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WHAT DOES "THE GREAT RESET" MEAN?

What is “The Great Reset?”

Basically, “The Great Reset” is little more than erasing the “historical record” that provides a traditional context for decision-making to protect the plans, prescriptions, and powerplays of the elites from being summarily dismissed as evil, unworkable, or too expensive in terms of a return on investment. The history that highlights bad ideas, bad actors, and the glaring failures of the past, which reflects poorly on recycled ideas.

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Who is behind “The Great Reset?”

The World Economic Forum, an elite international non-governmental lobbying organization based in Switzerland, is promoting its “The Great Reset initiative.”

[OCS: When elite organizations gather wealthy, powerful, and politically-connected individuals to improve society, what they are really doing is crafting a narrative that can be used by their sponsors and membership to justify their own agendas and self-interests. In essence, this is the broad outline of a loosely-coupled conspiracy where organizations and individuals need not conspire individually to move in the same direction. That direction is almost always targeted to keeping the elites in power and generating profits.]

THE CONTEXT
The Covid-19 crisis, and the political, economic and social disruptions it has caused, is fundamentally changing the traditional context for decision-making.

[OCS: Hat tip to former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel who famously said, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.”

There is no doubt that public and private organizations have used the pandemic caused by the Chinese Communist Virus to strengthen their power and profits. In most cases, media-generated panic has allowed a relaxation in the critical thinking that stops evildoers from doing things that would normally be questioned and rejected outright.]

The inconsistencies, inadequacies and contradictions of multiple systems –from health and financial to energy and education – are more exposed than ever amidst a global context of concern for lives, livelihoods and the planet. Leaders find themselves at a historic crossroads, managing short-term pressures against medium- and long-term uncertainties.

[OCS: Inconsistencies, inadequacies and contradictions are the natural consequences of competing interests and evildoers – many flaws deliberately built into the system by lawyers and politicians responding to their respective special interests. Leaders are preoccupied with staying in power, feathering their own nests, rewarding their friends, and punishing their enemies.]

THE OPPORTUNITY
As we enter a unique window of opportunity to shape the recovery, this initiative will offer insights to help inform all those determining the future state of global relations, the direction of national economies, the priorities of societies, the nature of business models and the management of a global commons.

[OCS: There is always an opportunity to improve your life, your community, and your nation. The the future state of global relations will always involve conflict between competing interests, especially over scarce natural resources. The inherent conflict between capitalism, socialism/communism, and theocratic religions like Islam insure a world in perpetual conflict. The only global common goal is remaining in power and keeping profits flowing.]

Drawing from the vision and vast expertise of the leaders engaged across the Forum’s communities, the Great Reset initiative has a set of dimensions to build a new social contract that honors the dignity of every human being. <Source>

[OCS: Spare me the rhetoric about the vision and expertise of our leadership. The very same individuals and organizations who have brought us to this sad state of affairs and the edge of the abyss are the same ones now telling us to trust them to find a solution and provide the leadership we so desperately need.

As for mentions of “human dignity,” these are often codewords for a society based, not on merit, but identity classes and its inherent class conflicts. There is no way to equalize the differences between the strong and weak, the rich and poor, and those who can process information faster than others without imposing an artificial scheme based on authoritarian rule.]

Misinformation…

As part of “The Great Reset,” we are seeing an effort to wipe out “misinformation,” which is defined as any information those in power dislike. The powerful public and private institutions censor information or cancel individuals and sources presenting contrarian information or alternative viewpoints. In many cases, publicly shaming individuals in the media to encourage self-censorship.

The Bottom Line…

Look around you. The progressive communist democrats redefine words and concepts with previously common understandings and meanings. Institutions are being renamed. Statues destroyed. Books abandoned. The media moguls are substituting entertainment for education, and the tech tyrants are using psychological tricks to increase your engagement with easily controlled electronic devices. And we are being deceived daily.

Truth be told, The Great Reset is little more than the erasure of history to promote a progressive communist democrat agenda.

We are being 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


AMERICANS: IS THE UKRAINE MORE IMPORTANT THAN AMERICA?

Accidently saying the truth out loud...

Finer-ukraine

America’s Southern border with Mexico is wide open, with hundreds of thousands of illegals are being admitted into the USA without vetting for criminal backgrounds or active diseases.

Increasing inflation is about to cripple the middle class, and so is the price of food, housing, and energy. Like the adverse effects of a toxic immigration policy, we are also experiencing the results of a poisonous energy policy. On the foreign front, we find problems with China, Russia, Iran, North Korea – and yet we are told we must focus on Ukraine.

Why? Once again, we see the progressive communist democrats trying to deflect America’s attention from their horrible domestic and foreign public policies. 

It is almost a certainty that the drastic and damaging policies implemented by the progressive communist democrats, often illegally, will be reflected in the 2022 and 2024 election cycles --  probably resulting in a transfer of power in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Anything that can reduce the impact of the public’s response is seen as a benefit to the Democrat Party, even if it means a low-level conflict with Russia.

Why would you trust Joe Biden and the Obamacons…

From sworn testimony and documentary evidence, we saw that the Obama/Biden White House was interfering in the internal politics of Ukraine, not to mention lining their pockets with illegal activities centered around selling access to government officials and lobbying decision-makers. How can you trust a President Biden whose family has sold access to his office in China, Russia, Ukraine, and other countries willing to engage Biden family members – who lack any relevant knowledge and experience in anything other than laundering money?

Bottom line…

Why would we spend our blood and treasure defending Ukraine’s borders but not the United States’ borders? The answer is that the progressive communist democrats will do or say anything to gain or maintain political power.

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


L.A. VOTERS: A "FEEL GOOD" WEB SITE?

While it is nice to see when your ballot was mailed and returned, it is relatively meaningless unless you can verify it was you that returned the ballot, the ballot choices you made were recorded accurately, and the valid vote was correctly totaled.

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Unfortunately, President Joe Biden said the silent part out loud, "The struggle's no longer just who gets to vote, or making it easier for eligible people to vote, it's about who gets to count the vote and whether your vote counts at all."

What do you know about the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for Los Angeles County Dean Logan?

Dean Logan stole ’04 governor’s race, and he’s at it again in California

The man who stole the governor’s election in Washington state is now doing the same thing in Los Angeles. We had absolute criminals in charge of the Democratic Party in Washington in 2004.

In case you need your memory refreshed, that was when Attorney General Christine Gregoire was running for governor against Republican candidate Dino Rossi. When they counted all the votes, Dino Rossi was the winner – by 261 votes. Such a thin margin triggers an automatic recount. When they did the recount, they found some more Gregoire votes, but Rossi won again — by 42 votes this time.

And that is when the Democratic machine of Ron Simms, Christine Gregoire, and the head of King County Elections at the time, a guy named Dean Logan, got involved. What was revealed in subsequent lawsuits was remarkable. On the third recount, they miraculously found a few hundred more votes for Gregoire to steal away the governor’s race. Apparently, there were 300 illegal votes, 400 more where the voter could not be verified, 240 felons who voted illegally, 44 votes from dead people, and 10 people who voted twice. When all of those votes were counted, the third time around, all of a sudden Christine Gregoire was the governor.

Then and now, I think it was a Democratic Party criminal conspiracy. The guy spearheading this in King County was Dean Logan, who was finding uncounted ballots all over. He was absolutely amazing at finding Gregoire ballots in between counts.

Dean Logan had to resign in disgrace from King County Elections. Where did he go? Los Angeles County. <Source>

Bottom line…

Unless we investigate the past elections, cure the faults, punish those that interfered with the election or compromised the vote, we no longer can rely on voter integrity.

Ask yourself why the progressive communist democrats who govern California and Los Angeles fight against voter identification and transparency? Why do they want everyone to vote by mail – passing votes through uncontrolled union employees or left in anonymous drop boxes? Why do they demand that all votes be accepted regardless of their source – even if the voter cannot be authenticated or authentication procedures are relaxed or bypassed altogether? Why are they fighting forensic audits?

Democrats are incapable of protecting the safety and security of the United States. They are more interested in the sovereignty and borders of Ukraine than they are in American sovereignty and borders. They have mucked up the economy and brought us to record inflation. And they cannot be trusted to manage our elections.

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


BREYER'S REPLACEMENT: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON DISPLAY

Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer to leave the Court…

By now, almost everybody has heard that Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, the oldest member of the Court at 83, has announced that he will retire at the end of the current Supreme Court term, after 27 years on the Court.

As one of the Court’s most progressive members, along with Associate Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, there is no doubt that Breyer will be replaced by a Biden nominee who is, at least, as progressive or possibly even more progressive than Breyer.

While it won’t tip the Court's ideological balance, it does make a mockery of the idea that Supreme Court Justices are unbiased arbiters of the U.S. Constitution and disputes between the States.

“We the People” are about to be screwed once again…

BIDEN-JUSTICE

Instead of choosing one of the best and brightest jurists with a record of outstanding jurisprudence, we are likely to find Biden’s choice reflects the progressive communist democrat’s support of identity politics. Where color, ethnicity, and gender trump knowledge and competence.

Let the speculation begin…

Since Biden declared that his first Supreme Court nominee would be a black woman during his 2020 campaign, his choices appear to be limited. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki: “The president has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a black woman to the Supreme Court and certainly stands by that.”

The ultimate horror scenario – Biden solves many of his problems by nominating an incompetent, feckless, cackling Kamala Harris to the position. Her legal qualifications are marginal, but she is bi-racial and a declared woman. With the Vice President slot empty, Biden appoints the next President of the United States as he is likelyto step down prior to the end of his term. 

The unthinkable…

Biden nominates an Asian-American with familial ties to the Communist Chinese Party.

Almost as bad  -- Stacy Abrams, the boisterous racist who believes she is Georgia’s legitimate governor. Her sister, Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner,  is said to be the better nominee and appears to be in the mix.

More traditional nominees…

  • US Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51 – she replaced Merrick Garland, now the US attorney general, and her position usually is on the path to the Supreme Court. Considering the wide dislike of Garland, she may end up as our next Attorney General if she is not appointed to the Court. Her previous confirmation hearing was supported by RINO Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
  • US District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs, 55 – said to be the favorite of Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) the Majority Whip and the third-ranking Democrat in the United States House of Representative.
  • California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, 45 – an accomplished jurist.
  • Sherrilyn Ifill, 59 -- the outgoing head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a nationally recognized expert on voting rights and judicial selection. Like the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg who came from the ACLU, her progressive credentials are impeccable.

Lesser names floated by partisan groups…

  • Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner – the Stacy Abrams choice.
  • Circuit Judge Eunice Lee – a Chuck Schumer favorite.
  • Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi – A Dick Durbin favorite from corrupt Chicago.
  • District Judge Wilhelmina "Mimi" Wright – an Amy Klobuchar favorite.
  • Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) – not black.
  • California Attorney General Xavier Becerra – neither black nor female.

Bottom line…

Funny, Biden's exclusionary policy limiting nominees to a specific color and gender would be illegal under employment law.  Again, the progressive communist Democrats want to impose their toxic ideology on the Supreme Court. This is a dangerous time when the progressive communist Democrats openly eliminate Whites, Jews, Asians, Hispanics, and others from the selection pool and consideration on qualifications alone.

What the progressive communist Democrats really want is a communist activist who is fine with disrespecting the Constitution and the destruction of America from within. Even though the media will label them "moderates" or "centrist."

No matter which nominee is chosen by the thoroughly corrupt Joe Biden, “We the People” are screwed as the sanctity of the U.S. Constitution continues to fade.

By the way, I think it was highly disrespectful of the White House to leak Justice Breyer's decision before he publicly announced his decision. Of course, it was leaked so that the propaganda machine could be spun-up to support the improper restrictions on the selection and decision-making process. 

-- 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


AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS TRYING TO TAKE OVER YOUR CHILD'S INTERNET

The stark truth is: “It’s not for the children; it's for the progressive communist democrats who want to indoctrinate rather than educate.”

AFT Partners with NewsGuard to Combat Misinformation Online

National Partnership Will Roll Out Crucial News Literacy Tool to Tens of Millions of US Students and Families

The American Federation of Teachers has launched a national partnership with a leading anti-misinformation tool NewsGuard to protect and champion legitimate journalism and fact-based reporting and to help educators and their students navigate a sea of online disinformation.

Under the terms of the pathbreaking licensing agreement, coinciding with National News Literacy Week, the AFT’s 1.7 million members, tens of millions of kids they teach, and their families, can now receive free, real-time “traffic light” news ratings and detailed “Nutrition Label” reviews, via a licensed copy of NewsGuard’s browser extension, whenever they search the web for news and information. 

For years, educators have fought battles against suspect sourcing, with their students often misled by dubious outlets and spam sites posing as “news.” NewsGuard offers a practical solution, alerting students and educators to those sites while also providing a valuable lesson in media literacy. <Source>

A few unpleasant truths…

(1)  This is the American Federation of Teachers, the union that fought for more money, more benefits, and more political activism outside of school activities. The same union that continues to keep schools closed and teachers on a paid vacation. A union headed by a committed lesbian political activist, Randi Weingarten, who embraces Marxist teachings and particularly the type of virulent critical race theory that pits students against students based on the color of their skin.  The AFT is also complicit in turning out decades of ill-equipped, ill-informed functional illiterates trained in political activism and sexual perversion.

(2)  NewsGuard, that organization that purports to protect your children from misinformation, appears to be using the same “trained” (i.e., “woke”) journalists who fed you narratives, not news. NewsGuard is headed by Steven Brill, the Yale Law School attorney that founded The American Lawyer magazine and Court TV. There is little doubt that Brill, like most elite attorneys, contributes to progressive democrat politicians and causes.

Some of the advisors on Brill’s team should raise red flags…

  • Michael Hayden: former head of the NSA head and architect of a national electronic surveillance system on US citizens.
  • Arne Duncan: former Secretary of Education for President Obama. This man signed a formal educational partnership agreement with the Peoples' Republic of China.
  • Tom Ridge: first Secretary of Homeland Security.
  • Kate O’Sullivan: general manager for digital diplomacy of Microsoft.
  • Richard Stengel: former Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy during the Obama administration.
  • Jimmy Wales: co-founder of Wikipedia.

These are not arbiters of “misinformation”; they are the swamp propagandists who created much of the misinformation and narratives in their previous positions – and it is unlikely that the leopard can change its spots. And most journalists are already suspect; their viewpoint, for the most part, has already been tainted by Marxist methodology, peer pressure, and the requirement to play to get paid.

(3)  Let us not forget that a large portion of federal funding comes from the government – with a vested interest in pushing a political narrative and bamboozling citizens on behalf of the administration, the bureaucracy, and the special interests.

The end goal – big bucks from those who provide disinformation…

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Use Cases -- NewsGuard enables a wide range of businesses, institutions, and governments to combat misinformation and create trustworthy digital environments.

  • Digital Platforms -- Arming platforms and content moderation teams with data and intelligence to protect users from online harms and control the spread of misinformation.
  • News Aggregators -- Guiding aggregation services as they work to curate news and information from publishers of the highest caliber.
  • Broadband and Mobile Providers -- Enabling internet and mobile providers to deliver a safer, trustworthy internet to the households they serve.
  • Security and Defense -- Using human intelligence and AI to help defense agencies and cybersecurity firms track and combat disinformation and extremism.
  • Researchers -- Providing detailed datasets about online source credibility to facilitate cutting-edge research about misinformation and disinformation.
  • Schools and Libraries -- Offering a media literacy tool to help guide students and library patrons through the overwhelming landscape of online news and information.
  • Advertising Industry -- Helping advertisers redirect ad spend away from purveyors of misinformation and towards sources of quality journalism.

Let us not forget that Microsoft, the owner of LinkedIn, has just censored a user that dared to review Peter Schweitzer’s latest, well-sourced book…

Microsoft’s LinkedIn Censors Post of Peter Schweizer’s ‘Red-Handed’ Criticizing Big Tech Ties to China

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn censored a Breitbart News story containing a book excerpt from Red-Handed, Peter Schweizer's new bombshell investigation into American elites’ ties to communist china, one that focused specifically on Big Tech’s ties to the communist regime.

But when a LinkedIn user tried to share it on the platform, along with a post condemning China for genocidal policies, LinkedIn removed the post for violating its “community policies.”

It’s not the first time LinkedIn has been caught censoring criticism of Communist China on its platform. In October, the Microsoft-owned platform attracted widespread bipartisan condemnation after it censored an Axios reporter who had referenced her own work exposing China’s internment camps in Xinjiang province on her profile.

Now LinkedIn is censoring posts that expose Big Tech’s own links to the authoritarian regime in China. Microsoft, which owns LinkedIn, is exposed in Schweizer’s book for working with the Chinese military on artificial intelligence research.<Source>

Bottom line…

Without contrarian opinions and dissent in the world of ideas, all that is left is propaganda from the government and its special interests.

As with most browser extensions, they often contain proprietary tracking code that covertly surveils your behavior in the guide of providing a free or useful benefit.

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


NANCY PELOSI CHANNELS MICHAEL JACKSON FOR 2022 RUN

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“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 TALKING HEADS TALK, THE BRAVE ACT

For all the fools who want to make our communities unlivable, consider the cost…

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FJ-DGdBXEAAoReaBottom line…

They died protecting their fellow citizens.

RIP

-- steve

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“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


WE ARE BEING DELIBERATELY SCREWED BY THE ELITES AND THEIR CAPTIVE POLITICIANS

There is no doubt in my mind that we are at the mercy of our unions, multi-national corporations, financial institutions, and politicians. All following Rahm Emanuel's exhortation to never let a crisis go to waste.

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By artificially controlling the scarcity of items, big profits await -- relying on inflation (an increased money supply chasing fewer goods) to produce record profits for those in control. And, as always, the wealthy and powerful elites are isolated from the consequences of their actions.

Consider the supply chain and the backlog of ships waiting to be off-loaded. It appears that the unions are controlling the situation and receiving extortionate salaries while continuing to impose onerous work rules to prolong the backlog. Even President Biden's request for 24/7 port operations has been mostly ignored while the State of California's politicians continues to cripple the supply of both port trucks and drivers with its insane public policies.

How is it that the mainstream media is giving these obvious harmful public policies and their consequences little or no mention? Oh, I forgot. Today's media is being controlled by the media moguls and tech tyrants profiting from the ongoing disaster.

For years the Federal Reserve has been supplying money, much of it artificially created, at little or no interest. Allowing banks that were recently technically insolvent to recapitalize and earn record profits. They pay near nothing for the money, lend it out at 18%, securitize the debt which is sold to investors -- and they generate profits with minimal risks. And thanks to our politicians, consumer protections against usury (lending money at exorbitantly high rates) are almost non-existent.

While a thoroughly incompetent and feckless "Mayor Pete" Buttigieg, the Secretary of Transportation, is on maternity leave with his husband or is missing-in-action, the situation continues to grow worse.

I need someone to explain…

  • Why is the federal government being allowed to kill America's energy independence, pay farmers not to grow crops, and divert billions of gallons of water from agriculture to the ocean?
  • Why are politicians and special interests demanding the replacement of reliable energy with unreliable and more expensive energy?
  • Why are the elites promoting electric kiddie cars that are range and temperature limited?
  • Why has the State of California refused to build water capture and containment structures or expand refining capacity in the state?
  • Why was a workable nuclear plan scrapped and billions in decommissioning costs passed along to consumers?
    What ever happened to California's billion-dollar purchase of masks from a Chinese company known to build busses? Where are the masks?
  • Why are the tech tyrants and corporatists like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Tim Cook colluding with the Chinese Communists on dual-use and suppression technology? Elite capture by the ChiComs to encourage selling out America.? 
  • Why is Medicare and Medicaid fraud not investigated and punished? With only a few blatant cases being highlighted by the media?  

The short answer: artificial scarcity-driven profits and control. 

Bottom line…

Cui Bono? Who benefits? Not "We the People."

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


DOES THE SACRAMENTO BEE HATE AMERICA AND AMERICANS?

I am rarely shocked by what I see in newspapers, especially those that act as propagandists for the progressive communist democrats. However, to see the Sacramento Bee, a broadsheet newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company, publish an opinion piece viciously and virulently attacking Hillsdale College is quite shocking.

Hillsdale

A conspiracy-peddling college is coming to Placer County. That should scare us all

Placer County’s Board of Supervisors are thrilled that Hillsdale College, a small, ultra-conservative Christian university, plans to build a campus on farmland west of Roseville. The problem is that Hillsdale is an extremist institution, perpetuating alternative facts and harmful conspiracy theories.

[OCS: Translation: extremist – anything that contradicts the ideology of the  progressive communist democrats; alternative facts – there is no such thing, only facts and falsity; conspiracy theories – how many so-called conspiracy theories have turned out to be accurate, if not worse than what was initially thought.]

Placer County’s agreement with Hillsdale signals a deeper conflict in our county – that of local elected officials not only entertaining fringe beliefs but creating a space where young people can be radicalized against democracy. Instead of promoting knowledge and understanding in the best traditions of higher education, Hillsdale’s plans for Placer threatens more political and cultural conflict in our already polarized community.

[OCS: This is a libel on local officials who are promoting a well-regarded educational institution that provides a traditional liberal arts education while promoting Christian values and American patriotism. Any controversy comes from the progressive communist democrats and their media propagandists.]

Take Hillsdale’s mission statement, for example: “The College values the merit of each unique individual, rather than succumbing to the dehumanizing, discriminatory trend of so-called ‘social justice and ‘multicultural diversity.’”

[OCS: This is the fundamental difference between the collectiveness and obeisance to the authoritarian state promoted by communists and the merit of individualism promoted by a freedom-loving people.]

What’s wrong with social justice and multicultural diversity? And why would Hillsdale so openly flout ideas meant to create a just nation except to profit off of division between people? This statement is a gratuitous dog whistle indicating a profit motive for being an anti-liberal arts college.

[OCS: Social justice, multiculturalism, and moral equivalency are all tools of the progressive communist democrats used to implement identity politics and highlight class division and warfare to bring about the revolution that will usher in a communist state.

The idea that promoting a just nation to profit off division between people is intellectually dishonest and the thinking of a warped mind. There is no such thing as a college without a profit motive, at least one that wishes to maintain its physical plant, pay its administration, hire an excellent teaching staff, and provide for the student body.]

Hillsdale does exactly what it claims to combat: Indoctrination via teachings of a fringe, conspiracy-laden, alternative facts ecosystem susceptible to young people.

[OCS: This is the classic projection of the progressive communist democrats, ascribing their behavior to those who oppose them.]

Hillsdale became a private institution, rejecting all federal dollars, after refusing to provide data on the racial composition of its student body to the government in the 1970s. It’s no surprise that Hillsdale has published racist doctrines to deny the history of Black Americans. Last fall, the school published a “1776 Curriculum” for K-12 students.

[OCS: By rejecting federal dollars, the school is invulnerable to the dictates of a government mandating the acceptance of progressive communist ideology. One might ask, which version of Black History, the overtly racist one, tells us that our country’s founding started with the landing of slaves in the colonies in 1619 or one that notes the true and accepted founding of our nation in 1776?]

“Critical race theory and its various manifestations is (sic) diametrically opposed to the principles of equality on which America was founded,” reads one section of the 1776 Curriculum. “By so rejecting America’s founding principles, critical race theory and its adherents reject the principles of equality and human dignity that have led to the most free, prosperous, and secure country in the history of civilization.”

[OCS: This is a true statement, characterized as a pejorative in the warped minds of the progressive communist democrats who support and promote racist and other class struggles.]

For Hillsdale, it seems they view the practice of accurately teaching America’s complex history to students as a threat to white supremacy.

[OCS: White supremacy is just another boogieman in the class warfare battle.

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Barely 30 minutes away from Hillsdale’s planned construction site in West Roseville is William Jessup University, a small, private, Christian liberal arts college.

[OCS: One does not place limits on the number of Churches or schools, why would anyone object to another college campus that is beneficial to the community?]

Placer County doesn’t need Hillsdale. But Hillsdale’s arrival solves a 14-year dilemma: Placer officials have been trying to bring a college campus to the 600-acre parcel in West Roseville since 2008. Numerous prior projects with other colleges all eventually fell through. And now we’re stuck with Hillsdale.

The question Placer residents should be asking is: Why did Hillsdale choose Placer? Does the college see our county as a staging ground for fanning the flames of partisan division?

Adding Hillsdale to Placer County merely represents another example of local elected officials promoting personal political beliefs that are not shared by many of their constituents – beliefs that flout the ideals of separating church from state.

[OCS: A community comprises diverse beliefs and opinions, and the political leadership takes an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution, not the racist wishes of a vocal minority of progressive communist democrats. This makes absolutely no sense – there is no church-state connection in this equation.]

Hillsdale is a breeding ground for the type of ideology that caused the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The college teaches a dangerous brand of right-wing political extremism that seeks to arm future generations with a distorted view of history and reality.

[OCS: Truth be told, the community should reject the true extremists that want to destroy America from within as they promote racism to divide our nation.]

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Bottom line…

There is nothing like a progressive communist democrat propagandist rag for generating criticism, controversy, and class warfare by libeling an American educational institution that teaches fundamental truths and ethical behavior, fosters critical thinking, and promotes individual responsibility and merit.

If you want to see for yourself what is going on at Hillsdale, subscribe to Imprimis, Hillsdale’s free monthly speech digest of Hillsdale College and dedicated to educating citizens and promoting civil and religious liberty by covering cultural, economic, political, and educational issues. Or take one of their free online courses. Just looking at the course titles should inspire you to learn more about your world, your nation, and yourself.

One of the most significant drivers of the hatred of Hillsdale is the fear that Hillsdale is identifying current political threats to the United States and educating individuals who are likely to become future leaders. 

We are so screwed when mass-circulation media spews vile progressive communist democrat hatred into the atmosphere and promotes division in the United States.

-- 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


CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS A LIAR

While it appears California’s accounting system is defective by design, one might ask why California’s progressive communist democrat leadership can openly discuss the State’s massive debts and future pension obligations and then turn around and claim a mythical budget surplus?

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A few points to consider…

(1)  A budget is a proposed spending guide based on assumptions which may be based on a political agenda rather than fiscal facts and reality.

(2)   The Governor’s proposed $286.4 billion proposal is 9% larger than the previous “record” budget proposal.

(3)  As of 2021, “California has the fifth-highest debt of any state, with total liabilities coming out to $362.87 billion. Total assets come out to $301.1 billion, creating a $55.96 billion net debt and giving California a debt ratio of 120.5%. California's debt and liabilities can be broken down into three categories: retirement liabilities, budgetary borrowing, and bond debt. However, combining California's federal, state, and local debt brings California's debt total to over $1 trillion.” <Source>

(4) The final 2020 financial are months late. Fi$Cal, the state financial accounting system, implemented in 2005, is incomplete. Without accurate financial reporting, future decisions are little more than crap-shoot guesses.

(5) The independent state auditor claims the state is currently millions of dollars over budget.

Sold as the “The California Blueprint,” the budget plan is political rhetoric filled with bullpucky.

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CALIFORNIA’S 5 GREATEST EXISTENTIAL THREATS

1. FIGHTING COVID-19 WITH SCIENCE

Governor Newsom’s plan will continue to protect Californians by fighting COVID with science, with a focus on keeping our schools open and t he economy moving. Governor Newsom’s plan will protect frontline workers, battle misinformation, and ensure our healthcare system is prepared to handle whatever curveballs COVID-19 may throw at us in 2022. The Blueprint includes an additional $2.7 billion to ramp up vaccines, boosters, statewide testing, and increase medical personnel to meet potential surges.

[OCS: What “science?” We have seen public policies implemented that ignore credible scientific findings and the greatest source of conflicting or medical  misinformation appears to be coming from “official government sources” that appear to be following a political agenda rather than “the science.”

As for keeping schools open, this is a function of the corrupt teachers’ unions who have demanded political actions unrelated to education before they will return to the classroom.

There is now sufficient evidence to question the efficacy of additional booster shots, the falsity of continued mass testing of the population, and the truthfulness of government polices.

The medical personnel shortage is one of our own making – laying off qualified medical personnel for refusing to get COVID shots when they have “natural immunity” from a previous infection or that may have life-altering consequences.]

2. COMBATING THE CLIMATE CRISIS

California continues to face extreme weather conditions amid a changing climate. Governor Newsom’s plan tackles the increasing threat of climate change including by:

Fighting Wildfires: The Blueprint provides $648 million to support firefighters, and more helicopters and dozers, along with an additional $1.2 billion – building on last year’s $1.5 billion investment – to step-up forest management and other practices that save lives.

[OCS: The climate is always changing and it is impossible to alter climate in the foreseeable future. It does not represent an existential threat. Other than highly-manipulated computer models and dodgy data, the threat arises from a political narrative, not credible science.

Fire is a natural process and in many cases should be left to burn naturally. The greatest threat to our environment is radical environmentalists who are acting out a political agenda rather than prudent stewardship of our natural resources. The answer to reducing the impact of fires is to alter zoning regulations, building codes, allow preemptive clear-cutting and brush removal, and the placement of power lines underground.]

Tackling the Drought: On top of last year’s $5.2 billion water package, the Blueprint makes an additional $750 million investment for immediate drought response to aid residents, farmers, and wildlife as California continues to grapple with a historic drought.

[OCS: Southern California is a desert and adverse environmental politics has created a man-made drought by restricting the build-out of rainwater capture and containment structures in the State of California. Diverting billions of gallons of potable water into the ocean to save a garbage fish is nonsensical – especially when it cripples the State’s prodigious agriculture output.]

● Forging an Oil-Free Future: The plan will decrease California’s reliance on fossil fuels while preparing our economy and workforce for a clean energy future. California will write the playbook for how America confronts the impacts of climate change – investing billions in climate tech research & development, clean cars, preparing Californians for career opportunities, and further readying our infrastructure to withstand extreme weather.

[OCS: Ignoring cheap, reliable fossil fuels and nuclear energy for unreliable solar and wind energy is suicidal. Clean cars that need charging every 400 miles is crazy and the entire fleet becomes vulnerable in a regional disaster as there is no way to truck in electricity. Not to mention battery degradation on hot and cold days. And, the need for expensive rare earth metals to build batteries.]

3. CONFRONTING HOMELESSNESS

The Governor’s Blueprint ensures vulnerable people have the necessary help to get off our streets and get the mental health treatment they need. The plan adds $2 billion for mental health housing and services and clearing encampments. Governor Newsom’s new investments expand on last year’s $12 billion package - all told, creating 55,000 new housing units and treatment slots for people exiting homelessness.

[OCS: Short of unconstitutional mandatory incarceration, there is no way to get substance abusers and the mentally ill off the streets. Most housing plans are windfalls to politically-connected developers and non-governmental organizations. The answer to the housing crisis is to reduce regulations that empower politicians to keep developers from wining, dining, and pocket-lining politicians. And, nobody mentions the housing needs of illegal aliens that are welcomed into the state by those who profit off their existence – including a massive bureaucracy to oversee their needs.]

4. TACKLING THE COST OF LIVING

Too many Californians find themselves on the wrong end of income inequality -- crushed by the rising costs of the most basic expenses like healthcare, housing, child care, and keeping the doors of a small business open. Governor Newsom’s plan seeks to bring down the costs of those everyday expenses.

The Governor’s Blueprint will:

Create Universal Access to Healthcare Coverage: Governor Newsom’s Blueprint will make California the first state in the nation to offer universal access to healthcare coverage for all state residents, regardless of immigration status.

[OCS: This is Medi-Cal for all where the government dictates your healthcare. Medical workers become slaves to state reimbursement schedules. All workers will be unionized making the state vulnerable to further union extortion. I did not work my whole life to provide benefits to illegal aliens who did not contribute to the system.]

Confront the cost of child care and education: The plan invests more than ever before in our students by doubling down on achieving free universal pre-K, adding thousands of child care slots and increasing access to before, after, and summer school programs.

[OCS: California’s legislature is a captive of the unions. The only effective way to help students is to eliminate the teachers’ unions and empower competitive charter schools. Pumping even more money into a school system that turns out another generation of politically-aware functional illiterates does nothing for the individual, the community, our nation, or society. The hell with free babysitting and providing more time to indoctrinate rather than educate our children. Reinforce parental rights and responsibilities.]

Building More Housing: The Blueprint will create more housing California desperately needs with $2 billion in new grants and tax credits

[OCS: California needs less regulation, lower taxes, and less developer-politician corruption.]

Growing Small Businesses: Governor Newsom’s plan will invest even more in small businesses cutting red tape, waiving fees and providing hundreds of millions in grants and tax breaks to small businesses suffering from the pandemic.

[OCS: Can you trust a state that has just destroyed small businesses with their regulations and taxes? Demanding that burger-flippers earn a minimum of $32,000 (without benefits) per year. Turning part-time jobs into full-time jobs to support illegal alien families?]

5. KEEPING OUR STREETS SAFE

Governor Newsom’s Blueprint includes his Real Public Safety Plan, which focuses on three key areas to fight and prevent crime:

Bolstering law enforcement and local response to stop and apprehend criminals, including $255 million in grants to local law enforcement and creating a new Smash and Grab Enforcement Unit to combat organized retail crime and grants for impacted small businesses.

More prosecutors to hold perpetrators accountable, ensuring District Attorneys are effectively and efficiently prosecuting criminals, and creating a new statewide team of investigators and prosecutors to go after perpetrators.

Getting guns and drugs off our streets – creating a new statewide gun buyback program, holding the gun industry accountable with nation-leading legislation, and intercepting drugs at the border.

[OCS: This is total bullshit in the face of de-fund the police initiatives, George Soros-backed District Attorneys who refuse to prosecute crime, partisan judges who continue to release criminals into our communities, and plea bargaining down gun-related crimes. Notice what’s missing: holding criminals accountable for their crimes, eliminating local drug gangs, and allowing law-abiding citizens to own firearms and not prosecuting them when they defend themselves.]

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Bottom line…

The best things that can be done for California are: eliminate political corruption, eliminate self-serving professional politicians, restore checks and balances by eliminating the State’s one-party rule, eliminate public unions, sanctuary cities, attractive social welfare programs, and reduce regulations, taxes, and the bureaucracy.

We are so screwed, especially when we failed to recall Gavin Newsom and elect a conservative Larry Elder for a two-year term.

-- 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