49 years ago today, I was also 49 years younger. It happened to almost everybody, a huge pandemic must have been going on.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. Ends FDA Loophole Allowing Big Food to Sneak Harmful Chemicals Into Food Supply
March 14, 2025

□ [“Pelosi Knifes Schumer For Caving on Spending Bill – Urges Senators to Defy Schumer"]

Have not found any record of the Senate passing the spending bill, meaning the government could still shut down at midnight as proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.  But almost as entertaining is the conflict going on among Democrats, and that's just what they permit us to see.  House vs. Senate, Nancy vs. Schumer, leftists vs. party members who want to avoid the iceberg they heading straight into.

They really had no back-up plan.  They expected Republicans to crumble and come begging the minority for help doing their job, writing a spending bill.  Democrats would be able to restore USAID and everything *woke* that the executive branch had ditched.  They'd probably already been planning how to make it permanent in the spending bill, and suddenly they're left with either supporting the Republican bill or letting the government shut down so Trump can work without their interference.

I'm not a gambler or a poker player, so I'm not an expert on how a bluff works.  I do suspect that it only goes so far.  Sooner or later you actually need to show your cards and a cool hand only goes so far against a winning hand.  For Schumer it's even worse because he has to have an actual leadership position, overseeing all the other Democrats in the Senate.  I'll give him credit for falling on his sword and saying he'd definitely vote for the bill.

Democrats could at least say they're going on strike, the government all belongs to Republicans so they'll be responsible for everything.  They've contradicted themselves that they want the government to stay open and people will suffer without it, now they have to worry that we wouldn't actually suffer.  That leaves them with nothing and at some point they have to acknowledge that they put themselves in this position.  Even if they don't admit that, the rest of us will.

South Koreans Embrace MAGA “Stop the Steal” Strategy to Foil Communist Plot to Usurp Power
March 14, 2025

□ [“Commerce Secretary Lutnick:  Trump Wants No Taxes for Americans Earning Under $150,000"]

That's definitely a winning strategy although I'm not sure how good of an idea it really is.  Most people would love it and I totally agree that taxes are a necessary evil.  The more necessary, the more evil.  That said, there is a convincing argument that we all should have a stake in the organization.  I can also see a genuine benefit, that as a poor person, there have been times where the refund really helped me.  I could have kept all the money in my paycheck and still spent it, then there wouldn't be any refund.

This may just be about making an outrageous demand and actually going to something simpler and easier.  We would still have to pay taxes, but they'd be much more in terms of sales tax and the large number of scams would be reduced.  Along with the reduction of the IRS, it's just about making everything simpler and easier, while allowing everyone to keep more of their own money.

But taxes will continue to exist.  Government can't exist without it, which is strange since leftists insist it creates all the money.  It's just a natural aspect of being a collective society.  We have to pay to be a part of it and government is what gets paid, which means it can also be abused.  It's why I call it a necessary evil.

Protests Erupt in Tennessee House as Bill Advances to Bar Illegal Migrants from Public Schools
March 14, 2025

Musk:  “Starlink Not Allowed in South Africa, Because I’m Not Black”
March 7, 2025

Somali-Born Maine State Rep Admits Her Purpose:  ‘We Must Always Prioritize Our Country,' Somalia
March 7, 2025

DOJ Identifies Chinese Nationals and Companies Directly Aiding Mexican Drug Cartels and Supplying Fentanyl
March 7, 2025

□ [“Trump Demands Supreme Court Rein In Lawless Leftwing Tyrants in Judge's Robes"]

This is definitely something he's been aiming for.  He's been building up an argument, probably putting all these rogue judges together, so he can ask the Supreme Court 'what are you going to do about this?'  I'd like to think that the answer is obvious and the Supremes will knock down their *woke* judges but that's definitely not guaranteed.

I still think of Roberts changing his mind on Obamacare halfway through his verdict, like he had been allowed to usually rule as a conservative but had just gotten a phone call telling him 'not this time.'  However it happened, they could do it again.  I don't even know what reaction there could possibly be, but I suspect it will be enormous.

Meanwhile there is a sign that other parts of the conflict are progressing.  Nothing to do with Epstein/JFK/RFK/MLK of course, but they are looking into other things, such as who was actually signing Joe Biden's documents since he wasn't competent.  Different signatures were on the documents and the actual signers are being investigated.  Don't see any names, of course, but they are trying to see who was involved and why, who they answered to and what for.

They're also looking into the billions of dollars Biden gave to non-profits last year, as well as organizations like the EPA.  The investigations are going on, we know that.  But this is where we really do need to have a regular report on what's going on and what's being done.  I'd prefer it to come from Trump but some of his people would suffice, Michael Flynn or someone like that.  This is part of Civil War 2.0, but it's still too unclear for any of us to really prepare.

DOGE Slashes $620,000 in Funding for Pregnancy Prevention Program for “Transgender Boys”
March 14, 2025

New York Times Editorial Board Members Told to Take New Positions or Take a Buyout
March 12, 2025

□ [“Pete Buttigieg Rules Out Running for Michigan Governor or Senator, Aims at 2028 Presidential Run"]

Democrats are already looking at how they can get past Trump.  Rahm Emanuel and Gavin Newsom are also trying to get a campaign going.  There's also someone else whose name escapes me at the moment, but he's another white male.  The party is setting up its future problem with DEI, how do they get a candidate picked for their race and gender who specifically opposes their own race and gender?  They'll need to pick the most stereotypical leftist non-white non-male as veep, which just kills the effect.

They're also ignoring that Trump is totally Hitler so there won't be any future elections, so why are they wasting their time and money on stuff like this?  It would be better to spend a couple hours a day at the gun range so they can fight back.  Somehow that's never an option and no other Democrats are pointing that out.  It's almost like they aren't fooled by their own anti-Trump rhetoric used on voters.

Nothing to base it on, but I get the impression that these people aren't going to make it very far.  Maybe to the primaries but at that point, whatever's left of the Democratic Party won't be up for this *woke* stuff any more.  Kamala Harris would probably get more votes and she didn't do well in either of the last two primaries.  I highly doubt she'll be running again.  She's been offered the chance to be installed in California, but I'm not even sure that state would put up with her any longer.

As I write this, there's still no sign that the government will still be functioning after midnight, but I assume enough Democrats will cave in and the bill gets passed.  Then the party will have to turn against itself.  Each side will assume that they're totally right and a new aspect of Civil War 2.0 will get started.  Those who are closer to reality will win, and I don't think it will be those who've been promoting the *woke* agenda all this time.

Trump To Use Wartime ‘Alien Enemies Act’ Authorizing Deportation of Criminal Migrants to Gitmo
March 13, 2025

Department of Education Investigating 45 Universities for Race-Based Exclusionary Practices and 7 for Segregation
March 14, 2025

“Kill That Vice!” – Leftist Calls For JD Vance to be Killed as He Enters Kennedy Center with Wife
March 14, 2025

FBI and DOJ extraditing 7 Colombian cartel leaders to Florida in a massive anti-drug operation
March 14, 2025