Strategic oil reserves are for national emergencies, not to cover political failures.

 ANOTHER BIDEN SHORT SIGHTED DECISION

WILL WE EVER BE ABLE TO REPLACE THESE EMERGENCY SUPPLIES

According to the Biden administration every negative consequence of their lame political decisions is now a national emergency. We are now the laughing stock of  other oil producing nations. While selling oil from the strategic oil reserve will make a headline of a short term temporary lowering the cost of oil, it will be very short term. If Biden believes that OPEC and Russia owe us some kind of favor in expanding their oil production, he is truly a fool. They have suffered for some years from low oil prices, due to the oil independence of the United States due to the Trump administration policy of oil self sufficiency. With the energy policy of the Biden administration they are now profiting from the reduced  production by the United States.

The strategic oil reserve is approximately 600 million barrels of oil. It was put into place to guard against oil shortages brought about by war, international  disruptions, weather catastrophes and other emergencies, not to bail out poor decisions by politicians. Biden announced they will start with a withdrawal of 50 million barrels. The U.S. itself uses about 18 million barrels a day. so this represents about 3 days of U.S. demand. It may be more of a political statement than a real effort to lower the price of energy to consumers.

The strategic oil reserve was filled to capacity by the Trump administration when oil was $25. a barrel. It was a very prudent effort to fill the reserve at a low price and also insure the survival of the domestic oil business that at the time was under pressure.

Oil prices will continue to go up unless this administration will change its policy of cutting domestic production. They have put into place policies that have limited production and also discouraged investment in future production. They intentionally want to raise the price of all fossil fuels so that renewable energy is more competitive. It is likely this move is going to be tailored to attempt to keep oil prices manageable until after the mid-term elections. This is a political decision, not a decision for the long term well being of the nation.

The goal of the Biden administration is to end the use of fossil fuels. Diminishing  production will create higher prices. Higher prices are not politically popular, it is that simple. So we expect that we will see the blame game continue, OPEC, Russia, greedy oil companies, price gouging, threatening price controls and export controls. All this big government force will not increase supply, only market and regulatory incentives will encourage investment and production. That is how capitalism works, an evil word in this administration.

Note: Biden yesterday talked about gouging, just another attempt to blame someone else. The facts are that the price of crude oil today is $78.00 a barrel, there are 42 gallons in a barrel, that comes out to $1.86 a gallon, then it is transported to be refined, then it transported to the wholesale outlet, Like Buckeye pipeline, then it is transported to the retailer.

Don't forget taxes in Pa. 57.6 cents  on gas, 74. 1 cents on diesel. Then add Federal tax of 19.5 cents.  

That translates to a price of 2.62 for gas and 2.78 for diesel. If gas today is $3.40 at the pump. That translates into a 78 cents a gallon to  transport fuel to the refinery, which this administration's policies are closing down, refine the fuel, then transport to the distribution point, then to the retailer, all who have employees to pay and other expenses. It also costs more to transport fuel by truck rather than pipeline. Biden wants to shut down the pipelines in this country.

If anyone has any economic sense they can see that there is no room for gouging, fuel sales are very competitive. This is why voters need to stop voting for people who have no practical experience and have no idea what they are talking about.

Republican's: Shut up about winning the next election.

FOCUS MUST BE ON SAVING AMERICA FROM THE WOKE MOB

FORGET THE POLLS, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NOW HAS A RECORD 

While many attempted to warn the electorate about the radical agenda of the Biden/Obama administration, many believed that everything would be OK, life would go on as usual. Now the real agenda of this administration has been made clear and nothing is OK. If Republicans just see the failures of the present administration as an opportunity to regain power, prestige and the spoils of victory, they do not deserve to win the next election.

We don't need to replace a woke, marxist administration with a business as usual administration of the past. We are in a political war for the survival of the republic. The enemy is within. The enemy is in positions of power in many of the political, business and media institutions. They want the end of this nation as we know it. This is a new kind of enemy, unlike any we have faced before. It is a coalition of marxists and fascists who are cooperating together to make America a neo feudal country.

A country were the corporate and media world cooperate with the government to promise eliminating the fears of life in exchange for your liberty and freedom. Where independent and self employment will be a thing of the past to be replaced by a corporate/government partnership that will control your life and future from infancy until death. This type of America is being advocated by both republicans and democrats. It is truly a time when labels are mostly meaningless.

If political candidates don't understand the risks to the country, they do not deserve your vote. We are far along in this quest for a neo-feudal  nation. We will have an elite aristocracy and the mass of peasants. Some are thinking they will be one of the elite aristocracy, most will find out that they will not. Both traditional democrats and republicans will be sorely disappointed if this new America actually comes to fruition. 

Voters need to concentrate on electing persons who understand that our constitution and bill of rights is the foundation of this country and it is this legal framework that has made it a land of opportunity. There are continual attacks on our constitution in an effort to increase the power of the federal government. A local and state government is far more responsive to the needs of the citizens. 

The federal government is continually seeking to expand its authority way beyond its limits outlined in the constitution. There is no provision in the constitution for the federal government to be involved in education, day care, housing, family leave and a host of other social issues. Can you imagine what will happen with federal control of day care. Will your family members or the mothers from the church qualify for government funding. Not likely, it will have all the regulations and qualifications needed to increase the cost of these services, likely more than the financial benefit. It will force out many of the small and personal services with a bloated federal bureaucracy who will be in charge of your children.

Voters need to be much more serious about who they elect. Do candidates desire to restore the country to a constitutional republic, which has served us well for over 200 years? Do they understand the limits imposed on the legislature by the constitution? And one other thing, do these candidates have any work experience other than academia or political aspirations? Stop voting for people who have no practical knowledge of how things work and expect them to make good decisions in government. 

Another nail in the media's credibility coffin.

RITTENHOUSE, JUST THE LATEST CASE OF MEDIA BIAS 

DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THE MEDIA ANYMORE?

We have all heard about the Kyle Rittenhouse case. We were told by the media and the President  that he was an avowed white supremacist who went to the Kenosha riots, carried an illegal gun across state line and proceeded  to kill innocent protesters. We heard this repeated for over a year, whenever this case was mentioned. It was just another display of media bias, all in an attempt to produce a narrative for political purposes. Most of the media, particular CNN and MSNBC have lost all objectivity and are just a propaganda arm of the Democrat party. This was all part of the 2020 election campign.

While this scenario may have begun sooner, it was in February of 2012 That the Trayvon Martin/ George Zimmerman case became the first salvo in the Obama re-election campaign. NBC started by actually editing the 911 call of George Zimmerman to make it appear he was a racial predator. They replayed their edited tape and continually made this into a racial incident for political purposes. When the facts were revealed, Zimmerman was acquitted, then they used the acquittal to stoke more racial division. 

This pattern was repeated now for near 10 years. Michael Brown, "Hands up don't shoot", in 2014, likely part of the 2014 mid-term election strategy. The officer demonized and life ruined, cities destroyed, more lives lost all in effort for political advantage. The case ended in acquittal with the eye witness testimony of minority witnesses. Of course, the slogan and the case still lives in an effort to stoke political division.

Then there was the presidential campaign of 2016. I watched as Donald Trump came down the escalator, not as a Trump supporter at the time, but just an interested political junkie. I then switched from CNN to MSNBC and watched the coordinated editing of his speech. The most telling was removing the word "illegal" from "Illegal Immigration" the narrative was begun and continues till this day over 5 years later.

Then there was the "Russian Hoax" all begun by Hillary Clinton and other democrat operatives. All in an attempt to perform a soft Coup of an American president. They claimed repeatedly they had inside and credible sources that verified their stories, they never were produced. THEY ALL KNEW IT WAS A LIE.  and continue to attempt to cover up their lies. Even hiring many of the conspirators as consultants. 

I could recount many more abuses and lies by the media, often just adding or subtracting an important word, but always bending the truth for political gain. They are all without remorse, they are like rats caught on a sinking ship, there is no way off, there is no going back,  they are all going down with their disgraceful and corrupt ship. They deserve no pity, just disgust with what they have done to their profession.

More insane news, Comptroller of the currency, FDA timeline on vaccine transparency.

CAN THIS GOVERNMENT BECOME ANY MORE DYSFUNCTIONAL? 

MORE SYMPTOMS OF INTENTIONALLY CREATED CHAOS

Yesterday was the beginning of hearings for the confirmation of Biden's pick for the Comptroller of the Currency. This is the person who presides over regulation of the banking industry. If this nominee, Saule Omarova has her way it will be the end of private banking and the nationalization of the banking system. No more New Tripoli Bank, no more local bank, in effect, no more independent banking of any kind. It will make the federal government the banker of all Americans, you will not have any choice. 

The federal government has already taken over much of the banking business, through their regulation they have become the ultimate lender of most home loans, they have lowered standards that resulted in the collapse of the banking system in 2008. They have also taken over most of the student loan business. This way they can control who gets loans and if they want to forgive some loans, they can. The federal government will then have a view of finances of every American, they can then very easily decide who may have too much money and figure a way to seperate them from it. It is another step to totalitarian government.

On another matter, a group of medical professionals and Scientists have filed a freedom of information request for the deliberations, studies etc that led to the approval of the MRNA vaccines. The FDA wants these records sealed for 55 years. This is similar to the timeline on the files on the Kennedy assassination. The FDA had promised transparency on these decisions, they just didn't say when. Do they only want to release this information after most of the present generation is dead. Sounds outrageous to me.

It seems we are bombarded with a constant series of outrageous and provocative decisions coming out of this government. It appears to be a intentional effort to undermine support for government and amplify an impression of impending doom and chaos. One must wonder how much more everything can be separated from logical reality.

As world prepares for war, U.S. mired in political warfare and social revolution.

WAR PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY IN TAIWAN, UKRAINE AND ISRAEL

U.S. MEDIA OBSESSED WITH TRUMP, COVID AND INTERNAL POLITICS 

While the United States leaders are preoccupied with internal division and domestic politics the world seems to be preparing for War.

The China/Taiwan issue is  looking like China is ready to consummate its control over Taiwan.  They were given the authority over Taiwan by Jimmy Carter who agreed that Taiwan was part of China. That was over 40 years ago and China seems to now believe that it has the military, political and economic power to make this disgraceful bargain a reality. The question is, will the leadership of Taiwan accede to the demands of China or will they resist with their military.  The U.S. claims we want a political resolution and sometimes states we will back Taiwan militarily. Does anyone believe that the U.S. will come to the aid of Taiwan?  We may find out very soon.

The Ukraine crisis is again heating up, with Russia now amassing over 100,000 troops on the Ukraine border. The EU and NATO would like to allow Ukraine to become part of NATO and ally with western Europe. This would allow NATO to put military bases and missiles in Ukraine on the border of Russia. This would compare to a situation with an adversary putting missiles in Canada or Mexico. Remember the Cuban missile crisis. Russia has stated that this will not happen. The best solution would be an independent non-aligned Ukraine able to trade with both the EU and Russia.  It is likely that if pushed, it will result in the division of Ukraine into eastern and western Ukraine. Will the United States and Nato go to war over the partition of Ukraine?

Then there's Israel, which without even a whisper by the media is preparing for a major war. They are actually advising citizens to prepare by storing food, water and other supplies for a possible long drawn out conflict. It is not clear if Israel is preparing to attack Iran's nuclear facilities or if they believe that an attack is imminent from their neighbors. With the U.S. withdrawing missile defense facilities from Israel they may have left them no other option but to expect to have to destroy their enemies rather than just protect their citizens.

Often times these possibilities of hostilities cool down and the danger passes. This time, with the United States preoccupation with internal crisis, will it be an opportunity for some or uncertainty for others that will result in a major conflict? It does not seem to be on the radar of this administration which is focused on social revolution and pursuing its political adversaries here at home.

Left concerned that after they destroy law enforcement, citizens may fill the void.

THE CONTINUAL ATTACK ON LAW AND ORDER HAS RESULTED IN ESCALATING CRIME

MURDER, ASSAULT AND OUT OF CONTROL PROPERTY CRIMES IS NOW WIDESPREAD

We hear the woke left voice their concerns that a not guilty verdict for Kyle Rittenhouse will set a precedent of citizens policing their neighborhoods.  They would rather a guilty verdict for an innocent victim, just so they can control their narrative that citizens cannot protect themselves and their property from a mob, a mob that they would in all likelihood just love to be able to direct and use for political gain.

Does anyone doubt that rioting, looting, arson and chaos in democrat controlled  cities and states was intentionally condoned for political purposes. Of course, they will protest that it is not their fault, it is the fault of systematic racism in this country. No, it IS their fault, it is clear they have intentionally set about to destroy the peace and tranquility of the nation, all in an attempt to divide everyone by race, class, gender and any other way they can. 

They have intentionally refused to prosecute retail theft of stores to the point that many stores are closing in vulnerable neighborhoods. Then they will complain that the stores have made racist decisions and neighborhoods do not have access to the things they need. Will this require some new government program?

Democrat leaders, including the current Vice-President  have raised funds to bailout looters, arsonists and vandals that destroyed many cities in the last two years. Of course they claim such prosecutions are racist. One has to wonder where the mob will be directed after there is no longer any loot left in the city. This may be the reason why they want a precedent of not being able to act in self-defense. It could put a crimp in their plan of ultimate re-distribution.

We have seen and heard in the last few years the mantra that it is illegal to use force to protect property. This was repeated many time in the Rittenhouse trial, even though this was not the subject of this trial. It seems that there is a lot of effort to discourage protection of property. They also hate stand your ground and Castle doctrine laws, many which have been put in place by states in recent years.

In most states, if someone enters your home or business for the purpose of committing a felony you do have the right to stop them by whatever means possible including lethal force. The left want to make it not the case, they would like to have it that you must let anyone take whatever they want without resistance. I am sorry, but that will not ever be followed by the majority of citizens.

Don Lemon, the woke, racist CNN personality was disturbed on 11/12/2021 that a not guilty verdict of Rittenhouse was a result of privileged white folks who believe that they have a right to protect themselves rather than call 911 and hope for the best. He made the case of "what if Rittenhouse was black", He was not black, nor were his assailants. This was not a racial story. He was apoplectic that this was going to give a signal to white folks that they can protect themselves. To Lemon, every story is about race and white privilege. He found nothing wrong with his analysis, he has so bought into the woke narrative.

The policies of the Democrat politicians have alienated and divided the country. Democrat mayors have repeatedly ordered police to stand down and let the rioters loot, burn, assault and destroy the property and business's of innocent people.They must hope that the chaos will usher in a new era of activist federal government.

What they have really done it put the whole country on both side into a state of fear. Fear that there is no justice, no law and order, just policial calculations from their leaders.  The country has become an armed camp with many assuming it will be their responsibility to protect themselves and their families.

Rioters and looters need to be confronted with immediate overwhelming force. It is the duty of people who are in positions of authority. When they do not insure public safety, the void will be filled. Actually we have seen a lot of restraint from the public up to now. Do the politicians really believe that people will stand by and allow their life's work be destroyed without a response? 

Where is the real leadership?  Where are the adults in the media?  It is time for all to step up and deal with this chaos before it is too late.

 

2 years of Covid, many unanswered questions.

 LOCKDOWNS, MASKS AND MANDATES AND NO END IN SIGHT

EVENTUALLY EVERYONE WILL GET IT

With 3 months left in 2021 the death toll in the U.S. has surpassed 2020 with 353,000 to 352,000 reported deaths. This is with all the attempts to minimize contagion and a full year of vaccinations. It should becoming obvious that the idea of eliminating this virus is an illusion. It is a new virus that will likely be with us forever.

While the so called vaccines have likely lessened the extent of transmission it is also obvious that they are not true vaccines in that they diminish in effectiveness quickly and are not the end all weapon against this virus, it will require a much better vaccine than what we have, if that is even possible. 

So far, the only treatment seems to be the age-old monoclonal antibody therapy made from the blood of previously infected and recovered patients. It seems to be very effective, if given as soon as someone is tested positive for the virus. The CDC has stated that blood from vaccinated is not effective for making monoclonal antibody treatment. That is a very telling statement. 

The only other therapeutic approved by the FDA is Remdesivir which is very expensive and does not seem to be of much use.

Every attempt from frontline doctors and nurses to use other non-approved methods has resulted in an overwhelming negative response from the medical bureaucrats and the media, both of which has never treated a covid patient. I suspect the Fauci has not treated an actual patient in decades.

Pfizer and Israel entered into an agreement that Israel would do studies on the vaccine and virus in exchange for vaccine supplies. This was because it is small county with a largely vaccinated population. So far they have found that the effectiveness of the vaccine diminishes steadily in as little as 6 months. Is this actually a maintenance drug, rather than a vaccine? NIH 11/9/2021

The other result of these studies is that acquired immunity from having had the disease is 27x better than the vaccination at preventing another infection even the delta variant.  This may apply to other variants in the future. Science Insider 8/26/2021

So, this is the BIG question, why have the pharmaceutical companies not used the traditional method of using a dead or weakened virus to develop a vaccine?

And secondly, why is the government so opposed  to recognizing natural acquired immunity? They are still demanding 2 shots of vaccine to be considered vaccinated. While it seems most doctors are recommending none or 1 shot for previousing infected people.

The reason for the vaccine hesitancy is that this type of vaccine has never before been used on humans. The advantage seems to be in less costly manufacturing. Is this in effect the largest human trial of a new drug in history? Does anyone really know the long term effect over the next 10 years? While it may not be relevant to 80 year olds with health problems, it could be an issue for children and youth.

Would the pharmaceutical industry be so uncautious if they would not have received blanket immunity for any liability resulting from this vaccine?

Last question, why was the NIH, the defense department and the Wuhan institute so interested in experimenting with a virus particular to bats? Bats, how often have any of the readers had any close encounters with a bat? They are very reclusive and humans and bats seem to have a natural revulsion to each other.

So, that is just some questions for now, not trying to discourage the taking of vaccines or any real agenda other than there seems to be many unanswered questions that I believe we should have received  better answers to these questions by now.

States should transport all illegal migrants to Washington D.C.

 GOVERNORS IN BORDER STATES HAVE THE DUTY TO PROTECT THEIR STATES

IMMIGRATION CONTROL IS FEDERAL DUTY, WASHINGTON D.C. IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S HOME

It is time that the border states and their neighbors take charge of the chaos brought about by the federal government's inaction. If they would enter into a cooperative agreement, they could pool their resources and police the border themselves. They could also arrest all illegal trespassers in their states and transport them home to Washington D.C.  They are the responsibility of the federal government and they will now be close to home so they can deal with their problem.

They should also put the federal government on notice that they will not accept any new immigrants unless approved of by their state.

I am sure, if these states need volunteers from across the nation to act as backstops to help with the clerical and transportation and other non-law enforcement responsibilities, just put out the call, they will come.

They have lots of big parking lots in Washington D.C. they could set up some large tent cities and the politicians could tend to the food, shelter and latrine duties. It is their responsibility, they created this mess, they should be willing to clean it up. 

While it is sad for the plight of these immigrants, who for many is a wish for a better life, they are being used as a political weapon by the Democrat party. They are using these immigrants as a pawns by playing on the real concern and emotions of Americans to bring about the destabilization of the border states for political advantage. It is a disgusting display of cynical political warfare. 

Its time that the states get into a mentality of tough love with this federal government. These politicians both republican and democrat have to see this mess everyday in THEIR back yard, let them deal with results of their incompetence or dereliction of duty. Hopefully, like unruly teenagers, they will grow up and start being responsible adults.

Desperation heightens in the Deep state.

MCCABE, MUELLER AND THE RUSSIANS

LEGAL SKIRMISHES INTENSIFY

The firing of former FBI assistant directer Andrew McCabe was met with outrage from the Washington bureaucracy. It did not matter that his firing was recommended by the FBI office of Personnel responsibility. In their opinion it was all about Trump punishing the FBI. 

It seems that the pattern in Washington for political bureaucrats is, if you are caught doing something wrong, you then retire with your full pension, and then go to work for party politicians or the private lobbying system. This was the case with Lois Lerner who was in charge of targeting conservative groups by the IRS. She just pleaded the fifth amendment, retired, and lived happily ever after. This is the first signal that this may no longer be the case. There are over a dozen FBI and Department of Justice employees who have been demoted and are under investigation. Some of these will be fired and some are going to be prosecuted for lying and abuse of power. This is an important message, that if you have broken the law, you will suffer consequences. Hopefully the time will come when the power brokers inside the deep state will no longer be able to threaten and keep their underlings quiet.

Once the fear is gone, the dam may very well break and expose the corruption. 

There seems there is an obvious uptick in the desperation and the urgency to get Trump out of office as soon as possible.

Many are saying Trump must be quiet and cooperate with Robert Mueller, and if he is innocent it will be made clear. This is a lot of Bull-shit. Trump is in a duel to the death with the existing power in Washington. There is no objective investigation. It is an attempt to impeach Trump by piling on a lot of vague allegations. This is an investigation looking for any crime past or present that can be used to overthrow the last election. Their objective is the President, and it will devour anyone that it can use to get at the President. If they cannot prevail in their attempt, they will at least have provided free opposition research for the Democratic party. They are also attempting to reveal all the methods that the Trump campaign used to win the election. Not illegal behavior, but methods and operations. This will all be turned over to the Democratic opponents in the future. This is all accomplished at taxpayer expense under the guise of searching for crimes. The foundation of law has, until now, always been that law enforcement investigates obvious crimes, not that it singles out individuals to be investigated in search of possible crimes. Who could survive such scrutiny?

Trump should go all out with his public opposition to this investigation, without actually physically interfering with the investigation. His very existence is at stake.

Since the beginning of his political campaign, Trump has stated that he hoped to attempt to improve relations with the Russian Federation. This would require talks and negotiations with Vladimir Putin. It appears that Putin will be president for some time to come. This is in direct opposition to the policies espoused by the bureaucracy in the state department and CIA. Their policy for the last 15 years has been to force Russia into a smaller and smaller box and to attempt to encourage and support the overthrow of Putin. This policy has been a failure and has ushered in a new cold war. They do not want a better relationship with Putin or the Russian people, but the overthrow of Putin. This has been the policy of the deep state for 3 decades, overthrow existing governments and attempt to replace them with leaders more inline with their view of the world. It doesn't even seem to be in the best interest of our country.

This policy has been a dismal failure, it has resulted in chaos and death in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Ukraine.They failed in Egypt and Israel. It has cost the United States over $7 Trillion and thousands of servicemen deaths and many disabled. It has resulted in the death of 100,s of thousands of middle east Civilians, has contributed to the flooding of Europe and the world with millions of refuges, many who will never be able to assimilate into a foreign culture. Yet they still want to stay the course. To what end?

While watching a congressional committee interview of the intelligence community heads it was clear that they believed that the Communist Chinese and Communist North Korea were the biggest threats to our security. The overall focus of the Democratic leaders was on Russia. They believe the best policy is to publicly attempt to provoke and insult the Russians. To what end?

Trump has now announced he will be meeting with Putin, as he should. Does anyone other than the democrats and deep state really believe that Trump is a secret Russian agent. This is a ludicrous idea, that they have been pushing since before the election. They don't really believe this, but are willing to do any damage for political purposes. As I remember the cold war, the drills in school, hiding under our desks. Does a new Cold war translate into billions of $ in profits for defense contractors or the hope of a communist re-emergence in Russia. What is the purpose of this policy?

Or is the real fear, that Putin will reveal to Trump, the proof of possible treason and corruption in the preceding administration.

Originally published 3/21/2018, 

While this was written near 4 years ago it is still an ongoing play. The media and the bureaucracy, both Democrats and some Republicans are still obsessed with destroying Donald Trump and anyone who supports his policies. While there is a new President in the White House, the policies are still very much the same, except the destabilization of the U.S. has been added to the existing agenda of destabilizing the middle east and Europe. If our country is to survive, there is a serious house cleaning of the behind the scene forces driving the policies of the United States.

Rittenhouse situation is classic self defense.

THERE WILL NOT BE GUILTY VERDICT FOR RITTENHOUSE 

SPENDS DAY ON THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE

It is always a risky play to put a murder defendant on the stand to speak in his own defense. Especially for an 18 year old who has been demonized by the press as an evil murderer. Kyle Rittenhouse did just that yesterday and while the prosecutor tried to picture Rittenhouse as a wanna be fireman, medic and other attempts to portray him as the instigator in this tragic series of events, the testimony and video evidence showed Rittenhouse to have acted with all the classic examples of self-defense.

Rittenhouse detailed how he came to Kenosha to help in the defence of the car dealerships that had been looted, burned and vandalized. He brought fire extinguishers and first aid equipment. While a lengthy story of the night was put together it detailed how he was attempting to put out a fire in a truck when confronted by several protester. One of these protesters had warned Rittenhouse earlier if he caught him alone he was going to kill him. 

Rittenhouse dropped his fire extinguisher and ran toward an area being held by the police. He eventually came face to face with his pursuer who reached for his rifle and Rittenhouse fired. He then continued  to flee toward the police line when he was struck by stones and a skateboard and fell to the ground, while on his back another pursuer again attempted to take his rifle and he fired. This was followed by a third pursuer with a handgun who confronted Rittenhouse and when he pointed his weapon at Rittenhouse he fired. Two men died and 1 was injured in his arm. 

Rittenhouse then continued to the police line and told them what happened and they told him to leave the area. He then went home and within hours turned himself in at the local police station.

Rittenhouse did everything and more to qualify for a self-defense verdict. He tried to withdraw from the confrontation. He was pursued, he did not fire on anyone until they were at arms length distance. It was all videotaped and even verified by the surviving attacker.

Why these people continued to pursue the armed Rittenhouse will likely never be known. It can only be assume that Rittenhouse was very young, 17, and they doubted he would use his weapon. I suspect they would have liked to disarm him and then beat him to make an example of him. There were other older well equipped ex-military people there and it was when Rittenhouse was separated from these other men that they attacked him. 

Either way it was a series of poor decisions by everyone that ended in this tragedy. While Rittenhouse will not be found guilty in this trial, his life will forever be changed. Hopefully he will be able to move past it and have a rewarding and peaceful life in the future.

Chapter 1 of the Durham probe is finally being written.

 WILL BIDEN ATTEMPT OF END PROBE BEFORE IT GETS TO THE BIG FISH

NO HEALING OF COUNTRY POSSIBLE WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY OF PEOPLE IN HIGH PLACES

Members of the present administration as well of the Obama administration knew before the inauguration of President Trump that the Russian collusion story was a hoax. There is documented proof of that. Along with these democrat operatives were members of the FBI, CIA and UK intelligence, all knew it was a fake story. So did Adam Schiff, the democrat leader of the house intelligence committee. So did the major media, yet they all continued to push this story in the hopes of driving Donald Trump from office. They often voiced that they had proof of the collusion. 

 In the last few weeks we have seen the first indictments starting from the very source of the story. We will see if it advances all the way through to expose them all. 

The nation is now divided to the greatest extent since the Civil War. It will not heal until this whole story is written and those responsible held accountable. It was without a doubt an attempted coup of the U.S. president. 

On October 24, 2019 it was announced that the team of John Durham who has been investigating, "Operation Crossfire Hurricane" had moved from a review of the Russian investigation to a criminal inquiry. This gives this group the power to subpoena, convene a grand jury and indict.

Durham was appointed in May of 2019 to begin a review  to determine if all action by the FBI concerning the Russia collusion investigation were lawful and appropriate. 

Justice department Inspector General Michael Horowitz had been investigating some of this matter since January, 2017. 

The Media either has ignored these investigations or labeled them conspiracy theories. Much of the questionable behavior that is being investigated has been uncovered by the House Intelligence committee and Inspector Horowitz. They have pretty much outlined the players and the events, but it is now being considered a criminal matter. Many of those involved have at a minimum committed perjury, including FBI directors Comey and McCabe. This investigation has spread to players in Italy, U.K, Australia and Ukraine. How far along these investigations have gone and how long until they are concluded is unknown, but it is rumored that former CIA director John Brennan and DNI director James Clapper have been requested to testify. These would be the bigger fish of political appointees.

There is without a doubt a growing anxiety in these former Obama Administration officials. One must wonder if the hysteria over impeachment was not a strategy to not only damage the president, but to be able to label any indictments of former Obama officials as revenge of the president and the republicans.  

It was assumed, when the Mueller report failed to give the democrats what they needed to impeach Trump,  they and their cohorts in the media would throw the intelligence community under the bus and claim they were given bad information. That is not what happened, they actually doubled down and continue to claim Russia collusion and interference.

This must lead one to believe there are much bigger fish involved and at risk than political appointees. There are indications that this story originated by members of the Obama administration along with Hillary Clinton's media people. They were able to begin the narrative through leaks to designated media reporters to draw a picture of Russian collusion and interference aiding the Trump campaign. The intelligence community then used these narratives to conduct the investigation.

We don't know if any inside people have been persuaded to testify, but one name is of some consideration. You will take notice that when the Trump people name a list of those who are part of the conspiracy they no longer list Rod Rosenstein, the acting attorney general who tried to have Mueller appointed FBI director and then 2 days later named him special council. He stayed on with Justice Department until the Mueller report was finalized and then seems to have disappeared.

When are members of the government, democrat operatives and media people going to put the interests of the country ahead of their personal interest and bring this sad saga of American politics to a conclusion. All this talk of preserving Democracy and saving the nation are just hot air until they stand up and come clean.

Anti-Biden chants started with college football.

 NBC REPORTER AUTHOR OF "LET'S GO BRANDON" TRYING TO COVER FOR BIDEN

THE MORE IT IS CENSORED AND SUPPRESSED THE LOUDER IT WILL  GET

When college football resumed earlier this fall fans began sending a message to Joe Biden concerning his administration discouraging attendance at these events. Every game had chants of  "F**k Joe Biden". It then spread to other events and eventually appeared at NASCAR events. It was at one of these events on October 1, that Brandon Brown was being interviewed by NBC reporter Kelly Stavast, the interview was being drowned out by chants of "F**k Joe Biden", the NBC interviewer attempted to cover it up by claiming the crowd was chanting "Lets Go Brandon". Her attempt then became viral on social media and  " Let's go Brandon" became a mockery of the news attempt to cover the anti Biden message. 

It was not long before there were T-shirts, hats, flags and even rap songs encouraging " Let's go Brandon" It is still considered a derogatory chant aimed at Joe Biden, just somewhat sanitised.

So that is the story, it all began with college football and has now become the latest political message to go viral. It may become as well known as "Deplorables ". It wasn't really started by right wing activists, but just college football enthusiasts who wanted to go back to attending football games.

Attempts at suppressing and censoring,"Let's go Brandon" will likely increase its use and place in history, similar to "Kilroy was here" many years ago.

Is Climate change the path to global government?

 U.S. NEEDS CONGRESS TO APPROVE ENERGY COMMITMENTS

NO REPLACEMENT FOR FOSSIL FUELS ON THE HORIZON

We see a lot of hot air coming out of the climate change meetings this past week. We see many promising they will cut green house gases in the next decade. Of course, this does not include China, India and most third world countries as they along with U.K. continue to build fossil fuel energy plants. They may mean well, but there is not a suitable replacement for fossil fuels at this time. They really don't have a real plan to actually cut emissions.

We see that the Biden administration has passed a bill with $550 billion in renewable energy subsidies. This will mostly go to solar companies installing solar in private homes paid for by the government. All these solar systems need maintenance, need to be replaced in the future. Is the government going to pay for the maintenance, repair or replacement. While it may be a boon to solar installation companies, will individuals be able to afford to repair and maintain these systems? They will need to be assisted by another source when it is cloudy, raining or off line.

So far the U.S. plan seems to be to enact policies to raise the price of all energy. In effect they want to take control of the energy available in the United States. Obama made the remark that they expect to raise the price of electricity 3x to force renewable energy, but there is not a viable alternative for fossil fuels at this time. If they succeed in raising the price then we can expect an added tax on energy to subsidise energy for  those who are priced out of the market. We can expect fuel cards and electric subsides. In effect government control of the whole energy market. Possibly even government approval if you or your company qualifies for energy at all.

It seems they are also pledging to cut methane, which will likely be an effort to control how many cows and cattle can be produced to cut methane gasses. Government will then be able decide who can raise beef or cows or hogs and raise the costs. This can be followed by more subsides and food stamps for those less fortunate.

Most of the world is not committing to these measures but the U.S. will handicap its economy by continuing to instill fear of imminent doom. 

If these politicians were serious about cutting emissions they would look to find a real replacement for fossil fuels. All the money they are going to waist in installing temporary solutions and hobling the economy could be better spent on developing a real alternative to fossil fuels. So, it appears that they are more interested in government expansion and control rather than real solutions. 

I expect we will soon hear we need a global remedy with the power of enforcement to save the planet from ourselves. Make no mistake, Global government is a dream by many of the elite in this world.

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Major source for dossier and Russian collusion. U.S. based analyst

IGOR DANCHENKO, PRIMARY SOURCE OF DOSSIER

UKRAINIAN BORN, RUSSIAN EDUCATED, BROOKINGS ANALYST

The identity of the primary source of the Christopher Steele dossier has been revealed to be Igor Danchenko. Danchenko was born in the Ukraine in 1988, and studied at Moscow University. He has been a resident of the United States and has been a senior foreign policy analyst  for the Brookings Institute. He has written an article in conjunction with Fiona Hill who was a witness in the impeachment inquiry. She was noted in praising the political activism of George Soros during her testimony.

It seems that the democrat opposition research group Fusion GPS directed him to Christopher Steel the British consultant, ex MI6 agent with strong connections to British intelligence. Steele then assembled the dossier which he sent back to Fusion GPS and shopped it around Washington and the media. Danchenko really had no credible sources in Russia.

Danchenko was interviewed by the FBI in January 2017, at the beginning of the Russian collusion inquiry and he admitted he had no real verifiable information. In effect, the FBI knew before Trump was inaugurated that the whole collusion theory was a fantasy paid for and assembled by Democrat operatives. 

Fisa warrants continued to be issued on this information and Democrat operatives like Adam Schiff daily testified that he had credible information about Russian collusion.

The Ukrainian impeachment inquiry began within days of Roberts Mueller's report that found no evidence of Russian collusion, when he knew that to be the case over 2 years earlier.

Many of the same players from inside the state department and the intelligence community, Fiona Hill, Alexander Vindman,  and Eric Ciaramello were involved in both conspiracies and also engaged in leaks to the media to discredit Trump. These people were all loyal protegees of former CIA director John Brennan. It seems they were all concerned about Trump's goal of reevaluating U.S. foreign policy.

While foreign policy may have been an motive for some to break the law and take matters into their own hands there is also many who had severe legal liability for their actions during the past administration. It is likely that people in higher positions used these people with ties to Ukraine to help to cover their corrupt dealings.

originally published 7/27/20

Danchenko was indicted yesterday for 5 counts including lying to the FBI.  He is now the third indictment in this matter, so far little fish. Most everyone knows who the big fish are. We can expect big time push back soon form the Biden administration. 

Dems claim racism is cause of losses.

 THE RACIST DEMOCRATS JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN LOSE AN ELECTION FOR ANY OTHER REASON

IF IT IS ABOUT POLICY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE

It is clear that even democrats don't believe in their own policy, that is why they obsess on personalities, race and anything other than what is important to the long term health of the country. Race is their number one go to for attributing blame when their polices are rejected. 

Yesterday, they had a long list of causes:

1. Failure to get their program enacted. They really believe in vote buying. So are we to believe that blacks did not come out because they didnt get free stuff. That is as racist a logic as it can get. 

2. Non-college educated White women voted for republicans because they are all racist. Another indication of their own racism.

3. Opposition to teaching, "Critical race theory" to school children is just more racism. No, Critical race Theory is real racism, plain and simple. It is being taught in the schools, although they don't call it by its title.

The Democrats can not run an election on the issues facing real Americans, they hide their agenda because they know it will be rejected.  Continually creating boogie men of racist and white supremacists. Just another example of their own racism. 

Biden: Unifier or Provocateur

 STICKING HIS THUMB IN THE EYE OF AMERICA

IS BIDEN'S GOAL TO PROVOKE CIVIL UNREST?

If you can remember, Biden was portrayed as a healer and a unifier, in reality he has been just the opposite. 

We have witnessed his heavy handed mandates concerning vaccinations, not acknowledging any legitimate reasons for forgoing these new type of vaccines. Whether medical or having acquired immunity from surviving the illness, only a vaccine will be acceptable. He has jeopardized the livelihood of many front line essential workers who worked through the worst days of the pandmeic, often becoming ill from the virus as they did their jobs. 

He has deserted hundreds of American citizens in Afghanistan, citizens who put themselves at risk to implement this countries foreign policy. It seems they are all unimportant and expendable.

At the same time he is allowing an unprecedented invasion of our southern border without any care of the possible health effects on American citizens by allowing illegal migrants to enter without any testing or vaccinations. Then busing and flying them at taxpayer expense to every corner of the nation. 

Biden stopped construction on the border wall in his first day, paying $2 billion in penalties to contractors, then has a $500,000 wall constructed at his home at taxpayer expense.

Now he is proposing rewarding these same illegal immigrants, who were separated from their children because they could not prove that they were related. Federal law requires this separation for the safety of the children.  Biden is proposing rewarding them with $450,00 per person and $1 million per family. This is more money than the government pays to families of soldiers, policeman and others who die on duty.

We see the exaggerated treatment of those who protested in Washington voicing concerns about the election.  While at the same time his Vice-President and other democrats made sure to create a fund to bail out Antifa and other left wing rioters, looters and arsonists in many major cities leading up to the election. Their DOJ encouraged dropping of the charges on those rioters.

We see his proposal to require the reporting of all financial transaction of citizens in excess of $600. Does anyone doubt that this unconstitutional infringement is being designed to selectively punish those who may oppose his policies? 

We see him ask the DOJ to consider the voicing of objections by parents at school board meetings as terrorism.

This is without a doubt the most authoritarian and constitution breaking administration in U.S. history.

I have not seen one effort from this president and his administration to bring about any healing or  reaching out for common ground. It is clear that his priority is increasing power and the American citizens should just shut up and submit.

Yesterday, Americans were able to demonstrate that they have thumbs too, expect to see escalating thumbing coming in the next year.

Where has all the money gone?

WHERE  HAS  ALL  THE  MONEY  GONE?

 

 

 

 

We constantly see reports of budget deficits, unfunded pensions, crumbling infrastructure, and weak economic growth. This has been an ongoing and escalating problem for over 40 years. Some of this has been masked by increasing debt by individuals and most local, state and federal governments. The country as a whole will have to address these problems in a serious way, either in a rational long range strategy, or with a haphazard attempt to deal with effects rather than solutions.

It is generally acknowledged that wealth is created by the combination of raw materials and labor  to create a  tangible product of greater value.

I remember reading in the early 1970,s the book, "The Post Industrial Society ". There was some debate about whether this was a viable idea. I also remember the economic debate in the late 1960's about the economic benefits of deficit spending by the Federal Government.  The supporters speculated that this would be a continuous stimulation of the economy, The detractors believed that the government needed to keep a sound money policy. I was a young person at the time but was always a believer that one of the most important duties of government is good stable money. I was not sure about a Post Industrial Economy, but had my doubts.

These ideas were pushed by many at the time and coupled with new social programs of the late 1960's and a avalanche of regulation of industry in 1970's we have now become largely a post industrial society. We have not had a balanced budget since 1969, except 4 years from 1998 to 2001, and those budget surplus's  did not take into account unfunded liabilities that are not included in the budget.  We have not had a trade surplus since 1971, except for a small surplus in 1973.                   

 

June 3, 2015
U.S. Trade in Goods and Services - Balance of Payments (BOP) Basis
Value in millions of dollars
1960 through 2014
Balance				Exports				Imports
Period	Total	Goods BOP	Services		Total	Goods BOP	Services		Total	Goods BOP	Services
1960	3,508	4,892	-1,384		25,940	19,650	6,290		22,432	14,758	7,674
1961	4,195	5,571	-1,376		26,403	20,108	6,295		22,208	14,537	7,671
1962	3,370	4,521	-1,151		27,722	20,781	6,941		24,352	16,260	8,092
1963	4,210	5,224	-1,014		29,620	22,272	7,348		25,410	17,048	8,362
1964	6,022	6,801	-779		33,341	25,501	7,840		27,319	18,700	8,619
1965	4,664	4,951	-287		35,285	26,461	8,824		30,621	21,510	9,111
1966	2,939	3,817	-878		38,926	29,310	9,616		35,987	25,493	10,494
1967	2,604	3,800	-1,196		41,333	30,666	10,667		38,729	26,866	11,863
1968	250	635	-385		45,543	33,626	11,917		45,293	32,991	12,302
1969	91	607	-516		49,220	36,414	12,806		49,129	35,807	13,322
1970	2,254	2,603	-349		56,640	42,469	14,171		54,386	39,866	14,520
1971	-1,302	-2,260	958		59,677	43,319	16,358		60,979	45,579	15,400
1972	-5,443	-6,416	973		67,222	49,381	17,841		72,665	55,797	16,868
1973	1,900	911	989		91,242	71,410	19,832		89,342	70,499	18,843
1974	-4,293	-5,505	1,212		120,897	98,306	22,591		125,190	103,811	21,379
1975	12,404	8,903	3,501		132,585	107,088	25,497		120,181	98,185	21,996
1976	-6,082	-9,483	3,401		142,716	114,745	27,971		148,798	124,228	24,570
1977	-27,246	-31,091	3,845		152,301	120,816	31,485		179,547	151,907	27,640
1978	-29,763	-33,927	4,164		178,428	142,075	36,353		208,191	176,002	32,189
1979	-24,565	-27,568	3,003		224,131	184,439	39,692		248,696	212,007	36,689
1980	-19,407	-25,500	6,093		271,834	224,250	47,584		291,241	249,750	41,491
1981	-16,172	-28,023	11,851		294,398	237,044	57,354		310,570	265,067	45,503
1982	-24,156	-36,485	12,329		275,236	211,157	64,079		299,391	247,642	51,749
1983	-57,767	-67,102	9,335		266,106	201,799	64,307		323,874	268,901	54,973
1984	-109,072	-112,492	3,420		291,094	219,926	71,168		400,166	332,418	67,748
1985	-121,880	-122,173	294		289,070	215,915	73,155		410,950	338,088	72,862
1986	-138,538	-145,081	6,543		310,033	223,344	86,689		448,572	368,425	80,147
1987	-151,684	-159,557	7,874		348,869	250,208	98,661		500,552	409,765	90,787
1988	-114,566	-126,959	12,393		431,149	320,230	110,919		545,715	447,189	98,526
1989	-93,141	-117,749	24,607		487,003	359,916	127,087		580,144	477,665	102,479
1990	-80,864	-111,037	30,173		535,233	387,401	147,832		616,097	498,438	117,659
1991	-31,135	-76,937	45,802		578,344	414,083	164,261		609,479	491,020	118,459
1992	-39,212	-96,897	57,685		616,882	439,631	177,251		656,094	536,528	119,566
1993	-70,311	-132,451	62,141		642,863	456,943	185,920		713,174	589,394	123,780
1994	-98,493	-165,831	67,338		703,254	502,859	200,395		801,747	668,690	133,057
1995	-96,384	-174,170	77,786		794,387	575,204	219,183		890,771	749,374	141,397
1996	-104,065	-191,000	86,935		851,602	612,113	239,489		955,667	803,113	152,554
1997	-108,273	-198,428	90,155		934,453	678,366	256,087		1,042,726	876,794	165,932
1998	-166,140	-248,221	82,081		933,174	670,416	262,758		1,099,314	918,637	180,677
1999	-258,617	-337,068	78,450		969,867	698,524	271,343		1,228,485	1,035,592	192,893
2000	-372,517	-446,783	74,266		1,075,321	784,940	290,381		1,447,837	1,231,722	216,115
2001	-361,511	-422,370	60,858		1,005,654	731,331	274,323		1,367,165	1,153,701	213,465
2002	-418,955	-475,245	56,290		978,706	698,036	280,670		1,397,660	1,173,281	224,379
2003	-493,890	-541,643	47,754		1,020,418	730,446	289,972		1,514,308	1,272,089	242,219
2004	-609,883	-664,766	54,882		1,161,549	823,584	337,966		1,771,433	1,488,349	283,083
2005	-714,245	-782,804	68,558		1,286,022	913,016	373,006		2,000,267	1,695,820	304,448
2006	-761,716	-837,289	75,573		1,457,642	1,040,905	416,738		2,219,358	1,878,194	341,165
2007	-705,375	-821,196	115,821		1,653,548	1,165,151	488,396		2,358,922	1,986,347	372,575
2008	-708,726	-832,492	123,765		1,841,612	1,308,795	532,817		2,550,339	2,141,287	409,052
2009	-383,774	-509,694	125,920		1,583,053	1,070,331	512,722		1,966,827	1,580,025	386,801
2010	-494,658	-648,678	154,020		1,853,606	1,290,273	563,333		2,348,263	1,938,950	409,313
2011	-548,625	-740,646	192,020		2,127,021	1,499,240	627,781		2,675,646	2,239,886	435,761
2012	-536,773	-741,171	204,398		2,218,989	1,562,578	656,411		2,755,762	2,303,749	452,013
2013	-478,394	-702,587	224,193		2,279,937	1,592,043	687,894		2,758,331	2,294,630	463,700
2014	-508,324	-741,462	233,138		2,343,205	1,632,639	710,565		2,851,529	2,374,101	477,428
U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Indicator Division
NOTE: (1) Data presented on a Balance of Payment (BOP) basis. Information on data sources and methodology
are available at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/guide/sec2.html#bop.

The accumulated trade deficits from 1971 to 2014 total, $10,096,538,000,000, over $10 Trillion .
This is over 50% of our national debt. This is  money that was not spent or invested within the country.

When the debates in the 1980's and 90's concerning NAFTA and GAAT were ongoing, I, along with many others, predicted that if American labor is to compete with third world labor on an equal basis, the standard of living of Americans must go down. This decline has been happening for many years, many have made up for this by borrowing more, home equity loans etc. Borrowing will no longer bridge the gap.

Many politicians and international corporations both Democratic and Republican preached unlimited free trade, and promised we would make up for our losses by becoming a Hi-Tech exporting country.
Look at the numbers above and you decide.

While the private sector has struggled to adapt, the public sector has mostly been insulated from the realities of the real economy. With strong political power it has been decades of special deals for those that benefit from connections in Government. Whether it is entrenched bureaucracies' or International corporations with political connections.  This has been all at the expense of the lower and middle class Americans.

As for the Budget Deficits. They have accumulated since 1969 to $19 Trillion .  The estimated total debt is near to $100 Trillion,  this is the money owed to unfunded mandates, Social Security money ,that was spent out of the surpluses in Social security since the 1990's. Money from other supposed safe keeping funds that has been spent, by both Democratic and Republican administrations.  Anyone with knowledge of  Economics  know there is only hyper-inflation or default on the horizon. If the Federal Government was a pension fund or a Corporation,  they would all be in jail.

While this time is probably the last hope of correcting these entrenched problems, It would need the cooperation of all the people and government, It does not look likely. We would have to change regulations and Government policies to make the USA a enticing place to do business, The kind of business that produces wealth, real tangible goods.  We have become adverse to anything  that produces dust, smoke or makes your hands dirty.  Look at the cities ,like Detroit, once the  wealthiest city in America, and many others, there are no jobs of substance.

When I was a youth, I remember the textile plants from Northampton to Easton, that employed many thousands, and paid well,  as well as the Steel and foundry business's that were a large part of the Pennsylvania economy. I lived in Emmaus, and within walking distance of everyone were several foundries, Rodale mfg., Lehigh Safety shoe' EMF and others. My father worked for Western Electric for 25 years, None of those business exist today. There is too much risk and too little hope of success for manufacturing in America.

If you had a National balance sheet, with income and expenses. The income side is Manufacturing, mining, and producing machines etc. to mass produce products, Farms, Auto Co., Caterpillar, etc. The expense side is everything that is part of the Government. The Government at all levels is not a creator of wealth, a necessary expense, but an expense. Service jobs, lawyers, accountants etc. are all expense side. Government attempts to redistribute wealth, wealth being created today, and even past wealth.

We have been sold a false Philosophy,  and we all believed in it to some extent. There are powerful interests who want things to continue as they have. Who hope they will just get to  retirement before the reckoning comes.  It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Originally published 10/21/2015