Isiah 1:17- Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
[VIDEO] Tommy Robinson is an activist making his rounds in conservative (right-wing) circles that has a lot to say about immigration and his thoughts on Islamic immigration. What he says seems infuriating, however, when you consider the whole idea of illegal immigration or unlimited immigration you might want to rethink what that entails.
Why does it seem like they want to fill up western nations with people who have little in common with the society? Could it be an invasion?
I got a hint of these "No King's" rallies going through downtown Chicago over the weekend. Don't know how I view them, perhaps just another progressive march - and being heavily pushed by outlets such as CNN or MSNB....MS NOW, etc. And perhaps this is just another protest against President Donald Trump.
I see this Talking Points Memo from Bill O'Reilly he talks about this as you will see below. These rallies aren't organic, they're heavily funded by a variety of billionaires and you have to question if there is really a critical mass of people who are upset with President Trump. [VIDEO]
Bill O'Reilly is right. No solutions, no problem solving, just get Trump out. We don't want his solutions.
I could go back to 20 years ago, when this energy was directed toward George W. Bush, and rightfully Americans were asking questions about the military actions in Afghanistan and especially Iraq. However, the same kind of thing there, march for peace and then what else. Was the message peace or anti-war back then or was it just we "hate Bush".
How can anyone take these rallies very seriously?
The big news over the weekend. The ceasefire in Gaza Strip between the Israelis & Hamas. It looks like Trump will have his dream of turning that part of the world into a resort. And of course the hostages come home and no more bombing and terrorism.
Check out Bill O'Reilly's take [VIDEO]
You know the peace has been broken before so I'm in trust but verify mode. However, time will tell if this sticks. The President has shown a willingness to retaliate decisively if he must.
[VIDEO] Well one thing that is true these days are that today's political commentators are a lot more partisan than they seemed to be. However, haven't they always been partisan? I sometimes wish there were more programs where there is more of a point/counterpoint.
[VIDEO] Our former Vice President - the first woman to hold that office - had made the news this past week. She elected not to run for California Governor next year. Which is probably a smart move as she's just not up to ruining California even further. Oh and that's IMHO.
With that said if she ran Ben Shapiro in the above video would say she wouldn't even get out of the primary. To be fair, I don't know about that. It's California we're talking about, she wasn't doing that great on the national stage anyway with her presidential primary race in 2020 - and after really floundering then future President Joe Biden would tap her as her running mate anyway.
And let's also bear in mind while she might note that she had a very short presidential race as she was tapped as the Democrat nominee once President Biden drops out of the running her decisive loss just underscores her stature on the national stage.
And that's the basis of her new book which she discusses her short campaign which Ben Shapiro discusses in the video above.
He even discusses her appearance on the soon to be cancelled Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert. The highlight of her return to the spotlight.
[VIDEO] I do consider myself right wing and find them often correct on a number of issues, my goal these days is try to remember that they're not perfect either. And what if they're prone to the same insanity as the "liberal left progressives". What did I see at the end of the video discussions of white/christian nationalism, misogyny, anti-religious freedom, etc.
If the right goes nuts what hope does Americans have against the current insanity of the left? And we're seeing some of that in Los Angeles right now as they are rioting against Trump's immigration policy.
[VIDEO] Ben Shapiro discusses this ongoing fued in the above video. Check out this tweet by Elon below.
[VIDEO] I still dream of making six-figures in my career and don't think that's even a close goal to realize. And to make at least $100,000/yr. is that a good number in today's economy?
Think inflation, higher cost of living, or more expenses as far as housing, transportation, groceries, utilities, etc. And think about the increase in college tuition and by extension student loan debt. Is $100,000/yr. a good number to earn from working?
A Life After Layoff is a YouTube channel offering career advice from a recruiters perspective. One tagline is "becoming the CEO of your career". The question is how does the question of a $100,000 become a topic on a job about careers? One advice he gives at the end is certainly to make that much money in wages/salary is more attainable, but takes careful career planning.
To make that six-figure goal, that's what I need at this moment.
[VIDEO] I haven't read too much in it so far, however, Glenn Beck is discussing the fallout from the release of files regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Anyone here see the files? What revelations caught your eye?
[VIDEO] What's the real state of the United States' gold reserves at Fort Knox? And then I have more questions.
Such as why are we holding so much gold there?
[VIDEO] I'm sorry to say I don't read too many of Bill O'Reilly's books.
O'Reilly who refers to himself as a "news analyst" known for his long-running TV program The O'Reilly Factor and currently has the program The No-Spin News has written a number of historical books including this one. Though in the case of The United States of Trump it's a bit more current than many of his books.
He analyzes Trump, discusses his own personal history with him. They're both New Yorkers of course and he may say they have similar personalities. It's a fascinating look at a man who's competitive, flamboyant, a showman, an entrepreneur, and later a politician.
Allow me to add, Trump as the 45th P.O.T.U.S. was the first one to have had no experience in either politics or gov't and the military. He went directly from the business/entertainment world to the political world. Isn't that amazing?
And you know that kept me from voting for him in 2016. He was an unknown to me as a politician. He was known for his business dealings (and the case could be made he was a true cultural icon in-spite of that snarky line I had assigned to the now former Vice President Kamala Harris) and his TV program The Apprentice.
Either way, does this 1 hour program give you any great insight about President Trump? Does it change your opinion of him.
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Alright we made it. Just think four years ago it seemed unfathomable that Donald Trump would return to the White House. It seemed like his brief political career was more than finished and it took the pandemic and the unrest (including the January 6, 2021 "insurrection") to take him down.
Oh yeah let's not forget the unforgettable 2020 presidential race that even he still discusses in some ways after his inauguration. He believes there was a lot of fraud and cheating in 2020, still.
Watch his inaugural address here.
There were concerns that outgoing Pres. Joe Biden might resign and make his Vice President Kamala Harris (and vanquished 2024 Democrat nominee) the 47th POTUS. That didn't happen and I can dismiss this as a right-wing conspiracy theory.
Trump made history as only the second man to have been elected to two non-consecutive terms as President. The only other person who achieved this feat was the 22nd & 24th President, Grover Cleveland.
This time around as opposed to 2017, President Trump is in a much better spot. He has a better Congress both with GOP majorities. I'm just not that sure about the US Senate, we'll have to see about the new Republican Majority Leader now that "Cocaine" Mitch McConnel has bowed out - that man has been suffering some serious health issues anyway. I'd say he has a much more supportive Republican majority than he did in 2017. I don't think he'll have much issue pushing his agenda through in this term.
He was a virtual novice in 2017 having held no elective office before being elected President - and I can only imagine winning the 2016 race rocked his world big time. I mean he has a big ego did that even enter his head? Either way his lack of any political or gov't experience caused me to not even vote for him in 2016.
He still did a great job before the pandemic hit. The economy was humming, America was at peace no serious issues in the world at that time. Just remember people thought he's start a third world war during his presidency.
Either way, what I can't wait for is the return of the Trump economy and after the inflation and mismanagement of the economy under Joe Biden it might be a minute before we see that. We'll have to see how the Ukraine war or even the current Israel-Palestine conflict will finally conclude.
However, the 47th POTUS will proclaim a strong America once again.
[VIDEO] The taxes and the cost of living in the state of New York or at least the New York City area and Long Island. He mentions tolls, parking, utilities, the cost of housing (shelter), etc.
Then he mentions places that probably would be a lot cheaper including Boston, MA of all places. What do they call Massachusetts - Taxachusetts. They're cheaper place to live than New York? Really?
If it's all about taxes where is that money going?
Sometimes I forget that not everyone agrees with everything. And one reminder of that is that Ben Shapiro seems to have fired shots - well more shots - at his colleague Candace Owens from The Daily Wire.
Candace Owens later took to Tucker's X/Twitter program to further discuss this. She was largely diplomatic in talking about any possible rift with Shapiro. She mentions how pro-Ukraine, pro-vax, or certainly pro-Israel Shapiro is. Although he has backed off of being pro-vax and I do recall has been heavily into the vax once it became available.Candace, if you feel that taking money from The Daily Wire somehow comes between you and God, by all means quit. https://t.co/qachKhAuHo
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 15, 2023
[VIDEO] During the debate on Wednesday nite the sparks flew between former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and the best soundbites came out of that. Vivek Ramaswamy was called scum.
I'd say one unfortunately shot was Vivek's jab against Haley's adult daughter who he says has a following on TikTok. However many of Vivek's shots are regarding whatever monetary gains Ms. Haley had made as a result of her time at the United Nations and certainly Haley's very hawkish positions.
I don't remember if it was from this morning's PBD Podcast where this clip comes from or from another video discussing the GOP Presidential debates referring to the heat between Vivek and Haley as "South Asian violence".
As for Ron DeSantis the wonderful Governor of Florida who's presidential ambitions are floundering, well Viviek says he has no personality and that perhaps he was pushed into it. Perhaps this isn't what he really wanted and I suppose one has to wonder if being a governor of a state translates to becoming a US President.
Also he was on PBD's podcast last month and the talk beyond the podcast was of DeSantis' height. Distraction? Could be, however, for a time after his podcast appearance is that we're wonder about DeSantis' boots and how they fit him. Also whether or not he's wearing some type of heels or even lifts.
Meanwhile this week it's about the spat between Haley and Vivek and Vivek's shots again the GOP establishment and especially by name RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel.
Not mentioned in the above clip though it's opened the discussion does the GOP establishment seem OK with losing?
[VIDEO] Episode 30 of Tucker on X/Twitter - not X, Elon, XTwitter. Anyway he discusses the immigration issue. He discusses this in terms of the great replacement theory.
That is you want chaos in America bring in people who don't share the same values as American citizens. And as we learn from a Polish politician Dominik Tarczynski this issue affects all nations around the globe. It especially affects European nations as Tarcynski points the finger at not allowing any Muslim migrants into Poland.
Again it's about bringing in people who share mostly the same values as people who may already live in a nation. If you have people who believe in tribalism as opposed to the rule of law. If you have people who believe it's OK to treat certain groups of people unfairly just because. Then there is no cohesion.
Of course the main issue for most Americans is who are these migrants, how many of them are really looking for new opportunities? Or how many of them are actually criminals who were smuggled up by these criminal drug cartels?
As for great replacement theory, it seems very difficult to find a non-baised source that doesn't refer to it as racist.
[VIDEO] YouTuber Casey Neistat - Van's younger brother - discusses the horrendous attack that took place in Israel over the past weekend. There were some serious reported attrocities that Casey notes in his most recent video and it gives me pause.
And even noted is that many in the West seems to support this. You see a brief clip out of Sydney, Australia of "Hamas supporters" talking about "get the Jews" or "gas the Jews". And it was amazing to see White House Press Secretary Karine-Jean Pierre taking "The Squad" to task for their evident support for the attacks on Israel civilians near the Gaza strip.
The State of Israel unfortunately has been in a hostile neighborhood since it had been founded in 1948. Hamas is a terrorist organization bar-none. It's sad that they have supporters in the west who believe they're supporting an "oppressed" group. Why would they condone violent acts not against a state or a military, but against unarmed civilians and innocent children or babies.
That strikes me as ignorance in the worst way just being uninformed. Now if there are those who believe this is OK and are informed, I'm just plain speechless. :(
[VIDEO] Tim Pool discusses the news of new mask mandates coming out of the Atlanta HBCU, Morris Brown College and within the movie company Lionsgate. Here's more out of Morris Brown - school is just about starting later this month down there - from CBS News:
Atlanta-based Morris Brown College has announced that the school is reinstating its Covid mask mandate for the next two weeks as a result of positive cases at the Atlanta University Center.
The historically black college posted a note on its official Instagram account noting that the protocols would be in effect for the next 14 days. This includes a requirement for mask-wearing by students and employees, physical distancing, contact tracing, and other significant efforts to reduce the spread of Covid-19 among the population on the Atlanta campus.
There is a new variant that they're concerned about
Medical experts have indicated that they are watching new variants like EG.5, which the World Health Organization has determined is a variant of interest.
So some of the mitigations are common sense although some might debate that wearing masks might not be entirely effective. Social distancing and washing hands seems to be the most common sense thing to do, everyday. That should be normal.
However, I'm remembering the effects of lockdowns in 2020. And I like Tim Pool's layman's explanation. We hear about these other variants the alpha variant probably was lethal though it incapacitates hosts to the point where they can't spread it. The variants that we were supposed to be concerned about after the initial bend the curve through 2021 were probably not as strong as the alpha variant though they might be more contagious.
Regardless I hope that there is someone in the public health or public administration field who are looking at 2020 and proposing better responses to a similar contagion. And as they discussed two weeks to bend the curve for a virus we don't understand, felt prudent at that time. However, the more this continued the more problematic it would become. I would hope we wouldn't do that again.
Thought, allow me to add some of this news is coming out not too far out from a Presidential Election. I'm keeping that in mind if I see more stories like this.
[VIDEO] Dice starts off discussing a teacher who has been fired by her school district because of her posts where she was upset her sister is in a relationship with a white man. And of course he has been talking about anti-white bias for years.
The lesson to start with is to be very careful with what you post about online. These days the more outrageous a post such as having an issue with an interracial relationship the more likely it could get media attention. And worse still we're talking about a teacher!
Also I might add, another point Mark Dice makes is that if the reverse happened, say a white female teacher has an issue with her sister dating a Black man would definitely get "canceled" for making public posts about this. While typically in a similar situation as I described in the first paragraph, there might normally be no punishment for the Black teacher.
Ah "reverse racism" gets hardly any attention while white on black racism gets more. However, shouldn't racism or discrimination or prejudice be wrong no matter the ethnicity or race?
We'll see if Threads will be the Twitter "killer" and perhaps Mark Zuckerberg won't be as gung-ho for that cage-fight with Twitter owner Elon Musk.
ALSO, I'm making sure to let Zuckerberg and Mossieri (he runs IG) know about my original IG account @levois because I want that handle back!
OH, and what problem was Threads designed to solve? And it took me a long time to figure out how to use Twitter. Was Threads only about censorship which is what FB & IG got heavily accused of my many on the right. Of course, Twitter was part of that also although since Elon Musk bought the company free speech has again become a priority.
