May 20, 2025
It's Not Unusal Tornado Weather
Timothy Birdnow
I largely disagree. What we are seeing IS entirely normal - it's just we didn't have so many people and so many building in the past as we do now. We are always building in flood zones, in earthquake zones, in tornado alley. We do this and are suprised that we are sustaining increasing damage and cost. What did everyone think?
One "Apocalyptic Disaster” After Another Right Now?
BTW I live in St. Louis and the tornado that hit us was not "massive" but simply hit in a very bad spot - the Central West End, which is heavily populated. It's not all that unusual though; the worst tornado disaster in St. Louis hit in the same neighborhood in 1927 - either an F3 or F4 (historians are uncertain). Also, in 1959 a big tornado swept through a neighborhood not too far from the Central West End, obliterating it to the point the whole neighborhood had to be torn down. In it's place an entertainment district was built - the world famous Gaslight square (which has since been torn down as the neighborhood around it makes Haarlem or Watts look gentrified.) So big tornadoes in this spot are not uncommon.
I would also remind everyone of the F4 monster tornado that flattened Joplin, Mo. back in 2011.
People also need to remember that in 1974 the U.S. was hit by over a hundred tornadoes. So this isn't unusual. 334 people died in this super-tornadic event.
Kentucky often gets hit by tornadoes; it's largely flat once you get past the mountains. Nice land for tornaodoes to form and move. Again, not all that unusual.
At any rate we've always had these kinds of disasters but in times past they were local and at most got a one-line mention in newspapers. Now, with 24 hour coverage, we have them trumpeted to all the world all the time. A dust storm is not at all unusual for Chicago, for example, but in bygone times we just didn't hear about it. On May 10, 1934 Chicago got hit with a huge dust cloud, as did so many other places during the Dust Bowl. Chicago sits on the prairie after all. Dust storms and locusts cometh from prairies. Chicago also got hit with a big dust storm in 1985.
While there may be some climatic event that is triggering these weather phenomena, they certainly aren't new.
Do read the comments, some are very good, many quite conspiratorial.
I largely disagree. What we are seeing IS entirely normal - it's just we didn't have so many people and so many building in the past as we do now. We are always building in flood zones, in earthquake zones, in tornado alley. We do this and are suprised that we are sustaining increasing damage and cost. What did everyone think?
One "Apocalyptic Disaster” After Another Right Now?
BTW I live in St. Louis and the tornado that hit us was not "massive" but simply hit in a very bad spot - the Central West End, which is heavily populated. It's not all that unusual though; the worst tornado disaster in St. Louis hit in the same neighborhood in 1927 - either an F3 or F4 (historians are uncertain). Also, in 1959 a big tornado swept through a neighborhood not too far from the Central West End, obliterating it to the point the whole neighborhood had to be torn down. In it's place an entertainment district was built - the world famous Gaslight square (which has since been torn down as the neighborhood around it makes Haarlem or Watts look gentrified.) So big tornadoes in this spot are not uncommon.
I would also remind everyone of the F4 monster tornado that flattened Joplin, Mo. back in 2011.
People also need to remember that in 1974 the U.S. was hit by over a hundred tornadoes. So this isn't unusual. 334 people died in this super-tornadic event.
Kentucky often gets hit by tornadoes; it's largely flat once you get past the mountains. Nice land for tornaodoes to form and move. Again, not all that unusual.
At any rate we've always had these kinds of disasters but in times past they were local and at most got a one-line mention in newspapers. Now, with 24 hour coverage, we have them trumpeted to all the world all the time. A dust storm is not at all unusual for Chicago, for example, but in bygone times we just didn't hear about it. On May 10, 1934 Chicago got hit with a huge dust cloud, as did so many other places during the Dust Bowl. Chicago sits on the prairie after all. Dust storms and locusts cometh from prairies. Chicago also got hit with a big dust storm in 1985.
While there may be some climatic event that is triggering these weather phenomena, they certainly aren't new.
Do read the comments, some are very good, many quite conspiratorial.
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Going to the Autopen
Timothy Birdnow
Looks like the government has identified the unapenner who ran America while Joe Biden slept.
BOMBSHELL: Staffers Who Wielded Biden’s Autopen Identified, Subpoenas Incoming
I'm really not sure what crimes can be charged. Forgery, for one. Fraud. Perhaps racketeering. But crimes they were. This also means every action signed by the autopen is null and void; clearly Joe Biden wasn't making those decisions.
Certainly the culprits should go to the pen, the autopen in this case.
At any rate James Comer announced he now knows the parties involved in this scam and that there will be an accounting.
We should start with an obvious one; file charges against Hunter Biden. There is a rock-solid case against him and this would force the Democrat's pet judges to rule he can't be charged because of the pardon. This would force the case upstairs. Eventually SCOTUS will have to take it and make a ruling. Granted, it's not certain what SCOTUS will do (it never is)but I find it hard to believe they would let stand executive orders and pardons written by some flunky with Biden's name attached.
Also, this would force Hunter's defense team to put Biden himself on the witness stand. We would then be in a position to force him to testify under oath, in peril of purjory.
At any rate we've got the chance to overturn much of what Joe Biden did over the last four years. It's time to move, and move hard.
Looks like the government has identified the unapenner who ran America while Joe Biden slept.
BOMBSHELL: Staffers Who Wielded Biden’s Autopen Identified, Subpoenas Incoming
I'm really not sure what crimes can be charged. Forgery, for one. Fraud. Perhaps racketeering. But crimes they were. This also means every action signed by the autopen is null and void; clearly Joe Biden wasn't making those decisions.
Certainly the culprits should go to the pen, the autopen in this case.
At any rate James Comer announced he now knows the parties involved in this scam and that there will be an accounting.
We should start with an obvious one; file charges against Hunter Biden. There is a rock-solid case against him and this would force the Democrat's pet judges to rule he can't be charged because of the pardon. This would force the case upstairs. Eventually SCOTUS will have to take it and make a ruling. Granted, it's not certain what SCOTUS will do (it never is)but I find it hard to believe they would let stand executive orders and pardons written by some flunky with Biden's name attached.
Also, this would force Hunter's defense team to put Biden himself on the witness stand. We would then be in a position to force him to testify under oath, in peril of purjory.
At any rate we've got the chance to overturn much of what Joe Biden did over the last four years. It's time to move, and move hard.
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A Convenient Diagnosis
Timothy Birdnow
Why we should question the diagnosis (and timing) of Joe Biden's prostate cancer.
It's being pushed to end criticisms of the former first vegetable,er, President. Such a diagnosis should have been made while he was in office, which suggests strongly it WAS but was kept from the American People (a blood test would tell). Even now the sympathy for Biden could well prevent prosecution of Mr. Biden as new facts about corruption and coverups come to light.
Biden's illness provides cover for the Democrats. They are now all calling for a moratorium on criticisms of Biden and of those around him who perpetrated the fraud. Very convenient.
While we can wish the man well and hope he recovers that is not an excuse for letting matters drop; this man and more importantly those around him and the media perpetrated a fraud on the American People, knowingly so. There must accountability. And Joe Biden defrauded America in so many ways over the years. Justice demands his prosecution.
This ain't politics; it's doing one's duty.
Why we should question the diagnosis (and timing) of Joe Biden's prostate cancer.
It's being pushed to end criticisms of the former first vegetable,er, President. Such a diagnosis should have been made while he was in office, which suggests strongly it WAS but was kept from the American People (a blood test would tell). Even now the sympathy for Biden could well prevent prosecution of Mr. Biden as new facts about corruption and coverups come to light.
Biden's illness provides cover for the Democrats. They are now all calling for a moratorium on criticisms of Biden and of those around him who perpetrated the fraud. Very convenient.
While we can wish the man well and hope he recovers that is not an excuse for letting matters drop; this man and more importantly those around him and the media perpetrated a fraud on the American People, knowingly so. There must accountability. And Joe Biden defrauded America in so many ways over the years. Justice demands his prosecution.
This ain't politics; it's doing one's duty.
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Party's Over and No Mops
Timothy Birdnow
It's BAAACCCKKK...Qualitative Easing is quietly returning to America for an encore production.
Yes, the Fed is once again buying up our own debt and paying for it with monopoly money. And yet strangely they refuse to cut interest rates to jumpstart economoic growth.
They clearly are planning on inflating the currency and want to pay back the denbt with less valuable money - then they will blame the tariffs for the problem.
Financing debt with debt is when you are in a death-spiral - your economy is cannibalizing itself. It is, in fact, generational theft as we are stealing money from future generations to cover our current expenses.
Despite being Keynsians I have little doubt Powell and company know all this and plan to do it anyway. In fact I think Powell is pulling a Biddle (the head of the Bank of the United States who tried to wreck the economy to screw over Andrew Jackson) to kill MAGA and bring back the "natural order".
Sadly this is what happens when you have no limits on what politicians can spend and a public educated by government bureaucrats; the one and ONLY thing the political class wants is to have a time-lag between policy initiatives and pain so the public blames boogiemen (like "price gouging companies") rather than the politicians who bought their votes with other people's money. There had to be pain, and pain obviously caused by overspending, to enforce fiscal discipline. It hasn't happened for generations now and so even the GOP in Congress is still spending at a rate that makes drunken sailors envious. Nobody has to pay the price (at least not immediately) and so it's one big party. Sadly at some point all parties end and the bill and the cleanup inevitably follow. We have had a West Coast party, full of cocaine and lasting a long time. Sadly only Elon Musk has had a mop...
This is a very bad sign.
It's BAAACCCKKK...Qualitative Easing is quietly returning to America for an encore production.
Yes, the Fed is once again buying up our own debt and paying for it with monopoly money. And yet strangely they refuse to cut interest rates to jumpstart economoic growth.
They clearly are planning on inflating the currency and want to pay back the denbt with less valuable money - then they will blame the tariffs for the problem.
Financing debt with debt is when you are in a death-spiral - your economy is cannibalizing itself. It is, in fact, generational theft as we are stealing money from future generations to cover our current expenses.
Despite being Keynsians I have little doubt Powell and company know all this and plan to do it anyway. In fact I think Powell is pulling a Biddle (the head of the Bank of the United States who tried to wreck the economy to screw over Andrew Jackson) to kill MAGA and bring back the "natural order".
Sadly this is what happens when you have no limits on what politicians can spend and a public educated by government bureaucrats; the one and ONLY thing the political class wants is to have a time-lag between policy initiatives and pain so the public blames boogiemen (like "price gouging companies") rather than the politicians who bought their votes with other people's money. There had to be pain, and pain obviously caused by overspending, to enforce fiscal discipline. It hasn't happened for generations now and so even the GOP in Congress is still spending at a rate that makes drunken sailors envious. Nobody has to pay the price (at least not immediately) and so it's one big party. Sadly at some point all parties end and the bill and the cleanup inevitably follow. We have had a West Coast party, full of cocaine and lasting a long time. Sadly only Elon Musk has had a mop...
This is a very bad sign.
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Fighting the Hydra
Timothy Birdnow
Well Goolllllyyy (in my best Gomer Pyle voice); after canceling the results of the first election where the conservative won, Romania now "elected" the so-called "centrist".
Gee; whoda thunk it would happen?
Mayor of Bucharest, Nicuşor Dan, a pro-E.U. internatioionalist type, appears to have won a big victory in the recent Presidential election over Trump-admiring George Simion, whom they keep calling "extreme right wing" because he opposes letting his country be absorbed into the E.U. and overrun with aliens.
Dan was leading 54.2% to 45.8% as of the posting of the article. (BTW the Antichrist is believed to come from the Tribe of Dan, so his name is suggestive, no?)
Dan crowed about his success publicly, saying those who want: "profound change, functioning state institutions, less corruption, a prosperous economy and a society of dialogue, not hate, have won”.
Seems to me that is exactly what they haven't had with the pro-E.U. types in power, yet here we are with claims that this is the path to peace and prosperity.
Color me skeptical about this election. Around Christmas last year the nation's supreme court simply annulled the election results after the primaries put a patriot on top over the internationalists. New elections had to be held. And now we have a so-called "centrist" winning. Odd.
How much cheating was there in this? I am mindful of Gus McCrae from Lonesome Dove "a man who wouldn't cheat at cards for a poke doesn't want one bad enough". In this case we can suitably modify it "a party that won't cheat to win doesn't want power bad enough". We've seen in many places, most especially the election of 2020 in the U.S. We also so it in the Ukraine when the U.S. backed an election after driving out the legitimately elected pro-Russian government. It's just not that hard to steal elections, especially if the media is on your side (as it inevitably is on the sid of the Left).
Simion first claimed victory then there was an apparent surge which pushed Dan well over the top. Simion conceded.
The article tries very hard to not spill the beans but it does anyway:
BTW Turnout was extremely high in liberal Moldova, suspiciously high in fact. Moldova is the Romanian equivalent of California or New York State.
This sounds EXACTLY like the way the Democrats stole the '20 election, and tried to steal the '24 election. "Russian interference", "fake news", the criminalization of opposition, a huge surge of dubious votes from overseas, etc. This is textbook electtion manipulation 101.
Where do you suppose they got this from? My guess is the CIA. We know the CIA engineered the Color Revolutions around the globe, (See also this) and we know these were the exact same tactics used by the Color Revolutionaries. It was done in Ukraine, witth the "Arab Spring", in Georgia, in Kyrgyzstan, in Yugoslavia, etc. In fact, according to the report entitled Empire of Hacking: The US Central Intelligence Agency released by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center the CIA has organized color revolutions in over fifty nations, and I would include our own. Granted the CVERC is a Chinese outfit, but we've had testimony from many others about the CIA ties to color revolutions. Wikileaks confirmed this as well.
I strongly suspect this was yet another color revolution brought to you by the good people who brought us "Russian collusion", and claims Hunter's laptop was "disinformation".
This needs to serve as a stark reminder that the international left is taking a few steps back now but is alive and well and still controls a great deal. We have not won, or are even about to win; we've just knocked their jackboots from our throats temporarily. This is a war and it will go on for a long time to come. Now the Left just has to wait until Trump is gone and sow dissent among Republicans and the Democrats will be back in power at some point. If they have to they will steal that power, but they will return. Frankly we were reaching the endgame, with communism about to be our natural state even while we claimed to abhor it. This is giving up the radical pose to achieve radical ends. The Americans who elected Barack Obama will elect another such in the future. Trump merely acted as a pressure valve to allow Americans to blow offf steam while they will continue the endless war.
Not just Americans as this election shows. We are fighting the Hydra.
Well Goolllllyyy (in my best Gomer Pyle voice); after canceling the results of the first election where the conservative won, Romania now "elected" the so-called "centrist".
Gee; whoda thunk it would happen?
Mayor of Bucharest, Nicuşor Dan, a pro-E.U. internatioionalist type, appears to have won a big victory in the recent Presidential election over Trump-admiring George Simion, whom they keep calling "extreme right wing" because he opposes letting his country be absorbed into the E.U. and overrun with aliens.
Dan was leading 54.2% to 45.8% as of the posting of the article. (BTW the Antichrist is believed to come from the Tribe of Dan, so his name is suggestive, no?)
Dan crowed about his success publicly, saying those who want: "profound change, functioning state institutions, less corruption, a prosperous economy and a society of dialogue, not hate, have won”.
Seems to me that is exactly what they haven't had with the pro-E.U. types in power, yet here we are with claims that this is the path to peace and prosperity.
Color me skeptical about this election. Around Christmas last year the nation's supreme court simply annulled the election results after the primaries put a patriot on top over the internationalists. New elections had to be held. And now we have a so-called "centrist" winning. Odd.
How much cheating was there in this? I am mindful of Gus McCrae from Lonesome Dove "a man who wouldn't cheat at cards for a poke doesn't want one bad enough". In this case we can suitably modify it "a party that won't cheat to win doesn't want power bad enough". We've seen in many places, most especially the election of 2020 in the U.S. We also so it in the Ukraine when the U.S. backed an election after driving out the legitimately elected pro-Russian government. It's just not that hard to steal elections, especially if the media is on your side (as it inevitably is on the sid of the Left).
Simion first claimed victory then there was an apparent surge which pushed Dan well over the top. Simion conceded.
The article tries very hard to not spill the beans but it does anyway:
All three elections are being closely watched across Europe amid concern that popular anger with mainstream elites over migration and cost-of- living-pressures could erode unity on the continent.
Analysts have described the Romanian election as the most important in the country’s post-communist history, with significant implications for the country’s strategic orientation and economic prospects as well as for European Union unity.
Simion won the 4 May first round, triggering the collapse of Romania’s government of centre-left Social Democrats and centre-right Liberals (PNL). The new president will nominate the next prime minister and influence the formation of a new coalition.
The former soccer ultra and ultranationalist agitator, who sees his far-right AUR party as a "natural ally” of the US Maga movement, scored almost double his rival’s total, but polls in recent days had shown the gap between the two narrowing.
Turnout, which was 53% in the first round, was almost 65%, with young people and Romanians living abroad in particular voting in significantly higher numbers, official figures showed. Analysts had said a high turnout would favour Dan.
The vote is a rerun of last November’s ballot, won by Călin Georgescu, a far-right, Moscow-friendly firebrand, who was barred from standing again after the vote was cancelled amid allegations of campaign finance violations and Russian meddling.
The Romanian foreign ministry said earlier on Sunday it had seen "a viral campaign of fake news on Telegram and other social media platforms” designed "to influence the electoral process”, adding that this bore "the hallmarks of Russian interference”.
Simion had promised to nominate Georgescu, who is under formal investigation on counts including misreporting campaign spending, illegal use of digital technology and promoting fascist groups, as prime minister if he became president.
Analysts have described the Romanian election as the most important in the country’s post-communist history, with significant implications for the country’s strategic orientation and economic prospects as well as for European Union unity.
Simion won the 4 May first round, triggering the collapse of Romania’s government of centre-left Social Democrats and centre-right Liberals (PNL). The new president will nominate the next prime minister and influence the formation of a new coalition.
The former soccer ultra and ultranationalist agitator, who sees his far-right AUR party as a "natural ally” of the US Maga movement, scored almost double his rival’s total, but polls in recent days had shown the gap between the two narrowing.
Turnout, which was 53% in the first round, was almost 65%, with young people and Romanians living abroad in particular voting in significantly higher numbers, official figures showed. Analysts had said a high turnout would favour Dan.
The vote is a rerun of last November’s ballot, won by Călin Georgescu, a far-right, Moscow-friendly firebrand, who was barred from standing again after the vote was cancelled amid allegations of campaign finance violations and Russian meddling.
The Romanian foreign ministry said earlier on Sunday it had seen "a viral campaign of fake news on Telegram and other social media platforms” designed "to influence the electoral process”, adding that this bore "the hallmarks of Russian interference”.
Simion had promised to nominate Georgescu, who is under formal investigation on counts including misreporting campaign spending, illegal use of digital technology and promoting fascist groups, as prime minister if he became president.
BTW Turnout was extremely high in liberal Moldova, suspiciously high in fact. Moldova is the Romanian equivalent of California or New York State.
This sounds EXACTLY like the way the Democrats stole the '20 election, and tried to steal the '24 election. "Russian interference", "fake news", the criminalization of opposition, a huge surge of dubious votes from overseas, etc. This is textbook electtion manipulation 101.
Where do you suppose they got this from? My guess is the CIA. We know the CIA engineered the Color Revolutions around the globe, (See also this) and we know these were the exact same tactics used by the Color Revolutionaries. It was done in Ukraine, witth the "Arab Spring", in Georgia, in Kyrgyzstan, in Yugoslavia, etc. In fact, according to the report entitled Empire of Hacking: The US Central Intelligence Agency released by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center the CIA has organized color revolutions in over fifty nations, and I would include our own. Granted the CVERC is a Chinese outfit, but we've had testimony from many others about the CIA ties to color revolutions. Wikileaks confirmed this as well.
I strongly suspect this was yet another color revolution brought to you by the good people who brought us "Russian collusion", and claims Hunter's laptop was "disinformation".
This needs to serve as a stark reminder that the international left is taking a few steps back now but is alive and well and still controls a great deal. We have not won, or are even about to win; we've just knocked their jackboots from our throats temporarily. This is a war and it will go on for a long time to come. Now the Left just has to wait until Trump is gone and sow dissent among Republicans and the Democrats will be back in power at some point. If they have to they will steal that power, but they will return. Frankly we were reaching the endgame, with communism about to be our natural state even while we claimed to abhor it. This is giving up the radical pose to achieve radical ends. The Americans who elected Barack Obama will elect another such in the future. Trump merely acted as a pressure valve to allow Americans to blow offf steam while they will continue the endless war.
Not just Americans as this election shows. We are fighting the Hydra.
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Big Trump Win at SCOTUS
Timothy Birdnow
You win some (and with this Court you lose some).
Justices vote 8-1 to allow Trump to revoke protected status for Venezuelan illegals.
FTA:
They couldn't just let the President do his job and run this thing; they had to leave the door open to endless legal challenges. But at least they did the right thing in this instance, more or less.
What this means is SCOTUS will be revisiting this in the not-too-distant future as lower courts issue new injunctions. This illustrates the craven nature of those currently sitting on the Court; they just kicked the can down the road.
You win some (and with this Court you lose some).
Justices vote 8-1 to allow Trump to revoke protected status for Venezuelan illegals.
FTA:
The program is a humanitarian designation under U.S. law for countries stricken by war, natural disaster or other catastrophes, giving recipients living in the United States deportation protection and access to work permits. The U.S. homeland security secretary can renew the designation.
Monday's brief order from the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, was unsigned, as is typical when it acts on an emergency request. Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the sole justice to publicly dissent.
The court left open the door to challenges by migrants if Trump's administration tries to cancel work permits or other TPS-related documents that were issued to expire in October 2026, the end of the TPS period extended by Biden. The Department of Homeland Security has said about 348,202 Venezuelans were registered under Biden's 2023 TPS designation.
Monday's action came in a legal challenge by plaintiffs including some TPS recipients and the National TPS Alliance advocacy group.
"This is the largest single action stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status in modern U.S. history. That the Supreme Court authorized it in a two-paragraph order with no reasoning is truly shocking," said Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of a UCLA immigration law center and one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs.
Monday's brief order from the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, was unsigned, as is typical when it acts on an emergency request. Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the sole justice to publicly dissent.
The court left open the door to challenges by migrants if Trump's administration tries to cancel work permits or other TPS-related documents that were issued to expire in October 2026, the end of the TPS period extended by Biden. The Department of Homeland Security has said about 348,202 Venezuelans were registered under Biden's 2023 TPS designation.
Monday's action came in a legal challenge by plaintiffs including some TPS recipients and the National TPS Alliance advocacy group.
"This is the largest single action stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status in modern U.S. history. That the Supreme Court authorized it in a two-paragraph order with no reasoning is truly shocking," said Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of a UCLA immigration law center and one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs.
They couldn't just let the President do his job and run this thing; they had to leave the door open to endless legal challenges. But at least they did the right thing in this instance, more or less.
What this means is SCOTUS will be revisiting this in the not-too-distant future as lower courts issue new injunctions. This illustrates the craven nature of those currently sitting on the Court; they just kicked the can down the road.
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Canadian Tariffs
Timothy Birdnow
Canada's finance minister Francois-Philippe Champagne (I knew he was on the hard stuff) publicly commented that Canada still has 80% of the tariffs which they imposed to combat America in place despite a report claiming tariffs had essentially dropped to zero.
According to Bloomberg:
This is a fight Canada cannot win; our economy is ten times the size of our neighbors, and it is not hamstrung by the draconian regulations and taxes as is the Great White non-discriminate color North. Some Canadians understand this too. UBut the Canadians have a sense of pride about their country and do not want to knuckle-under to the U.S. because that would only confirm what everyone already knows - Canada is a subservient nation and only continues to exist because the U.S. is here to protect them. That hurts their pride so they have to take steps like this trade war to show they are not to be trifled with. But it's just a waste of time and money and in the end they will have to give in to America's demand for fair trade.
Ultimately they have only themselves to blame; they are the ones who imposed tariffs and trade restrictions in the first place in violation of the NAFTA/USMCA agreeements. Don't write a check you can't cash.
But why shouldn't they have done so? We had Bush, who was weak as water and loved internationalism, we had Obama, and we had Biden. None of them were going to ffight for American interests.
At any rate the war isn't over yet and won't be until Canada finds itself increasingly impoverished and with rising inflation. Eventually the Canadian People will demand a change. But it won't happen until they know they have been beaten. That is how all wars are ended.
Meanwhile we'll get our own supply of maple syrup and spruce and flapjacks from American forests thank you very much. Oh, and I'll drink Sierra Nevada or Sam Adams over Moosehead or Labatts any day of the week.
Somebody really needs to tell those Hosers that nifty red uniforms with silly hats may impress people who stay in-doors nine months of the year, but that is hardly the basis for believing you have a bad-ass military. I remember during the occupation of Afghanistan Canada threw a hissy fit because a few Canadian soldiers got killed in an errant bomb strike and it was the first time Canada had lost any troops since WWII. Yeah; real tough guys!
Canada pulled it's military out of the occupation. Seems to me when the going gets tough Canada turns tail and retreats to Tim Hortons for some doughnuts and hot chocolate.
Canada's finance minister Francois-Philippe Champagne (I knew he was on the hard stuff) publicly commented that Canada still has 80% of the tariffs which they imposed to combat America in place despite a report claiming tariffs had essentially dropped to zero.
According to Bloomberg:
Canada’s finance minister said the government kept 25% retaliatory tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in US goods, disputing a report from a research firm that suggested it had paused the vast majority of those levies.
Francois-Philippe Champagne said 70% of the counter-tariffs implemented by Canada in March are still in place, according to a social media post Saturday. The government "temporarily and publicly paused tariffs” on some items for health and public safety reasons, he said.
The 70% figure implies that Canada continues to charge tariffs on about C$42 billion ($30.1 billion) of US exports to Canada, excluding automobiles.
Champagne’s post is pushing back on a May 13 report from Oxford Economics. The note from economists Tony Stillo and Michael Davenport said recent government exemptions to tariffs covered so many categories of products that the result was a "nearly zero” increase in Canada’s tariff rate against the US.
Francois-Philippe Champagne said 70% of the counter-tariffs implemented by Canada in March are still in place, according to a social media post Saturday. The government "temporarily and publicly paused tariffs” on some items for health and public safety reasons, he said.
The 70% figure implies that Canada continues to charge tariffs on about C$42 billion ($30.1 billion) of US exports to Canada, excluding automobiles.
Champagne’s post is pushing back on a May 13 report from Oxford Economics. The note from economists Tony Stillo and Michael Davenport said recent government exemptions to tariffs covered so many categories of products that the result was a "nearly zero” increase in Canada’s tariff rate against the US.
This is a fight Canada cannot win; our economy is ten times the size of our neighbors, and it is not hamstrung by the draconian regulations and taxes as is the Great White non-discriminate color North. Some Canadians understand this too. UBut the Canadians have a sense of pride about their country and do not want to knuckle-under to the U.S. because that would only confirm what everyone already knows - Canada is a subservient nation and only continues to exist because the U.S. is here to protect them. That hurts their pride so they have to take steps like this trade war to show they are not to be trifled with. But it's just a waste of time and money and in the end they will have to give in to America's demand for fair trade.
Ultimately they have only themselves to blame; they are the ones who imposed tariffs and trade restrictions in the first place in violation of the NAFTA/USMCA agreeements. Don't write a check you can't cash.
But why shouldn't they have done so? We had Bush, who was weak as water and loved internationalism, we had Obama, and we had Biden. None of them were going to ffight for American interests.
At any rate the war isn't over yet and won't be until Canada finds itself increasingly impoverished and with rising inflation. Eventually the Canadian People will demand a change. But it won't happen until they know they have been beaten. That is how all wars are ended.
Meanwhile we'll get our own supply of maple syrup and spruce and flapjacks from American forests thank you very much. Oh, and I'll drink Sierra Nevada or Sam Adams over Moosehead or Labatts any day of the week.
Somebody really needs to tell those Hosers that nifty red uniforms with silly hats may impress people who stay in-doors nine months of the year, but that is hardly the basis for believing you have a bad-ass military. I remember during the occupation of Afghanistan Canada threw a hissy fit because a few Canadian soldiers got killed in an errant bomb strike and it was the first time Canada had lost any troops since WWII. Yeah; real tough guys!
Canada pulled it's military out of the occupation. Seems to me when the going gets tough Canada turns tail and retreats to Tim Hortons for some doughnuts and hot chocolate.
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Congressional Insurrectionist to be Charged
Timothy Birdnow
These lefties still don't understand that adults are now in power and won't tolerate these antics.
Breaking — New Jersey congresswoman charged with assault on ICE officer.
These lefties still don't understand that adults are now in power and won't tolerate these antics.
Breaking — New Jersey congresswoman charged with assault on ICE officer.
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May 19, 2025
USRAID (as in tax dollars)
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USAID was corrupt to it's very core:
USAID official plead guilty in bribery scheme involving $550M
Increasingly it appears the entire Federal government is nothing more than an enormous criminal enterprise. The Mafia can only salivate over what the government does to us regularly.
USAID was corrupt to it's very core:
USAID official plead guilty in bribery scheme involving $550M
Increasingly it appears the entire Federal government is nothing more than an enormous criminal enterprise. The Mafia can only salivate over what the government does to us regularly.
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The Cult of Demon Crats
Here's an essay that hits the nail on the head:
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Look no Further than Apocalyptic Cults
Apocalyptic cults provide a window on some amazing complex group dynamics. First, of course is the "apocalyptic" part. This is what they are best known for -- the world is going to end next Tuesday or the aliens will be arriving the first of the month to take the chosen to space heaven, or a hundred other crazed ideas.
The cults preach that the only way to "escape this impending doom is by joining the group, adhering to its leader's teachings, and following its prescribed rituals.”
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Gastupid Walz
Timothy Birdnow
Gestapit already you dimwits!
Tampon Tim Walz Compares ICE Agents to ‘Modern Day Gestapo’ (VIDEO)
I doubt this pinhead has the foggiest idea what a Nazi is. He clearly doesn't understand it comes out of HIS philosophical pursuasion and not from the right. He apparently doesn't know this is HIS way of operating, not ours.
I weary of every and any oppositio to these simpletons being mischaracterized as Naziism. It is a ridiculous and wholly indefensible shibboleth of the nastiest sort.
BTW the Bolsheviks had a slogan in the thirties "first brown then red"; they saw Fascism as a transitional stage between capitalism and marxism. They rightly understood it was a leftist movement, one in competition with their own but one of their own. Once the war started they suddenly discovered it was "right wing" and began calling naziism and fascism right wing and the media and academia aided them in this gaslighting. I don't know if Walz is really this stupid or if he's just a liar, but it's wellpast time we made it plain THEY are the Nazis and Fascists, not us.
Perhaps he has forgotten the use of the FBI to go after Biden's politcal enemies? That was REAL Gestapo tactics. We are sending ICE to arrest criminals who openly violate laws that are on the books. Who is the Nazi?
In honor of Tampon Tim I recycle this:
Walzing with Timbo
There once was a cackling shag girl
who really was a ding-a-long
Swept off her feet and she went to D.C.
and she hid in her room
as she waited for the old man's fall
then she'll go a Walzing with Timbo you'll see
Walzing with Timbo
walzing with Timbo
She'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
as she cackled and schemed and always managed to be
wrong
Oh she'll go a Waltzing with Timbo, you'll see!
So Joe Biden just gave up and he said that soon he
would be gone
Kam hustled quick so she'd be the nominee
and the word salads flew as Joe Biden she denied she
knew
She'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
She denied she was the Border Czar, lied that she was tough on crime
wanted us to go to war while taking our last dime
But we all still remember that she made sure crooks
served no time
Now she wants to Walz with Timbo in D.C.
As the Trump-et shot it flew and her new v.p. has not a
clue she picked a hard leftist 'cause a Jew wasn't right
and she jumped into the deep end and hid a record she
could not defend
Oh she'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
Walzing with Timbo
walzing with Timbo
She'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
And her cackle may be heard with a salad full of many
words
She'll go a Walzing with Timbo you'll see
And her ghost won't be found as she'll campaign deep
from underground
She'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
Gestapit already you dimwits!
Tampon Tim Walz Compares ICE Agents to ‘Modern Day Gestapo’ (VIDEO)
I doubt this pinhead has the foggiest idea what a Nazi is. He clearly doesn't understand it comes out of HIS philosophical pursuasion and not from the right. He apparently doesn't know this is HIS way of operating, not ours.
I weary of every and any oppositio to these simpletons being mischaracterized as Naziism. It is a ridiculous and wholly indefensible shibboleth of the nastiest sort.
BTW the Bolsheviks had a slogan in the thirties "first brown then red"; they saw Fascism as a transitional stage between capitalism and marxism. They rightly understood it was a leftist movement, one in competition with their own but one of their own. Once the war started they suddenly discovered it was "right wing" and began calling naziism and fascism right wing and the media and academia aided them in this gaslighting. I don't know if Walz is really this stupid or if he's just a liar, but it's wellpast time we made it plain THEY are the Nazis and Fascists, not us.
Perhaps he has forgotten the use of the FBI to go after Biden's politcal enemies? That was REAL Gestapo tactics. We are sending ICE to arrest criminals who openly violate laws that are on the books. Who is the Nazi?
In honor of Tampon Tim I recycle this:
Walzing with Timbo
There once was a cackling shag girl
who really was a ding-a-long
Swept off her feet and she went to D.C.
and she hid in her room
as she waited for the old man's fall
then she'll go a Walzing with Timbo you'll see
Walzing with Timbo
walzing with Timbo
She'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
as she cackled and schemed and always managed to be
wrong
Oh she'll go a Waltzing with Timbo, you'll see!
So Joe Biden just gave up and he said that soon he
would be gone
Kam hustled quick so she'd be the nominee
and the word salads flew as Joe Biden she denied she
knew
She'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
She denied she was the Border Czar, lied that she was tough on crime
wanted us to go to war while taking our last dime
But we all still remember that she made sure crooks
served no time
Now she wants to Walz with Timbo in D.C.
As the Trump-et shot it flew and her new v.p. has not a
clue she picked a hard leftist 'cause a Jew wasn't right
and she jumped into the deep end and hid a record she
could not defend
Oh she'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
Walzing with Timbo
walzing with Timbo
She'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
And her cackle may be heard with a salad full of many
words
She'll go a Walzing with Timbo you'll see
And her ghost won't be found as she'll campaign deep
from underground
She'll go a Walzing with Tim in D.C.
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DOJ Has the Goods Over Russiagate
Timothy Birdnow
Well get a move-on!
New Russiagate Evidence Uncovered; Justice is Coming
If there is no real justice meted out over this it will happen again and again. The only way to stop this is mutual assured destruction; make doing it so painful nobody dares try it.
Well get a move-on!
New Russiagate Evidence Uncovered; Justice is Coming
If there is no real justice meted out over this it will happen again and again. The only way to stop this is mutual assured destruction; make doing it so painful nobody dares try it.
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FED up
Timothy Birdnow
The real reason is because they don't want Trump to succeed. They are kicking the can down the road so as to keep the economy just simmering until it's too late for Trump to get any credit.
When Will The Fed Cut Interest Rates?
FTA:
Remember, this is the same Fed that told us under Biden inflation was purely a temporary thing and prices would go back down. Remember that? Powell was right there making that claim. In fact Powell has been wrong on just about every issue throughout his tenure of office at the Fed. But now we are supposed to belie he's right on this, yes sir!
That he has been feuding with Trump has nothing to do with his slothful slowness.(Sheesh!)
How much "greater clarity" does the fool need? In April, inflation as measured by the consumer price index rose at an annual rate of 2.3%, down from 2.4% in March and below forecasts. In fact it was the biggest drop since the start of the pandemic.That means there is no reason to keep interest rates up. All that does is stifle economic growth, and Powell knows it.
The big difference between this and other periods of inflation is that we have actually done a major tax increase that hits other countries and not just our own citizens. We are taking in vast sums of cash via the tariffs, and at the same time we are drawing whole industries back to the United states. Yes, we still have inflation, but the Fed does not need to bump the money supply to cover the costs so much. Spending is still way too high and won't come down much; much of it was hard-wired in from the Biden era and courts won't let Trump just suspend it. But now we have money coming in to cover it, money that is not directly taken from the pockets of the working class and middle class.
I reiterate; this is only Powell's way of screwing over Trump by screwing over the American People. It's much like what Nicholas Biddle did to America when Andrew Jackson wanted to disband the Bank of the United States. Biddle raised interest rates to strangle the economy. Powell appears to be doing much the same.
Warren Harding raised tariffs on many goods with the Emergency Tariff of 1921, especially on farm products. It was formalized a year later by Congress with the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act. We know what happened - the greatest boom in American history. While I do not credit the tariffs with CREATING the boom (Keynsians try to claim it was the government spending to build a national highway system but I think that's balderdash) I point out the tariffs in no way hurt the economy. Much is made of the much-later Smooth-Hawley in the 30's but there was a lot more going wrong in the economy then than the tariffs. A big part of it was the Federal Reserve cut the money supply by over a quarter and it froze borrowing.
I would further point out that most modern Presidents have imposed new tariffs (if not to the extent as Trump is doing). Ronald Reagan, the free trader, imposed his Proclamation 5601, large tariffs on European goods and services. He also imposed heavy tariffs on Japanese goods, as well as Chinese steel and aluminum. Reagan often spoke against tariffs but when push came to shove he actually imposed them - and the economy roared under the Gipper. No inflation.
Bill Clinton imposed a 100% tariff on European goods while he was President and the ecomomy did fine. No inflation.
Both Bush's and Obama all imposed tariffs at some point in their Presidencies and it could not be tied to either inflation or economic malaise.
On the flip side of all this we had Jimmy Carter, who was a big believer in cutting tariffs. We had stagflation and malaise under Carter's tutelage.
Again, I am not saying tariffs are some sort of catchall fix. But I am saying they certainly do not justify the actions of the Federal Reserve at this point in time. While Powell is a keynsian dufus, I suspect he knows the history here. Or he should.
These are powerful, transformative times. We have a Federal Reserve that is still operating on the thoroughly debunked theories of John Maynard Keynes and Great Depression thinking (and that depression was only GREAT because the fix was more of what caused it in the first place). And we have the Ruling Class desperately clinging to their power and their world government ambitions. Jerome Powell is one of them.
The real reason is because they don't want Trump to succeed. They are kicking the can down the road so as to keep the economy just simmering until it's too late for Trump to get any credit.
When Will The Fed Cut Interest Rates?
FTA:
The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirm that the Federal Reserve has made a lot of progress on inflation. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 2.3 percent over the past year. It has grown at an annualized rate of just 1.6 percent over the past three months. Despite this progress, however, Fed officials voted to hold the federal funds rate target range at 4.25 to 4.5 percent last week.
When will the Fed begin cutting interest rates — and how far will rates fall this year? The short answers are "not soon” and "not much.”
The Fed is currently in a holding pattern, awaiting further clarity on the fallout from President Trump’s trade war. On the one hand, lower inflation readings would seem to warrant a lower interest rate target. Recall that the real (inflation-adjusted) federal funds rate target is equal to the nominal target set by the Fed minus expected inflation.
To the extent that they coincide with lower inflation expectations, lower inflation readings result in a passive tightening of monetary policy as they push the real federal funds rate target up. To prevent policy from tightening further in the face of falling inflation, the Fed must lower its federal funds rate target.
On the other hand, Fed officials are worried that higher tariff rates introduced by the Trump administration might unanchor inflation expectations. Fed Chair Jerome Powell summarized the anticipated effects of higher tariff rates at the post-meeting press conference last week:
If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they’re likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment. The effects on inflation could be short-lived, reflecting a one-time shift in the price level. It is also possible that the inflationary effects could instead be more persistent. Avoiding that outcome will depend on the size of the tariff effects, on how long it takes for them to pass through fully into prices, and ultimately on keeping longer term inflation expectations well-anchored.
Powell made it clear that the Fed’s "obligation is to keep longer term inflation expectations well anchored and to prevent a one-time increase in the price level from becoming an ongoing inflation problem.”
The tariffs are, in effect, an adverse supply shock, similar to the adverse supply shock caused by COVID-19 in 2020. The Fed could not prevent the disease from spreading or rescind stay-at-home orders in 2020. It cannot repair supply chains disrupted by higher tariff rates today. The best it can do is look through the adverse supply shock and keep nominal spending on a stable trajectory. Its failure to do this beginning in 2021 resulted in above-target inflation. The Fed does not want to repeat that mistake.
Here’s the problem: although disinflation warrants reducing the federal funds rate target, that move could be misconstrued as an attempt to offset the decline in economic growth associated with the higher tariff rates. If the public expects the Fed to deliver an expansionary monetary policy in response to the adverse supply shock, inflation expectations will rise and potentially become unanchored. To avoid that, the Fed is holding its federal funds rate target steady for now and assuring the public that it will not attempt to offset a tariff-induced contraction.
When will the Fed begin cutting interest rates — and how far will rates fall this year? The short answers are "not soon” and "not much.”
The Fed is currently in a holding pattern, awaiting further clarity on the fallout from President Trump’s trade war. On the one hand, lower inflation readings would seem to warrant a lower interest rate target. Recall that the real (inflation-adjusted) federal funds rate target is equal to the nominal target set by the Fed minus expected inflation.
To the extent that they coincide with lower inflation expectations, lower inflation readings result in a passive tightening of monetary policy as they push the real federal funds rate target up. To prevent policy from tightening further in the face of falling inflation, the Fed must lower its federal funds rate target.
On the other hand, Fed officials are worried that higher tariff rates introduced by the Trump administration might unanchor inflation expectations. Fed Chair Jerome Powell summarized the anticipated effects of higher tariff rates at the post-meeting press conference last week:
If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they’re likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment. The effects on inflation could be short-lived, reflecting a one-time shift in the price level. It is also possible that the inflationary effects could instead be more persistent. Avoiding that outcome will depend on the size of the tariff effects, on how long it takes for them to pass through fully into prices, and ultimately on keeping longer term inflation expectations well-anchored.
Powell made it clear that the Fed’s "obligation is to keep longer term inflation expectations well anchored and to prevent a one-time increase in the price level from becoming an ongoing inflation problem.”
The tariffs are, in effect, an adverse supply shock, similar to the adverse supply shock caused by COVID-19 in 2020. The Fed could not prevent the disease from spreading or rescind stay-at-home orders in 2020. It cannot repair supply chains disrupted by higher tariff rates today. The best it can do is look through the adverse supply shock and keep nominal spending on a stable trajectory. Its failure to do this beginning in 2021 resulted in above-target inflation. The Fed does not want to repeat that mistake.
Here’s the problem: although disinflation warrants reducing the federal funds rate target, that move could be misconstrued as an attempt to offset the decline in economic growth associated with the higher tariff rates. If the public expects the Fed to deliver an expansionary monetary policy in response to the adverse supply shock, inflation expectations will rise and potentially become unanchored. To avoid that, the Fed is holding its federal funds rate target steady for now and assuring the public that it will not attempt to offset a tariff-induced contraction.
Remember, this is the same Fed that told us under Biden inflation was purely a temporary thing and prices would go back down. Remember that? Powell was right there making that claim. In fact Powell has been wrong on just about every issue throughout his tenure of office at the Fed. But now we are supposed to belie he's right on this, yes sir!
That he has been feuding with Trump has nothing to do with his slothful slowness.(Sheesh!)
"For the time being,” Powell said last week, the Fed is "well positioned to wait for greater clarity before considering any adjustments to our policy stance.”
How much "greater clarity" does the fool need? In April, inflation as measured by the consumer price index rose at an annual rate of 2.3%, down from 2.4% in March and below forecasts. In fact it was the biggest drop since the start of the pandemic.That means there is no reason to keep interest rates up. All that does is stifle economic growth, and Powell knows it.
The big difference between this and other periods of inflation is that we have actually done a major tax increase that hits other countries and not just our own citizens. We are taking in vast sums of cash via the tariffs, and at the same time we are drawing whole industries back to the United states. Yes, we still have inflation, but the Fed does not need to bump the money supply to cover the costs so much. Spending is still way too high and won't come down much; much of it was hard-wired in from the Biden era and courts won't let Trump just suspend it. But now we have money coming in to cover it, money that is not directly taken from the pockets of the working class and middle class.
I reiterate; this is only Powell's way of screwing over Trump by screwing over the American People. It's much like what Nicholas Biddle did to America when Andrew Jackson wanted to disband the Bank of the United States. Biddle raised interest rates to strangle the economy. Powell appears to be doing much the same.
Warren Harding raised tariffs on many goods with the Emergency Tariff of 1921, especially on farm products. It was formalized a year later by Congress with the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act. We know what happened - the greatest boom in American history. While I do not credit the tariffs with CREATING the boom (Keynsians try to claim it was the government spending to build a national highway system but I think that's balderdash) I point out the tariffs in no way hurt the economy. Much is made of the much-later Smooth-Hawley in the 30's but there was a lot more going wrong in the economy then than the tariffs. A big part of it was the Federal Reserve cut the money supply by over a quarter and it froze borrowing.
I would further point out that most modern Presidents have imposed new tariffs (if not to the extent as Trump is doing). Ronald Reagan, the free trader, imposed his Proclamation 5601, large tariffs on European goods and services. He also imposed heavy tariffs on Japanese goods, as well as Chinese steel and aluminum. Reagan often spoke against tariffs but when push came to shove he actually imposed them - and the economy roared under the Gipper. No inflation.
Bill Clinton imposed a 100% tariff on European goods while he was President and the ecomomy did fine. No inflation.
Both Bush's and Obama all imposed tariffs at some point in their Presidencies and it could not be tied to either inflation or economic malaise.
On the flip side of all this we had Jimmy Carter, who was a big believer in cutting tariffs. We had stagflation and malaise under Carter's tutelage.
Again, I am not saying tariffs are some sort of catchall fix. But I am saying they certainly do not justify the actions of the Federal Reserve at this point in time. While Powell is a keynsian dufus, I suspect he knows the history here. Or he should.
These are powerful, transformative times. We have a Federal Reserve that is still operating on the thoroughly debunked theories of John Maynard Keynes and Great Depression thinking (and that depression was only GREAT because the fix was more of what caused it in the first place). And we have the Ruling Class desperately clinging to their power and their world government ambitions. Jerome Powell is one of them.
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Told Ya So!
Timothy Birdnow
The communist Van Jones is admitting the Democrats really screwed up in covering for Joe Biden's dementia.
I said way back when that the Republicans should have gotten on this and rode it for all it was worth before the election. It was crystal clear Biden was losing it, had actually lost it. The Hur report said as much, making the claim Biden shouldn't be prosecuted because he was senile. I said at the time that if everyone fully understood that they would be angry because they had been openly lied to. Americans can be spun, even lied to with a certain amount of plausible deniability (they thought it cute when Clinton did it for instance, but his lies were always parsed and lawyerly logic-benders.) This was an open, overt lie to the public and it insulted everyone's intelligence. I said back then the GOP could ride that thing to victory. Now van Jones, a radical leftist Democrat, is admitting this lie is going to haunt them for many years to come.
It's fun to be right!
The communist Van Jones is admitting the Democrats really screwed up in covering for Joe Biden's dementia.
I said way back when that the Republicans should have gotten on this and rode it for all it was worth before the election. It was crystal clear Biden was losing it, had actually lost it. The Hur report said as much, making the claim Biden shouldn't be prosecuted because he was senile. I said at the time that if everyone fully understood that they would be angry because they had been openly lied to. Americans can be spun, even lied to with a certain amount of plausible deniability (they thought it cute when Clinton did it for instance, but his lies were always parsed and lawyerly logic-benders.) This was an open, overt lie to the public and it insulted everyone's intelligence. I said back then the GOP could ride that thing to victory. Now van Jones, a radical leftist Democrat, is admitting this lie is going to haunt them for many years to come.
It's fun to be right!
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The Finger of Pfizer
Timothy Birdnow
House Rep. Jim Jordan is opening an investigation to ascertain if Pfizer tampered with the 2020 elections by withholding positive testing data until after the election to hurt Donald Trump.
Good.
Trump is the one who FUNDED their research and yet they no doubt believed they would make out better under Joe Biden. So they bit off the hand that fed them. They should have to explain why they waited until just days after the election to make their big announcement.
The race was so close that may well have flipped the election to Trump.
From the article:
Which means he knows there is a trail connecting him to the timing of the announcement. These are the actions of a guilty man.
The article continues:
Uh,sure it was!
The Deep State was desperate to get rid of Trump, and no doubt this Dormitzer fellow figured he needed to be on "the right side of history" and not help a guy who wanted to dismantle the post-WWII order. It was a good gamble, because the people who have been in power worldwide have remained there throughout everything - the end of the Cold War, the Reagan revolution, etc. And they had the money and would blackball anyone who didn't show fealty to them. As talk show host Jesse Kelly points out, there is a kind of membership card you have to have to succeed in the U.S. and internationally. To have the card you have to say the right things, do the right things, prove your allegiance to the social and political order. That's why when something like the transgender movement starts everyone falls over each-other to promote it; they know this is what is expected of them and if they don't get on board their membership cards will be revoked and they will wind up living in the MIDWEST somewhere working for some second rate company and never return to the seats of powwer and privilege. So they back the Ruling Class every time.
So naturally this guy figured this was what was expected of him to keep his membership card. He never dreamed Trump would return. It was the safer bet, but he lost.
And now Jim Jordan is going to investgate and this guy ran away to Canada. The coup against the king failed and we all know what that entails.
It is right and proper for Congress to investigate this and if any laws were broken the guilty parties need to be punished. The Deep State has always punished those who oppose THEM, after all, which is why a guy like this would do such a thing in the first place. We have to make OUR punishments as much to be feared as theirs.
At any rate the Bible says everything hidden will become known. It's time we knew about the dirty dealings that went with that 2020 election.
House Rep. Jim Jordan is opening an investigation to ascertain if Pfizer tampered with the 2020 elections by withholding positive testing data until after the election to hurt Donald Trump.
Good.
Trump is the one who FUNDED their research and yet they no doubt believed they would make out better under Joe Biden. So they bit off the hand that fed them. They should have to explain why they waited until just days after the election to make their big announcement.
The race was so close that may well have flipped the election to Trump.
From the article:
"The inquiry follows reporting from The Wall Street Journal indicating federal prosecutors are reviewing statements made by Dormitzer during his current employment at Pfizer rival GSK.
According to GSK, Dormitzer allegedly told colleagues in late 2024 that Pfizer intentionally delayed the release of successful trial results until after the November 2020 election.
GSK stated that Dormitzer, visibly distressed, visited the company’s human resources department shortly after the 2024 election to request a transfer to Canada.
He allegedly voiced concerns that a second Trump administration might investigate his role in the timing of Pfizer’s vaccine announcement.
According to GSK, Dormitzer allegedly told colleagues in late 2024 that Pfizer intentionally delayed the release of successful trial results until after the November 2020 election.
GSK stated that Dormitzer, visibly distressed, visited the company’s human resources department shortly after the 2024 election to request a transfer to Canada.
He allegedly voiced concerns that a second Trump administration might investigate his role in the timing of Pfizer’s vaccine announcement.
Which means he knows there is a trail connecting him to the timing of the announcement. These are the actions of a guilty man.
The article continues:
Dormitzer reportedly told coworkers that the decision to delay results was not a coincidence and that Pfizer’s top three research and development executives were involved in slowing clinical testing to ensure that data would not be finalized before the election.
He reportedly clarified that the delay was related to trial progress, not suppression of completed findings.
Pfizer has not publicly responded to the claims. Dormitzer denies making the statements attributed to him.
He reportedly clarified that the delay was related to trial progress, not suppression of completed findings.
Pfizer has not publicly responded to the claims. Dormitzer denies making the statements attributed to him.
Uh,sure it was!
The Deep State was desperate to get rid of Trump, and no doubt this Dormitzer fellow figured he needed to be on "the right side of history" and not help a guy who wanted to dismantle the post-WWII order. It was a good gamble, because the people who have been in power worldwide have remained there throughout everything - the end of the Cold War, the Reagan revolution, etc. And they had the money and would blackball anyone who didn't show fealty to them. As talk show host Jesse Kelly points out, there is a kind of membership card you have to have to succeed in the U.S. and internationally. To have the card you have to say the right things, do the right things, prove your allegiance to the social and political order. That's why when something like the transgender movement starts everyone falls over each-other to promote it; they know this is what is expected of them and if they don't get on board their membership cards will be revoked and they will wind up living in the MIDWEST somewhere working for some second rate company and never return to the seats of powwer and privilege. So they back the Ruling Class every time.
So naturally this guy figured this was what was expected of him to keep his membership card. He never dreamed Trump would return. It was the safer bet, but he lost.
And now Jim Jordan is going to investgate and this guy ran away to Canada. The coup against the king failed and we all know what that entails.
It is right and proper for Congress to investigate this and if any laws were broken the guilty parties need to be punished. The Deep State has always punished those who oppose THEM, after all, which is why a guy like this would do such a thing in the first place. We have to make OUR punishments as much to be feared as theirs.
At any rate the Bible says everything hidden will become known. It's time we knew about the dirty dealings that went with that 2020 election.
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Muerte a Los Gringos
Timothy Birdnow
They always admonish Americans not to drink the water in Mexico. Now I suppose we can't eat the tacos either...
Three U.S. State Department Advisors Gunned Down at Taco Stand in Mexico
And the U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that Donald Trump can't use the Foreign Enemies Act to remove invading aliens. Odd; this illustrates plainly there is a guerilla war being waged on the U.S. by the Cartels down in Mexico. These advisers were foolish in not acting as if they were in a war zone, which they were.
I wonder; was the stand named muerte a los gringos? Maybe that should have tipped them off.
These are not murder victims; they are fallen heroes in an undeclared war. They should be afforded military honors.
They always admonish Americans not to drink the water in Mexico. Now I suppose we can't eat the tacos either...
Three U.S. State Department Advisors Gunned Down at Taco Stand in Mexico
And the U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that Donald Trump can't use the Foreign Enemies Act to remove invading aliens. Odd; this illustrates plainly there is a guerilla war being waged on the U.S. by the Cartels down in Mexico. These advisers were foolish in not acting as if they were in a war zone, which they were.
I wonder; was the stand named muerte a los gringos? Maybe that should have tipped them off.
These are not murder victims; they are fallen heroes in an undeclared war. They should be afforded military honors.
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A New Palestine
Timothy Birdnow
Rumor has it President Trump may be working on a deal to ship the so-called Palestinians aka terrorists to be resettled in Lybya. Not the worst idea but not the best either.
You would still have them all together and they have proven themselves to be a very bad mix. Libya had already been a hotbed for jihad, and bringingin the Palestinians won't improve the situation. We may just be moving terrorists to new digs.
Maybe instead of annexing Greenland we can turn it into the new Palestine? I'm sure they wouldn't be so eager to blow stuff up in 40 below weather.
Then there is South Georgia Island. This large sub-Antarctic island is entirely habitable but unoccupied because in bygone days it was too far from civilization. Now it's now. The only reason it's not inhabited now is the British government appeases the environmentalist wackos and keeps it in a "pristine" state, going so far as to exterminating the reindeer population that had been imported by a previous colonization proect. The island is certainly big enough - 1,450 square miles (about half the size of the West Bank and Gaza, but it should be able to accomodate the population easily enough.)
We need a more creative solution. Moving them to another terrorist hellhole in the region is a bad idea. Hey, Australia seems to love them these days and it's a hot desert continent...
Rumor has it President Trump may be working on a deal to ship the so-called Palestinians aka terrorists to be resettled in Lybya. Not the worst idea but not the best either.
You would still have them all together and they have proven themselves to be a very bad mix. Libya had already been a hotbed for jihad, and bringingin the Palestinians won't improve the situation. We may just be moving terrorists to new digs.
Maybe instead of annexing Greenland we can turn it into the new Palestine? I'm sure they wouldn't be so eager to blow stuff up in 40 below weather.
Then there is South Georgia Island. This large sub-Antarctic island is entirely habitable but unoccupied because in bygone days it was too far from civilization. Now it's now. The only reason it's not inhabited now is the British government appeases the environmentalist wackos and keeps it in a "pristine" state, going so far as to exterminating the reindeer population that had been imported by a previous colonization proect. The island is certainly big enough - 1,450 square miles (about half the size of the West Bank and Gaza, but it should be able to accomodate the population easily enough.)
We need a more creative solution. Moving them to another terrorist hellhole in the region is a bad idea. Hey, Australia seems to love them these days and it's a hot desert continent...
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Biden has Prostate Cancer
Timothy Birdnow
This is sad, even if I have no love for Joe Biden. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
Joe Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
The man is already sick and demented. He will end his days in suffering, I fear. Let's all say a prayer or two for him.
I do wonder if all the Covid shots Biden received had something to do with it.
This is sad, even if I have no love for Joe Biden. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
Joe Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
The man is already sick and demented. He will end his days in suffering, I fear. Let's all say a prayer or two for him.
I do wonder if all the Covid shots Biden received had something to do with it.
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May 17, 2025
Kabuki Theatre Law
Timothy Birdnow
Conservative Court my a, er, foot!
US Supreme Court blocks the Trump administration’s use of Alien Enemies Act
SCOTUS ruled in an unsigned decision (cowards) by a whopping 7 to 2 margin that Trump must have hearings and trials for each and every one of the probably 30 MILLION illegal aliens he seeks to deport.
I must ask, why is the Court now demanding an impossible legal burden on the directing of foreign policy by the President of the United States? They have ruled in the past that this is outside of the scope of the Coourt. Remember, these are NOT American citizens, nor do they play them on t.v. (well, maybe they do the latter). As such they do not have the right to access the legal system as do citizens. Their rights are limited.
Let me ask; did the Court rule this way against Harry Truman when he evicted 2 million, or against Dwight Eisenhower when he evicted three? Did they demand hearings for everyone deproted under Barack Hussein Obama?
Were there legal precedents restraining the deportation of Irish back in the 19th century?
This ruling is legally novel and not at all rooted in American law or American tradition.
In 2023 this same court affirmed that Joe Biden had final authority over immigration and enforcement when conservatives sued to make him enforce the laws on the books. In fact SCOTUS said they had no authority to restrain him. So why have they changed now?
Only Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito dissented.
What can you say about the rest? I have never trusted any of them; I openly opposed John Roberts as a Deep Stater when he was elevated, and I knew the three Trump appointees were also deep from the bowels of the Progressive insiders club. Coney-Barrett has proven herself to be one of the good old boys club, and the Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch always worried me. Now we know; they are all clones, Ruling Class stooges. Sadly these stooges aren't so funny. I prefer Moe, Larry, and Curly.
The Court gave Trump a couple of wins earlier in the year, and so I figured they would pull the big shaft on him.
From the Al Jazeera article:
Granted, this is still only a temporary injunction and the Court may eventually rule in Trump's favor but when?
This makes me very, very suspicious; it kicks the can down the road, probably until after the mid-term elections. That way the Republicans don't get the benefit of having evicted all these people as they promised and the media will say Trump broke his vow. If they ruled on it now many of these illegals would be gone and Trump could say "mission accomplished". Also, many of these illegals are going to vote in the next election despite it being illegal. You know that is true.
I've long argued our governmental system is rigged in such a way as to keep politics balanced on a knife-edge. The reason is it empowers those in power; nobody dares kick out the Ruling Class because otherwise the opposition gets into power. We are seeing that now with that rotten little punk David Hogg who is being forced out by the Democrats for challenging the status quo. I get it; I'd kick him out too were I they. But the point is he was trying to radicalize the party and they know that would be a mistake. They've long operated on this principle of being in power but not by too much lest it galvanize the enemy.
Sun Tzu put it thusly; the general should always leave a Golden Bridge of Retreat lest the enemy fight to the death. So the key to the Ruoling Class staying in power is to keep the fight really close but the left always winning, especially with their policy initiatives. And that has been the pattern all my life; Democrats are the aggressors and Republicans try to hide and hope they can survive the onslaught. Guys like John Thune or Mitch McConnell (or in this case John Roberts) will talk a good game and use the closeness of the political process to keep the voters on their sides while actively working against our wishes.
I think this shows SCOTUS is a Deep State entity.
So why did Trump's appointments wind up sucking? Because he listened to the Federalist Society, which is more Libertarian than anything. Many of it's members call themselves moderates. It's increasingly obvious they were giving Trump some very bad advice.
At any rate his picks have all betrayed America at some point. The two true conservatives left on the Court remain ever faithful, but they are outnumbered by the ambitious Deep State scoundrels, alas.
Trump is right; he cannot give 30 MILLION people court hearings, and he can't hold them for years awaiting those hearings. This was why 'catch and release' was started in the first place; the courts ruled they couldn't hold these people indefinitely but they also couldn't kick them out of the country. So Kavanaugh and Gorsuch and Barrett and Roberts have simply reinstated catch and release with this ruling.
Trump needs to house the worst of these people he's trying to evict next door to every Justice who joined in with this ruling. Make them live with the consequences of their actions. He can buy those houses that surround the Justices homes and make them group-living centers for illegals. Then those jerks would get a taste of what so many Americans have had to endure.
Again, this is a novel legal theory they have embraced and it really should not be obeyed.
BTW the American Civil Liberties Union filed the original complaint; I'd like to know how they have standing in this case? whenever our side files such lawsuits they are always denied based on standing but when leftists with no actual connection to the case file the courts bend over backwards to allow it.
We live in a kabuki theatre.
Conservative Court my a, er, foot!
US Supreme Court blocks the Trump administration’s use of Alien Enemies Act
SCOTUS ruled in an unsigned decision (cowards) by a whopping 7 to 2 margin that Trump must have hearings and trials for each and every one of the probably 30 MILLION illegal aliens he seeks to deport.
I must ask, why is the Court now demanding an impossible legal burden on the directing of foreign policy by the President of the United States? They have ruled in the past that this is outside of the scope of the Coourt. Remember, these are NOT American citizens, nor do they play them on t.v. (well, maybe they do the latter). As such they do not have the right to access the legal system as do citizens. Their rights are limited.
Let me ask; did the Court rule this way against Harry Truman when he evicted 2 million, or against Dwight Eisenhower when he evicted three? Did they demand hearings for everyone deproted under Barack Hussein Obama?
Were there legal precedents restraining the deportation of Irish back in the 19th century?
This ruling is legally novel and not at all rooted in American law or American tradition.
In 2023 this same court affirmed that Joe Biden had final authority over immigration and enforcement when conservatives sued to make him enforce the laws on the books. In fact SCOTUS said they had no authority to restrain him. So why have they changed now?
Only Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito dissented.
What can you say about the rest? I have never trusted any of them; I openly opposed John Roberts as a Deep Stater when he was elevated, and I knew the three Trump appointees were also deep from the bowels of the Progressive insiders club. Coney-Barrett has proven herself to be one of the good old boys club, and the Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch always worried me. Now we know; they are all clones, Ruling Class stooges. Sadly these stooges aren't so funny. I prefer Moe, Larry, and Curly.
The Court gave Trump a couple of wins earlier in the year, and so I figured they would pull the big shaft on him.
From the Al Jazeera article:
The justices asserted that they had a right to weigh in on the case, in order to prevent "irreparable harm” to the migrants and assert their jurisdiction in the case. Otherwise, they pointed out a deportation could put the migrants beyond their reach.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh went a step further in a separate opinion, calling on the Supreme Court to issue a final and binding ruling in the matter, rather than simply grant this one petition.
"The circumstances call for a prompt and final resolution, which likely can be provided only by this Court,” he said, agreeing with the majority’s decision.
Thomas and Alito, in their dissent, argued the Supreme Court had not afforded enough time to a lower court to rule on the emergency petition.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh went a step further in a separate opinion, calling on the Supreme Court to issue a final and binding ruling in the matter, rather than simply grant this one petition.
"The circumstances call for a prompt and final resolution, which likely can be provided only by this Court,” he said, agreeing with the majority’s decision.
Thomas and Alito, in their dissent, argued the Supreme Court had not afforded enough time to a lower court to rule on the emergency petition.
Granted, this is still only a temporary injunction and the Court may eventually rule in Trump's favor but when?
This makes me very, very suspicious; it kicks the can down the road, probably until after the mid-term elections. That way the Republicans don't get the benefit of having evicted all these people as they promised and the media will say Trump broke his vow. If they ruled on it now many of these illegals would be gone and Trump could say "mission accomplished". Also, many of these illegals are going to vote in the next election despite it being illegal. You know that is true.
I've long argued our governmental system is rigged in such a way as to keep politics balanced on a knife-edge. The reason is it empowers those in power; nobody dares kick out the Ruling Class because otherwise the opposition gets into power. We are seeing that now with that rotten little punk David Hogg who is being forced out by the Democrats for challenging the status quo. I get it; I'd kick him out too were I they. But the point is he was trying to radicalize the party and they know that would be a mistake. They've long operated on this principle of being in power but not by too much lest it galvanize the enemy.
Sun Tzu put it thusly; the general should always leave a Golden Bridge of Retreat lest the enemy fight to the death. So the key to the Ruoling Class staying in power is to keep the fight really close but the left always winning, especially with their policy initiatives. And that has been the pattern all my life; Democrats are the aggressors and Republicans try to hide and hope they can survive the onslaught. Guys like John Thune or Mitch McConnell (or in this case John Roberts) will talk a good game and use the closeness of the political process to keep the voters on their sides while actively working against our wishes.
I think this shows SCOTUS is a Deep State entity.
So why did Trump's appointments wind up sucking? Because he listened to the Federalist Society, which is more Libertarian than anything. Many of it's members call themselves moderates. It's increasingly obvious they were giving Trump some very bad advice.
At any rate his picks have all betrayed America at some point. The two true conservatives left on the Court remain ever faithful, but they are outnumbered by the ambitious Deep State scoundrels, alas.
Trump is right; he cannot give 30 MILLION people court hearings, and he can't hold them for years awaiting those hearings. This was why 'catch and release' was started in the first place; the courts ruled they couldn't hold these people indefinitely but they also couldn't kick them out of the country. So Kavanaugh and Gorsuch and Barrett and Roberts have simply reinstated catch and release with this ruling.
Trump needs to house the worst of these people he's trying to evict next door to every Justice who joined in with this ruling. Make them live with the consequences of their actions. He can buy those houses that surround the Justices homes and make them group-living centers for illegals. Then those jerks would get a taste of what so many Americans have had to endure.
Again, this is a novel legal theory they have embraced and it really should not be obeyed.
BTW the American Civil Liberties Union filed the original complaint; I'd like to know how they have standing in this case? whenever our side files such lawsuits they are always denied based on standing but when leftists with no actual connection to the case file the courts bend over backwards to allow it.
We live in a kabuki theatre.
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Soros Behind the Boer Genocide
Timothy Birdnow
This is interesting; it seems our old friend George soros had a big hand in the growing hostility and genocide against South Africa's white farmers (Boers, or Afrikaaners).
Yes, it seems Soros' Open Society helped fund and foment the farm attacks.
I'm not surprised. This is why the Left blew a gasket when Trump granted asylum to 59 terrorized farmers.
This is interesting; it seems our old friend George soros had a big hand in the growing hostility and genocide against South Africa's white farmers (Boers, or Afrikaaners).
Yes, it seems Soros' Open Society helped fund and foment the farm attacks.
I'm not surprised. This is why the Left blew a gasket when Trump granted asylum to 59 terrorized farmers.
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