Trump is Hitler, Duh!

Recess Appointments...

Don't forget Donald J. Trump is also an existential threat to democracy. Some how Joe Biden and many in the media have quietly stopped portraying Trump as Hitler or an existential threat to democracy.

Why would President Biden meet with Hitler elect? Obviously because Trump is not Hitler. Looking at the expression on Sleepy Joe's face it's obvious President Biden is very happy. He actually seems giddy.

How Happy are You Really?

However, the drumbeat of Trump being a threat to democracy is still pounding away. Even former leader, Mitch McConnell has made it clear Trump is a threat and will not support any recess appointments. The narrative - Recess appointments are a threat to democracy. The facts be damned:

President William J. Clinton made 139 recess appointments, 95 to full-time positions and 44 to part-time positions. 

President George W. Bush made 171 recess appointments, 99 to full-time positions and 72 to part-time positions.  

President Obama made 32 recess appointments, all to full-time positions.

In all 32 of President Obama's recess appointments a nomination preceded the recess appointment. In 20 of the 32 cases, the Senate later confirmed the nominee to the position.

The above information comes from Congress.

Recess appointments are not something new or a threat to democracy. Remember this when you hear the MSM, RINOs or angry Democrats lie about recess appointments.

Note - One way to determine the validity of the recess appointment argument is to see if you can find the number of Recess appointments by Joe Biden and Donald Trump during his 1st term. Good luck finding that data! When you fail I suggest you try search engines other than Google.

Trump's Hush Money

You don't know what you don't know...

I didn't know you're technically not a convicted felon until you are sentenced.

I didn't know you can't appeal your conviction until you are sentenced. 

Can you imagine a logical reason why the Judge in Trump's hush money case delayed sentencing? There is a chance the Judge will dismiss the entire case and the MSM will continue to call Trump a convicted felon. There is also a chance the Judge will indefinitely defer sentencing or schedule sentencing for the end of January... 2029!

The hush money case against Trump:

Many bookkeeping entries paid and recorded AFTER the 2016 election. Each invoice, each payment and the final account statement charged as a separate crime. All paid with Trump's own money. All recorded as "legal expenses". Every check made out to his "lawyer" at the time, Michael Cohen. I guess the State of NY wanted these hush money payments (NDA fees) recorded as "Payments to a hooker to keep quiet?". 

Everyone seemingly knows this case was charged well after the statute of limitations but for some reason that's not important. You keep hearing that "No one is above the law". Well actually every Prosecutor, Senator, Congressman and Judge is technically above the law. They must 1st be impeached and then prosecuted. Sound familiar?

These to old to prosecute misdemeanor book entries were turned into felonies by a process called... If you still don't understand how that happened don't feel bad neither do I and I'm going to guess only three members of the Supreme Court will be able to justify this BS. That will be some interesting reading.

Saying this isn't law fare is nuts. The fact the #3 person at the DOJ, Matthew Colangelo, quit the DOJ, a job he worked his life to obtain, to take up a historically flawed case in Manhattan speaks volumes.

Alvin Bragg & Matthew Colangelo

Trump won the 2024 election but unlike many of my friends on the right I acknowledge the nation is still 50/50. However, Trump did gain huge ground in NY, specifically NY City. How? Well it turns out many people when they actually get the facts can see the truth.

I'm sorry, but yes I'm still happier than an alligator at Disney world with a baby in his jaws. That said, I'm seriously concerned about being shot in the head!

Four more years... Maybe more like 12 or 24 if the GOP can reduce the size of government and actually drain the swamp. That's a tall order and something half the country wants. Something I've heard my whole life but for three reasons today I have hope.

Trump Musk Vivek (TMV Baby!)

DOGE

PS Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary? I met Pete at my brother's restaurant the Oasis Cafe in Stillwater Minnesota. Nice guy but still I question the pick on management skills. Time will tell. Could it be worse than than out current Secretary of Defense?

How the FBI “Prebunked” a True Story

Biden Family’s Corruption Before the 2020 election.

In 2019, the FBI came into possession of Hunter Biden's laptop. the laptop contained damning evidence that directly implicated the Biden family and Joe Biden himself. Specifically, it proved a pattern of influence-peddling, where political access was traded for personal and familial gain involving various international players. However, instead of revealing this information, or even preparing for a legitimate disclosure, the FBI chose a different route. Over the course of 2020, they embarked on a campaign with Big Tech to ensure this story—the truth—would be buried before it ever came to light. 

The FBI, aided by Big Tech companies, successfully suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story in an effort that ultimately constituted interference in the 2020 presidential election - and according to polling changed the outcome of the election.

The timeline of the Hunter Biden laptop story—from its initial acquisition by the FBI to the New York Post's publication of the details, and the ensuing censorship by Big Tech—reveals the depth of coordination that was at play. The FBI's actions went beyond mere incompetence or negligence; it was a preemptive strategy to condition influential social media platforms to dismiss any forthcoming stories about Hunter Biden as Russian disinformation. 

This “prebunking” approach—preemptively discrediting real information—ensured that when the truth finally emerged, it was met with skepticism, censorship, and suppression.

The first significant event in this saga occurred in late 2019, when the FBI acquired Hunter Biden's laptop. By this point, the FBI had verified its authenticity—a verification that took place before any public reporting on the laptop’s contents. The laptop, abandoned by Hunter Biden at a Delaware repair shop, contained emails, photos, and documents detailing the Biden family's involvement in foreign business dealings, with the former Vice President allegedly benefiting from these ventures. The laptop was, without a doubt, real, and the FBI knew it.

Despite this knowledge, the FBI took a questionable next step. In early 2020, they began meeting with Big Tech companies, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft, ostensibly to prepare them for potential Russian disinformation campaigns targeting the upcoming election. During these meetings, the FBI set the narrative. They warned that foreign actors—most notably Russia—might attempt a “hack-and-leak” operation intended to discredit the Biden family. The FBI specified that this operation would likely involve claims about the Biden family's ties to Ukraine—a detail very close to the information that was already present on Hunter Biden's laptop.

These meetings between the FBI and Big Tech were not casual conversations. Over the course of 2020, the FBI held more than 30 such meetings with major social media platforms, consistently hammering home the point about an impending “October Surprise” in the form of leaked information about the Bidens. Not only did this position social media companies to expect an attack, but it also primed them to act as gatekeepers, ready to filter or suppress anything that matched the FBI’s predicted narrative.

The turning point came in October 2020 when the New York Post published its explosive story on the Hunter Biden laptop. The timing—just weeks before the presidential election—made the story incredibly significant. Almost immediately after publication, Big Tech companies took action to limit its spread. Twitter outright banned users from sharing links to the story, even locking accounts that tried, including that of the New York Post itself. Facebook, for its part, suppressed the story's reach on its platform, reducing its visibility to users and ensuring it would not gain traction in the crucial days leading up to the election.

This coordinated suppression did not happen in a vacuum. Internal communications from Facebook reveal that they were acting based on information from the FBI. In one chat, Facebook employees openly discussed how the FBI had warned them about an imminent leak related to Burisma—the Ukrainian energy company with ties to Hunter Biden. These conversations happened only a week before the New York Post story broke. The alignment between what the FBI had “warned” about and what actually happened was notable.

Even more noteworthy are the internal communications from Facebook and Microsoft employees, who acknowledged that the FBI had effectively “tipped them off” about the story. One Microsoft employee noted that the FBI’s warning had specifically mentioned a potential Burisma story, adding that the timing matched exactly with the New York Post release. Such specificity raises serious questions about whether the FBI’s intention was ever about safeguarding the election from disinformation—or if it was about managing the narrative to protect one candidate from a damaging story.

Facebook’s own leadership seemed aware of the stakes. In internal messages, Nick Clegg, Facebook’s Vice President of Global Affairs, admitted that their handling of this issue would influence how a “Biden administration views us”. This kind of political calculation—censoring legitimate news to curry favor with an incoming administration—is the very definition of election interference. The internal cynicism among Facebook's staff was evident: when discussing their suppression of the New York Post story, one employee noted, “The Press is only as good to you as you are bad to Trump.”

The very employees tasked with executing these policies knew the likely impact. They joked about how, when eventually called to testify, they would say that their actions to “influence the 2020 election” had been planned with the U.S. government for years. These jokes were admissions. The censorship was not incidental; it was designed, coordinated, and executed based on direct guidance from the FBI.

The FBI's efforts did not end with Big Tech's suppression of the story. Only days after the New York Post article was published, 51 former intelligence officials released a public statement claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” This statement, orchestrated by Secretary Antony Blinken while he was an advisor to the Biden campaign, was intended to cast further doubt on the story. The statement provided the final piece of the puzzle: a supposed expert validation that the laptop was part of a foreign disinformation effort, even though it was not. Former Vice President Joe Biden cited this letter in his defense during debates, using it to dismiss the revelations as “Russian disinformation,” even as the FBI knew it was authentic.

In the two years since the 2020 election, the truth has slowly unraveled. Mark Zuckerberg and other Big Tech leaders have admitted that their actions to suppress the New York Post story were influenced directly by the FBI. These admissions come too late. The damage—in the form of suppressed information, manipulated public opinion, and election interference—has already been done. The FBI's preemptive framing of the Hunter Biden story as a Russian plot was a calculated effort to control the narrative and protect a favored candidate.

What happened with Hunter Biden's laptop was just the beginning. Once the Biden regime took office, pressure on Big Tech to censor content only grew. In the months following the inauguration, platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Amazon began receiving explicit demands from the White House to curb speech deemed undesirable by the regime. This included not only political content but also opinions and jokes, signaling an era of broad and pervasive censorship. My own accounts on Twitter and Medium were permanently suspended.

The collaboration between the Biden-Harris regime and Big Tech took many forms, but the roots were planted in 2020 when the FBI orchestrated a plan to “prebunk” an accurate story about Joe Biden's corruption. This prebunking effort weaponized both the media and major technology companies, effectively turning them into tools of state influence. By controlling the flow of information, the FBI ensured that voters would not learn about Hunter Biden’s dealings until it was too late to matter. This not only undermined faith in the institutions that are supposed to ensure fair elections but also demonstrated a significant level of governmental overreach.

Bottom line, the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020 represents one of the clearest examples of state-sponsored election interference in U.S. history. The FBI had the laptop, verified its authenticity, and instead of allowing the information to reach the public, undertook a campaign to preemptively discredit it. They primed Big Tech to see the story as a foreign attack, and when the New York Post broke the news, Big Tech platforms did what they had been conditioned to do—they censored it. The result was a manipulated election where critical information about one candidate was withheld from the public.

This case is not only about Hunter Biden’s laptop. It is about the relationship between the federal government and the platforms we rely on for information. It is about the deliberate actions taken by those in power to shape what voters know and, ultimately, how they vote. The weaponization of the FBI and Big Tech to “prebunk” a true story speaks to the broader dangers of unchecked government influence over supposedly independent media channels. As the revelations continue to unfold, the American people must demand accountability, transparency, and, most importantly, a commitment to protecting the sanctity of free and fair elections.

Publish by @amuse Oct 30th, 2024

It's all a huge dumpster fire!

Jeffrey Goldberg = Threat to Democracy

Jeffrey Goldberg is an existential threat to journalism which over the years of as become more and more laughable. Fool me once shane on you. Fool me twice shame on me. The October surprise is alive and well. Designed to attack an opponent at their strength and weaken them. In 2020 President Trump's strongest block of voters was and still is current and former military members.

The Democrat line of attack then was the Atlantic's Suckers a Losers article that every media outlet ran with and amplified. Considering the closeness of the outcome of the 2020 race it's quite possible that this one article cost Trump the election.

The problem is the story, the four anonymous sources, etc... was fictional. It's been four years and not one of the anonymous sources has come forward. The number of people on record saying the story was a complete fabrication has topped two dozen and we have actual evidence proving the underlying support of the story was false.

Fast forward to the month before the 2024 election and the same "Magazine" and the same " journalist" have struck again.

The "Atlantic" and Jeffrey Goldberg are the epitome of the October surprise. Trump's support of Israel and the Jewish people worldwide is undeniable as his support of our military. It's rightfully deserved as one of his strongest blocks of support. There is little doubt that Mr. Goldberg's headline is fabricated but it will take months, if not years for the media to sort this out which is exactly what the Editor in Chief, Jeffrey Goldberg and the left is counting on.

Will this cost Trump votes? 

Absolutely but nothing close to the damage the Suckers and Loser caused. In the recent past if you get caught making up stories or plagiarizing it was the end of your journalistic career. However, in these days of hyper partisan politics lies, as long as the lies help your team you're celebrated. The ends truly justified the means. Media outlets like NPR are still pushing the good people on both sides lie which only the most lazy media consumer hasn't been able to personally debunk. The real threat to democracy is this hack publication, this hack leader and others like them who lack of any sense of honor.

The good people on both sides battle cry is loud and proud. Americans seemingly are slow to learn but they are catching on that NPR, 60 Minutes and of course the Atlantic are just mouth pieces of the Left. Those of us on the Right are hopeful that the silenced majority will win the White House, Congress and the Senate. At least for a few years the media hacks might crawl back under their rocks or the better yet actually do as they threaten and pack up and leave the country.

Unless millions of recent illegal aliens are deported it's only a matter of time before the demographics of the United States will permanent shift which is the real endgame of or government sponsored open boarder. I strongly suggest teach our children history and how fragile our freedoms truly are.

'Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.  And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again." Ronald Reagan, January 5, 1967

Congress is Broken FY-2025

In 1974 Congress changed the government's fiscal year. Title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was signed into law on July 12, 1974 and changed the fiscal year to begin on October 1st starting in the following year. Why change it from December 31st? Ostensibly to give Congress more time to pass the budget. 

Since then, Congress has successfully performed it's budgetary responsibilities only four times in a timely manner. In the last fifty years Congress completed the budgetary process with the President's signature only four times.

Americans are justifiably concerned our Constitution will go the way of the Passenger Pigeon and become just as dead and thus a useless document. I would argue that the House of Representative's Constitutional "power of the purse" requires they submit, from time to time, a budget to the President. Failure to submit a budget on time 46 out of the last 50 years erodes our Constitutional Federal Republic.

I would argue the budget is a core responsibility of the House of Representatives spelled out in the Constitution. Something as important as it gets and Congress continues to blow it off.

PS The other day I was asked what issues in America concern me the most. My response was simple... "The attacks on the 1st and 2nd amendment." The comment I got from the person asking me the question was: "Oh like the attacks on the 3rd Amendment?" I didn't remember that the 3rd Amendment was needed to stop the government from quartering troops without permission in my home during peace or during war unless prescribed by law. His point? The quartering of troops lives in the dustbin of history... Exactly where the 2nd Amendment belongs.

Ouch!

NPR Lies Again - Arlington Trump Ad

"Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was 'pushed aside' by Trump aides"

I'm so sad I can't get back all the money I've given NPR over the years. 

The Charlottesville Hoax still lives on in so many American minds because of NPR and NPR knew that was a lie from the very beginning.

NPR is still pushing the "Suckers and Losers" Atlantic story as if it's gospel. The story that after all these years is still based on four anonymous sources verses the entire Trump administration saying it didn't happen.

"Pushed aside" police report? How easy would it be to have a link to the police report? To show a copy of the report? The Army put out a statement? Let's see it or at hear it?

Real journalism requires integrity especially when it's coming from the left leaning hacks of NPR. NPR's reporting on Republicans, specifically Donald Trump continues to be blatantly biased beyond belief. NPR has been caught lying so many times it's actually expected. Democracy requires truth and factual reporting goes a long way towards providing truth. I say this as I'm looking at a picture of a Joe Biden 2020 official, paid for, TV campaign ad. The picture is Joe, his family and officials at a tombstone in section 60 of Arlington Cemetery. The same section that Trump met with Gold Star Families at their request. That same section 60 that has erupted into TDS outrage.

My first thought, hey maybe that was Beau Biden's grave. Nope Beau Biden died of brain cancer years later (is he in the picture?) and is buried in Delaware. You wouldn't know this if you listened to President Joe Biden who for years has incorrectly said his son Beau died in Iraq. 

The Vice President visiting his son Beau?

2020 Biden Campaign Ad

PS Hunter Biden hooks up with Beau Biden's widowed wife Hallie Biden... That's not a question that's a fact and it speaks volumes of the "smartest guy I know" comment of Joe Biden. You can learn a lot about a man through his children. I'm encouraging my my left leaning friends to write Joe Biden in for President as a message to the deep state to stop messing with our democratic process.

Rocks, Cows and Walz

It's August 26th and I'm sitting in a pool of sweat getting ready to leave the Minnesota State Fair. It 92 degrees, 97% humidity and the breeze is almost non-existent. I'm exhausted but happy. The Fair this year was really special for me. It was my wife's 1st and my awesome sister-in-law was able to get time off to go. We saw sixteen teams compete in the Draft Horse Supreme Six Horse Hitch Classic, four recently born liters of the absolute cutest little piglets and two teams of professional lumberjacks and lumberjills compete in all things tree.

Sixteen six horse hitches all in the same arena? Ninety-six beautiful well trained horses at the same time... Well actually four teams at a time but in the end they did filled the arena. It was something I'll never see again and will never forget. Turns out the Minnesota State Fair is one of the most competitive fairs in the country drawing horse teams of two, four, six and eight from around the United States and Canada. The competition was incredible and to my wife and I every team looked competitive. We watched closely and picked our winners. By the time it was all over her pick came in third and mine came in 2nd. My pick was from Colorado while her pick was from Oklahoma and driven by the only female driver who happened to be seventeen.

One of my highlights was a flower. It was the most beautiful Dahlia I've ever seen and it won the blue ribbon.

Many of the best things offered at the State fair are free. Touching the soft pink snout of a three day old piglet reminded me of summers on my uncle's farm in Iowa. On this trip I also learned my middle brother was shipped off to spend summers at Grandpa Beemer's in Hampton, Iowa to "hang out" while I was shipped off to my mom's sister in Keystone, Iowa to work on their farm. My uncle Smitty farmed about 1,000 acres and raised on average 900 pigs a year. There was always work to be done and I don't remember having any difficulty falling asleep during those summers.

While shopping and searching for the elusive fried Snicker we walked and walked. It would take a week to really see all that is offered at the Minnesota State Fair. As usual the Democrat Party of Minnesota had a street corner "building" with a dozen or so very interested volunteers milling about. It was fancy, professionally produced and inspiring.

I never did see anything "official" by the Republicans but there was a small booth sponsored by "Action 4 Liberty" that was going after Minnesota's Governor Walz with a passion. What it lacked in funding and pizzazz it made up with humor.

Anyone could walk up and take a spin. If it landed on a tiny red slice "Never Walz" you won a T-shirt. The eight wedges highlight eight things Walz has done or lied about. 

- Stolen Valor

- COVID Snitch Line

- Tax Increases 

- Burning Minneapolis 

- Mask Mandates 

- Tampons in Boy's Bathrooms

- Small Biz Crushed 

- Child Trans Surgeries 

Recently a new scandal has surfaced. Governor Walz has repeatedly said that the Republicans are anti IVF and without IVF he would not have a family.  Making statements that JD Vance is anti IVF and would have prevented him from having a family seemed to cross the line. In reality Mrs. Walz used IUI or Intrauterine Insemination to conceive which is not opposed by any group in the United States.

Yet another little lie... Like giving voters the impression he spent time in Afghanistan (he did go there as a member of Congress) speaks volumes about one's honor. It you will lie about little things the odds are you will lie about things that matter. This is not someone I want a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

Trump was 1/2 Inch Away from a Dirt Nap

Vice President Kamala Harris went from: She's a drag on the ticket, her people are quitting in mass, let's swap her out before the convention to she's the second coming of the Lord Savior.

JD Vance comes on line and he is labeled weird.

Walz comes online and he is middle class Joe... Who just might be replaced because he wasn't fully vetted.

How soon we forget the Dems and the media (one in the same) lied to us about Joe's mental decline for YEARS. The plan to have the earliest debate in history did what those in charge knew it would and we now have Harris on the ticket without a single primary vote.

Democracy?

Joe is too feeble to run for office but sharp enough to run the country?

"Come on man..."

"Life, liberty and... You know the thing..."

The absolute best time to take out President Trump was the day before he declared his Vice President. Trump was 1/2 inch away from a dirt nap and the Secret Service Lead Site Agent in charge hasn't been fired? Turns out this was the 1st Trump rally the Secret Service was responsible for security since Trump left office. I wonder how things would have been different had the locals been in charge?

How weird is that?

2 out of 3 Americans Released were Taken During the Biden Administration

Exchanging three Americans for a Russian FSB hitman, a Russian spy family in Slovenia, Roman Seleznev, a talented Russian computer hacker, Vadim Konoshchenok, a suspected Russian intelligence operative and gifted money launderer, an academic accused of being a Russian spy and a man detained in Poland on espionage charges doesn't seem like a fair swap even if you toss in a few of our allies captives.

Since when is releasing a convicted murderer for a legit New York Times journalist something President Biden should brag about? When "Asked about former President Donald Trump’s comments that he could have secured the American prisoners’ release without giving up anything, Biden replied, “Then why didn’t he do it when he was president?” and then walked away, seemingly unaware that two of the three Americans released were arrested during his term in office, not Trump’s."

"A grinning Dana Bash of CNN called it a “mic drop moment” without clarifying the facts or the timeline of the arrests — something we might once have associated with Russian state media but are now accustomed to seeing here in the U.S."

Was the fact that 2 of the 3 released hostages were snagged during Biden's Administration and innocent corporate media mistake?

My sources made it clear to me the 2017 story that Trump's near removal via the 25th Amendment was a lie. 

My sources made it clear Biden was not mentally competent years before June 27th.

My sources made it clear Trump wasn't associated with Putin and not a Russian puppet.

My sources indicated the Russians wanted Hillary as President (that story is still being covered up). 

My sources told me Benghazi was a well planned, coordinated attack that the State Department and Administration completely blew before, during and after the attack resulting in four deaths including the Ambassador.

My sources made it clear the laptop was real. For eleven months before the 2020 election the FBI took actions to PREVENT the laptop story from breaking and laid the ground work to suppress the story if it broke. The laptop confirmed what whistleblowers, like Tony Bobulinski had said. Joe Biden was the Big Guy and the Biden Family was running shakedowns of our allies and adversaries.

My sources made the case that Joe Biden was in fact the head of an influence peddling corruption business that laundered their ill gotten gains for decades.

The list of corporate media lies goes on and they all cut the same way making Dems look good and Republicans look bad.

Now we have gone from Vice President Harris nearly being pushed off the 2024 ticket to securing the 2024 Democrat nomination without a single primary vote. We are now being told that Vice President Harris is the female version of JFK and the Republicans are just weird. The full power of  corporate media, combined with social media is manipulating the truth. 

Will the Truth about Harris get out before the election? Will "X" be enough? Will she too be swapped out if it looks like she can't beat Trump? Is 92 days enough time to vet our next President?

I don't think so and I'm sorry to report I have friends who will vote for "Kackala" as long as she can fog a mirror because Tump is a existential threat to Democracy!

Inflation, Boarder, National Debt, Balanced Budget, Middle East Peace, WW III, an independent free press ... It's not a long list but the Dems come up woefully short on everything that truly matters!

Doomsday Bunker Baby!

All kidding aside, if someone has the room and resources I fully support a doomsday bunker. The Airstream parked out back seems like a good idea but typically only for mice to survive the winter.

The odds of a societal breakdown last peaked during the Cuban Missile Crisis. At the end of the Cold War (thank you for your service) very few "normal" people were thinking about what if scenarios. Sadly since 2008 very few of my friends aren't discussing "what if" scenarios.

The odds?

I'm still a believer that things for the most part have always seemed "Bad". That the odds life will just continue as is, as long as you and I are alive, are pretty high. Our kids lives? Our kids, kids lives? That's beyond my pay grade. 

The world and the U.S. will deal with stuff as it comes along. I look at Japan, Germany, South Korea, Vietnam and I'm blown away how far those countries have come since their wars and total collapse of society.

My takeaway... Nothing stays bad forever unless it does aka North Korea, Cuba, Haiti, etc... No doubt we are living in interesting times. 

That said:

I'm playing the cards I'm dealt. If the stock market tanks and doesn't come back, that means the country has failed. The United States of America isn't the federal, state or local governments. It's the thousands of businesses, massive to small, that make things work. Businesses that are forced to compete have changed the world mostly for the better which some falsely argue isn't true because they have no clue. The businesses that are not forced to compete have changed the world mostly for the worse. That would include most governments.

Takeaway, if the U.S. stock market collapses and does not rebound money will not be worth anything as hyper inflation will quickly destroy all savings. The law of supply and demand is a bitch and she will force everyone to their knees at some point.

So many basic things to think about and it's easy to go down a rabbit hole with your freeze dried food, guns, bullets and toilet paper. As friends have argued the need to prep, FEMA has quietly gone from recommending being independent for three days after a "disaster" to being independent for seven. I'm at two months with only winter as something I'm still trying to figure out.

The bottom line? The 30% increase in costs over the last three years has clearly hurt low income and fixed income Americans. It has caused great concern to those who have saved their entire lives. However, everyday life in America is still pretty awesome. We have to remind ourselves just how lucky we are to live with 333+ million people who for the most part are all agreeable. It's crazy that nearly all Americans concur with our fundamental founding principles and what's truly important in life. The bourgeoisie battle cry of diversity of everything but thought will one day fade away and be replaced by something else. 

It's true that America is blessed. We have an overly friendly neighbor to the North who's biggest offenses are slant drilling for oil under our shared boarder and harvesting large lobsters. To the South, we have a wonderful "semioutofcontrol" country that routinely kills it's politicians. For example during the 2024 election cycle 37+ Mexican politicians seeking office where killed. How is that not a story?

We have vast oceans protecting our East and West coasts. Enough farm land to feed the world and more natural resources than any country on the planet. No doubt the United States is uniquely blessed.

However, I believe American's greatest  strength comes from being built by people who left their place of birth, and their ancestors to seek opportunity and freedom. We are a country created by those who didn't want to settle for the status quo. We are a country built by people who risked everything. American was built upon the backs of those that could get things done. America's fundamental core philosophy may just be meritocracy overrides everything. Meritocracy is what we should celebrate not innate qualities that we a born with that can't be controlled.

Should we be building doomsday bunkers? Maybe, but I would suggest that we take steps to be self sufficient for two months and then get down to work needed to ensure that one day we don't wake up to country that nothing works.

This table shows the max income that is subject to FICA taxes. At the turn of the century any income over $76,200 wasn't subject to social security taxation. Today that cap is $160,200 and will continue to grow with inflation... Don't listen to the narrative. Inflation is very real!

Trump Indicted Again?

U.S. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 felonies of "Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree". Why didn't the Justice Department, the IRS or the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) prosecute Trump?

New York State Attorney General Letitia James files a civil suit on behalf of banks who where defrauded by Donald Trump overstating the value of his business assets. Why didn't the banks involved file suit or join the prosecution?

Georgia Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis Charges Trump and others with creating a "criminal racketeering enterprise", in which Trump and other defendants "knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome" of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Georgia. Why wasn't this case dropped after the actual phone call became public and the Washington Post retracted their inflammatory story?

There are two full blown Justice Department "investigations/prosecutions" underway by Jack Smith for January 6th and the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. With the release of the January 6th footage and the discovery of President Biden's classified documents in three locations from his time as Senator and Vice President the justification to prosecute Trump become Kabuki Theater on crack.

Alvin Bragg is a big guy but he's just one of sixty-two District Attorney's in the State of New York. Both Alvin Bragg and Letitia James promised their Trump hating voters they would prosecute Donald Trump. When you run for office promising to prosecute someone that's a promise you need to keep and "well, son of a bitch" they both kept their promise.

The Big Flaws in Bragg's prosecution:

- It was a campaign promise

- It exceeded the statue of limitations

- Falsifying business records is not a felony 

- It's not illegal to pay for someone's silence 

- The proper jurisdiction is the FEC and the FEC reviewed and passed on the case

- The Department of Justice also passed on the case

I don't know what is going to happen but many legal minds have repeatedly stated if you're going to prosecute a former President of the United States the case needs to be absolutely airtight. The odds that the FEC and DOJ passed on an airtight case are slim to none. Thinking that District Attorney Alvin Bragg has managed to cobble together an air tight cased when the FEC, DOJ and Attorney General of New York failed is not believable. 

What about the New York State Attorney General Letitia James civil lawsuit? For starters it's a civil lawsuit on behalf of banks that didn't miss a single loan payment and have no grounds to sue. Can government file a civil lawsuit? Sure but filing a lawsuit for a victimless crime involving a former president and the likely Republican candidate for President seems a tad much. Note - That was sarcasm.

What about the Georgia Fulton County election manipulation case? After obtaining a recording of the phone call the Washington Post "retracted" their story but Fulton County continues?

Finally, the release of an additional 44,000 hours of Capital Hill video and the FBI's actions and leaks before, during and after the Mar-a-Lago raid call into question so many things.

Will Trump be found guilty of these charges? Absolutely... My guess is 100% guilty on all charges. Our country is broken and my personal opinion it's going to take someone like Vivek Ramaswammy or Trump to take down the permanent bureaucracy. However, Mark Zuckerberg and "Zuckbucks" likely ended that possibility but stranger things have happened.

PS Special Counsel Jack Smith has a checkered past when it comes to political prosecutions. The Obama Justice Department tapped Jack Smith to prosecute Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, the up-and-coming Republican rock star and potential Vice President pick of Mitt Romney. Smith offered McDonnell a plea agreement that Bob refused and he was found guilty on 11 corruption charges, innocent of the plea agreement charge and sentenced to two years in prison. A year later SCOTUS unanimously overruled and remanded the case back to the lower court. What else will Jack Smith get wrong this time? Understanding the very concept of free speech and his oath of office prevents him from prosecuting cases he knows are bogus.

We have to Protect Democracy?

Breaking of social norms...

The firing of Ronna McDaniel, the niece of Senator Mitt Romney:

"Our initial decision was because of our deep commitment to presenting our audience with a widely diverse set of viewpoints and experiences, particularly during these consequential times," Mr Conde's statement to the employees of NBC

So that's the official statement after hiring and then immediately firing someone who the "Right" barely claims as one of their own. Yet another example of the break down of social norms.

There are so many examples:

Trump is the death of Democracy. He must not be allowed on the ballot!

RFK Jr. will be the death of democracy! Hundreds of Biden paid lawyers will work diligently to keep him off the ballot.

Sasha Stone Explains 

10 million illegal boarder crossings in one Presidential term can't be justified or ignored.

Draining the strategic oil reserve to reduce gas prices before the midterm elections is not why we maintain the strategic oil reserve.

Leaving Afghanistan without a plan or coordinating with our allies was. 

Paying people not to work and expecting them to go back to work was dumb. 

Dumping money into the economy and not thinking it would be inflationary has to be one of the worst economic blunders in modern economic history.

The Biden Administration will be responsible for adding 8.5 trillion to the national debt by the end of his 1st term. The National debt is projected to reach 35.5 trillion. For years the "Smart People" said as long as the National Debt doesn't exceeding Gross Domestic Product we will be fine. Well Son of a Bitch that bull shit died quietly in 2013! 

The National Debt interest payment in 2023 was $624,000,000,000 or about $2,000 per person per year.

Peter Navarro - Democrats Continue Destroying Norms!

The other day Peter Navarro reported to prison to begin his four month sentence for refusing to comply with the January 6th Committee's Congressional subpoena. This being the first time in history that anyone has been jailed for refusing a Congressional subpoena seems lost on the main stream media (MSM). The fact that Peter Navarro was a senior presidential advisor, who will likely win on appeal, was imprisoned by the Justice Department is mind-numbing. The Democrats talk the talk but are openly shredding the norms of society like Executive privilege. Executive privilege literally dates back to George Washington and was officially outlined almost 50 years ago by the Justice Department that just jailed Peter Navarro.

The President of the United States and his advisors have historically been protected by Executive Privilege. This "norm" was outlined in 1977 by Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, John M. Harmon when he signed off on a seven page memorandum that explained the doctrine of Executive privileges as it relates to requests from Congressional committees for Executive branch information and documents. Basically, the President needs to be able to discuss almost anything, with those he surrounds himself, knowing that these conversations and any documents will not be made public.

"Simply stated, Executive privilege is the term applied to the invocations by the Executive branch of a legal right, derived from the need for confidentiality of it's internal communications and the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers, to withhold official documents or information from compulsory process of the legislative branch. The privilege has a long history, having been first asserted by President Washington against a Congressional request and thereafter by almost every Administration."

Democrats breaking norms seems to be the norm. For example The January 6th Committee was the first Congressional committee that didn't allow the minority to place members on the Committee which shattered one of the longest standing traditions of Congress.

The Democrats impeached a President over a phone call in which he supposedly was shaking down a world leader who didn't know he was being shaken down. We have the Democrat Speaker of the House tearing up the President's State of the Union speech as the nation watched. The Democrats conducted a historical 2nd impeachment of a President and the first impeachment of a former President which was so absolutely absurd the Chief Justice refused preside over the hearing.

While saying they are protecting our societal norms the Democrats are destroying them one by one and there is no end insight. Just a few years ago the Supreme Court ruled that same sex marriage was the law of the land. Overnight 99.9% of state and local governments complied with the ruling and the handful of clerks who had a difference in opinion were quickly dealt with. Fast forward a few years and the President is openly flaunting a Supreme Court ruling that the President can't forgive student loans. Under President Biden the Constitutional norm that Congress controls the purse is being blown off with little if any repercussions.

On day one of the Biden Administration an Executive Order overturned a decade of Democrat and Republican wotk killing the Key Stone Pipeline. An Executive Order ended the development of ANWR which was law including the the 2017 tax bill. Over and over the norms that kept our nation strong have been attacked by Democrats while they profess they are protecting Democracy. The left professes to be the the Guardians of political norms however, nothing could be more untrue. 

If you add up those overstaying their visas, those presenting themselves at points of entry, those crossing the boarder illegally and being detained, those crossing the boarder illegally and getting away and those crossing the boarder illegally that we never see it's likely we will reach 10 million illegal alien entries in President Biden's first four years. How can one argue that this invasion aligns with our political norms?

Peter Navarro, I'm sorry that you have to serve four months in prison. I'm sorry that our counties leadership seems hell bent on destroying our political norms as they profess they and only they are the ones trying to maintain them. Bottom line? Those of the Left please stop pissing on my leg while telling me it's raining.

PS Donald Trump was fined $464,000,000 after being found guilty of loan fraud which is another example of norms being destroyed by the Left. President Trump's legal team failed to convince the judge that a fine almost five times higher than the highest individual civil fine in history was excessive. As far as I know no one is saying Trump defaulted on any loan. The banks who were "defrauded" didn't join the law suit because they couldn't show damages. The best example of fraud listed in the complaint was Trump's personal New York condo being listed at 30,000 square feet when it was actually just 10,000 square feet. That sure seems like fraud to me but again we are talking about the most sophisticated bankers in the world and I don't think Donald has prepared any paperwork for anything in decades.

I'm Just a Bill on Capital Hill...

I'm Just a Bill on Capital Hill...

Who is responsible for creating new laws? Congress, or government agencies with acronyms? That was supposed to be rhetorical question but unfortunately it's not. For decades Congress has been passing rough frameworks as law and leaving the details to government agencies. For example the EPA was forced to expanded their mandate to classify C02 as a pollutant. Yep, a gas that is essential for all life on the dry surface of planet Earth is now a pollutant. MASSACHUSETTS v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

During my lifetime I've seen random episodic erosion of our Democracy/Republic. I'm not talking about Trump, Jan 6th or the 2020 Summer of Love. I'm not talking about governor's and mayor's employing unconstitutional "emergency" powers to keep citizens from traveling, golfing or going to the beach for 15 days that became 24 months during the Covid "pandemic." I'm mostly talking about the Executive Branch of our government and a few cases of the Judicial Branch taking upon themselves powers they are not entitled to. In some cases they are knowingly flaunting established norms and law to obtain their desired outcome. 

For example, it would seem even the Supreme Court doesn't have have the power to stop President Biden from spending billions forgiving student loans and essentially buying votes. America's form of government wasn't created from scratch. It's an amalgamation of the political theory of the time combined with government elements throughout history. At it's core all branches need to stay in their lanes for our country to work. Congress controls the purse and makes law. The Executive faithfully interprets and executes these laws and if Congress and the Executive disagree then the Judicial branch mediates.

The erosion of our form of government occurs when government agencies stop creating regulations but actually create law. Judges bend the law to meet political policies. Lately the office of the President of both parties are guilty of using Executive Orders to obtain desired outcomes regardless of the law, Congress or the Judiciary. The end doesn't justify the means and no nation can survive such fundamental attacks to it's basic structure. In our system power must be shared. The assumption that our nation can indefinitely continue down this path of self destruction isn't sustainable. "Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.  And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again." Ronald Reagan, Jan 5th, 1967

RV-14A Fuselage Build and Working Around Laser Cut Parts

Like many Van's Aircraft experimental builders I'm on hold waiting for Van's to wrap up their chapter 11 bankruptcy and start shipping the Laser Cut (LC) part replacements in bulk. I feel so lucky that I had only 72 parts that need to be replaced and none of them were already installed. Just under half of my laser cut parts (33) are on Van's Red, Yellow or PURPLE lists and will be replaced at no charge. My remaining 39 laser cut parts fall into two categories. Either they are dimpled and attached to a skin or they are just crappy parts and I'm replacing them.

I had a total of 111 LC parts and many of them are absolutely fine. If they are NOT on Van's suggested replacement list or dimpled and attached to a skin I'm not replacing them unless they need lots of work to clean up and make serviceable.

While waiting for Van's to figure everything out I ordered 29 parts in three batches so I could keep building and I was so happy getting back to building it's not even funny. Yes, there are all kinds of small projects you can work on while waiting for your Van's bulk LC shipment but those small projects are not very rewarding.

One of my biggest decisions regarding the bankruptcy was canceling my Quick Build (QB) wings and likely forfeiting $1,650 of my $5,000 deposit. There is a $13,300 price difference between the new QB wings and slow build but this will allow me to complete a few mods and I really enjoy building. You know you are a sick puppy when you like working with tank sealant. As of now I have 43 laser cut parts outstanding and like most Van's builders I'm patiently waiting for Van's to acknowledge and complete my order. 

PS Turns out my 1st order consisted of 11 RED parts. My 2nd order was 8 YELLOW and my recent order was 10 BLUE. I spent $421.51 on RED and YELLOW parts that I could have gotten for free if I was willing to stop building months ago. Furthermore, who knows when the rest of the LC parts will be sent by Van's. With a typical build time of 3-5 years, at 59 waiting wasn't wasn't an option.

Note: March 8th, 2024 Van sends the email I've been waiting to get for over a year. Van's has asked me to submit my Laser Cut replacement order!

My last order was 10 seat ribs $477.79

2nd set of 8 parts arrive - PERFECT

Tail cone up out of the way

The horizontal stabilizers new home

Making tools... 

1st batch of 11 replacement parts!

Forward main spar looking good

Example of a bad Laser Cut Hole... 

Iowa Caucuses and the Bitter Cold of Climate Change

The temperature in Des Moines Iowa this Monday morning January 15th, 2024 is -9 degrees Fahrenheit which is a bit colder than normal. It's crazy that your average generation Z and X mind full of mush believes that the artic air mass dubbed the "polar vortex" is a product of global warming aka climate change. Nothing to see here move on...

Iowa has been colder lately than "normal" but the national narrative ignores data that doesn't fit the narrative. Iowa's 2014 average temperature being the 6th coldest year on record is ignored. Which I continue to find puzzling. How many times do I have to say CO2 is not the climatic thermostat we are being told it is. That I too would be part of the 97% of scientists who believe man has had some impact on warming but that impact is so small as to yet be measured.

Today is the Iowa caucuses. The media says we have just three viable candidates running: Trump, Haley and DeSantis. Brown Trump has been completely dropped from the narrative. No one is mentioning his name. If Vivek Ramaswamy comes in third or better we will know the Media and the powers at be are yet again meddling in our "free" elections.

Vivek has said some crazy things over the last six plus months. Things like the President has the power to eliminate 75% of the federal government. That the climate change agenda is a hoax. There are only two sexes. Biological men should not shower with women or compete against them in women sports. The majority of transgenders are actually suffering from mental illness. To Vivek and many others these are obvious truths. However, to Leftist these thoughts are dangerous and an existential threat to Democracy and they must be silenced.

By tomorrow we will know if the media is once again lying to manipulate the outcome that they want. Vivek is saying the deep state, big media and the ruling class have decided Haley will be the next President and Ron DeSantis likely doesn't know he's going to be her Vice President. I think this is crazy but I've  been wrong before so who knows. Right now I think it's more likely Brown Trump will be President Trump's VP. 

I don't know what's going to happen in Iowa. I'll be watching closely while the humor of climate activists not being able to protest outside for fear of frostbite is not lost on me.

Update: The results are in and Vivek Ramaswamy got 7.7% of the vote earning 3 delegates. Contrary to what he promised his followers he has pulled out of the race and endorsed Trump. He said no matter what he would go the distance. To me that meant March 5th aka Super Tuesday or at least freaking New Hampshire. I'm deeply disappointed with Brown Trump and I'm just thinking BOHICA?

Dropbox Joe

President Biden cannot win at the ballot box but he can and I believe will win (if he is really running) at the dropbox! 

Simply put the machine supporting the Democrat party, to include the mega rich, the mainstream media, the schools, the unelected bureaucrats - virtually all have conspired to create a system to increase their vote. One could argue the open boarder mass illegal immigration likely to exceed 10 million in this administrations first term is the cherry on the top of their steroid pumped long term get out the vote effort.

From private grants enabling certain voter registrars to register, mail, collect, cure and record votes to installing unmonitored drop boxes throughout critical cities to government coordination with social media to crush the First Amendment the Dems are on a roll. The once sacrosanct practice of voter, election day and the secret ballot inherited from our British ancestors has been utterly destroyed.

It's nearly impossible to argue that universal mail-in/dropbox box voting is not being manipulated if not outright rigged. Almost two decades ago both President Jimmy Carter and Secretary of State James Baker declared that:

 “Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.”

Universal mail-in balloting for weeks if not months replacing election day seems like a great idea until you dig deeper and realize the voter registration roles are as accurate as the weight on your driver's license. If just a fraction of the fraud outlined in the movie 2000 Mules is accurate we are selecting, not electing our representation. How do we get back to fair elections?

Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswammy suggests making election day a national holiday, paper ballots and restrict absentee voting to those who can't vote on election day. I mostly agree.

First, states that are not compliant with the 1993 "Motor Voter Law" need to have highway funding withheld immediately. It's insane that this law has been on the books for a generation and is still not being complied with throughout the country.

Next, the voter rolls should be open to the public. The idea that you have to pay thousands of dollars to get a list of those who voted during the last election, by Congressional district, effectively prevents citizen oversight. I want to be able to log in and see that I voted and that my neighbor voted. I also want to see if anyone in the abandoned house down the street voted. Some would argue this is a violation of privacy but in reality it's already available to wealthy organizations and those running for office who have the funds to buy their list.

Lastly, I wouldn't make election day a holiday which adversely impacts the private sector. Passing a law requiring employers to give time off to vote is one thing. Creating another holiday is another. An actual election day, paper ballots, results within 24 hours and secure absentee ballots that are readily available for those who need them would bring us back in line with what worked for over 200 years.

The Democrats broke something that wasn't broken and it's time the Republicans fix it. Also the fix doesn't have anything to do with voter ID if you vote in person. Voter ID has always was a diversion tactic of the Left and the Republicans have focused on the shining object while getting out harvested.

Vivek Ramaswammy for President!

Vituperation & Claudine Gay

I seriously was hoping Claudine Gay wouldn't resign as the President of Harvard. I guess I will have to be satisfied she's once again a professor. 

On a serious note, how many of her articles and papers need to show clear evidence of plagiarism for the Media to declare her unfit? How many specific examples of plagiarism do you need incorporated in your doctorate dissertation to be embarrassed enough to stop pretending what you did was accidental? Crazy as it sounds it seems that losing support of the Harvard Crimson was the stray that broke Gay's back.

I have more important questions about Harvard than Ms Gay's noble fight against sexism and racism. Why are SAT or ACT no longer required for admittance? 

"For the College Classes of 2027-2030, students may apply for admission without standardized test scores."

The fact that Ms Gay doesn't understand a mob of students chanting "From the river to the sea Palestine will be free..." violates Harvard's Student Code of Conduct is shocking. There are other examples of violent student "protestors" threatening Jews. Support for genocide is something that the president of Harvard should acknowledge violates their Code of Conduct but then again maybe not.

Free speech is not lost when you attend university but students must abide by their institutions guidelines and published Code of Conduct. Calling for the genocide of Jews or being openly antisemitic is something that the President of Harvard shouldn't condon under any circumstances. The equal enforcement of norms and standards is something we should expect from any institutions receiving government funding.

"According to the Department of Education, violations of the act and refusal to address problems identified by the Office for Civil Rights can result in a school's loss of federal funding or a referral to the Department of Justice (Harvard received $625 million in federal funding in 2021)."

$625 million in federal funding is something that I haven't heard anyone discuss. Why are taxpayers giving millions to a school with a $50.9 billion dollar endowment?

Harvard Alumni, I'm truly sorry that you have to witness the downfall of your alma mater. In your stead I will visit John Harvard's grave and personally apologize for what has become of the institution he helped found.