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TRUMP TO ACOSTA: YOUR AGENDA IS UNAMERICAN.
TRUMP: THROW DOWN TIME
Babies told about the new abortion laws.
Friday, 15 February:
Today the rubber hit the road.
President Donald J Trump signed the much anticipated National Emergency declaration about the ongoing crisis at the southern border. The news cycle is buzzing about this with many declarations being made about whether this was legal, constitutional, or even necessary at all.
Most have followed the debate leading up to this.
After the shutdown of government the president gave congress three weeks to solve this issue. He had to know that the opposition had absolutely zero intention of wanting to solve it. Their base has been whipped into an emotional fury over this.
The vast coffers of George Soros- who recently admitted he has thrown a half billion dollars into organizing the 'caravans'- are the real back story here. His $18 billion passed out to Democrat front groups over the past two years are netting these results.
It's why you even have some of the major Democrat presidential candidates freely admitting that not only do they not approve the new border construction but that all of the walls should be torn down.
That's right. 'Open Borders' from people who deny they are for them.
To really understand this whole issue one must accept several realities. One, that the opposition is heavily invested in the inflow of migrants into the US. Two, it has international implications.
It is no secret that the Democrat party has been shrinking. Their support is concentrated in a half dozen big cities; New York. Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadephia and a couple of others. The rest of the country is decidedly not in their camp.
The hemorrhage of African American support is now critical; the best kept secret in politics. Just a few months ago Rasmussen had their support for Trump at 36%. If that's the case the Dems will never win another national election.
Unless, of course, they can import some newly minted voters.
That is why the national party is fully invested in open borders. They need new, poor, and uneducated voters to retain power. This is why they resist all forms of voter reform, and only repeat the same mantra of 'voter suppression' and, of course, 'racism'.
Then there is an even more insidious agenda.
The communist hegemony in this hemisphere, which includes Venezuela, Nicaragua, and of course Cuba, have fomented -with the help of a 5th column within the US- an invasion of hostile forces.
That's right folks. An invasion. In spite of what the media says, this is part of a long term strategy. As pointed out in the infamous Cloward-Piven strategy from 1966, first the welfare system must be overloaded to the point of collapse.
Then you bring overt socialists into the Democrat party. Sound familiar? To wit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward%E2%80%93Piven_strategy
The left will look you straight in the face and deny this. They will say this is just a 'right wing fantasy'.
They lie. This is as planned, and as deliberate, as any offensive in history. No different than any battle in any war. The cruelest part is the participation of the US media. The Fourth Estate is as guilty as any enemy.
What's worse is they are treasonous. They have conned themselves into believing that the US was a country in decline, that China is the new world power and that socialist policies -for everyone else, not them of course- was the new path forward.
It is a willful ignorance that is as brain dead stupid as it is treacherous.
It is in this maelstrom that President Trump must sail his ship of state. With today's announcement he managed to alienate not only the left but a good chunk of those on the right. They miss the point the most.
Worried about the implications of using a National Emergency to 'bypass the will of congress' they say.
This is akin to charging Rocky with assault after beating Apollo Creed. Someone isn't getting it, and as this observer has said multiple times before, Trump's biggest problems are with the GOP, not the Dems.
There is a crisis now. It's there for everyone to see IF you care to look. 400,000 people sneaking over the border is one thing. Having billionaires fund migrant caravans to storm the border is yet another.
The president has had enough. Freed from the Great Russia Hoax, which will now consume the traitors who tried to execute the coup, he can now concentrate on the real issue. That is protecting the honest citizens of the United States.
The so-called 'deplorables'. Right now the military and the 'white hats' in intelligence (CIA director Gina Haspell wore a blouse with white hats on it last week) are very busy. Perhaps some of you know of the 'raids' in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City.
Hint: MH-53's don't land on Wilshire Blvd nor on the top of the Wells Fargo building for 'practice'. Follow those dots.
The soldiers are now defending OUR borders; not the ones in the Middle East. Meanwhile the black hats are obviously unsatisified with the pipeline of body parts from aborted babies from Planned Parenthood.
So, all of a sudden Dem states are codifying the most radical procedures in a hurry. The horror show the feckless Governor Blackface in Virginia had was just the start. New York, and now New Mexico are in a rush to join.
This has nothing to do with 'reproductive rights'. This is all about the ghoulish underground in fetal tissue, and also serves as a mask for the child trafficking/adrenochrome situation. Guess where most of this trafficking occurs?
That's right. The Mexican border.
It all ties together in a disgusting, evil cesspool. POTUS and his people are all over it. Yet his party, the GOP, blithely goes on like none of this ever occurs. Maybe now you know why Trump is so quick to go after the media and his DC swamp.
They are not serving their constituents. They serve themselves only...
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POTUS: THIS NEEDED TO BE SAID, AND HE'S THE ONE TO SAY IT
TRUMP: THE WEEK THAT WAS CONTINUES
Whitaker to Dem chair Nadler: 'YOUR five minutes are up'. Ouch.
Monday, 11 February:
It was, by any stretch of the imagination, The Week That Was.
Starting with the most anticipated SOTU speech in history, and finishing with the bizarre yet fascinating grilling of AG Matt Whitaker by a hostile House, it was epic in scope and implications. When one adds the under the radar issues it takes on even more scale.
That said, all it really did is set up this week.
POTUS gave his speech Tuesday night, with all the pomp and circumstance one could expect from it; the full gala affair now heightened by the vociferous, and angry response from the opposition party.
Having been denied it's regular slot by the Speaker of the House, the drama had been building all week. What would President Trump do, and what would the Speaker, sitting just above his shoulder, do in response?
As the Free World knows by now, the president laid out a very cohesive, and coherent plan for the country. Like all speeches aspirational in nature, it was short on precise detail but long on vision, and some might even say wisdom.
It was a consummate America First speech.
This was no surprise; the global left anticipated that. However, it was delivered in a gracious and 'come along for the ride' fashion; it was just as free of dire threats as the progressive candidate's utterances are full of them.
The Democrats, in a sour mood anyway, sat sullenly on their hands all night. Most amusing was watching the shining star of their 'new wave', Alexandria Octavio Cortez look to Rep Nita Lowrey for where and when not to stand. Then, in a clever moment that was both magnanimous and revealing, POTUS commented on the decrease in female unemployment numbers.
This brought the Dem 'female caucus', all clad in white as a show of solidarity, to their feet.
Trump was only warming up, though. While they hooted and hollered, and were just about to sit down a smiling POTUS said, 'wait- don't sit down yet; the best is yet to come'.
He then pointed out the fact that 100 years after women won the right to vote there were more women in the congress than ever before. It was a very giving moment from the president, considering earlier when he made the plea to resist 'the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution' Pelosi saw her moment- the 'clap'.
It turned out to be the 'clap' of all time. The Speaker, knowing this was her doing, stood and stared directly at the presdent as she derisively clapped her hands while pointing. This was eagerly gobbled up by the resist crowd and their media pals.
It was heralded as 'their moment in time'. And yes, the president stood back and not only let it happen but seemed to glory in it all. Which of course means they completely missed the point yet again.
They were celebrating their selfish accomplishment.
He showed that it was his policies that have made these paths even better for women. They are working more, making more money, and have more political doors open to them. Once again, they thought they were showing him up and they only made him look better.
He even had the self proclaimed 'socialists' chanting 'USA! USA'. It was surreal.
It's called 'winning'. Seems folks are getting used to it.
The speech was a smash. Instant polls on even hostile media outlets like CBS showed a 76% approval ratings, with 72% agreeing with him on his border policy. Do you think the opposition learned a thing from it?
Nope. They are now tying increased border protection to letting more 'asylum seekers' to be set free by reducing the numbers of beds in the refugee centers. This bad faith addendum will do just what POTUS wants.
Give him the green light to shut the government down again.
Senior Dems are extremely unhappy. They know the inmates are running the asylum in the House, and this is where the energy is. Yet if he shuts it down again he can start dismantling the bureaucracy using the RIF (reduction in force) protocols they instituted in the last 35 day affair.
Make no mistake. Unless they cave in, the president will most assuredly shut the place down again. They are in no position to bargain.
This will cause major conflicts within their party. They are pretty much owned by the Soros Open Borders crowd. He has funneled billions into their coffers. And he wants these invasions from Central America to continue.
Once again,POTUS is in a 'win win' scenario. Funny how that continues to occur.
This will all come to a head this Friday. The week will be a wild one.
Matt Whitaker, the acting AG at DoJ, made his appearance before the House. Now keep in mind, he had SIX DAYS left to serve, as William Barr will be confirmed this week. His confirmation hearings tomorrow.
So, Whitaker acted like a free man with nothing to lose.
The hostility of the progressives members veered into sheer hatred; one member asked the highly regarded Whitaker (Rosenstein said he was 'highly qualified) 'who are you, where did you come from, and how in the hell did you become the attorney general?'
Even by left wing standards this was not acceptible.
Whitaker was steadfast; he gave stoic answers to dumb questions asked only to try to get him to make some sort of slip up. They know what he's sitting on (FISA doc release) and looked for anything to somehow discredit him.
He gave them nothing, zero, squat.
He did say this, though. When asked about POTUS discussing possible pardons he said this did not happen. However he DID admit that he 'knows about pardons being discussed'. Now, if it isn't this president then which one is it?
Could it be the thousands of 'mystery pardons' passed by the Previous Occupant in his final hours? It's hard not to draw that conclusion.
While all this was going on, the adminsitration is cleverly overseeing an end to communist adventurism in this hemisphere by lording over the slow, non violent overthrow of Nicolas Maduro.
They are starving his government of money. And POTUS has something Maduro's former benefactors want. This would be Russia and Red China. Something worth a hell of a lot more than Maduro's job security.
Russia is already backing off. They want sanctions relief. China wants a trade deal, and fast.
Add it up and it's 'ta ta' to the communist former bus driver. Oh, and when he falls, he takes Cuba and Nicaragua with him. Call it a 'bonus' as all of them lose the cash cow.
More 'winning' folks. Sick of it yet?
Just wait until he's done with the 'resist' crowd. They will be exposed next. Voter fraud will be front and center for some time; Trump also got the courts to agree to the citizen question on the 2020 census.
You will have voter ID for the next election. They will win this argument, too. And for those waiting for the pedo/trafficking arrests, patience is a virtue. What's going on under the radar is absolutely epic.
The State of the Union?
It's better than it's been in a long time...
POTUS AND THE SPEAKER: NO DEAL, NO PROBLEM.
TRUMP: THE CLOCK TICKS
Progressives revealed: Northam says 'make it comfortable' before you kill it.
Thursday, 31 Jaunary:
There is so much happening in this most active of presidencies that what seems a huge item more or less fades into obscurity within 24-36 hours.
Best example is the so called 'journalist' Khashoggi's death. The media has desperately tried to keep this alive; it pleases their pro Iranian masters. But no matter what, no matter how much they spun, twisted and outright lied it never caught on.
It was simply how business is done in that part of the world, and far more important news kept pushing it out of the way.
This infuriates the media no end. Used to being able to control the flow of information, they are now reduced to being the suspect voice of an establishment being refuted at every turn.
This all came to a head with the now infamous government shutdown. This was the result of a 'double dog dare' from the leftist congress; certainly POTUS had no stomach to take on this issue, even though he admitted it was his call.
By allowing the shutdown over border security they ceded the issue to the president, and he has run with it ever since. They now have until 15 February to come up with a solution. However, the opposition has painted itself into a corner it cannot move from.
Somehow they think this a victory. If temporarily avoiding fratricide as a political party is a 'victory', so be it. Others looking at this see them as having zero options.
Any money at all given to a barrier would dispirit the base of their party, which while total looney tunes is still their prime motivating force. These are the same people who want Tom Brady to have an abysmal Super Bowl because he's golfed with this President.
Do NOT underestimate the depth of their hatred. It is all consuming.
Of course, President Trump understands this completely, and is exploiting it for all it's worth. And like the rest of his agenda, he has both truth and history on his side. There is absolutely no doubt that no barriers on the border allows massive illegal immigration.
No doubt. Any words to the contrary are either spin or outright lies.
This is but one of the issues on the table, and the opposition is now behind the '8 ball' on all of them. This is important:
There isn't one key issue that the 45th president is wrong on. Some may disagree, but his stance is principled on all of them. Whether it be immigration, taxes, crime, trade, foreign policy or other social issues he is on both the moral and the right side of history.
This explains the vitriol directed towards him.
His brusque manner irritates some, and the vociferous rebuttals over every syllable creates constant irritation. It may be toadies like the CNN crew barking their disapprovement constantly, or the Post with it's relentless OpEds that find all sorts of bad conduct.
It does have a cumulative effect. It's why this most successful of presidents has an approval rating in the mid 40's. On actions alone he should be 15 points higher.
Let's take a quick look.
He has single handedly negotiated the replacement for NAFTA. It is a big win for the US; the media likes to say it is a 'warmed over' NAFTA but it is no such thing. The US and Mexico make out very well, Canada didn't participate in good faith and got what it deserved. They, and China are the big losers here.
Speaking of China, their economy has been in freefall since the tariffs took effect. March 1st will see another 25% tariff assessed. The Chinese are in a panic to change this, and Trump has put every issue on the table. Including intellectual theft. They are going to capitulate completely, and soon.
Foreign Policy:
Starting with his trip to the Middle East, Trump has been essentially remaking the world dynamic. Unlike other presidents he tells every leader essentially the same thing; we will do what is in our best interests, we will not interfere in yours, and are here to do business.
Our military will be second to none. Do not confuse this with weakness. He has changed the war in Syria, Afghanistan, and now Venezuela. All with withdrawing forces rather than inserting troops.
He has built an international alliance against Maduro. Don't worry about Russia and China; Russia will back off in return for sanction relief and Xi needs a trade deal with the US far more than then we do.
Xi is anxious for a sit down; he will be right behind Comrade Kim in the waiting line.
It isn't so much the individual tax cuts as the corporate. By reducing the rate it allowed corporations to bring money back to the United States rather than keeping it offshore. Once the money is here, then local municipalities can negotiate about investment. Manufacturing jobs have returned as a result. 396,000 by October of last year. To wit:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2018/10/16/the-trump-manufacturing-jobs-boom-10-times-obamas-over-21-months/#633e794b5850
These are the jobs the Previous Occupant said would 'never return'.
He has reduced regulations at an amazing rate; it is the single best reason for the economic revival. This is why the opposition hates the changes at EPA and Interior. They now get out of the way of entreprenurial enterprise.
While tariffs have hurt some businesses, the new trade agreements will see unprecedented foreign access to our markets. China is now buying rice from us. Think about that for awhile.
Greenlighting the Dakota piplelines and access to ANWAR were huge. Now, you may say the left has both of these tied up in court and neither are online and you would be correct. However, just the intent to do this changed the markets.
They now know it's just a matter of time. Therfore they exist.
Face it, this planet will be on fossil fuels for at least another 20 years or so. The excursions to the moon to harvest Helium 3 -which can be the source of 'cold fusion' power for a millenia- is now a coming reality. Trump is 'all in' on this.
Social issues:
Thanks to the feckless governor of Virginia, Americans now know the term 'infanticide'. If you pass a law allowing a child to be delivered and then it can be put to death 'after discussion' with the parties involved.
The 'fetus' (child) will be made 'comfortable'. How nice. Maybe they can have a few violinists playing Brahms sonata #3 for them. George Bernard Shaw thought it a nice touch when people were gassed for being 'useless to the state'.
Gone is the old liberal trope of abortion as 'safe, legal and rare' The new bills allow unfettered abortion, now up to and including after delivery. These same people care deeply about a snail threatened by logging interests but think nothing of snuffing a baby's life over a whim.
Yes, there have been third trimester abortions because the mother didn't want to be pregant in her prom dress. They do happen for all sorts of reasons except for what they claim- that the mother's health is threatened by delivery.
It's so rare no one can recall it ever occurring.
These, and other issues, are all now out in the open. As this site has said before, the progressives are proud of these beliefs, this is exactly who they are. Humanism is their social construct, and the very young and very old have little or no value to them.
They teach courses at universities about this. They put a numerative value on life by it's contribution to society. Same with health care. You hear their lightweights chirp about 'Medicare for all'.
Just what is that?
It sure isn't what they claim it to be. If you have open borders, unfettered immigration, and give 'free' health care benefits to them all what then? It's very simple.
You get full government control, rationed care due to limited resources, death panels and yes, both infanticide and euthanasia. But the 35 year olds will get what they need because they have 'more value' to society.
This is progressive thought. It is what communists, nazis, socialists and all of the other statist belief systems believe. They just no longer hide it. And do you know why?
You can thank Donald J Trump for it. He has called them out, and they displayed just who they are.
Gladly. This was maybe his greatest achievement so far. He no longer has to accuse them of being what they are. In their blind hatred of him they have exposed themselves.
Meanwhile 15 February creeps up. Pelosi thinks he needs her approval to build a wall. He doesn't. Not only does he have Article IV, Section IV, but he also has 10 US Code Chapter 15, Artilce 284 To wit:
http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title10/subtitleA/part1/chapter15&edition=prelim
As you can see he has a LOT of tools in his toolkit to address the border. The huge Fentanyl bust on Wednesday paves this path as well.
So why toy with Madam Speaker?
Simple. By poking them, by provoking them, they have revealed to the world who they are and what they believe. It just may be this president's greatest achievement yet...
LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY IS CAVING.
TRUMP AND THE MEDIA: WAR OVER; HE WON
The Buzzfeed thing kinda backfired.
Tuesday, 22 Jan:
President Trump once told his listeners that they would 'get so tired of winning they would beg him to stop winning so much'.
It was a great gag line. Who knew it would become true.
Here we are as a country, now a full two years into his term. On the surface it would certainly seem his efforts are a mixed bag; after all he doesn't have his 'wall from sea to shining sea', does he?
This ridiculous assertion is used ad nauseum by his opposition to mock his effort at securing the border, which even most semi intelligent citizens intrinsically know to be his primary duty. By saying this they also establish a mantra.
No matter what he accomplishes somehow not creating the US version of the Great Wall of China will be a defining failure. It's a canard, but it is their most fervent dream. Next to his imminent departure, of course.
It's the rest of the story that bears inspection.
By any measure of a presidency, the 45th member of this very exclusive club has been a stunning success.
He has reshaped the foreign policy of not just the United States but the whole world. No longer slaves to the whims of European royalty (read: 'traditional allies') he has all but gutted the outdated NATO alliance.
So much so that France and Germany now consider us 'adversaries' and want to create their own military force. Seeing they want us to defend them from Russia, who they also want to buy natural gas from as well, this is curious indeed.
They are perfectly free to spend on their own defense, and keep the parlor games with Putin their own business. Trump has freely said 'there are new allies being made'.
The UK, which is in a life or death struggle for their sovereignty as we speak, have the future of their intelligence apparatus in Trump's hands as well. They were up to their dirty noses in the plot to ruin his presidency.
He has the goods on them, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Not to mention John Brennan's CIA as well. They are begging for him to show mercy on their previous actions.
This is called 'winning'. Not for him, mind you. But for the country, for you and the future of your family.
The media, which has been in the control of the 'deep state' for decades, does not like the man nor does it approve of his agenda nor his methods.
This has been quite obvious, even wildly so. Along with hundreds of thousands of left wing bureaucrats planted in the halls of governance, their sole existence has been to denigrate, and derail as much of his agenda as possible.
In return for this aggression, POTUS installed a 24/7 scorched earth rebuttal.
Here is where he was blessed with outrageous good fortune. Utterly unable to cede one iota of ground even when proven dead wrong, this culminated in the meltdown of last week. The bitter lesson of trusting a radical leftist site like Buzzfeed still fresh, they compounded the felony with the attack on the boys from Covington, Kentucky.
Within 48 hours, what little credibility left in the mainstream media was now gone, finished.
So, too was the equally inept 'celebrity' universe, as they all bit on the story of a bunch of spoiled white boys with MAGA hats picking on a poor Indian drummer who had been a heroic recon Marine in Vietnam.
Once again, as in all things too good to be true it wasn't.
The 'resist' movement saw a narrative they could not resist and dove headfirst into it. And once again it was a disastrous mistake. Further video surfaced that showed them to be just some kids who went to DC for a school project -pro life message- waiting for a bus and caught up in a protest not of their making.
The 'poor Indian war hero' turned out to be a veteran, all right. A veteran left wing activist who has brought his drum to the Dakota pipleline and other protests. What he wasn't was a Vietnam war hero.
He served stateside and never saw a day of action. Ooops.
Maybe he was stationed with 'DaNang Dick' Blumenthal. That would be priceless. Ultimately, the story blew up on everyone as the reality that this was just a bunch of high school boys on a field trip and nothing more.
This, added to the Buzzfeed feeding frenzy on impeachment -the term was said 500 times on the various media outlets Thursday- made for a very, very bad 48 hours of 'network news'.
One might even say the death knell of what is now referred to as 'advocacy journalism'. Joy Behar, the titular head of the abysmal show 'The View' admitted as much. She cheerfully admitted that basically anything that can hurt the president is fair game; no matter whether it be true or not.
It's come to that.
So, this most unique of presidents adjusts. If this is how you want to play the game, fine. He just told press secretary Sarah Huckabee -who is one of his real stars, don't let anyone tell you different-to 'suspend the press briefings until further notice'.
If the truth means nothing to them, if they are only there to push a progressive agenda that includes the destruction of his administration they can go screw themselves. How appropriate.
How 'New York City' of him.
They are now starting to crack. Backs against the wall, and stymied by the pathetic responses from a Democrat party infested with crazy communists, they are now peeling away. Today the Washington Post told Madame Speaker that she needs to negotiate with the president.
They aren't the only one. Trump may have closed the place down, but they are keeping it closed. Not one penny to repel the hordes storming across the border. But open that government so we can resume wholesale spending.
Let's kill some more babies and sell their parts. Gets us some real nice donations, and hell, the walls around their mansions need repair, too you know.
How about keeping all those kids on the Syria border? Way more important than the US one.
This is the real story. Pelosi can take solace in the fake polls about who is really getting the blame for this. But if you aren't getting a paycheck and all POTUS wants is a few billion to stanch the flow of illegals who would YOU blame?
This is an easy one.
President Trump is winning this one hands down, it isn't even close and the assertions to the contrary all ridiculous, whiny excuses that cannot stand any scrutiny at all. They just hope you forget it the next day.
The media, at least as how it was previously comprised, is now as dead as a doornail. Over the weekend the media malefactors made one excuse after another; the overall meme being 'ok, so we were wrong, but don't hold it against us because we're there for you.
Little by little, they will come crawling back to this president, who has steadfastly championed the average citizen above all else. They really have little choice as the sheer corruption of the opposition drives them away.
Suspending the press briefings the final shot across their bow. Behave yourselves and tell the truth. Then, and only then, will you be welcomed back. Continue your progressive advocacy and face the consequences.
When 'Saint Mueller' gave them the cosmic bitchslap you would think maybe they learned something. Trusting Buzzfeed, who was most likely set up with a 'canary trap' was certainly one lesson.
Think those 'FBI informants' are always telling the real story?
Not when one is given one story to tell and the other one with a key difference. Easy to see who leaks that way, you know. Oh, and there's the John Huber leak investigation report the very same weekend.
Coincidence? Only for civilians, maybe.
For the rest of the sentient universe it's called winning, and there is a lot of it going on right now. Just gotta know where to look...
NO TRIP FOR YOU: BUS RETURNS TO DC
TRUMP TO PELOSI: FLY COMMERCIAL OR STAY HOME
The Letter to Pelosi: Sure, you all can go- IF you fly commercial.
Thursday, 17 January:
On Monday the newly re-minted Speaker of the House 'disinvited' the President to deliver the State Of The Union speech 'while the government is still closed'.
She was heralded by the media as a 'fighter' who 'took it to the president' and 'proved his match'.
Cut to Tuesday afternoon.
As the USAF bus was on the way to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland the news hit. The Dem caucus was looking forward to some fine dining and Trump bashing in Brussels with their EU masters when the word came.
'Turn the bus around!'
It turns out the 45th president feels both sides need to feel the pain of the shutdown. If his speech is not suitable than neither is this junket. And yes, it is a 'junket'; forget the Afghanistan locale; it would be a few hours at Kandahar Air Base.
No, the majority of the time would have been in Brussels where they could be feted with fine food and wine while going 'tut tut' about Trump to their EU puppet masters. One more thing, too.
It would have kept Pelosi out of the country past the next payday, as the slavish media continues to spin tales of woe about GS-13's who alll of a sudden can't pay their nannies.
This was the brilliant response to the SOTU cancellation; for 24 hours everyone waited for some sort of word from the mercurial Commander in Chief. Nothing came.
Then this, just as they were on their way. Insiders say the 'ConDel' or 'congressional delegation' were fit to be tied. Dozens of angry phone calls were made to the Pentagon and to the Commander at JB Andrews.
They did not take this well at all.
There is an old French proverb: 'Revenge is a dish best served cold'. This was just about as 'chill' as it gets. Better yet, they knew this was not only a just revenge but they shouldn't be leaving in the first place.
Like their little soiree' in Puerto Rico last week. Porky Bob Menendez, whose taste in women leans to teenagers was photographed on a sunny San Juan beach hitting on a female easily 40 years younger. Then they all joined 130 lobbyists to attend the road show of 'Hamilton'.
This played very poorly back here, where their first effort was to blame FOX news for the 'bad optics' everyone saw. Meaning it doesn't matter what they do. All that really does matter is they are not held accountable for any of it.
Not to be deterred, they were all looking forward to this trip. Joining Pelosi on the trip were such favorites as Elliot Engel (D, NY) and of course the ubiquitous Adam Schiff (D, Ca). They all disembarked the blue USAF bus in a huff.
It was absolutely beautiful to see.
Forget the reasons behind it, or this shutdown that is roiling the establishment. Just glory in the fact that these people are actually being held accountable; they are getting the same treatment the private sector would get.
Their little worlds were ruined, if only temporarily.
The media continues the fictions that this is hurting the president; it is absolutely taking the Dem opposition apart. Their base went into a full on rage over this; CNN spent hours over the 'how dare he' meme.
Not that they could become even more 'enraged', though. They are permanently 10 on a 10 scale.
As predicted here a while back, the longer this thing plays the worse it becomes for the opposition. Denying border security may play well with the Soros crowd and the Trump haters. But it does nothing to open the government.
The clock ticks. Soon there will be some real issues as airport ATC's and other government infrastructure starts to fray. There are plans to use military to supplement, and quite frankly the Trump administration thinks this can go another month or so.
IF necessary.
To the detractors out there this is seen as childish behavior from a man they feel both incompetent and criminal. To the supporters, though this is manna from Heaven. Payback on an epic scale to a government that cares only about itself and their money flow.
This president is making the latter argument a whole lot better than they are.
So, what's next? To those in the Q universe, this is simply a forerunner to the series of 'Booms' coming in the next couple of weeks. The Huber report is to be on Mark Meadow's desk no later than 5PM next Monday. To wit:
https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-01-07-JDJ-DC-MM-to-Huber-re-DOJ-investigation-due-1-21.pdf
The best news?
That is just the beginning. Much more to come...
DEMS TO TRUMP: STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH OFF
TRUMP: SHUTDOWNS, THE BORDER AND THE REAL FOE
Defending the indefensible: Illegal caravan on it's way waving the Honduran flag.
Wednesday, 16 January:
The New Year has brought much of the same old thing.
The midterm House election, in which big donor special interests purchased -or one more correctly should say 'rented' for two years- has put a belligerent opposition into a position of power it intends to use.
For better or worse.
This incredibly fragile coalition, which includes pro gun/anti abortion types like Connor Lamb and hard core left wingers such as Ocasio-Cortez is going to be a difficult chore even for a political animal like newly re-minted Speaker Pelosi.
Getting any cohesive legislation out of this rabble will be virtually impossible; their first order of affairs a progressive/left wish list that would make a Sandanista blush. It includes gun control, climate change, higher taxes, and as a sop to their new pals the neocons more hatred towards Russia.
It will all be DOA on Capitol Hill.
All they have managed to do is turn a questionable victory into a government shutdown. The victory was gotten by nebulous means and cannot be duplicated. Therefore they have but two years to advance their issues.
So what do they do? Dig in on not securing the southern border to force the government to re-open. If that seems like a really poor bargaining position to the average reader, well, it is.
However, the looney base of their party is united in opposition to All Things Trump, and really don't care much if MS-13 is murdering their neighbors. Complicating this is the simple fact that all of these people have voted for walls (or barriers; semantics is huge in this issue) and every expert agrees some construction is needed.
Everyone except George Soros, who owns the Democrat party lock, stock, and smoking barrel.
He wants the US to cease being a sovereign nation. This pairs up with the narrow issue of replacing voters lost to Trump with illegals, and the cheap labor appeals to big business. This explains the bizarre alignment of the hard left and global capitalists.
None of this is any surprise to the regulars who visit this site.
Nor is the government shutdown. Long anticipated by POTUS and his inner circle, he vowed last year after he signed the omnibus spending bill with no border security funds that he would not do it again.
Simply put, this is a fight the president clearly wanted.
The same people who do not want our borders enforced scream bloody murder at the notion of not defending the Iraq/Syria border. Or the 38th Parallel (DMZ) in Korea. Most Americans do not know that there are still 35,000 troops in Germany.
Why? They sense zero threat from Russia, and that was the whole reason for this deployment.
Without getting too deep in the weeds on this issue, it is clearly one that plays well to the 45th president. As the country continues to crumble from decades of neglect, people see this projection of US power as at best a relic of a different age.
At worst it is sending our kids to be the cannon fodder for EU elite.
When the president sent these same forces to the Mexican border they screamed like they had been disembowled alive. How dare he keep Honduran migrants from their constitutional right to invade the country illegally and receive aid and comfort tax paying citizens are not offered.
If you all are having trouble squaring this circle don't feel bad. Any sentient life form would see these inherent contradictions as impossible to reconcile.
Once again, as has been the rule of the last 24 months, President Trump has the whip hand. The government is now in it's 26th day of shutdown. Cleverly designed to leave as little negative impact as possible much of this time they were all off on holiday anyway.
Not to mention it is a partial shutdown. Non essential services only.
Here's where it gets really interesting. It seems after 30 days of a shutdown something called 'RIF', or 'reduction in force' becomes a possibility. It means exactly what it says. The government can, after 30 days, begin to formulate a plan to reduce the size of government.
If one wonders why the Democrats are getting really edgy about all this, this is why:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/omb_issues_guidance_on_reduction_in_force_layoffs_due_to_partial_shutdown.html
The Democrats have gotten high praise for recapturing the House. Their speaker did what she does best; organize, raise money, demonize the opposition, and ride herd over the bizarre accumulation of her caucus.
However, she has never been smart at strategy; indeed the whole 'resist' movement is anchored fully in the 'today' and never thinks about what the future holds in store. This president, who has toyed with this role for more than 30 years, most certainly does.
In plain English he wanted this, planned for it, and will take every advantage he can.
They were forced into a corner which he knew they would take the short term view. To the great unwashed of their party, 'Orange Man Bad' is all they can process, so therefore denying him a 'victory' on the wall was a non starter.
If they had any real brains they would have given in and called the bluff. Force a vote on DACA and other pet projects. But that would be 'cooperation' with Bad Orange Man.
So they choose embracing hordes from Central America as four US servicemen are blown to bits in Syria. This is a good optic for them?
In short, Trump is winning this whole issue hands down. He's a bright and involved man with a solid cadre around him.
The opposition? Not so much. They only excel at mouth foam and other pathetic displays.
Meanwhile, the confirmation hearings on Bill Barr as new AG are going just fine; they mistake a former swamp denizen as 'one of the club'. His answer?
At 68 years old he no longer has any concern of a future career and wants to see justice done. His selection another excellent pull by POTUS and his advisers. He will gladly assist the DoJ and other agencies reform and return justice to the people.
A coda any patriot would love to have.
Oh, there is a new caravan trying to push across the Guatemalan border. Numbers range from 1500 to 3,000 but more are on their way. An 'organizer' was already on FOX saying 'this is NOT organized or paid for', which of course means exactly the opposite.
The enemies of this country -not 'Russia', either- are intent on their plan to turn the US into a socialist third world hellhole ruled by globalist concerns and will stop at nothing.
Except one Donald J Trump and his core of America first patriots. They will not only stop them, but will destroy their movement and imprison their leaders.
It won't happen overnight. But happen it will...
TRUMP: ALL IN ALL JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
HIGH DRAMA IN THE WEST WING
India-China border. Troops and barricades.
Wednesday, 9 Jaunary:
The big moment has passed.
The 45th President spoke to the nation from the Oval Office, a rare event that usually portends a major event. This was not only no different, but it was a major event even by those standards.
The speech was only 9 minutes.
In true Trumpian style, it was far more about the buildup rather than the delivery. He has a knack for baiting his opposition; to allow them to project their actual sins on it rather than cool their heels and await the outcome.
He could have simply tweeted this had he wanted it to be about the message. However, in classic style, the opposition served up a heaping helping of their guilt for two solid days. Fearing they would be fully exposed, they instead indicted themselves.
You see, this wasn't about the wall, really.
It was about who owns the progressive movement and their minions in the media. The villain in this operetta the Hungarian billionaire who sees the US as the enemy of the world, namely George Soros.
The same Soros who pumped $32 billion into his 'Open Society Foundation' and that money has filtered into every level of the US democratic system. By comparison, Russia's 'meddling' in the electoral process was a drop in the proverbial bucket.
His desire to have the United States as an egalitarian, open society flies in the face of all reality. It says nothing about aspirations of the other nations. Red China, for instance, shares nothing with this vision.
In short, this is simple brain dead liberal progressive ideology being used to cow a nation into subservience.
These are people who see freedom as fascism, and totalitarianism as the guarantor of liberty.
It is a living, breathing contradiction. So much so that any attempt at rational discourse turns to emotional invective almost immediately. How does one tell a member of 'AntiFa' that their very existence is fascism, pure and simple?
That Donald Trump, as rugged an individual as the US has ever produced, desires to be a dictator. The obvious fact that he is actually transferring power back to the people is utterly ignored.
Most of the squealing about his policies is the deregulation of UN desired mandates over control of natural resources. They want the pond in your backyard controlled by the government.
Not to mention taxing every exhale you make.
Who's the fascist here? The UN/Globalist alignment or the group of people who have banded together over the last decade to stop them?
Now, key to all this is the notion of a sovereign nation. In simple terms, you either have established, defensible borders or you don't. The ones that do, like China, have highly militarized borders.
Just like their pals the North Koreans. No free movement there.
Yet the same politicians who gladly take the Soros money -and his billions are well distributed among them- are just fine with these neo-fascist states. Some of them, like the Senior senator from California, not only has deep financial ties with China but also had a chauffer for over a decade who was a Chinese spy.
Google and creator Eric Schmidt were very tight with the cabal in Beijing. So much so they even created the 'Chinese Google' code named 'Dragonfly'. This was a planned replacement for the western model, which allows far too much political resisitance.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/google-dragonfly-google-developing-censor-friendly-dragonfly-search-engine-for-china-source-1893856
It was all 'destroyed' by a mysterious fire a couple months back. How convenient.
This is the backstory to the president's speech on Tuesday. Lacking any coherent arguments against, they shamelessly play the emotion card; it's all about the sick babies and abused women and anything they can dredge up to appeal to guilt.
If one mentions criminal illegals and their crimes against US citizens they are called, of course, 'racist'.
This is a simple equation, and POTUS played this card perfectly. The whining from the government about not getting paid isn't lost on the masses; they know these people will get every penny back.
It's a paid vacation, more or less. Something not available to the average citizen.
This is so much more than just a wall being constructed on the southern border. This is an argument for a free, and just United States. What Trump has done is wrap a bow around the entire issue of why he became president in the first place.
The opposition wants open borders for a myriad of reasons; namely cheap labor (big business), newly minted voters to replace the hemorrhage of African Americans fleeing the Dems, to increased social security revenue, sought by both parties.
America's adversaries want them for an entirely different reasons.
Unfettered migration destroys sovereign states. Resources must be diverted. This allows them to conquer us without firing a shot, particularly once we've been disarmed. Which the new congress is intent on doing.
This is all being engineered by the Previous Occupant and his globalist cadre.
They don't care if this country spirals into third world status; indeed this is a desired outcome. They have hundreds of millions stashed in Iran to pay for their comfortable retirements abroad.
That $5.7 billion in cash was in untraceable bills. It was hidden from congress and the American people.
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/obama-iran-terrorism/
It guaranteed ISIS and the Syria crisis would continue. That the attempts to start a world war to cover their crimes would also occur.
All of this nonsense has been stopped dead in it's tracks. The border wall a key ingredient in the fact that it represents turning back this whole evil operation. It is a 'harbinger' of change.
The progressives know this. It's why they fight it with every ounce of their fiber. If the construction starts, they know they have lost. Same with the Mueller investigation, which is why they don't care about what is found- they know he didn't commit a crime- but about keeping it open at all costs.
This president has been playing 4D chess since he got in office.
He has them over a barrel. These government employees vote almost exclusively Democrat, as many of them are unionized. Others are highly paid political appointees. They want their money.
Being put out of work because their benefactors don't want to keep hordes of illegals storming the border isn't something they can abide by. You can be certain their Representatives are getting blistered over this.
The meeting in the west wing on Wednesday only made it worse. They dug in on the wall, and demanded government be re-opened. Trump walked out on them.
So, here we are.
The silver lining? If you believe in the admonitions of the 'QAnon' universe, this shutdown gives POTUS much lateral room to move in the implementation of 'The Plan'. Perhaps you have noticed how smooth things are going inspite of this event.
They have planned this for months.
Trump wanted this showdown. He wanted them to out themselves as exactly who they are, and what they believe.
On that level this is a dramatic success...
POTUS MEETING: MESSAGE FRONT AND CENTER
TRUMP TO FOES: HAPPY NEW YEAR
Eponymous poster: No brag, just fact.
Thursday, 3 January:
The Holidays are over, the new congress is sworn in and now the real fun begins.
For the better part of the last two years, the Trump administration has toyed with the opposition which was thoroughly rejected after 24 years of globalist, 'America Last' rule. The table was set; the powers that be and their allies in the media had the people prepared.
Or so they thought.
The 45th president had different ideas, and has spent the last 24 months elucidating them to the whole world. Gone were notions of endless wars, restrictions on basic freedoms, diminished job opportunities and the inevitable slide to second or third world status.
Instead, the exact opposite occurred.
This was not in the plan. The world had different ideas; they quite liked the United States as their farm and source of military protection. Not to mention the hundreds of billions drained from the US taxpayers to fill their coffers.
All of this was stopped dead in it's tracks.
The worldwide consortium, realized here by the so-called 'deep state' did what all empires under threat do. They struck back. Using the unlimited funds stolen from the people during the zero percent 'quantitative easing' period, they literally bought the House.
In Orange County California the GOP candidate for governor won by 9%, it wasn't close. Yet every congressional candidate lost. Tech billionaires like Tom Steyr pumped millions in these contests; getting homeless and even illegal aliens 'ballot harvesting' to run the table.
In contrast, one GOP candidate in N Carolina did the same thing, and the media behaved like it was the sin of the century.
Of course California changed it's electoral laws to allow this prostitution of democratic vote.
So now, they have sworn in their bought cabal. The tens of billions netted them a 40 seat margin, and they are feeling all fat and sassy.
This is the ultimate illusion.
In fact, it couldn't be a better scenario for this audacious commander in chief. This 'victory' by the progressive movement, could be the pyrrhic victory of all time. So far, by using both the Art of the Deal and the Art of War, he has succeeded in having the opposition define itself.
You see, he knows them. Knows who, and what, they are.
On the other hand they think him a simpleton, a buffoon. 'Orange Man Bad', more or less. This mistake is huge, defining and fatal.
It's why no matter what spin you hear from the media the man is still winning. The government shutdown is not only in his interests but he's planned for this for months. The government will continue to run smoothly; so far the occasional plugged toilet in a National Park is the only story the media can dig up.
The essential services will continue.
Oh, and the vast majority of the 900,000 workers laid off are Democrats. The whole area around DC is populated by highly paid bureaucrats who vote big government at every opportunity.
They are decidedly not happy about not being paid over a dispute over border security with Mexico, and are letting their representatives know it, too.
Yet incoming speaker for the Dems and her caucus think they have won some earth changing battle. That somehow the public is demanding a return to the slow decline the last four presidents brought about.
More urban decay like the water situation in Flint Michigan, perhaps. Or burgeoning homeless populations in Seattle or San Francisco. Throw in sanctuary cities for good measure. Does anyone really think there is a demand for this?
Or to send our 19 year olds to be blown to bits by someone in the Middle East? Just to protect the oil supplies to Europe, or even worse guarantee a healthy crop of Poppies in Afghanistan?
We are somehow 'abandoning our traditional allies'.
As the saying goes: 'with friends like this', well, you know the rest. Germany pays nothing, really, their NATO contributions do NOT go to operational readiness, yet they negotiate with the Russians to buy their natural gas.
This is what is being sold to the American people.
Fortunately, never fear. Trump is here. With associates, of course. Not a one man show, you know. That said, he is sitting in the ultimate catbird seat right now. The opposition, blinded by their hate, thinks they have some sort of upper hand now.
They don't. As a matter of fact this whole situation favors him and he knows it.
Why is there a shutdown in the first place? Over a needed barrier on the southern border? The same people have ZERO problem defending the Iran/Syria border. How does one square THAT circle?
The longer this drags on the more they have to defend that which is indefensible. Not to mention all of those GS-13's at HHS not getting their $95 grand.
Lost in all this commotion was the Wednesday press conference the president had. Laying on the table in front of him was a simulated movie poster with a photo of Trump on it. It said, simply, 'Sanctions are coming'.
Devotees of the Qanon universe caught on immediately. Sanctions on Iran? Most surely.
However, 'sanctions' has another meaning as well. From Wiki:
Sanctions (law), penalties imposed by courts
Dual meanings abound in the Trumpian universe. There are all of those sealed indictments, you know. Not to mention hard evidence of malfeasance by the previous administration.
So, to all who believe that the opposition, with it's glued together mob of bought dogs in the House can somehow put their derailed train back on the tracks, well, good luck with that.
To others, those far more aware, they know that the fun is just beginning, and are ready to enjoy the ride. 2019 will be very interesting, indeed.
One thing is for sure. President Donald J Trump isn't going away anytime soon, and for that we all will be grateful. Just for the sheer exhilaration of watching them squirm when the light of truth shines upon them.
It's gonna be a good year no matter what they try to do to stop it...
POTUS SAYS RELAX.
TRUMP: TIMEOUT
Melania agrees: 'tis the time of the year.
There is a LOT of items flooding the news. So much so, that they are walking all over themselves looking for a way to advance, or subvert, a narrative. Michael Cohen is so last week.
Khashoggi?
As much as the pro Iran crowd would just love the public to marry that story it just gets swamped by the torrent. The 'resist' movement to the 45th president is unloading it's arsenal. Last week his lawyer, this week his former National Security Director.
Next week? The dismantling of his foundation. Like many rookie campaigns it made mistakes on what events were campaign related and ones that weren't. Checks get written from the wrong accounts. The Previous Occupant misreported $8 million.
They were fined $375K and given a written reprimand. No big deal.
Somehow an MSNBC host thinks this is going to cause Trump to resign 'in weeks'. Keep in mind this: the Trump organization tried to shut this down two years ago and SDNY (New York) wouldn't allow it.
No, they just now let it dissolve. Nice timing.
The amounts haven't been mentioned but they are believed to be less than the last lot's was. The children are not in threat of jail. These are all minor issues in the scheme of things. But Trump is so hated by his foes that they are transfixed.
They have to react with emotion constantly. This requires constantly finding new insults, as it were. Doesn't have to be an action. Can be a possible thought crime that never happened either.
Minds obsessed with hatred become pretty twisted places.
Yet he soldiers on; today signed a school protection act that has some teeth to it, along with the ban on so-called 'bump stocks'. Infamous for being used in the Las Vegas massacre last year, a Federal ban on these goes into effect in 90 days.
Some say 'bump stocks' a slippery slope; that this paves the road to gun confiscation. But consider this: these contraptions, which are utterly useless unless you need suppressing fire to advance on an enemy position, are a clever sacrifice.
The public can wrap their arms around 'no machine guns' and say 'no'. This could be far more of a 'line in the sand'; those things are no good but semi automatics are perfectly acceptable.
This brilliant move used a device with no real value to build a 'wall' around the rifle. Well done.
Much is made of the Michael Flynn affair.
There is a lot of excellent analysis out there if you care to look. Suffice to say that things are not as they seem. Had he walked today an NDA (non disclosure agreement) would go into effect.
This means he couldn't continue to cooperate with ongoing investigations. Instead, he is free to continue to 'assist' as these investigations complete. Know that some of them have NOTHING to do with the Special Counsel's office.
Today the government acknowledged he 'is not a traitor' . Now that may be no real surprise to the faithful, but to the Great Unwashed isn't that the whole thing? Collusion with a hostile power to subvert an election?
It's pretty obvious that some serious chess is being played. The press accounts on this are almost assuredly wrong. That wasn't a 'lunkhead move' in court. It was planned to achieve the desired result.
March seems to be a very big month, indeed. Add the good general's fate to the slate.
The border battle and looming shutdown are side show distractions. The opposition loves them because they can write about Chuck and Nancy as if they're important. More likely to be powerless placeholders as anything else.
Trump is very good with the shutdown because he can show the people how much they don't need the 900,000 furloughed employees. All of whom will be eventually repaid every penny.
The money for the wall drives home how craven the opposition. People saw the hordes storm the Honduran border with Mexico. The others rushing the gates in Tijuana.
$5 billion is a rounding error in a $4 trillion budget. But the fury directed at it's use exposes the open borders crowd. Both parties, too.
So, once again, the media makes the president's argument for him by attacking him. It is perverse, but it does work. You can't be secure without a wall. It's kind of why they exist in the first place.
He'll take that argument any day.
Those impatient for the other shoe to drop must take heed: There is a LOT going on and the resistance is FIERCE. They may be somewhat delusional but they do understand the threat. This isn't being fought for entertainment reasons.
Although it does have that merit from time to time.
You see, very little makes sense unless this 'plan' is both actual and realtime. Why would Donald Trump put himself and his family through this -losing almost a billion in wealth so far- unless there was some greater goal?
Why does the collected evil of the world hate him? Witches, warlocks, assorted demons and Satan himself all have sided against him. Add the Pope and you get 'bingo'.
There is so much supporting evidence to support the notion that this is a dedicated group of patriots trying to restore the Republic while avoiding a holocaust. It is Trump and Putin (along with Xi) that are preventing a conflict others seem to really desire.
None of this is hard to see if one's eyes are open at all.
So, in the spirit of the Christmas season, enjoy the camaraderie of friends and a warm hearth. Mike Flynn will be with his loved ones. Trump is going to Florida. The media will have to find yet a new calamity to try to pin on he or his administration.
They are running out of hysteria to promote. His unpaid parking violations will be next.
The truth is out there, and it cannot be contained much longer. Take a few days off of all this and take stock of what's really important. Things you want to do. Places to go. People to see.
People you want to be around. Have some fun.
This'll keep another week...
the bill signed today:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-taking-immediate-actions-secure-schools/
POTUS AT THE ARMY NAVY GAME: IN COMMAND
TRUMP AND AMERICA
Never saw this with the other fellow: Trump's the man.
Saturday, 8 December:
The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor was eerily quiet.
Outside of the sounds of desperate rescue attempts on the capsized USS Oklahoma as jackhammers pounded on the hull. They were hoping to get out trapped men now terribly short on breathing air.
One of the first of many unsung heroes of that war was a local civilian yard worker named Julio DeCastro. He organized a team that rescued 32 sailors. Overall, though a sense of dread fill the air, there was what Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto correctly predicted:
A 'terrible resolve'.
Once again, the American people were sadly underestimated by a deliberate foe. The country went from a second world largely agricultural society to the mightiest nation since ancient Rome in just about 44 months.
Big mistake attacking America while asleep. We historically like our leisure time, and will basically do anything to keep it. That's the price of a meritocracy; lazy and shiftless need not apply.
We'll still take care of them. Just don't import the whole world to join in.
However, these people, these Americans, have a point of no return. There does come a time when the decision to fight for not ony what you want, but what is good for your children's children.
The best way forward for the planet. It needs to be defined by personal freedom and acceptance of responsibility that goes with it, guided by a gentle, benign government.
This feeling, this ideology if you want, is rife within the growing -and it is growing fast- support for the 45th president and the worldwide movement the media desperately tries to ignore. The simple fact that the human soul yearns to be free is not a fiction.
For the True Believers among us, the idea of 'collective salvation' is not only absurd, but evilly so. That would amount to spiritual fratricide. Dark places await.
Not good. Particularly right now, with the celebration of the Prince of Peace close at hand. The time when people of all stripes can unite in a harmony found nowhere else. It is the most precious of times because it threatens the most.
You can't commit to a secular state if you choose a Higher Authority.
You can work together with one, but only on an agreed set of rules, and that IS the 'Judeo-Christian' ethos of laws that bind us as a nation. Which, of course, is only as good as the enforcement arm that protects it.
In the United States we elect a president who's first duty is to protect the nation.
We then trust this individual to make decisions in our name to advance the commonweal of the body politic. Meaning, 'America First'. The author here will add 'Last, and Always' to the saying as well.
Call it editorializing if you want. Fine.
Over the past decades this trust has been eroded. Badly. Endless wars, profligate spending, nebulous activities with foreign subjects, an erosion of ideals and values. This was why the current president was elected against all odds.
It's a matter of trust. One of 'Q's favorite words. It means a lot of different things that all end up in 'honor'. POTUS has pledged this to the country, and if you know one thing about the man at all is he takes this stuff deadly serious.
It is the most Christian of concepts, although not exclusive to it.
If you cannot trust your neighbor, your co-worker or your government the system is in deep trouble. This is now being addressed. It explains why the people who got us all here in the first place are so desperately unhappy.
For this 'sacred trust' to exist you still need arms and Armies to protect it.
Today our country put on it's finest display of why the US is the envy of the world. The event? The annual Army-Navy football game. One of the best athletic sporting events to be staged.
Any great athlete can play in a SuperBowl, or World Series. But not everyone can adhere to strict military discipline, play a superb brand of football, maintain a code of conduct second to none while getting a 4.0 GPA.
In advanced curriculum; not Sociology 101.
They meet in a festive atmosphere that respects the game, the traditions, and each other. The cleanest brand of competition is always on display, the handful of penalties all minor. It is simply, a symbol of America at it's finest.
These kids, soon to be soldiers and sailors are also America's future. They also act the quintessential American; in spite of the spit and polish there was plenty of hooting and hollering.
The occasional goofy sunglasses on a Middy or a Cadet with the 'hang loose' hand sign snuck in. Just in case you didn't think them still college students. The energy and atmosphere are electric.
This is also because of just who was there.
The last 10 presidents have attended these games although Teddy Roosevelt attended his first one in 1903. The two acadamies have been grinding this out since 1879.
There was a difference this time. When President Donald J Trump walked out onto the field the place burst forth in a controlled, but deafening roar. Flanked by his military hierarchy and Sec Def Mattis at his side, he strolled out, well, like he owned the joint.
One thing was readily apparent:
He was among friends. That was obvious. To say this particular president is beloved by his military is a massive understatement. THEY are the reason he's there in the first place. They know instinctively that he is there for them, their families, and this country.
Meanwhile, a superb and exciting game was there for all fans of the sport.
Army moved the ball well but had trouble scoring against a flexible but still tough Navy defense. Army showed quickness and agility; their pursuit on defense the highlight. Lot's of future Ranger and Green Beret officers on that field.
Navy had a great story as well. Linebackers Hudson Sullivan and Taylor Heflin are both playing their last football game. The two met at a Navy prep academy 5 years ago and have been best friends since.
They are also two of the best out there. Certainly Division 1 types with possible pro careers.
Instead these two will become Marine Corps officers. They will have a 100% chance of being deployed to a hostile region while they could have gotten a nice look at a NFL combine.
The two combined for a big sack on Army QB Kelvin Hopkins that stopped a real TD drive.
Defensive coach Dale Pehrson simply said this of Heflin:
'He will make an excellent Marine' Of that there is little doubt, as will Sullivan.
The good stories don't stop there.
When CBS came back from break they paid tribute to retiring cameraman Neil McCaffery. Nicknamed 'Sarge', he joined the Marines in 1963 and saw combat in Vietnam.
The burly, broadshouldered McCaffery, now in his 70's, has been a fixture at CBS for 44 years and won 8 Emmys as well. CBS gave him a first class farewell. Thanks, Sarge and God bless.
Welcome home, too.
Navy made it interesting with a field goal with 30 seconds left to make it 17-10. But the Navy onside kick failed, and West Point wins for the third year in a row, Guess what else?
They will finish in the top 25 ranking of the NCAA. First time since 1996. There are BIG football schools out there that would have traded. Navy played well and acquitted themsleves beautifully.
Understand that many of these kids, among our best and brightest may either come back broken or never come back at all.
This is 'Trump's America', it is our America. The one the Founders envisioned, sharp, motivated, dedicated and ready to lead. What has made us the envy of the world. Why we take more immigrants than any other nation because they WANT to avail themselves of this.
This Christmas season is a time for many things.
To rejoice in the message of 'Peace on Earth', for sure. To understand that although goodness is expected, evil does indeed exist. That vigilance is required, and that a common thread has to unite us.
The country was on the verge of losing that thread.
No longer...
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Author Rosiee Thor
Publisher Scholastic
Format ARC
Representation Disabled MC, side characters (mechanical heart); F/F main relationship; Asexual minor character
Content Warnings Genre-appropriate violence; Surgery, blood; Several character deaths (including a child death), grief; Ableism; Classism;
Synopsis A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog — donning the moniker Technician — to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws.
Nathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner's son, has never had to fear the law. Determined to earn his father's respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the Technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more he questions whether his father's elusive affection is worth chasing at all.
Their game of cat and mouse takes an abrupt turn when Eliza, a skilled assassin and spy, arrives. Her mission is to learn the Commissioner's secrets at any cost — even if it means betraying her own heart.
When these uneasy allies discover the most dangerous secret of all, they must work together despite their differences and put an end to a deadly epidemic — before the Commissioner ends them first.
NOTE: I received an advance reader copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinions or the way I talk about the book.
Review of Tarnished Are The Stars
I knew I was going to enjoy Tarnished Are The Stars, but I didn't realize I'd love it this much! Rosiee Thor does an awesome job of crafting a world where, some 800 years in the future, technology has been outlawed because of how it completely destroyed the first planet we had. However, there are still people like Anna and her entire village who rely on it to live. There's also some compelling evidence that the government is actively poisoning this town and that's why they need this technology to live… And that's where this story begins.
Let's dive into the characters first because TATS has some really memorable ones. First of all, I want to be Anna when I grow up. She's so protective of everyone she loves and will fight anyone who gets in her way. I love how headstrong she is. Eliza is one of the smartest, most well-read people ever and I adore her. Honestly, I need a companion novel about her. Nathanial starts as such a misguided, unsure character. To see his development into a much more confident person was lovely. Watching all three of these protagonists grow over the course of story was great because Thor did a great job with all of them.
Now let's talk about some of the more serious parts of the book. This story is really deep and kind of dark in spots. But it's written with such nuance and self-awareness that makes Tarnished Are The Stars something special to talk about. Essentially, all of Anna's village is disabled and requires a TICCER to help their hearts and allow them to live. This sickness is so rampant that one of Anna's friends worries about having another child because of the world she'd be bringing them into. From there it dives into government corruption and how the privileged work to keep the oppressed down, distracted, and fighting amongst themselves. It's a powerful story written in a phenomenal steampunk setting.
One of the conversations I appreciate the most is one that happens between Eliza and Nathaniel near the middle of the book—it doesn't spoil any of the plot, and it happens more to build said characters, but feel free to skip the following paragraph if you haven't read the book yet.
When Eliza and Nathaniel begin to bond, he brings up the fact that he's never been interested in anyone romantically and she explains that people on the first earth had words for that: asexual and aromantic. It branches into a conversation of using labels to find community and feel a sense of security in oneself, and I just love that it's put in there. It shows that no matter what the circumstances are, we're all going to want to find our people and figure ourselves out. Bless Rosiee Thor for putting those words in a science fiction book, especially for teenagers.
This is going to be a book that I recommend to people for a long time. It a book that gets going quickly and doesn't stop for a breath. There are so many different parts to this story and it's just soo well-written and I really hope that you consider picking this one up! It's beautiful inside and out. (I mean, just look at that cover!)
Whom I recommend this to
Fans of science fiction and steampunk stories
Readers who like multiple, distinctive POVs, each with a storyline that starts separate from the rest then gets tangled up with the others as it goes on
People looking for stories about corruption in government but, like, fictional because the real stuff is too much to think about
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Peter Williamson
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Honorary Professor of International Management
Fellow and Director of Studies in Management at Jesus College
BA (Macquarie University), PhD (Harvard University)
Globalisation and its implications for corporate strategy; strategies for success in China and the internationalisation of Chinese companies and their global impact, merger and acquisition strategy and post-merger integration; business ecosystems and the management of networks of strategic alliances; strategies for a carbon-constrained world.
Subject group: Strategy & International Business
Professor Williamson has wide experience in research, consulting and executive education as well as serving as a non-executive director and chairman of both publically listed companies and new ventures in industries as diverse as whisky, textiles, hedge fund management and Chinese software. He has lived and worked in Australia, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States, before returning to Britain to join Cambridge Judge Business School where he is Academic Director of the Advanced Leadership Programme and Jesus College, where he is Director of Studies in Management. He currently serves as a non-executive director of the global renewal energy firm Green Gas International and non-executive chairman of the technology-enabled training company Imparta.
Professor Williamson was formerly with the Boston Consulting Group in London, and Merrill Lynch. He serves on the editorial boards of European Management Journal, Business Strategy Review, and Academy of Management Learning and Education. Peter has acted as consultant on business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and international expansion to numerous companies, governments and international organisations throughout the Asia-Pacific region as well as in Europe and North America. He has experience in China since 1983, assisting numerous multinationals and joint ventures, and more recently, Chinese companies venturing abroad.
Previous appointments
Prior to joining Cambridge Judge Business School, Professor Williamson was ten years with the Asian Business and International Management faculty at INSEAD (1997-2007). Between 2003 and 2007 he was also Visiting Professor in Strategy at the Cheung Kong Business School in Beijing. He was Visiting Professor of Global Strategy at Harvard Business School (1993-1996) and Dean of MBA Programmes and Professor of Strategic and International Management at London Business School (1987-1992).
Sloan-Pricewaterhouse Coopers Award honouring those articles that have contributed to the enhancement of management practice, 2005
Lloyds Tercentenary Fellow, 2001
Fulbright Scholar, 1980-1984
Frank R. Knox Memorial Fellow, 1980-1984
Here are a selection of Peter Williamson's publications. Please see the "Selected publications" tab above for a more comprehensive list.
De Meyer, A. and Williamson, P.J. (2020) Ecosystem edge: sustaining competitiveness in the face of disruption. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Symeou, P.C., Zyglidopoulos, S. and Williamson, P. (2018) "Internationalization as a driver of the corporate social performance of extractive industry firms." Journal of World Business, 53(1): 27-38 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2017.07.004)
Williamson, P.J. and Raman, A.P. (2011) "How China reset its global acquisition agenda." Harvard Business Review, 89(4): 109-114
Zeng, M. and Williamson P.J. (2007) Dragons at your door: how Chinese cost innovation is disrupting the rules of global competition. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. (Also translated into Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian and Russian)
Doz, Y., Santos, J. and Williamson, P. (2001) From global to metanational: how companies win in the knowledge economy. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. (Also translated into Korean, Italian, and Portuguese)
Markides, C.C. and Williamson, P.J. (1994) "Related diversification, core competences and corporate performance." Strategic Management Journal, 15(Special Issue, Summer): 149-165
Williamson, P.J. and Zeng, M. (2004) "Strategies for competing in a changed China." MIT Sloan Management Review, 45(4): 85-91
Santos, J., Doz, Y. and Williamson, P. (2004) "Is your innovation process global?" MIT Sloan Management Review, 45(4): 31-37
Williamson, P. and Zeng, M. (2008) "How to meet China's cost innovation challenge." Ivey Business Journal (Online Edition), 72(3): article 761
Williamson, P. and Zeng, M. (2009) "Value-for-money strategies for recessionary times." Harvard Business Review, 87(3): 66-74
Williamson, P.J. (2010) "Cost innovation: preparing for a 'value-for-money' revolution." Long Range Planning, 43(2-3): 343-353
Yin, E. and Williamson, P.J. (2011) "Rethinking innovation for a recovery." Ivey Business Journal (Online Edition), May/Jun
Williamson, P.J. and De Meyer, A. (2012) "Ecosystem advantage: how to successfully harness the power of partners." California Management Review, 55(1): 24-46
Williamson, P.J. and Yin, E. (2014) "Accelerated innovation: the new challenge from China." MIT Sloan Management Review, 55(4): 1-8
Williamson, P.J. (2015) "The competitive advantages of emerging market multinationals: a re-assessment." Critical Perspectives on International Business, 11(3/4): 216-235 (DOI: 10.1108/cpoib-02-2014-0008)
Santos, J.F.P. and Williamson, P.J. (2015) "The new mission for multinationals." MIT Sloan Management Review, 56(4): 45-54
Wan, F., Williamson, P.J. and Yin, E. (2015) "Antecedents and implications of disruptive innovation: evidence from China." Technovation, 39-40: 94-104 (DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.05.012)
Zyglidopoulos, S., Williamson, P. and Symeou, P.C. (2016) "The corporate social performance of developing country multinationals." Business Ethics Quarterly, 26(3): 379-406 (DOI: 10.1017/beq.2016.41)
Williamson, P.J. (2016) "Building and leveraging dynamic capabilities: insights from accelerated innovation in China." Global Strategy Journal, 6(3): 197-210 (DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1124)
Williamson, P.J. (2016) "Chinese acquisitions in Europe: absorptive capacity and impacts on competitive advantage." Uluslararasi Iliskiler (International Relations), 13(49): 61-83
Rezk, R., Singh Srai, J. and Williamson, P.J. (2016) "The impact of product attributes and emerging technologies on firms' international configuration." Journal of International Business Studies, 47(5): 610–618 (DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2016.9)
Williamson, P.J., Wu, X. and Yin, E. (2018) "Super-fluidity: creating an organization that flexes with the market [in Chinese]." Harvard Business Review China, May: 121-127
Williamson, P. and Wan, F. (2018) "Emerging market multinationals and the concept of ownership advantages." International Journal of Emerging Markets, 13(3): 557-567 (DOI: 10.1108/IJoEM-08-2017-0319)
Williamson, P.J., Hoenderop, S. and Hoenderop, J. (2018) "An alternative benchmark for the validity of China's GDP growth statistics." Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 16(2): 171-191 (DOI: 10.1080/14765284.2018.1438867)
Hertenstein, P. and Williamson, P.J. (2018) "The role of suppliers in enabling differing innovation strategies of competing multinationals from emerging and advanced economies: German and Chinese automotive firms compared." Technovation, 70–71: 46-58 (DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2018.02.008)
Wan, F., Williamson, P. and Yin, E. (2019) "Enabling cost innovation by non-traditional organizational processes: the case of Chinese firms." Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 139: 352-361 (10.1016/j.techfore.2018.12.003)
Ramamurti, R. and Williamson, P.J. (2019) "Rivalry between emerging-market MNEs and developed-country MNEs: capability holes and the race to the future." Business Horizons, 62(2): 157-169 (DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2018.11.001)
Trevor, J. and Williamson, P. (2019) "How to design an ambidextrous organisation." The European Business Review, 24 April 2019
Williamson, P.J., Wu, X. and Yin, E. (2019) "Learning from Huawei's superfluidity." Ivey Business Journal, May/Jun
Williamson, P. and De Meyer, A. (2019) "How to monetize a business ecosystem." Harvard Business Review, 30 September 2019
Wan, F., Williamson, P. and Pandit, N.R. (2020) "MNE liability of foreignness versus local firm-specific advantages: the case of the Chinese management software industry." International Business Review, 29(1): 101623 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101623)
Williamson, P., Guo, B. and Yin, E. (2021) "When can Chinese competitors catch up? Market and capability ladders and their implications for multinationals." Business Horizons (forthcoming)
Books, monographs, reports & case studies
Williamson, P.J. (2004) Winning in Asia: strategies for the new millennium. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. (Also translated into Korean and Italian)
Zeng, M. and Williamson P.J. (2007) Dragons at your door: how Chinese cost innovation is disrupting the rules of global competition. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
Williamson, P. and De Meyer, A. (2010) "ARM Holdings Plc: ecosystem advantage." European Case Clearing House (ECCH).
Williamson, P.J., Ramamurti, R., Fleury, A. and Fleury, M.T. (eds.) (2013) The competitive advantage of emerging country multinationals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Williamson, P. and Wang, M.J. (2015) "Alibaba Group's Taobao: from intermediary to ecosystem enabler." The Case Centre: 314-139-1.
Williamson, P.J. and Yin, E. (2009) "Racing with the Chinese dragons." In Alon, I. et al. (eds.): China rules: globalization and political transformation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.69-100
Williamson, P.J. and Yin, E.Y. (2013) "The new wave of disruptive innovation from China: why and how global incumbents need to respond." In: Ling, P.P. (ed.) Disruptive innovation in Chinese and Indian businesses: the strategic implication for local entrepreneurs and global incumbents. Abingdon, UK and New York, NY: Routledge, pp.179-198.
Williamson, P.J. and Yin, E.Y. (2013) "Innovation by Chinese EMNEs." In: Williamson, P, Ramamurti, R, Fleury, A. and Fleury, M. T. L. (eds.): The competitive advantage of emerging market multinationals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.64-94
Williamson, P.J. and Wan, F. (2019) "How real are the opportunities for multinationals in China?" In: Grosse, R. and Meyer, K.E. (eds.) The Oxford handbook of management in emerging markets. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.745-762
Williamson, P. (2020) "Realizing the potential of the Belt and Road Initiative: what role for M&A?" In: De Cremer, D., McKern, B. and McGuire, J. (eds.) The Belt and Road Initiative: opportunities and challenges of a Chinese economic ambition. Los Angeles: Sage. (forthcoming)
Trevor, J. and Williamson, P. (2014) "A blueprint for the next generation organisation: reconciling agility, efficiency and purpose." Cambridge Judge Business School Working Papers, No.01/2014. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
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A new model for corporate social responsibility 15 March 2017
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Brunei-China trade up 72.5%, says Chinese envoy Both countries mark 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year
Chinese ambassador to Brunei Yu Hong speaks during a logo design competition awards presentation ceremony. Photo: Rasidah Hj Abu Bakar/The Scoop
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN — Brunei's trade volume with China climbed 72.5 percent last year, the largest growth among ASEAN member states, said Chinese ambassador to Brunei Yu Hong on Saturday.
She said two-way trade grew "against all odds", reaching US$1.91 billion in 2020 compared to US$1.1 billion in 2019.
The envoy was speaking at the Logo Design Competition awards presentation ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Brunei.
She added that China's investments in Brunei cover various areas, including the oil and gas downstream sector, port operations, while providing local job opportunities and contributing to Brunei's efforts in achieving economic diversification.
China's Hengyi Industries is the largest foreign direct investment project in Brunei, exporting 9.46 million metric tonnes of petrochemical products worth US$4.08 billion since its oil refinery started operations in November 2019.
Yu said both countries have shown support to each other amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
"When most countries were faced with severe vaccine shortages, China donated vaccines to Brunei despite its own strong domestic demand, which fully reflects the solidarity and friendship between China and Brunei," she said.
China gifted 52,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Brunei earlier in February this year.
She said China-Brunei relations stand at a new "historical starting point" as Brunei assumes the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN this year.
This year also marks the 30th anniversary of China-ASEAN dialogue relations.
"China will work with Brunei to strengthen cooperation in promoting economic recovery and maintaining regional peace, stability and development to push our strategic cooperative partnership and China-ASEAN cooperation to new heights," Yu said.
Winners of the Logo Design Competition, which was organised to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Brunei. Photo: Rasidah Hj Abu Bakar/The Scoop
Describing Brunei and China's ties over three decades, she said both countries have conducted high-level visits.
During Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Brunei in 2018, bilateral relations were upgraded to "strategic cooperative partnership".
"His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah has visited China 12 times. The heads of state of both countries have charted the development course for bilateral relations from a strategic perspective," she added.
The past 30 years also saw the two countries sign a memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road Initiative in 2018.
Initiated by China, the Belt and Road Initiative seeks to connect Asia with Africa and Europe via land and maritime networks and strengthen Beijing's economic leadership through infrastructure projects.