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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 14, 2023 9:01:03 GMT -8
Here are two articles which touch on the present corruption in America. The one by Kunstler is broad reaching and sarcastic. The one by Lew Rockwell is focused and almost academic in its presentation. Kunstler Rockwell The final paragraphs of the Rockwell piece sum up exactly what we are facing with the witch hunt against Trump. As usual, Tom Di Lorenzo hits the nail on the head: “. . . if Trump is convicted in the “January 6” case. That is what he is accused of: Discussing with HIS LAWYERS (aka “unnamed indicted co-conspirators”) the possibility of vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Like the good Stalinists that they are, the Demo-Bolsheviks want to be free to engage in massive, massive vote fraud involving literally millions of fraudulent votes, and then imprison for life (or execute with the death penalty) anyone who even dares to question them about it. The latest indictment against Trump does include the death penalty if found guilty. Why get the CIA to murder deep state political opponents if they can pretend to do it “legally” instead?”
The issue isn’t whether you “like” Donald Trump. The issue is the perversion of justice for political ends. We must do everything we can to stop this.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Aug 14, 2023 14:54:02 GMT -8
I listened to a video today of Ted Cruz grilling some judicial nominee for the Federal bench. I think this was recent but I'm not sure. Suffice it to say (and I hope we don't do the same), the Left will set everything aside in their pure hatred of "the right."
In the case of Trump, he complicates things because he's a scuzzball. But I don't expect to see him in an orange jumpsuit because they want to run against him.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 14, 2023 15:22:19 GMT -8
You're kidding, right? Republicans, conservatives and their kin, don't do much of anything to fight back. They are playing this....
While the Left plays this.....
Or better said, this....
Of course, if it comes down to disturbing their cushy lives, cutting the money they soak from the system or calling out their corruption, Republicans will turn into this....
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 16, 2023 13:31:29 GMT -8
An interesting 1hr 20min interview of Robert Kennedy Jr. by Tucker. RFK Jr.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 18, 2023 12:16:41 GMT -8
Ted Cruz typifies the limp-dick Republicans who have led the party for decades. Scene. Beaver and Wally in their bedroom sitting on their respective beds.
Beaver to Wally: Gee Wally, Eddie Haskell beat the shit out of me for the 10th time, but it wouldn't be right for me to take a baseball bat to him. I will, however, give him a stern talking to, which I hope he will take to heart.
Wally to Beaver: Heh, Beav, what are you smoking?
Fade away. Ted Cruz-pussy or collaborator? As I have told people for decades, without recourse to some sort of sanction, the law only has meaning for those who obey it. It is a facade, a cover for crooks who pretend to obey it. I first said this about the phony treaties and agreements made by various countries belonging to the U.N. Some tinpot dictatorship would sign anything, but never lived up to agreements as they knew nobody would call them on it. But if a Western country which obeyed laws and agreements failed fulfill or questioned even the smallest detail of an agreement, the tinpot dictatorship would call it out for being lawless. The Demonrats are the same as any tinpot dictatorship and the Republicans are either too dumb, too lazy or too intertwined with the Demonrats in the rape of this country to call the Demonrats on their crimes. And at the risk of being redundant, let me repeat that the spineless, gutless, petty larcenists Republicans are those who have brought us to the present low ebb in our history. Crooks and criminals, aka Demonrats, will always lie, cheat, steal and generally behave immorally unless they are called out for their actions. Whether anyone likes it or not, Trump is the creation of decades of Republican betrayals and failures. Dumb asses.
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Post by artraveler on Aug 18, 2023 16:05:16 GMT -8
The Demonrats are the same as any tinpot dictatorship and the Republicans are either too dumb, too lazy or too intertwined with the Demonrats in the rape of this country to call the Demonrats on their crimes. This is the uniparty in action. Democrats demand something outrageous, GOP says no. Dems riot and burn down buildings, GOP says please stop, we'll give you half of what you asked for. Thus, sparking more riots until they get everything they want. Then the process starts over again. It is nothing new goes back to the Romans in the 1 century BCE. Bread and circus or riot and fire. The damn fools are intent on tearing it all down. Where is John Galt?
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Post by Brad Nelson on Aug 19, 2023 11:19:55 GMT -8
Smart (and pretty) broad. She describes what we (royal "we") long ago called "Descriptive Conservatism."
Don't get me wrong (and don't call me late for dinner). Ted is absolutely correct in his quote from that video (and I don't know the context of it). But he's asking the wrong question. If the justice system has been corrupted, it is incumbent upon those who believe as Ted says he does (and that's up for debate) to protect that system.
What that entails is up for grabs. It could include anything from protests to thermonuclear devices. But the point is:
Yes, Ted. We also believe in blind and fair justice. But when that isn't happening, we have one of two choices:
1) Talk about it. 2) Do something about it.
Now, logically, if the very system that is supposed to dispense and uphold justice is corrupted that means that inherently you will have to operate to some extent outside of and above that system. And thus such words as "We don't believe in weaponizing the justice department" are the words of a moron. (Sorry, Ted. You're not a coward. You're just a political moron.) The system has to be brought back into line by any means necessary because equal and fair justice is the only system anyone but a tyrant would want to live under.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 30, 2023 9:45:08 GMT -8
Here is a piece by the FBI agent who refused to participate in the illegal raid on Trump's home. He agrees with me that the only way to deal with the criminal Demonrats is to go after them in the same way they go after us. He is creative in his thinking and I hope Republican A.G.s are paying attention and follow up on his idea. M.A.D.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 30, 2023 12:47:39 GMT -8
Jumpin' Jehoshaphat. The American Spectator agrees with me and millions of others who call for fighting fire with fire as regards our present political situation. The call for a counter-offensive is growing and those politicos, bureaucrats and judges who ignore it will likely be plowed under. Repukelicans living an enormous lie
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 30, 2023 14:31:04 GMT -8
We are ostensibly run by demented geriatrics, who increasingly, check out in public. One might say we have been here before during the last days of FDR and Woodrow Wilson's year-long incapacity after his stroke. FDR and Wilson notwithstanding, in the old days, people like Biden and McConnell would be quietly escorted to a home in the country and placed in a rocking chair on the front porch. There they could sometimes babble, sometimes rant and sometimes talk sense, without doing much harm to anyone. The question is, "Who is actually ruling?" McConnell pauses
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Post by Brad Nelson on Aug 31, 2023 10:45:02 GMT -8
I do think in this case you need to fight fire with fire. Remember "Lock her up"? Trump isn't the only RINO out there.
Chris Christie is a big pile of human excrement. How do you tell a RINO for sure? They will claim to want to get rid of the Dept. of Education...and then never do it. And I think he said that in the debate.
Frankly, I'm not convinced that any of these guys -- including Trump -- has the backbone or ideological underpinning to not only do battle but to enact important reforms. Talk is cheap these days. But I'd be willing to take a chance of Swami more than any of these other guys, although I think he's likely all talk as well.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Aug 31, 2023 10:46:40 GMT -8
That's a really weird freeze-up by McConnell. Even his bimbo handler couldn't help him out of it.
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Post by artraveler on Aug 31, 2023 11:18:37 GMT -8
I'm not convinced either, but I am willing to accept the 75% of what I want rather than the 100% of what I don't want. Don't forget, in the real world choices are more often between bad and worse. We've gone on all too long seeking the perfect candidate and lost more often then necessary. DJT is far from perfect, but neither is anyone running. Take the best we can get and try to direct them in a manner in accordance with the constitution and good sense.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 31, 2023 14:34:40 GMT -8
I heard this earlier today. More proof that DeSantis has moved beyond toast and is now no more that toasted crumbs. DeSantis Super Pac Folds Tent According to the DailyMail, Thomas and his donor network are now considering throwing their support behind former President Donald Trump.Apparently reality has dawned on the Super Pac's founder.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Aug 31, 2023 17:55:29 GMT -8
We are almost certainly past the point of no return, at least society-wise. What we can do in the meantime is try to protect our little pockets of family and sanity.
There is no one candidate out there who can give us even 25% of what we need. It's not going to happen.
You know how firmly I think the South was wrong and is still in denial about their rebellion. I would say it was just about 150 years too early. There is ample justification today for a state, or states, seceding from the Union.
In the case of Texas, it would have to come with some sort of deal to drop a nuke on Austin because there is little point to separating geographically when the body is already infected. You have to severe the arm so the gangrene doesn't spread.
You think I'm joking, right? We can only judge what is truly crazy or too harsh if we know what is to come. And I see the complete enslavement of America coming within the next 30 years. Is nuking Austin really outrageous if it could save a core of healthy body...perhaps enough of a seed to jump-start the rest of the country?
We see the signs of the times. Many cities are abandoning civilization itself and are turning themselves over to the uncivilized. The law in many areas works at the behest of the criminals. And most people have been cowed and domesticated into moral cowards. Even if they still know that something is wrong (a big "if"), few will do anything about it.
So tell me who to vote for who can fix any of thus? It's a fantasy. We are a lost nation. We, and much of the West, is dissolving. I actually find it optimistic that a significant coalition of the West can see (and react to) the evil of a Putin...even if they can't, unfortunately, see the vast evil inside their own borders.
Still, we all know a bit of history and know how quickly thinks can change. As they say, what cannot go on forever will not. Something is going to happen. But it won't happen through an election here or an election there.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Aug 31, 2023 17:58:59 GMT -8
I don't find that something to cheer, for the alternative as a nominee is a man who is arguably a lunatic and who can't possibly win.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 31, 2023 18:25:47 GMT -8
Many are not happy when others point out the reality of a situation. I have personally absorbed a lot of flack for this over the years. I expect I will continue to do so, but I am too old a dog to learn new tricks.
It is no longer a matter of cheering or not. It is clear that nobody, other than Trump, is going the win the Republican nomination. The sooner "Republicans" and others admit this, the sooner people can get around to focusing on the defeat of the Demonrats, who have a huge organization and funding behind them.
The money, time and effort being wasted by and on the Seven Dwarves could much better be used in building bigger get-out-the-vote efforts and other ground-game requirements across the country. Wasting funds on kiss-ass consultants, useless TV adds and other things only takes money away from the endgame.
I have no crystal ball, but I certainly believe Trump has a better chance of winning than Christie, Pence, Ramaswamy, Scott, Haley and the rest. I wouldn't trust one of them, other than Ramaswamy, with the management of a largish coffee shop. OK, maybe the guy from North Dakota, but he is a liberal RINO so he's out in any case.
As I have said before, my only concern is that something very bad may happen to Trump. Given how offensive he is to many powerful interests, I am somewhat surprised that he is still ambulatory. I hope he has a guardian angel hovering around him.
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Post by kungfuzu on Sept 1, 2023 13:01:34 GMT -8
I note more than a little despair in your post. I can only hope this is passing.
In the end, protecting our little pockets of family and sanity is not going to be enough. It is important, but we exist in a larger community and I seriously doubt a single family here or there would be able to survive the total collapse of society. I certainly know my family couldn't, thus I have no choice but to carry on and influence things to the best of my ability in the here and now. Having a child does give one a different perspective. Having a handicapped child is even more focusing. Giving up is not an option.
To quote Paul.
We are hard pressed, but never cornered; bewildered, but never at our wits' end; hunted, but never abandoned to our fate; struck down, but never killed.
Believing in something larger than oneself is a must if one is to carry on.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 1, 2023 20:28:17 GMT -8
I had lunch with a friend/client today. He mentioned some out-of-business restaurant just down the street from us. He had a chance to talk to the guy who is remodeling it and trying to repurpose the building for other types of businesses.
My friend said to this fellow that he was in the area because he was picking up some printing. "What's printing?" My friend explained, You know, like envelopes, business cards, etc." He still didn't understand. My friend said they operate out of the bottom floor of the church just down the road.
The guy gruffly said, "I'm an atheist." My friend thought this guy was a weirdo and I told him that, yeah, that certainly comes across.
We are increasing dealing with beings who have little or no conception of a shared humanity….despite the "save the world" BS of the Left. Men, in particular, have been mind-fucked. I see it all the time in young men I come into contact with via the business. If they're not covered in tattoos, they are jittery and seem to have no sense of things.
Mission accomplished. Via decades of indoctrination, the Left has alienated people from their culture. Maybe Texas is this big, wonderful, isolated bubble (and a BIG one at that). That's good. You'd want to be a bubble with what's going on.
But Washington State is not in a bubble. We are the Nothingness that is spreading, eating souls, spreading poison, and consuming hope. Bottom line: There is nothing in the DNA of Americans to stop government abuses. That should concern anyone. The tipping points has been reached. What's left is for it to play out.
Oh, sure, all four walls are more or less standing at the moment. Most get all the food they can eat (and then some). But The Nothing is all around and it is spreading. All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. So true. And it gets worse when there are few or no good men in the first place.
The vagabond garbage-towns of "the homeless" are just a symptom of The Nothing. It's getting bigger. It's all around. And I was thinking today how the Devil, in particular, loves church attendees. That seems counter-intuitive, of course. But we know without a doubt that nearly all of religion has capitulated to the atheistic, anti-religious Left.
Church is now the devil's playground. What a wonderful playground to foster fools and helpers, for churchgoers these days are full of such regard for themselves. They come to be puffed up, not to be made righteous. Thus the Devil would rather have people in church where they let down their defenses and become easy prey.
And more than a few city councils and other public officials do his work as well.
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Post by kungfuzu on Sept 3, 2023 11:26:48 GMT -8
I do think that Texas is a bit different. It has been a draw for people who want to come and build themselves a better life, even if it requires hard work. Perhaps just as important is the fact that life here was not easy in the early years. The weather, and I don't mean just the heat, chased out many soft people. But we have lots of space and that probably helped with attracting those who could depend on themselves as they were far from their neighbors. I think it was the scoundrel Phil Sheridan who said, "If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent Texas and live in Hell." To which one can only respond, "I am sure you got your wish and ended up in Hell and out of Texas. Thank God." Having lived in seven other countries and visited about forty in total, I found that there were only a few places in the USA that people around the world knew of and responded to. One was Chicago, which people associated with Al Capone and the mafia distributing .45 slugs across the city with Tommie Guns. The other was Texas, which people associated with Longhorns, open spaces and cowboys who said, "smile when you say that." Although the Virginian said that in Wyoming. The moment I told someone I was from Texas, I became interesting and accepted. If someone said they were from Iowa, foreigners would generally respond with '"from where?" or "where is that?"'
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