Let’s roll, time for some payback. Mr. McCalmont accurately describes “Day of National Reckoning,” because that is exactly the sentiment. Why? Because Conservatives have been forced fed mounds of BS from the MSM into believing we are somehow inferior. Conservatives have been labeled by liberal elites as: “garbage,” “Un-American,” “Nazis,” “racists,” and “climate deniers,” just to mention a few of their despicable slurs. Now is the time for the pedal to the metal and make the liberal establishment eat a super-sized order of Pu-Pu Platter! We mustn’t forget how we got here, the lawfare, and attempting to assassinate our candidate in order to silence our voices. Our voices speaking loud and clear to; end the nanny welfare state, take back our schools, end transgender insanity, become a energy superpower, unleashing our capitalist juggernaut, adding conservatives to the courts and preserving our great military!
Yes, time for payback. We need investigations into the sham, criminal Democrat establishment. Joe Biden, Nancy Polosi and Chuck Schumer need to be led off in handcuffs! We need to purge the Justice Department, State Department, FBI and CIA of the TRAITORS who have circumvented our laws and constitution. Only then can we move forward to save our great country.
Trump disavowed Project 2025 and is having Chabad Lubavitch member, son-in-law Jared Kushner along with Israel firster Howard Lutnick leading the staffing. Now what?
Israel doesn't like Project 2025, but why don't you? It is just a list of conservatives who the Heritage Foundation thinks will stand up for conservative and anticorruption views. It was fake news to call them a dark negative agenda by the mainstream media which if democrat, liberal and pro-Israel. Trump used to call out fake news, but I guess when Israel likes the fake news, he now he just caves to it.
Good Article…we’re at the finish line for the voting & now we see a rash of polls spelling the voting public that it’s a tied race…
Ha! Not even close… Do you believe actual 'polls' were conducted?
Remember 2016? Pre-election polls: HRC favored 90-98%? Reconcile against results.
Why is there emphasis put on polls?
Define 'Human Nature'. : the general psychological characteristics, feelings, and behavioral traits of humankind, regarded as shared by all humans?
[Point 1 - FAKE NEWS LOGIC]
If people believe the odds are hopeless their candidate will win…
Do they still make the effort to vote?
[Point 2]
If people believe the odds are overwhelming their candidate will win….
Do they still make the effort to vote?
Does 1 cancel 2?
[Point 3 - FAKE NEWS LOGIC]
If people believe the 'majority' of people feel a certain way about something, do they 'go with the majority' to feel accepted? If the 'majority' of people believe something does that imply it must be RIGHT? Does this give rise to 'we are the majority' mindset?
Define 'Echo Chamber'. : a metaphorical description of a situation in which beliefs are amplified or reinforced by communication and repetition inside a closed system?
Prior to new platforms [networks] connecting people….Did the OLD GUARD have FULL CONTROL? Did the OLD GUARD 'learn' from this mistake (2016 election) and now tasking all new platforms [networks] to censor?
A little bit of "bipartisanism" is still alive. I've noticed that the "Current" and "Independent" agree we should vote "NO" on Prop 33. Can't say as much for the new "M.J.", however. I notified the editor of "M.J." that the "Current" and "M.J." agreed on "YES" for Prop 36. In its latest issue, "M.J." backtracked on its assessment of "36". It's now a firm "NO" on "36". I guess agreeing on anything with the "Current" would be too much to explain to their stalwart readers on the left. As it stands now, the chasm stands deep and wide between right and left media enterprises on the South Coast. Never the twain shall meet on the campaign trail - or in the cocktail lounge.
DMcD: With recent additions of RFKJr, Tulsi Gabbard and Elon Musk, to name only a few, I would say the new GOP tent has become very wide and very broad. So twains are meeting in this new shared common purpose.
It's kind of funny, watching that speech at Madison square garden where Tucker Carlson talks about all the freedoms we have as Americans, and then going back and watching his piece on Vladimir Putin's Russia and how good the bread is. Just another little thing to think about, Donald Trump makes money selling Bibles. When are you going to throw the money changers out of the temple?
Donald Trump sells bibles while the Biden/Harris regime (+++ those that control our compromised leaders) sell out America…Our government is a criminal organization, Trump is the outsider flipping their tables
Willing buyers meet willing sellers. A lot to like about free and competitive markets. Particularly when compared to government mandated experimental injections inflicted by the other side with forced tax dollar payments for them going directly to Big Pharm. Your call Justin, which temple you choose that meets your own spiritual needs.
I find it laughable when people tout Trump as a great businessman. I invited people to read the cautions regarding Trump in the Trump Media prospectus. I doubt any 'believers" would have the temerity to take a read. As you read through the 30 pages you clearly learn that Trump is anything but a savvy business guy. He is a great salesman and an even better confidence man. You'd have to be a brilliant conman to convince millions to ignore the 6 bankruptcies, the 25 million dollar judgement for fraud at Trump University. How about the latest scandal where he took a tax loss on a building in Chicago and then move the property into a new LLC and took a second tax loose on the same building. How about the New York fraud case? How about he an Elon's attempt to illegally buy votes? The man is a hot mess and people are still trying to prop him up as a capable candidate. Had sad for the once fine GOP that it's being run by a crime family.
Good article, David. I guess it's just a wait and see now. There's those that are really striving for a change in the politics of our overblown government and there are those that are obviously content with the way the country is going and are more concerned about Trump selling Bibles, etc. There will most likely never be a complete meeting of the minds when there is such a vast chasm but hopefully the big government, deep state proponents will become fewer and fewer.
If your elderly father-in-law painted his face orange and called Jan 6 a day of love, you'd be looking for assisted living quarters. It appears that the ravages of age that were disqualifying for Biden are somehow invisible when they're wrapped around a candidate you like. And, assuming (as hard as that might be) that Trump loses the election -- are you going to accept the result? Or will you support another day of love? After all, the only thing we know for sure is who Donald Trump will say won the election.
“ little common ground that extended families can bond together with anymore”
As several states engage their National Guard ahead of tomorrow. This has felt like Blue V Grey, not that I was alive during the Civil War. But brother against brother, children against parents, no ability to have reasonable conversation.
The Left has been polarized by hate speech, the very speech the Dems admonish, with terms like; deplorables, terrorists, nazis, fascists, garbage and I’d like to smack them all used to describe the American Voter by the Party of the People.
This party chose to publish the bounty on Trumps head and stated terms like, time to put him in the bullseye.
The Democratic Party are evil tyrranny. Democratic Voters are, choose to ignore the facts of history. They choose to ignore the Democrat voting history like Dems opposed every civil rights act. Dems choose to put men in women’s sports. Dems choose to confuse gender and allow people to not only choose to be a boy or girl but choose to be over 30 different types of genders which absolutely goes against science & biology.
But even the Dem Doctors and Lawyers choose ignorance and to blindly follow and do as they are told.
This is not a D v R issue in this country, this is a Cult taking over. This is Good v Evil.
And it’s the Conservative, middle of the road peoples’ fault for not standing up and defending morals and the US Constitution.
It is conservative petioles fault for being too lazy to vote.
They choose to give away their rights out of laziness and are to blame as much as the radical Left.
Wow, this from the same Tucker Carlson who amoung a zillion other things texted the following to his staff at Fox in 2021? During the time Fox was getting sued for 100's of millions?
I guess he's decided which side to realign with to keep his money hose flowing.
Carlson:
We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can’t wait.
Unfortunately, Thomas, you might have to wait another four years. It's really difficult for me to comprehend there are that many stupid people out buying into the Harris's plan of representing nothing. If Harris really gets a lot of votes, I'm going after the marketplace of stupid people that will buy stupid stuff.
Bill, the “stupid people who will by stupid stuff” market are well represented by the list of Trump trinkets, such as; Trump gold sneakers, NFTs, made in China bibles, 100,000.00 Trump watches, “gold” coins, pieces of Trumps blue suit, and Trump cologne, ad nausium.
Yes, great point. She doesn't care about people at all unless she can make money from them. I've heard these kids are paired up each with their own pimp; someone stated each kid has a pimp and could translate to nearly the same number of pimps as there are kids in sex slavery.
Peter, on your list of "stupid people buying stupid stuff" you might want to include Trump's World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency which, incidentally, has already dropped its fundraising goal by 90% in its first week. I reckon you didn't need a diploma from Trump University to see that one coming. But, hey, by looks of most of the S.B. Current commenters it looks Trump's Kool-aid sales are still going strong!
Most business ventures fail. I love hearing comments citing business failures as a reason that Trump is a failure or corrupt or in some way unfit to be president. This insight is spoken from the ignorance that can only come from a lack of experience at ever having started a business. Failure is a necessary perquisite to success. But a true failure has never failed or succeeded.
We jus be a Fox News viewing cult, waiting for our next marching orders from on high. Eh, RJ?
Do you realize what you just said. How long have you been reading the wide range of opinions here, independent opinions, well articulated opinions, positive action opinions and well researched opinions. You are missing so much.
BR: Just defund the deep state. Find legal ways we can stop sending them our tax dollars that supports these very willing Harris government employee voters, to keep doing this to us.
Support lower taxes, no taxes, constitutional amendments, and tax payer initiatives in the spirit of Prop 13.
Trump was thinking perhaps tariffs could be used to eliminate income tax. Wouldn't that be nice, "taxation without representation." If Trump could eliminate the tax laws which are convoluted and often send one through a labyrinth of chaos ... wouldn't that be great. Elon's task of reducing the size of government could include getting rid of the IRS employees, too. I fought the IRS many three decades ago via the tax court and the 9th court of appeals, now that was an education.
I agree, everything is rigged till proven otherwise. The Dems have an enormous control on things where lies matter. Dems live on lies and therefore need to control the sources of where all lies matter. Now we have to seek out all of the "rigged" voting processes.
The beauty of 2024 cycle is we have the 2020 cheating still visible in the rear view mirror, with the same tactics now played in the same locations…BUT, this time the MSM has lost ability to control the narratives…it’s all over but the fight over vote counting/recording…who declares the winner? MSM in 2020…MSM in 2024?
I expect Trump to declare victory tomorrow night or by the end of the week, then the fun begins…Fight 4 Trump!
BR: Founders would agree with your conclusion too, when they tried to bullet proof against future rigging as best they could , at that time .
They were wise about more base human natures, and wanted to elevate a system of governance into a format that could hold its own, operating above the exigencies of human nature .
They sure came pretty darn close, until we keep self-sabotaging this august constitutional attempt. The partisan fray today did force me to go back to The Federalist Papers and delve deeper into the process of writing the current US Constitution. I am amazed at their foresight.
But the seeds of the current fray were well in place even back then - a strong central government or a limited more diffuse government. That battle continues today, but with unintended frills today.
Maybe part of where we are today is because government employees seek financial gains. If the money trail aspect is eliminated, perhaps a more normal running government would exist. I believe all the wacky Dem causes are used for financial gain of some sort. One of them being cities receiving money from the Feds if they conduct "business" according to those lingering highest in power. I'm thinking about all the money from various sources that were supposedly to be applied to infrastructure which never happened. Money probably diverted for other dumb causes or personal gain.
Barking up the wrong tree here for that. I believe that C19 was real - if improperly reacted to - and vaccines are safe and effective. No matter what the old M-TV lady tells you or you find on X.
Agree. In hindsight C19 was a bad flu except if you were old, fat and had breathing issues. The world should have focused on the unhealthy over 65 year olds and protecting them. "Lockdown" is a vague term. Even after the 'lockdown' folks were wearing masks, getting tested, travel was limited. It wasn't a party.
Instant mass global communication and the morphing of the Age of Information into the Age of Disinformation on top of the US election year, was ripe for an unsettling surrogate hysteria event.
C19 was not real as it ultimately was presented in election year 2020, since it was just one more really a bad flu season which happens from time to time - one more "Asian flu".
You cannot run away from the first closed system "covid" incidence reports - the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Nor could we run away from the instant partisan media depiction of that first reported incidence, in election year 2020.
Mass hysteria is the real issue to keep exploring. what are the seeds already planted should you find yourself in its grips again.
Interesting. I read up on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Average age was 58. There were 712 confirmed cases and 14 deaths, giving a case fatality rate of 1.96. Depending on the source the case fatality rate for seasonal influenza is approximately 0.047. I'm I missing something or is one of these numbers way off?
you believe vaccines are safe and effective, but you have not seen experimental evidence that they are. That is b/c the industry finds excuses not to do those studies and the captured regulatory bodies allow it. You have a right to your beliefs, but that does not make them objectively true. And if you believe without evidence despite the enormous influence money has over the creation of science, the publishing of science and even the training of doctors and researchers, then you need to look into these concerns more carefully. You might start with a book called "Bad Pharma" by Ben Goldacre to better understand what we are dealing with. If Trump really did put RFK Jr in the government as a regulatory watchdog or director, that would be amazing. However, he promised to do that the last time and then he didn't do it. He promised to release the JFK assassination files, but then didn't. So his promises don't mean much to me.
Aimee, I don't buy what either the drug companies or medical community do without question. By in large I think both are out to help - but some are out only or mostly for the buck. And that is why, at least in this industry, I am for an increased regulatory role.
Sheer popularity is thankfully not part of our electoral college system of electing our national leaders. Nice to get both, but we do accept and understand why this is not meaningful measure of where this country has chosen to be.
I used to hate you passionately John Thomas for your ignorant comments, but I have changed my mind about you over time. I have softened as I read your comments and as I try to see your point. Reasonable people do that, and unreasonable people never change their minds which are more rooted in ideology.
Jeff I think the majority of posters here have our community, State and Nation best interests in head and heart. We just have different ideas on what's best. I think we're mostly well intentioned patriots. I get a lot from reading many of the posts here. I do google too much - but some of the topics discussed I'm not up to speed on and need more background. It's made me challenge some/many? positions I've held in the past.
Google is often good, but it censors. Things I used to be able to find no longer appear in the results. Compare to a search on yandex for example on contentious issues such as vaccine safety or the attack of the USS Liberty or the Jewish supremacy of Rabbi Schneerson, someone Trump at least pretends to admire. Yandex will have its own bias built in to its algorithm, but the point is to see that even our searches are shaped for us, so we need to always keep an open mind and keep trying to find ways around the mass manipulation.
Google is my generic word. Everyone get's different results based on everything from what type of computer you are using to your zip code to your internet provider. I use various search engines, AI and VPN depending..... And yes, always trying to keep an eye or two open to my left right and behind.
You got a long wait mister. Trumpy is gonna crush the Commie-Dems, run 'em out of town, flush the millions of illegial aliens and get our beautiful American back on track.
TJ: I hated Trump passionately in 2016 too. Then quickly I learned to hate the other side even more because they immediately asked me to lie about Trump. (The fake pink kitty hat riots on Inauguration Day.) Take in deeply what Carlson just explained.
JL - I don't like Trump, but I don't hate him. If he wins I hope he figures out a comprensive immigration policy that everyone has to play by. As Hamas has shown walls don't work verywell, perhaps drones or some other mix of tech at the southern boarder and more enforcement of overstayed visas. We'll see what he can do for the middle class - that's been every GOP promise I haven't seen come to work.
Not to worry, gang, it’s gonna be a Trumpy / Vance avalanche!
I worked on the 1st Reagan campaign. Here was some dopey actor going up against a Democrat President, even with his CA gov chops. We were all apprehensive, to say the least, and John Anderson’s entry didn’t help.
BUT! After Reagan won, he flushed the Commie-Dems in D.C. and the whole place became Republican! That’s what’s gonna happen tomorrow! Years of prosperity, peace and fun followed.
As dreamy and dumb as the Commie-Dems are, I think even they see that Biden / Harris has ju u u u st about wrecked our beautiful country, and it’s time for American to be put back on track, and Trump’s the guy to do it!
Democrats publicized Project 2025 as a primary attack agenda this election. Trump did have nothing to do with Project 2025. The vast majority of Trump supporters had never even heard about it. I certainly never had until every TDS Democrat who came to this forum would not stop talking about it.
But what a surprise, when millions like mysel looked Project 2025 up, and found they very much liked a lot what they read. And who now do hope a change in administration will finally bring in what so many voters have long wanted, but had not yet put into words or laid out as a possible game plan.
Those who have now found there is lot to support in Project 2025, who do want to deeply change the direction this country has been going understand much of this misdirection is the result of the growing power of by this unelected and new fourth branch government - the deep administrative state that has now become highly and exclusively partisan. Party over people has been its negative driver.
This new, unelected fourth branch that the Founders never anticipated we would willing and/or unwittingly inflict on ourselves, when they originally built in the checks and balances for our conventional three part system of governance.
Thank a Democrat for bringing Project 2025 to our national attention. It is a valid blueprint for many of the changes we would to see, all within fundamental legal parameters. No matter where this agenda came from, thank a Democrat for bringing this format to our attention.
Forward, and back closer to the country our Founders intended with our unique American raw material. MAGA.
A Moment of Silence in the Memory of Peanut the Squirrel, an orphaned and smart pet squirrel executed by the State of New York. Tonight pray Harris makes light of Peanut's demise, and the world comes down on Harris making the memory of Peanuts outlast that of Harris by one million times. Could this be our late October Surprise?
I agree Trump loves people and wants to be loved. I also thinks he would like to make America Great. I also believe Kamala Harris is a synthetic place holder, an empty vessel for someone else, so we don't even know who will be making the big decisions. I agree Trump did a lot to smash through the fear that makes cancel culture and tyrrany over thought and speech possible. We all owe him for that. But he is compromised and he is Israel First, not America First. He took $100 million from Israeli Miriam Adelson again. We saw how he governed last time with his son in law, Jared Kushner making policy in the Arab world in the interests of Israel (and enriching himself), but not America. We saw that Trump was willing to vaproize Iranianian Gen. Soleimani. From what I have been told, (and correct me if you think I have this wrong), no American president has overtly assassinated a military leader in another government since WWII and for good reasons. Trump is gangsta and he is controlled. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal, which I know most of you have only heard one side of the story on that, but he also walked away from the INF nuclear treaty with Russia. These moves have increased the likelihood of nuclear war. They have slandered Trump and tried to frame Trump and I believe stole the 2020 election from Trump which is a harm to all of us. They have smeared him as a white supremacist, which there is no evidence for. However, there is a lot of evidence he has given himself over to Jewish supremacy, something the media does not discuss. On Oct 7, 2024 Trump visited the grave of Chabad Lubavitch Rabbi Schneerson. His son in law is part of that sect and his daughter converted to Judaism. It you do not understand the extreme beliefs and influence of this movement in the US and Israel, you need to become educated before voting. https://www.unz.com/article/why-is-the-us-honoring-a-racist-rabbi/ If you do not understand how Israel uses Epstein style spying rings and infiltration of government communication surveillance to control politicians, you need to get up to speed before voting. Trump's bold style was a boon when it came to smashing the cancel culture threat of corrupt, narcissism promoting leftists, but it is a downside when it comes to international relations. Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli land, saying if he is killed Iran should be wiped off the map, vaporizing a military leader in another government while he was en route to a peace meeting, these are all very provocative acts and if you don't understnad how others in the world see it, you can't understand how he has damaged our standing in the world and been part of what has fueled the emergence of BRICS. (On the plus side, walking away from the climate hoax Paris Agreement was a good bold step and a push back against those trying to establish a global system of control over every human being on earth.) He has promised to end the Ukraine war (which has been over for a long time now anyway), but he has not committed to keep us out of war with Iran. He is once again bringing his Jewish supremacist son in law into the administration and fellow Israel firster, Frank Lutnick, to make the hiring decisions. Trump caved to the media slander about the Federalists Society list of recommendations called Project 2025. He told Joe Rogan we was bringing in war mongering extremist like Mike Pompeo. These neocons have been planning to get the US to topple Iran's government for decades. Are you aware of that movement and its hold on US foreign policy no matter which party is in power? I know, it would be great to have a wise father figure who loved us and loved the country and would turn things around. I believe Trump wants to be that guy, but his prior committments have meant that despite what he says, he will continue to fund wars for Israel (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and "finishing the job" in Gaza, as he put it, that have bankrupted our country. He has shown no willingness or ability to retore our country from this very dangerous and dark course. Either he lacks awareness or is boxed in. Vote for him if you want, but just don't get surprised when you see him make little more than minor changes to the replacement of the native population and capitulation to what the criminal gang that runs Israel (and our govt officials) wants.
Enjoyed reading your response. You make some compelling and well informed arguments stating your case. What’s your background in international affairs…security clearance? Shy of having a Top Secret security clearance, makes some of your assertions purely conjecture, although I am in partial agreement.
First off, Trump being some kind of ZOG agent is make believe, although I do admit “they” have enormous leverage and influence.
As for Iran, they are our sworn enemy since 79’. Nothing new here, the “liquidation” of Soleimani was arguably a bit messy, but a stroke of genius as he was responsible, directly for the death of many US servicemen. We should do more of this and activity pursue regime change in Iran. As for what our military is capable of in terms of command and control, Gen. Yamamoto found this out the hard way! Next, you seem to take issue
with Pompeo. Couldn’t disagree more, as he is what Trump needs to clear out the deep state sewer.
As for your assertions about the Abraham Accord and moving our embassy to Jerusalem, disagree again. Both were diplomatic coups, achieved under Trump.
When making a choice tomorrow, the differences could not be more stark.
How does moving the embassy to Jerusalem and demonstrating lack of support for the two state solution despite continued claims to support the two state solution do anything other than alienate the US from the rest of the world? Sure, it helped get Trump placed on an Israeli coin. But if it means we get drawn into an escalation from Gaza, to Lebanon, to Iran and risk nuclear world war, what exactly were we getting for this duplicitous servility to AIPAC's agenda? Please tell me.
True, I am not an expert, just a citizen who believes we should be informed before casting our votes. Do you have clearance? For which country? Sounds like you are more concerned about Israel and more in turn with Israeli principles than America or American principles. If you put Israel first, or should I say the expansionist Israeli faction first, then Pompeo is great. Do you support assassinating Julian Assange to threaten journalists not to accept leaks? Do you think the public has the right to know who killed JFK and why? Why is swampy Pompeo working so hard to prevent that long overdue disclosure? Perhaps he needs to protect the foreign country that saw Kennedy as an impediment to its nuclear ambitions, that were facilitated by spy Jonathan Pollard who Trump released to a heros welcome in Israel? Maybe I am speculating, but just release the files for us all to see and know for sure. The LBJ was happy to undermine rescue efforts for the US military personnel attacked by Israel on the USS Liberty. Did Iran attack that ship? No, it was our great "friend" Israel. The "liquidation" of Gen. Soleimani was criminal and you are ghoulish to advocate that for foreign policy. Remember, in conflict even if it rises to war, there needs to be peace afterwards. It is not wise to make finding a way to peace more difficult like Israel loves to do. It is also not wise to alienate neutral third party countries with your lawless behavior. Obviously Reagan could work with the Iranians, he got the October surprise deal. Iran might not be our sworn enemy if our officials were willing to put American interests over Israeli interests and seek peace and stopped trying to instigate a color revolution there. If you don't see Palestinian Christians and Muslims as humans, so be it, that is on your soul. And if you are not willing to protect America from being crashed so that Israel can use this country to take out its largest regional competitor, your lack of patriotism and bellicosity is on your soul. But for anyone who does see all human beings as having worth, wants peace and wants to protect America's financial future and soul, they need to look more carefully into the forces Trump is empowering with access to the levels of power of our government. Patriotic Americans need to look at what Trump has allowed and will, if given the chance again, allow them to do with our treasury, our military personnel and our reputation in the world.
Oh please (yawn), your response is not only naive, but boorish as well. As the old saying goes “you can’t handle the truth.” No, I have no security clearance either, my Father did have Top Secret clearance. I am prior service, been all over the world and well observed many cultures. The thought that our foreign policy works based on “fair play or equity “ is a fairy tail. We do right based on what’s right for our interests and screw everyone else. Sorry to burst your puritan bubble, but that’s how it works.
Taking out a murderous dog like Soleimani is a non-sequitur, based on an intelligence finding conducted by the CIA and signed by the President. NOTHING “lawless “ about it! Yes, the Israelis are out for themselves first and foremost, just like we are, no surprise here , save your indignation.
Gaza, Palestine, Syria, Congo the list goes on and on. All shit hole regimes hostile to us. Sorry, don’t feel bad.
Keep yawning, maybe you need a nap because your logic is poor. Call me naive, fine. I think Catholic morality can be consistent with a thriving and secure society for a millennium and do approach politics as with all other areas of morality from a Catholic perspective and I think that you are unwise to think abandoning morality will over time lead to a secure and thriving society, but lets leave that to the side for now. Why not counter the perspectives of expert and realist John Mersheimer who says that the Israel Lobby is able to get the US to take actions that HARM US interests? How did LBJ allowing Israel to attack and then attempt to kill all survivors on the USS Liberty serve US interests? Is an American president allowed to sacrifice US military lives to protect the image of Israel? Or is that treasonous? How does supporting Israel's lies about Oct. 7 where there is no evidence of sexual assaults or baby beheadings and the IDF killed many of their own citizens as per the Hannibal Option serve US interests? Get concrete. Why are these counties "shithole". Can you define that assessment? How has US policy shaped their attitude to the US? How has the US funding and giving political cover for Israeli aggression helped these relationships? I think you are the naive one. You have outsourced your thinking to the Israel Lobby controlled US media. But I have an open mind. Make the case.
Still hoping to hear an answer to my question about moving the embassy to Jerusalem, but meanwhile, I think this military expert, Scott Ritter, raises some very valid points to consider. https://www.youtube.com/live/i7CFDaZhD60
Let’s roll, time for some payback. Mr. McCalmont accurately describes “Day of National Reckoning,” because that is exactly the sentiment. Why? Because Conservatives have been forced fed mounds of BS from the MSM into believing we are somehow inferior. Conservatives have been labeled by liberal elites as: “garbage,” “Un-American,” “Nazis,” “racists,” and “climate deniers,” just to mention a few of their despicable slurs. Now is the time for the pedal to the metal and make the liberal establishment eat a super-sized order of Pu-Pu Platter! We mustn’t forget how we got here, the lawfare, and attempting to assassinate our candidate in order to silence our voices. Our voices speaking loud and clear to; end the nanny welfare state, take back our schools, end transgender insanity, become a energy superpower, unleashing our capitalist juggernaut, adding conservatives to the courts and preserving our great military!
Yes, time for payback. We need investigations into the sham, criminal Democrat establishment. Joe Biden, Nancy Polosi and Chuck Schumer need to be led off in handcuffs! We need to purge the Justice Department, State Department, FBI and CIA of the TRAITORS who have circumvented our laws and constitution. Only then can we move forward to save our great country.
I say “oh hell yes” to Project 2025!
Good one LT - couldn't agree more.
LT I love the way you think.
Trump disavowed Project 2025 and is having Chabad Lubavitch member, son-in-law Jared Kushner along with Israel firster Howard Lutnick leading the staffing. Now what?
Now what, Aimee? Thank a Democrat for bringing Project 2025 to our national attention. We owe you one.
Israel doesn't like Project 2025, but why don't you? It is just a list of conservatives who the Heritage Foundation thinks will stand up for conservative and anticorruption views. It was fake news to call them a dark negative agenda by the mainstream media which if democrat, liberal and pro-Israel. Trump used to call out fake news, but I guess when Israel likes the fake news, he now he just caves to it.
From your lips to God's ears.
Good Article…we’re at the finish line for the voting & now we see a rash of polls spelling the voting public that it’s a tied race…
Ha! Not even close… Do you believe actual 'polls' were conducted?
Remember 2016? Pre-election polls: HRC favored 90-98%? Reconcile against results.
Why is there emphasis put on polls?
Define 'Human Nature'. : the general psychological characteristics, feelings, and behavioral traits of humankind, regarded as shared by all humans?
[Point 1 - FAKE NEWS LOGIC]
If people believe the odds are hopeless their candidate will win…
Do they still make the effort to vote?
[Point 2]
If people believe the odds are overwhelming their candidate will win….
Do they still make the effort to vote?
Does 1 cancel 2?
[Point 3 - FAKE NEWS LOGIC]
If people believe the 'majority' of people feel a certain way about something, do they 'go with the majority' to feel accepted? If the 'majority' of people believe something does that imply it must be RIGHT? Does this give rise to 'we are the majority' mindset?
Define 'Echo Chamber'. : a metaphorical description of a situation in which beliefs are amplified or reinforced by communication and repetition inside a closed system?
Prior to new platforms [networks] connecting people….Did the OLD GUARD have FULL CONTROL? Did the OLD GUARD 'learn' from this mistake (2016 election) and now tasking all new platforms [networks] to censor?
When you are awake you can see CLEARLY.
Love the recent take on this --100% of the polls clearly state one of the two candidates will win.
A little bit of "bipartisanism" is still alive. I've noticed that the "Current" and "Independent" agree we should vote "NO" on Prop 33. Can't say as much for the new "M.J.", however. I notified the editor of "M.J." that the "Current" and "M.J." agreed on "YES" for Prop 36. In its latest issue, "M.J." backtracked on its assessment of "36". It's now a firm "NO" on "36". I guess agreeing on anything with the "Current" would be too much to explain to their stalwart readers on the left. As it stands now, the chasm stands deep and wide between right and left media enterprises on the South Coast. Never the twain shall meet on the campaign trail - or in the cocktail lounge.
DMcD: With recent additions of RFKJr, Tulsi Gabbard and Elon Musk, to name only a few, I would say the new GOP tent has become very wide and very broad. So twains are meeting in this new shared common purpose.
It's kind of funny, watching that speech at Madison square garden where Tucker Carlson talks about all the freedoms we have as Americans, and then going back and watching his piece on Vladimir Putin's Russia and how good the bread is. Just another little thing to think about, Donald Trump makes money selling Bibles. When are you going to throw the money changers out of the temple?
Donald Trump sells bibles while the Biden/Harris regime (+++ those that control our compromised leaders) sell out America…Our government is a criminal organization, Trump is the outsider flipping their tables
Willing buyers meet willing sellers. A lot to like about free and competitive markets. Particularly when compared to government mandated experimental injections inflicted by the other side with forced tax dollar payments for them going directly to Big Pharm. Your call Justin, which temple you choose that meets your own spiritual needs.
I find it laughable when people tout Trump as a great businessman. I invited people to read the cautions regarding Trump in the Trump Media prospectus. I doubt any 'believers" would have the temerity to take a read. As you read through the 30 pages you clearly learn that Trump is anything but a savvy business guy. He is a great salesman and an even better confidence man. You'd have to be a brilliant conman to convince millions to ignore the 6 bankruptcies, the 25 million dollar judgement for fraud at Trump University. How about the latest scandal where he took a tax loss on a building in Chicago and then move the property into a new LLC and took a second tax loose on the same building. How about the New York fraud case? How about he an Elon's attempt to illegally buy votes? The man is a hot mess and people are still trying to prop him up as a capable candidate. Had sad for the once fine GOP that it's being run by a crime family.
"Orangemanbad and you are a bad person for supporting him". We have been down this road before, Gene. It is a dead end.
Good article, David. I guess it's just a wait and see now. There's those that are really striving for a change in the politics of our overblown government and there are those that are obviously content with the way the country is going and are more concerned about Trump selling Bibles, etc. There will most likely never be a complete meeting of the minds when there is such a vast chasm but hopefully the big government, deep state proponents will become fewer and fewer.
If your elderly father-in-law painted his face orange and called Jan 6 a day of love, you'd be looking for assisted living quarters. It appears that the ravages of age that were disqualifying for Biden are somehow invisible when they're wrapped around a candidate you like. And, assuming (as hard as that might be) that Trump loses the election -- are you going to accept the result? Or will you support another day of love? After all, the only thing we know for sure is who Donald Trump will say won the election.
Key phrases yiu used
“ American republic ” not a democracy
“ nation's partisan cleavage”
“ little common ground that extended families can bond together with anymore”
As several states engage their National Guard ahead of tomorrow. This has felt like Blue V Grey, not that I was alive during the Civil War. But brother against brother, children against parents, no ability to have reasonable conversation.
The Left has been polarized by hate speech, the very speech the Dems admonish, with terms like; deplorables, terrorists, nazis, fascists, garbage and I’d like to smack them all used to describe the American Voter by the Party of the People.
This party chose to publish the bounty on Trumps head and stated terms like, time to put him in the bullseye.
The Democratic Party are evil tyrranny. Democratic Voters are, choose to ignore the facts of history. They choose to ignore the Democrat voting history like Dems opposed every civil rights act. Dems choose to put men in women’s sports. Dems choose to confuse gender and allow people to not only choose to be a boy or girl but choose to be over 30 different types of genders which absolutely goes against science & biology.
But even the Dem Doctors and Lawyers choose ignorance and to blindly follow and do as they are told.
This is not a D v R issue in this country, this is a Cult taking over. This is Good v Evil.
And it’s the Conservative, middle of the road peoples’ fault for not standing up and defending morals and the US Constitution.
It is conservative petioles fault for being too lazy to vote.
They choose to give away their rights out of laziness and are to blame as much as the radical Left.
Indeed B Camp, and the "unions" are engage in deadly combat once more.
Wow, this from the same Tucker Carlson who amoung a zillion other things texted the following to his staff at Fox in 2021? During the time Fox was getting sued for 100's of millions?
I guess he's decided which side to realign with to keep his money hose flowing.
Carlson:
We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can’t wait.
Carlson:
I hate him passionately.
Unfortunately, Thomas, you might have to wait another four years. It's really difficult for me to comprehend there are that many stupid people out buying into the Harris's plan of representing nothing. If Harris really gets a lot of votes, I'm going after the marketplace of stupid people that will buy stupid stuff.
Bill, the “stupid people who will by stupid stuff” market are well represented by the list of Trump trinkets, such as; Trump gold sneakers, NFTs, made in China bibles, 100,000.00 Trump watches, “gold” coins, pieces of Trumps blue suit, and Trump cologne, ad nausium.
Hi Peter, you're in good tune today. How many of anything could Kamala sell? Probably a lot of ear plugs.
Kamala, our border czar, is good at selling +300,000 children into sex slavery…these people are evil!
Yes, great point. She doesn't care about people at all unless she can make money from them. I've heard these kids are paired up each with their own pimp; someone stated each kid has a pimp and could translate to nearly the same number of pimps as there are kids in sex slavery.
Teacher unions do need to fill their declining class room numbers to keep their membership dues intact. There is that.
Bill, looks like Trump has the market on ear protection as well.
https://www.walkersgameear.com/razor-slim-trump-2024-punisher-muffs/?srsltid=AfmBOopdE88ApV843CD0JWLR2TgKnBhjmoxT10YPGL_EYWsjQNEezOU8
Ha, Trump thought of something for those attending Harris rallies.
Peter, on your list of "stupid people buying stupid stuff" you might want to include Trump's World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency which, incidentally, has already dropped its fundraising goal by 90% in its first week. I reckon you didn't need a diploma from Trump University to see that one coming. But, hey, by looks of most of the S.B. Current commenters it looks Trump's Kool-aid sales are still going strong!
Most business ventures fail. I love hearing comments citing business failures as a reason that Trump is a failure or corrupt or in some way unfit to be president. This insight is spoken from the ignorance that can only come from a lack of experience at ever having started a business. Failure is a necessary perquisite to success. But a true failure has never failed or succeeded.
We jus be a Fox News viewing cult, waiting for our next marching orders from on high. Eh, RJ?
Do you realize what you just said. How long have you been reading the wide range of opinions here, independent opinions, well articulated opinions, positive action opinions and well researched opinions. You are missing so much.
BR: Just defund the deep state. Find legal ways we can stop sending them our tax dollars that supports these very willing Harris government employee voters, to keep doing this to us.
Support lower taxes, no taxes, constitutional amendments, and tax payer initiatives in the spirit of Prop 13.
Trump was thinking perhaps tariffs could be used to eliminate income tax. Wouldn't that be nice, "taxation without representation." If Trump could eliminate the tax laws which are convoluted and often send one through a labyrinth of chaos ... wouldn't that be great. Elon's task of reducing the size of government could include getting rid of the IRS employees, too. I fought the IRS many three decades ago via the tax court and the 9th court of appeals, now that was an education.
Isn’t it refreshing to change one’s mind when presented with new information…
Last Chance to vote for the Greatest President in Our Nation’s History… https://x.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1853452986854367694?s=61
PS…Polls are rigged and do not capture an accurate snapshot.
(SILENT) MAJORITY
Will You Answer the Call?
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
Fully agree that polls are at best a good guess.
Polls are brought to you by the same power players that brought you C19 Scamdemic, vaccines are safe & effective, never ending wars, and on & on…
EVERYTHING IS RIGGED!!!
I agree, everything is rigged till proven otherwise. The Dems have an enormous control on things where lies matter. Dems live on lies and therefore need to control the sources of where all lies matter. Now we have to seek out all of the "rigged" voting processes.
The beauty of 2024 cycle is we have the 2020 cheating still visible in the rear view mirror, with the same tactics now played in the same locations…BUT, this time the MSM has lost ability to control the narratives…it’s all over but the fight over vote counting/recording…who declares the winner? MSM in 2020…MSM in 2024?
I expect Trump to declare victory tomorrow night or by the end of the week, then the fun begins…Fight 4 Trump!
Nixon-Kennedy was the first TV race. Obama-McCain was the first use of the internet race. Trump-Harris is the first alternative vs MSM media race.
Amazing how vital and re-energizing vigorous debate can be.
BR: Founders would agree with your conclusion too, when they tried to bullet proof against future rigging as best they could , at that time .
They were wise about more base human natures, and wanted to elevate a system of governance into a format that could hold its own, operating above the exigencies of human nature .
They sure came pretty darn close, until we keep self-sabotaging this august constitutional attempt. The partisan fray today did force me to go back to The Federalist Papers and delve deeper into the process of writing the current US Constitution. I am amazed at their foresight.
But the seeds of the current fray were well in place even back then - a strong central government or a limited more diffuse government. That battle continues today, but with unintended frills today.
Maybe part of where we are today is because government employees seek financial gains. If the money trail aspect is eliminated, perhaps a more normal running government would exist. I believe all the wacky Dem causes are used for financial gain of some sort. One of them being cities receiving money from the Feds if they conduct "business" according to those lingering highest in power. I'm thinking about all the money from various sources that were supposedly to be applied to infrastructure which never happened. Money probably diverted for other dumb causes or personal gain.
Barking up the wrong tree here for that. I believe that C19 was real - if improperly reacted to - and vaccines are safe and effective. No matter what the old M-TV lady tells you or you find on X.
C19 was little more than a souped up flu…we got played (with assistance from our enemies within)…logical thinking:
Origin Country of COVID-19: China
Origin City of COVID-19: Wuhan
How long was Wuhan on lockdown: 76 days
How long was the remainder of China on lockdown:
CNY extend Jan 24 - Feb 9 (avg): 16 days
https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-extends-lunar-new-year-holiday-february-2-shanghai-february-9-contain-coronavirus-outbreak/
How long were the US lockdowns?
No spread of COVID-19 outside of Wuhan?
How is it possible the source Country of the virus (minus Wuhan) was on lockdown for only 16 days?
How long was the US lockdowns?
Reconcile.
Logical thinking… https://tydfmovie.com/preview/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Agree. In hindsight C19 was a bad flu except if you were old, fat and had breathing issues. The world should have focused on the unhealthy over 65 year olds and protecting them. "Lockdown" is a vague term. Even after the 'lockdown' folks were wearing masks, getting tested, travel was limited. It wasn't a party.
Instant mass global communication and the morphing of the Age of Information into the Age of Disinformation on top of the US election year, was ripe for an unsettling surrogate hysteria event.
C19 was not real as it ultimately was presented in election year 2020, since it was just one more really a bad flu season which happens from time to time - one more "Asian flu".
You cannot run away from the first closed system "covid" incidence reports - the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Nor could we run away from the instant partisan media depiction of that first reported incidence, in election year 2020.
Mass hysteria is the real issue to keep exploring. what are the seeds already planted should you find yourself in its grips again.
Interesting. I read up on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Average age was 58. There were 712 confirmed cases and 14 deaths, giving a case fatality rate of 1.96. Depending on the source the case fatality rate for seasonal influenza is approximately 0.047. I'm I missing something or is one of these numbers way off?
you believe vaccines are safe and effective, but you have not seen experimental evidence that they are. That is b/c the industry finds excuses not to do those studies and the captured regulatory bodies allow it. You have a right to your beliefs, but that does not make them objectively true. And if you believe without evidence despite the enormous influence money has over the creation of science, the publishing of science and even the training of doctors and researchers, then you need to look into these concerns more carefully. You might start with a book called "Bad Pharma" by Ben Goldacre to better understand what we are dealing with. If Trump really did put RFK Jr in the government as a regulatory watchdog or director, that would be amazing. However, he promised to do that the last time and then he didn't do it. He promised to release the JFK assassination files, but then didn't. So his promises don't mean much to me.
Aimee, I don't buy what either the drug companies or medical community do without question. By in large I think both are out to help - but some are out only or mostly for the buck. And that is why, at least in this industry, I am for an increased regulatory role.
Sheer popularity is thankfully not part of our electoral college system of electing our national leaders. Nice to get both, but we do accept and understand why this is not meaningful measure of where this country has chosen to be.
I used to hate you passionately John Thomas for your ignorant comments, but I have changed my mind about you over time. I have softened as I read your comments and as I try to see your point. Reasonable people do that, and unreasonable people never change their minds which are more rooted in ideology.
Jeff I think the majority of posters here have our community, State and Nation best interests in head and heart. We just have different ideas on what's best. I think we're mostly well intentioned patriots. I get a lot from reading many of the posts here. I do google too much - but some of the topics discussed I'm not up to speed on and need more background. It's made me challenge some/many? positions I've held in the past.
Google is often good, but it censors. Things I used to be able to find no longer appear in the results. Compare to a search on yandex for example on contentious issues such as vaccine safety or the attack of the USS Liberty or the Jewish supremacy of Rabbi Schneerson, someone Trump at least pretends to admire. Yandex will have its own bias built in to its algorithm, but the point is to see that even our searches are shaped for us, so we need to always keep an open mind and keep trying to find ways around the mass manipulation.
Google is my generic word. Everyone get's different results based on everything from what type of computer you are using to your zip code to your internet provider. I use various search engines, AI and VPN depending..... And yes, always trying to keep an eye or two open to my left right and behind.
Good to hear! If you have other search engines you recommend we should throw into the mix, please share!
You got a long wait mister. Trumpy is gonna crush the Commie-Dems, run 'em out of town, flush the millions of illegial aliens and get our beautiful American back on track.
TJ: I hated Trump passionately in 2016 too. Then quickly I learned to hate the other side even more because they immediately asked me to lie about Trump. (The fake pink kitty hat riots on Inauguration Day.) Take in deeply what Carlson just explained.
JL - I don't like Trump, but I don't hate him. If he wins I hope he figures out a comprensive immigration policy that everyone has to play by. As Hamas has shown walls don't work verywell, perhaps drones or some other mix of tech at the southern boarder and more enforcement of overstayed visas. We'll see what he can do for the middle class - that's been every GOP promise I haven't seen come to work.
Not to worry, gang, it’s gonna be a Trumpy / Vance avalanche!
I worked on the 1st Reagan campaign. Here was some dopey actor going up against a Democrat President, even with his CA gov chops. We were all apprehensive, to say the least, and John Anderson’s entry didn’t help.
BUT! After Reagan won, he flushed the Commie-Dems in D.C. and the whole place became Republican! That’s what’s gonna happen tomorrow! Years of prosperity, peace and fun followed.
As dreamy and dumb as the Commie-Dems are, I think even they see that Biden / Harris has ju u u u st about wrecked our beautiful country, and it’s time for American to be put back on track, and Trump’s the guy to do it!
More than anything this election will decide whether the party is the party of Trump and his ilk or the party of Eisenhower and his ilk.
Eisenhower’s party has done a 180
Democrats publicized Project 2025 as a primary attack agenda this election. Trump did have nothing to do with Project 2025. The vast majority of Trump supporters had never even heard about it. I certainly never had until every TDS Democrat who came to this forum would not stop talking about it.
But what a surprise, when millions like mysel looked Project 2025 up, and found they very much liked a lot what they read. And who now do hope a change in administration will finally bring in what so many voters have long wanted, but had not yet put into words or laid out as a possible game plan.
Those who have now found there is lot to support in Project 2025, who do want to deeply change the direction this country has been going understand much of this misdirection is the result of the growing power of by this unelected and new fourth branch government - the deep administrative state that has now become highly and exclusively partisan. Party over people has been its negative driver.
This new, unelected fourth branch that the Founders never anticipated we would willing and/or unwittingly inflict on ourselves, when they originally built in the checks and balances for our conventional three part system of governance.
Thank a Democrat for bringing Project 2025 to our national attention. It is a valid blueprint for many of the changes we would to see, all within fundamental legal parameters. No matter where this agenda came from, thank a Democrat for bringing this format to our attention.
Forward, and back closer to the country our Founders intended with our unique American raw material. MAGA.
Thank you. Donald Trump ....for that!
A Moment of Silence in the Memory of Peanut the Squirrel, an orphaned and smart pet squirrel executed by the State of New York. Tonight pray Harris makes light of Peanut's demise, and the world comes down on Harris making the memory of Peanuts outlast that of Harris by one million times. Could this be our late October Surprise?
I agree Trump loves people and wants to be loved. I also thinks he would like to make America Great. I also believe Kamala Harris is a synthetic place holder, an empty vessel for someone else, so we don't even know who will be making the big decisions. I agree Trump did a lot to smash through the fear that makes cancel culture and tyrrany over thought and speech possible. We all owe him for that. But he is compromised and he is Israel First, not America First. He took $100 million from Israeli Miriam Adelson again. We saw how he governed last time with his son in law, Jared Kushner making policy in the Arab world in the interests of Israel (and enriching himself), but not America. We saw that Trump was willing to vaproize Iranianian Gen. Soleimani. From what I have been told, (and correct me if you think I have this wrong), no American president has overtly assassinated a military leader in another government since WWII and for good reasons. Trump is gangsta and he is controlled. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal, which I know most of you have only heard one side of the story on that, but he also walked away from the INF nuclear treaty with Russia. These moves have increased the likelihood of nuclear war. They have slandered Trump and tried to frame Trump and I believe stole the 2020 election from Trump which is a harm to all of us. They have smeared him as a white supremacist, which there is no evidence for. However, there is a lot of evidence he has given himself over to Jewish supremacy, something the media does not discuss. On Oct 7, 2024 Trump visited the grave of Chabad Lubavitch Rabbi Schneerson. His son in law is part of that sect and his daughter converted to Judaism. It you do not understand the extreme beliefs and influence of this movement in the US and Israel, you need to become educated before voting. https://www.unz.com/article/why-is-the-us-honoring-a-racist-rabbi/ If you do not understand how Israel uses Epstein style spying rings and infiltration of government communication surveillance to control politicians, you need to get up to speed before voting. Trump's bold style was a boon when it came to smashing the cancel culture threat of corrupt, narcissism promoting leftists, but it is a downside when it comes to international relations. Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli land, saying if he is killed Iran should be wiped off the map, vaporizing a military leader in another government while he was en route to a peace meeting, these are all very provocative acts and if you don't understnad how others in the world see it, you can't understand how he has damaged our standing in the world and been part of what has fueled the emergence of BRICS. (On the plus side, walking away from the climate hoax Paris Agreement was a good bold step and a push back against those trying to establish a global system of control over every human being on earth.) He has promised to end the Ukraine war (which has been over for a long time now anyway), but he has not committed to keep us out of war with Iran. He is once again bringing his Jewish supremacist son in law into the administration and fellow Israel firster, Frank Lutnick, to make the hiring decisions. Trump caved to the media slander about the Federalists Society list of recommendations called Project 2025. He told Joe Rogan we was bringing in war mongering extremist like Mike Pompeo. These neocons have been planning to get the US to topple Iran's government for decades. Are you aware of that movement and its hold on US foreign policy no matter which party is in power? I know, it would be great to have a wise father figure who loved us and loved the country and would turn things around. I believe Trump wants to be that guy, but his prior committments have meant that despite what he says, he will continue to fund wars for Israel (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and "finishing the job" in Gaza, as he put it, that have bankrupted our country. He has shown no willingness or ability to retore our country from this very dangerous and dark course. Either he lacks awareness or is boxed in. Vote for him if you want, but just don't get surprised when you see him make little more than minor changes to the replacement of the native population and capitulation to what the criminal gang that runs Israel (and our govt officials) wants.
Aimee,
Enjoyed reading your response. You make some compelling and well informed arguments stating your case. What’s your background in international affairs…security clearance? Shy of having a Top Secret security clearance, makes some of your assertions purely conjecture, although I am in partial agreement.
First off, Trump being some kind of ZOG agent is make believe, although I do admit “they” have enormous leverage and influence.
As for Iran, they are our sworn enemy since 79’. Nothing new here, the “liquidation” of Soleimani was arguably a bit messy, but a stroke of genius as he was responsible, directly for the death of many US servicemen. We should do more of this and activity pursue regime change in Iran. As for what our military is capable of in terms of command and control, Gen. Yamamoto found this out the hard way! Next, you seem to take issue
with Pompeo. Couldn’t disagree more, as he is what Trump needs to clear out the deep state sewer.
As for your assertions about the Abraham Accord and moving our embassy to Jerusalem, disagree again. Both were diplomatic coups, achieved under Trump.
When making a choice tomorrow, the differences could not be more stark.
How does moving the embassy to Jerusalem and demonstrating lack of support for the two state solution despite continued claims to support the two state solution do anything other than alienate the US from the rest of the world? Sure, it helped get Trump placed on an Israeli coin. But if it means we get drawn into an escalation from Gaza, to Lebanon, to Iran and risk nuclear world war, what exactly were we getting for this duplicitous servility to AIPAC's agenda? Please tell me.
True, I am not an expert, just a citizen who believes we should be informed before casting our votes. Do you have clearance? For which country? Sounds like you are more concerned about Israel and more in turn with Israeli principles than America or American principles. If you put Israel first, or should I say the expansionist Israeli faction first, then Pompeo is great. Do you support assassinating Julian Assange to threaten journalists not to accept leaks? Do you think the public has the right to know who killed JFK and why? Why is swampy Pompeo working so hard to prevent that long overdue disclosure? Perhaps he needs to protect the foreign country that saw Kennedy as an impediment to its nuclear ambitions, that were facilitated by spy Jonathan Pollard who Trump released to a heros welcome in Israel? Maybe I am speculating, but just release the files for us all to see and know for sure. The LBJ was happy to undermine rescue efforts for the US military personnel attacked by Israel on the USS Liberty. Did Iran attack that ship? No, it was our great "friend" Israel. The "liquidation" of Gen. Soleimani was criminal and you are ghoulish to advocate that for foreign policy. Remember, in conflict even if it rises to war, there needs to be peace afterwards. It is not wise to make finding a way to peace more difficult like Israel loves to do. It is also not wise to alienate neutral third party countries with your lawless behavior. Obviously Reagan could work with the Iranians, he got the October surprise deal. Iran might not be our sworn enemy if our officials were willing to put American interests over Israeli interests and seek peace and stopped trying to instigate a color revolution there. If you don't see Palestinian Christians and Muslims as humans, so be it, that is on your soul. And if you are not willing to protect America from being crashed so that Israel can use this country to take out its largest regional competitor, your lack of patriotism and bellicosity is on your soul. But for anyone who does see all human beings as having worth, wants peace and wants to protect America's financial future and soul, they need to look more carefully into the forces Trump is empowering with access to the levels of power of our government. Patriotic Americans need to look at what Trump has allowed and will, if given the chance again, allow them to do with our treasury, our military personnel and our reputation in the world.
Aimee,
Oh please (yawn), your response is not only naive, but boorish as well. As the old saying goes “you can’t handle the truth.” No, I have no security clearance either, my Father did have Top Secret clearance. I am prior service, been all over the world and well observed many cultures. The thought that our foreign policy works based on “fair play or equity “ is a fairy tail. We do right based on what’s right for our interests and screw everyone else. Sorry to burst your puritan bubble, but that’s how it works.
Taking out a murderous dog like Soleimani is a non-sequitur, based on an intelligence finding conducted by the CIA and signed by the President. NOTHING “lawless “ about it! Yes, the Israelis are out for themselves first and foremost, just like we are, no surprise here , save your indignation.
Gaza, Palestine, Syria, Congo the list goes on and on. All shit hole regimes hostile to us. Sorry, don’t feel bad.
Keep yawning, maybe you need a nap because your logic is poor. Call me naive, fine. I think Catholic morality can be consistent with a thriving and secure society for a millennium and do approach politics as with all other areas of morality from a Catholic perspective and I think that you are unwise to think abandoning morality will over time lead to a secure and thriving society, but lets leave that to the side for now. Why not counter the perspectives of expert and realist John Mersheimer who says that the Israel Lobby is able to get the US to take actions that HARM US interests? How did LBJ allowing Israel to attack and then attempt to kill all survivors on the USS Liberty serve US interests? Is an American president allowed to sacrifice US military lives to protect the image of Israel? Or is that treasonous? How does supporting Israel's lies about Oct. 7 where there is no evidence of sexual assaults or baby beheadings and the IDF killed many of their own citizens as per the Hannibal Option serve US interests? Get concrete. Why are these counties "shithole". Can you define that assessment? How has US policy shaped their attitude to the US? How has the US funding and giving political cover for Israeli aggression helped these relationships? I think you are the naive one. You have outsourced your thinking to the Israel Lobby controlled US media. But I have an open mind. Make the case.
Still hoping to hear an answer to my question about moving the embassy to Jerusalem, but meanwhile, I think this military expert, Scott Ritter, raises some very valid points to consider. https://www.youtube.com/live/i7CFDaZhD60