Biden in 1997 saying that the only thing that could provoke a "vigorous and hostile" Russian response would be if NATO expanded as far as the Baltic states pic.twitter.com/i0yfEgIGZA
The public has been induced to embrace the Western narrative, while being kept in the dark about Washington’s ulterior motives.
In his 1997 book, The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives, Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote:
"Ukraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard, is a geopolitical pivot because its very existence as an independent country helps to transform Russia. Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be a Eurasian empire. Russia without Ukraine can still strive for imperial status, but it would then become a predominantly Asian imperial state."
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Pelosi has Covid. Just saw that and it prompted by suspicious nature, given the proximity to the now disastrous Obama White House return videos and the horrified reaction as people saw the true nature of the Puppet Theater we call the Biden Administration.
Clearly the Hunter Biden miasma is now out of the basement sewer and sloshing around the steps leading up to 1600. It is the predicate to 25th the Puppet, but what to do about the Cackle-Jackal, who was in full display with Obama. If Pelosi exits, the House of Representatives can elect a new Speaker, and what if the name were Rice or even Obama? There is no prohibition for someone outside Congress to be elected to that post. Once the #3 position in succession is fixed, Jojo can be dumped, especially if some form of Modus Vivendi is reached with Harris to follow the script, or take a very very lucrative lifetime career elsewhere. Either way, the door might be opened for an Obama 3.5. Alternatively, if Harris could be bought off very soon, nothing prevents Obama from being voted by Congress as a replacement Vice President, and then, Jojo departs by the end of 2022 and poof, two more years as President for the Magic Kenyan. An in 2024, Big Mike is the candidate with the de-facto co-presidency sales pitch. Six more years of Change You Can Believe In to transform the country!
This is the stuff of a fever swamp nightmare, and yet....
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The way Joe and his handlers look at the calculus is that Russia is weak and now is the time to push hard on the geopolitical football field. If the current war in Ukraine can be used to bring about regime change in Moscow the new regime might be made friendly and subservient to the globalist elites in Brussels and Washington. They might be corrupted the way the Ukrainians have, the way Joe has. The European Union could then be expanded all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific. And, like they're doing in Western Europe and America, the native population will be replaced by immigrantscolonists from the Middle East and the Caucasus. Well, it has to be a big, big, grandiose vision to risk nuclear war. Deny it if you will but you must admit that this is the modus operandi of our globalist elites.
You can remove your tin foil hats now but you can bet your butt that Putin won't.
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Pelosi got COVID from her hairdresser..while she wasn't wearing her mask 😂
[THEHILL] Last September, as the Build Back Better legislation was being considered in Congress, many members worried about the inflationary pressure of injecting an additional $2.4 trillion into the economy on top of the $4.1 trillion committed to the American Rescue Plan and the Cares Act.
When it looked like the Democratic majority might include enough deficit hawks to scuttle the bill, Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz rounded up another 16 of the 36 living American Nobel Prize economists to declare, in an open letter, that whatever upward pressure on prices all this new money might bring there was no threat of inflation.
Forget what government statistics were already signaling. Many non-Nobel economists recognized that a clear case of demand-pull inflation was already underway. The price of used cars, the vehicles people buy when new cars seem unaffordable, led a clearly rising consumer price index.
The Nobelists’ letter showed that those signing had bought Team Biden’s novel argument that its enormous expansion of social welfare programs really was just a different form of infrastructure investment, just like roads and bridges. Gary Becker, the Nobel economist recognized for developing human capital theory 50 years ago, likely would not look at spending $410 billion on “climate resilience” as being as important as providing after-school enrichment programs for poor kids.
No matter. In an act of intellectual legerdemain, the wise men said that expanding social welfare programs would operate like old-fashioned countercyclical policy — unemployment checks would support a continuing but smaller level of consumer demand. This approach, a clever idea developed by practical post-war economists, was careful not to disincentivize job searching by setting benefits too high.
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if you read their 'open letter' they presume that the BBB would have reduced 'income inequity' and helped productivity
Economists have made the same wrong assumptions before that the stated purposes of legislation lead to these effects === mthe BBB like many other programs, e.g., the infrastructure bill, the various covid relief bills, have some good sections but a lot of waste, a lot of pork barrel, a lot of special interest subsidy
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...that whatever upward pressure on prices all this new money might bring there was no threat of inflation.
Correct, it was "no threat." It (inflation) was already taking place. The "open letter" was a political undertaking, nothing more. I am reminded of the gaggle of 52 senior intelligence professionals who spoke against Trump.
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So much for the credibility of the 16 out 36 still living Nobel economists. What did they get for trying to sell the Build-Back-Broke-Biden turkey? Are we sure they aren't like the dead Dem voters?
[RedState] A federal defense contractor who had been charged with four misdemeanors for walking into the Capitol on Jan. 6, fought the charges and was acquitted on all counts today by Judge Trevor McFadden. Matthew Martin was charged with: entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, violent mostly peaceful entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, as well as parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
But Martin didn’t commit any violence or break into the building. He argued that he believed that the Capitol Police had allowed him into the building, and he just walked in.
From Politico:
McFadden said that, based on video of the scene, that assertion was at least "plausible" and that prosecutors failed to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
"People were streaming by and the officers made no attempt to stop the people," said the judge [....]
"I do think the defendant reasonably believed the officers allowed him into the Capitol," the judge said.
McFadden said that the government did not show any evidence of Martin crossing police lines, and that Martin’s "conduct was about as minimal....as I can imagine."
This is a significant verdict. While some are charged with more serious offenses, many of the people charged for Jan. 6 offenses are in a similar position to Martin — they didn’t do much beyond walk into the building. Some have argued — as Martin did — that the police let them in.
McFadden has pointed out disparities in the way Jan. 6 defendants have been treated in the past. He said that he thinks there is a difference in the way that the prosecutors are handling the Jan. 6 cases versus cases in the past (that may have involved leftist protesters).
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Coming soon. First ever acquittal reversed on appeal from the InJustice Dept.
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The whole Capitol picnic thing was a peaceful demonstration with a touch of disobedience. The next one will be an American Spring. If the real Right does not take that fork in the road... the future is horrible.
Everyone has to fight once in their history to restore or upend order. People will rise. I am sure.
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Meeting them on their own turf is dumb. Making "operatives" disappear while working in the hinterlands is the way to go.
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Yes. Guerrilla and decentralised. Low Intensity. I'll bet half the military and capable vets will get in on this. Which is why the hunt for 'extremists' in the forces. They want to deny training and experience to anyone not from the personality types they can control.
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The "operatives" are looking for more Michigan kidnap buffoons and Tsarnaev Brothers. The will be in a world of hurt when they come up against anyone smarter than they are.
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Justice in DC....?
Has my whole perceived concept of the LSD Controlled DOJ has been upended? ☺
Or is it that even the Federal Judges can see the LSD's don't stand a Snowballs chance in July of keeping the House or Senate?
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The whole Capitol picnic thing was a peaceful demonstration with a touch of disobedience. The next one will be an American Spring. If the real Right does not take that fork in the road... the future is horrible.
Everyone has to fight once in their history to restore or upend order. People will rise. I am sure.
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My feeling is most Americans won't do a thing other than bitch on their keyboards. For those who try, it is very difficult to organize. We had a commenter here saying he was afraid because he has a job and family to protect, other commenters said too old and not their problem. 40% of Americans get angry if you don't wear a mask in public.
[Washington Examiner] The former intelligence officials who signed an October 2020 letter baselessly claiming Russian involvement in the Hunter Biden laptop stories are largely remaining silent, though some have continued to defend their signatures, while a few recently returned to government service.
The laptop saga has burst back into public view a year and a half after the New York Post published emails belonging to now-President Joe Biden's son, with the New York Times and the Washington Post finally joining a number of right-leaning outlets that had confirmed the authenticity of emails on the laptop.
Despite offering no proof, Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, along with many in the media, dismissed the laptop story as being a Russian disinformation operation. The president called the story a Russian operation during one of the 2020 presidential debates with then-President Donald Trump.
He claimed: "There are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he’s accusing me of is a Russian plan. They have said this is, has all the — four, five former heads of the CIA. Both parties say what he’s saying is a bunch of garbage."
The future president was referring to a Politico report about the letter in an article titled "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say." The title was misleading because the letter never directly called it Russian "disinformation."
[FoxNews] Hunter Biden requested in 2017 that keys be made for his new "office mates," listing his father, Jill Biden, and his uncle Jim Biden, for space he planned to share with an "emissary" for a chairman of a Chinese energy company, according to an email obtained by Fox News.
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[FoxNews] The White House confirmed Wednesday that illegal immigrants are being provided with electronic devices, notably cell phones, in an effort for the Biden administration to "track" and "check in" with them as they await immigration court proceedings.
Asked by Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy about the initiative, White House press secretary Jen Psaki the purpose was to monitor illegal immigrants.
"The Alternatives to Detention Program, which is what we utilize, has three unique forms of technology to monitor participants enrolled in the program," Psaki said. "Telephonic is one of them, which uses a participant's voice to create a biometric voiceprint during the enrollment process. And when the participant has a check-in call, their voice is compared to the voiceprint."
"Smartlink, which is another option, enables participant monitoring via smartphone or tablet using facial matching technology to establish identity," Psaki continued. She also noted the government's "Global Positioning System" which monitors the location and movement history of illegal immigrants awaiting trial through an ankle bracelet.
Psaki said the handing out of smartphones "is all part of our effort as individuals come into the United States and individuals who are entering who will proceed to immigration proceedings to monitor and track where they are."
She said the "vast, vast majority of people are appearing" on time as a result of the Biden administration's monitoring efforts.
Doocy asked Psaki whether there was concern by anyone in the administration that some migrants may decide to take the phones and "toss them."
"Do you have a record people throwing phones away," she responded.
"I'm just asking if that's a concern," Doocy said.
"Our concern is ensuring that individuals who irregularly migrate to the United States proceed through our process of, you know, of course, being monitored, but also participating in hearings to determine whether or not they will be able to stay," Psaki said.
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Must have some left over Obama phones.
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irregularly migrate? What the F does that mean?
Can I "irregularly obtain money from the bank". How about 'irregularity obtain a car', or 'irregularly help someone suicide'? (Like Hillary often does...)
Does Psaki 'irregularly make statements' (i.e. lie) all the time?
[BREITBART] The county of Kenosha, Wisconsin, elected a Republican executive on Tuesday after decades of electing Democrats.
"Samantha Kerkman defeated Rebecca Matoska-Mentink in Tuesday’s Spring Election to become the next Kenosha County executive," announced Kenosha News. "In unofficial results, Kerkman, of Salem Lakes, received 14,693 votes, or 51.32% of the vote. Matoska-Mentink, of Pleasant Prairie, received 13,886, or 48.5% of the vote."
The 47-year-old Kerkman (pictured) will be the first woman and fifth county executive in Kenosha County. She will replace current County Executive Jim Kreuser, who has held the office since 2008.
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Musk is now an Enemy of the People. The left will not stop until they crush him.
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/\ Yes, Musk is poised to begin the clean-up of one of the Deep State's premier disinformation, data collection and monitoring platforms. They will attempt to ruin him.
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"Conservatives" on Sh*tter are Conservative Inc. grifters. Down they go.
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/\MM, Your brush is too broad. I was never a fan of Twitter, avoided it entirely (Facebook as well), UNTIL Musk bought into Twitter. Then I signed up, mainly to support him. And I am definitely conservative.
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No. No. No. You are wasting your time if you think Musk will suddenly turn Sh*tter into an honest broker. If you have to believe that for your own mental health, more's the pity.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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If you have conservative instincts, go do something that matters. "Signing up" on Sh*tter ain't it.
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Did you know: Panhandling, nude dancing and burning the US flag is "free speech" according to SCROTUS? You think "signing up" or commenting on Sh*tter is going to advance freedom?
Wise up.
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No, but I go every now and then to trigger some people.
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If free speech is worth anything (it more valuable than gold), it's defined by where you exercise it. If you are shouting it down a public toilet, you are pissing it away.
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Could the Biden/DC swamp regime be any more obvious in applying political revenge?
#14
I can't stand coffee. I do cold tea. This issue, you bet I'm feisty. Free speech is the whole game. People who believe they are doing it on social media are basically traitors.
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Twitter is a privately run club. Thing is, it's not committed to entertaining free speech. It's owned and run by people who are invested in the globalist game and thus it empowers select voices only. It makes a shew of being egalitarian and non-partisan, but only to attract users and appear virtuous, like any other company. Musk may not be able to influence the underlying liberal globalist bent of Twitter. The only answer to twitter is that we all evolve more Rantburgs.
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Social media is a closed arena. If you believe you are moving anyone to the right by "participating" there, you are a dimwit.
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Thing From Snowy Mountain: Rantburg would not accept the images I took from twitter unless shrunk in size and resolution to where my eyes had trouble reading it. I can try again if you want.
#19
Censorship is just one of the problems with Twitter. Musk might loosen that up a bit, but I doubt he can fundamentally transform the platform into something worthwhile.
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The nit:
The letter cited confusion over SpaceX’s No Action Alternative, given conflicting statements the company has made in public and in response to the Corps. Specifically, in its October analysis about alternatives, SpaceX eliminated the possibility of launching Starship out of Cape Canaveral, Florida — the company’s primary launch site for flying the Falcon 9, according to the Corps. But in February, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mentioned during a public broadcast that the company would move to Cape Canaveral to launch Starship if SpaceX did not receive certain regulatory approval. The Corps noted that moving to Cape Canaveral seemingly works as a No Action Alternative. If SpaceX was serious about that possibility, that would require a much more rigorous analysis, according to the Corps.
As a result of this incomplete information and confusion, the Corps told SpaceX in the new letter that its permit application has been withdrawn. But while SpaceX’s permit is closed for now, it seems like it can easily be reopened again.
#26
I spend enough time on Rantburg. You have to get away from the computer, go outside and see the real world once in a while.
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If I was an alt-right conspiracy theorist, I would think that there's a conspiracy by the benevolent federals of trying to stop a crass capitalist.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[THEHILL] Last September, as the Build Back Better legislation was being considered in Congress, many members worried about the inflationary pressure of injecting an additional $2.4 trillion into the economy on top of the $4.1 trillion committed to the American Rescue Plan and the Cares Act. 
[BREITBART] The county of Kenosha, Wisconsin, elected a Republican executive on Tuesday after decades of electing Democrats.
