The Morning Report — 11/16/22

Good morning, kids. Wednesday and as most of you are probably aware Donald Trump has announced his third bid for the presidency. Before getting to the nub of this disquisition, let me start off, at the risk of irking those of you, including cobs and colleagues who are dead set against Trump by saying my admiration for that man is deep. Not since Ronald Reagan has there ever been any candidate or president with a deeper love for this nation and its citizenry than Trump. Whatever his personal flaws are as a man (and for sure he has them), his accomplishments in office prove he loves America. The question of should he run again is now moot. Is this a colossal mistake for him and more crucially for us? I don't necessarily think his age would be a hindrance but I'd be lying if I didn't hold it as a big strike against him in my eyes, but that's the least of it.

Frankly I'm put off by the animus against him which brands him as a failure for not anticipating an enemy whose vastness and depravity very few of us even imagined. It's a bit like blaming the rape victim for dressing too provocatively. In any case, regardless of my support or lack thereof for his candidacy, I'm glad he is running, if for no other reason than to make his challengers rise to that challenge. I think it's healthy regardless of what the media and the Left (BIRM) will do with it. They're going to ream him, his rivals and all of us anyway. The GOP itself sabotaged the campaigns of quite a number of MAGA candidates in the midterms for the sole purpose of fucking up a potential Trump candidacy and even victory. Sure, the lion's share of that rests in our banana republic voting season where ballots trump (no pun) votes, but there you have it.

So Trump's in and the GOP has officially retaken the House. Compare and contrast with Christopher Wray all but admitting that the FBI had stooges and confederates in amongst the J-6 crowd by his refusal to directly state "no" when queried in a hearing, and Ebenezer Baptist slumlord/wife-beater Warnock and the DSCC are now suing to extend the voting period for the GA senate seat runoff. In that light, and all things considered, does any of this even really matter anymore? Forget Trump or DeSantis. If the GOP ran Jesus Christ fresh off the cross even he (He) wouldn't stand a chance against this machine. I know I'm being a downer but I've got to call it as I see it.

Two parables: I remember back in the early 70s, some friends of mine went to a Yes concert at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City (now demolished) and had their car stolen. When they went to the cops, the response was "So, steal someone else's."

There's also the scene from The Sting when Doyle Lonegan goes apeshit after Henry Gondorff takes him down in his rigged poker game: "What was I supposed to do?! Call him out for cheating better than me?!"

Meh, the best I can do at 6:30 in the morning but I think the point is made. If the Democrats are going to eviscerate election integrity to the extent that they are able to and quite eager to harvest ballots, forge ballots and harvest forged ballots without any need to verify their legitimacy, why don't we do the same? It's a great idea until you understand people like Katie Hobbs run the elections and get to decide which votes are kosher and which are not. Also, take a look at who is still rotting away in prison for being sucked into Christopher Wray's J-6 Reichstag Fire. Do what Democrats do and you won't get the book thrown at you. You'll get the entire Library of Congress on your head.

So, do we give up? Curl into a fetal position and beg for mercy? I want to fight back but how do we do that without having a hobnailed Manolo Blahnick kick our teeth in?

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• ". . . the exact same people who have been inflating our life savings away would be able to directly control how we spend it."
  Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Coming – A US Social Credit System Could Soon Follow

CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• The fact that he did not stand up and declare categorically that that was a lie is an admission that what happened on 1/6 at the Capitol was an FBI/Democrat staged event.
  FBI Director Won't Say If He Had 'Confidential Human Sources' 'Dressed as Trump Supporters' at Jan. 6 Insurrection
  
• "Can you not tell the American people, no, we did not have confidential human sources dressed as Trump supporters positioned inside the Capitol on January 6?” (QED, Congressman - jjs)
  ‘It Should Be A No!’: Congressman Explodes After Wray Refuses Question On FBI, January 6
  
• "The FBI simply cannot be trusted. This report proves it."
  Key Takeaways from the FBI Whistleblowers Report
  
• "Democrat operatives and the corporate media tried to scare voters by insisting the 2022 midterms would be plagued by right-wing violence."
  Where Was All the Right-Wing Political Violence Democrats Warned Would Plague the Midterms?
  
• Robert Spencer: "When did Mike Pence morph into Mitt Romney?" (when he sabotaged RFRA, if not well before then - jjs)
  Pence Claims Trump’s Words on Jan. 6 "Endangered Me and My Family"

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• "The plan would force diesel vendors to take supplies off the market which could cause short-term diesel demand to soar and drive up prices in the Northeast, where fuel shortages are most severe, according to Bloomberg. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated the East Coast’s fuel shortages as the region has become dependent on Russian imports due to the region’s constrained pipeline capacity."
  Biden’s Proposed Plan To Address Diesel Shortages Could Hike Prices Even Further
  
• "The Daily Caller notes that Indonesia depends on coal to power its steel industry and that in 2020, coal made up 37% of the energy the country used. Since I am not a scientist, I am curious as to how the country will be able to produce steel without coal and how renewables can make up the difference. Or if that is even possible."
  Indonesia Is Getting $20 Billion to Dump Coal
  
• "Moving to electric vehicles, as it appears we are determined to do, will have no measurable effect on global greenhouse gas emissions. We’ve reduced so much that further reductions hardly matter. The future use of fossil fuels and the effect of their use on the environment is a discussion that involves China and India alone. Everyone else is merely a bystander."
  Concerning the Great Elec-Trick
  
• "The revolutionary agenda of the avant-garde has been subsumed into the art world’s corporate blob."
  Why Climate Nihilists Target Beloved Art
  
• "What the globalist elite's climate cult is actually really about."
  There Will Be No Climate Amnesty

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• The digital dollar simulation, which is slated to last for 12 weeks, will “experiment with the concept of a regulated liability network,” a concept for a financial market infrastructure that would facilitate “digital asset transactions that connect deposits held at regulated financial institutions using distributed ledger technology,” according to a press release from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  Federal Reserve Launches Digital Dollar Initiative Days After Leading Cryptocurrency Firm Goes Under
  
• "The chart within shows just how painful Bidenflation has been, and still is."
  Wait, This is the Inflation News Everyone is Celebrating?
  
• "It will create vast financial instability and foment more distrust in top banking institutions."
  Federal Reserve Board’s Risky ESG Gamble

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• China’s state-run Global Times said the not-a-lockdown was imposed “as a response to the mounting pressure of soaring [Chinese] Covid-19 cases in the city,” which ostensibly included 237 new confirmed cases and 170 asymptomatic infections on Monday.
  Beijing Tells Residents Not to Leave Home ‘Unless Necessary’ but Denies It’s on Lockdown
  
• "The next time a government-created super virus comes along, followed by a new experimental drug, are we going to have to repeat this drill again?"
  What is Your Problem with the Death Lottery?

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• Governor Abbott: “Until the Biden [junta] does its job and provides Texans and the American people with sustainable border security, Texas will continue doing more than any other state in the nation’s history to defend against an invasion along the border, including adding more sanctuary cities like Philadelphia as drop-off locations for our busing strategy.”
  Philadelphia-Bound Migrant Bus Departs from Texas Border
  
• "Prior to the Biden [junta], monthly arrests at the border rarely exceeded 100,000. In October 2020, for example, roughly 45,000 illegal border-crossers were arrested by CBP. But now it has become commonplace. Every month since March, arrests have surpassed 200,000."
  October’s Border Arrests Are the Third Highest in U.S. History

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• And NBC suspends its reporter for actually reporting the facts.
  Report: Body Cam Footage Shows Paul Pelosi Opened Door For Police, Contradicting DOJ’s Claims
  
• "Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva conceded Tuesday to former Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, who comes with a long list of Democratic establishment endorsements."
  Los Angeles County Sheriff Concedes Re-Election Race; Slams Local Media, Political Establishment
  
• In a communication from the mayor's office, the city will "expand its use of civilians in some roles within the Philadelphia Police Department. This landmark change will support public safety by allowing for redeployment of uniformed resources to areas of need."
  Philadelphia Cop Shortage Has City Appointing Civilians for Police Work
  
• "The 15-year-old Oak Park, Michigan, high school student allegedly used the photos as blackmail to extort money, among other things, from fellow students, WXYZ reported. The teen purportedly obtained explicit photos and videos of his schoolmates by pretending to be a girl online. His charade came to halt, however, when one of his victims sought help from his mother after the 15-year-old suspect threatened to release send his nudes publicly, according to the outlet."
  Police Arrest 15-Year-Old For Allegedly Catfishing Fellow Students, Threatening To Expose Explicit Photos of Them

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• Yellen’s comments come less than a week after Biden told reporters at a Nov. 9 press conference that Musk’s connection to the Saudis, who gained a roughly 4% stake in Twitter after investing roughly $1.9 billion into the mogul’s $44 billion acquisition of the platform, was “worth being looked at.”
  Biden’s Treasury Secretary Pours Cold Water On Dem Hopes Of Musk Investigation: ‘No Basis’
  
• "Officials claimed that since at least 2014, Google has deceived users about what times it was tracking them and violated consumer protection laws in doing so. It secretly tracked them when they thought they weren’t sharing their location, and then used the information for online marketers to sell ads."
  Google Agrees to $391.5 Million Settlement in Location Tracking Case
  
• Dennis Prager: "There is no important area of left-right difference in which the Left does not call for shutting down dissent."
  Between Left and Right, How Do You Know Which Side Isn’t Telling the Truth?

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• ". . . some Oregon sheriffs are saying that they do not intend to enforce the new law."
  Oregon Sheriffs Circle the Wagons Over New Gun Law

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "The Florida governor shows conservatives how to break the teachers’ union stranglehold on local school boards."
  Schooled by DeSantis
  
• "Muslim parents showed up to protest the titles."
  Michigan School District Removes Pornographic Books After Muslim Community Outrage
  
• "No matter the electoral outcome, parents have been energized about their children’s education in ways they never have been before. That bodes well for the future as teachers’ unions and liberal groups have now been placed on alert and are fielding their own candidates and pouring millions of dollars into these races. The fight has just begun."
  Fight for Anti-Woke School Boards Will Continue After Mixed Electoral Results

  ABORTION

• “The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade through their decision in Dobbs, and therefore, state lawmakers have the constitutional prerogative to completely abolish the horrific scandal of abortion,” Brandt said. “This judge is clearly wrong, and I suspect the ruling will be swiftly corrected by a higher court.”
  Judge Overturns Georgia Heartbeat Bill Banning Abortion After Six-Weeks
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "This is what judicial tyranny looks like."
  Judge “Overturns” Georgia Abortion Ban Based on Constitutional Interpretation That No Longer Exists

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEIST & AFTERMATH

• And if the court grants it, is it still cheating, or something far worse?
  Wife-Beating Slumlord Warnock, DSCC Sue to Allow for Extra Day of Early Voting in Georgia Senate Runoff
  
• "Welcome to the new normal."
  Republicans Better Get Good at What Democrats Do, and Quick

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• "The ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ would open the floodgates for leftists to wage an all-out legal assault against any American obeying the Word of God."
  GOP Senators’ Top Priority After Failed Midterms is Helping Democrats Trample the Meaning of Marriage
  
• "How a blasphemous French priest mirrors 'Catholic' Democrats."
  Rap & Hip Hop on the Altar of the Most High

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "Democrat lashes out as church's eviction scandal takes center stage in runoff battle."
  ‘Vicious and Venomous’: Ebenezer Baptist Slumlord Raphael Warnock Says Critics of His Church’s Evictions Are Attacking Jesus
  
• "Maybe if people read more books they’d have seen Sam Bankman-Fried coming."
  The Lost Art of Spotting Sociopaths

  2022 MIDTERMS AFTERMATH

• "The outcome of most enduring concern in Tuesday’s midterms was the Left’s total victory among the young."
  The Kids Are Not All Right
  
• Deroy Murdock: "There’s still one vital, final race to be decided."
  Midterm Elections: The Red Whirlpool Still Swirls With Uncertainty
  
• "Assessing another shock victory for the party of Joe Biden."
  Liberalism's Big Year
  
• "Stronger parties would give us better candidates."
  The Virtues of Smoke-Filled Rooms
  
• "Why they are wrong."
  Progressives Claim Mandate From Mid-Term Elections

  POLITICS

• "The vote occurred on a secret ballot and McCarthy only needed a simple majority. McCarthy faced one challenger, Republican Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs. He will need to receive the support of 218 GOP members to win the floor vote on Jan. 3, the first day of the new Congress."
  Kevin McCarthy Wins GOP Nomination for Speaker of the House, Will Need More Support Ahead of January
  
• "After a colossal failure in the midterms, the Republican Party desperately needs to overhaul its leadership. We can worry about 2024 later."
  Now is the Time to Boot Failed GOP Leaders, Not Bicker About Trump vs. DeSantis
  
• “Republican voters expect and deserve to know our plan to promote and advance conservative values… That is why I am running to be Republican Leader,” Scott explained in a letter.
  Mike Braun, Ron Johnson Back Rick Scott for Senate Republican Leader
  
• "Kevin McCarthy reduced to begging."
  Asking Henry to Join Us
  
• "The race was called for Kiley after the GOP secured victories in five key House districts in California and Arizona on Monday night."
  Trump-Backed Kevin Kiley Puts Republicans over Top to House Majority as Number 218
  
• “[She has] told a few reporters in the past that she’s not thought about it, and has no intention of seeking the position,” one of Feinstein’s aides cut in, before turning to the Senator. “That’s what you’ve told reporters,” the aide said. “I don’t know what you’re saying,” Feinstein told the staffer.
  89-Year-Old Dianne Feinstein Turned Down Position Third in Line to Presidency, But Forgot All About It in Interview
  * * * * *

• "America's comeback starts right now." (didn't he say that coming down the escalator in 2015? - jjs)
  Donald Trump Announces 2024 Run for President
  
• Jeffrey Lord: "The battle for the soul of the GOP begins. Again."
  Trump vs. the GOP Establishment
  
• "Historically, . . . former presidents have not performed well. Four have attempted to make their way back into office: three of them failed to receive their party’s nomination and only one succeeded."
  Third Time’s The Charm? Former Presidents Who Have Tried Again
  
• "New Hampshire's Chris Sununu dismisses former president hours before expected campaign announcement."
  Sununu: ‘Nobody’s Gonna Care’ About Trump’s Campaign Launch
  
• “We focused on results and leadership. And, you know, at the end of the day, I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night.”
  Ron DeSantis Laughs Off Trump: "You Take Incoming Fire" When You Get Stuff Done
  
• "It’s not our job as political professionals to coronate leaders from the top down, and if we didn’t learn that in 2016, we never will."
  Trump Won’t Be Defeated By Media, Conservative Or Otherwise
  
• "His election was a wonderful thing, but he still hasn’t learned all the lessons he needs to be an effective candidate and president."
  It’s Time for Donald Trump to Redirect His Talent and Energy
  * * * * *

• "Like a funeral home director on trial for desecrating a corpse (multiple counts)."
  UPDATE: "Lumpy" Fetterman Wears Suit to Capitol, Looks Terrible
  
• "Calling this 'clown world' is a gross understatement."
  The Left’s Response to Fetterman Puts a Spotlight on Insanity
  
• "He’s the living embodiment of the Democrat Party. They should own him."
  Fetterman 2024: It’s a No-Brainer
  
• "Michiganders are in for a slew of rude surprises, as the 'moderates' they elected begin to reveal their real face."
  Michigan Democrats Are More Radical Than Voters Realize
  
• "It remains to be seen whether Michelle Obama plans to run for elective office, but her book tour, her appearance on Colbert, and what she said on air is prompting speculation."
  Is Michelle Obama Running for Office? 'I Had to...Find My Purpose Again'

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Explosions have been reported in the town of Przewodów in Lublin province on Tuesday at around 3:40 pm, killing two people at a grain dryer, with the Associated Press claiming that a “senior U.S. intelligence official” has attributed them to Russian missiles landing inside Poland — a NATO member-state.
  SHOT: Deadly Explosions in Polish Town Near Ukraine Border, U.S. Blames Russian Missiles
  
• The rocket attack came amidst a flurry of strikes carried out by Russia in Ukraine on Tuesday, attacks Biden condemned as “totally unconscionable.”
  CHASER: Biden Says It’s "Unlikely" Missile That Hit Poland Came "From Russia"
  
• "It appears that there’s a growing force of privately-held ground units headed by a man with his own agenda. Sleep tight, Comrade Putin."
  The Liberation of Kherson Is More Important Than We're Being Told
  
• "The United States is the only credible peacemaker capable of stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine." (Stop it? DC wants it to expand! - jjs)
  How Washington Can End the War

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Robert Spencer: "Once again, it’s hard to escape the conclusion that the White House, like Biden himself on so very many occasions, is not being entirely honest with us. And why should Biden’s handlers tell us the truth? The midterms showed that they pay only a small price at best for constantly lying to us. So Joe will keep on pretending to be spry and energetic, and the media sycophants will keep covering for him, and everything will continue as before. At least for now."
  Nap Time? Biden Unexpectedly Skips Key Dinner at G-20 Summit
  
• "Saying he was in Colombia when he was in Cambodia was the easy part."
  From Egypt to Bali, Biden Stumbles Abroad
  
• "The protesters in the streets of Iran have one common goal."
  Iranians Are Protesting Far More Than Hijabs
  
• The Times of Israel: “The US decision represents an about-face after the Biden [junta] insisted for months that it would not be opening its own investigation.” 
  Biden DOJ, FBI Launch Probe Against Israel in Al Jazeera Reporter’s Death During Palestinian Ambush
  
• Turk Turdogan: “We do not see Hamas as a terrorist organization.”
  Erdogan Outraged By ‘Terror’ From the PKK, But Not From Hamas

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Right now, Wray and his overlords are the greatest threat to whatever is left of America as founded. Meh, the Chi-Coms probably control them.
  FBI Director Wray: China Could Use TikTok to ‘Control Software on Millions’ of Americans’ Devices
  
• "According to company documents publicly filed in Russia and reviewed by Reuters, Pushwoosh is headquartered in the Siberian town of Novosibirsk."
  Russian Software Falsely Labeled as ‘American’ Found in Apps Used by U.S. Army, CDC

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "After almost eighteen years of development and almost sixty billion dollars, NASA tonight finally completed the first unmanned test launch of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, lifting off at 1:41 am (Eastern)."
  NASA’s SLS rocket successfully launches Orion toward the Moon
  
• "While the mission of the two sample return helicopters to grab Perseverance’s sample cores will be quite exciting, a helicopter journey in the solar system’s largest canyon will top it by quite a lot."
  Martian Helicopters of the Future (they opened for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at the Bottom Line in '74 - jjs)

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "Leftist women’s organizations are working tirelessly to end a legal theory that, when first applied, protected their right to vote."
  Do the Leftist Women Rallying Against This Legal Theory Realize it Gave Them the Right to Vote?
  
• Of course.
  Man Wins Title at Elite Women’s Cycling Tournament

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "Identity politics aims to humiliate ‘whites’ by constantly accusing them of their presumed ancestors’ role in things they didn’t do themselves."
  The ‘Whiteness’ Smear is Really an Attack on Private Life, Relationships, and Universal Values
  
• "America needs a conservative theory of class."
  “Who’s Going to Clean it Up?”
  
• "Many comments about the appearance of Dave Chappelle on Saturday Night Live this past week missed the point."
  Can Dave Chappelle Save Free Speech?
  
• Christian Toto: "Actor's Fox Nation series Yellowstone One-Fifty embraces conservative crowd."
  Costner Reaches Out to Yellowstone's Red-State Faithful
  
• Humberto Fontova: "The truth about a mass murderer."
  A Famous Rock Star Denounces Che Guevara

  HITHER & YON

• "Why should movies only be viewed through the lens of a critic?"
  The Hasty Hearts of Reagan’s Critics
  
• "These three women have helped us better understand liberty."
  Exploring Freedom’s Furies

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