Satan always overplays his hand, it is out in the open, in our faces, and the brainwashed, virtue signaling, mass formation masses somehow miss a degenerate and hateful bigot like the former "first lady" who would try to cast suspicion on a certain kind of virtuous person who most likely earned their money. The Obamas have no such virtues. The traitorous former "first lady" has even said publicly how "ashamed I am of America." They and their ilk are what has torn America down.
Who is Valerie Jarrett? Where was she born? When did Valerie Jarrett hire MICHELLE Robinson? 1991. Weird that VJ was behind the scenes pulling the strings during O’s Presidency.
There has been some license taken from that original direct quote - morphed into things like I am ashamed of my country All hopey- changey. Indeed, it was a "transformative" presidency.
Just like so many things that Trump has said that get thrown back at him, truncated, out of context and distorted beyond all recognition. Games we play. Even Nancy Pelosi did not really say ..we must pass it so WE can know what is in it. Rather she said ..we must pass it so YOU can see what is in it.
I'm guessing you and I are hearing different things. I never heard the word "ashamed" but cheerleaders will boo the other team at every chance. But if you want to wordsmith because others do - go at it. Again, I'm not all that excited about either side - I just don't like to see words misquoted by anyone.
TJ: We are not hearing anything different, because we have heard the exact direct quote ..for the first time in my adult life I felt pride in my country. The way she phrased this does beg inference on what her other feelings about her country had been, if this was the first time she felt "pride".
Simply noting that political alchemy over time did change her use of the word pride, into its leading antonym: shame. That is not what she said; but now this is what some think they heard.
What did she admit she was thinking about his country before her husband got nominated and installed by SEIU/ACORN and a direct coup of "her turn" Hillary Clinton. Obama's take over of the 2008 DNC nomination process in fact was shameful, if you were paying close attention. This was documented in detail in a book called "Dirty Words on Clean Skin". https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/13639600-dirty-words-on-clean-skin
Now back to political alchemy, did Trump really threaten a blood bath if he was not re-elected ..or that he would be a dictator, or claim white supremacists were fine people, or fallen military members were suckers and losers. These things hurt on both sides.
So she felt ashamed before she felt pride. OK. You'd be a good replacement for Kellyanne Conway. The rest is more of a word house of cards. You mix in enough word slop into the 'quotes' that no, he didn't say those words exactly. You're a great writer and wordsmith - I'll give you that.
Thomas John, you won't find a public trace of it, it makes the former "first lady" look bad and the public record can't have that-the public narrative won't abide in that- Michelle Obama is a racist ideologue who hates America, if you can't figure that out from the Obama ideology I can't help you.
Yes, truly amazing how Democratic Presidents always seem to leave office several million dollars ahead of when they entered the White House.
Let’s see, the Clinton’s by virtue of Hillary’s amazing luck in the Commodities Market, much wealthier entering office (you try playing commodities), then killed it with the “Clinton Initiative” which was tantamount to a international money laundering scheme. Ya, the Clintons are the original “Arky” grifters!
Then there’s the Obamas. Amazing how much wealth has been amassed now that Barry and Mike have left office. Just the other day Michelle made $500k on the stump, giving some BS speech. Barack has made millions sitting on corporate boards, writing books with the help of ghost writers and giving “meaningful” speeches. To top it off, the Obamas are overseeing their Presidential Library being built in Chicago with undoubtedly, millions going their way for “consulting.”
The only two Presidents leaving office with about the same amount of assets as when they entered office is, Carter and Trump.
Carter because he was too stupid to be shifty in office and Trump because he’s too honest, ALREADY loaded and actually donated his yearly salary to charity!
Of course let’s not forget Joe Biden. Joey is the “OG” Bagman! That’s right, him, Jim Biden and his scumbag, halfwit son Hunter ran an International shakedown, bribery, extortion racket resulting in tens of millions coming their way from shady actors from all over the world.
What a shit show, and we wonder why we’re in the situation we find ourselves in?
LT: Let's not forget that the only reason Joe Biden became president was the maleficent collusion of social media, the intelligence community, the Democrat Party, and the mainstream press, all of whom worked overtime to destroy the validity of the most consequential "October Surprise" of all time: the revelations on presidential son Hunter Biden's misplaced laptop. Had the lazy journalists and editors at any of the major newspapers or news shows simply done their job and reported on its contents, filled as it is with scenes of rampant drug use, video sexcapades featuring Hunter Biden and multiple $10,000-a-night naked prostitutes, confessions about having to fork over "ten percent to the big guy," all of which was encouraged and enabled by Joe Biden, Trump would have won reelection handily. Biden never deserved his presidency. His moral corruption is evident in every word he speaks, nearly all of which are dishonest and malevolent.
Well said ,LT. I remember way back in the day with our local t.v. station. When Bill Huddy gave the news it was without political comment but at the show he would set aside a time for a personal view. Not anymore, from any of the "news" outlets including Fox.. One has to really do their homework and find what you hope is a trusted source.
“The alliance between Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Donald Trump is many things. But first it’s an all-clear signal to a large class of less-than-fully brain-damaged Americans that it’s okay to quit being insane. As you know, this election is no longer a battle between the political Left and Right. It’s an epic struggle-session between the sane and the insane.”
Like Jim Kunstler, I'm a 60s/70s hippie liberal. And as RFK Jr. says about himself, I haven't changed - I'm still against America's never-ending wars, against the genocide of our youth through Big Pharma and industrial processed food, against the global elites' war on independent farming, for free speech, for the working class in this country. But the Democratic Party is a monstrous toxin that has no relationship to what it once represented. And that's why I stopped being a Democrat eight years ago.
So, why do so many of my intelligent, liberal friends still believe the Dems are the savior of Democracy? I get it with many of my media friends - they have mortgages and college tuitions for their kids and that overwhelming need I always saw they had to sit at the right table.
But I truly don't understand the visitors to SB Current who come here, as one wrote yesterday, to have a laugh. A laugh at what these people insist is a bunch of far-right conspiracy theorists who support Hitler. These aren't media people whose careers still depend on their cravenness. They're Santa Barbarans. They can just stop believing the Dem BS.
The Dems don't care about these people - they are usually white and well enough off to live here. No, actually, the Dem Party hates these people because they're middle or upper middle class. Why aren't they protesting against the tax raises? Against the sex and drug trafficking? Against their rights as parents and grandparents? Against the destruction of Santa Barbara so that the Dems can house illegal voters?
All I come up with is they're in a state of hysteric terror, and if you try to talk sense to them, they feel like cats having their paws removed from the windowsill they're clutching.
I truly think Trump will win this election. Whether he can get to the White House is another question. If Kamala does debate Trump, they'll take extreme measures afterwards. They can't try to assassinate Trump again, so they'll try to throw him in jail.
And the chaos that follows will be the fault of these zombie supporters. How will they live with themselves? My guess is they'll just do a Kamala: drink.
The hippies of the 60's and 70's were the problem back then, they're just seen as "okay" now because of paradigm shifts. The hippies were anything but counter cultural, they opposed traditional values in favor of modernism, they opposed morals in favor of individual "freedom", and they rejected God to deify themselves; they continued the same legacy and spirit of the enlightenment and French Revolution and as much as people like to say "Today's liberals aren't true liberals!" or "The democrats moved away from me!", liberalism was never about remaining stagnant, it wasn't about conserving anything. From its inception in the form of classical liberalism it has always opposed social norms and traditional values, whether that was rebelling against the religious/traditional authorities and institutions of yesterday (Church working with the state, monarchic and hierarchical governments guided by Christian morals) or pushing for gender and racial ideologies (Pope Francis called the former "Ideological Colonization"), nothing that liberals promote that further erode any semblance of normality isn't at all at odds with classical liberalism, its the logical conclusion of it.
Liberalism is revolutionary in nature, it replaced the established norms and traditions of old with democracy, individualism, and relativism. It seems odd to embrace the fruits of this revolutionary ideology that always opposed social and moral norms/constraints, yet oppose the same system (revolution) that gave you these fruits.
As much as you may hate modern liberalism, it is still that same spirit of the French and American Revolutions that gave you many of the fruits you champion, food for thought.
Rollo May - Love and Will (1969) A remarkably prescient analysis of the Hippie Movement from the very beginning. Well worth reading again today, to validate his predictions that the Age Of Aquarius would soon become the Age of Addictions. Observing that love as an ethos, was traded for lust (immediacy) was his first clue.
His best insight: when we are young our passions choose us; as we age, we then choose our passions.
I don't know anything about 'liberalism', 'moderism' or socialism, I only know one thing - 'Americanism! I'm so damn glad to be living in this great country that I a'gin _anyone_ f**ing with it. I just hope enough folks agree with me to get Trump back in office to stop the Commie-Dem slide into oblivion.
Americanism is a secular and liberal amalgamation that at its core is about individualism (not communal obligations and social cohesion), freedom (removed from traditional values and morals), and the rejection of legitimate authority (like the Church or a monarch). The Americanism you champion created these "commie dems" in time as Americanism doesn't conserve, it is revolutionary in nature.
And Americanism at its worst is a heresy condemned by the Catholic Church.
With all the DNC I keep repeating Tennessee Williams when he thought he'd written a tragic play and it was being premiered. The stage manager said “Mr. Williams, they're laughing.” Tennessee said “Then it's a comedy!”
It's a comedy, just remind yourself that comedy and Kamala are pronounced similarly.
I love Camilla Long's line “Trump, by the way, is the real star of the convention — they are teeth-gnashingly obsessed with “that man from Mar-a-Lago.” Don’t they realize it’s cooler not to mention him?”
Fun watching Trump transform from Mr Bombastic into his old self, Mr Acute Businessman...always comforting to slip back into your favorite old shoes...
As Tucker Carlson observed: Kamala Harris lying in her acceptance speech is bad, but knowing up front that she was lying and did it anyway is pure evil.
it is stomach churning to listen again to those strings of long-debunked Democrat lies and distortions Democrat spew as their daily diet. From Obama to Biden to Harris - the torch indeed has been passed. Torching the truth. Disgusting.
J. It is truly sickening, the repetition of canned pathological lies that are simply artifacts of the implicit reasoning in which we are all conditioned (read brainwashed) and as a result of pre-k through graduate school, many multitudes of deformed souls give assent to lies as truths, evils as good's, and vices as virtues.
I did not watch the DNC . Too much of the same old, same old. I did love your description, Jim, of O'Bama's "patented "sincere" look". It is so right on. A smooth talker with nothing to back it up.
Anne: You've got that right: Just think about how Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff, Swalwell, Pelosi, Nadler, and the rest of at least a dirty dozen can mouth deceitful lies with aplomb. It's actually scary that so many psychopathic personalities succeed in the Democrat Party. But then, it shouldn't surprise anyone. After all, Ted Kennedy, who, drunkenly or callously, left a young woman in his car to drown in eight feet of water, was later lauded as "the Lion of the Senate."
With all due respect, we shouldn't forget either about the success of Republican psychopaths. And this is not to excuse the Democrats. The Bush drug trade during the war in Central America. Nixon. Goldwater. And the current batch of Republicans? Yuck, with a few exceptions. It's the degree of success the Democrats now have with the media, if not in actual poll popularity, that makes them so dangerous.
I agreed, even though many Republicans at all levels of government are on the take or compromised…BUT, When was the last time you witnessed a [D] party leader being Patriotic [exhibiting National Pride (love of Country)]?
When was the last time you witnessed a [D] party leader 'speak out against' the riots [violence in the streets]?
When was the last time you witnessed a [D] party leader support those who took an oath to protect and defend?
When was the last time you witnessed a [D] party leader support and call for UNITY across our Nation?
Polly, for sure the Republican party needs a huge clean-up! It is pretty obvious who in the R party are the screw ups and they need to be ousted soon. Politics has become a money making pyramid and that attracts some very disreputable folks. Unfortunately with the D party, the good ones (Tulsi and RFK. etc.) have abandoned ship and the majority are more corrupt than ever.
You're right. And civilian Democrats don't criticize the party any longer. Which is weird to me. Democrats had no trouble protesting against Johnson. I think the Clintons, under Hillary's evil guidance, changed the party.
Growth of government employee unions after JFK fundamentally changed the political parties and America. Democrats today are the party of the Big Government employee unions.
What do Democrats have to complain about? The money keeps rolling in, no one holds them accountable, and they have reached such critical mass they are now almost self-sustaining. They gamed the system and now are on the brink of owning it entirely. To the point they can elect laughable incompetents and nothing threatens their grip on the taxpayer checkbook.
The chilling irregularities of the 2020 "covid" election that were allowed to pass with no recourse are truly terrifying and so close to losing it all in just one more election cycle. There must be a roar of pushback this time; not just whimpers. Yes, we are that close.
Polly, I won't disagree with what you've written. But I do feel it's the same on the Republican side as well. MAGA has pretty much gutted any one that speaks differently than Trump. I think that's just as strange.
TJ: You have things backwards. MAGA created Trump. No one is his slave or "cult". The movement came first - see history of the Tea Party.
Trump just became the public voice for what was already in place, and will continue as long as those who believe in our founding principles still exist in this country. It was such an elegant experiment. Not sure what America will be when those are finally lost.
SBCC today is an unwitting microcosm for what this future can look like after OPM runs out. Measure P demands you bail SBCC out, but SBCC offers no changes, accountability nor fiscal reforms in return. Just a demand to keep the money flowing into their hands, and they can do what they damn well want with it.
This is no longer government of the people, by the people or for the people. It is government only by entrenched special interest groups.
When do we stop sending them our money? Repealing 16th Amendment is the only serious response to the corruptions of Big and even Bigger Government today. Starve it into rectitude. Otherwise we are co-dependents.
I agree with you Monica, there are some pretty shady Republicans, (RINOs), out there, some of whom are gonna be toast when Trump gets back in the saddle. Btw - I really respect RFKjr - an honest guy.
Dr. Aijian, I'm quite sure your movie screening last night was much more worth watching than the DNC and I bet it was a nice ending to a crazy DNC week.
Thank you for writing. The Obama speeches where she plays the race card and he the Trump hate card deserves the good riddance phrase, too. When Obama, while in office spoke, I turned him off (for 8 years). The road ahead is fueled by the Dem's oligarch's desperado decisions. Let the Dem's joy ride begin! The first bump is a question: is there ever a legitimate coup d'tat? Pot hole Biden's (again) angry speech with repeated slurs and misinformation. Yet, just a bit further down the washboard is RFK rejecting the Dems and joining Republicans; no traction with Trump at Arlington honoring dead from Afghanistan debacle vs. Biden resting on the beach. The Dem joy ride is a farce. The fork(s) in the road is fast approaching, while elite's scurry and slither around very worried.
Just like Salud Carbajal, just in time for his upcoming re-election, bragging about the government "investments" he is brining back to our local community. Which in fact is only a small fraction of what we are forced to send his current pack of Beltway Bandits.
Stop the fraud, Carbajal. Own up to what you are really doing. Voters, reject all Democrats. They are addicted to spending your future, just to get re-elected today.
I read this money-making article by Mr. Buckely "Titled Meet and Greet with the Democratic Elite"
and I quote "Whew. It’s comforting to know that Democrats want to take the money out of politics. And put it in their pockets. Finally! ..... Here’s what Michele said from the podium:“[My mom] and my father didn’t aspire to be wealthy. In fact, they were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed…”
I think I read somewhere about Evil and Money ........... “The love of money is the root of all evil” is a phrase from the Bible, 1 Timothy 6:10.
Money finds it's way into Banks where "The Elites" steal that Money as follows>>>>
And I qoute "The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prson for looting the bank of $47 million."
Lets bring this all back to Santa Barbara California and "The Elite"
Any Money Embezzled from our little ole Santa Barbara Banks under 18 U.S. Code § 1344 - Bank fraud? It is so comforting to know that "The Elites" and Evil is Operating Just Fine in Santa Barbara CA.
Good article Jim. I watch the DNC convention and its entirety and was happy that there were no major incidents (FFs). What I saw was a never-ending stream of speakers that were not full of any joy at all. Instead, it seem to be an endless cry of victimhood and fear, mostly placed on President Trump and the Republican establishment. Interesting to see the hundreds of millions of dollars that flowed into the Harris campaign, post convention, mostly through the Act Blue portal and now we see many states are scrutinizing and taking legal action given investigations into Act Blue. I saw one the other day where they found a woman whose name was used 30,000 times for donations. Same thing that I saw back in 2008 when Obama was running for president, including many donations coming from overseas. These people will do anything to retain power. For those who haven’t figured it out yet, this is not about Trump’s crimes. It’s about ensuring that we do not uncover their crimes. There is a big panic in DC, on both sides of the aisle, the Uniparty. They are now trapped in a corner, and they’re only way out is to create war, continuing to poke the bear and a larger war in the Middle East; or create conditions to delay or stop the election; or kill Trump. However, the last option will set off a different series of events, and likely lead to open warfare. The world is on fire. And it’s all for the same reasons. It’s the silent war of Good versus Evil and we’re coming to the climax of age old war. It will be good to see both Republicans and Democrats come together and stop pointing fingers at each other and the poking each other in disparaging ways, and come together to see the root of our ills, which is those that we call our so-called leaders.
What fake joy, enthusiasm more like it- and even fake enthusiasm. But yes quite right, envy, grievance, victimhood, oppressed rhetoric from the monsters who hoard, abuse, violate and crush good Americans.
One day when Kamala puts on that big grin of hers, her teeth will start cracking and then her head. With the sound of peanut brittle, her body continues to crack into little "Kamala" pieces and are then sold on eBay for 25-cents per piece to be placed in display cases with locks around the world. The locked display cases assure the "Kamala" pieces don't find each other and recombine together to form a new Kamala to only return and haunt us. Kamala's previous life involved the use of a silver stake to eliminate her, which worked for a thousand years only to return with an immunity to silver stakes. But what Kamala doesn't know is ... if she smiles BIG too many times, six hundred and sixty-six times, she will "crack" to death and never, ever return again. And in the words of Paul Harvey, "That's the rest of the story."
I feel so good that I've signed up today for a brand-new, out-of-this-world, swimming pool for my wife because I know Trump will be our next President and the Dems won't be taking my money.
Nice to hear comment when I'm approaching 80 years old. I think my first cousin Gordon Russell (deceased) and a prolific writer of the "Dark Shadows" Gothic soap visited me last night and gave me those words! Am I having too much fun? No.
It should be amazing to anyone following politics how Democrats bob and weave, just like a prize fighter. That’s right, the ability to avoid any significant punches from landing by your opponent. Then of course, there is the rope-a-dope. Let your opponent wear themselves out by covering up and allowing your opponent to punch away. Mohamed Ali mastered the rope-a-dope and actually won a World Title in 1974, “Rumble in the Jungle “ against George Forman in Ziare, Africa.
Harris is trying her own version of the rope-a-dope by bobbing, weaving, not answering any questions, no press conference and NONE of Trump’s punches landing.
Of course, the difference between politics and a prize fight is in professional boxing, you have a Referee to serve as a neutral party. To break up fighters, and penalize any low blows or unsportsmanlike conduct.
The Press is the obvious version of the Referee in politics. They need to fact check, ask tough, probative questions and watch for any low blows. This has NOT been the case. The Press is in the bag and throwing this Championship Bout! That’s right, the fix is in and Harris’s boxing glove has a horseshoe hidden in it.
Proving this point, yesterday’s interview on ABC between Sen. Tom Cotton and Jonathan Karl was truly bias and disgraceful. A clear example of how the Press is covering for Harris by refusing to hold her accountable for her abysmal record. It reminds me of when Pelosi demanded the House pass Obamacare “to find out what’s in the actual bill.’ This time, the Press is asking us the voters, to elect Harris and then find out how dreadful she will govern.
Folks, sad but true…this fight is rigged and the fix is in! Shame on ABC News and Jonathan Karl for a cowardly, bias and loser performance! Hard hitting, buzzsaw and ABC Journalist, Sam Donaldson would be turning over in his grave!
LT " . . should be amazing to anyone following politics . ." 90% of the chumps out there (voters) don't have a clue what or who they're voting for - they just see a name they kinda recognize and check the [D] box. Why the D? Because that's who the media told them to, and Ta-Da! - they're now a Kingmaker!
Satan always overplays his hand, it is out in the open, in our faces, and the brainwashed, virtue signaling, mass formation masses somehow miss a degenerate and hateful bigot like the former "first lady" who would try to cast suspicion on a certain kind of virtuous person who most likely earned their money. The Obamas have no such virtues. The traitorous former "first lady" has even said publicly how "ashamed I am of America." They and their ilk are what has torn America down.
Ya, and then there’s psychopath, Sen. Robert Bryd who’s side gig was Imperial Grand Wizard for the Klu Klux Klan!
Case in point… https://yandex.com/video/preview/5051557344745161279
Who is Valerie Jarrett? Where was she born? When did Valerie Jarrett hire MICHELLE Robinson? 1991. Weird that VJ was behind the scenes pulling the strings during O’s Presidency.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/communism-in-jarretts-family/
Is this a satirical piece?
If you are asking about my comment, is your comment satirical?
Steven - can you point me to where Michelle Obama is quoted saying that? I can't find any public trace of that comment.
Michelle Obama on video: ...first time in my adult life I am proud of my country .....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYY73RO_egw
There has been some license taken from that original direct quote - morphed into things like I am ashamed of my country All hopey- changey. Indeed, it was a "transformative" presidency.
Just like so many things that Trump has said that get thrown back at him, truncated, out of context and distorted beyond all recognition. Games we play. Even Nancy Pelosi did not really say ..we must pass it so WE can know what is in it. Rather she said ..we must pass it so YOU can see what is in it.
I'm guessing you and I are hearing different things. I never heard the word "ashamed" but cheerleaders will boo the other team at every chance. But if you want to wordsmith because others do - go at it. Again, I'm not all that excited about either side - I just don't like to see words misquoted by anyone.
TJ: We are not hearing anything different, because we have heard the exact direct quote ..for the first time in my adult life I felt pride in my country. The way she phrased this does beg inference on what her other feelings about her country had been, if this was the first time she felt "pride".
Simply noting that political alchemy over time did change her use of the word pride, into its leading antonym: shame. That is not what she said; but now this is what some think they heard.
What did she admit she was thinking about his country before her husband got nominated and installed by SEIU/ACORN and a direct coup of "her turn" Hillary Clinton. Obama's take over of the 2008 DNC nomination process in fact was shameful, if you were paying close attention. This was documented in detail in a book called "Dirty Words on Clean Skin". https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/13639600-dirty-words-on-clean-skin
Now back to political alchemy, did Trump really threaten a blood bath if he was not re-elected ..or that he would be a dictator, or claim white supremacists were fine people, or fallen military members were suckers and losers. These things hurt on both sides.
So she felt ashamed before she felt pride. OK. You'd be a good replacement for Kellyanne Conway. The rest is more of a word house of cards. You mix in enough word slop into the 'quotes' that no, he didn't say those words exactly. You're a great writer and wordsmith - I'll give you that.
You are missing the spirit of the conversation TJ. Sorry.
Thomas John, you won't find a public trace of it, it makes the former "first lady" look bad and the public record can't have that-the public narrative won't abide in that- Michelle Obama is a racist ideologue who hates America, if you can't figure that out from the Obama ideology I can't help you.
I don't see why you put First Lady in quotes. She absolutely WAS the former First Lady. Period.
Well said, but symbolism will be their downfall…treason & corruption first, then crimes against humanity…
https://x.com/fnowisthetime/status/1828125802908782931?s=61
’The Storm’ is brewing…
Yes, truly amazing how Democratic Presidents always seem to leave office several million dollars ahead of when they entered the White House.
Let’s see, the Clinton’s by virtue of Hillary’s amazing luck in the Commodities Market, much wealthier entering office (you try playing commodities), then killed it with the “Clinton Initiative” which was tantamount to a international money laundering scheme. Ya, the Clintons are the original “Arky” grifters!
Then there’s the Obamas. Amazing how much wealth has been amassed now that Barry and Mike have left office. Just the other day Michelle made $500k on the stump, giving some BS speech. Barack has made millions sitting on corporate boards, writing books with the help of ghost writers and giving “meaningful” speeches. To top it off, the Obamas are overseeing their Presidential Library being built in Chicago with undoubtedly, millions going their way for “consulting.”
The only two Presidents leaving office with about the same amount of assets as when they entered office is, Carter and Trump.
Carter because he was too stupid to be shifty in office and Trump because he’s too honest, ALREADY loaded and actually donated his yearly salary to charity!
Of course let’s not forget Joe Biden. Joey is the “OG” Bagman! That’s right, him, Jim Biden and his scumbag, halfwit son Hunter ran an International shakedown, bribery, extortion racket resulting in tens of millions coming their way from shady actors from all over the world.
What a shit show, and we wonder why we’re in the situation we find ourselves in?
LT: Let's not forget that the only reason Joe Biden became president was the maleficent collusion of social media, the intelligence community, the Democrat Party, and the mainstream press, all of whom worked overtime to destroy the validity of the most consequential "October Surprise" of all time: the revelations on presidential son Hunter Biden's misplaced laptop. Had the lazy journalists and editors at any of the major newspapers or news shows simply done their job and reported on its contents, filled as it is with scenes of rampant drug use, video sexcapades featuring Hunter Biden and multiple $10,000-a-night naked prostitutes, confessions about having to fork over "ten percent to the big guy," all of which was encouraged and enabled by Joe Biden, Trump would have won reelection handily. Biden never deserved his presidency. His moral corruption is evident in every word he speaks, nearly all of which are dishonest and malevolent.
On the money as usual Jim, calling balls and strikes! Too bad journalism, a once revered and respected profession has morphed into political advocacy!
Well said ,LT. I remember way back in the day with our local t.v. station. When Bill Huddy gave the news it was without political comment but at the show he would set aside a time for a personal view. Not anymore, from any of the "news" outlets including Fox.. One has to really do their homework and find what you hope is a trusted source.
Obama could not even finance his Chicago home without some some "help from his friends" on the eve of his election.
I have mixed feelings about Rollo May. You probably know how mich of an influence PaulTillich was on him.
Thank you, Jim, for another terrific column. My friend, the political columnist James Kunstler https://jameshowardkunstler.substack.com/ says this morning:
“The alliance between Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Donald Trump is many things. But first it’s an all-clear signal to a large class of less-than-fully brain-damaged Americans that it’s okay to quit being insane. As you know, this election is no longer a battle between the political Left and Right. It’s an epic struggle-session between the sane and the insane.”
Like Jim Kunstler, I'm a 60s/70s hippie liberal. And as RFK Jr. says about himself, I haven't changed - I'm still against America's never-ending wars, against the genocide of our youth through Big Pharma and industrial processed food, against the global elites' war on independent farming, for free speech, for the working class in this country. But the Democratic Party is a monstrous toxin that has no relationship to what it once represented. And that's why I stopped being a Democrat eight years ago.
So, why do so many of my intelligent, liberal friends still believe the Dems are the savior of Democracy? I get it with many of my media friends - they have mortgages and college tuitions for their kids and that overwhelming need I always saw they had to sit at the right table.
But I truly don't understand the visitors to SB Current who come here, as one wrote yesterday, to have a laugh. A laugh at what these people insist is a bunch of far-right conspiracy theorists who support Hitler. These aren't media people whose careers still depend on their cravenness. They're Santa Barbarans. They can just stop believing the Dem BS.
The Dems don't care about these people - they are usually white and well enough off to live here. No, actually, the Dem Party hates these people because they're middle or upper middle class. Why aren't they protesting against the tax raises? Against the sex and drug trafficking? Against their rights as parents and grandparents? Against the destruction of Santa Barbara so that the Dems can house illegal voters?
All I come up with is they're in a state of hysteric terror, and if you try to talk sense to them, they feel like cats having their paws removed from the windowsill they're clutching.
I truly think Trump will win this election. Whether he can get to the White House is another question. If Kamala does debate Trump, they'll take extreme measures afterwards. They can't try to assassinate Trump again, so they'll try to throw him in jail.
And the chaos that follows will be the fault of these zombie supporters. How will they live with themselves? My guess is they'll just do a Kamala: drink.
The hippies of the 60's and 70's were the problem back then, they're just seen as "okay" now because of paradigm shifts. The hippies were anything but counter cultural, they opposed traditional values in favor of modernism, they opposed morals in favor of individual "freedom", and they rejected God to deify themselves; they continued the same legacy and spirit of the enlightenment and French Revolution and as much as people like to say "Today's liberals aren't true liberals!" or "The democrats moved away from me!", liberalism was never about remaining stagnant, it wasn't about conserving anything. From its inception in the form of classical liberalism it has always opposed social norms and traditional values, whether that was rebelling against the religious/traditional authorities and institutions of yesterday (Church working with the state, monarchic and hierarchical governments guided by Christian morals) or pushing for gender and racial ideologies (Pope Francis called the former "Ideological Colonization"), nothing that liberals promote that further erode any semblance of normality isn't at all at odds with classical liberalism, its the logical conclusion of it.
We see the world differently, Theotokos, and that's why I enjoy seeing you here.
Liberalism is revolutionary in nature, it replaced the established norms and traditions of old with democracy, individualism, and relativism. It seems odd to embrace the fruits of this revolutionary ideology that always opposed social and moral norms/constraints, yet oppose the same system (revolution) that gave you these fruits.
As much as you may hate modern liberalism, it is still that same spirit of the French and American Revolutions that gave you many of the fruits you champion, food for thought.
Rollo May - Love and Will (1969) A remarkably prescient analysis of the Hippie Movement from the very beginning. Well worth reading again today, to validate his predictions that the Age Of Aquarius would soon become the Age of Addictions. Observing that love as an ethos, was traded for lust (immediacy) was his first clue.
His best insight: when we are young our passions choose us; as we age, we then choose our passions.
I don't know anything about 'liberalism', 'moderism' or socialism, I only know one thing - 'Americanism! I'm so damn glad to be living in this great country that I a'gin _anyone_ f**ing with it. I just hope enough folks agree with me to get Trump back in office to stop the Commie-Dem slide into oblivion.
Americanism is a secular and liberal amalgamation that at its core is about individualism (not communal obligations and social cohesion), freedom (removed from traditional values and morals), and the rejection of legitimate authority (like the Church or a monarch). The Americanism you champion created these "commie dems" in time as Americanism doesn't conserve, it is revolutionary in nature.
And Americanism at its worst is a heresy condemned by the Catholic Church.
God bless the NY Post. Another great one about the convention.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/23/opinion/why-democrats-convention-set-them-up-to-lose-in-november/
And remember NY Post's Miranda Devine was the one who got the Hunter Biden laptop story.
With all the DNC I keep repeating Tennessee Williams when he thought he'd written a tragic play and it was being premiered. The stage manager said “Mr. Williams, they're laughing.” Tennessee said “Then it's a comedy!”
It's a comedy, just remind yourself that comedy and Kamala are pronounced similarly.
For those who haven¡t seen this NY Post piece about the convention, it's hilarious.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/25/opinion/what-i-saw-at-the-dnc-a-pearl-clutching-cult-of-personality/
Thanks for the link. Seeing as I didn't watch any of the DNC, this told me exactly what I missed. Absolutely nothing but a lot of B.S.
I love Camilla Long's line “Trump, by the way, is the real star of the convention — they are teeth-gnashingly obsessed with “that man from Mar-a-Lago.” Don’t they realize it’s cooler not to mention him?”
Fun watching Trump transform from Mr Bombastic into his old self, Mr Acute Businessman...always comforting to slip back into your favorite old shoes...
https://anonup.com/upload/videos/2024/08/AIqbPpkMfkPR3o5b9u5b_22_29012ef866dde4814f4a65cc2b43d00b_video_original.mp4
Haha…good one…comedy is Truth dressed as fun! Here’s another…it’s even funnier when the Legacy Media does know facts from fiction…
https://rumble.com/v5bz1tp-bbc-trolled-at-dnc-conference-by-alex-strenger.html
I love it! Thank you.
As Tucker Carlson observed: Kamala Harris lying in her acceptance speech is bad, but knowing up front that she was lying and did it anyway is pure evil.
it is stomach churning to listen again to those strings of long-debunked Democrat lies and distortions Democrat spew as their daily diet. From Obama to Biden to Harris - the torch indeed has been passed. Torching the truth. Disgusting.
J. It is truly sickening, the repetition of canned pathological lies that are simply artifacts of the implicit reasoning in which we are all conditioned (read brainwashed) and as a result of pre-k through graduate school, many multitudes of deformed souls give assent to lies as truths, evils as good's, and vices as virtues.
I did not watch the DNC . Too much of the same old, same old. I did love your description, Jim, of O'Bama's "patented "sincere" look". It is so right on. A smooth talker with nothing to back it up.
The best democrats have always been the ones who have no problem lying right to your face, over and over again.
Anne: You've got that right: Just think about how Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff, Swalwell, Pelosi, Nadler, and the rest of at least a dirty dozen can mouth deceitful lies with aplomb. It's actually scary that so many psychopathic personalities succeed in the Democrat Party. But then, it shouldn't surprise anyone. After all, Ted Kennedy, who, drunkenly or callously, left a young woman in his car to drown in eight feet of water, was later lauded as "the Lion of the Senate."
With all due respect, we shouldn't forget either about the success of Republican psychopaths. And this is not to excuse the Democrats. The Bush drug trade during the war in Central America. Nixon. Goldwater. And the current batch of Republicans? Yuck, with a few exceptions. It's the degree of success the Democrats now have with the media, if not in actual poll popularity, that makes them so dangerous.
Polly: Maybe so, but it's the Democrat psychopaths who pose the most danger at this point!
I agreed, even though many Republicans at all levels of government are on the take or compromised…BUT, When was the last time you witnessed a [D] party leader being Patriotic [exhibiting National Pride (love of Country)]?
When was the last time you witnessed a [D] party leader 'speak out against' the riots [violence in the streets]?
When was the last time you witnessed a [D] party leader support those who took an oath to protect and defend?
When was the last time you witnessed a [D] party leader support and call for UNITY across our Nation?
I don't know what media you take in DLD - but I've seen all of what you say isn't happening above. But yes, there is more shown on the [R] side.
I agree - that was my last line :-)
Polly, for sure the Republican party needs a huge clean-up! It is pretty obvious who in the R party are the screw ups and they need to be ousted soon. Politics has become a money making pyramid and that attracts some very disreputable folks. Unfortunately with the D party, the good ones (Tulsi and RFK. etc.) have abandoned ship and the majority are more corrupt than ever.
You're right. And civilian Democrats don't criticize the party any longer. Which is weird to me. Democrats had no trouble protesting against Johnson. I think the Clintons, under Hillary's evil guidance, changed the party.
Growth of government employee unions after JFK fundamentally changed the political parties and America. Democrats today are the party of the Big Government employee unions.
What do Democrats have to complain about? The money keeps rolling in, no one holds them accountable, and they have reached such critical mass they are now almost self-sustaining. They gamed the system and now are on the brink of owning it entirely. To the point they can elect laughable incompetents and nothing threatens their grip on the taxpayer checkbook.
The chilling irregularities of the 2020 "covid" election that were allowed to pass with no recourse are truly terrifying and so close to losing it all in just one more election cycle. There must be a roar of pushback this time; not just whimpers. Yes, we are that close.
Polly, I won't disagree with what you've written. But I do feel it's the same on the Republican side as well. MAGA has pretty much gutted any one that speaks differently than Trump. I think that's just as strange.
TJ: You have things backwards. MAGA created Trump. No one is his slave or "cult". The movement came first - see history of the Tea Party.
Trump just became the public voice for what was already in place, and will continue as long as those who believe in our founding principles still exist in this country. It was such an elegant experiment. Not sure what America will be when those are finally lost.
SBCC today is an unwitting microcosm for what this future can look like after OPM runs out. Measure P demands you bail SBCC out, but SBCC offers no changes, accountability nor fiscal reforms in return. Just a demand to keep the money flowing into their hands, and they can do what they damn well want with it.
This is no longer government of the people, by the people or for the people. It is government only by entrenched special interest groups.
When do we stop sending them our money? Repealing 16th Amendment is the only serious response to the corruptions of Big and even Bigger Government today. Starve it into rectitude. Otherwise we are co-dependents.
I agree with you Monica, there are some pretty shady Republicans, (RINOs), out there, some of whom are gonna be toast when Trump gets back in the saddle. Btw - I really respect RFKjr - an honest guy.
on target Monica, but let’s add the most important D to leave the party…
https://x.com/FNowisthetime/status/1828133670517125367
The hypocrisy of the Obamas (in particular) is rich, "y'all"!
Obama - I can't stand that stinking traitor! Worse than Biden because he had so much slime experience.
I did not watch a single moment of either the Olympics or the DNC convention. Both are organizations sadly in the grip of the Father of Lies.
Dr. Aijian, I'm quite sure your movie screening last night was much more worth watching than the DNC and I bet it was a nice ending to a crazy DNC week.
I'll be darned if I can figure out who 'the Father of Lies' might be. I can think of quite a few!
DJT perhaps?
Thank you for writing. The Obama speeches where she plays the race card and he the Trump hate card deserves the good riddance phrase, too. When Obama, while in office spoke, I turned him off (for 8 years). The road ahead is fueled by the Dem's oligarch's desperado decisions. Let the Dem's joy ride begin! The first bump is a question: is there ever a legitimate coup d'tat? Pot hole Biden's (again) angry speech with repeated slurs and misinformation. Yet, just a bit further down the washboard is RFK rejecting the Dems and joining Republicans; no traction with Trump at Arlington honoring dead from Afghanistan debacle vs. Biden resting on the beach. The Dem joy ride is a farce. The fork(s) in the road is fast approaching, while elite's scurry and slither around very worried.
Just like Salud Carbajal, just in time for his upcoming re-election, bragging about the government "investments" he is brining back to our local community. Which in fact is only a small fraction of what we are forced to send his current pack of Beltway Bandits.
Stop the fraud, Carbajal. Own up to what you are really doing. Voters, reject all Democrats. They are addicted to spending your future, just to get re-elected today.
I read this money-making article by Mr. Buckely "Titled Meet and Greet with the Democratic Elite"
and I quote "Whew. It’s comforting to know that Democrats want to take the money out of politics. And put it in their pockets. Finally! ..... Here’s what Michele said from the podium:“[My mom] and my father didn’t aspire to be wealthy. In fact, they were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed…”
I think I read somewhere about Evil and Money ........... “The love of money is the root of all evil” is a phrase from the Bible, 1 Timothy 6:10.
Money finds it's way into Banks where "The Elites" steal that Money as follows>>>>
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/08/24/kansas-bank-ceo-sentenced-to-24-years-for-embezzling-47-million-and-losing-it-in-cryptocurrency-scam/
And I qoute "The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prson for looting the bank of $47 million."
Lets bring this all back to Santa Barbara California and "The Elite"
Any Money Embezzled from our little ole Santa Barbara Banks under 18 U.S. Code § 1344 - Bank fraud? It is so comforting to know that "The Elites" and Evil is Operating Just Fine in Santa Barbara CA.
Howard Walther, member of a Military Family
Good article Jim. I watch the DNC convention and its entirety and was happy that there were no major incidents (FFs). What I saw was a never-ending stream of speakers that were not full of any joy at all. Instead, it seem to be an endless cry of victimhood and fear, mostly placed on President Trump and the Republican establishment. Interesting to see the hundreds of millions of dollars that flowed into the Harris campaign, post convention, mostly through the Act Blue portal and now we see many states are scrutinizing and taking legal action given investigations into Act Blue. I saw one the other day where they found a woman whose name was used 30,000 times for donations. Same thing that I saw back in 2008 when Obama was running for president, including many donations coming from overseas. These people will do anything to retain power. For those who haven’t figured it out yet, this is not about Trump’s crimes. It’s about ensuring that we do not uncover their crimes. There is a big panic in DC, on both sides of the aisle, the Uniparty. They are now trapped in a corner, and they’re only way out is to create war, continuing to poke the bear and a larger war in the Middle East; or create conditions to delay or stop the election; or kill Trump. However, the last option will set off a different series of events, and likely lead to open warfare. The world is on fire. And it’s all for the same reasons. It’s the silent war of Good versus Evil and we’re coming to the climax of age old war. It will be good to see both Republicans and Democrats come together and stop pointing fingers at each other and the poking each other in disparaging ways, and come together to see the root of our ills, which is those that we call our so-called leaders.
DL: "Republicans and Democrats come together " . . . boy, are you dreaming.
"Coming together" is code for my way, or the highway. Pay them no mind, they don't really mean it.
Sometimes you can't TELL the public the truth.
YOU MUST SHOW THEM.
ONLY THEN WILL PEOPLE FIND THE WILL TO CHANGE.
Crimes against children unite all humanity [cross PARTY LINES]?
Difficult truths...
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/sunday-nights-matt-doran-goes-undercover-with-operation-underground-railroad-to-bring-down-haiti-child-sex-ring/news-story/dcecf5950ca5b6d501c48ed927127bc3
The Great Awakening…
What fake joy, enthusiasm more like it- and even fake enthusiasm. But yes quite right, envy, grievance, victimhood, oppressed rhetoric from the monsters who hoard, abuse, violate and crush good Americans.
One day when Kamala puts on that big grin of hers, her teeth will start cracking and then her head. With the sound of peanut brittle, her body continues to crack into little "Kamala" pieces and are then sold on eBay for 25-cents per piece to be placed in display cases with locks around the world. The locked display cases assure the "Kamala" pieces don't find each other and recombine together to form a new Kamala to only return and haunt us. Kamala's previous life involved the use of a silver stake to eliminate her, which worked for a thousand years only to return with an immunity to silver stakes. But what Kamala doesn't know is ... if she smiles BIG too many times, six hundred and sixty-six times, she will "crack" to death and never, ever return again. And in the words of Paul Harvey, "That's the rest of the story."
I feel so good that I've signed up today for a brand-new, out-of-this-world, swimming pool for my wife because I know Trump will be our next President and the Dems won't be taking my money.
You sound miserable, Bill. You ok?
Nice to hear comment when I'm approaching 80 years old. I think my first cousin Gordon Russell (deceased) and a prolific writer of the "Dark Shadows" Gothic soap visited me last night and gave me those words! Am I having too much fun? No.
What an imagination!
Well, in all fairness, the GOP had Hulk Hogan and Dana White.
Both of those guys are incalculably more honest than Kamala, and more intelligent too.
BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
When will all the lies be revealed? It will happen one day. And on that day every knee will bow ….
Yes, and Trump will be the first to Hell.
It should be amazing to anyone following politics how Democrats bob and weave, just like a prize fighter. That’s right, the ability to avoid any significant punches from landing by your opponent. Then of course, there is the rope-a-dope. Let your opponent wear themselves out by covering up and allowing your opponent to punch away. Mohamed Ali mastered the rope-a-dope and actually won a World Title in 1974, “Rumble in the Jungle “ against George Forman in Ziare, Africa.
Harris is trying her own version of the rope-a-dope by bobbing, weaving, not answering any questions, no press conference and NONE of Trump’s punches landing.
Of course, the difference between politics and a prize fight is in professional boxing, you have a Referee to serve as a neutral party. To break up fighters, and penalize any low blows or unsportsmanlike conduct.
The Press is the obvious version of the Referee in politics. They need to fact check, ask tough, probative questions and watch for any low blows. This has NOT been the case. The Press is in the bag and throwing this Championship Bout! That’s right, the fix is in and Harris’s boxing glove has a horseshoe hidden in it.
Proving this point, yesterday’s interview on ABC between Sen. Tom Cotton and Jonathan Karl was truly bias and disgraceful. A clear example of how the Press is covering for Harris by refusing to hold her accountable for her abysmal record. It reminds me of when Pelosi demanded the House pass Obamacare “to find out what’s in the actual bill.’ This time, the Press is asking us the voters, to elect Harris and then find out how dreadful she will govern.
Folks, sad but true…this fight is rigged and the fix is in! Shame on ABC News and Jonathan Karl for a cowardly, bias and loser performance! Hard hitting, buzzsaw and ABC Journalist, Sam Donaldson would be turning over in his grave!
LT " . . should be amazing to anyone following politics . ." 90% of the chumps out there (voters) don't have a clue what or who they're voting for - they just see a name they kinda recognize and check the [D] box. Why the D? Because that's who the media told them to, and Ta-Da! - they're now a Kingmaker!
That is not how I vote. At all. Sounds like the uneducated Trump cult to me...