Hmmmm, no one has ever seen me and Superman together. I wonder...

"Ladies and gentlemen, we regret any inconvenience the sudden economic problems might have caused. This is due to periodic financial and political issues we encounter. There is no reason to become alarmed and we hope you join us to make America great again. By the way, is there anyone who knows how to beat Iran?"20250618

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□ [“Trump on Israel-Iran War: 'Next Week Is Going to Be Very Big – Maybe Less than a Week'"]

Oh?  He's going to release the Epstein files?  Or is that a different 'next week' promise?  So hard to keep track.

I'm being a bit cynical on that although as I've said, I think Trump is handling Iran the right way.  We're probably not out of the danger zone but we're close, that's probably what Trump is referring to here.  Israel is doing all the heavy lifting, at least officially.  I'm sure we're helping in some ways, that's just not going to change, but we should be minimizing it.  If nothing else, Israel needs to know it can't always rely on us.

Trump also says they might be ready to start negotiations again in two weeks, another indicator that something is going on now.  It's possible that we were finally able to hack into their main computers so anything that's kept there is now ours.  That would include all the blackmail info they have on Americans.  I'd like to think that the Trump team is getting ready to use that.  And for that matter, maybe the mullahs and their elites have already given up and they're just negotiating how to protect themselves.

□ [“Iran Launches 2,000 km-Range Sejil Missiles at Israel for the First Time in History"]

All that said, there's still something very suspicious about all the news we get about this war.  Who is news like this supposed to appeal to, given that there's no information on if the missiles actually hit anything?  That's a pretty useless weapon if it didn't hit anything.  Similar to that is the rhetoric about Iran being on the urge of developing nukes.  We've been told that for decades!  Either Iran has had nukes for decades but haven't used them for some reason or they've never been close.  I'm trying to think of a third option but nothing is coming to mind.  So even if I'm right about my suspicions above, there's still more going on with this war that we're kept ignorant of.

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June 19, 2025

□ [“Gutfeld Slams Democrats ‘Screwing Over’ Legal Migrants, ‘Invading is easier than waiting in line’"]

Just someone on tv saying this but this does seem to be getting louder.  Since Trump won the election, the left clearly has refused to learn anything, and many of their subjects are tired of that.  It's still going to be two years before the next election season and they're just repeating the same nonsense about how Trump is failing at everything and everyone hates him.  This has been going on for over eight years, it's time to try something else.

Not going to cite any details but some new poll somewhere says 62% of Democrats think the leaders are too *woke* and that needs to change.  If it's the sort of poll Democrats would trust, that's yet another sign that they've got major problems.  The people being polled kept mentioning the trans movement as something that really isn't important to most people but the leaders are obsessed with it.  There's crime, illegal immigrants, the economy, the war, a lot of other things that affect more people, which Democrats ignored when they were in charge.

Obviously we're not going to hear about how much less money the party's sub-groups are getting now that DOGE has taken down USAID and other funding.  We also won't hear about those how many in the party are just no longer showing up.  Maybe because they aren't being paid, maybe because the leftism has become too, what's the new buzzword? "toxic."

Because we've never seen anything like this before, it's impossible to guess how far it will go.  The left has suddenly lost a large amount of support they always expected to be there.  How much more will turn out to have always been an illusion?  How long will they continue to double-down on the very things that put them in this position?  They've infested virtually every part of society so that's how deep the reactions will run.  And we're only five months into Trump 2.0.

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June 19, 2025

□ [“Rep. Luna (R-FL) Demands Congress Subpoena George Soros 'Why Hasn’t This Been Done Years Ago?'"]

Because they'd need his permission to do that?  Just a guess.  He's quite old, very easy to assume he'll be dead long before Congress has the guts to do anything about him.  You're in Congress, why not issue of subpoena for something?  Or, I dunno, file a bill for the government to seize all his money.  Democrats hate rich people, they should support that.

Something that might be more relevant is that last weekend, on the day of the riots and the Army's birthday, two of our self-appointed royal families united.  Hillary's true love Huma Abedin was assigned her latest fake marriage, George Soros' son Alex.  It was a very expensive wedding and no liberal dared complain about all the waste for an out-of-date institution.  Just think of how the government could have used that money instead.

Soros must be planning for what happens to his money when he dies and it looks like Alex is the puppet who will receive it.  He doesn't seem to have a known social life, it's like he just suddenly met a woman a dozen years older than him - he'll turn 40 in a few months - and was assigned to her.  It's not like they're going to have any children so that part of the family tree is over.  Maybe the Clintons are just trying to fill up time for the last few years of their own lives.  But this is something Congress could be looking into.

France To Change Legislation to Finally Stop UK’s Migrant Invasion by Boats Crossing the Channel
June 19, 2025

□ [“Michelle Takes Another Public Swipe at Barack on Her Podcast"]

Sounds like basically nobody is listening to her podcast other than to get hints that her marriage is in trouble.  In this instance, she says she's glad she didn't have a son because he'd be like Barack.  That's kinda messed up.  Either your husband is that horrible of a person that you shouldn't be with him or he isn't and you don't want boys to be like that.  You'd rather have the bad ones.

A month ago, she had Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and was clearly flirting with him, about how she'd be with him 'if I was single.'  He's rich but aren't there any limits among these people?  I'm getting the impression that she's doing this podcast in an attempt to have something going on in her life that's not centered around her husband.  It's not going to work, especially with the lifestyle she's been used to for the last couple decades, but it's something.

I'm still astounded by how quickly Obama and Michelle vanished from public attention.  Naturally there's a reduction when he stopped being POTUS, that's kinda the point, but I was under the impression he wasn't going to go completely private afterwards.  Maybe because he's black, maybe because he's one of the younger POTUS we've ever had, yet that's exactly what he did.  [Obama was the 12th youngest POTUS ever elected.  Bill Clinton and JFK were the only two elected younger than Obama and born in the 20th century.]  As little respect as I have for Obama, I still expected him to be able to do something in public for the last eight years, because that's the sort of thing he was elected for.

Trump on Juneteenth “Too Many Non-Working Holidays” – “Costing Our Country Billions of Dollars”
June 19, 2025

□ [“James Gunn's Superman Box Office Plunges Despite Massive Marketing Campaign"]

It's just pre-ticket sales, but a few days ago we heard how it was doing way better than Fantastic Four.  The FF will come out later but Marvel is so desperate for an audience that they opened pre-sales early just in case.  They even claimed that pre-sales were doing so good that the computers broke down trying to handle them.  That didn't happen for previous movies like Endgame but it means a hit, right?  And then it didn't even happen for the new Superman.

And now that movie's already running out of steam after a few days of pre-ticket sales.  Did the Barbie movie have problems like this or was Barbie able to overcome difficulties in ways that Superman would never consider?  Whatever, clearly people are not interested in spending money on this stuff anymore.  You can argue that it's superhero fatigue or overall Hollywood fatigue, but it's still interesting.

Marvel and DC really need a success at this point.  They've spent insane amounts of money trying to build and rebuild their franchises and it's just making things worse.  I still think their goal is an Avengers/JLA crossover that comics fans waited decades for but that's not how the movie industry works.  At best it's just mediocrity and otherwise it's *woke* propaganda and only the studios want it.  Nobody else will pay for that crap.

Disney and Warner have ruined their franchises which took decades to build.  I'm not sure they can ever be recovered but it would absolutely require someone in charge who wants to do what actually worked for all those years instead of what they're doing now.  And where would you find someone willing and able to do that?  Just to find anyone competent, these companies would need to guarantee a buttload of money even if the people they hire fail completely.  No one else would take the job.  Maybe they expect A.I. and streaming to save everything?

Israel Fires Off Precision Strikes in Area of Tehran Where Ayatollah Khamenei Is Reportedly Hiding
June 19, 2025

If I knew now what I knew then, I'd have a working memory.

Presidential E-4B “Doomsday Plane” Lands Near D.C. Amid Israel-Iran War
June 18, 2025

□ [“Three Iranian Planes Fly to Oman as Israel Reportedly Begins Attacking the Ayatollah's Bunkers"]

This is something.  Don't know what it is but there's something.  Last night I saw a video, no details were given but it was implied that Israel was hitting something.  Didn't look like normal explosions.  It could be Israel hitting those suspected bunkers.  That would be showing that they know where the ayatollah and his family are hiding and Iranian defenses aren't enough.

Oman is where Iran and the US were hiding nuclear talks.  You don't need three planes to carry the negotiators but the ruling Iranians would need them to escape before it's too late.  For some reason I keep thinking of Bashar Assad running away from Syria.  Yes, I am being overly optimistic about what's going on, but this is where I'm actually most confident that Trump is getting something right.  Assad ran off to Russia who has publicly announced [for whatever that's worth] that they aren't getting involved in this problem with their fellow BRICS member.

One reason I suspect that it's going this direction is because yesterday the Iranian state media reported that *tonight* there would be a surprise that the world will remember for centuries.  It's been over 24 hours, still no word on what that surprise is.  It was an hour or two after I saw that news that I saw the video of something being bombed, make of that what you will.

There's also a report that hackers have hit Iranian media interrupted the shows being broadcast and called for the viewers to take to the streets against the regime.  Banks and computer systems are being hit, probably causing more damage along with the missiles than Iran is able to do to Israel.  But just to be fair, because Israel's not reporting on being hit doesn't mean Iran isn't also doing damage to them.

I'm sure we're not out of danger yet but my suspicion is that we're getting close.  I could see Trump taking office and telling his generals to find a way to get rid of the ayatollahs without a war and avoiding nukes if at all possible.  I've noticed a lot of ostensible right-wingers suddenly turning on Trump as a warmonger and I really don't see that.  Makes me suspicious what side they're really on, Trump is clearly trying to get rid of a problem as quick and easy as possible, and I hope to see their reaction in a week or so when Iran has been free for the first time in 50 years.  Yes, then we'll have to see what Russia and China will do about that but it's nice to think about.

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□ [“Supreme Court 6-3 Upholds Tennessee Law That Bans Sex Changes For Minors"]

Judges are still making noise although I haven't heard a lot about that recently.  Either most of the obvious cases are just waiting their turn to be heard or worrying about WWIII just makes everything else less important.  So this one stands out just because of the importance, that you can't mutilate a child just to serve an agenda.

I don't think it can be measured or identified, but we are watching the trans movement fade.  They're still trying to make noise where they can but it comes off more as desperation and last-minute attempts to avoid irrelevance.  Can't say the majority support this because we clearly don't.  Can't say the transgenders just want to be treated normally because they refuse to act normal.  Acting normal would mean people don't see transgenders, they see really ugly men and women, the sort you want to avoid as much as possible.  And they wouldn't be so determined to get to kids.

Although Civil War 2.0 hasn't gone kinetic yet, the mindset behind that is firmly into place.  Can't easily identify who's on what side, but in some ways it's obvious.  No one's promoting trans or their advocates who support Trump, for instance.  You'd think that would be an obvious tactic, send out some fat bearded guy in a dress screaming that he wants to 'make MAGA great again!'

Anyway, things like this court decision are putting another brick in the wall to get the trans movement out of society.  I keep saying this but I'm still astounded by how quickly it spread and how quickly it dropped.  It's already been over two years since Bud Lite did that stupid ad which is where I point to the movement breaking down.  Well before the election it was clear that one side was losing and that's just been doubling down ever since.

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June 18, 2025

□ [“Republican Senators Open Hearings Into the 'Massive Cover-Up' of Biden's Cognitive Decline"]

I'd like to hope this will get somewhere but I have only so much optimism and I think I've used up all of today's output.  It's not clear what they think they're going to do, most of the people they asked to come in and testify have said 'no.'  I didn't even know you can do that, but it shows how worthless Congress wants to be.

No Democrats on the committee were willing to show up either.  That's another example of irrelevance but they actually have an excuse.  They'd have to sit and listen to Republicans asking questions about Biden's senility and what responses would they really be able to make?  Whining about Trump would just be going off-topic and anything else they say would just be showing that they knew what was wrong with Biden and fully supported that.  They'd just be making more headaches for their party and their allies, not to mention giving investigators more clues to follow up on how they were profiting from whoever was really in charge.

It's possible that Biden's supporters will have to stay out of public eye more and more or they'll be asked how much they knew and why they hid it from the public.  Considering Biden's allies were mostly among the faceless bureaucracy, they won't be able to fall back on wealth and power like more famous people in DC or the media.  And still nobody thinks of just calling up Biden and having him answer a couple hours of questions about his mental health.  I doubt this committee has even thought of that notion.

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June 18, 2025

□ [“The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for Cash"]

Any connection to all the cuts from DOGE a couple months ago?  Sure does seem weird that the party that is so opposed to money has so many problems getting money.  But what do I know, I think they should just turn to people like Bill Clinton and Nancy Pelosi, they've got all the funding you'll ever need.  George Soros must have a few dollars to spare.

But if they're so desperate for cash, where did they get that $20 million they spent last month to investigate how to get more male voters?  Spending money you don't have to win a man seems a little desperate, although it could make a fun romcom.  Might as well spend another $20 million to investigate the best way to spend $20 million.

This article came from the New York Times so it's not like they're trying to keep it secret but it'll be interesting to see how ignorant Democrats remain of their party's problems.  So they just keep growing worse and there's no way to fix it without admitting that Republicans were right.

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June 18, 2025

This war is sponsored by Rococo Coffee. Why aren't more people buying it?

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□ [“Trump to Offer Iran ‘Last-Chance’ Proposal"]

Didn't he do the same thing with Ukraine and those peace talks have basically been over since then?  Or at least irrelevant.  Difference being that the US isn't directly involved in that war and doesn't want to be.  Like it or not, we're more obligated to be involved here.  Hopefully we're not directly involved but that's basically what Trump's trying to do here.  You can release Johnny Fontaine from his contract and take this ten thousand dollar check or I will return tomorrow with Luca Brasi.

The forces have been put into position.  Trump says the US controls the skies and knows where Iran's leaders are hiding.  For convenience, I will assume that's true although you can certainly find arguments to the contrary.  The point isn't to have a war, the point is to hit Iran so hard that they're not even capable of fighting a war.

□ [“Iran State Media Issues Warning - ‘Surprise Tonight that the World Will Remember for Centuries’"]

And we're about to find out what Iran is capable of.  My guess is they'll try to nuke Jerusalem, if they're capable of it.  If they're not capable, that's the end.  They made this claim and failed to carry it through.  Even if they are capable, they might not even try.  Some people in the government may refuse to go along, certainly the populous wouldn't want to be hit with a response.  There's even a chance that the US or Israel actually have workable defenses, although I can't imagine what that would be.  I'm sure governments have done everything they can do develop defense against nukes and so far, we've never had to learn if they work.

It might be something other than a nuke but that's just speculation, there's nothing else to consider.  Maybe they'll release the Epstein files.  We do have hackers going after their computers, government, military, banks.  This will reveal more information, like how much access China has to them, and to us.

We're also going to see how much BRICS will really help each other in wartime.  Just a guess but I'd say it won't be that much.  I think one of Trump's goals in recent negotiations with China and Russia was to make sure they won't get involved to help Iran, and I suspect he's won that battle.  China is iffy but I think Russia has actually made a public statement that they won't be involved to help their ally.  Of course public statements in wartime may not be totally trustworthy, but it's all we have.

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□ [“Not So Fast, Netanyahu:  Trump Assassination Plots Trace Back to Ukraine—Not Iran"]

I'm less interested in the specifics than in the fact that this contradiction is suddenly coming out.  Netanyahu presumably has his sources, but the FBI has investigated Trump's attempted assassins.  They can't both be true, can they?

Well, we are now learning how NGOs have been passing money back and forth in ways that make them effectively invisible to the IRS and other investigators, even though they are specifically connected.  Furthermore, what strikes me is that there was an interesting anecdote just today.  Trump was asked about Iran having nukes and said they were very close to it.  It was then pointed out that Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard said Iran was nowhere close to having nukes and Trump's response was "I don't care what she said."

I'm sure the left was thrilled to hear that they were disagreeing but it occurred to me that they both have difference sources.  Gabbard works for Trump but doesn't share everything for security reasons.  She's since pointed out that her statement was made in March, so the point is that not only do things change over time, but she and Trump are operating from different perspectives.  That can be seen as negative but I don't mean that here.

Thinking of this reminded me of a couple times back in my Army days when I was listening to high-ranking special forces operators make comments about whether or not Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and what happened to them if he did.  Their statements completely contradicted each other, yet there was no reason to think either one was lying.

The point I'm trying to make is that the war we've been involved in for the last couple decades takes place on many different levels with people moving in many different directions.  The organization can be very difficult to perceive, where you expect to find Muslims on the same side as gays, trans and abortionists?  There's religion, class, nationalism and ideology separating them yet somehow many different groups are operating together in this war.  So the initial point about Ukraine and/or Iran being involved in attempting to kill Trump rings true.  Whatever the actual facts are, people have their own reasons for accepting their own version of the truth.  This doesn't change the facts but it shows why it's so hard to comprehend what's really happening here.

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U.S. Air Force Sends Out Two Mysterious Encrypted Nuclear Emergency Codes
June 16, 2025

□ [“All Lives Splatter!"]

Another protestor insisted on getting in front of a car and was injured by it.  I think most people had a sigh of relief when the governor of Florida said drivers have the right to keep going if these protestors tried to stop them.  Finally someone put that out.  I'm guessing that most protestors realized they were the ones who'd suffer and that's why there's only been two of these incidents in the last couple days.

Playing in traffic like this really is the mentality of those who think they know best and everybody else must conform.  Ruining traffic, messing up people's lives, all of that is just despicable.  There's certainly no sense that they've reached a limit, if you permit them to surround your car, that's as bad as they'll ever get.  No, they'll find reasons to demand more.  They're eagerly looking for ways to impose themselves even further onto others.

Cars are dangerous, that's why you shouldn't stand in front of them when they're moving.  People who disagree with that are effectively showing that they have no right to live.  I'm not even saying I would definitely start going forward if surrounded like that, but it's at least good to know that option is protected.  Self-defense is a right and it's not a government-provided privilege.  In a civilized world, you wouldn't put people in that position in the first place so yes, they would be wrong to run you over.  But that's not how leftists want it.

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June 17, 2025

□ [“Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to Roll Out Race-Based Grants as Reparations"]

The people on his committee are going to get a lot of money to spend before they ever even start with these "reparations."  What are the odds this is just about scamming as much money as possible before the federal government intervenes?  18 U.S. Code § 242 forbids deprivation of rights under color of law so there's no way to win that in court.

His goal is probably to bribe enough blacks to defend him when the government comes in to stop him.  I'm not really sure what he expects the endgame to be here but I'm not sure he's able to think that far in advance.  He can't think of any way to make the city worth living in, this is all he's got left to do?  Does he actually think this will work or is he deliberately trying to scam people?

Or at least scam black women.  It looks like more and more men see the real problems here and want to get the hell away from that.  Democrats are becoming increasingly desperate to keep them in their place and the harder they try, the less success they're going to have.  I keep telling myself not to be optimistic, it's not going to work right.  But that said, I must admit some things are starting to look better than they have for a long time.

Obama Judge Holds Florida AG in Contempt For Helping Trump Enforce State Anti-Illegal Immigrant Laws
June 17, 2025

If you can read this, I will not make a joke about starting a war. And it's all your fault.

Mass Deportation Works: Nebraska Workers Rush to Fill Jobs Once Taken by Illegal Aliens
June 16, 2025

□ [“Trump Issues Warning:  'Everyone Should Immediately Evacuate Tehran!'"]

Yeah, get rid of the rulers' servants!  They'll have to mow their own lawns and cook their own dinners!  That'll show 'em.  It's not like Trump would mean anything else.

I assume he's just being the nice guy, Israel's the one who is ready to hit them hard with something.  That way he can say 'well I warned you...'  It's not like anybody who always supported Israel is going to change their minds over this.  Might even get a few people to say 'let's stop trying to destroy Israel.'  At least people in the region, leftists worldwide won't change.

There's also the valid question of what Israel is getting ready to do.  Nukes, bioweapons, something unexpected?  Some new weapon that is essentially magic, at least as far as normal people are capable of comprehending it?  Well there's not much reason to start guessing about that last one, but at least the target is clear, Tehran.

Otherwise they keep shooting rockets at each other.  Doesn't sound like Israel's Iron Dome is living up to its reputation although of course we haven't heard about any major destruction.  An Iranian state tv studio was bombed during a live broadcast.  

□ [“U.S. Deploys at Least 28 Air Force Tankers Across Atlantic"]

I get that we'd need to protect our assets in the region but otherwise this should be a red flag, do not get involved.  Most likely the forces being sent over are going to be ready just-in-case but otherwise won't have to do much.  Trump and Israel are not trying to take over Iran, but they are trying to take it down permanently.

Transportation Secretary Says Sanctuary Cities Won’t Get Federal Tax Dollars to Repair Riot Damage
June 16, 2025

□ [“Liberals Are So Desperate, They're Even Asking ‘Where Is Barack Obama?’"]

Strange how he's so beloved by the left yet they've basically ignored him for the last decade.  I'd need to look up what I actually wrote about in 2016 but as I recall, it was all about being Hillary's turn now.  Obama was almost totally dropped and Biden wasn't even a memory.  What a world we had back then.

Today is the 10th anniversary of Trump and Melania going down the escalator and he announced his candidacy for POTUS.  I definitely don't remember how seriously I took that at the time.  I do know that my opinion, shared by many others, was 'anybody but Hillary.'  But Democrats insisted on that, except that they'd rather have Bernie but anyway...  [Looking up 2015, I didn't say a whole lot about him at all.  Agreed with a couple comments and otherwise noted what he was saying or doing at the time.  I was on the last week or so of my final deployment in the Army so I wasn't that interested.]

Now they're wondering why Obama isn't the leader they always claimed he was.  We've even heard from Bill Clinton a little bit recently.  We hear from Hillary more often but generally ignore her.  Of course no one cares what Biden or Harris are doing, because they were so popular.  But what's Obama supposed to say?  He really never had much success other than promoting himself.  Most of the candidates he endorsed didn't win election.  Anonymous bureaucrats helped impose leftism and the media covered for them but that was about it.

But now Democrats are getting worried because there really isn't any leadership coming out from the people in charge of the party.  Gavin Newsom can't stop riots against American citizens and is too far left to be useful outside California anyway.  Bernie and AOC were getting crowds - maybe they still are - but not actually doing anything.  Basically Obama's the best choice if they want anyone with actual leadership experience and he's almost totally out of the picture.

Trump Cuts G7 Visit Short, Returns to DC  to Meet National Security Council Team in Situation Room
June 16, 2025

□ [“P Diddy Trial:  Judge Dismisses ‘Juror 6’ for Lying, Will Handle Another Juror's ‘Mystery Issue’"]

No wonder this isn't getting any attention if this is the best that can be discussed.  The juror lied about where he's from.  And nobody checked that out before?  He's black and will be replaced by a white guy so Diddy's lawyers are whining about that.  And another juror has some unknown problem to be addressed.

What is any of this supposed to prove?  As it is, it's only relevant if Diddy was somehow using influence on members of the jury but we probably wouldn't be told about that.  This isn't even spreading rumors or anything interesting, looking back at the last week or so of headlines I hadn't bothered to check out when they were new, this is about as good as it gets.  The defense tried to get this shut down for mistrial and was rejected.

There is one detail which might be relevant, an ex-girlfriend using an alias testified that Diddy wanted to have sex with men but was too cowardly to do it.  That just makes no sense.  He's rich and famous and, if he wasn't part of gangsta rap himself, at least rose to prominence when that was still going on, so he's used to getting what he wants.  How the hell would he not be able to find some guys who will take money to be on either end of that and show him the ropes?

But I'm also wondering if a lot of celebrities, particularly black ones, were groomed from a young age.  If Diddy was one of those, it still doesn't explain why he's not fully used to taking it up every hole, but I do suspect that these people have basically grown up with no clue how biological sex works.  We see that with the trans movement being imposed on children today.  Maybe that's what happened to Diddy a few decades ago.

That's just a guess, you'd think that fame and fortune would have the opposite effect on young males of any persuasion.  It might explain why he's so obsessed with watching other girls get banged by as many dudes as possible, because that's what he really wants to be doing.  Still seems kind of iffy but that's about all that's worth noting for this trial.  Notice that they haven't even bothered to show any footage of his depravity with other celebrities.

Elon Musk Turns on Starlink for Iranian Public After Islamic Regime Cuts Off Internet Service
June 16, 2025

□ [“Teacher Union Chief Randi Weingarten Resigns From DNC Position and People Have Questions"]

The most obvious question is why the head of a teacher's union has such a political second job although I think the answer to that is obvious.  It's a way to get political propaganda transferred to the kiddies.  Doesn't seem to work very well, at least based on the young people who aren't involved in the current protests, but old liberal white women are fine with that.

She's also married to a lesbian rabbi who's also involved in the sort of mindless feminism you'd expect.  Why doesn't the teacher's union want any diversity?  Maybe put someone in charge who wants to bang hot chicks with big breasts?  Well once again, there's an obvious reason why none of these people want that.

But the real question is being avoided, why is this happening now?  Her resignation mentioned she was "out of step" with the current leadership, probably a reference to that wimpy dude who got rid of Hogg.  Maybe he's trying to show his dominance which means others will be pushed out too.  This chick's already past retirement age, it's not like she has anything left to offer the teacher's union, so what's she gonna do?

Bill Maher Calls Out Sean Penn for Saying He Wouldn’t Meet Trump After Meeting Castro and Hugo Chavez
June 16, 2025

We never see Superman and a black guy together. Hmmmmm...

Rwandan Genocide Perpetrator Busted in Ohio as Illegal Immigrant
June 15, 2025

Still just speculation, trying to work out how trademarks were established for pop culture characters.  They were being done a long time ago.  Gasoline Alley was created in 1918.  Fritz the Cat was created in 1919.  Charlie Chang in 1925, as was Captain Blood.  The Shadow in 1930, Dick Tracy in 1931, Conan in 1932, Lone Ranger in 1933, Flash Gordon in 1934, the Phantom and the Green Hornet in 1936.  Happy Hooligan (1900) and the Katzenjammer Kids (1897) had merchandizing and short movies about them.

Work for Hire was already established.  Arthur Conan Doyle sold the rights to Sherlock Holmes with the first story.  His publisher paid him for it.  So my point is these weren't brand-new concepts for DC Comics in 1938.  Companies owned their IPs and used them across the market for a long time.

Recurring fictional characters are even older, going back to Ancient Greece and Aristophanes.  Then there's Natty Bumppo of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales and Sir Walter Scott's novels of the early 1800s.

So I'm trying to work out how corporations handled their IP in the early-20th century, specifically in comic books.  From what I can tell, they clearly had the basic policies going back centuries.  There were comic strips so the merchandizing was essentially the same.  Other than the release date and format - monthly installments of several pages, as opposed to a daily strip - what else would be different?  Was anything different other than the superhero genre?

□ [“Britain Announces Military Build-Up in Middle East as Iranian Conflict Escalates"]

Say that Ukraine isn't really that important to you without using those specific words.  You've had three years to do this for Russia which is like this totally big threat and stuff.  But Israel and Iran get into it and *now* it's serious.  The sad thing is that nobody expects you do to any more than you've already been doing.

And its not even necessary for the time being.  Iran included Britain and France in the threats it made to the US and Israel but this obviously isn't as big a priority.  It's not like Britain can draft a bunch of Muslims to fight Iran and who else do they have?  It's actually kinda depressing that Starmer is even making these claims, who does he think will by them?

□ [“Tehran Starts Drowning in Sewage After Israeli Missiles Strike Key Water Infrastructure"]

Meanwhile those actually fighting aren't giving out much information that is believable.  Busting the sewers is probably true, footage can be provided.  More importantly, it's a way of discomforting Iranians who might get very pissed at their rulers for letting this happen.  In some ways, tyrannies actually need to provide benefits to their citizens that free nations don't.  We're free so we're required to do things for ourselves.  If the tyrants decide what you can and can't do, they need to live up to their duties or the vast majority will turn on them.  Maybe that's what's being done here.

[As an example, you can order people to get vaccines, to fight global warming and to use the correct self-proclaimed pronouns, and people will put up with it to an extent.  But the costs outweigh the virtues and they'll simply refuse to take part in this anymore.  You could at least remove the need to get jobs or some other benefit that would make this other stuff easier to tolerate.]

The State Department has told Americans to get out of Iran.  Um, maybe I'm just naive and ignorant, but WTF would there be any Americans there at all?  This is probably just a requirement, just in case, so if some tie in the bombings, it's not like they weren't told.  It's said that there are some dual-citizens moving back and forth, something that we need to stop anyway.

Trump's involvement is unknown.  There's simply no reason to trust what we're told.  He's said we might get involved, which I hope is a lie.  I get that he wants to negotiate peace but I'm thinking of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, "Let it go!"  We're also told that Israel intended to assassinate Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Trump shot that idea down.  I'm skeptical on that.  Would Israel listen to that?  Does Trump really see a reason why that shouldn't be done?

The unnamed person who made this claim said that Iran hadn't killed Americans so it wasn't an option.  That has nothing to do with Israel handling things.  I think it's more likely that, whatever the chances are, they're being discussed.  Or they're deliberately not being discussed and Israel will handle things.  Or Trump is blatantly lying because why not?  My point is there's no reason to believe that.  So we'll see what happens next.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says Deportations ‘War on Our Humanity’ — ICE Agents a ‘Disease’
June 14, 2025

Indian Billionaire Friend of Prince William Dies After Swallowing a Bee During a Polo Match
June 14, 2025

Washington Teacher Fired for Reading ‘the N-Word’ from a Passage in To Kill a Mockingbird
June 14, 2025

Afghan ‘Refugee’ Pleads Guilty to Plotting Oklahoma Election Day Terror Attack to Help ISIS
June 15, 2025

□ [“North Carolina State Rep Waves Trump’s Decapitated Head at ‘No Kings’ Protest:  ‘Some Cuts May Be Necessary’"]

I haven't bothered to check, but it sounds like at least some of the protests are still going on.  That was the point, they hope to keep doing it until the revolution happens.  There's been some violence but except for maybe LA, it doesn't sound major.  It's only going to happen in big leftist cities, most people still have to go to work the next day.  We have real jobs.

More relevant is the other attempts at violence happening elsewhere.  There was the assassination in Minnesota.  There was also a shooter in Fort Hood, Texas.  The base was shut down but that was yesterday so I'm sure they got that taken care of.  More than the mindless protests, I think this is the thing the left is really going for.  That's the next step for the revolution.  The Minnesota shooter is still free and although the authorities have his manifesto, they're keeping that hidden, meaning he was a leftist.

□ [“Shanghai Billionaire’s Chinese Communist Party Network Fuels Anti-ICE Riots"]

People are looking into the funding and one name that keeps coming up is Neville Roy Singham, a tech billionaire.  There's a new site, DataRepublican, which is working out the very complicated connection between leftist organizations and how much money they pass to and from each other.  I haven't looked at it much but there's clearly relevant information there.  By moving the money around in specific ways, the funding is effectively kept hidden, at least inasmuch as governments can't just seize it or tax it.  But they can help fund it.

I'm guessing this info came from DOGE, or at least people with that authority to look into spending.  There's probably a reason it can't name individuals involved but that would also be helpful.  We're going to need to get the names of these people sooner or later, at least their leaders and rich people.  There's a billionaire heir to the Wal-Mart fortune who's been making a lot of pro-leftist noise, I'm sure she'd help Singham too.  Funny how leftist rhetoric about rich people never includes any rich leftists.

Jake Tapper’s Stage Manager on Undercover Camera, Tapper “Knew” About Biden’s Mental Decline
June 12, 2025

Los Angeles Children’s Hospital Shutting Down ‘Transgender’ Youth Clinic Amid Federal Pressure
June 14, 2025

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Declares Trump ‘America’s Hitler’ During ‘No Kings’ Protest
June 15, 2025

□ [“UK PM Starmer Caves to Pressure, National Inquiry Into the Pakistani Grooming Gangs Scandal"]

Tell people that you're totally part of these gangs without using those words.  There's no other reason to have been so resistant to digging this monstrosity out and eliminating it.  You can't go so far just to defend your allies who are involved in this but not do it yourself, otherwise they'd have nothing to blackmail you with.

The fact that he's getting around to this now probably means that everything has been taken care of.  There may be a few people punished but the rest will all get off scott free and be able to continue abusing children with full government approval.  They're not even going to bother looking into what connections this has to the rest of the continent.

It's just mindboggling how entrenched these rape gangs are into the whole aristocracy.  Being liberals, they probably include as many lower-class people as possible, and anyone who disagrees is a bigot.  I'm trying to figure out if the elites are really part of a cult that's been doing this for many centuries all across the world.  That's the only way I can think of to explain this.

Kash Patel Says FBI Found Phones and Devices Fauci Used During COVID, is Looking at Hard Drives
June 6, 2025

House Passes Bill to Repeal D.C. Law Allowing Non-Citizens to Vote — 266-148
June 11, 2025

New Jersey Teachers Union Blows $40 Million on Gubernatorial Candidate Who Finished in 5th Place
June 14, 2025

Leftist Mob Breaches US Capitol Barriers – Large Group Staging Sit-in for “Military Off Our Streets”
June 13, 2025

Male Ontario Elementary School Bus Driver in School Girl Outfit, Calls His Bus the ‘Lolita Line’
June 14, 2025

Scientists in Antarctica Puzzled by Mysterious Radio Waves Coming From Below the Ice Sheet
June 15, 2025

□ [“Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel, Restaurants — Focus Only on ‘Criminal’ Aliens"]

This is one of those things that does not make Trump look good to anybody.  They're all criminals!  It's one thing to say it's just impossible to find them all and push them out, it's another to give up and to say 'all of these people can stay.'  And it makes you look like you're taking orders and/or bribes to keep these people around.

First of all, how can these jobs be impossible to replace?  Second of all, so traffickers can just get a token job there and be safe.  This is not what Trump voters wanted.  As it is, he hasn't come close to deporting as many people as Biden brought in, and Obama before him.  So now he wants to cut those numbers even lower.  Why not just admit he lost?

This isn't even going to get him any help from the left so what's the point?  As many things as Trump does which deserve applause, he always suddenly turns and does something like this which just throws it all away.  It's hard to get tired of winning when there's so many losses.

Alabama City to Stop Adding Fluoride to Water Starting Monday
June 15, 2025

But where do you find any happy flags today?

Bill Clinton Looks Frail, Stumbles in New York at Book Signing Event
June 13, 2025

□ [“1500 Protests Planned for Saturday in Support of Illegal Aliens"]

Well, tomorrow we'll find out if the left is capable of doing anything.  I'm still ambivalent on at least checking out my local protest.  I am curious but I have a book to work on and the weekends are already not long enough.  Besides, I did drive by some of the previous protests of the last few months and their numbers were pretty low.  

Missouri has already called up its National Guard, other states are probably doing the same thing.  I suspect the biggest danger is in leftist regions, although to be fair, all the protests will be in leftist cities.  They can't exist outside those cities so they're already limited.

□ [“Newark ICE Center Spirals into Chaos as Detainees Riot"]

This is another tactic although it doesn't seem very effective.  They can riot as much as they want, they're still in prison.  If they somehow escape, there's not going to be a whole lot of people they can turn to for help.  Even the left wouldn't want them around their neighborhoods.  This just doesn't seem to be very helpful either, although I'm sure the left would like the publicity.

Speaking of which, did the L.A. riots suddenly get shut down after the National Guard and Marines showed up?  Just realized I hadn't heard anything about them.  We know the governor and mayor realized they had to pretend they didn't support attacking the public, but did the protestors realize how stupid it looked and go home?  We're at the point where these riots are ongoing, whether anyone's actually out doing them or not.  That's just how life is now.

Hakeem Jeffries Holds Up Elmo Doll on House Floor to Protest Cuts to PBS
June 12, 2025

Cranbury, NJ Moves to Seize 175-Year-Old Family Farm to Make Way for ‘Affordable Housing’ Project
June 13, 2025

□ [“In Preemptive Strike, Israel Bombs Over 100 Targets in Iran"]

Don't know why anyone was surprised, I thought it had been obvious for weeks that Israel was going to do something.  My only question was whether it would be big enough for the world to hear or if it was a very direct strike somewhere in Iran which they would keep secret until they couldn't hide the results any longer.  There may still be some of that, the new era of war means bioweapons could be involved.

Israel took out many military leaders and nuclear scientists, as well as relevant sites.  It is also said that they have returned for another round of attacks.  Whether or not the US was involved, Iran will say we were, so they will respond against us too.  It's not something I would fight about to the death but I hope we aren't supporting Israel for the time being.  Something about this "October 7" conflict has just come off as different from usual and I've thought it best if Israel handles things on its own for a while.

But true or not, it is said the US is helping them.  One description I like didn't make us an active participant, but Trump told Iran they had 60 days to negotiate on their use of nuclear power.  Those negotiations haven't gone well and we've just reached day 61, so Israel is free to move forward with their plans.  Trump's the one who pointed that out so I hope it's true.

Iran has responded by sending dozens of missiles to Tel Aviv.  Reportedly defending against them is where the US is contributing.  Apparently the US embassy in Baghdad is also under attack.  Since Iran and Israel aren't close in location, they can't do much more against each other so they'll need to see what allies they really have at this point.  Iran will probably have most of the Middle East on its side, a definite strength, but tyrannies are most at risk when their population has had enough.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Pleads Not Guilty on Human Trafficking, Fights For Release Pending Trial
June 13, 2025

□ [“CIA Releases 1,450 Pages of Documents Relating to the Killing of RFK"]

Remember a couple months ago when this stuff was a big deal?  We were so young back then.  Nobody even seems to noticed the JFK files and months later, we get RFK.  Apparently there's a lot of documents that indicate Sirhan Sirhan really hated Israel and wanted to shoot RFK because of that.  Why would this be kept secret for over 50 years?

There's also the problem that we really have no reason to believe they've released *ALL* the files on these two assassinations, but leaving that aside, why is this just coming out now?  This just comes off as a pointless waste of time, both the focus on these assassinations and keeping these basic details secret.  Pretty sure it'll be the same thing when the MLK documents come out.

How many classified documents are just mostly-meaningless details that may advance the official narrative for the last several decades but don't really change anything?  That may be the worst part of this (other than, you know, the deaths and stuff) that there's simply no way we can believe this is the full story.  Who were the people who kept them classified and why?

Iran Withdraws from Nuclear Negotiations with United States
June 13, 2025

Just notes for stuff I'm thinking about.  Jerry Siegal suggested Superboy in 1938.  He wrote a script for a Superboy story in 1940 but it was rejected.  In 1942, DC did an ashcan comic of Superboy to get the trademark.  In 1944, Robin was popular so they went with Superboy, using part of Siegel's script and it was very popular.  They did not get him to sign a contract for the rights - he was deployed to Europe at the time - so when he sued for the ownership, he did keep Superboy.

There is no record of an ashcan comic for Supergirl although the concept appeared in comics every so often.  It wasn't until 1958 (59?) that they introduced Kara.  They also used Superwoman once in a while but have never made that an ongoing character.  My guess is that they decided that if there was a Superwoman, Superman would have no interest in Lois.  Of course I believe they have a demon-worshipping cult so I have to wonder if they're secretly publishing a Superwoman comic on their own.

The reason for ashcans was because at the time, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office required a physical copy of the work to get a trademark.  This was also used for labels, tags, or packaging to show how a product would appear in the marketplace.  This policy was changed in 1946.

To get a trademark, one sends a copy of the item or specific instructions on how to replicate it.  That's how the trademark police will know whether or not copying your work or if they came up with something similar on their own.  DC needed the name "Superboy" but since they didn't know exactly what they do with him - or "Supergirl" if there actually was an ashcan - they throw some pages together and that counts, as far as the USPTO is concerned.  Seems a bit iffy although that's obviously what happened.

How much time and energy would DC spend thinking about the possibilities before they actually went through with one of the ideas?  And how far did they get?  Superdog?  Supercat?  Supermouse?  Superbeetle?  Superfish?  Supertrout?  Supershark?  Supersquid?  There's also the fact that they do need to reuse their trademarks to keep them.  Someone at DC does have a list of characters to be used and in what order to maintain the trademark.

Obama Judge Blocks Trump’s EO Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote in Federal Elections
June 13, 2025

Residents Ordered to Shelter in Place After Massive Fire Erupts at Texas Oil Refinery Plant
June 14, 2025

□ [“The Left’s Orchestrated 'No Kings' Riots Are a Marxist Revolution"]

I did attend my local protest today.  Consciously or not, they are trying to be part of a revolution but they don't seem very effective.  For one thing, there were mostly old white people.  There's just a lack of capabilities here.  You'd think a real revolution would be busy working on their individual tasks rather than standing around in the heat whining about Trump.

 Most likely it was a coincidence that this happened on the Army and Trump's birthdays.  Convenience, yes, but they need to keep these public get-togethers going just to maintain their image.  It's been happening every few weeks anyway, the next one will probably be on July 4th.  Because they're so oppressed by tyrants.

The "no kings" rhetoric is another demonstration of how they're being manipulated.  You can be a dictator without being a king and a king without being a dictator.  So why is this even part of the conversation?  Probably because the left is so easy to control but it's possible there are other reasons which aren't public.

So all in all, it seems like a general waste of time.  I didn't hear much of the speeches, I was busy looking around to see if there was anybody I knew but everybody just seemed so empty.  This was supposed to do something and they were pretending it did but there wasn't any point to it.

Vietnam becomes BRICS’ tenth partner country
June 14, 2025

□ [“Local Egyptians Attack Pro-Gaza Activists En Route to Border"]

We often tell leftists who are so supportive of Palestine or Ukraine that they should go there and prove it.  Well, to their credit, 200 leftists did try to get to Gaza.  However they chose to go through Egypt and those non-white non-western people didn't treat foreigners very well.  They aren't big fans of their fellow Muslims in Gaza either.  Sure, you could have found that out in advance by checking the internet but that's too much like work!

A few dozen have already been deported, the rest are being held.  Unlike western civilization, Egyptians police aren't that nice.  Neither are citizens.  They don't want leftists and they don't want Palestinians who are right there across the border.  But nobody cares that Egypt doesn't let them in, only Israel gets blame.

I usually mock the left for not even noticing that their Muslim allies don't have the same support for gays, abortion or transgenders, but they also aren't fans of immigration.  It's only the western countries the left wants to destroy which allow so many invaders to come in.  Many leftists certainly know that's what they're doing but as we see here, many of them just have no clue until it's too late.

This must have gotten attention on the left, at least when it started.  That stupid European chick who's otherwise forgettable tried to do something similar a week ago, coming in on a boat which was stopped by the Israel navy.  So now at least some leftists will have to ask what they're trying to do here and why.  We'll see how that affects them.

Trump Says He and Putin Agreed During Phone Call That Fighting Between Israel and Iran Should End
June 14, 2025

□ [“Bluesky is a 'Hateful' Place in a Downward Spiral"]

An interesting demonstration how leftism works when it's unrestricted.  Elon Musk supported Trump and bought Twitter so the left rushed over to some other social media.  They weren't going to confront people they disagree with, they wanted to avoid them entirely.  Because...?  Fairness and equality?  Anyway, I don't know how long the posts on Bluesky can be but they're probably not much different from Twitter, which I always found mindboggling.  Who can put their thoughts down in just a couple hundred characters?

But the left loved doing that so they wanted to keep going, but without anyone they disagreed with.  The problem is that as leftists, they disagree with anyone for any reason and on Bluesky there was no filter.  The only people around them are fellow leftists which means they know how to attack each other for anything and quickly drive each other crazy.

There's probably A.I. observing this for the government, studying how these people interact with each other and what effect that has.  And here you go, it's only taken several months but now they're desperate to get away from each other.  If it applies here, the same thing will happen elsewhere, a good example of why leftism doesn't work.

I am curious how much of this is just based on the internet itself.  I'm coming to the conclusion that children should banned from being online, or at least limited very strictly, because it ruins how you deal with real humans right in front of you.  I'm getting very disturbed when I see little kids staring at a cell phone and if I knew their parents, I would start bringing that up.  The basic problem goes back at least as far as television but this is a major issue that severely damages them at exactly the time where they need to learn maturity.

It's not even something I can blame on leftism because of how much time everybody spends online.  Sure, I do it for writing, but is that really much better than how leftists deal with it?  There's also the fact that we really don't know how many of the people we see on-line are real or are 'bots.  It just very limiting to human interaction even when we are dealing with other real people.  I'm not sure there's any way to actually solve this but it is a big problem and is just getting worse.

Trump Preparing to Expand Travel Ban to 36 Other Countries — Including Egypt and Nigeria
June 14, 2025

□ [“Two Minnesota Democrats Shot at Home by a Tim Walz Appointee, Leads International Security Firm"]

Still unknown who or what this guy did.  He wasn't a direct Walz appointee, he was on a committee or something that the previous governor had set up and Walz maintained.  He was registered as a Republican voter a decade or so ago, although I have always thought a lot of leftists do that precisely to become RINOs.  He was clearly insane which does suggest leftist but it's probably too soon to be certain.

But the Democrats spent the last few days praising the unidentifiable Senator who broke in on a press briefing by DHS Secretary Noem.  They were so upset that the Secret Service protected her from someone who claimed to be a Senator but had no evidence of it.  This is going to cut that talk down very quickly.

You don't just take some intruder's word that they really are someone important and have authority to break in on you.  This guy was a government employee and was dressed as a police officer [!!!].  The first job of a bodyguard and the Secret Service is to stop anyone from trying to get to their target.  After that you get around to identifying them.  If you're stupid enough to ignore that, they can identify your corpse.

Los Angeles Children’s Hospital Shutting Down ‘Transgender’ Youth Clinic Amid Federal Pressure
June 14, 2025

I could like New York in June, but I choose not to. How about you?

House Passes DOGE Cuts to NPR, PBS, and USAID – Four Republicans Vote No
June 12, 2025

□ [“DeSantis Says Florida Drivers Have the Right to ‘Flee for Your Safety’ and Run Over Rioters"]

Finally someone with authority is speaking out against these lunatics taking over the roads.  Hopefully this will get more Republican governors to say the same thing.  People shouldn't have to put up with these thugs trying to trap their next victims.  They only get away with it because most people are too scared to fight back because they'll be punished for self-defense.

Then Democrat governors will be asked for their thoughts on people's right to self-defense in vehicles under attack.  A few of them will probably say 'yes, you have the right to escape your abuser and it's their fault for putting you in that position.  But the rest will have to speak out and insist that if you get taken prisoner, just accept it and hopefully you'll eventually be allowed to go free.

But it's doubtful any of them will say anything to the protestors.  'Don't do that, you don't have the right to take people prisoner just for your political statement.'  Democrat governors didn't get to that office by opposing the rioters.

□ [“Florida Sheriff Delivers a Message to Leftists and Illegals Planning Riots in His County"]

Then there's this guy who goes into very nice details about the ways you can get bitten by dogs, be sent to hospitals, or have your loved ones come collect your corpse.  Wow was that awesome.  Police units should be putting out messages like that everywhere.  If the left really thinks they're capable of fighting for this nonsense, it's time to get started.  Just remember, only one side is expendable this weekend and they're the ones causing the riots.

Microsoft Moves Major Conference From Seattle Due to Rampant Homelessness + Open-Air Drug Use
June 10, 2025

Judge Declares Mistrial on Remaining Rape Charge Against Harvey Weinstein Amid Drama with Jurors
June 12, 2025

□ [“In Kiev, German Defense Minister Says They Won't Send Taurus Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine"]

There's multiple news on several warfronts currently going on.  Russian troops keep moving west and suddenly Germany has decided on a limit to the military equipment they're going to provide?  That seems like odd timing since Germany has been one of the most vocal Ukraine supporters.

I've seen an interesting theory that Ukraine has been sending troops east, across rivers, so Russia is planning to blow up the bridges in a summer offensive.  If they had done that earlier, the Ukrainian troops would still be free to escape, but this could trap most of them all at once, guaranteeing a complete surrender for them.

Otherwise Russia can just keep moving west slowly.  NATO members have weak militaries and are increasingly crippled by their leftist leaders, so they won't be able to do anything about it anyway.  If Russia had acted like normal three years ago, certainly by now NATO might have been able to put together a resistance of some kind.  Instead they complain about Russia just like they complain about global warming and transphobia, it's all easy for normal people to ignore.

□ [“US Evacuates Middle East Embassy & Military Personnel as Tensions Mount Over Potential Israeli Strike on Iran"]

Then there's Iran.  I don't *think* there's a lot they can do about this and it's not clear how much influence they really have in the rest of the Muslim world, but face it, it's Iran.  Trump says he's urged Israel to delay an attack on their nuclear facilities but maybe that's just for show.  I hope Israel handles it themselves but it's not like I can deny supporting them otherwise, and Trump is in this much deeper than I am.

Technically this might be their easiest war to solve if Israel gets it right, especially if Iranians are finally willing to overthrow the mullahs.  But that's still a big *if* and there's no reason to assume it will go just fine.  It does look like other Muslims are generally tired of the Jew-hatred so Iran won't have as much leeway, but even if I'm right about that, there's no reason to think it will last very long.

At least Trump is removing as many US personnel as possible from the region.  It would be better if they aren't around when any nukes are fired.  But I've also heard he's trying to negotiate something with Iran, which just seems pointless.  I get it, Trump loves negotiation, but this would go nowhere and you'd think he should know that by now.

Note, I finished writing this, then checked if there was any new headlines and Israel has just hit Tehran.  I guess that'll be the big news tomorrow.

□ [“Trump Announces New Deal with China"]

Then there's these negotiations with China.  Reportedly it's about the tariffs although I'm sure there's military details we aren't told about.  This is the most worrisome.  I just don't trust Trump to get negotiations right.  Basically anything I've heard about China suggests they're impossible to negotiate with, at least successfully.  Just a few days ago, China stepped back, something about not giving us rare metals.  But just got fixed right away???

There's also an issue with Chinese immigrants and spies coming in.  I don't pay attention to that stuff but I know it's a big issue, and it sounds like China's going to keep getting what it wants.  Way to go, Trump.  I wonder if the ones who worked for Dianne Feinstein have found new jobs.

And then there's general military threats.  They may attack us with drones or bioweapons.  They're also still going after Taiwan and Hong Kong.  They also expect to control the Pacific and aren't happy if we disagree with that.  They also have cybersoldiers attacking us.  This is just going to keep causing more problems no matter what.

It is possible that Xi is having enormous economic problems.  Ok, fine, but we don't hear about that and couldn't believe whatever we do here.  Maybe that's an incentive for Trump but it just doesn't seem trustworthy.  China has much deeper claws into western society than anyone else and has a lot of immunity to anything we can do against them.  I'm not saying it's hopeless but this just doesn't look good.  Because *they* have been getting prepared for a long time.

Denmark’s Parliament Approves US Military Bases on Danish Soil as Trump Eyes Greenland Annexation
June 12, 2025

□ [“Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) Forcibly Removed and Arrested For Heckling DHS Secretary Kristi Noem During Press Briefing"]

Here's today's other big news.  As a liberal, of course men can barge in on women and she's just got to shut up and obey.  No leftist in the country would disagree with that.  They also support members of Congress just breaking in on something, regardless of the laws.

So this guy barged into the briefing and started barking out questions.  The DHS secretary is high-up on the list of people who will replace the POTUS if it comes to that, the Secret Service is right there.  Their priority is to look at what someone is doing or trying to do, they can identify him later on.  This guy was not wearing his ID or anything to show his authority so he was treated like anyone else who tries to do that.

Other members of Congress have already tries to start bullying about how *oppressed* this lunatic senator was.  This will continue happening.  Will any congressional Dems bother to identify themselves or will they just assume everyone recognizes them and are offended when they don't?  Probably the latter, it gives them even more excuse to keep doing this.  Haven't looked up any of the fights before the first Civil War begin but I'm sure a lot of us are reminded of that regularly these days.

Democrat Governors Roll Back State-Funded Healthcare for Illegals – No Leftists Protest This
June 11, 2025

NY Supreme Court Judge Advances Lawsuit Demanding Full Hand Recount After Kamala Harris Receives ZERO Votes in Rockland County
June 12, 2025

Why is there a Vulcan Pride Month but not a Sith Pride Month? Sounds racist.

June 11, 2025 Brian Wilson, Beach Boys singer-songwriter, age 82
"World Pride Day" Attendance Plummets in DC, Only One-Third of the Expected Attendees
June 11, 2025

□ [“Beach Boys Founder Brian Wilson Dead at 82"]

Of the biggest names from Rock'n'Roll, that means Paul, Ringo, Dylan, Mick and Keith are the only ones left.  Mike Love is the only original Beach Boy left.  Aerosmith is probably the biggest oldest band with all the members still alive.  Face it, Rock'n'Roll is dead.  But then, so is California.

The best and most popular of the Beach Boys work has stood out for sixty years, but I'm not sure how much they really mean to anybody anymore.  Melodic and catchy, that's always a plus, but they're also very short and let's face it, not the most meaningful lyrics in the world.  The vocals and the music are excellent but almost in a bad way.  It's not clear what they're trying to do or why.

"Good Vibrations" probably wins as his best work and it just comes off as throwing a bunch of different sounds together.  Paul McCartney says "God Only Knows" is the best song ever and I think it sounds like a boring ballad and Paul has written dozens of better songs than that.  Wilson also gets credit for production, which is fine, but few people know or care much about that, beyond whether or not it sounds nice.

I will point out that as a producer, the Beatles were Wilson's main competition, and to his credit, Wilson handled it well.  By himself, no less, while John and Paul could rely on each other and George Martin would handle the sound.  They deserve the acclaim for innovation in production but to be fair, the recording technology they were using was fairly new.  They thought of this new stuff but it wasn't possible to think of it five or ten years earlier.

Will there be any tributes to Brian?  A few famous people making public statements, classic rock stations playing a few more Beach Boy songs, anything else?  Just another sign that the old days are long gone and few remember them or care.  That's what Rock'n'Roll as a whole brought to the world.

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□ [“Violent Anti-ICE protests Spring Up in Cities Nationwide as Democrats Incite Uprising"]

They were supposed to wait until Saturday which is the Army's 250th birthday and Trump's 79th.  But apparently they just couldn't wait.  They're all heavy liberal big cities so there's several possibilities.  Maybe they just couldn't wait a few more days.  Maybe they were pushed into this as a set-up to get them busted.  Or maybe they're supposed to inspire more people to do something on Saturday.

They're already going after cops with quite a few arrests.  Probably trying to get some martyrs too.  Some people and groups keep being cited as the ones planning and funding this.  I haven't paid much attention to that, just assuming they're rich leftists, but I'm sure the names will be repeated enough sooner or later.  Maybe they'll even finally be arrested.

The media is still trying to insist it's all peaceful.  Sure, and Joe Biden is totally qualified to run for POTUS.  And we'll all die if we're not vaccinated against covid.  The media is not giving much attention to the actual protesters, they don't want to be easily-identifiable.  They'd be pretty upfront about how they want to destroy the country, so that wouldn't help anyway.

This is an attempt and it probably has a lot of international funding and equipment, so we'll see how this goes, but it doesn't look good.  For one thing, it's just not going to be useful.  The protests themselves will either be ignored or they'll be hammered down by the authorities.  Otherwise the most they can do is find more people willing to join in.  From there, they might be able to form organized resistance but come on!  They're still leftists.

They'll have some people who are actually experienced in running this sort of movement, probably with military experience.  They'll have a very small number of people willing and able to learn how to do that, and then the rest who are just there because they're collectivists.  They won't be useful for anything complicated but they will have demands of anyone who has more.  They'll also need food, shelter, internet access, and so on.  This does not have much chance for success, regardless of however much noise they make over the weekend.  ICE and the military are already setting up units in those locations.

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□ [“DNC Votes 294-99 to Boot David Hogg as Vice Chair – Hogg Won’t Compete in New Election"]

I predicted that he would be kicked out by the end of May except maybe on a technicality.  It's nice when I'm right about something.  This was specifically about the strange way he was elected - which no Democrat had a problem with before - and there will be future elections but Hogg will not take part in this.  He lost by just under 75% of the vote, that's a sign that they don't want him back.

It's probably unlikely he'll go anywhere after this.  Obviously he can't do anything in politics unless he starts from the bottom up and he's not going to do that.  Doesn't seem to have any other useful ideas or abilities, so he can't do anything with that.  There's a slight chance he'd get some sort of sinecure job but no idea who would actually do that for him.  Otherwise, he might as well go to plumbing school and learn something useful, but then he'd have to talk to non-liberals.

But then the DNC has to go back to asking how to appeal to young white men.  They just showed that they'll kick them out right away so that's not going to make them look good.  Their excuse for redoing this vote is that they didn't follow DNC rules to elect him and another chick in February.  Why did they ignore their own rules?  Nobody's asking that.

Stuff like this shows that the left isn't going to even bother with a political party.  Whatever their next stunt will be - and it'll probably start with this weekend's protests - will avoid politics.  They don't have the numbers, they don't have arms, they don't have training or skills, but they have a bunch of people like Hogg who think they deserve to be in charge of the rest.

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□ [“Newsom’s Formal Address to California Amid Los Angeles Riots is a Dumpster Fire"]

He's still trying to show that he's qualified to lead.  I checked some leftist sites commenting on last night's speech.  They all say how great he was, how inspirational, what a leader.  But no one mentions anything he actually said or did.  They said that about Joe Biden a year ago, look how that worked out.

This speech will probably not be remembered at all, but one reason nobody cites what he said was because it was a while before the audio was working.  This is a guy who thinks he's qualified to be in charge of something and he can't even turn on the audio for his speech.  He doesn't have an organization that can handle that.  He does have a podcast, where are the people who run that?  This would just embarrass any competent leader, but Newsom is from California so you know...

I'm debating whether this was deliberate or it was just a bunch of different goals put together.  Illegal immigration, California, Newsom's career, all blurring together for Civil War 2.0 and this was how it worked out?  Or are Trump and co. going after Nancy Pelosi and her nephew is one way to do that?  It's pretty clear that they did work out a plan and although they obviously can't account for everything, this plan seems to be working pretty well.

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If you're going to burn down that grocery store down the street, bring me back some Dr. Pepper please.

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□ [“Clinton Judge Denies Newsom’s Request For Immediate Restraining Order Against Trump's Use of Military"]

This will probably keep happening.  They'll need threats and bribes to get the judges to obey.  There's nothing else to use, the POTUS has authority.  Newsom is just making himself look stupid for pushing this.  But he's supported the riots before they even started.  Was he involved in planning this or was he just told that he'd get to look important?

The media is trying to pretend that everything is so goshdarned peaceful, or at least it was before Trump got involved.  And anyway ICE deserves it.  It's not clear how many of the protesters are active agents of an insurrection - although for convenience, we'll just say it's 100% - but they are trying to make this even bigger.  Somebody is funding them with large quantities of armor and facemasks.  The DOJ is looking into who that is, some names have already been suggested.

Meanwhile Mexico is becoming more upfront that this really is an invasion.  They say they want the 1830s borders back.  That's not going to happen but it'll cause the left even more headaches.  They need to pretend they support the US while flying Mexican flags to burn and loot Los Angeles.  But they're not going to suddenly become Mexican, so how do they work that out?

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□ [“Al-Qaeda Leader Calls American Muslims to Launch Terror Attacks, Assassinate Trump and His Cabinet"]

Anyone on the left going to rethink what they're doing?  Anybody going to say 'no, we don't want to be on the same side as this group'?  Or are they fine with that opinion of abortion and homosexuality from anyone who hates Trump?  And Jews, Sa’ad bin Atef al-Awlaki has also encouraged terrorism in videos that specify “Do not leave a single safe place for Jews."

This is pushing some people out into the open.  An active-duty Navy JAG officer has just tweeted threats against J6, ICE and the Secretary of Defense.  Dude, that's not a good way to keep your job.  I'm sure he'll be quickly busted but there will be a lot more of that type found in the military.  Or at least the Navy and probably the Air Force.  But I'm not biased.

They're also finding people like "LA Scanner" who has been scanning ICE agents to identify them and their home addresses.  Turns out he's a felon in (I think) Colorado who is under court orders to not use surveillance equipment and radio scanners, which he's been doing to help the rioters.  I'm curious if he was prior-military because that is the sort of support activity troops on the ground require.

Remember the good old days when we cared so much about Elon Musk breaking up with Trump?  We were so young and naive back then.  And it seemed the biggest deal was that Big Beautiful Bill that Congress seems to be ignoring completely these days.  But that world is gone forever.  Now people are trying to get together and be ready to fight.

In Europe, there will be protests on June 15 against the "tourists," effectively the invaders along with fellow European who ignore the actual nations they're part of.  June 14 has leftist protests in the US, I've mentioned those before, we'll see if they're actually going to do anything outside of the big cities.  This is going to keep expanding.

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□ [“CNN Data Analyst Says Trump’s Approval Rating on Immigration Has ‘Gone Up Like a Rocket’"]

It's like he actually knows what the American public wants.  You can argue whether or not there should be any immigration whatsoever, but an overwhelming majority want borders, rules and limits to who gets to come in.  We see all the footage of looters and burnings and don't want any of that either.

And the left is just hurting themselves by pushing this.  Just a couple months ago, they were insisting that Trump's tariffs would kill the economy.  And that you could make up your own gender and force everyone else to go along with you.  As it stands, there's already a lot of 2026 and 2028 ads set up of Democrats insisting that nothing bad is going on in LA these days.  For that matter, people are also bringing up news articles and videos from previous Democrats like Obama saying that illegal immigrants need to be kicked out and the POTUS had the authority to do just that.

I think this is definitely a trap Trump and co. set up for the left who fell right into it.  I can't conceive of how this set set up but it just falls into place too perfectly to not be deliberate.  And for the complaints I do have about Trump, stuff like this just makes him look great.  The left is making him more and more popular and can't even understand that.

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□ [“Grand Jury Returns Three-Count Indictment Charging Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver with Forcibly Interfering with Federal Law Enforcement Officers"]

Remember when government people tried to break into the Newark detention center for illegals?  Well a member of Congress has now been charged for that.  This is another event that has mostly lost attention in the last week or two but I think that's deliberate.  Being at the top of the legislative branch means you can pose a potential threat against the executive branch and vice versa, so there would be major rules in place.  And this chick just ditched them because she wanted to.

I doubt she's going to go to jail or anything like that, but other Democrats must be very wary.  One of those rules probably involves multiple people trying the same thing, defying the government in this case, so there's grounds to drop the anvil on all of them or anyone who associates with them.  Democrats in Congress don't have a lot of pull right now, except on their own kind, so there's even more limitations about what they can get away with.

So this is another part of the insurrection and it's not getting a lot of attention at the moment.  The left must be mystified about how the laws can apply to their own people.  If they can't get away with this then maybe there are other things they can't get away with either.

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□ [“Mayor Bass Abruptly Orders Curfew for Downtown Los Angeles"]

A late-breaking development.  Someone must have told her that there's a chance she might be considered responsible for something.  Crazy I know, but there are people out there who think she has some sort of authority in Los Angeles so she should step in and do something.  Either that or the Marines gave her orders and she's not going to fight them.

Everything was fine several hours ago but now she requires people to stay home.  At least those whose homes weren't burned down in the fires, or the fires several months ago.  She's got to be real glad she's a Democrat so she can just fail upwards.  Of course there's also the question, do the rioters have to obey her?

Well, thinking about it, I guess they can ignore her but there's still the military so you'd better obey.  Just pretend there's a virus out there so you can only be safe by staying home.  Anyway I think enough lawyers have gotten through Democrat walls to point out that they really have no defense for supporting these riots.  Bass also probably realized that none of the higher-ups have any reason to protect her, but they do have a reason to shut her up before she starts talking about what other plans they have to fight Trump.  Gavin Newsom will probably be the next major target, and then we'll see if he's willing to turn on his aunt.

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