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Glance from blue dress lady as grade school field trip chaperone leans in-
What do you notice about this video of Joe Biden? pic.twitter.com/7rqG2nmyfZ
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (Parody) (@TulsiGabbardrep) April 7, 2024
Love to find more info on the above event. Where was it? What was the occasion?
Time for a few questions. Voters deserve to be informed.
Welcome Home Troops
Possibly of interest:
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Two Former Vice Presidents
Mar 15, 2024 ABC News
“Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday he will not be endorsing his former boss Donald Trump in the 2024 general election.”
The system would rather see a standard politician such as Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, or Mike Pence get the GOP nomination in 2024. More of the same is preferred by TV newspeople and establishment politicians.
Trump came on the scene because people grew tired of standard politicians and giant political parties. People also grew tired of the staged/scripted/made for TV debates crafted and agreed upon by the uniparty. People grew tired of being told that undeclared/unwon wars are for your freedoms.
Seeing social media posts now challenging people on how they could vote for Trump. Answer: A Trump vote is a vote in protest of the system that agreed to decades of undeclared/unwon wars.
Voting is a top priority in the USA, until voters pick the candidate not approved by the uniparty and the press.
Voters are then seen as flawed/candidate is flawed/panel of TV experts will explain, etc.
Related:
Trump came on the scene because…
Would any newsperson ever ask:
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Trump came on the scene because people grew tired of standard politicians and giant political parties. People also grew tired of the staged/scripted/made for TV debates crafted and agreed upon by the uniparty. People grew tired of being told that undeclared/unwon wars are for your freedoms.
Alternative media provides an update on the banning of gas powered outdoor equipment:
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.
People grew tired of newspeople not asking questions over the past 35 years or so.
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,
Going back to the 1990 Operation Desert Shield,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Real newspeople and some Americans might ask:
Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
Has dressing women to look like men had any positive or negative impact on recruiting?
Uncle Sam is having a hell of a time finding people to sign up for the US Armed Forces. Pretending that decades of undeclared/unwon wars are linked in any way with American freedoms is the kind of dishonesty that will snuff out the energy American families once had for encouraging young people to enlist.
Good luck with your US Armed Forces recruiting crisis.
Related:
Would any newsperson ever ask:
I am interested in living in a free and honest society.
Deal Breakers
Do not lie to me. The idea that The Troops are sent to distant lands for your freedoms is promoted by both major political parties. Does this concept stand up to any sort of questioning and discussion? Pick a time as far away as possible from Memorial Day, so as not to show disrespect. Does the discussion take place?
Do not maintain an American press to deliver the story below, if that press avoids asking questions related to public policy.
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Mr President,
Going back to the 1990 Operation Desert Shield,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Real newspeople and some Americans might ask:
Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
Has dressing women to look like men had any positive or negative impact on recruiting?
Article For Today
America Has a Uniparty System
by Laurence M. Vance
January 24, 2024
“…Democrats claim that they want to see marijuana legalized on the federal level, whenever Democrats have had control of both houses of Congress and the presidency (most recently during Biden’s first two years as president), they have not even attempted to do so.”
“If there is one thing that Democrats and Republicans wholeheartedly agree on, it is increased military spending every fiscal year even though the U.S. military budget is already larger than the next 10 highest foreign defense budgets combined. Much of U.S. military spending is wasted on maintaining hundreds of foreign military bases, stationing tens of thousands of American soldiers on foreign soil, and engaging in pointless military operations. The bottom line is: Democrats and Republicans both believe in obscene military budgets for offense instead of defense.”
“U.S. foreign policy has been reckless, belligerent, and meddling for a great many years. Yet, an interventionist foreign policy has been the norm no matter which political party occupied the White House or controlled the House or Senate. Both Democrats and Republicans think that the government should take money out of the pockets of American taxpayers and put it in the hands of foreign governments and organizations in the form of foreign aid. They both feel that America — against the wisdom of John Quincy Adams — should go abroad and seek monsters to destroy. The billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars that went into the sinkhole of Ukraine had bipartisan support. The bottom line is: Democrats and Republicans both believe that the United States should police the world and intervene in other countries as it sees fit.”
My Take
Both major parties send The Troops to distant lands, and tell us it is for 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.
Gun control:
I live in the greater Seattle area. In recent years, several new gun laws have been passed. Did the new laws reduce gunfire in local communities?
Local newspeople refuse to report on results of past gun control measures.
Puget Sound Area Shootings Roll On
Everett updates here.
Seattle updates here.
Tacoma updates here.
Has any gun control measure or public policy effort improved the situation over the past 20 years?
What works? What fails?
Newspeople remain silent.
Voting is highly emphasized in American culture. Asking questions related to public policy takes a lower priority.
In a free and honest society, newspeople would be asking questions related to public policy all of the time.
May 28, 2020 WMAR
Salisbury Mayor deploying to Africa with Maryland National Guard
Several news sources published this quote. View them here.
The idea that sending hometown troops to Africa would be linked in any way with keeping the people of Salisbury Maryland safe and free calls for more discussion.
Mayor Day,
While the troops were deployed, federal law was signed prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to adults age 18-20.
Can you help us to understand the militarized version of freedom here?
December 21st 2019 KOMO News
Legal age to buy cigarettes, vapes raised to 21 nationwide
“Signed into law by President Donald Trump Friday as part of the new $1.4 trillion spending bill, a new measure prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.”
Treating 18-20 Year Old Adults As 2nd Class Citizens
Both major parties are OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.
Both major parties are good with a land of the free holding pattern where alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and firearms restrictions are in place for 18-20 year old adults. Is there any state where recreational marijuana laws remove prohibition for adults at age 18? Are The Joint Chiefs of Staff working to change any of this?
Doesn’t seem to fit with a society that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking the troops for freedoms, fighting wars for freedoms, staging military jet flyovers at sporting events for freedom, etc.
The country struggles with:
Homeland Security Is A Scam
Both major parties fund a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security that has not created any shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US.
Voting is highly emphasized in American culture. Asking questions related to public policy takes a lower priority.
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance?
Unlike many cities of its size, Port Angeles maintains a significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence.
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
If you run a government operation-these are the reporters you want to see on interview day:
Jan 27, 2023 KONP FENTANYL NOW TOP DRUG IN CLALLAM COUNTY OVERDOSES
New Port Angeles USBP Station opened more than a decade ago. Has the new station been able to prevent cartel drugs from entering the Olympic Peninsula?
Newspeople remain silent.
Super Bowl
Tune in to any Super Bowl in the post 911 era to see the press promote a big US Dept. of Homeland Security show of force to keep the big game safe. TV newspeople skip asking questions and play the role of federal public affairs staff instead:
The folks who can’t keep fentanyl trafficking cartels from moving product into various US communities are keeping the Super Bowl safe. Way To Go Team.
Love to see newspeople ask:
If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.
Are fans less safe at regular games?
What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?
What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?
February 4, 2023 ABC 10
Jan 17, 2023 ABC15 Arizona
National Nuclear Security Administration conducting helicopter security checks ahead of Super Bowl
Seems Like A Democrat Thing
Several times over the years, I have heard something similar to:
Mental healthcare in the USA was damaged because President Reagan cut off vital funding.
President Reagan left office in 1989. Both major parties have taken turns in power and had the chance to maintain or change whatever good or bad things President Reagan left in place.
To me, this feels like taking your favorite NFL team today and saying the defense is still screwed up because coach so-and-so set it up that way before he left in 1989.
Related:
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
GWOT/Super Bowl Security Update 2023
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
The People of New Jersey Need Services In Iraq and Syria
DOD Careers Made of Undeclared/Unwon Wars – Honesty Is Lacking
Maybe Get Away From The Bragging About Freedom?
American Families and the US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
Life wasn’t meant to change after the big Saddam Hussein & Osama bin Laden takedowns
Possibly of interest:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
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.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
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To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
From the left:
Voter Demand Or Giant Political Machine Demand?
Jan 19, 2024 Bracing Views
Rigging the Primaries for Biden/Harris Has a Serious Drawback
W.J. Astore
Iowa and New Hampshire get sidelined in the cause of propping up Joe Biden
“If the DNC had kept the old schedule of Iowa and NH, and Biden had performed poorly in both states, it would have allowed the DNC more notice and time to pivot, or perhaps to craft a message more appealing to voters. Privileging states that are expected to support Biden, in contrast, may breed overconfidence that his support remains strong and his candidacy remains viable against the clear Republican frontrunner, Trump.”
“If you really want to defeat Trump in November, you need the most rigorous vetting process for the Biden/Harris ticket. Rigging the primaries for Biden by deleting Democratic rivals from the ballot, as the DNC has done in Florida, North Carolina, and elsewhere, while effectively throwing out results in Iowa and NH, may ensure both that Biden/Harris win renomination and lose the general election in November.”
Sort of like changing the rules in football to favor one team
Jan 10, 2024
Democracy, but not Biden, is on the ballot?
W.J. Astore
The bizarre opening weeks of the Democratic primary season
“Democracy, President Joe Biden has said, is on the ballot this year. But often his Democratic rivals won’t be on the ballot, nor is Biden himself officially on the ballot in New Hampshire in two weeks. (Indeed, the DNC refuses to sanction, i.e. support, the NH primary.) What gives?”
“Next week (1/15), the Iowa caucus for president is being held for Republicans and Democrats. Apparently, official results for Democrats won’t be available until March. Then there’s the famous New Hampshire primary, always the first in the country and this year on 1/23; Biden’s name isn’t even on the ballot for Democrats there.”
“The fix is in for Biden in 2024, to state the obvious. Iowa and New Hampshire are both being sidelined because the DNC knows Biden is vulnerable in these states. But South Carolina, the DNC believes, can be controlled, can be counted on for a decent showing for Old Joe. Thus South Carolina was moved up in the 2024 primary calendar precisely to demonstrate allegedly strong support for Joe.”
Dec 12, 2022 POLITICO
DNC moves forward with dramatic change to presidential primary calendar
Voter Demand Or Giant Political Machine Demand?
Dec 14, 2023 NPR
The New Hampshire primary is a little unusual for Democrats this year
Alternative Media and Comedians – Asking the Questions and Highlighting the Issues
The TV network wants to pick the favorites. Will of the voters is OK if they choose what the network script readers are happy with.
Sorry, no time for The View panelists to ask the Vice President about her position on undeclared/unwon wars.
Not picking on The View here, most anyone paid to work on a TV network with avoid any questions Re: A US Dept. of Defense that was nowhere to be found on 911. We haven’t won a war since.
Love to see newspeople ask:
Candidate ____________,
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role in all this?
Seems like a post 911 Washington DC would be one of the very most prepared cities in the world to host gatherings and events of a friendly or unfriendly nature. Sort of like the Super Bowl, but every day, not just one day each year.
Related:
Trump came on the scene because people grew tired of standard politicians. People also grew tired of the staged/scripted/made for TV debates crafted and agreed upon by the uniparty. People grew tired of being told that undeclared/unwon wars are for your freedoms.
Related:
American Families and the US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
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Always very little on what the giant political party stands for or believes in.
On the right:
Undeclared/unwon wars not on the list of things for newspeople to ask about.
1:19 Panel of Experts – Undeclared/unwon wars are nowhere on the radar.
On the left:
Uniparty and TV newspeople are good with undeclared/unwon wars. Newspeople avoid questions in these areas.
Mark Dice and the rest of alternative media gives itself permission to question all this:
Trump came on the scene because people grew tired of standard politicians. People also grew tired of the staged/scripted/made for TV debates crafted and agreed upon by the uniparty. People grew tired of being told that undeclared/unwon wars are for your freedoms.
Full Name For Social Media?
Years ago, I lived in several different small town areas. Places like Kingston, Port Hadlock and north of Penn Cove.
These areas had small, local newspapers and those papers featured active, online comment sections. Paying for a newspaper subscription was OK with me. There were basic rules for commenting, but it did not seem to matter what name people went by. I never cared.
I used to love the comment sections.
If a person works at a school district, county office, real estate office, on the ferries, etc. and they have info about what is going on, I want them to be able to comment without any need to use their real name.
Some people would misbehave in the comment section and the newspapers would come up with more restrictive rules or new software to run the comment section. Eliminating comments became a trend.
Local papers have stripped away all comments from past articles, and removed the opportunity to post comments to new articles.
Various newspapers in the Puget Sound area have gone with this trend.
Suppressing comments, getting away from asking questions related to public policy and telling us they need more support from subscription and advertising sales.
Got it.
More here: Full Name Verified For Social Media?
The uniparty is good with the wars for freedom propaganda/nonsense.
From The Right
June 4, 2023 CNN
Nikki Haley: “This is bigger than Ukraine, this is a war about 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.
President Biden says different:
It’s all about freedom folks.
From The Left
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,
Going back to the 1990 Operation Desert Shield,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Real newspeople and some Americans might ask:
Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
Has dressing women to look like men had any positive or negative impact on recruiting?
Uncle Sam is having a hell of a time finding people to sign up for the US Armed Forces. Pretending that decades of undeclared/unwon wars are linked in any way with American freedoms is the kind of dishonesty that will snuff out the energy American families once had for encouraging young people to enlist.
Good luck with your US Armed Forces recruiting crisis.
To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
I am interested in living in a free and honest society. I the video below, Tucker Carlson and Jimmy Dore explain why things are not headed that way.
Alternative Media and Comedians – Asking the Questions and Highlighting the Issues
No Fans of the Uniparty Here
From the left: Jimmy Dore
From the right: Tucker Carlson
After 1:12 above, Carlson says: People aren’t joining the military because they don’t support the mission.
1:32 above, Jimmy Dore says: You don’t get in trouble for lying, you get in trouble for telling the truth.
My take:
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Understandable why young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
Four-star officers and high level DOD civilians built careers made of undeclared/unwon wars. Now they must mastermind ways to recruit a new generation.
Related:
Maybe Get Away From The Bragging About Freedom?
Recruiting Crisis – Found An Honest Article
American Families and the US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
Life wasn’t meant to change after the big Saddam Hussein & Osama bin Laden takedowns
DOD Careers Made of Undeclared/Unwon Wars – Honesty Is Lacking
“US Military Academies Focus on Oaths and Loyalty to Constitution…”
The people of Iowa need services in Kosovo
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Random Thoughts – Recruiting Crisis
Recruiting Crisis – A Million Meals for Military Families In Need
Late 2023 US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
A Draft? – DOD Brand Has Been Wrecked
How does Uncle Sam plan to attract young people to sign up in the years ahead?
The “Thanks for your service” phrase may have come from some sort of post-Vietnam guilt.
The guilt doesn’t seem to work towards staying out of undeclared/unwon wars.
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
President Biden – Veterans Day
The country struggles with:
Possibly of interest:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
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.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
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Symbol of the American mainstream press in 2024.
Welcome Visitors
Rent yourself a State Parks buoy at Fort Worden
Voted best consumer value in weekend recreation.
To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
Jan 10, 2024
Democracy, but not Biden, is on the ballot?
W.J. Astore
The bizarre opening weeks of the Democratic primary season
“Democracy, President Joe Biden has said, is on the ballot this year. But often his Democratic rivals won’t be on the ballot, nor is Biden himself officially on the ballot in New Hampshire in two weeks. (Indeed, the DNC refuses to sanction, i.e. support, the NH primary.) What gives?”
“Next week (1/15), the Iowa caucus for president is being held for Republicans and Democrats. Apparently, official results for Democrats won’t be available until March. Then there’s the famous New Hampshire primary, always the first in the country and this year on 1/23; Biden’s name isn’t even on the ballot for Democrats there.”
“The fix is in for Biden in 2024, to state the obvious. Iowa and New Hampshire are both being sidelined because the DNC knows Biden is vulnerable in these states. But South Carolina, the DNC believes, can be controlled, can be counted on for a decent showing for Old Joe. Thus South Carolina was moved up in the 2024 primary calendar precisely to demonstrate allegedly strong support for Joe.”
Dec 12, 2022 POLITICO
DNC moves forward with dramatic change to presidential primary calendar
Voter Demand Or Giant Political Machine Demand?
Dec 14, 2023 NPR
The New Hampshire primary is a little unusual for Democrats this year
Alternative Media and Comedians – Asking the Questions and Highlighting the Issues
From the left – The Jimmy Dore Show:
At 2:30 below:
Climate change hoax is designed to tax you more and strip you of your rights and freedoms.
Questions TV newspeople will never ask:
Would the DEA be out of work if a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security was able to keep cartel product from showing up in all 50 states?
Welcome Home Troops
Incumbent On The Campaign Trail Update:
Watch handler rush in at 3:08
Video below:
Best part at 1:04
Trump came on the scene because people grew tired of standard politicians. The uniparty prefers standard politicians.
To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
Alternative Media and Comedians – Asking the Questions and Highlighting the Issues – Jimmy Dore:
More here:
Alternative Media and Comedians – Asking the Questions and Highlighting the Issues
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No Hurry To Cange – Port Hadlock
Yesterday, somebody posted:
Where were you? along with a photo of a peaceful/standing twin towers.
My response:
With my GF in Kingston. Had already done some time in uniform. Took me several years to become skeptical and see that the federal government and the press had lost credibility.
Today:
My feeling is that a man on the moon in 1969 was a proud American moment. That was maybe the best of America in my lifetime.
Growing Up In The Cold War Era
Things were up and running in the 80s and 90s
Later in the day:
“What I remember most about 9/11 is the way America was unified the day after. During uncontrollable times we controlled our response. Race, Gender and Political Party were equally irrelevant.”
“We focused on loving each other, how did we get so segregated? We never would have made it this far if we embraced division on September the 12th. We are where we are because we got here TOGETHER let’s embrace love yet again.”
“God Bless The USA.”
My response:
Good Stuff
Let’s keep that and add a free and independent press that will ask questions/rock the boat, no matter who is in office.
The mainstream press provides news coverage that favors government agencies, departments and policies.
Information Suppression – The Press is Weak
For sure, the last couple decades have been a lesser version of life in the USA. Both major parties have taken turns in power.
My simple request for the world: Just Be Honest
A more positive look at life:
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Extinct ferry at Kingston
Many interesting comments are posted with the video above.
The Oak Bay Starfish take:
Trump came on the scene because Americans grew tired of standard politicians. Biden is a standard politician.
Here at Oak Bay Starfish, we are not part of the majority that controls politics at any level of government. Decades of voting indicates that more voting will not change this.
Living in a free and honest society is a priority. I don’t think our major political parties are about this. During long election seasons, there is very little news reporting and discussion about what the major parties stand for or believe in.
The DNC has hated Trump before during and after. People used to make fun of his hair or make cracks about his wife. The DNC has been a huge and successful political party. Clinton’s, Obamas, etc. Disagree with their policies, but they have been effective speakers and successful politicians. This formerly successful organization delivers Biden and VP Kamala Harris as their answer to Trump?
I am OK with Trump as a protest towards standard politicians, the uniparty and the ongoing breakdown of American society. The uniparty sucks ass with their wasteful and ineffective Dept. of Defense and Homeland Security spending.
Homeland Security Is A Scam
Trump is better at the border. Cartels remain in business no mater who is in the White House. The US Dept. of Homeland Security was created in the aftermath of 911. Is there any President since that time who was able to keep cartel product from arriving all over the US?
Pre-Biden:
Cartel Moves 180 Kilograms Of Meth From Mexico To Canada by Rail
The Canadian Press
Police find meth smuggled into Canada through new Ford cars built in Mexico
“Police say they have busted an alleged drug smuggling operation where methamphetamine was being hidden in new cars built in Mexico that were then transported by rail to Canada.”
“Ontario Provincial Police say employees at four Ford dealerships discovered the drugs stashed within spare tires that didn’t match the cars.”
“Police say they found 180 kilograms of meth during the investigation.”
No CBP/GWOT inspection of rail shipments entering the US?
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
State-run media update:
Jun 3, 2020 DEA NewYork
Nothing gets past @CBP’s K9 units!
Nothing gets past @CBP’s K9 units?
Surely, a free and independent press will step up and ask for clarification on this wild CBP claim.
Hey newspeople, how did 2,224 pounds of meth tied to the Sinaloa cartel enter Riverside County, if nothing gets past @CBP’s K9 units?
Why is there a deadly fentanyl problem in Eastern Washington if nothing gets past CBP social media posts?
Not pointing this out because I am a Biden fan, just to document cartel activity prior to Biden entering office.
Lessons Learned?
Anytime there is a plane crash, a loss at sea, or an industrial accident, a thorough investigation takes place. Lessons learned are used to prevent future accidents. A major aircraft manufacturer grounds certain airplanes after mishaps. Time is required to investigate and find out what went wrong.
Any similar effort after a big cartel drug bust inside the US?
The folks who show up and investigate the plane crash don’t spend time congratulating each other. Their work is designed to try and prevent similar future incidents, not promote themselves.
Preventing drugs from entering local communities would kill the chance for various agencies to get publicity for the occasional big drug bust happening in those communities.
Wonder what was happening at border crossing/port of entry inspections during the 12 months Operation P-22 (to take down just one branch of the cartel activity) took place. Do the good guys who made the local bust notify the good guys at the border about the weak links in their process?
Were federal authorities at the border notified of this ongoing investigation?
Did the cartel traffickers get fast track screening at the border so as not to disrupt this ongoing investigation?
If the drug traffickers were given a pass at the border- would that have tipped them off as to the investigation- or would that have been seen as standard protocol?
Imagine that LE authorities observe a shoplifter or bank robber in action. Instead of going in to make an arrest they back off and conduct an investigation that goes on for months. What if they applied the same tactic Re: crimes involving arson, terrorism, child abuse, DUI, etc.
This time next year- will there be any shortage of cartel product in the Puget Sound area? Has any city, county or state jurisdiction been able to cleanup their drug problem using these methods?
Snohomish 2015
Local law enforcement agencies may benefit when the US Dept. of Homeland Security fails to keep heroin out of the US:
Seattle media: Heroin busts could finance police construction in Snohomish
Newspeople are good about posting a drug bust press release. Newspeople remain silent when it comes to asking questions about Homeland Security funding and performance.
More here:
Maybe a few more decades of undeclared/unwon wars and the freedoms will get better.
The uniparty promotes the idea that The Troops are sent to distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms. The press plays along by not asking questions.
Why do we speak of the US Armed Forces as if they function as some sort of giant civil rights organization?
Both major parties are OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.
Both major parties are good with a land of the free holding pattern where alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and firearms restrictions are in place for 18-20 year old adults. Is there any state where recreational marijuana laws remove prohibition for adults at age 18? Are The Joint Chiefs of Staff working to change any of this? Not no, but, Fuck No.
Doesn’t seem to fit with a society that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking the troops for freedoms, fighting wars for freedoms, staging military jet flyovers at sporting events for freedom, etc.
May 28, 2020 WMAR
Salisbury Mayor deploying to Africa with Maryland National Guard
Several news sources published this quote. View them here.
The idea that sending hometown troops to Africa would be linked in any way with keeping the people of Salisbury Maryland safe and free calls for more discussion.
Mayor Day,
While the troops were deployed, federal law was signed prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to adults age 18-20.
Can you help us to understand the militarized version of freedom here?
December 21st 2019 KOMO News
Legal age to buy cigarettes, vapes raised to 21 nationwide
“Signed into law by President Donald Trump Friday as part of the new $1.4 trillion spending bill, a new measure prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.”
The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.
In some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our security. That’s as good as it gets.
In terms of American rights and freedoms- The Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.
Legal marijuana, concealed carry of handguns, semi automatic rifle sales, federal minimum drinking age, federal toilet regulations, sports betting, federal gas can regulations/free enterprise system,
voting rights, bump stock ban, interracial marriage, gay marriage, tobacco sales, open container laws, etc.
Freedoms come and go. None of the above are linked in any way with The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Troops, The Dept. of Defense or the outcome of military operations overseas.
The All Volunteer Force era has been a time to tell the American people that US troops are sent to distant lands to defend American freedoms. This urban legend has run its course. People have seen enough now to know this is no more than a marketing strategy. Uniparty newspeople play along by not asking questions:
School children are taught about a free enterprise system. They grow up to find out that the federal government will tell them what kind of shower head they must install in the bathroom, and what type of gas can they must buy for their lawn mower.
Did hostile forces in distant lands attempt to replace US consumer demand with government demand and end the free enterprise system?
More here:
Consumer Demand Or Government Demand?
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Consumer demand replaced with government demand
Uniparty No Good For Confidence in US Armed Forces?
The country struggles with:
Alternative media continues to ask questions.
Big Hawaii Visit
From the left:
From the right:
Related:
More COVID & Climate Change? – The Press is Weak
Looks like the Big Uniparty Debate Night revealed some support for the US/Ukraine effort. Looks like Trump wants to shut down war over there.
Over the past year or so, the US Armed Forces recruiting crisis has been in the news and the occasional comment advising a return to the draft will appear.
Here at Oak Bay Starfish, we believe that a return to the draft is total political fantasy. Below, we will go into some of the reasons why, but not much is new if you’re one of the many readers who have been closely following the blog at any time since the catastrophic military failure of 911. Still wondering if anyone was fired over that.
The US should maintain strong and ready military forces
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
It is understandable that young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
The press supports the uniparty, so newspeople go easy on asking any questions here.
The US Army brought back WWII uniforms a few years back. Was this an effort to boost recruiting? Looks like it didn’t work. The WWII uniform reminds us of a time before decades of undeclared/unwon wars stacked up.
Before making any plans to start up a draft, let’s ask if newspeople can do something totally different. Have 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.
Have newspeople find out:
Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?
This would be the time to hear from elected leaders and top generals Re: lessons learned on all the issues that have doomed the Department of Defense track record for winning wars since DOD was established in 1949.
Back Home/Away From NATO
Has General Milley’s Operation Macho Swagger reduced access to cartel product anywhere in the US?
Has there been enough time for newspeople to ask questions?
Newspeople remain silent.
April 1, 2020 C-SPAN
WWII costume again- a look from a time before decades of undeclared/unwon wars stacked up.
The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
Talk of the draft is a response to recruiting struggles and more wars on the table.
Never Forget-
The US Armed Forces were irrelevant in defending American rights and freedoms, our physical security, & The Constitution on 911.
Ditto for all other federal agencies and departments.
If DOD was an NFL team, sports talk radio would feature comments like: The Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911. We haven’t won a war since.
Any college or pro football coach would have been fired a dozen times over for what DOD has done with the US Armed Forces during the fake GWOT era.
This is what Americans will support with a draft?
Fake GWOT?
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was invented after the catastrophic military failure of 911. The idea was to keep bad people from coming to the US to do bad things/attempt another 911, etc.
Wouldn’t the giant War on Terror be a cartel drug trafficker’s worst nightmare?
If Americans lived in a free and honest society, newspeople would be asking public policy related questions all of the time. This is not the case.
Related: GWOT/Super Bowl Security Update 2023
What a Scam
Cartels react to General Milley by moving more product into the US:
July 27, 2023 FOX 13 Seattle
6 suspects arrested in one of King County’s largest drug busts plead guilty
“In total, they seized 25lbs fentanyl powder, 31lbs heroin, 8lbs cocaine, 400lbs meth, 478,000 fentanyl pills, 5 handguns, & 3 rifles.”
“According to the King County overdose tracker, 617 people have already died this year from a fentanyl overdose compared to 802 reported deaths in all of last year.”
“About $10 million worth of deadly drugs were taken off the street in this bust, which was one of the largest seizures in KCSO history.”
Wonder what was happening at border crossing/port of entry inspections during the 12 months Operation P-22 (to take down just one branch of the cartel activity) took place. Do the good guys who made the local bust notify the good guys at the border about the weak links in their process?
Were federal authorities at the border notified of this ongoing investigation?
Did the cartel traffickers get fast track screening at the border so as not to disrupt this ongoing investigation?
If the drug traffickers were given a pass at the border- would that have tipped them off as to the investigation- or would that have been seen as standard protocol?
Imagine that LE authorities observe a shoplifter or bank robber in action. Instead of going in to make an arrest they back off and conduct an investigation that goes on for months. What if they applied the same tactic Re: crimes involving arson, terrorism, child abuse, DUI, etc.
This time next year- will there be any shortage of cartel product in the Puget Sound area? Has any city, county or state jurisdiction been able to cleanup their drug problem using these methods?
In the news:
July 25, 2023 The Spokesman-Review
Senator holds fentanyl roundtable as WA becomes overdose epicenter
“…the state had the biggest increase in the nation — more than 21% — in fatal overdoses reported between February 2022 and February 2023.”
“One big reason, explained Robert Hammer, a Homeland Security Investigations special agent in charge of the Pacific Northwest region, is that fentanyl is extraordinarily cheap in Washington. The powerful synthetic opioid sells for as little as 80 cents a pill, about 50 cents cheaper than in California.”
US Dept. of Homeland Security Vote of Confidence:
“Compounding the problem, Hammer said, is Washington’s position on the Interstate 5 corridor and its ability to serve as a stop-off point on the way to smuggle drugs into Vancouver, B.C.”
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
National Guard
The people of Minnesota need more applicants to maintain a place to live and a regular job in their hometown area when they are not doing time in foreign lands helping DOD with undeclared/unwon wars and missions completely unrelated to their home state.
A few decades back, people might think of the National Guard as one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer plus a way to support your home state by being ready to get called out for floods, fires, natural disasters, civil unrest, etc. Maybe a way to help the next state over if they needed it.
Any members of the press available to show up and ask why the people of Home State, USA needed services in distant lands, absent any military emergency, national emergency, draft, or declaration of war?
Recruiting crisis for Uncle Sam? Elected officials and top Pentagon Generals earned it.
Thousands of men and women who signed up for the National Guard in the past 25 years did tours in places like Syria, Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo.
These families have stories to tell and they’re not all positive. Will their stories support a draft?
Random Questions For The Uniparty:
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with 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?
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
General Thomas,
Has dressing women to look like men had any positive or negative impact on recruiting?
Schmoozy Interview With The General – Recruiting Crisis
General Thomas,
We were told we needed to send troops to Vietnam.
Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
Some may have become skeptical along the way.
Potential applicants on the way to comply with the next draft:
Jan 13, 2023 Military.com
Brawls, Disorder Mar National Guard Boot Camp for Teens
“A massive brawl broke out on a parade ground at Fort Gordon in Augusta one afternoon last fall, when about 70 teenage recruits of the Georgia National Guard’s Youth Challenge Academy slugged it out. Some used homemade weapons, including metal shanks, crudely sharpened toothbrushes and tube socks filled with metal padlocks.”
More here:
Hey Moms and Dads – Ask A Recruiter
Last time there was a draft that involved an undeclared war, things did not go well.
Related:
More COVID & Climate Change? – The Press is Weak
Random Questions for The Uniparty
Uniparty No Good For Confidence in US Armed Forces?
Over at the US Armed Forces recruiting office
Random Thoughts – Recruiting Crisis
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Freedom? – New Biden Campaign Ad
Growing Up In The Cold War Era
Possibly of interest:
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
The country struggles with:
Political parties and personalities are not as interesting as what stays the same no matter who is elected to office.
2021
Politics seems to be very much about political personalities and group identities and very little on news reporting and discussion about what the major parties stand for or believe in.
Much Talk Of Political Personalities
Related:
Random Questions for The Uniparty
Uniparty No Good For Confidence in US Armed Forces?
Over at the US Armed Forces recruiting office
Random Thoughts – Recruiting Crisis
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Freedom? – New Biden Campaign Ad
Schmoozy Interview With The General – Recruiting Crisis
Growing Up In The Cold War Era
Possibly of interest:
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
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.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
The country struggles with:
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Quality time at Point Partridge
Questions Newspeople Will Avoid at the Big Debate
Candidate ____________,
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role be in all this?
The uniparty promotes the idea that The Troops are sent to distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms. The press plays along by not asking questions.
Why do we speak of the US Armed Forces as if they function as some sort of giant civil rights organization?
Both major parties are OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.
Both major parties are good with a land of the free holding pattern where alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and firearms restrictions are in place for 18-20 year old adults. Is there any state where recreational marijuana laws remove prohibition for adults at age 18? Are The Joint Chiefs of Staff working to change any of this? Not no, but, Fuck No.
Doesn’t seem to fit with a society that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking the troops for freedoms, fighting wars for freedoms, staging military jet flyovers at sporting events for freedom, etc.
May 28, 2020 WMAR
Salisbury Mayor deploying to Africa with Maryland National Guard
Several news sources published this quote. View them here.
The idea that sending hometown troops to Africa would be linked in any way with keeping the people of Salisbury Maryland safe and free calls for more discussion.
Mayor Day,
While the troops were deployed, federal law was signed prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to adults age 18-20.
Can you help us to understand the militarized version of freedom here?
December 21st 2019 KOMO News
Legal age to buy cigarettes, vapes raised to 21 nationwide
“Signed into law by President Donald Trump Friday as part of the new $1.4 trillion spending bill, a new measure prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.”
The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.
In some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our security. That’s as good as it gets.
In terms of American rights and freedoms- The Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.
Legal marijuana, concealed carry of handguns, semi automatic rifle sales, federal minimum drinking age, federal toilet regulations, sports betting, federal gas can regulations/free enterprise system,
voting rights, bump stock ban, interracial marriage, gay marriage, tobacco sales, open container laws, etc.
Freedoms come and go. None of the above are linked in any way with The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Troops, The Dept. of Defense or the outcome of military operations overseas.
The All Volunteer Force era has been a time to tell the American people that US troops are sent to distant lands to defend American freedoms. This urban legend has run its course. People have seen enough now to know this is no more than a marketing strategy:
School children are taught about a free enterprise system. They grow up to find out that the federal government will tell them what kind of shower head they must install in the bathroom, and what type of gas can they must buy for their lawn mower.
Did hostile forces in distant lands attempt to replace US consumer demand with government demand and end the free enterprise system?
The country struggles with:
Giant US Dept. of Homeland Security
Has General Milley’s Operation Macho Swagger created any shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US?
Has there been enough time for newspeople to ask questions?
Newspeople remain silent.
April 1, 2020 C-SPAN
WWII costume reminds us of a time before decades of undeclared/unwon wars stacked up.
The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
The uniparty and the press appear to be OK with undeclared/unwon wars.
Would the DEA be out of work if a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security was able to keep cartel product from showing up in all 50 states?
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was invented after the catastrophic military failure of 911. (Anybody fired over this?) The idea was to keep bad people from coming to the US to do bad things/attempt another 911, etc.
Wouldn’t the giant War on Terror be a cartel drug trafficker’s worst nightmare?
If Americans lived in a free and honest society, newspeople would be asking public policy related questions all of the time. This is not the case.
Related:
GWOT/Super Bowl Security Update 2023
Random Questions for The Uniparty
Uniparty No Good For Confidence in US Armed Forces?
Over at the US Armed Forces recruiting office
Random Thoughts – Recruiting Crisis
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Possibly of interest:
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
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.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
Photo credit/source:
Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website
Vote for me, so I can take care of all that has been left undone since I first entered federal office fifty years ago.
“Let’s Finish the Job”
“Freedom”
The uniparty promotes the idea that The Troops are sent to distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms. The press plays along by not asking questions.
Why do we speak of the US Armed Forces as if they function as some sort of giant civil rights organization?
Both major parties are OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.
Both major parties are good with a land of the free holding pattern where alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and firearms restrictions are in place for 18-20 year old adults. Is there any state where recreational marijuana laws remove prohibition for adults at age 18? Are The Joint Chiefs of Staff working to change any of this? Not no, but, Fuck No.
Doesn’t seem to fit with a society that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking the troops for freedoms, fighting wars for freedoms, staging military jet flyovers at sporting events for freedom, etc.
May 28, 2020 WMAR
Salisbury Mayor deploying to Africa with Maryland National Guard
Several news sources published this quote. View them here.
The idea that sending hometown troops to Africa would be linked in any way with keeping the people of Salisbury Maryland safe and free calls for more discussion.
Mayor Day,
While the troops were deployed, federal law was signed prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to adults age 18-20.
Can you help us to understand the militarized version of freedom here?
December 21st 2019 KOMO News
Legal age to buy cigarettes, vapes raised to 21 nationwide
“Signed into law by President Donald Trump Friday as part of the new $1.4 trillion spending bill, a new measure prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.”
The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.
In some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our security. That’s as good as it gets.
In terms of American rights and freedoms- The Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.
Legal marijuana, concealed carry of handguns, semi automatic rifle sales, federal minimum drinking age, federal toilet regulations, sports betting, federal gas can regulations/free enterprise system,
voting rights, bump stock ban, interracial marriage, gay marriage, tobacco sales, open container laws, etc.
Freedoms come and go. None of the above are linked in any way with The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Troops, The Dept. of Defense or the outcome of military operations overseas.
The All Volunteer Force era has been a time to tell the American people that US troops are sent to distant lands to defend American freedoms. This urban legend has run its course. People have seen enough now to know this is no more than a marketing strategy:
School children are taught about a free enterprise system. They grow up to find out that the federal government will tell them what kind of shower head they must install in the bathroom, and what type of gas can they must buy for their lawn mower.
Did hostile forces in distant lands attempt to replace US consumer demand with government demand and end the free enterprise system?
The country struggles with:
Related:
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Uniparty No Good For Confidence in US Armed Forces?
Over at the US Armed Forces recruiting office
Random Thoughts – Recruiting Crisis
More COVID & Climate Change? – The Press is Weak
Possibly of interest:
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.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
Trump came on the scene because people grew tired of standard politicians.
Pence is a standard politician.
Pence does not come with a personality.
Possibly of interest:
Random Questions for The Uniparty
Consumer demand replaced with government demand
Related:
The Most Interesting People In Politics
Photo:
A symbol of central planning and the DNC saying they support democracy.
Thanks for doing time in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
US-Mexico border update:
Be sure to encourage all the young people you know, to go and enlist for NATO/Ukraine.
The video report above comes to us from alternative media and a presidential candidate outside of the uniparty.
Related:
The Most Interesting People In Politics
Over at the US Armed Forces recruiting office
Random Thoughts – Recruiting Crisis
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Update – Newspeople Not Asking Questions
To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
July 25, 2023 THE KENNEDY BEACON
Kennedy Dazzles on Fox’s ‘Hannity’
“People in this country know that the system is rigged and they know that they are being lied to.”
As one sign of his fatigue with liberal-leaning media bashing, Kennedy referenced an interview he had with an editor at The New Yorker a couple of weeks ago. “‘What qualifies you to be the president?’ he asked me,” Kennedy recalled. “You have never been in Congress, never been a governor, never been in the Senate. Well, for me, that’s probably the best qualification.”
When asked what he would do if he could negotiate a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, Kennedy said, “We have to, there is no choice. Russia can’t lose this war. It’s like us losing a war to Mexico.”
Many interesting comments are posted with the article above. View them here.
Alternative media continues to ask questions:
Information Suppression Is Called Out
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for doing time in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
Possibly of interest:
Land of Information Suppression
Over at the US Armed Forces recruiting office
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Update – Newspeople Not Asking Questions
Alternative media is not waiting for permission to ask questions.
To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
Four videos from Jimmy Dore, a progressive Democrat:
July 13, 2023 Dismantle NATO, or At Least Get Out
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Foreign media continues to ask questions:
Mark Dice:
Today’s American culture is truly weak in terms of newspeople asking questions. Regular people who take no federal funds, go out to look at what is going on. This effort is seen as controversial:
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Whidbey artichoke
To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
Two videos from Jimmy Dore, a progressive Democrat:
Norway Bans “Gender-Affirming Care” For Minors
What Does It Mean To Be A “Brave” Comedian Today?
Others asking questions:
Dave Rubin:
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
June 07, 2023
How Unusual Is the Recent Dry Period?
Possibly of interest:
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
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Port Hadlock Transit Center
June 2, 2023
Biden Trips and Falls
W.J. Astore
Does it matter?
“What worries me much more about Biden is that he never holds press conferences and rarely speaks extemporaneously. Remember when presidents would hold televised press conferences and occasionally take challenging questions? These simply don’t happen anymore. Biden is kept isolated from the press, and when he does appear, the questions appear to be scripted, with Biden calling on reporters by name in pre-determined order.”
“Add to this the DNC’s policy that there will be no Democratic candidate debates in 2024, irrespective of how well rivals are polling, and it truly makes you wonder about Biden’s fitness for office. If he can’t handle a real unscripted press conference and can’t endure a 90-minute unscripted debate with rivals like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson, how can he possibly be well enough to serve as president, unless, of course, he’s merely a figurehead, pushed and shoved and propped up by those around him?”
Alternative media – still not shut down:
More alternative media:
Related:
Weak Minded Culture Avoids Questions
South Carolina National Guard to Africa – Zero Questions from Newspeople
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Decades After The Lessons of Vietnam
Random Thoughts – Recruiting Crisis
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
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Occasionally Looking for the Coupeville Ferry
Coupeville/Penn Cove is on the eastern shore of Whidbey Island-no ferry link to Port Townsend exists there.
Possibly of interest:
Don’t book a bed and breakfast stay in Coupeville and plan to walk from the ferry terminal to your accommodations.
Ferry Traffic Leaving Coupeville Terminal Routed Away From Coupeville
Would President Biden be up for answering unscripted questions on TV in front of a live audience? Would President Biden be OK with a news media person who is critical of the federal government asking the questions?
To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
Four videos from Jimmy Dore, a progressive Democrat:
Here are some live clips of President Biden:
Please see 4:50 in the video below.
Part of the internet says the video was edited.
Forget about what POTUS does here. Watch the faces of the two uniformed military members immediately to his right. Look at the expression on the face of the man holding the football. This looks like something out of an SNL skit. The smiling woman in uniform awkwardly backs away and moves offstage. The people in the audience quickly get to their feet as if startled when POTUS walks down the aisle.
Is this the way the event was rehearsed?
White House event video shows same:
We are hearing that no primary debates will take place.
Many comments are posted with the video above.
Foreign media describes elder abuse:
Foreign media again. From comments:
Here’s a crisp military review in Poland.
Welcome Home Troops
Other events here.
Comments from video above:
“It’s like pulling a random person from the nursing home and letting them be president.”
Quite a grab bag of videos on the web now. Different events and different sources. View them here.
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Something from the last century.
Official campaign video:
American freedoms come and go. For sure, we have less freedom today than we did when I graduated from public high school in the late 70s.
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.
Less freedom today.
Any examples, Mr. Blogger?
Both major political parties are now OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.
Alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and firearms restrictions are in place for 18-20 year old adults. Is there any state where recreational marijuana laws remove prohibition for adults at age 18?
Doesn’t seem to fit with a society that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking the troops for freedoms, fighting wars for freedoms, staging military jet flyovers at sporting events for freedom, etc.
Certainly, Americans do not live in a free and honest society.
Hey school teachers, are the Joint Chiefs of Staff sending The Troops to fix any of this?
Love to see the press find out from elected officials how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution or American freedoms.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
Changes based on consumer demand or government demand?
Governments at various levels are now in the habit of setting deadlines for new restrictions, bans and mandates.
Smoking bans, plastic bag bans, gun bans, federal toilet regulations, bottled water bans, and mandates on what sort of new vehicle you may purchase.
All this, while we are told that US military operations in distant lands are somehow linked to American rights and freedoms.
Moving Towards A One Size Fits All Society – Climate And Environment
Goodbye Free Enterprise System
Biden makes mention of voting rights?
Both major parties are OK with a glorification of military service and this total nonsense:
WA Secretary of State
“Our right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.”
If a right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces, how come women were not allowed full voting rights at the end of WWI?
Why the need for a 1965 Voting Rights Act if overseas military operations somehow secured voting rights?
If a right to vote is protected by the US Armed Forces, what becomes of that right when the US leaves Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc., without a victory?
Men Died For the Right to Vote?
Right To Vote Linked To Military Operations/US Troops in Distant Lands?
Thanks for the Freedom
Thanks for sending The Troops to distant lands to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things. If not for decades of undeclared/unwon wars, (The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949) hostile forces may have come to North America to do away with the free enterprise system and tell us what kind of shower head we must install in our home, what type of gas can we must buy for our generator, what type of gas we must place in the can, or that our push mower does not meet federal EPA regulations.
If not for decades of undeclared/unwon wars, drug trafficking cartels might be able to move product into all 50 states.
Has General Milley’s Operation Macho Swagger reduced access to cartel product anywhere in the US?
Has there been enough time for newspeople to ask questions?
Newspeople remain silent.
April 1, 2020 C-SPAN
WWII costume reminds us of a time before decades of undeclared/unwon wars stacked up.
The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
Both major parties and the press appear to be OK with undeclared/unwon wars.
Cartel drug busts that happen in Hometown, USA involve drugs that were not stopped at the border.
If The Troops defend our freedoms, should we ask the Joint Chiefs of Staff to bring back the Free Enterprise System?
0:20
Probably designed by some bureaucrat that never mowed a yard:
Weak News Reporting
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.
We’ve been told for decades that DOD sends the troops to distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms.
May 28, 2020 WMAR
Salisbury Mayor deploying to Africa with Maryland National Guard
Several news sources published this quote. View them here.
The idea that sending hometown troops to Africa would be linked in any way with keeping the people of Salisbury Maryland safe and free calls for more discussion.
Mayor Day,
While the troops were deployed, federal law was signed prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to adults age 18-20.
Can you help us to understand the militarized version of freedom here?
December 21st 2019 KOMO News
Legal age to buy cigarettes, vapes raised to 21 nationwide
“Signed into law by President Donald Trump Friday as part of the new $1.4 trillion spending bill, a new measure prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.”
Related:
Random Thoughts – Recruiting Crisis
Maybe Get Away From The Bragging About Freedom?
Leaving Afghanistan – Lies About American Rights And Freedoms
Schmoozy Interview With The General – Recruiting Crisis
Growing Up In The Cold War Era
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
Possibly of interest:
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.
April 25, 2023 USA TODAY
Democrat RFK Jr. details how he differs ‘profoundly’ with Biden ahead of 2024 election
“I look forward to engaging him in debates and town hall meetings, in a primary election that is honest, civil, and transparent,” Kennedy said in a statement. “I invite him into a new era of respectful dialog in these times of division.”
April 25, 2023 OAN
Democrats Frustrated That The 2024 DNC Will Not Be Holding Debates
Prediction: A candidate for President who questions the system/undeclared wars will not get a DNC nomination for President.
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Love to see newspeople ask:
Candidate ____________,
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role in all this?
Related:
Much Talk Of Political Personalities
Excuses for US Military Recruiting Crisis
Any college or pro football coach would have been fired a dozen times over
America Deserves A Military Recruiting Crisis
How does Uncle Sam plan to attract young people to sign up in the years ahead?
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
Possibly of interest:
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
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A symbol of newspeople not asking questions, and a federal government that is OK with undeclared/unwon wars and telling lies about freedom, then blaming young people and their families when they lose interest in showing up.
Or, a symbol of federal government credibility and followers of both major parties, elected officials, newspeople and school teachers not asking questions.