The Morning Report — 7/14/23

Good morning, kids. Happy Bastille Day. Too bad the Islamo-Marxists in France couldn't have waited a week to set fire to the country. What timing that would've been, eh? And speaking of 714, somewhere through our fistful of quaaludes-induced nightmare, the specter of mushroom clouds in the east suddenly looms quite large:

[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden issued an executive order late Thursday that orders ready 3,000 U.S. army reservists in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, which “provides rotational deployments of combat-credible forces to Europe” especially related to the 2014 Russia invasion of Crimea. The operation has been designated a “contingency operation”, according to Army Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II, Joint Staff director of operations. “This new designation benefits troops and families with increases in authorities, entitlements and access to the reserve component forces and personnel,” Sims said. “This [executive order] reaffirms the unwavering support and commitment to defend NATO‘s eastern flank in the wake of Russia’s illegal and unprovoked war on Ukraine,” Sims said.

Wait, what? "NATO's eastern flank?" Forgetting the geography for a moment, does any sane person believe Russia is going to imminently launch an unprovoked attack on the member nations that border Ukraine? Because, for those not in the know, Ukraine is NOT in NATO. Seriously, this is absolute madness. It should be noted that we would not be in this situation had we a) not insisted Ukraine hand over its leftover Soviet nukes in exchange for Chamberlain-esque guarantees and more crucially b) shredding our promise in the Russians' face that we would not expand NATO to the east.

Do these criminals not realize that this is not Moammar Qaddafi, Saddam Hussein or Slobodan Milosovic? This is Vladimir Putin and Russia. You know, the former Soviet Union that still possesses an arsenal of nuclear weapons up to and including intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with multiple warheads.

Of course, instead of looking at Vladimir Putin, let's instead take a look at our now Bladder-Leak Puddin, the pervert criminal who was installed into the White House and ostensibly the figurehead of this monstrous shit-show. If we're sending troops to Ukraine, then when did this happen?

[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden claims Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has “already lost Ukraine,” though Russian forces continue to occupy around a fifth of its territory, and a much-anticipated counter-offensive has produced minimal gains at the cost of many Western weapons systems which were supposed to be “game-changing”. . .

. . .The backwards declaration of victory may end up being somewhat of a Bush-style “Mission Accomplished” moment for Biden, as the U.S. and NATO continue to be drawn into the conflict with very little to show for it. Biden’s bar for success in war may be fairly low, however. The President previously hailed his Saigon-style withdrawal from Afghanistan, which saw dozens of American soldiers killed or injured by a suicide bomber – and an Afghan aid worker and seven children murdered when he authorized a retaliatory drone strike on the wrong target – as an “extraordinary success.”

We can alternately laugh and gasp at the abject incompetence of this junta but, as was fully demonstrated by the testimony of Christopher Wray the other day, they don't care. They're in control and they know it. And there isn't a damned thing we can do about it. In political terms this criminal blundering will have zero consequences because the game which installed Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants in the first place is rigged. From where I sit I don't see how anyone is going to beat either him or whoever replaces him if that eventuality occurs in the next 16 months.

3,000 reservists to Europe. That alone is going to not fill the Russians with girlish glee, to say the least. Does anyone really think that not a one of them is going to step over the border into Ukraine? Does anyone think that there is a better than even chance that we already have military and/or intel assets on the ground there? Seriously, what are they playing at here? It can't really be wagging the dog since as I stated, the election is in the bag. Is it just about the money?

On June 5th, the neo-liberal POLITICO news website published an open letter entitled ‘Ukraine Needs a Roadmap to NATO Membership ASAP‘, calling for Western leaders at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania this week to commit to supplying Ukraine with weapons, fighter jets, and tanks in “sufficient quantities to prevail on the battlefield."

The letter argued that Western leaders should help facilitate a “comprehensive transition” of the weapons systems being used in the war against Russia up to “NATO standards."

. . . Although POLITICO listed the names of the 46 ‘foreign policy experts’ and claimed to have outlined their “affiliations”, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft — which argues for a less interventionist U.S. foreign policy — claimed that at least 21 of the signatories currently have connections to the military-industrial complex that were left unmentioned by the news outlet.

Another to have their defence industry affiliations overlooked was Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark, who led the President Clinton-ordered NATO bombing campaign of Yugoslavia in the Kosovo War dubbed Operation Allied Force. The article describes Clark as a “U.S. Army, 12th Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center” while failing to mention his role as a senior board and company adviser at Vaya Space, which stated that Clark was hired to “support investment in and expansion of Vaya Space’s new technologies to the highly attractive Space (launch) and Defense (strategic and tactical missile) landscape.”

The investigation from the think tank also noted that numerous signatories have roles at the Atlantic Council think tank, which is funded in part by some of the top American arms manufacturers, including Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon.

One such example noted by the publication was ex-George W. Bush diplomat Paula Dobriansky, who was merely described by POLITICO as “Former under-secretary of state for global affairs”, despite her now serving as the Vice Chair of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

Remember now that this is Ukraine, arguably among the most if not the most corrupt government on the planet (with us coming up fast). It's current regime was installed via an Orange Revolution organized by Foggy Bottom bottom dweller Victoria Nuland among others, in which Joe Biden as well as other notable politicians and their kin have wet their beaks via Burisma in particular to the tune of multi-millions. And hundreds of millions of dollars in aid sent to Zelensky remains unaccounted for, including weapons sent to bolster his army that instead were supposedly sold on the black market.

You can bet your ass the Big Guy got his 10 per cent, big time. But did these geniuses pause for even a second to ponder how they're going to spend all that lucre when half the world goes up in flames if Putin, or even one of his hothead Strategic Rocket Force officers, Gen. Georgi D. Ripper-ov gives the go code?

Have a good weekend, and just a quick thanks to those who've hit the tip jar. We send notes to acknowledge but sometimes they bounce back, so thank you!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "It's not why some may think."
  Why I Use the Phrase ‘Judeo-Christian’

THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
• “This [executive order] reaffirms the unwavering support and commitment to defend NATO‘s eastern flank in the wake of Russia’s illegal and unprovoked war on Ukraine,” Sims said.
  Biden Orders 3,000 Army Reservists Ready for European Deployment
  
• Apparently even the mainstream media agrees with our own assessment of the Ukrainian leader having thrown a “tantrum”as he complained about the “weak” and “absurd” NATO stance on Ukraine’s membership.
  “War Effort in Shambles as Hawks Turn on Each Other” at NATO Summit
  
• "The backwards declaration of victory may end up being somewhat of a Bush-style 'Mission Accomplished' moment for Biden, as the U.S. and NATO continue to be drawn into the conflict with very little to show for it."
  Biden Declares Victory in Ukraine, With 20% of The Country Still Under Russian Control
  
• Although POLITICO listed the names of the 46 ‘foreign policy experts’ and claimed to have outlined their “affiliations”, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft — which argues for a less interventionist U.S. foreign policy — claimed that at least 21 of the signatories currently have connections to the military-industrial complex that were left unmentioned by the news outlet.
  Half of POLITICO Letter ‘Foreign Policy Experts’ Calling for More Arms to Ukraine Tied to Arms Industry: Report

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• "Biden and some of his associates were potentially “engaging in registrable lobbying activity,” and one email indicates that Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations could have been occurring outside of the exchanges, a FARA expert who reviewed the emails told the Caller."
  Hunter Biden Worked To Secure US Visa For Ukrainian Oligarch Allegedly Involved In Suspected Bribery Scheme
  
• "It was extraordinary."
  Government Officials Were Stunned by 'Startling' Spike in Chinese Donations to UPenn After Biden Think Tank Opened
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• "The FBI lab couldn’t find fingerprints or sufficient DNA on the cocaine bag." (Rubbing our noses in it, pun intended - jjs)
  Secret Service Ending White House Cocaine Investigation into Hunter Biden's Cocaine
  
• "This anti-climatic conclusion should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the caper since its origins on Sunday, July 2. From the beginning, the bureaucrats tasked with naming the nose candy signaled their investigation would be short-lived and produce no perp."
  Cocaine Cover-Up? Secret Service Shrugs Off White House White Powder Investigation Over Alleged Lack Of DNA
  
• "You could probably count them on one hand."
  World’s Shortest Book: ‘The Promises I Kept,’ By So-Called Quote-Unquote "president" Joe Biden
  
• "Out of a campaign that was built on a ‘return to normalcy,’ the American people have received a very abnormal few years under Joe Biden."
  10 Abnormal Things Biden’s ‘Return To Normalcy’ Brought Americans
  
• "Republicans have been targeting Hunter Biden, a tiny fish in multimillion dollar international protection rocket who may not even be fit for prosecution. Thus far, he has served as a distraction from investigating the senior-level perpetrator(s)."
  In Defense of Hunter Biden
  
• The gall of this shyster to claim Trump's words cause harm in the wake of the bombs, knives and bullets that we have endured from the Left is just radiant - jjs
  Hunter Biden’s Lawyer Sends Cease-And Desist Letter Over Trump Rhetoric

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• How fucking delusional does this filthy supertanker-sized load of diseased feces have to be to imagine he's going to be waddling into the Oval Office come January '25?
  Krispy Kreme Kreosote: "Can’t Imagine" Pardoning Trump in Documents Case

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• Margot Cleveland: "Here’s everything you need to know from the hearing."
  Top 10 Takeaways From FBI Director Christopher Wray’s House Judiciary Testimony
  
• He sure is, asshole! He's doing his best to act as a Gestapo chief in protecting a criminal illegitimate dictatorship that hijacked the country, and persecuting anyone who threatens its power, you mutt.
  Republican Ken Buck: FBI Director Christopher Wray Is "Doing His Very Best"
  
• “Yesterday, FBI Director Wray sat here for almost five hours and put up with continual questions attacking his patriotism and his judgment. It was amazing the hypocrisy that was shown. And yet every member of this panel who was here on January 6th, 2021 knows that the government was weaponized on that day, as I say nuclearized, to overthrow the government. And yet they had the hutzpah, the audacity, the lack of integrity to question Wray’s judgment." (Thanks for the projection, scumbag. Now go to hell - jjs)
  'Shut Up': Steve Cohen Snaps During Hearing While Criticizing Lawmakers About Jan. 6
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• "And the deconstruction story is really something. At the center of this narrative switcheroo is non-other than Ray Epps."
  And Just Like That, It's No Longer an Insurrection
  
• "Anyone who cares about free speech should ignore characterizations that make routine political disagreements seem ‘dangerous’ and worthy of government attention."
  Government Takes Cues from Leftist SPLC To Bully Opponents Like Moms For Liberty
  
• "While the arresting officer escorted Baker out to the police vehicle, the trans-identified criminal chanted: "Trans rights are human rights. One struggle one fight." "Our existence is our resistance," Baker added, while the officer informed him that he was being placed under arrest.'
  Infamous activist who called for violence against women at London 'trans pride' event while waving Antifa flag ARRESTED
  
• "Here’s the conundrum facing the left: If the left and their ideology/religion is so superior to everyone else’s, then why are they constantly showing their insecurity about it when presented with anyone that might not agree with them?It’s probably because they don’t want to have to eventually admit their entire worldview is a lie. And furthermore, I wonder what kind of rhetoric from the left could have motivated — or better yet, incited — leftists to confront and harass Trump supporters."
  'Tolerance': TikTok Video Shows White Man Harassing Black Trump Supporter
  
• Robert Zimmerman: "Cruz’s actions are typical of our conservative leadership for decades. They are good at magnanimity and good will, but know nothing of resolution or defiance. To them, there is no war, and defeat is really just another word for victory. We are in a war however, and we have been losing that war now for more than a century. We have reached a point where a sizable part of the American population thinks it is okay to imprison its opponents, even as it firmly supports censorship and blacklisting."
  Repost: Freedom is under siege, and the besiegers have now told us they have no mercy
  
• "The transition from incompetence to intentionality is quite a shift."
  Bureaucratic and Political Ineptitude Gave Way to Institutionalized Lying

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

• "The establishment articles also portray migration as a logistics issue — how can migrants be quickly registered, released, and transported northwards? — instead of an elite economic policy that is intended to transfer wealth from ordinary Americans to wealthy coastal investors."
  Establishment Media Hide Joe Biden’s Migrant Inflow
  
• Cruz moves the nominees should be “favorably” reported, but then announces he and others are against some. All in all, this appears to be another example of Republican failure theater.
  Senate Committee Approves Biden’s FCC Nominees
  
• "Musk made 'several requests' to meet with FTC Chair Lina Khan for a meeting to get a better understanding of the agency’s concerns, but Khan only agreed to consider one if Twitter complied with all of the FTC’s requests, the filing says."
  Twitter Asks Court To Rein In ‘Out Of Control’ FTC Inquiry
  
• "The discovery and the low-energy media reaction to it hasn’t helped public trust in federal institutions and journalism giants."
  Cocaine in the White House
  
• "He’s clearly frustrated and delusional over social media refusing to play ball with him."
  Trudeau's censorship bill backfires as social media companies pull out of Canada
  
• "One rule for thee . . ."
  The Huw Edwards Saga
  
• "If the leftists have their way, criticizing government narratives may get you locked up…in a mental hospital." (just like Aleksander Solzhenitsyn told us - jjs)
  Woke Neo-Marxist Hard Left Declares First Amendment a Psychological Disorder

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Hat tip to commenter MTF who notes, "Don't usually read HotGas, but whoever wrote this makes excellent points. I've seen this no where else, even in oil industry rags."
  https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/07/12/cpi-notes-bidens-draining-off-the-spr-like-a-giant-with-a-straw-n564223
  
• "Okay friend, let’s get you back to bed and leave the thinking to the conservatives."
  Buffoon Alert: WaPo Staffer Announces Solutions for National Debt Crisis

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

• Robert Spencer: "After a while, cool homes in July will be a dim memory, just as affordable homes for single-income families are now. Prosperous and comfortable America will retreat into the past, and Americans won’t have time to be nostalgic, as they’ll be too busy guarding their meager, stiflingly hot apartments from the thieves and robbers that Democrat politicians have released from prisons or never jailed in the first place. They’ll barely have time to pause for a quick lunch of grasshoppers and beetles."
  Biden Regime Making Americans Sweat, Moves to Make Air Conditioning a Thing of the Past
  
• "Kerry faced follow-up questions from Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL), who reminded the witness he was under oath as the lawmaker entered into the record a Fox News report from February that said Kerry’s family sold their private jet, a Gulfstream GIV-SP, to a New York based-hedge fund after it made headlines for how many trips it took and its estimated hundreds of metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions since the start of the Biden [junta]."
  John Kerry Fumes Over Private Jet Question, Gets Checked Under Oath
  
• Douglas Murray: "Why the long face, John Kerry?  The former Secretary of State and current 'Climate Czar' looked most unhappy yesterday as he appeared before a Congressional hearing. No wonder. It seems Kerry never expected to actually be questioned about his special role."
  "Climate Czar" John Kerry Can't Answer a Question About His Own Staff — Let Alone His Private Jet

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "Prior research has found that offering Obamacare to illegal aliens would cost American taxpayers about $4,600 per illegal alien. Such an estimate indicates that taxpayers could be charged about $2.8 billion every year to provide Obamacare to every DACA illegal alien."
  Republicans: ‘Unimaginable’ for Biden to Open Obamacare to Illegal Aliens with 25 Million Uninsured Americans
  
• "Biden says he can let in anyone he wants."
  Turning Immigration Law on Its Head
  
• "Border Patrol recorded more than 149,000 encounters with illegal migrant children crossing the southern border as unaccompanied minors in fiscal year 2022, a surge from the more than 30,000 encounters in fiscal year 2020, according to federal data."
  Biden's HHS Secretary Dismisses Claims The Agency Lost Tens Of Thousands Of Migrant Children
  
• "To have a fighting chance at a second term, Biden must balance reassuring swing voters of his commitment to border security first and foremost while supporting the permissive immigration policy the left demands."(Pfft! Anyway, someone should tell Andy Stein and Doug Schoen that all those migrants receive instant Democrat voter registration and ballots conveniently filled in for Biden - jjs)
  How Biden Risks Losing in 2024 Over Failure to Stop Migrant Surge

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "Glasgow and his half-brother Al didn’t spend a lot of time together when they were younger. Glasgow spent the 1980s as a crack addict, which wouldn’t be a good look for his up-and-coming, race-baiting brother. Conversely, Al Sharpton started his filthy career representing race hoaxer Tawana Brawley and the 'Central Park 5' rape suspects, which didn’t go over well in the South when Glasgow was living [sic]"
  All in the Family: Al Sharpton's Brother Gets 30 Months in the Slammer

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• "Messages sent by scientists who contributed to the paper revealed that the report’s conclusion was a product of politics and deception rather than honest scientific rigor, however."
  House GOP Accidentally Releases Heap Of Hidden Messages On Conspiracy To Suppress Lab Leak Theory
  
• Germany has another 120 million doses in stock yet will no doubt be forced to discard those too. Despite having one of the highest vaccination rates in Europe – 228.68 per 100 people – the number of Germans willing to get [Chinese] COVID-19 vaccines is as low as 268 per week, with no signs of that changing.
  Germany to Scrap Up to 200 Million Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines
  
• "The [Chinese] Covid-19 bivalent booster is being forced on low-risk medical students, while CDC and hospital workers are not mandated to receive it."
  Low-Risk Medical School Students are Being Forced to Get the Chinese Covid Booster
  
• "Congressional hopeful Liz Whitmer Gereghty said playing high school sports would not be 'equitable.'"
  Sister Telepathy? As Wretched Whitmer Endorsed Chinese COVID Sports Shutdown, So Did Her Sibling

  SCOTUS ABOLISHES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

• "Affirmative action carried a stigma for black and Hispanic students that should now, thankfully, subside."
  Soft Bigotry
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: "Nearly 30 years after voters eliminated racial preferences in college admissions."
  California’s Quest to Restore Institutional Racism

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "The classics are out, Gender Queer is in."
  The NEA’s Recommended Summer Reading is All About Social Justice
  
• "St. Philip’s is a public community college with extensive funding from federal and state sources. It seems that the Texas legislature should take a look at that funding, and considering eliminating it. This college might think it is free to censor and bully whoever it wants to, but there is no reason the taxpayer should fund such thuggery."
  Enthusiastic censorship and blacklisting at St. Philip’s College in Texas
  
• The complaint, obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, names Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for allegedly engaging in race-based discrimination through a program designed to “directly respon[d] to the unique needs of Black students.” The “black student achievement plan” allocates resources such as “school grants” and “Historically Black Colleges and Universities Tours” within the district through a race-based tiered system, the complaint alleges.
  California’s Largest School District Slapped With Complaint Over ‘Black Student Achievement Plan’
  
• “The Nova Wellness Center offers no cost comprehensive, trauma-informed, and gender affirming care, conveniently at the school,” the Nova Wellness Center states on the school’s official website. The Meany Health Center also touts offering its “medical and behavioral health services at no cost, conveniently at the school.”
  Seattle Public School Students Get Free ‘Gender Affirming Care’ at Campus Health Centers
  
• “The poll was conducted in June and found only 36 percent of Americans have ‘a great deal’ or ‘quite a lot’ of confidence in higher education, down about 20 percentage points from eight years ago.”
  Gallup: Confidence in Higher Education at Historic Low
  
• "The government’s failure to educate America’s youth has created opportunities for real change."
  Education Has Reached Peak Absurdity, But There Is Hope

  ABORTION

• "Abortion activists are campaigning against a proposed Ohio rule that would increase the threshold to approve a constitutional amendment to 60%, despite having similar rules in their own organizations."
  Abortion Activists Upset About Constitutional Rules They Require In Their Own Orgs
  
• "I’m really tired of people acting like birth control pills are the only way to prevent pregnancy. Last time I checked condoms are readily available. Abstinence is always available!"
  FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
  
• The legislation prohibits abortions after the unborn child’s heart begins beating – around six weeks – with exceptions for rape, incest, fetal abnormalities “incompatible with life”, as well as threats to the life of health of the mother.
  Iowa’s Abortion Ban Contains Long-Demanded Exceptions, But Planned Parenthood is Freaking Out Anyway

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• "Appellate Division says state’s highest court (Court of Appeals) prior ruling throwing out Democrat partisan gerrymandering only applied to 2022 cycle, so Democrats get to try again."
  NY Dems Get Another Run at Redistricting Republicans Out of Existence After Mid-Level Appeals Court Orders New Mapping
  
• ". . . rancid scheming and partisan manipulation of the courts has New York on the verge of becoming a permanent one-party state, despite the clear language of the Constitution and the voters’ clear, repeated demands for fairness."
  Will Courts Endorse endorse NY Democrats’ Gerrymandering War on Democracy?

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "The Associated Press reported that the main reason that her wealth has surged is because of the books that she has written." (and pay-for-play pimped. But Clarence Thomas merely knowing a billionaire is high treason, right? - jjs)
  Supreme Court Justice’s Net Worth Skyrockets Since Joining The Court: Report
  
• "Senate Democrats' diversity study finds one of their own has an affinity for all-white spaces." (doesn't he still belong to a whites-only country club? - jjs)
  Whorehouse's White Office: Rhode Island Senator Has One of the Least Diverse Dem Staffs

  POLITICS

• "Those who are placing the calls to the prospective Democrat candidates are telling them that despite what 80-year-old Biden has said, and despite launching his campaign, he actually will not run for [another term as puppet] president."
  Top Democrats Reach Out To Potential Biden Replacements, Claim He’s Not Running
  
• "Of course, the only reason the left-wing Page Six ran with this story was to embarrass RFK Jr., who’s making a serious run at Joe Biden, who presided over a cheese-cutting ceremony of his own in 2021 — in front of the duchess of Cornwall, of all people."
  Guest at RFK Jr. Dinner Silences Climate Alarmist With a Single Fart
  
• "Despite DeSantis’ accomplishments as governor, his story simply isn’t as compelling as Trump’s – or, frankly, as remarkable."
  DeSantis Down
  
• "Ron DeSantis’ Wisconsin fundraiser earlier this week was hosted by a leading Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Paul Ryan donor, who twice served as chairman of Goldman Sachs. Donors to the Governor of Florida are yet to see a return for the millions they’ve provided, however. DeSantis is currently at an all-time low in delegate support across the country, with some supporters, including the Murdochs, contemplating going elsewhere."
  DeSantis’ Hamptons Crisis Meet Features World Economic Forum, CCP-Linked Mega Money
  
• “Both parties are dominated by an ‘extreme center.’” (Both? RUFKM? - jjs)
  Ron DeSantis Is the GOP’s Liz Warren
  
• "Republican voters’ preference for presidential also-rans over new blood is an electoral Achilles’ heel." (the author assumes Trump legitimately lost 2020 - jjs)
  The Allure of Last Time’s Loser
  
• "At this critical juncture, the GOP can either hitch its wagon to the likes of Notorious MTG (and the Freedom Caucus, for that matter), or it can follow the Romney Squish wing of the party off the cliff into oblivion. There’s probably no beer in oblivion, so Notorious MTG it is for me."
  Marjorie Taylor Greene Doesn't Care Whom She Offends and It's Glorious

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Robert Spencer: "If we’re going to have a figurehead, it would be nice at least to have a convincing one."
  Biden's Gaffe Machine Is in High Gear at NATO Summit
  
• Kerry’s behavior, Waltz said, "undermined current administration diplomacy." At the time Kerry met with Zarif, then-president Donald Trump was working to kill the nuclear accord and reimpose tough sanctions on Tehran. Kerry’s meetings drew widespread scrutiny after Zarif claimed the former secretary of state passed him sensitive information about Israeli strikes in Syria. (Highly illegal; he should be thrown into Leavenworth for the rest of his miserable existence - jjs)
  WATCH: Kerry Defends Secret Meetings With Iran During Trump Admin
  
• "The UK is one of China’s main targets due to its close relationship with the United States as well as the UK’s position as an 'opinion former,' claims the Intelligence and Security Committee’s chairman, Julian Lewis."
  China Has ‘Aggressively Penetrated’ Whole of UK Economy, Admits Govt.
  
• "Before Zionism and Balfour."
  How Jews Fared in 19th Century "Palestine"

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "This at a time when China is ramping up its Navy capabilities, and while the Biden Administration proposes cutting shipbuilding."
  Nearly 40% of U.S. Attack Submarines are Out of Commission
  
• "The U.S.’ ongoing naval challenges give Red China an opportunity to accumulate more power throughout the Indo-Pacific."
  Is America Losing The Battle For Naval Superiority To Red China?
  
• "Republicans are just catching up on the battlefield."
  Soldiers in the Culture War
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "Racial discrimination is now illegal at Harvard, still legal in the Army."
  Affirmative Action Battle Moves on to the Military

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• "An attorney for the group representing the homeowners criticized the law because it ‘injects . . . uncertainty into coastal landowners’ rights and potentially subjects large areas of previously private lands to public access.’"
  Lawsuit: Rhode Island Law Illegally Seizes Private Beachfront For Public Access
  
• "Remote work policies lead to massive waste of government property."
  Federal Agencies Using Just 25 Percent of Their Office Space, Watchdog Reveals
  
• "One would never know from the new deal that the state had been experiencing an enormous deficit."
  California’s Budget: A Deficit of Common Sense

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "The 39-meter diameter, or 127 feet or 1,535 inches, is about four times larger than the largest telescope that presently exists, the 10-meter telescope in the Canary Islands. By the time ELT begins operations however the 21-meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) in Chile should also be in operation."
  Extremely Large Telescope in Chile marks halfway point in construction

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

• "Laurence Tribe, a constitutional scholar [and lefty douchebag] and professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, told the outlet the move would not successfully ratify the ERA, but instead will serve as a way for Democrats to put Republicans on defense on the abortion issue in order to hurt them politically."
  Dems Attempt To Ram Through New Constitutional Amendment With Creative Legal Maneuver
  
• "This isn’t the first time that the YMCA has been hit with incidents regarding men attempting to change in women’s locker rooms, either. Last year, an 80-year-old woman ended up getting outright banned from her local YMCA for mentioning concerns about a man changing in the women’s locker room." (hat-tip CBD - jjs)
  YMCA Accuses Teen Girl Of Lying After Swim Coach Allegedly Accuses Her Of ‘Hate Speech’ For Not Wanting To Share Locker Room With A Biological Male

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "If there is such a thing as a death spiral for a brand, we might be witnessing it."
  Why Costco Unleashing the 'Death Star' on Bud Light Is Even Worse Than You Think
  
• "The entire children’s book publishing industry — from authors to publishers to librarians — believes it should have the power to control your kids’ minds."
  A Woke Children’s Literature Cabal is Conditioning Your Kid to Be an Obedient Leftist
  
• Christian Toto: "Daily Wire, Blaze TV and Angel Studios prep new films, TV shows."
  Silver Lining: Hollywood Strikes Let Conservative Art Thrive
  
• "The AJC needs to issue a retraction to the article, reprimand Judd, and reassign him away from the UGA beat — if not fire him. But I bet that won’t happen. If the AJC doesn’t retract the irresponsible, unethical reporting, UGA should restrict the paper’s press access to the team. With SEC Media Days coming up next week and a new football season just around the corner, freezing the AJC out would teach the outlet a heck of a lesson."
  University of Georgia Bites Back at Irresponsible, Unethical Newspaper Coverage
  
• "Joy Ride hows how to laugh at and be honest about racial differences without anyone playing the victim."
  Asian-American Comedy Joy Ride Successfully Bypasses the Expected Woke Identity Politics

  HITHER & YON

• “He observed that a good novel is more intelligent than its author.” (he defended Roman Polanski - jjs)
  Eulogist of Eros: Milan Kundera, 1929-2023

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