Sorry about stepping away from today's Bird Brain subject, but I was awake all night figuring out how Trump can lower the boom on the New York case and the exorbitant, associated damages.
Here goes:
A massive battery of lawsuits to be filed in New York by building trades on or before February 29th, demanding the civil fraud case against Trump be dropped, and seeking monetary damages.
Defendants are the people who filed suit against Trump and his New York companies in a victimless case where there is zero harm and no victims.
Defendants to be charged:
Kathy Hochel, NY Governor,
Letitia James NY Attorney General
Alvin Bragg, NY County District Attorney
The following organizations to immediately file suits demanding the Trump case be dropped:
NY Building and Construction Trades Council
NY Boilermakers
NY Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union
Ny Brotherhood of Teamsters local union
NY Carpenters and JoinersLocal Unions
NY Commercial Realtors Association
NY Concrete Workers
NY Drywall Tapers Local Union
NYElectrical Constructors
NY Elevator Workers
NY Excavation and Road Builders
NY Glazers Local Union
NY Hazard Waste Union
NY Heat and Frost Insulators
NY Iron Workers
NY Labors Union
NY Masons
NY Operating Engineers
NY Painters and Allied Trades
NY Plasters and Cement Masons Association NY Plumbing and Pipe Fitters Industry
NY Riggers
NY Roofers, Water Proofers & Allied Workers
NY Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Workers
Was kinda thinking the same thing. Where are these guys? Or how about a strike say by the Sanitation Dept by not picking up garbage at all government buildings. Let the filth fester with the filth.
No action is necessary. The Governor even had to speak out that this isn't what entrepreneurs should expect from New York. Any with a brain hearing that is likely packing up and heading South. Unfortunately, real estate isn't portable and Albany continues to expand the scope of tenant protection making residential income property more and more untenable. When owners walk away, the debts secured by the properties are no longer tradable but good news! Those vacant buildings can become migrant housing. In fact, units now vacant because the cost of upkeep exceeds the allowed rental income are almost surely on Albany's target list. Imagine, just down the hall, a family of a dozen or so camped out in a two bedroom flat. I'm sure they won't be at all disruptive.
They should refuse loads to/from Maryland and Virginia, since DC is probably in some sort of protected class. That'll be boatloads of money lost. I don't see it happening, but I've been fooled before. Ala the COVID shot: "This won't hurt, did it?"
All those organizations need time to react to the Trump judgement but they get it. Just wait a bit. Its already started. Now get some Ambien and get a good nights sleep.
FJB and the Birdbrain. The only guy with a snowballs chance in hell of saving this country is DJT. Unfortunately that would include saving Democrats from themselves.
"Or at least, that is what she tells her donor-owners. She will run for as long as they pay her."
I'm sure others here have seen the Koch Brothers announced they have stopped their funding of Nikki. Her paycheck just shrunk a chunk. The article calls it a "pause" in funding. We'll see.
She gets a lot of dark money and her PACS are questionable. She is just the second phase of the Chris Christie assassin plan to hurt Trump. They are all scumbags.
just like all female candidates (so far) haley relies on her sex to garner support. it works up to a point i suppose but does that agenda really advance civilization?
Unfortunately, it's hard for people to see the big picture when they are struggling to pay their bills and feed their family and get ahead in life. This is especially true with many young people, I think. They get out of school/college and want to start earning a living and set the world on fire and that's fine but too many never consider the bigger picture.........the future of their country while doing so. The future just always seems bright and unchanging for too many of them. That "war stuff" and the "military industrial complex" is just ancient history to them. Today, that future is in doubt and more of them need to step up and start "thinking". I was one of them once. But joining the Army changed my world view quickly and made me grow up. I found out that not everyone loved the great country I lived in. It has gotten worse since then because, in part, of weak leaders and a weaker congress.
I last had a civics class in 6th grade. Pick a partner, do a project. Ours was build a replica of the state capital, done with only pencils and notebook paper. Here's to Sue Ellen, my project partner. Wonder if she remembered it before she passed on to glory.
I'm more likely to vote against a woman because she's a woman. But for Marsha Blackburn (R) TN, when she speaks or writes, I can hoot, n' holler and clap long and hard. Then I see her photo and remember she is a gurl!
I saw what you did there….”Instead of suffering Haley Tosis, Republicans will nominate the best MAGA available.” …..First Surberism of the day….will these nuggets be gathered like Menckenisms of yore? Maybe the tone is more like a Will Rogerthat-ism…
When the Democrat party signed onto their pact with devil to acquire all
Power unto themselves at any cost, they glossed over the clause in the Terms & Agreements where it states:
“After performing most of the necessary steps in this Agreement to acquire and maintain power, At a certain point, at a time to be determined, it will become necessary for you to go full Totalitarian, in order to complete your stated mission, and thus fully, and with ruthless abandon, crush all remnants of dissenters and all those who will steadfastly refuse to comply.”
I can’t help feeling that even speculating about the next election is a distraction, as it poses such a threat to the Left’s determination to maintain power by any means necessary.
The “powers that be” who are bent on total control of the US are composed of a vast international network, consisting chiefly of IC operatives who are extremely nervous that their well-laid plans are gravely threatened, will do whatever it takes to see to it that it never happens.
This is not new, they have been amassing power for decades, and they are so close now after the last 4 years of their clandestine effort in taking the prize of prizes, the USA, that nothing will be off the table for them to attain and maintain what power they have.
We will continue to go through the motions of a campaign year, and while it is vital to be a voice of opposition to their despotic tactics, be prepared for anything.
Like the 'pact with the Devil' analogy! But I would say, don't be too impressed with the so-called 'power' of the IC community. Yes, it has power and can be scary, and even to say so here is a comment can make one nervous. But it's still true that their power has come from operating in stealth, and their manipulations do not work so well once they are visible and the public is awake. Their judgment may not be so keen as they think it is, and they can make mistakes. Also, they are not big in numbers. Big in influence, but MAGA supporters outnumber them hundreds of thousands-to-one. I'm not in any way denying what you say, just saying keep it in perspective. It's always a type of psyops when the opponent can get you to fear.
I love ya TPG ~ you truly are the “Eternal Optimist”, which is a blessing, esp. in these times.
I don’t actually fear what is coming down the pike, but I am most definitely concerned, and a realist.
We have ceased to be a Republic quite some time ago, and at an ever accelerated pace of late.
Even our SCOTUS, headed by CJJR, can find ways of circumventing the Constitution depending upon the political winds of the day. Our pretend President is a criminal who is demented. Our pretend Representatives are all compromised. And our so-called DOJ is wholly vested in perpetrating the most flagrant and egregious abuses of the Law against any they perceive guilty of “wrong think” without the slightest care in the world.
We continue to be invaded every day by hordes upon hordes of God knows who crossing over our wide open borders, and no one barely lifts a finger to stop it, except the occasional weak sauce efforts by Abbott, all of which haven’t done much of anything to come close to putting an end to it.
The cities that are now overrun by illegals just beg for DC to dole out more money to help them throw a blanket over the crisis.
Their endgame is total population control, by whatever measures they have to take to attain it.
Read the WHO pandemic so-called Treaty, listen to what the governments in Europe and the UK are proposing, the plans eminating from the WEF: they ALL are proposing and instituting greater and greater control of #1. Speech, and all else that follows.
What keeps them up at night in this country is the 2nd Amendment and the people willing to exercise their true Constitutional rights.
That’s where things, I believe will all come to a head here eventually.
They know it, we know it, and they know we know it.
Where we are now is existential for them, life and death, and they don’t give a damn who gets sacrificed in the process.
Events and circumstances are stacking up on a daily basis all pointing to them executing more extreme measures to quell dissent of any nature. It is practically inevitable it will get very painful and very ugly sooner than we imagine. They will not go quietly into that good night - no way.
Haha--yep, Suzie--guilty as charged, I suppose, an Eternal Optimist.
BUT, also a realist, as I TOTALLY AGREE with all of the dozen points you've raised above. You are very clear sighted, and I think your assessment is spot on.
But I just don't think it's a complete assessment. Just musing, and this may sound off-the-wall, but what if you were to try writing down a list of the strengths on our side, and of positive developments for us. There are many.
I think that where we place our focus is very important, and can impact the development of events. Kane posted a link on CFP last week or so about the CCP's planned push to increase our discouragement and seduce us into surrendering.
Remember when the devil tempted Jesus 3 times, and one of them was he took Jesus to the top of the temple, and said "If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence, for it is written, he shall give his angels charge over thee,...lest thou dash thy foot against a stone...".
It has been said--"Why didn't he just push?" If the Devil wanted to destroy him, why didn't he just PUSH Jesus off the top of the temple? Well, the answer, and lesson, is that He couldn't. He didn't have the power; he had to convince Jesus to do it to himself.
We are human, and our opponents may indeed push us "off the top of the temple". (And of course, Jesus's enemies did end up crucifying him.) But we know there is a bigger context to all this. Before I drown any further in making this analogy (!), I will just say, true realism also means recognizing the weaknesses of your enemy and not underestimating the strengths of your allies.
I think actually we're all pretty much in identical accord about what's going on. It's interesting, with all of us from such varied backgrounds and geographic locations, that we all can see pretty darn clearly what's going on with our country. Which gives hope that the rest of the country will rise to these realizations as well. Oops--there goes the optimism again!
"Trikki Nikki is a reminder of how awful the Republican Party is"
As awful as she is, she is representative of the GOPe in the most positive light.
"She won’t get 86% of the Democrat vote in November unless they nominate her."
...which will not happen - can you imagine the outrage if the Democrats threw The Cackler over for a former Republican? One woman-of-colour for another - and an imposter, at that!
She won't get even half of that 86% courtesy of RFK, Jr., Cornel West, and Jill Stein.
As for the poll, the truth is painful for those who live on, and traffic in lies.
Yeah, and notice the only areas she won were highly populated areas that also have high concentrations of retired northerners. You know, the school teachers and leeches with the fat government pensions who are escaping the high taxes to come here and try and ruin our state.
I repeat myself but I have seen Nikki up close. Birdbrain yes. Deer in the headlights look, yes. Working the system for fame and fortune, yes. *** Whenever I observe someone in an environment where it is obvious they are out of their element and they know it, but they continue on the chosen path, I know that person lacks moral character. *** Holding that view, I laughed when the recent allegations of Nikki's affairs arose. *** Anyone who has ever been to an event where Trump spoke, has known he is the unstoppable nominee. He owns the GOP base. *** Nikki has been to such events. She has been trounced in her home state. Yet she vows to carry on. *** Koch brothers/Americans for Prosperity have stopped funding her. Democrats and Never Trumpers remain to fund her game but not for long. She has become an embarrassment even to her backers. She will be gone within two weeks. *** Until the SC primary, Nikki served as a convenient Trump foil. Being destroyed on her home turf makes her irrelevant. The media machine keeping her going will fade along with the money. *** If Trump is jailed to keep him from campaigning, he gets an automatic win. Didn't the Biden Basement campaign prove that? *** The Left as a group would love to see Trump in jail. They forget the adage, "Be careful what you wish for, you may get it." If Trump is jailed, people who never voted before will be among the hoards flocking to the polls to elect him.
First, George Santos needed to go. Even the GOP has limits on what lying they will allow. As for Halley, if soccer moms are her biggest backers then what the hell is wrong with those soccer moms? Im tired of hearing about the soccer mom vote. These are some of the worst “thinkers” in the country apparently. Someone tell their husbands it’s time for an intervention. Do they not “get it”? Anyway, Halley will continue with her dark money campaign and eventually probably switch and run as an independent to suck votes from Mr. Trump in the General election. That’s really what her backers want. Her true colors are apparent. Shes a RINO like too many in the GOP today. We are no longer the party of Lincoln. We are the Dem-lite party because fixing a broken country is hard work but wasting money in the guise of doing something is easy.
Agree. There are probably alot worse liars on the Democratic side of the House-- clean house there first. We have to be more ruthless when fighting a ruthless enemy. There is a deliberate Democratic attempt to destroy the Republicans House Majority going on. We can't afford a SINGLE loss.
"Even the GOP has limits on what lying they will allow."
With all due respect - since when?
Santos' only crime was in the brazenness of his lies - the lack of plausibility - otherwise, he did nothing different than Dan Crenshaw, Mike McCaul, and Ken Buck - maybe the difference is that they continue to lie even after their respective elections.
Buck will be out this voting cycle, thank Heaven. In the interim he’s stumping for a seat at the table of msnbc, cnn, or possibly even the view. Good riddance and I hope the door hits him on the way out.
Unfortunately today, lying is almost a critical tool to be a politician. The idea is, if lying is required to stay in the club, then you have to be good at it to join the club. Mr. Santos wasn’t. Now the rest of the liars need to be called out for it. Boom, there goes the two seat majority. See how politics works?
That is very true. It's just been perfected as an art form today. In the old days, they could lie and many times not be found out because the internet didn't exist and they were better at hiding the truth. Today, you even have the POTUS lying almost every time he makes a public comment and many of them are on issues of no benefit to him. Then there was the classic of all lies when Obama went on national airwaves and told us "if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor". Maybe I was just a virgin up to that point but that lie changed a lot of peoples minds about what was coming out of the WH. There needs to be an era of truth from our leaders, starting now.
Maybe, but not every female is a soccer mom so hard to understand from that 2-1 ratio what the makeup of the votes was. I think we hear the "soccer mom" meme way too much today. Not sure what it even means but women have traditionally voted for the non-war, public safety candidates in a general sense. Halley is not either. Maybe the females we should be listening to are the over 60 aged ones who can speak with some experience behind them. I think Halley is running a campaign that was obsolete ten years ago. Americans aren't as afraid of Russia as we are our own government and the unelected bureaucracy.
Yep, wont be long before we will have permanent classes in our society thanks to politicians who have to make everything about class. Soccer moms are now a class I guess. I hate class warfare, it destroys a country. I don't even like the term "average Americans". Just waiting for the word that we all have to wear a certain color dot on our foreheads so people can tell what class we belong too. Makes it easier to target us with campaign donation requests.
I can find a few linguistic errors in every installment. And although I'm compulsive about such things, I decided not to carp, with one exception: If the end result makes it unclear or incomprehensible. It's the contents, not the grammar and spelling that count.
Hi Don, I seem to be taking heat, I really meant nothing negative, was actually trying to be helpful. I would be happy to delete my comment and not provide edit recommendations in the future. I read every word, so maybe that's a good thing? :)
Just want to echo, I don't think pointing out the minor proofing edits is in any way meant as a criticism. We all know Don is working his butt off staying abreast of events and doing research and writing a column SIX days a week; and that he has no staff helping him and no proofreader, so these small edits folks point out are only meant in a friendly way so Don's best foot can be put forward for the ever-increasing circulation he is gaining.
I know, Don, but I hoped your blog was going to be one of the few sites where a person could go and no be criticized or badmouthed for their comments. Why can't people accept someone's comment without bashing them? The guy went after me previously because he misunderstood my nickname for my wife. If people are going to call me names because they can't read intelligently, then we should be able to return it in kind. We conservatives have got to stop turning the other cheek because we have been out of cheeks for a very long time.
“Anybody with any intelligence at all can see that moral things are more important than intellectual things.”
—G.K. Chesterton
NeverTrumpers puzzle me. I mean, what is their end game? And why do they insist on clinging to their decaying carcass wing of the GOP? Why don’t they just “come out” of the dem closet? After all, they seem to share identical values with the looney left.
It seems to me that they have allowed their snobby intellectualism to destroy the best hope to restore our country to sanity and, in the process, have willed themselves mad.
Perhaps NeverTrumpers should check their snobbery, put on their intellectual hats (if they can find them), and return to “moral things.”
The Never Trumpers are furious with Trump for three basic reasons. One, he is an outsider and a non-politician and, as such, not a member of the Washingtonian club. Secondly, he is a problem solver. D.C. types create problems which allows their grifting to continue ad infinitum. Problem solvers are the bane of these corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. Thirdly, he doesn't need them or kiss their behinds which violates their bloated egos. I could add a few more reasons, but you get the picture.
The NeverTrumpers don't have a viable end game. It's all about money and their so-called principles. They are out-of-touch snobs. They're shrinking as we speak.
Trikki Nikki in no way represents the Republican Party. She is more like the embarrassing relative you can do nothing about. Southern states are rife with politicians/office holders who have R's after their names as a matter of necessity to get elected. She is one of those. They are dangerous people. Trump '"lost" Georgia in 2020 because of several such people.
Sorry about stepping away from today's Bird Brain subject, but I was awake all night figuring out how Trump can lower the boom on the New York case and the exorbitant, associated damages.
Here goes:
A massive battery of lawsuits to be filed in New York by building trades on or before February 29th, demanding the civil fraud case against Trump be dropped, and seeking monetary damages.
Defendants are the people who filed suit against Trump and his New York companies in a victimless case where there is zero harm and no victims.
Defendants to be charged:
Kathy Hochel, NY Governor,
Letitia James NY Attorney General
Alvin Bragg, NY County District Attorney
The following organizations to immediately file suits demanding the Trump case be dropped:
NY Building and Construction Trades Council
NY Boilermakers
NY Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union
Ny Brotherhood of Teamsters local union
NY Carpenters and JoinersLocal Unions
NY Commercial Realtors Association
NY Concrete Workers
NY Drywall Tapers Local Union
NYElectrical Constructors
NY Elevator Workers
NY Excavation and Road Builders
NY Glazers Local Union
NY Hazard Waste Union
NY Heat and Frost Insulators
NY Iron Workers
NY Labors Union
NY Masons
NY Operating Engineers
NY Painters and Allied Trades
NY Plasters and Cement Masons Association NY Plumbing and Pipe Fitters Industry
NY Riggers
NY Roofers, Water Proofers & Allied Workers
NY Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Workers
NY Sign Companies
NY Steel Union
NY Steamfitters Union
NY Welders
Was kinda thinking the same thing. Where are these guys? Or how about a strike say by the Sanitation Dept by not picking up garbage at all government buildings. Let the filth fester with the filth.
A broad-based, multi trade strike could be devastating to NY, especially with truckers refusing loads into (and I assume) out of NY.
I know. There just has to be something they can do.
No action is necessary. The Governor even had to speak out that this isn't what entrepreneurs should expect from New York. Any with a brain hearing that is likely packing up and heading South. Unfortunately, real estate isn't portable and Albany continues to expand the scope of tenant protection making residential income property more and more untenable. When owners walk away, the debts secured by the properties are no longer tradable but good news! Those vacant buildings can become migrant housing. In fact, units now vacant because the cost of upkeep exceeds the allowed rental income are almost surely on Albany's target list. Imagine, just down the hall, a family of a dozen or so camped out in a two bedroom flat. I'm sure they won't be at all disruptive.
Or, if Letitia gets her dream, shove them into Trump Tower she wants to seize.
Don't forget about the growing numbers of OTR truckers who are refusing to take loads into New York. Their next target should be DC.
They should refuse loads to/from Maryland and Virginia, since DC is probably in some sort of protected class. That'll be boatloads of money lost. I don't see it happening, but I've been fooled before. Ala the COVID shot: "This won't hurt, did it?"
Yes, let's get em! A strong offense is a winning strategy. Ah, let's not forget that POS Judge Engeron and that loathsome clerk at his side.
All those organizations need time to react to the Trump judgement but they get it. Just wait a bit. Its already started. Now get some Ambien and get a good nights sleep.
It's 8AM! LOL. And BTW, Ambien is the most dangerous sleeping aid known to man...
One can only hope these unions and groups have leaders capable of logical reasoning and this is a HUGE hope D.J..
Love the way you included all the Brotherhood!! Sorry photo engravers couldn't be included. But, you done good, my son.
FJB and the Birdbrain. The only guy with a snowballs chance in hell of saving this country is DJT. Unfortunately that would include saving Democrats from themselves.
Damn! You are a great political observer and truth-teller!
I have nothing else to add!
Keep on writing and open peoples' eyes, Mr. Surber.
What a great way to start the week.
Or day, I might add.
"Or at least, that is what she tells her donor-owners. She will run for as long as they pay her."
I'm sure others here have seen the Koch Brothers announced they have stopped their funding of Nikki. Her paycheck just shrunk a chunk. The article calls it a "pause" in funding. We'll see.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/25/koch-network-halts-nikki-haley-funding-after-south-carolina-loss.html
Sorry for a link to a traitor network.
She gets a lot of dark money and her PACS are questionable. She is just the second phase of the Chris Christie assassin plan to hurt Trump. They are all scumbags.
I don't believe an apology is warranted. It's fundamental to victory knowing your enemy inside and out.
Yes it is. Keep your friends close but your enemies closer is how it goes, I think.
My cnbc link was retrieved from Kane’s CFP site.
just like all female candidates (so far) haley relies on her sex to garner support. it works up to a point i suppose but does that agenda really advance civilization?
Macro question in a micro world. The country is almost an after thought today in too many peoples lives.
So sad but so very true. And I blame the failed education system. Not teaching Civics is suicidal for a healthy functioning Republic as our is.
Unfortunately, it's hard for people to see the big picture when they are struggling to pay their bills and feed their family and get ahead in life. This is especially true with many young people, I think. They get out of school/college and want to start earning a living and set the world on fire and that's fine but too many never consider the bigger picture.........the future of their country while doing so. The future just always seems bright and unchanging for too many of them. That "war stuff" and the "military industrial complex" is just ancient history to them. Today, that future is in doubt and more of them need to step up and start "thinking". I was one of them once. But joining the Army changed my world view quickly and made me grow up. I found out that not everyone loved the great country I lived in. It has gotten worse since then because, in part, of weak leaders and a weaker congress.
I last had a civics class in 6th grade. Pick a partner, do a project. Ours was build a replica of the state capital, done with only pencils and notebook paper. Here's to Sue Ellen, my project partner. Wonder if she remembered it before she passed on to glory.
Yes, she relies on her sex for support, and also on HAVING sex outside of marriage for her support.
I'm more likely to vote against a woman because she's a woman. But for Marsha Blackburn (R) TN, when she speaks or writes, I can hoot, n' holler and clap long and hard. Then I see her photo and remember she is a gurl!
“12 fellas down, 1 to go.” - War Karen -
Is calling a man a “fella” the same as when a man calls a woman a “chick”? A guy would get nailed in the media . . . But not a woman.
War Pig Karen.
It advances their "feelings" for the day...
LOL
I saw what you did there….”Instead of suffering Haley Tosis, Republicans will nominate the best MAGA available.” …..First Surberism of the day….will these nuggets be gathered like Menckenisms of yore? Maybe the tone is more like a Will Rogerthat-ism…
Yes! Don, please collect those Surberism nuggets. And also some repostings of those wonderful Trumpenfreuds. Maybe a “Best of…”
When the Democrat party signed onto their pact with devil to acquire all
Power unto themselves at any cost, they glossed over the clause in the Terms & Agreements where it states:
“After performing most of the necessary steps in this Agreement to acquire and maintain power, At a certain point, at a time to be determined, it will become necessary for you to go full Totalitarian, in order to complete your stated mission, and thus fully, and with ruthless abandon, crush all remnants of dissenters and all those who will steadfastly refuse to comply.”
I can’t help feeling that even speculating about the next election is a distraction, as it poses such a threat to the Left’s determination to maintain power by any means necessary.
The “powers that be” who are bent on total control of the US are composed of a vast international network, consisting chiefly of IC operatives who are extremely nervous that their well-laid plans are gravely threatened, will do whatever it takes to see to it that it never happens.
This is not new, they have been amassing power for decades, and they are so close now after the last 4 years of their clandestine effort in taking the prize of prizes, the USA, that nothing will be off the table for them to attain and maintain what power they have.
We will continue to go through the motions of a campaign year, and while it is vital to be a voice of opposition to their despotic tactics, be prepared for anything.
We are in totally uncharted waters.
Like the 'pact with the Devil' analogy! But I would say, don't be too impressed with the so-called 'power' of the IC community. Yes, it has power and can be scary, and even to say so here is a comment can make one nervous. But it's still true that their power has come from operating in stealth, and their manipulations do not work so well once they are visible and the public is awake. Their judgment may not be so keen as they think it is, and they can make mistakes. Also, they are not big in numbers. Big in influence, but MAGA supporters outnumber them hundreds of thousands-to-one. I'm not in any way denying what you say, just saying keep it in perspective. It's always a type of psyops when the opponent can get you to fear.
I love ya TPG ~ you truly are the “Eternal Optimist”, which is a blessing, esp. in these times.
I don’t actually fear what is coming down the pike, but I am most definitely concerned, and a realist.
We have ceased to be a Republic quite some time ago, and at an ever accelerated pace of late.
Even our SCOTUS, headed by CJJR, can find ways of circumventing the Constitution depending upon the political winds of the day. Our pretend President is a criminal who is demented. Our pretend Representatives are all compromised. And our so-called DOJ is wholly vested in perpetrating the most flagrant and egregious abuses of the Law against any they perceive guilty of “wrong think” without the slightest care in the world.
We continue to be invaded every day by hordes upon hordes of God knows who crossing over our wide open borders, and no one barely lifts a finger to stop it, except the occasional weak sauce efforts by Abbott, all of which haven’t done much of anything to come close to putting an end to it.
The cities that are now overrun by illegals just beg for DC to dole out more money to help them throw a blanket over the crisis.
Their endgame is total population control, by whatever measures they have to take to attain it.
Read the WHO pandemic so-called Treaty, listen to what the governments in Europe and the UK are proposing, the plans eminating from the WEF: they ALL are proposing and instituting greater and greater control of #1. Speech, and all else that follows.
What keeps them up at night in this country is the 2nd Amendment and the people willing to exercise their true Constitutional rights.
That’s where things, I believe will all come to a head here eventually.
They know it, we know it, and they know we know it.
Where we are now is existential for them, life and death, and they don’t give a damn who gets sacrificed in the process.
Events and circumstances are stacking up on a daily basis all pointing to them executing more extreme measures to quell dissent of any nature. It is practically inevitable it will get very painful and very ugly sooner than we imagine. They will not go quietly into that good night - no way.
Haha--yep, Suzie--guilty as charged, I suppose, an Eternal Optimist.
BUT, also a realist, as I TOTALLY AGREE with all of the dozen points you've raised above. You are very clear sighted, and I think your assessment is spot on.
But I just don't think it's a complete assessment. Just musing, and this may sound off-the-wall, but what if you were to try writing down a list of the strengths on our side, and of positive developments for us. There are many.
I think that where we place our focus is very important, and can impact the development of events. Kane posted a link on CFP last week or so about the CCP's planned push to increase our discouragement and seduce us into surrendering.
Remember when the devil tempted Jesus 3 times, and one of them was he took Jesus to the top of the temple, and said "If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence, for it is written, he shall give his angels charge over thee,...lest thou dash thy foot against a stone...".
It has been said--"Why didn't he just push?" If the Devil wanted to destroy him, why didn't he just PUSH Jesus off the top of the temple? Well, the answer, and lesson, is that He couldn't. He didn't have the power; he had to convince Jesus to do it to himself.
We are human, and our opponents may indeed push us "off the top of the temple". (And of course, Jesus's enemies did end up crucifying him.) But we know there is a bigger context to all this. Before I drown any further in making this analogy (!), I will just say, true realism also means recognizing the weaknesses of your enemy and not underestimating the strengths of your allies.
All most excellent points! That is why “EO’s” like yourself are so valuable!!
Haha!
I think actually we're all pretty much in identical accord about what's going on. It's interesting, with all of us from such varied backgrounds and geographic locations, that we all can see pretty darn clearly what's going on with our country. Which gives hope that the rest of the country will rise to these realizations as well. Oops--there goes the optimism again!
Hah! Never stop! ♥️
Very good analysis Suzie.
I’m getting very tired of hearing about Nikki.
A few more weeks and she'll be kissing up for ambassadoress to India or Indiana
Ambassador to Antarctica would be better
Amen.
"Trikki Nikki is a reminder of how awful the Republican Party is"
As awful as she is, she is representative of the GOPe in the most positive light.
"She won’t get 86% of the Democrat vote in November unless they nominate her."
...which will not happen - can you imagine the outrage if the Democrats threw The Cackler over for a former Republican? One woman-of-colour for another - and an imposter, at that!
She won't get even half of that 86% courtesy of RFK, Jr., Cornel West, and Jill Stein.
As for the poll, the truth is painful for those who live on, and traffic in lies.
In SC, you do know that most of birdbrain's votes were from Democrats, as it is an open primary. She's pathetic at best.
Yeah, and notice the only areas she won were highly populated areas that also have high concentrations of retired northerners. You know, the school teachers and leeches with the fat government pensions who are escaping the high taxes to come here and try and ruin our state.
I repeat myself but I have seen Nikki up close. Birdbrain yes. Deer in the headlights look, yes. Working the system for fame and fortune, yes. *** Whenever I observe someone in an environment where it is obvious they are out of their element and they know it, but they continue on the chosen path, I know that person lacks moral character. *** Holding that view, I laughed when the recent allegations of Nikki's affairs arose. *** Anyone who has ever been to an event where Trump spoke, has known he is the unstoppable nominee. He owns the GOP base. *** Nikki has been to such events. She has been trounced in her home state. Yet she vows to carry on. *** Koch brothers/Americans for Prosperity have stopped funding her. Democrats and Never Trumpers remain to fund her game but not for long. She has become an embarrassment even to her backers. She will be gone within two weeks. *** Until the SC primary, Nikki served as a convenient Trump foil. Being destroyed on her home turf makes her irrelevant. The media machine keeping her going will fade along with the money. *** If Trump is jailed to keep him from campaigning, he gets an automatic win. Didn't the Biden Basement campaign prove that? *** The Left as a group would love to see Trump in jail. They forget the adage, "Be careful what you wish for, you may get it." If Trump is jailed, people who never voted before will be among the hoards flocking to the polls to elect him.
Deer in the headlights. Fascinating. Good way to put it.
First, George Santos needed to go. Even the GOP has limits on what lying they will allow. As for Halley, if soccer moms are her biggest backers then what the hell is wrong with those soccer moms? Im tired of hearing about the soccer mom vote. These are some of the worst “thinkers” in the country apparently. Someone tell their husbands it’s time for an intervention. Do they not “get it”? Anyway, Halley will continue with her dark money campaign and eventually probably switch and run as an independent to suck votes from Mr. Trump in the General election. That’s really what her backers want. Her true colors are apparent. Shes a RINO like too many in the GOP today. We are no longer the party of Lincoln. We are the Dem-lite party because fixing a broken country is hard work but wasting money in the guise of doing something is easy.
Bullshit on Santos having to go. If he did, let his constituents vote him out; not the hypocrites in DC.
Agree. There are probably alot worse liars on the Democratic side of the House-- clean house there first. We have to be more ruthless when fighting a ruthless enemy. There is a deliberate Democratic attempt to destroy the Republicans House Majority going on. We can't afford a SINGLE loss.
Totally agree but The Rs have their principles, don't they?
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory since Dennis Hastert ran the show. They've now perfected their trade
Nailed it T.O.
"Even the GOP has limits on what lying they will allow."
With all due respect - since when?
Santos' only crime was in the brazenness of his lies - the lack of plausibility - otherwise, he did nothing different than Dan Crenshaw, Mike McCaul, and Ken Buck - maybe the difference is that they continue to lie even after their respective elections.
Let’s cut to the chase - Santos did nothing that Pedo Joe hasn’t been brazenly doing for more than 50 years.
Buck will be out this voting cycle, thank Heaven. In the interim he’s stumping for a seat at the table of msnbc, cnn, or possibly even the view. Good riddance and I hope the door hits him on the way out.
Yes, thank goodness!
He'll be the next Paul Ryan... It's what RINOS do.
Unfortunately today, lying is almost a critical tool to be a politician. The idea is, if lying is required to stay in the club, then you have to be good at it to join the club. Mr. Santos wasn’t. Now the rest of the liars need to be called out for it. Boom, there goes the two seat majority. See how politics works?
A politician who lies is not just a current thing. There were lying politicians long before any us here were born.
Way back in the 18th century people were complaining about "Political Lying".
That is very true. It's just been perfected as an art form today. In the old days, they could lie and many times not be found out because the internet didn't exist and they were better at hiding the truth. Today, you even have the POTUS lying almost every time he makes a public comment and many of them are on issues of no benefit to him. Then there was the classic of all lies when Obama went on national airwaves and told us "if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor". Maybe I was just a virgin up to that point but that lie changed a lot of peoples minds about what was coming out of the WH. There needs to be an era of truth from our leaders, starting now.
At least on the GOPe side. So wanna be politicians who aren’t so clever at lying should run as Democrats.
Correct.
CFP links a story that says Trump beat Haley 2-1 with women. I think the "soccer moms" so-called 'demographic' has been outdated for awhile.
Maybe, but not every female is a soccer mom so hard to understand from that 2-1 ratio what the makeup of the votes was. I think we hear the "soccer mom" meme way too much today. Not sure what it even means but women have traditionally voted for the non-war, public safety candidates in a general sense. Halley is not either. Maybe the females we should be listening to are the over 60 aged ones who can speak with some experience behind them. I think Halley is running a campaign that was obsolete ten years ago. Americans aren't as afraid of Russia as we are our own government and the unelected bureaucracy.
What's wrong with soccer moms: Too much white wine while watching The View.
True, but there never was any chance of that besotted crowd voting GOP.
The truth can be comical sometimes:)
We love our RINOs and soccer moms, don't we? LOL
Yep, wont be long before we will have permanent classes in our society thanks to politicians who have to make everything about class. Soccer moms are now a class I guess. I hate class warfare, it destroys a country. I don't even like the term "average Americans". Just waiting for the word that we all have to wear a certain color dot on our foreheads so people can tell what class we belong too. Makes it easier to target us with campaign donation requests.
Best. Poll. Ever! Now I can go back into the living room.
A couple of edits needed today, Don.
"Thinking she can win the general election but not the primary *at* makes no sense"
"and the central government controlling more of our everyday *lies*"
Maybe the second one was intentional? We sadly live in an age of lies, that's for sure. Great observations as always, thanks, Don.
Thank you
I shall fix
And one more thing: It's no small achievement to deliver such great materials in each morning's wee hours.
Don being human is fine with me.
I can find a few linguistic errors in every installment. And although I'm compulsive about such things, I decided not to carp, with one exception: If the end result makes it unclear or incomprehensible. It's the contents, not the grammar and spelling that count.
Hi Don, I seem to be taking heat, I really meant nothing negative, was actually trying to be helpful. I would be happy to delete my comment and not provide edit recommendations in the future. I read every word, so maybe that's a good thing? :)
Just want to echo, I don't think pointing out the minor proofing edits is in any way meant as a criticism. We all know Don is working his butt off staying abreast of events and doing research and writing a column SIX days a week; and that he has no staff helping him and no proofreader, so these small edits folks point out are only meant in a friendly way so Don's best foot can be put forward for the ever-increasing circulation he is gaining.
being the grammar police then tossing in an ass kissing remark is pathetic. let me guess..retired k-12 teacher?
No need for elbows
Being a jerk on a site where people actually try to sort out the country’s problems in a civilized manner is rude. What is YOUR problem Mr. Welch?
No need for elbows
I know, Don, but I hoped your blog was going to be one of the few sites where a person could go and no be criticized or badmouthed for their comments. Why can't people accept someone's comment without bashing them? The guy went after me previously because he misunderstood my nickname for my wife. If people are going to call me names because they can't read intelligently, then we should be able to return it in kind. We conservatives have got to stop turning the other cheek because we have been out of cheeks for a very long time.
you're saying that haley DOESN'T try to use sex to her advantage?
Evidently she has done so a few times when her husband was deployed out of town/overseas...
Not at all, Im just sick of your jerk comments attacking others here. Maybe read some old Ann Landers for a clue here.
so be quiet unless i'm asked to parrot what you want to say. won't happen.
wow!
Thanks for your feedback. Peace, friend.
“Anybody with any intelligence at all can see that moral things are more important than intellectual things.”
—G.K. Chesterton
NeverTrumpers puzzle me. I mean, what is their end game? And why do they insist on clinging to their decaying carcass wing of the GOP? Why don’t they just “come out” of the dem closet? After all, they seem to share identical values with the looney left.
It seems to me that they have allowed their snobby intellectualism to destroy the best hope to restore our country to sanity and, in the process, have willed themselves mad.
Perhaps NeverTrumpers should check their snobbery, put on their intellectual hats (if they can find them), and return to “moral things.”
The Never Trumpers are furious with Trump for three basic reasons. One, he is an outsider and a non-politician and, as such, not a member of the Washingtonian club. Secondly, he is a problem solver. D.C. types create problems which allows their grifting to continue ad infinitum. Problem solvers are the bane of these corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. Thirdly, he doesn't need them or kiss their behinds which violates their bloated egos. I could add a few more reasons, but you get the picture.
Exactly right. Trump is what the Swam Scum would call an "interloper".
Very well said Jim.
The NeverTrumpers don't have a viable end game. It's all about money and their so-called principles. They are out-of-touch snobs. They're shrinking as we speak.
Trikki Nikki in no way represents the Republican Party. She is more like the embarrassing relative you can do nothing about. Southern states are rife with politicians/office holders who have R's after their names as a matter of necessity to get elected. She is one of those. They are dangerous people. Trump '"lost" Georgia in 2020 because of several such people.
There is no path for Haley to win. Even if she was the last person on earth she wouldn’t vote for herself.