January 25, 2025
The Revolution is Here
Timothy Birdnow
This reminds me of 1980. I remember the way Reagan won over the youths back then to the sorrow of their liberal hippie parents. Anyone remember the sitcom "Family Ties"? One of the main character was the son of two hippies who turned into a Reagan yuppie (Michael J. Fox). That was a trend back then as the youths soured on the beliefs of their revolutionary parents and the suffering it caused.
The Reagan Revolution was driven in no small part by such as these. Granted, I came from a conservative family - the original paleocons. But many children of hippies turned against the flower power stupidity and we had a generation of sane people (until Bush Sr. messed it all up and the new generation came on the scene believing the lies of Bill Clinton).
That such articles are being written suggests to me Mr. Trump's MAGA revolution may well be here to stay. The young are realizing there is a better way than what their parents and teachers taught them.
Youths are naturally rebellious and seek to shock and offend. Now it's cool to be MAGA because it sets the liberal older generation's teeth on edge and at the same time these young people are realizing just how ridiculous and idiotic their parents' views really were.
I've long thought that Trump's frank and iconoclastic approach would appeal to the youths but that it didn't solely because the young were not exposed to it. Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter broke the firewall and now these kids are seeing the Trump the rest of us have known and they are liking him. The fact the Establishment tried to destroy Trump and he fought back and won excites them even more; who doesn't love a survivor? It was why Bill Clinton left office with such high numbers.
And Trump speaks from the heart, and jokes and uses colloquialism, speaking off the cuff - like the rest of us. No ornate and eloquent speaches for him! He just tells it as he sees it. Politics has long become overmanaged and stage-produced. Trump is genuine.
The article states:
"Some liberal parents aren’t so sure they should try to intervene. Plenty see their sons’ embrace of Mr. Trump as an expected act of rebellion, or a choice made by an independent young adult that they should respect. For others, it has felt like a painful rejection of the values they have tried to instill in their children.
"I’ve had to do a lot of soul searching and reading about it to not feel like I’ve failed as a mom,” said Ms. Behr, who adopted Eli from China when he was 10 months old. In tearful therapy sessions, she has come to believe that pressuring her son to share her views was only making him more deeply entrenched."
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It IS a rejection of their values. Their values are shallow and self-serving and oppressive.
Schadenfreude may be bad but I am thoroughly enjoying it. Hearing these looney lefties melt down is music to my ears! I mean, it's not like they ever respected my opinions or my views on anything...
The article mentions how one kid turned against the leftist politics because of the BLM riots in Portland that his parents tacitly supported. He realized there was something very wrong with their beliefs.
And Barron Trump clued his dad into how to reach the youths. It worked beautifully and this kid, along with so many others, was willing to go where his parents never dreamed.
This is a revolution. No question.
The Left may be out of power for a long time if we don't screw this up. But they are indefatigable and we must be eternally vigilant.
This reminds me of 1980. I remember the way Reagan won over the youths back then to the sorrow of their liberal hippie parents. Anyone remember the sitcom "Family Ties"? One of the main character was the son of two hippies who turned into a Reagan yuppie (Michael J. Fox). That was a trend back then as the youths soured on the beliefs of their revolutionary parents and the suffering it caused.
The Reagan Revolution was driven in no small part by such as these. Granted, I came from a conservative family - the original paleocons. But many children of hippies turned against the flower power stupidity and we had a generation of sane people (until Bush Sr. messed it all up and the new generation came on the scene believing the lies of Bill Clinton).
That such articles are being written suggests to me Mr. Trump's MAGA revolution may well be here to stay. The young are realizing there is a better way than what their parents and teachers taught them.
Youths are naturally rebellious and seek to shock and offend. Now it's cool to be MAGA because it sets the liberal older generation's teeth on edge and at the same time these young people are realizing just how ridiculous and idiotic their parents' views really were.
I've long thought that Trump's frank and iconoclastic approach would appeal to the youths but that it didn't solely because the young were not exposed to it. Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter broke the firewall and now these kids are seeing the Trump the rest of us have known and they are liking him. The fact the Establishment tried to destroy Trump and he fought back and won excites them even more; who doesn't love a survivor? It was why Bill Clinton left office with such high numbers.
And Trump speaks from the heart, and jokes and uses colloquialism, speaking off the cuff - like the rest of us. No ornate and eloquent speaches for him! He just tells it as he sees it. Politics has long become overmanaged and stage-produced. Trump is genuine.
The article states:
"Some liberal parents aren’t so sure they should try to intervene. Plenty see their sons’ embrace of Mr. Trump as an expected act of rebellion, or a choice made by an independent young adult that they should respect. For others, it has felt like a painful rejection of the values they have tried to instill in their children.
"I’ve had to do a lot of soul searching and reading about it to not feel like I’ve failed as a mom,” said Ms. Behr, who adopted Eli from China when he was 10 months old. In tearful therapy sessions, she has come to believe that pressuring her son to share her views was only making him more deeply entrenched."
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It IS a rejection of their values. Their values are shallow and self-serving and oppressive.
Schadenfreude may be bad but I am thoroughly enjoying it. Hearing these looney lefties melt down is music to my ears! I mean, it's not like they ever respected my opinions or my views on anything...
The article mentions how one kid turned against the leftist politics because of the BLM riots in Portland that his parents tacitly supported. He realized there was something very wrong with their beliefs.
And Barron Trump clued his dad into how to reach the youths. It worked beautifully and this kid, along with so many others, was willing to go where his parents never dreamed.
This is a revolution. No question.
The Left may be out of power for a long time if we don't screw this up. But they are indefatigable and we must be eternally vigilant.
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Mexico Refusing Repatriation Flights
Timothy Birdnow
If Mexico is refusing to let us land and drop them off maybe we should parachute them in?
Mexico Refuses to Accept U.S. Deportation Flights
Or if they prefer we could ship them on gunboasts to Veracruz?
Mexico caused this problem by refusing to stop these huge caravans from crossing their own southern border and they did so solely to screw America. Payback is a bitch, Pedro!
If Mexico is refusing to let us land and drop them off maybe we should parachute them in?
Mexico Refuses to Accept U.S. Deportation Flights
Or if they prefer we could ship them on gunboasts to Veracruz?
Mexico caused this problem by refusing to stop these huge caravans from crossing their own southern border and they did so solely to screw America. Payback is a bitch, Pedro!
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McConnell Voted No on Hegseth
Timothy Birdnow
Any wonder America is in so much trouble? This is the guy who led the GOP in the Senate for decades,longer than any other person.
Mitch McConnell voted no on Pete Hegseth almost sinking his nomination. Had Thom Tilles not voted yes the confirmation would be dead now.
McConnell did it because he's retiring and doesn't care about political payback now and wants to show how much he hates Donald Trump. What a small, petty man.
Any wonder America is in so much trouble? This is the guy who led the GOP in the Senate for decades,longer than any other person.
Mitch McConnell voted no on Pete Hegseth almost sinking his nomination. Had Thom Tilles not voted yes the confirmation would be dead now.
McConnell did it because he's retiring and doesn't care about political payback now and wants to show how much he hates Donald Trump. What a small, petty man.
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Trump Fires IG's
Timothy Birdnow
Trump just fired multiple inspector generals in a late night purge.
FTA:
I think that last gives the reason "lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have pledged bipartisan support for the watchdogs" - in other words this was "the resistance" that planned to undermine Trump policies.
And what need does Trump have of IG's? DOGE is doing this same job, and doing it cheaper and more efficiently. Keeping the IG's is just duplication of efforts and wasted resources.
Trump understands these people are there to leak and to undermine him.
The article continues:
So, they want to file with the courts to keep their jobs based on a time lag. What does that tell us? It suggests to me they need time to put poison pills in place.
Trump is moving lightning fast for just this very reason.
If we are to dismantle the deep state getting rid of government-paid oversight in favor of outside oversight is critical. You can't drain a swamp by pumping the water from one end to another.
Trump knows what he is doing. And Democrats are howling, a sure sign he's on the right track.
Trump just fired multiple inspector generals in a late night purge.
FTA:
One of the two people briefed on the dismissals said the number is at least a dozen and includes inspectors general at the departments of State, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Labor and Defense, as well as the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Energy Corp., and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Together, those agencies make up large swaths of the federal government, with control over billions of dollars in taxpayer money and broad global reach.
The inspectors general at the Department of Justice, Office of Personnel Management, the Federal Communications Commission, the Export-Import Bank and the Department of Homeland Security remain in place, according to the person.
The inspectors general were dismissed via emails from the White House Presidential Personnel Office, with no notice sent to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have pledged bipartisan support for the watchdogs, in advance of the firings, the person said. The emails gave no substantive explanation for the dismissals, with at least one citing "changing priorities” for the move, the person added.
Together, those agencies make up large swaths of the federal government, with control over billions of dollars in taxpayer money and broad global reach.
The inspectors general at the Department of Justice, Office of Personnel Management, the Federal Communications Commission, the Export-Import Bank and the Department of Homeland Security remain in place, according to the person.
The inspectors general were dismissed via emails from the White House Presidential Personnel Office, with no notice sent to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have pledged bipartisan support for the watchdogs, in advance of the firings, the person said. The emails gave no substantive explanation for the dismissals, with at least one citing "changing priorities” for the move, the person added.
I think that last gives the reason "lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have pledged bipartisan support for the watchdogs" - in other words this was "the resistance" that planned to undermine Trump policies.
And what need does Trump have of IG's? DOGE is doing this same job, and doing it cheaper and more efficiently. Keeping the IG's is just duplication of efforts and wasted resources.
Trump understands these people are there to leak and to undermine him.
The article continues:
Hannibal Ware, the inspector general of the Small Business Administration and leader of a council that represents inspectors general across government, suggested that the removals may be invalid because they appear to violate federal law requiring a 30-day notification to Congress before any watchdogs can be removed.
"I recommend that you reach out to White House Counsel to discuss your intended course of action,” Ware wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO to Sergio Gor, the director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. "At this point, we do not believe the actions taken are legally sufficient to dismiss Presidentially Appointed, Senate Confirmed Inspectors General.”
Diana Shaw, a former acting inspector general at the State Department, said the dismissals were "the travesty we feared may be coming.”
"If legal, and I think that’s an open question under the law requiring 30-day congressional notification prior to the firing of an IG, it risks changing forever what we have historically valued most about IGs — their independence, objectivity, and non-partisanship,” Shaw said. "Without it, the function would be gutted of its greatest value and the entire system will suffer.
"I recommend that you reach out to White House Counsel to discuss your intended course of action,” Ware wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO to Sergio Gor, the director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. "At this point, we do not believe the actions taken are legally sufficient to dismiss Presidentially Appointed, Senate Confirmed Inspectors General.”
Diana Shaw, a former acting inspector general at the State Department, said the dismissals were "the travesty we feared may be coming.”
"If legal, and I think that’s an open question under the law requiring 30-day congressional notification prior to the firing of an IG, it risks changing forever what we have historically valued most about IGs — their independence, objectivity, and non-partisanship,” Shaw said. "Without it, the function would be gutted of its greatest value and the entire system will suffer.
So, they want to file with the courts to keep their jobs based on a time lag. What does that tell us? It suggests to me they need time to put poison pills in place.
Trump is moving lightning fast for just this very reason.
If we are to dismantle the deep state getting rid of government-paid oversight in favor of outside oversight is critical. You can't drain a swamp by pumping the water from one end to another.
Trump knows what he is doing. And Democrats are howling, a sure sign he's on the right track.
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Jen and Bathhouse Barry
Timothy Birdnow
Rumors swirling about that Barack Obama is having an affair with actress Jennifer Aniston may be cover to hide the fact he is homosexual.
Users on X think Bathhoulse Barry's publicists planted the rumors to distract from claims that Obama indulges the love which dare nott speak it's name.
I normally disregard such rumors but I spoke with Obama's college roommate online a few times and he absolutely confirms this.
One cannot avoid noticing Barack's mannerisms and attitude also. He is very thin and delicate and prances rather than walks. I caught him coming into the Capitol rotunda for Trump's inaugural; he pranced like a deer and kept his legs close together (as a woman would). I remember thinking how blatantly homosexual he appeared.
He also has a passive-aggressive nature that is the hallmark of gay men.
I would further point out Michelle is quite large, Amazonian in some ways, and mannish, just the kind of woman a closeted gay man would seek out for a wife. Perhaps he wanted children. He definitely would want a wife and family to appeal to voters and we know he's always had a strong ambition.
Perhaps I am wrong in which case I owe the man a hearty apology and give it without reservation. But I don't think I am.
This article mentions Larry Sinclair, whom Tucker CArlson interviewed and who said he and Barack smoked crack and did the dance with no pants. (He was not my source; I am not revealing my source since I was not granted permission by that person, but suffice it to say I think him quite credible. You get access to people like that when you write for American Thinker as did I...)
There are others who have made this claim about Obama.
Then there is this; his homoeroticpoem Pop:
Now the identity of "Pop" is unclear; it could be his grandfather, or it could be his next door neighbor the Communist Frank Marshall Davis. But there is both the suggestion of a blood relationship and of a sexual one. There is some speculation that Obama was not actually the fruits of Barack Sr. but of Davis and that it was decided to claim Barack as sire (with his agreement; he was going back to Kneya) to give the boy a better chance; if he was the son of a Communist and black revolutionary it would go worse for him than being the child of a foreign exchange student. At any rate the poem is clearly about homosexual acts between man and boy.
That's why it would make sense to start rumors about Obama with hot chicks.
Rumors swirling about that Barack Obama is having an affair with actress Jennifer Aniston may be cover to hide the fact he is homosexual.
Users on X think Bathhoulse Barry's publicists planted the rumors to distract from claims that Obama indulges the love which dare nott speak it's name.
I normally disregard such rumors but I spoke with Obama's college roommate online a few times and he absolutely confirms this.
One cannot avoid noticing Barack's mannerisms and attitude also. He is very thin and delicate and prances rather than walks. I caught him coming into the Capitol rotunda for Trump's inaugural; he pranced like a deer and kept his legs close together (as a woman would). I remember thinking how blatantly homosexual he appeared.
He also has a passive-aggressive nature that is the hallmark of gay men.
I would further point out Michelle is quite large, Amazonian in some ways, and mannish, just the kind of woman a closeted gay man would seek out for a wife. Perhaps he wanted children. He definitely would want a wife and family to appeal to voters and we know he's always had a strong ambition.
Perhaps I am wrong in which case I owe the man a hearty apology and give it without reservation. But I don't think I am.
This article mentions Larry Sinclair, whom Tucker CArlson interviewed and who said he and Barack smoked crack and did the dance with no pants. (He was not my source; I am not revealing my source since I was not granted permission by that person, but suffice it to say I think him quite credible. You get access to people like that when you write for American Thinker as did I...)
There are others who have made this claim about Obama.
Then there is this; his homoeroticpoem Pop:
"...Pop takes another shot, neat,
Points out the same amber
Stain on his shorts that I’ve got on mine, and
Makes me smell his smell, coming
From me; he switches channels, recites an old poem
He wrote before his mother died,
Stands, shouts, and asks
For a hug, as I shink, my
Arms barely reaching around
His thick, oily neck, and his broad back; ‘cause
I see my face, framed within
Pop’s black-framed glasses"
Points out the same amber
Stain on his shorts that I’ve got on mine, and
Makes me smell his smell, coming
From me; he switches channels, recites an old poem
He wrote before his mother died,
Stands, shouts, and asks
For a hug, as I shink, my
Arms barely reaching around
His thick, oily neck, and his broad back; ‘cause
I see my face, framed within
Pop’s black-framed glasses"
Now the identity of "Pop" is unclear; it could be his grandfather, or it could be his next door neighbor the Communist Frank Marshall Davis. But there is both the suggestion of a blood relationship and of a sexual one. There is some speculation that Obama was not actually the fruits of Barack Sr. but of Davis and that it was decided to claim Barack as sire (with his agreement; he was going back to Kneya) to give the boy a better chance; if he was the son of a Communist and black revolutionary it would go worse for him than being the child of a foreign exchange student. At any rate the poem is clearly about homosexual acts between man and boy.
That's why it would make sense to start rumors about Obama with hot chicks.
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News Flash
Timothy Birdnow
Will wonders never cease?
Red States FarOutperform Blue States in Job Creation
People don't get hired when you regulate and tax and make businesses pay them too much. It's not rocket science.
Will wonders never cease?
Red States FarOutperform Blue States in Job Creation
People don't get hired when you regulate and tax and make businesses pay them too much. It's not rocket science.
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Hegseth Confirmed
Timothy Birdnow
Peter Hegseth was just confirmed with J.D. Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.
Any Republican who voted against Vance needs to have their backside warmed. I hope Trump is prepared to punish them in some fashion.
Peter Hegseth was just confirmed with J.D. Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.
Any Republican who voted against Vance needs to have their backside warmed. I hope Trump is prepared to punish them in some fashion.
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Depopulation Still The Goal
Timothy Birdnow
I've long argued this; depopulation is the top goal of the Ruling Class as Davos illustrates.
The elites in the western world have long thought this and feared the "mud people" growing too numerous - ever since Thomas Malthus. It's what gave us eugenics and the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. And it's why the modern eco-left appears so nazi-like in it's approach. Ideas don't just disappear.
these people want to eliminate all of us "dirt people", the trash that Trump identifies with and who put him in power.
Notice how Davos says they will keep depopulation and climate change as a top priority; they think they can wait out this "temper tantrum" by average people and impose their will in time. That is how the left operates and always has been. They see themselves as smarter than we and believe they have a kind of divine right to rule - except they also don't believe in God so it's a Darwinian imperative as Nature made them the best and brightest (in their minds). The reality is they are fools, full of hubris, but they have access to resources we do not since their families at some point found one thing to make them rich. Riches do not necessarily equate with intelligence, and both do not equate with what is sorely lacking these days - wisdom. Wisdom is knowing what to do with information and power. You can be smart as a whip but completely lacking in wisdom - a "sophomore" or "wise fool".
The kingdom of Antichrist is composed of such.
Make no mistake; they want a lot fewer of us and will take whatever steps necessary to obtain that. Artificial plagues, wars, abortion and euthenaia, forced sterilization, whatever it takes.
It is a small step from believing you are better than everyone else and believing you are a god.
I've long argued this; depopulation is the top goal of the Ruling Class as Davos illustrates.
The elites in the western world have long thought this and feared the "mud people" growing too numerous - ever since Thomas Malthus. It's what gave us eugenics and the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. And it's why the modern eco-left appears so nazi-like in it's approach. Ideas don't just disappear.
these people want to eliminate all of us "dirt people", the trash that Trump identifies with and who put him in power.
Notice how Davos says they will keep depopulation and climate change as a top priority; they think they can wait out this "temper tantrum" by average people and impose their will in time. That is how the left operates and always has been. They see themselves as smarter than we and believe they have a kind of divine right to rule - except they also don't believe in God so it's a Darwinian imperative as Nature made them the best and brightest (in their minds). The reality is they are fools, full of hubris, but they have access to resources we do not since their families at some point found one thing to make them rich. Riches do not necessarily equate with intelligence, and both do not equate with what is sorely lacking these days - wisdom. Wisdom is knowing what to do with information and power. You can be smart as a whip but completely lacking in wisdom - a "sophomore" or "wise fool".
The kingdom of Antichrist is composed of such.
Make no mistake; they want a lot fewer of us and will take whatever steps necessary to obtain that. Artificial plagues, wars, abortion and euthenaia, forced sterilization, whatever it takes.
It is a small step from believing you are better than everyone else and believing you are a god.
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Coffee Conundrum
Timothy Birdnow
Get ready folks; coffee prices are skyrocketing as arabica bean futures are soaring through the roof.
If you need some help opening your eyes in the morning you may want to invest in a pair of pliers - or a poster of Penelope Cruz in a string bikini. You won't be able to afford your cup of morning joe.
The reasons are legion - socialists in Brazil, distribution issues, drought, and monetary inflation all impact coffee, which is not grown in these United States (except Hawaii, and that largely as a specialty item). The threat of tariffs too has investors spooked.
We need to develop a coffee market here.
I am given to understand coffee likes hot climates BUT likes it as cool as possible without ever actually getting cold. It's largely grown in mountain regions in the Caribbean and in South America and Africa. The continental U.S. certainly has regions warm enough, notably Florida and Texas, but as of yet there is no REASON to experiment when coffee is so easily obtained from the great growing regions. That may change.
Florida is looking into establishing a coffee industry, for instance.
Texas is less blessed since it has a drier climate (coffee likes lots of rain) and Texas does get cold sometimes. Still, there is a pilot farm in Weslaco, Texas and should it prove successful more could follow.
Other places that might grow coffee are S. Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.
I suspect it is just like wine grapes. The conventional wisdom was wine grapes could only be grown in Europe thanks to harsh American winters and pests and fungi. But Americans wanted their own wine so we began experimenting, hybridizing grapes until we had American hybrids, grapes like Norton (Vitas Aestivalis) or Catawba, Niagara, Cayuga, Elvira. These are mostly gone now, having been replaced by French American hybrids like Seyval, Vidal, Vignoles, Traminette (well, that's a hybrid of Gewurztraminer and Seyval), Chambourcin, Chancellor etc. But Dr. Constance Frank, who had grown traditional wine grapes in Russia, bred grapes capable of growing here and now New York State is a big player in American wine, growing the classics - Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, etc.
The point is these grapes were engineered by people to thrive in climates not suited to them. There is no reason coffee cannot experience a similar thing.
And, as we all know, coffee tastes different from different regions. In wine it's called terroir, the marriage of soil, climate, aspect (sun and whatnot), water, etc. It's "the taste of the place". Coffee is like that too and there is no reason why American coffee could not be grown and it could not be unique and delicious.
With modern technology we have the ability to fix many problems that used to bedevil crop growers of bygone eras. We have frost protection technology. We have new, better ways to irrigate. We have chemicals to treat for pests and for molds and fungi. We can artificially do what happens naturally in Jamaica or Honduras or Brazil. Shoot; we can grow coffee in greenhouses if we want.
This actually may be a welcome development for the industry; it might open whole new coffee growing territory.
Tea is grown on an island off the coast of South Carolina now, so why not coffee? Why should America's beverage not be grown in America? The Gulf of America is the perfect place to grow our favorite beverage.
There are options. Caviar, for instance, is produced outside of Russia and the Caspian sea, although most people think of Beluga when they think of caviar. My home state of Missouri is the second largest caviar producer in the world, for instance, and it's highly regarded by even connoisseurs. Will it ever replace Russian caviar? No, but it provides an affordable, home grown caviar for Americans (if you like that sort of thing - I think caviar tastes horrid.)Missouri caviar is made from Paddlefish eggs, which have been declared an endangered species, so our industry is in big trouble now. On the other hand we had the largest international caviar smuggling ring in the world run out of a bait shop. Go figure.
At any rate I would like to see people start experimenting with coffee, to make varieties that can grow in the U.S. No reason we can't our own industry.
I once visited a coffee plantation in Jamaica. It looked like a weed on the side of the road, and the beans are covered in a sweet fruit which was given to children to suck on to remove the pulp! It grew in shaded areas. A more commercial approach (and more sanitary) is needed here.
Anyway it's going up and we either have to find a substitute or cut back our consumption.
Another gift from the Biden era.
Get ready folks; coffee prices are skyrocketing as arabica bean futures are soaring through the roof.
If you need some help opening your eyes in the morning you may want to invest in a pair of pliers - or a poster of Penelope Cruz in a string bikini. You won't be able to afford your cup of morning joe.
The reasons are legion - socialists in Brazil, distribution issues, drought, and monetary inflation all impact coffee, which is not grown in these United States (except Hawaii, and that largely as a specialty item). The threat of tariffs too has investors spooked.
We need to develop a coffee market here.
I am given to understand coffee likes hot climates BUT likes it as cool as possible without ever actually getting cold. It's largely grown in mountain regions in the Caribbean and in South America and Africa. The continental U.S. certainly has regions warm enough, notably Florida and Texas, but as of yet there is no REASON to experiment when coffee is so easily obtained from the great growing regions. That may change.
Florida is looking into establishing a coffee industry, for instance.
Texas is less blessed since it has a drier climate (coffee likes lots of rain) and Texas does get cold sometimes. Still, there is a pilot farm in Weslaco, Texas and should it prove successful more could follow.
Other places that might grow coffee are S. Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.
I suspect it is just like wine grapes. The conventional wisdom was wine grapes could only be grown in Europe thanks to harsh American winters and pests and fungi. But Americans wanted their own wine so we began experimenting, hybridizing grapes until we had American hybrids, grapes like Norton (Vitas Aestivalis) or Catawba, Niagara, Cayuga, Elvira. These are mostly gone now, having been replaced by French American hybrids like Seyval, Vidal, Vignoles, Traminette (well, that's a hybrid of Gewurztraminer and Seyval), Chambourcin, Chancellor etc. But Dr. Constance Frank, who had grown traditional wine grapes in Russia, bred grapes capable of growing here and now New York State is a big player in American wine, growing the classics - Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, etc.
The point is these grapes were engineered by people to thrive in climates not suited to them. There is no reason coffee cannot experience a similar thing.
And, as we all know, coffee tastes different from different regions. In wine it's called terroir, the marriage of soil, climate, aspect (sun and whatnot), water, etc. It's "the taste of the place". Coffee is like that too and there is no reason why American coffee could not be grown and it could not be unique and delicious.
With modern technology we have the ability to fix many problems that used to bedevil crop growers of bygone eras. We have frost protection technology. We have new, better ways to irrigate. We have chemicals to treat for pests and for molds and fungi. We can artificially do what happens naturally in Jamaica or Honduras or Brazil. Shoot; we can grow coffee in greenhouses if we want.
This actually may be a welcome development for the industry; it might open whole new coffee growing territory.
Tea is grown on an island off the coast of South Carolina now, so why not coffee? Why should America's beverage not be grown in America? The Gulf of America is the perfect place to grow our favorite beverage.
There are options. Caviar, for instance, is produced outside of Russia and the Caspian sea, although most people think of Beluga when they think of caviar. My home state of Missouri is the second largest caviar producer in the world, for instance, and it's highly regarded by even connoisseurs. Will it ever replace Russian caviar? No, but it provides an affordable, home grown caviar for Americans (if you like that sort of thing - I think caviar tastes horrid.)Missouri caviar is made from Paddlefish eggs, which have been declared an endangered species, so our industry is in big trouble now. On the other hand we had the largest international caviar smuggling ring in the world run out of a bait shop. Go figure.
At any rate I would like to see people start experimenting with coffee, to make varieties that can grow in the U.S. No reason we can't our own industry.
I once visited a coffee plantation in Jamaica. It looked like a weed on the side of the road, and the beans are covered in a sweet fruit which was given to children to suck on to remove the pulp! It grew in shaded areas. A more commercial approach (and more sanitary) is needed here.
Anyway it's going up and we either have to find a substitute or cut back our consumption.
Another gift from the Biden era.
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January 24, 2025
Sapphic Fight Club
Timothy Birdnow
Los Angeles lesbo fire chief assaulted her girlfried and tried to strangle her and was caught on film doing it.
Her then boss helped cover it up.
THESE are the people running things in L.A.
Los Angeles lesbo fire chief assaulted her girlfried and tried to strangle her and was caught on film doing it.
Her then boss helped cover it up.
THESE are the people running things in L.A.
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Politico Silenced Reporters on Biden
Timothy Birdnow
We knew it was so.
Don’t Write About the Laptop, Don’t Talk About the Laptop’: Ace Reporters Claim Politico Killed Negative Biden Stories
We knew it was so.
Don’t Write About the Laptop, Don’t Talk About the Laptop’: Ace Reporters Claim Politico Killed Negative Biden Stories
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Training Our Enemies
Timothy Birdnow
America has been allowing foreign students to train for and take jobs in sensitive national security positions in what is clearly a threat to America's safety.
According to the Center for Immigration Studies:
So we have been allowing unvetted foreigners to worm their way into our most secret tech sectors. Brilliant!
BTW both the Obama and Bush Administrations led the charge on these kinds of programs to provide more foreign labor for tech billionaires.
Hopefully Mr. Trump will put an end to this stupidity.
I swear; America has been run by gibbering idiots for decades now. It's amazing we are still here.
America has been allowing foreign students to train for and take jobs in sensitive national security positions in what is clearly a threat to America's safety.
According to the Center for Immigration Studies:
"The practice of foreign students studying in the United States for degrees in sensitive subjects has long been a concern of Congress. For example, Congress has prohibited foreign students from Iran from studying in preparation for a career in Iran’s energy sector, nuclear science, nuclear engineering, and related fields.
Since that prohibition, the foreign student program has grown dramatically, with over 1.5 million foreign students in the United States as of 2023. As global political concerns have shifted, and new sensitive fields of study have emerged, it stands to reason that Congress may want to consider barring foreign students from additional nations from studying and training in a wider range of fields.
For example, a recent report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce found "that due to a lack of legal guardrails around federally funded research, hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal research funding over the last decade have contributed” to the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) "strategic goals by helping the PRC achieve advancements in dual-use, critical, and emerging technologies like hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence, fourth-generation nuclear weapons technology, and semiconductor technology” and that the PRC’s strategy includes acquiring "U.S. technology and expertise through joint institutes between U.S. research universities” and PRC entities.
Amid the shift in global politics and emerging technologies, DHS has developed a controversial program that allows foreign students to train in their field of study for up to six years beyond graduation. This training consists of employment at a workplace that may, itself, be a sensitive location, such as a university research lab, a tech-focused company, or a military-related institution, for example. Over half a million foreign students from across the globe are currently employed through DHS’s Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, many of whom are training in a wide variety of sensitive fields, including nuclear engineering, undersea warfare, cyber warfare, nanotechnology, and others listed within this report.
The entire OPT program, which has grown to become one of America’s largest foreign-worker programs, is managed entirely by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and has no oversight from other parts of the government, such as the Department of Labor or the Department of Commerce, which generally have a significant role to play in congressionally created foreign-worker programs. The result is that many national security threats that might otherwise be detected by various parts of the government are likely going unaddressed."
Since that prohibition, the foreign student program has grown dramatically, with over 1.5 million foreign students in the United States as of 2023. As global political concerns have shifted, and new sensitive fields of study have emerged, it stands to reason that Congress may want to consider barring foreign students from additional nations from studying and training in a wider range of fields.
For example, a recent report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce found "that due to a lack of legal guardrails around federally funded research, hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal research funding over the last decade have contributed” to the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) "strategic goals by helping the PRC achieve advancements in dual-use, critical, and emerging technologies like hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence, fourth-generation nuclear weapons technology, and semiconductor technology” and that the PRC’s strategy includes acquiring "U.S. technology and expertise through joint institutes between U.S. research universities” and PRC entities.
Amid the shift in global politics and emerging technologies, DHS has developed a controversial program that allows foreign students to train in their field of study for up to six years beyond graduation. This training consists of employment at a workplace that may, itself, be a sensitive location, such as a university research lab, a tech-focused company, or a military-related institution, for example. Over half a million foreign students from across the globe are currently employed through DHS’s Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, many of whom are training in a wide variety of sensitive fields, including nuclear engineering, undersea warfare, cyber warfare, nanotechnology, and others listed within this report.
The entire OPT program, which has grown to become one of America’s largest foreign-worker programs, is managed entirely by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and has no oversight from other parts of the government, such as the Department of Labor or the Department of Commerce, which generally have a significant role to play in congressionally created foreign-worker programs. The result is that many national security threats that might otherwise be detected by various parts of the government are likely going unaddressed."
So we have been allowing unvetted foreigners to worm their way into our most secret tech sectors. Brilliant!
BTW both the Obama and Bush Administrations led the charge on these kinds of programs to provide more foreign labor for tech billionaires.
Hopefully Mr. Trump will put an end to this stupidity.
I swear; America has been run by gibbering idiots for decades now. It's amazing we are still here.
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The Two Witches
Timothy Birdnow
Will no one rid us of these turbulent witches?
Two Republican Senators Oppose Hegseth for Defense Secretary
Trump needs to bring the hammer of God down on both, especially Murkowski, who could easily be replaced by a Republican. But Collins should get squeezed like a, well, in her case prune (I was going to say grape but the old hag has no juice left in her dessicated body.)
Merch and Collins both voted no to advance the nomination but it passed anyway. If the numbers remain the same Hegseth will still be confirmed.
Susan Collins had a huge war chest for her re-election in 2020, including considerable funding from the GOP and conservative groups, as well as oil and gas companies.
And the same holds true for Murky. Yes, Trump didn't back her, but that was then and this is now. If Trump threatens her source of donations by going to them and telling them to cut her off she'll be in big trouble. Yes, she has a while before she faces re-election, but I would make it clear to her that I would dog her if she doesn't get on-board.
Trump needs to use this leverage now on these two creeps. Otherwise they will be a thorn in his side for a long time to come.
Will no one rid us of these turbulent witches?
Two Republican Senators Oppose Hegseth for Defense Secretary
Trump needs to bring the hammer of God down on both, especially Murkowski, who could easily be replaced by a Republican. But Collins should get squeezed like a, well, in her case prune (I was going to say grape but the old hag has no juice left in her dessicated body.)
Merch and Collins both voted no to advance the nomination but it passed anyway. If the numbers remain the same Hegseth will still be confirmed.
Susan Collins had a huge war chest for her re-election in 2020, including considerable funding from the GOP and conservative groups, as well as oil and gas companies.
And the same holds true for Murky. Yes, Trump didn't back her, but that was then and this is now. If Trump threatens her source of donations by going to them and telling them to cut her off she'll be in big trouble. Yes, she has a while before she faces re-election, but I would make it clear to her that I would dog her if she doesn't get on-board.
Trump needs to use this leverage now on these two creeps. Otherwise they will be a thorn in his side for a long time to come.
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Brennan Blows
Timothy Birdnow
That whiney little bi, er, boy John "Muzzie" Brennan, you know, the guy who voted for the CPUSA back in the '70's, is crying about losing his security clearance after spending years trying to destroy Donald Trump.
But the fact is THEY HAD THE FREAKING LAPTOP and had access to what was actually on it all along. They either knew and were lying or they are so grossly incompetent they do not deserve a security clearance.
Why put out a public letter at all? That is not normal procedure in cases like this. They released that letter knowing full well it was going to influence the election at a critical time. How stupid does Brennan think we are?
Tthis is exactly how misinformation campaigns work; the government doesn't state it unequivocally but says "likely", using wesel worlds to give themselves some cover. But they did this just before an election, and most voters say had they known about the Hunter laptop they would have voted Trump. This was election tampering and these security folks damned well knew it.
He's a liar and probably should be prosecuted.
That whiney little bi, er, boy John "Muzzie" Brennan, you know, the guy who voted for the CPUSA back in the '70's, is crying about losing his security clearance after spending years trying to destroy Donald Trump.
Former CIA Director John Brennan whined Tuesday about President Trump pulling security clearances for 51 ex-intelligence officials
including
him — all of whom claimed in an infamous letter that The Post’s
bombshell scoop on Hunter Biden’s laptop emails in 2020 was part of a
"Russian information operation.”
"He misrepresented the facts in that executive order because it said that we had suggested that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation,” Brennan griped to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
"No, we said it was one of the hallmarks of Russian information operations, including the dumping of accurate information, which is what we said in that letter,” he added.
"He
misrepresented the facts in that executive order because it said that
we had suggested that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian
disinformation,” Brennan griped to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.MSNBC
Uh, no. They actually signed a letter saying it was Russian disinformation. And this was in collusion with the White House as the House or Representatives investigation proved. Also, if what they were saying was it LOOKED LIKE Russian disinfo then why didn't Mr. Brennan come out and say so at the time? Seems to me he was eager to allow a false impression to stand.But the fact is THEY HAD THE FREAKING LAPTOP and had access to what was actually on it all along. They either knew and were lying or they are so grossly incompetent they do not deserve a security clearance.
Why put out a public letter at all? That is not normal procedure in cases like this. They released that letter knowing full well it was going to influence the election at a critical time. How stupid does Brennan think we are?
Tthis is exactly how misinformation campaigns work; the government doesn't state it unequivocally but says "likely", using wesel worlds to give themselves some cover. But they did this just before an election, and most voters say had they known about the Hunter laptop they would have voted Trump. This was election tampering and these security folks damned well knew it.
He's a liar and probably should be prosecuted.
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Adios Muchachos
Timothy Birdnow
Trump has taken down the Spanish version of the White House website and the liberals couldn't be more upset.
The really fun thing is there is a redirct button telling people to go to the home page. It says:
Oh my God… lol
The Spanish Whitehouse website is no longer working.
It has been deleted and the "Home” redirection link has been changed to say "GO HOME”.https://t.co/rsIXbJ1ncG pic.twitter.com/hMEHAxcUey
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) January 21, 2025
How can you not love Trump!
It's been changed to "go to home" but not before they had a good laugh on Pennsylvania Avenue.
The government mouthpiece says the Spanish portion will be restored. Why? Granted, America doesn't have an official language, but that ought to be one of Trump's initiatives, if you ask me. English should be our national language. This "diversity" nonsense will be the end of us in years to come.
Trump has taken down the Spanish version of the White House website and the liberals couldn't be more upset.
The really fun thing is there is a redirct button telling people to go to the home page. It says:
Oh my God… lol
The Spanish Whitehouse website is no longer working.
It has been deleted and the "Home” redirection link has been changed to say "GO HOME”.https://t.co/rsIXbJ1ncG pic.twitter.com/hMEHAxcUey
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) January 21, 2025
How can you not love Trump!
It's been changed to "go to home" but not before they had a good laugh on Pennsylvania Avenue.
The government mouthpiece says the Spanish portion will be restored. Why? Granted, America doesn't have an official language, but that ought to be one of Trump's initiatives, if you ask me. English should be our national language. This "diversity" nonsense will be the end of us in years to come.
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Trump Pardons Pro-Lifers
Timothy Birdnow
President Trump pardoned 23 pro-life political prisoners incarcerated by Joe Biden or charged with crimes as part of his attempt to suppress dissent and free speech.
Many of these included grandmothers and former communist gulag survivors. Oftentimes there were pre-dawn raids as in the Soviet Union.
Biden's DOJ would toss extra charges on to get long prison sentences for these folks.
This was Beria style tactics and was an astonishing violation of our rights. Maybe someone should make a pre-dawn raid on Mr. Biden's home? I mean, he o.k.'d a raid on Trump's home after all.
President Trump pardoned 23 pro-life political prisoners incarcerated by Joe Biden or charged with crimes as part of his attempt to suppress dissent and free speech.
Many of these included grandmothers and former communist gulag survivors. Oftentimes there were pre-dawn raids as in the Soviet Union.
Biden's DOJ would toss extra charges on to get long prison sentences for these folks.
This was Beria style tactics and was an astonishing violation of our rights. Maybe someone should make a pre-dawn raid on Mr. Biden's home? I mean, he o.k.'d a raid on Trump's home after all.
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Debank the Debankers
Timothy Birdnow
Trump Bank of America,J.P. Morgan at Davos over their abuse of Conservatives.
According to the article Trump said:
"'I hope you open your banks to conservatives, because what you're doing is wrong.'
"And by the way, speaking of you, and you've done a fantastic job," said Trump, "but I hope you start opening your bank to conservatives, because many conservatives complain that the banks are not allowing them to do business within the bank, and that included a place called Bank of America."
He also addressed Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase.
"They don't take conservative business, and I don't know if regulators mandated that because of Biden or what," Trump continued, "but you and Jamie and everybody, I hope you open your banks to conservatives, because what you're doing is wrong."
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Good for him but he should have spoken more forcefully. Like suggesting he might punish them if they don't.
We have to stop pussy-footing around with these internationalists. I have little doubt that these banks are not allowed to discriminate based on creed, any more than they can discriminate based on religion or race or sex. And that is what this is, discrimination. The debankers need to be debanked.
I know Trump was there by invitation and he didn't want to start a big fight with them, but we can't let them get away with such things. Trump needed to make it clear we aren't going to tolerate this.
Trump Bank of America,J.P. Morgan at Davos over their abuse of Conservatives.
According to the article Trump said:
"'I hope you open your banks to conservatives, because what you're doing is wrong.'
"And by the way, speaking of you, and you've done a fantastic job," said Trump, "but I hope you start opening your bank to conservatives, because many conservatives complain that the banks are not allowing them to do business within the bank, and that included a place called Bank of America."
He also addressed Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase.
"They don't take conservative business, and I don't know if regulators mandated that because of Biden or what," Trump continued, "but you and Jamie and everybody, I hope you open your banks to conservatives, because what you're doing is wrong."
end
Good for him but he should have spoken more forcefully. Like suggesting he might punish them if they don't.
We have to stop pussy-footing around with these internationalists. I have little doubt that these banks are not allowed to discriminate based on creed, any more than they can discriminate based on religion or race or sex. And that is what this is, discrimination. The debankers need to be debanked.
I know Trump was there by invitation and he didn't want to start a big fight with them, but we can't let them get away with such things. Trump needed to make it clear we aren't going to tolerate this.
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The Fed Needs to be Jacksoned
Timothy Birdnow
Here is a good essay about the Federal Reserve and what most Americans do not know about it.
He's right, and when Rand Paul said the Fed was more powerful than Congress he wasn't kidding. Oh, and it's dominated by the New York banks and Wall Street, which is why stocks always seem to prosper when middle America is hurting.
We went down this road before. Alexander Hamilton's brainchild was the Bank of the United States, and that institution was hated by many, especially in frontier areas which suffered from BUS policy. Andrew Jackson, the Trump of the 19th century, wanted to kill it. Well, the head of the BUS was a creep named Nicholas Biddle who purposely tried to strangle the economy, jacking interest rates through the roof to get Jackson kicked out of office. It didn't work and Jackson finally took the corrupt institution out. America did fine with no central bank but we imposed it in 1913 under the proto-fascist Woodrow Wilson. We've been stuck with these mandarins of the economy ruling us ever since.
And what has been their legacy? We had a terrible depression in 1022, and an even worse one 1929 that lasted through to the American entry into WWII. We haed the "Depression within a Depression". We've had multiple terrible "recessions" which is what they call depressions now (for psychological reasons). The terrible recession of 1982 was triggererd by the Fed pumping up the money supply, leaeding to runaway inflation, then imposing high interest rates - giving us stagflation, something Keynsian economists said was impossible. They then cut both and Ronald Reagan faced one of the nastiest recessions we've seen.
But his policies got us out of it.
At any rate, the Fed giveth and the Fed taketh away.
I suspect they are going to really crack down with Trump in office so as to make America believe they made the wrong choice. If the Fed crushes the economy while Trump is President there is a real chance the internationalists and communists will retake power and MaGA will go the way of the Dodo.
Granted, Trump's policies should unleashe prosperity, but the Fed is going to resist him. That is my prediction anyway.
Congress created that monstrousity. Congress needs to undo it.
People used to hate bankers because so many of them were crooks and folks lost their property to banks, or their deposits, all the time. So what did Congress do to fix it? Gave the bankers almost total power over the economy. Sadly most people don't understand that and think the Fed is somehow their protector FROM bankers and other plutocrats. it isn't; it's what is giving us a plutocracy in the first place.
I hope Trump takes a page from Andrew Jackson.
Here is a good essay about the Federal Reserve and what most Americans do not know about it.
He's right, and when Rand Paul said the Fed was more powerful than Congress he wasn't kidding. Oh, and it's dominated by the New York banks and Wall Street, which is why stocks always seem to prosper when middle America is hurting.
We went down this road before. Alexander Hamilton's brainchild was the Bank of the United States, and that institution was hated by many, especially in frontier areas which suffered from BUS policy. Andrew Jackson, the Trump of the 19th century, wanted to kill it. Well, the head of the BUS was a creep named Nicholas Biddle who purposely tried to strangle the economy, jacking interest rates through the roof to get Jackson kicked out of office. It didn't work and Jackson finally took the corrupt institution out. America did fine with no central bank but we imposed it in 1913 under the proto-fascist Woodrow Wilson. We've been stuck with these mandarins of the economy ruling us ever since.
And what has been their legacy? We had a terrible depression in 1022, and an even worse one 1929 that lasted through to the American entry into WWII. We haed the "Depression within a Depression". We've had multiple terrible "recessions" which is what they call depressions now (for psychological reasons). The terrible recession of 1982 was triggererd by the Fed pumping up the money supply, leaeding to runaway inflation, then imposing high interest rates - giving us stagflation, something Keynsian economists said was impossible. They then cut both and Ronald Reagan faced one of the nastiest recessions we've seen.
But his policies got us out of it.
At any rate, the Fed giveth and the Fed taketh away.
I suspect they are going to really crack down with Trump in office so as to make America believe they made the wrong choice. If the Fed crushes the economy while Trump is President there is a real chance the internationalists and communists will retake power and MaGA will go the way of the Dodo.
Granted, Trump's policies should unleashe prosperity, but the Fed is going to resist him. That is my prediction anyway.
Congress created that monstrousity. Congress needs to undo it.
People used to hate bankers because so many of them were crooks and folks lost their property to banks, or their deposits, all the time. So what did Congress do to fix it? Gave the bankers almost total power over the economy. Sadly most people don't understand that and think the Fed is somehow their protector FROM bankers and other plutocrats. it isn't; it's what is giving us a plutocracy in the first place.
I hope Trump takes a page from Andrew Jackson.
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FACE the Music!
Timothy Birdnow
Senator Mike Lee has introduced legislation repealing the FACE act, the law which the Biden Administration used to prosecute pro-life protesters.
Fromm the article:
FACE is an appropriate name as it is all about getting in the faces of those who peacefully and patriotically protest the murder of innocent children.
Face it; the whole point of this law was to go after committed political opposition. It served no other purpose.
Senator Mike Lee has introduced legislation repealing the FACE act, the law which the Biden Administration used to prosecute pro-life protesters.
Fromm the article:
"Since 2021, the Biden-Harris administration’s Justice Department brought criminal or civil cases under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE, Act, against pro-lifers who prayed outside abortion clinics and urged women in unplanned pregnancies to choose life.
Twenty-one pro-lifers were convicted and 10 are currently incarcerated.
Biden’s critics accused him and his DOJ of weaponizing the FACE Act against pro-lifers while charging hardly any pro-abortion criminals for the hundreds of attacks on pregnancy resource centers since the May 2022 leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion indicating Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned.
According to data from Former Attorney General Merrick Garland’s DOJ, 97% of FACE Act prosecutions from 1994-2024 were against pro-life Americans."
Twenty-one pro-lifers were convicted and 10 are currently incarcerated.
Biden’s critics accused him and his DOJ of weaponizing the FACE Act against pro-lifers while charging hardly any pro-abortion criminals for the hundreds of attacks on pregnancy resource centers since the May 2022 leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion indicating Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned.
According to data from Former Attorney General Merrick Garland’s DOJ, 97% of FACE Act prosecutions from 1994-2024 were against pro-life Americans."
FACE is an appropriate name as it is all about getting in the faces of those who peacefully and patriotically protest the murder of innocent children.
Face it; the whole point of this law was to go after committed political opposition. It served no other purpose.
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January 23, 2025
The Elephant Walk
Timothy Birdnow
Finally, some sanity in Colorado.
Colorado court rules elephants at zoo cannot pursue their release because they are not human
Landon Mion
We've seen these lawsuits and watched this slowly climb the legal ladder for some time now. A few countries recognize "civil rights" for animals (such as Spain) but most sane places do not. There is a reason for that; animals are not humans, are not fully self-aware, and have no civil rights. We humans have a responsibility to treat them decently. This makes all the difference in the world.
Leftists are funny; their goals are everything and consistency nothing. The same people pushing rights for elephants are the same people who will tell you an unborn baby is just tissue and can be ripped out of the womb whenever someone decides. The argument they make is sentiency is the key to the right to life, and if a fetus isn't sentient then it's not a human life.
Of course the same holds true of very small children, of old dementia patients, of the brain damaged and whatnot. The anti-life crowd wants these people included in the list of fair game for euthanasia.
Anyone remember Terri Schiavo? The Left was quite eager to pull the plug on the poor woman and we didn't understand why they were so hot for it. Well, it was because they want the power of the godhead, as I argued in the article linked above.
So liberals are just fine with using sentientcy as the determining factor where babies are concerned, or where human life is concerned, but they demand animals be given rights. Why?
Because it downplays our humanity, which is a reflection of God. The Left has long sought to murder the Almighty, and to reduce Mankind to mobile meat with minds. If we are just animals we have no rights either, except ones granted by the State - the new god.
This is nothing short of a reflection of the war on Christianity and Judaism. By saying animals have civil rights they equate us with animals.
That is in direct contradiction to what we have always known. The Book of Genesis shows God saying "let us make Man in our own image and likeness" as opposed to the animals. Does that mean God doesn't love animals? No, but He didn't make them the same as us. We have free will; they don't. As a result we have rights, given by God Himself. The Founding Fathers understood this, which is why they say rights are inalienable; they come from God and not the state.
The Left hates that. They want the power to tell everyone how to live and what to do. To attain that power they must first destroy the idea that human beings have inalienable rights, and to do that they have to downgrade Man from "a little lower than the angels" to mere meat in motion. If we are things we are subject to their will.
That is a big part of why so many liberals support animal rights. Granted, many of the foot soldiers are just sentimental and emotion-driven, but the inner core pushes this stuff for the reasons I just outlined. They are trying to fundamentally change our view of ourselves, humble us in a very bad way, so we accept their authority.
Liberalism is evil, the doctrine of demons. Satan wants us to feel like animals, ugly and unlovable by God. If he gets us to believe such things we will turn away from God, join the rebellion. The Left is basically his church and they are doing what he wills.
I assure you, civil rights for elephants would only be the beginning. And it would be used to justify tampering with human life, bringing us down and not the animals up (the animals neither know nor care about the matter except they don't want to be abused.) We could be compelled to receive medical treatment we do not want, even as far as chips implanted in our brains. How can we refuse, if we are no more than smart animals ourselves? Inevitably this will lead to mass euthanasia, as most of the Ruling Class is terrified of overpopulation, having learned that in their youths during the '70's from fools like Paul Ehrlich. If they can get us to believe we are animals, how long before they propose "culling the herd" for our own good?
So this thing in the People's Republic of Colorado is a welcome development. It suggests the tide may be turning.
Let us hope and pray so.
Finally, some sanity in Colorado.
Colorado court rules elephants at zoo cannot pursue their release because they are not human
Landon Mion
We've seen these lawsuits and watched this slowly climb the legal ladder for some time now. A few countries recognize "civil rights" for animals (such as Spain) but most sane places do not. There is a reason for that; animals are not humans, are not fully self-aware, and have no civil rights. We humans have a responsibility to treat them decently. This makes all the difference in the world.
Leftists are funny; their goals are everything and consistency nothing. The same people pushing rights for elephants are the same people who will tell you an unborn baby is just tissue and can be ripped out of the womb whenever someone decides. The argument they make is sentiency is the key to the right to life, and if a fetus isn't sentient then it's not a human life.
Of course the same holds true of very small children, of old dementia patients, of the brain damaged and whatnot. The anti-life crowd wants these people included in the list of fair game for euthanasia.
Anyone remember Terri Schiavo? The Left was quite eager to pull the plug on the poor woman and we didn't understand why they were so hot for it. Well, it was because they want the power of the godhead, as I argued in the article linked above.
So liberals are just fine with using sentientcy as the determining factor where babies are concerned, or where human life is concerned, but they demand animals be given rights. Why?
Because it downplays our humanity, which is a reflection of God. The Left has long sought to murder the Almighty, and to reduce Mankind to mobile meat with minds. If we are just animals we have no rights either, except ones granted by the State - the new god.
This is nothing short of a reflection of the war on Christianity and Judaism. By saying animals have civil rights they equate us with animals.
That is in direct contradiction to what we have always known. The Book of Genesis shows God saying "let us make Man in our own image and likeness" as opposed to the animals. Does that mean God doesn't love animals? No, but He didn't make them the same as us. We have free will; they don't. As a result we have rights, given by God Himself. The Founding Fathers understood this, which is why they say rights are inalienable; they come from God and not the state.
The Left hates that. They want the power to tell everyone how to live and what to do. To attain that power they must first destroy the idea that human beings have inalienable rights, and to do that they have to downgrade Man from "a little lower than the angels" to mere meat in motion. If we are things we are subject to their will.
That is a big part of why so many liberals support animal rights. Granted, many of the foot soldiers are just sentimental and emotion-driven, but the inner core pushes this stuff for the reasons I just outlined. They are trying to fundamentally change our view of ourselves, humble us in a very bad way, so we accept their authority.
Liberalism is evil, the doctrine of demons. Satan wants us to feel like animals, ugly and unlovable by God. If he gets us to believe such things we will turn away from God, join the rebellion. The Left is basically his church and they are doing what he wills.
I assure you, civil rights for elephants would only be the beginning. And it would be used to justify tampering with human life, bringing us down and not the animals up (the animals neither know nor care about the matter except they don't want to be abused.) We could be compelled to receive medical treatment we do not want, even as far as chips implanted in our brains. How can we refuse, if we are no more than smart animals ourselves? Inevitably this will lead to mass euthanasia, as most of the Ruling Class is terrified of overpopulation, having learned that in their youths during the '70's from fools like Paul Ehrlich. If they can get us to believe we are animals, how long before they propose "culling the herd" for our own good?
So this thing in the People's Republic of Colorado is a welcome development. It suggests the tide may be turning.
Let us hope and pray so.
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