holding things in the cities, but it equally applies to heat pollution.

In Larry Niven's Known Space stories one of the alien races actually moved their planet out further from their sun because of it - then eventually just ditched their sun altogether. I read that as a kid and was fascinated by the concept.

What's the answer? In my humble opinion it is space colonization. Move a lot of the industries off-world. Who cares if you overheat the Moon, or a space-based factory? I see a day when the Moon becomes the industrial heartland of our civilization. In fact I can see a day where the Moon takes over as the center of things and the Earth is just a kind of quaint historical village, like Williamsburg or something.

Otherwise we will have to find a way to move heat from the Earth to space. A space elevator with superconductors might do - if we can find a way to make such a thing practical. (I rather doubt it would be useful for an actual elevator to move stuff, but maybe a simpler task? Maybe solar power can be brought down and waste heat sent up and radiated away?

Carlos, I have always seen both sides of this story. I am convinced the Gang Green wants to promote it for their own nefarious purposes, as a tool to force us all into a world socialist state, but there is cause for concern. I read a book by Gene Cernan, the astronaut, written in the early '70's where he warned about a lot of this. He wasn't wrong about much of it.

The main thing is we don't understand so very much. The Earth is self-repairing in many ways.

I would add co2 does indeed go in the oceans and forms into limestone there, thus is actually removed from the system. Richard Cronin could add to this discussion here. So there are correcting mechanisms in place, negative feedback loops that restore homeostasis to the system.

And there is the whole crux of the REAL debate; what is the climate sensitivity? Are negative feedbacks more important than positive? The Gang Green argues for all positive feedbacks, for low climate sensitivity. Skeptics argue for a higher sensitivity.

I always point out Mars at this point. Mars has an atmosphere that is 95% carbon dioxide, yet Mars is colder than we would expect. Why? it's atmosphere is so thin. But why? There is considerable amounts of carbon dioxide and methane and water vapor frozen into the permafrost on Mars, and of course Mars has thick polar ice of water and frozen carbon dioxide - dry ice. Much of it sublimates in summer then is restored in winter.

Now occasionally Mars starts warming, coming out of it's ice age. The atmosphere thickens from 7 to as high as 16 millibars. But then the thicker atmosphere is energized, and the subsequent winds kick up a huge dust storm that cools the planet back down. Mars cools, the atmosphere freezes back out, and Mars goes back to it's hibernation.

Venus is totally different. But Venus has an atmosphere that is 100 times as dense as the Earth's; any gas at that level would have a powerful greenhouse effect. And Venus is subject to considerable vulcanism, as a result of it's very thin crust and probably slow retrograde rotation as well. Oh, and no Moon; Venus has nothing to strip away it's excess air.

The Gang Green chooses to use Venus as their model, but I don't think we understand enough about the planet. Mars certainly contradicts the idea of massive greenhouse warming.

At any rate, the Earth's paltry amount of c02 just doesn't have enough of an impact to really warm the planet. It's like trying to keep out a rainstorm using a fishnet. The c02 captures heat and reradiates it, but as much of it goes back to space as will go downward. And there is a logarithmic relationship; at 2* the wavelength is saturated and the whole thing craps out. The serious scientists argue this will lead to more water vapor in the atmosphere and then to more methane. Maybe. It presumes a very low climate sensitivity.

I think we have plenty of time before we could noticeably change the Earth's climate. The idea this is some sort of emergency is rubbish, in my humble non-scientist view.

We have far more worrisome things to panic about. Nuclear war for one, something our current leadership seems hell-bent on getting us into. And there is CRISPR technology, which could create a doomsday virus. And of course Carlos your pet subject AI...

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He's an old poem about 911 from 2005:

One bright September morning as I walked along the River
In the heavens, without warning, appeared a sight that made me shiver
There I saw the Piasa, that hateful bird, as it dove out of the sky:
That murderous red dragon shrieking with an aweful cry,
A vengeful feast of smoke and blood with snapping beak on high.

The dead their bones a mountain made inside the Great Twin Candles
Great moans, red blood, a fountain sprayed the Sin of Satan`s vandals
See how the dead flood to the edge to leap off of the mountain
They cross themselves and pray this day to God their souls to keep
Hellfire above, hope at a loss, oh how the many weep!
The way below a mire of bodies deep!

Then Michael and his Angels came forth riding on their wagon
To Hell they went to save the lame, and do battle with the Dragon
Many fell and still they came, a sea of heroes led
By God to save the dying and bring peace unto the dead.
They dug those maimed and mangled souls beneath the rubble free
Cries beneath the tangled ashes, they rescued those there be
Their crown a wreath of purple for they who dare;
Married to such sad destiny.

Then Beowulf arose that day, to hunt that hateful beast
With his army on the way He knows; He seeks him in the East
A fateful hour , the Grendal cowers, to his cave he goes-the stench of death it grows.
With no escape the serpent coils in his dark cold tomb
Death shroud draped, his blood it boils, with Saint George coming soon.

And I saw the ending in the sky; the ragged trail had run dry
The beast had dragged his tail through the stars to pull them down from heaven
Now God his soul forever bars for the murders of 911.

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Hudson Armageddon

Timothy birdnow

9/11/23

On a sunny fall day with brilliant blue skies
came the darkest of clouds as so many would die
the coroner cries as he pulls up the shroud
and the bodies pile high in a vast, smoking crowd

All the world sits entranced, as they gaze at the

scene
while the mullahs all danced at those bodies

unclean
blackened smoke billowing hgh up into the air
as the people all choke; it is too much to bear

See the heroes go in knowing many would die
in the throes of the smoke and the heat they would

fry
but still they pressed on all day and the night
with the tears in their eyes as they go to the

fight
the very best of us as nobody denies; our

brightest light

See the desperate poor souls now attempting to fly
like lost angels sans wings they all know they

will die
plunging to doom beneath the black horrid plume
brides to the reaper, the victorious groom

Satan and his fiery prod over the towers did trod
from Hell's gate he did seal their fate
winged souls fleeing the wrath of his rod
as the desperate souls cried out to the great

immortal God

How many fell in this vision of Hell?
what was the cost of this great holocaust?


It went on all day long as the world watched and

stared
all the death and destruction on a people

unprepared
while Osama's butchers sinned and the evil one

grinned
the eruption of corruption left few inside spared

When it all was over the birds had a feast
but the dragon of the east would some day be

deceased
in the war near and far as the eagle was released
but this day did belonged to the undertaker and

the priest

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Richard Cronin

Per Farmer’s Almanac which develops its forecasts in part by celestial observations.

Cold. Cold and Snow. Cold rains and snow for Washington. Good. If it shuts down Washington at least it will reduce the amount of damage they can cause.

"For those of you living along the I-95 corridor from Washington to Boston, who saw a lack of wintry precipitation last winter, you should experience quite the opposite, with lots of rain/sleet and snowstorms to contend with.”

Tim adds:

Anything that shuts down Babylon on the Potomac is fine by me. I'd like to see the Earth o

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