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IRAN: BIDEN PLAGIARIZES OBAMA'S PLAYBOOK: KISS IRAN'S ASS AND CAPITULATE

In what universe do you let your sworn enemies, Communist China and Russia, mediate with another hostile foreign power, Iran, on a matter of future existential importance? Or one that involves nuclear weapons and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles capable of striking the continental United States? Incompetence or part of the plan to destroy America from within?

Any cursory look at Joe Biden’s political career will reveal a few fundamental truths about the man and his media myth.

One, his surface charm, really a faux working-guy schtick, hides a bully’s mean streak and nasty temper.

Two, he is a congenital liar that goes far beyond a politician’s “say anything, do anything” behavior. Even when confronted with recorded evidence of his lies, he has no shame.

Three, he is a weak intellect who needs to plagiarize the work of others – and doesn’t even do that well.

Four, his career is littered with failure and a record of being on the wrong side of history in everything he has attempted.

Five, most damaging of all, Joe Biden is corrupt and lacks moral core values. Like most narcissistic individuals, everything is about Biden. I sincerely believe that Biden is not patriotic, and is amoral like most psychopaths.

And six, Joe Biden is physically and mentally unwell, with severe cognitive decline, inability to recall information, and speaks incoherently at times. A definite candidate for removal from office under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment – except for the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi are also unsuitable to lead this great nation.

So why am I not surprised that Joe Biden, at the direction of former President Obama’s cadre of incompetent foreign policy experts, is following Obama’s appeasement playbook to secure a signed nuclear agreement that accomplishes nothing and is not literally worth the paper it is written upon. Offering to strengthen the Iranian regime with billions of dollars even knowing they are the largest sponsor of state terror in the world?

Capitulation: Biden Team Offers Russia Concessions to Get Iran Nuclear Giveaway Back on Track

New Iran Agreement Would Let Russia Cash in on $10 Billion Contract To Build Nuclear Sites

Russia’s top state-controlled energy company is set to cash in on a $10 billion contract to build out one of Iran’s most contested nuclear sites as part of concessions granted in the soon-to-be-announced nuclear agreement that will guarantee sanctions on both countries are lifted.

Russian and Iranian documents translated for the Washington Free Beacon show that Rosatom, Russia’s leading energy company, has a $10 billion contract with Iran’s atomic energy organization to expand Tehran’s Bushehr nuclear plant. Russia and the Biden administration confirmed on Tuesday that the new nuclear agreement includes carveouts that will waive sanctions on both countries so that Russia can make good on this contract.

"We, of course, would not sanction Russian participation in nuclear projects that are part of resuming full implementation of the JCPOA," State Department spokesman Ned Price confirmed on Tuesday, referring to the original 2015 nuclear accord. Russia’s foreign ministry made a similar statement on Tuesday, saying that "additions were made to the text of the future agreement on JCPOA restoration to ensure that all the JCPOA-related projects, [especially] with Russian participation, as well as Bushehr [nuclear power plant], are protected from negative impact of anti-Russian restrictions" by the United States and European Union.

The removal of these sanctions will provide Moscow’s Rosatom company with a critical source of revenue as American and European sanctions crush Russia’s economy in response to its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The concessions to Moscow have generated frustration on Capitol Hill, with top Republican leaders accusing the Biden administration of weakening penalties on Russia to secure an agreement with Iran. Moscow has served as the United States' top interlocutor in talks, even as the country’s war machine rolls across Ukraine. The Free Beacon first reported on Tuesday that a policy document circulating among lawmakers exposes how the new nuclear agreement will create a "sanctions evasion hub" for Russian president Vladimir Putin. <Source>

For those with a short memory, Rosatom was the Russian energy company that was allowed to purchase twenty percent of the U.S. uranium production under the Obama Administration after the deal was green-lighted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Democrat sell-outs, including:

  • Attorney General Eric Holder;
  • Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner;
  • Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke;
  • Secretary of Defense Robert Gates;
  • Energy Secretary Steven Chu;
  • Secretary of Homeland Defense Janet Napolitano;
  • U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk; and
  • John Holdren of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

-- all sitting as members of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS).

Not to gloss over the lesser scandal of millions of dollars paid to the Clinton Foundation -- including speaking fees to Bill Clinton personally -- that were among the other Obama-era scandals that remained under “perpetual investigation” until the statute of limitations passed.

Why does everything seem to revolve around Ukraine?

Have you ever wondered why much of the scandal involving the attempt to derail candidate, then later President, Donald Trump, had deep Ukraine connections?

Or that Ukraine conspired, colluded, and coordinated with the Democrats in these matters?

Or that Victoria Nuland, Alexander Vindman, and others associated with the plot had deep Ukraine or Russian connections.

Did the Democrats deliberately provoke Putin into a war as just another useful idiot to distract from the criminality of the Obama/Biden Administration? Or to distract from the domestic and foreign policy failures that have damaged the United States just before the 2022 midterm election?

Bottom line…

Obama-biden

Perhaps, we should look to former President Obama for the truth about Biden and accept Hillary Clinton’s corruption as a demonstrable given.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba.”-- take nobody's word for it!

“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


HYPOCRISY 101 -- MORE PROFITABLE THAN UKRAINE?

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We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba.”-- take nobody's word for it!

“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


PLAN B: DE FACTO LOCKDOWN WITH RISING GAS PRICES

There has never been any doubt that the progressive communist democrats, especially those in California’s one-party legislature, desired higher gas prices to drive urbanization, the use of union-controlled mass transit, a decrease in mobility, and the eventual elimination of private vehicles.

The fact that higher gas prices result in higher tax revenues was just a bonus.

Now that lock-down policies are being relaxed, vax mandates reduced, and emergency powers sunsetted – the rising price of gas appears to serve their purpose.

LOCK-DOWN

The only bright spot is that it jeopardizes progressive communist democrats and their RINO (Republican In Name Only) officeholders in the 2022 election and is waking up America.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba.”-- take nobody's word for it!

“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


MEDIA MOGULS AND TECH TYRANTS GUILTY OF INTERFERING WITH A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

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No matter how you may feel about the handling of the 2020 election, one thing is absolutely certain: the media moguls and tech tyrants were coordinating with the Democrat Party to interfere in a presidential election and are responsible for the disaster that has befallen the United States.

Polling suggests that if voters had known about the level of Biden’s cognitive decline and the depravity and corruption associated with the Biden crime family, they would have likely voted against making Joe Biden the President of the United States.

Poll Shows Media Censorship Cheated Voters of Vital Info, Robbed Trump of Second Term

A new survey conducted by The Polling Company for the Media Research Center (MRC) found that major media censorship of certain vital stories left voters in the dark, particularly Biden voters, and prevented President Donald Trump from winning a second term.

“This lack of information proved crucial,”said the MRC in a report on the poll.  “One of every six Biden voters we surveyed (17%) said they would have abandoned the Democratic candidate had they known the facts about one or more of these news stories.”

A shift of this magnitude would have changed the outcome in all six of the swing states won by Joe Biden, and Donald Trump would have comfortably won a second term as president,” said the MRC, which has been documenting and exposing liberal media bias for the last 33 years. <Source>

Majority of Americans say Hunter Biden story was buried by the media to influence election: poll

In mid-October, the New York Post began publishing explosive allegations against Hunter Biden, accusing Joe Biden's son of having inappropriate business dealings with energy corporations in Ukraine and China.

The source for the accusations was reported emails from a MacBook Pro laptop that allegedly belonged to Hunter Biden, but he never picked it up from a computer repair shop in Delaware after dropping it off there in April 2019.

Joe Biden denied the allegations at the final presidential debate by saying, "I have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life."

The accusations arrived at the stretch run for the 2020 presidential election, but much of the mainstream media flat-out refused to cover the story or labeled the New York Post reports as a "Russian disinformation campaign," despite many details being published in 2018 by the New York Times.

In a new Rasmussen poll, a majority of Americans believe that the media purposely buried the Hunter Biden laptop story to influence the 2020 election. <Source>

If you believe that the Democrat Party did not conspire, collude, and coordinate to suppress the Biden corruption story, remember the hastily-issued “Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails” signed by “50 intelligence experts.”

Including some of the participants in the most significant political scandals in history…

  • Jim Clapper, Former Director of National Intelligence
  • Mike Hayden, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Leon Panetta, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
  • John Brennan, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Rick Ledgett, Former Deputy Director, National Security Agency
  • John McLaughlin, Former Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Michael Morell, Former Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency

Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails

We are all individuals who devoted significant portions of our lives to national security. Some of us served in senior positions in policy departments and agencies, and some of us served in senior positions in the Intelligence Community. Some of us were political appointees, and some were career officials. Many of us worked for presidents of both political parties.

It is for all these reasons that we write to say that the arrival on the US political scene of emails purportedly belonging to Vice President Biden’s son Hunter, much of it related to his time serving on the Board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.

We want to emphasize that we do not know if the emails, provided to the New York Post by President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, are genuine or not and that we do not have evidence of Russian involvement -- just that our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case. <Source>

Trying to dry-clean their reputation in time for the 2022 election cycle…

The New York Times Confirms News on Hunter Biden That We've Known for Years

The New York Times is out with a story today about the ongoing Department of Justice investigation into Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings. Deep down in the text, the story confirms Hunter Biden's laptop -- full of salacious information and photos -- is indeed authentic.

"The Justice Department inquiry into the business dealings of the president’s son has remained active, with a grand jury seeking information about payments from around the world," the New York Times reports. "People familiar with the investigation said prosecutors had examined emails between Mr. Biden, Mr. Archer and others about Burisma and other foreign business activity. Those emails were obtained by The New York Times from a cache of files that appears to have come from a laptop abandoned by Mr. Biden in a Delaware repair shop. The email and others in the cache were authenticated by people familiar with them and with the investigation. In some of the emails, Mr. Biden displayed a familiarity with FARA, and a desire to avoid triggering it." <Source>

Bottom line…

OBAMA-RUSHMORE

The media moguls and tech tyrants continue to conspire, collude, and coordinate with the Democrat Party as the flag, censor or cancel the accounts of anyone deviating from the Democrat regime’s official narrative of the time. With nary a correction or apology for their nefarious actions.

It is time to make these miscreants pay for the damage they have caused to our nation.

One, remove their Section 230 protections against being held legally liable for comments posted on their platforms. They are content editors, not neutral content platforms.

Two, invoke anti-trust regulations and break up these behemoth operations, especially those who provide services to the U.S. government under a grant, contract, or other means.

Three, revoke security clearances held by former government officials and implement greater logging of government computer information access attempts.

Rid ourselves of the communist-infested Democrats and RINOs (Republicans In Name Only).

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba.”-- take nobody's word for it!

“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


GET OVER IT: THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GUARANTEED IRAN WILL GO NUCLEAR

OBAMA-ISRAEL

We are well beyond the time when preemptive military action -- or even sanctions -- could have delayed the completion and testing of a nuclear weapon that can be mated with an already developed and tested Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.

Israel, post-Netanyahu, has a Biden-like weak leadership unwilling to displease the progressive communist democrats in Washington.

The United States, post-Trump, is unwilling to demonstrate the type of resolve needed for a preemptive strike and unwilling to provide heavy bunker-buster weaponry and a delivery system to Israel. As for regime change, the Jimmy Carter wing of the Democrat Party has embraced anti-Semitic Obama’s grand vision of strong nuclear power to offset Israel’s “threat to the region.”

Regardless of his reputation and “orange man bad” persona, Trump was ambivalent in striking Iran.

The Middle East scenario is likely to see Turkey and Iran become the dominant non-democratic nuclear power in the region.

Look for North Korean extortion to become the major operational mode of the region.

Remember, Iran will not have a single bomb on the test day; they are likely to have at least five.

What can the United States do? Regime change? Nah!

Look to North Korea for the answer.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba.”-- take nobody's word for it!

“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 GLOBALISTS ARE AGAINST U.S. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

YUAN

Once again, we find the progressive communist democrats and their RINO (Republicans In Name Only) cohorts fighting to destroy America’s energy dependence with a false argument.

They argue that America must keep purchasing foreign energy and keep pumping artificially-created dollars into the world’s energy market to preserve the dominance of the U.S. Dollar as the reserve currency of the world.

They point to the creation of the Communist China-created petroyuan as a boogieman. Claiming that China and Russia will cobble a coalition to trade oil in petroyuan rather than petrodollars, thus creating a new world reserve currency.

And the question they never seem to ask is which foreign oligarchs and elites would rather bank their personal funds in China or Russia, or, if given the opportunity, in the United States?

The petrodollar versus the petroyuan…

In 1944, forty-four allied nations executed the Bretton Woods Agreement to make the U.S. dollar the world’s official reserve currency. The entire global petroleum system is based on the United States dollar as the reserve currency used for international energy transactions.

Without these so-called petrodollars, central banks would not need to keep large amounts of American dollars, usually in the form of treasury securities, on hand to settle energy debts.

So the globalist narrative goes, without foreign sources to purchase U.S. treasury securities, the United States can no longer print worthless fiat currency, and our nation spins into a significant recession.

But is it true, or are we being whipsawed into supporting the national interests of other nations?

There is but one overriding goal for the Saudis: preserve the sovereignty of Saudi Arabia and the continuing rule of the Saudi Royal Family. Unfortunately, the Obama/Biden regime has proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that their word cannot be trusted and that longstanding agreements with allies and friends are subject to modification to meet the demand of domestic politics. So there should be little surprise that our friends and allies are now hedging their bets. Knowing they can no longer rely on America, they seek rapprochement -- reestablishing cordial relations with those nations whose national interests are diametrically opposite those of the United States. 

Saudi Arabia Considers Accepting Yuan Instead of Dollars for Chinese Oil Sales -- Talks between Riyadh and Beijing have accelerated as the Saudi unhappiness grows with Washington

Saudi Arabia is in active talks with Beijing to price some of its oil sales to China in yuan, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would dent the U.S. dollar’s dominance of the global petroleum market and mark another shift by the world’s top crude exporter toward Asia.

The talks with China over yuan-priced oil contracts have been off and on for six years but have accelerated this year as the Saudis have grown increasingly unhappy with decades-old U.S. security commitments to defend the kingdom, the people said.

The Saudis are angry over the U.S.’s lack of support for their intervention in the Yemen civil war, and over the Biden administration’s attempt to strike a deal with Iran over its nuclear program. Saudi officials have said they were shocked by the precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year.

China buys more than 25% of the oil that Saudi Arabia exports. If priced in yuan, those sales would boost the standing of China’s currency. The Saudis are also considering including yuan-denominated futures contracts, known as the petroyuan, in the pricing model of Saudi Arabian Oil Co. , known as Aramco.  <Source: Wall Street Journal>

It appears that the Saudis are attempting to capitalize on the mental incapacity of President Biden and his corrupt, incompetent, and feckless administration led by America-hating Obama acolytes. They are delusional if they believe China or Russia will protect them from a nuclear Iran.

Bottom line…

The dominance of the U.S. Dollar as the world’s reserve currency is based mainly on the size, strength, and stability of the U.S. economy and the dominant influence of U.S. financial markets. Despite our precarious fiscal condition, compromised by massive deficit spending, multi-trillions of dollars in national debt, and the seemingly endless printing of U.S. dollars, purchasing U.S. Treasury securities remain the safest way for foreign nations to store their capital reserves.

The U.S. Dollar, backed by the full faith and credit of the United States – the implicit trust and confidence that the United States can pay its debts -- will continue to make the U.S. dollar the most redeemable currency for transacting the world’s commerce.

Those who govern America must stand strong and avoid being whipsawed by our enemies into taking actions that benefit hostile foreign forces like Communist China and Russia. Both economic paper tigers shored up by bravado and nuclear weaponry.

We are so screwed when our leadership is braindead and acting against our nation in favor of our enemies. Will the pussies in the Biden Administration cave? 

-- steve


“Nullius in verba.”-- take nobody's word for it!

“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 FACE OF OUR ENEMY MAY LOOK LIKE YOU!

She is young, adorable, has a beautiful smile, melodious voice, and has millions of fan- followers on social media. She may also have some expertise in an interesting subject or cultural matter.

Yet, this is the face of our enemy. A paid propagandist promoting a false and misleading narrative that slips under your self-protective radar because you are thinking about her smile.

In some cases, she may be a "useful idiot," a Cold War term used to describe an individual who is easy to persuade to do, say, or believe things that help our enemies. She may actually think she is being patriotic and helping our nation while helping to cause irreparable harm by conditioning the minds of those more interested in her physical attributes than arguments.

In other cases, she may be an uncaring merchandiser, more concerned with monetizing "her brand" to fund her personal lifestyle, better communications technology, or viewer reach.

And, there is the possibility that she finds the narrative authentic and compelling after decades of indoctrination by radical teachers, professors, and exposure to media propagandists who carefully avoided teaching about history, critical thinking, or the evils of communism.

In any event, she may be a clear and present danger to herself and America as she promotes a carefully-crafted narrative that benefits our enemies.

TikTok Influencer Blames High Gas Prices On Putin After White House Gives Her Talking Points

After a briefing from the White House, TikTok influencer Ellie Zeiler blamed high gas prices and inflation on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and national security staffers met last week with 30 TikTok stars to discuss the war in Ukraine. Zeiler — an 18-year-old with 10.5 million followers — said that “she hopes to remain in communication with the White House and continue to press officials there about key issues,” The Washington Post reported. “I’m here to relay the information in a more digestible manner to my followers,” she said. “I would consider myself a White House correspondent for Gen Z.”

Over the weekend, Zeiler posted a TikTok explaining why gas prices and inflation rates are hitting record levels. <Source>

TIKTOK

I had the opportunity to ask the White House why gas down the street is $7 and here’s what they said.

The obvious reason: we are getting out of a two-year pandemic. When use goes up, price goes up.

But the call was predominantly about Ukraine and Russia, so how does that relate? Russia is one of the top three producers of oil, and it is actually their number-one revenue source.

Now, with Putin starting this horrific fight between Ukraine and Russia, nobody wants to work with him and do international trade. So, with people being scared of war and limited resources, prices are bound to go up as well.

For the people who can’t pay $7 for a gallon of gas, there’s an app called GasBuddy that shows you the cheapest gas near you.

Bottom line…

Fact check: Energy prices were rising before Putin threatened to invade Ukraine – not so coincidently when Joe Biden was inaugurated and immediately took action to restrict domestic energy production and to favor so-called green industry initiatives over fossil fuels. Oil prices in the global market are mostly based on supply and demand and the energy futures market and what energy hedgers, traders, and speculators believe the price will be at specific time periods in the future. 

In California, the progressive communist democrats that rule California with an iron hand refuse to delay an additional tax on gasoline and diesel at the pump – anticipating a windfall of tax revenues based on higher pump prices.

We are being suckered by a devil with an evil heart hiding behind a beautiful façade.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba.”-- take nobody's word for it!

“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


MEMO TO THE FTC...

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…

Search warning

Ftc-hdrTruth 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!

“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


WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MITT ROMNEY?

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…

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Gabbard told the truth, backed by official government documents and sworn Congressional testimony, yet Romney Tweeted… 

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Gabbard engages with the facts and challenges the feckless fool Romney…

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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!

“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


BY WHAT AUTHORITY?

Like many things in the Obama/Biden regime, the Rule of Law seems to have been bypassed without any regard for the consequences…

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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!

“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