Please read the link and offer up a comment.
https://www.alternet.org/america-weak-trump/
I would love to read your thoughts on this story.
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Category: Government
Donny Proposed, Iran Answered
I am sucker for this crap. I feel compelled to let my readers know what is happening with Iran because their child may have to fight this stupid lame ass war.
Donny sent a letter with his proposal and now Iran has answered and Donny is butt hurt.
President Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s response to the latest US proposal to reach a deal was “totally unacceptable,” signaling that the two sides are still not close to reaching a deal.
“I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
Trump made similar comments to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, saying, “I don’t like their letter. It’s inappropriate. I don’t like their response… They have been tapping along many nations for 47 years.”
The president said that he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday about Iran’s response. According to Israeli media, Israeli officials are trying to convince their US counterparts to launch major airstrikes aimed at destroying Iran’s energy infrastructure.
An Iranian source told Iran’s Tasnim news agency that Trump’s rejection of Tehran’s response was “of no importance” because no one “writes proposals to please Trump.” The source added that the “negotiating team should draft proposals only for the rights of the Iranian people, and when Trump is dissatisfied with them, naturally that is better.”
Iranian media has reported that the Iranian response, which came after the US provided its response to a 14-point Iranian proposal, is focused on bringing a permanent end to the conflict and other hostilities in the region, including in Lebanon, where the Israeli military killed dozens of people over the weekend.
Iranian sources said Iran is also asking for an immediate end to the US blockade, the lifting of US sanctions, the release of frozen assets overseas, and the ability to freely sell its oil. The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran had offered to move some of its enriched uranium to a third country, but that hasn’t been confirmed by Iranian sources, which suggest the idea is to end the hostilities before negotiating on the nuclear issue.
Of course he spoke with BiBi….to get his next instructions.
Donny is butt hurt because he has taken on someone who will not submit to his bullying……and that makes him angry.
Anyone opposed to this stupid war with Iran is a traitor…..so says the clown of DC….he was mainly speaking of Dems but I sure he meant all of us…..
I read the Fake News saying that I am under “pressure” to make a Deal. THIS IS NOT TRUE! I am under no pressure whatsoever, although, it will all happen, relatively quickly! Time is not my adversary, the only thing that matters is that we finally, after 47 years, straighten out the MESS that other Presidents let happen because they didn’t have the Courage or Foresight to do what had to be done with respect to Iran. We’re in it, and it will be done RIGHT, and we won’t let the Weak and Pathetic Democrats, TRAITORS ALL, who for years have been talking about the Dangers of Iran, and that something has to be done, but now, since I’m the one doing it, belittle the accomplishments of our Military and the Trump Administration.
This is being perfectly executed, on the scale of Venezuela, just a bigger, more complex operation. The result will be the same. In my First Term, I built the Greatest Military our Country has ever seen, including adding Space Force. In my Second Term, I am properly and judiciously using our Military to solve problems left to us by others of far less understanding or competence. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Words of a babbling idiot.
I guess that makes me a traitor….a person that did not neglect mny duty to country to avoid military service.
This dim witted shit can kiss my ass!
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Last Week At The Sh*t Show–10May26
Let me get the joyous stuff out of the way before I bum you out.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
May your day be filled with memories and love.
It is that time again when I point out all the stupid and the lies from the past week under the boot of Donny and his band of thugs.
Let’s start with that ‘magnificent’ (his words not mine) ballroom….it started out at a cost of $200 million paid for by donations then it went $400 million and now we are looking at close to a billion for some vanity project of an idiot.
With the estimated cost of the White House ballroom project doubling from $200 million to $400 million – alongside a separate $1 billion funding request from GOP lawmakers tied to the effort – President Donald Trump took to social media Wednesday to defend the escalating price tag, as well as to lash out at the press over its coverage of the project.
“The only reason the cost has changed is because, after deep rooted studies, it is approximately twice the size, and a far higher quality, than the original proposal, which would not have been adequate to handle the necessary events, meetings, and even future Inaugurations,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
“The original price was 200 Million Dollars, the double sized, highest quality completed project will be something less than 400 Million Dollars. It will be magnificent, safe, and secure! This was a necessary change, it was done long ago, but the Fake News failed to report it, trying to make it look like there was a cost overrun.”
(rawstory.com)
So it is all the media’s fault….nice piece of deflection something this moron excels at doing.
Remember when Donny took office and started his ‘master plan’ of tariffs to get the US manufacturing jobs to return to our fair shore….it has been about a year and a half and how has he done so9 far….
When President Donald Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs last year, he promised that the higher taxes would cause manufacturing jobs to “come roaring back into our country.”
And just last week, the Trump administration claimed that was happening. Trump’s “policies are delivering the largest reshoring wave in American history,” the White House claimed, pointing to a number of promised investments by companies like Apple and U.S. Steel.
A new independent assessment calls that conclusion into question.
Trump’s tariffs “didn’t seem to drive significant near-term increases in reshoring or reduce America’s total import dependence,” concludes a new report from Kearney, a global management consulting firm.
However, the tariffs did have a significant impact on where the U.S. is getting its imports.
But his lack of progress on this front is okay as long as he and his brain dead followers keep crapping on people of color.
The other story that is being met with anticipation….those UFO files….Last Friday the first ‘files’ dropped….
The US government released its first tranche of UFO files to the public on Friday, and, alas, “there are no clear photos of little green men or flying saucers,” reports Axios. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted in advance the release would be “anticlimactic,” and he might have been on the mark. Here is how the New York Times describes things: “The initial files are murky still images that show what could be anything. In one, a cluster of dots appear on the screen. In another, there are some strangely shaped objects.”
- The site: You can see for yourself at a newly launched website here. More files will be added on a rolling basis, notes NBC News. For the record, the the government typically uses the term Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAP, instead of UFO.
- Among the files: The first batch includes 120 PDFs, 28 videos, and 14 images, per CBS News. They include accounts from federal employees describing glowing orbs spotted at dusk in the Western US on two separate days, along with photographs of odd visual artifacts from the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 moon missions. For example, Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt reported seeing “a flash on the lunar surface north of Grimaldi (crater).”
- Example: One video, here, is from an infrared camera “tracking a white object that appears just as a speck on the screen moving through the air,” per CBS.
- Not all analyzed: The Pentagon said all newly public documents were screened for security concerns—but noted that “many of the materials have not yet been analyzed” to determine whether the oddities they describe have mundane explanations. “These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation—and it’s time the American people see it for themselves,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement.
This ought to keep the ancient alien people busy for a couple of days.
Since the release the internet has gone bonkers….and not in a good way….
The Trump administration has released its first round of UFO files and there’s one image in particular that is getting absolutely roasted on social media, with a number of users asking “what the f*** is this”.
https://www.indy100.com/politics/ufo-image-picture-alien-files-pentagon
I will not waste my time.
Did Donny threatening states?
President Trump is insisting that states rig elections in Republicans’ favor—even if it means people have to vote multiple times until they win.
On Sunday night, Trump took to Truth Social and posted, “We cannot allow there to be an Election that is conducted unconstitutionally simply for the ‘convenience’ of State Legislatures.”
“If they have to vote twice, so be it. We should demand that State Legislatures do what the Supreme Court says must be done. That is more important than administrative convenience. The byproduct is that the Republicans will receive more than 20 House Seats in the upcoming Midterms! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” he wrote.
Trump didn’t even bother to repeat the false Republican claim of widespread voter fraud, instead blatantly stating that his goal is additional congressional seats for the GOP. He hopes that these newly redrawn seats would mitigate or even prevent losses in November’s midterm elections.
https://newrepublic.com/post/209895/trump-threatens-states-rig-midterm-elections
As we Americans struggle to pay for all the rising prices thanks to the policies of the moron in DC…..there is a good reason prices will stay elevated….billionaires making huge profits….https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8pyyz5e0ro
That does it for me on this Sunday…..there is only so much drivel I can take on any given day….
I hope everyone has a wonderful Mothers Day and as always….Be Well and Be Safe….
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Are These F*ckers High?
I have read some disturbing and completely idiotic stuff coming from Donny and his band of moron but this one takes the ….Are You High?…category.
This story from The Hill….
The United States Postal Service (USPS) could begin mailing handguns if a proposed rule from the Trump administration receives approval.
Filed last month, the proposed rule would allow Americans to mail concealable guns, like pistols and revolvers, to anyone in the country. Protections similar to those for mailing long-barreled rifles and shotguns, which require them to be unloaded and securely packaged, would likely be applied.
The USPS reviewed public comments due on Monday before making any changes to its rules on handguns.
Concealable handguns have been banned from being mailed unless they come from licensed dealers since 1927. The Department of Justice called the law against mailing handguns “unconstitutional as applied to constitutionally protected firearms, including handguns, because it serves an illegitimate purpose and is inconsistent with the Nation’s tradition of firearm regulation.”
The National Rifle Association (NRA) praised the decision, claiming that the “USPS handgun prohibition continues to create massive and needless headaches for law-abiding gun owners.”
The USPS reviewed public comments due on Monday before making any changes to its rules on handguns.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) praised the decision, claiming that the “USPS handgun prohibition continues to create massive and needless headaches for law-abiding gun owners.”
Attorneys general from around two dozen states sent a letter on Monday urging the USPS to withdraw the proposed rule. They argued that the proposal would make it easier for felons to access handguns.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) is among those state attorneys general pushing back on the proposed rule, saying that the proposed rule would “make it easier for criminals and abusers to access firearms,” calling it a “slap in the face to gun violence survivors and law enforcement.”
“We cannot ignore the dangerous consequences of this proposed rule, which could open the door for prohibited individuals to obtain weapons without background checks or regard for state firearms laws,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said in a statement. “This irresponsible loophole blatantly disregards public safety and would create a direct strain on state resources.”
Everytown for Gun Safety president John Feinblatt told The Associated Press that the proposed rule would turn the USPS into a “gun trafficking pipeline” for illegal weapons, “while stripping law enforcement of the tools they need to prevent and investigate gun crime.”
The NRA’s executive director for its Institute of Legislative Action John Commerford told the AP that thanks to the Trump administration, “USPS will finally allow these firearms to be shipped under the same commonsense safety conditions as rifles and shotguns.”
(thehill.com)
Who decides who is ”law abiding”?
What’s next from this admin a book of instruction on the proper use of a gun at mass shootings?
This is pour insanity….but what can we expect from the group holding all the power?
Thoughts?
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This Is Who Controls The WH?
I for one do not think that Donny is smart enough to make his own decisions and stupid enough not to take advice from those in the know.
But a story I read tells me all I need to know about who tells Dumb Donny what to do in the Middle East….
NBC News reported on Wednesday that President Trump quickly ended the US military operation to “guide” commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz due to backlash from the US’s Gulf Arab allies.
The report said that the abrupt reversal came after Saudi Arabia was caught off guard by Trump’s announcement of what he dubbed “Project Freedom,” and Riyadh informed the US that it would not allow the US military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort.
Israel’s i24 reported on Thursday, citing Gulf sources, that Saudi Arabia would restrict US military access until the US “provides proper protection” from Iranian attacks. During the short-lived Project Freedom, the UAE came under missile and drone attacks, and the US downplayed the attacks and didn’t respond.
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For its part, Iran’s military denied responsibility for the attacks in the UAE, which hit oil infrastructure, but sources told Iranian media that they were retaliation for the US launching the new military operation.
The NBC report said that a phone call between President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman did not resolve the issue of Riyadh’s restrictions on US military access. It also said that the US spoke with Qatar and Oman only after Trump announced the military operation.
“The problem with that premise is that things are happening quickly in real time,” a Saudi source told NBC when asked if the announcement of Project Freedom took Riyadh by surprise. A White House official appeared to deny the report, insisting that “regional allies were notified in advance.”
(antiwar.com)
So the prince gets butt hurt and tells Donny to do what he is told…..and Donny bows and takes it.
This whole scenario in the Middle East these days is disgusting and non-essential to the security of the region. The only problems are that of Saudi Arabia and Israel…..when those two problems are eliminated the safer the region will become.
We now know who makes Donny’s Middle East policies.
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Why Is This Strait So Damn Important?
I write this for those that are casual observers of thew international world….there are many that feel this is just too much and why is our little Donny being such a twat about it.
The Strait of Hormuz By The numbers…..
Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz has jolted the world economy, causing a spike in fuel prices that has rippled through other sectors with effects far beyond the Middle East. Iran effectively seized control of the critical waterway after the US and Israel attacked it on Feb. 28. Weeks of heavy bombing and a US naval blockade imposed last month have yet to loosen its grip, reports the AP. Iran says it will only reopen the strait if the war ends and the blockade is lifted. President Trump is seeking wider concessions, including the rollback of Iran’s disputed nuclear program. A look at the strait by the numbers:
- 21 miles: This is the width of the Strait of Hormuz, which bends like an elbow, at its narrowest point between Iran and Oman. Ships follow narrow lanes to safely navigate the shallow water, making it even more of a chokepoint.
- 20%: Before the war, a fifth of the world’s traded oil typically flowed through the Strait of Hormuz every day, as well as large supplies of natural gas, fertilizer, and other petroleum products.
- 100-130: The number of ships that passed through the Strait each day before the war began, including oil tankers and cargo ships, according to research firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
- 534: The number of ships that are believed to have passed through the strait since the start of hostilities through Monday, according to Lloyd’s List Intelligence. Many are believed to have carried Iranian oil. In normal times, an estimated 6,500 to 8,450 ships would have transited the Strait during the same period.
- 50%: The amount that the average price of gas in the US has risen since the war began. The average price of a gallon was $4.56 on Thursday, according to AAA. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has also nearly doubled the cost of jet fuel.
- Up to 10%: Insurance rates for ships have skyrocketed from 1% of the ship’s goods up to as much as 10%, according to shipping experts.
- 45 million: The number of people who could experience hunger, mostly in Asia and Africa, if Strait does not open soon, according to the UN World Food Program. The blocking of fuel and fertilizer shipments could soon push the price of food and other necessities out of reach for those already in a precarious situation, it said.
- 10: The number of mariners who have been killed since the Iran war began, according to the UN’s International Maritime Organization.
- 32: The number of ships that have come under attack, according to the International Maritime Organization.
- 1,550: The number of vessels, from 87 countries, currently stranded in the Persian Gulf, according to the US military.
- 22,500: The number of mariners stranded on these ships, including many from South and Southeast Asia.
- 15,000: The number of US soldiers, accompanied by 100 aircraft, committed to enforce Project Freedom, according to the US military. Trump’s initiative to guide ships through the strait was paused on Tuesday, just two days after he announced it.
- 2: The number of ships that the US said it successfully guided through the strait as part of Project Freedom.
As you can see the Strait is a super important cog in world trade….
Does that answer ant questions you may have had?
Then the US should do all they can to punish Iran, right?
It may not be as simple as that infantile approach…..why?
US spy agencies see Iran holding out significantly longer under President Trump’s naval chokehold than the White House is signaling, reports the Washington Post. A CIA analysis concludes Iran could withstand the blockade for about three to four months—and potentially more—before hitting a far steeper economic cliff, according to four Post sources familiar with the document. It also finds that Iran’s missile forces remain largely intact: Roughly three-quarters of its mobile launchers and about 70% of its prewar missile stockpiles are believed to have survived US and Israeli strikes.
Trump has described Iran’s missile stockpile as “mostly decimated,” and the White House has said Iran is being “strangled economically” by the US blockade. The CIA analysis, however, suggests greater Tehran resiliency for a number of reasons, including the use of overland routes for oil. It also suggests Iran retains thousands of attack drones that could continue to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. If all goes well, the assessment could be moot soon: Iran is expected to respond to a new US peace plan that could result in the end of the war.
So without a valid ceasefire things will get worse for the consumer….I said valid….not some vague promise that does nothing but keep the billionaires rolling in dough.
This quote explains everything you need to know about Donny and his promises….
“We are 9 weeks into a 4 week war that we won 8 weeks ago”
Enough said!
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Political Hacks Are Butt Hurt
I make no bones about it that I think that SCOTUS is nothing more than a group of political hacks that are doing partisan work and in the process destroying what is left of this nation.
Then and when you need confirmation of their partisan crap Chief Justice had to go and whine about our perception of the court.
Chief Justice John Roberts wants Americans to know he doesn’t see the Supreme Court the way some critics might. Speaking Wednesday at a legal conference in Hershey, Pa., Roberts said many people wrongly believe the justices are “political actors” choosing outcomes based on policy preferences rather than legal analysis, NBC News reports. “I think they view us as truly political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do,” he said. He was responding to a question about what the public most misunderstands regarding the high court, Politico reports.
Roberts, part of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority that has shifted federal law rightward on issues including abortion, guns, and voting rights, didn’t address any specific cases. But he stressed that the court is often obligated to hand down decisions that are disliked, saying rulings are “based on our best effort to figure out what the Constitution means and how it applies.” He acknowledged that the public is free to criticize the court’s work, while urging that critiques target decisions, not individual judges, warning personal attacks are “not appropriate” and can lead to “very serious problems,” especially amid heightened security concerns. He also did not mention President Trump, who himself has been among critics of the court at times, CNN reports.
Seriously?
This POS is saying this crap without laughing?
Our criticism can lead to ‘very serious problems’? Really thanx to the Roberts court we already ass deep in serious problems and they can thank themselves for all the problems…..Citizens United, abortion rulings, education rulings, allowing insider trading by politicians, gutted voting rights etc etc….
Roberts and his happy band of hacks have turned the court into a partisan political arm of government.
I have no sympathy for Roberts and his fragile feelings.
If he wants us to stop hating them then I propose he and his partisan dipsticks retire to Mar-A-Lago and let the country move forward for with them it will stand still and then start in reverse.
Any thoughts?
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“lego ergo scribo”
A Re-Post From Calico Jack
One of my blogging buddies writes some interesting stuff and this one is in-depth look and should be shared with the blogosphere.
Plus I love the “I Think’ logo….gotta have a t-shirt with that on it….
John Madden Explains Trump’s 2024 Victory (And What Democrats Need To Do About It)
I think the Dems are nowhere near saving this country from the chaos that Donny has created….but sadly we will just have to wait and see if they have a plan (I mean a real plan not some vague bullshit from their tiny minds).
I enjoy Jack’s writings hopefully you will find it as interesting as I do.
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Celebrate 250 Years
The Hill has put together a list of the events that will be celebrating our 250th birthday….I include them here on IST in case anyone wants to join in the celebration….
All this begins tomorrow….
May 7 – Alexander Hamilton Monument Rededication
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will host a rededication ceremony for the Alexander Hamilton Monument, which has undergone a restoration process.
The bronze statue was first dedicated in May 1923 and installed outside of the U.S. Treasury Building, right around the corner from the White House.
“Fittingly, the White House has been loaned a portrait of former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and the ‘sea letter’ signed by both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in honor of America’s 250th birthday,” an event bio on the organizing committee’s website said.
Sea letters were required national identification documents for ships in the 18th and 19th centuries. The 1794 document signed by Washington and Jefferson authorized the travel of a vessel involved in the slave trade from New York to Trinidad, according to the Library of Congress.
May 17 – Rededicate 250 (of course that fake christian had to inject his brand of bullshit into this celebration)
America’s 250th planning committee is hosting a prayer event on the National Mall, featuring a speech from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth is outspoken about his Christian faith, and he recently faced controversy after he drew a comparison between the media and a Bible passage.
“Join Americans from every state to give thanks for 250 years, pray for the future, and rededicate our nation as One Nation under God,” the committee said in an event flyer shared on social media.
Other speakers include former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson and President Trump-aligned Catholic Bishop Robert Barron. In addition to these speeches, the event will feature religious songs and storytelling.
(skip this one for it has nothing to do with the establishing of the usa)
May 24 – America 250 Family BBQ and Cookout
The Defense Department is encouraging all overseas installations to host cookout events at the end of May to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.
The department asked these military bases to invite U.S. expatriates and local communities to engage in the events on May 24.
(This one has all the earmarks of a political rally not something to celebrate the founding principles)
May 25 – Memorial Day National Observance
The planning committee is coordinating a “solemn, reverent and unified” day to commemorate the sacrifices of fallen U.S. soldiers on Memorial Day.
In addition to events taking place across the country on this day of remembrance, a national ceremony will be held at the Arlington National Cemetery’s Memorial Amphitheater at noon May 25.
This will celebrate the fallen not the founding)
there iks much more faux celebrations that will be opportunities to lambast opponents of Donny and his band of idiots.
June 3 – Fish Fry
The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will host its annual Fish Fry.
The event has been held for more than 40 years, typically in June, with hiatuses in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It usually attracts more than 1,000 people and is held at the department’s Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., according to a 2020 press release.
The Fish Fry is reserved for guests of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, congressional members and Commerce Department staff. This year’s event will feature Freedom 250 decorations and a “Made in the USA” theme, according to the planning committee’s website.
June 25 – The Great American State Fair
The National Mall will serve as the grounds for the “Great American State Fair” from June 25 to July 10.
Each day of the 16-day event will center around a different theme, like military and veterans’ appreciation and health and well-being. The fair will showcase culture from federal agencies and America’s 56 states and territories.
The planning committee advertised Wyoming dust roping, CHamoru dancing from Guam, and an Arizona desert experience.
Additionally, Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued a call for original art submissions from students across the country for a chance to win a trip to Washington and have their artwork featured at the event.
Students in grades 3-12 are encouraged to share art they created inspired by historical figures featured in the National Garden of American heroes. A winner will be selected from each state, and the deadline to submit artwork is May 1.
July 4 – Independence Day Celebrations
The Department of Interior will host Independence Day celebrations on the National Mall in the nation’s capital, as well as across the U.S. in places like Mount Rushmore, Gateway Arch National Park, Grand Coulee Dam, and Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
Additionally, the grand opening for former President Theodore Roosevelt’s library in Medora, N.D., is set on America’s 250th birthday. The event will feature a drone light performance on the evening of July 4.
The presidential center will pay homage to the 26th commander in chief’s “frontier spirit” and legacy as a conservationist. Tickets for the opening ceremony have sold out, but people interested in visiting the library are encouraged to plan their trips for later this summer.
The world’s largest peacetime armada, featuring tall ships and naval vessels from more than 30 nations, will also sail into New York Harbor on July 4. The event will include a parade, naval review, fireworks and festivals near the statue of Lady Liberty.
August 21 – IndyCar Street Race
The Department of Transportation is coordinating the first-ever street race in the nation’s capital later this summer with IndyCar.
The 1.7-mile course released by the motor racing organization last month loops around several historic sites on the mall in Washington, including the National Archives, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
Trump, an avid fan of motor racing, announced the race in an executive order earlier this year to “showcase the majesty of our great city as drivers navigate a track around our iconic national monuments in celebration of America’s 250th birthday.”
Fall 2026 – Patriot Games National Competition
The inaugural “Patriot Games” is scheduled to be held some time this fall. The four-day event will feature two high school athletes — one boy and one girl — from each U.S. state and territory.
Trump announced the “unprecedented four-day athletic event” last December.
Social media users and some Democrats have drawn unfavorable comparisons between the event and “The Hunger Games,” a fictional bloody competition from the eponymous dystopian book series.
Every one of these has nothing to do with the founding of this wonderful country and everything to do with the shoddy and tacky mind of a deranged psychopath, Donny.
Nothing about the events that brought this country to the forefront of the planet as the ‘beacon of freedom’.
Even the event on the 4th sounds more like a tacky Donny reality show than a celebration.
This is all so much bovine fecal matter.
Enough said!
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Why The 2nd?–Revisited
I was bored today…..so I thought I would toss a grenade and see where the damage would be…..
With all the shootings lately I expected to see some sort of revival of the 2nd Amendment debate…..so far I have been disappointed….I guess it is up to me to get the engines firing….
Many years ago while the nation was in the middle of one of our famous gun rights debates I wrote a post that was the highlights of a longer article I wrote explain why I felt the 2nd was put into the BoR.
As history buff I am always interested in the opinions on defining moments in our history….
I re-post my original for readers to get a feel of my thinking…..
I recently came across another article that looked deeper into the 2nd than the mindless twaddle that people try to use in the debate these days….
One mass shooting after another, one accidental child death after another tears through this country on an almost daily basis. Once again, lawmakers hide behind “thoughts and prayers,” while clinging to an amendment that has been twisted beyond recognition. But to understand why the Second Amendment exists at all, we must strip away the myths and confront a brutal truth: it was not written to safeguard freedom, but to preserve slavery.
The militias it enshrined were never about defending homes from tyrants abroad but about keeping human beings in chains at home. Until America reckons with this history, we will remain shackled to its bloody legacy.
So, let’s clear a few things up.
The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says “state” instead of “country” (the framers knew the difference—see the 10th Amendment), was to preserve the slave-patrol militias in the Southern states, an action necessary to get Virginia’s vote to ratify the Constitution.
It had nothing to do with making sure mass murderers could shoot up public venues and schools. Founders, including Patrick Henry, George Mason, and James Madison, were totally clear on that, and we all should be too.
In the beginning, there were the militias. In the South, they were called “slave patrols” and were regulated by the states.
In Georgia, for example, a generation before the American Revolution, laws were passed in 1755 and 1757 that required all plantation owners or their male white employees to be members of the Georgia Militia, and for those armed militia members to make monthly inspections of the quarters of all slaves in the state. The law defined which counties had which armed militias and required armed militia members to keep a keen eye out for slaves who may be planning uprisings.
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-second-amendment-was-created-to-put-down-slave-revolts/
Please let your thoughts be known.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”