Everyone in California is looking forward to June 15, 2021. That is the date, according to Governor Newsom, that California will fully reopen. No one has provided a good scientific explanation for why it will be safe to stop wearing a mask on June 15, 2021, but dangerous and irresponsible to stop wearing a mask now. Just recently Sacramento County Supervisors walked out of a Board Meeting because they were outraged that some people were not wearing masks:

‘It’s Disconcerting’: Sacramento County Supervisors Walk Out Of Board Meeting After Heated Exchange Over Mask-Wearing (msn.com)

This made national news:

It’s disconcerting to look out in the audience and see so many people flagrantly ignoring the requirements,” said Supervisor Patrick Kennedy during the meeting.

He then, whether he realized it or not, took a shot at Governor Newsom:

“I don’t care if you’re in the public chambers, at the bus, or if you’re at the French Laundry. You wear a mask,” continued Kennedy.

Newsom, famously, was caught eating at the French Laundry without a mask.

Then Cal OSHA decided that people still had to wear a mask at work unless everyone was vaccinated. The backlash was so overwhelming that they are already backing off, a little.

Cal-OSHA’s New Workplace Mask Guidelines Lead To Confusion For Some Employers – CBS Los Angeles (cbslocal.com)

This is so bad that even the local CBS station noticed. Now that is true evidence of a miracle. It is evidence that fewer and fewer people are buying this mask nonsense anymore.

It is increasingly obvious that a lot of Democrats are terrified at the prospect of seeing people shred masks. Some of them are probably sincere, firmly convinced that masks somehow, miraculously, prevent the spread of COVID. Others may be motivated by the loss of control. Masks were a symbol of the government’s ability to micromanage our lives. Just think about this. A little over one year ago if a government had tried to tell you where and when you could go anywhere, what you had to wear and how you had to act this would have been received with anger, disgust, and rebellion. The only thing that changed was the COVID 19 scare, supported by the MSM and people like doctor Fauci. We now know that much of what we were told was a lie. COVID 19 is a nasty disease, but so are a lot of other diseases. But the way we handled it was very different. This started with lying about existing treatments like zinc and hydroxychoroquine. People were literally told this could kill you. It was compared with drinking bleach. This was always described as a deadly pandemic. The facts, even using overstated statistics, show the opposite.

There have been 3,798,053 cases of Covid 19 in California. There have been a total of 63,586 reported deaths. That is a fatality rate of 1.67%. There have been 33,547,199 cases in the US, with 604,113 deaths. That is a fatality rate of 1.8%. There have been 174,128,069 cases in the world, with 3,750,197 deaths. That is a fatality rate of 2.8%

Everyone who has done any research quickly notices that most of the U.S. deaths involved people who had some other potentially fatal health condition. The CDC recently said that only in 6% of the deaths was COVID the sole cause. While every death is tragic and we should all respect life, these numbers simply do not support the myth that COVID was a deadly pandemic, and all the draconian measures were totally worth the cost. I think ultimately more people may die because of COVID restrictions than from COVID, because people stopped getting tests like mammograms and often postponed surgery.

But if you watched any news cast, for most of the time from March 2020 to around April 2021, it always started with the COVID 19 case count and the death toll. That has now changed. Today this is barely mentioned. Most of this is because of the vaccines which we only have because of the leadership of Donald Trump. Remember when Biden and Harris said they would never trust a vaccine developed while Trump was President? Now Biden is taking credit for the vaccine he was trashing last fall. He is doing everything possible to get people to take the vaccine, even people who have little risk from COVID 19.

In theory, California will officially put COVID 19 behind us next Tuesday. There are already signs of people taking their masks off. While most people are still wearing a mask while shopping at Walmart or Home Depot, some are not, and that number is increasing. Incredibly some people are still wearing masks while walking outside. Amazing. Of course one still has to wear a mask while in an airport or on a plane, although numerous studies show this is unnecessary.

If Newsom keeps his promise and California reopens on June 15, 2021, one of two things will happen. Either there will be a resurgence of COVID or there not. I certainly do not expect one during the summer months. My prediction is that any surge will come, conveniently, just before the recall election. Newsom will use his emergency powers, again, to save us all from COVID. But if he does that it may backfire. The most contagious thing in the world is freedom. Once people experience it, again, they will be confronted with how bad it was when the government was micromanaging our lives.

At the same time, Joe Biden is literally embarrassing himself on his trip to the G7. This is so bad that at least some people must be desperate for a solution. Normally, it would be any lifeboat in a storm. But this lifeboat is called the Kamala Harris and she is one of the few people capable of making Joe Biden look competent in comparison. So, in addition to removing the masks from the American people, we are also removing the masks hiding the incompetence of the Biden Administration. There are already reports of inflation at 6.5%, which is the highest it has been since 1982. Everyone is going to notice because the cost of everything is going up. If you can save up enough money to buy gas so you can go grocery shopping, but you may not have enough left to buy groceries. If you do have enough money, there will still be a huge problem with shortages. Thanks Joe.

TDM

No one knows the full results of the Arizona Audit. What we do know is that representatives from Georgia, Alaska and Colorado have toured the Arizona audit site. There are reports that other states are also planning visits. The $24,000 question is why? We already know some things that are important. One is that this audit is very different from the traditional, worthless audits done elsewhere. Another is that someone is spending a lot of time and money on this. In addition, it is obvious that this is being done under very tight security. They are also very careful to document everything they do. A remarkable contrast with how the election was handled.

There appear to have been zero leaks regarding results. There is always a reason for that. For example: prosecutors seldom leak results until they are ready to announce indictments. This is because they are only interested in gaining a conviction, not publicity. Real investigations work that way. Publicity stunt investigations leak all the time. For example, contrast this with the Russia Collusion probe. Remember all the times Trump was on the verge of being kicked out of office? Remember all those CNN reporters with hushed breath saying, “this is it” They had nothing. They have nothing. They never will have anything.

So, we are either due for the second coming of Geraldo Rivera opening Al Capone’s vault, and finding nothing, or this will go off like a bomb. You might recall that Geraldo was so sure they would find something that a medical examiner was on site in case they found human remains. The only remains they found were the shreds of Geraldo’s massive ego exposed on national television. If that happens, then this all goes away in a flash with the only lingering effect a lot of red faces. But this time they aren’t opening the wall to a room where no one knows what is on the other side. At least some people know exactly what they found. Those people are not talking, but they are inviting others to come in and watch the process.  They are either stupidly showcasing stupidity, or they have found something substantial.

We should point out that Joe Biden only won Arizona by 10,457 votes. So, it wouldn’t take a lot of disqualified votes to change things. One thing that has leaked is that Arizona had over 21,000 “Federal Only Voters.” A federal only voter is one who has provided no proof of citizenship. Some question if they even exist. All they need is a bank statement to get a ballot. Ironically, they apparently cannot vote in a state or local election but can still cast a ballot for President of the United States. Does that really make sense to anyone?

Proof of Citizenship Requirements | Arizona Secretary of State (azsos.gov)

Federal only voters may use the Federal Voter Registration form, available here:

National Voter Registration Application Form for U.S. Citizens (ENG) (eac.gov)

Note this is not a state form it is a national form. You don’t need to provide any evidence of citizenship; you just need to check yes when asked: “Are you a citizen of the United States?”  No one would ever lie about that, course not!

They are apparently close to being done. They have only announced when they will release results. The same MSM that accepted ludicrous election results, with enormous flaws, have tried to discredit the audit before it was done.  Many articles in the MSM start with saying this is a continuation of President Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen 2020 election. In other words, they have determined the outcome before they knew anything about the process or the results.

“Democrats and elections experts have expressed grave concern about the audit, arguing in particular that the process has so far lacked transparency and warning that partisan elected officials may be sacrificing accuracy and security in favor of speed and political convenience.”

Actually, this appears to be a very transparent process, where they are documenting everything. What they aren’t doing is leaking information about what has been found.

One will note that the same MSM reporters totally ignored issues like transparency during the 2020 election, even though the results in some states defy all logic and common sense.

There is no doubt that the people doing the audit are looking for election fraud. That is the whole point. If there were no questions, there would be no need for an audit. I doubt that anyone, including liberal Democrats, really think that the type of election audits done routinely accomplish much. They just basically check the totals already submitted. This audit is very different, because they are looking at every ballot. We will soon know the results. We can be sure if they found a lot of fraudulent ballots that they will document this very carefully. They must know that any results would be poo pooed or ignored by the MSM and are almost certainly prepared to defend their report. But the real audience is the American people and those delegations from other states. All it takes is one audit to provide significant evidence that the 2020 election was rigged and that will change everything. Many states are already planning similar audits. If that happens, this will be the summer of our discontent, or rather the summer of hand audits.

In the meantime, they are spending a lot of time and energy drilling for oil, or in this case, oily election results. Sometimes, drilling for oil you do find a gusher.

TDM

For over four years a lot of people, including too many Republicans, really believed that getting rid of Donald Trump would solve all problems. They were so desperate to get rid of Donald Trump that they failed to consider the cost of the alternative. Trump was hardly a saint and many of the criticisms were valid. But Joe Biden is an absolute train wreck and that is increasingly impossible to ignore.

The massive lies about COVID 19 are obvious. Those who forced themselves to believe, because the alternative was believing Trump, are now confronted with a brutal dose of reality. Trump was right, Fauci was wrong. The science was wrong. The evidence is overwhelming.

Unless Republicans are truly delusional and wasting millions on the audits in places like Arizona and Georgia, then there is another brutal wave of truth about to descend on the American public.  A lot of people, who should have known better, have convinced themselves that Trump was lying about the election, because he could not handle defeat. They considered him to be rude, ignorant, and ill mannered. They not only considered him incapable of being President of the United States, but they also convinced themselves that he was dangerous. They really believed that millions of people were tricked into supporting him. Imagine the heartburn they will experience if irrefutable evidence is presented proving that the election was rigged. We have not seen that evidence yet, but some who have are impressed. They are either hopelessly delusional, or the evidence is there.

I personally think they will find substantial evidence of election fraud for a several reasons. One is that the changes implemented, illegally, by Democrats sure appear to be designed to facilitate fraud. They defy common sense. Another is all those late night ballot drops, overwhelmingly for Joe Biden, all taking places in Democratic strong holds famous for systemic election fraud.

Anyone who has watched a Trump rally realizes that the people attending are not mindless zombies. They look and act a lot like middle America. CNN would like you to think they are all secret and delusional members of QAnon. This has caused them to totally underestimate one simple fact. Trump didn’t tell people what to believe, he merely gave voice to what they already believed. The only cult he established was the cult of common sense. The cult of paying attention to average Americans. I suspect that many people, who would never consider going to a Trump rally, would be surprised to learn that those who did and will attend are a lot like them. But the primary reason I believe we will find substantial evidence of election fraud is that the hardest thing to believe is that 84 million people really voted for Joe Biden.

The MSM is desperately trying to avoid this. Incredibly, they are still trying to pretend the January 6, 2021, protest was a violent armed insurrection. That is a joke. Now there are even videos that show more violent over-reaction by Capitol Police than armed protestors. There are other videos where other Capitol Police were literally welcoming people into the Capitol. The truth about this event is becoming increasingly difficult to suppress and those, like Liz Cheney, who thought this really was an insurrection will be extremely embarrassed, if they are capable of such self-reflection.

The point being that we are going to see some serious climate change this summer, and it will have nothing to do with C02 levels. While temperatures will rise, as they do every summer, that is not the climate change that matters. The real climate change is that the MSM is finding it increasingly difficult to sell their agenda. A lot of things they have been reporting are not only false, but they are also absurd. The originals of COVID 19 is just one example. The emails, only released because of an FOIA request regarding Dr. Fauci are devastating. One wonders if even Joe Biden will notice, at some point.

The news media desperately wants to believe that the Biden Administration is competent, but the opposite is true. Yesterday Joe forgot to mention D-Day. Wow!

A lot of things are moving rapidly and all in the wrong direction. The unemployment numbers were horrible. The Biden administration tried to spin them as good news, but I doubt even the MSM is buying that. Gas prices are going up, the cost of food is going up, the cost of automobiles is going up, there are already shortages of almost everything. Cyber criminals are shutting down critical infrastructure and getting paid ransoms.  The GAO has been warning about the risk from cyberattack for years. If you think the Texas power failure because of the freezing weather was bad, just have the California grid go down during a heat wave. This is happening at the same time Joe is talking about forcing everyone to go totally electric. Yesterday, Jennifer Granholm admitted to Jake Tapper than our power grids are vulnerable:

Energy secretary: Enemies are capable of shutting down power grid (nypost.com)

Granholm warned of the system’s vulnerabilities — amid an uptick of ransomware sieges — on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“Yeah, they do,” Granholm told host Jake Tapper when asked if foreign actors have the ability to make the power grid go dark.

“There are very malign actors who are trying, even as we speak,” she explained. “There are thousands of attacks on all aspects of the energy sector and the private sector generally.”

It was insane for her to say this, even if it is true. It is literally inviting an attack. Then she bragged about the Biden Administration’s effort to combat cyberattacks. Does anyone really believe that? Way to go Joe. This is working SO well. Joe has been issuing executive orders, we can all go back to bed now.

I few years ago I was caught in the East Coast blackout. I spent 36 hours at JFK International. We got kicked out of the terminal and were all hanging out in the baggage area. The only food came from a food truck that sold out in about five minutes. After about 20 hours the bathrooms started to back up. Eventually I found three friends from SF, and we pooled enough resources to bribe a van operator into driving us to Philadelphia. Trust me, everyone involved was beyond angry.

Now imagine a major power failure, in California, just before the Newsom recall election which may happen sooner than November. Good luck with that Gavin. Perhaps that may be one reason he is desperately clinging to his emergency powers.

The only thing certain is that things are going to change, but nothing is going to get better. A lot of things are going to get worse and blaming Donald Trump is so yesterday. CNN is bleeding viewers. If they don’t turn this around, and soon, they will either go out of business or get sold to somebody at bargain prices. Anyone buying CNN will clean house immediately. Ultimately, failure is its own reward. We will see a lot of very angry people, but it won’t be limited to Antifa or BLM professional protestors. These people won’t riot and burn things down. But they are burning up with anger toward those who not only let this happen, but they are also still trying to pretend everything is coming up roses. Think about this, and smile. This nonsense is about to be grounded, permanently.

Climate change is already here. If you pay attention, you can see it all around you. The political climate in this country is moving at an unprecedented pace. While you are putting up with the nonsense, take a brief pause and smile. The people who will pay the highest price are those who made this possible.

TDM

There continue to be people who cannot and will not learn from history. This has been going on for a long, long time. We may think that all really dumb ideas come from modern day liberals with great new plans based on the illusion of science. That is not accurate. Really dumb ideas have been around for as long as man has been recording history.

Anyone who has read the Bible knows the story of Joseph. He was the man who convinced Pharoah to use common sense. Some thought this was because of prophecy, and perhaps it was. But it sometimes prophecy comes to those who are just paying attention. Joseph told the Pharoah that they would have seven years of good weather and seven years of drought. He suggested building huge granaries to store food during the good years. Then, Egypt would have food during the coming drought. It worked. Egypt had food while almost everyone else was starving.

Weather has been like this a long time. It moves in cycles. Sometimes there are long periods of drought. Sometimes there are long periods of rain. Everyone knows this. That is why the Indians developed the rain dance. It was necessary.

Anyone who has even attempted to study the history of California quickly sees these patterns. In 1862 it rained so much there was a flood that went from Marysville to Bakersfield. The Governor of California was rowed to his inauguration, which took place on the second flood. If you go to old town Sacramento, look around. In many cases what you think is the first floor is actually the second floor. That is because after all this wet weather in 1862, they made everyone build a retaining wall 13 ft high between their building and the street. This this was filled in to keep the roads dry. Eventually the space between the road and the buildings was covered over. If you take a tour of underground Sacramento, you can see this for yourself.

Folsom Dam was built in the 1950s. The people who built it relied on weather models from the previous 30 years. Those years are affectionately known as the “dust bowl.” It was hot, very hot, for years. So, they grossly underestimated how much water we could get here in the Sacramento area. When Folsom Dam was completed in 1956, they predicted it would take more than a year to fill. It took about a week. Folsom Dam came close to overflowing in 1989. One will note that this was 33 years after 1956. Coincidence? Those of us who live here notice that they spent about a billion dollars building an emergency bypass system for Folsom Dam. That was just completed, you guessed it, about 30 years after 1989. The people who actually study weather patterns in California know it runs in cycles that last for years, even decades. This is climate change; it has just been going on for hundreds of years.

The earth has been getting warmer, since about 1600. That is a good thing, because the cold weather killed a lot of people But, this started long before the industrial revolution and odds are the amount of CO2 in the air was a minor factor. We consistently overestimate our ability to change the weather.

But what we can  and did do was make really stupid mistakes. Just two years ago, Folsom Lake was actually over 100% of normal. They never let the lake get totally full because they fear it overflowing. That is a legitimate concern, because we can get an incredible amount of water here is a very short period of time. But they do let it fill so that it stores enough water to handle several years of drought.  I have seen estimates that it is designed to store enough water for up to five years of intense drought. But here we are, less than two years later, and Folsom Lake is extremely low? Why? It is not because of global warming. While we have had some hot spells, many of the records being broken were set in the 1930s or even the late 1800s. There is also considerable debate over how much of the temperature increase is because of all the buildings and roads etc., which all make everything hotter. Now I am not a meteorologist and don’t claim to be, but some things are obvious. The reason Folsom Lake is so low is not because of the weather, it is because of the whether. The people who are in charge of our water have been allowing a lot of it to just flow to the sea, instead of saving it, as designed. Their explanation is that they wanted to restore the Salmon population. They predicted that this could result in up to 1,000 more salmon. Of course, this had the undesired side effect of making it very hard on farmers and irrelevant things like people who need drinking water.

So, if you look at Folsom Lake, it is a visible reminder of something important. Those who do not believe in God are most prone to try and micromanage his creation. They should have listened to Joseph. Oh, it probably felt great to release all that water. After all, those salmon are really pretty and important. In addition, by doing this, they can blame everything on Donald Trump, although that is a reach. So, they blame it all on climate change and then blame Donald Trump because he doesn’t believe in science, so he doesn’t believe in climate change.

We should all be grateful that such brilliant people are in charge. Thank God, oops…sorry, that they thoughtfully let all that water flow to the sea. When you are limited to seven gallons of water a day, your lawn is dying, and people start to stink, remember it is all for a good cause. We are just too stupid to understand the need to follow the science. Just like so many people don’t listen when told to wear a mask, even outdoors, or indoors, or while eating because this is absolutely necessary to stop COVID. The fact that states when didn’t have these mask requirements got the same results is not relevant. It is California that is following the science.

I look at Folsom Lake and I don’t see evidence of a drought. I don’t see evidence of climate change. I see evidence of stupidity. I see evidence of people who arrogantly ignore the science and then lecture us on the need to listen to them. This is not about the weather; it is about the whether. Whether we continue to put people in power who cannot and will not learn any lessons from history. Some people call them Democrats, but that is an insult to many of the Democrats I know, who have different opinions on a lot of subjects, but are not actually stupid.

TDM

The record is now clear. We always knew that a lot of people hated Donald Trump. That is easy to understand. But the problem is and was that they allowed this hatred to block their judgement. He was routinely accused, without evidence, or telling lies on a regular basis. Research shows that most of the things the media called lies were mostly differences of opinion. For example, if Trump said this was the largest crowd ever, the MSM went nuts trying to prove him wrong. Sometimes Trump was wrong, sometimes he was not. But the MSM was ALWAYS desperate to prove him wrong. Unfortunately, that resulted in the MSM discounting or even disputing valuable information just because Trump said it. Jonathan Karl recently admitted that the MSM discounted the potential that COVID 19 was manmade, just because Trump said it. That was a major mistake and may have cost literally thousands if not millions of lives. The problem is that if people were trying to defeat COVID by assuming it had naturally evolved, they missed focusing on what really mattered, why COVID 19 was different.

More importantly, the MSM went absolutely nuts when Trump asked, casually, whether Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) might help. Trump pointed out, correctly, that it had been prescribed for over 50 years and was known to be safe. Dr. Fauci went to extreme lengths to discredit HCQ and publicly discounted HCQ as having any potential to help fight COVID 19. The MSM jumped on the bandwagon and not only ignored the potential benefit of HCQ, but they also went on a campaign to prove it was dangerous. The only thing that mattered was proving Trump wrong, even if he was right. Even if what he said had potential to help a lot of people.

The VA did a ridiculous study that was heavily reported on by the MSM, while it ignored not some, not dozens, but literally hundreds of studies showing the exact opposite. Almost every legitimate study regarding HCQ reported it was effective if used as a prophylactic, before one was ill, or as a treatment, when one first started getting symptoms. No one said HCQ was a vaccine or that it cured COVID 19. But people who got this treatment, early on, were less ill and much less likely to die. But according to Fauci and the MSM, HCQ was so dangerous it should only be used when it was almost certain to not work. The equivalent would be to require people to wear masks only after they were diagnosed with an active case of COVID. Actually, that would be the only time having people wear masks made any sense at all. But better advise would be if you have COVID, STAY HOME!

Anyway, the VA ran a test where they gave it only to people, they considered terminally ill with COVID 19 and other ailments, as a last ditch Hail Mary effort to save their lives. Predictably, most of these people died. Remarkably, some of them didn’t. Then this study, where HCQ was used in a way no serious doctor would recommend, on people who were least likely to benefit, was widely publicized as proof HCQ was dangerous. Blue State Governors banned the use of HCQ, except as a last ditch effort when it was almost certain to be ineffective.

Here is a report describing that VA study. Note that even the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie said this was not even a clinical study, just an observational study. But he reported to Trump, and Trump is always wrong, so his opinion was ignored. matter.

VA “Study” on Hydroxychloroquine Challenged, Gilead’s Drug Remdesivir Ineffective – The New American

The facts did not matter because no one bothered even investigating the facts. Donald Trump said HCQ could be important, so the MSM was on a mission to prove him wrong, without regard to the cost. Now we are confronted with the enormous cost of this deliberate misrepresentation.

We were told that HCQ was considered deadly. In some cases, it was literally banned. In other cases, doctors and patients were extremely reluctant to use it. I still remember when Neil Cavuto said don’t use it, it will kill you. Then, incredibly, people reported on Trump’s question about bleach, which was indeed stupid,  and equated it with his comments about HCQ. It was absurd. Trump never suggested anyone drink bleach, he just asked doctors if there could be some medicine designed that would work like bleach and kill COVID. The MSM was too busy slamming Trump to consider the fact that many if not most effective drugs, are extremely deadly if used incorrectly, but when prescribed with proper dosages, they save lives. If someone has surgery and is in a lot of pain, the doctor may prescribe Fentanyl, in small doses, as an effective pain killer. But Fentanyl is extremely dangerous if used inappropriately. The MSM ignored this because it was far more important to trash Trump. Trump is always wrong. He is always dangerously wrong. Nothing else mattered. Nothing else will ever matter.

Now the truth is out. HCQ has been used, safely, for 65 years on millions of patients. Did you know that in 2013, Dr. Fauci himself cheered using HCQ for treating the MERS coronavirus? The only thing that changed was that in 2020 Fauci felt obligated to discredit anything said by Trump. Now, we know from recently released emails, that Fauci knew in 2020 that HCQ was effective in treating COVID 19.

I am not a doctor, but Dr. Harvey Risch, a Yale School of Public Health Epidemiology professor said that hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved by HCQ.  Here is what Dr. Risch said on Life, Liberty & Levin:

“Dr. Risch: This has gone on before. Now we have Dr. Fauci denying that any evidence exists of benefit (of HCQ). And that’s pervaded the FDA. The FDA has relied on Dr. Fauci and his NIH advisory groups to make the statements saying that there is no benefit in using hydroxychloroquine in outpatients. And this is counter to the facts of the case. The evidence is overwhelming… Dr. Fauci and the FDA are doing the same thing that was done in 1987 and that’s led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans that could have been saved by the usage of this drug! And this is the same thing that the FDA has done. It’s outrageous! People need to be writing or calling their congressman or senators and complaining that this is not the way the country should work!”

If this is true, it is an unprecedented scandal. If Dr. Risch is wrong, then he should be severely punished. But if he is right, there has been a deliberate misrepresentation of critical medical information for what appears to be purely partisan purposes. That should be equally outrageous to everyone, Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservative. What could be more disgusting? What could be more immoral? How, exactly, do we explain this to the families of people who may have died unnecessarily from COVID 19? Should we say this is ok because everyone was wearing worthless masks?

We will soon learn whether the MSM is worthy or even capable of being salvaged. If they continue to ignore this, or downplay this or even lie about this, then what would be the point? We expect the MSM to be biased. We are used to them lying and distorting things for political purposes. But to sit back and watch hundreds of thousands of people die, unnecessarily because they could not and cannot risk having Donald Trump be right, about anything, is far beyond indefensible. It is criminal.

One thing is certain, we will all learn the answer to this soon. Sadly, I predict that the last thing the MSM or leaders in the Democratic Party will consider is doing the right thing for the right reason. That appears to be something they could never bring themselves to consider.

TDM

Joe Biden and his fawning liberal left-wing supporters would have you believe that January 6, 2021, was an armed insurrection. An attempt to overthrow the government of the United States. The most dangerous attack since the Civil War. The Gateway Pundit recently published a video taken inside the capital on January 6^th, 2021. This video makes the truth impossible to ignore. Calling this an armed insurrection is a pathetic joke. Instead, it looks like a lot of tourists taking selfies. There are numerous capitol police officers in the video.  None of them look terrified. Some of them appear to be encouraging people. Why not, this looks incredibly peaceful, for an armed insurrection.

INSURRECTION DEBUNKED: New Video Shows Completely Peaceful Protest Inside US Capitol on Jan. 6 (thegatewaypundit.com)

The FBI has clearly been trying to suppress this and other videos. They have arrested people, but none of the charges even hint at insurrection.

A Tampa man who dared to carry a Trump flag into the Capitol plead guilty to “the stiffest felony count charged by prosecutors against individuals not otherwise accused of conspiracy or violence in the Capitol riot.”

stripes – Man pleads guilty to felony in Capitol riot; his recommended sentence could set bar for other cases

Here was the sin against humanity: “Hodgkins admitted that he “corruptly endeavored to influence, obstruct, or impede” Congress in a signed statement of offense that was read by prosecutors in court. Reading from the statement, Sedky said Hodgkins was holding the flag with other people while they “shout, cheer and say prayers” from the elevated platform and desk in the Senate well. They included a shirtless man using a bullhorn and wearing face paint at the vice president’s chair. Hodgkins wore eye goggles at one point and pulled latex gloves on and off in a bid to aid another rioter, Sedky said.”

People were shouting, cheering, and saying prayers in a failed attempt to get congress to pay attention. THIS CANNOT STAND!

The narrative about January 6, 2021, just like the narrative about the 2020 election, is rapidly falling apart. The more anyone investigates the real facts, the more obvious that this is just a bunch of hooey. The truth is Democrats are terrified by the truth, so they invented a narrative out of whole cloth that is absurd. What is more absurd is the fact that so many people in the MSM either bought this or just went along for the ride. This is not just wrong; it is embarrassingly wrong. Not just embarrassingly wrong, it is full egg on your face wribg, Did you guys really buy this? We are already seeing a taste of this regarding the origins of COVID 19. Jonathan Karl admitted, grudgingly, that just because Donald Trump said something did not make it wrong. Be still my soul. Just think about that. Something Donald Trump said is not necessarily wrong. My goodness. The MSM must rethink everything. Oh wait, that is unfair. There is no evidence they did any actual thinking the first time around. But now, at least, some of them, grudgingly, realize BS is BS whether spoken by Democrats or not.

The result is the MSM will soon have no choice but to do at least some reporting and some investigating regarding the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, armed insurrection. All this is coming out without regard to what they say or do. They will be shocked to learn that a story that was absurd on its face is still absurd after finally investigating. This video is just the beginning. If you look at this you will notice that a lot of people, were carrying smart phone cameras filming everything. So far, with the help of the DOJ and the FBI, few people have seen those videos. But that the blackout is ending, along with the COVID 19 mask mandates. When people start seeing video like this, from multiple sources, the truth will be impossible to ignore. Not only was there no armed insurrection on January 6, 2021, this wasn’t even a particularly forceful demonstration. So far, most of the gas, flash grenades and bullets were appeared to be from police, not directed at police, against people who were peacefully protesting behind barricades. The primary reason people “stormed” the Capitol is that they were invited, by at least some of the Capitol police, none of whom looked to be seriously threatened.

I now predict, firmly, that the Biden administration will literally be laughed off the public stage. How, after all this comes out, will anyone be able to even pretend this is serious. How bad does it need to get before even the MSM has trouble restraining the snickers. Jimmy Kimmel might even lower himself to joke about Joe Biden. But then, after we all get a good laugh. Someone will ask the $24 Trillion question. “How on earth can we tolerate this for the next 3 plus years and what are the options for fixing this.”

Anyone? Anyone? Got a good answer. Should we rely on Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Liz Cheney, Mitch McConnell, or anyone else to lead the way? Anyone in the media, that can be trusted by everyone? Anyone? This is like being on the Titanic when someone suggests, gently, getting into the lifeboats. Everyone complains that the water is too cold, it is freezing, and they are in the middle of nowhere. Then they realize the ship is literally sinking. At that point, any lifeboat in a storm will do. Kinda like now. The question is, “what lifeboat?”

TDM

During a speech over the weekend Michael Flynn allegedly called for a military coup to put Donald Trump back in the White House. The MSM, predictably, went nuts. They, of course, ignored similar comments by liberal Democrats when Trump was President, but I digress. It is always important to know exactly what was asked and what was answered before forming an opinion on something like this.

He was speaking at a QAnon Convention. A member of the audience took the microphone and asked why a coup like the one that happened in Myanmar couldn’t happen in this country?

Flynn responded by saying:

“No reason, I mean, it should happen here.”

Did Michael Flynn Call for a Myanmar-Style Military Coup at Dallas QAnon Convention? | Dallas Observer

Flynn quickly said he misspoke and meant to say that there was “no reason it should happen here.”

I must point out something obvious. Just modify that “quote” by removing the commas after reason and mean. “No reason I mean it should happen here.”  It is very easy to completely change the meaning of a particular sentence just by adding or removing punctuation.

A classic example is the difference between: “let’s eat, Grandma” and “let’s eat Grandma.” There are literally hundreds of examples like this, some of them very funny.

The real issue here is not what Flynn said or didn’t say. What really matters is why it was said. For that, one needs to listen to the other commentators at that event. One woman wrote that: “The coup has already happened.” That is the problem. A lot of people, not named Donald Trump or Michael Flynn, believe the 2020 election was rigged. And contrary to people like Liz Cheney or Brett Baier or most of the MSM, there is actually evidence supporting this theory. That does not mean that this has been proven, but it does mean that it not only has not been disproven, but a lot of people are clearly  desperate to prevent this being investigated.

This election is being investigated and that is going to create serious problems. No matter what happens as a result of the audit in Arizona, there will be issues. No one believes this audit will not produce significant evidence of fraud. That is why Democrats and their fawning supporters in the MSM are desperate to discredit it. If they thought there was any chance this would confirm the original results, they would being praising it, not condemning it.

This is why Democrats, and their never-Trump supporters were so desperate for a January 6, 2021, commission. They want, they demand, they need, people to believe that this was a planned insurrection arising solely out of a misinformation campaign by Donald Trump. The problem is that if this was not based on misinformation, the result is a fundamental lack of trust in the system of government that has kept us free. No sane person wants a military coup. That is why the military in the country reports to the President who is the Commander-in-Chief. But no sane person wants someone elected as the result of an election that at least seems so riddled with fraud. As Trump recently said, are we to just sit there and watch the country be destroyed over the next 3 ½ years? What, exactly are the options when a President issues insane unconstitutional executive orders, while being cheered on by a congress led by people like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Does anyone really think either of these people are remotely capable of doing the right thing for the right reason?

What should happen is a bi-partisan commission, not on January 6, 2021, but rather on the 2020 election. People desperately need to believe in the process, again, or we are headed toward some very troubled times. When you combine the stench of this election with the hideous performance by both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the mixture is beyond explosive. The real issue here is not the QAnon conference, I don’t even know who QAnon is and don’t really care. The issue is that so many people thought this was necessary.

All we really know at this time is that the MSM colluded with the DNC to lie to us. They lied about COVID 19. They lied about masks. They lied about the vaccine. Then they lied again, about the same vaccine. Everything they report is based solely on political perspective. Even Jonathan Karl admitted they ignored the truth about COVID because Donald Trump is the one who said it. That says more about them, than him.

They lied about Joe Biden’s health. They lied about Hunter Biden. They liked about Ukraine. They lied about Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin. They lied about the election. They lied about what really happened on January 6, 2021. They lied about Antifa. They lied about BLM.  If you want to find a real challenge, find something they are not lying about. The result is that it is increasingly difficult for many, if not most, people to know the truth. That is the real danger. That is what we should all fear.

Liz Cheney said: “No American should advocate or support the violent overthrow of the United States.” That would be more impressive if it didn’t come from someone who literally voted to remove a President of the United States from office solely for pointing out serious problems with the 2020 election and begging congress to investigate. Which is worse, advocating or supporting the violent overthrow of the United States, or simply voting to make that happen with little or no regard to the facts or evidence.

I do not know what Michael Flynn did or did not intend to say. I do know that there is zero chance the Military will participate in a coup. I also know that those promoting the “coup” theory are those who are simultaneously doing everything possible to avoid any real investigation into what happened during the 2020 election. History teaches us that those who work the hardest to hide the facts are often those most at risk should those facts be fully disclosed. Innocent people do not need a cover-up.

It reminds me of when George Zimmerman was confronted by police who said there was video of the Trayvon Martin shooting. Zimmerman responded by saying: “Thank God!” If the 2020 election was truly fair and honest, then those who believe that should be first in line demanding a truly competent audit and investigation. The obvious fact that they are doing the exact opposite, speaks louder than words.

TDM

We were in Branson, Missouri last week.  One of the shows we saw was called the “Baldknobbers.” I was not sure what to expect.  I thought, perhaps, there would be some old, funny, bald guys telling bad jokes. I was wrong. It turns out the “Bald Knobbers” were not bald at all. At least we don’t know if they were bald because they wore hats.  Instead, they were called “Bald Knobbers,” because they met secretly on the top of grassy bald knob summits in the Ozark Mountains. This happened between 1855 to 1899. They wore black, horned, hoods with outlines of faces painted on them.  Here is an article about them in Wikipedia:

Bald Knobbers – Wikipedia

They appear to have been Republicans, because they were pro-law and favored the Union during the Civil War. They were opposed by the Anti-Bald Knobbers, who apparently were pro-confederate. They were vigilantes who at least started out helping the law, but then appeared to have crossed the line on occasion. The original Bald Knobber, Nat Kinney, was apparently a Democrat, but was also considered to be a Republican, because he supported the Union. He ended up shooting Andy Coggburn, in “self-defense.” Coggburn had been rude and mocked the group. Kinney, also a preacher, had apparently gone there to preach but got distracted. The story gets more than a little murky, but eventually Nat Kinney was shot, in “self-defense” by Billy Miles. The story gets weird with a botched hanging where the sheriff didn’t realize that if the hanging rope was too long, the people getting hanged could drag their feet on the ground.

Apparently, this resulted in a play called “The Bald Knob Tragedy of Taney and Christian Counties.” This was based on a novel called “The Shepherd of the Hills,” which apparently featured the Bald Knobbers as the villains. It is sometimes difficult to separate the good guys from the bad guys in these types of situations.

The “Baldknobbers” was the name of a Country and Western Comedy Review, founded by the Mabe family in 1959. It does not appear to have anything to do with the original “Bald Knobbers.” It was the first music-show and it is what made Branson famous. When we saw the “Baldknobbers,” several family members, continue to carry the Mabe torch started by their parents and grandparents in 1959. It was a fun show. If you go to any shows, you are likely to find other members of the Mabe family, or other performers who started out, at some point, performing for the Baldknobbers. Branson is that type of place.

While we were there, we saw advertisements for the “Shepherd of the Hills” play, which is still performed at an outdoor theatre. Since it was raining most of the time, we did not consider attending, but it is still held on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The play, apparently, was based on the Novel, “The Shepherd of the Hills.” It wasn’t until after we returned home, that I learned anything about the play or the “history” of the Bald Knobbers.

In any event, this is a reminder that truth is often stranger than fiction. It is hard to imagine anyone being part of the original Bald Knobbers or the Anti-Bald Knobbers could have possibly predicted that the ultimate result would be modern day Branson. But, as I look in the mirror, I am reminded that, yes, sometimes, bald is beautiful. The people we met in Branson were very friendly and that also was beautiful. They did not wear silly hoods or even masks, which made it even better.

TDM

Both my wife and I have taken the Covid Vaccination. Obviously, we cannot exactly be chalked up as anti-vaxers. However, that does not mean we think the Covid vaccine is necessary or even a good idea for everyone. Out our age, the reward outweighs the risk. It has been known from day one that Covid is far more dangerous to older people. In addition, if it turns out the Covid vaccine has some nasty side effects, twenty years from now, that probably will have little impact on us if we are even still here.

But, trying to force someone who is young and in good health to take an untested vaccine against a disease that is not very dangerous to them does not seem wise, fair, or even responsible. Yet, the same people who said they would question any vaccine developed by Trump, are now demanding everyone take the vaccine, developed by Trump. This is beyond obvious to everyone not employed as an anchor in the MSM. A lot of people are not buying this, so now they are trying to bribe them. Governor Newsom wants to establish a lottery with big bucks for people who volunteer to get vaccinated. But he is going to have a problem. What about the millions of people who already got vaccinated, without the bribe? Are they to be left out? If not, what is the point. If yes, how is that remotely fair? We are rewarding people for bad behavior. By any definition, dumb.

But not the first time. Democrats are talking about reparations for slavery. I say fine, if you limit the cost to people who actually facilitated or benefited from slavery. That certainly should not include people whose ancestors were in the Union, who fought a civil war to defeat slavery. If anything, one could argue that they are the ones due reparation. It should not include people in the South who never owned slaves or benefited from slavery. It should be limited to people who are or whose ancestors were slaveholders or who benefited from slavery. We call them Democrats. Republicans fought against slavery, against the Jim Crow laws, against the Ku Klux Klan and for Civil Rights. Democrats fought for slavery, for Jim Crow laws, for segregation, for the Ku Klux Klan and literally filibustered the Civil Rights Act. They were punished by having buildings named after them in Washington D.C. by, you guessed it, Democrats.

It is not just politicians who do this. Aaron Rodgers is demanding he get traded to a team that loves him more than the Packers. He will also demand a massive increase in salary. He is 38 years old, recently engaged to a left-wing activist. Does anyone really expect another MVP season.  Anyone see a work ethic even approaching that of Tom Brady? There are numerous stories of other “star” athletes who got big bucks only to fade rapidly into oblivious. With the exception of Tom Brady and Phil Michelson, time doesn’t seem to slow down for anyone. Certainly not for people as arrogant, selfish, and self-righteous as Aaron Rodgers. Odds are someone will pay the bribe and they will regret it big time. The only other thing certain is that Aaron Rodger will blame everyone and everything other than, Aaron Rodgers.

Some would argue that politicians have paid bribes to Antifa and BLM to stop them from rioting and destroying things. The bribes included covering up the violence and defunding the police who are desperately trying to stop this. George Floyd’s family got $27 million because their son overdosed on drugs and died while in police custody. Being a popular victim is increasingly similar to winning the lottery. The result is more arrogance, more demands and more violence.

Numerous Democratic Governors and Mayors are paying already paying bribes to homeless people and promising more. If you are homeless, you get free housing, free food, free health care and heroic victim status. Why does it surprise anyone that if you pay people to be homeless, you will get more homeless people? The more you give, the more you get. In addition to the benefits, being homeless gives one far more status than working for a living and paying for your own food and housing.

All of these bribes have the same result. When you reward bad behavior, your get more bad behavior. More recently some clowns got millions for a ransom ware attack on the pipe line. Insurance carriers have also paid huge bribes. . We may not hear from these specific people again, but we will sure hear from their friends and family.

One would be wise to learn from history. One of our first wars was fought against the Tripoli Pirates. The slogan for that adventure was: “Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute.” There is a statute of Winston Churchill, but no one even wants to remember Neville Chamberlain. He tried to solve the problem with Adolph Hitler by bribing him. How did that work out?  He has the support of much of the British establishment. But Winston Churchill learned to weaponize the British people.

I strongly believe that a lot of politicians will be shocked to learn that many, if not most people, are deeply offended by bribery. Pretending this is not true, changes nothing. Doing something stupid, while stupidly believing this is brilliant, is still doing something stupid.

The Democratic Party has become the father of the bribe. This is increasingly obvious. Nothing is working well. The economy is tanking. Democrats are botching COVID. Inflation is on the way. Numerous restaurants have been destroyed. Now democrats want to bribe people into switching to full electrical power, just when ransom ware thieves are proving why this is a huge mistake. The party is already over. People are sobering up rapidly. I can see 2022 from my window.

TDM

The MSM is desperately trying to discredit the Arizona audit. But there is increasing evidence that the results will be dramatic and undeniable. This is easy to understand. When something dramatic happens, the first verbal responders are always the opportunists. If a black man is shot, for any reason, the Al Sharpton’s of this world immediately make travel plans. Almost everything they say, at the start, is ultimately discredited. But the true investigators often say nothing. That is because they intend to let the facts speak for themselves.

I know nothing personally about the Arizona audit, but some things are obvious. One is that a lot of money is being spent on this and more is on the way. That would not be happening unless someone was reporting some very important results. The first sign of failure is a drop off in funding. No one wants to spend money on a lost cause.

There are other states who are also doing audits that appear to have the potential for startling results. It only takes one audit, done right, with indisputable results, to change everything. Arizona may not be the state with the most fraud, but it may be the state with the most provable fraud. If that is true, it will rock our world.

In the meantime, Joe Biden appears to be getting worse. Kamala Harris is meeting with World Leaders and no one looks impressed. The decision to green light the Russian pipeline while cancelling the Keystone Pipeline is impossible to defend. The MSM, which adored Liz Cheney, if she was trashing Trump, turned against her when they realized she supported the voter registration laws. The Liz Cheney’s of this world never learn.The MSM is only interested in them as instruments of destruction. Her usefulness as a Trump troll is gone and she is running out the clock on her fifteen minutes of fame.

There are only two options here. Either the 2020 election was rigged, or it was not. If it were rigged, there would have to have been corruption and manipulation on a massive scale. That would be impossible to hide forever. Just too many people and too many places involved. If those of us who believe this was rigged are right, then there is no chance it will be successfully covered up. It only takes one case where someone can prove a lot of votes were manipulated to change everything overnight.

We may just be headed toward the ultimate constitutional crisis. What if our real Fourth of July present is not only shedding our masks but also removing the blindfolds from the MSM. What if there is undeniable proof of the election fraud so many people suspect. In California there is already a recall election of our Governor. That is one thing people like about California. Some states have talked about calling a special election to decertify the 2020 election. It is hard to imagine any process for overturning a national election at this stage, but there is also no precedent for what is going on. Every poll shows that virtually no one voted for the radical Marxist agenda being promoted by the Biden administration. If you combine that with a genuine and credible belief that the election was rigged, then something will have to be done, sooner rather than later. My hunch is that it may start in Georgia with a special election regarding one or both new Democratic Senators. If that happened, it would immediately flip the Senate. Then Republicans are only a handful of votes away from flipping the House. If that happened, almost anything is possible.

The liberal left, in its four-year long pursuit of removing Trump from office by any means, may have accidentally set the stage for removing Joe Biden. They were the ones demanding that people reject the results of an election and they may pay a high price for that.

Only a few things are certain. The COVID panic in the U.S. is over and everyone knows that only the vaccine developed by Trump that made it possible. Ironically, the only weapon in the Democrat’s limited arsenal to maintain control is the vaccine Trump got for them. The more they praise it and demand everyone take it, the more absurd their position. At some point, even CNN will notice.

The entire country watched Don Lemon pull off a desperate publicity stunt to try and trick people into watching his show. It failed and his ratings, already in the tank, are sinking even lower. Change is inevitable, because at some point no sponsor will pay for people to not watch something.

The national audit is already underway. We are in for a long, violent and dramatic summer. The only thing certain is that things will really start to heat up.

TDM