Some Big Changes coming to the United States...

     Yes, there are some changes coming to the U.S., I think it's safe to say. Just as it was with the election, we cant say with any certainty just what things are going to look like in four years. What we can say is a lot of things are going to be very different. The entire political landscape has already changed and there are many more changes coming. And it's never going to be the same as it once was. 

Let's start with the Democratic Party. With the outcome of the election, i.e. Trump winning in a landslide including all seven swing states the Democratic Party has all but imploded. They are adrift on the open sea with no prevailing wind. They are without leadership, Biden has ultimately and apparently joyously bowed out. The remaining has-been leaders are all left pointing at one another attempting to place the blame for this perfect fiasco on someone, anyone other than themselves. Nancy Pelosi, the once self-anointed 'Godmother' of the party who took the lead role in forcing Papa Joe to drop from the race is blaming the debacle on Joe himself for not dropping out sooner. Her street creds within the party are fading faster than a West Texas sunset. Apparently, that isn't enough though to stop her from announcing that she will be running for another term... Fuggidaboutit Nancy. The pompous mouths we have heard so much from for the past four years are conspicuously quiet of late, i.e Chuckie Schumer and Adam Schitt. For the next four years, at least, they will have about as much clout as a death-row inmate. America has sounded off on what they want and don't want in government. And evidently it doesn't include the Democratic Party that we have come to know. So, they will have to change, regroup, re-organize, re-invent themselves. What will that look like? Your guess is as good as mine. Let's hope for their sake that they are smart enough to learn from this election just what that does not include. The big take-away from all this that they should heed; the Democrats don't get to make all the rules. 

We already have the rules, have had for nigh 250 years. They're called the Constitution, aka the rule of law. All the accusations of Trump having no regard for the rule of law and now, after the election we have commissioners in Pennsylvania insisting on including illegal ballots in the final count. "Nobody follows the law in America and nobody cares," they say when confronted. The governor of Massachusetts has declared the state will not cooperate with Immigration authorities regarding deportations. Rule of law? Hello? Jack Smith has already resigned. Rumor has it he will be moving to somewhere in Africa. Juan Merchan has gone ducked underground like a gopher for as long as he can get away with it. A word of advice Juan, I would not want to be the individual that has gone against the will of the American people. Give Kamala a call and ask her what that feels like. You might want to consider repatriating to Columbia, or wherever the hell you came from. Letitia James, Alvin Bragg and Fani Willis, your pink slips are being prepared. You need to be looking for other employment opportunities. Try looking for some that have nothing to do with the rule of law. Or just law, period... And for any of you other Soros funded DA's left out there, dont even think about it...

And the leftist, liberal mainstream media... All your lies, slander and deliberate misinformation couldn't sway the voters. They did what they thought was right in spite of you. So if you can't influence elections to the outcome you want, what will actually be your role in America going forward? Just keep trying no matter what? Making the same mistake over and over again never yields the desired outcome. Learn from it. Change. For some strange reason I feel like I'm talking to a tree. Maybe even a dead tree. Do what you want, we dont care. As has been demonstrated...

Whether you're a Trump fan, a Biden fan or a Harris fan, at this point it doesn't matter. If you're an American get with the program whether you like the program of the  leadership or not. Root for America and do something to help America's cause. Trump's running the show now, in four years it will be someone else. You can't love your country only when you win, to quote the current Democratic Party leader. We're all Americans, we need to all act like Americans. 

#2024 election. #Trump  #politicalanalysis

Let's Recap... #2024 election. #trumpwins. #election recap

 The 2024 election is over so let's recap and reflect a little. Trump won and the Democratic Party is in shambles. Biden appeared Thursday morning and seemed to be in good spirits. Actually, very good spirits. As if he were enormously relieved that his party affiliates were enormously embarrassed. What other reason could possibly explain his affable and conciliatory address that his administration would fully cooperate with the transition of power. Even having lunch with his nemesis who, according to him recently was an unhinged, Hitler doppleganger. One may even believe that his senility had subsided long enough for him to reason, "You sumbitches made your bed, now lie in it..." 

"How did you spend $1 billion and not win?" In fact, she spent more than that, She's $20 million in debt with campaign expenses. Some of the major players who orchestrated Biden's benching might just be on hand when the chickens come home to roost. Nancy Pelosi pushed hard to sideline Biden. With Trump and the Republicans set to control all three branches of government, what will her new role be? Perhaps working with Kackala at McDonalds... And the big Kahuna himself, Barry Obama. Back when Hillary was a contender BHO pushed hard for her to be given the nomination. As he did to get Biden out of the melee. Hmmm. That looks a lot like two screw-ups, back to back. Maybe Obama should go back to community activism in Chicago. Looks like he stinks at political strategy. And of course the two poster boys for liberal ineptitude, Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff did their part to get Biden out of the way. Schiff said, "If Biden is the nominee, we lose..." Biden wasn't the nominee and they lost anyway. Arguably, they lost big. 

All of this and lest we forget that there was palpable evidence that Biden's wherewithal was sliding down a slippery slope. If, let's say, he would have run, would he have had a snowballs' chance in hell of winning. No, save the discussion, he would not. 

All the crying in the world Jimmy Kimmel isn't going to change a thing. Is it the end of the world? For you maybe, for everyone else, no. All you little university pupils who spent the day after election in your liberal-sanctioned daycare having milk and cookies, get your ass back to class. Life is hard and it's real. Deal with it. All of us evil, fascist conservatives had to endure 12 years of Barry Obama and Joe Biden. They literally threw trash all over the highway now the garbage crew has to come along and clean it up. Sucks, doesn't it?...

#bulldog politics. #2024 election. #trumpwins #election recap

It's All Over But the Crying...

 The election is over. Well, there are the electoral ballots yet to be cast and counted as well as the ratification by the Senate. For the most part these are formalities and won't change a thing. Donald Trump is #47. The liberal, ultra-biased, mainstream press is shocked. 

Shocked? Really? If that's truly the case it can only mean that the mainstream media is so arrogant that they have lost the ability to think objectively in any fashion. No need to recount all the tiresome details that lead up to this election disaster, it all unfolded in plain sight. The Democratic party simply self-imploded. But of all the lawless chicanery that took place, including  Hunters' laptop, the frivolous, ridiculous trials in New York and Georgia and Jack Smith tripping over himself like a drunken fool, the icing on the cake was the Democratic Party believing that they could take Kamala Harris and make her a credible candidate to be the president of the United States. The 'shocked' press, who for months on end aided and abetted the effort to hide Biden's decrepitude and then to prop up a vapid, pastel pant-suit that the majority would vote for simply because they hated Trump?... It didn't work. Not only did it not work, it literally blew up in their corrupt little faces. They took the American people for stooges and oh, what a colossal mistake that was.  On January 20, 2025, all three branches of the U.S. government will be lead by conservatives. All. of. them. They made the bet of the century and lost it all. 

Mr Trump, I have but one request. I'm confidant that you will accomplish much to the benefit of the American people during this term in office. But if you do but one thing while in office, do this. Make it crystal clear to the thick-headed, arrogant bastards who call themselves Progressive Democrats that 'lawfare' will not be tolerated in this country. If you have an opponent that you disagree with or personally don't like, run against them and take their job. You cannot weaponize the U.S. judicial system to disable and punish your adversaries. What I saw in the election yesterday was the American people saying we're not going to stand for this. And if you ever try it again, you'll likely get slapped down. Just like you did yesterday...

#2024election.  #mainstreamediasucks 

Cast your vote...

 It's the eve of the 2024 election. The campaigns, the rallies, the slander, insults, lies (well, maybe not the lies,,,), the underhanded shenanigans and outright corruption is about to come to an end. At least, maybe, until the next contest. There are a lot of posts and positions up for grabs and the next occupant of each is sure to cast some impact on some group. But the big cahuna that will impact ever damn one of us in some way to some extent, is the presidential contest. Everyone has an opinion which could be based on any number of things; articles, facts, life experiences, polls, you name it. 

The time to state actual facts, occurrences, statements, claims, defensive positions etc. has passed. The 'undecideds' now are not going to determine the winner. The indication that the 'polls' are telling us that this is a toss-up, is just that, an indication. They are statistical samples. They include a margin of error. That means that a calculable percentage that the sample will be wrong is certain. This is not speculation, it has been proven. When the average 'Joe' sees a margin of error of 3 to 5 percent, it's human nature to feel that chance of the sample being wrong is negligible. And it is, so to speak, but it exists. Does that mean that they are almost certainly accurate. Getting into semantics now, let's not do that. The general consensus based on what we know is it's a toss-up. What the people choose and what the electorate choose won't be known until tomorrow and December 17th, respectively. The choices may be the same and they may not. 

The path the country takes economically, with respect to immigration, foreign policy, and in other ways will vary greatly depending on the outcome. Every life in America will be affected. Global geopolitics will be affected. Life in America has become divided and polarized. The best possible outcome from this election doesn't rest on which candidate wins. It rests on whomever wins lives up to the confidence placed in them to be the leader they claimed to be. And to take into account the good of the people and the country in every decision they make.

God help us and God Bless the United States of America.

Is George Soros part of the deep state?...

I dont think this is a cut and dried, black and white answer. The main reason for that response is I dont think George Soros is a cut and dried, black or white person. You have to know some of his history to understand that, and a lot of what he has done and is doing will make more sense knowing some of his background. Soros has been a major influence in myriad political situations and maneuvers in American politics for a couple of decades, if not more. Without getting too deep (no pun intended...) into his background let me tell you a little about him. 

George Soros, born Georgy Schwartz is a native Hungarian known as an investor, businessman and philanthropist. He was born into a Jewish family, though they did not actively practice the religion. That is somewhat understandable considering the spread of Naziism at the time. Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary and moved to England in 1947. He studied at the London School of Economics and was awarded a BSc in philosophy in 1951and then a MSc degree in philosophy in 1954. Soros began his career working in merchant banks before setting up his first hedge fund, called the Double Eagle in 1969. Profits from this fund enabled him to set up Soros Fund Management, his second hedge fund in 1970. Double Eagle was renamed Quantum Fund and was the principal fund Soros advised. Quantum Fund began with $12million in assets under his management and eventually grew to $25 billion, generating the majority of Soros wealth. It became the most successful hedge fund in history. 

Soros is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England" during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK Currency Crisis. During this crisis Soros sold short US$ 10 billion worth of pounds sterling, profiting $1 billion from the dubious transaction. I guess that stunt eliminated his chances of being knighted in England...

Soros supports progressive and liberal causes to which he donates generously through the Open Society Foundations. The Open Society Foundations is a US-based grant making network founded by Soros. The OSF charter is to support the aim of advancing justice, education, public health and independent media around the world. The 'catch' to that altruistic mumbo-jumbo is the version of justice, education, public health and independent media being supported is that of George Soros. Between 1979 and 2011 he donated more than $11 billion to various philanthropic causes. By 2017 his donations on "civil initiatives to reduce poverty and increase transparency, and on scholarships and universities around the world exceeded $12 billion. He influenced the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in the early 1990's. Soros funding of political causes in  has made him the bogeyman of European nationalists. 

Critics of Soros, who is of Jewish descent have often claimed he is antisemitic. Conspiracy theories about him are boundless, especially amongst conservatives. Paul Krugman, a renowned economist who was critical of Soros effects on financial markets once said, "No one who has read a financial magazine inn the past few years can be unaware that these days there really are investors who not only move money in anticipation of a currency crisis, but actually do their best to trigger that crisis for fun and profit. These new actors on the scene do not yet have a standard name; my proposed term is 'Soroi'." Personally, I think George Soros is a self-centered, greedy, base individual. If I were an Englishman my opinion of him would be far less...  

Until the 2004 election Soros had not been a major contributor to U.S. political campaigns. During the 2003-2004 election cycle, Soros contributed over $25 million to tax-exempt groups purposed with defeating George W. Bush. After Bush's re-election, Soros and others backed a new political fundraising group called Democracy Alliance, which supports progressive causes and the formation of a stronger progressive infrastructure in America. If there truly is a 'deep state' in existence, its creation was sublimated at this point. 

From this point on most of us are aware of the many progressive and liberal causes Soros has funded. No need to name them all, may just the mention of a few names will serve as a reminder. Alvin Bragg, Fanni Willis, Nathan Wade, George Gascon, need I go on...As you can see George Soros has a, shall we say, complex background. Like the rest of us he is a product of his environment. Exactly how all this shaped his current and past philosophies is anyone's best guess. Soros has donated large amounts of money to many, varied causes, some, perhaps many of them honorably moral. Inspire of being a billionaire with current assets estimated at $6 - $7 billion, there are a number of individuals considerably more wealthy. Can you imagine Elon Musk with his wealth having similar political bents as Soros? God help us. What Soros doesn't appear to grasp is most of the world doesn't share his world-view. We don't want to participate in it. We despise his buying political operatives to spread his progressivism. We despise those who are allowing him to get away with it. Yes Hillary, I'm talking to you. You are a scourge George and you need to go away. 

So, is George Soros part of the deep state? One can find evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ, of the Knights Templar, of dinosaurs. But one would be hard pressed to place hard evidence on the table of the deep state. Because that's the way they want it. They will deny it until the end of time. For me, I can see enough evidence to believe it exists. And when I see it, I can also see a hologram of George Soros in the picture...

#soros #trump.  #Harrris #activism #election #2024election

Let's take a break and talk about life in general...

The election is in 12 days and that is of course a big deal. A very big deal.  The outcome will in some way affect each and every one of our lives in some way. It will affect the future course of our nation and our standing in the global order. I've been posting about it on here for weeks, talking about things that many of us don't hear about in the mainstream media outlets. But today, I want to take a break from politics and talk about something else. I changed the name of my blog recently to include "Life in General." We all have things going on in our lives that are important, sometimes even critical. We actually spend most of our waking hours taking care of our own important personal issues, maintaining a system of order in our lives. Once we have all of the topics of our own lives attended to, then we can take a little time to ponder politics and or any of the other things that might deserve a little attention. Or not...

Now and then, though, things pop up. so to speak that were unexpected, not in anyone's plan and certainly not in your own. Sometimes such things are benign, they have to be dealt with but soon they once again disappear into obscurity, where they seemingly came from. Sometimes though, these 'things' appear, leave you in shock and reeling and you don't have a clue as to how to deal with it or even how you may feel about it at the moment. The only thing you know at the moment you become aware of their existence is, this is serious. Damn serious.  In your personal queue of important things to deal with, this one suddenly and quickly moves to the front of the line. Life has a habit of being unpredictable and those unforeseen moments can be anything from memorable and precious to shockingly frightful and even horrible. Some, so it seems, tend to come into your life gradually, they may even seem innocuous at first. But as they develop, and the more you learn about it, the more the risk of danger makes itself known. For circumstantial reasons you cant know just how serious they may be until things progress. Tests have to be performed, there may even be a period of let's just wait and see how this thing develops. All you know in the beginning is it could just be 'nothing' or it could be a matter of life and death. 

Such has happened to me as it has many others before me and certainly for will many more in the future. Let me get to the point. I recently went for an annual physical with our family doctor. I have learned through the years from these visits about my high cholesterol, high blood pressure and sleep apnea. Untreated, any of these conditions can lead to serious and dire consequences. But as I learned about them they were treated with medication or therapy of some sort. Fortunately, I have not had any serious consequences from them. I am now 70 years old and have been blessed with relatively good health as a result of regular check ups and preventive measures. Until this year. My annual blood tests routine revealed an elevated PSA. If you haven't heard that acronym before it stands for prostate specific antigen. It's a protein in the blood released by the prostate gland. Often in those with cancer cells growing in the prostate glad, the level of this protein in the blood begins to increase. Mine did, so my doctor recommended that I see a urologist for further tests. I did, and the urologist found that since the original blood test with my family doctor and the blood test he had performed two months later the PSA level had increased even more. He told me I have three options. 1) I could choose to do nothing. If you know something isn't right and your health is potentially at risk, why would anyone choose to do nothing. I dont know, to each his own. 2) I could do an MRI, a non-invasive procedure that is helpful but not conclusive or 3) do a biopsy. The biopsy is conclusive as far as revealing the presence of cancer. For me, if there is the possibility that I have cancer, I want to know as soon as possible. So I can do whatever I need to do to treat it. And survive it. 

It is known that prostate cancer is one of the slowest-growing types of cancers. It is also known that cancer (including all types) is notorious for being unpredictable. My mother, father, brother, grandfather, all died from cancer. For some it took years for the evil disease to claim them, for my older brother it took only a month. So, not doing whatever I can as soon as I can, and taking unnecessary risks isn't really an option for me. At the moment I'm in that period of waiting. I've had the biopsy, now I wait to hear. It's not easy but then at the same time I dont want to worry about something that hasn't happened and maybe isn't going to happen. It's an unknown. An unknown with a potentially unhappy ending...

I'm Proud of Black Journalists...The Latest Scandal

 First, a little background. I have been following the 2024 election and the stories surrounding the candidates very closely. I'm up to date. I know what's going on. Or well, I thought I did. We've all heard of Candace Owens, a bright, astute young black lady with a conservative bent who's very much on top of things. By that I mean she can figure out what's true and what's not... And Da Real ADogg, also a bright young black man who can think for himself. Has his own YouTube channel and discusses politics. Pretty impressive young fellow. I pretty much by accident stumbled upon his channel tonight and listened in. He was discussing an emerging scandal involving Kamala. 

Recently, Janet Jackson made a statement along the lines of 'I heard Kamala Harris wasn't really black.' Her publicist (or someone in her inner circle) issued a public statement that Janet meant to offend no one and is for peace and harmony blah, blah, blah. Then she promptly fired the publicist. Many of the well-known leftist mouths (CNN, MSNBC, Whoopie...) demanded an apology. She said I'm not apologizing for anything. Kamala recently said in public that she was of Indian heritage, now she is claiming to be black. I dont know what she is...

Candace, as she has been known to do, began researching the issue. She found, and showed on her YouTube channel copies of birth certificates. marriage certificates, photos, etc.. Some of the pictures she found showed Kamala with her paternal grandmother and grandfather. Let me start over; her 'alleged' paternal grandmother and grandfather. One of these photos in particular Kamala included in her recent autobiography The Truths We Hold. The photo is captioned as Kamala standing next to her grandmother Beril. Pretty common, most of us have photos of us with our grandmothers. However, Candace discovered from an official document that Harris' paternal grandmother passed in 1960, four years before Kamala Harris was born. So, that begs the question, who is this person standing next to Kamala Harris, if it's not her grandmother? We can speculate, but what we do know to be true is it is not her grandmother. And another question is why would she lie about this? And I guess while we're at it, if she would lie about this what else has she lied about?

There's no need to remind you that this person is running for President of the United States. We, the People have a fundamental right to expect and demand integrity from this person. Why would anyone, let alone this candidate need to lie about who their real grandparents are? And why haven't we heard about this anomaly in the news? Of course MSNBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, they're not going to mention it because it would create some foul-smelling questions that would need to be answered. Fat chance of that happening. But it was discovered and raised some by young, sagacious journalists who can think for themselves and aren't afraid to stand up for what they believe. Bravo Candace and Dogg. Bravo! 

If this doesn't convince you, then nothing will...

 Today, October 17, a little more than a year since Hamas invaded Israel with an army of terrorists as a barrage of rockets rained on Israeli territory, to massacre innocents, including children, to rape women, and burn homes to the ground, Yahya Sinwar has been killed. He was (please notice the past tense...) the 'mastermind' of the October 7 attacks. By the end of that infamous day, 1200 were dead and 251 were dragged into Gaza and held hostage. After a year of fighting, Sinwar has refused to surrender and release the hostages. Even as his own people suffered, he was determined to somehow turn world opinion against Israel. Arguably, and sadly, he had some success. 

Sinwar had previously been held in an Israeli prison where he suffered brain cancer. He miraculously survived owing to the treatment of Israeli doctors. In 2011, he was one of 1,000 prisoners released as part of a deal to secure the release of an abducted Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. Once released he rose through the Hamas organization and became the defacto leader in Gaza. 

The killing of Sinwar is monumentally important. It not only caused an operational blow to Hamas but gives a new perspective on the war, notably for Israel. Sinwar's death follows a series of successes for Israel, the killing of Hama's political leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and a plethora of other high ranking leaders of both terrorist groups. Israel has dealt a powerful blow to the proxies of Iran as it contemplates retaliation against Iran itself. And as it should. Our executive leaders sure don't have the balls to do it, in fact, we funded their irreverent, profane deeds...

This news also serves to shine some convincingly dark light on the judgment of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. For months this dynamic duo warned Israel against an invasion of Rafah, where Sinwar was killed. Biden made the statement that going into Rafah was a "red line" for him. Harris warned that there would be "consequences" because she "studied the maps." The fact that Sinwar was killed in Rafa vindicates the insistence of Israel that Rafah was where they would find Hamas' leadership. They found him there, and they killed him. 

Let us not overlook the courage of Bibi to do what he knew was the right thing to defend his country. In spite of the leaders of the United States telling him, "Do not do this." As the great Winston Churchill once said, "If you find yourself in hell, keep going." Bibi sure as hell kept going, inspite of being told to stop... 

Many, but not all of the Israeli hostages that were taken are still alive and captive in Gaza. Israel is still being pressured to stop the war. Can you imagine another country telling the United States after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, do not bomb Japan. Just calm down. Pretty preposterous notion, isn't it? Then why in the sam hell did our leaders tell Israel just that? 

God Bless you Mr. Netanyahu. Keep going. 

Obama lectures the brothers...

 I suppose that most election campaigns are pretty much like this one as goes the shenanigans and lying. It's just a part of the game, though that seems a sorry excuse for such behavior. These are the people who are clamoring for leadership positions, some very powerful positions, yet they can somehow reconcile with themselves that behaving like the miscreants they are so adept at locking up is acceptable. Some, a lot, of that behavior is in plain sight for all to see but believe me there is so very much that goes on that remains well-hidden... And trust me when I say, neither side is innocent. Politics is a vicious, bloody game and the higher the stakes the more vicious it becomes. And in this campaign the stakes are at an apex. So many news articles from all sources try to expound on the details of dirty deeds that the other side has done. They are endless. As if with each revelation we're going to be shocked. The newspeople (I refuse to call them 'journalists') have become very clever at using forceful and expressive words such as "bombshell." Somehow trying to imply 'you're not going to believe this...'. 

The problem is we DO believe it. It's become nigh impossible to shock the voters with their bad behavior. Not only are we rarely surprised we've come to expect it. This is a good, no, make that great example of 'it is what it is...' It's reality, it's happened before and it's will continue to happen. I'm mainly talking about the players in the game, the candidates. But the candidates aren't the only ones playing dirty pool. In fact there are countless background players, most of whom remain invisible. But not all. In politics endorsements are big. They're important and they often make a difference. The higher the profile of the endorser the more impact the endorsement carries. I know not why but for Democrats the endorsement of Barack Obama seems to be highly coveted. I know, he's a former president but being a former president doesn't necessarily mean you were a good president. All it means is you are a former president. Obama is on the campaign trail stumping for Kamala. 

At a recent rally for Harris in Pittsburgh, Obama spoke to a group of black Harris supporters. His speech turned into a blatant lecture to black men about their failure to support her. At the beginning of his speech he claimed the he was here to "speak some truths." That word 'truths' is now in the  same category into which Bill Clinton famously placed the word 'is.' I'm sure you recall the trope "It depends on what your definition of is, is... ." 'Truths' is so loosely used now that it would impossible to document all of its new definitions. Anyway, Barry was going to let loose with some truths. "I have received reports that we have not seen the same kind of energy and enthusiasm that we saw when I was running. Now, I also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers. When you have a choice that is this clear, when you have someone who grew up like you, knows you, went to college with you, understands the struggles and pain and joy that comes from those experiences, who's able to put forth concrete proposals to correctly address the things that are vital in our neighborhoods and communities, from housing to making sure that our mothers and fathers and grandparents can afford medicine, and making sure that we are dealing with prices that are too high, and rents that are too high, and is committed to making sure we maintain the Affordable Care Act so everybody's got healthcare, and cares about things like education and entrepreneurship in our neighborhood. (OK, now from one run-on sentence to the next...)

"And on the other hand you have someone who has consistently shown disregard not just for communities but for you as a person. And you're thinking about sitting it out? And you're coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses? I've got a problem with that. Because it makes me think that you're not "feeling" the idea of having a woman as president."

His rant goes on but I'm going to stop there. So, according to you Barry, we have someone who we grew up with, went to college with, and who knows us? Seriously? So, she's the big sister none of us knew about? And undoubtedly she's going to take care of all those horrible issues plaguing us and make them go away. Just like she's been doing the past 3 plus years? Oh, and thank God she's going to maintain the ACA so our grandmas and grandpas will have good quality affordable healthcare. Barry, do me one favor. Just one. Call up a person, just one person who has had to rely on insurance they got in the 'marketplace' and ask them how's that working for you? 

And then on the other hand you've got this jerk that has done nothing good for no one, ever. Really? I just read an article revealing that he sent shipments of food, water and fuel to Hurricane victims in Georgia. At his own expense. What has this girl we went to college with done, never mind paying for it out of her own pocket...

OK, now you get the picture, now my commentary. If I were a black man I would be insulted and PO'd. How dare you talk down to us like that. We didn't grow up with her, we didn't go to college with her and she hasn't talked about (at least not in any language we could understand) any concrete proposals for fixing anything. She hasn't even done a single, solitary press conference. And you have a problem with us? Guess what, there's millions of us out here that have a problem with you and her. You think we're not feeling the idea of having a woman as president? The fact that she's a woman has nothing to do with it, stupid. She's incompetent, non-communicative, dense, vapid... 

Barry, a little advice, stop talking down to people that are smarter than you are. They are the ones out here dealing with high prices, high rents, immigration, etc. You're not. Black men are perfectly capable of figuring it out for themselves and making decisions for themselves. I mean, after all, they went to college with Kackala. 

Madman at the Ports...

Recently, the International Longshoreman's Association (ILA) launched a strike in east coast ports from Maine to Texas. As is the typical M.O. for labor union strikes, higher wages and expanded benefits are the goal. The origin of labor unions is found in the past abuses of labor by management. Unions were created to increase bargaining power of workers with management. For perhaps nigh a century they played a pivotal and beneficial role in the advocacy of fair wages and benefits for workers. In recent decades labor unions have been besieged by corruption and the influence of organized crime. Have they outlived their purpose? Perhaps...

APM terminals at the Port of Mobile use semiautomated gates to process trucks, precluding the need for union labor. The resulting outrage from the loss of jobs resulting from this automated task is one of the reasons for the strike. It's worth mentioning that this automated gate has been in operation for years. As of today, the strike is off with a tentative deal on wages and benefits. However, the issue of automation at the ports is unresolved until the cooling off period expires January 15, 2025. 

The president of the local union in Mobile claimed, "Machines don't pay taxes." Neither do laptop computers and cellphones but it would be hard to imagine doing business in any industry without them. The productivity that both have brought is enormous. The savings resulting from the technology is inestimable. Harold Daggett has waged war on automation at the ports. This is somewhat akin to a caveman at seeing the prototype of a wheel and proclaiming "Wheel, huh, that's the stupidest thing I have ever seen..." Technology is an integral part of modern life and culture. Deal with it Harold.

A little history on Harold Daggett, and his progeny. Harold is the president of the union and makes nearly a million dollars a year. He lives in a mansion in New Jersey. He drives a Bentley and owns a 76 foot yacht. His son Dennis has been an ILA official since 2005. As of 2024 the younger Daggett was executive vice president of the ILA and head of the New Jersey local once led by his father. It's not clear whether there is any technology to be found in Harold's home, such as a washing machine, microwave oven, or dishwasher. Harold doesn't seem to understand that advances in and the adoption of technology is directly tied increased productivity and economic growth. To ban the benefits of automation technology at our ports means that whatever the level of productivity we have at our ports now, that's all we're ever going to get. Oh, and by the way, the wages for the un-automated manual labor doing the work unloading the ships needs to go way up. Your current 50% offer, that's not enough. Tripling the employer contribution to benefits, that's not enough. 

In the past  Daggett was accused of being an associate of the Genovese crime family. In 2005 George Barone, a former Genovese crime enforcer who turned states evidence testified that Daggett was controlled by the Mafia. In his own testimony Daggett depicted himself as a victim of the Mafia and said that Barone had threatened to kill him in 1980. Daggett and two codefendants in the trial were found not liable on civil RICO charges of extortion conspiracy and fraud. One of the codefendants, Lawrence Ricci disappeared during the trial; his body was found weeks later in a New Jersey diner in a decomposed state with multiple gunshot woulds. The murder remains unsolved. 

Interestingly, Daggett is a critic of the Biden administration. He recently threatened to "cripple the American economy" before the election via an ILA strike in ports on the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf coast. The ILA demanded a pay raise and a freeze to automation to East Coast and Gulf Coast ports. Longshoremen currently earn a starting wage of $39/hour (the average American hourly wage is $28.34) Under Daggett's proposed contract the wage would move to $69/hour with a 60% increase over 6 years. The ILA subsequently demanded a 77% increase over a 6 year contract. In a union produced video posted to the ILA's YouTube channel, Daggett said "I will cripple you, and you have no idea what that means. Nobody does." He goes on to expound on the details, including commodities and materials not being delivered leading to people losing their jobs, shopping malls closing,  etc... I deserve more money. Everybody's hating my guys now because they realize how important our jobs are." 

OK, we get it Harold. You and your 54,000 longshoremen are the ones who allow us the benefit of imported goods. You have the say-so. And if we want to continue receiving them we will have to pay you and your thugs more than most of us make to get them. I dont know but this kind of sounds like extortion to me. You know, walks like, sounds like, looks like a duck... And this happening 30 days before an election?.. This is starting to smell like that New Jersey diner with the body of a state's witness decomposing in it. 

Brilliant, just brilliant...

 It is but a strange opportunity when one is afforded the privilege of reading prose that is so obviously true and so very well said. I read an article today so powerful that I thought I could actually hear the Liberty Bell ringing loudly in Philadelphia in 1776. 

"Not all cultures are equally valid. Is there anyone currently enjoying the freedoms of the West who can refute this claim?" I can't recall reading such venerable words without thinking of Shakespeare or Steinbeck. The more I read that statement, the more I realize that there is not a soul who walks the earth who can offer a valid rebuttal. May as well carve that in granite for all of eternity to see. 

Such was spoken by Kemi Badenoch, a conservative British MP (Member of Parliament) at the Conservative Party's Annual Conference in Birmingham today. She dared to say aloud that which should be obvious to all. "I'm not talking about cuisines, I'm talking about customs." Among the cultures that Badenoch was suggesting as "less valid" are those in which women have fewer rights than men, those that celebrate child marriage, those that foster antisemitism, and those that persecute homosexuality. As one might expect there were countless blokes in the press who considered this scandalous. 'Sparked a row' as the British say. Ms. Badenoch went on to say "It's extraordinary that people think that it's an unusual or controversial thing to say." I could not agree more Madame. "I'm a black woman sitting here talking to you," her point being that the "values" that made Britain great remain superior to most of their alternatives. Is there anyone in the West who is surprised to hear this claim?" 

Most conservatives would agree with Badenoch's view, as, likely would most moderates. For us conservatives such a view is foundational. "Liberal democracy is superior to authoritarianism; capitalism is superior to socialism; equality under the law is superior to rigorous observation of caste; and protection of individual rights is the bedrock of civilized life." 

The 1619 Project is a basic indictment of America. It prefers emancipation over slavery, the Union over the Confederacy, and its prescribed policies over the status quo. When comparing the "Anglosphere" to everywhere else, the contemporary Left exhibits nothing but hypocrisy, myopia, and obfuscation of specifics. Like it or not, the criticisms of the Left advocate the "West not being Western enough." 

Badenoch's effrontery is so strong as to defy refutation. Her comments were spoken in a debate over immigration that exists only because the superior institutions of the Western world have made it a magnet for aspiring outsiders. Foreigners desire to move to free societies because of remarkable economic opportunities and the protections afforded by the rule of law. "Such are the product of historical choices that have borne luscious fruit." 

Badenoch aspires to the office of Prime Minister of the country that was instrumental in the abolition of slavery, the development of capitalism, the protection of free speech, the evolution of democracy, and the establishment of written law. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants has spoken, and she has done it so well...