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New York City Nightclub Hosts Pro-Hamas “Intifada FundRaver”
October 15, 2023

Slovakia Coalition Deal to Form New Government – Expected to Drop Ukraine Military Aid and Reject Mass Migration
October 16, 2023

□ [“Propaganda Outlet MSNBC Loses One-Third of Its Audience Over Its Egregious Pro-Hamas Bias"]

Regardless of what 1984 says, you can't just make everybody turn around on the spot.  If you really want them to make sure all transgender abortions are vaccinated, you can't just turn around and side with people who are unanimously against that and have been for decades.  Hamas actively kills civilians but that's ok because Hamas doesn't self-identify them as civilians.  It's not hard to see blatant contradictions there.

Granted, a significant percentage of leftists will obey whatever the latest orders are even if they contradict other orders.  I don't think it's possible to know exactly what percentage will do that, but it does exist.  An easy example is how right-wingers are "extreme" even if they're saying exactly what Joe Biden or Bill Clinton said a couple decades ago.  The left is the one that completely reverses itself without even knowing it, and they support Hamas, but the right is "extreme"?

So I think that's causing further cracks all down the line as many/most individuals are seeing serious problems with leftist propaganda when it's applied to reality.  The only alternative is to obey mindlessly, which is what they accuse their opponents of doing.  It's probably different for each individual because that's what individuality involves, but if there's anything to hope for, I do think that it's an 'awakening' for reasons like this.

Biden Doesn’t Even Mention the American People When 60 Minutes Asks If He is Sure He Wants to Run Again
October 15, 2023

Border Patrol Reports Recent Apprehensions of ‘Special Interest’ Iranians at Open US Southern Border
October 16, 2023

□ [“Two Dead in Brussels as Islamist Screaming 'Allahu Akbar!' Goes on Shooting Rampage"]

I don't think this is the main attack but it could be a relevant aspect.  It's been a decade or so since suicide bombers were a thing and it's quite possible that they have learned (somehow) that it's just not a good idea.  If you murder people and survive, you might have the chance to do it again some other day.  And if you don't survive, no big loss.

And it's Brussels, which has basically caused every major problem in western Europe for the last century or so.  They basically conquered Europe by creating a fake nation, marrying their way into the British Royal Family and promoting socialism.  I forget if it was one World War or both, but one major factor was that Belgium was threated by Germany so Belgium's allies were required to join in.  This planted the seeds for the EU which only expanded when the Warsaw Pact collapsed.  And now Muslims control far more of Europe than ever and they want more.

The shooter used an AK-47, I didn't know those weapons were legal in Europe.  He must have found a location where nobody else has a gun so he could start firing.  This was at the center of town, there's got to be a lot of government officials around.  Yet they couldn't do anything to stop him.  Things like this are just going to make people worried.  They were born and raised for socialism, it's not like they have any clue how to protect themselves.

Biden Trashes Millions Of MAGA Republicans During 60 Minutes Interview
October 15, 2023

McCarthy Supporter Rep. Mike Rogers Folds – Supports Jim Jordan After Enormous Grassroots Pressure
October 16, 2023

□ [“Trump Sues Christopher Steele Over Hillary Clinton-Funded Russia Dossier"]

Is this ever going to go anywhere or is it just Trump being Trump?  I can understand why he'd be pissed about it but he had four years to actually go somewhere with these obvious lies which the media and the left all believed without question.

And they always keep going back to the notion that he paid prostitutes to pee in bed in Russia.  He had no idea women would tell anybody about this?  He has no idea that the maids would notice?  The guy owns hotels and apartment buildings, you don't think he knows all the ways to spy on people there or that Russia is fully capable of spying on people too just like he can?

The incident supposedly took place in 2013, was he a complete unknown then and think nobody would dream of spying on him?  The Apprentice had been on NBC for about ten years at that point.  He'd been hanging out with celebrities for decades, appearing in movies, even had a best-selling book in 1987.  I first heard of him when Bloom County and Doonesbury spent several years parodying him.  The guy wasn't an unknown that nobody wanted to learn more about his secrets.

The example I always point to was in 1994, when Michael Jackson and his first wife spent their honeymoon at Mara Lago.  Jackson was being investigated for molesting children and to our knowledge, this was the first time he had ever spent a night with an adult woman who, by the way, had been rich and famous since the day she was born.  It's not like they kept this secret, the Jacksons and Trump even held a press conference.  If there was anybody the media wanted to spy on just then, he was staying in Trump's house.

But somehow Trump never thought of that and even if he did, there's no way it would ever happen to him.  And even if he did, the urge to sleep in a bed full of piss was just too overwhelming.  It's far more likely that this was just made up for the people who'd believe it without question despite all the problems with this actually working and nobody knew about it until Hillary gave Russia money.  Wonder how much info she has on Harvey Weinstein, but she's not sharing any of that to the public.

Belgian Authorities Raise Terror Alert to Highest Level After Two Dead in Islamist Terrorist Attack
October 16, 2023

□ [“Obama Judge Hits Trump With Gag Order, Then Lectures Trump Attorneys on Election Interference!"]

So will this be going anywhere?  It's just about criticizing the special counsel that's targeted him.  Any chance that will actually stop Trump?  If the law applies to everybody, then they're going to need to make sure blacks know what happens if you criticize people.  But of course we already know the law doesn't apply to everybody.

It might be just a show and Trump will go on being Trump.  I think he's actually a lot more cautious than he's perceived as but there's no way to know if that will make any difference.  It think it's just another example of expanding tyranny with no chance of actually making things better for anybody but I'd like to be proven wrong on this.  At best, it's meaningless.

Trump says he's willing to go to jail if that's what it takes.  It sounds good but who knows what the results will be?  Maybe he'll end up like Gandhi, maybe he'll end up like Jeffrey Epstein.  I just want to get out of this mess.  The left complains about oppression but they're the ones who cause it.

The Joe Biden Effect: Saudi Crown Prince Makes Secretary Anthony Blinken Wait For Several Hours
October 16, 2023

I just learned Keith Giffen had died several days ago.  There's another influential comics creator gone.  I wasn't even a huge fan.  I don't think I've ever read a comic with Rocket Racoon in it and had no idea he was the co-creator.  You can probably count on one hand the number of Legion of Superheroes comics I've ever read so I don't know how Giffen handled that.  But there was also Lobo, as well as L.E.G.I.O.N '89, which is one of my favorite comics back in the day.  He also did The Heckler which was a complete failure but delightful comedy in its short run.  And then there was his run on the Justice League franchise.

Giffen was an example of the odd personalities that comics have always acquired.  He was extremely creative and productive.  He came up with stories but had no interest in writing comics.  The few he wrote that I'd read, it shows why.  He just did page layouts, then sent them out to the artist and whoever handled the dialogue and didn't read the finished comic again until it was printed.  The stories were fun, the characters were entertaining.  The dialogue by J.M. DeMatteis and Alan Grant was very engaging as they brought their own interests to the table.  These were among the top selling comics of the era and stand up very well.

As an artist, he was fairly generic, likeable as long as he had a decent inker.  But you can't have everything.  Giffen had quite comics for several years but came back and, looking it up, was still quite productive.  He was from a time when comics were supposed to be fun, and now they aren't.  They aren't selling either, maybe there's a connection.

Siege of Avdiivka:  Russian Forces Cut All the Supply and Reinforcement Routes to Encircle the City
October 16, 2023