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Episode 2122 – HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Another example of why we need to close the border rears its ugly head.

Trump and Xi Jinping sign a trade deal. I will still hold my breath on this one, but we can talk about it.

And Greta Thunberg has lost a fan.

These People Don’t Belong Here

According to the Daily Wire:

The FBI prevented a potentially “violent terrorist attack” planned for Halloween weekend and arrested multiple people in Michigan, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday morning. 

Patel did not disclose where exactly the attack was planned to take place or who was allegedly behind it, but he added that more details would be released soon.  

The FBI director thanked the men and women of the FBI and law enforcement everywhere who stand guard 24/7 to “defend the homeland.” 

Fox News has reported:

The Detroit Public Affairs Office confirmed to Fox News that members of the FBI field office in Michigan were in Dearborn and Inkster this morning, but there is no clear indication if this was connected to the thwarted attack.

News of the thwarted plot comes 10 months after Shamsud‑Din Jabbar plowed a pickup truck into New Year’s revelers on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street. Fifteen people were killed and dozens were injured, making it one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in the U.S. since 9/11. 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-thwart-potential-halloween-weekend-terrorist-attack-kash-patel-says?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Brecca+Stoll&category=News&elementPosition=4&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Feds+Thwart+Potential+Halloween+Weekend+Terrorist+Attack%2C+Kash+Patel+Says
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-thwarts-potential-terrorist-attack-arrests-multiple-people-michigan-patel-says

Another Win…I Hope

The latest China-United States trade deal, reached in late October 2025, is a one-year truce that temporarily eases tensions between the two nations by suspending certain tariffs and export controls, while introducing new agreements related to rare earth elements, agricultural purchases, and fentanyl controls.

Key Elements of the 2025 Trade Truce

  • The United States agreed to cut tariffs on fentanyl-related goods from 20% to 10%, lowering the overall tariff burden on Chinese imports to roughly 47% (from a previous average of 57%); a threatened 100% tariff has been suspended.
  • China agreed to suspend its new export controls on rare earth elements for one year, effective immediately, which had been a major source of contention in recent months.
  • Both sides will halt reciprocal port tariffs on each other’s ships for 12 months, aiming to facilitate smoother logistics.
  • China committed to ramping up purchases of American agricultural products, especially soybeans, and will boost imports of U.S. energy, with a possible transaction for Alaskan oil mentioned in talks.
  • The agreement features expanded cooperation to limit fentanyl and its precursors, with China pledging to undertake more efforts to curb illegal shipments to the U.S..
  • The U.S. will temporarily suspend certain export controls related to national security, specifically delaying an expansion of the ‘entity list,’ which restricts Chinese companies’ access to American technology.
  • The two sides reaffirm previous commitments, such as those made in the Madrid consultations, involving corporate cases and broader cooperation.

Unresolved Details and Longer-Term Issues

  • The rare earths agreement is explicitly a one-year temporary deal, with a plan to “regularly extend” as needed.
  • Trade truce remains thin on detailed implementation mechanisms and future steps; analysts caution that many issues—especially on technology, chip exports, and long-term tariff rates—are only temporarily resolved and could return.
  • The U.S. and China have agreed to further dialogue, with additional state visits planned for the first half of 2026.
  • Historical context and existing “Phase One” deal elements—regarding intellectual property, technology transfer, and agricultural purchases—remain operative but are not fully absorbed into this new truce.

Table: Summary of 2025 Deal Terms

Policy AreaU.S. ActionChina ActionDuration
Fentanyl TariffsLowered from 20% to 10% Increased cooperation on illegal chemical exports 1 year
Rare EarthsSuspended new 100% tariff Suspended export controls 1 year
Port TariffsHalted for Chinese vessels Halted for U.S. vessels 1 year
Technology Export ControlsSuspended expansion for 1 year N/A1 year
Agriculture/EnergyNo new tariffs; encourage sales Large soybean and energy purchases 1 year

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-are-the-details-of-the-ch-Mw6uGVQpQM2lLNzMm24BLQ#0

Wow!

According to Business Insider:

Amazon slashed 14,000 jobs this week — not to cut costs or chase AI, but because they didn’t fit the culture.

That’s according to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who shared his thoughts about the layoffs for the first time during the company’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday.

“The announcement that we made a few days ago was not really financially driven, and it’s not even really AI-driven, not right now at least,” Jassy said, referring to the job cuts announced on Tuesday. “It really — it’s culture.”

Jassy’s remark aligns with his broader mission to reshape Amazon’s culture this year, which Business Insider chronicled. He is trying to raise performance standards, enforce discipline, and eliminate bureaucracy.

Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti, announced the cuts on Tuesday in a blog post, explaining that despite the company’s strong performance, it is reducing jobs as a result of AI rapidly changing the world.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-job-cuts-driven-by-culture-not-ai-says-ceo-2025-10

You Don’t Say

Some things:

  • He is proposing mitigation, not prevention.
  • He accepts that the climate is going to change and there is nothing we can do about it.
  • His caring for “human welfare” is new. He is a Malthusianist. He believed that we needed to lower population to prevent climate change. He believed vaccines were a way to do that.
  • Who cares what Greta Thunberg has to say or what she thinks?
  • Greta doesn’t buy climate change anymore either.
  • I do want to point out that he talks about vaccines being for the betterment of humanity. He also thought it was a way to control the population.
  • Climate change has never been about human welfare or saving of the planet. It has been about control. The was made clear by the World Economic Forum in which Bill Gates is a member.

You Have To Be Kidding

According to the Post Millennial:

Virginia school officials and parents are condemning a series of student-made videos posted by Muslim Student Association (MSA) chapters at two Fairfax County high schools, in which members staged mock kidnappings as part of efforts to recruit for the club. Critics say the content is “traumatizing,” especially for Jewish students, which appear to mock the real-world kidnappings carried out by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

The since-deleted clips, filmed at Langley High School in McLean and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, appear to show MSA members targeting students who refuse to join the club. In one video, students at Langley can be seen placing a bag over a classmate’s head, lifting him off the ground, and throwing him into the trunk of a car, which quickly drives away. The scene ends with the group laughing and asking bystanders if they want to join after seeing the consequences of saying no.

A similar video at Thomas Jefferson depicts students covering a classmate’s head with a keffiyeh while stuffing another into a plastic storage bin before dragging them away. It’s unclear whether the two clubs coordinated the content, though similar clips from unrelated students mocking club recruitment have surfaced online.

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) swiftly condemned the footage, stressing that the district did not approve the videos and warning that disciplinary consequences are possible.

https://thepostmillennial.com/muslim-student-associations-at-top-virginia-high-schools-stage-fake-abductions-to-encourage-membership

This Just Enables the Behavior

According to the Post Millennial:

A Minnesota man who was arrested by the FBI for a TikTok post placing a $45,000 bounty on the head of Attorney General Pam Bondi has been released without bail. Tyler Maxon Avalos, 30, of St. Paul, Minnesota, signed a personal recognizance bond on October 22, agreeing to appear for future court proceedings.

Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright released Avalos on October 22 with GPS monitoring and ordered him to continue his mental health treatment. He was prohibited from using a computer or online services without the approval of his probation officer. The conditions of release also prohibit Avalos from using drugs, alcohol or possessing a firearm, Avalos must submit to a curfew as directed by the pretrial services officer, and submit to a search of his person, residence, and other areas under his control.

Avalos is accused of posting the bounty to TikTok, which featured a “sniper-scope red dot” on Bondi’s head and the words “WANTED: Pam Bondi. REWARD: 45,000. DEAD OR ALIVE (PREFERABLY DEAD).” A TikTok user in Detroit flagged the post. 

https://thepostmillennial.com/minnesota-tiktoker-arrested-for-placing-bounty-on-ag-pam-bondi-released-without-bail

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Episode 1121 – Poor, Poor Liberia!

Donald Trump gets a big win while in Japan.

Canada caves when some low-level politician puts out a BS ad against Trump and tariffs.

And the crap-hole Liberia is going to get worse soon.

Another Big Win

According to Perplexity:

The latest United States–Japan trade deal was signed in July 2025 and implements a wide-ranging framework focused on investment, market access, and tariff adjustments. Under the agreement, Japan committed to invest $550 billion in American industries, while the United States established a baseline 15% tariff rate on nearly all Japanese imports, replacing previous higher rates.

Main Features of the Trade Deal

  • Japanese Investment in the US
    • Japan pledged $550 billion in investments to the U.S. economy, with funding directed towards sectors such as manufacturing, semiconductors, energy, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, shipbuilding, and pharmaceuticals.
    • A Consultation Committee from both governments will identify key projects, with final approval given by the U.S. president.
  • Tariff Structure
    • A baseline 15% tariff is now applied to most Japanese imports, including automobiles and industrial goods, down from previous rates as high as 27.5%.
    • Tariff rates for certain sectors (like pharmaceuticals and natural resources) may be set to 0% if these products are unavailable domestically in the U.S..
  • Market Access and U.S. Exports
    • Japan agreed to rapidly increase imports of U.S. rice by 75% and make annual purchases of at least $8 billion of U.S. agricultural products, including corn, soybeans, fertilizer, bioethanol, and sustainable aviation fuel.
    • Longstanding restrictions on U.S. automobiles will be lifted, allowing American automakers to sell vehicles in Japan with U.S. safety certifications and standards.
  • Energy and Technology Cooperation
    • Japan will purchase major volumes of U.S. energy annually, including expanded imports of liquefied natural gas and commitments to invest in U.S. energy infrastructure projects.
    • Both countries signed a critical minerals agreement to secure strategic supply chains for rare earths and advanced nuclear power reactors.
  • Aerospace and Defense
    • Japan committed to buying 100 Boeing aircraft and increasing purchases of U.S.-manufactured defense equipment, as well as including semiconductors and technology as part of the defense trade.

Oversight and Enforcement

  • The deal includes U.S. government oversight over how and where Japanese investment occurs, with mechanisms for monitoring progress and ensuring compliance; tariff increases are possible if commitments are not met.
  • Both sides retain the right to adjust future sector-specific tariffs, but Japan is assured it will not face higher rates than any other country for certain products.

Political and Economic Impact

  • The agreement was signed by President Donald Trump and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, highlighting the close national security and economic partnership between the two countries.
  • At least 10 major Japanese firms, including SoftBank, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Honda, have shown immediate interest in launching U.S. projects under the terms of the deal.

This trade deal is regarded as one of the largest bilateral investment and trade agreements in recent U.S. history, aiming to boost American manufacturing, secure strategic resources, and deepen economic cooperation across multiple sectors.

https://thepostmillennial.com/minnesota-tiktoker-arrested-for-placing-bounty-on-ag-pam-bondi-released-without-bail

Reagan Used Tariffs

If you watched the World Series, you might remember this ad:

According to the Daily Wire:

The liberal Canadian premier who launched a $75 million anti-tariff ad campaign in the United States featuring former President Ronald Reagan will yank the effort after pressure from President Donald Trump.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday afternoon that he would pause the ad campaign put out by his administration targeting Americans starting on Monday. That announcement came after Trump on Thursday said he had ended all trade talks with Canada over the ad, calling it an effort to influence American politics.

“Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses,” Ford posted on X. “We’ve achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels. I’ve directed my team to keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend so that we can air our commercial during the first two World Series games.”

Ford said he would “pause [the] U.S. advertising campaign effective Monday so that trade talks can resume” after speaking with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/canada-reagan-ad-EjqHH3rtQ6.4f9kYkbGqMg?0=d#0
https://www.dailywire.com/news/canada-caves-ontario-to-yank-fake-reagan-ad-after-pressure-from-trump?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=undefined&elementPosition=14&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Canada+Caves%3A+Ontario+To+Yank+%E2%80%98Fake%E2%80%99+Reagan+Ad+After+Pressure+From+Trump

What Took So Long?!

According to the Daily Wire:

The Trump administration says it has brokered a deal with Liberia to accept alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia when he’s deported from the United States, according to a Friday court filing.

Abrego Garcia presented a list of 20 countries he feared deportation to, but the list didn’t include Liberia, Justice Department lawyers wrote in the filing. The Trump administration is looking to deport him as early as October 31.

Federal officials “have received diplomatic assurances regarding the treatment of third country individuals removed to Liberia from the United States and are making the final necessary arrangements for Petitioner’s removal.”

The Trump administration deported Abrego Garcia, who entered the U.S. illegally in 2011, to his native El Salvador in June, despite an “administrative error.” He was brought back to the U.S. on human smuggling charges.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-finalizes-plans-to-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-african-nation?author=Jennie+Taer&category=undefined&elementPosition=16&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Trump+Admin+Finalizes+Plans+To+Deport+Kilmar+Abrego+Garcia+To+African+Nation

Who Could Have Seen It

According to the Daily Wire:

An Ohio man who was convicted in the high-profile beating death of 17-year-old Ethan Liming has been released from prison, and was arrested and charged this past week in a different murder.

Deshawn Stafford, 24, has been charged with murdering Timothy Hutchinson, a 25-year-old Ohio man who was working as an engineer in his hometown. Hutchinson was reportedly struck unintentionally during an exchange of gunfire allegedly between Stafford and another individual.

In addition to the murder charge, Stafford is facing charges of felonious assault, discharging a firearm on a public roadway, having a weapon while under disability, drug trafficking, and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

GoFundMe for Hutchinson set up by the victim’s sister says Hutchinson graduated from the mechanical engineering program of University of Akron less than a year ago.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-convicted-in-death-of-ohio-teen-already-out-of-prison-and-charged-with-another-murder?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&category=undefined&elementPosition=10&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Man+Convicted+In+Death+Of+Ohio+Teen+Already+Out+Of+Prison+And+Charged+With+Another+Murder

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Episode 1120 – Are You Tired of Winning Yet?

Donald Trump has some big wins in Asia so far this week. Let’s talk about it.

The deal involving TikTok might be done. I do have my doubts.

And Zorhan Mamdani lies about Islamophobia to gain sympathy but only makes an ass out of himself.

Already Successful

On Sunday, the United States signed several trade and critical minerals agreements with four Southeast Asian countries—Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam—during a summit in Kuala Lumpur. These deals aim to address trade imbalances, diversify supply chains, and reduce dependency on China, particularly regarding rare earth elements crucial for industries like semiconductors and electric vehicles.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed reciprocal trade deals with Malaysia and Cambodia, and a framework agreement with Thailand to reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers. The U.S. will maintain a 19% tariff on exports from these countries, though some goods will have zero tariffs.

Additionally, Vietnam, which had a trade surplus of $123 billion with the U.S. last year, agreed to buy more American products to help reduce this gap. The U.S. imposed a 20% tariff on Vietnamese exports, but a framework agreement was also established.

The deals focused heavily on critical minerals supply chains. Malaysia, in particular, committed to not banning or imposing quotas on critical mineral exports to the U.S. but did not specify whether this applied to raw or processed rare earths. Malaysia has banned the export of raw rare earths to retain resources for its own processing industry.

The agreements also cover digital trade, services, labor rights, environmental protections, and market access. Malaysia agreed to streamline regulations for U.S. products and secured tariff exemptions for goods like aerospace equipment, pharmaceuticals, and commodities such as palm oil and rubber. Thailand, which agreed to eliminate tariffs on 99% of goods, also relaxed foreign ownership rules in telecommunications and pledged significant purchases of U.S. goods, including $18.8 billion in aircraft and $5.4 billion in energy products.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-slew-of-trade-critical-minerals-deals-on-southeast-asia-tour?author=Reuters&category=undefined&elementPosition=5&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Trump+Signs+Slew+Of+Trade%2C+Critical+Minerals+Deals+On+Southeast+Asia+Tour

Another Win!

According to the Daily Wire:

President Donald Trump attended a peace ceremony for Cambodia and Thailand on Sunday after helping mediate a ceasefire agreement between the two countries.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul joined Trump in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to formalize the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords brokered earlier this year. The agreement ended a five-day conflict this summer that resulted in dozens of deaths, according to NBC News.

“On behalf of the United States, I’m proud to help settle this conflict and forge a future for the region,” said Trump.

Under the terms of the ceasefire, Thailand will release 18 Cambodian soldiers detained during the conflict. Both countries will remove heavy weapons from along their shared border, and officials with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will monitor the ceasefire.

“We saved maybe millions of lives on this one peace deal,” said Trump.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-touts-millions-of-lives-saved-with-cambodia-thailand-peace-accords?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Tim+Pearce&category=News&elementPosition=2&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Trump+Touts+%E2%80%98Millions+Of+Lives%E2%80%99+Saved+With+Cambodia-Thailand+Peace+Accords

Not Sure of This

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave an optimistic update on the fate of the TikTok deal on Sunday, saying that a framework of a deal has been reached.

According to the Daily Wire:

According to the text of the executive order, the framework resolves the national security concerns by removing “the TikTok application and certain other applications from the ‘control’ of a foreign adversary and precludes any ‘operational relationship’ between a formerly affiliated entity controlled by a foreign adversary and the new joint venture.”

It also “prohibits the storage of sensitive United States user data in a manner that would place such data under the control of a foreign adversary and requires such data to be stored in a cloud environment run by an American company.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/bessent-says-final-deal-on-tiktok-has-been-reached-trump-and-xi-will-consummate-it-in-korea?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Frank+Camp&category=News&elementPosition=1&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Bessent+Says+%E2%80%98Final+Deal+On+TikTok%E2%80%99+Has+Been+Reached%2C+Trump+And+Xi+Will+%E2%80%98Consummate%E2%80%99+It+In+Korea

Definitely Not Sure of This

U.S. and Chinese economic officials met at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, negotiating a framework for a trade deal to be finalized by Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping later in the week. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the threat of 100% tariffs on Chinese imports, set to begin November 1, was eliminated. Additionally, China is expected to delay its rare earths export controls for a year as the policy is reassessed.

The trade deal is expected to extend a tariff truce beyond its November 10 expiration and revive U.S. soybean sales to China, benefiting American farmers. Both sides discussed trade expansion, rare earths access, the U.S. fentanyl crisis, U.S. port fees, and the potential transfer of TikTok to U.S. ownership. The deal will need further internal approval from both countries.

Trump, who is in Malaysia for an ASEAN summit, expressed optimism about reaching a deal with China. The trade talks come after a period of rising tensions, particularly over China’s rare earths export controls, which threaten global supply chains. Trump also signaled potential future meetings with Xi in China or the U.S.

In addition to trade, Trump aims to address issues like Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the war in Ukraine in his discussions with Xi.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-and-china-sketch-out-rare-earths-tariff-pause-for-trump-and-xi-to-consider?author=Reuters&category=undefined&elementPosition=0&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=U.S.+And+China+Sketch+Out+Rare+Earths%2C+Tariff+Pause+For+Trump+And+Xi+To+Consider

Dumbass Politicians

According to the Daily Wire:

Hundreds of requests have poured into the watchdog group StopAntisemitism after it offered last week to help New York City residents relocate over the potential rise of Zohran Mamdani to mayor.

Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor, leads former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, making an independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa by double-digits in polls. Mamdani calls himself a Democratic Socialist and has been accused by critics of courting antisemites if not trafficking in Jew-hatred himself.

“New Yorkers – looking to relocate if Mamdani wins the NYC mayoral race? We’d love to connect you to realtors in FL, TX, CT, etc. You deserve to live in a city not run by an antisemite,” an October 16 X post from StopAntisemitism says.

“If Mamdani is elected, we will make it our mission to remove as much of his tax base as possible. Antisemites understand one thing – consequences,” a follow-up post says.

More than 300 people have expressed interest in StopAntisemitism’s offer since the post went up, group founder Liora Rez told The Daily Wire. In addition, real estate agents from across the United States have contacted Rez’s group to offer their services for anyone wishing to relocate out of The Big Apple.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/requests-flood-group-offering-to-relocate-new-yorkers-fleeing-city-over-mamdani?author=Tim+Pearce&category=undefined&elementPosition=9&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Requests+Flood+Group+Offering+To+Relocate+New+Yorkers+Fleeing+City+Over+Mamdani

They Just Destroy

According to Fox News:

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said the next Democratic presidential nominee must vow to demolish President Donald Trump‘s White House ballroom, proposing the pledge a litmus test for the party’s 2028 contenders.

“Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE,” Swalwell wrote on X on Saturday.

Swalwell’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital for additional comment.

For the first time in its history, the White House will have a formal ballroom, a new addition built where the East Wing once stood, a project that has become a political flashpoint as photos of the demolition fuel debate over President Trump’s mark on the historic residence.

On July 31, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the planned construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. The sprawling ballroom will accommodate approximately 650 seated guests and will stay true to the classical design of the White House.

“The White House is currently unable to host major functions honoring world leaders in other countries without having to install a large and unsightly tent approximately 100 yards away from the main building’s entrance,” Leavitt said, adding the new ballroom will be “a much-needed and exquisite addition.”

Construction on the White House grounds, which began earlier this month, is estimated to cost $250 million and will be financed by Trump and private donors.

The ballroom isn’t the only update. 

Trump has introduced gold accents in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room, a new monument dubbed the “Arc de Trump,” the “walk of fame” with portraits of former presidents, including a photo of the autopen representing former President Joe Biden’s time in office, added stone pavers to the Rose Garden lawn and installed two 88-foot flagpoles.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/swalwell-demands-2028-democratic-candidates-vow-destroy-trumps-white-house-ballroom-project

Dumbass of the Day

Reagan Used Tariffs

If you watched the World Series, you might remember this ad:

According to the Daily Wire:

The liberal Canadian premier who launched a $75 million anti-tariff ad campaign in the United States featuring former President Ronald Reagan will yank the effort after pressure from President Donald Trump.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday afternoon that he would pause the ad campaign put out by his administration targeting Americans starting on Monday. That announcement came after Trump on Thursday said he had ended all trade talks with Canada over the ad, calling it an effort to influence American politics.

“Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses,” Ford posted on X. “We’ve achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels. I’ve directed my team to keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend so that we can air our commercial during the first two World Series games.”

Ford said he would “pause [the] U.S. advertising campaign effective Monday so that trade talks can resume” after speaking with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/canada-reagan-ad-EjqHH3rtQ6.4f9kYkbGqMg?0=d#0
https://www.dailywire.com/news/canada-caves-ontario-to-yank-fake-reagan-ad-after-pressure-from-trump?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=undefined&elementPosition=14&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Canada+Caves%3A+Ontario+To+Yank+%E2%80%98Fake%E2%80%99+Reagan+Ad+After+Pressure+From+Trump

What Took So Long?!

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-finalizes-plans-to-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-african-nation?author=Jennie+Taer&category=undefined&elementPosition=16&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Trump+Admin+Finalizes+Plans+To+Deport+Kilmar+Abrego+Garcia+To+African+Nation

It Just Didn’t See That Important

https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspects-in-louvre-jewell-heist-arrested-near-paris?author=Reuters&category=undefined&elementPosition=6&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Suspects+In+Louvre+Jewel+Heist+Arrested+Near+Paris

Who Could Have Seen It

According to the Daily Wire:

An Ohio man who was convicted in the high-profile beating death of 17-year-old Ethan Liming has been released from prison, and was arrested and charged this past week in a different murder.

Deshawn Stafford, 24, has been charged with murdering Timothy Hutchinson, a 25-year-old Ohio man who was working as an engineer in his hometown. Hutchinson was reportedly struck unintentionally during an exchange of gunfire allegedly between Stafford and another individual.

In addition to the murder charge, Stafford is facing charges of felonious assault, discharging a firearm on a public roadway, having a weapon while under disability, drug trafficking, and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

GoFundMe for Hutchinson set up by the victim’s sister says Hutchinson graduated from the mechanical engineering program of University of Akron less than a year ago.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-convicted-in-death-of-ohio-teen-already-out-of-prison-and-charged-with-another-murder?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&category=undefined&elementPosition=10&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Man+Convicted+In+Death+Of+Ohio+Teen+Already+Out+Of+Prison+And+Charged+With+Another+Murder

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Episode 1116 – The Globalists Are At It Again!

A massive robbery takes place in France.

The United Nations Globalists almost got away with a huge global tax.

And a shocking report comes out about our children’s gender proclivities. It will shock you. Or, it won’t.

A Professional Hit

According to the Daily Wire:

A band of thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, making off with elegant and historically significant pieces of jewelry of “incalculable” value, France’s interior minister said.

In a heist that lasted seven minutes, a group of thieves used a motorized lift on a side of the museum that is under construction to rise above the ground floor. They entered the museum through a window using a glass cutter, according to the BBC.

Once inside, the thieves threatened security guards, who left the area, before breaking into display cases, grabbing the jewelry, and fleeing the scene on two scooters. Nobody was harmed in the heist, which French Culture Minister Rachida Dati described as “very professional.”

The stolen items were from the museum’s Apollo Gallery, which houses the crown jewels of past royals of France. The thieves snatched tiaras, earrings, and other items that together contain thousands of diamonds and other jewels.

The stolen items include a tiara, decorative bow, and brooch from Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III. The tiara alone includes 212 pearls, 1,998 diamonds, and 992 rose-cut diamonds, according to The New York Times.

A sapphire set consisting of a matching tiara, necklace, and earrings were also stolen. The set is of unknown origin, but was worn by royals such as Queen Hortense, the wife of Louis Bonaparte. Queen Marie-Amélie, the wife of Louis Philippe I, also wore the set. The pieces together include 24 Ceylon sapphires, which only come from Sri Lanka, and 1,083 diamonds.

The bandits also made off with an emerald and diamond necklace presented by Napoleon to his second wife, Marie Louise, as a wedding gift for their marriage in 1810. The necklace includes 32 emeralds and 1,138 diamonds. Included in the Louvre’s set was also a pair of matching earrings that the thieves also stole.

French President Emmanuel Macron pledged in a post on social media that the jewelry would be recovered and the thieves brought to justice. He also said a new “renaissance” project to update the Louvre includes updates that have strengthened the museum’s security.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-louvre-burgled-in-very-professional-hit-jewelry-of-french-royalty-stolen?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Tim+Pearce&category=News&elementPosition=3&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=The+Louvre+Burgled+In+%E2%80%98Very+Professional%E2%80%99+Hit%2C+Jewelry+Of+French+Royalty+Stolen

They Need to Go Away

According to the Daily Wire:

A global tax on shipping emissions won’t take effect after pressure from the Trump administration to abandon the climate activist-fueled proposal.  

The International Maritime Organization had been set to vote on Friday on adopting a global carbon tax aimed at pushing the shipping industry to stop using fossil fuels. But that vote did not happen after President Donald Trump on Thursday called for other countries to oppose the tax, saying that the United States would not “tolerate” or “adhere” to the measure. 

Instead, the International Maritime Organization, an agency of the United Nations that regulates shipping, moved Friday to postpone the vote on the tax for a year. 

The decision was praised by Trump administration officials who spent the week fighting the proposal. 

Last week, the Trump administration warned that the tax could increase shipping costs by up to 10% and said that it was considering a number of retaliatory actions for countries that support the measure. These actions included investigating countries pursuing anti-competitive practices, imposing visa restrictions and increasing processing fees, and placing additional port fees and commercial penalties. 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/huge-win-trump-admin-delivers-blow-to-un-climate-agenda-derails-ideological-global-carbon-tax?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=undefined&elementPosition=25&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=%E2%80%98Huge+Win%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Admin+Delivers+Blow+To+UN+Climate+Agenda%2C+Derails+%E2%80%98Ideological%E2%80%99+Global+Carbon+Tax

What a Shock!

According to Perplaxity:

Recent data shows a significant decline in the number of young people identifying as non-binary in the United States, particularly among college and high school students.

Key Findings

  • Multiple large-scale surveys of U.S. college and high school students reveal that only about 3.6% identify as a gender other than male or female in 2025, down noticeably from 6.8% in 2023 and 5.2% in 2024.
  • At specific institutions, such as Brown University, the percentage of students identifying as non-binary fell from 5% in 2022 and 2023 to 2.6% in 2025. Phillips Academy Andover reported a drop from 7.4% in 2023 to 3% in 2025.
  • This decline is especially marked among incoming college freshmen, signaling that younger cohorts are less likely to adopt non-binary or other queer identities compared to their older peers.

Analysis and Perspectives

  • Researchers have suggested various reasons for this trend, including possible shifts in cultural pressures, political polarization, greater mental health stability among youth, and the rise and fall of social identity categories as cultural “fashions” or trends.
  • The drop does not seem to be directly linked to changes in conservative political attitudes, decreased support for progressive social causes, or significant changes in religious affiliation.
  • Other LGBTQ+ identities, such as gay and lesbian, remain stable, while bisexual identification saw a rise and then a slight decline in the same period.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/fewer-young-people-identify-as-BAp4ECs8RP6y5KjJPxzbcw

Genius!

According to the New York Post:

A Florida man was hit with federal charges this week after he allegedly stole $7,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets from a convenience store, then returned to the scene of the crime mere hours later to try to redeem his loot, according to authorities.

Justin Farley, 43, pulled into a St. Petersburg Circle K on May 5, and “opened multiple cabinets and took scratch-off lottery tickets,” before fleeing the scene in his grey Hyundai Elantra, according to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Post.

Roughly 40 minutes later, Farley arrived at an area 7-Eleven to redeem the $7,000 worth of scratch-offs, according to the document filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

After an unsuccessful attempt, the bumbling thief returned to the same Circle K and tried to cash in on the seven ticket books he had stolen from the store. His attempt once again failed, the document said.

He then left and returned to the Circle K minutes later, only to come up empty a third time, according to the filing.

Disparaged, Farley drove back to the 7-Eleven in a black mask, yellow shirt, and black Nikes and pointed a replica Glock at the clerk, demanding a staffer open the cash register, prosecutors alleged.

He successfully made off with $120 from the register before escorting the clerk to the back of the store and snatching a pack of Newport cigarettes, prosecutors said.

A slew of evidence, including his license plate and surveillance footage, led cops to pull over Farley on May 22 and book him on commercial burglary and grand theft, according to details first reported by The Independent.

After his arrest, Farley told cops he “needed money,” the affidavit said.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/florida-man-allegedly-stole-7k-in-scratch-off-lottery-tickets-then-returned-to-store-to-redeem-them/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

To Breathe or Not to Breathe

According to Perplexity:

Pressurized metered-dose inhalers contribute a significant amount to global warming, mainly due to their use of hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propellants, which have a global warming potential hundreds to thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide. In the United States alone, inhalers release more than 2 million metric tons of CO₂-equivalent emissions each year—about as much as the annual emissions from 530,000 gasoline-powered cars.

Most of the environmental impact is from pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs), which use HFA propellants to deliver medication. These propellant gases remain in the canisters even after the medication has been dispensed, slowly leaking into the atmosphere when discarded. The medication itself does not contribute to emissions; the issue is solely with the propellant.

Metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs): Account for about 98% of all inhaler-related emissions.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/inhalers-contribute-significan-wmiFZIMXR0igQavVAGZPTA

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Episode 1068 – I Need to Rant More About China!

I went on a rant yesterday about allowing the Chinese government to control our food supplies. Well, I’m going to go on another one.

District court judges are at it again with interfering with the Trump agenda. Where were these guys during the Biden administration?

And be prepared for Donald Trump to be called a racist again.

News

Here is some news:

  • President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday evening banning foreign nationals from 12 countries from entering the United States and imposing heightened restrictions on seven others, reviving a signature policy from his first term that was rescinded by the Biden administration four years ago.
    • The ban, which takes effect Monday at 12:01 a.m., fully restricts entry from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Citizens from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela face partial restrictions.
  • The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Wisconsin-based Catholic charity group in a case centered on unemployment tax credits for religious institutions – delivering a victory for faith-based institutions, who argued that the state’s decision had violated the religious clauses under the First Amendment. 
    • In a unanimous opinion, justices on the high court agreed that the state had engaged in an “unnecessary entanglement” in attempting to define whether religious groups should be entitled to an otherwise-available tax exemption based on the state’s criteria for religious behavior.
    • The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that the group must pay the tax since the nature of their work was primarily secular, since it was not “operated primarily for religious purposes,” and serves and employs non-Catholics.
  • The Supreme Court ruled in favor of an Ohio woman who claimed to be the victim of so-called reverse discrimination on Thursday, making it easier for people across the country who are members of majority groups to sue for discrimination.
    • The unanimous ruling puts an end to a standard used in 20 states and the District of Columbia that imposed a higher burden of proof on white, male, and straight individuals who claimed to be the victims of discrimination on the basis of those identities.
    • The ruling was a win for Marlean Ames, a 20-year veteran of the Ohio Department of Youth Services who said that she was denied a promotion and then demoted for being straight, while both the person who received the promotion and took her old job identified as LGBT.
  • A federal judge in Colorado has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the suspect in a recent firebombing attack at a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado. The family, all Egyptian nationals, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and was being processed for expedited removal from the United States
  • Karine Jean-Pierre, who served as White House press secretary under President Joe Biden from May 2022 until the end of his term in January 2025, has officially left the Democratic Party and now identifies as an independent. This change was announced in conjunction with the upcoming release of her book, “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines,” scheduled for publication on October 21, 2025
    • Jean-Pierre’s decision to become an independent follows a period of disillusionment with the Democratic Party, particularly during the tumultuous weeks leading up to President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. In her book, she describes a sense of betrayal by the party, which she says played a role in Biden’s withdrawal and in her own reassessment of partisan loyalty
    • She argues that the current political climate demands moving beyond traditional party lines, advocating for Americans to prioritize their values and independent thinking over party allegiance. Jean-Pierre emphasizes the need for “freeing ourselves of boxes” and encourages a more creative, strategic, and questioning approach to politics, rather than “blindly loyal and obedient” partisanship

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-sides-catholic-charities-case-involving-religious-tax-exemptions
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/court-blocks-trump-deportation-an3r0TTAQ.GE.z4ZN8DJtw
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/karen-jean-pierre-becomes-an-i-VEVFlQAsST2OZ2PPxASbxQ

They Know This Works

According to the Post Millennial:

Two Chinese nationals who have been working at the University of Michigan have been charged with attempting to smuggle a dangerous biological pathogen into the United States.

According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, both Chinese foreign nationals in the United States, were charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements, as well as visa fraud.

According to the DOJ, the Chinese nationals had tried to smuggle in a fungus called Fusarium graminearum, which can be used as a agroterrorism weapon, targeting crops and livestock consumed by the American public. 

The fungus has the potential to cause “head blight” in wheat, barley, maize, and rice, and has the potential to take out millions of dollars in crops. The fungus can also cause vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects in humans and livestock. 

The DOJ stated, “According to the complaint, Jian received Chinese government funding for her work on this pathogen in China. The complaint also alleges that Jian’s electronics contain information describing her membership in and loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party. It is further alleged that Jian’s boyfriend, Liu, works at a Chinese university where he conducts research on the same pathogen and that he first lied but then admitted to smuggling Fusarium graminearum into America—through the Detroit Metropolitan Airport—so that he could conduct research on it at the laboratory at the University of Michigan where his girlfriend, Jian, worked.”

The charges come as the Trump administration announced that it will be aggressively revoking visas for Chinese nationals in the US who are here on student visas if they have links to the CCP or if they are studying in critical fields.  

“The federal charges announced today against Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, both residents of the People’s Republic of China, signify a crucial advancement in our efforts to safeguard our communities and uphold national security,” said Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office. “These individuals exploited their access to laboratory facilities at a local university to engage in the smuggling of biological pathogens, an act that posed an imminent threat to public safety.” 

https://thepostmillennial.com/new-chinese-nationals-tried-to-smuggle-biological-pathogen-into-us-while-working-at-umich-doj

This Is Why Greta Is In Gaza

According to the Daily Wire:

The New York Times, in its inexhaustible capacity to load an argument when attacking institutions it loathes, did it once again, leaving out key information when covering a ridiculous lawsuit targeting the major oil companies of the Western Hemisphere.

The lawsuit brought by Misti Leon after the death of her mother, Juliana Leon, accuses oil companies of causing Juliana’s death in 2021 because of their contribution to climate change. Juliana, 65, died in her car on June 28, 2021, from hyperthermia. The lawsuit names Exxon, British Petroleum, Chevron, Shell, Conoco, and Phillips 66 oil companies, as well as the Olympic Pipe Company, because of their contribution to climate change.

“The day Julie died was the hottest day ever recorded in Washington with temperatures in Seattle, where Julie died, peaking around 108°F. It was the third consecutive day above 100°F, and record nighttime temperatures prevented the built environment from being able to dissipate the heat it had absorbed throughout the day. In effect, Seattle had turned into an oven,” the lawsuit claims. “This heat was deadly, particularly for those who were unable to escape the heat or were otherwise vulnerable to excessive temperatures.”

“The heat dome that scorched the Pacific Northwest in 2021 would have been ‘virtually impossible’ were it not for man-made climate change, according to researchers with World Weather Attribution, an international group of scientists and meteorologists,” The New York Times wrote. “Around the world, extreme heat has emerged as one of the deadliest manifestations of a warming planet.”

Yet the Times never mentions some salient points regarding Leon’s death, even though they’re included in the lawsuit.

By itself, the lawsuit is stupid. But, surprise, the New York Times has decided to skip some kind of important points.

The story continues:

One: Two weeks before her death, doctors performed bariatric surgery on her; she had been on a liquid diet ever since. Two: The day of her death, she was returning from a doctor’s appointment where they told her she could resume eating solid foods. The Times never mentions that the car’s air conditioning broke, prompting Leon to roll down the windows and pull over to the side of the road. Three: Weather forecasts said the heat would be intense that day.

But as was pointed out by research meteorologist Ryan Maue, who issued a thread on X about the lawsuit, “The research study that concluded this heat wave event was ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change does not provide an analysis of all ‘heat dome’ events from the past 2,000 years — instead focusing on model data since 1950.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/ny-times-covers-crazy-climate-change-lawsuit-targeting-oil-companies-but-leaves-out-key-evidence?author=Hank+Berrien&category=undefined&elementPosition=14&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=NY+Times+Covers+Crazy+Climate+Change+Lawsuit+Targeting+Oil+Companies%2C+But+Leaves+Out+Key+Evidence

Dumbass of the Day

Here is a clip from the TV show “Girls,” where a character named Mimi-Rose, played by Gillian Jacobs, casually informs Adam Driver’s character that she had an abortion without discussing it with him, leading to a heated exchange. This scene was intended to portray Mimi-Rose as nonchalant about the abortion, reflecting a perspective rarely seen on television, as noted by Lena Dunham, the show’s creator, who aimed to normalize such portrayals.

The scene has sparked significant controversy and discussion, with many viewers interpreting Mimi-Rose’s actions and demeanor as cold and psychopathic, contrary to the intended message of the show. This reaction highlights a broader cultural debate on abortion, where the casualness of the decision and lack of communication with the partner are seen as morally objectionable by some, challenging the show’s attempt to present abortion as a personal choice without melodrama.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-host-claims-elon-musk-caused-300000-deaths-due-to-doge-cuts-mostly-children?author=Virginia+Kruta&category=undefined&elementPosition=0&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=%E2%80%98The+View%E2%80%99+Host+Claims+Elon+Musk+Caused+300%2C000+Deaths+Due+To+DOGE+Cuts%3A+%E2%80%98Mostly+Children%E2%80%99

Thank God It Made It Back

According to the New York Post:

The real-life “Annabelle” doll was blamed for a string of alarming incidents by conspiracy theorists that claimed it escaped while on tour in New Orleans — but its owner confirmed it’s safely back home and was never out of his control.

The diabolical — and supposedly demonic — Raggedy Ann doll fictionalized in “The Conjuring” movie series made a pit stop at Ghost City Tours office in the Big Easy in mid-May — the same week of a daring prison breakout and a devastating fire at a former plantation nearby.

The timing led to speculation that the doll was behind the chaos.

But she’s “safely back” behind lock and key at the Warren Occult Museum in Monroe, Connecticut, owner Tony Spera told The Post.

“The doll was taken on a brief tour to several locations to show the doll to enthusiasts of the paranormal,” Spera said.

“The doll was never out of our control. We take extreme precautions when handling or transporting the doll.”

The precautions, which included having a Catholic priest traveling with Annabelle, apparently weren’t enough for some observers who believe the doll’s stint in New Orleans on May 13 and 14 was a bad omen.

An inferno destroyed the historic Nottoway Plantation House between Baton Rouge and New Orleans on May 15 and the next day 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Justice Center. Most inmates have since been recaptured.

“I did not think people were taking it seriously, (because) I kept seeing jokes about it on Instagram and TikTok,” Ghost City Tours founder Tim Nealon told USA Today.

“But, I didn’t realize people were out here like, actually thinking that this was legit.”

He said some people are “absolutely convinced” Ghost City Tours is culpable in the prison break and fire.

They really take care of this thing:

  • It is in a locked case.
  • The case has crosses on the side.
  • The thing is blessed with holy water and oil by a Catholic priest.
  • The Catholic priest (Father Bob) travels with the doll.

https://nypost.com/2025/06/01/us-news/demonic-annabelle-doll-safely-back-in-custody-after-claims-it-escaped-caused-havoc-in-nola/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Making Movies Worse

According to the New York Post:

Sarah Lin, a senior at Bronx Science who has made headlines crusading to make the movies more friendly for the hearing impaired, is continuing her fight in Albany by pushing for a proposed bill that would make it mandatory for movie theaters across the country to provide closed captioning at more screenings.

She has become the face of the movement and the brain behind its social media push, giving the cause typically focused on the elderly community a much-needed facelift.

With only two weeks left of the legislative session, Lin has been working in overdrive.

“I’ve definitely been very busy with school, but I think you always end up finding a way to make time for what you’re passionate about,” Lin, 18, of Kew Gardens, told The Post.

“Knowing that I’m able to make such real, impactful change and seeing the actual reactions and the responses from the deaf and hard of hearing community has pushed me to want to continue working on this and continue trying to pass this bill statewide.”

The Open Captioning Accessibility Act would require indoor movie theaters across the state with more than 10 shows per week to provide subtitles for at least half of their peak showtimes.

https://nypost.com/2025/06/01/us-news/teen-leads-push-to-make-subtitles-mandatory-in-ny-movie-theaters-accessibility-is-a-right/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

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Episode 1067 – Tariffs Are Now Racist!

A Democratic governor has decided to sell her state to China.

Pete Hegseth corrects a mistake made by the Obama administration.

And tariffs are racist.

They Hate This Country

According to the Post Millennial:

Arizona’s Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs refused to back a bill to prevent the Chinese communist government from buying and owning land in her state. The bill, which would have banned the CCP from having a substantial interest of 30% or more in Arizona land, was GOP-backed.

Democrats initially said the bill could lead to discrimination in property sales. But by May, an amendment to the bill narrowed the ban to just the CCP as opposed to all businesses from countries “designated as enemies of the United States by the director of national intelligence,”  said the Arizona Mirror.

With the new language, the bill passed the Arizona House with a vote of 41-17, which included 8 Democrats voting in favor of the measure. The Arizona Senate approved too, though their vote was along party lines. 

Hobbs, however, wouldn’t have it. Her short veto read: “Today, I vetoed Senate Bill 1109. Improvements to systems that protect our infrastructure are important. However, this legislation is ineffective at counter-espionage and does not directly protect our military assets. Additionally, it lacks clear implementation criteria and opens the door to arbitrary enforcement.”

Sponsor of the bill, State Senator Janae Shamp, said that the goal of the bill was to protect American national interests, including protecting US military bases from being spied on by CCP drones or other surveillance techniques. During a debate on the bill in February, Shamp said that this kind of surveillance from the CCP was already happening in her state.

https://thepostmillennial.com/gov-katie-hobbs-vetoes-bill-to-prevent-ccp-from-buying-up-arizona-land?utm_campaign=64466

This Shouldn’t Have Had That Name in the First Place

According to Fox News:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the renaming of a U.S. Navy ship named after San Francisco gay rights activist Harvey Milk.

The Military Times first reported on a memorandum issued by the Office of the Secretary of the Navy rolling out plans to rename the oiler USNS Harvey Milk.

The outlet reported that a defense official said the U.S. Navy was making preparations to strip the ship of its name and that Hegseth had directed Navy Secretary John Phelan to do so. The Military Times also reported the official saying the timing of the announcement during Pride month was intentional.

The memo directing the renaming of the ship said the move is meant to mark a shift in culture in the Department of Defense and U.S. Navy in “alignment with president and SECDEF [secretary of defense] objectives and SECNAV [secretary of the Navy] priorities of reestablishing the warrior culture,” according to the outlet.

Later in the article:

The USNS Harvey Milk was named after Milk in 2016 during the Obama administration. The ship completed its maiden voyage in 2024, arriving in San Francisco with much fanfare.

According to the Harvey Milk Foundation, Milk was a “visionary civil and human rights leader who became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States” when he was elected to public office in San Francisco in 1977.

The foundation said that Milk enlisted in the Navy in 1951 but resigned in 1955 at the rank of lieutenant junior grade “after being officially questioned about his sexual orientation.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/navy-ship-usns-harvey-milk-renamed-part-pentagons-warrior-culture-shift

There’s More to This Attack

According to the Daily Wire:

Federal authorities on Tuesday took into custody the wife and all five children of Egyptian national and anti-Israel terrorist Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who firebombed pro-Israel demonstrators after overstaying his visa during the Biden era.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the ICE arrests in a video post on X, with sources telling Fox News and the New York Post that the family is being processed for expedited deportation following questioning.

Here is her statement on X:

Soliman’s relatives, who have had their visas revoked, are being detained at an immigration detention center in southern Texas, and following interrogation, officials intend to use expedited removal to deport the family, sources told the Post.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-seizes-wife-5-kids-of-terrorist-who-firebombed-pro-israel-crowd?author=Nathan+Gay&category=undefined&elementPosition=13&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=ICE+Seizes+Wife%2C+5+Kids+Of+Terrorist+Who+Firebombed+Pro-Israel+Crowd

It’s a Start

According to Fox News:

Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered the woman who accused former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault to pay more than $300,000 for violating the terms of a settlement agreement on Monday. 

Lindsey Hill accused Bauer of sexual assault in 2021, leading to an MLB investigation that resulted in a massive suspension for Bauer. They would ultimately settle their lawsuits in 2023, with Bauer suing Hill for defamation, while she sued for assault and sexual battery. 

It was agreed that neither party would pay the other, but that changed after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel Crowley ordered Hill to pay Bauer $309,832.02. This comes after Hill’s attorneys told Bauer’s attorneys in an email that she would receive $300,000 from her insurance policy. 

Bauer is to receive $220,000 for damages, while attorney fees ($68,939.55), interest ($16,634.52) and costs ($4,257.95) bring the grand total to more than $309,000. 

Hill breached their settlement agreement with each other by discussing Bauer on podcasts and in public appearances, the Los Angeles Times reported.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/judge-orders-lindsey-hill-pay-trevor-bauer-over-300000-settlement-violation

Tariff Are Racist

According to AP News:

Before the oppressive summer heat descends on Atlanta, therapist Brittanee Sims usually gets her thick, curly hair braided at a salon to preserve her healthy mane.

But it’s more expensive this year. So she’ll only pay for her teenage daughter and son to get their summer hairdos. Not having braided hair “creates more of a hassle for everything,” said Sims, who counts herself among the tens of millions of women that regularly spend on the Black hair care industry.

Now, she said, she has to “go home and figure out what I’m gonna do to my hair in the morning, after I went to the gym and it’s messed up with sweating and frizz.”

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are driving up prices for products many Black women consider essential, squeezing shoppers and stylists even more as they grapple with inflation and higher rents. Much of the synthetic braiding hair, human hair for extensions, wigs and weaves, styling tools, braiding gel and other products is imported from or has packaging from China, which was subject to a combined 145% tariff in April. India also is a major global source of human hair.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-china-black-hair-care-prices-059def14c805112470a9199d7280863a

Computer Server Farms and AI Are Racist

According to NBC News:

Local regulators should immediately stop Elon Musk’s supercomputer project from operating in South Memphis because it’s out of compliance with environmental rules, the NAACP wrote in a letter sent Thursday to Shelby County officials.

The civil rights group addressed the request to Dr. Michelle Taylor, director of the Shelby County Health Department, and to the commissioners of Memphis Light Gas and Water. The health department is responsible for implementing federal air regulations in Shelby County, which encompasses Memphis.

“Being the world’s richest man doesn’t give you the right to pollute Black communities and jeopardize the health of its residents,” NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement to NBC News. “We urge the health department to step in immediately.”

When contacted, a spokesperson for Memphis Light Gas and Water said it had not received the NAACP letter and could not comment on it. Neither the health department nor xAI immediately responded to questions about the letter, which was also signed by the presidents of the Tennessee and Memphis chapters of the NAACP.

In a previous statement to NBC News, xAI said its “operations comply with all applicable laws” and that it “works collaboratively with County and City officials, EPA personnel, and community leaders regarding all things that affect Memphis.”

xAI has come under scrutiny in recent months for operating methane gas turbines at its Memphis facility to meet the electricity needs of the supercomputer Colossus. The turbines emit pollutants, including nitrogen oxides and formaldehyde, according to their manufacturer.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/naacp-memphis-musk-xai-colossus-rcna208589

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Episode 482 – China is A-Hole!

The Olympics are starting in China. China continues to be an oppressive society and are using the the pandemic to squeeze their citizens. Let’s talk about that.

 

News

Here is some news I’m sure you heard about and have gotten tons of commentary on. I don’t see a real reason to go too much into detail about them:

  • In COVID news:
    • Reuters has reported that there might be anti-viral effects which could be a therapeutic to fighting COVID.
    • Johns Hopkins has done a meta study about the lockdowns in the United States.
      • In the report: “While this meta-analysis concludes that lockdowns have had little to no public health effects, they have imposed enormous economic and social costs where they have been adopted. In consequence, lockdown policies are ill-founded and should be rejected as a pandemic policy instrument.”
      • They found that COVID mortality would have dropped .2%.
      • “These costs to society must be compared to the benefits of lockdowns, which our meta-analysis has shown are marginal at best. Such a standard benefit-cost calculation leads to a strong conclusion: lockdowns should be rejected out of hand as a pandemic policy instrument.”
      • Researchers also pointed out other unintended consequences of lockdowns, such as rising unemployment, reduced schooling, an increase in domestic violence incidents, and surging drug overdoses.
    • Finally, it looks like Omicron is petering out. New York used to average 40,000 cases a day. They are down to 4000 cases a day.
  • Remember we talked about the corruption of Black Lives Matter on Monday? The California Department of Justice has ordered BLM to turn over their financial records. We’ll have to see where this is going to go because I’m not sure BLM is going to cooperate and I think California will blink first.
  • Whoopie Goldberg has been suspended from The View for saying that the Holocaust was not about race but about man’s cruelty to man. That would be news to Hitler. He referred to the Jews as an inferior race.
    • Basically she was saying there can’t be racism since the Jews and Germans are both white.
    • She apologized, sort of, but why is she only suspended? Rosanne Barr was pulled from her top rated show for some stupid comments.
    • By the way, the Left believes what she believes. Racism doesn’t go against white only people of color. We’ll talk more about that on Friday.
  • I don’t know what’s wrong with people at CNN not being able to keep their pants on but Jeff Zucker, the CEO of CNN, has resigned for not reporting an affair he was having with a staffer.
  • Joe Biden is sending 3000 troops are being deployed to Germany, Poland and Romania to counter Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine.
  • In January, 24 police officers have been shot and 10 have been killed. in all of 2021, 74 police officers were killed. As you can see, we are in a pretty ugly pace here.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/japans-kowa-says-ivermectin-effective-against-omicron-phase-iii-trial-2022-01-31/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/lockdowns-reduced-covid-19-mortality-by-2-study-finds-lockdowns-should-be-rejected-out-of-hand
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/celebrities-react-whoopi-goldberg-holocaust-comments

 

Here We Go

According to the Wall Street Journal:

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics that open Friday will by many measures be the most complicated on record.

China’s “zero-Covid” approach, with strict testing protocols, effectively puts the Games in a bubble. Geopolitical tensions are high. Governments are protesting the country’s alleged human-rights abuses and warning about state-backed cybersecurity threats.

At the heart of it all are athletes navigating a maze of issues around health, safety, politics and free speech—while competing in one of the most important events of their lives. Team members have gone to great lengths to avoid catching Covid-19 in the days leading up to the Games. Some stayed away from loved ones for weeks or months. Many are leaving their phones at home over spying concerns.

We will talk about the zero-COVID policies in a few minutes because it’s important. That’s what the Left wants to do here and it is truly horrifying.

Concerning the Olympics, I’ll say it again, we shouldn’t be there. This is an corrupt, oppressive and genocidal country. But I’ll go a step further: Our athletes aren’t safe there. Some of the things the U.S. government is warning them about:

  • They are facing heavy COVID restrictions:
    •  They will not be able to leave the Olympic campus.
    • Beijing Olympics organizers decided to require that all Games participants be vaccinated or submit to a 21-day quarantine.
    • They will be tested daily.
    • They are bringing back the anal swab tests.
    • If two confirmatory tests after the arrival test are also positive, Beijing 2022’s protocols call for people to go to an isolation facility or to a hospital, depending on symptoms, where they stay until they are symptom-free and have two negative Covid tests 24 hours apart.
    • If they have a positive test, they must prove they are well enough to compete.
    • These restrictions could be a way to keep favored American athletes out of competition.
      • China wants to win.
      • Remember, they manipulated the medal count, adding Taiwan’s medals, so they could beat the United States.
  • Leaders of several national Olympic committees, including Team USA, advised their athletes to use disposable or “burner” phones to avoid potential government surveillance.
  • Some competitors feel that their personal safety is at risk and they point to Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who disappeared from public view in early November after an accusation of sexual assault against a retired high-ranking politician appeared on her social-media account.
  • Athletes are being warned to behave and not talk about politics. A Beijing organizing committee official said in a recent news conference that behavior or speech that violated the Olympic spirit could be subject to “certain punishment.” We don’t know what that is but no one wants to find out.

We shouldn’t be over. The Biden administration should have made that clear but Joe Biden is making way too much money from China. And that diplomatic boycott is just stupid. He might have just done nothing.

But I wonder about the athletes. I understand that an Olympic athlete has a short shelf life but is this worth it? The athletes are going to be there for three months and completely isolated. They have to worry about what they say, worry about being spied on and worry about being ghosted (as China is known to do).

If it was me, I’d just stay home.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-olympics-winter-games-athletes-covid-china-politics-11643562434

 

Well, Duh!

FBI Director, Christopher Wray had some very stark words about China. Right now, the FBI is expecting a cyber attack from Russia and China and he wanted to address this. He made some comments as a keynote speaker at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library :

“There is so much good we could do with a responsible Chinese government: crack down on cybercriminals, stop money launderers, reduce opioid overdose deaths. But at the FBI, we’re focused on the reality of the Chinese government today.”

“When we tally up what we see in our investigations—over 2,000 of which are focused on the Chinese government trying to steal our information or technology—there is just no country that presents a broader threat to our ideas, our innovation, and our economic security than China.”

Maybe he should have been a little more aggressive when Joe Biden was figuring out whether or not to send our athletes over to China.

He also said:

“China may be the first government to combine authoritarian ambitions with cutting-edge technical capability. It’s like the surveillance nightmare of East Germany combined with the tech of Silicon Valley.”

This is an awesome comment. We are not dealing with the fact that Silicon Valley is working directly with China to control information to Chinese hear, enforce China’s social credit score and help China with their surveillance programs. To make things worse, these companies (Apple, Google and Facebook) give their technology to China because it’s required by the government to do business in China. They won’t do this for the United States. Remember, Apple wouldn’t help the FBI crack the encryption for the terrorists’ phones after the attack in San Bernardino in 2015.

And it’s no secret: Silicon Valley wants to do the same thing here, primarily for profit and the spreading of the Leftist ideology. We’re seeing it now.

China wants the United States to be China. And Silicon Valley is helping them toward their goals.

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/director-wray-addresses-threats-posed-to-the-us-by-china-020122

 

 

 

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-plan-to-make-permanent-health-tracking-on-smartphones-stirs-concern-11590422497

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/05/1052811962/one-chinese-town-has-started-a-fiery-online-debate-about-chinas-zero-covid-polic

 

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-china-wants-permanent-quarantine-133858270.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHJotdLz4hSOeYzYTvf-siyfiNMw2aWfFBKz-IUZiKLZPBRO8ak_MH_MOhHwFEptssRDszObSwbNoKjgDnjAdkCWM7cWB_0jMS6r1tTYhmbvlx-6IqU6ZYvg8SnjvOEIznrjL-0RHzNW6-QNVh2MSurqDEV2N01tQLuYKZiIlmkT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 449 – That’s Kind of Some Dark News

Joe Biden meets with Xi Jinping of China. It doesn’t go well.

The Washington Post, in a surprise, complains about the Uyghur genocide.

And a former Chinese dissident gives a stark warning to the United States.

 

Accomplished Nothing…Again

Joe Biden had a three hour virtual meeting with Xi Jinping yesterday. It didn’t start well for old Joe. The first thing that Xi said was his greeting and then he referred to Joe as his “old friend”, something that Joe Biden and Jen Psaki adamantly said Xi wasn’t. I just thought this was funny. The Chinese monitor everything that happens here. Xi knew Biden has been saying that he wasn’t friends with Xi and didn’t trust Xi. He knew there was a lot of friction between the Right and Left with the relationship he has with Chinese companies and the Chinese government. This was an awesome troll by Xi.

This shows a bunch of things though:

  • Joe Biden is not respected by Xi.
  • He sees Biden as weak.
  • This is also a way to shake Biden, something he probably believes will be easy to do.
  • Xi knows the United States better than the United States knows China.
  • And nothing was going to get done in this three hour meeting.

Again, it was a troll. It was a psychological game Xi was playing.

So the meeting went on and nothing got done. Some of the highlights:

  •  They talked about climate change. Biden asked Xi to cut down on his emissions and Xi said no. No pushback from Biden.
  • They talked about Taiwan and the One China Policy. China stated that Biden stated that he did not support Taiwan’s independence. Xi threatened Biden that any help to the Taiwanese, he would be “playing with fire”. This basically means, Taiwan is done.
  • Biden asked Xi to follow through on Trump’s trade agreements which China has not lived up to. China said no. Only good news is Biden is going to keep the tariffs in place.
  • The origins of the China virus and the use of gain-of-function was never brought up.
  • There was no talks about boycotting the Winter Olympics in China this year (more on that later).
  •  Biden talked about human right violations by China. Xi told Bden that China would not be lectured about how they did things by foreign governments. He was will to talk but would not formulate policies or make promises.
    • Well, I guess the genocide of the Uyghurs is going to continue. You know, the forced abortions, sterilizations, re-education, torture, rape and killing of a group because they are Muslim.
    • The are about a million Uyghurs. Who cares though.
    • That should have been enough to pull out of the Olympics in China.

Fox News called the meeting the Seinfeld Summit, making fun of the fact that the summit was about nothing but don’t kid yourself. China scored a win here. A big one.

  • They said they would continue the unfair trade practices.
  • They were going to continue to pump CO2 into the air.
  • They are going to continue the cyber warfare and stealing our technology.
  • They will not alter any of their inhumane practices.
  • They are going to take over Taiwan.
  • They didn’t have to talk about the China virus.
  • And they will get to have their propaganda through the Winter Olympics, putting on a show for the world and the United States will be there and be amazed.

But worst of all, Xi put Biden in his place and, if he needed anymore confirmation, knows that Biden is weak. Be prepared for China to become more brazen over the next few years.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/xi-calls-biden-old-friend-us-china-virtual-summit
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-biden-denounced-taiwan-independence-warns-us-playing-fire
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/when-joe-met-xi-the-seinfeld-summit

 

This From the Washington Post?

Speaking of the Olympics, the Washington Post released an op-ed that really surprised me.

It is called China is Perfecting a 21st -Century Method of Destroying an Entire Paper by Fred Hiatt. The piece is short but is important. It is about the genocide of the Uyghurs and how the Winter Olympics are going to be held only a couple of hours west of the site. It’s a short piece, but very important.

China’s Communist leaders, innovative in so many ways, appear to be perfecting a 21st-century approach to genocide.

With the Beijing Olympics less than three months away, will Coca-Cola and other sponsors of the Games celebrate with China while this is taking place? While, a few hours’ flight due west of the stadiums and ice rinks, an entire people is being slowly, deliberately erased?

This is where I think the Washington Post gets it a little wrong. Why shouldn’t sponsors continue to support the Olympics? Half their stuff is made in China and the United States government won’t even do anything about it.

We have learned to think of genocide as industrial-scale slaughter: gas chambers, killing fields, mass graves. A report published last week by the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, “To Make Us Slowly Disappear,” suggests that China may have found a different way, more insidious if no less monstrous.

The campaign against the Uyghur population of western China, a Muslim minority of about 12 million people inside a nation of more than 1 billion, began with conventional discrimination, escalated to intense surveillance and mass detentions, and now includes forcible sterilization and insertion of IUDs; separation of men and women through incarceration, forced migration and coerced marriages of Uyghur women to men from the ethnic Han majority; and mass kidnapping of Uyghur children, taken from their parents and placed in state “boarding schools.”

Thought this crap was over in the 20th century? Nope. Welcome to communism.

The campaign is not without terrible violence, torture and killing, as survivor accounts make clear. But, the report says, it hinges on something else: “coercive interventions of the Chinese government to prevent sizable numbers of Uyghurs from coming into being.”

This suggests that the deliberate goal is “to biologically destroy the group, in whole or in substantial part.”

One of the missions of the Holocaust Museum is “to do for victims of genocide today what was not done for the Jews of Europe.” The seriousness with which it accepts this responsibility is reflected in the meticulous caution of the well-documented report: Although both the Trump and Biden administrations have declared that China is committing genocide against the Uyghurs, the museum says it is “gravely concerned that the Chinese government may be committing genocide.”

Uncertainty is what China wants; it has constructed a formidable information blockade. Uyghur scholars were among the first targets of the mass detention campaign. Foreign scholars, correspondents and think-tank experts are kept out of the Xinjiang region where the crimes are being committed — and increasingly out of China altogether. And China attempts to silence even Uyghurs living abroad by locking up and abusing the relatives back home of anyone who dares speak out.

No one has been more victimized by this barbarity than the reporters of Radio Free Asia, who have done more than anyone in the past five years to reveal the truth.

“The Chinese government are very professional on how to hide their crimes,” one of those reporters, Gulchehra Hoja, said at a forum organized by the museum last week. Hoja, about whom I’ve written before, knows this all too well: Trying to silence her, the Chinese government locked up, as usual without charge or trial, her brother, her mother, her cousins, their spouses — nearly two dozen relatives in all.

They are not hiding it. They are not denying it. They are telling us that it’s none of our business. A question I have for you is what do you think is happening to the Hong Kong dissidents? You know, the people who just disappear? China has been doing this a long time. I’ll even go so far as to say they haven’t stopped doing it since Mao.

As a result, we have indications, alarming snippets, satellite evidence — but far from the whole story.

The report says between 1 million and 3 million people are detained; Hoja says she believes the higher number, but it can’t be proven.

The report refers to more than 880,000 Uyghur children being put in boarding facilities — often after their parents are illegally detained — but that was only through 2019.

Researchers uncover dramatic drops in Uyghur birth rates — in 2019, “at least 186,400 fewer children were born in Xinjiang compared to what would have been expected if birth rates had remained static at the pre-2017 baseline,” the report says — but then China hides more data, so reports are dated, fragmentary and, almost certainly, far less terrible than the truth.

What is to be done? The report calls on China, which proclaims its innocence, to allow a U.N.-authorized commission access to Xinjiang to investigate. Certainly it should be at the top of President Biden’s agenda when he holds a tele-summit with President Xi Jinping on Monday.

Those are pretty heavy statistics and this is just what we know. This is also just with the persecution of the Uyghurs. Like I said, this does not include dissidents.

Of course Biden is not going to do anything about it. He’s weak. He’s senile. He doesn’t want any problems with China. He’s probably compromised by China thanks to his garbage son. But worse, Biden wants the United States to be like China. We’ll get to that in a few minutes too.

Hoja puts it more simply: “Please, I ask international community, break silence,” she said. “This is not a Uyghur tragedy. This is a human tragedy.”

Will Coca-Cola and other Olympic sponsors really just pretend none of it is happening? “We stand with those seeking justice and equality,” chairman and CEO James Quincey declared last year.

On its website, the company boasts of being the longest continuous sponsor of the International Olympic Committee because they share the “same core values of friendship, respect, inclusion, integrity and excellence.”

At a congressional hearing in July, Coca-Cola executive Paul Lalli said the sponsors have no say in where the Games take place. “We support and follow the athletes wherever they compete,” Lalli said.

That may be true. Also true: There will be no “justice and equality” for the Uyghur women being kicked, raped and sterilized as the ice-dancing competition unfolds; no “respect and inclusion” for Uyghur infants being seized from their parents as skiers race down the slalom course.

“The future of a people may depend on swift, coordinated action by global actors,” the report says.

Or we all can pretend it’s not happening, grab a Coke and enjoy the Games.

Like I said, Hiatt is focusing only on sponsors, specifically Coke. I don’t drink Coke because it’s bad for me but also because of the reasons he’s talking about. But he only scratches the surface of the problem. I don’t know what Coke did to piss him off but Coke is not the only sponsor. What about Intel, Omega, Panasonic, Samsung, Toyota, just to name a few.

What about the companies that manufacture their goods in China like Apple, Nike, Addidas, Acer, Banana Republic, Crabtree & Evelyn and Dell, just to name a few. Shouldn’t they be condemned for using slave labor to manufacture their good just to sell them to us?

What about the United States government? Why aren’t we putting sanctions on China? Why aren’t we tariffing the crap out of China to force American manufacturers back to America? Better yet, why are we sending our Olympians to China in three months?

I love the article because it brings up the terror that the Chinese communist party is putting upon its people and all communist countries. The Soviet Union had its gulags. Cuba had work camps. Nazi Germany had its concentration camps.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/14/coke-genocide/

 

On the Spot

I have a couple of clips from the news show Firing Line. On it is Chinese dissident, Ai Weiwei. He had some dire words for the United States and their condition. The person interviewing him is Margaret Hoover.

Listen:

Some things:

  • Hoover is trying to get Weiwei to say the Trump is a authoritarian. Watch the video and see her face when he says that Trump was not. But this was not the important part of the clip.
  • “You are already in an authoritarian state, you just don’t know it.” This is a shocking statement.
    • The system (education, entertainment, big business, tech, media, even the FBI and military) is all Leftist.
    • Joe Biden is a Leftist and he has the backing of the system. He’s already asserting himself as an authoritarian.
      • The mask and vaccine mandates.
      • The border crisis.
      • High taxes.
      • Inflation.
      • Energy prices.
      • All of this is not a problem but a feature. It is used for control.
  • Political correctness is the true evil. It creates groups that cannot get along because these group see themselves as, not only right, but divine. And they see the other group as evil. You see this on a daily basis with cancel culture.
  • This has brought up by many American political philosophers (Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles and Mark Levin). But they said that we weren’t there yet. Weiwei says we are already there.

This is a pretty stark statement. Very uncomfortable. But I do have some good news for you. Panic not. At least not yet.

Here is Weiwei saying how political correctness is infecting people:

This is brilliant. Because of the language barrier his point might be muddled but he’s saying we are bombarded with information from the Internet and social media. But we don’t understand that information. Most people have limited life experience. Then, they internalize the information and make it part of their belief system. They get that information confirmed by whatever they decide to read and reject anything that counters that belief or “knowledge”.

With the example of China, people like socialism. I get it, it’s a great idea. But it’s dependent on people being perfect and completely alike, which we aren’t so it always fails.

The second part, he’s saying something I have always believed and you may have heard me say this multiple times:

“We need a war.”

The United States has become fat and lazy. We have it too good. Even the poor have televisions, cars and smart phones. We have it so good that people don’t look at the world around them and see what’s really going on in the world. Do you really think LGBTQ and racism crap is really an issue in this country? Of course it’s not. If we decided to take serious the issues in China, Afghanistan, Iran or Russia, everyone would know how stupid our piddly problems are. Dude, they are committing genocide in China that is comparable to Nazi Germany and we’re worried about what pronouns to use. Really?

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/famous-chinese-dissident-u-s-already-in-the-authoritarian-state-you-just-dont-know-it
https://www.dailywire.com/news/famed-chinese-dissident-u-s-already-in-authoritarian-state-dangerous-wokeism-like-mao-revolution

 

Speaking of Authoratarianism

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-fbi-counterterrorism-unit-tracking-threats-against-school-officials-school-boards-whistleblower-docs-show

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/irresponsible-russia-shoots-down-satellite-generates-debris-threatening-international-space-station
https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-rips-russia-for-missile-test-that-forced-space-station-astronauts-to-scramble-for-shelter

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-city-declares-itself-sanctuary-city-from-federal-overreach

 

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Episode 427 – Not A Whistleblower

A Facebook whistleblower testifies in front of Congress.

I think the Department of Justice needs to look up what defines a terrorist.

And World War III might be on the table.

 

The Whistleblower That’s Not

There was a Facebook “whistleblower” in front to the Senate yesterday saying that Facebook needed to be heavily regulated.

Frances Haugen said that Facebook cared more about profits than the safety of the children who use Facebook, especially girls. She said:

The company’s leadership knows how to make Facebook and Instagram safer but won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people. Congressional action is needed. They won’t solve this crisis without your help.

Companies have 100% control over their algorithms, and Facebook should not get a free pass on choices it makes to prioritize growth and virality and reactiveness over public safety. They’re paying for their profits right now with our safety.

Couple of things:

  • This is not a crisis.
  • She seems more concerned about Facebook making profits.
  • Private companies should have control over their algorithms. That is a company’s intellectual property. She wants the government to control it. Why? We’ll answer that later.
  • Facebook is not selling cigarettes or crack. What do they have to do with the safety of children, especially girls?
    • Isn’t that the problem of the parents?
    • Isn’t this the same argument made against television commercials?
  • And, by the way, teenagers being insecure is a new thing?

Nothing she is saying here is new. We’ll see later that there is an ulterior motive to all this.

She said that she did not think (why anyone cares what she thinks shocks me) Facebook should be broken up but there needs to be a change to section 230. Section 230 is what makes a company not responsible for third party content while being able to control offensive content like porn. She said:

I think if we had appropriate oversight, or if we reformed Section 230 to make Facebook responsible for the consequences of their intentional ranking decisions, I think they would get rid of engagement-based ranking because it is causing teenagers to be exposed to more anorexia content. It is pulling families apart, and in places like Ethiopia, it is literally fanning ethnic violence.

Some things:

  • I think there should be changes to section 230 too. But those changes should allow me to sue Facebook when they block me.
  • This should not be something that the government forces Facebook to do something.
  • Notice, she’s talking about women and ethnic violence? How woke of her.

Some things about her entire 3 1/2 hour testimony:

  • She wants the government to regulate Facebook.
    • She thinks the algorithms should be reviewed and controlled by the government. That’s unconstitutional because it is a violation private business and intellectual property laws.
    • She thinks there should be a governmental regulator that Mark Zuckerberg has to report to.
    • One person she suggested was herself. That’s right. She’s saying the government should make her Mark Zuckerberg’s boss.
  • All her complaints stem from Left wing talking points.

Mark Zuckerberg released a 1300 word statement about this whole thing on Facebook. I won’t go over it because I already know this bitch is full of shit (we’ll go over that in a second). The only thing I remember is he said this gal is not a professional for Facebook and knows nothing about the inner workings.

I believe that.

 

What Is This Really?

Frances Haugen is not a whistleblower. She’s a Left wing plant that has put out this non-information so that Democrats can undermine and takeover Facebook, controlling what data see on Facebook. Period.

Haugen has, throughout her life, shown she is sympathetic for Leftist policies:

  • She donated to Leftist politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  • She’s donated to the “Courage to Change” Political Action Committee.
  • She complained that Google was not inclusive enough of women.
  • Frances Haugen was behind a “recent change to give users the option to filter searches to specific skin tones.
  • At Gigster, she gave a talk on how “if we don’t build with an eye towards inclusion, we can end up enshrining bias.”
  • Despite having money for political donations, in January 2020, Haugen had a $44,000 federal tax lien placed against her for unpaid taxes, according to public records reviewed by The Daily Wire. The lien was released on May 17, 2021. Those lawyers are Whistleblower Aid, a group founded by Mark Zaid, who previously represented the national security official who alleged that Donald Trump inappropriately pressed the Ukraine president on a phone call.
  • The public relations firm of former Obama aide Bill Burton, a company called Bryson Gillette helmed by a raft of Democratic operatives, is providing Haugen with “strategic communications guidance,” helping run what one Republican called “an incredibly well-orchestrated communications campaign,” the Free Beacon reported.
  • Even Mark Zuckerberg has even said she does not have the technical expertise she is conveying.

Democrats want to control how information and what information is disseminated. This gal is a tool to help them get to their desired objective.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/greenwald-facebook-whistleblower-is-being-used-by-the-left-to-control-political-discourse
https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-whistleblower-claims-dont-make-sense-2021-10
https://www.dailywire.com/news/activist-leftist-facebook-whistleblower-demands-congress-regulate-social-media-platforms
https://www.dailywire.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-leftist-activist-lawyer-ukraine-impeachment

 

Those People Are Terrorists?

Last year, BLM did about $3 billion in damage through rioting.

Antifa took over a section of Portland, burned down a police station and assaults citizens on a daily basis.

In Chicago, gangs have shot thousands a year.

At the border, the drug cartels are trafficking people, committing rape and murder and are importing dangerous drugs into this country.

But, do you know who is being referred to as a domestic terrorists? Conservative parents who do not want their kids being taught critical race theory or critical gender theory.

Last week, the National School Board Association sent a letter to President Biden stating:

“America’s public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat. The National School Boards Association respectfully asks for federal law enforcement and other assistance to deal with the growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the nation.”

On Monday, the Biden administration responded.

In a letter, Merrick Garland said:

This is a lie. There have been some scuffles at board meetings but not against board members and there are very few videos of anything outside of parents yelling at the school boards (usually run by people who don’t have kids in the school districts).

I find it amazing how the Biden administration continues to demonize Americans and Conservatives. I can’t wait to hear the stories that are going to come out that some parent, who bitched at a school board, ends up being banned from a plane flight because he’s considered a terrorist.

Here’s the thing, we hear all the time now about how parents should have a say in their education. Here’s Virginia Democratic governor candidate, Terry McAuliffe saying just that:

Parents need are beginning to take the bull by the horns. Schools have become indoctrination factories and McAuliffe’s statement basically proves that. The state doesn’t want you to raise your own kids. They are considered property of the state. This is why the Left is so against school choice. Private schools don’t teach this crap. They don’t teach that all white people are racists and that you can change your gender at the drop of a hat. They don’t teach math like it’s racist. They make student learn the STEM fields, learn to read and write. In other words, the teach students to be productive citizens. This is not a goal of the public school systems and the teacher unions. It’s to make good radical activists.

Well, parents are sick of not having a say about their children’s education. And they’re speaking up. You know what they should do not. Double down. Continue doing this. Continue fighting. Make those school boards uncomfortable. Fight for their kids. Apparently, what parents were doing before has worked. The school boards are getting nervous, not for their lives like the NSBC wants you to believe, but are afraid of the dissent and protest. We need to keep it up.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-calls-doj-targeting-parents-attending-school-board-meetings-disturbing
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/04/merrick-garland-directs-fbi-to-target-parents-responsible-for-disturbing-spike-in-harassment-intimidation-against-schools/
https://nsba.org/News/2021/federal-assistance-letter

 

 

 

World War III is Coming

Chinese state media, the Global Times, released an editorial basically saying that China is ready for war.

You may remember that China sent over 150 war planes over Taiwan, which is an independent country. China sees Taiwan as part of China and swore they would “take back” the country from the secessionists. Taiwan has been working with Australia, Japan, Briton and the United States to try to discourage China’s aggression.

The publication stated:

The peaceful atmosphere that existed in the area only a few years ago has all but disappeared, and the DPP authorities now openly refer to PLA fighters as “enemy aircraft.” They have constantly hyped up claims that they are at the forefront of the so-called democratic world to resist “authoritarian rule.” The strategic collusion between the US and Japan and the DPP authorities is becoming more audacious, and the situation across the Taiwan Straits has almost lost any room for maneuver teetering on the edge of a face-off, creating a sense of urgency that the war may be triggered at any time.

The secessionist forces on the island will never be allowed to secede Taiwan from China under whatever names or by whatever means, and, the island will not be allowed to act as an outpost of the US’ strategic containment against China.

The curtain of preparations for a comprehensive military struggle by the Chinese mainland has obviously been drawn open,” the Global Times wrote. “… it has increasingly become the new mainstream public opinion on the Chinese mainland that the mainland should make earnest preparations based on the possibility of combat.

There is no force in the world whose will to ‘defend Taiwan’ is stronger than China’s will to fight against secession and achieve reunification. To be precise, they are completely incomparable. China dares to have a life-and-death fight against any force that hinders our reunification, but no force dares or is willing to fight to the death against the world’s second largest economy, as well as a nuclear power, in order to prevent China’s reunification.

On Tuesday, when asked about it, Joe Biden said, “‘I’ve spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree…we’ll abide by the Taiwan agreement.”

Yeah, because China doesn’t lie, right? And can you think of a better time for China to invade? The United States isn’t going to do anything because Taiwan is an ally and we don’t help our allies.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-state-media-warns-u-s-war-may-be-triggered-at-any-time-over-taiwan
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202110/1235638.shtml

 

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/irritated-biden-addresses-f-joe-biden-signs-after-chilly-reception-in-michigan

 

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Episode 343 – Happy Birthing Person Day!

The Left tries to control language again and gets wrecked.

Tony Fauci just won’t go away.

Greta Thunberg is MIA now that the new CO2 report comes out.

And I don’t understand why some of this stuff keeps happening.

 

Happy Birthing Persons Day!

There were some very nice, political messages from the Democrat leaders that released their messages before the Left had a chance to edit the final product.

Nancy Pelosi said:

“Our mothers are our Guardian Angels, and we carry them always in our hearts, whether or not we are blessed to have them with us. Happy Mother’s Day to you and your family.”

That was very nice.

The White House released a tweet:

“Moms have always built, shaped, led, and sustained this country — and we’re committed to fighting for the safe and equitable workplaces, affordable health care, child care, and equal pay that every mom deserves. Happy Mother’s Day.”

OK, that was a tad bit more political and self-serving but not terrible. Well, it was terrible but what can we expect?

Then, Cori Bush decided to come up with the new pneumonic for mothers:

Well, this became the saying of the week. Everyone started using that term; in the media, politicians, activists, everyone. Listen:

Thanks to The News Junkies Archives on YouTube for a great, short compilation.

The reality is Mother’s Day is a bad thing for the Left:

  • Men can be women and women can be men. This confusion is important to change the meaning of language so that it conforms to their principle. Look at what they’ve done to the meaning of racism.
  • The Left hates the nuclear family. Mothers are part of the nuclear family. Fathers are part of the nuclear family (can’t wait to see what they do to Father’s Day).
  • The Left would rather all kids were orphans so they could be raised by the government than actually be raised in a healthy home.

This did not go well for them and that’s a good thing. I think Ben Shapiro summed it up in a tweet:

I think that pretty much sums it up. The Left doesn’t care about people, families or science. And people are getting sick of their crap. I bet you we don’t hear anything about “birthing persons” again.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mothers-day-birthing-people-democrats-pelosi-cori-bush
https://www.dailywire.com/news/using-the-term-birthing-people-erases-women

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/kentucky-derby-winner-medina-spirit-fails-post-race-drug-test-trainer-says
https://www.dailywire.com/news/churchill-downs-suspends-bob-baffert-after-medina-spirit-tests-positive-for-betamethasone

 

This Man is a Nut Job

Dr. Tony Fauci is at it again. I don’t understand why this guy has any authority and hasn’t been fired yet. Here he is on ABC News saying something crazy:

Yeah, no. That was pretty much what everyone on Twitter said.

He also said that masks were going to be seasonal.

Yeah, no.

The Biden administration has screwed this whole thing up to high heaven.

  • They said, on the campaign trail, that they would not take a vaccine that Trump made.
  • They keep telling us we will have to keep masks on even after we get the vaccine.
  • They refuse to support opening of the schools because of the teacher’s union.
  • Now they are saying we may never reach herd immunity.

One has to wonder why the Biden administration is sending so many mixed messages. I’ll take a guess. Could it be…oh…power? They like the control they have?

Guess what? I’m vaccinated and, therefore, I’m not wearing a mask. I am not going to wear a mask based on what Tony Fauci or Joe Biden says. They’re idiots and I want my freedom back.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-as-close-to-back-to-normal-by-next-mothers-day-if-overwhelming-proportion-of-people-get-vaccinated

 

Where’s Greta?

A new report released late week found that communist China’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 were higher than the rest of the developed world combined.

The report was published by the Rhodium Group, a leading independent research provider that specializes in matters involving China, energy & climate, India, and economics.

The Rhodium Group tweeted:

What amazes me:

  • The Left keeps screaming that socialism will save the environment.
  • Environmentalists keep ignoring China and, when questioned, will say that they are a developing country. What the Hell difference does that make? We are going to die in 10 years.

It’s not about the environment. It’s about equity and transforming the United States into a socialist, globalist country. It’s about erasing our identity as a nation. It’s about jealousy over the richest, most successful nation in human history.

The environmental movement has been one of the biggest grifts in United States history.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinas-emissions-exceeded-those-of-all-other-developed-nations-combined-report

 

Like We Needed Another Reason

A major ransomeware was discovered Friday on the Colonial Pipeline on the east coast of the United States.

  • Ransomware is when data is encrypted with an unknown key. The only way a company can unlock their data is to pay the hackers for the key or restore data from backup.
  • Colonial Pipeline operates a 5,500-mile system taking fuel from the refineries of the Gulf Coast to the New York metro area.
  • The pipeline transports more than 100 million gallons a day, or roughly 45% of fuel consumed on the East Coast, according to the company’s website.
  • Prices are already up $0.06 and we have the highest national average since November of 2014 at $2.96 a gallon.
  • Gas in California is already ay $4.00 a gallon.
  • The pipeline was shutdown until the hack could be controlled. Though the main lines are down, some of the smaller lines remain running.
  • The FBI confirmed in a statement on Monday that the DarkSide ransomware group is responsible for the Colonial Pipeline attack.
  • DarkSide is among ransomware gangs that have “professionalized” a criminal industry that has cost Western nations tens of billions of dollars in losses in the past three years.
  • DarkSide is an Eastern European hackers group.

DarkSide posted the following:

It is just asinine that we are putting up with this crap. This is happening way too much in this country and it should never happen.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/pipeline-attack-aaa-says-these-states-will-be-the-first-to-experience-gas-price-increases-fuel-shortages
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-suspects-criminal-group-with-ties-to-eastern-europe-in-pipeline-hack-11620664720?mod=hp_lead_pos1

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