On Hope Knots & Canoodling

 

When you make jokes that the politically correct don't like....

It only matters if you give a shit.

On Triangles & Diamonds

In regard to our current president and the approach he takes toward life, the responsibilities he carries, and the people he relates to, works with and represents, I see and hear him employing a both/and mix of the Drama Triangle and Empowerment behavior portrayed below.  For as much as he appears to enjoy tangling in drama (and using it for deflection?), I consider him most effective when he is functioning in diamond mode, as a Challenger, Coach and Creator, with an  "I can do it, You can do it, How will you do it?" mind set.   Since the shooting, he seems to be more focused on empowerment than drama, and I believe that to be part of dynamics involved with his election and the changes he has since been able to implement in the face of opposition, set-back, and a never-ending swirl of drama and intrigue.    

I give up.... The Deep State has won.

 

He isn't even trying to hide it anymore.

As I had been saying

It turns out the Ukes are ready to toss in the towel. They just don't want to be part of the Soviet Union again. The country is broken in every way possible, so, at this point, they seem to be defending themselves against a duplicitous regime.

What some wish to ignore is the fact that Trump is pursuing economic measures rather than the boots on the ground so eagerly awaited by some. How much that will affect Russia's teetering economy is up for grabs to some degree, but the outlook is anything but brilliant. 

It's also salient to note Russia is doing all the saber rattling. All the players in Europe who have fought to the last American in a previous century are making great plans, but Trump has said nothing. Churchill is gone, as is Bonaparte, the Kaiser, the Franzes (Josef and Ferdinand), and little Nicky. The only great man in Europe these days is a woman and, like Trump, she is saying nothing.

Betty Rubble is a Dirty Girl

Betty loves Coldplay

And she loves ass play, 

Because Betty Rubble is a dirty girl. 

This one is just too, too cute for words

Just when you thought the water was full of Discovery TV, along comes the Three Rs (Robert, Roy, and Richard) to blow the whole thing out of the water.

To wit, I offer the Speaker Emerita telling Fake News Epstein is a "distraction". Apparently, somebody realized how many Democrat names (not all of them male or cis) would come out.

Even better, you'll see my man, Harry Enten, pointing out how unpopular this is with the Great Unwashed on the other side of the aisle. Imagine that, this is hurting the Lefties more than it's hurting Trump (although, if you look at the small print of the polls he shows, the MOE is about twice what it ought to be).

As I noted last time out, I don't agree with the guy's opinion that this thing won't go away. The "experts" are "surprised" how much the tariffs are raking in. Since Trump was inaugurated, I've done my own little monitor of prices - a dozen jumbo eggs have gone from $7 to $ 4.50, about a 1/3 drop. That's what people are watching. Not Epstein.

PS and FWIW DoJ has filed with the Federal courts to free the grand jury testimony related to Epstein, so it isn't just a wave of the magic wand (frankly, I think it has more to do with Trump's lawsuit against the Murdoch empire).

Sorry, guys, I'll bet it was fun while it lasted.

On Inked & Looking Presidential

 

We'll be right back!

 https://rumble.com/v6w9y8s-infowars-host-owen-shroyer-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-trump.html?start=180

I agree with some of what this guy says - I voted for Trump three times, and I am thankful for what he has accomplished, but for unknown reasons he has decided that he no longer cares about Americans. 

On Tough Talk & Raised Fingers

 

Is it really antisemitism when we critizie Israel?

 

There seems to be a recurring theme that if you criticize Israel, then you are an antisemite. Some of these people are legitimate Jew haters like Al Sharpton and the new mayor of New York. And that phony black conservative whore who is just trying to get clicks and followers. But many of us are questioning why we are sending billions upon billions to Israel. As Marjorie Taylor Greene has so aptly stated, Israel is a nuclear power. We just saved their bacon by bombing Iran. They need to stand on their own two feet. Other nuclear powers have a large immigrant community in the US that we don't subsidize. Like India. We should treat Israel like India. Be a good ally. Have a mutual defense pact. But don't pay their bills. Don't get directly involved in their wars. We can help negotiate peace for them, but we need to put America First.

Stop with the antisemitism bullshit. We know the Jews. We support the Jews. We just don't want to pay for the Jew's tab anymore. In blood or treasure. 

Put America First.

Well he sure told me off!

 

From President Trumps Truth Social Account:

The Radical Left Democrats have hit pay dirt, again! Just like with the FAKE and fully discredited Steele Dossier, the lying 51 'Intelligence' Agents, the Laptop from Hell..."which the Dems swore had come from Russia (No, it came from Hunter Biden’s bathroom!), and even the Russia, Russia, Russia Scam itself, a totally fake and made up story used in order to hide Crooked Hillary Clinton’s big loss in the 2016 Presidential Election, these Scams and Hoaxes are all the Democrats are good at - It’s all they have - They are no good at governing, no good at policy, and no good at picking winning candidates. Also, unlike Republicans, they stick together like glue. Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this 'bullshit,' hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years. I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax. Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore! Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

I guess loyal supporters like me and Sixty and Majorie Taylor Greene should just go fuck off.

Good to know.

When are we sending boots on the ground to Ukraine?

Career fed employees disagree, but they lack morals

 

No amount of money, nor fame or the number of possessions you acquire are worth one child being abused. The monsters who are involved in this need to be arrested and executed. Sorry Bill Gates, Prince Andrew and the Clintons, but you need to pay.

Of course the Trump lovers say there is nothing to see here, and they assure us that there is nothing wrong with child sexual trafficking, but by ignoring this issue they are complicit in that abuse. 

We should just send billions to Zelenskyy - he's normal! For the record, he is the one in high heels.

(10) 👠Zelensky Dancing in Heels 👠👠👠🎶 - YouTube

On Pointing Fingers & Raised Fists in Celebration

 

This may get me fired

Since everybody else has posted, I guess it's my turn and I'm going to be unpopular. Guess why.

OK, it's the second week of July. Where is everybody? Out having fun, paying almost no attention to Fake News. And that includes the current hoohah over The List. This is largely being pushed by Fake News and a few commentators on the Right. Fake News is doing it because Trump's getting just about everything he's wanted and they have to try to bring him down.

It's what Fake News is there for.

Not going to do a linkfest, but those of the mind to do so, can look over the last week's posts on Gateway and will see there a lot of material about Epstein's patrons. Google possible Epstein client list. Whether there's a single list, I don't know and I really don't care. There's bigger fish out there. If Trump wants to go after somebody, I'd rather it be the Deep State Dwarf. He's responsible for the deaths of millions and probably a traitor, too. Trump is, whether anybody's noticed, firing hundreds at Justice to weed out the dead and corrupted wood. He's also got them looking into vote fraud, political corruption, ActBlue, Butler, and the election of 2020.

I'd say most of that is at least as important.

Now we get to the point that may get me fired. On the Right, this stuff is being driven by Tucker Carlson, among a few others. He led the charge on how we're being dragged in WWIII (more like WWV) by Israel. He's also been spouting off the idea Epstein was an Israeli agent. That, to me, smells like anti-Semitism. If Epstein was somebody's proxy, it could be Britain's, Germany's, France's, Red China's, or Poot's, as well. They could have all used that kind of info. But everybody likes to pick Israel, and I assume there's a specific rationale.

Hell, Churchill got us involved in Italy because he went to Franklin Roosevelt and cried on his sleeve about losing Tobruk, and Frank, being everybody's pal, ordered George Marshall to invade North Africa (which he didn't want to do) which led us into Italy and got a lot of guys killed (and we could have used those 7 divisions (8, if you count the Brazilians) in Normandy or elsewhere). Was Winnie a Joo?

I think a lot of this is people wanting to see all they ones they hate arrested. Who wouldn't want to see the entire Democrat party, the Grahamnesty caucus, people like Bill Gates, and Fake News shipped off on ConAir? I'd love it, but is it the most important thing in the world right now?

Hell, no.

I still like Trump, I still support him, I still believe in what he's trying to do, and I still trust him to do the right thing.

Take that as you will.

Who are the best TV police detectives of all time?

I have proposed teaching a class at my local library. In fact I want to teach a bunch of them and I am preparing some CANVA presentations. Lisa has been doing lectures for months and a bunch of people say I should do the same. I am working on one about the history of the potato. That's gonna be lit. The first one is going to be called "Watching the Detectives" and is split between official Police Detectives and Private Eyes.

 The first one on the list is Harry Bosch. It is a relatively new series based on the great books but Michael Connelly. He hits all the notes for your typical TV detective. He's a loner. No relationship in his life. Likes Jazz. Lives his life to the tune of a lonely trombone. Has a daughter. They never have a son. Always a daughter. Has to do it his way and is always in trouble because he can't deal with authority. Can't follow the rules. He always knows best. The embodiment of every trope. Still a great series as the books have so much detail and plot to plunder. 

They have had three spin-offs so far. Bosch Legacy, The Lincoln Lawyer, and Ballard. The new one about Rene Ballard is really good and worth a watch.

Roll Over Beethoven

So, President Trump has decided to send more bombs and ammunition to Ukraine. Because the protection of the actual Nazi's who are the Ukrainians, is vital to our national interest and keeping America First. The Deep State gets exactly what it wants. Lindsey Graham is creaming in his panties, and eye-patch McCain is watching his stock portfolio rise in leaps and bounds.

Now, Pam Bondi, a Trump loyalist, refuses to release the Epstein files, and Trump mocks the people asking questions about it. Did the Deep State win here? Did a combination of American intelligence and the Mossad conspire to cover up the actions of their operative, whom they had killed? I thought MAGA was about transparency and releasing the information to the people for the people to decide? What happened to that? It seems that Dan Bongino is the only person in the Justice Department who has any integrity. If he resigns in principle because of the failure to release the Epstein files, then we can assume that the Deep State has won again.

Trump is reveling in the praise he got for bombing Iran. Now he is going to go the path of the Bushes by getting in deeper with Ukraine. I'm happy for Israel, but I think enough is enough. They have to stand on their own two feet without a massive subsidy.

One of the few Republican MAGA figures who makes any sense is Marjorie Taylor Greene. She recently promulgated a bill to end subsidies to both Israel and Ukraine. She recently said;"I will be voting NO on all funding packages for the Ukraine war (as I have from the beginning) and now the Israel war," Greene posted on X at the time. "We have had over 10 MILLION people illegally cross our border since Biden took office and we are over $33 TRILLION dollars in debt with many major problems afflicting Americans. I'm entering amendments to strike $500 million more dollars for nuclear-armed Israel, and it's important to say nuclear-armed Israel, because they do have nuclear weapons. This is not a helpless country. And we already give them $3.4 billion every single year in the state, from the State Department. $3.4 billion dollars every single year. They don't need another $500 million in our defense budget. That's for the American people's defense." 

The time for spending on foreign governments is over. Maybe we can use that money to raise Social Security Benefits or let more poor Americans get greater SNAP benefits, or even Medicaid if they need it and are legitimate American Citizens.  I won't mind if the kids of lazy Americans get benefits instead of spending money on third world shit holes. America First was not supposed to be about foreign entanglements and subsidizing foreign wars. It is about spending American money on Americans. 

I am increasing convinced that President Trump has lost his way.

He's been rolled.

Bondi has to go

 She is undermining Trump's credibility.

Pam Bondi Video Resurfaces Saying Epstein Client List Is 'On My Desk' as FBI, DOJ Say Client List Doesn't Exist

On Specters & Pictures of Health

 

Trump has real personnel issues

 

Between this mook and the bimbo who has the Epstein files on her desk, the air is leaking out of his second term even faster than it did in his first. Did you ever think he could find anyone less effective than Jeff Sessions? Well, somehow he did. What a bunch of losers. 

On Revolution & Resolve

 

On Common Sense & Restoration

 

On Lighting, Ringing & Singing

 

On Foxes & Chum

Checking in over at The Gateway Pundit is always an ordeal for me, as I can't stand the chumbox ads they like to use to inspire their readers to buy a subscription in order to avoid them  Even though I know they're chumming for me, I still have a hard time ignoring them and feel disgust and disappointment in the people who run the site for using them.  Whenever my eye lands on one, even for the briefest of glances, a "What the heck is THAT??"  reaction takes place.   And when I see something that looks like potato eyes presented as human skin growth, I'm hooked, with dubiousness and a second look sure to follow.

Something similar happens when I read some of the articles they present, with their take on the news of the day often leaving me on the verge of going with intrigue or doubt, wondering what's real and what isn't.  Today, however, I followed a link found in one of their posts, to The Vigilant Fox, a Substack started by someone who worked in health care before and during Covid, saw what was happening, and couldn't stay silent.  That Fox now claims over 2 million social media followers.  And it was his most recent post, entitled "RFK Jr. Unloads Disturbing Vaccine Secrets on Tucker—And Surprises Everyone on Trump",  that The Gateway Pundit had republished today.  I found it fascinating, well worth the trip over to discover something of interest and value amid the chum.  

I was also impressed to read about the growth and outreach The Vigilant Fox managed to achieve after being banned three times from Twitter, and then going from 45,000 followers to 1.7 million on X in the two and a half years since Musk reinstated him.  It was once again surprising and heartening to realize the difference one ticked off and inspired person is able to make as light in the darkness. 

 https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/rfk-jr-unloads-disturbing-vaccine-secrets-tucker-surprises/

On Whacks & Wackos

 

On Ruling and Enrichment