Chocolate republic, strawberry republic or vanilla republic?

FEMA to Give $363.8 Million to Non-Federal Entities to Provide Shelter for Illegal Aliens
June 13, 2023

SoCal: Orange County Bans Pride Flags From Being Flown on County Properties
June 14, 2023

Heard part of Trump's speech.  Just a few notes, for one thing I'd forgotten about hearing him speak.  He's not a good speaker but he is very good at using his limited abilities.  There's also the fact that we've had to listen to babbling Biden for two and a half years.

What I heard, Trump didn't say all that much that was interesting.  We need to act *NOW* so he talks about what he'll do in a year and a half when he returns to the White House.  If he said anything more relevant, I missed it.  [Had to step out for a few minutes.]

Biden hasn't been in public for the last couple days.  We're told he has dental surgery, which doesn't really need a couple days.  Why not do it on one of his long weekends instead of taking up work days?  Has he even seen a dentist in ages?  As old and rich as he is, you think he'd have regular medical attention.  Or is there some other excuse for him not being public?

Belarus President Lukashenko Warns He Will Not Hesitate to Use Nuclear Missiles if Western Nations Attack the Country
June 13, 2023

Former Disney Star Demi Lovato Uses She/Her Pronouns Again, “Got Tired” of Using They/Them: “It Was Absolutely Exhausting”
June 14, 2023

The movie studios have to plan a few years out, what will be popular then?  Since they're part of the official media for our rulers, it's looking like they expected things to be completely different now and are turning out completely wrong.  The Disney flops are the most immediate example but this must be causing panic.  They thought everything would go the way they wanted two years ago.

Part of me is still skeptical on this.  Basically I'll need some proof that they didn't really want degrading devastation and misery as their primary goals.  Disney, Bud Lite, Democrats, none of them are saying they got anything wrong, which would be the first clue of what they were working towards.  Just the fact that all these companies are trying to be more like Bud Lite tells us what they're after.  They make plans years out as well, we just don't see it on theater screens.

But that's still an interesting thought.  We know intellectually that companies make plans years or decades out, but we don't know how each company works so we have no way of perceiving that.  Then there's the distinctions between businesses that need time to work out what gets released compared to those who need to produce their results right now.  Car mechanics don't plan for what car they'll fix in five years, the customer needs to be able to drive now, but the companies that provide tools and supplies for those mechanics have a different schedule.

So this all provides a demonstration of how individuals each have their own views and make their own decisions, which collectivists always avoid as much as possible.  Of course, like it or not, they're still human beings, so they bring their individuality into it.  They're all fighting for their careers or specific projects they're working on, they disagree with each other and they have to pretend to go along with their bosses.  How do you promote women when your employer wants you to believe that anybody can self-identify as female?  How do you sell a beer when your primary goal is to say that anybody can self-identify as female?  How do you promote a commercial for a movie that was designed years ago to show how great the economy is today and expect everyone to go along with it?

Or do you just ignore that and say it's all Trump's fault?  Or Putin's?  That's what the collectivists want you to do, but it doesn't work very well.

State Department Wants $76 Million for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Calling it a Matter of National Security
June 13, 2023

Synodal LGBTQ Agenda Set for Global Approval – Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate Calls Bishops of Asia and Australia to Rise Up
June 14, 2023

□ [“Mike Pence Says He 'Cannot Defend What is Alleged' in the Federal Indictment Against Trump"]

But he's not the slightest bit worried about all the documents he had taken and kept for years, funny how that works.  He's not remotely concerned about any of the Democrats who took all these classified documents for years in their offices or homes.  No, he's only focused on one guy who did that.

What I don't get about Pence is who he thinks he's fooling?  He can basically cut off all Trump voters which guarantees that he has no chance whatsoever.  I doubt that a candidate gets privileges that a former Veep wouldn't get so he's not adding anything to his legacy here.  He may already have his concession speech to Biden ready.

Seriously, how many voters in 2020 said "I don't really like Trump but that Mike Pence guy is doing great"?  Guess what, whatever today's opinions of Trump may be, Pence definitely hasn't improved.  If this is the level of candidate Republicans intend to nominate, Biden has zero chance of losing and that's if it's a fair election.  Pence and his kind already know that, that's why they're here.  What's the alternative, talk about what a great job Trump did as POTUS, the only reason people outside Indiana know who Pence is?

Trump Obsessed Network News Outlets Have Spent ZERO Minutes on Biden Burisma Bribery Allegations
June 13, 2023

□ [“'Are There Tapes That You Accepted Bribes, President Biden?' – Biden Stunned After New York Post Reporter Ambushes Him with Question"]

This is a surprise, just the fact that someone would be allowed to get close and ask a question.  It's possible this was approved of by whoever's in charge but I'm not sure where that would go.  There's too many possibilities to guess at.

Biden ignored the question entirely, maybe the next reporter will have a little girl with them, but that's not going to go away.  It's more and more clear that he and his family have been taking major bribes over the decades, including from Russia, China and Ukraine.  If he was ordered to set Ukraine up for complete failure, what would he be doing differently?  Talk about how big a supporter he is, waste US and European weapons and equipment, and when Russia and China are ready, that'll be that.  I don't know how likely that is but it's entirely possible.  Then there's all the other nations of the world who had to pay him over the decades...

This is something that shows the Uniparty in operation.  In theory, there could be a lot of Biden supporters who don't care if he takes bribes or care about the Russia/Ukraine thing.  That would be understandable, there's too many other problems going on in our lives these days.  There are definitely Trump supporters who don't care about Russia/Ukraine and probably those who doesn't see much interest in Biden taking bribes, it's typical for members of Congress.  But flip the sides and that changes.

Trump takes bribes?  Oh, he must be punished!  Biden is accused of doing what Trump was accused of doing, ok, go after him just as harshly as they did Trump.  Russia/Ukraine is such a big deal that we must all focus on it and they've been paying our POTUS bribes for years?  Well *that's* going to be a problem.  What are *you* going to do about it?

That's probably why they're going for the 'law applies to everybody' rhetoric which is obviously false.  They've always gotten away with it and they're in charge, so just keep going.  Some of us have seen this problem for a long time and more are realizing it every day.  So what are *they* going to do about it?

Biden Shares Creepy Kiss with Daughter He Took ‘Inappropriate Showers’ With at White House Juneteenth Concert
June 13, 2023

□ [“All-Muslim Michigan City Council Bans 'Pride' Flag Displays on Government Property"]

Interesting, only five flags are permitted now, the US flag, the Michigan flag, the city flag, the Prisoner of War flag and the fifth one is apparently the national flags of immigrants.  That last one seems dubious but I probably wouldn't fit against it.  I don't get the point of the Prisoner of War flag, I never saw the reason for that.

Everybody on the city council is Muslim male, as is the mayor.  Not the sort of people Democrats would want a conflict with.  Other than calling them "white supremacists," what other option do they have?  They can kick them out of the Democratic party but that will lose a lot of black votes.  Democrats have only controlled blacks for a couple centuries, Muslims for a lot longer.

This might also be an example of having more respect for your enemies than for your allies.  Leftists do not like it when dark-skinned people disagree with them, at least they already know Republicans will do that.  Muslims already know the infidel will make bad decisions.  They'll put up with it when they have to but they're really getting at a point where they aren't going to tolerate it any longer.