Above: A view from Westport, WA USA
What’s Going on With Shipping?
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Seems like immigrant farm labor has been in place for decades. Can it be managed better than this?
Chasing down the workers, creating tariffs and disrupting oil prices will not be looking good for US grocery bills.
In The News
‘Get them all’: Why are WA farmers blindsided by an ICE crackdown?
By Danny Westneat – Seattle Times columnist
April 11, 2026
Many comments are posted with the article. People have different attitudes about what is going on here.
The WWII generation set up a modern society that seemed to be working pretty well during the last century. Still room for improvement, but mostly, things seemed to be up and running. The post-911 era has not gone well.
Failed Drug War
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More cartel drug overdose deaths now, or before REAL ID?
Any questions from newspeople?
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Think back to a time before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US. More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
We’re not impressed.
Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Old Man Blog category:
Thoughts on changes in American culture relating to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s.
Original Old Man Blog here: https://oldmanblogdotcom.wordpress.com
New updates here: https://oakbaystarfish.com/category/old-man-blog/
Possibly of interest:
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
In The News
Looks like the big federal War on Drugs over the past year (Blowing up boats in foreign waters, big DHS budgets, taking out the leader of Venezuela, violent ICE operations, sealed borders, and designating cartels as terrorist organizations) has not delivered results in the Puget Sound area. Zero questions from newspeople on how all this fits together.
The ongoing breakdown of society rolls on. A quick glance at the KOMO home page tells the story.
“This is a drug-fueled camp. They live near the dealers – they live near the action, that’s why this camp exists in this area.”
Source:
Seattle faces tough decisions on sweeping homeless encampments
by Jeremy Harris – KOMO News
April 9, 2026
KOMO News
Several comments are posted with the video above.
choeshow
We get big, ass kicking statements about sealing the border and treating cartels as terrorist organizations while cartel product still shows up in all 50 states.
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
Mar 20, 2025:
Here in the greater Puget Sound area, the drug situation seems to look no different now than it was under Biden.
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Related:
Sealed Border Fails To Keep Drugs Out Of WA
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
Above:
Grass clippings for mulch back in 2019.
The baby deer will be here in the coming weeks. New bamboo shoots are here now.
Created a new Fargesia bamboo category to show some of how it’s been going over the years.
Years ago – Skagit Valley
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Four-star officers and high level DOD civilians built careers made of undeclared/unwon wars. Now they must mastermind ways to recruit a new generation.
US Army – Age Limit Up To 42
How many elected officials have kids and grandkids age 17-42?
Isiah Factor: Uncensored
From comments:
“A 42 year old being ordered around by a 22 year old isn’t going to go well. I see nothing but headaches with this.”
“I served Marine Corps and husband retired Army.
Thankful our adult children decided not serve or serve in military or civil service.
We remember the Iraq wars and Afghanistan. 🫤”
Sentinel
What’s Going on With Shipping?
From 2004
“Today, however, the Congress has relinquished its delegated powers, giving the President license to do whatever he and his office determine that they can get away with. Consequentially, the presidential and legislative oaths to the Constitution have just turned into a great photo op on inauguration day.”
“It is a sad and hard realization for a grunt who loves the Marine Corps to admit that the organization is not used in the preservation of liberty, and has not been used toward that end for a very long time.”
Source:
By Casey Khan
February 14, 2004
Armed Forces Recruiting – 1980s
Part of what made it work:
In past decades, people could do time in uniform, then return to the US with a feeling that they were living in the best country on the planet.
They believed it and their parents and grandparents believed it.
Those who did may have wished to hand down a better version of the modern American society to their kids and grandkids.
Today-
Standards have deteriorated. The troops return to an ongoing breakdown of society.
Both major parties have taken turns in power over the past 40 years or so. For sure, there is a chunk of public policy that has become worse, not better.
Emergency/crisis/chaos mode is what we get now.
Feeling The Energy – USA 250
Back home:
Possibly of interest:
Blame It On Gen Z – Armed Forces Recruiting
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks – Airport Security
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
A new season at Perkins Pond
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
This appears to be the case no matter what political party or personality is elected to office.
“I support our president, I support our troops. But I hope we’ve learned from Vietnam and Iraq and Afghanistan,” said GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew, adding “I pray to God” the US isn’t drawn into a protracted war. “We can’t get involved in every country in the world. We just can’t.”
Liberty Vault
More Discussion Please
Both major parties tell us The Troops are in distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms.
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
Sorry, no newspeople available to ask:
Mr President,
Going back to the 1990 Operation Desert Shield,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Both major parties are OK with federal prohibition of alcohol and tobacco for adults age 18-20.
No such thing the day I graduated from high school.
That was before decades of military operations for your freedoms.
Both major parties are also good with big spending for DHS.
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US. More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
Please let us know when Seattle area drug addicts have any problem finding their cartel product of choice.
choeshow
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More cartel drug overdose deaths now, or before REAL ID?
Any questions from newspeople?
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Possibly of interest:
Blame It On Gen Z – Armed Forces Recruiting
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks – Airport Security
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
Above: Approved Flag Images
Valhalla VFT
Face the Nation
Possibly of interest:
Blame It On Gen Z – Armed Forces Recruiting
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks – Airport Security
The big federal drug war show of force over the past six months fails to keep drugs from arriving in the Puget Sound area.
Sealed borders, the Vietnam-Style Drug Boat Body Count, massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.) fail to keep 97.26 pounds of meth and about 5 pounds of heroin from showing up in Pierce County.
In The News
Nearly 100 pounds of meth seized in Lakewood raid; heroin and cash also found
KOMO News
Mar 25, 2026
Love to see newspeople out asking questions.
What we get now is sort of a press release style of news reporting where a statement is prepared by whatever agency was involved in the latest policy update, drug bust/federal grant money award, etc.
Newspeople post this statement as is. A 5th grade book report would require more in the way of asking questions.
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
We were told the border is sealed. How are drugs still coming in?
Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure:
Did the Vietnam-Style Drug Boat Body Count play any role in keeping these drugs out?
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US. More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
Has the removal of any cartel boss ever created any shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US?
If Kristi Noem has sealed US borders why would suspected drug trafficking boats be a problem?
Since the Vietnam-Style Drug Boat Body Count has kept cartel drugs out, are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice?
Has any US community announced that first responders are finding less need for Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or any similar product used in overdose response situations?
Is there any possibility that any DEA office or DEA budget will be downsized due to the success of all US Dept. of Homeland Security/Dept. of War efforts in recent months?
Has any community anywhere in the US downsized or shut down any local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team due to the success of Dept. of War strikes on narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?
Any questions from newspeople?
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More cartel drug overdose deaths now, or before REAL ID?
Any questions from newspeople?
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Related:
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
Newspeople Not Asking Questions
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
Grays Harbor Fentanyl & Meth Not Stopped By Kristi Noem
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
Above: Approved Flag Images
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
This appears to be the case no matter what political party or personality is elected to office.
In The News
Army raises enlistment age to 42, eases marijuana restrictions
Patty Nieberg – Task & Purpose
Mar 24, 2026
From comments:
“The desperation of the pedophile regime is obvious. They will sacrifice as many as they can to defend the indefensible.”
“Boy Baron better be enlisting also!!”
Valhalla VFT
Pentagon Signals Military DRAFT Is Coming
Sentinel
Secular Talk
Occupy Democrats
The Young Turks
Government Shutdowns Won’t Stop Airport Security If Airport Security Isn’t Run by the Government
Jack Nicastro – Reason
Mar 18, 2026
NBC10 Philadelphia
TODAY
Possibly of interest:
Blame It On Gen Z – Armed Forces Recruiting
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks – Airport Security
DDGeopolitics
Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
US Armed Forces Recruiting
The Recruiting Surge Was Engineered. Can It Last in a War with Iran?
By Douglas Lindsay – Military.com
Mar 24, 2026
Possibly of interest:
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks – Airport Security
Blame It On Gen Z – Armed Forces Recruiting
Photo-
Something from the last century
Post-Vietnam guilt
The guilt doesn’t seem to work towards staying out of undeclared/unwon wars.
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Political parties and personalities are not as interesting as what stays the same no matter who is elected to office.
Liberty Vault
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Both major parties are good with it.
From 2004
“Today, however, the Congress has relinquished its delegated powers, giving the President license to do whatever he and his office determine that they can get away with. Consequentially, the presidential and legislative oaths to the Constitution have just turned into a great photo op on inauguration day.”
“It is a sad and hard realization for a grunt who loves the Marine Corps to admit that the organization is not used in the preservation of liberty, and has not been used toward that end for a very long time.”
Source:
By Casey Khan
February 14, 2004
The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in this area:
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
Related:
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks – Airport Security
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Valhalla VFT
What’s Going on With Shipping?
David Pakman Show
Related:
Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.
Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.
Decades Past 911 – A Fake War On Terror
In recent years, the press tends to support government agencies, departments and policies rather than question them.
Year after year, more of the same. Similar cheerful videos, TV newspeople interviewing each other.
No voices of dissent. No passengers with questions about security theater will ever make it on air.
KHOU 11
Atlanta News First
TODAY
NBC4 Washington
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
What keeps the terrorists with no ID of any kind from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport security screening line?
Guaranteed: No TV newsperson anywhere will ever ask this question. Americans do not live in a free and honest society.
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More cartel drug overdose deaths now, or before REAL ID?
Any questions from newspeople?
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Government Shutdowns Won’t Stop Airport Security If Airport Security Isn’t Run by the Government
Jack Nicastro – Reason
Mar 18, 2026
Related:
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
Newspeople Not Asking Questions
Above: Recent stock market performance from The Financial Times.
Library News
Timberland Regional Library to lay off 61 ‘frontline’ employees
By Jerry Knaak and Andrea Watts The Daily World
Mar 17, 2026
“3 branches, 2 in Grays Harbor County, to transition to staffless operations”
The Hill
Please let us know when Seattle area drug addicts have any problem finding their cartel product of choice.
The Young Turks
The Jimmy Dore Show
Breaking Points
Valhalla VFT
Armed Forces Recruiting – 1980s
Part of what made it work:
In past decades, people could do time in uniform, then return to the US with a feeling that they were living in the best country on the planet.
They believed it and their parents and grandparents believed it.
Those who did may have wished to hand down a better version of the modern American society to their kids and grandkids.
Today-
Standards have deteriorated. The troops return to an ongoing breakdown of society.
Both major parties have taken turns in power over the past 40 years or so. For sure, there is a chunk of public policy that has become worse, not better.
Emergency/crisis/chaos mode is what we get now.
More here:
Blame It On Gen Z – Armed Forces Recruiting
Above:
Symbol of the American mainstream press over the past 30 years.
Welcome Visitors
Rent yourself a State Parks buoy at Fort Worden
Voted best consumer value in weekend recreation.
The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.
Instead of waiting for school teachers to teach about individual rights and limited government authority, waiting on the press to ask questions, or courts to handle cases, these guys go out and update us with a quick reality check.
These guys were also never waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of any other bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.
Maybe they are tired of being lied to.
I.A.M. Free – Inland Auditing Media
Public Records Request
It is very common that public offices in various states will say something like: Go to our website to submit your public records request online.
They would prefer the person with the camera leave the office as soon as possible.
It is common in various states that open records laws allow the public records request to be submitted in person orally or in writing and that the public records request may be made anonymously.
Public records laws set up an open door policy for people to go and interact in person with government offices and agencies during normal business hours at public offices.
Tyrant Terminator Audits!!! is a favorite channel where he has explained all this over and again in public offices.
Away From WA
Press NH Now
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
KULT NEWS
More here:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Post-Vietnam guilt
The guilt doesn’t seem to work towards staying out of undeclared/unwon wars.
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Sentinel
KPTV FOX 12
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More cartel drug overdose deaths now, or before REAL ID?
Any questions from newspeople?
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Related:
Above: Port Hadlock Transit Center
What Others Are Saying
The Jimmy Dore Show
Valhalla VFT
Related:
Glenn Diesen Clips
FOX 10 Phoenix
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Sealed borders, the Vietnam-Style Drug Boat Body Count, massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.) fail to keep fentanyl, meth and cocaine from arriving in Sequim.
Newspeople play along by not asking questions. A press release is what you get:
Three Arrested in OPNET Drug Bust at Sequim Casino
by Radio Pacific, Inc
Mar 13, 2026
Press release again:
A casino hotel tip led detectives to fentanyl and loaded magazines in Sequim
KOMO News
Mar 15, 2026
Port Angeles
Unlike many cities of its size, Port Angeles maintains a significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence.
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Port Angeles Homeland Security funding and performance?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
New Port Angeles USBP Station opened more than a decade ago. Has the new station been able to prevent cartel drugs from entering the Olympic Peninsula?
Newspeople remain silent.
After a Port Angeles CBP buildup that took place more than a decade ago, is there any follow up made by the press to inform the public on whatever results have been achieved?
If you run a government operation-these are the reporters you want to see on interview day:
Over in Island County
Has the Island County Homeland Security-funded patrol boat been involved in any arrest or seizure related in any way to the US/Canada border?
Newspeople remain silent.
Whidbey Homeland Security Grant Money- Newspeople Remain Silent
Love to see newspeople out asking questions.
What we get now is sort of a press release style of news reporting where a statement is prepared by whatever agency was involved in the latest policy update, drug bust/federal grant money award, etc.
Newspeople post this statement as is. A 5th grade book report would require more in the way of asking questions.
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
We were told the border is sealed. How are drugs still coming in?
Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure:
Did the Vietnam-Style Drug Boat Body Count play any role in keeping these drugs out?
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US. More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
Has the removal of any cartel boss ever created any shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US?
If Kristi Noem has sealed US borders why would suspected drug trafficking boats be a problem?
Since the Vietnam-Style Drug Boat Body Count has kept cartel drugs out, are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice?
Has any US community announced that first responders are finding less need for Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or any similar product used in overdose response situations?
Is there any possibility that any DEA office or DEA budget will be downsized due to the success of all US Dept. of Homeland Security/Dept. of War efforts in recent months?
Has any community anywhere in the US downsized or shut down any local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team due to the success of Dept. of War strikes on narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?
Any questions from newspeople?
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More cartel drug overdose deaths now, or before REAL ID?
Any questions from newspeople?
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Related:
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
Newspeople Not Asking Questions
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
Grays Harbor Fentanyl & Meth Not Stopped By Kristi Noem
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
Sentinel
Photo-
Something from the last century
Post-Vietnam guilt
The guilt doesn’t seem to work towards staying out of undeclared/unwon wars.
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
Related:
Washington Coast – The North Beach
When the time is right, the top of Mount Rainier is visible from this cam:
Westport – coastal weather cam here.
We saw many Velella velella on our beach walk.
Trip Report
We were down there about an hour ago. We found public parking to be open. We found public beach access to be open. We found the confusing sign above.
There is government property/public access for people on foot out there?
The area was once a state park? Once DNR land? Who owns the public beach access?
The sign above makes it seem as if you are not to pass it.
It seems that it refers to land to the right of it. Tribal land is to the left. DNR sign is now gone.
We walked straight ahead to the inland side of the old jetty and no further. We found several people enjoying the afternoon there.
In The News
News briefs Published Mar 17, 2026 By The Daily World
“Damon Point in Ocean Shores remains closed.
The barricades at Damon Point have been removed, however Damon Point remains closed to public access by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.
Additionally, many of the beaches surrounding Damon Point are privately owned. The city of Ocean Shores asks that you respect property boundaries when visiting the area.”
Related:
Federal Failure At Damon Point
Damon Point – Remnant Jetty Rebuild
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Zero questions from newspeople on how 250 pounds of opium entered the US.
A press release is what you get.
In The News
108 opium bricks, nearly 250 pounds, seized at British Columbia port of entry
Mar 14, 2026
KOMO News
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
We were told the border is sealed. How are drugs still coming in?
Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure:
Did the Vietnam-Style Drug Boat Body Count play any role in keeping these drugs out?
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US. More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
Has the removal of any cartel boss ever created any shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US?
If Kristi Noem has sealed US borders why would suspected drug trafficking boats be a problem?
Since the Vietnam-Style Drug Boat Body Count has kept cartel drugs out, are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice?
Has any US community announced that first responders are finding less need for Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or any similar product used in overdose response situations?
Is there any possibility that any DEA office or DEA budget will be downsized due to the success of all US Dept. of Homeland Security/Dept. of War efforts in recent months?
Has any community anywhere in the US downsized or shut down any local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team due to the success of Dept. of War strikes on narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?
Any questions from newspeople?
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More cartel drug overdose deaths now, or before REAL ID?
Any questions from newspeople?
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Related:
Newspeople Not Asking Questions
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
Grays Harbor Fentanyl & Meth Not Stopped By Kristi Noem
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Message to elected officials:
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
CNN
Feeling The Energy – USA 250
Back home:
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More cartel drug overdose deaths now, or before REAL ID?
Any questions from newspeople?
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Above: Years ago at Skagit Valley.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Strikes on Iran:
Rebel HQ
The Jimmy Dore Show
Like paid actors reading a script?
Both major parties do their thing.
Related:
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
What Others Are Saying
Sentinel
Valhalla VFT
CGTN America and CGTN Africa
Related: