Briefly is what I intend, but we’ll have to see how it works out. Some of these stories are old news that simply deserve a reminder—they’re continuing and they matter. Others are things that tend to fly under the radar of public awareness. Some are new takes on current events. In no particular order.
Mark, my thanks for the Chet Richards piece in particular. I never thought we were being told the truth about that raid. This is one of the few pieces I've read that actually makes sense.
They should also know that all the good stuff is in multiple copies in multiple locations, with some in the hands of a third party to release in case of Arkancide.
Wouldn’t you know, Europe has a Spanish socialist (Catalan, the most arrogant!), with a giant moat in one eye, hectoring and lecturing his “weary” underlings that they will just have to lump it and “endure” all the various shortages, outages, curtailments of every kind brought to us by whom??? By the Euros! That article, Mark, I read at Zerohedge, practically screaming out loud! The sleepwalking Euros imposed the sanctions on Russian energy, et voilà le résultat! What did they expect? It is all so maddening.
Thank you for the blast of cold air, mitigated by your stating "a strong undercurrent of a classic, meaning normal, human values exists here. This may play its crucial role down the road." It is good that Trump is out of power, if not out of the spotlight, and the Republicans will be cheated of any victory in November. That way the coming catastrophe may just wake up Americans as to which politicians are directly responsible, and we may possibly in the future get our Country back. MAAA. Make America America again.
This just proves that everyone was pushing for the lockdowns. I still defend Trump and consider him justified in expecting his advisors to be serving the public health.
But...
Trump still doesn't give any evidence of understanding what Covid was about, which means he is nowhere near to understanding the true nature of the threat to the nation and the world.
And, while Kushner evinces a willingness on Trump's part to bring very different viewpoints into consideration, he is clearly a big problem.
I have also been thinking 'what if Trump' in regards to Ukraine. And I'm pretty sure Trump would have gotten us closer to direct engagement in defense of Ukraine by this point. I understand Trump's nationalist philosophy to mean that each nation has their own sovereign boundaries and rights, so he would have championed Ukraine's territorial integrity and right to join EU/NATO. I wonder seriously whether Trump would have acknowledged Russia's extended security concerns.
This would have been a great foreign policy in the early 90s, but now it just dovetails too neatly with the neocon game of provocations and proxies.
It seems to me that Trump's real value as president has passed: he drew the deep state out of the woodwork and forced many (GOPe, corporations, FBI, etc) to declare their true loyalties.
Now we know.
I have to say, I'm less and less convinced that Trump would do well with another term.
Wow, that was all rather negative! Not your fault, Mark. You are just doing your job - a job which the MSM has forsaken. But do you see any hope in all this?
And don't forget the memory-holed SCOTUS investigation into the Dobbs case leak. It is amazing how quickly the bright shiny object fades from the purveyors of 'news' headlines. No squeaky wheel to grease here, move along.
Oh, and Minot is home to two U.S. Air Force wings; 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing. I spent some time up there as a USN member of a 'fact' finding AF team following the Minot to Barksdale transport of some nuclear ACMs that were not supposed to be on the wing pylons of the aircraft. Needless to say, the receipt inspection team at Barksdale got the surprise of their lives. That 'aw shucks' got the Secretary of the Air Force, the Air Force Chief of Staff, and numerous other AF generals, colonels, etc. fired. Anyway, I'm guessing a good number of those yanking their children out of public schools are military or civil service. personnel.
Speaking of blame, as expected, efforts are currently underway to pin the vax deaths on Trump. Too bad he’s spent the past 18 months crowing about Operation Warp Speed. He really is his own worst enemy.
I read Caldwell yesterday and overall wasn't that crazy about it. However, he does make the important point that, while we call this a "proxy war", in fact THE US IS AN ACTIVE COMBATANT IN UKRAINE by any reasonable measure.
What was missing was any mention of how much money has flowed through the Ukraine to anti Trumpers, both Dems and GOP. Hunter Biden’s Ukraine job, Pelosi’s son, etc. Plus the influence of Soros. And how Ukraine took a lot of actions against Trump, and Trump was basically impeached over challenging the US Ukrainian Policy basically, which Vindeman safe guarded.
The basic question of why the US is there is a good one, as well as how deeply involved the US is.
Mark, my thanks for the Chet Richards piece in particular. I never thought we were being told the truth about that raid. This is one of the few pieces I've read that actually makes sense.
What Richards is saying is well known to DC insiders. They all know.
They should also know that all the good stuff is in multiple copies in multiple locations, with some in the hands of a third party to release in case of Arkancide.
Wouldn’t you know, Europe has a Spanish socialist (Catalan, the most arrogant!), with a giant moat in one eye, hectoring and lecturing his “weary” underlings that they will just have to lump it and “endure” all the various shortages, outages, curtailments of every kind brought to us by whom??? By the Euros! That article, Mark, I read at Zerohedge, practically screaming out loud! The sleepwalking Euros imposed the sanctions on Russian energy, et voilà le résultat! What did they expect? It is all so maddening.
Does the buck stop at the Presidential desk, or not?
I’m no genius but Trump and his continued support of these “vaccines” rankles. Guy should just admit it’s been a s***show.
Thank you for the blast of cold air, mitigated by your stating "a strong undercurrent of a classic, meaning normal, human values exists here. This may play its crucial role down the road." It is good that Trump is out of power, if not out of the spotlight, and the Republicans will be cheated of any victory in November. That way the coming catastrophe may just wake up Americans as to which politicians are directly responsible, and we may possibly in the future get our Country back. MAAA. Make America America again.
rec'd for MAAA, LOL
What snippets I've seen of 'Jared's writing style leaves me with the feeling he is an insipid and smug worm....
333(his symbolic # is wrong yet filled with merde)
What a C..t
It's important to know your enemies:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/rino_republicans_sit_on_the_board_of_a_nonprofit_which_bankrolls_global_leftwing_censorship_efforts_.html
This just proves that everyone was pushing for the lockdowns. I still defend Trump and consider him justified in expecting his advisors to be serving the public health.
But...
Trump still doesn't give any evidence of understanding what Covid was about, which means he is nowhere near to understanding the true nature of the threat to the nation and the world.
And, while Kushner evinces a willingness on Trump's part to bring very different viewpoints into consideration, he is clearly a big problem.
I have also been thinking 'what if Trump' in regards to Ukraine. And I'm pretty sure Trump would have gotten us closer to direct engagement in defense of Ukraine by this point. I understand Trump's nationalist philosophy to mean that each nation has their own sovereign boundaries and rights, so he would have championed Ukraine's territorial integrity and right to join EU/NATO. I wonder seriously whether Trump would have acknowledged Russia's extended security concerns.
This would have been a great foreign policy in the early 90s, but now it just dovetails too neatly with the neocon game of provocations and proxies.
It seems to me that Trump's real value as president has passed: he drew the deep state out of the woodwork and forced many (GOPe, corporations, FBI, etc) to declare their true loyalties.
Now we know.
I have to say, I'm less and less convinced that Trump would do well with another term.
These are the concerns that are all in the mix.
Wow, that was all rather negative! Not your fault, Mark. You are just doing your job - a job which the MSM has forsaken. But do you see any hope in all this?
Yes. The school story. People are catching on.
And don't forget the memory-holed SCOTUS investigation into the Dobbs case leak. It is amazing how quickly the bright shiny object fades from the purveyors of 'news' headlines. No squeaky wheel to grease here, move along.
Oh, and Minot is home to two U.S. Air Force wings; 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing. I spent some time up there as a USN member of a 'fact' finding AF team following the Minot to Barksdale transport of some nuclear ACMs that were not supposed to be on the wing pylons of the aircraft. Needless to say, the receipt inspection team at Barksdale got the surprise of their lives. That 'aw shucks' got the Secretary of the Air Force, the Air Force Chief of Staff, and numerous other AF generals, colonels, etc. fired. Anyway, I'm guessing a good number of those yanking their children out of public schools are military or civil service. personnel.
Speaking of blame, as expected, efforts are currently underway to pin the vax deaths on Trump. Too bad he’s spent the past 18 months crowing about Operation Warp Speed. He really is his own worst enemy.
Yep. I hear a lot of excuses for Trump, but he was Potus, for God's sake. The buck stops with him.
I don't disagree.
But ... there was too much deception, too much malign intent - both behind the virus' origins and the response - to hold him fully accountable.
That expression simply does not do justice to the reality of what transpired.
Good question:
https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/why-are-we-in-ukraine/
And this is worrisome:
https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/fox-news-goes-scorched-earth-against
And the continued swatting of arjorie Taylor Greene.
And the way the judge twisted the law to get the Mi kidnapping convictions. Why the change from the first trial?
I read Caldwell yesterday and overall wasn't that crazy about it. However, he does make the important point that, while we call this a "proxy war", in fact THE US IS AN ACTIVE COMBATANT IN UKRAINE by any reasonable measure.
What was missing was any mention of how much money has flowed through the Ukraine to anti Trumpers, both Dems and GOP. Hunter Biden’s Ukraine job, Pelosi’s son, etc. Plus the influence of Soros. And how Ukraine took a lot of actions against Trump, and Trump was basically impeached over challenging the US Ukrainian Policy basically, which Vindeman safe guarded.
The basic question of why the US is there is a good one, as well as how deeply involved the US is.
I agree about Caldwell. Mealy-mouthed. As if he’s reluctant to admit the full truth of the matter. The guy clearly knows next to nothing about Russia.
Uh oh! It must not have been true, right? LOL.