Seems that Trump is able to bring to the top of the headlines the Dem/Marxists love of the totally corrupt and unlovable:
Their love for men in girls / women's sports
Their love for mutilating the bodies of young boys and girls who are too young to decide
Their love for legal and illegal immigrants who steal vast amounts of money from taxpayers
Their love of electric cars and mandates to make Americans buy them even tho even the most clueless people today are beginning to understand that they are not efficient or practical.
Their love of windmills and solar panels even tho these vanity items explode the taxpayers electric bills.
Their love of the tyranny of the whole DEI system that discriminates against people who have merit vs those who just have the right sex--real or imagined/ethnic background/ pigment and many other descriptors.
Their love of people who like nothing more than receiving a check every month for sitting at home vs the millions of Americans who go to work every day to provide for their family.
Their love of laws that make it impossible to guarantee a free and fair election.
The love of judges who make judgements with no basis in the law or Constitution but help the Marxists keep their political grifting on overdrive.
There are many more examples that I could think of but.......I am already late leaving the warm house to feed the horses and cows and......they are getting ticked off and I prefer to stay on their good side.
Feel free to add any other groups who Trump is showing the world that American leftists are siding with other than the taxpayers who are funding this thing we call the Gov't.
The love for the demonrats for importing them, don’t forget that they were invited with all expenses paid by you and me and received with all kinds of perks and benefits. The Biden administration played them as a violin and now the party has ended and the adults are back in the house.
Minnesota was on the Magic Negro. Between 2008 and 2012, he put 51,000 Somali's there on purpose, to create an enclave that was never meant to assimilate. The enclave voted in a block and easily elected all Islamic local political leaders.
They kept the money flowing through the fake front day cares, elderly cares, medical transportation companies, you name it. In addition, much of the taxpayer money was kicked back up to the Democratic Party. All by design.
Ben is right, but it may also have derived from Obama's claiming, that during the run up to the 2016 Election, Trump claiming he would turn the economy around, after Obama failed to do so 2008-2016, could only happen if Trump had a magic wand.
When Trump did exactly that, turning the economy around, the world's greatest troller said, 'I used my magic wand'. Obama's arrogance and hubris know no bounds, nor does DJT's ability to troll the crazies on the Left.
Trump may be a dumbass or a genius, but he's always good for some comic relief. He keeps the global elite, adversarial world leaders and the Deep State on their back foot, not knowing whether to take him seriously or not, on any given day.
Yes, good catch Ron, the invaders are a HUGE part of the plan to do exactly what is happening, mayhem and murder is what far-leftists want. Far-leftists are morons.
"Their love of effeminate men like Gavin Newson who sit cross legged because there is nothing to get in the way." ~ William Kinney
Amen. Same with most of the European leaders and our NATO 'partners'. Except for Viktor Orban and Robert Fico. They are all light in their loafers. At their meetings, they have well-hidden cinder blocks weighing them down, so they don't float away.
E - your comments never disappoint. Looking forward to many more in 2026.
We need to get going on the 'Bringing Reno' Project. Silver somehow needs to be worked into the business model - even if just for advertising's sake. If I remember, Reno was a big silver town historically, or I could be wrong.
They are all products of the 40-year assault on masculinity. Look at testosterone levels over that last 40 years. It's processed foods, and it is intentional.
There is a reason they are called 'Soy Boys'. Foods are rife with soy - estrogen producing. Continued assault on red meat, which boosts testosterone through nitric oxide.
The majority of who I'll loosely call men, are docile now. That's the intent. We're getting down to the last of the Spartans.
Here's a kick. I am familiar with a certain powerlifting federation who has both Drug Tested Meets and Non-Drug Tested Meets. The natural range for the Testosterone to Estradiol ratio is from 10:1 to 30:1. The Drug-Tested Meet threshold is 4:1.
So, in other words, anyone testing over their threshold - less than one half the low end of the range - not even in natural range - is DQ'd. JFC, powerlifters are generally drawn to the sport because they have higher natural levels of testosterone to begin with.
This federation, ironically, is part of the problem. They are promoting shunting testosterone in their own sport. They should take up policing men's badminton.
This is something I've been wondering about. In the Fourth Turning, we read about the various Generations in America in recent years: the Silent Generation, the Baby Boomer Generation, and...Generation X. After that last one I get confused.
Anyway, is there any correlation between one of these named Generations and the age cohort that began the blue hair, nose ring, tattoo personal style?
I noticed it when I was in college in Boston in the mid to late 80s. It was more fringe and Goth-like then though. Nose rings, somewhat colored hair, but long leather coats and a totally aloof attitude. These people would have been at the very end of the Boomer generation, or beginning of GenX. But it really took off when the Millennials came along. I would say it just evolved.
"The love of judges who make judgements with no basis in the law or Constitution but help the Marxists keep their political grifting on overdrive."
Why pull off one of the greatest/cleanest apprehensions in history requiring all the planning and comprehensive strategery only to put him in front of a 92 year old Obama appointed leftist judge? Were all the other judges too busy?!?
Feckless republicans, as they still do, helped with the judges. Note the lack of Thune doing anything about blue slips blocking the numerous appointments that Trump’s administration and DOJ desperately need, not to mention judges. They all voted for the judges blocking his progress for sure. And if they would dump the filibuster, we could get some things done.
To be sure, being forced to return Maduro to his station in Venezuela would send a signal to the world that the US policies are hopelessly tangled and toothless. What is their plan? Surely they thought this out?
You have done yeoman's work, but allow me to offer the Reader's Digest (remember that?) version: They hate everything that traditional Americans have come to love and enjoy as their legacy from The Founding Fathers.
Yes, no one who has ever subscribed to Reader's Digest would put up with every Republican in Congress having their own "Morgan Stanley guy" (AIPAC member) telling them what to do.
Dennis, I appreciate your thoughts. Nonetheless, my position of abortion will always be contrary to your views.
That being said, I DO NOT go around telling women what they can or cannot do with their bodies. I do not go to pro-life rallies. I do not do any of those things that you have insinuated I am doing. I am merely stating my belief. If that belief is threatening to some, so be it. If they have a right to do what they will with their bodies, including terminating pregnancies moments before birth of the lump of cells, then I certainly have a right to express my opinion.
Like you said previously, opinions are like assholes. We all have them and they all stink. Doesn't mean I can't express it any more than you can.
There is no legal, moral or philosophical way to define when a fetus becomes a baby. Development in the womb is on a continuum. While acknowledging there is an arbitrary element to subdividing pregnancy, it seems to me that society has a right to make such distinctions. They will not please everyone, but that's true of almost all laws and rules.
My preference would be for abortion to be legal in the first two trimesters (six months). That's enough time for a woman to have freedom of choice, without leading to distasteful or ugly means of termination a few weeks before birth.
"What if your mother had decided to kill you in the womb?"
According to what I can gather from psychical research about the nonphysical spirit world we live in before and after our brief time on earth, it would seem that the animating soul or spirit would simply be incarnated in a different fetus.
As Christopher Hitchens said about someone who claims they have had their feelings hurt or been offended, "“If someone tells me that I've hurt their feelings, I say, 'I'm still waiting to hear what your point is.' In this country, I've been told, 'That's offensive' as if those two words constitute an argument or a comment. Not to me they don't. - Christopher Hitchens
Thank you Ron for your accurate and succinct summary of the numerous maladies facing the “regular (normal) guy and gal” in the U.S. today. I’m going to copy / paste and date-stamp print your remarks as a useful go-to reference document.
Your abortion position is very “cut & dry”……..As a mother who cherishes the birth of a child, and the complex and loving emotions holding your baby….your miracle!! That life begins at conception….period! Even if unwanted the the ovum & sperm become one! I suppose RUDE was inappropriate for me to write……but I found your post “ uncaring” and sad!
I enjoy reading your posts nonetheless! Sorry I offended you😢
Ms. Kimball, your comment came to me by mistake --- I think. You and I are aligned on when live begins and that abortion is murder because the only who does not have a choice about this is a person separate from the mother----they have different DNA.
And.....you should not apologize for telling ignorant people the truth about abortion and you darn sure should not hope you did not offend them. They should be offended that they have an opinion that is not defendable. Not sure whom this was targeted for but from what I see of your posts, they deserved it, and more.
That would be crazy should the judge try that?I read something from Gen.Flynn yesterday in regards to Hakim Jeffries may of tried to warn Maduro about the plan but was to late...if this be true he falls in line for treason.
Guessing that IF Maduro is released by this leftist judge he would be immediately indicted in Florida. Also guessing that Pres.Trump is aware of this possibility and would turn it into a great spectacle to show, once again, how sick and America-hating the Left is.
Hakeem Jeffries ISA traitor, not only to the country but to his own people. Have you heard one word out of his black grifting mouth about black student illiteracy in the public school system, nationwide?
JHK has said numerous times - so many I can't remember - that if blacks would simply learn the Queen's English, they'd be generations ahead of where they are now. He is 100% correct in that regard.
"Very Much; more than usual or more than other people or things."
Therefore, by using the word "especially" I am clearly indicating my belief that the Democrats tend to get way with treacherous behaviors more often than people with an "R" or an "I" by their name. By using the word especially, one with any thinking capacity would understand that I am not isolating or absolving Republicans or Independents from treacherous behavior but clearly stating that I believe Democrats get away with such behavior more often than the others.
All of Congress, save a handful, are traitors simply because of the constant deficit spending and putting their constituents in debt slavery. They have all abrogated and violated their oaths. But there are none to hold them accountable.
Nobody knows what the rationale is because the administration has failed to describe a coherent rationale. It’s about drugs, no it’s about oil, no it’s about China, no it’s about saying the phrase “Monroe Doctrine” as some kind of magical incantation. Also the US government is going to run things even though every component of Venezuela’s prior government, military, judiciary, and affiliated militias are still in place… the simpletons envision every geopolitical scenario as a tournament between their respective heads of state.
And the arguments domestically are viewed as a sportsball game between team blue and team red. Never mind that this scale of regime change has always resulted in boots on the ground which is a nice way of saying our sons will be shipped off to yet another foreign misadventure to be ground up in Moloch’s meat grinder for the financial benefit of the military industrial complex. That there are still people who think this time it will be different and that the law of unintended consequences will be suspended for the first time never ceases to amaze.
This isn't what we voted for. We voted against the Neo-Con Bush because Trump promised something different. But alas, he's controlled by the same people so it ultimately became the same thing. Bad/Fat Ass is going to get us nuked.
The only recognizable pattern I see from the Trump Admin. so far is moving further into the New Normal of technocracy, which is exactly what the previous admin. sold from the position of the "left."
There is always some story to placate those who want to see something deeper, such as the idea here that Maduro is funding all of the things we hate. Yeah, right. The funding is out of Davos and London. The enemy is the bankster and technocrat class.
The election fraud is global. IMO, it was the primary mechanism for keeping the Davos Young Global Leaders in power through Convid and into the present. The infiltration of government cabinets was bragged about, and it goes much deeper than just government cabinets.
Open Society has long targted local politics, and that has also made a big difference.
To date, NOTHING is being done about any of this. Trump hosts Convid mass murderers in the WH. Heck, he even had an ISIS leader in there.
Nicolas Maduro or Hugo Chavez (I can't recall which, exactly) is on record as saying that Venezuela is responsible for getting Barak Obama elected. If Venezuela influence American elections, the damage in incalculable and is an act of war. Period. I'm glad they got him. I hope he swings from a gallows. He won't, but he should.
There isn't just one common denominator that explains Clown World. There's resource depletion (especially oil and fresh water). There's economic chaos, as business models of infinite growth on a finite planet have to be swapped out for contraction. There's that pesky middle class, which is an aberration that needs to be squished. There's the end-of-Empire political wrangling that involves struggles for maintaining or gaining power, and which is expressed with a noticeable lack of rule of law and lawfare, and levels of propaganda and psychological warfare from all sides that make the Gestapo and KGB look like schoolyard bullies.
And we can't forget human nature, which tends to be short-sighted, emotional, illogical and dependent on sociopaths to steer things along. Yeah, we're in the middle of decades of change happening in weeks/months now.
Time will tell if the Venezuelan project is a success. Who doesn't like calling the shots on their side of the ocean when it comes to superpower moves? But as Art mentions, the Law of Unintended Consequences hangs in the shadows - ready for mischief.
Umm, reading comprehension in context not your strong point, eh? The Middle Class is definitely a group the globalists want to see disappear, with the catch phrase "you'll own nothing and be happy" and the k-shaped economy we're experiencing....I believe that falls under the definition of "pesky".....(pes·ky /ˈpeskē/ adjectiveinformal - causing trouble; annoying.
Prove there is resource depletion. You can't as there is no source claiming such a thing that isn't tainted in some manner.
And that is exactly the problem. We the People have no clue what is actually going on, as there is no way to access the relevant information on our own, and the channels for doing so in government and elsewhere have long since been cordoned off.
Were resource depletion a real issue, we'd have long since seen a change in the ways our so-called superiors live. Instead, I see only tales being spun and laws for the plebes being passed so that we accept centralization, monitoring, and previously impossible levels of control at the global level.
I would agree with much of your comment - the game the elites are playing now is for control of resources, and the "channels" you describe for gleaning accurate information are cut off. I would argue though that does signal a change in how they're living. Profits are shrinking and much of it is "virtual", so the elites are snapping up hard assets (land, mining and water rights, etc) as fast as they can. They realize an economic reset and transfer of wealth is coming soon, as contraction and population decline are the in the mix for the future. I think that signals depletion, as they rein in (destroy) the middle class which helped them maximize their gains as the economy expanded, and take/steal what remaining resources remain - they consider those their rightful property.
Another example is found near Yuma, AZ. Check out the dribble of water flowing into Mexico that is the Colorado River. Check out the water levels of the reservoirs upstream. Check out the oil production in the U.S. - both the older conventional fields and the newer fracking ones. With the exception of one county in Texas (nearing its peak), all are showing lower output (depletion).
The planet is finite. As we used to say when proving theorems in geometry class, the proof is "intuitively obvious". The numbers for any resource are without a doubt manipulated - but that's a problem that is separate from the overall trend. The "proven reserves" of many of the world's remaining oil fields are such that they'll probably never be economically feasible to extract. This is another factor that explains why the elites are taking us to war.
He has trouble with the very basic concept of "carrying capacity". I tried using suitcases and cars as basic examples. Then he doesn't say anything.
It's more nuanced than that. As you say, we don't know exactly but we know in general. But he denies that we have any knowledge about it because he is in Denial.
"And we can't forget human nature, which tends to be short-sighted, emotional, illogical and dependent on sociopaths to steer things along."
You forgot one. GREED. Humans are incredibly greedy, wanting and obtaining far MORE than they ever could fully need or utilize while billions go with less then they need to survive on a daily basis.
There is 3.3M barrels of oil in reserve in Venezuela that's 17T dollars just sitting now what happens if this oil should hit the market? Russia's #1 export is oil and they stop bring in the money they need so yes Vene is a force multiplier.
I am with you the Dombass region was being abused by Zelensky and his cohorts in crime the CIA.I heard Trump mention that we could not see an attack on Putin's residence which peeked my interest so what is Putin doing?Then Zelensky denied it at first then they got a smirk ..I go WTF!The Russia/Ukie thing there's alot of smoke and mirrors going on right now.
In 1991, the USA had a chance to bail out Russia and include them into the EU community, removing the need for NATO. We actually made a deal to help them out creating a more capitalistic society. We almost immediately reneged on the agreements. Why? Without Russia, who is our common enemy to keep the CIA and MIC in business?
Putin asked to join the EU and was rebuffed. By the USA through NATO.
Clinton with her Russia, Russia, Russia hoax to attack MAGA destroyed mutual activity starting to happen between the two countries with oil production.
This all goes back to the MacKinder theory re: Eurasia. Later seconded by Zbigniew Bryzenski. Keep Russia from joining with China in world power politics. America is the Wild Card in this thinking. If the U.S. allied with Russia that would be the end of the Chinese "threat".
Think about it. Those of us who know and realize that the CIA is in the dope business so they can make a few bucks of pin money allowing for regime changes and other malign operations. Do you ever hear the pipsqueak Mike Johnson decry the CIA and their drug smuggling????Wonder if Donnie is readying an attack on the CIA to end their little drug scams. When donkeys fly.......the average US citizen is blissfully hiding CIA escapades from his consciousness....it may take Dr. Gundry to 'splain this stuff to American consumers.
I agree with your assessment, but I think it covers all parts of the Deep State. Have you watched the US budget under Deep State control? Have you seen worthless Karen become wealthy? Wonder where all that money is coming from.
This government is up to its eyebrows with crime and corruption.
Trump is being advised by conflicting factions within his admin. Putin has provided proof to the US. There are rogue CIA providing targeting data to Ukraine. Zelensky, a coke addict, has allowed his country to be destroyed. He was assured by Nuland that the war would last three months. By the fourth month, he should have gotten out of the deal and signed the Istanbul Accord....he did not...he acquiesced to Boris Johnson, representing the US. He could end it at any time but he has visions of grandeur, typical of coke addicts. He will get Istanbul+ or be militarily defeated. He will lose land regardless. Boundaries will revert to previous boundaries. To the victor belongs the spoils.
It would never have started if the Biden Mob, not the USA, had never interfered with Ukraine politics. Trump was impeached for trying to stop the U.S. interference, a million folks have died due to the Biden family.
Yes. At first Trump was angry about the attack (or so he said). Then the CIA convinced him that no attack happened. So now Peace is off the table again, assuming that it ever really was on the table.
Was Putin actually there? I assume so since they are taking this very seriously. The whole thing has been reclassified as all out war and not a special military operation. Accordingly, 700,000 reservists are being mobilized.
The eternal question: Is Trump a blundering idiot or is his idiocy an act?
The world has been multipolar for far longer than that. What many are learning of late is that the term has no meaning, as the power lies above state level.
Not really....China was nothing until Clinton sent all the middle class jobs there...Russia was trying to get its act together after the dissolution of the USSR and the raping by its oligarchs....what multipolar countries were you referring to? It was the US everywhere..
Mr. Kunstler, please consider reading, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins, research the Banana Wars, and Operation Northwoods, to name a few, and re-evaluate your thoughts this.
As they say, 'Murica, F—yeah!
And they say that for a valid reason. With a smirk.
"You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by
Sneak home pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go"
—Suicide in the Trenches
"The tragedy of war is that young men and women die fighting each other, rather than their real enemies back home in their capitals." —Edward Abby
1. The CIA did not assassinate him (so far), just arrested and transported him for trial. 2. re "influence," in the Western Hemisphere, we are clearly beyond polite conversation around a big table, and this was more than an oil grab.
It was also an operation that will throttle Cuba even further as they got cheap oil from Venezuela and China also bought a lot of oil there, too. It's called a multiplicity of mayhem.
It is always important to know the political leanings of authors. It puts into perspective their interpretation of events for which they may not even have full knowledge....just saying...
The media - both news and entertainment - have now politicized nearly everything in our society as an extremely powerful mechanism of control.
Politicization is so effective at manipulating the populace because most people emotionally connect their personal belief system to the belief system of their political party, and so then any attack on their party - legitimate or otherwise - is interpreted by their brain as an attack on themselves. Reason and logic then jump out the nearest window as raw emotion takes the helm, thus making them even more susceptible to the predatory controlling influences.
The human mind is primarily binary. Our thought process can often be boiled down into terms (often ultimatums) of – this or that – and our adversaries understand - very well - the art of this war.
Politics is not necessarily mind control....particularly on the local level...why we were supposed to have small non-professional government. Imho, with the advent of electronic games, were have too many game players in government....I first had that gut reaction with Ruby Ridge and the FBI....I have that same feeling when I am driving....too many gamers playing with real life stakes...
It basically is since most people don't have much talent for reality. A sober candidate who doesn't make promises they can't keep will be seen as a boring nobody. If he is short, don't even bother. People want their leaders over 6 feet tall. Newsome looks like a soap opera star, so of course women love him.
The mayor of San Francisco has promised Black resident 5 million each. The city is a billion dollars in debt. Is she a crazy idealist or just evil? Or crazy like a fox, like Trump?
Actually, I think the people on the street are quite capable of handling reality. Politics is sales....not mind control...Where the control comes in is in control of media and the sales pitch....People on the streets know when something is not right but they lack the detail to know what's wrong...they get that nagging feeling but don't have the time or capability to research....it is difficult to follow all of what goes on and why....Most people live in the real world...
Most people are plugged into reality, but only the part of reality that affects them. That part can loom so large in their consciousness it blots out other kinds of truth, as the sun extinguishes the sight of the stars.
With all the distractions in the modern world, especially media, it's no wonder considerations related to the health of society generally don't get enough attention.
Re the first paragraph: True regarding height but not over 6'5"....it starts in kindergarten....the tallest 5 year old is seen to be more mature than the shortest 5year old....
Re the mayor of SF: One cannot be a socialist and know anything about economics. She's an idiot. Anyone who supports restitution is an idiot.
Get real! "The shot heard round the inter-sphere" at Ruby Ridge predated the Gamer's turning into NPC assassins by at least a decade. If you're going to go dancing with time, please post a disclaimer that specifies your abject ignorance of it.
That being said, I am in total agreement that the NPC wipeout tactic in video games is a HUGE contributing factor to the collateral damage when someone wants to commit 'death by police.'
Sorry but Ruby Ridge took place in 1992.....my kids were teens already playing video games although not as sophisticated as today's. But it is always about the thrill of the hunt and deskbound agents and the action. At the time of Ruby Ridge, I made no connection but in retrospect, watching videos of it, you can see the adrenalin rush of decision making...
Sorry, but most people that had a connected computer (<20% in the US) used dial-up in '92. While there were some autonomous video games available that allowed/encouraged NPC annihilation on the way to the loss, those were not even close to the interactive shot'em til you run out of ammo games of late.
FWIW I know the Ruby Ridge shooter through familial connection. He's not a gamer. He took the shot on command without review of the background. Innocent yet unforgivable mistake. Not associated with video games.
Aggressive war is evil. All of it. The only war that is morally warranted is when that war is in defense of their homes and their families. Any way in which America invades another nation and destroys property and people is immoral and America has lost the moral high ground. War makes a few people very rich and decimates everyone else.
This is not a war except against cartels. We have to clean out our backdoor accesses. The Monroe doctrine is a good one. And it means protecting our backside at home.
Russia and China beg to differ. They can hurt us - far more than they already have. Russia especially has been playing nice. China is mad at us because of opium war so they aren't very nice, but it can get far worse.
Sorry....don't believe in the sins of the father....besides, the City of London is still at work...China knows what opium did to their people....it is another weapon of war on and destruction of another country and that is what it is about....they learned from what the Brits did...we need to ignore the American-Chinese and listen to the Chinese-Americans..I know both...
Yup, that book immediately came to mind when this happened. It’s the same CIA playbook, only now with Trump everything is out in the open and in your face, no need to perform clandestine soft coups and what not.
So arrogant to assume he hasn't read it. It's naive to assume things and naive to consider that there is one single Holy Grail book that somehow is going to offset 60 years of reading and thinking, anyhow.
Glad that Trump snatched Maduro, but I don't understand why he sent Maduro to court in NYC? As noted, the assigned judge is 92-year-old Alvin K. Hellerstein. This is the same guy that ruled against Trump in the Stormy Daniels lawfare case. (Hellerstein is far-left appointed by Bill Clinton)
With the communists now in full control of NYC, they could let Maduro walk. Trump/Bondi could have sent Maduro to Florida for trial and put him in Gitmo. IDK, I could be wrong, but the Florida route would seem like a more secure plan.
This just might be an intentional case of creating a situation with POTUS telling some silly little Circuit Court judge to pound sand while he takes the case to SCOTUS.
Circuit Court judges do not get to tell the Executive how to do his job.
Edit:
And actually, neither does SCOTUS.
They can make a ruling, but they cannot enforce it (see Andrew Jackson's comments on this).
I looked all through the Monroe Doctrine and could not find where it says the US is the Boss of all the American continents and is permitted to overthrow any American regime it doesn't like and take all their stuff.
It’s really not there. The administration understands this, which is why it’s referring instead to a “Donroe” Doctrine. As stupid as the name is, this is a substantial change from the original idea, which had to do with European colonialism.
Here's what the Monroe Doctrine (and common sense) provides: the US will not stand by idly while China, Russia, and Iran loot Venezuela's resources, to the ongoing detriment of security in the Western hemisphere.
Right, so to save Venezuela from being "looted" by Other Hemispherians, the Monroe Doctrine asserts only the US can rape and loot the sovereign nations in its Hemisphere.
And that's the whole point of spheres of influence....why the Cuba event during JFK...not in our backyard.... next should be a restitution of funds paid by foreign entities for land in the US and a prohibition of selling land to foreign entities or the shell companies representing them. If you cannot see that China plays the long long game and is busy encroaching into neighboring countries, as well as into ours, then I have no more words. Nothing is simple.
If I remember geography right, there are TWO American continents, and multiple countries there. USA does not represent all of "America". Do not see any issues with the comment above
Now, the people who are on the videos Trump is now refusing to make public, which he promised over and over when he was running for President, are raping actual children and young women and maybe young men. Israel set this up so they could easily blackmail American politicians who don't think pictures of them raping kids will help their careers. Trump is hiding all this now so he can chase foreign petty dictators and take the spotlight off domestic powerful pedophiles and rapists.
OK, since you are very slow and dense, I will put it in simple words. The US just stole a sovereign nation. It is now operated by the US Secretary of State.
Did Hugo Chavez paid for all that investment he took?
Or Manuel López Obrador?
Or Castro?
There is a classic cry for all this supposed leaders of the people that as soon as they get to power they will redistribute the wealth of the country to the people. The Venezuelan oil as the Mexican oil as the sugar mills, etc. just becomes their personal property and their wealth.
It was aimed at the European powers of the time, especially Britain and France. Britain and France and Spain surrounded the USA in the New World and the Monroe Doctrine was a paper that told those countries to keep their hands off the Americas. America wanted no part of the European dominance, they fought a Revolution, still fresh in their minds, to separate themselves from European feudalism.
It was aimed at the European powers of the time, especially Britain and France. Britain and France and Spain surrounded the USA in the New World and the Monroe Doctrine was a paper that told those countries to keep their hands off the Americas. America wanted no part of the European dominance, they fought a Revolution, still fresh in their minds, to separate themselves from European feudalism.
Ah puleeaze. I am loathe to utilize Wiki, but man, your comment is so intentionally abrasive and ridiculous, here goes: "The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. The doctrine was central to American grand strategy in the 20th century."
I hereby proclaim the Vegan Shark Doctrine. Any intervention in my life by a person not-me is potentially a hostile act. I can kidnap such a person and put them on trial while ruling their families, cats and dogs. This is central to my grand strategy for as long as the Earth remains the center of the solar system and the universe it controls.
Does Israel have an "Israeli American Political Action Committee" with each member of the Knesset having an American who tells them how to vote or else?
No. I am fine here working to effect a regime change in the US so we can move from Genocidal DeathJab pusher to a President who cares about the people, and doesn't lie.
Please be done with me. I don’t suffer fools with no idea what they are talking about and zero ability to find actual experts to learn the truth. Go away.
The applicable quote: "...It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference."
You are making stuff up based on ignorance of my large body of writings over 23 years about foreign policy and 4th generation warfare. This is destructive of your mind and toxic for geopolitical analysis. If that’s how you practice medicine, I pity your patients.
I am responding to your text, & ignorant of your 23 year curriculum vita.
Trump authorized the extradition based upon an existing indictment with bipartisan bounties incentivizing it. That there are & will be other benefits is icing on the cake & Noriega’s case provided precedent
We have a brutal dictator. He has killed over 10 million with his Operation Warp Speed Deathjab. I went to three funerals this weekend for my "died suddenly" friends who listened to him brag about how it would save their lives, from the flu.
I am sorry for your losses, I too know people who have suffered from the shots. I quickly became unenamored of them & counseled against them, even though I got the first 3 doses.
You should have been protesting the Biden regime is who mandated the shots which were bioweapon countermeasures in the DOD pipeline long before POTUS DJT set foot on the escalator @ Trump Towers.
There are a lot of people who bear more responsibility for the Death jabs than Trump does.
Trump was elected by popular & electoral majorities & is using the legitimate powers of the Presidency to enact the agenda we elected him for and to respond to exigencies in the manner that we have come to expect from him to the benefit of America.
Trump was convinced by a bevy of “experts” that the only way to contest the virus was a vaccine. Do you think that he knew what mRNA was all about? Do you remember what the mRNA promoters propagandized when it came out? Do you remember Cuomo scaring the shit out of everyone with his morning “updates”? Do you remember it was an election year and Trump was grasping at straws, being threatened with impeachment? Do you remember that he appointed Pence to run the show regarding the virus, and Pence pulled in Fauci et al. Fauci, the author of the Covid book. Pence, Trump’s developing enemy. If anything, Trump let his guard down trying to fix the problem.
Ha, the placebo effect. Maybe that is all the amelioration of symptoms that the mRNA folks bragged about. Other than that, it did nothing else. Trump was fired before the facts came in about the adverse effects, so as the Doc and Ben said, you want a goat, go for Biden’s Mob who used the Vaxx to gain power over us.
I'll allow you the opportunity to do some actual research to see the many other countries from outside the western hemisphere that have and are meddling over here.
2/ The Monroe Doctrine doesn't "authorize" anything. It's not in the Constitution and certainly never ratified nor legislated by any party. It's merely the NIMBY posturing of our 5th President and has been re-interpreted by every President since then to suit their foreign policy perspective.
Don't mistake me correcting your mistakes for supporting or opposing the arguments in regard to direct intervention in Venezuela. In order to go there, both sides must first attain rational cogence.
Are you an America First person? I doubt it. The USA has done some pretty lousy stuff thanks to its MIC running the show for so many years. But you do not consider the alternative, the dimunitive drive by BRICS+ to destroy the American hegemony.
I will take the USA and its philosophy of individuality and freedom over the slavery of socialism any day of the week.
Bottom line, oil drives the planet, period. Who controls the oil, controls the planet. That is the credo of BRICS+, to destroy the USA’s access to oil, whether in the ME, or Venezuela. I do not care about Monroe Doctrines, kick ass is the only thing these socialists understand, sobeit. The Monroe Doctrine was set up as a defensive posture against European powers, it is now being used against BRICS+. Good!
American stupidity has allowed BRICS to take the reins of a good part of the world's money and business. Or, do we just blame BRICS for unfair competition?
The US went out of its hemisphere to kill 2 million Ukrainians in just the past 3 years with our CIA run puppet industry which puts foreign soldiers in the war meat grinder so Wall Street can monetize other countries natural resources. Ask Larry Fink.
There is nothing in the Monroe Doctrine forbidding foreign governments from investing in the Western Hemisphere. Such capital flows are the foundation of the post-WWII economic system, rooted in the many treaties America designed and signed.
Yes, we helped the Taliban and Iraqis after unfavorable results from our campaigns there and also helped Libya to have their trouble free government that is even more generous than Khadafi. We came, we saw, and left wonderful democracies. What more do you'se want anyway?
2/ Trump: “We’re going to be taking out a tremendous amount of wealth out of the ground, and that wealth is going to the people of Venezuela and people from outside of Venezuela that used to be in Venezuela, and it goes also to the United States of America in the form of reimbursement for the damages caused us by that country,”
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I can't. Oh, well, yes, there'd be the 46.6 percent cap gains tax and the 25 percent equity tax, the mandate for EVs by a certain date, and the continued federally directed racism against white people. There'd be that.
She was a do-nothing VP to a do-nothing president. If she had been elected, the same-o, same-o would be happening, nothing to block the incursions of BRICS+ into the USA.
BRICS+ IS the entity that is driving all the activity against the USA, including Europe. IMO, simple as that. BRICS+ is the champion of all the socialistic attempts, WEF, CCP, Putin, Cuba, Carney, the DNC, the power figures under the Rothschilds. All the children trying to knock the USA off the mountain. Trump is at the top of the mountain, holding up the American flag in defiance of the world-wide attempts to knock the USA off. I hope the secret service is alert.
Maybe we should let China take over trying to run the world and let their Debt rise to $38. Trillion?
"Maybe we should let China take over trying to run the world and let their Debt rise to $38. Trillion?"
I'd support that. Of course, I support George Washington's advice in his fare well address. Stay out of foreign entanglements but have fair and open trade.
You still haven't accepted that we're going to have a multi-polar world, have you? Your post is like the opening of the old Superman show: Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
There's very little Truth or Justice in Corporate Capitalism, but it is the American Way. The Russian system is better. The Chinese are very good at Capitalism but not civil rights so I won't say they are better than us.
All the critics should read “Defending the Republic” in Substack and hear from a citizen in Venezuela. This also will relate to the election fraud of 2020 and Venezuela’s role. Also, our constitution attorney Jonathan Turly stated our President was justified under Article 2 of the Constitution. I’m no expert, but can’t you people understand that we needed a President that would put our country and our citizens first.
Maybe the press should actually pay attention to the thousands of Venezuelan expats that are celebrating the demise of socialistic dictators in their country. With Trump in charge, Venezuela is going to become a major power with its resources, as it used to be.
I read once that Gaddafi had plans to create a "United States of Africa" and wanted to unite Africa into a giant nation using a gold standard currency. I'm not spraying any love on the man, but I can state that under his rule Libya was much more prosperous as a nation. In fact, one of the more prosperous of the African nations in terms of per capital living standards and human development indices. Now? Well, you know.
Gaddafi had the ability to control the many bickering tribes that inhabit those areas. Once he was killed, well, you know the rest. Sometimes I wonder if these "evil" dictators whom we are always told are so "evil" are actually "evil" at all.
My questioning nature, always question everything the machine tells us.
Back in the day working with the Motorcycle Tour Operator in Italy .....
....we used to take tour groups down into Africa.
Ferry across at Gibraltar, thru Morrocco, then Tunisia and then into Libya.
Riding in Libya was highlight of the ride. Tripoli was great.
Now the US State Dept advises against riding in Libya.
Too dangerous for us white folk.
I see Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is taking a run at Libya's Presidency? He attempted to register as a candidate in the 2021 Libyan presidential election but was rejected. This decision was overturned less than a month later, reinstating him as a presidential candidate!
Saif al-Islam is rumoured to have access up to US$30 billion !!!!
Libya was also one of the highest rated African nations on the Human Development Index under Gaddafi. I have asked before if this was why they took Gaddafi out. He was a threat to American hegemony with his plans for Africa.
Your motorcycle rides in that part of the world sound awesome. I have a Can Am Roadster that I like to cruise around on (too scared to do the two wheel motor cycles). Never taken it outside the USA. Would love to ride in different nations and tour their cities. Won't happen in today's fucked up world, to be sure.
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Yeah, sure. Donnie thinks about fairness as his first consideration. We'll rape 'em and have the NYT lie about Donnie's wonderfulness. The good ol' American way.
For once I'll be the Pollyanna: Those tar sands? When the Price is Right, Ways Will Be Found. Who ever heard of fracking 25 years ago? (And forget not that petroleum is far more than fuels.)
Have not heard that one but South America is rich in silver Peru being #3 in the world now in production.China is in a spot What we see on the books is maybe a couple of months of silver for production in their industry hence the 1/1/26 date of not exporting anymore.
Venezuela's silver mines went dark, but 847 tons disappeared BEFORE the blackout. Russian Antonov cargo planes at 2:47 AM. Chinese state aircraft. 11 flights total. This wasn't infrastructure failure - this was coordinated resource warfare.
Exactly, wkenn, gold, silver, rare earths, oil, and gas are the fodder for the wars of the future. Water is become another quickly now.
Why? Because they feed the High tech machine that is going to take over the planet. I saw a You Tube presentation that made sense to me. It was predicting who will lead the world in the future. Their conclusion was striking. Not the USA, not China, not Russia, not WEF, but a consortium of technical power figures that will control the flow of information around the globe. What affect will AI have in this? THAT is a scary thought.
It was originally reported as three planes, but I guess the story changed when it was noted that there aren't any cargo planes capable of carrying 240 tons of cargo.
I suspect that Mr. Kunstler has read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" and even the sequel. Perhaps he has also read "Thy Will Be Done" by Jerry Colby and Charlotte Dennett about the Rockefeller invasion of South America. I know that he is aware of the US SOP of creating an enemy and a narrative so that we-the-people will fall for it and support a war for the purposes of regime change and plundering of resources.
Therefore, according to Mr. Kunstler et al, this time it's different. It's different from the CIA murder of Torrijos in Panama and the kidnapping of Noriega (for competing with the Bush/CIA drug-running operation). It's different from US support of the Contras and the dictators in Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador who were responsible for murdering hundreds of thousands. It's different from the Bay of Pigs invasion. I know that Mr. Kunstler could not possibly have believed that this current invasion was about drugs, as stated by Trump et al, since Trump just pardoned the Mr. Big of the drug trade from Honduras.
Mr. Kunstler and the commenters here have made the case for the US invasion. If what you all say is true, then you have a good case. There was a good case for the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan too, if the lies told about WMD and incubators had not been lies.
So, if the narrative now put forth about Venezuela is true, then there is cause for the invasion. (It is illegal by any stretch of the imagination; and the murders of the boat passengers were just that: murders. But we must overlook that and the piracy for the greater good and for the benefits enumerated in the comments.)
Rest assured, for the first time ever, the US is telling the truth about the rationale for a foreign invasion.
News to me, thanks for the info. Probably news to weapons inspector Scott Ritter too. Perhaps you should run that by him and Joe Wilson (whom I interviewed on the subject).
Again, nowhere does it give the US authority to replace a regime in a sovereign nation in our hemisphere. It also does not give us authority to kill innocent civilians in the very countries the Monroe doctrine implies a concern for. It does not give the authority to seize legal ships doing legal business and steal their cargo. That is called piracy. The Monroe Doctrine does apparently state that given the North American focus of this policy, the US will not intervene in European affairs. Of course the US does this every day, which is a violation of the Monroe Doctrine.
Venezuela's manipulation of US political elections have resulted in damage worth trillions of dollars. That intervention is an act of war. Either Maduro or Chavez is on record saying that Venezuela got Barak Obama elected. If this is true, they should be held to account and Venezuela should help pay back some of those trillions.
I don't know, Michael but I agree with your thoughts on Libya. See my response above to Dennis Merwood in regards to Libya and Gaddafi. Gaddafi may have been a bad dude but bad dudes are what is necessary to foment peace and a stable economy in nations divided by bickering and warring tribes. The USA comes along, takes out that stabilizing element, and all hell breaks loose. So much for spreading "democracy." Especially spreading "democracy" to places that don't want American "democracy."
Imagine Americans idolizing Trump at this time. He will eat his words some day soon. His adventures will sink his boat. How Americans can buy his phony bravado is beyond me. Donnie thinks he's Steven Seagal but he's actually a weakling, a narcissist that can only see his Daddie kicking his ass as a punk kid. Donnie is one pathetic traitor to America.
Cankerpuss, between 1946 and 2000 the United States has interfered in more than 80 foreign elections. And that doesn’t count US-backed coups and invasions.
Yes sir, and at what cost to the American treasury? Our once prosperous nation has spent and exhausted its strength and means warring in foreign lands that really pose no threat to the USA. I read once that the USA has military bases and installations in more than 150 countries world wide. Think of the cost. If Trump and Congress were serious about paying down the national debt they could eliminate half of this spending, still be spending more than any other country on defense and apply that money to the debt.
But, what do I know. I'm just some dumb schmoe living in the mountains of eastern Utah.
Don't forget election interference of Venezuelan made voting machines. Think of the damage that has been caused if those machines fraudulently place Barak Obama and Joe Biden in power.
Again Cankerpuss, between 1946 and 2000 the United States has interfered in more than 80 foreign elections. And that doesn’t count US-backed coups and invasions.
Maduro was indicted in New York years ago. Oil shipments were sanctioned. A US bounty was placed and increased on Madura by two administrations. We don’t even need the Monroe Doctrine here…. But….
Boy, Venezuela sure is lucky that good old Uncle Sam has bombed Caracas and kidnapped their President. All perfectly legal, of course, because it’s the US - following the benevolent tradition that has made life beautiful for generations of our friends throughout Central and South America.
And no, we would never steal their oil. We’ll just help them extract it, while paying top dollar for their most precious non-renewable resource. Just like we helped our friends in Iraq.
Best of all, this will ward off China, which threatens to create an Evil Empire, unlike the US of A, with its eight hundred military bases all over the planet, making the world safe for democracy.
Kind of makes me feel warm all over, just to think about it.
Bingo! However, lots of interventionists in the website feel that invasion and wanton murder is just great! Palestinians? Kill 'em all, we are the US.....
There are few Good Guys in politics at any level, and they are inevitably neutralized by their rotten colleagues. The question is how many people are hurt by or benefit from political machinations. The consensus in this forum seems to be not giving a shit, as long as the beneficiaries are Americans.
I follow the above author, who has a knack for explaining complex issues to people requiring explanations that a 5-year-old could grasp.
Below is a condensed paraphrasing of his take on the matter:
After watching this unfold, I’m increasingly convinced we just witnessed theater—expensive, well-choreographed theater with real consequences.
No missiles fired. No US casualties. A Venezuelan military supposedly on high alert stood down completely. Maduro was extracted from his home without resistance. No firefight. No friction. Operations that face real opposition don’t look like this. This went too clean.
Either Venezuela’s defenses were fictional, or this was negotiated. Occam’s Razor applies.
The oil narrative also doesn’t hold up. Yes, Venezuela has enormous reserves—but most are extra-heavy Orinoco crude (8–14° API). That oil is expensive, difficult to process, and requires specialized coking refineries. It trades at a steep discount and demands billions in infrastructure before it becomes meaningfully profitable. This wasn’t a quick oil grab.
Which raises the real question: what was this actually about?
There’s a path where this works—sanctions lifted, real investment, high-paying jobs for Venezuelans, and broad-based prosperity. But US regime-change history suggests skepticism is warranted. Extractive arrangements protected by security contractors tend to produce insurgency, not stability. Pipelines don’t defend themselves.
Economically, flooding the market with Venezuelan crude would also undercut US shale, kneecapping “energy independence.” The math only works if production is tightly controlled—suggesting strategic positioning, not abundance.
Zooming out, this looks less like chaos and more like spheres of influence hardening. The US takes Venezuela. Russia takes Ukraine. China eyes Taiwan. Condemnations follow; nothing changes.
Beijing and Moscow’s muted responses are telling. If this truly blindsided them, the reaction would look very different.
This isn’t a rules-based order anymore. It’s power politics with the mask off. Each empire dominates its backyard and looks the other way elsewhere.
If we can oust a despicable foreign leader for political and economic reasons, then by the same logic why can't we remove our own despicable domestic governors and mayors for the same reasons? We ought to clean up our own house before going off to slay dragons abroad.
If someone invokes the Posse Comitatus Act, he needs to remember that active duty troops have been used domestically against American citizens many, many times, and not just to suppress insurrections like the Detroit riots on 1967.
After all, in a world where consistent application of the rule of law doesn't exist, laws only mean what the powerful say they mean. "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."
Seems that Trump is able to bring to the top of the headlines the Dem/Marxists love of the totally corrupt and unlovable:
Their love for men in girls / women's sports
Their love for mutilating the bodies of young boys and girls who are too young to decide
Their love for legal and illegal immigrants who steal vast amounts of money from taxpayers
Their love of electric cars and mandates to make Americans buy them even tho even the most clueless people today are beginning to understand that they are not efficient or practical.
Their love of windmills and solar panels even tho these vanity items explode the taxpayers electric bills.
Their love of the tyranny of the whole DEI system that discriminates against people who have merit vs those who just have the right sex--real or imagined/ethnic background/ pigment and many other descriptors.
Their love of people who like nothing more than receiving a check every month for sitting at home vs the millions of Americans who go to work every day to provide for their family.
Their love of laws that make it impossible to guarantee a free and fair election.
The love of judges who make judgements with no basis in the law or Constitution but help the Marxists keep their political grifting on overdrive.
There are many more examples that I could think of but.......I am already late leaving the warm house to feed the horses and cows and......they are getting ticked off and I prefer to stay on their good side.
Feel free to add any other groups who Trump is showing the world that American leftists are siding with other than the taxpayers who are funding this thing we call the Gov't.
sorry to reply to my own post but I forgot a big one:
Their love of people who have broken our laws to invade our country and who are causing a large amount of mayhem just being in the country illegally.
Their love of foreign dictators while proclaiming to believe in “no kings”. That’s an embarrassing one there.
The love for the demonrats for importing them, don’t forget that they were invited with all expenses paid by you and me and received with all kinds of perks and benefits. The Biden administration played them as a violin and now the party has ended and the adults are back in the house.
And then shipped them all over the country - into small towns where they can dominate the local politics.
The dems have been playing long ball and playing it very well.
Exhibit A would be Minnesnowta.
Minnesota was on the Magic Negro. Between 2008 and 2012, he put 51,000 Somali's there on purpose, to create an enclave that was never meant to assimilate. The enclave voted in a block and easily elected all Islamic local political leaders.
They kept the money flowing through the fake front day cares, elderly cares, medical transportation companies, you name it. In addition, much of the taxpayer money was kicked back up to the Democratic Party. All by design.
I'd never heard that nickname for Hussein Obama. It's pretty good.
Rush Limbaugh coined that name.
Ben is right, but it may also have derived from Obama's claiming, that during the run up to the 2016 Election, Trump claiming he would turn the economy around, after Obama failed to do so 2008-2016, could only happen if Trump had a magic wand.
When Trump did exactly that, turning the economy around, the world's greatest troller said, 'I used my magic wand'. Obama's arrogance and hubris know no bounds, nor does DJT's ability to troll the crazies on the Left.
Trump may be a dumbass or a genius, but he's always good for some comic relief. He keeps the global elite, adversarial world leaders and the Deep State on their back foot, not knowing whether to take him seriously or not, on any given day.
It's a song, Barack the Magic Negro to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon. You might be able to find it.
Yes, good catch Ron, the invaders are a HUGE part of the plan to do exactly what is happening, mayhem and murder is what far-leftists want. Far-leftists are morons.
Their love of effeminate men like Gavin Newson who sit cross legged because there is nothing to get in the way.
Their love of purple hair, over weight, nose ring wearing women who also love effeminate men so they can run the show.
"Their love of effeminate men like Gavin Newson who sit cross legged because there is nothing to get in the way." ~ William Kinney
Amen. Same with most of the European leaders and our NATO 'partners'. Except for Viktor Orban and Robert Fico. They are all light in their loafers. At their meetings, they have well-hidden cinder blocks weighing them down, so they don't float away.
One more thought on Newsom. Never trust a man who wears more hairspray than Charo.
Dating myself, but I grew up, late-'70's, during Disco. We used to call them 'blowheads'.
Ron,
I, also was dating myself in the 70's.
Alot, as I recall.
You were dating yourself? Why, couldn't you find any women willing to go on dates with you?
E - your comments never disappoint. Looking forward to many more in 2026.
We need to get going on the 'Bringing Reno' Project. Silver somehow needs to be worked into the business model - even if just for advertising's sake. If I remember, Reno was a big silver town historically, or I could be wrong.
Newsom is Rambo next to Gov. Tim Walz. LOL
They are all products of the 40-year assault on masculinity. Look at testosterone levels over that last 40 years. It's processed foods, and it is intentional.
There is a reason they are called 'Soy Boys'. Foods are rife with soy - estrogen producing. Continued assault on red meat, which boosts testosterone through nitric oxide.
The majority of who I'll loosely call men, are docile now. That's the intent. We're getting down to the last of the Spartans.
Don't I know it. Just hearing Rachel Maddow's voice makes my nut sack shrivel.
I hear you, even in warm weather.
BINGO! The Truth no one wants to say or even acknowledge!
Our so called "education" system plays a huge part of this as well. I wrote about this a year ago on SubStack.
Public education punishes little boys for being little boys and works to turn them into little girls.
Here's a kick. I am familiar with a certain powerlifting federation who has both Drug Tested Meets and Non-Drug Tested Meets. The natural range for the Testosterone to Estradiol ratio is from 10:1 to 30:1. The Drug-Tested Meet threshold is 4:1.
So, in other words, anyone testing over their threshold - less than one half the low end of the range - not even in natural range - is DQ'd. JFC, powerlifters are generally drawn to the sport because they have higher natural levels of testosterone to begin with.
This federation, ironically, is part of the problem. They are promoting shunting testosterone in their own sport. They should take up policing men's badminton.
Yes, a prime example is the 26-year-old who was just busted for breaking VP Vance's windows. This perp is a fat-faced soy-boy if there ever was one.
"purple hair, over weight, nose ring wearing women"
Correction: "purple hair, over weight, nose ring wearing, tatted up women."
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This is something I've been wondering about. In the Fourth Turning, we read about the various Generations in America in recent years: the Silent Generation, the Baby Boomer Generation, and...Generation X. After that last one I get confused.
Anyway, is there any correlation between one of these named Generations and the age cohort that began the blue hair, nose ring, tattoo personal style?
I noticed it when I was in college in Boston in the mid to late 80s. It was more fringe and Goth-like then though. Nose rings, somewhat colored hair, but long leather coats and a totally aloof attitude. These people would have been at the very end of the Boomer generation, or beginning of GenX. But it really took off when the Millennials came along. I would say it just evolved.
Absolutely on point! True AND hilarious! Thanks
Turdeau sits that way but actually squashes his thighs together,
"The love of judges who make judgements with no basis in the law or Constitution but help the Marxists keep their political grifting on overdrive."
Why pull off one of the greatest/cleanest apprehensions in history requiring all the planning and comprehensive strategery only to put him in front of a 92 year old Obama appointed leftist judge? Were all the other judges too busy?!?
Sure like to know how that worked.
I agree; it wasn’t random.
Feckless republicans, as they still do, helped with the judges. Note the lack of Thune doing anything about blue slips blocking the numerous appointments that Trump’s administration and DOJ desperately need, not to mention judges. They all voted for the judges blocking his progress for sure. And if they would dump the filibuster, we could get some things done.
92 years old?? Born in the beginning of the last century and still on the bench? Good grief.
To be sure, being forced to return Maduro to his station in Venezuela would send a signal to the world that the US policies are hopelessly tangled and toothless. What is their plan? Surely they thought this out?
Look for another he hanged himself while we were not looking event.
Their love of being nasty humans in lock step with actual tyranny!
Their love of using the cities, resplendent with crime, to foment revolution against the Constitution.
Their love of tax and spend, which is destroying the US economy.
Their love of divide and conquer to retain power.
Their love of radical Islam with the hate it provides.
Their love of the medical-Pharma consortium and the drive towards socialized medicine in the face of a failing safety net.
Their love of NYC and the West Coast as examples of how wonderful socialism is.
You have done yeoman's work, but allow me to offer the Reader's Digest (remember that?) version: They hate everything that traditional Americans have come to love and enjoy as their legacy from The Founding Fathers.
Yes, no one who has ever subscribed to Reader's Digest would put up with every Republican in Congress having their own "Morgan Stanley guy" (AIPAC member) telling them what to do.
To the sane American, there should be no doubt the Democrat party is full on Marxist. I pray more Americans wake up to this reality.
Their love of a criminal justice system that focuses on justice for the criminal and ignores justice for the victim and the family.
Their love of death and support of abortion, all the way up to after birth abortion.
Cankerpuss, who can have an abortion is none of your business my friend.
Don't agree with abortion ~ don't have one.
And quit telling women what they can do with their bodies please.
Thank you.
Dennis, I appreciate your thoughts. Nonetheless, my position of abortion will always be contrary to your views.
That being said, I DO NOT go around telling women what they can or cannot do with their bodies. I do not go to pro-life rallies. I do not do any of those things that you have insinuated I am doing. I am merely stating my belief. If that belief is threatening to some, so be it. If they have a right to do what they will with their bodies, including terminating pregnancies moments before birth of the lump of cells, then I certainly have a right to express my opinion.
Like you said previously, opinions are like assholes. We all have them and they all stink. Doesn't mean I can't express it any more than you can.
All my best, friend.
Fair enough.
What if your mother had decided to kill you in the womb?
You still OK with abortion when you're the dead baby?
There is no legal, moral or philosophical way to define when a fetus becomes a baby. Development in the womb is on a continuum. While acknowledging there is an arbitrary element to subdividing pregnancy, it seems to me that society has a right to make such distinctions. They will not please everyone, but that's true of almost all laws and rules.
My preference would be for abortion to be legal in the first two trimesters (six months). That's enough time for a woman to have freedom of choice, without leading to distasteful or ugly means of termination a few weeks before birth.
"What if your mother had decided to kill you in the womb?"
According to what I can gather from psychical research about the nonphysical spirit world we live in before and after our brief time on earth, it would seem that the animating soul or spirit would simply be incarnated in a different fetus.
Oh please! What a stupid thing to use.
Not going to hypotheticals on this issue, Cankerpuss
Especially ridiculous ones with all the "loaded" dog whistle words.
This 'fetal personhood' is just an insidious way to take away woman's rights.
Sorry, my friend.
Take care.
Uh, that's not my comment, Dennis Merwood. I think you are responding to Old Gyrene. As I stated before, I don't debate abortion with anyone.
OOPS.. old timers disease! LOL
F OFF Dennis! You are a rude sob
Annette, what did I say that was rude?
As Christopher Hitchens said about someone who claims they have had their feelings hurt or been offended, "“If someone tells me that I've hurt their feelings, I say, 'I'm still waiting to hear what your point is.' In this country, I've been told, 'That's offensive' as if those two words constitute an argument or a comment. Not to me they don't. - Christopher Hitchens
She is right, you are rude even to people who have not been rude to you.
Blame it on the particularly virulent collectivists at Davos, Bilderberg, Club of Rome, Trilateral Commission, the Soros enforcers, etc.
Thank you Ron for your accurate and succinct summary of the numerous maladies facing the “regular (normal) guy and gal” in the U.S. today. I’m going to copy / paste and date-stamp print your remarks as a useful go-to reference document.
Your abortion position is very “cut & dry”……..As a mother who cherishes the birth of a child, and the complex and loving emotions holding your baby….your miracle!! That life begins at conception….period! Even if unwanted the the ovum & sperm become one! I suppose RUDE was inappropriate for me to write……but I found your post “ uncaring” and sad!
I enjoy reading your posts nonetheless! Sorry I offended you😢
Ms. Kimball, your comment came to me by mistake --- I think. You and I are aligned on when live begins and that abortion is murder because the only who does not have a choice about this is a person separate from the mother----they have different DNA.
And.....you should not apologize for telling ignorant people the truth about abortion and you darn sure should not hope you did not offend them. They should be offended that they have an opinion that is not defendable. Not sure whom this was targeted for but from what I see of your posts, they deserved it, and more.
Choose Life
I was replying to Dennis Merwood! ☺️
That would be crazy should the judge try that?I read something from Gen.Flynn yesterday in regards to Hakim Jeffries may of tried to warn Maduro about the plan but was to late...if this be true he falls in line for treason.
Guessing that IF Maduro is released by this leftist judge he would be immediately indicted in Florida. Also guessing that Pres.Trump is aware of this possibility and would turn it into a great spectacle to show, once again, how sick and America-hating the Left is.
Could be very interesting.
I'll take that 'if' and wager 'will.' We should know within the hour.
Hakeem Jeffries ISA traitor, not only to the country but to his own people. Have you heard one word out of his black grifting mouth about black student illiteracy in the public school system, nationwide?
JHK has said numerous times - so many I can't remember - that if blacks would simply learn the Queen's English, they'd be generations ahead of where they are now. He is 100% correct in that regard.
Treason is no longer a crime in America, especially if there is a "D" by your name.
So only treason for the other gangsters not your gangster
I said "especially" not "only." Think about what that means. Try to, at least.
You said D not D +R. Read your shit if u can’t remember what you wrote.
Here, let me help you, smart guy.
Especially:
"Very Much; more than usual or more than other people or things."
Therefore, by using the word "especially" I am clearly indicating my belief that the Democrats tend to get way with treacherous behaviors more often than people with an "R" or an "I" by their name. By using the word especially, one with any thinking capacity would understand that I am not isolating or absolving Republicans or Independents from treacherous behavior but clearly stating that I believe Democrats get away with such behavior more often than the others.
Language, my friend. Words have meaning.
Learn the definition of "especially."
All of Congress, save a handful, are traitors simply because of the constant deficit spending and putting their constituents in debt slavery. They have all abrogated and violated their oaths. But there are none to hold them accountable.
Why is this view in the minority?
It's impossible that Jeffries was in the know....he would have blabbed it to the world....
Along with a sizable minority (?majority) of Democrat office holders & officials.
Gee, who pissed in your Cheerios this morning?
He's a porn loving troll.
On a side note, my dad used to ask me who "pissed in my Cheerios this morning." Another favorite of his was "who pooped in your pudding today."
Your comment brought back flashbacks of me dearly departed father. How I miss that man.
This clown is always this obnoxious without reason.
Been kicked several times for it.
Hell! Trump warned him. Now I know what he meant by strongly suggesting to Maduro that the leave.
This play is about much more than oil; it’s about Russia and China; it’s power politics.
More like National Security.
Nobody knows what the rationale is because the administration has failed to describe a coherent rationale. It’s about drugs, no it’s about oil, no it’s about China, no it’s about saying the phrase “Monroe Doctrine” as some kind of magical incantation. Also the US government is going to run things even though every component of Venezuela’s prior government, military, judiciary, and affiliated militias are still in place… the simpletons envision every geopolitical scenario as a tournament between their respective heads of state.
And the arguments domestically are viewed as a sportsball game between team blue and team red. Never mind that this scale of regime change has always resulted in boots on the ground which is a nice way of saying our sons will be shipped off to yet another foreign misadventure to be ground up in Moloch’s meat grinder for the financial benefit of the military industrial complex. That there are still people who think this time it will be different and that the law of unintended consequences will be suspended for the first time never ceases to amaze.
100%
Not sure why everyone is swallowing what we're being fed from a US government that has lied for decades. I thought some of us knew better.
This isn't what we voted for. We voted against the Neo-Con Bush because Trump promised something different. But alas, he's controlled by the same people so it ultimately became the same thing. Bad/Fat Ass is going to get us nuked.
No...it's not....
By "no one", you really mean you and me. There are many aspects to this and one cannot create the picture from just one source.
The only recognizable pattern I see from the Trump Admin. so far is moving further into the New Normal of technocracy, which is exactly what the previous admin. sold from the position of the "left."
There is always some story to placate those who want to see something deeper, such as the idea here that Maduro is funding all of the things we hate. Yeah, right. The funding is out of Davos and London. The enemy is the bankster and technocrat class.
The Great Reset chugs along.
It's the election fraud. Emerald Robinson is a good source for the story on X.
The election fraud is global. IMO, it was the primary mechanism for keeping the Davos Young Global Leaders in power through Convid and into the present. The infiltration of government cabinets was bragged about, and it goes much deeper than just government cabinets.
Open Society has long targted local politics, and that has also made a big difference.
To date, NOTHING is being done about any of this. Trump hosts Convid mass murderers in the WH. Heck, he even had an ISIS leader in there.
You are living inthe past. Large divisions of ground troops are no longer needed.
And election fraud in many democratic countries including the US.
Nicolas Maduro or Hugo Chavez (I can't recall which, exactly) is on record as saying that Venezuela is responsible for getting Barak Obama elected. If Venezuela influence American elections, the damage in incalculable and is an act of war. Period. I'm glad they got him. I hope he swings from a gallows. He won't, but he should.
“Nicolas Maduro or Hugo Chavez (I can't recall which, exactly) is on record as saying that Venezuela is responsible for getting Barak Obama elected.”
And you believed him? Good god. Don’t know which, but I’d lean toward Chávez, as the guy was clinically insane toward the end.
Huh?
Maduro and Chávez, both self-important dictators, are not to be believed if they claimed that Venezuela got Obama elected.
Also, my bet is that Chávez said it, because he was clinically insane at the end of his life.
Yeah, I don't know who said it and I don't know if it was even true, it was just something I read somewhere.
I think first and foremost it's about the election fraud that's being spawned there.
I think they are definitely related. Give me free $$, lots of it, & I will vote for you.
Find the common denominator for all the unrest?
There isn't just one common denominator that explains Clown World. There's resource depletion (especially oil and fresh water). There's economic chaos, as business models of infinite growth on a finite planet have to be swapped out for contraction. There's that pesky middle class, which is an aberration that needs to be squished. There's the end-of-Empire political wrangling that involves struggles for maintaining or gaining power, and which is expressed with a noticeable lack of rule of law and lawfare, and levels of propaganda and psychological warfare from all sides that make the Gestapo and KGB look like schoolyard bullies.
And we can't forget human nature, which tends to be short-sighted, emotional, illogical and dependent on sociopaths to steer things along. Yeah, we're in the middle of decades of change happening in weeks/months now.
Time will tell if the Venezuelan project is a success. Who doesn't like calling the shots on their side of the ocean when it comes to superpower moves? But as Art mentions, the Law of Unintended Consequences hangs in the shadows - ready for mischief.
"pesky middle class"? F off.
Umm, reading comprehension in context not your strong point, eh? The Middle Class is definitely a group the globalists want to see disappear, with the catch phrase "you'll own nothing and be happy" and the k-shaped economy we're experiencing....I believe that falls under the definition of "pesky".....(pes·ky /ˈpeskē/ adjectiveinformal - causing trouble; annoying.
"pesky mosquitoes"
Precisely because you cannot have a "democracy" without a middle class...
Sorry, my post was not clear enough. I wasn't slamming the middle class, I was slamming JohnAZ for slamming them.
Prove there is resource depletion. You can't as there is no source claiming such a thing that isn't tainted in some manner.
And that is exactly the problem. We the People have no clue what is actually going on, as there is no way to access the relevant information on our own, and the channels for doing so in government and elsewhere have long since been cordoned off.
Were resource depletion a real issue, we'd have long since seen a change in the ways our so-called superiors live. Instead, I see only tales being spun and laws for the plebes being passed so that we accept centralization, monitoring, and previously impossible levels of control at the global level.
I would agree with much of your comment - the game the elites are playing now is for control of resources, and the "channels" you describe for gleaning accurate information are cut off. I would argue though that does signal a change in how they're living. Profits are shrinking and much of it is "virtual", so the elites are snapping up hard assets (land, mining and water rights, etc) as fast as they can. They realize an economic reset and transfer of wealth is coming soon, as contraction and population decline are the in the mix for the future. I think that signals depletion, as they rein in (destroy) the middle class which helped them maximize their gains as the economy expanded, and take/steal what remaining resources remain - they consider those their rightful property.
Another example is found near Yuma, AZ. Check out the dribble of water flowing into Mexico that is the Colorado River. Check out the water levels of the reservoirs upstream. Check out the oil production in the U.S. - both the older conventional fields and the newer fracking ones. With the exception of one county in Texas (nearing its peak), all are showing lower output (depletion).
The planet is finite. As we used to say when proving theorems in geometry class, the proof is "intuitively obvious". The numbers for any resource are without a doubt manipulated - but that's a problem that is separate from the overall trend. The "proven reserves" of many of the world's remaining oil fields are such that they'll probably never be economically feasible to extract. This is another factor that explains why the elites are taking us to war.
He has trouble with the very basic concept of "carrying capacity". I tried using suitcases and cars as basic examples. Then he doesn't say anything.
It's more nuanced than that. As you say, we don't know exactly but we know in general. But he denies that we have any knowledge about it because he is in Denial.
"And we can't forget human nature, which tends to be short-sighted, emotional, illogical and dependent on sociopaths to steer things along."
You forgot one. GREED. Humans are incredibly greedy, wanting and obtaining far MORE than they ever could fully need or utilize while billions go with less then they need to survive on a daily basis.
Corruption.
The single common denominator? Debt-based currency backed by fraud, military might, and the power to tax and imprison.
There is 3.3M barrels of oil in reserve in Venezuela that's 17T dollars just sitting now what happens if this oil should hit the market? Russia's #1 export is oil and they stop bring in the money they need so yes Vene is a force multiplier.
So it's one more act of economic aggression against Russia which dared to defend its sovereignty?
I am with you the Dombass region was being abused by Zelensky and his cohorts in crime the CIA.I heard Trump mention that we could not see an attack on Putin's residence which peeked my interest so what is Putin doing?Then Zelensky denied it at first then they got a smirk ..I go WTF!The Russia/Ukie thing there's alot of smoke and mirrors going on right now.
In 1991, the USA had a chance to bail out Russia and include them into the EU community, removing the need for NATO. We actually made a deal to help them out creating a more capitalistic society. We almost immediately reneged on the agreements. Why? Without Russia, who is our common enemy to keep the CIA and MIC in business?
Putin asked to join the EU and was rebuffed. By the USA through NATO.
Clinton with her Russia, Russia, Russia hoax to attack MAGA destroyed mutual activity starting to happen between the two countries with oil production.
It is a two edged sword and it continues today.
This all goes back to the MacKinder theory re: Eurasia. Later seconded by Zbigniew Bryzenski. Keep Russia from joining with China in world power politics. America is the Wild Card in this thinking. If the U.S. allied with Russia that would be the end of the Chinese "threat".
Instead we pushed them into: If Russia allied with China, that would be the end of the American threat.
Think about it. Those of us who know and realize that the CIA is in the dope business so they can make a few bucks of pin money allowing for regime changes and other malign operations. Do you ever hear the pipsqueak Mike Johnson decry the CIA and their drug smuggling????Wonder if Donnie is readying an attack on the CIA to end their little drug scams. When donkeys fly.......the average US citizen is blissfully hiding CIA escapades from his consciousness....it may take Dr. Gundry to 'splain this stuff to American consumers.
I agree with your assessment, but I think it covers all parts of the Deep State. Have you watched the US budget under Deep State control? Have you seen worthless Karen become wealthy? Wonder where all that money is coming from.
This government is up to its eyebrows with crime and corruption.
Trump is being advised by conflicting factions within his admin. Putin has provided proof to the US. There are rogue CIA providing targeting data to Ukraine. Zelensky, a coke addict, has allowed his country to be destroyed. He was assured by Nuland that the war would last three months. By the fourth month, he should have gotten out of the deal and signed the Istanbul Accord....he did not...he acquiesced to Boris Johnson, representing the US. He could end it at any time but he has visions of grandeur, typical of coke addicts. He will get Istanbul+ or be militarily defeated. He will lose land regardless. Boundaries will revert to previous boundaries. To the victor belongs the spoils.
It would never have started if the Biden Mob, not the USA, had never interfered with Ukraine politics. Trump was impeached for trying to stop the U.S. interference, a million folks have died due to the Biden family.
It started way before that...try Clinton and eastward expansion of NATO countries...The interference started under Obama, not Biden.
Yes. At first Trump was angry about the attack (or so he said). Then the CIA convinced him that no attack happened. So now Peace is off the table again, assuming that it ever really was on the table.
Was Putin actually there? I assume so since they are taking this very seriously. The whole thing has been reclassified as all out war and not a special military operation. Accordingly, 700,000 reservists are being mobilized.
The eternal question: Is Trump a blundering idiot or is his idiocy an act?
It's also about Dominion and stealing elections in 72 countries.
We have talking about multi-polar world for a year now and the spheres of influence....
The world has been multipolar for far longer than that. What many are learning of late is that the term has no meaning, as the power lies above state level.
Not really....China was nothing until Clinton sent all the middle class jobs there...Russia was trying to get its act together after the dissolution of the USSR and the raping by its oligarchs....what multipolar countries were you referring to? It was the US everywhere..
Not really...it had been evolving but now is taking full shape as spheres of influence...
It has had spheres of influence in the true global sense since WWII ended. That is what a multipolar world is.
Yes, for those who play hockey or basketball, it's called 'boxing them out'.
Mr. Kunstler, please consider reading, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins, research the Banana Wars, and Operation Northwoods, to name a few, and re-evaluate your thoughts this.
As they say, 'Murica, F—yeah!
And they say that for a valid reason. With a smirk.
"You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by
Sneak home pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go"
—Suicide in the Trenches
"The tragedy of war is that young men and women die fighting each other, rather than their real enemies back home in their capitals." —Edward Abby
1. The CIA did not assassinate him (so far), just arrested and transported him for trial. 2. re "influence," in the Western Hemisphere, we are clearly beyond polite conversation around a big table, and this was more than an oil grab.
Yep, it was a shot across the bow to narco states and a real time show of force to the hotspots across the world.
It was also an operation that will throttle Cuba even further as they got cheap oil from Venezuela and China also bought a lot of oil there, too. It's called a multiplicity of mayhem.
Actually, my readings were that it was not the CIA but the DOJ which delivered him....for a reason...
"Mr. Kunstler, please consider reading, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins"
Torch,
I read it years ago...apparently so did the Chinese...same program, different decade.
I'm 98.8988% sure that Jim has. He's very well read and that book is a classic.
It is always important to know the political leanings of authors. It puts into perspective their interpretation of events for which they may not even have full knowledge....just saying...
That’s because politics is mind control…
The media - both news and entertainment - have now politicized nearly everything in our society as an extremely powerful mechanism of control.
Politicization is so effective at manipulating the populace because most people emotionally connect their personal belief system to the belief system of their political party, and so then any attack on their party - legitimate or otherwise - is interpreted by their brain as an attack on themselves. Reason and logic then jump out the nearest window as raw emotion takes the helm, thus making them even more susceptible to the predatory controlling influences.
The human mind is primarily binary. Our thought process can often be boiled down into terms (often ultimatums) of – this or that – and our adversaries understand - very well - the art of this war.
Politics is not necessarily mind control....particularly on the local level...why we were supposed to have small non-professional government. Imho, with the advent of electronic games, were have too many game players in government....I first had that gut reaction with Ruby Ridge and the FBI....I have that same feeling when I am driving....too many gamers playing with real life stakes...
It basically is since most people don't have much talent for reality. A sober candidate who doesn't make promises they can't keep will be seen as a boring nobody. If he is short, don't even bother. People want their leaders over 6 feet tall. Newsome looks like a soap opera star, so of course women love him.
The mayor of San Francisco has promised Black resident 5 million each. The city is a billion dollars in debt. Is she a crazy idealist or just evil? Or crazy like a fox, like Trump?
Actually, I think the people on the street are quite capable of handling reality. Politics is sales....not mind control...Where the control comes in is in control of media and the sales pitch....People on the streets know when something is not right but they lack the detail to know what's wrong...they get that nagging feeling but don't have the time or capability to research....it is difficult to follow all of what goes on and why....Most people live in the real world...
Most people are plugged into reality, but only the part of reality that affects them. That part can loom so large in their consciousness it blots out other kinds of truth, as the sun extinguishes the sight of the stars.
With all the distractions in the modern world, especially media, it's no wonder considerations related to the health of society generally don't get enough attention.
Re the first paragraph: True regarding height but not over 6'5"....it starts in kindergarten....the tallest 5 year old is seen to be more mature than the shortest 5year old....
Re the mayor of SF: One cannot be a socialist and know anything about economics. She's an idiot. Anyone who supports restitution is an idiot.
Is it still London Breed as mayor (a type of beef!)?
Get real! "The shot heard round the inter-sphere" at Ruby Ridge predated the Gamer's turning into NPC assassins by at least a decade. If you're going to go dancing with time, please post a disclaimer that specifies your abject ignorance of it.
That being said, I am in total agreement that the NPC wipeout tactic in video games is a HUGE contributing factor to the collateral damage when someone wants to commit 'death by police.'
Sorry but Ruby Ridge took place in 1992.....my kids were teens already playing video games although not as sophisticated as today's. But it is always about the thrill of the hunt and deskbound agents and the action. At the time of Ruby Ridge, I made no connection but in retrospect, watching videos of it, you can see the adrenalin rush of decision making...
Sorry, but most people that had a connected computer (<20% in the US) used dial-up in '92. While there were some autonomous video games available that allowed/encouraged NPC annihilation on the way to the loss, those were not even close to the interactive shot'em til you run out of ammo games of late.
FWIW I know the Ruby Ridge shooter through familial connection. He's not a gamer. He took the shot on command without review of the background. Innocent yet unforgivable mistake. Not associated with video games.
I recommend Ivan Musicant's book "Banana Wars." It recounts the history of US interventions in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Aggressive war is evil. All of it. The only war that is morally warranted is when that war is in defense of their homes and their families. Any way in which America invades another nation and destroys property and people is immoral and America has lost the moral high ground. War makes a few people very rich and decimates everyone else.
This is not a war except against cartels. We have to clean out our backdoor accesses. The Monroe doctrine is a good one. And it means protecting our backside at home.
Russia and China beg to differ. They can hurt us - far more than they already have. Russia especially has been playing nice. China is mad at us because of opium war so they aren't very nice, but it can get far worse.
Well...if memory serves, it was the Brits and the opium war...
We are their progeny, both genetically and culturally. Sea power. Mercantile law, etc. The baton was passed to us.
Sorry....don't believe in the sins of the father....besides, the City of London is still at work...China knows what opium did to their people....it is another weapon of war on and destruction of another country and that is what it is about....they learned from what the Brits did...we need to ignore the American-Chinese and listen to the Chinese-Americans..I know both...
I will acknowledge your points. Can't disagree with anything you said, Carolyn.
I need to reread that book--it was mind-blowing.
Empires are not built by “Nice” people.
Yup, that book immediately came to mind when this happened. It’s the same CIA playbook, only now with Trump everything is out in the open and in your face, no need to perform clandestine soft coups and what not.
So arrogant to assume he hasn't read it. It's naive to assume things and naive to consider that there is one single Holy Grail book that somehow is going to offset 60 years of reading and thinking, anyhow.
The only two books you have to read are the Bible and the Art of the Deal.
Except nobody died. Unlike Bidens withdraw from a country we already controlled that cost 13 lives and billions of dollars. Retard.
Glad that Trump snatched Maduro, but I don't understand why he sent Maduro to court in NYC? As noted, the assigned judge is 92-year-old Alvin K. Hellerstein. This is the same guy that ruled against Trump in the Stormy Daniels lawfare case. (Hellerstein is far-left appointed by Bill Clinton)
With the communists now in full control of NYC, they could let Maduro walk. Trump/Bondi could have sent Maduro to Florida for trial and put him in Gitmo. IDK, I could be wrong, but the Florida route would seem like a more secure plan.
This just might be an intentional case of creating a situation with POTUS telling some silly little Circuit Court judge to pound sand while he takes the case to SCOTUS.
Circuit Court judges do not get to tell the Executive how to do his job.
Edit:
And actually, neither does SCOTUS.
They can make a ruling, but they cannot enforce it (see Andrew Jackson's comments on this).
Biden ignored court orders.
"see Andrew Jackson's comments on this"
And what Lincoln did.
Yeah, or Stalin's.
The indictment was done in 2020. Why in NYC?
It was a SDNY indictment.
Seriously? Just the kind of luck evil doers end up having.
???
I was commenting on the luck of Maduro having an SDNY indictment…vs one in Florida.
Ok, I agree, I’m just a little slow on the uptake
These were my exact thoughts as well!
I looked all through the Monroe Doctrine and could not find where it says the US is the Boss of all the American continents and is permitted to overthrow any American regime it doesn't like and take all their stuff.
Can't find it.
Look harder.
Not there. I think you are mistaking it for the Tony Soprano doctrine. No desire to live in that neighborhood.
It’s really not there. The administration understands this, which is why it’s referring instead to a “Donroe” Doctrine. As stupid as the name is, this is a substantial change from the original idea, which had to do with European colonialism.
You should probably turn off the porn. Your posts are disgusting.
IcePickedSlim--
You're banned forever.
Thank you!
Is this Bill Clinton or Pee Wee Herman?
Well, nobody here deserves your wit. Except for you.
Here's what the Monroe Doctrine (and common sense) provides: the US will not stand by idly while China, Russia, and Iran loot Venezuela's resources, to the ongoing detriment of security in the Western hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine = FAFO Doctrine… long before there was FAFO.
Exactly right, nicely and concisely put.
Right, so to save Venezuela from being "looted" by Other Hemispherians, the Monroe Doctrine asserts only the US can rape and loot the sovereign nations in its Hemisphere.
Until the US rapes or loots Venezuela, what you are alleging is fiction/fantasy. Like Sasquatch or the Loch Ness monster.
Also like so many whiny ball-less jerks on the left.
They've been spewing their America hatred since the 60's.
Further down, he attempted to say the US killed 2 million Ukrainians.
Were they looting it? Any more than we now will? What do the Venezuelan people think?
Yes, with Maduro as looter-in-chief. Picking up where Chavez left off, Maduro prospered, while the economy cratered.
As far as what the people thought, 25% fled the country.
Period.
We just play by their rules.
Cry harder.
Rape is fun till it is practiced on you. Are you ready?
And that's the whole point of spheres of influence....why the Cuba event during JFK...not in our backyard.... next should be a restitution of funds paid by foreign entities for land in the US and a prohibition of selling land to foreign entities or the shell companies representing them. If you cannot see that China plays the long long game and is busy encroaching into neighboring countries, as well as into ours, then I have no more words. Nothing is simple.
Yeah, um, sorry there fruity, I don't swing that way.
Kent appears to be looking for a fight.
A recent account created in November with an obnoxious poster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqSYC_vwhDg
Read it again… then reread your own comment!… what the heck; American Continent? American regime?… being ‘first’ doesn’t have to mean nonsense.
If I remember geography right, there are TWO American continents, and multiple countries there. USA does not represent all of "America". Do not see any issues with the comment above
Somehow I feel that if Biden or Harris had done it, you'd be just fine with it.
Somehow you are wrong. I voted for Trump twice. Before he started raping all the women in the neighborhood claiming it was the Trump doctrine.
I voted for Trump three times.
Fool me once shame on me; fool me thrice shame on him.
You are naive about the Karen movement if you think it was rape. Do you think these women were little girls accosted by Trump? Or Cosby? Or Epstein?
Old saying, if you do not want to get dirty, do not step in the mud.
Some were under age, so those ones according to our Law. Same reason we don't let kids sign contracts.
Granted 16 is not 6, but the point stands.
Now, the people who are on the videos Trump is now refusing to make public, which he promised over and over when he was running for President, are raping actual children and young women and maybe young men. Israel set this up so they could easily blackmail American politicians who don't think pictures of them raping kids will help their careers. Trump is hiding all this now so he can chase foreign petty dictators and take the spotlight off domestic powerful pedophiles and rapists.
OK, since you are very slow and dense, I will put it in simple words. The US just stole a sovereign nation. It is now operated by the US Secretary of State.
Did Hugo Chavez paid for all that investment he took?
Or Manuel López Obrador?
Or Castro?
There is a classic cry for all this supposed leaders of the people that as soon as they get to power they will redistribute the wealth of the country to the people. The Venezuelan oil as the Mexican oil as the sugar mills, etc. just becomes their personal property and their wealth.
I honestly hope that Mexico is next.
Did the US pay for all the oil John D Rockefeller stole from central and South America?
The Doctrine is more about non-western hemisphere nations interfering in western hemisphere matters. Like precisely what China is doing.
It was aimed at the European powers of the time, especially Britain and France. Britain and France and Spain surrounded the USA in the New World and the Monroe Doctrine was a paper that told those countries to keep their hands off the Americas. America wanted no part of the European dominance, they fought a Revolution, still fresh in their minds, to separate themselves from European feudalism.
It was aimed at the European powers of the time, especially Britain and France. Britain and France and Spain surrounded the USA in the New World and the Monroe Doctrine was a paper that told those countries to keep their hands off the Americas. America wanted no part of the European dominance, they fought a Revolution, still fresh in their minds, to separate themselves from European feudalism.
But not like what we are doing in Ukraine. We're trying to liberate them!
Capitalism used to use Communism to spread world revolution, but now it does its own dirty work.
Iran, Russia, and China are enemies because they have non-Rothschild banks.
I have no idea what you're trying to say. Do you?
Find out who funded the Russian revolution, Jackie boy. Or do you think workers with hammers and farmers with mattocks overthrew the Czar?
Right and apparently it says the US is the only one that can rape its neighbors.
Explain how this is "rape"?
OK, let me steal your house, your car and your wife (and girlfriend) and what do you call it?
The warmth of collectivism! :)
HAHAHA
What have we stolen?
Leftist idiocy, in spades?
That is because you missed the DJT Amendment to the Monroe Doctrine.
It is titled: "FAFO" - which is exactly what happened to that drug dealing bandit.
Like I said, Tony Soprano is the US President. With a side of Jerry Lewis.
So call it the Trump Doctrine.
I call it the Don Trumpleone Doctrine.
Ah puleeaze. I am loathe to utilize Wiki, but man, your comment is so intentionally abrasive and ridiculous, here goes: "The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. The doctrine was central to American grand strategy in the 20th century."
I hereby proclaim the Vegan Shark Doctrine. Any intervention in my life by a person not-me is potentially a hostile act. I can kidnap such a person and put them on trial while ruling their families, cats and dogs. This is central to my grand strategy for as long as the Earth remains the center of the solar system and the universe it controls.
My money is on you can't find your brain either.
Get a clue.
My money is that you are fine with Israel running our country.
My money is on the fact you couldn't prove that statement to save you're life.
Israel does not RUN America its the opposite.
Israel is a vassal state and proxy fighter for the US in the region, which is why we spend billions a year propping them up.
You are exactly right, but we should be considering the source of all these BS statements being posted.
He, she, it is a Lefty Troll, doing what trolls do.
Way on the plus side, I just found the "Block" button, so it is AMF time.
Does Israel have an "Israeli American Political Action Committee" with each member of the Knesset having an American who tells them how to vote or else?
Thus you are easily defeated - again.
Nope, Trump says nyet!
And thus you are shown to be lacking!
Keep trying, Lugh.
Keep trying.
"Israel is a vassal state and proxy fighter"
Ben, This was true in the middle decades of the last century. Then the Golem.
It's still very true despite what some people are trying to say about Donald Trump.
He has told Bibi no on several occasions a reality that many of the brainwashed bunch refuse to acknowledge.
Deport yourself Kent. Retard.
No. I am fine here working to effect a regime change in the US so we can move from Genocidal DeathJab pusher to a President who cares about the people, and doesn't lie.
Sure thing Kent. I’m sure Kamala and Tampon Tim were right up your alley.
Kamala would not have had the wherewithal to do something this collosally stupid. She can barely speak. Her brain is kind of like yours.
So you’d be happier with an idiot puppet run by the deep state? I’m done with you retard. You don’t have the intellectual capacity to debate with me.
Please be done with me. I don’t suffer fools with no idea what they are talking about and zero ability to find actual experts to learn the truth. Go away.
You are, of course, correct. See what Monroe actually said.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120108131055/http://eca.state.gov/education/engteaching/pubs/AmLnC/br50.htm
The applicable quote: "...It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference."
1/ Since that was not happening in Venezuela, it does not apply.
2/ The Monroe Doctrine does authorize the US to rule Venezuela or strip its assets.
You love brutal dictators that collude with our enemies, poison our people with narcotics and murder & impoverish their own people.
Real nice guy, not.
You are making stuff up based on ignorance of my large body of writings over 23 years about foreign policy and 4th generation warfare. This is destructive of your mind and toxic for geopolitical analysis. If that’s how you practice medicine, I pity your patients.
I am responding to your text, & ignorant of your 23 year curriculum vita.
Trump authorized the extradition based upon an existing indictment with bipartisan bounties incentivizing it. That there are & will be other benefits is icing on the cake & Noriega’s case provided precedent
So maybe it is just your TDS, eh?
We have a brutal dictator. He has killed over 10 million with his Operation Warp Speed Deathjab. I went to three funerals this weekend for my "died suddenly" friends who listened to him brag about how it would save their lives, from the flu.
I am sorry for your losses, I too know people who have suffered from the shots. I quickly became unenamored of them & counseled against them, even though I got the first 3 doses.
You should have been protesting the Biden regime is who mandated the shots which were bioweapon countermeasures in the DOD pipeline long before POTUS DJT set foot on the escalator @ Trump Towers.
There are a lot of people who bear more responsibility for the Death jabs than Trump does.
Trump was elected by popular & electoral majorities & is using the legitimate powers of the Presidency to enact the agenda we elected him for and to respond to exigencies in the manner that we have come to expect from him to the benefit of America.
Trump was convinced by a bevy of “experts” that the only way to contest the virus was a vaccine. Do you think that he knew what mRNA was all about? Do you remember what the mRNA promoters propagandized when it came out? Do you remember Cuomo scaring the shit out of everyone with his morning “updates”? Do you remember it was an election year and Trump was grasping at straws, being threatened with impeachment? Do you remember that he appointed Pence to run the show regarding the virus, and Pence pulled in Fauci et al. Fauci, the author of the Covid book. Pence, Trump’s developing enemy. If anything, Trump let his guard down trying to fix the problem.
Ha, the placebo effect. Maybe that is all the amelioration of symptoms that the mRNA folks bragged about. Other than that, it did nothing else. Trump was fired before the facts came in about the adverse effects, so as the Doc and Ben said, you want a goat, go for Biden’s Mob who used the Vaxx to gain power over us.
1/ Chinese government investing $Bs in the Western Hemisphere:
https://www.agriculture.com/partners-china-is-investing-billions-in-latin-america-potentially-sidelining-u-s-farmers-for-decades-to-come-11876837
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/07/28/investments-latin-america/7751753727525/
I'll allow you the opportunity to do some actual research to see the many other countries from outside the western hemisphere that have and are meddling over here.
2/ The Monroe Doctrine doesn't "authorize" anything. It's not in the Constitution and certainly never ratified nor legislated by any party. It's merely the NIMBY posturing of our 5th President and has been re-interpreted by every President since then to suit their foreign policy perspective.
Don't mistake me correcting your mistakes for supporting or opposing the arguments in regard to direct intervention in Venezuela. In order to go there, both sides must first attain rational cogence.
The Monroe Doctrine was not law. It is administrative policy of the Executive Branch, used to execute existing laws.
Are you an America First person? I doubt it. The USA has done some pretty lousy stuff thanks to its MIC running the show for so many years. But you do not consider the alternative, the dimunitive drive by BRICS+ to destroy the American hegemony.
I will take the USA and its philosophy of individuality and freedom over the slavery of socialism any day of the week.
Bottom line, oil drives the planet, period. Who controls the oil, controls the planet. That is the credo of BRICS+, to destroy the USA’s access to oil, whether in the ME, or Venezuela. I do not care about Monroe Doctrines, kick ass is the only thing these socialists understand, sobeit. The Monroe Doctrine was set up as a defensive posture against European powers, it is now being used against BRICS+. Good!
"I will take the USA and its philosophy of individuality and freedom over the slavery of socialism any day of the week."
Number of folks incarcerated behind bars per capita:
New Zealand: hybrid Socialism = 181/per 100,000 inhabitants
Sweden: Socialist = 96
Venezuela = 199
Russia = 300
The land of the FREE and the home of the brave = 541
American stupidity has allowed BRICS to take the reins of a good part of the world's money and business. Or, do we just blame BRICS for unfair competition?
The US went out of its hemisphere to kill 2 million Ukrainians in just the past 3 years with our CIA run puppet industry which puts foreign soldiers in the war meat grinder so Wall Street can monetize other countries natural resources. Ask Larry Fink.
They also want to do away with dollar diplomacy and the currency of the world.
'Mornin JAZ,
Was this directed/replied to me or the Taig above? "Are you an America First person? I doubt it."
There is nothing in the Monroe Doctrine forbidding foreign governments from investing in the Western Hemisphere. Such capital flows are the foundation of the post-WWII economic system, rooted in the many treaties America designed and signed.
As Cankerpuss just explained to you, the M.D. is not law, it's policy.
We're not planning on "stripping their assets," genius. We're planning on helping them use their resources for the benefit of the Venezuelan people.
Yes, we helped the Taliban and Iraqis after unfavorable results from our campaigns there and also helped Libya to have their trouble free government that is even more generous than Khadafi. We came, we saw, and left wonderful democracies. What more do you'se want anyway?
2/ Trump: “We’re going to be taking out a tremendous amount of wealth out of the ground, and that wealth is going to the people of Venezuela and people from outside of Venezuela that used to be in Venezuela, and it goes also to the United States of America in the form of reimbursement for the damages caused us by that country,”
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article314145142.html#storylink=cpy
Since his accusations about Venezuela are largely bogus, that says nothing.
Then apparently you can't read.
The title of this post highlights the fact that the 2024 election was a choice between a Badass and a Dumbass. Imagine where we would be if Kamalama Ding Dong was POTUS today! 😵💫😵💫😵💫😂😂😂
I can't. Oh, well, yes, there'd be the 46.6 percent cap gains tax and the 25 percent equity tax, the mandate for EVs by a certain date, and the continued federally directed racism against white people. There'd be that.
She was a do-nothing VP to a do-nothing president. If she had been elected, the same-o, same-o would be happening, nothing to block the incursions of BRICS+ into the USA.
BRICS+ IS the entity that is driving all the activity against the USA, including Europe. IMO, simple as that. BRICS+ is the champion of all the socialistic attempts, WEF, CCP, Putin, Cuba, Carney, the DNC, the power figures under the Rothschilds. All the children trying to knock the USA off the mountain. Trump is at the top of the mountain, holding up the American flag in defiance of the world-wide attempts to knock the USA off. I hope the secret service is alert.
Maybe we should let China take over trying to run the world and let their Debt rise to $38. Trillion?
"Maybe we should let China take over trying to run the world and let their Debt rise to $38. Trillion?"
I'd support that. Of course, I support George Washington's advice in his fare well address. Stay out of foreign entanglements but have fair and open trade.
If we could just get everyone else to have fair and open trade.
You still haven't accepted that we're going to have a multi-polar world, have you? Your post is like the opening of the old Superman show: Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
There's very little Truth or Justice in Corporate Capitalism, but it is the American Way. The Russian system is better. The Chinese are very good at Capitalism but not civil rights so I won't say they are better than us.
A smoking crater with national gas at $6 a gallon or more!
Just-in-time supply lines that are anything but just in time.
A war still raging in Gaza instead of Hamas murdering the opposition!
Or:
https://x.com/StateDept/status/1978183959553970220?lang=en
Indeed! And that would just be her warmup to full on disaster.
Are IDF soldiers still killing themselves under the weight of unbearable guilt? I mean you can't kill women and kids and not get that, right? Right?
Unfortunately….out of here.
All the critics should read “Defending the Republic” in Substack and hear from a citizen in Venezuela. This also will relate to the election fraud of 2020 and Venezuela’s role. Also, our constitution attorney Jonathan Turly stated our President was justified under Article 2 of the Constitution. I’m no expert, but can’t you people understand that we needed a President that would put our country and our citizens first.
Maybe the press should actually pay attention to the thousands of Venezuelan expats that are celebrating the demise of socialistic dictators in their country. With Trump in charge, Venezuela is going to become a major power with its resources, as it used to be.
With Trump in charge...hahhahahahaha
Just like Iraq, Libya and Syria, eh John?
All utter fucking chaos now. Breeding grounds for terrorists.
Much worse off now than under Saddam, Gaddafi and Assad.
I read once that Gaddafi had plans to create a "United States of Africa" and wanted to unite Africa into a giant nation using a gold standard currency. I'm not spraying any love on the man, but I can state that under his rule Libya was much more prosperous as a nation. In fact, one of the more prosperous of the African nations in terms of per capital living standards and human development indices. Now? Well, you know.
Gaddafi had the ability to control the many bickering tribes that inhabit those areas. Once he was killed, well, you know the rest. Sometimes I wonder if these "evil" dictators whom we are always told are so "evil" are actually "evil" at all.
My questioning nature, always question everything the machine tells us.
Everything you typed is spot on.
Back in the day working with the Motorcycle Tour Operator in Italy .....
....we used to take tour groups down into Africa.
Ferry across at Gibraltar, thru Morrocco, then Tunisia and then into Libya.
Riding in Libya was highlight of the ride. Tripoli was great.
Now the US State Dept advises against riding in Libya.
Too dangerous for us white folk.
I see Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is taking a run at Libya's Presidency? He attempted to register as a candidate in the 2021 Libyan presidential election but was rejected. This decision was overturned less than a month later, reinstating him as a presidential candidate!
Saif al-Islam is rumoured to have access up to US$30 billion !!!!
Libya was also one of the highest rated African nations on the Human Development Index under Gaddafi. I have asked before if this was why they took Gaddafi out. He was a threat to American hegemony with his plans for Africa.
Your motorcycle rides in that part of the world sound awesome. I have a Can Am Roadster that I like to cruise around on (too scared to do the two wheel motor cycles). Never taken it outside the USA. Would love to ride in different nations and tour their cities. Won't happen in today's fucked up world, to be sure.
You can do it my friend. All you need is a credit card! LOL
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All you need is a credit card, and a desire to have a great time and learn.
Let me know which tour you choose. My favorite is the Trans Africa.
The American press is dead.
Bought and paid for.
Yeah, sure. Donnie thinks about fairness as his first consideration. We'll rape 'em and have the NYT lie about Donnie's wonderfulness. The good ol' American way.
I see stuff like this all the time, and I always laugh because it’s always false. NBC news coverage showed the celebrations in Florida.
That’s why he won.
Yeah, sure. We see, we want, we kill and take over so we can be first and foremost. Makes sense to me.
how many ho's you runnin' Slim?
You're an idiot.
"Wouldn’t it be something if he orders Sr. Maduro to be released, like Judge Boasberg down in DC did with “Maryland Dad” Kilmar Abrego Garcia?"
It's fascinating to watch all these 'judges' walk right into the trap.
Way overdue.
For once I'll be the Pollyanna: Those tar sands? When the Price is Right, Ways Will Be Found. Who ever heard of fracking 25 years ago? (And forget not that petroleum is far more than fuels.)
It's in almost everything!
Even fertilizer for food production.
JHK said that if you look down the aisle of a grocery store, everything is oil. Best analogy I have seen.
Went shopping this morning, store was full of Texas crude in gallon jugs. You're right, everything is oil.
And then there was the 800+ tons of silver removed by 11 Chinese state planes, just prior to the capture of Maduro.
Where you heard that?
Have not heard that one but South America is rich in silver Peru being #3 in the world now in production.China is in a spot What we see on the books is maybe a couple of months of silver for production in their industry hence the 1/1/26 date of not exporting anymore.
Venezuela's silver mines went dark, but 847 tons disappeared BEFORE the blackout. Russian Antonov cargo planes at 2:47 AM. Chinese state aircraft. 11 flights total. This wasn't infrastructure failure - this was coordinated resource warfare.
silver wars without silver (and some gold) the GPUs don't function as intended
I'm sure quite a few folks can't recognize resource warfare, let alone view it as one of the WW3 battlegrounds.
Exactly, wkenn, gold, silver, rare earths, oil, and gas are the fodder for the wars of the future. Water is become another quickly now.
Why? Because they feed the High tech machine that is going to take over the planet. I saw a You Tube presentation that made sense to me. It was predicting who will lead the world in the future. Their conclusion was striking. Not the USA, not China, not Russia, not WEF, but a consortium of technical power figures that will control the flow of information around the globe. What affect will AI have in this? THAT is a scary thought.
Water.... Nestle.... another place for a deeper dive, just not at this moment.
I thought Nestle was French?
I'm not certain they currently have the energy, resources and infrastructure to pull it off.
add this into the ww3 column
For more than a century, Coca-Cola has been infiltrating the entire world. You thought it was just a drink? Hah!
When the word is given, Coke will seize the power plants and broadcasting facilities everywhere. Thirst quenching über alles!
It was originally reported as three planes, but I guess the story changed when it was noted that there aren't any cargo planes capable of carrying 240 tons of cargo.
It's a fake story.
I suspect that Mr. Kunstler has read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" and even the sequel. Perhaps he has also read "Thy Will Be Done" by Jerry Colby and Charlotte Dennett about the Rockefeller invasion of South America. I know that he is aware of the US SOP of creating an enemy and a narrative so that we-the-people will fall for it and support a war for the purposes of regime change and plundering of resources.
Therefore, according to Mr. Kunstler et al, this time it's different. It's different from the CIA murder of Torrijos in Panama and the kidnapping of Noriega (for competing with the Bush/CIA drug-running operation). It's different from US support of the Contras and the dictators in Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador who were responsible for murdering hundreds of thousands. It's different from the Bay of Pigs invasion. I know that Mr. Kunstler could not possibly have believed that this current invasion was about drugs, as stated by Trump et al, since Trump just pardoned the Mr. Big of the drug trade from Honduras.
Mr. Kunstler and the commenters here have made the case for the US invasion. If what you all say is true, then you have a good case. There was a good case for the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan too, if the lies told about WMD and incubators had not been lies.
So, if the narrative now put forth about Venezuela is true, then there is cause for the invasion. (It is illegal by any stretch of the imagination; and the murders of the boat passengers were just that: murders. But we must overlook that and the piracy for the greater good and for the benefits enumerated in the comments.)
Rest assured, for the first time ever, the US is telling the truth about the rationale for a foreign invasion.
Psst guess what?
They found the WMD in Iraq.
Can you guess why it was not shouted to the heavens?
Hundreds of tons of semtex was stolen and removed from Iraq.
Several hundred tons of Yellow cake was transported to Canada.
Millions of tons of dual-use precursors were disposed.
A huge convoy of Russian trucks transported something out of the country just days before the invasion.
The narrative none was found is a lie.
We knew he had them because they probably said Hecho in 'Murica and the mustard gas he used on the Kurds is fairly easy to produce and easy to hide.
They buried entire aircraft in the sand.
There is probably degraded/inert formerly wmd still buried in the sand there.
News to me, thanks for the info. Probably news to weapons inspector Scott Ritter too. Perhaps you should run that by him and Joe Wilson (whom I interviewed on the subject).
With regard to Scott Ritter, even Angels fear to tread.
It's out there and Ritter was ALL political.
Thanks. Note also the Colin Powell retracted his supposed evidence. Enter Condoleezza Rice.
Again, nowhere does it give the US authority to replace a regime in a sovereign nation in our hemisphere. It also does not give us authority to kill innocent civilians in the very countries the Monroe doctrine implies a concern for. It does not give the authority to seize legal ships doing legal business and steal their cargo. That is called piracy. The Monroe Doctrine does apparently state that given the North American focus of this policy, the US will not intervene in European affairs. Of course the US does this every day, which is a violation of the Monroe Doctrine.
We gave ourselves the authority. What part of that do you not understand?
Venezuela was engaged in a low-level, off-the-books war with us, and over 8 million people fled the country due to a lack of food and decent living.
Take a deep breath, this is literally the start of righting good ship America.
Not just Venezuelan, but the BRICS+ powers, including the DNC, that put the dictators in there.
All these apologists for the anti-Americans around the world, go home please. You are not going to be welcome here much longer.
America first.
Venezuela's manipulation of US political elections have resulted in damage worth trillions of dollars. That intervention is an act of war. Either Maduro or Chavez is on record saying that Venezuela got Barak Obama elected. If this is true, they should be held to account and Venezuela should help pay back some of those trillions.
Have we repaid Libya for what we did to Khadaffi? You think US will be fair and square now that they have control?
I don't know, Michael but I agree with your thoughts on Libya. See my response above to Dennis Merwood in regards to Libya and Gaddafi. Gaddafi may have been a bad dude but bad dudes are what is necessary to foment peace and a stable economy in nations divided by bickering and warring tribes. The USA comes along, takes out that stabilizing element, and all hell breaks loose. So much for spreading "democracy." Especially spreading "democracy" to places that don't want American "democracy."
Imagine Americans idolizing Trump at this time. He will eat his words some day soon. His adventures will sink his boat. How Americans can buy his phony bravado is beyond me. Donnie thinks he's Steven Seagal but he's actually a weakling, a narcissist that can only see his Daddie kicking his ass as a punk kid. Donnie is one pathetic traitor to America.
Cankerpuss, between 1946 and 2000 the United States has interfered in more than 80 foreign elections. And that doesn’t count US-backed coups and invasions.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/12/100_years_of_us_interference_regime
Yes sir, and at what cost to the American treasury? Our once prosperous nation has spent and exhausted its strength and means warring in foreign lands that really pose no threat to the USA. I read once that the USA has military bases and installations in more than 150 countries world wide. Think of the cost. If Trump and Congress were serious about paying down the national debt they could eliminate half of this spending, still be spending more than any other country on defense and apply that money to the debt.
But, what do I know. I'm just some dumb schmoe living in the mountains of eastern Utah.
Well, are you not here, too?
Feel free to wander on over to Africa or some other third-world cesspool if that suits your purpose better.
This IcePickedSlim dude is a moron. Not worth your time responding to.
Maduro was a clear and present danger to the United States of America, and now he is sitting in an NYC jail.
The danger is gone and it is not coming back.
Cry harder.
That's what fake American posters from Nigeria do.
In the last twenty years, drug cartels of South and Central America have killed more Americans than Hitler, Stalin, and Mao Tse Tung combined.
The only thing wrong with the actions DJT took is that they didn't happen 20-30 years ago.
Don't forget election interference of Venezuelan made voting machines. Think of the damage that has been caused if those machines fraudulently place Barak Obama and Joe Biden in power.
Again Cankerpuss, between 1946 and 2000 the United States has interfered in more than 80 foreign elections. And that doesn’t count US-backed coups and invasions.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/12/100_years_of_us_interference_regime
Yeah, I read this the other time you posted it. Thanks for the double emphasis. I appreciate it.
Best,
CP
Using precursors bought from China.
Fentanyl 80k - 100k a year, over-taking pill popping opioid heads.
Maduro was indicted in New York years ago. Oil shipments were sanctioned. A US bounty was placed and increased on Madura by two administrations. We don’t even need the Monroe Doctrine here…. But….
….But…..common sense and history is needed.
Trump didn’t started, he just collected the bill.
Under Biden, actually....with a $25M bounty...
Shut up leftist eunuch.
This troll has been kicked a couple of times.
I don’t think I will.
Boy, Venezuela sure is lucky that good old Uncle Sam has bombed Caracas and kidnapped their President. All perfectly legal, of course, because it’s the US - following the benevolent tradition that has made life beautiful for generations of our friends throughout Central and South America.
And no, we would never steal their oil. We’ll just help them extract it, while paying top dollar for their most precious non-renewable resource. Just like we helped our friends in Iraq.
Best of all, this will ward off China, which threatens to create an Evil Empire, unlike the US of A, with its eight hundred military bases all over the planet, making the world safe for democracy.
Kind of makes me feel warm all over, just to think about it.
Bingo! However, lots of interventionists in the website feel that invasion and wanton murder is just great! Palestinians? Kill 'em all, we are the US.....
There are few Good Guys in politics at any level, and they are inevitably neutralized by their rotten colleagues. The question is how many people are hurt by or benefit from political machinations. The consensus in this forum seems to be not giving a shit, as long as the beneficiaries are Americans.
Gee Howard, and everyone was cruising so comfortably too, when you laid down your road spikes!
It's a dirty job, Breck, but somebody has to do it.
Best comment today, Howard.
Thank you, my man!
These Yanks in this thread are fucking hypocrites by any criteria.
Now that's not nice, Dennis.
Am I detecting a little sarcasm here?
But you love that phrase, Howard,. Making the world safe for democracy.
Thanks for your comment, Kathy. It makes me feel warm all over.
https://no01.substack.com/p/venezuela-afterthoughts
I follow the above author, who has a knack for explaining complex issues to people requiring explanations that a 5-year-old could grasp.
Below is a condensed paraphrasing of his take on the matter:
After watching this unfold, I’m increasingly convinced we just witnessed theater—expensive, well-choreographed theater with real consequences.
No missiles fired. No US casualties. A Venezuelan military supposedly on high alert stood down completely. Maduro was extracted from his home without resistance. No firefight. No friction. Operations that face real opposition don’t look like this. This went too clean.
Either Venezuela’s defenses were fictional, or this was negotiated. Occam’s Razor applies.
The oil narrative also doesn’t hold up. Yes, Venezuela has enormous reserves—but most are extra-heavy Orinoco crude (8–14° API). That oil is expensive, difficult to process, and requires specialized coking refineries. It trades at a steep discount and demands billions in infrastructure before it becomes meaningfully profitable. This wasn’t a quick oil grab.
Which raises the real question: what was this actually about?
There’s a path where this works—sanctions lifted, real investment, high-paying jobs for Venezuelans, and broad-based prosperity. But US regime-change history suggests skepticism is warranted. Extractive arrangements protected by security contractors tend to produce insurgency, not stability. Pipelines don’t defend themselves.
Economically, flooding the market with Venezuelan crude would also undercut US shale, kneecapping “energy independence.” The math only works if production is tightly controlled—suggesting strategic positioning, not abundance.
Zooming out, this looks less like chaos and more like spheres of influence hardening. The US takes Venezuela. Russia takes Ukraine. China eyes Taiwan. Condemnations follow; nothing changes.
Beijing and Moscow’s muted responses are telling. If this truly blindsided them, the reaction would look very different.
This isn’t a rules-based order anymore. It’s power politics with the mask off. Each empire dominates its backyard and looks the other way elsewhere.
Short chain fracking product + Venezuelan tar = Goldilocks.
Fracking output is ill suited to make diesel & kerosene, and existing refineries are optimized for thicker (longer chain) hydrocarbons.
Exactly. Charting-4th does not know this.
If we can oust a despicable foreign leader for political and economic reasons, then by the same logic why can't we remove our own despicable domestic governors and mayors for the same reasons? We ought to clean up our own house before going off to slay dragons abroad.
If someone invokes the Posse Comitatus Act, he needs to remember that active duty troops have been used domestically against American citizens many, many times, and not just to suppress insurrections like the Detroit riots on 1967.
After all, in a world where consistent application of the rule of law doesn't exist, laws only mean what the powerful say they mean. "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."
Yep, we need a serious house cleaning.
Start with that POS Gavin Newsome!
You mean Democrat scum, of course.
Easier to act locally.
Seems you refer to a lot of fake narratives but have at it run for office.
Your slogan can be "all cucks served."
No need to pay me royalties.