We just got back from Hawaii. We got back just in time, the Governor has just limited indoor events to 10 people and outdoor events to 25 people. He is openly encouraging people not to come to Hawaii. All of this is because of COVID 19 and specifically because of the Delta Variant. But what most people don’t know is that a large part of the problem is highly questionable testing. The traditional COVID 19 tests cannot determine if someone has the Delta Variant, a test of genome sequencing in required. That mean a COVID-19 PCR test has to be sent to a lab with the capability to perform genome sequencing. It appears as though only a small number of tests get sent to labs for genome sequencing. The following article, from Dr. John Sanders, Chief of Infectious disease at Atrium Health Wake Fore Baptist explains:

How do scientists test for the delta variant? (wxii12.com)

To add to the confusion, the PCR test itself is not actually a test for any virus or disease. It was not even designed to do that; it was a laboratory analytical tool for research. It only identifies genetic material. There is one report that indicates that there is a potential that perhaps 97% of corona virus positives are false.

Delta Variants, PCR Tests and Cognitive Dissonance | New Eastern Outlook (journal-neo.org)

“The PCR amplifies genetic material by using cycles of amplification until it reaches what is called Cycle threshold (Ct), the number of amplifications to detect genetic material before the sample becomes worthless. Mullis once said if you amplify by enough cycles you can pretty much find anything in anybody as our bodies carry huge numbers of different viruses and bacteria, most harmless. Even Dr. Fauci in a 2020 interviews stated that a CT at 35 or above is worthless. Yet the CDC is believed to recommend testing labs to use a CT of 37 to 40! At that level perhaps 97% of COVID positives are likely false.”

Yet, every night we see news broadcasts where doctors warn of the extreme danger of COVID 19 and the Delta Variant. We are warned that if we do not take drastic action, more people will die. But recently we know of at least one specific case where a prominent person, who was vaccinated, became ill and was diagnosed with COVID. But she didn’t have COVID at all. When she recovered, she was tested for the COVID antibodies and discovered she doesn’t have any. Instead, she had the respiratory syncytial virus. It has symptom similar to COVID. That person was Reba McEntire:

Reba McEntire clarifies she didn’t have COVID-19 after all (pagesix.com)

Earlier, when she thought both she and her boyfriend had Covid, she said the following:

“She added, “It’s not fun to get this. I did get it, Rex and I got it, and it’s not fun. You don’t feel good. We were both vaccinated and we still got it, so stay safe, stay home and be protected the best you can.”

But now, we know the rest of the story:

“ I did say that I had COVID, but when I got tested, my antibodies — it came up that I had not had COVID,” the country singer told Nancy O’Dell on Monday’s episode of “Talk Shop Live.”

McEntire, 66, explained that she seemingly got a false positive test result despite having symptoms similar to the virus.

“I had my antibodies from my vaccine. I had all the symptoms,” she said. “The test … said that I had it, but then the nurse that came and tested me for my antibodies said that I probably had the RSV virus.”

The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common and contagious virus that causes infections of the respiratory tract. It has similar symptoms to the novel coronavirus, though it is not nearly as life-threatening.”

If this seems insane to you, it is because it is insane. The bottom line is that a lot of people have been making life changing decisions based on the science, without even attempting to verify the actual science. Then if anyone dares hint at disagreement, they are instantly silenced as spreading misinformation. Misinformation is anything that conflicts with the latest and greatest CDC guidelines. I frankly don’t know what to believe any more. Except one thing; a lot of people who claim they are following the science are flat out guessing. This is so bad that right now it is impossible to even determine how many people had COVID. One thing that is absolutely certain is that the COVID symptoms are not necessary an indication of COVID because these can and are caused by a variety of other disease.

We have literally locked down entire economies and now countries because of a disease for which we apparently have no real test. At a minimum, the most commonly used test apparently can be very inaccurate.  It appears as though the speed in detecting COVID was more important than making sure the test was accurate. Incredibly, either no one in the MSM noticed, no one cared, or they were too terrified to report on this. Regardless a lot of people firmly believe things that are far from certain.

In addition, the primary defense demanded is wearing masks. But true scientists realize it is impossible to enforce a real mask mandate with masks that actually work. So instead, they demand everyone wear a mask and then totally ignore whether the mask is even close to doing the job. In Hawaii I saw a man wearing a mask that was absolutely filthy and soaked with sweat. Yet no one even suggested he get a new mask. The bottom line is you must wear a mask, but any mask will do. This is just plain dumb. The following article from the BBC explains.

What are the rules and guidance for face masks and coverings? – BBC News

This article explains why doctors are recommending everyone wear masks, and then goes on to explain why the majority of masks being worn are worthless. When you combine that with diagnosis of  COVID by a test that doesn’t actually test for COVID and which can be triggered by numerous other diseases, including the common cold, this is mind blowing.

Even MSN knows this but ignored the obvious. The CDC is guessing:

Is there a specific COVID-19 test for the delta variant? What you need to know (msn.com)

“Current COVID-19 tests can’t always (Actually NEVER) detect the delta variant. The delta variant “carries distinctive biological markers that some (Actually  NONE) among the dozens of commercially available COVID tests  from academic institutes and medical giants may not be able to sense,” according to Fortune.

If you’re really interested in knowing if you have the delta variant, you may want try out the polymerase chain reaction testing platforms, which looks at the genetic variations within the virus to determine its strains.

• However, that test can take longer than a rapid test, which often takes about 30 minutes. PCR tests can take a few days to get the results and include some biological details about the virus you’re infected with.”

(“The CDC does not have a specific test that will tell you if you have the Delta Variant. Frankly, they don’t appear to have a test that even verifies COVID.)

However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can look at specific cases of the coronavirus through genetic sequencing. But there isn’t a specific test that will tell you if you have the delta variant.”

Yet this does not stop Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the CDC from saying the following:

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, said Tuesday that the delta variant of the novel coronavirus now accounts for more than 83% of all sequenced COVID-19 cases — a sign that the variant is spreading far and wide throughout the country.

There clearly are people who are very sick, showing up in hospital rooms and sometimes dying. Doctors and nurses are convinced that this is all because of COVID. But, while the illness and the tragic deaths are all too real, it is time to ask some serious questions about exactly what is causing this.

A lot of people will take the time to lecture anyone not getting vaccinated or wearing a mask for being stupid, uninformed, and uncaring. This is because we all must rely on the guidance from the real science, which means guidance from the CDC. Yet it is increasingly easy to understand why CDC guidance has been all over the map. They are not using credible data when making decisions. The problem is compounded by a MSM, including FOX, too terrified to ask a couple of really obvious questions. “How accurate is the current PCR test in confirming COVID and not some other disease is causing the symptoms?” How you know how many case are from the Delta Variant when it appears very few COVID cases are even tested for the Delta Variant?”

The CDC, which should be the entity most anxious to verify the facts is instead either ignoring the facts and, in some cases, suppressing anyone who dares mention the problem as spreading misinformation. At some point, this will all become too obvious to ignore and the result will be, another, lack of respect for institutions that we used to trust. A sad situation. But at least we have a wonderful highly skilled President who is doing such a masterful job managing the crisis in Kabul.

TDM

I graduated from the Defense Language Institute after learning to speak, read and write Vietnamese. It was a poor career decision, because I ended up get shot at, a lot.  I flew on over 200 combat missions in Southeast Asia. This past week has been a difficult reminder of the cost incurred with incompetent leadership. One would think that it would be hard to handle things worse than Joe Biden, but that would be wrong. Kamala Harris has, once again, proven herself to be even worse. Someone convinced her it would be a great idea to place flowers at the memorial to John McCain in Hanoi.

Here is a picture of that “memorial.” VP Harris would have been wise to have someone who, say, reads Vietnamese to translate this before placing flowers.

Here is how some people have translated it:

Here on 26 October 1967 at Truc Bach Lake in the capital city of Hanoi John Sidney McCain was shot out of the sky in his A4 aircraft by local citizens militia defending Yen Phu. There were 10 other planes shot down on the same day.”

Obviously that honors the people who shot him down, not John McCain. But, in addition, this translation is only partially accurate.

It says that on October 25, 1967, at Truc Bach Lake John McCain was shot down and captured alive by a local heroes defending Hanoi. He was flying an American A4 which was shot down, along with ten other aircraft on the same day.

There is a carving of John McCain, on his knees, surrendering. Next to him is a USA logo with a Star in the middle. This is the equivalent of someone visiting the Arizona Memorial, assuming it was constructed in honor of the Japanese pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, laying a wreath of flowers in the water in their honor.

I previously thought that the dumbest person was Jane Fonda who had a picture taken of her clowning around on a North Vietnamese Anti-Aircraft gun position.

Here is that picture.

This was just before she called people like me war criminals. This is the reason why Jane Fonda is so despised by Vietnam Veterans.

Kamala Harris also doesn’t pick up on the irony of her doing this while Joe Biden is drowning in his own sweat trying and failing to explain the mess in Kabul. She was obviously sent there to get her as far away from Washington as possible. It is really hard to imagine someone this stupid being next in line to become President of the United States, but that is the sad reality.

I suspect John McCain would not be very impressed by this. Meghan McCain tweeted the following:

“If you want to honor my dads legacy on this anniversary of his death – you would spend every second making sure every single American and Afghan ally is out of harms way,”

“He was nothing if not someone who understood sacrifice and loyalty to the people he served with,”

I wonder if Cindy McCain is still proud of her endorsement of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

In the meantime, Rachel Campost-Duffy touched the third rail of politics by pointing out something that should be obvious to everyone:

White House Asks Rachel Campos-Duffy, FOX News to Apologize for Comments About Jill Biden (newsexplorer.net)

If you ask me, the most patriotic thing Jill Biden could have done was tell her husband ― to love her husband ― and not let him run in this mental state that he’s in,” Campos-Duffy continued. “I think she failed the country as well.”

The First Lady’s Press Secretary, Michael LaRosa, responded with the following:

“This is disgusting. @RCamposDuffy and @FoxNews know better. They can do better and their viewers deserve better. I hope they’ll apologize to the First Lady and leave this kind of talk in the [trash] where it belongs,”

What he didn’t say was that Joe Biden actually is mentally competent to be President. Almost anything is possible. Adam Schiff, yes that Adam Schiff, even acknowledged that Biden’s plan for Kabul is impossible to support. The mess is yet to come.

Just today the Washington Post said American troops went outside the perimeter to help Americans escape:

U.S. troops at Kabul airport went outside the gates to pull Americans to safety – Washington Times

But oh no, the arrogant New York Times explained, it was the Taliban who kindly allowed Americans to expand the zone around the airport in Kabul:

Taliban Move Checkpoints Farther From Kabul Airport Perimeter – The New York Times (nytimes.com)

It is great to know that American troops are not acting independently and are taking directions from the Taliban. What could possibly go wrong?

TDM

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

We have never seen anything like this, at least not during my lifetime. One suspects that some people knew that President Woodrow Wilson was incapable of being President after he had a stroke, but World War I was over, and no one viewed this as a crisis. We do not have the luxury of that today. The world is much smaller and much more dangerous than it was in October of 1919. We are slow learners. The 25^th Amendment was not passed until 1965. Many historians believe that FDR was incapable of being President in 1945, months before he died. He was definitely very ill. One of the people he took with him to the Yalta conference was Alger Hiss, who turned out to be a Soviet Spy.

Now we have a President who is clearly incapable of doing the job, with horrific consequences. But that brings up a whole new problem. Notice that while several people, in both parties, are clearly concerned about Biden’s ability to do the job no one, and I do mean no one, is suggesting Kamala Harris take over. There is bipartisan recognition that she is even more incapable of doing the job. During a time when we are dealing with the crisis in Afghanistan, Kamala Harris is literally traveling to Vietnam, of all places. No one has suggested she rush back to provide Joe Biden with badly needed guidance. No one wants her anywhere near this.

The fall of Kabul was sadly predictable to me. It is impossible to believe that a lot of other people, in a position to do something, did not realize this too. This was beyond obvious. I suspect the Taliban was afraid of Donald Trump. In some ways he was planning on ending the Afghan War the same way Eisenhower ended the Korean War. Eisenhower told China that they could have peace, or they could have war, but if they chose war, it would not be confined to the Korean Peninsula. They believed him, and wisely chose peace. Nixon made a similar offer to the North Vietnamese, and the North Vietnamese believed him too. But Democrats tossed him out of office, without regard to the consequences. We all know the consequences. Donald Trump was tossed out of office too, without regard to the consequences. Those consequences are becoming increasingly obvious.

In this case the crisis in Afghanistan is only one of the problems created by the incompetence of Joe Biden. While this is horrific, it may not even be close to the worst crisis we face, because Kabul is, after all, still on the other side of the globe. But it is the most visible crisis, and it has destroyed any illusion that Joe Biden is secretly competent. He isn’t.

The interview with Stephanopoulos was supposed to be the ultimate softball exchange by one of the most partisan people in the MSM. But even that was so bad that the White House is now trying to hide Joe, again, completely. But that is not going to work this time.

While the fall of Kabul was predictable it is impossible to predict what happens next. Everyone realizes that we need to move on from Biden, now, but move where? Certainly not to President Harris. The result is an unprecedented constitutional crisis. If tomorrow, as promised, Arizona audit results provide indisputable proof of systemic election fraud, we will move into a whole new world. As I mentioned before even some top Democrats must realize that overturning the 2020 election results is no longer the worst-case scenario. Joe Biden is the worst-case scenario, only even that is not true. The worst-case scenario is replacing Joe with Kamala.

In many ways the damage is already irreparable. What if the election was over-turned? Trump would have been cheated out of his full second four-year term. Could he run again, for a full term, in 2024. Talk about the ultimate nightmare for the Never Trumpers. Yet, who else is available? Who would be acceptable to both Democrats and Republicans?

Sometimes, mistakes cause more damage than can be repaired. Sometimes when the destruction is total the only option is to start completely over. Clearly no one anticipated this, so there is zero provision for dealing with this. We know it is bad, but like Biden and Afghanistan, no one knows how to fix it. The Democrats have done this to themselves. They shoved Joe Biden down our collective throats. Everyone is gagging. No one will even consider tolerating this much longer. Democrats own this and the only real question is whether they also cheated to get this done. To make it even worse, there is not a single Democrat available that anyone would trust to fix things. Andrew Cuomo? Gavin Newsom? Anyone? One serious problem is that every Democratic Senator voted to impeach Donald Trump, even though this was ridiculous. How can they possible justify keeping Joe?

One thing is certain, we must start with the truth. The 2020 election was either stolen or it was not. Even if it was not stolen, it was still a hot mess.  At best, Democrats with their fawning idiot supporters in the MSM united to defeat Donald Trump and inflict us with a sad joke. Actually, a team of jokers. We certainly cannot tolerate this happening again. The American people will not soon tolerate this again.

The good news is that not only have Democrats failed in seizing full power and dumping their socialize paradise on us with Democrats permanently in power, but they are also getting laughed out of power. There are already some Democrats deserting the socialist cause, expect more to follow. Some will become independents. Others may even become Republicans. All will seek to distance themselves from disaster.

Democrats seized power based on a series of lies, none more obvious than the myth that Joe Biden is remotely capable of being President. They are providing a case study on why you do not promote people solely because of race, gender or anything else other than pure competence. They are providing us all with a lesson on what happens with woke politics. You end up with a lot of people in charge who are totally incapable of providing leadership. Regardless of what happens now, 2022 is going to be a wipeout for Democrats and 2024 is likely to be worse. Ironically those who stupidly felt that they were on the path to permanent power only greased the skids on their way down to oblivion.

Truth or consequences. Truth is becoming more and more obvious. The consequences are already here with more to come.

TDM

When I got home from Vietnam after serving two combat tours I was not exactly greeted with a marching band and a hero’s welcome. Instead, after landing at LAX, a couple of hippies came up to me, spit on me and called me a war criminal. Welcome home!

Like most Vietnam Veterans I watched in horror and disbelief when South Vietnam was overrun by the North Vietnamese. They were able to do this because Democrats in congress who had successfully removed Richard Nixon, immediately cut off funding for the war when Gerald Ford was President. He warned them what was going to happen, but they did not care.

In case you wonder exactly what happened. Here is an interesting article from of all places, MSNBC. They knew the truth, but either failed to recognize or just choose to ignore the significance of what they were reporting.

Pics: The day the Senate told Ford no more war in Vietnam (msnbc.com)

Ford met with the Senate Foreign relations committee and begged for $300 million to help South Vietnam defend itself. Joe Biden bragged about being part of the committee that ended the war. In many ways, Biden can now take significant credit for both the fall of Saigon and the fall of Kabul.

Here are the notes to that meeting:

Memoranda of Conversation: April 14, 1975 – Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (fordlibrarymuseum.gov)

Biden: What concerns us is that a week ago Habib told us we would be formulating a plan. A week has gone by, and nothing has happened. We should focus on getting them out. Getting the Vietnamese out and military aid for the GVN are totally different.

An ironic comment from someone who did little or no planning on how to protect the people in Afghanistan who foolishly thought we were their friends.

The South Vietnamese were actually fighting hard, but they were literally running out of ammunition. If the United States had just provided air support and given South Vietnam desperately needed military equipment, there is no way the North Vietnamese could have won that war.

The following exchange explains EXACTLY what happened.

Kissinger: The total list of the people endangered in Vietnam is over a million. The irreducible list is 174,000. This doesn’t mean we could get them out; it would be just those in overwhelming jeopardy. We would have to assemble them where we could get to them and have conditions where we could move them. There are two Acts of Congress: The War Powers Act and the Indochina proscription. We think under the War Powers Act the President has authority with respect to evacuating American citizens; with the Indochina Act we would appreciate clarification. We think there is no authority for evacuation of Vietnamese.

Sparkman: Do we have any obligations under the Paris Accords?

 President Ford: We signed with the understanding we could uphold it. The means were taken from us.

The Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 175 was designed to grant Ford the funds necessary to provide immediate foreign assistance to Vietnam. The Democratic congress voted against even funding freedom flights from the South French Indochina region.

On April 11^th Ford begged for $1 billion in emergency military and economic aid to Vietnam. The response by congress was that military aid would never be approved. Ford also asked for congress to at least permit the use of U.S. forces to evacuate endangered South Vietnamese and American civilians. He was turned down.

Ford Asks Billion Dollars In Aid for Saigon Regime | News | The Harvard Crimson (thecrimson.com)

Here are some of the responses by Democrats:

Senator Jacob Javits: “I will give you large sums for evacuation but not one nickel for military aid. “

“The Congress will never vote for military aid,” House Democratic leader Thomas P. O’Neill (D-Mass.) said yesterday.

Sen. Jon McClellan (D-Ark.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, would further military assistance would only prolong human suffering in Indochina.

What a joke. Abandoning our “friends” in Southeast Asia resulted in unimaginable human suffering. This was not only morally wrong, but it was also absurdly stupid.

The results were catastrophic. Those of us alive at the time watched in horror on TV as South Vietnamese tried desperately to flee. Democrats in congress wouldn’t even allow Ford to evacuate those who had tried to help us. The result was an almost unimaginable human tragedy. We will never know exactly how many people were killed, but some estimate the number to be as high as 30 million, if one includes Cambodia. Since I speak Vietnamese, I have listened to many Vietnamese people talk about their desperation and their personal experiences in risking everything to escape. I recently talked to someone who was imprisoned by the North Vietnamese, in a re-education camp for over three years. He told me he was one of the fortunate ones, because so many others were just killed. The Vietnamese fleeing Vietnam endured long voyages on inadequate ships, pirate attacks, typhoons, and other horrific challenges. All of them describe heart wrenching personal stories of the challenges they faced after we deserted not only the war, but also those who had sacrificed so much in their desire for freedom.

Since I was in intelligence, I knew a lot about the real military situation when I ended my last tour in 1970. The U.S. had won that war. If Nixon had not been removed, I believe the peace treaty would have held.  But instead, Democrats in congress ignored the cost already incurred and decided, after careful reflection, that the war they helped start was not worth it after all. The President who sent me to war was LBJ, a Democrat. I joined the Air Force because I was about to be drafted. The President who brought me home, was Richard Nixon, a Republican. The President who achieved peace, with honor, was Richard Nixon, a Republican. The President who was in office during the fall of South Vietnam was Gerald Ford, a Republican, who had been blocked from providing military or even financial aid to Vietnam.

As I watched those horrific scenes unfold in Saigon, I was stunned into silence. The pain was so great that I just stopped talking about the war and stopped thinking about it for years. It was just too painful. I thought about my friends, who had flown on combat missions with me, who never made it home. I thought about the thousands who had died and the others who were injured. I thought of all the men and women who had fought honorably and bravely in Vietnam. Those who actually won a war only to see it thrown away by Democratic politicians, including a young Joe Biden. I was embarrassed for my country. The pain was too much to endure, so I just suppressed it and moved on. Sadly, many of my fellow Vietnam Veterans were never able to move on.

In the late 1990s my wife sewed a Vietnam Veteran patch on one of my jackets. I was wearing it while shopping when a woman came up to me and said: “thank you for your service.” That was over 20 years after I came home from Vietnam. It was the first time anyone ever said that. I was too shocked to respond. Today a lot of people say that. This is one thing that, fortunately, has changed.

To this day I still frequently speak to Vietnamese who miraculously found a way to escape and start over again here. I always apologize, to them, on behalf of my country for betraying them and abandoning them. They always thank me for recognizing what happened. Incredibly, although they have every right to be bitter about what happened and though they would be justified in hating this country, they are instead focused on living the American dream in a free country. I sometimes wonder why they don’t hate us; that would be understandable. But they are able to distinguish between the Democrats who lost that war, and the American people who still make this the greatest country on earth.

But unfortunately, we are also a country that is often betrayed by those we foolishly elect to high office. I still consider the election of Bill Clinton, a scumbag draft dodger who literally cheated his way out of the draft, as a slap in the face to every Vietnam Veteran. I still consider the choice of John Kerry, who I consider to be a traitor, to be the Democratic candidate for President to be another slap in the face. And yes, I consider the election of Joe Biden, who has now been an active participant in the two worst defeats in American history, to be another slap in the face.

When the Vietnam veterans returned home, we were greeted with scorn. We were despised, the stupid guys who fought and lost an unnecessary war. We were losers. But, in reality, those Vietnam veterans were not the losers, few military forces ever won so many decisive victories. It was the Democrats in congress who were the real losers. I have never gotten over this. I have a shirt that says:

“I am one of those guys you hated when I served my country. I forgive you, but I will never forget.”

I look at that shirt, but seldom wear it. When a Vietnam Veteran meets another Vietnam veteran, the first thing they usually say is: “Welcome Home.” The pain we all felt because of the way we were treated never completely goes away. Two Vietnam veterans I know met recently. One of them asked the other: “When were you last in Vietnam.” He answered: “yesterday.” Yup.

TDM

The entire world knows that the U.S. suffered a humiliating defeat in Afghanistan. Our influence there is completely gone. Russian and China have already moved into the vacuum. It is impossible to overstate the horror now faced by the people in Afghanistan who foolishly believed the U.S. was a trustworthy ally. We can be certain that thousands if not millions of people in Afghanistan are desperately trying to destroy any evidence that they even knew the U.S. existed. Unfortunately, the Taliban will hunt these people down and the results will be beyond horrible.

Most people are aware of the holocaust and the number of people murdered. But few realize that some estimate up to 30 million people were killed after we left Southeast Asia in a similar fashion. Recall that the last time the Taliban took over they even destroyed some Afghanistan’s ancient treasures including Buddhist statutes. They executed people, cut off limbs and stoned people to death. They will immediately enact Sharia law and enforce it relentlessly.

It will not end there. This is far and away the most humiliating defeat in American history. The damage has been magnified by the performance, or should I say, lack of performance by Joe Biden. He just now returned from Camp David. Over the weekend the White House released a picture of Joe Biden, sitting alone all by himself, at a huge conference table, with TV screens on the opposite wall. It was unclear he was even looking at the screens. Incredibly someone pointed out that the dates on the TV screens were wrong because they reflected Great Britain being on daylight savings time, which ended in March. Perhaps those screens were photoshopped, to prevent anyone from seeing what was actually shown, but they still show the faces of people who would not want to be exposed, such as the CIA station head in Kabul and DOHA station in Qatar. If this is the best the White House could do, then one has to wonder why? The only possible answer is that putting Joe Biden in front of a Television Camera, even for a recorded statement, would have been worse, much worse. This is unprecedented. At a minimum Joe Biden should have issued a statement saying something. Instead, he did nothing.

Today, Jen Psaki is taking the week off. Few people are even trying to pretend this is acceptable. At best, they are trying to pin some of the blame on Donald Trump. Trump did make the decision to withdraw, but if that was a mistake, Biden doubled down on stupid. Biden is taking serious heat from all sides. Yet even though this is unbelievably bad, no one is suggesting Joe step aside and let Kamala Harris take over. No one is discussing her at all. Perhaps I am wrong, but I suspect that the double secret probation committee of the establishment in both parties is coming to grips with the enormity of this problem. Some of them are almost certainly saying that “overturning the results of the 2020 election is not the worst case scenario.” The worst case scenario, ironically, is not even Joe Biden remaining President. It is replacing him with Kamala Harris.

We have never seen a constitutional crisis like this before. Democrats are deserting Biden in droves, but like the people in Afghanistan even if they make it to the airport, there is no room for them on the plane. People are rushing in panic toward the only exit. An exit that is increasingly incapable of letting anyone escape. Soon and very soon the people who somehow manage to survive this will be angrier at the United States and Joe Biden than they are at the Taliban. Ultimately everyone is going to ask the same question: “who let this happen on their watch.” No amount of spin is going to save Joe Biden from this self-inflicted crisis. In addition, this completely destroys his credibility as a leader regarding any subject, including COVID.

I cannot possibly predict what comes next. I sure would not want to be living on Taiwan. The entire world is already paying a huge price for the United States choosing Joe Biden to be President. If more evidence comes out that this was the result of systemic fraud, then we will soon learn that the fury of a woman scorned pales in comparison to a nation subjected to this level of incompetence because of a rigged election.

First people will look at this with shock and denial. They will find it hard to imagine that we could muck things up this bad. Then that will turn to anger. How could this happen. Then it will turn to depression, this loss is impossible to ignore. Finally, it will turn to a nationwide movement to fix this.

In early May 1940, Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister of Great Britain, and few imagined that would ever change. Winston Churchill, reluctantly appointed by Chamberlain to be First Lord of the Admiralty was considered by the British establishment, to be the worst possible choice for Prime Minister. But things changed rapidly during the first week of May when the British were humiliated in Norway and Hitler ordered the invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. On May 10^th Winston Churchill went from being the worst possible choice for Prime Minister to being the only possible choice for Prime Minister.

We have never seen anything like this before. Anything is possible.

TDM

Western Civilization has been trying, and failing, to civilize Afghanistan as far back as Alexander the Great. All who tried have failed, publicly and with great humiliation. We are not the first nation to make this mistake. Odds are we won’t be the last. In 1838 the British decided it would be great fun to invade Afghanistan.

Massacre of British Army in Afghanistan in 1842 (thoughtco.com)

They arrived with about 20,000 British and Indian troops and headed off from India to Afghanistan. The mountains gave them some trouble, but they basically arrived in Kabul in 1839. Dost Mohammed was removed and replaced with Shah Shuja.  Predictably the British were only going to visit for a while, but the government they installed was, shall we say, a little on the weak side. There was this nice ancient fortress the British could have used as headquarters, but Shah Shuja thought that would make it look like it was the British in control, so even though that was the plan, so they brilliantly decided to build a temporary base much more difficult to defend. Predictably the Afghan people were united on only one subject, getting rid of the British. By 1842 everything was a mess, so the British contingent, about 4,500 troops and 12,000 civilians who had stupidly followed the British army into Kabul decided to leave. They planned to march from Kabul to Jalalabad, which was about 90 long, cold, miles away. When they were attacked in a mountain pass, it was a massacre. Perhaps the best way to understand how well this worked out, is to read the following article published in the North American Review in July of 1842:

“On the 6th of January, 1842, the Caboul forces commenced their retreat through the dismal pass, destined to be their grave. On the third day they were attacked by the mountaineers from all points, and a fearful slaughter ensued…

“The troops kept on, and awful scenes ensued. Without food, mangled and cut to pieces, each one caring only for himself, all subordination had fled; and the soldiers of the forty-fourth English regiment are reported to have knocked down their officers with the butts of their muskets.

“On the 13th of January, just seven days after the retreat commenced, one man, bloody and torn, mounted on a miserable pony, and pursued by horsemen, was seen riding furiously across the plains to Jellalabad. That was Dr. Brydon, the sole person to tell the tale of the passage of Khourd Caboul.”

It appears that 16,000 people started out on that trip and exactly one person survived. Years later it was discovered that other people were apparently captured, as babies, and raised as Afghans.

One would think that Britain would give up on Afghanistan after this fiasco, but no. They fought a second Afghan war between 1878-1880.  This was to keep out the Russians. It worked, for a while. But in 1979 the Russians, who also don’t study history, invaded Afghanistan. They had over 100,000 troops, lots of nasty modern weapons and a really bad attitude. Jimmy Carter punished them by boycotting the U.S. participation in the Moscow Olympics. He should just congratulated them for being remarkably stupid and waited for the inevitable.

The Russians left with their tail between their legs in 1996. That is when the Taliban took over. The U.S. came roaring in, in 2001, following 9-11 because Afghanistan had become a haven for terrorists. We fought there spending lots of money, losing a lot of people and apparently accomplishing nothing for over 19 years. Donald Trump decided enough was enough, so decided, when none of his generals could even define what victory would look like, that we are out of there. He started negotiating with the Taliban. “We get the message, we’re leaving, let us go peacefully and we won’t have to kill so many of you on the way out.”

The plan was to leave, gracefully, having cut a deal with the Taliban. It might have worked, but he American People choose Joe Biden to be the man. Joe quickly decided that anything Trump could do he could do better. So, he just announced we would pack up and leave, on September 11. When someone woke him up long enough to explain why the optics on this were beyond bad, he moved up the schedule. We literally abandoned Bagram airbase in the middle of the night, without bothering to tell our Afghan hosts. Now everyone is, predictably, shooting at us on the way out and the fall of Kabul may look a lot like the fall of Saigon. Fortunately, we only spend $800 billion on Bagram Airbase, and trillions elsewhere so it is not like we lost a lot of money. That amount of money would feed the homeless in San Francisco for almost an entire week, with similar results.

Joe, who has been wrong on every foreign policy decision for nearly 50 years, was also wrong about Afghanistan. He predicted the Afghan government could and would defend itself and defeat the Taliban. It wasn’t even close. The only city in Afghanistan left to conquer is Kabul and that is days if not hours away from falling. The U.S., UK and Canada are sending in troops, again, this time to try and save the remaining survivors. They will probably do better than the British in 1842, but perhaps worse than the fall of Saigon if that is even possible.

Only one thing is certain, a humiliating defeat for the U.S. Incredibly the State Department is still publicly pretending that the U.S. remains committed to maintaining a strong diplomatic and security arrangement with the Afghan Government, while secreting telling the current temporary leader, Ghana, it is time to go. In reality we are sending in only enough troops to hopefully evacuate our staff and close our embassy. This will be similar to the grace with which we left our embassy in Tehran under Carter’s brilliant leadership.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded by calling a snap election in hopes he can get re-elected before people realize how badly he mucked this up. That may or may not work. We may or may not get our people out safely. Fortunately, our military might just pull this off. But the people in Afghanistan who foolishly considered the U.S. to be a trustworthy ally, will pay a terrible price for that miscalculation. The few people who managed to survive the mess we left in Vietnam could have warned them.

I doubt that even CNN or the NYT will even pretend this is anything other than an unmitigated disaster. They are just desperately trying to find a way to blame everything on Donald Trump or just change the subject. How about that Delta Variant!

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Sometimes you have to be really smart to do something unbelievably stupid. History provides many examples of that. Thomas Edison was a brilliant inventor, but he was flat out wrong about alternating current. But fortunately for Edison, the man who figured this out, Nikola Tesla had very little money, so after being proved wrong, Edison just bought out Tesla, pretended he was in favor of alternating current all along and stole the credit.

John D. Rockefeller was making a fortune selling kerosine. When Edison invented the lightbulb, Rockefeller went on a crusade to prove that electricity was too dangerous to install in homes. He lost that fight big time. He was also frustrated by this awful smelling by-product unfortunately generated by the production of kerosine. It was highly flammable, and it literally vaporized at low temperatures. It was considered so worthless it was discarded in disgust. Today we know that byproduct as gasoline and suddenly John D. Rockefeller realized that he could make a lot more money selling gas than he could selling kerosine. Hence, Standard Oil.

A more recent example is the insane movement to respond to violence by BLM and Antifa by defunding the police responsible for defending us from these folks. Supposedly smart mayors did defund police with the inevitable result of an enormous surge in crime. It turns out that if you insult the people hired to protect you, at some point they won’t bother. Police are retiring in droves, and no one is applying to replace them.

Democrats are all in on requiring everyone to get vaccinated and carrying a vaccine card. They ignore the fact that the only reason we even have vaccines is because of Trump. But they also ignore something equally important. You can’t argue that people need a vaccine card to go anywhere and then argue that you can vote without having ID.

Jeff Bezos paid millions if not billions to fly into space in the ugliest rocket ever designed. The entire flight lasted 10 minutes and 10 seconds. The “crew” was “weightless” for about 4 minutes. They did incredible scientific studies like tossing skittles in each other’s mouth. Then Bezo landed and went into a victory dance. He thanked all Amazon employees for working so hard to make this possible.  It make him look like an idiot. About two seconds after he landed, NASA changed the definition of astronaut to be sure he was not included.

Then there was former President  Obama’s insane decision to throw a huge 3 day birthday bash to celebrate his 60^th birthday. At a time when vaccinated people are harassed into wearing masks, indoors, to protect people who are not vaccinated, Obama invited his celebrate friends to wine and dine mask free. Then he pretended to limit this to close friends and family, while all these celebrities showed up on their private jets. Suddenly the greatest President who ever lived looks more like a grinning clown act. That may have single handedly destroyed the Democratic narrative on masks and vaccines.

Governor Cuomo, the Love Gov, has per the New York Post, “reached the end of his grope.” He is literally being laughed out of office. His brother is likely to be laughed off the air at CNN. Now there are more and more signs that Governor Newsom may be destined for the political scrap heap. He recently got pressed during an interview by the Sacramento Bee. Now I live in Folsom, which is in Sacramento County. I stopped my subscription to the Sacramento Bee years ago because it is so liberal it is literally unreadable. Newsom obviously expected puff treatment from his favorite newspaper and was shocked when he was asked a tough question by Colleen McCain Nelson. Here is a link to the YouTube video of this:

Gavin Newsom Discusses Recall Election Issues With California Opinion Editors – YouTube

If you live in California, you have been inundated by commercials for Newsom starring Elizabeth Warren. She literally calls the recall another attempt by Trump supporters at voter suppression and an attempt to steal an election. Ever since that ad has been running, Newsom has been tanking in the polls. I recently chatted about this with a friend, who despises Newsom. He said he laughed out loud when he first saw this commercial and wondered if it was secretly written, tongue-in-cheek by Republican supporters of the recall. I have to admit that this is the same reaction I had the first time I saw this. I quickly noticed that she didn’t pretend that Newsom was doing a great job.

The recall election, again, will be totally by mail and they recently added a provision so you can print your own ballot. This is clearly designed to help Newsom win without regard to the legitimate vote count. But the polls are so bad that Democrats may not be able to steal enough votes to save him. Incredible.

Democrats are not the only ones who are brilliantly stupid. RINO Republicans compromised with Schumer to pass this massive infrastructure bill. Incredibly, this still may not pass, because the left wing Democrats in the House won’t settle for spending a mere $ trillion when they want so much more for woke politics and the green new deal. The only thing dumber than dancing with the devil is to forget that the devil is ultimately a loser.

Brilliantly stupid.

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One of the most common criticisms of Donald Trump is regarding his “comb over.” He is often referred to as “Orange Hair.” Donald Trump clearly likes his hair, and he likes the way people refer to it. It is, in many ways, his trademark. I think most of his critics fail to understand that the more they complain about his hair, the more he likes it. In fact, the more people trash him, the more he enjoys the fight. He just fights back because Donald Trump actually enjoys fighting back. It is like the professional ballplayer who thrives on getting booed when he plays in a competitive ballpark. The player welcomes the boo’s because he considers them recognition of his power. Donald Trump has exactly that kind of personality. What he really fears is being ignored.

In many cases a comb over is considered to be a failed attempt to cover up baldness. As someone who is follically challenged, I understand the appeal of the comb over. But I also realize that most people are not impressed, so never bothered. I am also not sure I ever had enough hair to come close to pulling this off. In this case we have a Cuomo over, where the most powerful Governor in the United States, one of the most powerful men in the world, just resigned. Not only did he resign, but the White House Secretary, Jen Psaki, just kicked him on the way down. Some are slightly more kind, but absolutely no one is offering a hint of support.

Last Monday, August 2, 2021, few predicted that Cuomo would even consider resigning. Even after Letitia James released her report last Tuesday, on August 3, 2021, Andrew Cuomo arrogantly announced that he wasn’t even considering resigning. Perhaps there have been other politicians who suffered a similar fall from grace, but I can’t remember one. There are numerous reports that a lot of people secretly despised Andrew Cuomo, they just put up with him because they feared him. He has an apparently well-earned reputation of being brutal toward anyone who dared even pretend to challenge him. We have all seen movies or TV shows about politicians who are complete jerks in real life. People who can be charming and appealing during public appearances but who are selfish and arrogant and absolutely ruthless when the camera is off. We just seldom see someone like this in real life humiliated in such a public way.

Andrew Cuomo is probably a case study in narcissism. One could argue that almost every major political figure is afflicted by some level of narcissism. Donald Trump is clearly a narcissist who hated being challenged. But there was one important difference. Trump is a self-made man, who built a world-wide business empire. He was filthy rich and entitled before he became President, and he is still filthy rich after being President. His lifestyle may actually be more exuberant as a former President than it was as President. He wanted to be President, but he did not need to be President. While Trump was clearly humiliated at losing the election, he does not consider himself to be a loser.

Cuomo, on the other hand, is not rich. His net worth is estimated at about $6 million, and he may spend a lot of that on legal fees over the next few years. He doesn’t even own a house, his previous residence in the Hamptons was technically purchased by his former girlfriend. This means that in addition to the public humiliation, Cuomo may suffer personal financial humiliation. In addition, there is the personal humiliation. He instantly went overnight from being a class “A” celebrity, everyone wanted at their party, to being someone no one wants to invite to anything.

He probably does not realize the full extent of this yet. During his resignation speech he continued to be arrogant and is clearly under the illusion that someone is still listening to him. He would have been smarter to say nothing more than that he resigned, and he didn’t want to continue to be a distraction. But he could not bring himself to do that. The result is that in addition to the very public humiliation, Cuomo may suffer a far more painful fall from grace regarding his personal life. That makes him extremely dangerous. Numerous professional psychologists warn about what happens when an extreme narcissist is confronted with this kind of defeat. These people feel they are entitled, and it is apparently difficult, if not impossible, for them to accept the reality of such humiliation. Some resort to rage and some have even resorted to violence.

This reminds me of Jeffrey Epstein. When he was convicted and sentenced to jail a lot of people were horrified because Jeffrey knew where a lot of bodies were buried. Andrew Cuomo was the Governor of New York and had access to information the rest of us cannot even imagine. I used to know someone who was very highly connected with the Los Angeles County Prosecutor’s Office. He once told me the most valuable file on earth was the Los Angeles and Hollywood Police stop reports. These were the reports where people were stopped and questioned by the police, but not necessarily arrested or prosecuted. He told me about a couple examples, and they were beyond mind blowing. It was easy to understand why the people involved would have done almost anything to prevent these from becoming public.  If you want an example of something that is known, reflect on when Mel Gibson was stopped for drunk driving. When the video of that was released, his career never completely recovered.

It will be very interesting to watch what happens next. Some assume that the New York Assembly will still impeach Cuomo, but odds are a lot of them just want him to go, quietly. He will be moving from the Governor’s Mansion, a very secure place, to somewhere else, probably undisclosed. He will be encouraged to just keep his pension, keep his security detail, and keep his mouth closed. But the question is whether he is willing or even capable of doing that. This man is very angry, and he honestly believes he did nothing wrong, and this was all politically motivated. He is 63 years old, recently one of the most powerful men on the planet, destined to not only lose power, but to be ignored. It is hard to imagine a future for Andrew Cuomo that would come close to appealing to his enormous ego. It is even harder to imagine him just accepting this. It is far from clear that Andrew Cuomo is remotely capable of admitting, even to himself, doing anything wrong. He certainly is incapable of viewing this as remotely fair.

So, while the Cuomo over is nearly complete, there may be a lot more to the story. His resignation takes effect on August 24^th. We can guarantee there will be a lot of “negotiating” during that time. But there is a problem. No one can offer Cuomo what he desperately wants and needs, a future where he retains some level of relevance. As I wrote previously the one thing for certain is that Cuomo will never consider doing the right thing for the right reason. He will make decisions, like this one, only when he is left with no viable option. A lot of people know this and some of them just may be terrified.

This reminds me of one of my favorite cartoons. It is a picture of a pool of quicksand, with a hand sticking up “flipping the bird.” The caption says: “There goes an angry young man.” Soon you may just reproduce the same cartoon with this caption: “There goes Andrew Cuomo.”

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Democrats and their fawning supporters would have you believe that climate change is an existential threat. They don’t actually believe that, or they would stop doing things like flying on jets and buying ocean front property. But they desperately want you to believe that. They also want you to be terrified of COVID 19 and whatever is next, since that enables them to continue controlling every aspect of your life. However, the real problem for them is a different kind of climate change. This is a change in the political climate that results when people just stop believing you anymore. There are several examples of this today.

Perhaps the dumbest thing any politician can do is to ignore the obvious and pretend the ridiculous is the new reality. There are several examples of that happening today. One is this insane attempt to convince people that someone can just change their gender by deciding they “feel” like they are the opposite sex. Any time pathologists examine a body, the first thing they know is the sex of the person. That is because, gasp, males and females are built differently. No amount of deep thinking, hormonal treatment or even surgery actually changes that. While there are exceptions, most of us can look at another person and rather quickly determine if that is male or female. Most people seem to like being the gender they were born with and fortunately most people of one sex like people of the other sex, but also like being different. This has been obvious to most people for as long as there is recorded history.

Another example is homelessness. All of us feel sympathy for people who fall into difficult financial times. The thought of homeless families trying to survive while living on the streets is always heart wrenching. It is also, fortunately, rare. We have all seen homeless people firsthand. In many cases it is easy to see why they are homeless.  In some cases, that is the lifestyle they choose. In other cases, mental illness or drug abuse is involved. One thing is certain, the Democratic strategy of spending lots of money to deal with homelessness just results in more homelessness. That is because there are also a certain number of people ready, willing, and able to seize the day if there is a chance of free money. This scene is playing out in every city across the country, yet somehow Democratic politicians want us to believe that things will get better if we just let them spend more money. Few buy this nonsense.

Most voters want honest and fair elections, most voters think there are serious problems with our elections and most support voter ID. The Democratic argument that requiring ID to vote is designed to suppress the black vote ignores reality.  Just about everyone who functions in this society has ID. That is because it is next to impossible to open a bank account, fly on a plane or even purchase cigarettes or alcohol without ID. Most people think that having to show ID is reasonable and necessary. So do Democrats, when buying a gun etc.  So, when Democrats rant about how unfair it is for those nasty Republicans daring ask people to show ID to vote, about 75% of the population, both Democrat and Republican, realize this is nonsense. If a recent poll by Rasmussen is accurate, and he has a very good record for getting things right, then up to 90% of voters think it is important to end cheating in our elections. This means that the more Democrats scream that Trump is telling the big lie when he questions the result of the 2020 election the more, they are alienating themselves from most voters.

These are just some obvious examples. There are more. The point being that somebody is really wrong here and the person getting this wrong is likely to pay a terrible price at the polls. We will soon know with the recall election regarding Governor Gavin Newsom. At first, the pundits said there was no chance he would be recalled. Lately they have changed their tune and are calling this a dead heat. It may depend on who decides to vote, and my guess is that the people who want him gone are far more motivated than those who support him. There is, of course, the California tradition of using mail-in ballots and vote harvesting to consider. But even that may not be enough to save Newsom. Democrats are promoting vote by mail and running ads by Elizabeth Warren accusing Republicans of “stealing power.” Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

Think about this, smile, and just look around. What I see is a lot fewer people wearing masks and more people very concerned over the direction of this country. When Donald Trump was President, lots of people hated him. That is easy to understand, he has that kind of personality. But the country was headed in the right direction and most people were optimistic about their future. Today no one is exactly praising Joe Biden, at best they are pretending he is secretly competent. And no one thinks things are going well and that we are headed in the right direction. The only reason Kamala Harris is not already President of the United States is that she is Kamala Harris. We are very close to a “throw the bums out” consensus and since Democrats are the ones in power, they are the ones who should be terrified.

One final thought. No one, and I do mean no one, expects either Andrew or Chris Cuomo to do the right thing for the right reason. That is something neither of them will even consider. But this time, both are increasingly likely to be very public victims of the real climate change and some times climate change is a good thing.

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JUST DESERTS – WHEN YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE!

Truth always outs and that is increasingly evident. While I never like to celebrate when someone self-destructs, there are situations where it is appropriate to recognize when justice is achieved. Today, several people are receiving well-deserved rewards for bad behavior.

Andrew Cuomo is in deep doo doo and even the MSM is no longer pretending otherwise. This is so bad that his brother Chris Cuomo is in danger of being fired by CNN. The report by the New York Attorney General was devastating and detailed. Then Andrew Cuomo poured gas on the fire by pretending this was all just an innocent manifestation of his exuberant Italian personality. In other words, he is so warm and loving to everyone that sometimes people misinterpret his friendliness and warmth for sexual harassment. The person who scripted this response should be fired. I wonder if this person is really that stupid or just hopes we are that stupid? I doubt that anyone believed him. I also doubt anyone was impressed by this. There are already numerous high level Democrats calling for his head.

Biden was asked about this today and he just told reporters to be quiet. Unbelievable.

Nancy Pelosi is also in trouble. She stupidly allowed congress to go into recess, without extending the eviction moratorium or increasing the debt limit. One of the problems with throwing money at problems is that eventually you run out of money, but the problems remain. Her January 6^th, 2021, insurrection inquisition is a disaster, and it didn’t help when it started with a sob festival by Capitol police officers. This was always guaranteed to be a partisan fiasco but when she refused to accept Jim Jordan and Jim Banks as members of the committee, she threw away the last chance for even a semblance of credibility. Her margin in the House is paper thin and even Democrats are not buying her leadership anymore.  In addition, protestors are literally showing up at her front door.

Joe Biden manages to embarrass himself on a daily basis. His senility is becoming increasingly difficult to hide. Recently a staff member handed him a note saying he had something on his chin, he scraped it off, and then apparently ate it. This was beyond bad. New reports about him are becoming shorter and shorter because it is difficult to find enough video footage that is not embarrassing. Jill Biden is carrying the torch at the Olympics. This has been so spectacular that even the fawning MSM is ignoring her. Joe’s favorability ratings are falling at warp speed and his handling of the COVID 19 pandemic has become a hot mess. Unemployment is soaring, so is inflation and now they are hinting at more lockdowns. This is not playing well in Peoria or anywhere else. There are even reports that his personal staff refers to him as the “Nightmare on Elm Street.”

The woke Olympics is in full meltdown. The MSM was promoting Simone Biles as the greatest of all time, only to have her drop out right at the start. This is unfortunate and we should all feel sympathy for her. She has been a remarkable athlete and a good ambassador for the U.S. But it created a huge problem for the MSM so focused on her that they missed the real story developing before their eyes. Sunisa lee won the gold medal in the Women’s individual all-around final. She is from the Hmong community, and this was a remarkable story. While it was sad to see Simone Giles sidelined, it was great to see other Americans step up to the plate and win gold medals themselves. It’s too bad NBC missed a lot of this.

The only person less popular that Joe Biden is Kamala Harris. Incredibly even Democrats are terrified at the thought of her taking over as President. She has accomplished nothing and her brief attempts at public appearances have deteriorated into fiascos. No one bought her act as a candidate for President, and no one is buying her act now.

I could give many more examples, but that would be redundant. Just ask a simple question. What has happened in the last three weeks that is making Democrats proud and excited about the future. Having difficulty coming up with something? So far, the principle Democratic response has been to scream that Republicans are much worse. Earth to Democrats. No one thinks that Republicans, including Donald Trump, are candidates for saint hood. We just realize that Democratic politicians are frequently guilty of the same or worse, it has just been ignored. Well, it isn’t being ignored now.

One final thought. The world’s greatest human, Barack Obama, made a brilliant decision to invite 500 guests to his waterfront mansion in Martha’s Vineyard for his 60^th birthday party. All this during a time when everyone else is being told to stay home and mask up. Even the fawning MSM is unimpressed. No one even pretends this was a good idea.

A lot of people are finding their positions on top of the pedestal in great jeopardy. In many cases, they are finally getting their just deserts. A sad day for them, but a strong indication of better days ahead for everyone else.

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