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Is Ukraine really Synonymous with Democracy and Freedom?

We hear every day that we need to continue our support of Ukraine in the fight for democracy and freedom versus Putin and Russia.

But is Ukraine and Zelensky really that much better than Russia and Putin?

Is Ukraine any better at all?  

According to Allan Ripp, reporting for NBC News, “Ukraine’s Nazi problem is real…”

“Of the many distortions manufactured by Russian President Vladimir Putin to justify Russia’s assault on Ukraine, perhaps the most bizarre is his claim that the action was taken to ‘denazify’ the country and its leadership. In making his case for entering his neighbor’s territory with armored tanks and fighter jets, Putin has stated that the move was undertaken ‘to protect people’ who have been ‘subjected to bullying and genocide,’ [In Biden’s own words, with video cameras rolling, he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn’t immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. “I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money,’” Biden recalled telling Poroshenko. “Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time,” Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations event, insisting that President Obama was in on the threat.] and that Russia ‘will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.’”

“Putin’s destructive actions — among them the devastation of Jewish communities — make clear that he’s lying when he says his goal is to ensure anyone’s welfare.”

“On its face, Putin’s smear is absurd, not least because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish [and Joe Biden is Puerto Rican!] and has said that members of his family were killed during World War II. There is also no evidence of recent mass killings or ethnic purges taking place in Ukraine. Moreover, labeling enemies Nazis is a common political ploy in Russia [and in the U.S., by the way], especially from a leader who favors disinformation campaigns [did somebody say Creepy Joe Biden?] and wants to stir up feelings of national vengeance against a WWII foe to justify conquest.”

“But even though Putin is engaging in propaganda [isn’t everyone?], it’s also true that Ukraine has a genuine Nazi problem — both past and present [well, they’ve got that in common with the democrat party!]. Putin’s destructive actions — among them the devastation of Jewish communities — make clear that he’s lying when he says his goal is to ensure anyone’s welfare. But important as it is to defend the yellow-and-blue flag against the Kremlin’s brutal aggression, it would be a dangerous oversight to deny Ukraine’s antisemitic history and collaboration with Hitler’s Nazis, as well as the latter-day embrace of neo-Nazi factions in some quarters.”

Reeeeally?

“On the eve of World War II, Ukraine was home to one the largest Jewish communities in Europe, with estimates as high as 2.7 million, a remarkable number considering the territory’s long record of antisemitism and pogroms [A pogrom is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews. The term entered the English language from Russian to describe 19th- and 20th-century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire.]. By the end, more than half would perish. When German troops took control of Kyiv in 1941, they were welcomed by ‘Heil Hitler’ banners. Soon after, nearly 34,000 Jews — along with Roma and other ‘undesirables’ — were rounded up and marched to fields outside the city on the pretext of resettlement only to be massacred in what became known as the ‘Holocaust by bullets.’”

“The Babyn Yar ravine continued to fill up as a mass grave for two years. With as many as 100,000 murdered there, it became one of the largest single killing sites of the Holocaust outside of Auschwitz and other death camps. Researchers have noted the key role locals played in fulfilling Nazi kill orders at the site.”

“Nowadays, Ukraine counts between 56,000 to 140,000 Jews, who enjoy freedoms and protections never imagined by their grandparents. That includes an updated law passed last month criminalizing antisemitic acts. Unfortunately, the law was intended to address a pronounced uptick in public displays of bigotry, including swastika-laden vandalism of synagogues and Jewish memorials, and eerie marches in Kyiv and other cities that celebrated the Waffen SS.”

“In another ominous development, Ukraine has in recent years erected a glut of statues honoring Ukrainian nationalists whose legacies are tainted by their indisputable record as Nazi proxies. The Forward newspaper cataloged some of these ‘deplorables,’ including Stepan Bandera, leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), whose followers acted as local militia members for the SS and German army. ‘Ukraine has several dozen monuments and scores of street names glorifying this Nazi collaborator, enough to require two separate Wikipedia pages,’ the Forward wrote.”

“Another frequent honoree is Roman Shukhevych, revered as a Ukrainian freedom fighter but also the leader of a feared Nazi auxiliary police unit that the Forward notes was ‘responsible for butchering thousands of Jews and … Poles.’ Statues have also been raised for Yaroslav Stetsko, a one-time chair of the OUN, who wrote ‘I insist on the extermination of the Jews in Ukraine.’”

Hmmm.

Ukrainian volunteers with the right-wing paramilitary Azov National Corps with their flags demonstrate their force, during Ukrainian Volunteer Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

“Just as disturbing, neo-Nazis are part of some of Ukraine’s growing ranks of volunteer battalions. They are battle-hardened after waging some of the toughest street fighting against Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine following Putin’s Crimean invasion in 2014. One is the Azov Battalion, founded by an avowed white supremacist who claimed Ukraine’s national purpose was to rid the country of Jews and other inferior races. In 2018, the U.S. Congress stipulated that its aid to Ukraine couldn’t be used ‘to provide arms, training or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.’”

Is that so?

Who exactly is making sure this doesn’t happen?

“Even so, Azov is now an official member of the Ukraine National Guard.”

You don’t say?

In addition to the concerns about Ukrainian Nazism, Tom Vanden Brook and Rachel Looker for USA Today report, “The US has spent billions on Ukraine war aid. But is that money landing in corrupt pockets?”

“With more than $100 billion in U.S. weaponry and financial aid flowing to Ukraine in less than a year – and more on the way to counter Russia’s invasion – concerns about arms falling into terrorists’ hands [again?!] and dollars into corrupt officials’ pockets [don’t they always?] are mounting.”

“The special inspector general who has overseen aid to Afghanistan since 2012, and some House Republicans, warn of the need for closer oversight of the military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The scale of the effort is massive. The $113 billion appropriated by Congress in 2022 approaches the $146 billion spent in 20 years for military and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan…”

‘“When you spend so much money so quickly, with so little oversight, you’re going to have fraud, waste and abuse,’ John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said in an interview.”

The question is then, why is there “so little oversight?”

Because that’s the way they want it!

How can any of this money be effectively kicked back, “wasted and abused,” if we actually require to document where OUR money is going?!

“The Pentagon rejects that narrative, saying safeguards have been put in place to ensure that U.S. weapons are accounted for by the Ukrainian forces after they are transferred.”

Oh…, ok, then…, if the Pentagon says so!

‘“The department takes our commitment to Ukraine seriously, which is why we implemented strong measures to track the capabilities we are providing to equip Ukraine,’ said Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon’s deputy press secretary.”

Define “strong measures.”

“The lack of Ukraine oversight draws parallels to Afghanistan corruption.”

Wow. That’s saying a lot!

“Ukraine has a history of corruption, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made stamping it out a priority.”

I believe using the phrase “covering it up” would be more appropriate as opposed to the phrase “stamping it out.”

“James Comer, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said Congress must conduct oversight of taxpayer dollars sent overseas. The committee will work to determine whether there was waste or misuse.”

Honestly, I don’t think we need a committee to determine whether there was “waste or misuse,” just how much “waste or misuse.”

‘“We owe it to the American taxpayer to account for how their money is spent,’ Comer said in a statement to USA TODAY.”

Yes, that would be nice, and change of pace to be sure.

Stay thirsty (for the truth) my friends!

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The “State” of our State Education Systems Varies.

Yes, the “State” of our state education systems do seem to vary.

If you have school age children, and you’re living in “blue” state, and/or a “blue” city, and you give a damn about your children, you are probably feeling quite blue.

Kayla Gaskins, for The National Desk, reports that, “The state of America’s public education system is in the spotlight again after concerning new state test scores reportedly show 13 of Baltimore City’s 32 public schools had NOT ONE student test proficient in math among kids who took the 2023 state exam this past spring.”

Really?

NOT ONE?!

That would seem almost impossible.

That’s quite an impressive anti-accomplishment!

“At Baltimore’s top five schools, only 11.4% of students who took the exam scored proficient in math according to the report obtained by Project Baltimore.”

‘“It’s not acceptable where we are but that doesn’t mean that the entire system is broken,’ said Bill Ferguson, a Democrat and president of Maryland’s state senate.’”

I’m sorry, Mr. Ferguson, but it actually does mean “that the entire system is broken.”

Who are you trying to fool with your pathetic misinformation?

“Baltimore is not the only school system struggling. A new study by Arizona State University found nationwide one-third of fourth and eighth graders can’t read at a ‘basic’ level.”

“Nationwide ONE-THIRD of fourth and eighth graders can’t read at a ‘basic’ level!”

That is one hell of a lot of children who are going to be facing a severe uphill battle in life, thanks to the pathetic, democrat controlled, education systems and teacher unions.

And sadly, this inexcusably poor level of performance is not limited to “blue” states.

“During a Sinclair [Texas] town hall hosted by conservative commentator Armstrong Williams, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, Staci Childs, said the following about her former students: ‘I used to teach fifth grade, and by fifth grade you should be able to read. A lot of my students did not know how to read at all when they got to my classroom.’”

Yes, ever since our K-12 public indoctrination centers (public schools) were exposed during the “covid pandemic” (a side effect the liberal puppet masters did not see coming), the push for school choice and homeschooling have gained quite a bit of steam.

Kali Fontanilla, for The Capital Research Center, writes, “I haven’t had much hope for public education in America these last five years – that is until I read a recent speech by Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest teachers union in America.”

“She [Weingarten] gave this speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2023.  Actually, I wouldn’t call it a speech. It’s more of a cry in desperation. Weingarten frames the issues through the lens of an attack on our nation’s government schools. (I like the term ‘government schools’ to describe public schools because that is what they are. Schools run by the government, not the public.)”

Agreed.

‘“Attacks on public education are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended to destroy.’ Expanding school choice, scrutiny of curriculum containing critical race theory, parental rights legislation, academic transparency laws, banning sexually explicit books from school libraries and classrooms—Randi sees all this as a threat to the far-left teachers unions’ control over what goes on in the classroom.”

“I see this as a victory. And if Weingarten is worried, I see cause for hope.”

I’m right there with you, Kali!

“She [Weingarten] laments that many states have passed school choice laws, allowing parents to take their tax dollars elsewhere if the public school in their area is incompetent, doesn’t match their values, is unsafe, is overcrowded, and so on. ‘This year alone, 29 state legislatures are considering bills to either create or expand existing voucher programs. This is on top of the 72 voucher and tax credit programs in 33 states already subsidizing private and homeschooling, costing billions every year.’”

Kerry McDonald reports that, “Homeschooling tripled during the pandemic…”

“New Census Bureau data show that 11.1 percent of K-12 students are now being independently homeschooled. This is a large uptick from 5.4 percent at the start of the school shutdowns last spring, and 3.3 percent in the years preceding the pandemic.”

And, thank God!

Ms. Fontanilla continues, “And more state legislatures are passing school voucher programs because their voters demand it. Parents are fed up with only one choice of where to educate their child for seven hours a day. The pandemic opened the classroom to parents’ eyes, and many did not like what they saw.”

“But her [Weingarten’s] panic gives me hope. As if it wasn’t already apparent that she is afraid of losing, she goes on to share a startling statistic about the steep decline in teacher satisfaction. ‘The percent of teachers who were “very satisfied” fell from 62 percent in 2008 to just 12 percent in 2022.’ The teachers unions and their leaders are failing their members [not to mention their students]. Maybe they should spend less time focusing on all their, as she said, ‘woke agendas’ and more time on their role in leading to this alarming demise of teacher satisfaction.”

“Close to 400,000 teachers are leaving the profession every year. Every year. I was one of them in 2021. Let’s rewind to what it was like to teach in 2008 when we didn’t have to worry about being fired for not using the correct pronouns, being called a racist for suspending a defiant black student, or being unprotected because school resource officers were still on our campus. We didn’t have to worry about male genitals in female lockers rooms or students missing class because they were protesting climate change. And so on.”

“Weingarten is worried, and so for that reason alone, I’m optimistic. I have hope that the ‘attacks’ she fears are harbingers of a rising movement to take the education of our nation’s children back from the hands of radical leftists and enact the reforms we need to fix this broken system. I have hope today, perhaps not for the government schools alone, but for the nation’s education system in general: homeschools, private schools, and the reforms on public schools. American education is not lost.”

And why we don’t hear more about this from “the media” is beyond me.

I suppose it’s just more of the same liberal propaganda by omission. If it’s not good news for the democrat narrative of the day, then it just isn’t news at all.  

In the end, I completely agree with Kali Fontanilla here. If Randi Weingarten is worried, then for that reason alone, I’m optimistic.

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Hamas is “The Other Team?!” C’mon, Man!

During our illustrious leader’s latest visit to Israel, cognitively challenged Joe referred to the barbaric terrorist group, Hamas, as “the other team.”

“The other team?”

Like Hamas is a football team, or something!

Except this “team” is guilty of numerous unthinkable atrocities, rather than “pass interference,” “holding,” or “unsportsmanlike conduct.”

After sleepwalking through the remainder of his initial press conference in Israel, Sleepy Joe later felt he had to remind us that, “Hamas does not represent the vast majority of Palestinians.”

Really?

I would beg to differ, Illegitimate Joe.

During their last election, 76% of the Palestinian people supported Hamas backed candidates.

And have we heard ANY Palestinians denouncing Hamas’ disgustingly brutal actions during their initial surprise attack on Israeli civilians, from the Palestinians in Gaza, or from Palestinians anywhere in the world?

The answer to that question would be a big NO, in case you were wondering.

Clueless Joe keeps saying he has unconditional support for Israel, but he has been very reluctant to tie any of the blame back to Iran, who has unquestionably been the sponsor of Hamas’ terrorism.

That could be because Biden, his friend Barak Obummer, and the rest his puppeteers continually propped-up Iran by feeding them boat loads (actually pallet loads of cash in the middle of the night) of U.S. taxpayer money, while relaxing the suffocating economic sanctions that were imposed by former President Trump.

The compromised Biden administration now finds itself in a bit of a conundrum.

It is caught between rich Jewish campaign contributors, and the radical elements (which are quickly becoming the standard bearers, if they aren’t already) of the democrat party.

We also see the democrats caught between undying support for drag queens and pedophiles, while supporting radical Islam at the same time, who would greet their alternative lifestyle friends with the death penalty via Sharia Law.

This whole situation is well on its way to becoming a moral and political circus.

Hopefully they can manage to contain the circus within the circus, and not allow the animals to escape out into the crowd.

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Has Congress really been thrown into “Chaos” by Republicans?

First, let’s define “chaos.”

According to dictionary.com, “chaos” means: “A state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.”

Sooo, just because some republicans have differing ideas and beliefs from other republicans, and some republicans have deemed a change in leadership is necessary, and they have pushed for that change, within the parameters of established processes and congressional procedures, the republicans are deemed to have thrown Congress into a state of “chaos?”

You can read about the democrat approved narrative yourself, as propagandized by NPR (National Public Radio), in this instance, by   Claudia Grisales, Deirdre Walsh, and Lexie Schapitl, when they write, “Fate of House GOP leadership throws Congress into chaos.”

Please note that NPR is a federally funded media outlet. That means WE are paying for the pleasure of having the government spread its propaganda back on us.

Ok, let’s continue with NPR’s take on the whole situation.  

“The U.S. House of Representatives remains virtually frozen as Republican tumult fuels scrambled plans over who could take over leadership of the lower chamber.”

Some would say, myself included, that “the U.S. House of Representatives remaining virtually frozen” would be a step in the right direction.

“Republican members huddled in meeting after meeting on Wednesday with potential candidates for speaker talking to the different factions of the party.”

As if this was somehow a negative attribute of the republicans. Democrats have never “huddled” in any backroom meetings before! Especially regarding a change in their leadership! That would be democrat heresy!

Who believes it’s healthy for everyone associated with a given political party to walk and think and vote in lock-step with every other person, in this case every other representative, of a given political party?

I sincerely hope you’re not nodding or have your hand up.

I think many of us can recall groups of political factions who preferred to walk in lock-step (goosestep) with each other 100% of the time.

‘“There’s scenarios where this could be going on for weeks,’ Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., told reporters steps off the House floor amid the competing meetings.”

And if it does, so what?

“There is a tension between some lawmakers who want a quick election for speaker to move on and those who caution the conference needs to coalesce around someone who can bring all the factions together and avoid another embarrassing debacle on the House floor with multiple rounds of balloting.”

“Embarrassing debacle?”

Really?

Following congressional process and procedure to elect a new speaker of the house is an “embarrassing debacle?”

Maybe to the democrat “goose steppers,” but not the rest of us.  

A “tension between some lawmakers” should be viewed as a natural, and a healthy thing, politically speaking. Who says all factions have to be brought together? Engaging in compromise used to be a huge part of getting things done in government. We have now arrived at a point where a simple majority just shoves what they want down everyone else’s throat.

Steve Scalise, a ranking republican representative from Louisiana, and one of the potentially new speakers, said, ‘“Our strength as a Conference comes from our unity, and we have seen when we unite as a Conference, we can deliver wins for the American people. Now we need to take those unified positions and work to extract conservative wins from the Democrat Senate and White House by leveraging upcoming deadlines. While we need to be realistic about what can be achieved, if we stay united, we can preserve leverage for the House to secure tangible wins in our impending policy fights.’”

What he is talking about is that the facts of the matter are, if the republicans want to accomplish anything, they have to vote in lock-step with each other in order to defeat the democrats, who have already mastered the lock-step routine.

It’s a sad state of affairs, but it is reality.

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You Blow, “Scranton Joe!”

In the last few days I’ve seen “President” Biden (please recall that we should always put the word “president” in quotes when referring to “President” Biden, since he didn’t actually win the election) show up on the United Auto Workers (UAW) picket line, in Detroit, touting his support for them, and working middle-class Americans, who “built this country,” in general. 

Then I see “Scranton” Joe speaking at a fund raising event in Arizona, crying about how extreme MAGA republicans in Congress are about to shut down the government, and about how bad this would be for those same working middle-class Americans.

Sooo, it’s okay to shut down the American auto industry, and all of the businesses that support the auto industry, but it’s not okay to shut down (which really isn’t a shutdown anyway) the federal government, which working middle-class Americans get very little help from, and in fact, the federal government which is making life miserable for the average working middle-class American citizen (regarding the budget crushing prices of gas, groceries, utilities, rent, and mortgage rates), while it shovels OUR tax money to Ukraine and the support of millions of illegal immigrants.

Excuse me “Scranton” Joe, but you and your pathetic administration, along with your disingenuous and anti-American democrat party, can kiss all of our working middle-class American a$$es!

And you can throw in the disgusting establishment RINOs in Congress, and the derelict, negligent, and equally culpable mainstream media as well.

In reality, you and the rest of the democrats represent evil, death, crime, lies, and corruption.

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Why don’t the Democrats seem more worried about 2024?

And, why, currently, aren’t Democrats more worried about Biden’s poor poll numbers?  

April Rubin for Axios, an American news website based in Arlington, Virginia, reports that according to a recent AP (Associated Press) poll in late August, “Only 36% of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of the economy.”

And, “By the numbers: 42% of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of his job as president overall.”

“The same amount said he has handled foreign policy well.”

Really?

Calvin Woodward and Emily Swanson, for the Associated Press, report that, “Biden is widely seen as too old for office, an AP-NORC poll finds.”

NORC (National Opinion Research Center), located at the University of Chicago, is one of the largest independent social research organizations in the United States.

“Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president in a second term.”

“In the poll, fully 77% said Biden is too old to be effective for four more years. Not only do 89% of Republicans say that, so do 69% of Democrats. That view is held across age groups, not just by young people…”

Despite these abysmal polling numbers, all we hear from “President” Biden and his minions is how good everything is going, regarding inflation and the economy, as well as protecting our southern border.

It is definitely a propaganda campaign that most people are just not buying.

Why would we?  

Most of us feel we can believe our own lying eyes.

So, again, why aren’t Democrats more worried about Biden’s poor poll numbers? 

Well, in my opinion, it’s because they feel confident that they can successfully manipulate the vote in the key “swing” states, and if they can do that, then it really doesn’t matter what most people actually think, or how they vote.

What other explanation is there? 

Under normal election circumstances, the democrats should be losing their minds, and scrambling to find an answer to their 2024 presidential concerns. But, that just isn’t happening.

Even with all of Biden’s polling concerns, not to mention all of the evidence that keeps piling up regarding Biden family corruption, the democrats seem more than willing to roll with Joe.

I guess at this point, what other options do they have?

Kamala?

“Booty juice?” Hey, cognitively challenged Joe is the one who said it!

Gavin “left of the extreme left” Newsom?

No, the democrats seem comfortable spending another “weekend at Bernie’s (Biden’s)!”

I think we have all come to realize that the unconstitutional fourth branch of government, otherwise known as the deep state, the swamp, the unelected administrative state, the shadow government, the unaccountable federal bureaucracy, are the ones really calling the shots for the democrats anyways.

They only require a feeble front person who can reasonably follow their direction, and is just happy to be there.

Well, that’s sleepy Joe for you. A poll of the deep state supports Joe Biden 100%!

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The “Shot” heard around the world! Mug shot that is.

The former President, Donald J. Trump, sure doesn’t look worried.

He doesn’t look intimidated either.

I would say he looks pi$$ed off, and that these people should be careful what they wish for, because payback’s a b*tch.

Jonathan J. Cooper, for The Associated Press, reports, “One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot.”

“A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it.”

“When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life.”

A huge inflection point, in my estimation.  

“Captured for posterity, there was a former president of the United States, for the first time in history, under arrest and captured in the sort of frame more commonly associated with drug dealers or drunken drivers. The trappings of power gone, for that split second.”

“Left behind: an enduring image that will appear in history books long after Donald Trump is gone.”

You can say that again.

‘“It will be forever part of the iconography of being alive in this time,’ said Marty Kaplan, a professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communications.”

Ooookay, agreed…, but did we really need a quote from some unknown professor from some unknown school to state the obvious here?  Just sayin’.   

“In a historic moment for American history, former President Donald Trump becomes the first president to have a booking photo released, and is also the first former president to be criminally charged.”

“In the photo, Trump confronts the camera in front of a bland gray backdrop, his eyes meeting the lens in an intense glare. He’s wearing a blue suit, white shirt and red tie, his shoulders squared, his head tilted slightly toward the camera. The sheriff’s logo has been digitally added above his right shoulder.”

“Some of the 18 others charged with him in Georgia smiled in their booking photos like they were posing for a yearbook. Not Trump. His defiance is palpable, as if he’s staring down a nemesis through the lens.”

Like I said, I would say he looks pi$$ed off, and that these people should be careful what they wish for, because payback’s a b*tch.

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Is America’s “demise by design?”

The president of El Salvador thinks so…, and so do I.

But, the first things you have to do is recognize and agree that the US is currently in a state of demise.., and the democrats don’t, or won’t.    

“Creepy Joe Biden” and his administration has, of course, criticized President Bukele, accused him of being authoritarian, even though he was democratically elected, in a fair election I might add, and they continue to try and undermine President Bukele’s government.

So, basically, “nothing to see here,” and exactly what we would expect from “cognitively challenged Joe” and his “America last” party.

Yael Halon of Fox News reports, “El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who managed to transform his country from the murder capital of the world into one of most innovative in all of Latin America, said that he would no longer feel safe living in most modern American cities as violent crime and misguided policies have turned them unrecognizable.”

Hmmm, I’m starting to like this guy already…, a leader who speaks the truth, and is not afraid to state the obvious.  

“Bukele made the comment in a wide-ranging interview on Fox Nation’s ‘Tucker Carlson Today,’ where he joined the Fox News primetime host to discuss law and order and how his government’s efforts to combat the stranglehold MS-13 had on the country effectively drove the murder rate down by 75% since he took office.”

Good for him, and good for El Salvador!

“Bukele told Carlson that he believes the erosion of major U.S. cities, now riddled with crime and chaos, is ‘by design’ and a product of ‘enemies’ within the U.S. political system.”

“‘The demise of the U.S. has to come from within. No external enemy can cause this much damage,’ Bukele said. ‘When you’re watching internal operations here you can see cities that were pristinely beautiful 30 years ago are a wasteland right now.’”

Democrats and their anti-American policies tend to have that effect. Who can look at our once great cities and not recognize this? We have to agree that the demise of our cities had to have been by design. No one can be that stupid, consistently for decades, on accident.

Bukele continues, “‘I mean, I’m from El Salvador, a third-world country in Central America, and I myself see cities here [in the USA] and say I wouldn’t live here. That would be unthinkable three decades ago, that a Salvadoran wouldn’t want to live in a U.S. main city,’ he told Carlson, pointing to cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York and Chicago, where he said he would fear for his safety.’”

And rightly so.

“After years of El Salvador leading the world in homicides, Bukele is recognized for having reduced crime there to its lowest rate in more than 20 years. The 41-year-old leader, who credits his increase of police and military presence and his crackdown on gangs for the country’s turnaround, questioned the United States’ defund the police movement and other initiatives of the left, telling Carlson they ‘make no sense.’”

The absolutely “make no sense,” unless your intentions are to undermine our country, and civilization in general.

‘“When you look how the cities are eroding so fast, this has to be by design. I mean who would make so many stupid decisions?’ Bukele asked. ‘They’re literally giving some people drugs in some us cities, or they say we’re going to give you money if you don’t work. They make all these laws that make no sense. If they have high crime, they say okay I have a solution, let’s defund the police.’”

‘“They make these decisions openly,’ he continued. ‘It’s not even [a] secret and we all know what will be the consequences of it. The defunding of the police, allowing shoplifting, giving drugs to drug addicts, giving money to people to stop work[ing], what will be the consequences? You’ll destroy society, you’ll destroy the city, you’ll destroy the economy…and it’s already happening.’”

Bingo!

‘“You would think how could they be so dumb? Of course, they’re not,’ he added. ‘They’re very smart. It’s by design. There’s no other logical explanation.’”

No truer words were ever spoken.

So, what is the democrats’ bottom line end game?

Death, destruction, and misery.

But, why?

These are the goals of Satan for humankind, and the democrats are unknowingly, or not, Satan’s pawns here on earth.

“Bukele has emerged as one of the most popular leaders in the world since he took office in 2019. According to the Associated Press, ‘Bukele enjoys an approval rating of more than 90% among Salvadorans who saw three of four previous presidents jailed or exiled for corruption.’”

Like I said before, good for President Bukele, and good for the people of El Salvador.

We can all only hope and pray that a similar societal renaissance is on the horizon for the USA.  

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Princeton believes all Black people are “handicapped!”

First of all, is “handicapped” even a thing anymore?

Aren’t we saying “disabled,” or “challenged” now?

All Blacks are obviously not physically “handicapped,” so the University of Princeton must be referring to a mental type of disability here.

I wonder how most Black people actually feel about this designation?

I know some Black people could care less, as long they get something for free out of it, but I believe most self-respecting Blacks would take issue at this.

Hannah Grossman of Fox News reports that, “A Princeton anti-capitalist class is teaching Black people should be considered handicapped due to systemic racism.”

“The curriculum claimed Black Lives Matter activism was a ‘disability justice’ movement.”

“A Princeton University class curriculum slated for the upcoming fall semester claims that Black people can be considered ‘disabled’ due to the purported systemic racism they face, according to information in a course description.”

I know absolutely nothing about this “professor,” or the creator(s) of this course, but I am 100% willing to wager they are not Black themselves.  

“A class taught by a professor who specializes in women, gender and sexuality studies, Satyel Larson, featured a book called ‘Permission to Maim.’ The book argues that Black people, along with other groups the author, Jasbir Puar, deemed to be oppressed by systemic racism, can be considered ‘disabled’ since the supposed structures in place limit their agency in society.”

Bingo. Looks like I was right again.

“‘Black Lives Matter and the struggle to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine are not only movements “allied” with disability rights, nor are they only distinct disability justice issues. Rather, I am motivated to think of these fierce organizing practices collectively as a disability justice movement itself, as a movement that is demanding an end to so many conditions of precaritization that debilitate many populations,’ the book stated.”

Say what?

Anyone for a little ranch dressing with that word salad?

“‘These movements may not represent the most appealing or desired versions of disability pride. But they are movements anchored, in fact, in the lived experiences of debilitation, implicitly contesting the right to maim, and imagining multiple futures where bodily capacities and debilities are embraced rather than weaponized,’ it continued.”

Although the professor and the author were not the ones actually living the experiences they are teaching and writing about.

Please proceed.

“The course aims to ‘decolonize’ students’ modalities of thinking. The description focused on concepts steeped in critical race theory and webbed in ‘capitalism’ as on the same plane as the mistreatment, discrimination and prejudice against gay people, also called ‘homophobia.’”

Oh no! We don’t want to be capitalist racist homophobes!

That’s the democrat trifecta of being politically incorrect!

The white supremacist part just goes without saying, of course.

“‘Re-orienting healing as a decolonizing process enables students to re-politicize personal trauma as it intersects with global legacies of violence, war, racism, slavery, patriarchy, colonialism, orientalism, homophobia, ableism, capitalism, and extractivism,’ the course description said.”

All of which are served-up to students from the liberal biased academic point of view.

“This description refers to a term called ‘intersectionality’ which holds that an individual can be oppressed by numerous groups simultaneously.”

Really?

You don’t say.

“‘The course participates in a new project to help illuminate how the humanities itself can offer new paths to understanding trauma and healing,’ it continued.”

Brilliant. Who else would, or could?

“Princeton and Larson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”

Hmmm, that’s odd.  

“Satyel Larson is a Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Larson’s research specialties included, ‘the intersections of law, science, women, gender and sexuality; reproduction, health and medicine; Islam and secularism; colonialism, postcolonialism and globality.”

And she’s teaching a self-described “anti-capitalist” class?

Does she have any kind of economic credentials to warrant this?   

Well, she can at least add race baiting to her resume now!  

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Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 2024?

I haven’t heard much about this potential ticket in 2024, but I think it’s worth some consideration and discussion.

Hanna Trudo, writing for “The Hill,” TheHill.com website, reported that RFK Jr. said, “‘I’m proud that President Trump likes me.’”

No wonder the democrat powers that be are treating RFK Jr. like the plague! At least like a plague they weren’t responsible for! Ouch!

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [has] refused to criticize former President Trump…, and said he was flattered by recent comments from Trump praising him as a ‘common-sense guy.’”

“Asked by moderator Elizabeth Vargas [during a NewsNation town hall event] what Kennedy thinks about Trump, Kennedy said, ‘I’m not going to attack other people personally.’”

“He then went a step further, expressing pride that he has received positive affirmations recently from Trump, who is embroiled in legal troubles as the leading Republican presidential contender in the GOP primary. He also referred to the former president in present tense.”

‘“I’m proud that President Trump likes me,’ he said.”

“Trump was the latest figure on the right to defend Kennedy in an appearance this week on ‘The Howie Carr Show.’”

‘“Just hang in,’ Trump advised Kennedy. ‘He’s been very nice to me, I’ve actually had a very nice relationship with him over the years. He’s a very smart guy, and a good guy.’”

‘“He’s a common sense guy and so am I. So, whether you’re conservative or liberal, common sense is common sense,’ he added.”

Wow. “Commons sense” and democrat have typically been mutually exclusive terms in recent years. Although I have to believe there are still some democrats out there who haven’t completely lost it, like most of their counterparts.  

“Kennedy avoiding the opportunity to criticize Trump was the latest sign that the presidential contender is walking a fine line between both the Democratic and Republican parties.”

“Some Democrats are worried Kennedy could run as an independent in the general election, potentially pulling votes from Biden and helping Trump.”

I seriously doubt that RFK Jr. would run as an independent, but I believe he might consider a run with Donald Trump.

And I believe former President Trump could see the value of bringing RFK Jr. on board with him.

Any other vice presidential candidate he could select from the republicans would not really have the capability of expanding his voting base. RFK Jr., who has been polling quite well, could potentially bring an additional 10% block of voters, or more, to Trump’s campaign.

This valuable 10% could be a big enough voting group to counteract an attempt by the democrats to steal another election.

The Kennedy name still carries some weight among democrats, independents, and even some conservatives.

Many conservatives would say this may be a four year answer, but what about the four years after that? My answer would be we can’t lose the next election worrying about the 2028 election.

RFK Jr.’s stance may differ from Trump’s and conservatives on some issues, but I believe they have more in common than not. And who says a VP has to be in complete lockstep with The President?

“Kennedy’s approach to Trump is markedly different approach than Biden and the majority of Democrats, who have cast the former president as a threat to the constitution and democracy.”

It is common knowledge that RFK Jr. is no friend of “the deep state,” in keeping with his father’s beliefs, as well as his uncle’s, JFK’s, beliefs.

The rift between Bobby Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI at the time, is well documented.

Robert Kennedy Jr. would fit right in with Trump and his efforts to cleanse the government’s agencies of little dictators who believe they are above the law and above the scrutiny of the people’s elected representatives.  

I would support a Trump/RFK Jr. ticket, and I hope former President Trump gives this ticket some serious consideration.

How about you?    

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