The SMDH Era
Santos, Biden's Corvette & 90 Year Old Wisdom
“Hey, remember when Donald Trump stole highly classified documents?” - Rick Wilson
“After the Dec.6 runoff, there is absolutely no reason for Merrick Garland not to Indict Trump for Stealing Top Secret Classified Government Documents. To strengthen Democracy, it must be done.” - Rob Reiner
“I'm sure Trump mishandling highly classified information and endangering human sources will at the very least disqualify him from holding future office among Republicans, who are very serious about national security.” -Aaron Rupar
"How could anyone be that irresponsible?!" - Joe Biden
The above is just a sampling of receipts from noted Democratic hacks who demanded that Trump be prosecuted for treason and other crimes for being in possession of classified documents. Now that their favorite Demented Dancing Puppet is guilty of the same violation, it’s crickets as you would expect.
For those that missed the big story of the week, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the multiple troves of classified documents that were found to be in Biden’s possession.
Frankly, I could care less if both Trump and Biden are prosecuted for the mishandling of classified documents (especially if it gets Trump out of the way for DeSantis), but there are some key differences between Trump and Biden’s storage of classified docs. First of all, Mar-a-Lago is secure because it’s under Secret Service protection; all of the Biden locations are not including the Biden Center which is heavily subsidized with Chinese government money. Finally, Trump had the power to declassify documents; Biden did not during his time as Vice-President.
Will any of the above be dispositive? Probably not. As we’ve seen before, Democrats never pay a political or legal price for their crimes. Hillary Clinton committed sedition and campaign finance fraud by putting together the Steele Dossier and other opposition research that was the basis of the Russia Collusion Hoax and Hunter’s laptop showed 459 violations of state and federal laws and regulations by President Joe Biden’s son and his business partners, so I’m not exactly holding my breath.
But the most galling and disgusting part of the Biden scandal is that all of these stolen documents were discovered BEFORE the midterm election, and the President and his DOJ/FBI cronies sat on the disclosure until after the midterms. Just like Hunter’s laptop, it’s certain the story would have affected the outcome of the election and the coverup is outrageous and should infuriate Americans on both sides of the aisle.
Not to be too conspiratorial, but there’s a part of me that feels with the Republicans coming into the House and taking committee control with subpoena power and the FBI investigation into Hunter ‘continuing’, it’s likely Biden’s removal for classified documents will kill two birds with one stone. First, it will raise the ethical bar to show why a Trump indictment for the same ‘accident’ is justified and more importantly, they will get to remove Biden before the investigation into his real crimes pick up speed - the incessant bribes and corruption related to Hunter and The Big Guy’s family business with China and Ukraine.
After all, when the House GOP report came out about Pelosi secretly reducing Capitol security on J6, there wasn’t a peep from the media.
When the #TwitterFiles showed the FBI grossly violating the First Amendment and censoring Americans, no coverage.
But the media can’t stop talking about Biden’s stolen documents.
Ask yourself why…
Proper sensemaking and analysis is heavily dependent on pattern recognition and probabilistic thinking. Equally important, is noticing when an event or series breaks the pattern, as it does in the Biden classified documents case.
Methinks the Deep State has decided it’s retirement time for the Demented Corpse in Chief. However, going out in a scandal is obviously not ideal so perhaps this scenario is more organic than one expects.
The ideal ‘removal’ scenario has always been a ‘medical emergency.” Someone Biden’s age could easily fake a minor stroke and then decide for the health of himself, his family and the nation to step down. He’d garner sympathy as well that would probably translate to a bump in the polls for the ‘All-American Flankerbacker’ and Democrats in general. So this classified scandal is a bit of a head scratcher unless it leads to a prosecution on Trump’s own document scandal as many pundits think is likely. Either way, it bears close watching for the political race in 2024.
Then again, in our clown world, the Babylon Bee parody below wouldn’t surprise me either if it ended this way. And if you think that’s an exaggeration, check out this article from The Guardian.
Hold the Mirror Up
The George Santos story is equal parts hilarious and pathetic. Santos, a Long Island Republican was elected in the midterms and an investigation into his background turned up numerous ‘exaggerations’ on everything from his employment to his sexual preferences and religious background (“I didn’t say I was Jewish, I said I was ‘Jew-ish’).
Pre-Trump and pre-Biden, I’d be the first in line to call for Santos resignation. However, as I’ve written about numerous times, we’ve devolved into the late Republic ‘Power Game’ stage where might makes right, and the enemy always wants you to play by the rules they never follow.
After all, should it be disqualifying if you lie about your work history (didn’t work for Goldman Sachs) or your love life (nope, not gay) when nearly every single word out of Biden’s mouth is a bald-faced lie? Here’s a few of his notable zingers:
-Biden claimed in 1987 he graduated in the top half of his class at Syracuse College of Law. He was 76th in a class of 85.
-That he was appointed to and accepted at the Naval Academy.
-That his son Beau died in Iraq.
-That the border is closed and not an issue.
-That he was arrested for visiting Nelson Mandela in South Africa.
-That he had visited Afghanistan and Iraq twice as president
-That he never spoke to Hunter about family business.
-That he passed student loan legislation through Congress.
-That he was raised by Puerto Ricans.
-That the price of gas is down from when he took office.
-That inflation is near zero percent.
-Nearly every word about the economy that comes out of his mouth.
And these are just a few examples of a decades long career peppered by falsehoods.
In light of the above with regard to Santos, the only appropriate course of action is to implement Alinsky Rules for Radicals #4 - Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules. In that case, if they want to remove Biden for impeachment (which by the way is coming either way, see first post above), prosecute Obama, Hillary & Co for running a soft coup and fabricating the Russia Collusion Hoax and 100 other examples, then I’ll gladly support Santos’ impeachment as well. Until then, read Darren Beattie’s latest take which contains the priceless quote below:
“Please. Republican voters know that they’ve been duped and betrayed by their political leaders for decades. America has devolved into a third world clown country nominally run by a senile career grifter with an empty head and a full diaper, and actually run by the sleaziest crooks imaginable whose lies and endless cons have resulted in pointless bloody wars, the dispossession of the American middle class, and drag queens twerking on American kindergarteners…”
Charts of the Day
Can’t for the life of me figure out what happened in mid-2021 to start eliciting this massive ramp of emergency calls, cardiac issues, cancer cases, etc. Must be that climate change eh Greta?
Random Thoughts…
Perhaps the only thing dumber and more arrogant than the ‘safe and effective’ vaccine genocide is the #ClimateChange scam. Death rates from all types of natural disasters including meteorological and climate events are down 95% from a century ago and at an all time record low. The Climate Change zealots and decarbonization crowd is about denying people energy - not helping them.
RIP - Between Lisa-Marie Presley, hundreds of others in the news & almost Damar Hamlin, the ‘dying suddenly’ trickle is turning into a deluge. Granted, most people won’t accept until someone ‘healthy’ they know and love drops dead in front of them, but the evidence is becoming overwhelming that the vaccine as a safety risk far exceeds any minor benefit it provides for a couple of months. A competent, non-politicized FDA would have pulled it after the first few thousands deaths it caused (it’s the first vaccine in history to kill more than a dozen people that hasn’t been pulled off market immediately - the swine flu vaccine was yanked from the market after killing 3 people and causing a handful of Guillaine-Barre cases). Evidence based estimates continue to rise with VSafe and other data-driven research organizations estimating that the number of deaths it has caused exceeds 500,000.
VAERS currently shows 33,000+ deaths from the Covid ‘vaccine’ and data scientists (and Pfizer) will tell you that VAERS, due to being a toilsome, self-reporting system undercounts actual adverse events by a factor between 10-100. That means actual Covid-19 vaccine deaths are likely in the 300,000 to 3 Million range, or far higher than deaths from Covid itself (especially in light of the ‘died with Covid vs. ‘died from Covid’ data manipulation we saw). The cost-benefit reward simply isn’t there, and the vaccine should be pulled from the market immediately.
The WHO Treaty must be stopped by any means necessary. Unelected technocratic decisions must never ever supersede the sovereign public health laws of 194 countries. #StopTheTreaty.
Getting rid of Henry Cavil as Superman is a colossal mistake. He’s by far the best Superman ever and Man of Steel was one of the best comic book movies of all time.
Job Openings
Austrian-born economist Joseph Schumpeter's pioneering insight painted capitalism as a behemoth of ceaseless reinvention, with new markets and products continually disrupting the status quo. He popularized the phrase “creative destruction” - an apt metaphor for how economic progress works: today's successes become tomorrow's casualties in this dynamic cycle of innovation.
Today we are in the process of witnessing a wholesale refashioning of the global and local economy. Re-shoring and AI will be the two big trends for the remainder of the ‘Roaring’ 20s driving disruption.
Intermediate and long term, assess your current or future career path and see if it can withstand the AI onslaught. Careers requiring deft manual manipulation or the human touch should remain safe. Additionally, many of today’s more knowledge driven jobs will still require a human to ‘guide’ and monitor the AI assistant so this won’t be the total employment apocalypse that many are worried about.
However, as I wrote several weeks ago, the speed of change will be brutal. After all, the industrial ‘revolution’ was a shock and took place over 80 years. The majority of the AI transformation will occur over the next decade. Old school blue collar trade jobs should continue to do well. Trades like plumbing, welding and electrician are beyond the scope of most AI for the time being. And from a cost/benefit approach, these jobs are looking better and better than college at a $350K total price package for a good private school. The so-called Green Transition also exacerbates the short supply of qualified electricians as the article below points out.
https://grist.org/energy/electrician-shortage-electrify-everything-climate-infrastructure-labor/
Vantage Point: Life Experience.
Someone on LinkedIn interviewed 90 year olds to ask them life advice. This list is incredible. And it’s real.
1. Now and then, break out the fancy china and drink the good wine for no reason at all.
2. Dance at weddings until your feet are sore.
3. Tell your partner you love them every night before falling asleep. Someday you’ll find the other side of the bed empty and wish you could.
4. Don’t fear sadness, as it tends to sit right next to love.
5. Treat your body like a house you have to live in for another 70 years.
6. Never raise your voice, except for at a ballgame.
7. Do one good deed every single day, but never tell anyone about it.
8. Time doesn't heal anything when it comes to relationships. Don't delay difficult conversations.
9. Find the things that make your eyes light up. Do more of those.
10. Always remind yourself that your track record for making it through your bad days is perfect.
11. If something has a minor issue, repair it. Minor issues become major issues over time. Applies equally to love, friendships, health, and home.
12. The most damning lie you can tell is the lie you tell to yourself.
13. No one has ever argued their way to happiness.
14. If you’re going to lose a fight, make sure the other person thinks twice before fighting you again.
15. Getting old is no picnic, but it's much better than the alternative.
16. You may occasionally disappoint others, but make sure to never disappoint yourself.
17. Never let a good friendship atrophy. Send the text, make the call, plan the trip. Good friendships must be treasured.
18. When you meet someone, look them in the eye, give a firm handshake, and call them by their name.
19. Give everybody a second chance, but never a third.
20. The "good old days" are always happening right now.
21. Whenever you hug someone, make sure they are the one to let go first.
22. If it's raining on a warm summer evening, go outside and dance in it.
23. Taking no risk is the biggest risk you can take. Regret from inaction is always more painful than regret from action.
24. It doesn’t have to be perfect for it to be wonderful.
25. Stop trying to change people who don’t want to be changed.
26. Looking presentable is a matter of self-respect.
27. When you’re feeling down, smile at yourself in the mirror for a full minute.
28. Travel as much as you can. Collect one token from every trip to remember it by.
29. If there's something bothering you, ask yourself whether it will matter in one month. If not, let it go right now.
30. When in doubt, love. We can always use more love.
HT Jon Loew
What I’m Reading…
Highly Recommend: Remarkable and sad story about a 14 year old kid who represents the best our world has to offer.
On the Damar Hamlin case, and the blatant Regime propaganda to frame it as anything but the you know what. An examination of recent young, health athlete deaths.
From the SMDH Files and in line with the Stanford Human Language Initiative I mocked a few weeks back, here’s the latest attempt by academia to embarrass itself. And from my law school alma mater USC no less…
CNN publishing stuff independent researchers have known for months/years. This article reads like it was ‘placed’ because these people are afraid of facing the guillotine. They took bribes on the front end and are now desperately trying to cover their ass on the back end. The dam is breaking…. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/health/moderna-bivalent-transparency/index.html
A bit dark and long, here’s an exploration of technological progress through a philosophical-religious lens by Paul Kingsworth. The Anti-Christ Rules us All.
What I’m Listening To…
All-In Podcast Predictions for 2023.
Theme Song this Winter
Less planning, less testing, more urgency. LFG!
The Twitter Octagon
Fire thread. Highly recommend 🔥🔥👇
Memetic Warfare
Parting Verse
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. - 2 Timothy’s 1:7
Parting Quote
“I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. I believe that even amid today’s mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men. I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive good will proclaim the rule of the land. “And the lion and the lamb shall lie down together and every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid.” I still believe that We Shall overcome!
This faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future. It will give our tired feet new strength as we continue our forward stride toward the city of freedom. When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born.” - MLK Jr. from his Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech.
That’s all for this week folks! Hope you enjoyed and as always, please share with a friend. Let’s build our ranks for the coming battles. 🙌🏼 💪