Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

 

The weak-minded culture expects very little from its newspeople.

Three on air personalities work the report below.

Live camera crew sent from Seattle to the middle of nowhere to stand in the dark and wait for flakes to fall update:

KING 5 News

Welcome Home Troops

KING 5 News again:

The Fantasy Newsperson

The Fantasy Newsperson reports:

Vietnam-Style Drug Boat Body Count Now At 145

US airstrikes on suspected drug trafficking boats kill 11 in one of the deadliest hits since Trump’s war on narco-terrorists started

By Wilko Martinez Cachero

Daily Mail

Feb 18, 2026

“The latest operation brings the reported death toll to at least 145 since the Trump administration launched its war against suspected drug trafficking boats in early September.”

The fantasy newsperson asks:

Are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to any federal drug war effort?

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?

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 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?

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.

Feeling The Energy

Back home:

Possibly of interest:

National Parks Hospitality & Goodwill Program

Macho Swagger

Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:

Since 1986 Top Gun:

The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.

We haven’t won a war since.

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Is it understandable that young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this?

Department of War & Armistice Day

In the 60s & 70s I never attended a Veterans Day assembly at school.

There were none.

Probably enough veterans around to remove most of the mystique, or maybe those veterans thought it was all just an average thing and did not want to be seen as a separate part of American society, or get head of the line parking spots over at the grocery store. Maybe the concept of Armistice Day had not gone completely extinct.

Growing up in the 60s & 70s- veterans were all around- church, school, Boy Scout leaders, family, the neighborhood, etc. It was all just an average thing. These folks weren’t seen as a separate part of American society.

People weren’t stepping over to say “Thanks for your service” to my Dad- who did time in the Navy in the 50s- but looked just like anyone else out in public.

These guys weren’t lining up for free dinner promotions marketed by major restaurant chains.

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.

Veterans Day

One of the very most meaningful federal holidays for some. Stolen from Armistice Day in the 1950s. At that time, the US Dept. of Defense had started a decades long tradition of not being able to stay out of or win undeclared wars in distant lands.

It’s all about the freedom folks.

Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks

CNN Nov 11, 2023

Sorry, no newspeople available to ask:

Mr President,

How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq in the very early 1990s?

Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.

News Content

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

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

A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.

Take An Oath To The Constitution

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

The Post 911 Era

Patriotism

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

From The Web

MARINE DETAINED IN MINNEAPOLIS SAYS FEDS COPIED HIS PHONE WITHOUT A WARRANT

He was observing after Alex Pretti’s killing. He says feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.

Austin Campbell – The Intercept

Feb 12 2026

“Saari, a Marine Corps combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, went to the scene of Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis less than an hour after federal agents fired the fatal shots.”

“…Saari said agents shackled his hands and feet, photographed him, scanned his face, and forced him to provide a DNA sample by depressing his tongue and swabbing the inside of his mouth. He said agents denied him access to an attorney, even though they were present elsewhere in the building and in contact with civilians and federal officials that day.”

Same country that stages a big celebration of freedom and independence from a powerful central government each July 4th.

As Tennessee Brando would say: Where is the “don’t tread on me” crowd now?

“As U.S. citizens, we have the right to keep each other informed about what our government officials are doing and how they’re doing it,” commented Mark Hodges, one of the plaintiffs.

The problem is that the Trump administration doesn’t recognize that right.”

“…it’s an intolerable attack by yet another presidential administration on free speech rights.”

Source:

The Trump Administration’s War Against ICE Critics

By conflating opposition with terrorism, federal officials go down a dangerous path.

J.D. Tuccille – Reason

Feb 18, 2926

 

JFK speaks of presidential leadership and the role of the press in a free society.

Americans do not live in a free and honest society.

Plan To Try And Celebrate Your Freedoms – USA 250

Feeling the energy:

Related:

Take An Oath To The Constitution

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

The Post 911 Era

Patriotism

 

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

In The News

US airstrikes on suspected drug trafficking boats kill 11 in one of the deadliest hits since Trump’s war on narco-terrorists started

By Wilko Martinez Cachero

Daily Mail

Feb 18, 2026

“The latest operation brings the reported death toll to at least 145 since the Trump administration launched its war against suspected drug trafficking boats in early September.”

Weak-Minded Culture

The weak-minded culture here in the US expects very little from newspeople.

Newspeople have avoided asking questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance for decades now.

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.

The Fantasy Newsperson

The fantasy newsperson asks:

Are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to any federal drug war effort?

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?

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 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?

Just Ask The DEA About Sealed Borders

Made for TV DEA spokesperson lets us know what to think.

Newspeople play along by not asking questions:

Under Kristi Noem

Cartels move product into all 50 states.

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

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:

Welcome Home Troops

Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:


Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.

People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.

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.

 

Related:

The Post 911 Era

Drug War Scam Rolls On

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

Investigation Took Nearly 3 Years – Drug War Scam Update

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Puget Sound Life

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

 

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?

Pentagon & REAL ID

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

Altenative media is OK with asking questions while TV newspeople still do their thing.

WatchlistTYT

More related to news content here:

Puget Sound Life

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

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

 






Visitors over the past 4 years:

Occasional Visitors/Still Looking for Bigfoot

 

Above: Mystery Bay scene

 

Three on air personalities work the report below.

Live camera crew sent from Seattle to the middle of nowhere to stand in the dark and wait for flakes to fall update:

KING 5 News

Welcome Home Troops

KING 5 News again:

More related to news content here:

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

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

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

In The News

CBP shot down party balloons with anti-drone tech before FAA closed El Paso airspace, sources say

By Gordon Lubold, Courtney Kube, Dan De Luce and Mosheh Gains – NBC News

Feb. 12, 2026

“The technology was used without coordinating with officials from the Federal Aviation Administration, the people said.”

 

From the web:

The El Paso No-Fly Debacle Is Just the Beginning of a Drone Defense Mess

Lily Hay Newman – WIRED

Feb 16, 2026

“The FAA, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security did not respond to WIRED’s requests for comment.”

 

Related:

The Post 911 Era

Grays Harbor Fentanyl & Meth Not Stopped By Kristi Noem

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

Pentagon & REAL ID

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

LA Progressive

Big US Armed Forces spending:

Bracing Views

America Hasn’t Paid Attention to Ike’s Warning

A Huge Military-Industrial Complex Threatens Our Rights, Our Liberties, Our Democracy

BILL ASTORE

FEB 12, 2026

US Advantage – Macho Swagger

Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:

Since 1986 Top Gun:

The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.

We haven’t won a war since.

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Is it understandable that young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this?

 

Sentinel

Pro sports and made for TV events are part of the entertainment industry.

They are not part of the federal government even though we often see militarized pageantry, giant flag rituals, fighter jet flyovers and quick views of The Troops still in the Middle East at game time.

It is easy to be a bit confused because the federal government is very much involved in the event each year.

The event does play to a groupthink patriotism. Some might prefer it was just sports and who cares about the Ads and the show at halftime.

More here:

One Size Fits All

 

Possibly of interest:

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

The Post 911 Era

Patriotism

Grays Harbor Fentanyl & Meth Not Stopped By Kristi Noem

Newspeople Not Asking Questions

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

Super Bowl Flyovers – Propaganda Update

Take An Oath To The Constitution

Pentagon & REAL ID

250 Years For The USMC

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

What are your favorite Presidents Day traditions?

Some federal holidays have little meaning. Some are quite meaningful. People may have different feelings about each one. How you felt in the third grade may be different from how you feel now.

More here:

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

 

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:

The Post 911 Era

Patriotism

Grays Harbor Fentanyl & Meth Not Stopped By Kristi Noem

Newspeople Not Asking Questions

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

Super Bowl Flyovers – Propaganda Update

Take An Oath To The Constitution

Pentagon & REAL ID

250 Years For The USMC

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

Sentinel

The Oak Bay Starfish Take

Pro sports and made for TV events are part of the entertainment industry.

They are not part of the federal government even though we often see militarized pageantry, giant flag rituals, fighter jet flyovers and quick views of The Troops still in the Middle East at game time.

It is easy to be a bit confused because the federal government is very much involved in the event each year.

The event does play to a groupthink patriotism. Some might prefer it was just sports and who cares about the Ads and the show at halftime.

Head over to markets in the International District of Seattle or the agricultural Skagit Valley and you will see products with labels not printed in English. Visit a cafe for lunch. You will be amongst a different culture. Good with me.

US History

Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipients:

Remembering the fallen: Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipients

By Sgt. 1st Class Deziree Lau 99th Readiness Division

 

Puerto Ricans Represented Throughout U.S. Military History

By Shannon Collins – DOD News

Oct. 14, 2016

 

Possibly of interest:

The Post 911 Era

Super Bowl Flyovers – Propaganda Update

Patriotism

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

DoW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints from Members, Contractors

By Nick Mordowanec – Military.com

Feb 15, 2026

 

Possibly of interest:

Take An Oath To The Constitution

The Post 911 Era

Patriotism

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

We were told we needed to send troops to Vietnam. Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Some may have become skeptical along the way.

 

The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie and ReasonTV

At 22:09 below- multiple White House administrations have been involved in the cover-up:

Related:

Epstein Files – What Others Are Saying

 


Top two are vegan, bottom has pork. Steak, chicken, shrimp & squid are nice too.

More here: Noodle Night

Also here.

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

This is the same country that stages a big celebration of freedom and independence from a powerful central government each July 4th.

In The News

FCC scrutinizes Bad Bunny halftime show for potential rule violations: Report

KOMO News

Feb 13, 2026

 

Leader is not pleased with entertainment choices:

Trump calls Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show a ‘slap in the face to our country’

By Nadine El-Bawab – ABC News

Feb 8, 2026

US History

Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipients:

Remembering the fallen: Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipients

By Sgt. 1st Class Deziree Lau 99th Readiness Division

 

Puerto Ricans Represented Throughout U.S. Military History

By Shannon Collins – DOD News

Oct. 14, 2016

 

Possibly of interest:

The Post 911 Era

Patriotism

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

We were told we needed to send troops to Vietnam. Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Some may have become skeptical along the way.

 

The Young Turks

Valhalla VFT

Below: predicting the future at 16:14

Forbes Breaking News

Liberty Vault

The Jimmy Dore Show

Valhalla VFT

The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie and ReasonTV

At 22:09 below- multiple White House administrations have been involved in the cover-up:

 

Above: Wave action at Damon Point

Some may say Homeland Security is a scam and that newspeople have avoided asking questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance for decades now.

Below, we’ll offer up several examples of what we’re talking about.

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.

In The News

Dept. of War strikes on narcoterrorist drug boats, Kristi Noem, a giant and expensive US Dept. of Homeland Security, tough talk, massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, REAL ID and the DEA fail to keep fentanyl & meth from arriving in Grays Harbor County:

Fentanyl, meth seized as Task Force arrests two in Aberdeen

The Daily World

Feb 13, 2026

Weapons Of Mass Destruction Are Back

“Fentanyl was also recently designated a weapon of mass destruction, a move that expands the DEA’s authority to combat trafficking.”

Source:

Fentanyl still flooding the Valley as DEA pushes for 0 deaths

by: Jorge Vela – KVEO News

Dec 19, 2025

DEA

The Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area chases after cartel product not stopped at the border by Kristi Noem.

Will Northwest HIDTA be shut down when cartel drugs stop entering the US? Have recent US Dept. of Homeland Security efforts reduced the need for Northwest HIDTA services?

Any questions from newspeople?

Drug Cartels Designated As Terrorist Organizations

Did the advantage of designating terrorist organizations in Iraq and Afghanistan allow those undeclared wars to be prevented, won or shut down?

Drug cartels were designated as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025.

 

Both major parties have been OK with wasteful and ineffective Homeland Security spending.

Kristi Noem was supposed to keep cartel product out. She became irrelevant when Operation Macho Swagger went hot to take out boats thought to be operated by drug cartels.

Months ago, Kristi Noem deployed her ass kicking drug war road show.

Mar 20, 2025:

Homeland Security Vision of Success

Promotional events crafted and controlled by public affairs professionals, staged with major drug hauls, patrol boats, helicopters, etc.

The big campaign features top level team leaders thanking each other.

Well done.

Announcing the number of DOD ground units, US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels sent towards the US/Mexico border demonstrates a sense of commitment.

If you are part of a local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team, you are advertising the latest big drug bust after cartel product is able to move past the jurisdiction of federal agents at borders, border crossings and ports of entry, REAL ID checks and a barrier of DOD ground units, US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels prior to arriving in Hometown, USA.

If you are part of the DEA, you may hope for limited success coming from the Trump/Noem team because what would you do with yourself if cartel drugs could no longer enter the US?

Please let us know when Seattle area drug addicts have any difficulty finding their cartel product of choice.

If you are part of a local health dept. you are handing out Naloxone as always, to deal with the stuff that doesn’t get reported in the big local drug bust.

Real newspeople may ask:

Are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to any federal drug war effort?

Under Kristi Noem

Cartels move product into all 50 states.

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

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:

Real newspeople may ask:

If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.

Are fans less safe at regular games?

What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?

What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?

Welcome Home Troops

Head Over To Walmart

Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:


Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.

People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.

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.

Port Angeles Drug War

A significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence at Port Angeles and the expanded Port Angeles USBP HQ have been in place now for more than a decade.

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.

Were Clallam County drug overdose death numbers higher before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established (2002) or are the numbers higher with a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security in place? 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?

More here:

Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree

Throwback Thursday – Port Angeles Drug War

Sound Publishing And Black Press Media

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

Over At The Airport

Newspeople refuse to ask:

What keeps the terrorists with no ID of any kind from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport security screening line?

More here:

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

Pentagon & REAL ID

 

Related:

Investigation Took Nearly 3 Years – Drug War Scam Update

The Post 911 Era

Drug War Scam Rolls On

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

In The News

Recruits will no longer need a REAL ID to fly to basic training

Jeff Schogol – Task & Purpose

Feb 11, 2026

“Under a new screening process, military recruits do not need to show a REAL ID or pay a $45 fee to get past security checkpoints for flights to basic training.”

Real Newspeople May Ask:

What keeps the terrorists with no ID of any kind from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport security screening line?

More here:

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

 

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?

 

Today, are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to REAL ID or any federal drug war effort?

Is there any possibility that any DEA office or DEA budget will be downsized due to the success of US Dept. of Homeland Security 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?

 

Related:

The Post 911 Era

Drug War Scam Rolls On

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of both major political parties telling us The Troops are sent to distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms.

 

We are often told that The Troops are sent to distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms as if the US Armed Forces function as some sort of giant civil rights organization.

The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.

In some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our security. That’s as good as it gets.

In terms of American rights and freedoms- The Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.

Legal marijuana, concealed carry of handguns, semi automatic rifle sales, federal minimum drinking age, federal toilet regulations, sports betting, federal gas can regulations/free enterprise system, voting rights, bump stock ban, interracial marriage, gay marriage, tobacco sales, open container laws, etc.

Freedoms come and go. None of the above are linked in any way with The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Troops, The Dept. of Defense or the outcome of military operations overseas.

Pentagon Defending Freedoms

In the news:

Judge says Pentagon ‘trampled’ on Sen. Mark Kelly’s rights, blocks effort to demote him over ‘illegal orders’ video

By Gary Grumbach and Ryan J. Reilly – NBC News

Feb 12, 2026,

“Rather than trying to shrink the First Amendment liberties of retired service members, Secretary Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired service members have brought to public discussions and debate on military matters in our Nation over the past 250 years,” Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote. “If so, they will more fully appreciate why the Founding Fathers made free speech the first Amendment in the Bill of Rights!”

Violent protest, threats of violence and property damage are not to be tolerated.

Seems like government should be neutral on peaceful/nonviolent protest that involves questioning/protesting US government or foreign government policies.

To me, it’s sort of like speaking out against US COVID policies.

Same Country

Same country that stages a big celebration of freedom and independence from a powerful central government each July 4th.

Today:

Leader is not pleased with entertainment choices:

Trump calls Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show a ‘slap in the face to our country’

By Nadine El-Bawab – ABC News

Feb 8, 2026

 

In the news:

“President Trump went on a late-night attack against NBC and ABC News on Sunday, deriding them for what, in his view, was “biased” coverage and said he would be in favor of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoking their licenses.”

Source:

Fox News

Aug 25, 2025

 

Today, people legally present in the US may be threatened with deportation for questioning government policies.

 

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?

 

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?

US Politics – Alternative Media Not Yet Banned

The Jimmy Dore Show

For many people, Trump was an attractive candidate, especially with the alternative offered up by the DNC.

Both major parties are OK with decades of undeclared/unwon wars.

Both major parties are OK with telling us that wars are for freedom.

Both major parties are OK with wasteful and ineffective Homeland Security spending.

Kristi Noem was supposed to keep cartel product out. She became irrelevant when Operation Macho Swagger went hot to take out boats thought to be operated by drug cartels.

Real newspeople may ask:

Are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to any federal drug war effort?

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 political parties are now OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.

Under Kristi Noem

Cartels move product into all 50 states.

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

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:

Real newspeople may ask:

If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.

Are fans less safe at regular games?

What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?

What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?

Welcome Home Troops

Head Over To Walmart

Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:


Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.

People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.

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.

 

Related:

The Post 911 Era

Patriotism

Drug War Scam Rolls On

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

The Invisible Veteran

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

 

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

 

Glenn Greenwald explains:

People who take no public funds, private donations or advertising dollars are free to ask questions at any time. Why not the press? Call for unpaid volunteers and you’d get better news coverage than what we have now.

Examples

Ocean Shores – Just Up The Street From Shilo:

$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.

Any questions from newspeople?

In the news:

December 8, 2022 The Daily World

Dept. of Ag invests $6.3M to purchase Ocean Shores hotel

$6.3 million “to fund the acquisition of an existing hotel. Marathon Enterprises Inc. is located in Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The project is expected to result in saving eight jobs and creating one full time job.”

Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.

Grays Harbor – Damon Point

Zero Questions From Newspeople:

When and why was a decision made to turn away from maintaining the 1916 jetty adjacent to former public parking areas at Damon Point?

Is the jetty adjacent to Damon Point the only section of jetty in Grays Harbor that has gone without maintenance since it was first installed?

Drive down to the former public parking area at Damon Point and see what Westport would look like today if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended decades ago.

Federal Failure At Damon Point

Penn Cove

Beach adjacent to award winning sewage treatment plant is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvest due to sewage treatment plant outfall.

In the news:

August 11, 2023 Whidbey News-Times

Whidbey sewer plants win state awards

“The Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility was recognized as outstanding by the Department of Ecology.”

The Coupeville treatment plant received the outstanding performance award for the 13th consecutive year, and the Holmes Harbor plant was awarded for the 17th year in a row. The Penn Cove wastewater treatment plant was also a recipient this year.”

 

Real newspeople may ask:

When is the last time all of Penn Cove was safe for recreational shellfish harvest?

Coupeville

“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”

“…clams, oysters, and mussels from this beach are not fit for human consumption at any time.”

“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”

Source: WDFW

North side of Penn Cove at Monroe Landing

“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”

“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”

Source: WDFW

Port Angeles Drug War

A significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence at Port Angeles and the expanded Port Angeles USBP HQ have been in place now for more than a decade.

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.

Were Clallam County drug overdose death numbers higher before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established (2002) or are the numbers higher with a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security in place? 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?

More here:

Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree

Throwback Thursday – Port Angeles Drug War

Sound Publishing And Black Press Media

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

 

Possibly of interest:

The Post 911 Era

Approved Flag Images

Patriotism

Drug War Scam Rolls On

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

The Invisible Veteran

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

 

In The News – National Governors Association

Annual governors’ gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats

Feb 11, 2026

The Associated Press

“Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who chairs the NGA, told fellow governors in a letter on Monday that the White House intended to limit invitations to the association’s annual business meeting, scheduled for Feb. 20, to Republican governors only.”

Because NGA’s mission is to represent all 55 governors, the Association is no longer serving as the facilitator for that event, and it is no longer included in our official program,” Stitt wrote in the letter, which was obtained by The Associated Press.”

 

President Donald Trump clarified on Wednesday:

‘Not worthy of being there’: Trump says all governors invited to NGA dinner except for 2

The National News Desk

Feb 12, 2026

Stock Market News At 1:52

Tennessee Brando

Feeling the energy:

Autoworker Update

The Young Turks

More here:

Meet & Greet – American Made

 

Related:

The Post 911 Era

Approved Flag Images

Patriotism

 

Above: Rosario Beach

Alternative Media

Not yet banned:

The Daily Show

US History

Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipients:

Remembering the fallen: Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipients

By Sgt. 1st Class Deziree Lau 99th Readiness Division

 

Puerto Ricans Represented Throughout U.S. Military History

By Shannon Collins – DOD News

Oct. 14, 2016

 

Possibly of interest:

Photo- Plt 3049 MCRD SD September, 1979

 

Also not yet banned:

The Young Turks

Related:

The Post 911 Era

Approved Flag Images

Patriotism

 

Above: Grays Harbor – looking south towards Westport.

From 1976 Bicentennial To USA 250 

TV Ads

Today, overweight people are hired to do TV Ads for pharmaceutical drugs used to achieve weight loss.

More here:

Breaking Points

Back in 1976, people shown on TV seemed less likely to be overweight. Something like the ship’s crew seen on the The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, or Reality TV when I was a kid:

50 years from adolescent males backpacking on overnight Boy Scout outings to role models for profit on TV and reaching for injections and pills in order to deal with being fat.

USA 250

Same country that stages a big celebration of freedom and independence from a powerful central government each July 4th.

Today:

Leader is not pleased with entertainment choices:

Trump calls Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show a ‘slap in the face to our country’

By Nadine El-Bawab – ABC News

Feb 8, 2026

US History

Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipients:

Remembering the fallen: Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipients

By Sgt. 1st Class Deziree Lau 99th Readiness Division

 

Puerto Ricans Represented Throughout U.S. Military History

By Shannon Collins – DOD News

Oct. 14, 2016

What Others Are Saying

Tennessee Brando

TYT Sports

Journalism funded by advocacy groups:

Cliff Mass Weather Blog

Feb 7, 2026

Misinformation in the Seattle TImes About Drought, Snowpack, and Climate Change

 

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/

 

Related:

The Post 911 Era

 

Image source/credit: The Web

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

 

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.

 

JUSTICE FOR ALL

At 13:25: Remember 911

Central Tyrant Investigations

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.

 

More here:

Operating A Camera In A Public Place

 

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

 

KING 5

The Trump Era 

Wonder what was happening at border crossing/port of entry inspections during this nearly 3 year-long investigation.

Do the good guys who made the local bust notify the good guys at the border about the weak links in their process?

 Zero Questions From KING 5 Seattle

How much fentanyl moved through local communities during this nearly 3 year investigation?

How many victims were harmed by the drugs and guns tied up in this nearly 3 year long holding pattern?

Love to see newspeople ask:

Were federal authorities at the border notified of this ongoing investigation?

Did the drug traffickers get fast track screening at the border so as not to disrupt this ongoing investigation?

If the drug traffickers were given a pass at the border- would that have tipped them off as to the investigation- or would that have been seen as standard protocol?

Imagine LE authorities observe a shoplifter or bank robber in action. Instead of going in to make an arrest they back off and conduct an investigation that goes on for nearly 3 years. What if they applied the same tactic Re: crimes involving arson, terrorism, child abuse, DUI, etc.

Has any city, county or state jurisdiction been able to cleanup their drug problem using these methods?

Just Ask The DEA About Sealed Borders

Made for TV DEA spokesperson lets us know what to think.

Newspeople play along by not asking questions:

Under Kristi Noem

Cartels move product into all 50 states.

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

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:

Welcome Home Troops

Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:


Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.

People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.

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.

 

Related:

Drug War Scam Rolls On

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

Super Bowl Security Nonsense

The Post 911 Era

The Invisible Veteran

Port Angeles Drug War

Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree

Throwback Thursday – Port Angeles Drug War

Sound Publishing And Black Press Media

 

Above: Shallow water beachcombing at Keystone Harbor.

 

Alternative media questions wars:

The Young Turks

Mainstream Media Functions Like Paid Actors Reading A Script

Americans do not live in a free and honest society. Today, the mainstream media will function like paid actors reading a script:

Would any TV newsperson ever ask:

Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?

US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?

Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

 

Related:

The Post 911 Era

Super Bowl Security Nonsense

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

Super Bowl Flyovers – Propaganda Update

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Approved Flag Images

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

Drug War Scam Rolls On

250 Years For The USMC

Replace The Phrase?

The Invisible Veteran

The country struggles with:

Cultural Honesty

 

Above: A photo I took back in May of 2025 showing the good as new sign advertising a restaurant and lounge not open in recent years.

Ongoing Breakdown of Society

It’s a shame that people look forward to a visit to the coast and may be disappointed with the reality of their stay compared to what they saw on a web page prepared by marketing/advertising and web sales staff.

Click on some of the sites and the first thing you see is a calendar to select the date you want to stay. No thanks. Not ready to purchase anything, just trying to do some homework.

The sites that do only reviews and no bookings are preferable.

More here: Ocean Shores Lodging 98569

In The News

Future of Shilo Inns Ocean Shores in doubt

By Jerry Knaak – The Daily World

Feb 6, 2026

“Recently, the city of Ocean Shores ordered the closure of the Shilo Inns Ocean Shores near the Chance a la Mer beach approach for numerous reasons and suspended all business licenses issued to Shilo Inns.”

“A water disconnect notice was sent on Jan. 16 with a due date of Jan. 23. Water service was subsequently shut off. According to the Grays Harbor County Assessor’s website, Shilo Inns owes $233,898 in property taxes. Current market value for the property is $12.9 million.”

“Tamez-McClain’s letter of additional findings included bed bug infestations in several rooms and more cleanliness problems and intimated that the hotel is allowing long-term occupancy exceeding 30 days.”

“According to Ocean Shores Mayor Frank Elduen, workers at the Shilo Inns Ocean Shores have not been paid in some time.”

Just Up The Street From Shilo

$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.

Any questions from newspeople?

In the news:

December 8, 2022 The Daily World

Dept. of Ag invests $6.3M to purchase Ocean Shores hotel

$6.3 million “to fund the acquisition of an existing hotel. Marathon Enterprises Inc. is located in Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The project is expected to result in saving eight jobs and creating one full time job.”

Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.

 

Possibly of interest:

Drive down to the former public parking area at Damon Point and see what Westport would look like today if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended decades ago.

Federal Failure At Damon Point

Old Marina Site

At one time this location featured the Silver King Motel and the Marina View Restaurant next to the marina. Also, a grocery store, charter boat fishing, a boat lift and room to tie up 200 small boats.

More here:

Ocean Shores Marina History – A Time Gone By

Related:

Imagine telling the fishing boat captains over at Westport that their access to a 100 year old armor-plated harbor was going to be let go

Previous Shilo Posts

We have posted several times Re: Shilo Inn:

Welcome To The Coast – Shilo Inn

Feb 4, 2026

 

Welcome To The Coast – Shilo Inn

Sept 13, 2025

 

Aug 16, 2025:

Ocean Shores Lodging

 

Aug 10, 2025:

Welcome To The Coast – Shilo Inn

 

May 5, 2025:

Ocean Shores Lodging 98569

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

Small children are made to pledge allegiance to a symbol.

The people behind the symbol tell us we must send troops to Vietnam.

Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Some may have become skeptical along the way.

Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.

 

Related:

The Post 911 Era

Take An Oath To The Constitution

Super Bowl Security Nonsense

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

Super Bowl Flyovers – Propaganda Update

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

Drug War Scam Rolls On

250 Years For The USMC

Replace The Phrase?

The Invisible Veteran

The country struggles with:

Cultural Honesty

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

US Dept. of Homeland Security – The people who fail to keep cartel product away from local communities will be keeping the Super Bowl safe.

Real Newspeople May Ask

Are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to any federal drug war effort?

Tune in to any Super Bowl in the post 911 era to see the press promote a big US Dept. of Homeland Security show of force to keep the big game safe.

TV newspeople skip asking real questions and play the role of federal public affairs staff instead:

Real newspeople may ask:

If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.

Are fans less safe at regular games?

What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?

What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?

 

New Drug War – Fog Them Down With The Antidote

Love to see newspeople ask:

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 efforts in recent months?

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 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?

Just Ask The DEA About Sealed Borders

Made for TV DEA spokesperson lets us know what to think.

Newspeople play along by not asking questions:

Under Kristi Noem

Cartels move product into all 50 states.

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

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:

Welcome Home Troops

Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:


Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.

People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.

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.

Mainstream Media Functions Like Paid Actors Reading A Script

Americans do not live in a free and honest society. Today, the mainstream media will function like paid actors reading a script:

In The News

NFL, Customs Agents announce 300,000 items seized in “Operation Team Player”

by Chris Daniels,KOMO News Senior Reporter

Feb 4, 2026

The NFL and Customs and Border Protection announced Wednesday it has stopped 1300 shipments of fraudulent or counterfeit merchandise in a year-long effort called “Operation Team Player.”

Operation started 12 months ago, before anyone knew what teams would play on Sunday.

From comments:

“HAHAHAHAHA Now do fentenyl. Amazing what border control can do when the state, or a business, has a vested interest in making it stop.”

 

Related:

Secure Border BS – Just Ask The DEA

Drug War Scam Rolls On

Super Bowl Security Nonsense

Super Bowl Flyovers – Propaganda Update

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

The Post 911 Era

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

250 Years For The USMC

Replace The Phrase?

The Invisible Veteran

Take An Oath To The Constitution

 

Above: Approved Flag Images

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

Stoic federal officers forced to attend another Kristi Noem public affairs road show presentation.

KOMO News

Tell It Like It Is

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Real Newspeople May Ask

Are Seattle area drug addicts having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to any federal drug war effort?

Fog Them Down With The Antidote

Love to see newspeople ask:

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?

Any questions from newspeople?

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 efforts in recent months?

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 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?

Borders Are Sealed

US Dept. of Homeland Security – The people who fail to keep cartel product away from local communities will be keeping the Super Bowl safe.

Just ask the DEA about sealed borders:

Made for TV DEA spokesperson lets us know what to think.

Newspeople play along by not asking questions:

Under Kristi Noem

Cartels move product into all 50 states.

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”

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:

Real newspeople may ask:

If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.

Are fans less safe at regular games?

What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?

What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?

Welcome Home Troops

Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:


Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.

People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.

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.

 

Related:

Drug War Scam Rolls On

Super Bowl Security Nonsense

Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror

The Post 911 Era

What Is A Fake War On Terror?