It is about time to force the tech tyrants that offer curated search results to follow the Truth in Advertising Act and be forced to tell the truth…
Truth In Advertising
When the Federal Trade Commission finds a case of fraud perpetrated on consumers, the agency files actions in federal district court for immediate and permanent orders to stop scams; prevent fraudsters from perpetrating scams in the future; freeze their assets; and get compensation for victims. When consumers see or hear an advertisement, whether it’s on the Internet, radio or television, or anywhere else, federal law says that ad must be truthful, not misleading, and, when appropriate, backed by scientific evidence. The FTC enforces these truth-in-advertising laws, and it applies the same standards no matter where an ad appears – in newspapers and magazines, online, in the mail, or on billboards or buses. The FTC looks especially closely at advertising claims that can affect consumers’ health or their pocketbooks – claims about food, over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements, alcohol, and tobacco and on conduct related to high-tech products and the Internet. The FTC also monitors and writes reports about ad industry practices regarding the marketing of alcohol and tobacco. During the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the FTC has been sending warning letters to companies that may be violating the FTC Act, to warn them that their conduct is likely unlawful and that they can face serious legal consequences, such as a federal lawsuit, if they do not immediately stop. <Source>
Bottom line…
The tech tyrants no longer operate neutral platforms that should be protected from civil liability under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act – the corporatized platforms act as publishers and should lose all protections as they censor contrarian narratives, cancel individual accounts, and fact check opinions, not facts.
We are losing our most fundamental freedoms to the tech oligarchs and this must stop.
We are so screwed.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
Based on what I saw of Mitt Romney’s business career, I had always thought that Romney was a clear-headed business analyst with common sense and probity.
At least, that was the persona he portrayed to the public. Now I am beginning to doubt almost everything about him, including his bona fides, public image, common sense, and patriotism. Is it possible that Romney was and is nothing more than a rich, politically-connected individual with an image carefully crafted by paid professionals with the cooperation of the mainstream media propagandists?
Romney always appeared to be a Democrat in disguise – a RINO (Republican In Name Only) – a chameleon whose impeccable camouflage allowed him to exist in a progressive communist democrat environment.
Perhaps the most important clue to his character could be found in the creation of RomneyCare, the model for Obamacare, deceptively funded with a dirty trick from Senator Teddy Kennedy (D-MA).
RomneyCare is the name given to Mitt Romney’s health care insurance reform laws passed in MA in 2006. RomneyCare aimed to reform healthcare by providing all MA residents with affordable quality health insurance. It also offered additional protections to MA residents including the retention of health coverage when switching employers or when they faced financial difficulties. The idea being that all citizens of that state should have health coverage.
Yes, ironically RomneyCare and ObamaCare are very similar pieces of legislation. Even Barack Obama himself will admit that RomneyCare was part of the model ObamaCare used to create the current health care reform laws. <Source>
Governor Romney sold RomneyCare as a self-sustaining program, but those who analyzed the program found otherwise. A tremendous funding shortfall needed to be resolved; thus, a deal with the devil was struck. The deal was on, and federal Medicaid funds were used to backfill the gap. What would happen when the Medicaid money ran out was someone else’s worry.
As governor, Romney worked closely with the late Democratic Senator Edward M. Kennedy to secure hundreds of millions per year in federal aid to realize their shared goal of access to health care for all. Expanding Medicaid coverage — and the flow of federal money that came with it — was a key underpinning of the state’s 2006 law. <Source>
Establishment elitism cost him the presidency…
Much like George W. Bush, Romney was an elitist. A believer in “establishment politics” and the type of collegiality that saw political adversaries drinking together after the reporters left and cameras and microphones were turned off. A man who embraces a “go along to get along” culture that cripples much of the GOP. When pushed by a political opponent like Obama, Romney refused to engage, remaining over the fray as if such engagement was not gentlemanly and worthy of a man in his position. Unfortunately, this was politics, the land of character assassination and backstabbing dirty tricks.
Mitt Romney in an interview aired Sunday repeatedly refused to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama's new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. He claimed Obama's decision was political, while senior White House adviser David Plouffe said the move wasn't motivated by politics. The Republican presidential candidate was asked three times in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" whether he would overturn the executive order issued Friday if he's elected in the fall. He refused to directly answer. <Source>
How does Romney really see Americans?
Mitt Romney refused to apologize on Tuesday for describing 47% of Americans as government-dependent "victims" in a covertly recorded video that has thrown his presidential campaign into disarray. In an attempt to save his campaign from ruin, Romney went on the Republican-friendly Fox News network just as the rightwing Drudge Report published excerpts from a 1998 tape showing Barack Obama favoring "redistribution.” The apparently co-ordinated attempt to stem the crisis from the video, published on the Mother Jones website, followed a stumbling press conference on Monday night in which Romney tried to defend comments made at a fundraiser in Florida.
Asked on Fox News if he had "kissed half the electorate goodbye" with the comments, Romney said: "I'm talking about the perspective of voters who I'm not likely to get to support me. Those who are dependent on government, and those who think government's job is to redistribute … I'm not going to get them."<Source>
Why Mitt Romney should resign…
It is almost unbelievable that a sitting Senator would Tweet a scurrilous, defamatory, and patently false attack on former politician Tulsi Gabbard.
What Tulsi Gabbard Tweeted…
Gabbard told the truth, backed by official government documents and sworn Congressional testimony, yet Romney Tweeted…
Gabbard engages with the facts and challenges the feckless fool Romney…
Bottom line...
I believe that Gabbard, a far-left progressive non-white politician with an admirable history of military service, is positioning herself as a centrist -- an old-fashioned liberal Democrat for 2024. Some suggest that she would make a good running mate for Donald Trump. Unlikely because that would leave a progressive in the White House should something happen to an aging Trump.
As for asshat Romney, it is possible his remarks were a reflection of his hatred and scorn for former President Trump and his attack motivated by Gabbard's seemingly positive regard for Trump and his beneficial actions while President. I can only hope that Romney's political career is over and swirling the toilet.
We are so screwed.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
Like many things in the Obama/Biden regime, the Rule of Law seems to have been bypassed without any regard for the consequences…
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson noted...
This is the single most damaging thing any American president has ever done.
Without even pausing, the Biden administration declared total economic war on a sovereign country. No American had been killed. The United States had not been invaded or attacked and yet, with no meaningful public debate or congressional authorization, the Biden administration destroyed that country's currency, then removed it from the international banking system that impoverished its population.
Then the administration began seizing the property of people affiliated with that country without a trial or due process of any kind, without even bothering to explain exactly what crime they had committed. No American government had ever done anything like that before. If there was one thing the U.S. government long stood for, it was the rule of law. The integrity of the system was always the most important thing, but not anymore. <Source>
The American people pay the price while the green agenda of higher gas prices to curtail vehicles and mobility advances...
"Today, I am announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Russia's economy. We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas energy. That means Russian oil will no longer be accepted in U.S. ports, and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin's war machine."
One, this ban is a minor annoyance to Russia. Two, this ban is a minor inconvenience to U.S. refiners to avoid Russian oil. And three, to be effective, bans must be aggregated across other European countries like Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria to produce consequences that could impact Russia. Moreover, as we learned from commodities trader Marc Rich, oil can be re-sold or swapped many times in transit, so it is no longer banned contraband when it arrives at its destination. Rich openly made oil deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis. Bill Clinton pardoned him in a quid pro quo deal brokered by Eric Holder.
Warning: Trouble in the homeland...
And, here at home, we must be exceedingly wary of the Biden Regime’s intention to use the Department of Homeland Defense to target “extremism,” which they appear to define as anyone who challenges an election or the administration’s medical narratives.
Mayorkas Releases New Rules on Extremism – DHS Will Target Anyone Who Believes Election Was Stolen, Government Overreach, or Who Challenged Fauci’s Everchanging COVID Rules
Report to the Secretary of Homeland Security Domestic Violent Extremism Internal Review: Observations, Findings, and Recommendations (3/11/22)
A March 2021 unclassified threat assessment prepared by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Department of Justice, and DHS noted that domestic violent extremists “whoare motivated by a range of ideologies and galvanized by recent political and societal events in the United States pose an elevated threat to the Homeland in 2021.” The assessment pointed to newer “sociopolitical developments such as narratives of fraud in the recent general election, the emboldening impact of the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol, conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and conspiracy theories promoting violence” that “will almost certainly spur some [domestic violent extremists] [sic] to try to engage in violence this year.” <Source>
Sounds pretty much like the Biden regime and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Schifty cohorts who are committing violence on innocent (until proven guilty) protesters. Is this a "pre-crime" justification of government surveillance?
Bottom line...
It appears that the primary goal of Russia is to keep NATO out of the region.
Let us not forget that all wars turn out to be banker’s wars -- fought more on the economic battlefield than the military one. We must be extremely wary of a corrupt and ideological leadership because only the United States and its vast military-industrial complex see a benefit in a protracted war on foreign soil with few, if any, physical impacts on our homeland.
We are so screwed.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
(1) President Joe Biden is mentally and physically incapable of discharging the duties of his office as the President of the United States and the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Military.
(2) The Vice President of the United States and the Speaker of the House, as successors to an impaired President under the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, are likewise incapable of discharging the duties of the President of the United States.
(3) It is also doubtful, as you work your way through the line of Presidential succession that there is an individual who would exhibit the ability, including commonsense and patriotism, to fulfill a competent leadership role.
(4) Given a dearth of executive leadership abilities in the line of succession, the course of this exceptional nation is likely to be charted by a consensus of unelected apparatchiks and bureaucrats who have varying degrees of education, knowledge, and experience, and patriotism. It is unlikely that these individuals would spontaneously overcome their ideology, activist behaviors, and self-interests to lead the United States. In essence, leadership is a random crapshoot.
(5) That the greatest threat to our beloved and exceptional nation is the Democratic party which appears to have been deeply infiltrated over the past decades with individuals acting under the influence of hostile foreign powers (i.e., communists) or the product of their indoctrination by the heavily infiltrated educational establishment. This is an inclusive threat which manifests through government, cultural institutions, and the mainstream media propagandists.
(6) And, unfortunately, this type of indoctrination is also apparent in individuals who are either apathetic and unwilling to put forth the time and effort to develop their own knowledgebase and opinions or who treat politics as a team sport where their peer group demands groupthink at the risk of excommunication. There is no argument strong enough to overcome their indoctrination and it takes a personal drastic event or realization for them to even consider other opinions, options, and a course of action.
The current situation…
(1) We, as a nation, are recovering from a global pandemic, partly of our own making by providing biological research funds to a hostile foreign power, and emanating from an overtly hostile nation acting against our national interests. It appears that politicians and unelected officials are reluctant to surrender the extraordinary emergency powers that they assumed as a response to a catastrophic life-threatening medical emergency. Our leadership is no longer hiding behind science as a rationale for their political activities.
(2) We, as a nation, find ourselves in a long-standing conflict in a foreign land that our leadership is using to prolong their powers and to misdirect the American people from the catastrophe which they have caused by embracing the theories of hardcore communists and those who do not wish America well.
(3) We, as a nation, are watching our leadership assist a hostile foreign power to obtain nuclear weaponry. Unlike North Korea’s unpredictable leader who is using nuclear weapons to preserve his regime and wring concessions from other nations, Iran’s leaders are following a fatalistic religious script that demands the destruction of Israel and the creation of enough chaos and conflict in the region to bring about the return of a mythical religious leader who will preside over a global caliphate. This is being done through the surrogates of a corrupt, communist, narcissistic leader, Barack Hussein Obama who hates everything about Israel and America, except for his personal pleasures.
(4) Our "watchdog" meadia has become a "lapdog" media incapable of speaking truth to power.
Thinking the unthinkable…
There might come the point in time when a political party’s representatives have become so toxic to the interests of America and Americans as to demand a “reset election” to preserve the United States of America as a free and independent nation.
Bottom line…
When you understand the difference between good and evil, right and wrong, merely observing and asking the right question is to know the answer intuitively.
We are so screwed.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
Like many things that have changed over your lifetime for the worse, we find “Disney Democrats” hiding behind their decades-old “child-friendly” reputation to hide an ugly, malignant truth…
It appears to me that children have become tools to be manipulated by an evil empire that has metastasized into a corporate profit machine – using your children as tools to extract hard-earned dollars from your pocket while preaching progressive communist democrat propaganda.
In what perverted Disneyland could a rational human being accept Disney’s warped wisdom of teaching young children in kindergarten to third grade about sex, gender, and possibly about sexual practices, which many parents consider biblical perversions?
Statement On Disney’s Support For The LGBTQ+ Community
Today, Bob Chapek sent the following message to employees of The Walt Disney Company:
To my fellow colleagues, but especially our LGBTQ+ community,
Thank you to all who have reached out to me sharing your pain, frustration and sadness over the company’s response to the Florida “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Speaking to you, reading your messages, and meeting with you have helped me better understand how painful our silence was. It is clear that this is not just an issue about a bill in Florida, but instead yet another challenge to basic human rights. You needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and I let you down. I am sorry.
[OCS: (1) You are repeating a bald-faced lie. There is nothing in Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” (H.B. 1557) that uses the word “gay.” It is all about respecting parental rights by prohibiting classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels. Read the bill for yourself, not a narrative created by gay progressive communist democrat propagandists in the mainstream media.
(2) Consider the hole you are digging when a corporation must take a stance on every issue or be charged with causing pain by its silence.
(3) There is no basic right that allows a third party to indoctrinate your children in beliefs and practices that are harmful to their current or future welfare. However, a parent has a God-given right to care for their child until the age of majority.
(4) Equal rights assume the fundamental right to be unmolested by your government, special interest groups, and corporate entities.
(5) To say you are sorry is to admit you have done something wrong. You appeared to be a small, pathetic individual afraid of losing your cushy position. salary, and perks.]
Our employees see the power of this great company as an opportunity to do good. I agree. Yes, we need to use our influence to promote that good by telling inclusive stories, but also by standing up for the rights of all.
[OCS: Whose “good” might that be? Forcing the views of a relatively small minority of individuals on the population at large to allow them to feel good about their various beliefs. Corporations are inanimate objects without feelings and should exist for the stated purpose of benefitting their shareholders by benefitting their customers. Corporations per se are not civil rights organizations, and you would fare better in promoting the “Golden Rule” and going about your business.]
Starting immediately, we are increasing our support for advocacy groups to combat similar legislation in other states. We are hard at work creating a new framework for our political giving that will ensure our advocacy better reflects our values. And today, we are pausing all political donations in the state of Florida pending this review. But, I know there is so much more work to be done. I am committed to this work and to you all, and will continue to engage with the LGBTQ+ community so that I can become a better ally. You will hear more about our progress in the coming weeks.
[OCS: Perhaps it is time to investigate the Disney connection to political corruption (i.e., lobbying) for those tax breaks that steal money from our public safety efforts, schools, and communities.]
I truly believe we are an infinitely better and stronger company because of our LGBTQ+ community. I missed the mark in this case but am an ally you can count on—and I will be an outspoken champion for the protections, visibility, and opportunity you deserve. <Source>
[OCS: You, personally, are a moron who is destroying the Disney Brand. It’s parental rights, stupid!]
Remember, Disney has enabled the surveillance state…
For those who may not know, Disney has fought hard to keep their Mouse from entering the public domain and to protect their copyrights and trademarks. In the process, they have subverted the original compact between creators and the public by delaying when protected works enter the public domain to benefit all. They have demanded that each electronic file created bear a GUID (Globally Unique IDentifier) that allows your electronic activities to be tracked. They delayed the introduction of certain recording devices into the United States and demanded that duplicated content be artificially degraded.
As for damaging generations of children, Disney has infantilized the nation and used psychological tricks to entice children into becoming consumers of increasingly vapid and vacuous products – many with an embedded subliminal indoctrination message.
Bottom line…
This is not my Disney. It is now a creature of the regime. And if they were intellectually honest about the regime's narrative, they would be limiting park attendance -- separating kids by race and oppressors and non-oppressors.'
We, and our children, are so screwed.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
Yes, by all means, let the taxpayer provide additional funding to the government to teach little boys to be obedient little girls…
And, if that isn’t their height of stupidity, consider the Reason editor who suggests that the “Republican with the best chance of beating Biden in 2024 is … Mitt Romney.”
Maybe the progressives have it right about intersectionality. Here we find stupidity intersecting with incompetence on a background on incoherent, chaotic idiocy.
Like Joe Biden giving a speech in which he says, "I’m sick of this stuff! The American people think the reason for inflation is the government spending more money. Simply. Not. True." A bald-faced lie from a congenital liar.
We are so screwed when this crap passes for intelligent reasoning. Any party that would knowingly allow an incoherent, incompetent, senile racist to champion their party is pure evil and architecting the downfall of the United States of America.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
Consider that America is under attack from Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea, and others.
We are at war with some of Earth's most extensive nuclear powers.
And, let us not forget the war within, spearheaded by the progressive communist democrats and their propagandists in the mainstream media. Aided and abetted by those who will censor news and opinion or cancel dissidents altogether.
Appeasement didn't work before and will certainly not work now. We should be all about deterrence through strength, not weakness through appeasement.
The rationale that it would be "escalatory" to permit, promote, or provide advanced weaponry or MiG-29 aircraft is false.
Threatening a chemical or biological attack should result in worldwide condemnation and coordinated response, especially after the costs of the Chinese Communist Virus, which resulted in a global pandemic.
Threatening a nuclear response, even in theatre, would result in a global catastrophic reaction. Indeed, if America were attacked, we would, of necessity, target China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea, and other current and future threats.
We have never had such a weak, incompetent, and morally compromised leadership in the United States -- with many in the Obama/Biden Administration being openly hostile to America and a large number of Americans. Being divided into identities and taught that whites are oppressors and BIPOCs are victims.
Bottom line...
The answer is peace through strength.
There is no doubt in my mind that we are engaged in World War III.
The only question we need to consider is, can it be limited in scope and contained within Europe and Asia -- and, can it be done under the Democrat's corrupt and feckless regime?
I do not know the answers, but I know we are faced with a Biden Administration not equal to the task of protecting the United States. And the GOP appears weaker and less committed than the Democrats as they talk and talk and talk.
We are so screwed.
Steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
But, then again, what do you expect from a senile shell of a poseur politician who has been on the wrong side of foreign policy since he entered the Senate.
The White House is now confirming that the decision to deny Polish MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine went all the way up to President Biden, who personally vetoed the jet delivery lest it provoke Vladimir Putin and risk escalating the war.
The logic seems to be that sending lethal anti-aircraft and antitank weapons won’t provoke the Russian, but 28 fixed-wing aircraft would. That distinction is hard to parse, especially when the Pentagon is also saying that the Ukrainians don’t need the jets because their other weapons are more effective. So sending less lethal aircraft will lead to World War III, but not arms that are really deadly?
The bigger problem is the message this fiasco sends to Mr. Putin about NATO. The essence of credible deterrence is making an adversary believe that taking certain actions will draw a response. By so ostentatiously not sending the fighters, and saying the reason is fear of escalation, Mr. Biden is telling the Russian what he doesn’t have to worry about. Instead of deterring Mr. Putin, Mr. Biden is letting the Russian deter the U.S.
This is becoming a pattern with the Commander in Chief. In Afghanistan he demanded a quick and dirty exit by a date certain lest he provoke the Taliban who had taken over the government. The result was an American humiliation that may have influenced Mr. Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. <Source>
Like this guy, Biden can lead the United States against our enemies.
Unfortunately, a cackling idiot like Vice President Kamala Harris or a drunk House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would never be able to assume office in case of a national crisis.
How far down the Presidential Succession list would we have to go to find a qualified leader?
Vice President Kamala Harris
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
President pro tempore of the Senate Patrick Leahy
Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
Attorney General Merrick Garland
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
Note: The Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, is not eligible to become President as she is only a naturalized citizen.
Thank the Democrats for supporting individuals based on their color, sex, gender, sexual preferences, and ideology over competence, allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, and love of America.
Bottom line…
The Democrats subverted an election.
The Democrats compromised natural security.
The Democrats weakened our military.
The Democrats dishonored America.
The Democrats weakened our economy.
The Democrats brought us massive inflation.
This is treason!
We are so screwed.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
The height of hypocrisy is that liar, leaker Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) is selling expensive merchandise touting “Truth Matters.”
Hey Stephen,
One of the most surreal and wonderful things to see while I’m out and about in LA, DC, or anywhere in-between is folks wearing a shirt or sweatshirt with a slogan of mine on it.
So my team and I put our heads together to come up with some new and improved merchandise. T-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, and more. My team tells me it’s “fresh.” Or something like that.
The grey sweatshirt below is one of my favorites – because the values of right, truth, and decency are more important than ever. I hope you’ll take a look!
I hope you like our new designs and find something that suits you. Can’t wait to see you out there!
— Adam
As we have seen from the proceedings of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, it appears that Adam Schiff is a congenital liar whose word, even under oath, is absolutely worthless.
I find it astounding and ludicrous that Schiff would even suggest he stands for right, truth, decency, or democracy when the documentary and testimonial evidence appears to demonstrate otherwise.
Bottom line…
The most dangerous politicians in the world are the ones we personally believe in and support -- because if they are corrupt, it impacts us with a substantial force that diminishes our belief in the system.
As for Adam Schiff, facts matter! Your record speaks for itself.
We are so screwed when progressive communist democrats like Adam Schiff purport to represent his constituents and ignore his sworn oath of office.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
When you cannot trust the senior leadership of the United States government and the Department of State neocon apparatchiks who have a record of corruption and lying under oath when testifying before Congress, we are so screwed.
(1) The United States used the pretext of “Weapons of Mass Destruction,” including chemical, biological, and radiological (nuclear) weapons, to preemptively invade Iraq in 2003, a foreign sovereign country. In retrospect, the claim was either not true or greatly exaggerated.
(2) We now have the testimony of Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that claims that there are biological research facilities in Ukraine are accurate and the United States is concerned about a Russian attempt to access these facilities.
(3) Does this revelation provide the same type of moral justification for the Russian invasion of Ukraine with the same comprehensive and devastating results we saw in Iraq?
(4) Does this revelation provide the same type of moral justification for the Americans to mount an effort to secure these facilities and risk a severe escalation of the conflict? Especially after experiencing the effects of a global pandemic allegedly released from a similar biological research facility in Communist China.
(5) Should the United States seal-off the transport of immigrants and others seeking to enter the United States after escaping lethal danger should one of these laboratories be breached?
(6) Does this incursion and threat demand that our Southern Border be secured now?
(7) Where is the United Nations considering that it appears an aggressor nation is perpetrating war crimes against innocent civilians? How does one handle the influence of Russia and China in the United Nations?
What you are not seeing in the mainstream media...
Deleted Web Pages Show Obama Led an Effort To Build a Ukraine-Based BioLab Handling ‘Especially Dangerous Pathogens.'
A deleted web article recovered by The National Pulse reveals that former President Barack Obama spearheaded an agreement leading to the construction of Biolabs handling “especially dangerous pathogens” in Ukraine.
The news comes on the same day that Biden regime apparatchik Victoria Nuland told the U.S. Senate that the American government is concerned about biological research facilities falling into Russian hands as a result of the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe.
Originally posted on June 18th, 2010, the article “Biolab Opens in Ukraine” details how Obama while serving as an Illinois Senator, helped negotiate a deal to build a level-3 biosafety lab in the Ukrainian city of Odessa.
The article, which also highlighted the work of former Senator Dick Lugar, was additionally included in Issue No. 818 of the United States Air Force (USAF) Counterproliferation Center’s Outreach Journal.
“Lugar said plans for the facility began in 2005 when he and then-Senator Barack Obama entered a partnership with Ukrainian officials. Lugar and Obama also helped coordinate efforts between the U.S and Ukrainian researchers that year in an effort to study and help prevent avian flu,” explained author Tina Redlup.
A 2011 report from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Anticipating Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories explained how the Odessa-based laboratory “is responsible for the identification of especially dangerous biological pathogens.”
“This laboratory was reconstructed and technically updated up to the BSL-3 level through a cooperative agreement between the United States Department of Defense and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine that started in 2005. The collaboration focuses on preventing the spread of technologies, pathogens, and knowledge that can be used in the development of biological weapons,” the report continues.
“The updated laboratory serves as Interim Central Reference Laboratory with a depozitarium (pathogen collection). According to Ukrainian regulations, it has a permit to work with both bacteria and viruses of the first and second pathogenic groups,” explains the report.
A separate document detailing Ukraine’s biolab network from the BioWeapons Prevention Project outlines in greater detail the scope of pathogens the facility has conducted research with.
Among the viruses the lab studied were Ebola and “viruses of pathogencity group II by using of virology, molecular, serologica and express methods.”
Additionally, the lab provided “special training for specialists on biosafety and biosecurity issues during handling of dangerous biological pathogenic agents.” <Source>
Is it not likely that the Ukraine lab would follow the research and techniques developed in the Communist Chinese Wuhan lab? And, what to make of those who claimed that the existence of biowarfare labs in Ukraine was a “conspiracy theory?”
Bottom line…
Notice that the Chinese are now condemning U.S.-funded biological labs as their Wuhan lab’s moral equivalent.
The three top leaders of the U.S. government, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are manifestly unfit to lead the United States in a time of serious conflict. Due to the actions of former President Obama, our military has been severely degraded, and our military’s leadership decimated. The degradation of our military has continued under the Biden Administration.
We have seen the global effects of a biological agent released by an enemy nation. We are in a time of unprecedented peril in modern history, with Russia subtly threatening the use of nuclear weapons should outside entities interfere in its conquest of Ukraine.
And, there is but one action for the American citizen to consider. Hold the Democrat Party responsible for what has happened to our nation since the election of President Obama -- and the American media as co-conspirators in his effort to fundamentally transform the United States.
To say we are screwed is an understatement.
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS