At War (Part 4)

Last night on Tucker Carlson, he had a Chinese female virologist who claimed that, because of the profile of the coronavirus genome, it is clear that it was man-made with malign intent ... quite likely in that Level-4 virology research lab right outside Wuhan, China. Wow! Can this be true?

I started zeroing in on this possibility before ... see: At War (Part One) wherein I laid out the predicate for what China was doing to tighten its insidious grip on world economies ... and what Trump was doing as the first president to push back against this threat.

I followed this with more particulars of what China was doing geopolitically and with possible germ warfare upping the ante with parallel aggressions, particularly using North Korea and with the coronavirus ... see: At War (Part Two) and, in particular, the embedded hyperlink: Xi Jinping.

Finally, I speculated that China may have possibly been ready to crack down on Hong Kong and also unleash a coronavirus follow-on to demonstrate to the world the seriousness of its retribution to Trump’s aggressive pushback to China’s world domination ambitions ... see:  At War (Part 3).

Now we have first-hand testimony that China was complicit in this world pandemic ... which I am now inclined to believe. Clearly Xi would prefer Biden to win the next election. He has already invested over $1.5 billion to this end. And, if Trump loses to Sleepy Joe, the coronavirus will be the primary causation. Yes, this is quite a drastic and dangerous solution ... but a solution nevertheless.

QED ...

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Just My Opinion

I hear many say that the people of Iran are good. ... it is just their leaders who are evil. Well, as much as I would like to concur with that rationalization, I can’t. The people of Iran have by their once vote and by their continued complacency allowed their country to become what it is today ... the world’s chief sponsor of terrorism. This is just like the people of North Korea, Russia, Cuba, China, Venezuela, Chicago, New York, Portland and many others have made their corrupt beds and now unhappily are tucked into them.

If a citizenry allows idiot dictators to rule them, then they deserve being pariahs. And yes, dear reader ... anticipating some of your snarky comments ... if I sense that Donald Trump is taking America in an autocratic direction, I will not be an accomplice in such a degradation. And although Trump’s enemies ... including the pipsqueak press and some of you, kind readers, do so avow ... I have yet to sense such a turn.

If such a circumstance presents itself ... and I am sensitive to this possibility because of all the feral abuse that he has suffered, it could be a predictable reaction ... I still will raise my pen in protest.

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Dog Gone

North Korea’s Kin Jong Un has ordered all pet dogs in his country to be surrendered to be slaughtered for food ... see: The Sun story. The stated reason for this horror is that dogs are representative of Western decadence. The real reason must be that Trump’s embargo on this country is working.

Let’s hope that PETA steps forward to protest this Kim outrage ... although, like most other Libs, they likely will blame everything on the Orangeman.


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Headlines

North Korea says it has no plans for talks with U.S.

Loans in coronavirus bailouts see largest weekly decline yet — but there are still red flags

Michael Cohen spotted dining at NYC restaurant — may land him back in prison

Khan’s London: Police retreat as rioters throw bricks and bottles

Trudeau: Canada to restrict sensitive exports, suspend extraditions to Hong Kong

Trump signs extension of PPP small business coronavirus relief fund

New guidance in California bans singing in church

Duckworth to block promotion of 1.1k military officers for Vindman’s promotion

Washington Redskins to review team’s name

Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, test positive for coronavirus

Biden campaign won’t release his cognitive test results

Swalwell: Trump ‘makes us look like geniuses every day for impeaching him’

Why Trump Won

- He is genuine in thought and action

- He is a patriot and loves his country

- He identified many issues* that were being ignored by our betters

- He promised to fix them ... and the voters believed him

- He said he would make America great again

- He knew that Washington was corrupt to the core

- And promised to “drain this swamp”

- He identified our fake media ... something that many suspected

- He wasn’t Hillary

* uncontrolled immigration, unfair trading pacts, anemic economic growth, Chinese hegemony, pointless international nation building, tolerance of terrorism at home and abroad, NATO slackers, climate change hoax, Obamacare disaster, liberal courts, insane Iran nuclear deal, North Korea nuclear and missile problems

Headlines

Members of Congress took small business loans — and the full extent is unknown

Scientists hail dexamethasone as ‘major breakthrough’ in treating coronavirus

North Korea reportedly blows up inter-Korea border office after threatening to sever all communications with South Korea

NYC coronavirus tracers won’t ask about protest attendance

EU opens antitrust probes into Apple

IMF to cut forecasts and warns of a crisis ‘unlike anything the world has ever seen’

New outbreak at China market ... Beijing expands lockdowns ...

CHAZ demands retrials for all non-white violent convicts

Trump predicts a court battle over John Bolton’s book

Home building sentiment posts biggest monthly surge ever

Dollar crash ‘virtually inevitable’ over massive debt ...

Hypocrisy: NBC highlights dangers of Trump’s rallies

Headlines

Trent Lott fired by top lobbying firm

Boeing aircraft cancellations continue to outpace new orders

Bloody pig head left outside LAPD station on a spike ...

Europe racked with riots and protests over death of American George Floyd

Senior aide leaves de Blasio’s office over his defense of NYPD

Coronavirus updates: WHO clarifies comments on asymptomatic spread, virus spread in China in the fall

KKK leader plows truck into Richmond crowd ...

Exclusive: Cotton hits ‘clueless’ Biden: ‘Too confused to lead’

North Korea says it will cut communication channels with the South

25,000 stores are predicted to close in 2020, as pandemic accelerates industry upheaval

Chicago suffers deadliest day in 60 years with 18 murders ...

George Floyd’s family asks United Nations to disarm people in U.S.

Cold Hard Reality

America’s 43rd president, George W. Bush was not quite the pragmatic realist that his dad, H.W. was. He squandered trillions of American dollars in a quixotic attempt to “fix” the Middle East (which I now abashedly confess, supported.) Although he was a patrician of relative honesty (for a politician), he was nonetheless frozen when dealing with the growing sub-prime mortgage crisis, the clearly burgeoning trading and military threat from China ... and unwilling to face head-on North Korea's nuclear insanity. 

He was pushed around by the deep state and main-stream media without serious complaint ... opening the door to Obama-inspired Socialism. But, by far, his crowning accomplishments were that he defeated those nincompoops Al Gore and John Kerry. For that we must be eternally grateful.

Waiting Game

Kim Yo-Jong

Is the tyrannical leader of North Korea seriously ill? President Trump suggests no ... but then China is sending in its best doctors to aid in this possibility.

When  President Trump met Kim Jong Un in the Korean demilitarized zone last year, it was apparent to most that Kim was ill. He barely could walk twenty feet without being short of breath. Now we read that Kim is in critical condition after surgery ... see: Breitbart Story. Although South Korea and China deny that he is gravely ill, it is clear that something is afoot.

Maybe Trump’s real strategy was to wait Kim out ... sensing that his lifestyle of Swiss cheese and Swedish hookers did not suggest a good long life? Possibly, this strategy is paying off. But the question remains ... what next, if Lil’ Kim disappears?

Will Kim’s little sister, Kim Yo-Jong take over? And, if so, will she be just as despotic as her older brother? If one follows the thinking of American feminists, she will be the dove of peace ... in the image of the Mothers Earth and Theresa.

Looking closely at her face, I am not so sanguine.

The Debate

One would think, watching the Democrat debate last night, that our world revolves around free stuff for everyone, climate change, sexism and racism. Non-issues: world trade inequities, our growing national debt, coronavirus, Chinese hegemony, North Korean nukes, immigration reform, economic growth, national defense, impeachment and patriotism.

I’m not sure if this was because of the candidates’ myopia or cable new’s desire to stir things up.

Afterthought: Bloomberg has said he would back whomever wins the Democrat nomination ... now, except possibly Liz Warren...

The Debate

I tortured myself last night by watching about an hour of the final Democrat debate in New Hampshire. What a bunch of myopic nothingness! I swear that the only candidate that was not embarrassingly pandering to “blacks, browns and people of color” was Amy Klobuchar (well maybe a little.) I must have heard the word “racism” snarled a hundred times. 

The rest of the arm-waving rhetoric was centered around various schemes to extract more tax money or silly ways to spend it. Do any of these candidates think beyond our shores ... or other than how to get minorities to vote for them? What about China’s hegemomy, federal deficits, stopping illegal immigration, entitlement spending, Muslim extremism, North Korea and Iran nukes, economic growth strategies, NATO policies, Middle East peace, etc.

One would think that the sun rises and sets on a very few domestic issues ... mostly of the vote-buying nature. What a waste of TV viewers’ time. The Democrats need to do something drastic if they don’t want to be swept away in November!

Pins and Needles

Pins and needles — there are a number of important issues pending at the moment:

- Iran’s response to Soleimani’s killing

- Kim Jong Un’s “Christmas present” to Trump

- Results of the Barr/Durham investigation into the origin of the spying on Trump

- Pelosi’s delivery of the Impeachment Articles to the Senate

- The next stock market correction

- The signing of the USMCA and Chinese trade deals

- The building of the Mexican border wall

-  Who the Democrats’ nominee will be

- Fate of Netanyahu and his coalition

- Brexit actuation

- Possible John Bolton testimony in the Senate impeachment trial

Puppet-Masters

The strategy is simple. Russia and China use surrogate puppet states ... Iran and North Korea ... to distract America and draw down our resources rebuffing the crazed antics of their puppets while they plan their world domination.

America has for many years been cowed by the bluster emanating out of Iran and North Korea. These two nut-job countries have continually threatened mayhem in order to get their way. And they have been egged on by their puppet-masters, Russia and China. And the United States, fearing World War 3, has backed down. This brinkmanship, of course, has exacerbated the situation ... for every capitulation and appeasement has led to the next confrontation.

It was inevitable that the limit of American patience had to be reached ... and it was last week ... when President Trump cut the head off of the Iranian snake ... namely Qasem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard ... while he was in Iraq planning more lethal mischief.

Of course, it is unclear whether this dramatic step will trigger the escalations that Iran has threatened. Trump and most Americans hope it doesn’t. But, if it does, it is only precipitating what would have happened eventually anyway, as the bluster-ers would have done something horrendous that they could not retract. So Trump’s calling Iran’s bluff has only changed the timing of things ... not the actual event itself ... whatever it may turn out to be.

Our president has busted the bluster that kept us backing up...  both in Iran and North Korea ... at what cost is still to be determined. Will their puppet-masters now step in to cool things down before the world ends? One would expect so. But, at least America is no longer groveling and our attention can be focused on our real adversaries, China and Russia ... more so China ... for Russia I think sees the wisdom in counteracting China’s growing threat.

Praying Mantis

Was the US’s killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard General Soleimani in Iraq justified? The Smerconish program on CNN this morning asked this question of its viewers. Surprisingly, 72% of respondents said it was NOT justified. This suggests that Liberals in general do not approve of this Trump decision ... not a surprise. But, was this a never-Trump knee-jerk or, perhaps, an indication of fear of Iranian retaliation?

Probably a bit of both. And yes, Iran might respond in kind. But the repercussions of Trump’s boldness will likely be felt in other spheres: North Korea, China, Syria, Venezuela ... maybe even Russia. And remember that Iran went quiescent for a number of years after President Reagan destroyed half its navy in 1988 after it had mined the Persian Gulf ... see: Operation Praying Mantis.

Maybe Reagan’s boldness was a template for Trump’s decision?

Headlines

Why Pete Buttigieg enrages the young left

Small business pay checks are growing at a fast pace as job gains slow

Tear gas fired at pro-Iran mob ...  Retreat [from US Baghdad embassy]

Iran: Trumps $200BN sanctions have wiped out Obama’s $150BN nuclear deal

Lewandowski won’t run for Senate in New Hampshire

Pete Buttigieg raised a huge $24,7 million haul in forth quarter, campaign says

Iran defiant ... Taunts Trump ... ‘Can’t do damn thing’ ...

Sweden: Over 230 bombings and explosions in 2018

Susan Collins says she’s ‘open to witnesses’ in impeachment trial

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un warns of ‘shocking’ action, new strategic weapon

Militia leader who led attack on U.S. embassy a White House visitor [under Obama]

Pentagon: US. to deploy 750 troops after embassy attack in Iraq

Unreal Realities

This blog has pointed out that America has been living with unreal realities ... see: Reality Check. Pre-Trump, the United States was embracing many media- and politician-inspired “truths” that the Orangeman is attempting to kick into a cocked hat. They include:

- We can trust Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions and stop its sponsorship of terrorism

- Once China embraced capitalism, its 1.3 billion people would become huge customers for U.S. companies

- The Chinese model of totalitarian capitalism is superior to free-market capitalism

- Abortion, even right before birth, is moral and a woman’s legal right

- The European model of democratic socialism is superior to the U.S.’s free-market capitalism

- Large numbers of unscreened immigrants (even illegals) enhance American diversity and makes us stronger and safer

- Anti-ballistic missile defense and atomic weapons upgrades were a waste of money

- The Second Amendment is causing mass shootings

- The US. needs to continue to be the major financial supporter of NATO and the UN

- America’s middle working class is a basket of deplorables

- The United States needs to continue to insure peace in the the world ... and even nation-build where necessary

- High taxes and more government regulation is necessary and good for a strong America

- The checkered history of the United States makes it a flawed country not to be revered

- Carbon dioxide emissions from burning hydrocarbons are creating climate havoc that will shortly destroy mankind

- Israel and Great Britain are not America's friends

- Russia is our mortal enemy

- North Korea, even with its nuclear weapons and missiles, can be appeased and safely ignored

- Islam is a religion of peace

- America cannot be and will never be again another manufacturing powerhouse


If you agree with pushing back against even half of these reality illusions, you might ignore his sandpaper personality and reconsider your adversity to the Orangeman.

2020 Predictions

- Republicans retake House, expand Senate lead
- Trump re-elected, winning popular vote too
- 10%+ stock market correction in early Spring
- Clapper turns states-evidence in Durham probe
- Durham grand jury indicts 8 from Obama admin.
- Phase 2 China trade deal done in Summer
- GDP growth for year 3%+
- Pelosi never submits Impeachment to Senate
- North Korea doesn’t resume nuke testing
- Democrat ticket: Bloomberg and Yang
- Baltimore wins Super Bowl, Tom Brady retires
- RIP: Jimmy Carter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ted Turner


Yes, I know a lot of these are obvious, but I can’t help myself ...

Obama’s Piss Poor Presidency

A commenter asked on Presidential what I meant by Obama’s “piss poor” presidency. I gave it short shrift and it deserves better ... so here is more — the urine that the “chosen one” managed to spread around during his pampered eight years:

- His initial apology tour ... disparaging his country
- Gutting our military
- Significantly deepening the domestic racial divide
- Doubling our notional debt burden by $10 trillion
- Spending $1 trillion on [non] “shovel-ready jobs”
- Cash for clunkers
- Attempting to destroy our coal and oil industries
- Relying on monetary and not fiscal levers for economic recovery
- Tens of billions lost on Solyndra and other crony  “investments”
- The stupid Paris Climate Accord
- Oblivious to huge trade deficits with China, Mexico and the EU
- Frequently disrespecting Israel
- The Benghazi debacle
- Allowing Hillary’s private email server
- Politicizing our intelligence agencies
- Obamacare which is slowly being fixed by Congress and the courts
- The Iranian nuclear deal giving it $150 billion and  $1.6B in hard cash
- Giving lip service to defeating ISIS ... possibly even arming them
- Reneging US commitment to put missiles in Poland
- Colluding with the Muslim Brotherhood and Black Lives Matter
- Unconstitutional DACA executive order
- Pardoning spy Chelsea Manning
- Swapping deserter Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban bad guys
- “Fast and Furious” gun running to Mexico cartels
- IRS discrimination against Tea Party groups
- Spying on political opponents and the media
- Selling 20% of US uranium to the Russians
- Russian reset including allowing them to annex Crimea
- Not arming the Ukraine with anti-tank missiles against Russia
- Not making NATO countries meet their committed military spending
- The very expensive Afghanistan “surge” producing nothing
- Not confronting North Korea’s for its bad behavior

Enough? And I’m sure I forgot quite a few!

Headlines

North Korea conducts another test at long-range rocket site

‘Historic’ phase one with China will be very good for global growth, Mnuchin says

Is trap being set for president in Senate trial?

Chaos erupts in London as Socialists clash with police after election

Booker scales back campaign in New Hampshire

Wall Street predicts a high single-digit gain next year, but history shows that is likely wrong

How US-China trade deal achieved a little but left out a lot ...

Notte — Greta Thunberg: We will ‘put world leaders against the wall’

Europe threatens U.S. with carbon tariffs to combat climate change

Path is clear for a year-end rally with key hurdles like the trade war removed

Doubts surface on $50 billion of [China] farm buys ...

UK election: Every candidate backed by Hugh Grant loses seat

Headlines

Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race

Trump says Tuesday’s market drop is ‘peanuts’ and won’t force him to make a bad China deal

NYC loses ‘top destinations’ status as tourists pick Asia over USA ...

North Korea: U.S. must chose what kind of Christmas gift it wants

Trump reveals that next G-7 summit will be at Camp David

Why job growth could be ‘significantly weaker’ than it has appeared

150 Los Zetas cartel gunmen cross into Texas ...

White House rejects Jerry Nadler’s Impeachment Inquiry

Buttigieg blows up his strategy to win black voters

Wilbur Ross: France’s digital tax rooted in ‘tremendous’ jealousy over US tech dominance

Silicon Valley giants accused of avoiding over $100 billion of taxes ...

NBA TV ratings collapse after bowing to China