Today I Hit A Wall

There are simply so many things going on that … I sat down in front of the keyboard and my mental wheels just spun around. I couldn’t come out with anything coherent—too much to digest, I guess. So I decided to jot down, so to speak, some of the things that I couldn’t shake.

First, of course, the SCOTUS. The three Dem justices simply disgraced the Court as a constitutional institution and trashed any claim they might have to personal integrity. It wasn’t just Sotomayor. Kagan and Breyer shared in the disgrace. And not one of the three had the simple human decency to apologize to their fellow justices, to the Court they sit on, to the Chief Justice who—to all appearances—treats all the justices with respect, to the Senators who voted to confirm them and, most of all, the nation that invests so much trust in the presumption of their integrity. They shamelessly and unapologetically spouted untruths—propagandistic talking points. It didn’t go unnoticed:

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Walensky just said that Justice Sotomayor was massively off in her claims on Covid in the oral arguments. foxnews.com/politics/walen… That is a considerable error when also demanding near total deference to an agency with little judicial review.

thehill.comFederal vaccine mandate enters ‘major question’ landThe Supreme Court is grappling with an executive move that was openly discussed as a circumvention of constitutional limitations.

Look, I understand that Roberts is in a tough position, when it comes to managing the Court. He doesn’t get to pick the other justices, and there’s precious little he can do in terms of “discipline.” It has to be a thankless job in many ways when you have to deal with idiots like these three. Still, the destructive effect of what happened …

And here’s more on Walensky’s correction—one which Sotomayor lacked the decency to make on her own:

CDC Director Sheepishly Admits Justice Sotomayor Issued COVID Misinformation On Hospitalized Kids

Merrick Garland may no longer be disgracing the federal bench, but he has moved on to disgracing himself and the DoJ on a very regular basis. The latest:

DOJ Refuses To Withdraw Memo Activating FBI Counterterrorism Division Against School Parents

And speaking of the schools, we’ve spent quite a bit of time discussing education and the harm being done to the "children” the Dems profess to give a sh*t about. There have been multiple stories out over the last several days about the continued efforts of unionized government teachers to shut down the schools again. That may be for the good, all things considered—the low level of learning, the CRT indoctrination, the Queer Theory forced on the kids. These are all things that parents finally devoted some thought too, while sitting at home during the Covid Regime. Now the Dems are panicking, having seen what all that meant in the VA elections and now fearing what it could mean in other Blue states and cities:

Chaos Reigns In Schools From Chicago To NYC As Thousands Of Students Miss Classes

And then I wanted to do a significant piece on Russia again, from the angle of regime change. As I hope readers are aware, the US is indulging in what amounts to a sort of foreign policy national pastime, this time in Kazakhstan. Having failed in Belarus …

Kazakh Chaos On Cue Ahead Of Crunch US-Russia Security Negotiations

The events have an unerring similarity to U.S.-sponsored regime-change operations that have taken place in other nations, most notably Ukraine, Syria and Belarus, among other countries. Tellingly, the White House issued an immediate denial of involvement before that possibility was even publicly suggested. Now there’s a guilty conscience at work! The American embassy in Kazakhstan had also warned of public protests over the anticipated fuel price increases.

It’s difficult to determine whether this was another actual coup attempt that fell flat, or whether it was a short term tactical move to somehow embarrass Putin. Or, could this be the Zhou regime stirring things up, wagging the dog to try to gain political points domestically against the by now usual Russia target? For a variety of reasons, I suspect the continued demonization of Russia is a loser.

Consider also:

The U.S. Directed Rebellion in Kazakhstan May Well Strengthen Russia

The CIA offshoot National Endowment for Democracy is financing some 20 'civil society' regime change programs in Kazakhstan with about $50,000 per annum each. The involved organizations  currently seem to be mostly quiet but are a sure sign that the U.S. is playing a role behind the scenes. On December 16 details of upcoming demonstrations were announced by the U.S. embassy in Kazakhstan.

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It is likely that this pre-planned Central Asia part of the 'Extending Russia' program has been implemented prematurely as a response to Russia's recent ultimatum with regards to Ukraine and NATO. Its sole purpose is to unbalance the Russian leadership in Moscow by diverting its attention towards the south.

I however believe that Russia has prepared for such eventualities. They will not affect its plans and demands.

And this:

COLOUR REVOLUTIONS FADE AWAY

But the day of “colour revolution” seems to be running out. The mechanics are noticed and countered. Observe, for example, the moment in this video of a protest in Sevastopol when the commenter – who had seen it before on the Maidan – points out the carefully spaced people, wearing red so they can recognise each other, directing the supposedly genuine and spontaneous protest. The organisers were trying to make the Crimean Tatar issue a fighting cause. (I wonder, by the way, how many consumers of the Western “news” media think the Tatars are autochthonous?) I well remember this documentary because it was the first time I saw the people on the receiving end of a “colour revolution” getting ahead of the organisers; up to this moment they had been reacting, always wrongly and too late. But many of the security forces in Crimea in 2014 had been on the Maidan and had ample opportunity to observe how “spontaneity” is organised.

All of that got me thinking. With our CIA and Deep State so busy running coups and color revolutions around the world, have they never given thought to how to do that at home? Regime change, foreign and domestic?

Think about it.

Regime change has to be tailored to the circumstances. To effect that in the US you can’t just start shooting things up and burning down the capitol—like in Almaty. You have to foment division, coddle “mostly peaceful” protestors and crack down on everyone else, get someone with authority—say, the AG—to tell the president that there’s nothing much that can be done except protect federal courthouses, get the FBI and DoJ to claim there was no fraud, …

Did that really happen here in the US? Where did they learn those tactics? Ah, well, they’ve had plenty of practice.

And finally there are increasing numbers of stories like these:

Hospitals across the U.S. turning to foreign nurses as healthcare workers are fired over vaccine mandates

California went from mandating vaccines to forcing COVID-positive health care employees to work

Arizona hospital's 'staffing crisis' means COVID-positive, symptomatic employees permitted to work

Iowa Nursing Home Operator Forced Into Bankruptcy By "Crippling" Staff Shortages

Starting to see a pattern? Hopefully at least five SCOTUS justices will, too.