Lies and Distortions

First, Jeffries is outright lying about not knowing Epstein, who contributed to his campaign and had been solicited for more donations from Jeffries himself. And, we have Plaskett, the mad texter, who had Epstein engaged in his island shenanigans on an island she represents. Granted, playing dumb comes naturally to her, but this is ridiculous. Plaskett herself, along with Raskin, claimed that she was getting “information” from a constituent. And, then we have the wayward astronaut, Kelly, and his band of mental incompetents, including the remarkably offensive little troll Crow, fomenting mutiny in our military?  This is insane! Alas, all the characters in this theater of the absurd know that there are no consequences for their lies and treasonous acts, where some might warrant a firing squad.

Subliminal Conditioning

 If you want to be celebrated in the media, you'd better toe the party line and spew their talking points. It’s insidious. Just look at how it’s crept into advertising and television. Even children’s programming. It’s almost formulaic. You need a particular mixture of gay, Black, Hispanic, and Asian characters. And now somebody has to be in a hijab,  and the woman has to be in a position of power, and preferably there should be a mixed-race couple, ideally with a child….and even better if they’re gay. All subliminal messaging to satisfy the left so they will praise your product or your television show to buy your product. It’s all about the cash in the end. So cynical. 

Documentary Doctoring

According to the WSJ review, Ken Burns, darling of PBS and the left, turned his documentary on the American Revolution into a leftist harangue on the evils of slavery, the poor treatment of Blacks and Native Americans and the sins of our Founding Fathers, all property-owning, slave-owning white men who by virtue of their wealth, gender, race and status got to make all the decisions that formed this reprehensible country of ours. Really, Ken? Fortunately, by all accounts, most Americans found this so-called documentary to be both distorted and deceptive in its portrayal of what prompted the English American colonies to revolt. Yet, just another attempt to besmirch America as a nation,  a culture, a democracy.

Ever Sniping

The stock market has been on a tear, but today is slipping amid fears of poor economic data following the government shutdown. But wasn’t that the ‘rats strategy all along?  With nothing to offer, they are attacking all things Trump, even the economy, to try and ding his record of success heading into the midterms. Willing to leverage the payment of TSA, air traffic controllers, and the military, along with providing benefits to food stamp recipients, just to get their way with healthcare subsidies, should make their willingness to tank our investment savings unsurprising. And the media doing their best to convince us that we’re knee deep in a recession. So now they’re trying to talk us into an economic downturn?  Diabolical.

Hail Britannia

An interesting BBC article this morning featured seven historians rating the top US presidents. With Reagan, Washington, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt making the list, it is notable that the BBC also selected FDR, LBJ, and Obama. Not only are they the most recent presidents to make the cut, but they are all essentially socialists, lauded for introducing or expanding the welfare state. Given the recent discovery that the BBC had doctored Trump’s speech to make it appear that he incited the Jan 6 debacle, is it any surprise that a news organization representing a failed empire devolving into socialism and government oppression praises the US presidents who have tried to emulate their own disastrous lurch to the left?

Chicago Celebrates

I fail to understand how the Chicago Tribune celebrated the city’s “growing resistance to Operation Midway Blitz” while it ignored the fact that 2024 was the first time that fewer than 600 citizens were murdered, another statistic that was actually praised for showing a downward trend.  Hooray, only 600 murdered!  And how many others were shot and managed to survive? Are they actually implying that all of Chicago is now safe to walk the streets after dark?  Journalism at its worst.

The Die Is Cast

Just goes to show you that a well-qualified black female conservative in Virginia (Earle-Sears) will lose to a pasty white progressive every time, so much for DEI. Had it been the other way around, they would have been screaming racism. Turns out that race is only a multiplier in the equation, where the perpetuation of redistribution and government handouts are ultimately the deciding factors in garnering the minority vote. Even Jay Jones was able to overcome his heinous character flaws by virtue of embracing progressive policy multiplied by race. It’s no wonder that the democrats keep steering us down the road to socialism when it is increasingly apparent that the formula for success is appealing to the public sector and those that survive on government handouts by perpetuating the culture of the nanny state, offering something for nothing. Character and a moral compass appear to be secondary considerations for progressive candidates. 

Democrat Gloat

And here come the Democrats claiming that the victories in these gubernatorial elections are a rebuke of Trump. Really? NYC engaged in egregious lawfare tactics to indict him for a bookkeeping misdemeanor, not to mention finding him liable for defending himself from a nutcase who claims he assaulted her, yet can’t recall when and has no witnesses. Hostile progressive territory that produced the likes of Jeffries, Schumer, AOC, and Nadler. Congratulations. New Jersey is a deep blue morass of failed leftist policy, with population density in Camden County, Newark, and the north Jersey commuter suburbs that are a reflection of the city across the Hudson. Virginia elections are dominated by the beneficiaries in Richmond and Hampton/Newport News, as well as the government officials in the DC-adjacent suburbs to the north. No surprises there… all democrat strongholds wallowing in high taxes, traffic, unsustainable public pensions, corruption, and crime. You get what you vote for!

The Mamdani Effect

What’s going to happen is that the Feds are going to cut off funding to the city, and the wealthy will flee. As a result, upstate, which relies on the larger downstate population to fund the state’s socialist programs, will end up sharing more of the tax burden. The Democrats have succeeded in reaching a critical mass, where there are more government workers and welfare recipients than higher-income workers in the private sector, such that patriotism and what’s good for the country have been supplanted by an attitude of “what handouts will benefit me most.” Think about it, New Yorkers in the private sector: what exactly do you get in return for paying 13% income tax, 8% sales tax, and exorbitant property taxes?  Crumbling infrastructure, poor-performing public schools, unsustainable public workers' pensions, a sanctuary for illegal immigrants, soaring utility costs, and now a communist mayor running the financial capital of the world. What could possibly go wrong?

Handwriting On The Wall

It’s become increasingly apparent that Democrat politicians can’t hear themselves when they speak. It’s the only explanation other than lumping them all into the category of opportunistic hypocrites. Gavin Newsom, who has been known for his peculiar hand gestures lately, appeared on Meet the Press, where he received gentle handling by Kristin Welker. Posing once again as a defender of democracy, he accused the president of “rigging” next year’s congressional election. “He’s changing the rules.  He’s rigging the game because he knows he’ll lose if all things are equal,” said Newsome, ignoring the democrats' long history of gerrymandering, resulting in lopsided majorities in states like New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and California, where the proportions of Democrat versus republican legislators far exceed the proportion of registered voters for each party. But then Newsome really went tone deaf: “He did not expect California to fight fire with fire.”  Ouch. Now, in a state stricken by wildfires, including the most recent disaster that torched the Pacific Palisades, a community unable to rebuild due to California’s torturous permitting regulations, wouldn’t you think the Governor would have chosen a different analogy?  Perhaps something without fire in it? They are simply tone deaf