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If the borders are sealed, how are drugs still coming in?

September 3, 2026 //
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Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

If Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure, how are drugs still coming in?

What part of the drug war is working? What part is failing?

Standard newspeople remain silent.

In The News

Grays Harbor Drug Task Force search and seizure leads to arrest

Sept 2, 2026 – The Daily World

 

International Overdose Awareness Day event held in Aberdeen

Set 1, 2026 – The Daily World

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Did the advantage of designating cartels as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025 reduce the availability of fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security/CBP units been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

Has REAL ID prevented cartel product from arriving in Seattle?

Is local copper theft related to cartel drugs?

Have Flock cameras prevented cartel product from entering the Puget Sound area?

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 suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?

Any questions from newspeople?

Does the US Dept. of Homeland Security prevent cartel product from entering Seattle? 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?

If OD numbers are lower, is this because DHS is able to keep cartel product from arriving in US communities, or because drug addicts are now fogged down with Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, etc. to combat overdoses?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

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

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?

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:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security/CBP units been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Has any newsperson ever asked questions on this?

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest of any kind?

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest linked in any way to the US/Canada border?

Has massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca played any role in reducing Clallam County drug overdose numbers?

Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?

How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?

Are passports/enhanced/REAL IDs effective in keeping cartel drugs out of the US?

Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at the border since 2009.

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made any seizure that kept any amount of fentanyl, heroin or any opioid from entering Clallam County?

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?

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

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:

Aberdeen International Overdose Awareness Day

Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree

Sound Publishing And Black Press Media

 

Possibly of interest:

Seattle Blue Tarp City – Drug War Scam Rolls On

Ongoing Militarization of American Culture

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, Newspeople not asking questions, Olympic Peninsula Border Patrol, The Fantasy Newsperson

Aberdeen International Overdose Awareness Day

September 2, 2026 //
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Above: Years ago at Ilwaco.

In The News

International Overdose Awareness Day event held in Aberdeen

Set 1, 2026 – The Daily World

WMUR-TV

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Is the Seattle fentanyl situation any different today than it was under Biden?

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 suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?

Has the big Homeland Security spending spree at Port Angeles been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Does the US Dept. of Homeland Security prevent cartel product from entering Seattle? 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 massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca played any role in reducing Clallam County drug overdose numbers?

If OD numbers are lower, is this because DHS is able to keep cartel product from arriving in US communities, or because drug addicts are now fogged down with Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, etc. to combat overdoses?

Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?

How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?

Is local copper theft related to cartel drugs?

If drugs still cross the border, does this help to provide jobs for people employed by the groups listed here:

“Dozens of attendees had the opportunity to pick up educational and informational materials and swag from Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Community Integrated Health Services, Harbor Strong, My Town Coalition, Willapa Behavioral Health and Wellness, Grays Harbor Comprehensive Treatment Center, Summit Pacific Medical Center, Millenium Health, True North, Wellpoint, DHR, Coastal Community Action Program, Selectel Wireless, Parent-Child Assistance Program, Family Education and Support Services, Quinault Wellness Center and Union Gospel Mission of Grays Harbor.”

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

Homeland Security Is A Scam

Big surveillance is constantly in the news. Kristi Noem tells us: The borders are sealed. Cartels are designated as terrorist organizations.

Trump sends ICE agents to gun down people at traffic stops and on the street inside the US. This takes place away from border crossings and ports of entry.

Trump blows up suspected drug boats in distant waters.

2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

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

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:

Seattle Blue Tarp City – Drug War Scam Rolls On

Ongoing Militarization of American Culture

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, Olympic Peninsula Border Patrol, The Fantasy Newsperson

Ongoing Militarization of American Culture

August 28, 2026 //
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I was never in a war. My time in uniform wrapped up during the last century. The post 911 era slowly killed my spirit for patriotism and my enthusiasm for politics.

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

 

Johnny Westside

More than 4000 comments have been posted with the video above.

From comments:

I once thanked a veteran for his service and he said “It’s all bullshit.”

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.

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:

Why I Didn’t Reenlist

By Casey Khan

February 14, 2004

Freedom In The News

“We very much recognize that our freedoms and our ability to do the jobs that we do is because of y’all, and we don’t take that for granted,” Schneider said.

Source:

Seahawks host sailors, Coast Guard members for annual Salute to Service event

by Steve Soliz – KOMO News

Aug 26, 2026

As the decades of undeclared/unwon wars stack up (The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.) the greater the cultural urge to glorify people who do, or did time in uniform.

If there is an honest reason to send people away into decades of undeclared/unwon wars overseas let’s hear all about it.

Why do we pretend that the US Armed Forces function as some sort of giant civil rights organization?

More here: Military Town – Hometown Pride

Made For TV – We Need More Customers Update:

Do any giant corporations advocate for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars?

Newspeople remain silent.

 

Interesting that the Traveling Vietnam Wall refers to itself as the “Cost of Freedom Tribute” and not something related to lessons learned.

Possibly of interest:

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 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?

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

 

The federal government loves to tell us that The Troops are sent to distant lands to protect our freedoms.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

How would American freedoms be any different today if US troops were never sent to Iraq?

The weak-minded culture listens when told it’s for our freedoms and has zero questions to ask.

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.

US Troops were sent into life and death situations in the aftermath of 911.

For this reason it is important to ask questions and develop a feel for what is real and what is honest.

It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.

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.

TV newspeople avoid asking:

If the CIA (est 1947) serves as an advantage to the US, why does the Department of Defense have such a poor record of winning undeclared wars going back to 1949, the year DOD was established?

These questions do not need to be asked on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Blue Angels day or Armed Forces Day. Sometime during the year, please ask these questions.

 

How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?

Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.

 

1967

Did the Joint Chiefs of Staff send The Troops to safeguard American freedoms?

Was it the Viet Cong that set up laws in 16 US states to prohibit interracial marriage?

Jet Noise Made Them Free?

 

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.

Each November, school teachers across America host Veterans Day assemblies– and promote the idea to children that The Troops are in distant lands-fighting for American rights and freedoms-as if the US Armed Forces function as some sort of giant civil rights organization.

In Washington State, these assemblies are mandatory.

The VA tells teachers that The Troops are Defending Liberty and Freedom.

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.

Any elected official or retired elected official who tells us The Troops were sent to protect American rights and freedoms needs to explain how those rights and freedoms are any different today because US troops were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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.

Made For TV

Various big companies will remind us that they support veterans and The Troops. Always wonder if any of those companies advocate for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars. Maybe these big companies are more about expanding their marketing footprint.

Do traditional veterans organizations advocate for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars? Would a move in this direction attract more new members?

Have any newspeople ever asked about this?

 

Several years back, I started the Old Man Blog category. It involves 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:

Verbal Bumper Sticker – Thanks For Your Service

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Freedom Comes And Goes

Approved Flag Images

Replace The Phrase?

The Invisible Veteran

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

The Post 911 Era

1976 US Bicentennial – The “Thanks for Your Service” phrase was not yet in style. The decades of undeclared/unwon wars that came after the lessons of Vietnam would bring the phrase into commonplace use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Categories Armistice Day, Old Man Blog, Ongoing Militarization of American Culture, The Fantasy Newsperson, USA - 250 Years

Seattle Blue Tarp City – Drug War Scam Rolls On

August 27, 2026 //
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Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Celebrate USA 250 and reflect on how Seattle has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

In The News

KOMO News

choeshow

KOMO News

Aug 27, 2026

Video shows ‘bounty hunters’ firing into RV near Sandel Park amid safety, drug concerns

Aug 27, 2026

Seattle woman arrested after alleged road rage gun threat; meth, cocaine found in car

Aug 26, 2026

Seattle mom charged after 1-year-old dies in suspected fentanyl exposure

 

South Seattle encampment:

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

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.

Homeland Security Is A Scam

Big surveillance is constantly in the news. Kristi Noem tells us: The borders are sealed. Cartels are designated as terrorist organizations.

Trump sends ICE agents to gun down people at traffic stops and on the street inside the US. This takes place away from border crossings and ports of entry.

Trump blows up suspected drug boats in distant waters.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Is the Seattle fentanyl situation any different today than it was under Biden?

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 suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?

Has the big Homeland Security spending spree at Port Angeles been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Does the US Dept. of Homeland Security prevent cartel product from entering Seattle? 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 massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca played any role in reducing Clallam County drug overdose numbers?

If OD numbers are lower, is this because DHS is able to keep cartel product from arriving in US communities, or because drug addicts are now fogged down with Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, etc. to combat overdoses?

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

2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

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

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.

Seattle Gunfire – The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Has any WA gun control measure or public policy effort of the past 20 years slowed down the gunfire between say, Everett and Tacoma?

What works? What fails?

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

Newspeople remain silent.

Gunfire Is Routine In Seattle

 

Related:

Seattle drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree

Sound Publishing And Black Press Media

Throwback Thursday – Port Angeles Drug War

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, Old Man Blog, Olympic Peninsula Border Patrol, Ongoing Breakdown of Society, The Fantasy Newsperson

Arsenal of Freedom?

August 24, 2026 //
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Above: Approved Flag Images

Symbols of the propaganda that makes it all work.

Celebrate USA 250 and reflect on how the country has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

Department of War

“We’re defending the homeland.”

In The News

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to visit Oshkosh on Monday

FOX 11 News

Aug 23, 2026

“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will travel to Nebraska and Wisconsin tomorrow as part of the nationwide “Arsenal of Freedom” tour.”

Promoting Decades Of Undeclared/Unwon Wars

KOMO News

 

Our GWOT defenses still fail to keep cartel drugs out.

2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

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

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.

Is the Seattle fentanyl situation any different today than it was under Biden?

Any questions from newspeople?

US Dept. of Defense

DOD was established after WWII in the late 1940s. DOD has a poor track record with undeclared/unwon wars.

The federal government loves to tell us that The Troops are sent to distant lands to protect our freedoms.

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.

Iran War

The world knows that US bases in the region have been attacked and disabled. USA was unable to prevent this.

The new carrier is in place. The bases will remain shut down?

Sentinel

Top TV News Military Analysts

Fox News

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Top TV military analysts, currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

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

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

 

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.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

How would American freedoms be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?

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.

 

Related:

Working to stabilize the region since 1990 Operation Desert Shield

A Land Of Make Believe – USA 250

Freedom Comes And Goes

The Post 911 Era

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Replace The Phrase?

The Invisible Veteran

 

Categories Armistice Day, Homeland Security is a scam, The Fantasy Newsperson

Fighting For Your Freedoms

August 22, 2026 //
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Federal dog is trained to find marijuana.

Away from border crossings and ports of entry – Inside the US

Please see 7:42 below.

Tyrant Terminator Audits!!!

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

It took a constitutional amendment to prohibit the sale of a glass of wine- why no constitutional amendment to authorize a federal prohibition of marijuana?

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Did the advantage of designating cartels as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025 reduce the availability of fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security/CBP units been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

Has REAL ID prevented cartel product from arriving in Seattle?

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 suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?

Any questions from newspeople?

Does the US Dept. of Homeland Security prevent cartel product from entering Seattle? 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?

If OD numbers are lower, is this because DHS is able to keep cartel product from arriving in US communities, or because drug addicts are now fogged down with Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, etc. to combat overdoses?

Kristi Noem Progress Report 2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

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

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?

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:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security/CBP units been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Has any newsperson ever asked questions on this?

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest of any kind?

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest linked in any way to the US/Canada border?

Has massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca played any role in reducing Clallam County drug overdose numbers?

Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?

How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?

Are passports/enhanced/REAL IDs effective in keeping cartel drugs out of the US?

Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at the border since 2009.

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made any seizure that kept any amount of fentanyl, heroin or any opioid from entering Clallam County?

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?

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

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, Marijuana, Olympic Peninsula Border Patrol, Operating A Camera In A Public Place, The Fantasy Newsperson, Veterans Day Propaganda

Good People May Move On

August 22, 2026 //
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Discussion with former Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb below.

At 15:13 they discuss good people leaving:

Jim Webb Podcast

Veteran With A Sign

Iran War

The world knows that US bases in the region have been attacked and disabled. USA was unable to prevent this.

The new carrier is in place. The bases will remain shut down?

 

Task & Purpose

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

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

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

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 back home have deteriorated. The troops return to an ongoing breakdown of society.

Emergency/crisis/chaos mode is what we get now.

Democracy Nonsense

If we live in a democracy (many people say so), when do we vote on decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars?

The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

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

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:

Why I Didn’t Reenlist

By Casey Khan

February 14, 2004

Made For TV

Various big companies will remind us that they support veterans and The Troops. Always wonder if any of those companies advocate for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars. Maybe these big companies are more about expanding their marketing footprint.

Do traditional veterans organizations advocate for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars? Would a move in this direction attract more new members?

Have any newspeople ever asked about this?

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.

 

Related:

Working to stabilize the region since 1990 Operation Desert Shield

Seattle drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

Possibly of interest:

The Post 911 Era

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Seattle Newspeople Not Permitted To Ask Questions?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Categories Armistice Day, Ongoing Breakdown of Society, Recruiting Crisis, The Fantasy Newsperson

Seattle Newspeople Not Permitted To Ask Questions?

August 21, 2026 //
0

Above: Celebrate USA 250 and reflect on how Seattle has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.

In The News

Former Seattle Times sports columnist resigns, says pieces weren’t published over politics

by Tyler Cunnington – KOMO News

Aug 21, 2026

“A former Seattle Times sports columnist announced his resignation from the paper after more than a decade with the paper because of what he said was a refusal to publish a column centered on transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.”

 

Various other topics may fall into this category. Newspeople avoid asking questions or they don’t have permission to do so.

Seattle Fentanyl – Newspeople Avoid Asking

If Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure, how are drugs still coming in?

Standard newspeople remain silent.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Did the advantage of designating cartels as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025 reduce the availability of fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security/CBP units been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

Has REAL ID prevented cartel product from arriving in Seattle?

Have Flock cameras prevented cartel product from entering the Puget Sound area?

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 suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?

Any questions from newspeople?

Does the US Dept. of Homeland Security prevent cartel product from entering Seattle? 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?

If OD numbers are lower, is this because DHS is able to keep cartel product from arriving in US communities, or because drug addicts are now fogged down with Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, etc. to combat overdoses?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

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

Seattle Gunfire – The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Has any WA gun control measure or public policy effort of the past 20 years slowed down the gunfire between say, Everett and Tacoma?

What works? What fails?

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

Newspeople remain silent.

Gunfire Is Routine In Seattle

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?

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:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security/CBP units been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Has any newsperson ever asked questions on this?

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest of any kind?

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest linked in any way to the US/Canada border?

Has massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca played any role in reducing Clallam County drug overdose numbers?

Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?

How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?

Are passports/enhanced/REAL IDs effective in keeping cartel drugs out of the US?

Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at the border since 2009.

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made any seizure that kept any amount of fentanyl, heroin or any opioid from entering Clallam County?

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?

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

 

Related:

Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree

Sound Publishing And Black Press Media

Throwback Thursday – Port Angeles Drug War

Seattle drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, Newspeople not asking questions, The Fantasy Newsperson

Gunfire Is Routine In Seattle

August 19, 2026 //
0

Above: Celebrate USA 250 and reflect on how Seattle has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.

KOMO News

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Has any WA gun control measure or public policy effort of the past 20 years slowed down the gunfire between say, Everett and Tacoma?

What works? What fails?

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

Newspeople remain silent.

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 back home have deteriorated. The troops return to an ongoing breakdown of society.

 

Both major parties are OK with a giant and expensive US Dept. of Homeland Security that fails to keep cartel product out of Seattle:

KOMO News

This 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?

If OD numbers are lower, is this because DHS is able to keep cartel product from arriving in US communities, or because drug addicts are now fogged down with Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, ect. to combat overdoses?

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 suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?

Any questions from newspeople?

 

Possibly of interest:

Several years back, I started the Old Man Blog category. It involves 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/

Also:

1954 to 1965

 

Categories Gun Control, Old Man Blog, Ongoing Breakdown of Society, The Fantasy Newsperson

“I defended it for 4 years of my life.”

August 19, 2026 //
0

Where did the idea come from that doing time in the US Armed Forces is like serving in some sort of giant civil rights organization?

At 9:45 below:

The man states that he believes in the first amendment because he defended it.

Tyrant Terminator Audits!!!

We get that people who sign up must take an oath to defend The Constitution.

After taking the oath, where have The Troops been sent to defend The Constitution?

 

Former Secretary of Defense:

“…we also remember our Service Members fiercely defending the freedoms we value every day.”

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

How would American freedoms be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?

US Troops were sent into life and death situations in the aftermath of 911.

For this reason it is important to ask questions and develop a feel for what is real and what is honest.

It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.

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.

TV newspeople avoid asking:

If the CIA (est 1947) serves as an advantage to the US, why does the Department of Defense have such a poor record of winning undeclared wars going back to 1949, the year DOD was established?

These questions do not need to be asked on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Blue Angels day or Armed Forces Day. Sometime during the year, please ask these questions.

 

How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?

Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.

 

1967

Did the Joint Chiefs of Staff send The Troops to safeguard American freedoms?

Was it the Viet Cong that set up laws in 16 US states to prohibit interracial marriage?

Jet Noise Made Them Free?

 

Related:

Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?

Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?

Take An Oath To The Constitution

“…to support and defend our Constitution.”

The country struggles with:

Cultural Honesty

 

Categories Operating A Camera In A Public Place, The Fantasy Newsperson, Veterans Day Propaganda

Seattle drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

August 18, 2026 //
0

In The News

State seeks safety records from We Heart Seattle in needle and drug cleanup investigation

by Joel Moreno

KOMO News

Aug 17, 2026

“Andrea Suarez, the group’s CEO and founder, said she and her volunteers are protecting the public from coming across this hazardous waste left on city streets.”

Fentanyl still present in Seattle:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security/CBP units been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

Has REAL ID prevented cartel product from arriving in Seattle?

Have Flock cameras prevented cartel product from entering the Puget Sound area?

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 suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?

Any questions from newspeople?

Does the US Dept. of Homeland Security prevent cartel product from entering Seattle? 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?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, The Fantasy Newsperson

USS Abraham Lincoln – US Has Lost Bases In The Region

August 16, 2026 //
0

At 9:32 below: The US has lost bases in the region. Resupply has been impacted.

What’s Going on With Shipping?

ABC News

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Top TV military analysts, currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

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

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

Does advanced surveillance keep cartel product out of Seattle?

Does the US Dept. of Homeland Security prevent cartel product from entering Seattle? 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?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

Former military officers not paid by a big TV network

Daniel Davis / Deep Dive

Newspeople avoid asking:

If the CIA (est 1947) serves as an advantage to the US, why does the Department of Defense have such a poor record of winning undeclared wars going back to 1949, the year DOD was established?

These questions do not need to be asked on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Blue Angels day or Armed Forces Day. Sometime during the year, please ask these questions.

Democracy Nonsense

If we live in a democracy (many people say so), when do we vote on decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars?

The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

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

 

Related:

USS Abraham Lincoln Family Concerns

Working to stabilize the region since 1990 Operation Desert Shield

Possibly of interest:

The Post 911 Era

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Silencers – American Freedoms May Come And Go

 

Categories Armistice Day, Homeland Security is a scam, Maritime Culture, Recruiting Crisis, The Fantasy Newsperson

Whidbey Shellfish Safety Update

August 13, 2026 //
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Image above: Penn Cove 8/13/26

Source/Daily Status Reports: Washington State Department of Health Shellfish Safety Map

Click image once or twice to show detail.

Routine/ongoing situation at Penn Cove never seems to make it into the news:

County to discuss polluted South Whidbey watersheds

August 4, 2026

By Cassandra Diamond – South Whidbey Record

“…and closed to butter and varnish clam harvesting because of high bacteria levels…”

Zero Questions From Newspeople

Several Whidbey beaches remain closed all year long for recreational shellfish harvest because of sewage treatment outfall.

Sewage treatment outfall. Not stormwater. Not climate change.

Reporting on this topic appears to be completely off limits to the press.

View the Washington State Department of Health beach list here.

Penn Cove – The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

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

 

Below: An April 6, 2020 audio file describing recreational shellfish harvest and sewage treatment outfall at Penn Cove.

Has anything changed? Newspeople remain silent.

12:44 audio file and local photos of Penn Cove:

Podcast 4 Another Month With An R – Whidbey Sewage Treatment Plant Outfalls

A photo tour of Penn Cove:

Wastewater Treatment Plant – Department of Ecology Award For Outstanding Performance

Has anyone ever seen the Puget Sound area press ask questions about Whidbey water quality impacted by sewage treatment plant outfalls?

Has anyone ever seen any government agency, elected official or volunteer organization seeking answers related to one or more sewage treatment plants sending unsafe product into the waters near Whidbey Island?

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

 

Categories An eye on the health of local waters, The Fantasy Newsperson

Damon Point In The News – What Is Missing?

August 13, 2026 //
0

Above: July 6th, 2024. Looking over the jetty that connects to Damon Point on the far end. We are near the end of the jetty adjacent to the Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Click image once or twice to show detail.

In The News

Trespassers risk life and limb at Damon Point

August 12, 2026

By Jerry Knaak The Daily World

As always, we’re missing basic questions from newspeople.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

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?

What would Westport look like if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended decades ago?

Local Oddities & Funding Priorities

In the news:

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

Any questions from newspeople?

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.

 

More here:

Federal Failure At Damon Point

Two Jetties – Westport and Damon Point

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

What would Westport look like?

Less Than Two Miles As The Crow Flies – Ocean Shores Marina History

Ocean Shores Marina History – A Time Gone By

Westport, WA Foot Ferry – A Race Against Nature?

Damon Point – Remnant Jetty Rebuild

 

Categories Coastal Erosion Attitudes, Damon Point, The Fantasy Newsperson

Tuesday – New Normal?

August 11, 2026 //
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In The News

Gulf States Accept a New Normal in Hormuz: Iran Is in Control

By Summer Said and Benoit Faucon – The Wall Street Journal

Aug 10, 2026

Ongoing Militarization of American Culture

Troops on the street in camo is the new norm?

Armed troops have patrolled D.C. for 1 year now. It’s challenging democratic norms

By  Kat Lonsdorf – NPR

Aug 11, 2026

 

The failings of one extreme political party bring on the next extreme political party.

1 Year Later, Why Is the National Guard Still in D.C.?

Autumn Billings – Reason

Aug 11, 2026

 

Celebrating USA 250 includes acknowledging the post 911 era.

The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.

The US Armed Forces have been elevated during this time.

The post 911 era has been a time to tell the American people that US troops are sent to distant lands to defend American freedoms.

Thanks For Your Service is a phrase that is now common.

Veterans Day assemblies at public schools are common.

Free meals provided to veterans by major restaurant chains on what used to be Armistice Day has become a tradition.

Veterans parking spots have been put in place at various retail locations.

More here:

The Post 911 Era

 

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.

Each November, school teachers across America host Veterans Day assemblies– and promote the idea to children that The Troops are in distant lands-fighting for American rights and freedoms-as if the US Armed Forces function as some sort of giant civil rights organization.

In Washington State, these assemblies are mandatory.

The VA tells teachers that The Troops are Defending Liberty and Freedom.

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.

Any elected official or retired elected official who tells us The Troops were sent to protect American rights and freedoms needs to explain how those rights and freedoms are any different today because US troops were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Top TV military analysts, currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

 

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

Fox Business

Paid to say the right things:

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.

Made For TV

Various big companies will remind us that they support veterans and The Troops. Always wonder if any of those companies advocate for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars. Maybe these big companies are more about expanding their marketing footprint.

Do traditional veterans organizations advocate for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars? Would a move in this direction attract more new members?

Have any newspeople ever asked about this?

 

Related:

Working to stabilize the region since 1990 Operation Desert Shield

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

The Invisible Veteran

More Political Failings

Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?

US Air Power

 

Categories Armistice Day, Old Man Blog, The Fantasy Newsperson, USA - 250 Years

Top TV News Military Analysts

August 9, 2026 //
0

Fox Business

Aug 9, 2026

More than 600 comments are posted with the video above.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Top TV military analysts, currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

 

Related:

Oak Bay Starfish Military Analysts

Working to stabilize the region since 1990 Operation Desert Shield

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

The Post 911 Era

More Political Failings

Seattle Has Taken A Dive In The Post 911 Era

Seattle Fentanyl – Any Different Today Than Under Biden?

Seattle Open-Air Drug Use Rolls On

The Invisible Veteran

The country struggles with:

Cultural Honesty

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, The Fantasy Newsperson

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

July 30, 2026 //
0

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

 

KOMO News

Cheerful TV newspeople play the role of federal public affairs staff:

At 0:19 It’s the Sound of Freedom.

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.

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.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

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

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

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

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

If the CIA (est 1947) serves as an advantage to the US, why does the Department of Defense have such a poor record of winning undeclared wars going back to 1949, the year DOD was established?

How would American freedoms be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?

US Troops were sent into life and death situations in the aftermath of 911.

For this reason it is important to ask questions and develop a feel for what is real and what is honest.

It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

These questions do not need to be asked on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Blue Angels day or Armed Forces Day. Sometime during the year, please ask these questions.

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.

Related:

Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?

US Air Power

The Post 911 Era

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

Freedom Comes And Goes

The country struggles with:

Cultural Honesty

 

Categories Newspeople not asking questions, The Fantasy Newsperson, Veterans Day Propaganda

Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?

July 30, 2026 //
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The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

 

“The Oath” is a very big deal to people who did time in uniform. Decades after doing time in uniform some veterans will say their oath never expires.

How would The Constitution be any different if US troops were never sent to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc.

Americans are raised on a pledge of allegiance to the flag. Small school children grow up with this. Are we raised to avoid the idea of asking questions?

 

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.

From 2021

A 2:54 audio file:

Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?

Freedom?

Elected officials have often thanked The Troops for defending American rights and freedoms.

Former Secretary of Defense:

“…we also remember our Service Members fiercely defending the freedoms we value every day.”

How would American freedoms be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?

US Troops were sent into life and death situations in the aftermath of 911.

For this reason it is important to ask questions and develop a feel for what is real and what is honest.

It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.

 

Stan Goff went to 8 conflict areas and found no enemies to The Constitution.

Please see 2:30 below.

Related:

Replace The Phrase?

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

“…to support and defend our Constitution.”

Take An Oath To The Constitution

Much Talk Of An Oath

DOD And The Constitution

 

Categories The Fantasy Newsperson

“…to support and defend our Constitution.”

July 27, 2026 //
0

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

In The News

“Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Tuesday criticized the departure of senior military officials when Hegseth testified before her panel Tuesday.”

“I find this deeply troubling,” Collins said at the hearing, which was held to discuss the administration’s request for emergency Defense funding. “These are men and women who volunteered to serve our country and swore an oath to support and defend our Constitution.”

Source:

GOP senators warn confidence in Hegseth eroding as Iran war drags on

By Alexander Bolton – The Hill

July 27, 2026

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

 

Former Secretary of Defense:

“…we also remember our Service Members fiercely defending the freedoms we value every day.”

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

How would American freedoms be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?

US Troops were sent into life and death situations in the aftermath of 911.

For this reason it is important to ask questions and develop a feel for what is real and what is honest.

It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.

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:

Why I Didn’t Reenlist

By Casey Khan

February 14, 2004

 

Related:

The Post 911 Era

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

 

Categories The Fantasy Newsperson, Veterans Day Propaganda

Puget Sound Gun Control

July 23, 2026 //
0

Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.

The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

Welcome Home Troops.

 

July 27 update:

FOX 13 Seattle

Another shooting:

KIRO 7 News

In The News

Suspects open fire on car in north Seattle, hurting 3 women

KOMO News

July 23, 2026

 

Possible road rage shooting closes roadway between Interstate 5 and Homeacres

KOMO News

July 22, 2026

 

KIRO 7 News

KING 5 News

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Has any WA gun control measure or public policy effort of the past 20 years slowed down the gunfire between say, Everett and Tacoma?

What works? What fails?

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

Newspeople remain silent.

 

Possibly of interest:

Meth – Sealed Borders Racket

 

Categories Gun Control, Ongoing Breakdown of Society, The Fantasy Newsperson

196.37 Grams Of Fentanyl – Clallam County

July 20, 2026 //
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Above: South entrance- Port Townsend Ship Canal.

An old photo I took. Symbol of a significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence at Port Angeles that came together more than a decade ago.

In The News

Blog title source:

Man sentenced to five years for drug crimes

By Olympic Peninsula News Group

July 14, 2026

“OPNET and officers with Clallam County Sheriff’s Office and Sequim Police Department recovered 196.37 grams of fentanyl and a .45 caliber Glock during their warrant search.”

 

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?

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:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security/CBP units been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Has any newsperson ever asked questions on this?

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest of any kind?

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest linked in any way to the US/Canada border?

Has massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca played any role in reducing Clallam County drug overdose numbers?

Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?

How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?

Are passports/enhanced/REAL IDs effective in keeping cartel drugs out of the US?

Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at the border since 2009.

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made any seizure that kept any amount of fentanyl, heroin or any opioid from entering Clallam County?

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?

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

Related:

Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree

Sound Publishing And Black Press Media

Throwback Thursday – Port Angeles Drug War

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Seattle Drug Scene – Welcome Home Troops

Seattle Open-Air Drug Use Rolls On

Sealed Borders Update

Seattle DEA Nonsense

Federal Drug War Scam Rolls On

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, Olympic Peninsula Border Patrol, The Fantasy Newsperson

Top TV News Military Analysts

July 15, 2026 //
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Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

 

Fox Business

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Top TV military analysts, currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?

Has blowing up suspected drug boat crews led to any shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

Is the Puget Sound drug situation any different today than it was under Biden?

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

Another Angle

Breaking Points

Related:

TV Military Analysts

Seattle Drug Scene – Welcome Home Troops

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

 

Categories The Fantasy Newsperson

“…people trust the government less and no longer want to identify as a Democrat or Republican.”

July 11, 2026 //
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Above: Approved Flag Images

Symbols of the propaganda that makes it all work.

 

Blog title source:

Why Are Political Independents Less Patriotic Than Ever?
For the same reason their ranks have grown to record highs: They dislike the federal government.

Nick Gillespie – Reason

July 10, 2026

 

Big talk from the federal government and what do you get back home?

Decades of undeclared/unwon wars. No shortage of cartel drugs in Seattle.

Newspeople who avoid asking questions.

The situation remains in place no matter who is elected to office.

2026 – A Giant Federal Program Celebrates Independence From A Powerful, Central Government

Dozens of jets, bombers and helicopters will fly over DC today
The nine-hour 4th of July airshow includes demonstration teams, parachute jumps and a nighttime afterburner flyover.

Nicholas Slayton – Task & Purpose

July 4, 2026

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

 

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?

What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?  

What did the founders think of troops in camo patrolling the streets?

Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

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

If the CIA (est 1947) serves as an advantage to the US, why does the Department of Defense have such a poor record of winning undeclared wars going back to 1949, the year DOD was established?

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

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

Government – 2026

“It promises protection while steadily expanding surveillance, policing, executive discretion and bureaucratic control. It wraps itself in flags. It quotes Scripture. It invokes patriotism. It salutes the troops.”

When Rights Become Privileges
by John W. Whitehead
July 10, 2026

Big surveillance and a giant and expensive US Dept. of Homeland Security never were able to keep cartel drugs out of Seattle.

Ditto for blowing up suspected drug boat crews in distant waters and designating cartels as terrorist organizations.

2026 Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

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.

2026 – 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, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Is the Seattle drug situation any different in 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?

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?

 

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.

 

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.

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.

 

Of interest:

Declaring America’s Independence From the Tyranny of Militarism and War
Beware the Termites of War

Bill Astore

July 3, 2026

 

Related:

“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”

Much Talk Of An Oath

A Land Of Make Believe – USA 250

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

As time goes on, the consumer choices we have are becoming more restricted by a combination of government and big business policies, not Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden or the next bad guy DOD will be going after in distant lands:

Freedom Comes And Goes

Welcome Home Troops – USA 250

Replace The Phrase?

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Operating A Camera In A Public Place

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

 

Categories Camo Uniforms In Public, Federal Holidays, Homeland Security is a scam, The Fantasy Newsperson, USA - 250 Years, Voting

US Air Power

July 7, 2026 //
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Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

 

The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.

TV Newspeople can be relied upon to play the role of federal public affairs staff.

Fox News

Giant federal program celebrates independence from a powerful, central government:

No Powerful, Central Government

“…what our American ancestors achieved in the first century of our nation’s existence. No income tax or IRS. No Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, subsidies, grants, or foreign aid. No national-security state—i.e., no Pentagon, military-industrial complex, military empire, CIA, NSA, or FBI. No foreign wars. No sanctions, embargoes, or blockades. No economic regulations, including minimum wage.”

TV Newspeople Function Like Paid Actors Reading A Script

Even away from USA 250, newspeople avoid asking questions related to decades of undeclared/unwon wars.

State-run media:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

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?

What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?  

Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

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

If the CIA (est 1947) serves as an advantage to the US, why does the Department of Defense have such a poor record of winning undeclared wars going back to 1949, the year DOD was established?

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?

 

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.

 

Related:

“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”

Much Talk Of An Oath

A Land Of Make Believe – USA 250

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

As time goes on, the consumer choices we have are becoming more restricted by a combination of government and big business policies, not Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden or the next bad guy DOD will be going after in distant lands:

Freedom Comes And Goes

Replace The Phrase?

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

 

Categories The Fantasy Newsperson, USA - 250 Years

Much Talk Of An Oath

July 6, 2026 //
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Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

 

Hook Global

Valhalla VFT

William Upham video:

Outrage as Florida congressional candidate calls President Trump ‘anti-Christ’ who ‘must be killed’

By Chris Nesi – New York Post

July 15, 2026

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

 

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.

Take An Oath To The Constitution

 

Related:

A Land Of Make Believe – USA 250

The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East

As time goes on, the consumer choices we have are becoming more restricted by a combination of government and big business policies, not Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden or the next bad guy DOD will be going after in distant lands:

Freedom Comes And Goes

Approved Flag Images

Replace The Phrase?

Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays

 

Categories Recruiting Crisis, The Fantasy Newsperson

“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”

June 30, 2026 //
0

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

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?

What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?  

Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

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

 

Giant federal program celebrates independence from a powerful, central government:

New York Post

In The News

D.C.’s July 4th fireworks will have “TSA-style” security, won’t start until 11 p.m., mayor says

By Maria Sullivan, Gabriella Biello – CBS News

June 30, 2026

“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”

“Those planning to view the fireworks show from the Washington Monument grounds should expect “TSA-style” security, with magnetometers screening guests, according to Tara McLeese, special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Washington field office.”

“McLeese said each guest in the restricted area is allowed only one clear bag no larger than a gallon, or a small clutch purse. There will be no storage for prohibited items.”

“Attendees of the Great American State Fair at the National Mall are encouraged to remain there to watch the fireworks show, rather than attempting to enter the primary viewing zone on the Washington Monument grounds, said Scott Brecht, chief of the U.S. Park Police. Leaving one zone and moving to another will require additional security screenings, and reentry may not be possible.”

D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Director Clint Osborn said. “I would say that if you’re going downtown and you’ve done this before, don’t assume you know what it’s going to look like.”

DHS- the folks who can’t keep fentanyl trafficking cartels from moving product into various US communities are keeping the big event safe. Way To Go Team.

Cartels continue to move product into all 50 states.

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

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

Sealed Borders?

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 suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?

Any questions from newspeople?

Both Major Parties – Celebrate Your Freedoms

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, The Fantasy Newsperson, USA - 250 Years

“…military flyovers will be the best, EVER…”

June 27, 2026 //
0

Above: No hurry to change – Nordland

In The News

‘Packed to the brim’: Trump says 45K guests attend Great American State Fair rally

by Jessica Botelho

The National News Desk

June 27, 2026

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

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?

What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?  

Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

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

 

Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the Pentagon specializes in undeclared/unwon wars.

The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?

Take An Oath To The Constitution

Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.

 

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.

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:

Why I Didn’t Reenlist

By Casey Khan

February 14, 2004

 

The Dept. of Defense is the very best at militarized pageantry for pro sports events.

They are able to get the press to play the role of federal public affairs staff as authorities prepare for the Super Bowl.


TV newspeople perform like paid actors reading a script.

NORAD Santa Tracker

Here at Oak Bay Starfish, our commentary rolls on, no matter who has been elected to office.

A giant agency created to prevent Soviet attacks, with almost unlimited resources to defend N. America in 2021, is unable to keep crank call from going out live during big public relations event.

My audio commentary – duration 3:30

Podcast 10 NORAD Santa Tracker Allows Insult To President Biden Live On Air

Back Home

Greater Puget Sound area:

PSE electricity bills have skyrocketed. Can anything be done about it?

 

Seattle area’s outlier status on homelessness is only getting worse

 

WA’s rich are leaving? Another tax on wealth smashes records

 

A missing girl from Arizona was found in Olympia’s Jungle encampment, U.S. marshals say

“…found at the homeless encampment known as “The Jungle” in Olympia…”

“The agency described the area as having high rates of violence and community safety concerns. Back in 2023, a woman was found dead at the homeless encampment.”

KING 5 News

 

Teen shot at south Seattle community center renews calls for youth violence prevention

KING 5 News

 

Best federal efforts fail to keep 6.6 lbs of Cocaine, 4.4 lbs of Fentanyl from arriving in King County:

King County Sheriff’s office seizes 11 pounds of narcotics

Page down on the story linked above to see the sort of advertising KIRO 7 TV News is able to attract to their web page.

Several militarized/AI senior citizens drinking various odd beverages before bed to combat promoted ailments.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Did the advantage of designating cartels as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025 reduce the availability of fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

If Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure, how are drugs still coming in?

Standard newspeople remain silent.

Blowing up suspected drug boat crews, bold PR statements from Kristi Noem, sealed borders, designating cartels as terrorist organizations, DHS guarding Super Bowls, US troops at the border, 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 from arriving in the Puget Sound area?

The Seattle drug situation appears to be no different in June of 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?

 

Cartels continue to move product into all 50 states.

DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:

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

Common flashlight batteries remain locked up like diamond jewelry to keep drug addicts out.

The drug addicts that were not cut off by Kristi Noem and her giant and expensive Dept. of Homeland Security.

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.

Even if we celebrate the best of American culture during the last century, that time is gone now.

 

Possibly of interest:

1967

Did the Joint Chiefs of Staff send The Troops to safeguard American freedoms?

Was it the Viet Cong that set up laws in 16 US states to prohibit interracial marriage?

Jet Noise Made Them Free?

Replace The Phrase?

The Post 911 Era

Celebrating Things That Are Real – USA 250

 

Categories Federal Holidays, Ongoing Breakdown of Society, The Fantasy Newsperson

Seattle Open-Air Drug Use Rolls On

June 24, 2026 //
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Above: Posted by another- some years back.

In The News

Little Saigon remains troubled a week after Mayor Wilson’s open-air drug crackdown begins

by Michelle Esteban, KOMO News

June 24, 2026

“Nearly a week after Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said the city will no longer tolerate open-air drug use and sales in the Little Saigon neighborhood, conditions at the notorious corner of 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street appeared largely unchanged.”

Seattle street scenes:

choeshow

 

Zero mention of needing cash for drugs:

KING 5 News

Still no shortage of cartel product in Seattle:

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Why do TV newspeople refuse to ask why the US Armed Forces blowing up suspected drug boat crews in distant waters seems to create no shortage of cartel product in Seattle?

In The News

‘There Will Come a Day When He Faces Prosecution’: Trump Condemned After US Murders Two More at Sea

“…The Intercept’s Nick Turse, who has tracked all of the reported US boat bombings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, there have now been 66 such strikes, which have killed 215 people and left 12 survivors, based on USSOUTHCOM data.”

Source:

Brett Wilkins – Common Dreams.
Jun 22, 2026

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Is the Seattle drug situation any different in June of 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?

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:

Celebrating Things That Are Real – USA 250

Sealed Borders Update

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, The Fantasy Newsperson

Sealed Borders Update

June 16, 2026 //
0

Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

Did the advantage of designating cartels as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025 reduce the availability of fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

If Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure, how are drugs still coming in?

Standard newspeople remain silent.

Blowing up suspected drug boat crews, bold PR statements from Kristi Noem, sealed borders, designating cartels as terrorist organizations, DHS guarding Super Bowls, US troops at the border, 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 from arriving in Seattle?

The Seattle drug situation appears to be no different in June of 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?

In The News

FOX 13 Seattle

Welcome Home Troops

KOMO News

“For years, community leaders and business owners have lamented the area as a hotspot for open-air drug activity, public disorder, shootings, and other criminal behavior.”

 

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

 

The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.

Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.

Even if we celebrate the best of American culture during the last century, that time is gone now.

USA 250

What are we celebrating that still exists today?

Camp Pendleton News

Sealed borders fail to keep more than 112 pounds of cocaine and fentanyl from arriving at Camp Pendleton:

Camp Pendleton Security Breach Leads to 112-Pound Cocaine & Fentanyl Bust

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:

Celebrating Things That Are Real – USA 250

Seattle DEA Nonsense

Federal Drug War Scam Rolls On

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

Welcome Home Troops – USA 250

Sealed Borders Fail to Keep Drugs Out

The Post 911 Era

Investigation Took Nearly 3 Years – Drug War Scam Update

Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree

1976 Was A Bad Time For The US?

 

Categories Homeland Security is a scam, Ongoing Breakdown of Society, The Fantasy Newsperson, USA - 250 Years

Port Angeles Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol

June 7, 2026 //
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Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.

Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.

 

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?

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:

In The News

Former Clallam County Drug Court coordinator pleads not guilty to federal drug charges

Radio Pacific, Inc

June 5, 2026

“…a search warrant obtained by OPNET investigators turned up fentanyl, cocaine, meth, heroin, guns and other items tied to Watts and another man, Patrick Nelson.”

“…Watts later confessed that the drugs and contraband found in his bedroom were his. He also confessed to buying drugs from a dealer at the 7 Cedars Casino Hotel, which led to further arrests.”

The Fantasy Newsperson Asks

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest of any kind?

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest linked in any way to the US/Canada border?

Has massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca played any role in reducing Clallam County drug overdose numbers?

Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?

How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?

Are passports/enhanced/REAL IDs effective in keeping cartel drugs out of the US?

Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at the border since 2009.

When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made any seizure that kept any amount of fentanyl, heroin or any opioid from entering Clallam County?

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?

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:

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?

 

Related:

Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree

Sound Publishing And Black Press Media

Throwback Thursday – Port Angeles Drug War

What Is A Fake War On Terror?

 

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