March 29, 2025
More Wasted Money
Timothy Birdnow
More insane governemnt spending at HHS uncovered by DOGE.
Yes, they really did spend money to prevent "transgender boys" from getting pregnant!And they spent three quarters of a million bucks to study Buddhism and HIV in Thailand.
Read the article.
More insane governemnt spending at HHS uncovered by DOGE.
Yes, they really did spend money to prevent "transgender boys" from getting pregnant!And they spent three quarters of a million bucks to study Buddhism and HIV in Thailand.
Read the article.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Timothy Birdnow
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is up for grabs and with it the entire state (one of the battleground states).
George Soros is pouring big bucks into Wisconsin to turn it into a People's Republic. Elon Musk is doing likewise to save it.
This has been the most expensive judicial race in history, with leftist Susan Crawford raising $21 million and her conservative opponent Brad schimel raising 10 mil. But there has been an additional $80 million injected into the race by NGO's.
There are many very important issues up and if the left wins this seat they will have a solid majority on the court.
Crawford worked for Planned Parenthood and has called voter I.D. "a poll tax".
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is up for grabs and with it the entire state (one of the battleground states).
George Soros is pouring big bucks into Wisconsin to turn it into a People's Republic. Elon Musk is doing likewise to save it.
This has been the most expensive judicial race in history, with leftist Susan Crawford raising $21 million and her conservative opponent Brad schimel raising 10 mil. But there has been an additional $80 million injected into the race by NGO's.
There are many very important issues up and if the left wins this seat they will have a solid majority on the court.
Crawford worked for Planned Parenthood and has called voter I.D. "a poll tax".
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Playing God
Timothy Birdnow
Scientists are actually working to allow lesbians to "father" a child with another lesbian.
Bioethicist Adrian Villalba writes in "Queering the Genome”:
This is tantamount to witchcraft and will lead to nothing but misery and ruin. If we go down this road we could well find the human race has backed itself into a corner.
Wonder how many tax dollars have gone into this research?
Scientists are actually working to allow lesbians to "father" a child with another lesbian.
Bioethicist Adrian Villalba writes in "Queering the Genome”:
The potential alteration of genomic imprinting opens the door for an oocyte [egg] to exhibit characteristics similar to a sperm, allowing it to fertilise another egg. This can be achieved by inducing the expression of genes typically found in sperm but silenced in eggs, or conversely, by silencing genes imprinted in sperm and expressed in eggs.
This is tantamount to witchcraft and will lead to nothing but misery and ruin. If we go down this road we could well find the human race has backed itself into a corner.
Wonder how many tax dollars have gone into this research?
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Trump Appeals to SCOTUS
Timothy Birdnow
Trump makes an emergency appeal to SCOTUS to overturn a spate of lower court rulings that are trying to prevent him from protecting Americans by deporting criminal illegal aliens.
Not sure how this will go, even though Trump is on rock-solid legal ground. But he's saddled with John Roberts and Amy Conehead Barrett as well as all the liberals on the court.
In particular, Trump is asking the Court to overrule James Bosoberg, er, Boasberg, who has ordered Trump to not deport the trendy Tren de Aragua gangsters. Bosoberg went so far as to order them be returned to the U.S. when they were over international waters! And he is simply dismissing a very old law on the books that allows Trump this sort of discretion (the Alien Enemies Act).
Personally I would like to see Boasberg deported along with Trende but that's just me.
The filing states:
John Roberts complained that Trump was threatening to impeach Judge Boasberg and that was "improper" when there was a "remedy" which involved the appelate process. Fine. Now we'll see if there really is a remedy in that fashion. Roberts had better side with the Administration here or maybe we should look at impeaching HIM.
Trump makes an emergency appeal to SCOTUS to overturn a spate of lower court rulings that are trying to prevent him from protecting Americans by deporting criminal illegal aliens.
Not sure how this will go, even though Trump is on rock-solid legal ground. But he's saddled with John Roberts and Amy Conehead Barrett as well as all the liberals on the court.
In particular, Trump is asking the Court to overrule James Bosoberg, er, Boasberg, who has ordered Trump to not deport the trendy Tren de Aragua gangsters. Bosoberg went so far as to order them be returned to the U.S. when they were over international waters! And he is simply dismissing a very old law on the books that allows Trump this sort of discretion (the Alien Enemies Act).
Personally I would like to see Boasberg deported along with Trende but that's just me.
The filing states:
"Only this Court can stop rule-by-TRO from further upending the separation of powers—the sooner, the better. Here, the district court’s orders have rebuffed the President’s judgments as to how to protect the Nation against foreign terrorist organizations and risk debilitating effects for delicate foreign negotiations.
More broadly, rule-by-TRO has become so commonplace among district courts that the Executive Branch’s basic functions are in peril. In the two months since Inauguration Day, district courts have issued more than 40 injunctions or TROs against the Executive Branch.
Whereas ‘district courts issued 14 universal injunctions against the federal government through the first three years of President Biden’s term,’ they issued ’15 universal injunctions (or temporary restraining orders) against the current Administration in February 2025 alone.'”
More broadly, rule-by-TRO has become so commonplace among district courts that the Executive Branch’s basic functions are in peril. In the two months since Inauguration Day, district courts have issued more than 40 injunctions or TROs against the Executive Branch.
Whereas ‘district courts issued 14 universal injunctions against the federal government through the first three years of President Biden’s term,’ they issued ’15 universal injunctions (or temporary restraining orders) against the current Administration in February 2025 alone.'”
John Roberts complained that Trump was threatening to impeach Judge Boasberg and that was "improper" when there was a "remedy" which involved the appelate process. Fine. Now we'll see if there really is a remedy in that fashion. Roberts had better side with the Administration here or maybe we should look at impeaching HIM.
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March 28, 2025
Signal Silliness
Timothy Birdnow
Wishful thinking from the GOPe.
A New Administration’s Signal Failure
From the RINO's at the Wall Street Urinal:
It apparently never occurred to tthe author of this piece that perhaps, just perhaps, this thing was SUPPOSED to be leaked, that it was, oh, I don't know, a misinformation campaign perhaps?
Signal is not a secure system, merely a private one, and Hegseth and the rest know full well that is the case. A caller to Sean Hannity described it as one step up from pig latin.
Also, does it occur to this author that the journalist who gained access had to have help aka someone on the inside? Maybe, just maybe, they were trying to flush out the moles?
The author speaks of Ronald Reagan and forgets Trump went through the very same assassination attempt and handled it with the same aplomb.
One of Trump's key strategies is to be unpredictable and seemingly chaotic. He derives this strategy from the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, I might add, who admonished generals to do this very thing. This whole Signal business appears to me to be exactly that - a tempest in a teapot designed to throw everyone off.
so all the pearl-clutching and breast beating is simply silly; this President has been to this rodeo before. But then it's an attempt to take out Hegseth, not Trump, and the WSJ wants a war hawk in Hegseth's position.
Contrary to the dark prophecy of the author this thing will blow over and be forgotten. And our enemies abroad are not licking their chops over this in any way, shape, or form.
Wishful thinking from the GOPe.
A New Administration’s Signal Failure
From the RINO's at the Wall Street Urinal:
"The Signal mess is a real mess, not something that will fade away quickly, because it’s one of those scandals that give the world a picture of a new administration.
At just about this time in John F. Kennedy’s presidency (April 17-20, 1961) came the Bay of Pigs disaster, the failed invasion of Cuba by U.S.-backed and trained exiles who had been assured of American air support but learned on the beach it wouldn’t be forthcoming. It shadowed JFK for a long time. The Soviets concluded he was a dilettante and inferred from his actions an ambivalence about the use of force, which led Premier Nikita Khrushchev to rough him up at their first summit, that June in Geneva. JFK wasn’t prepared for such treatment. He confided to the journalist James Reston that it was "the worst thing in my life”; Khrushchev "savaged me.”
In August the Soviets erected the Berlin Wall; a year later they put missiles in Cuba. Kennedy’s mastery in the latter crisis, in October 1962, had a reordering effect on his international reputation. Good things followed, including his American University address in which he felt free, having proved himself, having established a more grounded relationship with the Soviet government, to unveil a new plea for nuclear arms control. His speechwriter, the great Ted Sorensen, told me years later that of all the speeches they worked on—the Inaugural Address, the announcement of the missile crisis—the one at American University was the most important.
An opposite example: It was at almost exactly this point in the new administration of Ronald Reagan, on March 30, 1981, that the president was shot outside the Washington Hilton. His aplomb, the warmth of his gallantry as he joked with doctors and nurses—"I hope you’re all Republicans”—even though his wound was nearly fatal, also carried immense implications. Among world leaders: This cowboy star is both tough and lucky. (Some of them hated a lucky American president, but all saw the luck as a major factor: Politicians are among the most superstitious people on earth.) The shooting also cemented Reagan’s relationship with the American people. Even Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill’s Massachusetts voters were impressed: Tip, don’t be too tough on my Ronnie. That was the beginning of serious bipartisan progress between the White House and Congress, when O’Neill realized you can’t ignore this guy or try to roll him every day, you’d better play ball.
The Signal mess lacks the size and depth of both these events. But it too will have implications for the reputation of this White House because, again, it gives a picture that is not so forgettable.
Every government in the world, even those with the best intelligence services, has wondered exactly what it’s like in there, how exactly it works. To see the transcripts of the now famous "Houthi PC small group” is to conclude it’s pretty ad hoc. Pretty messy. The word jejune comes to mind. So does callow. There’s a lot of freelancing. The vice president questions what appears to have been a presidential decision, and the debate is conducted on a publicly available encrypted app. No one on the 19-person call said, "Guys, should we be doing this on Signal?”
They don’t come across as steely-eyed pros, and often express themselves in ways that are emotional (JD Vance: "I just hate bailing Europe out again.” It made me think of a 1950s housewife in a Rinso commercial: "I just hate those stubborn stains!”
At just about this time in John F. Kennedy’s presidency (April 17-20, 1961) came the Bay of Pigs disaster, the failed invasion of Cuba by U.S.-backed and trained exiles who had been assured of American air support but learned on the beach it wouldn’t be forthcoming. It shadowed JFK for a long time. The Soviets concluded he was a dilettante and inferred from his actions an ambivalence about the use of force, which led Premier Nikita Khrushchev to rough him up at their first summit, that June in Geneva. JFK wasn’t prepared for such treatment. He confided to the journalist James Reston that it was "the worst thing in my life”; Khrushchev "savaged me.”
In August the Soviets erected the Berlin Wall; a year later they put missiles in Cuba. Kennedy’s mastery in the latter crisis, in October 1962, had a reordering effect on his international reputation. Good things followed, including his American University address in which he felt free, having proved himself, having established a more grounded relationship with the Soviet government, to unveil a new plea for nuclear arms control. His speechwriter, the great Ted Sorensen, told me years later that of all the speeches they worked on—the Inaugural Address, the announcement of the missile crisis—the one at American University was the most important.
An opposite example: It was at almost exactly this point in the new administration of Ronald Reagan, on March 30, 1981, that the president was shot outside the Washington Hilton. His aplomb, the warmth of his gallantry as he joked with doctors and nurses—"I hope you’re all Republicans”—even though his wound was nearly fatal, also carried immense implications. Among world leaders: This cowboy star is both tough and lucky. (Some of them hated a lucky American president, but all saw the luck as a major factor: Politicians are among the most superstitious people on earth.) The shooting also cemented Reagan’s relationship with the American people. Even Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill’s Massachusetts voters were impressed: Tip, don’t be too tough on my Ronnie. That was the beginning of serious bipartisan progress between the White House and Congress, when O’Neill realized you can’t ignore this guy or try to roll him every day, you’d better play ball.
The Signal mess lacks the size and depth of both these events. But it too will have implications for the reputation of this White House because, again, it gives a picture that is not so forgettable.
Every government in the world, even those with the best intelligence services, has wondered exactly what it’s like in there, how exactly it works. To see the transcripts of the now famous "Houthi PC small group” is to conclude it’s pretty ad hoc. Pretty messy. The word jejune comes to mind. So does callow. There’s a lot of freelancing. The vice president questions what appears to have been a presidential decision, and the debate is conducted on a publicly available encrypted app. No one on the 19-person call said, "Guys, should we be doing this on Signal?”
They don’t come across as steely-eyed pros, and often express themselves in ways that are emotional (JD Vance: "I just hate bailing Europe out again.” It made me think of a 1950s housewife in a Rinso commercial: "I just hate those stubborn stains!”
It apparently never occurred to tthe author of this piece that perhaps, just perhaps, this thing was SUPPOSED to be leaked, that it was, oh, I don't know, a misinformation campaign perhaps?
Signal is not a secure system, merely a private one, and Hegseth and the rest know full well that is the case. A caller to Sean Hannity described it as one step up from pig latin.
Also, does it occur to this author that the journalist who gained access had to have help aka someone on the inside? Maybe, just maybe, they were trying to flush out the moles?
The author speaks of Ronald Reagan and forgets Trump went through the very same assassination attempt and handled it with the same aplomb.
One of Trump's key strategies is to be unpredictable and seemingly chaotic. He derives this strategy from the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, I might add, who admonished generals to do this very thing. This whole Signal business appears to me to be exactly that - a tempest in a teapot designed to throw everyone off.
so all the pearl-clutching and breast beating is simply silly; this President has been to this rodeo before. But then it's an attempt to take out Hegseth, not Trump, and the WSJ wants a war hawk in Hegseth's position.
Contrary to the dark prophecy of the author this thing will blow over and be forgotten. And our enemies abroad are not licking their chops over this in any way, shape, or form.
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Restoration
Timothy Birdnow
Makes me think of the prophet Ezra...
Trump Orders Return Of Removed Monuments Dismantled During Biden Era
In the Bible Ezra led the restoration of Judaic law and culture and Trump appears to be doing the same for us.
Makes me think of the prophet Ezra...
Trump Orders Return Of Removed Monuments Dismantled During Biden Era
"Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history … reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed, It is the policy of my Administration to restore Federal sites dedicated to history, including parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage, consistent progress toward becoming a more perfect Union.”
I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
In the Bible Ezra led the restoration of Judaic law and culture and Trump appears to be doing the same for us.
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March 27, 2025
Pfizer and Biden
Timothy Birdnow
Ya think?
Hmm,Did Pfizer Try to Throw the 2020 Election to Biden?
Even though Pfizer made a killing on Operation Warp Speed, a Trump initiative, they knew Trump was souring on this scam. Bide would be far more amenable and they knew he would impose mandatory vaccinations. He did.
It's not illegal but certainly Pfister (pardon the vulgarism but I couldn't resist since that's what they've been doing to America) should be treated like leprous necrofiles.
Ya think?
Hmm,Did Pfizer Try to Throw the 2020 Election to Biden?
Even though Pfizer made a killing on Operation Warp Speed, a Trump initiative, they knew Trump was souring on this scam. Bide would be far more amenable and they knew he would impose mandatory vaccinations. He did.
It's not illegal but certainly Pfister (pardon the vulgarism but I couldn't resist since that's what they've been doing to America) should be treated like leprous necrofiles.
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How Tariffs Indirectly Hurt China
Timothy Birdnow
If it's hurting china it's a good thing.
China, Top Buyer of Venezuelan Oil, Hit Hard by Trump Secondary Tariffs
We may well be reaching an historic inflection point where the Chinese economy, no longer being bolstered by favorable policies from the West, threatens the grip of the Communists. Ronald Reagan destroyed the Soviet Union by squeezing them economically and they collapsed. People now say "oh, it was inevitable" and "the Soviet Union wasn't China" but this is all 20/20 hindsight. The reality is both used similar systems and those systems in the end do nothing but produce poverty. We never took real action to build the Soviet economy, which is what we did with China, but in the end both economies were wholly dependent on Western finance and commerce. They are ultimately both parasitic and China can be crushed in like manner.
I never did understand the enthusiasm for the chicoms. I remember the '90's when a lot of Republicans, including people like Newt Gingrcih, were calling for greater engagement with the Chicoms under the theory we would bribe them into reforming into a Western-style system. I thought it foolish then and see it as foolish now, precisely because I believe in the Judeo-Christian concept of Original Sin. Everything sinks to the lowest denominator, people turn tyrannical and corrupt when given the chance. This didn't happen for a long time in the West because we had a pluralistic society and the churches were strong, strong enough to act as a restraining influence on governments. We also had a strong free market. But China has never had any of that; it was never going to turn into a kind of Sweden, with a big welfare state but free market.
I believe it is only an economic powerhouse now because we let China do the dirty work. WE built factories there to avoid our own anti-polllution laws, our own worker health and safety laws, our own wage laws. We outsourced our troubles. But of course that meant we outsourced our jobs and wealth too. China didn't so much create their own wealth as had it given to them.
I've long believed this was intentional, a plan by the New world Order types to make China the industrail heart of their new order. The U.S. would be the military and high tech, while places like Africa would provide minerals and other commodities. And this made China vulnerable ultimately, which is how these people roll; they want to be able to take any portion of their little empire down if it should become too uppity. Simply taking out China's foreign market means taking out China.
So they made China rich and powerful to act as a counter-balance to the U.S. (remember Madalein Albright bemoaning a unipolar world?) but didn't make it actually independent; it needed us to thrive. They knew it too.
If they made it they can break it.
This is what they did with the Soviet Union; constant funding coming from international banks kept the USSR afloat for decades. But Reagan came into office and he pushed and the whole rotten thing collapsed; it never had any real roots. I think the same is true of China.
The question is, can we push the Chicoms out the way we did the Bolsheviks? It was a very dangerous thing then and technology has only improved to empower the Chicoms. They will be MOST unpleasant in their death-throes.
Or they may be able to wait us out.
At any rate I doubt this was an unforseen event; Trump and his people planned it. Good.
If it's hurting china it's a good thing.
China, Top Buyer of Venezuelan Oil, Hit Hard by Trump Secondary Tariffs
We may well be reaching an historic inflection point where the Chinese economy, no longer being bolstered by favorable policies from the West, threatens the grip of the Communists. Ronald Reagan destroyed the Soviet Union by squeezing them economically and they collapsed. People now say "oh, it was inevitable" and "the Soviet Union wasn't China" but this is all 20/20 hindsight. The reality is both used similar systems and those systems in the end do nothing but produce poverty. We never took real action to build the Soviet economy, which is what we did with China, but in the end both economies were wholly dependent on Western finance and commerce. They are ultimately both parasitic and China can be crushed in like manner.
I never did understand the enthusiasm for the chicoms. I remember the '90's when a lot of Republicans, including people like Newt Gingrcih, were calling for greater engagement with the Chicoms under the theory we would bribe them into reforming into a Western-style system. I thought it foolish then and see it as foolish now, precisely because I believe in the Judeo-Christian concept of Original Sin. Everything sinks to the lowest denominator, people turn tyrannical and corrupt when given the chance. This didn't happen for a long time in the West because we had a pluralistic society and the churches were strong, strong enough to act as a restraining influence on governments. We also had a strong free market. But China has never had any of that; it was never going to turn into a kind of Sweden, with a big welfare state but free market.
I believe it is only an economic powerhouse now because we let China do the dirty work. WE built factories there to avoid our own anti-polllution laws, our own worker health and safety laws, our own wage laws. We outsourced our troubles. But of course that meant we outsourced our jobs and wealth too. China didn't so much create their own wealth as had it given to them.
I've long believed this was intentional, a plan by the New world Order types to make China the industrail heart of their new order. The U.S. would be the military and high tech, while places like Africa would provide minerals and other commodities. And this made China vulnerable ultimately, which is how these people roll; they want to be able to take any portion of their little empire down if it should become too uppity. Simply taking out China's foreign market means taking out China.
So they made China rich and powerful to act as a counter-balance to the U.S. (remember Madalein Albright bemoaning a unipolar world?) but didn't make it actually independent; it needed us to thrive. They knew it too.
If they made it they can break it.
This is what they did with the Soviet Union; constant funding coming from international banks kept the USSR afloat for decades. But Reagan came into office and he pushed and the whole rotten thing collapsed; it never had any real roots. I think the same is true of China.
The question is, can we push the Chicoms out the way we did the Bolsheviks? It was a very dangerous thing then and technology has only improved to empower the Chicoms. They will be MOST unpleasant in their death-throes.
Or they may be able to wait us out.
At any rate I doubt this was an unforseen event; Trump and his people planned it. Good.
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Judge Overturns Biden Energy Lease Cancellations
Timothy Birdnow
So we finally win one from a judge.
Judge Rules Biden Admin Unlawfully Canceled Oil, Gas Leases in Alaska Refuge
Sadly I disagree with the judge's reasoning; tthe courts are not the ultimate rulers here and this notion that the Department of the Interior does not in any way have to get "approval" from them. IF there is a lawsuit and the courts say this violates the law fine, but essentially this judge is saying the DOI had to go to the courts and get their policy rubber-stamped. That is NOT the way this is supposed to work.
Of course it's not supposed to work the way it does, either, where unelected bureaucrats simply cancel legal contracts, but this is what happens when government is intimately involved in all facets of life.
From the Epoch Times:
"There is no reason DOI couldn't file"? There is no reason why they SHOULD file. The courts are WAY out of balance with their funciton.
But this is good; it means Biden's dirty trick has failed, at least as long as it's not overturned by an appelate court.
So we finally win one from a judge.
Judge Rules Biden Admin Unlawfully Canceled Oil, Gas Leases in Alaska Refuge
Sadly I disagree with the judge's reasoning; tthe courts are not the ultimate rulers here and this notion that the Department of the Interior does not in any way have to get "approval" from them. IF there is a lawsuit and the courts say this violates the law fine, but essentially this judge is saying the DOI had to go to the courts and get their policy rubber-stamped. That is NOT the way this is supposed to work.
Of course it's not supposed to work the way it does, either, where unelected bureaucrats simply cancel legal contracts, but this is what happens when government is intimately involved in all facets of life.
From the Epoch Times:
"A federal judge in Alaska ruled on Tuesday that the Department of the Interior (DOI) acted unlawfully when it canceled seven oil and gas leases issued for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) because the agency failed to obtain a court order beforehand.
In a 22-page order, U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason stated that DOI needed to obtain a court order to cancel the seven leases that had been awarded to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) before the Biden administration took office in 2021.
"There is no reason DOI could not file an action seeking declaratory relief in such circumstances,” Gleason stated. "Accordingly, Federal Defendants’ cancellation of AIDEA’s leases was not in accordance with law because it failed to seek a court order.”
AIDEA filed the lawsuit against the Biden administration in 2023 after DOI canceled oil and gas leases it won in January 2021, during the final days of President Donald Trump’s first term."
In a 22-page order, U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason stated that DOI needed to obtain a court order to cancel the seven leases that had been awarded to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) before the Biden administration took office in 2021.
"There is no reason DOI could not file an action seeking declaratory relief in such circumstances,” Gleason stated. "Accordingly, Federal Defendants’ cancellation of AIDEA’s leases was not in accordance with law because it failed to seek a court order.”
AIDEA filed the lawsuit against the Biden administration in 2023 after DOI canceled oil and gas leases it won in January 2021, during the final days of President Donald Trump’s first term."
"There is no reason DOI couldn't file"? There is no reason why they SHOULD file. The courts are WAY out of balance with their funciton.
But this is good; it means Biden's dirty trick has failed, at least as long as it's not overturned by an appelate court.
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Pea Pickin' Ridiculous
Timothy Birdnow
Oh for the love of all things holy!
Rogue Judge Looking to Prevent Terrorists from Being Deported To Preside Over Signal Chat Lawsuit
Bosoburger is going to be ruling over the mistake that let a journalist onto a chat about national security.
How is there even a lawsuit in this; nobody has standing here. There is no injured party. And with national security involved nothing about this can be brought out in discovery anyway.
This is pea-picking ridiculous (to quote Dana Mathewson's brother in law.)
Oh for the love of all things holy!
Rogue Judge Looking to Prevent Terrorists from Being Deported To Preside Over Signal Chat Lawsuit
Bosoburger is going to be ruling over the mistake that let a journalist onto a chat about national security.
How is there even a lawsuit in this; nobody has standing here. There is no injured party. And with national security involved nothing about this can be brought out in discovery anyway.
This is pea-picking ridiculous (to quote Dana Mathewson's brother in law.)
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More Winning
Timothy Birdnow
Tired of winning yet?
Investment Commitments in U.S. Nears $3 Trillion Since Trump Took Office - Equal to 10% of GDPp.
Tired of winning yet?
Investment Commitments in U.S. Nears $3 Trillion Since Trump Took Office - Equal to 10% of GDPp.
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Light Blogging Continues
Dear friends,
Blogging will remain light for the next few weeks no doubt. I promise to post as/when I can and will no doubt be back up to speed after a week or so.
Thank you for your patience.
Tim
Blogging will remain light for the next few weeks no doubt. I promise to post as/when I can and will no doubt be back up to speed after a week or so.
Thank you for your patience.
Tim
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March 24, 2025
3 Dem Senators to Retire
Timothy Birdnow
Three Donkey Senators are packing it in after losing power in the Happiest Place on Earth (Washington) and this offers a huge opportunity for the GOP to cement their control of the Senate.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) have announced their retirements and next year's off-year elections will offer an unique opportunity to the GOP.
Of course they often blow it and I have great confidence in Republicans to foul things up. Also, as these are liberal states the GOP will probably run RINO republicans, thus making our task more difficult even if we win.
But at least we can pump up the numbers and perhaps that may make all the difference if t
Three Donkey Senators are packing it in after losing power in the Happiest Place on Earth (Washington) and this offers a huge opportunity for the GOP to cement their control of the Senate.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) have announced their retirements and next year's off-year elections will offer an unique opportunity to the GOP.
Of course they often blow it and I have great confidence in Republicans to foul things up. Also, as these are liberal states the GOP will probably run RINO republicans, thus making our task more difficult even if we win.
But at least we can pump up the numbers and perhaps that may make all the difference if t
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The Kids are Allright (now)
Timothy Birdnow
Gen Z, the much vaunted "youth vote" is turning away from the Democrats and increasingly embracing MAGA.
According to Hot AirDemocrats Have Lost the Youth Vote
They are also losing the black and hispanic votes as well, and the labor Democrats are going Orange.
This trend can be reversed if the Democrats play their cards right but they don't seem capable of doing so. Dems are playing Old Maid in a high stakes poker game.
That's why they desperately need a game changer. Watch for something very, very big (like a major terrorist attack).
Gen Z, the much vaunted "youth vote" is turning away from the Democrats and increasingly embracing MAGA.
According to Hot AirDemocrats Have Lost the Youth Vote
They are also losing the black and hispanic votes as well, and the labor Democrats are going Orange.
This trend can be reversed if the Democrats play their cards right but they don't seem capable of doing so. Dems are playing Old Maid in a high stakes poker game.
That's why they desperately need a game changer. Watch for something very, very big (like a major terrorist attack).
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You Can Make Returns After All
Timothy Birdnow
Ron DeSantis is Returning $878 million to Washington in unspent allocations after getting a letter from Musk and DOGE.
"for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and unjust"
Matthew 5:45
DeSantis did what every governor in America should be doing.
Ron DeSantis is Returning $878 million to Washington in unspent allocations after getting a letter from Musk and DOGE.
"for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and unjust"
Matthew 5:45
DeSantis did what every governor in America should be doing.
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Bondi's Boo Boo
Timothy Birdnow
Another reason to suspect Pam Bondi isn't the person for the job.
Pam Bondi — Supreme Court will stop judge Boasberg.
If she believes that she's a bigger fool than I took her for. Maybe they will get around to it eventually, but there is every reason to believe the Administraion will lose this fight at SCOTUS despite the law being entirely on Trump's side because Roberts has now gone on record chastising Trump and he's not about to allow Trump this sort of victory. Also, these radicals just make Roberts look bad, incapable of handling his own branch of government. So at least HE has every reason to not side with Trump, and his mini-me Amy Conehead Barrett will probably follow suit.
No Pam, SCOTUS is like Charlie Brown - you can't depend on it to do ANYTHING right, as Lucy says in Charlie Brown Christmas.
Increasingly Bondi appears to be too weak and vacillating and perhaps even a deep stater to do this job. We needed U.S. Grant and we got George McLellan instead.
Another reason to suspect Pam Bondi isn't the person for the job.
Pam Bondi — Supreme Court will stop judge Boasberg.
If she believes that she's a bigger fool than I took her for. Maybe they will get around to it eventually, but there is every reason to believe the Administraion will lose this fight at SCOTUS despite the law being entirely on Trump's side because Roberts has now gone on record chastising Trump and he's not about to allow Trump this sort of victory. Also, these radicals just make Roberts look bad, incapable of handling his own branch of government. So at least HE has every reason to not side with Trump, and his mini-me Amy Conehead Barrett will probably follow suit.
No Pam, SCOTUS is like Charlie Brown - you can't depend on it to do ANYTHING right, as Lucy says in Charlie Brown Christmas.
Increasingly Bondi appears to be too weak and vacillating and perhaps even a deep stater to do this job. We needed U.S. Grant and we got George McLellan instead.
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USIP gets usnipped
Timothy Birdnow
Possible charges for the US Institute for Peace obstructionist board of directors.
They changed locks on their building to keep DOGE out and sent out memos telling employees not to cooperate with DOGE.
Such insubordination must be punished, and legally.
From the article:
Possible charges for the US Institute for Peace obstructionist board of directors.
They changed locks on their building to keep DOGE out and sent out memos telling employees not to cooperate with DOGE.
Such insubordination must be punished, and legally.
From the article:
"USIP leadership began preparing for a confrontation weeks before the executive order was issued. A Feb. 6 internal document exclusively obtained by the DCNF outlined plans to deny building access to outside officials and reasserted the institute’s discretion over security systems and facilities. Flyers with the names and photos of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials were posted throughout the building, instructing staff to report their presence and avoid conversation.
After Jackson and other DOGE officials arrived on March 14 with law enforcement and a copy of Trump’s order, they were turned away by USIP’s legal counsel, sources previously told the DCNF. Over the following weekend, USIP leadership escalated its resistance — terminating its private security firm, disabling internet and phone systems and resorting to walkie-talkie communication inside the building.
DOGE officials returned Monday to find the building locked down and staff barricaded on the fifth floor. USIP officials called the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), sources previously told the DCNF, who only later arrived at the request of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. after reports of obstruction by institute staff. MPD entered the fifth floor through emergency stairwells and removed former USIP President George Moose and other senior officials from the premises.
While a federal judge declined to issue a restraining order halting the leadership transition Wednesday, she sharply criticized DOGE’s cooperation with law enforcement, despite the circumstances surrounding USIP’s refusal to comply."
After Jackson and other DOGE officials arrived on March 14 with law enforcement and a copy of Trump’s order, they were turned away by USIP’s legal counsel, sources previously told the DCNF. Over the following weekend, USIP leadership escalated its resistance — terminating its private security firm, disabling internet and phone systems and resorting to walkie-talkie communication inside the building.
DOGE officials returned Monday to find the building locked down and staff barricaded on the fifth floor. USIP officials called the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), sources previously told the DCNF, who only later arrived at the request of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. after reports of obstruction by institute staff. MPD entered the fifth floor through emergency stairwells and removed former USIP President George Moose and other senior officials from the premises.
While a federal judge declined to issue a restraining order halting the leadership transition Wednesday, she sharply criticized DOGE’s cooperation with law enforcement, despite the circumstances surrounding USIP’s refusal to comply."
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Reps Take Long Island
Timothy Birdnow
Anyone tired of winning yet?
Republicans win special election on Long Island, in heavy democrat district.
The times they are a-changin'!
Anyone tired of winning yet?
Republicans win special election on Long Island, in heavy democrat district.
The times they are a-changin'!
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Insurrection Obama
Timothy Birdnow
Obama shoveled U.S. tax money through USAID for "rent a riots".
Obama USAID Scandal Exposed
Obama shoveled U.S. tax money through USAID for "rent a riots".
Obama USAID Scandal Exposed
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MIA Love RIP
Timothy Birdnow
Mia Love RIP
Love was the first black woman elected to Congress as a Republican. She was only 49 when she passed away in her home after a long struggle with brain cancer.
Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord and let the perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace.
Mia Love RIP
Love was the first black woman elected to Congress as a Republican. She was only 49 when she passed away in her home after a long struggle with brain cancer.
Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord and let the perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace.
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