Day: December 8, 2023

Another ‘Outsider’ May Run In 2024

I have written about a few notables that may run for president outside their party…..RFK,Jr may run as an independent as well as Cornell Wes an independent as well and now another Cheney is thinking about testing the waters…..Liz is thinking about running as a third party candidate…..

As Liz Cheney makes the rounds promoting her new memoir, the former GOP congresswoman is making clear that she is still considering a third-party run for president in 2024. In an interview with the Washington Post on Monday, Cheney said she would make a decision in the next few months. “Several years ago, I would not have contemplated a third-party run,” she tells the Post. But “I happen to think democracy is at risk at home, obviously, as a result of Donald Trump’s continued grip on the Republican Party, and I think democracy is at risk internationally as well.”

  • Big factor: Cheney, who lost her seat in Congress after becoming a fierce Trump critic, tells the newspaper she would not run if she concludes doing so would draw votes from President Biden and help Trump win. “That will all be part of my calculation as we go into the early months of 2024.”
  • No Labels: If she were to run, the daughter of former VP Dick Cheney would have to do so on a third party ticket in order to ensure ballot access. She tells USA Today that she hasn’t ruled out the possibility of running on a bipartisan ticket from the independent No Labels group. “Whatever it takes,” as she told the Post.
  • A warning: Cheney also warned on the Today show that if Trump were to win reelection, he would not willingly leave office at the end of his term and instead try to install himself as a permanent president. “There’s no question,” she said. “Absolutely. He’s already done it once. … He’s already attempted to seize power, and he was stopped, thankfully, and for the good of the nation and the republic. But he said he will do it again. He’s expressed no remorse for what he did.”
  • A counter: GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham says Cheney’s warnings that Trump represents a threat to democracy are overblown. “I think Liz’s hatred of Trump is real,” he said, per the Hill. “I think a continuation of the Biden presidency would be a disaster for peace and prosperity at home and abroad,” Graham said. “Our border is broken. The only person who is really going to fix a broken border is Donald Trump. When he was president, none of this stuff was going on in Ukraine. Hamas and all these other terrorist groups were afraid of Trump.”
  • Logistics: In terms of campaign funds, Axios notes that Cheney created a super PAC after losing her House reelection race, with the goal of trying to prevent election deniers from winning office.

I am guessing this is a stunt and she has no intention of running.

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What’s Next For The US Money Funnel?

A good question….for eventually Israel will have enough of the their blood lust and this mash-up in Gaza will come to an end.

Where will the War Department decide to focus their attention?

Will we return to the days of all out Ukraine support?

Of course there is always the situation in the South China Sea and Taiwan for the funnel to widen.

Or will the War Department look for another budding conflict to make worse?

Another?

Yeah, look no further than South America.

But where?

Venezuela.

They have been on the US shit list for decades because of their elections and now there seems to be a budding mash-up that could turn profitable for someone.

Venezuela has long maintained that a decision taken in 1899 by an international arbitral tribunal to award it to Britain, the colonial power which at the time ruled over Guyana, was unfair.

The matter is currently before the International Court of Justice, although Venezuela has disputed the international court’s authority to rule on the Essequibo dispute.

In the referendum, the Venezuelan government asked voters to back its stance on the dispute.

The most controversial question was the fifth, which asked Venezuelans if they agreed with “the creation of the Guayana Esequiba state” and its “incorporation into the map of Venezuelan territory”.

Electoral officials said 95.9% of voters cast a “yes” vote to that question.

Guyana has denounced the proposal as an attempt at annexation and President Irfaan Ali has accused his Venezuelan counterpart of fomenting conflict by calling for the referendum.

President Maduro hailed the results as “an overwhelming victory”. “We have taken the first steps of a new historic stage in the struggle for what belongs to us, to recover what the liberators left us,” he said.

The overwhelming support shown by voters had been widely expected as Venezuela’s claim of sovereignty over Essequibo has very broad support in the country.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67610200

Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said his government is working continuously to ensure the country’s borders “remain intact” and said people have “nothing to fear over the next number of hours, days, months ahead”.

Will this be a war of words or will it somehow become more and then more?

I have a radical idea….if a country cannot afford to fight a war maybe a different approach is called for….but that is just me.

This possible mash-up sounds similar to Eastern Ukraine a few years back.

Interesting….no?

If the US gets involved in this potential situation you can bet that or whoever will invoke the Monroe Doctrine (a post to follow).

Update:  As if right on cue….the US gets involved….

The US military said Thursday that it would conduct flight operations in Guyana amid tensions between the Caribbean nation and its neighbor Venezuela over the disputed Guayana Esequiba region.

Guayana Esequiba is an oil-rich region that makes up about two-thirds of the territory of the state of Guyana, which gained independence from Britain in 1966. In 1899, an American-British tribunal ruled that the territory belonged to the UK, a position that was rejected by Venezuela.

The US is backing Guyana in the dispute, which Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed in a phone call with Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday. According to the State Department, Blinken said the two sides should respect the 1899 ruling “unless, or until, the parties reach a new agreement, or a competent legal body decides otherwise.”

According to the US Embassy in Guyana, US Southern Command planned to conduct flights with the Guyanese military on Thursday. “This exercise builds upon routine engagement and operations to enhance (the) security partnership between the United States and Guyana and to strengthen regional cooperation,” the embassy said.

(antiwar.com)

Finally Exxon is drooling over this situation.

ExxonMobil Wants to Start a War in South America

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