Rotten Apple

I’ll tell you, the Apple News feed is on full throttle. They are trolling for anti-Trump articles wherever they can find them. Reading the posts, you would suspect that his policies are all failing, inflation has failed to meet targets, the economy is in freefall, the American public favors open immigration, all our allies hate us, he has illegally killed innocent fishermen in Venezuela, and he has made healthcare unaffordable. We are going to lose the midterms unless we have a remarkable economic boom and figure out how to right the healthcare ship that Obamacare sunk. Screw foreign policy, Americans don’t care. All they care about is money in their pockets, especially when somebody else is putting it there. 

Oh Peggy, My Peggy

Peggy Noonan is at it again. She criticized Trump over his spat with Canadian PM Carney, admonishing, “Friends” don’t speak to each other this way. When is she going to figure out that Carney, and most of our opportunistic world leaders, for that matter, are not our friends?  He ran for office on a resist-Trump platform and has done everything he can to fulfill his pledge. Canada has been engaging in unfair trade practices with the US for decades, along with the rest of our NATO “friends,” and like most welfare recipients, they now assume that level of subsidy to be the status quo. And Trump is right that Canada benefits from US protection, making Carney’s chest thumping and posturing not only insulting but rather short-sighted for a country so geographically close to Russia, which, along with China, is making aggressive forays into the Arctic.  Friends can have disagreements, especially when one is taking advantage of the other, and sometimes tough love is required, but you don’t run into the arms of the enemy. That’s no friend, Peggy!

Reflections on Davos

Davos. Where the Europeans and attendees at the world economic forum were like small children, complacent in the warmth of socialism of their own making, their stagnant GDPs reliant on decades of living under the umbrella of US protection, having been allowed to suckle at the teat of US taxpayer cash, paying rent on military bases, doling out billions of dollars of aid to buy their loyalty. Their economies are benefiting from lopsided trade agreements. Now, with Trump practicing his America First policies, they act like petulant children and run to gain favor with the nearest source of cash, in this case, another superpower willing to buy their allegiance.  The most glaring example of late being Canada’s PM Carney, infected with a chronic case of TDS, bending the knee to Xi and the CCP, potentially letting the fox in the henhouse on 5525 miles of common border with the US. Surely this is a case of 'better the devil you know,' especially given this administration's finite life span. China’s, not so much. They’re in it for the long haul with a goal of world domination. And speaking of which, how about Venezuela?  Do you leftist nitwits think this was all about cocaine trafficking? Simpletons. Maduro was cozying up to China, allowing them to secure mineral rights and oil concessions, run their ports, and maintain a military presence on the ground, training local forces and supplying technology in our hemisphere.

Not on Trump’s watch. Where exactly does China procure the vast amount of energy to further its AI ambitions?  You got it: Venezuelan oil, Russian oil, and a flotilla of ghost ships. And what has Trump done? He has seized the oil cargo and impounded the tankers, removed Maduro, and now controls Venezuelan oil production and sanctioned the crap out of Russian oil. Simultaneously putting the brakes on China’s AI ambitions, preventing more rare earth mineral acquisition, removing Chinese influence from our backyard, and, as an aside, has reduced overdose deaths in the US by 20 percent. That sounds like a win. 

And why wouldn’t Trump push for ownership of Greenland?  What we are currently being offered is like the dreaded triple net lease. Pay rent on military bases, pay for improvements, subsidize their welfare state, but in the end, you own nothing. Home ownership versus renting an apartment. How well has that worked out for us in Panama, where the canal, built by the US at great expense in blood and treasure, is now run by Panama and being parceled out to the CCP so they can effectively cut off our Navy’s access to unhindered, efficient movement between the Atlantic and the Pacific theaters. And the Middle East is littered with US airbases and equipment given up to the enemy. Afghanistan and Iraq are the most prominent examples of flushing taxpayer cash down the drain. And what happens when the kingdom of Denmark, population just under six million, continues to allow the Muslim invasion currently taking place?  Will an Islamist Denmark in 20 years allow China to gain a foothold in Greenland to destabilize the great satan?  Denmark’s ability to defend Greenland is laughable. And besides, it’s in North America, directly in the path of potential incoming ICBMs originating in Russia and bound for the eastern seaboard. Russian submarines must also pass along Greenland’s shores to prowl the Atlantic. Thawing sea ice is making passage through Arctic waterways vital for trade and military dominance. But after Denmark promised to apply funds for security, the earmarked cash ended up in social programs for the island’s 56000 welfare recipients. 56000, incidentally, is the entire population of Greenland. It’s like a bigger Puerto Rico on the rocks. With 57 times fewer people. Do we need more of that?  Not really. But Trump is playing three dimensional chess while the rest of the world, and our media, is dabbling in checkers. By all reports, Trump has turned the World Economic Forum on its head and once again may be coming home with a deal.

The Democrat Message

Democrats are in favor of unfettered immigration and lawlessness to pad their voting base.  It’s apparent and sinister. Nobody seems to notice that in red states where there has been ICE activity supported by local law enforcement there has been no violence, no unrest, no protests, no BLM style occupation, no tanking businesses, and no media coverage. 

The Muslim Wave

You have to question all these European leaders from the UK, France, Denmark, and Belgium, all playing tough guy with Trump, when back home their countries are going to hell in a handbasket. Copenhagen has a 10% Muslim population, now the second most popular religion in Denmark. London has a 15% Muslim population; Paris, 15%; Brussels, 25%. They are being invaded and don’t even know it. And you wonder why Trump is concerned, why all we Kafirs, as they call us, should be.

Leave Sports Out Of It

What’s with this latest example of bird-cage liner posing as a respectable sports news source? Athlon Sports recently ran two headlines accusing Troy Aikman and then the Kelce family of “refusing to apologize for their political views.”  Apologize? Naturally, both Aikman and the Kelce clan appear to be conservatives but certainly not radical right-wing ideologues, and they are definitely not vocal about it. At least not as it seems to anyone with a normal functioning cerebral cortex. Aikman’s sin, apparently, was donating money to the Republican Party. Heavens. Instead, Athlon Sports, part of the Athlon/Parade division, should apologize for posing as a legitimate source of political commentary, and Apple News should stop going out of its way to promote leftist propaganda in its news feed, especially from sources with limited credibility in politics. Athlon Sports, having made a name for itself by publishing football annuals, merged with liberal-leaning Sports Illustrated in 2022 but is now independent and is likely seeking attention by posting controversial headlines. Interesting in that the Athlon Outdoors division is responsible for multiple firearms-oriented publications, including “Combat Handguns” and “Tactical Weapons,” that probably don’t appeal to the same crowd applauding the headlines condemning conservative football stars. Apple has a huge captive audience by virtue of its iPhone sales and should be widely criticized for its left-slanted newsfeed. Athlon should stay in their lane. 

Insanity

It is insanity. When the protester was shot, she was interfering in the arrest of an illegal immigrant who had sodomized a child. Similarly, the illegal immigrant who was shot in the leg yesterday was a child rapist, shot only after two protesters started beating the ICE officer with a shovel and a broomstick, and he joined in. These people are unhinged. But apparently, the rule of law is subject to interpretation. It’s okay to bilk the taxpayer out of billions of dollars if you’re Somali. It’s okay to attack law enforcement officers to protect criminals if they’re illegal immigrants. And it’s now okay to ignore a congressional subpoena if you’re a Clinton.