Category: Observations

There Sits Cuba

There has not been much talk lately about the US doing its ‘thang” to Cuba….and now there is a memo….

The Pentagon may be quietly gearing up for a Cuba contingency—even as officials insist no decisions have been made. CBS News obtained an internal Army Reserve memo asking commanders to identify logistics, medical, engineering, and military police units that could be made available to the US Southern Command within 90 to 120 days. The document doesn’t name Cuba, but multiple US officials say the planning is aimed at the island. No deployment orders have been issued, and Southern Command declined to discuss potential movements, citing “operational security concerns.”

The planning follows months of tougher economic pressure on Havana and sharper rhetoric from President Trump, who Forbes notes called the island “an absolutely failed state” in his UN address this week, prompting a walkout of the Cuban delegation. Trump has predicted Cuba’s communist government “will fall” and in March said he expects to have “the honor of taking Cuba … in some form.” US officials have already examined options that included an Army-led air assault by the 101st Airborne Division and conducted reconnaissance around the island, though those plans stalled. The Cuba focus comes as the Trump administration pursues a more assertive “Donroe Doctrine” in the region, authorizing lethal strikes on suspected criminal targets at sea and expanding joint operations with partners like Ecuador.

We all knew that Donny had not forgotten Cuba….after all Cubans in American will pay dearly for an all out attack on the Island.

All we can do is wait to see what the idiot in charge will do next.\

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BiBi At The UN

I have covered Donny’s speech to the General Assembly as well as Iran’s retort to Donny’s chest thumping…..now let’s look at BiBi (the arrogant bitch)….

Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran and was not heard by scores of delegates who trooped out before he started speaking. Netanyahu, his voice rising in emphasis, said attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make” and denounced as “moral cowards” a mass of delegates who walked out of the UN General Assembly when he took the podium to speak, the AP reports.

(If it is such a lie why then are the IDF thugs still killing Palestinians daily?)

(Moral cowards?  This from a person that is condoning the killing of helpless civilians daily….and he calls others ‘moral cowards’….that is rich)

  • “In defending itself, Israel is also defending many of the countries whose delegates just left this hall,” Netanyahu said. “In fact, I want you to know that many of their leaders even thank us privately for taking out Iran’s nukes.”

(Defending?  A modern army killing people that are homeless and close to starving….yeah that is something to be proud of….you douche)

His remarks—which at times sounded like a stump speech as Israel gears up for elections—came after a week filled with speeches by world leaders accusing Israel of genocide and war crimes in Gaza. Netanyahu, who is prone to using visual aids during his General Assembly speeches, at one point held up a pager while reminding the audience of Sept. 17, 2024, when Israel remotely detonated thousands of pagers that had been distributed to the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. The pager attack wounded more than 3,000 people and killed 12, including two children.

  • Palestinians had called for a mass walkout. The Palestinian Mission to the UN said in a message to many of the 193 UN member nations to bring as many staff as possible to the assembly hall and “collectively walk out of the assembly” once the Israeli prime minister is announced.
  • “This will send a clear message to Netanyahu and his government that no one is willing to aid, abet, or be complicit in its genocide and war crimes and illegal occupation, which all peace-loving states and peoples demand must come to an end,” the message said. Israel rejects allegations that it committed genocide and war crimes and is illegally occupying Palestinian territory.
  • Israel has grown increasingly isolated throughout the war in Gaza. The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing around 1,200 people and kidnapping 251. At least 73,922 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s subsequent offensive, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also addressed the UN General Assembly earlier Thursday, delivering prerecorded remarks from his office in Ramallah after the United States denied him and other top Palestinian officials visas to attend the gathering for the second year in a row. The 90-year-old leader’s popularity at home and relevance abroad have both waned. But in his remarks, Abbas made clear he did not intend to quietly accept being sidelined.

  • “We will not leave our homeland. We will not accept displacement. And we will not allow anyone to decide our future on our behalf,” Abbas said. Though world leaders have repeatedly invoked the plight of Palestinians in speeches throughout the week, Abbas urged the international community to take more tangible action against Israel.
  • “How long will some countries continue to remain silent about Israel, or continue supplying it with weapons that it uses against our people? The world has witnessed the enormous cost in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,” Abbas said. “What, then, is the international community waiting for before it acts to protect the Palestinian people?”

There you have it….BiBi is a bigger liar than Donny….He is trying to focus on his re-election to divert from the reality in Gaza and the West Bank….and BULLY for those nations that walked out on the mass murderer….

Believe it or not there are still those that believe his crap and his lies….makes me think that they are really incapable of any sort of rational thought.

Discuss….

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2026–Here We Go Again

The mid terms are about a month away and the former Dem candidate is inserting herself into the races where she can….

As Kamala Harris considers whether to run for president again, she’s throwing herself into the midterms by campaigning with fellow Democrats, starting with a Tuesday trip to Michigan on behalf of Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. It’s an especially notable destination for the former vice president. Michigan was one of seven battlegrounds she lost to Donald Trump two years ago, and it’s now one of six states that will start Democrats’ next presidential nominating process. Harris has rallies scheduled in Nevada and Georgia, the AP reports; her campaigning could serve to solidify or undermine her status as a potential Democratic front-runner.

Although Harris is one of the nation’s best-known politicians and a barrier-breaking figure, there are others eager to turn the page after she failed to defeat Trump when she replaced Joe Biden on the top of the ticket. “I think she’s run her course,” said Barry Goodman, a Democratic National Committee member from Michigan who raised money for Biden and then Harris. “I just don’t think her running again would be the right thing for America moving forward.” Some Democratic candidates, especially in places Trump won handily, have curtly dismissed any possibility of campaigning with Harris. “No thanks,” Iowa gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand told Politico. “Let’s move on. We need some new leadership.”

But plenty of Democrats said she has earned the space to consider her options without being rushed or pilloried. Underscoring her unique position, California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently told CNN that he would not seek the nomination if Harris does. “Kamala isn’t under any deadline to run for anything,” said Donna Brazile, a former Democratic National Committee chair who managed Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 2000. She called it a “waste of time” to relitigate Harris’s truncated 2024 campaign and said any White House hopefuls “should follow Kamala’s lead and get out there” by trying to help midterm candidates.

She wants new leadership?

She is the same as all other centrist Dems….playing the game for cash.

Make no mistake unless something hits the fan she will run in 2028….and apparently some are looking at Newsome for the second spot….but will that be in our best interests?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he might not run for president after all – depending on who’s in the race with him.

In a new 40-minute interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, the pair spoke about a range of topics, including his potential presidential bid, while fly-fishing in Montana. Tapper asked what would happen if former Vice President Kamala Harris were to enter the race as well.

“I wouldn’t do that to her,” Newsom said. “I wouldn’t do that to you. I wouldn’t waste everyone’s time. Who needs that?”

It was a shocking declaration, because Newsom has long been considered a front-runner in the 2028 presidential election. He clearly seems to aspire to higher office.

Even the interview itself – the appeal to the everyman through Newsom’s choice of dress and activity, as well as the affectation of his speech as he answers Tapper’s questions – gives off the vibe of someone who is going to run. But perhaps it’s a sign that he has different aspirations – still a desire to be in the Oval Office, albeit in a different role.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/09/16/newsom-harris-president-2028-california-democrats/91774550007/

I cannot state loud enough what a horrible idea this will be….these to running in 2028.

Why?

They talk a mean progressive game but at the first chance they will run for the center and be no better than countless others that have come before them.

I agree that this country needs new leadership….but these two are NOT it.

Thoughts?

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“lego ergo scribo”

NOLA Flips Off DOJ

New Orleans is the latest city to tell the DOJ and their grant to piss off….a virtual finger to Donny and his Gestapo….

After taking a “serious look” at applying for federal funding under the Trump administration’s Model Cities Initiative, the city leaders of cash-strapped New Orleans announced on Aug. 31 that they will not apply for the controversial grant program.

The $300 million grant program for cities and local governments of more than 100,000 people offers to pay for high-tech policing and public safety infrastructure in exchange for local officials complying with federal mass deportation efforts, among other priorities. Critics say the initiative is the tip of the spear for deploying mass surveillance tech and indulging the authoritarian impulses of President Donald Trump, who has filled the streets of multiple cities with violent federal immigration agents and, in several cases, armed federal troops.

New Orleans is a majority-Black city steeped in civil rights history, and activists have been ringing alarm bells for weeks as Mayor Helena Moreno and other city leaders mulled over whether to apply for the grant amid pressure from the state’s GOP-controlled government to address an ongoing budget crisis.

“The Model Cities Initiative is a Justice Department grant program that comes with serious strings attached, including the sharing of immigration information between state, federal and local agencies,” Romero told Truthout in an email. “This means surveillance for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to separate families and terrorize our communities.”

According to the Justice Department, one of the policy “blueprints” for the Model Cities Initiative is President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Memphis, Tennessee — another Democratic-led, majority-Black city in a GOP-controlled state. Launched about a year ago and involving 13 federal agencies as well as state and local law enforcement, the surge of what the White House calls “hypervigilant policing” in Memphis is still in effect. Residents and civil rights groups describe the surge as a racist and militarized federal “assault” and “occupation” and a new form of colonialism.

New Orleans Rejects Trump’s ‘Model City’

I am proud of NOLA for I know the grant money would have helped in so many areas….but like they said….too damn many strings attached.

I knew I like NOLA….bully for them.

There is not a city in my state that would be so bold….how about where you live?

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I Guess I’m Going To Hell

Bold statement I know but according to Donny that is what will eventually happen to me.

He made this statement at that lame convention while forcing a pledge from by-standers….

US President Donald Trump has threatened Americans who do not vote Republican will “go to hell”.

He started by calling himself “the greatest President in the history of the United States”, urging supporters at the convention to pledge allegiance to him.

“Please right your right hand,” he started. “I pledge to the greatest President in the history of the United States that loves us so much he can’t even breathe that I will go out with my family and friends, I’ll do it in any way, I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try and cheat like hell like they [referring to the Democrats] do.

“I don’t want to waste the words ‘vote Republican’… If you’re going to vote, you’ll vote Republican.

“You know what happens if you don’t vote, you go to Hell, you know that, you go to Hell and I don’t want that to happen to you so please go and vote.”

(indy100.com)

There you have it….I am going to Hell….when the time comes do not send flowers….send ice water.

Actually I had rather shot myself in the nuts than vote for a republican….in 58 years I have never voted for a republican and never will.

Plus he basically ordered his minions to commit voter fraud….did I misread what he said?

Now what about the demand that supporters pledge to him and his greatness….is any of this really legal?

All this is in public record surely someone can use this in a legal battle….or am I just naive?

Gotta go…see you in Hell….

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To Create Another Donny

Let’s say Donny actually leaves the White House and at his age there maybe another such tool lurking but will the Dems, the status quo Dems, help create the next horrific Donny?

Now there is a good question….and it needs asking and more important it needs an answer.

This is an interesting look by David Sirota….

When I look back on all of my work over the last 30 years, one of the projects I’m most proud of is Meltdown, an audio series I did in 2021 with acclaimed director Alex Gibney that reveals the untold story of how Obama-era Democrats turning promises of economic hope and change into more of the same created the backlash conditions for the rise of Donald Trump.

It is a miracle Meltdown ever got made, because calling its tale “untold” is an understatement. The story of Obama’s 2008 victory concluding with Trump’s 2016 win involves a sequence of economic facts and events that have been suppressed, shadowbanned, memory-holed, and censored from America’s political conversation. This is particularly true in media outlets that serve liberals, who seek comfort in the idea that Trump is an anomaly rather than a symptom of something their own political party participated in creating.

Every now and again, there are attempts to warn about this perpetual doom loop. Gibney and I did so ourselves after Meltdown debuted in the pages of Rolling Stone, where we cautioned against Democrats coming into office promising big New Deal-style economic changes, then mostly delivering only for their big donors. We warned that such a bait-and-switch would result in the inevitable backlash from disillusioned voters who would ignore syrupy odes to restoring democratic “norms” and decide once again to vote for a Joker-style candidate like Trump promising to blow up the entire system.

The piece went viral, but the message went largely unheard amid Democratic politicians and pundits insinuating that voters were insufficiently grateful for Joe Biden’s allegedly wonderful economy.

Fast forward five years and we are on the verge of the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries. For the most part, Democrats and their media outlets are still soothing themselves with the fraudulent story of Trump as an anomaly rather than a symptom and still promoting the politics of restoration rather than transformation. Indeed, the over-the-top celebration of Barack Obama’s new $800 million monument to himself was an example of this desperate pining for a return to a pre-Trump normal — even though that “normal” was what created Trump in the first place, and even though restoring such a “normal” could create the conditions for an even worse Trump in the future.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-status-quo-democrats-could-create-another-trump/

Interesting if not a bit terrifying….but do you think Sirota is on to something?

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“Let The Chips Fall”

The Dems in Congress, a group that I have no confidence in, are already preparing if they take the House back….and the Minority leader, Jeffries, has made his desire known….and that desire is impeachment process.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is refusing to rule out a third impeachment of President Donald Trump if Democrats retake control of the House in the November midterm elections.

Asked whether Democrats would pursue impeachment if they win the majority, Jeffries said they have “not ruled anything in, and we haven’t ruled anything out,” regarding impeachment.

Jeffries said House Democrats would be guided by the facts, the law, and the Constitution, with Judiciary Committee Democrats led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Oversight Committee Democrats led by Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., taking leading roles in potential investigations.

“We’ve got to follow the facts, apply the law, be guided by the United States Constitution, and then let the chips fall where they may,” Jeffries said.

The comments leave open the possibility that Democrats could pursue impeachment after taking control of the House, even as party leaders have sought to emphasize investigations and congressional oversight as their initial priorities.

Jeffries’ position also revives the prospect of another impeachment fight involving Trump after Democrats twice impeached him during his first presidency.

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Democrats have nevertheless been preparing for an aggressive oversight agenda should they win the House, with investigations potentially involving Trump’s administration, immigration policies, business interests and other areas.

Within the party, there are differing views about whether impeachment should be pursued.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/hakeem-jeffries-third-donald-trump/2026/09/14/id/1269408/

All this is a waste of valuable time….yes they impeached Donny three times, I believe, and yet he still remained…..what did they actually accomplish with those extensive investigations?

Does anyone think there will be cooperation from DOJ or the AG office?  And damn sure that the GOP will be a major pain in the ass.

Will this time be any different?

I think not.

The country is struggling under the boot heal of Donny and instead of tackling more important issues the Dems will resort to what they did before….and that effort accomplished nothing with the exception of maybe some footnote in a history book somewhere.

How will this address high prices, lack of benefits, attacks on healthcare, and the Gestapo-esques tactics of ICE….just to mention a few of the problems facing this country.

So will this the best use of valuable and possibly limited time for Congress to go off half-cocked?

Am I looking at this wrongly?

Please input will be appreciated.

I Read, I Write, You Know

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There Is Simple Solution For Dems

The clock is ticking on the midterms.

At almost every turn in the primaries the status quo Dems are losing to progressives (DSA if you really want to go there) and while fighting among themselves the Dems have overlooked the simple solution for their problem.

The GOP is running scared because of the DSA and the Dems are totally shocked that their brand of corruption and gutless governance has turned the voter off….

This is a really good observation about the Dems problem….

With the primaries winding down and several Democratic Socialists and other progressives having defeated more moderate Democrats, there has been a lot of hand-wringing on the center left about whether these “insurgents” are so radical that they will impede a blue wave in the midterms.

Since Republicans have few accomplishments of their own to run on and lack a platform that appeals to anybody other than their MAGA base, the right-wing propaganda machine has been working overtime to push the narrative that the Democrats have been taken over by communist lunatics.

To back up those talking points, they highlight some of the most radical ideas that can be found on the platform of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — such as abolishing the Senate, the presidency, and the Supreme Court — and the fact that real socialism has failed where it has been attempted.

To be fair, that last part is certainly true, and some items on the DSA’s agenda are way out there; but are they any crazier than, “Let’s give all the money to billionaires and hope some of it trickles down to regular Americans,” or “Our top priority must be the construction of a grand ballroom”?

Still, it begs the question of whether the Democrats have a socialism problem.

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However, as the primaries have shown, there are also a lot of disenchanted Americans on the left who don’t feel that corporate Democrats are serving their interests or are even fighting for them.

Therefore, we would argue that the party doesn’t have a “socialism” problem, it has a policy problem.

The Solution to the Democrats’ DSA Problem Is Very Simple

There you have what is happening in a nutshell and it goes further than anything the MSM has offered up in recent months.

Me?  I love it and I will vote progressive every time….I just do not like the idea of calling them Democrats. ….for they are so much more than that tag.

The nation is beginning to wake up….and now when the elections in November roll around there should be all kinds of false BS spread and hopefully the voter will see through the crap and vote for what is best for the people and the nation.

Enough said?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Did The ‘Trumpapalooza’ Turn Violent?

Mercifully the clown show that they billed as a Mid-term Convention turn ugly?

Well according to reports it did just that.

The Republicans’ midterm convention in Dallas took a violent turn on Thursday as members of the crowd could be heard clearly calling for several prominent Democrats to be shot.

Senator Ted Cruz was delivering a speech during which he talked about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Senate nominees Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan and James Talarico of Texas. As he did so, shouts of “he should be shot,” could be heard coming from the crowd.

Cruz did not appear to react to the calls for violence. “When Mamdani says he wants to seize the means of production,” Cruz began saying.

“He should be shot,” a member of the crowd can be heard shouting as the senator paused his sentence. “He means it, Cruz finished.

“When Abdul El-Sayed says he has an obligation to comply with Sharia Law,” he continued. Cruz paused again, this time more members of the crowd appeared to join in as they shouted, “He should be shot.”

“He means it,” Cruz continued. “And when James Talarico says he wants to dismantle capitalism,” the senator went on.

He was once more interrupted by shouts of, “He should be shot.” “He means it,” Cruz said again. The incident came shortly after Cruz had claimed that hate contributed to the assassination attempts on Donald Trump and the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk last year.

It’s unclear whether Cruz heard the shouts, though they were clearly captured in footage of the speech. Reacting to the incident, El-Sayed said that anyone who heard the calls for violence should condemn them.

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/ted-cruz-speech-rnc-mamdani-2020027

Did you hear about this in the MSM…..I did not.

When was the last time you heard people that supports Dems yell shit like this?

The best answer is….you haven’t….even if some think that MAGA supporters should be shot and killed there is some restraint among the ranks.

But apparently Repubs hate so much that they ignore this type of crap from their pseudo-human followers.

Now I was thinking….was this incident a warning of things to come in November or in  January2027?

Will these harsh words turn into actions?

Whatcha think?

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Political Corruption

Most of us agree that Washington is teeming with corruption that most of our elected officials are on the take in one form or another….if we know this is the case why is it never a political issue at election time?

This corruption has been going on for many years….we cannot lay the cause at the feet of Donny although it seems to be more out in the open since he has got his filthy hands on the reins of government.

Almost every week, there seems to be another story about the pay-to-play ethos that is dominant in Donald Trump’s Washington, DC. On July 30, the Wall Street Journal added a new one to the list.

The Journal described the president’s fervent interest in fundraising and how he checks almost nightly with his top fundraiser, Meredith O’Rourke, to find out “which companies and donors have cut checks and which haven’t, and for how much.” The story highlighted the way she channels his interest into making her pitch.

“’This is very important to the president. He’s asked me to call you and ask you for this donation…. The boss wants this money.’”

Nothing subtle there.

Then there is the way the administration has used tariffs as a lever to extract money and other things from businesses seeking relief or exemption from the tariff. For example, on July 31, MS Now reported that the Antwerp World Diamond Center in Belgium had presented the president with a large ring, which he dubbed the Freedom 250 ring, and that they subsequently received favorable treatment in Trump’s tariff regime.

That was no ordinary ring. It is made of eighteen-karat gold and is the size of a wristwatch. It has a hand-carved presidential seal on top, encrusted with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 18 emeralds, and 6 rubies. And it has an engraved inscription to Donald John Trump. A few weeks after the gift was made, the report continues, “Europe’s diamond industry was exempted from Trump’s latest round of tariffs.”

The New York Times is right to caution that “There is no evidence that the gift of the ring directly affected the president’s thinking on the tariff exclusion for the diamond industry. But the new list of exemptions has renewed questions about which industries should be exempt from tariffs, and why.”

https://thefulcrum.us/elections/political-corruption-as-a-voting-issue-in-america

As blatant as his corruption is why do not the Dems use it against him?

There is a simple explanation….they are just as guilty and do not want an unflattering light shown on the them.

That is why we seldom hear about corruption in any election cycle.

Now is the time for this to be front and center for 2028.

But will it?

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“lego ergo scribo”