This is not a joke. Fooled ya!!!

□ [“Russia puzzled by Biden proposal to replace nuclear arms treaty"]

The START Treaty was signed in 1991, the New START Treaty was signed in 2010, now the administration wants another sequel, but... who are they going to negotiate it with?  The guy our ruler wants to get rid of?  Who else is there?

The US is the one that wants to get rid of nukes, the rest of the world can see they make a big difference for keeping out invaders.  Ukraine used to have nukes, but gave them up because the US told them to, and have been invaded twice since then.  Who's stupid enough to think Russia is stupid enough to fall for that?

Oh.  Right.

It is starting to sound like the US is slightly moving away from supporting Ukraine.  It's becoming more and more clear that they have no chance of winning and the White House has to blame somebody.  Can't blame Russia, it just makes them look stupid for trying to stop Russia.  Can't blame Republicans, they had nothing to do with it.  Can't blame themselves, that's just a given.

West eases efforts to restrict Russian oil trading as inflation and energy risks mount
July 31, 2022

Biden Tested Positive For Covid Again— And His Cough is Back: White House Doctor
August 2, 2022

□ [“Bureau of Labor Statistics: US Loses Over 600,000 Job Openings in June as Employers Stop Filling Open Positions"]

Is that how you stop a recession?  By employers not looking for people to hire?  Or at least fewer people than they were looking for before the recession started?  That way, there's fewer people who can afford to buy stuff, which is what Democrats want.

How can you have a recession if there's all those people who can't get jobs because employers aren't looking for employees?

As it is, the government keeps making it clear that we can't trust their figures in the first place.  At least the military knows that at some point they have to deal with reality or they're guaranteed to lose every battle, government doesn't worry about things like that.  That's why they give the military orders, remember?

Just a note, I'm still thinking about Antifa and related groups as the pseudo-leftist military.  I've wondered if some of these leftist offices of lawyers and media would qualify as Headquarters or Support units, and I was just going through some of my early books and noticed what I'd written about the Occupy Wall Street nonsense, and it struck me that this might have very well been considered the equivalent of Basic Training, to work out who would learn from the experience, who could take charge, etc.

□ [“Karine Jean-Pierre Has No Answer When Asked if Companies will Pass Cost of Biden’s Tax-and-Spend Bill to Consumer in Form of Higher Prices"]

These people don't have a clue how businesses work. I've never owned one but at least I have a clue.  You need to work out your finances, which includes taxes.  The higher the taxes get, the more money you need to bring in to compensate.  Passing the costs onto customers is how you do that.  You can see all that if you do your own taxes, and if you pay for an accountant, you need to compensate for what you pay the accountant, who probably knows a thing or two about taxes.

I've also wondered if there's any way we can require every government official to own a business so that they have to deal with their decisions for everybody else.  Maybe if they have to make it 100% public and they're required to pay out of their own pockets if it fails.  They have to start a new one if it gets closed down.

I'm sure there are some major reasons why they couldn't, but something basic, hire their maids to clean other people's offices, print material for Congress and compete against anyone else who wants that position.  They still have to pay taxes on it.

'No taxation without representation' has a certain ring to it, doesn't it?

Here We Go Again: Voting Machine Failures Being Reported In Michigan
August 2, 2022

Biden Clings to His Notecards in Virtual Meeting with Michigan Governor Whitmer
August 2, 2022

□ [“#WWIII Trends on Twitter as Pelosi Lands in Taiwan"]

So this happens this morning.  There's been no news on it since, not sure if that's good or bad.

Crazy Nancy Pelosi in Flight to Taiwan – China Moves Carriers into Place in South China Sea
August 2, 2022

Is  this some sort of fraud for the media?  Is she taking care of her (husband's) investments?  Taiwan makes most of the world's semiconductors, that would be a good moneymaker.  Is she following China's instructions?  Is China obeying her master?  Those are just a few possibilities, you can probably think of others.

China Poised to Invade Taiwan’s Offshore Islands
August 2, 2022

Is the plan to start the second front?  We're already pussy-footing around with a war against Russia, now we can add Russia's ally in the Pacific.  Once again, using 1984 as a training manual was just a joke that got tiresome months ago, but this is what actually happened in the book!  You're not supposed to do that!

Oh, well, Russia will remain united with China against us, that'll never change.  That's so much better.

China Vows to Launch ‘Targeted Military Actions’ as Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan
August 2, 2022

Assuming this is all real, someone has to lose face here, Pelosi or China.  China says Taiwan belongs to them.  The only thing we know of that Nancy has to base anything on is American influence which her supporters have always opposed.  Either the secret rulers have something else prepared or they're all stupider than we thought, whoever they are.

Maybe it'll lead to nothing for either side.  Maybe China will use its economic might against the US, similar to what Russia is doing with Europe.  I really doubt there will be any actual warfare although there's no way to leave that possibility off the table.  All we can be sure of is that their plan is to destroy America.

Vin Scully, Dodgers sportscaster, age 94
August 2, 2022